Will of Richard Waring
Occupation
- 218: Maltster
Location
Maltster of Henley upon Thames
| Document reference: | TNA PROB 11/786 |
| First date: | 21 January 1750/1 |
| Probate date: | 29 March 1751 |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executor: | William Waring |
| Relationship: | Brother |
| (Also trustee.) | |
| Executor: | William Lamley |
| Relationship: | Brother in law |
| (Also trustee) | |
| Executor: | William Squire |
| Relationship: | Brother in law |
| (Also trustee) | |
| Executor: | Joseph Stevens |
| (The elder, of High Wycombe. Also trustee) | |
| Witness: | Thomas Harris |
| Witness: | Mary Burberow |
| Witness: | John Couneer |
| Court Official: | John Bettesworth |
| (Doctor of Laws of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury) |
Bequests
To: Mary Waring (Wife)
I give to my wife Mary all my properties in Wooburn Heath or elsewhere within Buckinghamshire for her lifetime and after her death they pass to my daughter Rebecca and, if I have any after-born children, then in equal shares between her and them. If my daughter or any such after-born children should die before reaching the age of twenty one without leaving issue, that child's share shall be divided equally amongst the survivors. If Rebecca and all other after-born children should die before reaching twenty one without leaving issue, then I give these properties to my brothers Joseph Waring and William Waring and my sister Mary Lamley, wife of William Lamley of Bloxham in Oxfordshire in equal shares as tenants in common.
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To: Rebecca Waring (Daughter)
I give to my daughter Rebecca and, if I have any after-born children, to her and them in equal shares, my properties in Shipston on Stour, Worcestershire. If Rebecca or any such after-born children should die before the age of twenty one and without issue, then that child's share shall be divided equally amongst the survivors. If they should all die before reaching this age and have no issue, then these properties should pass to my brothers Joseph Waring and William Waring and my sister Mary Lamley in equal shares as tenants in common.
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To: Rebecca Waring (Daughter)
I give all my properties in Henley upon Thames to my daughter Rebecca and, if I have any after-born children, to her and them in equal shares as tenants in common. If she or any after-born child should die before reaching the age of twenty one without leaving issue then the share of that child is to be divided equally amongst the survivors, or, if they all should die without issue, the the properties shall pass to my wife Mary.
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To: Mary Waring (Wife)
I give to my wife Mary five hundred pounds
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To: Sarah Squire (Sister in law)
I give to my sister in law Sarah Squire two hundred pounds
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To: Poor
I give twenty pounds to the Poor Members of the Society of Quakers in Henley, Northend and Warborough, and twenty pounds to the poor Quakers of Shipston on Stour, to be distributed as the majority of the senior members of the Societies see fit. I also give to the Poor of the Parish of Henley twenty pounds and to the poor of the parish of Shipston twenty pounds to be distributed as the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor in these parishes see fit.
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To: Mary Waring (Wife)
I give to my wife all my household goods and implements
Bequest Types
Names
To: William Waring; William Lamley; William Squire; Joseph Stevens (Brother)
I give to my brother William Waring, my brother in law William Lamley, my brother in law William Squire and Joseph Stevens the Elder of High Wycombe fifty pounds each for acting as trustees
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To: Rebecca Waring (Daughter)
The residue of my goods, chattels, money, credits, debts, personal estate and effects (after my debts, funeral expenses and legacies are paid) I give to my daughter Rebecca, If I leave any after born child, then the residue is to be divided between Rebecca and them in equal shares
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Transcript
| 0001: | This is the last Will and Testament of me |
| 0002: | Richard Waring of Henley upon Thames in the County of |
| 0003: | Oxford Malster made whilst I am in an ill State of health but |
| 0004: | of a sound disposing mind and understanding as follows First of |
| 0005: | all I give devise and bequeath unto my Wife Mary All and |
| 0006: | every my Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments scituate lying |
| 0007: | and being in or near Wooburn Heath or elsewhere within the County |
| 0008: | of Bucks with their and every of their Appurtenances To have and to |
| 0009: | hold the said Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments and every |
| 0010: | of them unto my said Wife Mary and her assigns for and during |
| 0011: | the Term of her natural Life and from and immediately after her |
| 0012: | decease I give devise and bequeath all and every the same |
| 0013: | Messuages Lands Tenements Hereditaments and Premisses with their |
| 0014: | Appurtenances unto and to the use of my daughter Rebecca and to |
| 0015: | her Heirs and Assigns for ever and in case I shall have any |
| 0016: | after born Child or Children Then to my said Daughter Rebecca and |
| 0017: | to such after born Child or Children I shall happen to have and to |
| 0018: | their Heirs and Assigns to be equally divided between them |
| 0019: | Provided nevertheless and in case either my said Daughter Rebecca |
| 0020: | or such after born Child or Children shall happen to die before the |
| 0021: | Ages of one and twenty Years respectively leaving no Issue of their |
| 0022: | Bodys then I give devise and bequeath his her or their share |
| 0023: | or share so dying of the said Messuages Tenements Lands Hereditam[en]ts |
| 0024: | and Premisses unto the Survivor or Survivors of them and to their |
| 0025: | Heirs and Assigns to be equally divided between them and if but one |
| 0026: | such Survivor Then to such Survivor and to his or her Heirs |
| 0027: | and Assigns for ever And in case my said Daughter and all such |
| 0028: | after born Children shall die before their said Ages leaving no |
| 0029: | Issue Then I give devise and bequeath the same Messuages |
| 0030: | Lands Tenements Hereditaments and Premisses with their |
| 0031: | Appurtenances unto my Brothers Joseph Waring and William |
| 0032: | Waring and my Sister Mary Lamley Wife of William Lamley of |
| 0033: | Bloxham in the County of Oxford and to their Heirs and Assigns to |
| 0034: | be equally divided amongst them share and share alike as Tenants |
| 0035: | in Common and not as Joint Tenants Also I give devise and |
| 0036: | bequeath unto my said Daughter Rebecca and to her Heirs and |
| 0037: | Assigns And in Case I shall have any such after born child or |
| 0038: | Children [↑then to my said Daughter Rebecca and to such after born |
| 0039: | Child or Children] and to their Heirs and Assigns to be equally divided |
| 0040: | amongst them all and singular my Messuages Lands Tenements |
| 0041: | and Hereditaments scituate lying and being in or near Shipston |
| 0042: | upon Stower in the County of Worcester with their and every |
| 0043: | of their Appurtenances To have and to hold the said last |
| 0044: | mentioned Messuages Lands Tenements Hereditaments and Premisses |
| 0045: | unto my said Daughter Rebecca and to her Heirs and Assigns |
| 0046: | But in case I shall have such after born Child or Children Then |
| 0047: | to my said Daughter Rebecca and such after born Child or |
| 0048: | Children and to their Heirs and Assigns for ever to be equally |
| 0049: | divided between them share and share alike Provided also and |
| 0050: | my Will and meaning is that in Case either my said Daughter |
| 0051: | Rebecca or such after born Child or Children shall die before their |
| 0052: | Ages of one and twenty Years leaving no Issue Then I give |
| 0053: | devise and bequeath his her or their share of shares so dying |
| 0054: | unto the Survivor of Survivors of them and to their Heirs or |
| 0055: | Assigns to be equally divided between them And if but one such |
| 0056: | Survivor then to such Survivor and to his and her Heirs and Assigns |
| 0057: | for ever And in case my said Daughter and all such after born |
| 0058: | Children (if any shall happen to die before their said respective |
| 0059: | Ages of one and twenty Years leaving no Issue Then I give |
| 0060: | devise and bequeath all and singular my said Messuages Lands |
| 0061: | Tenements Hereditaments and Premisses scituate and lying in or near |
| 0062: | Shipston upon Stower aforesaid unto my said Brothers and Sisters |
| 0063: | Joseph Waring William Waring and Mary Lamley and to their |
| 0064: | Heirs and Assigns to be equally divided amongst them share and |
| 0065: | share alike as Tenants in Common and not as Joint Tenants Also |
| 0066: | I give devise and bequeath all and every my Messuages Lands |
| 0067: | Tenements and Hereditaments scituate lying and being in or near |
| 0068: | Henley upon Thames aforesaid with their and every of their |
| 0069: | appurtenances unto my said Daughter Rebecca and to her Heirs |
| 0070: | and Assigns In Case I shall have no after born Child but if I shall |
| 0071: | leave any after born Child or Children Then to my said Daughter |
| 0072: | Rebecca and such after born Child or Children and their Heirs to |
| 0073: | be divided between them To have and to hold the same Messuages |
| 0074: | Lands Tenements Hereditaments and Premisses scituate lying and |
| 0075: | being in or near Henley upon Thames aforesaid with their and |
| 0076: | every of their appurtenances unto unto my said Daughter Rebecca |
| 0077: | and to her Heirs and Assigns in Case I shall have no after |
| 0078: | born child And in Case I shall have any after born Child or |
| 0079: | Children Then to my said Daughter Rebecca and to such after |
| 0080: | born Child or Children and to their Heirs and Assigns as Tenants |
| 0081: | in Common and not as Joint Tenants Provided nevertheless and |
| 0082: | my Will and meaning likewise is That in case either my said |
| 0083: | Daughter Rebecca or such after born Child or Children shall |
| 0084: | happen to die before their Ages of one and twenty Years |
| 0085: | respectively leaving no Issue Then I give and devise his |
| 0086: | her or their share or share so dying unto the Survivor or |
| 0087: | Survivors of them and to his her and their Heirs and Assigns |
| 0088: | to be equally divided them if more than one and if but one |
| 0089: | Then to such Survivor and his or her Heirs and Assigns for |
| 0090: | But in Case my said Daughter Rebecca and all such after born |
| 0091: | Children shall die before their Ages of one and twenty Years |
| 0092: | leaving no Issue Then I give and devise the same last mentioned |
| 0093: | Messuages Lands Tenements Hereditaments and Premisses unto |
| 0094: | my said Wife Mary and to her Heirs and Assigns for ever Also |
| 0095: | I give and bequeath unto my said Wife Mary the Sum of |
| 0096: | Five hundred Pounds of good and lawful Money of Great Britain |
| 0097: | Also I give unto my Sister in Law Sarah Squire two hundred |
| 0098: | Pounds of like lawful Money of Great Britain Also I give and |
| 0099: | bequeath the Sum of Twenty Pounds of like Money to and for the |
| 0100: | benefit of the Poor Members of the Society or Congregation of |
| 0101: | Protestant Dissenters called Quakers in Henley aforesaid Northend and |
| 0102: | Warburrow to be distributed in such manner and proportions and to |
| 0103: | such Objects as the Majority of the most Substantial People of the |
| 0104: | said congregation shall think fit Also I give the Sum of Twenty |
| 0105: | Pounds of like Money to and for the Benefit of the Poor Members |
| 0106: | of the Society or Congregation of Protestant Dissenters called |
| 0107: | Quakers at Shipston aforesaid to be distributed in such manner and |
| 0108: | proportion and to such Objects as the Majority of the most |
| 0109: | Substantial People of the said Congregation shall think fit Also |
| 0110: | I give to the Poor of the Parish of Henley aforesaid the sum of |
| 0111: | Twenty Pounds to be distributed in such proportions and manner |
| 0112: | as the Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said |
| 0113: | Parish shall think fitt and the Receipt of such Officers for the |
| 0114: | time being to be a sufficient Discharge to my Executors for the |
| 0115: | same Also I give to the Poor of the Parish of Shipston |
| 0116: | aforesaid the like Sum of Twenty Pounds to be distributed in such |
| 0117: | proportions and manner as the Church Wardens and Overseers of |
| 0118: | the Poor of the said Parish for the time being shall think fitt |
| 0119: | their Receipt to be a sufficient discharge to my Executors for |
| 0120: | the same Also I give and bequeath unto my said Wife all |
| 0121: | my Household Goods and Implements of Household whatsoever |
| 0122: | Also I give and bequeath unto my said Brother William Waring |
| 0123: | my said Brother in Law William Lamley my Brother in Law |
| 0124: | William Squire and Joseph Stevens the Elder of High Wycomb |
| 0125: | the Sum of Fifty Pounds of lawful Money apiece for the care |
| 0126: | and pains they shall be at in Executing the Trust I shall |
| 0127: | repose in them by this my Will Also all the rest and residue |
| 0128: | of my Goods Chattels Money Credits Debts Personal Estate and |
| 0129: | Effects whatsoever (after my Debts Funeral Expences and Legacys |
| 0130: | shall be paid and discharged) I give and bequeath unto my said |
| 0131: | Daughter Rebecca and to her Executors and Administrators and |
| 0132: | in case I shall leave any after born Child Then to my said |
| 0133: | Daughter Rebecca and such after born Child or Children and to |
| 0134: | their Executors Administrators and Assigns to be equally divided |
| 0135: | amongst them And I do hereby ordain constitute and appoint |
| 0136: | my said Brother William Waring my Brothers in Law William |
| 0137: | Lamley and William Squire and the said Joseph Stevens |
| 0138: | Executors of this my said last Will and Testament In Trust for |
| 0139: | my said Child or Children And I do hereby Authorize and |
| 0140: | direct them the said William Waring William Lamley William |
| 0141: | Squire and Joseph Stevens and the Survivor of them his Executors |
| 0142: | and Administrators in the mean time from and after my decease |
| 0143: | and untill my said Child or Children shall attain their Ages of |
| 0144: | one and twenty Years respectively to manage and improve her |
| 0145: | or their Estates and Fortunes for her and their use and benefit |
| 0146: | And Lastly I do hereby revoke all former and other Will and |
| 0147: | Wills by me at any time heretofore made and declare this only to |
| 0148: | be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said |
| 0149: | Richard Waring have to this my last Will and Testament |
| 0150: | contained in three Sheets of Paper to each of the said Sheets |
| 0151: | set my Hand and Seal this Twenty first Day of January in the |
| 0152: | Twenty fourth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George |
| 0153: | the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and |
| 0154: | Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the Year |
| 0155: | of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and fifty |
| 0156: | |
| 0157: | Richard Waring |
| 0158: | |
| 0159: | Signed and sealed by the above named Richard Waring |
| 0160: | and by him Published and Declared as and for his last Will and |
| 0161: | Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto Subscribed our |
| 0162: | Names as Witnesses thereto in his presence and in the presence |
| 0163: | of each other |
| 0164: | |
| 0165: | Thomas Harris |
| 0166: | Mary Burberow |
| 0167: | John Couneer |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | the author |
| Author: | Tony Lynch |
| Checked by: | Cynthia Robinson |
| Date posted: | 06th December 2013 |
| Date modified: | 27th June 2014 |