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Will of William Buckney

Occupation

  • 325: Cooper, Hoop Maker, Bender

Location

Hoopshaver of Henley upon Thames

Document reference: TNA PROB 11/876
First date: 22 March 1759
Probate date: 03 June 1762
Probate court: London

Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.

Executrix: Eleanor Buckney
Relationship: Wife
(Sole executrix)
Witness: H Cooper
Witness: Francis Lilly
Witness: John Bennett
Court Official: Edward Simpson
(Doctor of Laws of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury)

Bequests

To: Thomas Buckney; George Buckney; Elizabeth Buckney ; Joanna Buckney (Children)

I give to my sons and daughters Thomas Buckney, George Buckney, Elizabeth Buckney and Joanna Buckney twenty five shillings each to be paid to them by my executrix within one year of my death.

Bequest Types

Names

To: Eleanor Buckney (Wife)

The residue of my real and personal estate I give to my wife Eleanor Buckney.

Bequest Types

Names

Transcript

0001: In the Name of God Amen
0002: I William Buckney of Henley upon Thames in the
0003: County of Oxford Hoopshaver being Weak in Body but
0004: of Sound and Disposing Mind Memory and Understanding
0005: (praised be God for the same) and calling to Mind the
0006: uncertainty of this Mortal life do for the Setling and
0007: Disposing of the Worldly Estate wherewith it hath
0008: pleased Almighty God to bless me make and Ordain
0009: this my last Will and Testament in manner and form
0010: following (that is to say) First I commend my Soul to
0011: God that Gave it and my Body to the Earth to be
0012: Decently buried at the Discretion of my Executrix herein
0013: after named Item I Will and Direct that all my Just
0014: Debts and Funeral Expences shall be fully paid and Satisfied
0015: And I do hereby charge all my Real and Personal Estate
0016: with the Payment thereof and from and after Payment
0017: thereof and every part thereof I Give Devise and
0018: bequeath unto my loving and beloved Sons and Daughters
0019: Thomas Buckney George Buckney Elizabeth Buckney
0020: and Joanna Buckney the Sum of Five and Twenty Shillings
0021: a piece of lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid them
0022: by my said Executrix within One year next after my Decease
0023: And all the Rest and residue of my Real and Personal
0024: Estate whatsoever and wheresoever and of what Nature
0025: or kind soever and wheresoever Situate lying and being
0026: (after Payment of my Debts and Legacys as aforesaid)
0027: I Give Devise and bequeath the same and every part
0028: thereof unto my loving and beloved Wife Eleanor
0029: Buckney To hold to her her Heirs Executors Adm[inistrat]ors and
0030: and Assigns for ever And I do hereby Ordain Constitute
0031: and Appoint my said Wife full and Sole Executrix of this
0032: my Will hereby revoking and making Void all former
0033: and other Will and Wills by me at any time heretofore
0034: made do Declare that this and no other is my last Will
0035: and Testament In Witness whereof I the said William
0036: Buckney have to this my Will set my hand and Seal
0037: this Twenty Second day of March in the Thirty Second
0038: Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King George
0039: the Second And in the Year of our Lord One thousand
0040: Seven hundred and ffifty nine
0041:
0042: W[illia]m Buckney
0043:
0044: Signed
0045: Sealed Published and Declared by the above named William
0046: Buckney as and for his last Will and Testament in the
0047: Presence of us who at his request and in his Presence and
0048: in the Presence of each other have Subscribed our names
0049: as Witnesses thereunto the day and Year above written
0050: (the words Twenty Second in the Date of the Will being
0051: wrote in Stead of the Eighth[)]
0052:
0053: H Cooper
0054: Fra[nci]s Lilly
0055: John Bennett

Preparation of this entry

Post status: Published
Transcript by: the author
Author: Tony Lynch
Checked by: Cynthia Robinson
Date posted: 27th May 2013
Date modified: 04th February 2014