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Will of Grace Paulden

Occupation

  • 415: Not stated

Not stated of Not stated

Document reference: ORO MSS Oxon Wills 54/1/31
First date: 28 August 1755
Probate date: 08 June 1774
Probate court: Oxford

Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.

Executrix: Mary Binfield
(Daughter of testatrix, wife of Joseph Binfield)
Court Official: Daniel Burton
(Chancellor, Doctor in Divinity Vicar General Official Principal and Commissary of the Bishop of Oxford)
Witness: William Crutwell
Witness: Richard Piggott
Witness: Walter Sellon
Court Official: Robert Lowth
(Bishop of Oxford)

Bequests

To: Mary Binfield (Daughter)

Entire estate to my daughter Mary Binfield

Bequest Types

Names

Transcript

0001: In the Name of God Amen I Grace Paulden
0002: being of a Great Age but of Sound Mind and
0003: Memory considering that tis appointed once
0004: to dye Do make this my last will And first
0005: my desire is That my Body may be buried in
0006: a Decent Manner by my Executrix hereinafter
0007: named and my desire is that my Debts and
0008: Funerall Expences be fully Satisfied paid
0009: and discharged and for what temporal Estate
0010: God hath blessed me with I give and bequeath
0011: In manner following That is to Say to my
0012: Loving Daughter Mary Binfield of what kind
0013: Nature & quality Soever they are or may be
0014: found [↑and to her heirs for ever] And
0015: I do hereby revoke and Make void
0016: all former Wills by me at any time made and
0017: do make nominate and Appoint the said Mary
0018: Binfield my full & Sole Executrix of this my
0019: last Will In Witnesse whereof I have hereunto
0020: Sett my Hand & Seal this 28th Day of August
0021: in the Twenty Ninth Year of the Reign of our
0022: Sovereign Lord King George the Second And
0023: in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven
0024: Hundred fifty and five
0025:
0026: the mark of X Grace Paulden
0027:
0028: Signd Sealed Published
0029: and Declared to be the last
0030: Will of the Said Grace Paulden
0031: in the hearing & presence of us
0032: who were personally present
0033:
0034: William Crutwell
0035: Richard Piggott
0036: Walter Sellon

Preparation of this entry

Post status: Published
Transcript by: Anthony Lynch
Author: Tony Lynch
Checked by: Cynthia Robinson
Date posted: 12th November 2012
Date modified: 05th May 2014

Comments

In addition to the probate clause, the will contained the following text appended: 'Mary Binfield Wife of Joseph Binfield the Daughter and sole Executrix in this will named was sworn to the truththereofof and as usual before me D Burton  Chancellor The Testator diedabout 12 [illegible] and was late of the Parish of Henley in the County of Oxford and died a Widow''