Will of Elizabeth Sharp
Occupation
- 414: Status only, no stated occupation. Use for Widow, Gentleman, Esquire, Indweller etc., if no occupation is given.
Location
Widow of Henley upon Thames
| Document reference: | ORO MSS Oxon Wills 152/2/35 |
| First date: | 01 January 1749/50 |
| Probate date: | 30 November 1759 |
| Probate court: | Oxford |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Court Official: | John Bilstone |
| (M.A. Surrogate) | |
| Court Official: | George Hay |
| (Doctor of Laws Official Principal of the Revd the Archdeacon of the Archdeaconry of Oxford) | |
| Witness: | Richard Stevens |
| Witness: | George Prince |
| Executor: | Thomas Pratt |
| (Son of testatrix) | |
| Executrix: | Ann Applegarth |
| (Daughter of testatrix) |
Bequests
To: Thomas Pratt (Son)
I give to my son Thomas Pratt my best green bed and bedding and two pair of flaxen sheets as he shall choose
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Names
To: Pratt (Grand son)
To the son and daughter of my son Thomas Pratt shall have each a gold ring
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Names
To: Elizabeth Applegarth; Ann Applegarth (Grand daughter)
To my Grand Daughters Elizabeth and Ann Applegarth shall each have a Silver Spoon
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To: Thomas Pratt (Son)
To my son Thomas Pratt my silver tankard
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To: Ann Applegarth (Daughter)
To my daughter Ann Applegarth my wearing apparel
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To: Thomas Pratt; Ann Applegarth (Children)
One hundred and seventy [pounds] and the residue of my estate and effects to be equally divided between my son Thomas Pratt and my daughter Ann Applegarth
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Transcript
| 0001: | I Elizabeth Sharp of Henly upon Thames in the County of |
| 0002: | Oxford Widow do hereby revoking all former Wills make my |
| 0003: | last Will and Testament as follows - I Give to my Son Tho[ma]s |
| 0004: | Pratt my best green Bed and Bedding and two pair of flaxen |
| 0005: | Sheets such as He shall chuse. I further will that the Son and |
| 0006: | Daughter of my said Son Thomas Pratt shall have each a Gold Ring |
| 0007: | and that my Grand Daughters Elizabeth and Ann Applegarth |
| 0008: | shall have each of them a Silver Spoon and I will that my |
| 0009: | said Son Thomas Pratt shall have my Silver Tankard and that |
| 0010: | my Daughter Ann Applegarth shall have all my wearing |
| 0011: | Apparel whatsoever And Whereas by the Will of my first |
| 0012: | Husband Will[iam] Pratt I was to enjoy the Interest of Three Hundred |
| 0013: | Pounds during my Life and have Power to dispose of the |
| 0014: | Principal according to my Discretion after my Deceace between |
| 0015: | my two Children by my first Husband and whereas I have |
| 0016: | already advanced to each of my said two Children Thomas |
| 0017: | Pratt and Ann Applegarth Fifty Pounds respectively and |
| 0018: | Whereas Thirty Pounds of the said Principal Sum of Three |
| 0019: | Hundred Pounds has been lost by being placed out at |
| 0020: | Interest As to the remaining One Hundred and Seventy |
| 0021: | and all |
| 0022: | I will that the same be equally divided between my said Son |
| 0023: | Thomas Pratt and my said Daughter Ann Applegarth |
| 0024: | and of this my Will make my said Son Thomas Pratt & |
| 0025: | Daughter Ann Applegarth my Executors In Witness |
| 0026: | whereof I have hereunto sett my Hand and Seal this first Day |
| 0027: | of January in the Twenty third Year of the Reign of our |
| 0028: | sovereign Lord King George the second and in the Year of |
| 0029: | our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred & Forty Nine |
| 0030: | |
| 0031: | The mark of O Elizabeth Sharp [Seal] |
| 0032: | |
| 0033: | Signed Sealed published and declared by |
| 0034: | the above named Elizabeth Sharp the Testatrix |
| 0035: | as and for her last Will and Testament in the |
| 0036: | Presence of us and by us attested in her Presence |
| 0037: | |
| 0038: | Richard Stevens |
| 0039: | George Prince |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | the author |
| Author: | Tony Lynch |
| Checked by: | Cynthia Robinson |
| Date posted: | 31st December 2012 |
| Date modified: | 22nd May 2014 |