Will of Joseph Wooldridge
Occupation
- 100: Farmer, Grazier, Yeoman
Location
Yeoman of Henley upon Thames
| Document reference: | TNA PROB 11/538 |
| First date: | 29 December 1713 |
| Probate date: | 08 January 1713/4 |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executrix: | Joane or Joanna Mathews |
| Executrix: | Hannah Mathews |
| Witness: | Ambrose Hill |
| Witness: | George Parr |
| Witness: | Tho[mas] Stevens |
| Court Official: | George Paul |
| Court Official: | Charles Hedges |
Bequests
To: Benjamin Wooldridge (Cousin)
I give to my cousin, Benjamin Wooldridge, hemp dresser, of Henley upon Thames two pounds ten shillings. This is to be paid within 2 years of my death.
Bequest Types
Names
To: John Wooldridge (Cousin)
I give to my cousin, John Wooldridge, joiner, of Henley upon Thames, two pounds ten shillings. This is to be paid within 2 years of my death.
Bequest Types
Names
To: John Mathews (Nephew)
I give to John Mathews, my nephew, two shillings a week for his natural life. Payment to begin from the time of my death and to come from my estate.
Bequest Types
Names
To: William Mathews (Nephews)
I give to my nephew, William Mathews, one Moiety or half part of all that my house in the Markett Place in Reading, Berks. now in the possession of Thomas Avery. Also one Moiety or half part of my garden in Vasterne Lane, Reading, Berks. now in the possession of John Atroy. These bequests are for his natural life and on his decease to my executrixes, Joane als Joanna Mathews and Hannah Mathews, my nieces.
Location of property
Names
To: John Greene (Friend)
I give to my friend, John Greene, late of Henley upon Thames but now of Watlington, Oxon, shoemaker, 20 Shillings to be paid within one year of my death.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Joane als Joanna Mathews and Hannah Mathews (See text)
I give the rest of my estate to my nieces, Joane als Joann Mathews and Hannah Mathews. They are to pay my debts and funeral expences first. They also inherit half my house in Markett Place, Reading, and half my garden in Vasterne Lane, Reading after the death of my (Joseph Wooldridge) nephew, William Mathews.
Bequest Types
Names
Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen |
| 0002: | I Joseph Wooldridge of Henley upon Thames in the County of |
| 0003: | Oxon Yeoman being Sick and Weake in body but of Sound and |
| 0004: | perfect understanding and disposing Mind and Memory (thanks |
| 0005: | be given to God therefore) and calling to mind the Certainty of Death |
| 0006: | and uncertainty of the time when and to avoid all Disputes which |
| 0007: | may happen after my Decease as far as in me lyes Doe make and |
| 0008: | Ordaine this my last Will and Testament in Manner following |
| 0009: | (that is to say) First I recommend my Soul into the hands of Almighty |
| 0010: | God who gave it trusting to obtaine Salvation through the Meritts |
| 0011: | Death and passion of Jesus Christ my ever blessed Saviour & Redeemer |
| 0012: | and my body to the Earth from whence it came to be decently buried |
| 0013: | at the Discretion of my Executrixes hereafter named and as for that |
| 0014: | Worldly Estate which God in his mercy hath bestowed on me |
| 0015: | I Dispose thereof as followeth Imprimis I give Devise and |
| 0016: | bequeath unto my Cousin Benjamin Wooldridge of Henley upon |
| 0017: | Thames aforesaid Hempe dresser the Summe of Two pounds and |
| 0018: | Tenn Shillings of Lawfull money of Great Brittaine to be paid |
| 0019: | him within Two years next after my Decease by my Executrixes |
| 0020: | hereafter named. Item I give Devise and bequeath unto my |
| 0021: | Cousen John Wooldridge of Henley upon Thames aforesaid Joyner |
| 0022: | the [↑like] Summe of Two pounds and Ten Shillings of like Lawfull |
| 0023: | money to be paid him within two yeares next after my Decease |
| 0024: | by my Executrices hereafter named. Item I do hereby give |
| 0025: | Devise and bequeath unto my Nephew John Mathews the Sum[me] |
| 0026: | of Two Shillings Weekly and every Week to be paid him from |
| 0027: | the time of my Decease dureing the Terme of his naturall Life |
| 0028: | by my Executrices hereafter named with the payment of which |
| 0029: | Said Weekly Sum[m]e of two Shillings Soe by me herein before |
| 0030: | given unto my Said Nephew John Mathews as aforesaid I |
| 0031: | do hereby Charge all my Estate hereafter by me given to my |
| 0032: | Executrices hereafter named and do hereby make the Same |
| 0033: | Subject and lyable to the payment thereof. Item I doe give |
| 0034: | Devise and bequeath One Moiety or halfe part of all that my |
| 0035: | House Scituate Standing and being in the Markett place in |
| 0036: | the Town of Reading in the County of Berks and now in the |
| 0037: | possession of one Thomas Avery, and also One Moyety or halfe |
| 0038: | part of all that my Garden Scituate lyeing and being in a |
| 0039: | certaine Lane in Reading aforesaid called Vasterne Lane |
| 0040: | and now in the possession of One John Atroy unto my Nephew |
| 0041: | William Mathews for and during the Terme of his naturall |
| 0042: | Life and from and after his Decease I give Devise & bequeath |
| 0043: | the Same unto my Executrices hereafter named their Heirs Execut[ors] |
| 0044: | Administrators and Assignes for ever. Item I give Devise and bequeath |
| 0045: | unto my Loving Friend John Greene late of Henley upon Thames |
| 0046: | aforesaid but now of Watlington in the said County of Oxon Shoemaker |
| 0047: | the Summe of Twenty Shillings of Lawfull money of Great Brittaine |
| 0048: | to be paid him within One yeare next after my Decease by my Executrices |
| 0049: | hereafter named And Lastly All the rest and residue of my Houses |
| 0050: | Messuages Lands and Tenements Goods and Chattells and all other |
| 0051: | my Estate whatsoever and wheresoever both reall and personall |
| 0052: | not herein by me before given and Disposed of after my Debts and |
| 0053: | Legacies paid and Funerall Expences Discharged I give Devise |
| 0054: | and bequeath unto my Neices Joane al[ia]s Joanna Mathews and |
| 0055: | Hannah Mathews whom I make Ordaine constitute and Appoint |
| 0056: | the the Joynt Executrices of this my Last Will and Testament To Hold |
| 0057: | to them their Heirs Executors Administrators and Assignes for ever |
| 0058: | And I do hereby revoke all Former Wills by me at any time heretofore |
| 0059: | made and do publish and Declare this to be my Last Will and |
| 0060: | Testament and noe other In Wittness whereof I have hereunto Sett |
| 0061: | my hand and Seal this Twenty ninth Day of December Anno Domini |
| 0062: | 1713 |
| 0063: | |
| 0064: | Joseph Wooldridge |
| 0065: | |
| 0066: | Signed Sealed published Declared |
| 0067: | and Delivered by the Said Joseph Wooldridge the Testator as his Last |
| 0068: | Will and Testament in the presence of and then attested in his presence |
| 0069: | by us |
| 0070: | |
| 0071: | Ambrose Hill |
| 0072: | George Parr Jun[ior] |
| 0073: | Tho[mas] Stevens |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | Adele |
| Author: | Adele |
| Checked by: | Cynthia Robinson |
| Date posted: | 12th May 2013 |
| Date modified: | 02nd July 2014 |