Will of Hannah Matthews
Occupation
- 414: Status only, no stated occupation. Use for Widow, Gentleman, Esquire, Indweller etc., if no occupation is given.
Location
Spinster of Henley upon Thames
| Document reference: | TNA PROB 11/831 |
| First date: | 04 December 1756 |
| Probate date: | 09 July 1757 |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executrix: | Mary Matthews |
| Relationship: | Niece |
| Executor: | William Matthews |
| Relationship: | Nephew |
| Executor: | Joseph Matthews |
| Relationship: | Nephew |
| Witness: | Richard Miles |
| Witness: | William Prince |
| Witness: | Thomas Newell |
| Court Official: | George Lee |
Bequests
To: Mary Matthews (Niece)
To my niece Mary Matthews, one third part of my property, and malthouse, in Henley now occupied by myself and also one third of the property on the west side of the Market place, Reading, and also one third of those three Little Gardens near the Vastons, Reading (held by lease from John Blagrave) for her life and for her issue. If she dies without issue then her share in the properties to go to my nephews William Matthews and Joseph Matthews as tenants in common for ever. The properties to be charged with the legacies to George Matthews and Mary Andrews.
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: William Matthews; Joseph Matthews (Nephews)
To my nephews, William Matthews and Joseph Matthews the remaining two thirds of all my property, and malthouse, in Henley, and the property on the west side of the Market place in Reading, and the three Little Gardens in Vastons, Reading (held by lease from John Blagrave) for their heirs for ever. The properties to be charged with the payment of the legacies to George Matthews and Mary Andrews.
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: George Matthews (Nephew)
To George Matthews, son of my brother John Matthews, one shilling and six pence a week during his life; to be paid on the first Monday after the expiry of one year from my death.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Mary Andrews
To Mary, wife of Bartholomew Andrews, one shilling a week during her life, to be paid on the first Monday after the expiry of one year after my death.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Susannah Matthews; William Matthews (Great nephew)
To Susannah and William Matthews, son and daughter of my late nephew George Wooldridge Matthews, deceased, ten pounds each at the age of twenty one; in case of their death before then the legacy should cease to be paid.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Mary Matthews; Joseph Matthews; William Matthews (Nephews and Nieces)
To my niece and nephews, Mary, Joseph and William Matthews, the rest and residue of my estate.
Bequest Types
Names
Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen |
| 0002: | I Hannah Matthews of Henley upon Thames in the |
| 0003: | County of Oxford Spinster being of Sound and perfect Memory |
| 0004: | (thanks be to God for the same) yet considering the certainty of |
| 0005: | Death and the uncertainty of the time when do make and |
| 0006: | Ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form |
| 0007: | following First I commend my Soul into the hands of |
| 0008: | Almighty God my Maker Assuredly hoping to be Saved thro |
| 0009: | the Meritts and Passion of Jesus Christ my Saviour and |
| 0010: | Redeemer and my Body to be Buried in a Decent manner |
| 0011: | And as for such Wordly Estate which the Lord in Mercy hath |
| 0012: | lent me I Give and Dispose thereof as followeth In the first |
| 0013: | Place I Give Devise and bequeath unto my Neice Mary Matthews |
| 0014: | and her Assigns One full third part of All my Messuages Lands |
| 0015: | Tenements Malthouse Hereditaments and Appurtenances to |
| 0016: | the same belonging Situate and being at Henley upon Thames |
| 0017: | aforesaid and now in the Occupatiion of my self and others And |
| 0018: | also One full third part of and in all that Messuage or |
| 0019: | Tenement with the Appurtenances Situate and being at |
| 0020: | Reading in the County of Berks on the West Side of the Markett |
| 0021: | place there And Also One full third part of all those Three |
| 0022: | Little-Gardens lying near the Vastons in Reading aforesaid |
| 0023: | (and held by Lease of and from John Blagrave Esquire by the |
| 0024: | said Hannah Matthews) To hold to her and her Assigns for |
| 0025: | and during the Term of her natural life and to the Issue of her |
| 0026: | body lawfully begotten she and they allowing and Paying One |
| 0027: | third part of all the Expences of the Repairs of the said |
| 0028: | Premisses And also the Expence of Adding a Life or lives in |
| 0029: | Renewing of the said Lease in Case any of the Persons |
| 0030: | therein named should Depart this life during the Term of |
| 0031: | her Natural life And from and Immediately after her |
| 0032: | Decease without Issue as aforesaid I Give Devise and |
| 0033: | bequeath the same unto my Nephews William Matthews |
| 0034: | and Joseph Matthews their Heirs and Assigns for ever as |
| 0035: | Tenants in Common and not as Joint Tenants I Give Devise |
| 0036: | and bequeath unto the said William Matthews and Joseph |
| 0037: | Matthews the remaining two full third parts Of all the |
| 0038: | before mentioned Messuages or Tenements Lands Malthouse |
| 0039: | Hereditaments and Appurtenances to be same belonging |
| 0040: | Situate and being at Henley upon Thames aforesaid And |
| 0041: | also the two full third parts of the before mentioned Messuage |
| 0042: | or Tenement and three little Gardens Situate and being at |
| 0043: | Reading aforesaid To hold to them the said William Matthews |
| 0044: | and Joseph Matthews their Heirs and Assigns for ever as |
| 0045: | Tenants in Common and not as Joint Tenants I Give and |
| 0046: | Bequeath unto George Matthews Son of my Brother John |
| 0047: | Matthews the Sum of One Shilling and Six pence a Week |
| 0048: | during his life And I also Give unto Mary the Wife of |
| 0049: | Bartholomew Andrews the Sum of One Shilling a Week |
| 0050: | during her life which said Several Sums of One Shilling |
| 0051: | and Six pence and One Shilling I do hereby direct to be |
| 0052: | paid to them out of All the said Messuages or Tenements |
| 0053: | Malthouse Garden and Premisses hereinbefore Devised |
| 0054: | unto my said Nephews and Neice William Matthews Joseph |
| 0055: | Matthews and Mary Matthews And I hereby Expressly charge |
| 0056: | the same with the payment thereof the first payment |
| 0057: | thereof to begin and be made on the first Monday after the |
| 0058: | Expiration of One year after my Decease I Give to Susannah |
| 0059: | and William Matthews Son and Daughter of my late Nephew |
| 0060: | George Wooldridge Matthews Deceased Ten pounds a peice |
| 0061: | at their Age of Twenty one Years And in Case of their Death |
| 0062: | before that Age the said Legacys to cease and not be paid All |
| 0063: | the Rest and Residue of my Goods Chattels Real and |
| 0064: | Personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever not herein |
| 0065: | before given or disposed of after Payment of my Just Debts |
| 0066: | Legacys and Funeral Expences I Give Devise and bequeath unto |
| 0067: | the said Mary Matthews William Matthews and Joseph Matthews |
| 0068: | their Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns for ever And |
| 0069: | appoint them the said Mary Matthews William Matthews |
| 0070: | and Joseph Matthews Joint Executors of this my last Will and |
| 0071: | Testament I do hereby revoke all former Wills by me heretofore |
| 0072: | made and Declare this to be my last Will and Testament |
| 0073: | In Witness whereof I the said Hannah Matthews the Testatrix |
| 0074: | have to this my last Will and Testament contained in Two |
| 0075: | Sheets of paper to the first Sheet sett my hand and to the Second |
| 0076: | my hand and Seal the fourth day of December In the Year of |
| 0077: | our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Fifty Six |
| 0078: | |
| 0079: | The Mark of Hannah Matthews |
| 0080: | |
| 0081: | Signed Sealed Published and declared |
| 0082: | by the abovenamed Hannah Matthews the Testatrix as and for |
| 0083: | her last Will and Testament in the Presence of us who have |
| 0084: | hereunto Subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto in the |
| 0085: | Presence of the said Testatrix and in the presence of each other |
| 0086: | the words (and to the Issue of her body lawfully begotten and |
| 0087: | they) being first Interlined between the thirteenth and fourteenth |
| 0088: | lines in the first Sheet and the words (without Issue as aforesaid) |
| 0089: | being first Interlined between the Sixteenth and Seventeenth |
| 0090: | lines of the same Sheet |
| 0091: | |
| 0092: | Richard Miles |
| 0093: | W[illia]m Prince Jun[io]r |
| 0094: | Tho[ma]s Newell |
| 0095: |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | the author |
| Author: | Cynthia |
| Checked by: | Anthony Lynch |
| Date posted: | 24th July 2013 |
| Date modified: | 21st April 2014 |