Will of Mary Sayer
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: | TNA PROB 11/807 |
| First date: | 26 June 1751 |
| Probate date: | 15 March 1754 |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executor: | Buckland Sayer |
| Relationship: | Son |
| Witness: | Hester Harrisson |
| Witness: | Mary Mounteney |
| Court Official: | Arthur Collier |
| Witness: | Jane Baynes |
| Court Official: | George Lee |
Bequests
To: Harrey Sayer (Son)
To my son Harrey Sayer, forty pounds and four silver tea spoons marked "J.E.B."
Bequest Types
Names
To: Mary Sayer (Grand daughter)
To my grand daughter, Mary Sayer, daughter of my son Harrey Sayer, a five pound piece of gold, a case of knives, forks and the six spoons with a crest.
Bequest Types
Names
To: John Sayer; Thomas Sayer (Grand son)
To my two grandsons, John and Thomas Sayer, sons of my son Harrey, five pounds each
Bequest Types
Names
To: Ann Norten (Grand daughter)
To my grand daughter, Ann Norten, daughter of my daughter Ann Norten, my gold watch, chain and seal when she is fifteen years of age;Â if she dies before that age, then the watch, chain and seal to go to my grand daughter Mary Sayer.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Thomas Norton (Grand son)
To my grandson, Thomas Norton, son of my daughter Ann Norton, my silver coffee pot
Bequest Types
Names
To: Ann Prat (Servant)
To my maid servant Ann Prat, if she is still living with me at my death, my best grey silk gown and two of my best mob [caps]
Bequest Types
Names
To: Richard Toovey; Mary Toovey (Cousin)
To my cousin, Richard Toovey and Mary his wife, one guinea each to buy mourning
Bequest Types
Names
To: Buckland Sayer (Son)
To my son Buckland Sayer, all the rest and residue of my estate
Bequest Types
Names
Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen |
| 0002: | I Mary Sayer of Henley upon Thames in the County of Oxford |
| 0003: | widow do make publish and declare this my last Will and |
| 0004: | Testament in manner and form following that is to say First |
| 0005: | I give and bequeath unto my son Harrey Sayer the Legacy or |
| 0006: | Sum of forty pounds of lawful money of Great Britain to be |
| 0007: | paid unto him by my Executor hereinafter named within |
| 0008: | two years next after my decease Also I give and bequeath |
| 0009: | unto my son Harrey Sayer four silver spoons marked with |
| 0010: | J.E.B. And I also give and bequeath unto my grand daughter |
| 0011: | Mary Sayer daughter to my son Harrey Sayer my five |
| 0012: | pound piece of gold and my Case of Knives and Forks with the |
| 0013: | six spoons [↑belonging to the Case] with the Crest to be delivered to her immediately |
| 0014: | after my decease Item I give unto my too grand-sons John Sayer |
| 0015: | and Thomas Sayer sons of my son Harrey Sayer five pounds a |
| 0016: | piece to be paid to them in two years after my decease I give |
| 0017: | and bequeath unto my grand daughter Ann Norten daughter |
| 0018: | of my daughter Ann Norten my Gold Watch with the Gold |
| 0019: | Chain and Seal belonging to the Watch to be kept by my Executor |
| 0020: | till she is fifteen years of age if she should die before she is |
| 0021: | fifteen years of age then I give the Watch Chain and Seal unto |
| 0022: | my grand daughter Mary Sayer daughter to my son Harrey |
| 0023: | Sayer Also I give and bequeath unto my grand-son Thomas |
| 0024: | Norton son of my daughter Ann Norton my silver Coffee Pott |
| 0025: | to be delivered unto him immediately after my decease Also I |
| 0026: | give and bequeath unto my servant maid Ann Prat if she |
| 0027: | should live with me when I die my best gray unwatered taby |
| 0028: | gown and too of my best Mobs to be delivered to her immediately |
| 0029: | after my decease Also I give and bequeath unto my cousin Mr |
| 0030: | Richard Toovey of Wallingford in the County of Berks and |
| 0031: | Mary his wife the sum of one Guinea a piece to be paid to them |
| 0032: | immediately after my decease by my Executor hereinafter named |
| 0033: | to by each of them a Mourning Ring And I do desire to be |
| 0034: | Buried as near as may be as my dear husband Mr Jonathan |
| 0035: | Sayer Was and in as private a manner as possible And lastly |
| 0036: | all the rest and residue of my goods chattels ready money |
| 0037: | debts owing and personal Estate whatsoever not herein before |
| 0038: | by me otherways given and disposed of by me my debts legacies |
| 0039: | and funeral expences being first paid and discharged I do give |
| 0040: | and bequeath unto my son Buckland Sayer whom I do hereby |
| 0041: | make and appoint the full and sole executor of this my last Will |
| 0042: | and Testament hereby me revoking all former Wills by me mead |
| 0043: | either by word or in writing and do desire this only to be taken |
| 0044: | as and for my last Will and no other In Witness whereof I |
| 0045: | the said Mary Sayer have hereunto set my Hand and Seal |
| 0046: | the twenty sixth day of June in the year of our Lord one |
| 0047: | Thousand seven Hundred fifty and one |
| 0048: | |
| 0049: | Mary Sayer |
| 0050: | |
| 0051: | I declare |
| 0052: | this to be my last Will and Testament in the Presents of us |
| 0053: | who subscribes our Names as Witnesses hereunto in the |
| 0054: | Presents and request of the said Testator |
| 0055: | |
| 0056: | Jane Baynes |
| 0057: | Hester Harrisson |
| 0058: | Mary Mounteney |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | Hilary |
| Author: | Hilary Fisher |
| Checked by: | Cynthia Robinson |
| Date posted: | 24th September 2013 |
| Date modified: | 22nd May 2014 |
Comments
Variable spelling of name of Norten/Norton on photocopy will