Will of Francis Mason
Occupation
- 414: Status only, no stated occupation. Use for Widow, Gentleman, Esquire, Indweller etc., if no occupation is given.
Location
Gentleman of Henley upon Thames
| Document reference: | TNA PROB 11/846 |
| First date: | 10 December 1741 |
| Probate date: | 20 May 1759 |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executor: | Thomas Mason |
| Relationship: | Son |
| (Joint executor) | |
| Executor: | Henry Mason |
| Relationship: | Son |
| (Joint executor) | |
| Witness: | Thomas Newell |
| Witness: | Robert Hollaman |
| Witness: | Catherine Cockey |
| Court Official: | George Harris |
| Court Official: | Edward Simpson |
Bequests
To: John Mason (Son)
I give to my son John Mason and to his heirs forever my share in the wharf in Millford Lane in the Strand in the County of Middlesex.
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To: John Mason (Son)
I give to my son John Mason the sum of twenty pounds to buy him mourning.
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To: Mary Mason (Daughter)
I give to my daughter, Mary Mason, one thousand pounds to be paid by my Executors within twelve months of my death and she shall receive the interest quarterly until the time of payment.
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To: Mary Mason (Daughter)
I give to my daughter Mary Mason the sum of ten pounds for her immediate support and maintenance to be paid by my executors within one month of my decease.
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To: Thomas Mason, Henry Mason (Sons)
I give to my sons Thomas and Henry Mason all my property, farm, land, woods and woodlands in the parish of Ipstone, Bucks, (currently occupied by myself, John Messenger, Kadman Messenger and John Seward or their tenants) for ever as tenants in common upon the express condition that if there should be more than one thousand pounds each on division of my estate after payment of my debts and expenses, then the residue should be shared equally between my sons Thomas, Henry and my daughter Mary Mason.
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To: Thomas Mason; Henry Mason; Mary Mason (Children)
Should the residue of my estate produce more than one thousand pounds each for to my two sons Thomas and Henry Mason, then my estate in excess of this two thousand pounds shall be divided between my sons Thomas and Henry and my daughter Mary, equally.
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Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen |
| 0002: | I Francis Mason of Henley Upon Thames in the County of |
| 0003: | Oxford Esquire being sick and weak in Body but of sound Mind |
| 0004: | Memory and Understanding do make publish and declare this to |
| 0005: | be my last Will and Testament in manner and form following |
| 0006: | and first and principally I commend my Soul into the hands of |
| 0007: | Almighty God who gave it me trusting through the Merits and |
| 0008: | Mediation of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to have remission |
| 0009: | of all my Sins and to be made partaker of everlasting Life and my |
| 0010: | Body I commit to the Earth to be buried in a decent but private |
| 0011: | manner at the discretion of my Executors hereinafter named And |
| 0012: | as for the Worldly Estate which the Lord out of his Mercy hath |
| 0013: | bestowed upon me I give and dispose thereof as followeth In the |
| 0014: | first place I give devise and bequeath to my Son John Mason |
| 0015: | and to his Heirs for ever All that my Share or part of and in the |
| 0016: | Wharfe situate and being in Millford Lane in the Strand in the |
| 0017: | County of Middlesex Also I give unto my Son John Mason the |
| 0018: | sum of twenty pounds to buy him Mourning Also I give and |
| 0019: | bequeath unto my Daughter Mary Mason the Sum of one thousand |
| 0020: | Pounds to be paid her by my Executors within twelve Months after |
| 0021: | my decease And my Will is and I do hereby direct that my said |
| 0022: | Daughter Mary shall have Interest for the same from the time of |
| 0023: | my decease to the time of Payment thereof as aforesaid after the |
| 0024: | rate of four Pounds per Centum per Annum which said Interest |
| 0025: | shall be paid Quarterly by my Executors herein after named the first |
| 0026: | Payment whereof to begin and to be made the first Quarter day |
| 0027: | next after my decease Also I give to my said Daughter Mary |
| 0028: | Mason the sum of ten Pounds for her present support and |
| 0029: | Maintenance to be paid her by my Executors hereinafter named |
| 0030: | within one Month after my decease Also I give devise and |
| 0031: | bequeath All that my Messuage or Tenement Farm Lands |
| 0032: | Woods and Woodgrounds with the Hereditaments and |
| 0033: | Appurtenances thereto belonging situate standing lying and being |
| 0034: | in the Parish of Ipstone in the County of Oxford and Bucks or |
| 0035: | either of them together with all and singular Houses Outhouses |
| 0036: | Edifices and Buildings Hedges Ditches Mounds Fences Trees |
| 0037: | Woods Underwoods Ways Waters Easements and all other the rights |
| 0038: | Members and Appurtenances thereto belonging or in any wise |
| 0039: | appertaining (which said Premisses are now in the several |
| 0040: | Tenures or Occupations of my self John Messenger Kadman |
| 0041: | Messenger and John Seward their Undertenants or Assigns) |
| 0042: | Unto my Sons Thomas and Henry Mason To hold unto my |
| 0043: | said son Thomas and Henry Mason their Heirs Executors |
| 0044: | Administrators and Assigns for ever as Tenants in Common |
| 0045: | and not as Joynt Tenants Upon this Express Condition |
| 0046: | nevertheless that in Case upon the Division of my Estate and |
| 0047: | Effects between my said two Sons Thomas and Henry Mason |
| 0048: | there should be more than one thousand Pounds apeice after my |
| 0049: | just Debts and Funeral Expences are fully satisfied and paid and |
| 0050: | the Expences of the Proving of this my Will Then I do hereby |
| 0051: | direct that all the rest and residue of my said Estate and |
| 0052: | Effects that shall be more than the said one thousand Pounds |
| 0053: | apeice shall be equally divided between my said two Sons |
| 0054: | Thomas and Henry and my daughter Mary Mason share and |
| 0055: | share alike Also I constiute and appoint my said two Sons |
| 0056: | Thomas and Henry Mason joynt Executors of this my last |
| 0057: | Will and Testament To whom after Payment of my Just Debts |
| 0058: | Legacys and Funeral Expences I give and bequeath All the |
| 0059: | rest and residue of my reall and personal Estate whatsoever |
| 0060: | and wheresoever I revoke all Wills by me heretofore made or |
| 0061: | published and declare this to be my last Will and Testament |
| 0062: | only and in Testimony that this Writing is and contains my |
| 0063: | last Will and Testament I the said Francis Mason have |
| 0064: | hereunto set my hand and seal this tenth day of December in |
| 0065: | the fifteenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George |
| 0066: | the Second by the Grace of God King of Great Britain France |
| 0067: | and Ireland Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the Year |
| 0068: | of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty one |
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| 0070: | F Mason |
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| 0072: | Signed sealed published declared and delivered by the said |
| 0073: | Francis Mason the Testator as and for his last Will and |
| 0074: | Testament in the presence of us and then Attested by us in his |
| 0075: | presence |
| 0076: | |
| 0077: | Tho[ma]s Newell |
| 0078: | Robert Hollaman |
| 0079: | Catherine Cockey |
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Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | Viv Greenwood |
| Author: | Viv Greenwood |
| Checked by: | Cynthia Robinson |
| Date posted: | 14th November 2013 |
| Date modified: | 20th April 2014 |