Will of Ann Stanbrough
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 11/1165 |
| First date: | 16 July 1767 |
| Probate date: | 26 April 1788 |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executor: | Samuel Shefford |
| Relationship: | Cousin |
| Witness: | B Norton |
| Witness: | Jane Corderoy |
| Witness: | Francis Daniell |
| (Clerk to Mr. Tyrrell of Windsor) | |
| Court Official: | Peter Calvert |
Bequests
To: Frank Boury; Dinah Boury; Poll Boury (Cousin)
To my cousins, Frank, Dinah and Poll Boury twenty pounds each.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Ann Pear
To Mrs. Ann Pear, twenty pounds
Bequest Types
Names
To: Ellen Mason
To Mrs. Ellen Mason twenty pounds
Bequest Types
Names
To: Ann Webb
To Mrs. Ann Webb twenty pounds
Bequest Types
Names
To: Elizabeth Brookland
To Mrs. Elizabeth Brookland five pounds
Bequest Types
Names
To: Elizabeth Curtis (Friend)
To my friend Mrs. Elizabeth Curtis, a yearly annuity of thirty pounds for her life to be payable on the quarter days, and to be charged on my property.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Samuel Shefford (Cousin)
To my cousin Samuel Shefford, of New Windsor, Berks, Draper, the rest and residue of my real and personal estate, charged with the payment of the annuity to Elizabeth Curtis.
Bequest Types
Names
Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen |
| 0002: | I Ann Stanbrough of Henley upon Thames in the County |
| 0003: | of Oxon Spinster do make publish and declare this to |
| 0004: | be my last Will and Testament in manner and form |
| 0005: | following (that is to say) First I Give and Bequeath unto |
| 0006: | my Cousins Frank Dinah and Poll Boury twenty pounds |
| 0007: | a piece Also I Give and Bequeath unto Mrs Ann |
| 0008: | Pear Mrs Ellen Mason and Mrs Ann Webb twenty |
| 0009: | pounds a piece and to Mrs Elizabeth Brookland the |
| 0010: | sum of five pounds all which said Legacies I direct shall |
| 0011: | be paid by my Executors herein after named within three |
| 0012: | Months next after my decease And I Give and Bequeath |
| 0013: | unto my Friend Mrs Elizabeth Curtis one Annuity or |
| 0014: | yearly Sum of thirty Pounds for and during the term of |
| 0015: | her natural life and I do hereby Charge all and every of |
| 0016: | my Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments with |
| 0017: | the payment of the said Annuity and do direct the same |
| 0018: | to be paid by four equal quarterly payments (that is to |
| 0019: | say) on Michaelmas Day Christmas Day Lady Day and |
| 0020: | Midsummer Day the first payment to begin and be made |
| 0021: | on the first of the said Days which shall happen next |
| 0022: | after my decease and in case the same shall be behind |
| 0023: | and unpaid for the space of thirty days next after |
| 0024: | any or either of the said Feast day or days appointed |
| 0025: | for the payment thereof I do hereby Authorize and |
| 0026: | impower the said Elizabeth Curtis to enter into and |
| 0027: | upon my said Messuages Lands Tenements and Heredit[ament]s |
| 0028: | or into or upon any part thereof and to distrain for |
| 0029: | the arrears of the said Annuity and to take lead and |
| 0030: | drive away the distress there made and dispose of the |
| 0031: | same towards Satisfaction thereof and the Charges attending |
| 0032: | such distress and all the rest residue and remainder of my |
| 0033: | Goods Chattels and Personal Estate and all my Real Estate |
| 0034: | both Freehold and Copyhold after payment of my Just Debts |
| 0035: | the Legacies and Annuity by me herein before given and |
| 0036: | Charged Funeral Expences and the Expences of proving |
| 0037: | this my Will I Give Devise and Bequeath unto my |
| 0038: | Cousin Samuel Shefford of new Windsor in the County |
| 0039: | of Berks [↑Draper] his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns |
| 0040: | for ever and I do hereby revoke all Wills by me at any |
| 0041: | time heretofore made And do make Nominate Constitute |
| 0042: | and Appoint the said Samuel Shefford sole Executor of |
| 0043: | this my Will In Witness whereof I the said Ann |
| 0044: | Stanbrough the Testatrix have to this my last Will |
| 0045: | and Testament set my hand and seal this sixteenth |
| 0046: | day of July in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven |
| 0047: | hundred and sixty seven |
| 0048: | |
| 0049: | Ann Stanbrough [Seal] |
| 0050: | |
| 0051: | signed |
| 0052: | sealed published and declared by the said Ann Stanbrough |
| 0053: | the Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament in the |
| 0054: | presence of us who in her presence and at her request |
| 0055: | and in the presence of each other have subscribed our |
| 0056: | names as Witnesses thereto |
| 0057: | |
| 0058: | B Norton |
| 0059: | Jane Corderoy X her mark |
| 0060: | Fra[nci]s Daniell Clerk to Mr Tyrrell of Windsor |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | the author |
| Author: | Cynthia |
| Checked by: | Anthony Lynch |
| Date posted: | 04th March 2014 |
| Date modified: | 26th May 2014 |