Will of Daniel Sarney
Occupation
- 218: Maltster
Location
Maltster of Henley upon Thames
| Document reference: | TNA PROB 11/532 |
| First date: | 13 December 1712 |
| Probate date: | 10 February 1712/3 |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executor: | Daniel Sarney |
| (Son of Testator, jointly together with testator's daughter) | |
| Executrix: | Mary Sarney |
| (Daughter of Testator, jointly with his son) | |
| Witness: | Jonathan Sayer |
| Witness: | Richard Woodall |
| Witness: | Elizabeth Adams |
| Court Official: | Nathaniel Lloyd |
| (Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Court of Canterbury) | |
| Court Official: | Charles Hedges |
| (Doctor of Laws of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury) |
Bequests
To: Mary Sarney (Daughter)
I give to my daughter Mary [Sarney] my wood called Little Knott Wood, and the ground on which it stands, in the parishes of Newenham Murren and Nuffield in Oxfordshire containing about fifteen and a half acres.
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Location of property
Names
To: Mary Sarney (Daughter)
I give to my daughter Mary Sarney a bond for two hundred pounds of Michaell Fowler, of Harding in Oxfordshire, yeoman, dated 10 April 1706, in favour of Samuel Thorne, citizen and goldsmith of London, and assigned to me on 24 August 1711. The bond provides that one hundred pounds is payable within one month of the death of Margaret Trotman, widow of George Trotman.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Benjamin Sarney (Son)
I give to my son Benjamin [Sarney] my property with its malthouse, in which I live and in New Street, Henley.
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Names
To: Benjamin Sarney (Son)
I give to my son Benjamin [Sarney] two hundred and fifty pounds to be paid to him at the age of twenty two.
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To: Elizabeth Sarney (Daughter)
I give to my daughter Elizabeth [Sarney] three hundred pounds to be paid unto her within one year of my death.
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To: Sarah Sarney (Daughter)
I give to my daughter Sarah [Sarney] three hundred pounds to be paid unto her at the age of twenty one, or her day of marriage if earlier
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Names
To: Mary Sarney (Daughter)
I give to my said daughter Mary [Sarney] the bed belonging to my best bedstead and also its bolsters, pillows, coverlet and quilt.
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Names
To: Ann Darby (Daughter)
I give to my daughter Ann Darby five pounds to be paid to her immediately after my death
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Names
To: Daniel Sarney (Son)
I give to my son Daniel Sarney ten pounds to be paid to him immediately after my death
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Names
To: Benjamin Sarney; Mary Sarney; Elizabeth Sarney; Sarah Sarney (Children)
I give to my son Benjamin and to my daughters Mary, Elizabeth and Sarah all my Linen in equal shares
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Names
To: Benjamin Sarney (Son)
I give to my son Benjamin [Sarney] the rest of my household goods.
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Names
To: Benjamin Sarney; Mary Sarney; Elizabeth Sarney; Sarah Sarney (Children)
The residue of my personal estate I give to my son and daughters Benjamin, Mary, Elizabeth and Sarah in equal shares
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Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen |
| 0002: | I Daniel Sarney the Elder of Henley upon Thames in the County of |
| 0003: | Oxon Malster being of sound mind and understanding doe make publish |
| 0004: | and Declare this my last Will and Testament in manner and form |
| 0005: | following And first and principally I commend my Soul into the hands of |
| 0006: | Almighty God (who gave it to me) trusting through the meritts and |
| 0007: | mediation of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to have remission of all |
| 0008: | my Sins and to be made Partaker of everlasting Life And my Body I |
| 0009: | commit to the Earth to be decently buried at the Discretion of my Executor |
| 0010: | and Executrix herein after named And as for the worldly Estate which |
| 0011: | the Lord hath bestowed upon me I give and dispose of the same as |
| 0012: | followeth Imprimis I give and devise unto my Daughter Mary and |
| 0013: | to her Heirs and Assigns for ever all that my Wood and Wood Ground |
| 0014: | and the Ground and Soyle thereof with the appurtenances now in my |
| 0015: | own occupation lying and being in the parishes of Newenham |
| 0016: | Murren and Nuffield in the said County of Oxon or one of them |
| 0017: | containing by Estimation Fifteen Acres and an half (be the same more |
| 0018: | or less) commonly called Little Knott Wood Item Whereas Michaell |
| 0019: | Fowler of Harding in the said County of Oxon Yeoman in and by one |
| 0020: | Bond or Obligation bearing date the Tenth day of Aprill in the year of our |
| 0021: | Lord God One thousand seven hundred and Six is held and firmly bound |
| 0022: | unto Samuel Thorn Citizen and Goldsmith of London in the penall Sum |
| 0023: | of Two hundred pounds conditioned for the payment of the Sum of One |
| 0024: | hundred pounds unto the said Samuel Thorne his Executors Administrators |
| 0025: | or Assigns within one Month next after the Decease of Margaret Trotman |
| 0026: | the Widow of George Trotman deceased And whereas the said Bond or |
| 0027: | Obligation and the moneys thereby made payable are by Indenture |
| 0028: | bearing date the Four and twentieth day of August in the Year of our |
| 0029: | Lord God One thousand seven hundred and Eleven granted and |
| 0030: | assigned to me (by the said Samuel Thorne) and to my Executors |
| 0031: | and Administrators Now therefore I doe further give and devise unto |
| 0032: | my said Daughter Mary the said Obligation or Bond from the said |
| 0033: | Michael Fowler and all the moneys thereby due and payable and to |
| 0034: | grow due and payable and all the benefitt and advantage that can |
| 0035: | be made thereby Item I give and devise unto my Son Benjamin and |
| 0036: | to his Heirs and Assigns for ever all that my Messuage or Tenement |
| 0037: | with the Malthouse Garden Backside and other appurtenances to the |
| 0038: | same belonging wherein I now live scituate and being at the lower |
| 0039: | End of New street in Henley upon Thames aforesaid Item I give |
| 0040: | and bequeath unto my said Son Benjamin the Sum of Two |
| 0041: | hundred and fifty pounds to be paid unto him at his Age of two and |
| 0042: | twenty years Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Elizabeth |
| 0043: | the Sum of Three hundred pounds to be paid unto her within One |
| 0044: | Year next after my Decease Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter |
| 0045: | Sarah the like Sum of Three hundred pounds to be paid unto her at |
| 0046: | her Age of One and twenty years or day of Marriage which shall |
| 0047: | first happen Item I further give and bequeath unto my said |
| 0048: | Daughter Mary the Bed belonging to my best Bedstead and also |
| 0049: | the Bolsters Pillows Coverlett and Quilt thereto belonging Item I |
| 0050: | give unto my Daughter Ann Darby the Sum of five pounds to be |
| 0051: | paid unto her immediately after my Decease Item I give unto my |
| 0052: | Son Daniel Sarney the Sum of Ten pounds to be likewise paid unto |
| 0053: | him immediately after my Decease Item I further give unto my said |
| 0054: | Son Benjamin and unto my said Daughters Mary Elizabeth and |
| 0055: | Sarah all my Linnen to be equally divided and parted between them |
| 0056: | Item I give and bequeath unto my said Son Benjamin All the rest |
| 0057: | and residue of my Houshold Goods not herein before given or |
| 0058: | disposed of Item my Will is and I doe hereby order and appoint that |
| 0059: | my Executor and Executrix herein after named shall be paid (and |
| 0060: | shall and may retain and keep to themselves out of my personall Estate) |
| 0061: | All the Charges and Expences whatsoever which they or either of them |
| 0062: | shall respectively pay expend or be put unto by meanes of this my Will |
| 0063: | and taking upon them the Burthen and Charge of the Executorship |
| 0064: | hereof Item my Will and Meaning is and I doe hereby order and appoint |
| 0065: | that my Executor and Executrix hereinafter named shall as soon as |
| 0066: | conveniently may be raise the said severall Legacies or Sums of money |
| 0067: | herein before severally given unto my said Son Benjamin and unto |
| 0068: | my said Daughter Sarah and shall place the same out at Interest for the |
| 0069: | use and Benefitt of my said Son Benjamin and Daughter Sarah |
| 0070: | respectively untill the same shall by Virtue of this my Will become |
| 0071: | due and payable to them respectively the Interest whereof my Will is |
| 0072: | shall be from time to time paid to my said Son and Daughter |
| 0073: | Benjamin and Sarah as the same shall respectively become due for |
| 0074: | their respective maintenances And in case my said Son Benjamin and |
| 0075: | my said Daughter Sarah or either of them shall happen to dye before |
| 0076: | his or her Legacy or Legacies shall become payable then my Will is |
| 0077: | and I doe hereby give the Legacy or Legacies of him or her so dying unto |
| 0078: | the Survivors and Survivor of my said Children Mary Elizabeth |
| 0079: | Benjamin and Sarah to be equally divided between them share and |
| 0080: | share alike Item all the rest and residue of my personall Estate whatsoever |
| 0081: | and wheresoever (not herein before given or bequeathed my Debts |
| 0082: | Legacies and Funerall Expences being first paid and discharged) I give |
| 0083: | and bequeath unto my said Son and Daughters Benjamin Mary |
| 0084: | Elizabeth and Sarah to be equally divided between them Item I constitute |
| 0085: | and appoint my said Son Daniel and my said Daughter Mary joint |
| 0086: | Executor and Executrix of this my last Will and Testament in trust for |
| 0087: | my said Daughter Mary and for my said Son and Daughters Benjamin |
| 0088: | Elizabeth and Sarah I revoke all Wills by me heretofore made And in |
| 0089: | Testimony that that this is my last Will and Testament I the said Daniel |
| 0090: | Sarney the Elder have hereunto put my hand and seal the Thirteenth |
| 0091: | day of December Anno Domini One thousand seven hundred and |
| 0092: | twelve |
| 0093: | |
| 0094: | Daniel Sarney |
| 0095: | |
| 0096: | Signed sealed published and declared by |
| 0097: | the above named Daniel Sarney the Testator as and for his last Will |
| 0098: | and Testament in the presence of us who subscribe our Names in his |
| 0099: | presence |
| 0100: | |
| 0101: | Jona[than] Sayer |
| 0102: | Richard Woodall |
| 0103: | Eliz[abeth] Adams |
| 0104: |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | the author |
| Author: | Tony Lynch |
| Checked by: | Cynthia Robinson |
| Date posted: | 27th February 2013 |
| Date modified: | 21st May 2014 |