Will of John Bland
Occupation
- 225: Butcher, Meat Salesman
Location
Butcher of Henley upon Thames
| Document reference: | TNA PROB 11/1165 |
| First date: | 27 February 1788 |
| Probate date: | 27 May 1788 |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Witness: | James Mountford |
| Witness: | T Cooper |
| Witness: | John Long |
| Court Official: | George Harris |
| Court Official: | Peter Calvert |
| Executor: | Thomas Bland |
| Executrix: | Elizabeth Bland |
Bequests
To: Thomas Bland (Son)
I give to my son Thomas Bland and to my daughter Elizabeth Bland, all my property, with garden, in Friday Street, Henley, now occupied by William Leaver. I also give him the bed, bedstead and bedding, together with the furniture, in the garrett over the room where I now lie. I also give to him and his sister, Elizabeth Bland, £200, part of the £400 in 4% Bank Annuities, as trustees for their sisters, Sarah Lovejoy, wife of George Lovejoy, and Ann Clark. I also give him £100 from the £400 for his sole use. I also give to him my leasehold farm, held under a lease from [Blank] Freeman esq. The residue of my estate is to be shared equally by him and his sisters Ann Clark and Elizabeth Bland.
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Location of property
Names
To: Elizabeth Bland (Daughter)
I give to my daughter Elizabeth Bland and to my son Thomas Bland, all my property, with garden, in Friday Street, Henley, now occupied by William Leaver. I also give to her the bed, bedstead and bedding together with the furniture in the room where I now lie. I also give to her and her brother Thomas Bland £200, part of the £400 in 4% Bank Annuities, as trustees for their sisters, Sarah Lovejoy, wife of George Lovejoy, and Ann Clark. I also give to her £100 of the £400 for her sole use. The residue of my estate she is to share equally with her brother,Thomas Bland and sister, Ann Clark.
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To: Ann Clark (Daughter)
I give to my daughter Ann Clark the bed, bedstead and bedding, together with the furniture, in the front chamber. I also give the interest on £100 held in £400 pounds at 4% Bank Annuities. This interest is to be given by the trustees, her brother and sister, John and Elizabeth Bland. It is to be for her sole use, free of any control by any husband. She may dispose of the money as she wishes in her will. She is to have an equal share in the residue of my estate with her brother, Thomas Bland and sister, Elizabeth Bland.
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To: Sarah Lovejoy (Daughter)
I give to my daughter Sarah Lovejoy, wife of George Lovejoy, the interest from £100. This is part of £400 pounds in 4% Bank Annuities and is to be administered as a trust by her brother Thomas Bland and sister, Elizabeth Bland. It is to be for her sole use, free from the control of any husband and during her natural life. On her death, the sum of £100 is to be paid to my grandson Edward Lovejoy when he reaches 21 years. Should Edward die before then the £100 is to be divided equally between Thomas Bland, Elizabeth Bland and Ann Clark.
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Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen |
| 0002: | I John Bland of Henley upon Thames in the County |
| 0003: | of Oxford Butcher being ill in Body but of sound and |
| 0004: | disposing Mind Memory and Understanding calling to |
| 0005: | Mind the |
| 0006: | the time thereof do therefore make Publish and declare |
| 0007: | this my last Will and Testament in manner and form |
| 0008: | following (that is to say I give and devise unto my Son |
| 0009: | Thomas Bland and my Daughter Elizabeth Bland All |
| 0010: | that my Messuage or Tenement with the Garden |
| 0011: | Hereditaments and Appurtenances thereunto belonging |
| 0012: | situate in Friday Street in the Town of Henley upon |
| 0013: | Thames aforesaid and now in the Occupation of William |
| 0014: | Leaver To hold the same and every part thereof unto and |
| 0015: | to the use of them my said Son Thomas Bland and Daughter |
| 0016: | Elizabeth Bland their Heirs and Assigns for ever share and |
| 0017: | share alike as Tenants in Common and not as joint Tenants |
| 0018: | Also I give and bequeath unto my said Daughter Elizabeth |
| 0019: | Bland the Bed Bedstead and Bedding in the Room I now |
| 0020: | lie together with the Furniture of the said Room Also I |
| 0021: | give and bequeath unto my Son Thomas Bland the Bed |
| 0022: | Bedstead and Bedding in the Garrett over the Room |
| 0023: | I now lie in together with the Furniture of the said |
| 0024: | Garrett Also I give and bequeath the Bed Bedstead and |
| 0025: | Bedding in the front Chamber to my Daughter Ann |
| 0026: | Clark together with the Furniture of the same Chamber |
| 0027: | Also I give and bequeath unto my Son Thomas Bland |
| 0028: | and Daughter Elizabeth Bland their Executors and |
| 0029: | Administrators the Sum of two hundred Pounds Stock in |
| 0030: | the new Four Per Cent Bank Annuities part of the Sum |
| 0031: | of Four hundred Pounds Stock now standing in my Name |
| 0032: | upon Trust to pay and apply the Interest Dividends |
| 0033: | and Produce of one hundred Pounds [↑stock] to my Daughter |
| 0034: | Sarah Lovejoy Wife of George Lovejoy for and during |
| 0035: | the term of her natural Life for her own sole and |
| 0036: | seperate use and benefit freed and Discharged from the |
| 0037: | debts Controul or Engagements of her present or any |
| 0038: | future taken Husband and from and after her decease |
| 0039: | upon Trust to pay assign or Transfer the said Sum of one |
| 0040: | hundred Pounds Stock unto my Grandson Edward Lovejoy |
| 0041: | when he shall attain the age of twenty one years And |
| 0042: | in the meantime to apply the Interest and Dividends |
| 0043: | thereof for and towards the Maintenance and Education |
| 0044: | of the said Edward Lovejoy and in case the said Edward |
| 0045: | Lovejoy shall happen to die before he shall attain the |
| 0046: | said Age of twenty one years then upon Trust to divide |
| 0047: | the same between them my said son Son Thomas Bland and |
| 0048: | Daughters Elizabeth Bland and Ann Clark their respective |
| 0049: | Executors and Administrators equally share and share alike |
| 0050: | And as to the remaining one hundred Pounds Stock residue |
| 0051: | of the said Sum of two hundred Pounds upon Trust to pay |
| 0052: | and apply the Interest Dividends and Produce thereof to |
| 0053: | my Daughter Ann Clark for her sole use and benefit |
| 0054: | seperate and apart from her Husband and the same to be |
| 0055: | in no wise subject to the Debts Controul or Management of |
| 0056: | her present or any after taken Husband and I will and |
| 0057: | direct that the Receipt alone notwithstanding her Coverture |
| 0058: | or wheher she be covert or sole shall from time to time be |
| 0059: | a good and sufficient Discharge to my Trustees for such |
| 0060: | Interest Dividends and Produce and from and immediately |
| 0061: | after the decease of my said Daughter Ann Clark upon |
| 0062: | Trust to Assign and transfer the said Sum of one hundred |
| 0063: | Pounds Stock with all Interest and Dividends then due |
| 0064: | for the same unto such Person or Persons and at such |
| 0065: | time and times and in such parts shares and proportions |
| 0066: | manner and form as she my said Daughter notwithstanding |
| 0067: | her Coverture or whether she shall be covert or sole shall |
| 0068: | by any Deed or Writing under her hand and seal or by |
| 0069: | her last Will and Testament in writing or any writing |
| 0070: | purporting to be her last Will and Testament to be |
| 0071: | executed in the presence of two or more credible Witnesses |
| 0072: | give direct limit or appoint the same and for want of |
| 0073: | such Gift Direction Limitation or Appointment then upon |
| 0074: | Trust to Assign and transfer the said one hundred Pounds |
| 0075: | Stock unto and amongst all and every the Child [↑and] Children |
| 0076: | of the said Ann Clark who shall be then living in equal |
| 0077: | shares and proportions when and as they shall respectively |
| 0078: | arrive at the Age of twenty one years And in the mean |
| 0079: | time to apply the Interest Dividends and Profits thereof |
| 0080: | for the benefit and advantage of such Children respectively |
| 0081: | And in case of the Death of all such Children before |
| 0082: | they shall arrive at the age of twenty one years Then |
| 0083: | upon Trust to Assign and transfer the said Sum of one |
| 0084: | hundred Pounds Stock and the Interest and Dividends then |
| 0085: | due in respect thereof unto them the said Thomas Bland |
| 0086: | and Elizabeth Bland their Executors Administrators and |
| 0087: | Assigns in equal shares and Proportions to and for their |
| 0088: | own use and benefit Also I give and bequeath unto my |
| 0089: | said Son Thomas Bland the Sum of one hundred Pounds |
| 0090: | Stock other part of the said Four hundred Pounds Stock in |
| 0091: | the said new Four Per Cent Bank Annuities to and for |
| 0092: | his own use and benefit Also I give and bequeath unto |
| 0093: | my said Daughter Elizabeth Bland the Sum of one |
| 0094: | hundred Pounds Stock residue of the said Four hundred |
| 0095: | Pounds Stock in the said new Four Per Cent Bank Annuities |
| 0096: | to and for her own use and benefit Also I give and |
| 0097: | bequeath unto my said Son Thomas Bland his Executors |
| 0098: | and Administrators All my Leasehold Farm which I now |
| 0099: | hold by Lease under ........ Freeman Esquire to and |
| 0100: | for his own use and benefit during the residue of my |
| 0101: | term therein subject to the Rents and Covenants in the |
| 0102: | said Indenture of Lease contained All the Rest and Residue |
| 0103: | of my Personal Estate and Effects not herein before by me |
| 0104: | disposed of I give and bequeath unto my said Son Thomas |
| 0105: | Bland and my said Daughters Ann Clark and Elizabeth |
| 0106: | Bland equally to be divided between them share and |
| 0107: | share alike And I do hereby nominate constitute and |
| 0108: | Appoint them my said Son Thomas Bland and my said |
| 0109: | Daughter Elizabeth Bland Executor and Executrix of this |
| 0110: | my Will And I do hereby direct that my said Trustees |
| 0111: | shall not be answerable one for the other of them or |
| 0112: | for the Acts Deeds Receipts Defaults or payments the |
| 0113: | one of the other of them but each for him and herself |
| 0114: | his and her Acts Deeds Receipts Disbursements and Defaults |
| 0115: | only And that my said Trustees or either of them shall |
| 0116: | not be answerable or accountable for any loss which may |
| 0117: | happen to the said Trust Monies unless the same happen |
| 0118: | through his or their wilfull neglect or default and that |
| 0119: | my said Trustees shall and may deduct retain and |
| 0120: | reimburse to him and themselves out of the said Trust |
| 0121: | Monies [↑all such Costs charges Damages and expences as |
| 0122: | they or either of them] shall pay expend or be put unto for or by |
| 0123: | reason of or in the Execution of the Trusts hereby in |
| 0124: | them reposed and I do hereby revoke disannul and |
| 0125: | make void all former and other Wills by at any time |
| 0126: | heretofore made and do declare this and this only to |
| 0127: | be my true last Will and Testament In Witness |
| 0128: | whereof I the said John Bland the Testator have to |
| 0129: | this my last Will and Testament contained in three Sheets |
| 0130: | of Paper to the two first thereof set my hand and to |
| 0131: | this last my hand and Seal this twenty seventh Day |
| 0132: | of February one thousand seven hundred and eighty |
| 0133: | eight |
| 0134: | |
| 0135: | The Mark X of John Bland [seal] |
| 0136: | Signed sealed |
| 0137: | Published and declared by the above named John Bland |
| 0138: | the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in |
| 0139: | the Presence of us who at his request and in his presence |
| 0140: | and in the presence of each other have subscribed our |
| 0141: | Names as Witnesses thereunto |
| 0142: | |
| 0143: | James Mountford |
| 0144: | T Cooper |
| 0145: | John Long |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | Adele |
| Author: | Adele |
| Checked by: | Cynthia Robinson |
| Date posted: | 05th December 2013 |
| Date modified: | 04th February 2014 |