Will of John Kent
Occupation
- 100: Farmer, Grazier, Yeoman
Location
Yeoman of Henley upon Thames
| Document reference: | TNA PROB 11/1054 |
| First date: | 02 February 1779 |
| Probate date: | 01 June 1779 |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executrix: | Mary Kent |
| Relationship: | Daughter |
| Witness: | Robert Eling |
| Witness: | Phillip Dore |
| Witness: | John Woodwards |
| Court Official: | William Compton |
| Court Official: | Peter Calvert |
Bequests
To: John Kent (Son)
I give to my natural son John Kent (otherwise Dee) and to his heirs for ever, all my estate called 'Abbots' in Hambledon in the County of Bucks, now in my own occupation.
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: John Kent (Son)
I give to my son John Kent (otherwise Dee) and to his heirs, my property in Barlows Yard, Henley, now occupied by widow Lowe.
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: Elizabeth Applegath (Daughter)
I give to my natural daughter Elizabeth Applegath, wife of James Applegath, my two properties in Barlows Yard, Henley, currently occupied by William Whetson and Thomas Wyett, for her life. After her death I give these two properties to Edward Applegath and James Applegath, sons of my daughter Elizabeth equally, and to their sons for ever.
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: Ann Avery (Daughter)
I give to my natural daughter Ann Avery, the Wife of Levy Avery, and her heirs for ever, my two properties in Barlows Yard, Henley, currently occupied by Thomas Tubb and John Woodhouse.
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: Mary Kent (Daughter)
I give to my natural daughter Mary Kent (otherwise Dee), and to her heirs for ever, my three properties in Barlows Yard, Henley, now in the occupation of myself, Samuel Whittick and William Monday, together with woodhouse and granary. For a period of a year after my death, my daughter Mary is to have the benefit of the income from all my properties.
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To: Mary Kent (Daughter)
I give to my daughter Mary Kent, otherwise Dee, all the rest, residue and remainder of my estate of whatever nature or kind.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Ann Workmaster (Sister)
I give to my sister Ann Workmaster and her two children one guinea between them.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Lowes (Nieces)
I give to my sister Lowes three children one Guinea, to be equally divided between them.
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Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen |
| 0002: | I John Kent of Henley upon Thames in the County of |
| 0003: | Oxford Yeoman being willing to settle my Affairs |
| 0004: | make Publish and Declare this my last Will and |
| 0005: | Testament in manner and form following that is |
| 0006: | to say I give Devise and bequeath to my Natural |
| 0007: | Son John Kent otherwise Dee all that my Estate |
| 0008: | at Hambledon in the County of Bucks called Abbots |
| 0009: | and now in my own occupation And to his Heirs |
| 0010: | and Assignes for ever I [↑also] give devise and bequeath to |
| 0011: | my said Son John Kent otherwise Dee all that my |
| 0012: | Messuage or Tenement in Barlows Yard in the Town |
| 0013: | of Henley upon Thames aforesaid with the |
| 0014: | appurtenances thereunto belonging now in the |
| 0015: | Occupation of the Widow Lowe and to his Heirs |
| 0016: | and Assigns for ever I give devise and bequeath to |
| 0017: | Natural Daughter Elizabeth Applegath Wife [↑of] James |
| 0018: | Applegath and to her Assigns all those my two |
| 0019: | Messuages or Tenements in Barlows Yard aforesaid |
| 0020: | in the Occupation of William Whetson and Thomas |
| 0021: | Wyett To hold to her and her Assignes for and |
| 0022: | during the term of her natural life with the |
| 0023: | Appurtenances thereunto belonging to her own |
| 0024: | seperate use and without the controul or interference |
| 0025: | of her said Husband in any wise notwithstanding |
| 0026: | her Coverture and from and after her decease I give |
| 0027: | devise and bequeath all those two last last mentioned |
| 0028: | Messuages or Tenements with their appurtenances to |
| 0029: | Edward Applegath and James Applegath Sons of |
| 0030: | my said daughter Elizabeth share and share alike |
| 0031: | and to their Heirs and Assigns for ever Also I give |
| 0032: | devise and bequeath to my Natural Daughter |
| 0033: | Ann Avery the Wife of Levy Avery all those |
| 0034: | two Messuages and Tenements in Barlows Yard |
| 0035: | aforesaid with their Appurtenances now in the |
| 0036: | Occupation of Thomas Tubb and John Woodhouse |
| 0037: | and to her Heirs and Assigns for ever Also I give |
| 0038: | devise and bequeath unto my Natural Daughter |
| 0039: | Mary Kent otherwise Dee all those my three |
| 0040: | Messuages or Tenements in Barlows Yard aforesaid |
| 0041: | now in the Occupation of myself Samuel Whittick |
| 0042: | and William Monday with the woodhouse and |
| 0043: | Granary and all other the appurtenances thereunto |
| 0044: | belonging and to her Heirs and Assigns for ever |
| 0045: | Also I give devise and bequeath unto my said |
| 0046: | Daughter Mary [↑Kent] otherwise Dee all the rest residue |
| 0047: | and remainder of my Estate and Estates of what |
| 0048: | nature or kind soever or wheresoever and that |
| 0049: | no dispute may happen between my Children my |
| 0050: | Will is and I hereby direct that each of my Children |
| 0051: | shall enjoy with the Houses before given to each |
| 0052: | of them all and the same priviledges advantages |
| 0053: | ways and passages to and from the same as are |
| 0054: | now enjoyed by the respective Occupiers thereof and |
| 0055: | Further my Will is and I hereby Further Direct that |
| 0056: | my Executrix herein after named shall have take |
| 0057: | and receive to her own use and behoof all the |
| 0058: | Rents issues and profits of all and Singular the |
| 0059: | Messuages and Tenements before by me given or |
| 0060: | devised and bequeathed as aforesaid for the Space |
| 0061: | of one Year next after my Decease and I do |
| 0062: | hereby Constitute and Appoint my said Daughter |
| 0063: | Mary Kent otherwise Dee Sole Executrix of this my |
| 0064: | last Will and Testament and I hereby Publish and |
| 0065: | Declare this [↑to be] my last Will and Testament only and |
| 0066: | in Testimony that this writing is and contains |
| 0067: | my last Will and Testament being written upon |
| 0068: | two Sheets of paper Affixed together at the Top to |
| 0069: | the first Sheet I have set my hand and to the |
| 0070: | last my hand and Seal this Second Day of |
| 0071: | February in the Year of our Lord One thousand |
| 0072: | Seven hundred and Seventy nine I give to my |
| 0073: | Sister Ann Workmaster and her two Children one |
| 0074: | Guinea between them I give to my Sister Lowes |
| 0075: | three [↑Children] one Guinea to be likewise equally Divided |
| 0076: | between them |
| 0077: | |
| 0078: | John Kent [Seal] |
| 0079: | |
| 0080: | Signed Sealed |
| 0081: | Published and Declared by the said Testator John |
| 0082: | Kent as and for his last Will and Testament in the |
| 0083: | presence of us who have Subscribed our Names |
| 0084: | as Witnesses in the presence of the said Testator and |
| 0085: | of each other and at his request the words "called |
| 0086: | abbotts and now in my own Occupation" being first |
| 0087: | interlined between the Fifth and sixth Lines of the |
| 0088: | first Sheet |
| 0089: | Rob[er]t Eling |
| 0090: | Phillip Dore |
| 0091: | John Woodwards |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | Viv Greenwood |
| Author: | Viv Greenwood |
| Checked by: | Cynthia Robinson |
| Date posted: | 15th November 2013 |
| Date modified: | 02nd April 2014 |