Will of Mary Harding
Occupation
- 414: Status only, no stated occupation. Use for Widow, Gentleman, Esquire, Indweller etc., if no occupation is given.
Location
widow of Henley upon Thames
| Document reference: | TNA PROB 11/619 |
| First date: | 24 September 1723 |
| Probate date: | 8 February 1727/8 |
| Probate court: | not stated |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Witness: | John Eeles |
| Witness: | William Newbury |
| (makes "Mark" rather than signing name) | |
| Witness: | Thomas Rackestraw |
| Executor: | Daniel Sarney |
| (of Rotherfield Greys; Joint Executor) | |
| Executor: | John Laxton |
| (of Henley; Joint executor) |
Bequests
To: Thomas Harding (Son in law)
To my sons in law Thomas Harding and Thomas Keene one shilling each
Bequest Types
Names
To: Thomas Keene (Son in law)
To my sons in law Thomas Harding and Thomas Keene one shilling each
Bequest Types
Names
To: Poor
To the poor of the parish of Dorchester in Oxfordshire thirty shillings to be paid and distributed amongst them at the discretion of my executors
Bequest Types
To: Margaret Inns (Cousin)
To my cousin Margaret Inns one guinea
Bequest Types
Names
To: John Port; Thomas Port; Mary Port (Nephews and Nieces)
To my nephews Thomas Port, John Port and my niece Mary Port, sons and daughter of my brother John Port, the sum of six pounds, thirteen shillings and four pence each to be paid within six months of my death
Bequest Types
Names
To: William Keene (Grand son)
To my grandson William Keene twenty pounds to settle him in his worldly affairs to be paid to him at the age of 25 years or sooner at the discretion of my executors
Bequest Types
Names
To: Mary Higgs; Rebecca Higgs (Grand daughter)
To my grand daughters Mary and Rebecca Higgs the sum of fifty shillings each
Bequest Types
Names
To: Rebecca Keene (Daughter)
To my executors, Daniel Sarney of Rotherfield Greys and John Laxton of Henley, and the survivor of them, all my leasehold property in Dorchester, in Oxfordshire, in trust, to use the rents and profits from the property for the benefit of my daughter Rebecca Keene for her lifetime and after her death to pay the rents and profits to my grandson William Keene, son of Rebecca Keene, for his life My executors shall invest One hundred pounds and pay the interest to my daughter Rebecca Keene for her lifetime and after her death to share the one hundred pounds and accrued interest amongst Rebecca Keene's children as shall be living at the time of her death, except William, as follows - Thomas Keene, grandson, Ten pounds plus interest due and Robert Keene, grandson, Ten pounds plus interest due and the balance of Eighty pounds and interest due to be shared between my granddaughters Residue of estate to be held in trust subject to the same provisions as above for the one hundred pounds
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: Rebecca Keene (Daughter)
To my daughter Rebecca Keene my oak chest of drawers
Bequest Types
Names
Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen |
| 0002: | I Mary Harding of Henley upon Thames in the County of Oxon |
| 0003: | Widow being in health and of Sound mind and understanding |
| 0004: | but growing in years and calling to mind the uncertainty of this life |
| 0005: | and knowing that all Flesh must submitt unto Death when it shall |
| 0006: | please God to call do make Publish and declare this my last Will |
| 0007: | and Testament in manner and forme Following and First I commend |
| 0008: | my Soul into the hands of Allmighty God who gave it me trusting |
| 0009: | through the Meritts and mediation of my Lord and Saviour Jesus |
| 0010: | Christ to have Remission of all my Sins and to be made partaker of |
| 0011: | Everlasting life and my body I committ to the Earth to be decently |
| 0012: | buryed at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named and as |
| 0013: | for my worldly Estate which the Lord out of his Mercy hath bestowed |
| 0014: | upon me I dispose thereof as Followeth Imprimis I give unto my Sons |
| 0015: | in Law Thomas Harding and Thomas Keene one Shilling apeice |
| 0016: | to be paid unto them respectively within one Month next after my |
| 0017: | decease Item I give to the poor of the Parish of Dorchester in the |
| 0018: | County of Oxon the Sume of thirty Shillings to be paid and distributed |
| 0019: | to and amongst them by and at the discretion of my Executors hereafter |
| 0020: | named Item I give to my Cousin Margaret Inns one Guinea to be |
| 0021: | paid unto her within one month next after my decease Item I give to |
| 0022: | my Nephews Thomas Port and John Port and to my Neice Mary |
| 0023: | Port Sons and daughter of my Brother John Port the sume of six |
| 0024: | pound thirteen Shillings and four pence a peice to be paid unto them |
| 0025: | respectively within six months next after my decease by my Executors |
| 0026: | hereafter named [↑ Item I give unto my grandaughters Mary and Rebecca Higgs |
| 0027: | the Sum[m] of fifty Shillings apiece to be paid Unto them respectively within |
| 0028: | Six Months next after my decease by my Executors hereafter named] |
| 0029: | Item I give to Grandson William Keene the |
| 0030: | Sume of twenty pound to Settle him in his worldly affairs to be paid |
| 0031: | unto him at the age of twenty five years or Sooner by and at the |
| 0032: | Discretion of my Executors hereafter named Item I do make ordain |
| 0033: | Constitute and appoint Mr Daniel Sarney of Rotherfield Greys in |
| 0034: | the said County of Oxon and John Laxton of Henley upon Thames |
| 0035: | in the same County the full and Joint Executors of this my last |
| 0036: | Will and Testament in Trust for the purposes hereafter mentioned |
| 0037: | Item I give devise and bequeath unto my said Executors and |
| 0038: | Administrators all my Leasehold Estate in Dorchester in the County |
| 0039: | of Oxon aforesaid in Trust that they and the Survivor of them and |
| 0040: | the Executors and Administrators of Such Survivor Shall and may |
| 0041: | Stand and be possessed thereof to and for the uses hereafter mentioned |
| 0042: | (Vizt) that they shall and will receive the Rents Issues and Profitts |
| 0043: | thereof yearly during the Terme of the Naturall life of my daughter |
| 0044: | Rebecca Keen and in like manner pay the same into her own hands or |
| 0045: | order seperate and apart from her Husband Thomas Keene and |
| 0046: | her receipt shall be a good discharge for the Same and from and |
| 0047: | after her decease that they shall stand and be possessed of the |
| 0048: | same premisses To and for the use and behoofe of my Grandson |
| 0049: | William Keene Son of my said Daughter Rebecca for and during |
| 0050: | the Term of his Naturall life Item my Will and meaning is that so |
| 0051: | Soon as my debts and Legacies herein before given and my Funerall |
| 0052: | Charges shall be paid and satisfyed that then my Executors and |
| 0053: | the Survivor of them and the Executors and Administrators of the |
| 0054: | Survivor of them shall place out the Sume of one hundred pounds |
| 0055: | at Interest in their Names or in the Name of the Survivor of them |
| 0056: | or of the Executors or Administrators of such Survivor upon such |
| 0057: | Securitye or Securityes as they can from time to time gett for the same |
| 0058: | the Interest and proceed whereof my Will and meaning is Shall |
| 0059: | be from time to time paid (not into the hands of my said Son in Law |
| 0060: | Thomas Keene or by his direction or appointment but into the |
| 0061: | proper hands of my daughter Rebecca Keene (now Wife of my said |
| 0062: | Son in Law Thomas Keene) or as she shall from time to time direct |
| 0063: | and Appoint for and during the Terme of her Naturall life and upon |
| 0064: | this further Trust that they my said Executors and the Survivor of |
| 0065: | them and the Executors or Administrators of such Survivor Shall |
| 0066: | within four Months next after the decease of the said Rebecca Keene |
| 0067: | Pay the sume of one Hundred pounds and all the Interest that |
| 0068: | shall be due and in arrear for the same unto and amongst such |
| 0069: | Child or Children (other than my aforesaid Grandson William |
| 0070: | as my said daughter Rebecca Keene shall have living at the time |
| 0071: | of her decease to be divided between them in manner following that |
| 0072: | is to say unto my Grandsons Thomas and Robert Keene the Sume of |
| 0073: | ten pounds apeice and all the Interest that shall be due for the same |
| 0074: | and unto the daughters of the said Rebecca Keene the Sume of Eighty |
| 0075: | Pounds and all the Interest y[t] shall be due for the same to be equally |
| 0076: | divided amongst them share and share alike and my Will is further |
| 0077: | that the acquittances from time to time given by my said daughter |
| 0078: | Rebecca Keene during her Coverture for the said Interest moneys |
| 0079: | that shall be good and sufficient discharges for the same and also |
| 0080: | that my Said Executors their Executors and Administrators Shall be |
| 0081: | Saved harmless and deduct and allow to themselves by and out of the |
| 0082: | Said Rent and Interest moneys all Such Sume and Sums of money |
| 0083: | costs charges damages and Expences whatsoever which they or any |
| 0084: | of them Shall or may at any time or times bear pay Sustaine or be |
| 0085: | put unto for or by reason of the premisses or the Trust herein before |
| 0086: | declared or the Management or the Execution thereof or in any wise |
| 0087: | concerning the same Item I give to my Grand daughter Rebecca Keene |
| 0088: | my Oaken Chest of drawers and Lastly all the rest and Residue of my |
| 0089: | Goods and Chattells and Personall Estate wheresoever and whatsoever |
| 0090: | after my debts Legacies and Funerall Expences are paid and |
| 0091: | discharged I give unto my said Executors under Such Trusts and |
| 0092: | Subject to the same Limitations and payments [↑as] I have herein before |
| 0093: | directed and appointed the Sume of one Hundred pounds to be made |
| 0094: | and I do hereby revoke all former Wills by me at any time heretofore |
| 0095: | made and do Publish and declare this to be my last Will and |
| 0096: | Testament and no other In Witness whereof I have hereunto Sett my |
| 0097: | hand and Seal this twenty fourth day of September Anno domini 1723 |
| 0098: | |
| 0099: | the marke of Mary Harding |
| 0100: | Signed Sealed Published declared and |
| 0101: | delivered by the said Mary Harding the Testatrix as and for her last |
| 0102: | Will and Testament in the presence of us and then attested in the |
| 0103: | presence of us |
| 0104: | John Eeles |
| 0105: | the marke of W[illia]m Newbury |
| 0106: | Tho[mas]Rackestraw |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | Hilary |
| Author: | Hilary Fisher |
| Checked by: | Cynthia Robinson |
| Date posted: | 19th February 2013 |
| Date modified: | 04th April 2014 |
Comments
Administration was granted to Rebecca Keene as sole child and also residual legatee of Mary Harding. There is no explanation as to the fate of the nominated executors; neither is the location of the grant specified.