Will of Mary Harris
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 11/938 |
| First date: | 19 March 1768 |
| Probate date: | 21 April 1768 |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executor: | Charles Round |
| Relationship: | Friend |
| (Sole executor. Of Phyllis Court Farm, Henley) | |
| Other: | Thomas Newell |
| (Trustee) | |
| Witness: | William Newell |
| Witness: | James Ward |
| Witness: | Daniel Stevens |
| (Clerk to Thomas Newell of Henley) | |
| Court Official: | George Hay |
| (Doctor of Laws of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury) |
Bequests
To: Elizabeth Drew (Sister)
I forgive my sister Elizabeth Drew the debt she owes me and I direct my Executor to assign to her the title to my property in the Market Place in Henley, recently in her own occupation and now in that of William Slater, for the remainder of the lease
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: Esther King (Sister)
Whereas my brother in law John King has mortgage debt of one hundred and forty pounds on the house in which he now lives, I direct my executor to assign this mortgage and the mortgaged premises to Thomas Newell of Henley upon Thames, gentleman, in trust for the sole use of my sister Esther King, wife of John King, without her husband's having anything to do with it.
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Names
To: Abraham Round (Nephew)
I give to my nephew Abraham Round the property in Hart Street in Henley upon Thames in which he now lives, with its malthouse and gardens for ever
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Location of property
Names
To: Henry Chipp (Nephew)
I give to my nephew Henry Chipp my share of the two properties, now occupied by me and Matthew Slater, and of the malthouse belonging to it, now and recently occupied by James Armstrong, with its outhouses, pigsties and gardens, as well as the dressers, shelves, pictures, fixtures and everything fixed to this house or gardens, for his lifetime. Henry Chipp is to keep this insured against fire for at least three hundred pounds and to keep it in good repair. After his death, or failure to pay the insurance premiums, the property is to pass to my nephews Abraham Round and Matthew Chipp as tenants in common, but chargeable with the payment of the thirty pounds to the Henry Chipp's wife, if she shall be living within six months after they are in possession of it.
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Names
To: Matthew Chipp (Nephew)
I give to Matthew Chipp my interest in the granary at the Wharf which I lease from Thomas Stonor.
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Location of property
Names
To: Matthew Chipp (Nephew)
I give to Matthew Chipp all money owing from him at my death in respect of the yearly sum of twenty pounds which he agreed to pay me for seven years as a consideration for what I have previously done for him.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Charles Round (God son)
I give to my godson Charles Round, son of my nephew Abraham Round, fifty pounds to be paid within six months of my death into his father's hands to be put out to interest until he reaches twenty one, when he is to be given the original sum and all other money arising from it. The interest from the fifty pounds is, from time to time, to be made into principal sums also to earn interest for Charles Round's benefit.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Great-nephews and -nieces (Great nephew)
To the children of my nephew Abraham Round (other than Charles Round) and to all the children of my nephew Matthew Chipp I give three pounds ?three shillings worth of gold each
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Names
To: William Harris and step-nieces (Brother in law)
I give to my brother in law William Harris and to his two daughters by his first wife twenty pounds each
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Names
To: William Chipps (Uncle)
I give to my uncle William Chipps, widower, one guinea
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Names
To: Widow Scott
I give to widow Scott one guinea
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Names
To: Harris of Rotherfield Peppard
I give to Harris of Rotherfield Peppard one guinea
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Names
To: Elizabeth Drew; Esther King; John King; Abraham Round and wife; Matthew Chipp and wife; Henry Chipp and wife; William Slater and wife; William Harris and daughters (Sisters)
I give to my sister [Elizabeth] Drew, my sister [Esther] King and her husband [John], Abraham Round and his wife, Matthew Chipp and his wife, Henry Chipp and his wife, William Chipp, William Slater and Ann his wife and to William Harris and his two daughters five pounds each to buy them mourning.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Poor
I give four hundred twopenny loaves to the poor of the parish of Henley upon Thames and one hundred twopenny loaves to the poor of the parish of Rotherfield Peppard to be distributed amongst them within one month of my death
Bequest Types
Names
To: John Turtle; Richard Chipp
I give to John Turtle and Richard Chipp five shillings
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Names
To: Richard Frewin; John Ward; James Berris
I wish to be carried to my grave by Richard Frewin the Elder, John Ward, James Berris and three other miners and give them five shillings each for their trouble
Bequest Types
Names
To: Richard Harford; Francis Rackstraw; Matthew Chipp; Edward Chipp; Mary Boswell; Mary Hearne
I give to Richard Harford the Elder, Francis Rackstraw, Matthew Chipp of Henley, Edward Chipp, Mary Boswell and Mary Hearne five shillings each
Bequest Types
Names
To: Ann Rackstraw (Servant)
I give to my maid Ann Rackstraw one guinea and a mourning gown
Bequest Types
Names
To: Mrs Round (Niece)
I give to my niece Mrs Round my clock and my great Bible
Bequest Types
Names
To: Mrs Round; Ann Slater (Nieces)
I give to my nieces Mrs Round and Ann Slater all my clothing (but not my linen) equally between them
Bequest Types
Names
To: Elizabeth Drew; Esther King; Henry Chipp; William Chipp; Ann Slater (Sisters)
All the residue of my goods, after payment of my debts, legacies and funeral expenses, I give to my sister [Elizabeth] Drew, my sister [Esther] King, my nephews Henry Chipp and William Chipp and my niece Ann Slater in equal shares. None of the fixtures or pictures in my house shall be considered any part of this, but should be considered part of my house. That share of the residue of my estate in the form of money which shall come to my sister [Esther] King shall be paid by my executor into the hands of Thomas Newell for her sole use without her husband having anything to do with it.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Charles Round (Friend)
I appoint my good friend Charles Round of Phyllis Court Farm in Henley full and sole executor of my will and give him twenty pounds for his trouble
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Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen |
| 0002: | I Mary Harris of Henley upon Thames in the County of |
| 0003: | Oxford Widow being Weak in Body but of sound and disposing |
| 0004: | Mind Memory and Understanding do make publish and declare this |
| 0005: | my last Will and Testament in manner and form following |
| 0006: | First and principally I commend my Soul into the hands |
| 0007: | Almighty God my Creator hoping through his Mercy and the |
| 0008: | Merits and Mediation of my blessed Saviour Jesus Christ to have |
| 0009: | Remission of my Sins my Body I commit to the Earth to be |
| 0010: | decently interred at the Discretion of my Executor hereinafter |
| 0011: | named and as to such worldly Estate as it hath pleased God to |
| 0012: | bestow upon me I dispose thereof as follows (that is to say) |
| 0013: | Whereas my Sister Elizabeth Drew is now indebted to me in |
| 0014: | some Money Now I hereby forgive her the same and direct |
| 0015: | my Executor to discharge her from the payment of the same |
| 0016: | and every part thereof and I direct my Executor to assign |
| 0017: | over to her my said Sister her Executors Administrators and |
| 0018: | Assigns all my Estate Right Title and Interest of in and to the |
| 0019: | Messuage or Tenement Hereditaments and Premises situate |
| 0020: | and being in the Market Place in Henley aforesaid late in her |
| 0021: | own Occupation (and now of William Slater) and I Give her the |
| 0022: | same during the Remainder of the Lease thereof and Whereas |
| 0023: | my Brother in Law John King now is indebted to me in the |
| 0024: | Principal Sum of One hundred and forty pounds on a Mortgage |
| 0025: | of the House wherein he now lives now I do hereby direct |
| 0026: | and order my Executor to assign over the said Mortgage and |
| 0027: | Mortgaged premises unto Thomas Newell of Henley upon |
| 0028: | Thames aforesaid Gentleman In Trust for the sole and seperate |
| 0029: | Use of my Sister Esther King Wife of the said John King |
| 0030: | it being my Will and Desire that she should have the sole |
| 0031: | Benefit thereof without her Husbands having any thing to do |
| 0032: | therewith or power or Controul over the same and I direct that |
| 0033: | her Receipt alone without her Husband notwithstanding her |
| 0034: | Coverture shall be good and sufficient discharges to my said Trustee |
| 0035: | for the same or the Interest thereof or for any other Money that |
| 0036: | shall come to his Hands In Trust for her by Virtue of this my |
| 0037: | Will I give and devise unto my Nephew Abraham Round The |
| 0038: | Messuage or Tenement in Hart Street in Henley upon Thames |
| 0039: | aforesaid wherein he now dwells with the Malthouse Gardens |
| 0040: | Hereditaments and Appurtenances to the same belonging To |
| 0041: | hold to the said Abraham Round his Heirs and Assigns for |
| 0042: | ever I Give and Devise unto my Nephew Henry Chipp all |
| 0043: | those my parts and shares of in and to all those two |
| 0044: | Messuages or Tenements with the Appurtenances to the |
| 0045: | same belonging now in the Occupation of myself and Mr |
| 0046: | Matthew Slater and also of in and to the Malthouse thereto |
| 0047: | belonging now or late in the Occupation of James Armstrong |
| 0048: | with the Outhouses Hogstyes Gardens and all other the |
| 0049: | Appurtenances whatsoever to the same belonging and also |
| 0050: | With the Dressers Shelves Pictures Fixtures and everything |
| 0051: | annexed to the said House or Gardens as Standards To hold to |
| 0052: | the said Henry Chipp and his Assigns for and during the Term |
| 0053: | of his natural Life he keeping the same properly insured |
| 0054: | from Fire for Three hundred pounds at least and keeping and |
| 0055: | leaving the same in good and sufficient tenantable Repair |
| 0056: | and from and after his Decease or failure in payment of the said |
| 0057: | Insurance Money yearly I Give and Devise the same to my |
| 0058: | said Nephew Abraham Round and my Nephew Matthew |
| 0059: | Chipp To hold to them the said Abraham Round and Matthew |
| 0060: | Chipp their Heirs and Assigns for ever as Tenants in common |
| 0061: | and not as joint Tenants charged and chargeable |
| 0062: | nevertheless with the payment of the Sum of Thirty |
| 0063: | pounds to the Wife of the said Henry Chipp if She shall |
| 0064: | be living within Six months after they are in Possession |
| 0065: | thereof which I hereby Give to her accordingly I Give and |
| 0066: | Bequeath unto the said Matthew [↑Chipp] his Executors Administrators |
| 0067: | and Assigns all my Estate Right Title and Interest of in and |
| 0068: | to the Grainery at the Wharf which I hold by Lease of and |
| 0069: | from Thomas Stonor Esquire I also Give unto the said |
| 0070: | Matthew Chipp all such Sum and Sums of Money as shall |
| 0071: | be due and owing from him at my Death for or in respect |
| 0072: | of the Yearly Sum of Twenty pounds which he agreed to pay me |
| 0073: | for Seven Years as a Consideration for what I have before done |
| 0074: | for him and I direct that no further payment thereof shall |
| 0075: | be made to my Executor after my Decease I Give and Bequeath |
| 0076: | unto my Godson Charles Round Son of my Nephew Abraham |
| 0077: | Round the Sum of Fifty pounds to be paid within Six months |
| 0078: | after my Death into his said Fathers Hands to be by him put out to |
| 0079: | Interest until he shall have attained his age of Twenty one years and |
| 0080: | my Will is that the Interest for the same shall from time to time |
| 0081: | be made Principal Money and be kept out at Interest for the |
| 0082: | Benefit of my said Grandson and that the said Sum of Fifty pounds |
| 0083: | and so much more Principal Money as shall be made from the |
| 0084: | Interest thereof from the Time of my Death I direct shall be paid |
| 0085: | to him at his said Age of Twenty one Years And to all the Rest |
| 0086: | of my said Nephew Abraham Rounds Children and to all the |
| 0087: | Children of my Nephew Matthew Chipp I Give a Three pounds |
| 0088: | ?trhe Shillings Peice of Gold each I Give and Bequeath unto |
| 0089: | my Brother in Law William Harris and to his two Daughters |
| 0090: | by [↑his] first Wife the Sum of Twenty pounds each I Give and |
| 0091: | Bequeath unto my Uncle William Chipps Widow the sum |
| 0092: | of One Guinea I Give and Bequeath unto the Widow Scott the |
| 0093: | Sum of One Guinea I Give unto [↑Joseph] Harris of Rotherfield Peppard |
| 0094: | One Guinea I Give unto my Sister Drew my Sister King and her |
| 0095: | Husband and to the said Abraham Round and his Wife And to the |
| 0096: | said Matthew Chipp and his Wife and to the said Henry Chipp |
| 0097: | and his [↑Wife] and to the said William Chipp and to the said William |
| 0098: | Slater and Ann his Wife and to the said William Harris and |
| 0099: | his said two Daughters the Sum of Five Pounds each to buy |
| 0100: | them Mourning I Give Four hundred Twopenny Loaves to the |
| 0101: | Poor of [↑the parish of] Henley upon Thames aforesaid and one hundred Two |
| 0102: | Penny Loaves to the poor of the parish of Rotherfield Peppard |
| 0103: | to be Distributed amongst them by my Executor within one |
| 0104: | month after my Death I Give to John Turtle and Richard Chipp |
| 0105: | Five Shillings each I direct to be carried to my Grave by |
| 0106: | Richard Frewin the Elder John Ward James Berris and three |
| 0107: | other Miners and hereby Give them Five Shillings each |
| 0108: | for their Trouble I Give to Richard Harbord the Elder |
| 0109: | Francis Rackstraw Matthew Chipp of Henley Edward Chipp |
| 0110: | Mary Boswell and Mary Hearne Five Shillings each I Give |
| 0111: | unto my Maid Ann Rackstraw One Guinea and a Mourning |
| 0112: | Gown I Give and Bequeath unto my Neice Mrs Round my |
| 0113: | Clock and my great Bible I Give and Bequeath unto my |
| 0114: | Neices Mrs Round and Ann Slater all my Wearing Apparel |
| 0115: | equally between them (but not my Linnen) All the Rest and |
| 0116: | Residue of my Goods Chattles Estate and Effects whatsoever |
| 0117: | and wheresoever after payment of my Debts Legacys and |
| 0118: | Funeral Expences I Give Devise and Bequeath unto my |
| 0119: | Sister Drew my Sister King my Nephews Henry Chipp |
| 0120: | William Chipp and my Neice Ann Slater equally to be |
| 0121: | divided between them but I direct that none of the Fixtures |
| 0122: | in my House or any of the pictures shall be deemed any |
| 0123: | part thereof it being my Will and Desire that they shall |
| 0124: | go and be enjoyed with the House and my Will is and I |
| 0125: | hereby direct that such part and Share of the Rest and |
| 0126: | Residue of my Estate and Effects in Money as shall come |
| 0127: | to and belong to my Sister King shall be paid by my |
| 0128: | Executor into the Hands of the said Thomas Newell for |
| 0129: | the sole and seperate Use and Benefit of my said Sister |
| 0130: | King exclusive of her Husband and so that he shall have no power |
| 0131: | over the same or any thing to do therewith and I hereby |
| 0132: | constitute and appoint my good Friend Mr Charles Round of |
| 0133: | Phillis Court Farm in the Parish of Henley upon Thames |
| 0134: | aforesaid full and sole Executor of this my Will and do hereby |
| 0135: | Give and Bequeath unto him the Sum of Twenty Pounds |
| 0136: | for his Trouble therein and I do direct that he or the said |
| 0137: | Thomas Newell shall not answerable or accountable for any |
| 0138: | Loss that may happen to my Estate or Trust Money unless the |
| 0139: | same shall happen through their Wilful Default or Neglect |
| 0140: | nor shall the one of them be answerable or Accountable for the |
| 0141: | other of them and that it shall and may be lawful for them |
| 0142: | respectively to reimburse and deduct to himself all such |
| 0143: | Costs Charges and Expences as they shall be at or put unto |
| 0144: | in the Execution of the Trust hereby in them reposed and |
| 0145: | lastly I do hereby revoke and make [↑void] all former Wills by me |
| 0146: | made and do declare this to be my last Will and |
| 0147: | Testament only In Witness whereof I have to this my |
| 0148: | last Will and Testament contained in this and the Three |
| 0149: | preceeding Sheets of Paper set my Hand and Seal (to wit) |
| 0150: | my hand to the said Three preceeding Sheets and my hand |
| 0151: | and Seal to this last Sheet thereof this nineteenth Day of |
| 0152: | March in the Year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred |
| 0153: | and sixty eight |
| 0154: | |
| 0155: | Mary Harris |
| 0156: | |
| 0157: | Signed Sealed Published |
| 0158: | and declared by the said Mary Harris the Testatrix as and |
| 0159: | for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us |
| 0160: | who in her presence at her Request and in the presence |
| 0161: | of each other have Subscribed our Names as Witnesses |
| 0162: | thereto the Words (and I Give her) in the fourteenth Line |
| 0163: | from the Top of the first Sheet being first wrote on a |
| 0164: | Razure and the Words (or failure in payment of the said |
| 0165: | Insurance Money Yearly) being first interlined between |
| 0166: | the Sixth and Seventh Lines from the Top of the second |
| 0167: | Sheet |
| 0168: | |
| 0169: | W[illia]m Newell |
| 0170: | James Ward |
| 0171: | Daniel Stevens, Clerk to Mr Tho[ma]s Newell of Henley |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | the author |
| Author: | Tony Lynch |
| Checked by: | Cynthia Robinson |
| Date posted: | 06th November 2013 |
| Date modified: | 30th March 2014 |
Comments
Administration was granted to Charles Round the elder