Will of Owen Hall
Occupation
- 414: Status only, no stated occupation. Use for Widow, Gentleman, Esquire, Indweller etc., if no occupation is given.
Location
Gentleman of Henley upon Thames
| Document reference: | TNA PROB 11/788 |
| First date: | 30 January 1750/1 |
| Probate date: | 4 June 1751 |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executor: | Thomas Hall |
| Relationship: | Nephew |
| Witness: | Thomas Patey |
| Witness: | Thomas Hackman |
| Court Official: | Robert Chapman |
| Court Official: | John Bettesworth |
Bequests
To: Thomas Hall (Nephew)
To my nephew, Thomas Hall, all my pictures and books; and the rest and residue of my estate.
Bequest Types
Names
To: John Skinner
To John Skinner, all my magazines from 1731 to the date of my death
Bequest Types
Names
To: Owen Hall (Nephew)
To my nephew, Owen Hll my best bureau
Bequest Types
Names
To: Jane Wheat (Niece)
To my niece, Jane Wheat, the Younger, my diamond ring
Bequest Types
Names
To: Mary Hemmans
To Mary Hemmans, widow of Thomas Hemmans, my feather bed, bedstead, bedding and furniture belonging; linen, woollen and my clothes; two silver tea spoons; one silver milk pot; one tea chest; one tea board; all my china; two large boxes; silver watch; silver knife and fork; mourning ring; two stools; all the money in my house at my death and all the money owing to me.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Mary Hemmans
To Mary Hemmans, the Younger, my six silver teaspoons and tea tongs
Bequest Types
Names
To: Hannah Hemmans
To Hannah Hemmans, daughter of Mary Hemmans the Elder, a mourning ring
Bequest Types
Names
To: Sarah Hemmans
To Sarah Hemmans, daughter of Mary Hemmans the Elder, a brass flat candlestick; my old bureau, the steel snuffers and extinguishers
Bequest Types
Names
To: Thomas Hemmans
To Thomas Hemmans, son of Mary Hemmans the Elder, my silver shoe buckles and silver knee buckles
Bequest Types
Names
To: John Simmons
To John Simmons, Carpenter of Henley, one guinea to buy a mourning ring
Bequest Types
Names
Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen |
| 0002: | I Owen Hall of Henley upon Thames in the County |
| 0003: | of Oxon Gentleman being of sound mind memory and |
| 0004: | understanding do make publish and declare this to be my |
| 0005: | last Will and Testament in manner and Form following |
| 0006: | (that is to say) First and Principally I recommend my Soul |
| 0007: | into the Hands of Almighty God my Creator trusting through |
| 0008: | the Merits and Mediation of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ |
| 0009: | to have Remission of all my Sins and to be made Partaker of |
| 0010: | Everlasting Life and my Body I commit to the Earth to be buried |
| 0011: | at the Discretion of my Executor hereinafter named and as |
| 0012: | for my Worldly Estate which the Lord out of his great Goodness |
| 0013: | and Mercy hath bestowed on me I dispose thereof as followeth |
| 0014: | My Will and meaning is And I do hereby direct order and |
| 0015: | appoint that all my debts and Funeral Expences be first paid |
| 0016: | and discharged out of my Estate and Effects then I give and |
| 0017: | bequeath the Rest Residue and Remainder thereof as followeth |
| 0018: | I give and bequeath unto my Nephew Thomas Hall Esquire |
| 0019: | all my Pictures and Books I give and bequeath all my Magazines |
| 0020: | from the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and thirty One |
| 0021: | to the time of my decease unto John Skinner of Henley aforesaid |
| 0022: | Gentleman I give and bequeath unto my nephew Owen Hall |
| 0023: | my best Bureau I give and bequeath unto my niece Jane |
| 0024: | Wheat the Younger my Diamond Ring I give and bequeath |
| 0025: | unto Mary Hemmans Widow and Relict of Thomas Hemmans |
| 0026: | late of Henley upon Thames aforesaid deceased my Feather Bed |
| 0027: | Bedstead and all the Bedding and Furniture thereunto belonging |
| 0028: | of what nature Kind or Sort soever Also my Linnen and |
| 0029: | Woollen of all Sorts all my Wearing Apparel in General |
| 0030: | two Silver Tea Spoons One Silver Milk Pot One Tea Chest |
| 0031: | One Tea Board All my China two large Boxes upon the |
| 0032: | Stair Case my Silver Watch the Mourning Ring which I |
| 0033: | had at my Brother Henry Halls Burying two Stools the |
| 0034: | money which shall be in the House at the time of my decease |
| 0035: | and which shall be then due and owing to me of and from any |
| 0036: | of my Tenants - or any other Person or Persons I also give |
| 0037: | and bequeath unto the said Mary Hemmans my Silver |
| 0038: | Knife and Fork I give and bequeath unto Mary Hemmans |
| 0039: | the Younger my Six Silver Tea Spoons and Tea Tongs and |
| 0040: | and bequeath unto Hannah Hemmans Daughter of the said |
| 0041: | Mary Hemmans the Elder the Mourning Ring which I |
| 0042: | had at the Burying of my niece Mrs Lewson I give and |
| 0043: | bequeath unto Sarah Hemmans Daughter of Mary |
| 0044: | Hemmans the Elder the Brass flat candlestick my Old |
| 0045: | Bureau the Steel Snuffers and Extinguishers I give and |
| 0046: | bequeath unto Thomas Hemmans Son of the said Mary |
| 0047: | Hemmans the Elder my Silver Shoe Buckles and my Silver |
| 0048: | Knee Buckles I give and bequeath unto Mr John Simmons |
| 0049: | of Henley aforesaid Carpenter a Guinea to buy him a |
| 0050: | Mourning Ring and all the Rest and Residue of my real |
| 0051: | and personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever I give and |
| 0052: | devise unto my said Nephew Thomas Hall of Harding in the |
| 0053: | County of Oxon Esquire his Heirs Executors Administrators and |
| 0054: | assigns for ever And I do hereby nominate and appoint my |
| 0055: | said Nephew Thomas Hall full and Sole Executor of this |
| 0056: | my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former |
| 0057: | Wills by me heretofore made and do declare this to be |
| 0058: | my last Will and Testament only desiring my said Executor |
| 0059: | to bury me decently in the privatest manner he can in |
| 0060: | the Grave where my Brother Limerick Hall was in the |
| 0061: | Chancel in the Church at Harding aforesaid In Witness |
| 0062: | whereof I the said Owen Hall the Testator have to this |
| 0063: | my last Will and Testament set my Hand and Seal this Thirtieth |
| 0064: | day of January in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven |
| 0065: | Hundred and Fifty |
| 0066: | Owen Hall |
| 0067: | Signed Sealed Published and |
| 0068: | declared by the abovesaid Owen Hall the Testator as and for |
| 0069: | his last Will and Testament in the Presence of Us who set |
| 0070: | our Names as Witnesses in the Presence of the said |
| 0071: | Testator (he first giving unto Mary Hemmans the Elder |
| 0072: | aforesaid his Silver Punch Ladle and also to Mrs Eleanor |
| 0073: | Jemmett all his Fishing Tackle and Reele |
| 0074: | Tho[ma]s Patey |
| 0075: | Tho[ma]s Hackman |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | Hilary |
| Author: | Hilary Fisher |
| Checked by: | Cynthia Robinson |
| Date posted: | 27th September 2013 |
| Date modified: | 29th March 2014 |