Will of Samuel Giles
Occupation
- 318: Willow, Cane, Rush Worker, Dealer, Basketmaker
Location
Basket Maker and Turner of Henley upon Thames
| Document reference: | TNA PROB 11/1086 |
| First date: | 28 February 1777 |
| Probate date: | 28 January 1782 |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Witness: | T Cooper |
| Witness: | J Owen |
| Witness: | Thomas Cooper |
| Executor: | John White |
| (Nephew of Testator's late wife) | |
| Executor: | George Bromell |
| (Miller at Shiplake. Surname could be Browell - Thacker's "Thames Highway" records the Shiplake miller as George Bromwell) | |
| Court Official: | Peter Calvert |
Bequests
To: John White (Nephew)
To John White, nephew of my late Wife, of Christmas Common my property with the brick kiln and outbuildings at Christmas Common now in his occupation
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: John White; George Bromell (See text)
To my Executors and Trustees, John White, nephew of my late wife, and George Bromell, Miller of Shiplake, twenty pounds each for their trouble in disposing of my estate, trade goods and household goods after my death and for payment of the various legacies.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Israel Giles (Brother)
To my brother, Israel Giles, thirty pounds
Bequest Types
Names
To: Samuel Giles; Richard Giles; Israel Giles; Mary Land; Virgin Baughurst (Nephews and Nieces)
To my nephews Samuel and Israel Giles and my nieces Mary Land and Virgin Baughurst, thirty pounds each and to my nephew Richard Giles fifty pounds
Bequest Types
Names
To: William Money (Cousin)
To William Money of London, cousin, twenty pounds
Bequest Types
Names
To: Daniel White (Brother in law)
To my brother in law, Daniel White, thirty pounds
Bequest Types
Names
To: Lucy White; Lydia White (Nieces)
To Lucy and Lydia White, nieces of my late wife, thirty pounds each
Bequest Types
Names
To: John White (Nephew)
To John White, son of Daniel White, thirty pounds
Bequest Types
Names
To: Elizabeth White (Sister in law)
To Elizabeth White, widow of Daniel White, thirty pounds
Bequest Types
Names
To: Caleb White; James White; Daniel White
To Caleb White, Senior of Maidenhead, thirty pounds; to his sons James and Daniel, twenty pounds each; and to his son Caleb White, the Younger, five pounds.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Elizabeth Pullen (Great neice)
To Elizabeth Pullen, daughter of John Pullen, my great niece, ten pounds when she is twenty one years of age.
Bequest Types
Names
To: John Roak
To John Roak, son of Jacob Roak, ten pounds when he is twenty one years of age.
Bequest Types
Names
Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen |
| 0002: | I Samuel Giles of Henley upon Thames in the County of |
| 0003: | Oxford Basketmaker and Turner being of Sound and |
| 0004: | disposing mind memory and understanding do make |
| 0005: | and ordain my last Will and Testament in manner |
| 0006: | following (that is to say) First I commend my Soul into |
| 0007: | the Hands of Almighty God who gave it and my body |
| 0008: | I commit to the Earth to be decently interred at the |
| 0009: | discretion of my Executors hereinafter named in the |
| 0010: | Burying place belonging to the people called Quakers |
| 0011: | in Henly aforesaid and I desire that the Expences of |
| 0012: | my Funeral may not exceed Ten pounds and as to such |
| 0013: | worldly Estate and Effects wherewith it hath pleased God |
| 0014: | to bless me I dispose thereof as follows First I Will and |
| 0015: | direct that all my just Debts and Funeral Expences shall |
| 0016: | be fully paid and satisfied and after payment thereof |
| 0017: | I give devise and bequeath unto John White of |
| 0018: | Christmas Common in the said County of Oxford Yeoman |
| 0019: | Nephew to my late Wife all that Messuage or Tenement |
| 0020: | with the Brick Kiln Garden outhouses and all other the |
| 0021: | Hereditaments and premises thereto belonging or [↑in] any- |
| 0022: | wise appertaining now in the Tenure or occupation of him |
| 0023: | the said John White or his Assigns situate at Christmas |
| 0024: | aforesaid in the parish of Watlington To hold the same |
| 0025: | and every part thereof unto and to the use of him the |
| 0026: | said John White his Heirs and Assigns for ever Also I |
| 0027: | give [↑devise] and bequeath unto the said John White and George |
| 0028: | Bromell of Shiplake Mill in the parish of Shiplake |
| 0029: | in the said County of Oxford Miller all other my Freehold |
| 0030: | Messuages or Tenements Lands Hereditaments and |
| 0031: | premises whatsoever and wheresoever and of what |
| 0032: | nature or kind soever and all and every my Book |
| 0033: | debts -- Bonds Notes and Mortgages due and owing |
| 0034: | to me together with my Stock of Baskets Rods Goods in |
| 0035: | shop Household Goods plate Linen and all other my |
| 0036: | personal Estate and Effects of what nature or kind soever |
| 0037: | To hold the same and every part thereof unto the said |
| 0038: | John White and George Bromell their Heirs Executors |
| 0039: | Administrators and Assigns to for and upon the several |
| 0040: | Trusts intents and purposes hereinafter mentioned |
| 0041: | expressed and declared of and concerning the same (that |
| 0042: | is to say) In Trust that they my said Trustees or the |
| 0043: | Survivor of them or the Heirs Executors or Administrators |
| 0044: | of such Survivor do and shall as soon as conveniently |
| 0045: | may be after my decease have my said Trust Estates |
| 0046: | appraised And do and shall after such Appraisment sell |
| 0047: | and dispose of the same either by public or private |
| 0048: | Sale at or for the best price or prices that can be |
| 0049: | reasonably obtained for the same And after such Sale |
| 0050: | as aforesaid do and shall retain unto themselves |
| 0051: | respectively out of the Money arising by such sale the |
| 0052: | sum of Twenty pounds each of lawful Money of Great Britain |
| 0053: | for their trouble in the Management and Execution of this my |
| 0054: | Will and do and shall by and out of the Residue of the |
| 0055: | said Trust Moneys so arising by such sale pay the following |
| 0056: | Legacies unto the several persons hereinafter Named to wit |
| 0057: | To my Brother Israel Giles the sum of thirty pounds of |
| 0058: | Lawful Money of Great Britain To my Nephew Samuel |
| 0059: | Giles Thirty pounds of Lawful Money of Great Britain |
| 0060: | To my Nephew Israel Giles the Younger the sum of Thirty |
| 0061: | pounds of Lawful Money of Great Britain To my Nephew |
| 0062: | Richard Giles the sum of Fifty pounds of Lawful Money |
| 0063: | of Great Britain To my Niece Mary Land the sum of Thirty |
| 0064: | pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain To my Niece |
| 0065: | Virgin Baughurst the sum of Thirty pounds of Lawful |
| 0066: | Money of Great Britain To my Cousin William Money of |
| 0067: | London the sum of Twenty pounds of Lawful Money of |
| 0068: | Great Britain To my late Wifes Brother Daniel White the |
| 0069: | sum of Thirty pounds of Lawful Money of Great Britain |
| 0070: | To my late Wifes Niece Lydia White the sum of Thirty pounds |
| 0071: | of Lawful Money of Great Britain To my late Wifes Niece |
| 0072: | Lucy White the sum of Thirty pounds of Lawful Money |
| 0073: | of Great Britain To John White son of Daniel White the sum |
| 0074: | of Thirty pounds of Lawful Money of Great Britain To |
| 0075: | Elizabeth White Widow of Daniel White the sum of Thirty |
| 0076: | pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain To Caleb White |
| 0077: | Senior of Maidenhead in the County Berks the sum of Thirty |
| 0078: | pounds of Lawful Money of Great Britain To James White |
| 0079: | son of Caleb White the sum of Twenty pounds of Lawful |
| 0080: | Money of Great Britain To Daniel White son of Caleb the sum |
| 0081: | of Twenty pounds of Lawful Money of Great Britain To |
| 0082: | Caleb White the Younger son of the said Caleb White the sum |
| 0083: | of Five pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain which said |
| 0084: | several Legacies I do hereby Will and direct shall be paid |
| 0085: | to the said several persons within twelve Months next |
| 0086: | after my decease Also do and shall pay unto my Great |
| 0087: | Niece Elizabeth Pullen daughter of John Pullen the sum of |
| 0088: | Ten pounds of like Lawful Money on her attaining the age |
| 0089: | of twenty one Years And unto John Roak son of Jacob Roak |
| 0090: | the sum of Ten pounds of like lawful Money on his attaining |
| 0091: | the Age of Twenty one Years and I do hereby Will and |
| 0092: | direct that in Case my said Estate and premises so devised |
| 0093: | to be sold should not be Sufficient to pay the full of the |
| 0094: | said several Legacies to the said several Legatees Then I |
| 0095: | will and direct that each of my said Legatees shall abate |
| 0096: | a proportionable part of their respective Legacies and in |
| 0097: | case my said Trust Estate and premises on such Sale should |
| 0098: | extend to more than sufficient to pay the above mentioned |
| 0099: | Legacies Then it is my Will and Meaning that the residue |
| 0100: | of the Money arising by such sale and unap[↑p]lied for the |
| 0101: | purposes aforesaid shall go to and be divided amongst |
| 0102: | them my said Legatees equally share and share alike and |
| 0103: | in case of the death of any or either of them my said |
| 0104: | Legatees before his her or their respective Legacies shall |
| 0105: | become due and payable Then I Will and direct that the |
| 0106: | share or shares of him her or them so dying shall go and be |
| 0107: | paid unto and amongst the Survivors and Survivor of |
| 0108: | them share and share alike And I do hereby order that for |
| 0109: | the more easy disposal of my said Estate that the Receipt |
| 0110: | of my said Trustees or the Survivor of them or the Heirs |
| 0111: | Executors or Administrators of such Survivor shall from |
| 0112: | time to time be a good discharge to the purchaser or |
| 0113: | purchasers thereof for the purchase Money and that such |
| 0114: | purchaser or purchasers shall not be answerable or accountable |
| 0115: | for any Misapplication or Nonapplication thereof And also |
| 0116: | that they my said Trustees or the Survivor of them or |
| 0117: | the Heirs Executors or Administrators of such Survivor |
| 0118: | shall not be Charged or chargable with or accountable |
| 0119: | the one of them for the other of them or for the Acts |
| 0120: | Receipts or payments the one of the other or for more of |
| 0121: | the aforesaid Monies and Estates than they shall respectively |
| 0122: | actually receive or shall come to his or their respective |
| 0123: | Hands by Virtue of this my Will nor with or for any loss |
| 0124: | which shall happen of the aforesaid Monies and Estates |
| 0125: | or any part thereof either at Interest or by placing |
| 0126: | the same in the Hands of any Banker or Bankers or |
| 0127: | otherwise so as such loss happen without their or either |
| 0128: | of their Wilful default and also that it shall and may be |
| 0129: | lawful to and for my said Executors and Trustees their |
| 0130: | Heirs Executors and Administrators in the first place by |
| 0131: | and out of the premises respectively to deduct and retain |
| 0132: | unto themselves respectively all such loss Costs Charges |
| 0133: | and expences as they or either of them shall sustain |
| 0134: | expend or be put unto for or by reason of the performance |
| 0135: | of this my Will or the trusts hereby in him or them |
| 0136: | reposed or the Management or Execution thereof |
| 0137: | respectively or any other thing in anywise relating |
| 0138: | thereto and I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint |
| 0139: | them the said John White and George Bromell Executors |
| 0140: | of this my Will And lastly I do hereby revoke and make |
| 0141: | void all former and other Wills by me at any time |
| 0142: | heretofore made and do declare this and no other to |
| 0143: | be my true last Will and Testament In Witness whereof |
| 0144: | I the said Samuel Giles have to this my last Will |
| 0145: | contained in three Sheets of paper to each sheet set my |
| 0146: | Hand and seal this twenty eighth day of February in |
| 0147: | the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and |
| 0148: | seventy seven |
| 0149: | Sam[ue]l Giles [Seal] |
| 0150: | Signed Sealed published and |
| 0151: | declared by the above named Samuel Giles the Testator |
| 0152: | as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of |
| 0153: | us who in his presence and at his request and in the |
| 0154: | presence of each other have subscribed our Names as |
| 0155: | Witnesses hereunto |
| 0156: | T. Cooper |
| 0157: | J Owen |
| 0158: | Thomas Cooper Jun[io]r |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | Hilary |
| Author: | Hilary Fisher |
| Checked by: | Cynthia Robinson |
| Date posted: | 28th September 2013 |
| Date modified: | 14th March 2014 |