Will of William Britten
Occupation
- 225: Butcher, Meat Salesman
Location
Butcher of Henley upon Thames
| Document reference: | ORO MSS Oxon Wills 117/2/65 |
| First date: | 03 March 1728/9 |
| Probate date: | 06 November 1731 |
| Probate court: | Oxford |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Witness: | Rich[ard] Fisher |
| Witness: | Robart Munday |
| Witness: | Tho[ma]s Hackman |
| Executrix: | Mary Lazingby |
| Court Official: | Thomas Lamprey |
| Court Official: | Henry Brooke |
Bequests
To: Mary Lazingby, William Britten, Francis Britten (Children)
To my daughter Mary Lazingby wife of Benjamin Lazingby and my sons William and Francies Britten my two properties situated in Bell Street at North Street now in the tenure/possessions of Richard Cockey and Henry Plummer during the course of their lives and for the survivor and survivors of them in equal shares. After their deaths and the deaths of the longest lived of them, then the properties pass to the heirs and assignes of the survivors of William and Francis Britten my sons forever.
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: Francis Britten (Son)
My son Francis Britten shall be paid yearly, over and above his share of the rents issues and profits of the said property, the sum of twenty shillings
Bequest Types
Names
To: Mary Lazingby, William Britten, Francis Britten (Children)
All my personal estate to be divided between my children
Bequest Types
Names
Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen I William Britten the |
| 0002: | elder of Henley upon Thames in the County of Oxon Butcher |
| 0003: | being very much in Yeares but of sound mind & perfect |
| 0004: | understanding and calling to mind the uncertainty of this |
| 0005: | transitory life and all persons are borne to dye do make & |
| 0006: | appoint this my last Will and Testament in manner and forme |
| 0007: | following And first and principally i comend my Soule into the |
| 0008: | Hands of Allmighty God who gave itt me trusting through the |
| 0009: | merritts & mediation of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ |
| 0010: | to have remission of all my Sins and to be [↑made] pertaker of ever |
| 0011: | lasting life And my Body I comitt to the earth to be decently |
| 0012: | buryed att the discretion of my Executrix hereinafter named And as |
| 0013: | for my Wordly estate which the Lord out of his mercy hath |
| 0014: | bestowed upon me I dispose thereof in manner and forme following |
| 0015: | (that is to say) Imprimis I give and devise unto my daughter |
| 0016: | Mary Lazingby wife of Benjamine Lazingby of Dorchester in the |
| 0017: | said County of Oxon Yeoman and unto my sons William |
| 0018: | Britten and Francis Britten both of Henley aforesaid Butchers |
| 0019: | All my two Messuages or Tenements with the Hereditaments & |
| 0020: | appurtenances to the same belonging Scituate Standing & being |
| 0021: | in a Certaine Streete in Henley aforesaid Comonly called or |
| 0022: | Known by the Name of Bell Streete al[ia]s North Streete now in |
| 0023: | the Severall Tenures or poss[ess]ions of Richard Cockey & Henry |
| 0024: | Plumer their Assignee or Assignes undertennant or undertennants |
| 0025: | To Hold unto the said Mary Lazingby William Britten & Francis |
| 0026: | Britten for and dureing the Terme of their Naturall lives and |
| 0027: | to the Survivor and Survivors of them share and share alike |
| 0028: | and from & imediately after their severall deceases and the decease |
| 0029: | of the longest liver of them then to the Heires and Assignes |
| 0030: | of the Survivor of them [↑the said William and Francis Britten my sons] forever, But my will & meaning is |
| 0031: | that my said Son Francis Britten shall have receive & be paid Yearly |
| 0032: | over and above his share of the premisses herein before devised out of the |
| 0033: | rents Issues & proffitts of the said devised Messuages or Tenements & |
| 0034: | Hereditaments with the appurturtenances the sum[m]e of twenty |
| 0035: | shillings of Lawfull Money of Great Brittaine Item I do hereby charge |
| 0036: | my said Messuages and Tenements herein before devised with the |
| 0037: | payment of my debts and Funerall expenses Item all my |
| 0038: | personall estate whatsoever & wheresoever I give and bequeath unto |
| 0039: | my said Children equally to be divided betweene them share & |
| 0040: | share alike I do hereby make and appoint my said daughter |
| 0041: | Mary full & sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament And |
| 0042: | I do hereby revoke all wills by me heretofore made & declare this |
| 0043: | to be my last Will and Testament only in Testimoney whereof I |
| 0044: | the said William Britten the eder have to this my last Will & |
| 0045: | Testament sett my Hand and Seale the third day of March |
| 0046: | in the Second Yeare of the Reigne of our Sovereigne Lord George |
| 0047: | the Second by the Grace of God of Great Brittaine France & Ireland |
| 0048: | King Defender of the Faith etc Annoq[ue] Dom[ini] one Thousand Seven |
| 0049: | Hundred and Twenty Eight |
| 0050: | |
| 0051: | Wm X Britten |
| 0052: | his marke |
| 0053: | Signed sealed published and |
| 0054: | declared by the said William |
| 0055: | Britten the Testator as and |
| 0056: | for his last Will and Testament |
| 0057: | in the pr[e]sence of us who |
| 0058: | subscribed our names in the |
| 0059: | presence of the said Testator an |
| 0060: | Interlineation of the words following |
| 0061: | being first made (vizt) the said |
| 0062: | William and Francis Britten my |
| 0063: | sons in our presence |
| 0064: | |
| 0065: | Rich[ard]: Fisher |
| 0066: | Robart Munday |
| 0067: | Tho[ma]s Hackman |
| 0068: | |
| 0069: |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | the author |
| Author: | Viv Greenwood |
| Checked by: | Cynthia Robinson |
| Date posted: | 13th December 2012 |
| Date modified: | 07th February 2014 |
Comments
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