Will of Catherine Eylsey
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 11/1101 |
| First date: | 05 February 1783 |
| Probate date: | 04 March 1783 |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executor: | Thomas Harris |
| (also brother of Catherine Eylsey) | |
| Executor: | John Deane |
| Witness: | J Cooper |
| Witness: | Edward Turton |
| Witness: | Henry Hester |
| Court Official: | Peter Calvert |
| Court Official: | Andrew Coltee Ducarel |
Bequests
To: Mrs Mason
I give to Mrs Mason, wife of John Mason of Littlewick Green, Berks, the sum of ten pounds
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Names
To: Elizabeth Mason
I give to Elizabeth Mason, daughter of John Mason, the sum of ten pounds
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To: Ann Mason
I give to Ann Mason, daughter of John, Mason the sum of ten pounds
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Names
To: Elizabeth Mason, Ann Mason
I give to Elizabeth Mason and Ann Mason all my wearing apparel to be divided between them, by their mother at her discretion
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Names
To: Elizabeth Brown (Servant)
I give to my servant Elizabeth Brown the sum of ten pounds
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Names
To: John Deane
I give to John Deane of Henley upon Thames, who has for some years been concerned in the arrangement of my business, the sum of one hundred pounds. I give a further fifty pounds in consideration as his position as one of my executors
Bequest Types
Names
To: Thomas Harris (Brother)
To my brother Thomas Harris the residue of my personal estate and effects
Names
Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen |
| 0002: | I Catherine Eylsey of Henley upon Thames in |
| 0003: | the County of Oxford Widow being in an ill state of |
| 0004: | Health but of sound and disposing Mind Memory |
| 0005: | and Understanding do make and ordain this my last |
| 0006: | Will and Testament in Manner and form following |
| 0007: | (that is to say) I desire to be buried in a decent |
| 0008: | manner at the discretion of my Executors hereinafter |
| 0009: | named And as to my worldly Effects wherewith it |
| 0010: | hath pleased God to bless me I dispose thereof as |
| 0011: | follows First I give and bequeath to Mrs Mason |
| 0012: | Wife of John Mason of Littlewick Green in the |
| 0013: | County of Berks the Sum of ten Pounds of lawful |
| 0014: | Money of Great Britain Also I give and bequeath |
| 0015: | unto Elizabeth Mason daughter of the said John |
| 0016: | Mason The Sum of ten Pounds of like lawfull Money |
| 0017: | Also I give and bequeath unto Ann Mason Daughter |
| 0018: | of the said John Mason the Sum of ten Pounds of |
| 0019: | like lawful Money Also I give and bequeath unto |
| 0020: | the said Elizabeth Mason and Ann Mason all my |
| 0021: | wearing Apparel of what nature or kind soever to |
| 0022: | be parted and divided between them in such shares |
| 0023: | and proportions and in such manner and form as |
| 0024: | their said Mother shall think Proper and I hereby |
| 0025: | request her to take the trouble of dividing the same |
| 0026: | accordingly Also I give and bequeath unto my Servant |
| 0027: | Elizabeth Brown the Sum of ten Pounds of like |
| 0028: | lawful Money Also I give and bequeath unto John |
| 0029: | Deane of Henley upon Thames aforesaid who hath |
| 0030: | for some years been concerned in the Management |
| 0031: | of my Business the Sum of One hundred Pounds of |
| 0032: | like lawful Money Also I give and bequeath unto |
| 0033: | him the said John Deane the further Sum of Fifty |
| 0034: | Pounds of like lawful Money in Consideration of and |
| 0035: | as a Recompence for the Trouble he will be put to |
| 0036: | as one of the Executors in Collecting my Bills and |
| 0037: | settling my Accounts which said several pecuniary |
| 0038: | Legacies above mentioned I will and direct shall be |
| 0039: | paid by my residuary Legatee within twelve Months |
| 0040: | after my decease All the Rest Residue and Remainder |
| 0041: | of my Personal Estate and Effects whatsoever and |
| 0042: | wheresoever and of what nature or kind soever my |
| 0043: | Debts Legacies Testamentary and funeral Expences |
| 0044: | being paid and discharged I give and bequeath unto |
| 0045: | my dearly beloved Brother Thomas Harris his Executors |
| 0046: | Administrators and Assigns to and for his and their own |
| 0047: | use and benefit And I do hereby nominate constitute |
| 0048: | and appoint my said Brother Thomas Harris and the |
| 0049: | said John Deane joint Executors of this my Will and |
| 0050: | Lastly I do hereby revoke and make void all former |
| 0051: | Wills by me at any time heretofore made and do declare |
| 0052: | this and this only to be my [↑true] last Will and Testament In |
| 0053: | Witness whereof I the said Catherine Eylsey the |
| 0054: | Testatrix have to this my last Will and Testament |
| 0055: | contained in one Sheet of Paper set my hand and Seal |
| 0056: | this fifth day of February in the year of our Lord |
| 0057: | one thousand seven hundred and eighty three |
| 0058: | |
| 0059: | Cath[eri]n[e] Eylsey [Seal] |
| 0060: | Signed sealed Published and declared by the |
| 0061: | above named Catherine Eylsey the Testatrix as and for |
| 0062: | her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who |
| 0063: | in her presence and in the presence of each other |
| 0064: | have subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto |
| 0065: | T Cooper |
| 0066: | Edw[ar]d Turton |
| 0067: | Henry Hester |
| 0068: | |
| 0069: |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | Viv Greenwood |
| Author: | Viv Greenwood |
| Checked by: | Cynthia Robinson |
| Date posted: | 12th April 2013 |
| Date modified: | 07th March 2014 |