Will of William Rackstrow
Occupation
- 282: Tailor
Location
Tailor and Hatter of Henley upon Thames
| Document reference: | TNA PROB 11/988 |
| First date: | 17 July 1772 |
| Probate date: | 19 May 1773 |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Witness: | Francis Lilly |
| Witness: | Francis Hobbs |
| Witness: | Thomas Cooper |
| Court Official: | Francis Simpson |
| Executrix: | Mary Rackstrow |
| (wife of testator) | |
| Court Official: | George Hay |
Bequests
To: Richard Chamberlinn (Brother in law)
To my wife Elizabeth my property where I now live in Butcher Row for her life and after her death to my brother in law Richard Chamberlinn shopkeeper for ever, but the property to be charged with the legacies, which should be paid by him to the legatees within one year after my wife's death from the property; and all my residue
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: William Williams (Nephew)
To my nephew William Williams forty pounds to be paid by Richard Chamberlinn within a year of my wife's death from my Butcher Row property
Bequest Types
Names
To: James Williams (Nephew)
To my nephew James Williams forty pounds to be paid by Richard Chamberlinn within one year of my wife's death out of my Butcher Row property
Bequest Types
Names
To: John Slade (Nephew)
To my nephew John Slade forty pounds to be paid by Richard Chamberlinn within one year after my wife's death out of my Butcher Row property
Bequest Types
Names
Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen |
| 0002: | I William Rackstrow of Henley upon Thames in the County |
| 0003: | of Oxford Taylor and Hatter being weak in Body but of Sound |
| 0004: | and disposing Mind Memory and understanding and Calling |
| 0005: | to mind the uncertainty of this Life do for the Settling and |
| 0006: | disposing of the Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased |
| 0007: | God to bless me make and ordain this my last Will and |
| 0008: | Testament in manner following that is to say) First I Commend |
| 0009: | my Soul to Almighty God that gave it and my Body to the |
| 0010: | Earth to be decently interred at the discretion of my Executrix |
| 0011: | herein after named Also I Give devise and bequeath unto my |
| 0012: | loving and beloved Wife Mary Rackstrow All that my |
| 0013: | Messuage or Tenement wherein I now dwell Situate in Butcher |
| 0014: | Row in Henley upon Thames aforesaid with the Out houses |
| 0015: | Garden Hereditaments and Appurtenances thereunto belonging |
| 0016: | to hold to her and her Assigns for and during the Term of her |
| 0017: | natural Life and from and immediately after her decease then |
| 0018: | I Give devise and bequeath the same and every part thereof |
| 0019: | unto and to the Use of my Brother in Law Richard Chamberlinn |
| 0020: | of London Shopkeeper his Heirs and Assigns for ever charged |
| 0021: | and chargeable nevertheless with the Payment of the Sum of |
| 0022: | Sixty Pounds unto my Nephew William Williams of Reading |
| 0023: | in the [↑County of Berks] Cooper The Sum of Forty Pounds unto my Nephew James |
| 0024: | Williams of Whitley near Reading aforesaid Blacksmith and |
| 0025: | the Sum of Forty Pounds unto my Nephew John Slade of the |
| 0026: | Parish of Shiplake in the said County of Oxford Blacksmith |
| 0027: | which said Sums as I do hereby give and bequeath unto them |
| 0028: | respectively And I do hereby direct that the same shall be |
| 0029: | paid to each of them free from all deductions whatsoever by |
| 0030: | my said Brother in Law Richard Chamberlinn within one year |
| 0031: | next after the decease of my said Wife Mary Rackstrow |
| 0032: | out of my said Real Estate so devised to him as aforesaid |
| 0033: | And as to all my Household Goods Household Furniture Stock in |
| 0034: | Trade Plate Ready Money and Sums of Money due to me |
| 0035: | and all other my Personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever |
| 0036: | which I shall be possessed of or any wise Intitled to at the |
| 0037: | Time of my decease I Give the same and every part thereof |
| 0038: | (after Payment of all my just Debts and Funeral Expences) |
| 0039: | unto my said Wife Mary Rackstrow To Hold to her her Ex[ecut]ors |
| 0040: | Administrators and Assigns for ever And I do hereby ordain |
| 0041: | Constitute and appoint her my said Wife full and Sole |
| 0042: | Executrix of this my Will and hereby revoking and making |
| 0043: | void all former and other Wills by me at any Time heretofore |
| 0044: | made I do declare that this and no other is my true last |
| 0045: | Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said William |
| 0046: | Rackstrow the Testator have to this my Will set my Hand |
| 0047: | and Seal this Seventeenth day of July in the year of our |
| 0048: | Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and Seventy two |
| 0049: | |
| 0050: | W[illia]m Rackstrow |
| 0051: | |
| 0052: | Signed Sealed Published and declared by the said William |
| 0053: | Rackstrow the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament |
| 0054: | in the Presence of us who at his Request in his Presence |
| 0055: | and in the Presence of each other have Subscribed our Names |
| 0056: | as Witnesses thereunto |
| 0057: | |
| 0058: | Th[omas] Cooper |
| 0059: | Francis Hobbs |
| 0060: | Fran[cis] Lilly |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | the author |
| Author: | Hilary Fisher |
| Checked by: | Cynthia Robinson |
| Date posted: | 07th March 2013 |
| Date modified: | 11th May 2014 |