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Will of Margery Lovejoy

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: ORO MSS Oxon Wills 42/3/51
First date: 16 January 1732/3
Probate date: 27 July 1738
Probate court: Watlington

Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.

Executor: Simon Lovejoy
(Son of the testatrix)
Executor: Thomas Lovejoy
(Son of the testatrix)
Witness: Francis Blandy
Witness: Anne Blandy
Witness: Susanna Bartlett
Court Official: Thomas Tenison
(Doctor of Laws Vicar General Official Principal and Commissary of the Bishop of Oxford)
Court Official: Herbert Beaver
(Deputy Registrar assumed)

Bequests

To: Andrew Lovejoy (Son)

I give to my son Andrew Lovejoy all my estate in the parish of Shiplake in Oxfordshire

Bequest Types

Location of property

Names

To: Simon Lovejoy (Son)

I give to my son Simon Lovejoy my property in my possession in Hart Street and also my property in the parish of Rotherfield Greys near the Meeting house and now in the possession of George Butler for his lifetime subject to the rent charge of forty shillings a year in favour of my son Andrew Lovejoy and after his death I give these properties to all my grandchildren, the sons and daughters of my son Simon, in equal shares.

Bequest Types

Location of property

Names

To: Andrew Lovejoy (Son)

I charge the properties in Hart Street and Rotherfield Greys given to my son Simon Lovejoy with the payment of forty Shillings yearly to my son Andrew Lovejoy for Andrew Lovejoy's lifetime to be paid in equal instalments of the feastdays of the Annunciation of the blessed Virgin Mary, St John the Baptist, St Michael the Archangel and St Thomas the Apostle, starting on the first of these days to occur after my death, free from any deductions. I also charge the property on the south side of Hart Street given to my son Thomas Lovejoy with the annual payment to Andrew Lovejoy of forty shillings on the same terms.

Bequest Types

Names

To: Thomas Lovejoy (Son)

I give to my son Thomas Lovejoy my property on the south side of Hart Street and now in the possession of Thomas King for his lifetime subject to the rent charge of forty shillings a year in favour of my son Andrew Lovejoy and after his death I give this property to all the children of my son Thomas, in equal shares.

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Location of property

Names

To: Not named (Daughter in law)

I give to my daughters in law, the wives of my sons Simon and Thomas Lovejoy, all my household goods & furniture in equal shares

Bequest Types

To: Simon Lovejoy; Thomas Lovejoy (Sons)

The residue of my estate I give to my sons Simon Lovejoy and Thomas Lovejoy

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Transcript

0001: In the name of God amen I Margery Lovejoy of Henley
0002: upon Thames in the County of Oxon widow Do make and Ordain
0003: this my last Will and Testament in manner following (vizt) Imprimis
0004: I give and bequeath unto my Son Andrew Lovejoy and his heires
0005: for ever All my Estate in the Parish of Shiplake in the County of
0006: Oxon Item I give & bequeath unto my Son Simon Lovejoy All
0007: that my Messuage or Tenement with the Shopp Garden & appurtenances
0008: thereto belonging now in my Possession in Hart Street and also all that
0009: my Messuage or Tenement in the parish of Rotherfield Greys near
0010: the Meeting house with the Shopp and appurtenances thereunto
0011: belonging now in the possession of George Butler To hold to
0012: him and his Assignes for & during the Term of his naturall life
0013: (Subject to the Rentcharge herein after mens[i]oned) and from and after
0014: his decease Then I give & bequeath my said Messuages or Tenements
0015: Shopps and appurtenances thereto belonging unto all my Grandchildren
0016: Sons & Daughters of my said Son Simon which he shall leave behind
0017: him at the tyme of his decease To hold to them their heires
0018: Executors Ad[ministrato]rs and Assignes for ever equally to be divided between
0019: them Share and Share alike And I do hereby charge Subject
0020: and make lyable The Said Messuages or Tenements Shopps and
0021: appurtenances herein before given to my said Son Simon and his
0022: Children as af[ore]s[ai]d To & with the payment of forty shillings Yearly
0023: during the naturall life of my said Son Andrew which I do hereby
0024: give & devise unto him during his naturall life to be paid
0025: him at the FeastS of the Annuntiacon of the blessed Virgin Mary
0026: St John the Baptist St Michaell the Archangell and St
0027: Thomas the apostle by even & equall porc[i]ons The
0028: First payment thereof to begin & be made at the first of the said
0029: Feasts which shall happen after my decease free from
0030: all Taxes payments and Reprizes w[hat]soever Item I also give
0031: & bequeath unto my said Son Andrew during the Term of
0032: his naturall life one Annuity or clear yearly Rentcharge
0033: or Sum[m] of forty shillings issuing & payable out of the Messuage
0034: or Tenement herein after given to my Son Thomas Lovejoy
0035: to be paid him in like manner as the Rentcharge before
0036: menc[i]oned to be paid by my son Simon is appointed to be paid
0037: Item I give & bequeath unto my said Son Thomas Lovejoy
0038: All that my Messuage or Tenement scituate standing & being
0039: on the South side of Hart Street in the possession of Thomas King
0040: Together with the Garden outhouses and appurtenances thereto
0041: belonging To hold to him & his Assignes for & during the
0042: Term of his naturall life [↑subject as afores[ai]d] and from and after his decease
0043: then I give & bequeath the same Messuage & p[re]misses with the
0044: appurten[an]ces unto the Child and all & every the Children
0045: of my said Son Thomas which he shall leave behind
0046: him at the tyme of his decease and his her & their heires
0047: Executors Adm[inistrato]rs & Assignes for ever equally to be divided between
0048: them Share & Share alike Item I give & bequeath unto my
0049: Daughters in Law the wives of my s[ai]d Son Simon and Thomas
0050: all my household goods & furniture whatsoever equally to
0051: be divided between them Share and Share alike
0052: And Lastly all the rest & residue of my Estate
0053: Wheresoever and whatsoever after my Debts legacies and
0054: funerall expences are paid and Satisfied (not herein
0055: before given & disposed of) I give devise & bequeath unto my
0056: said Sons Simon Lovejoy and Thomas Lovejoy whom
0057: I make and Ordain the full & joynt Executors of this
0058: my last Will and Testament Revoking all former Wills
0059: by me made I do publish and declare this to be my
0060: last Will and Testament and no other In Witness
0061: whereof I the said Margery Lovejoy have to this
0062: my last Will and Testament Set my hand and Seal this
0063: Sixteenth day of January Anno D[omi]ni 1732
0064:
0065: The mark of Margery X Lovejoy [Seal]
0066:
0067: Signed Sealed published declared and
0068: delivered by the s[ai]d Margery Lovejoy the
0069: Testatrix as & for her last Will and
0070: Testament in the p[re]esence of us and
0071: then attested by us in her p[re]sence
0072:
0073: Fr[anci]s Blandy
0074: Anne Blandy
0075: Susanna Bartlett

Preparation of this entry

Post status: Published
Transcript by: the author
Author: Tony Lynch
Checked by: Cynthia Robinson
Date posted: 21st January 2013
Date modified: 02nd May 2014