Will of William Skinner
Occupation
- 192: Coach maker
Location
Coach maker and Coach harness maker of London
| Document reference: | TNA PROB 11/522 |
| First date: | 27 April 1710 |
| Probate date: | 26 July 1711 |
| Probate court: |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Witness: | Thomas Stevens |
| Witness: | Francis Blandy |
| Witness: | John [?]Upp |
| Executor: | Thomas Horsnell |
| Relationship: | Friend |
Bequests
To: Poor children of Henley
Twenty pounds to be paid within six months of my death for the apprenticeship of four poor children, born of parents living in the parish of Henley and registered with the church
Bequest Types
To: William Bigg
Ten pounds for the apprenticeship of William Bigg, son of William Bigg of London, to be paid to his Aunt Loveday for this purpose
Bequest Types
Names
To: Pension Fund of Coachmakers, London
Five pounds to be paid within six months of my death to the Penny Pension of the Coachmakers and Coach harness makers of London
Bequest Types
To: Poor men of Henley
All my wearing apparel to the poor men as registered with the church in the parish of Henley
Bequest Types
To: Thomas Horsnell (Friend)
To my loving friend Thomas Horsnell ten pounds for the execution of my will
Bequest Types
Names
Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen |
| 0002: | I William Skinner Citizen and Coach maker and Coach harness |
| 0003: | maker of London being of sound and perfect mind and memory |
| 0004: | thanks be given to God therefore doe make and ordain this my last |
| 0005: | Will and Testament in manner following (that is to say) first I |
| 0006: | recommend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave it |
| 0007: | trusting to obtain Salvation through the meritts death and passion |
| 0008: | of Jesus Christ my ever blessed Saviour and Redeemer and my |
| 0009: | Body to the Earth from whence it came to be buried in such manner |
| 0010: | as my Mother Margery Skinner shall direct and for that worldly |
| 0011: | Estate which God hath bestowed on me I dispose thereof as followeth |
| 0012: | Imprimis I give and bequeath the Sum of Twenty pounds of lawfull |
| 0013: | money of Great Britain to be paid within Six Months next after |
| 0014: | my decease for the placing out to Prentice of four poor Children |
| 0015: | (vizt) Two Boys and two Girls born of Parents living within the |
| 0016: | parish of Henley upon Thames in the County of Oxon and |
| 0017: | Registred in the Church Book there and such as shall be approved |
| 0018: | of by Mr Thomas Taylor and Mr Thomas Stevens of Henley |
| 0019: | upon Thames aforesaid and my Mother Margery Skinner Item |
| 0020: | I give and bequeath the Sum of Ten pounds of like lawfull money |
| 0021: | for the placing out to Prentice of William Bigg Son of William |
| 0022: | Bigg of London Scrivener to be paid into the hands of his Aunt |
| 0023: | Loveday to put him out to Prentice as aforesaid when she shall |
| 0024: | think fitt Item I give and bequeath the Sum of five pounds of like |
| 0025: | lawfull money to be paid within Six Months next after my decease |
| 0026: | to the Penny Pension of the Coachmakers and Coach harness |
| 0027: | makers of London Item I give and bequeath all my wearing Apparell |
| 0028: | to such poor men as are registred in the Church Book of the parish |
| 0029: | of Henley upon Thames aforesaid as my Mother Margery |
| 0030: | Skinner shall direct and appoint to have the same And Lastly |
| 0031: | I doe make and ordain my loving Friend Thomas Horsnell of |
| 0032: | the Inner Temple London Gent[leman] the full and sole Executor of this |
| 0033: | my last Will and Testament desiring him that he will fulfill and |
| 0034: | perform the Same and for his Care and Paines therein I give and |
| 0035: | bequeath to him the Sum of Ten pounds of lawfull money of Great |
| 0036: | Brittain and I doe hereby revoke all former Wills by me at any |
| 0037: | time heretofore made and doe publish and declare this to be my last |
| 0038: | Will and Testament and no other In Witness whereof I have |
| 0039: | hereunto set my hand and Seal this twenty Seventh day of Aprill |
| 0040: | in the ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady Ann by the |
| 0041: | grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland Queen defender |
| 0042: | of the Faith etc Annoq[ue] Domini 1710 |
| 0043: | |
| 0044: | W[illia]m Skinner |
| 0045: | |
| 0046: | Signed Sealed |
| 0047: | published declared and delivered by the said William Skinner the |
| 0048: | Testator as his last Will and Testament in the presence of and |
| 0049: | then attested by us in his presence |
| 0050: | Tho[mas] Stevens |
| 0051: | Fran[cis] Blandy |
| 0052: | John Upp |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | Hilary |
| Author: | Hilary Fisher |
| Checked by: | Cynthia Robinson |
| Date posted: | 14th October 2013 |
| Date modified: | 26th May 2014 |
Comments
The date on the heading is the date of the Will Instead of the Probate clause there is a Latin note saying that Thomas Horsnell renounced the Executorship