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Will of William Prince

Occupation

  • 207: Chemist, druggist

Location

Apothecary of Henley upon Thames

Document reference: TNA PROB 11/912
First date: 30 June 1761
Probate date: 13 September 1765
Probate court: London

Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.

Executrix: Elizabeth Prince
Relationship: Wife
(Sole executrix)
Other: Richard Rainsford
Relationship: Friend
(Trustee with Thomas Hanson)
Other: Thomas Hanson
Relationship: Friend
(Trustee. With Richard Rainsford)
Witness: Joyce Nicholas
Witness: T Cooper
Court Official: George Hay
(Doctor of Laws of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury)
Witness: L Nicholas

Bequests

To: William Prince (Son)

I give to my son William Prince all my share of the shop goods, drugs and furniture of the shop in consideration of his having assisted his Mother in the making out bills and collecting debts which shall be due to me at the time of my death either in partnership with my son or on my own separate account

Bequest Types

Names

To: Elizabeth Prince (Wife)

I give five hundred pounds of my estate presently invested in public funds to my friends Richard Rainsford and Thomas Hanson In Trust to pay the income from this to my wife for her lifetime.  After her death, the income from three hundred pounds of this is to be paid to my daughter Elizabeth Snow, wife of the Rev John Snow, for her lifetime and not under the control of her husband;  if Elizabeth Snow dies during my wife's lifetime, or before she reaches the age of twenty one, some of this money is to be used to add her life to the copyhold estates of Kelly Major and Kelly Minor in Cornwall and the remainder is to be transferred to my granddaughter Elizabeth Snow.  The income from the two hundred pounds residue of the sum of five hundred pounds In Trust is to be paid to my son William Prince for his lifetime and after his death the sum is to be transferred to my grandsons William Prince and George Prince.  If any of these investments is redeemed or paid off, then the money arising is to be invested in similar stocks as my trustees shall see fit.

Bequest Types

Location of property

Names

To: Elizabeth Prince (Wife)

I give the trade debts due to me and the residue of my estate to my wife

Bequest Types

Names

Transcript

0001: In the Name of God Amen
0002: I William Prince the Elder Of Henley upon Thames in
0003: the County of Oxford Apothecary being weak in body but
0004: of sound and disposing Mind Memory and Understanding
0005: do for the settling and disposing of the Worldly Estate and
0006: Effects wherewith it hath pleased almighty God to bless
0007: me make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in
0008: manner following that is to say first I Will that all my just
0009: Debts and Funeral Expences shall be fully paid and satisfied
0010: and after payment thereof and of every part thereof I Give
0011: devise and bequeath unto my loving and beloved Son William
0012: Prince all my part or share of the Shop Goods Drugs and
0013: Furniture of the Shop in Consideration of his being Assistant
0014: to his Mother in the making out the Bills and getting in
0015: the Debts which shall be due to me at the time of my
0016: Decease either in partnership with my said son or on
0017: my own seperate Account Item I Give devise and bequeath
0018: the sum of five hundred pounds part of my Estate now
0019: being in the Publick Funds to my good Friends Richard
0020: Rainsford and Thomas Hanson Esquires To hold to them
0021: and the survivor of them their Executors or Administrators
0022: In Trust to permit and suffer my loving and beloved Wife
0023: Elizabeth Prince or her Assigns to receive and take the
0024: Dividends Produce Proceed and Income thereof for and
0025: during the Term of her natural life and from and
0026: immediately after her decease Then In Trust as to three
0027: Hundred Pounds part thereof to permit and suffer my loving
0028: and beloved Daughter Elizabeth Snow Wife of the Reverend
0029: Mr John Snow to receive and take y[e] Dividends Produce Proceed
0030: and Income thereof to and for her own use and benefit
0031: for and during the Term of her natural life neither shall
0032: the same or any part thereof be subject or liable to the
0033: Will or Controul of her said Husband nor to any of his debts
0034: or Engagements And I do hereby Will and Direct that in
0035: case my said Daughter Snow shall die either during the life
0036: time of my said Wife or before my Granddaughter Elizabeth
0037: Snow hereinafter named shall have attained her age of
0038: twenty one Years that then and in either of the said cases
0039: my said Trustees or the Survivor of them and the Executors
0040: or Administrators of such Survivor (out of the said three
0041: hundred Pounds Trust (Money) shall forthwith add the life of
0042: my said Granddaughter Elizabeth Snow in the place of her
0043: Mothers in the Copyhold Estates called Kelly Major and
0044: Kelly Minor in the County of Cornwall and for that purpose
0045: sell and dispose of so much of the said Three Hundred Pounds
0046: Trust Money as shall be sufficient and from and immediately
0047: after the decease of my said Daughter Elizabeth Snow Then
0048: In Trust to assign and Transfer the said Sum of Three
0049: hundred Pounds or such part thereof as shall remain after
0050: adding her life in the said Copyhold Estates unto my beloved
0051: Granddaughter Elizabeth Snow her Executors Administrators
0052: and Assigns And as to Two hundred Pounds Residue of the
0053: said Sum of five hundred Pounds In Trust to permit and
0054: suffer my said Son William Prince or his assigns to receive
0055: and take the Dividends Proceeds Produce and Income thereof
0056: to and for his own use and benefit for and during the Term
0057: of his natural life and from and after his decease then In
0058: Trust to assign and Transfer the said Sum of two hundred
0059: Pounds unto my Grandsons William Prince and George Prince
0060: their Executors Administrators and assigns share and share
0061: alike And I do hereby Order and Direct that in case any part
0062: of the said Publick Funds or Stocks in which the said five
0063: hundred pounds Trust Money or any part thereof is invested
0064: shall be redeemed or paid off Then that my said Trustees
0065: their Executors or Administrators do and shall lay and invest
0066: out the Money to be received for and in lieu of such Fund
0067: or Stocks as shall be so paid off in such other Stocks Funds
0068: or other Publick Securities as they or the Survivor of them
0069: shall think proper and and that the Moneys so received and laid
0070: out shall be Subject to the same Trusts and for the same intents
0071: and purposes as hereinbefore declared of and concerning the
0072: Funds or Stocks in which the same is now invested and my
0073: Will is and I do hereby expressly declare that my said
0074: Trustees or either of them their or either of their Executors
0075: or Administrators shall not be charged or chargeable with or
0076: accountable for more of the aforesaid five hundred pounds
0077: or the Income and produce thereof than he or they shall
0078: actually receive or shall come to his or their respective hands
0079: by Virtue of this my Will nor with or for any loss which
0080: shall happen of the aforesaid sum of five hundred pounds or
0081: any part thereof so as such loss happen without their
0082: Wilful default nor the one of [↑them] for the other of them or the
0083: Acts Deeds Receipts defaults or Disbursements the one of
0084: the other and also that it shall and may be lawful for
0085: my said Trustees and each of them their and each of
0086: their Executors and Administrators in the first place by and
0087: out of the said five Hundred Pounds or the Income and
0088: produce thereof to deduct and reimburse him and themselves
0089: respectively all such loss Costs Charges and Expences as he
0090: they or any of them shall sustain Expend or be put unto
0091: for or by reason of the Performance of this my Will or
0092: the Trusts hereby in them reposed or the management
0093: and Execution thereof respectively or any other thing in
0094: any wise relating thereto Item I Give devise and bequeath
0095: the said Debts so due to me in Trade as aforesaid and
0096: all the Rest Residue and Remainder of my Real and
0097: Personal Estate of what nature or kind soever and where=
0098: =soever situate and being Household Goods Debts and Money
0099: in the Publick Funds unto my loving and beloved Wife
0100: Elizabeth Prince To hold to her her Heirs Executors
0101: Administrators or Assigns and to be disposed of as she my said
0102: Wife shall think proper And I do hereby appoint my said
0103: Wife full and sole Executrix of this my Will hereby revoking
0104: and making void all former and other Will and Wills by
0105: me at any time heretofore made I do declare that this and
0106: no other is my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof
0107: I the said William Prince the Testator have to this my
0108: Will contained in two Sheets of Paper to each Sheet set
0109: my hand and seal this thirtieth day of June in the first
0110: Year of the Reign of our sovereign Lord King George the
0111: third and in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven
0112: hundred and Sixty one
0113:
0114: W[illia]m Prince
0115:
0116: Signed sealed
0117: Published and declared by the said William Prince the Testator
0118: as and for his last Will and Testament in the Presence of us
0119: who at his request in his presence and in the presence of
0120: each other have subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereunto
0121: the day and Year above written the date being first altered
0122: from the Ninth to the thirteenth day of June
0123:
0124: L. Nicholas
0125: Joyce Nicholas
0126: T Cooper

Preparation of this entry

Post status: Published
Transcript by: the author
Author: Tony Lynch
Checked by: Cynthia Robinson
Date posted: 06th December 2013
Date modified: 10th May 2014
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