Will of John Wheeler
Occupation
- 414: Status only, no stated occupation. Use for Widow, Gentleman, Esquire, Indweller etc., if no occupation is given.
Location
Gentleman of Henley upon Thames
| Document reference: | TNA PROB 11/1114 |
| First date: | 22 January 1784 |
| Probate date: | 19 February 1784 |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executor: | Peter Pickman |
| (Trustee and Guardian) | |
| Executor: | John Pinnick |
| (Trustee and Guardian) | |
| Witness: | Thomas Cresswell |
| Witness: | Joseph Stevens |
| Witness: | Hugh Keene |
| Witness: | T Cooper |
| Witness: | Thomas Ford |
| Court Official: | George Harris |
| Court Official: | Peter Calvert |
Bequests
To: Elizabeth Coombes (Mother)
To my Mother, Elizabeth Coombes, Widow, my estate in the Parish of Buckland, Berks [Oxfordshire], for her life and then to my nephew, John Johnson
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: John Johnson (Nephew)
To my nephew John Johnson, all my freehold estates and the unexpired terms on my leasehold estates; also a share of my residue with his sisters Ann and Elizabeth.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Elizabeth Johnson; Ann Johnson (Nieces)
To my nieces, Elizabeth Johnson and Ann Johnson, two thousand pounds and five hundred pounds respectively, in trust until they reach the age of 21 but in the meantime the interest to be used for their maintenance and education. Also an equal share of my residue with John Johnson.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Ann Geere (Friend)
To my friend Mrs. Ann Geere, one hundred pounds.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Elizabeth Fear (Servant)
To my servant, Elizabeth Fear, two hundred pounds.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Peter Pickman; John Pinnick
To Peter Pickman, Maltster of Henley, and John Pinnick, of High Holborn, Brazier, fifty pounds each for acting as executors, trustees and guardians in respect of the trusts for my nephews and nieces.
Bequest Types
Names
Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen |
| 0002: | I John Wheeler of the Town of Henley upon Thames in |
| 0003: | the County of Oxford Gentleman being very and dangerously |
| 0004: | ill but of sound and disposing mind Memory and |
| 0005: | understanding Do make Publish and declare my last Will |
| 0006: | and Testament in manner and form following that is to |
| 0007: | say) first I give and devise unto my beloved Mother |
| 0008: | Elizabeth Coombes Widow All that my Freehold Estate |
| 0009: | situate lying and being in the Parish of Buckland in the |
| 0010: | County of Berks to hold to my said beloved Mother |
| 0011: | Elizabeth Coombes and her Assigns for and during the |
| 0012: | Term of her natural life and from and after her decease |
| 0013: | then I Give and devise the same Estate unto my Nephew |
| 0014: | John Johnson to hold to and to the use of my [↑said] Nephew |
| 0015: | John Johnson his heirs for ever Also I Give and devise |
| 0016: | unto my said Nephew Johnson his Heirs and Assigns |
| 0017: | All and every other my Freehold Estates whatsoever and |
| 0018: | wheresoever to hold to and to the use of my said Nephew |
| 0019: | John Johnson his Heirs and Assigns for ever Also I Give |
| 0020: | and bequeath unto my said Nephew John Johnson his |
| 0021: | Executors Administrators and Assigns all and every my |
| 0022: | Leasehold Estates whatsoever and wheresoever to hold to |
| 0023: | my said Nephew John Johnson his Executors Adm[inistrat]ors |
| 0024: | and Assigns for and during all the residue of the several |
| 0025: | Terms therein .....unexpired I Give and bequeath unto |
| 0026: | my Niece Elizabeth Johnson the Sum of two thousand |
| 0027: | Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid |
| 0028: | to her when she shall attain the Age of twenty One Years |
| 0029: | and the Interest thereof to be applied by my Executors |
| 0030: | hereinafter named in the mean time towards her maintenance |
| 0031: | and education Also I give and bequeath unto my Niece |
| 0032: | Ann Johnson the Sum of five hundred Pounds of like lawful |
| 0033: | money of Great Britain to be paid to her when she shall |
| 0034: | attain her Age of twenty One years and the Interest thereof |
| 0035: | to be applied by my Executors hereinafter named in the |
| 0036: | mean time towards her maintenance and Education Also |
| 0037: | I Give and bequeath unto my good Friend Mrs Ann |
| 0038: | Geere the Sum of One hundred Pounds of like lawful Money |
| 0039: | of Great Britain to be Paid to her within twelve Months |
| 0040: | after my decease Also I Give and bequeath unto my |
| 0041: | Faithful Servant Elizabeth Fear the Sum of two hundred |
| 0042: | Pounds of like lawful money of Great Britain to be paid |
| 0043: | to her within twelve months after my decease Also I Give |
| 0044: | I Give and bequeath to each of my Executors and Trustees |
| 0045: | hereinafter named the Sum of fifty Pounds of like lawful |
| 0046: | Money of Great Britain by way of recompence for the |
| 0047: | trouble they will be at in the Execution of the Trusts herein |
| 0048: | in them reposed All the rest and residue of my Personal |
| 0049: | Estate not hereinbefore specifically disposed of I Give and |
| 0050: | bequeath unto my said Nephew John Johnson and my said two |
| 0051: | Neieces Elizabeth Johnson and Ann Johnson equally to be |
| 0052: | divided between them share and share alike and I do hereby |
| 0053: | nominate constitute and appoint my good Friends Peter |
| 0054: | Pickman of Henley upon Thames aforesaid Malster and John |
| 0055: | Pinnick of High Holborn in the County of Middlesex Brazier |
| 0056: | Joint Executors of this my Will and Guardians of the Persons |
| 0057: | and Trustees of the Fortunes of my said Nephew and Neices |
| 0058: | until they shall severally and respectively attain their said |
| 0059: | Ages of twenty One Years and in general to manage |
| 0060: | their Fortunes for their respective benefit and Advantage |
| 0061: | as they my said Trustees shall think Proper and I do |
| 0062: | hereby Will and direct that my said Trustees and each |
| 0063: | of them shall in the first Place deduct to himself and |
| 0064: | themselves all such Costs and Charges as they shall reasonably |
| 0065: | expend and be put unto by means of the Trusts hereby in |
| 0066: | them reposed And that my said Trustees or either of them |
| 0067: | shall not be accountable for more of the said Trust Monies |
| 0068: | than they shall respectively actually receive or shall come |
| 0069: | to their hands by virtue of this my will neither shall |
| 0070: | they or either of them be answerable for the Acts Receipts |
| 0071: | Payments or Wilful defaults of the other but each for his |
| 0072: | own Acts Receipts Payments or Wilful Defaults .... |
| 0073: | only and lastly I hereby revoke all former and other Will |
| 0074: | and Wills by me at any time heretofore made and do declare |
| 0075: | this and this only to be my true last Will and Testament |
| 0076: | In Witness whereof I have to this my Will contained in |
| 0077: | two Sheets of Paper to the first set my hand and to the |
| 0078: | last my hand and Seal the twenty second day of January |
| 0079: | One thousand Seven hundred and Eighty four |
| 0080: | |
| 0081: | The mark + of John Wheeler [Seal] |
| 0082: | |
| 0083: | Signed Sealed Published and declared |
| 0084: | by the above named John [↑Wheeler] the Testator as and for his last |
| 0085: | Will and Testament in the Presence of us who in his Presence |
| 0086: | at his request and in the Presence of each other have subscribed |
| 0087: | our names as Witnesses thereto the Word "hundred" being interlined |
| 0088: | in the first Sheet so as to make the bequest to my Niece |
| 0089: | Ann Johnson five hundred Pounds and the Word "not" being |
| 0090: | first interlined in the last sheet |
| 0091: | |
| 0092: | Thomas Cresswell |
| 0093: | Jos[ep]h Stevens |
| 0094: | Hugh Keene |
| 0095: | T. Cooper |
| 0096: | Tho[ma]s Ford |
| 0097: |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | the author |
| Author: | Cynthia |
| Checked by: | Anthony Lynch |
| Date posted: | 03rd March 2014 |
| Date modified: | 30th June 2014 |