Will of William Brooks
Occupation
- 225: Butcher, Meat Salesman
Location
Butcher of Henley upon Thames
| Document reference: | ORO MSS Oxon Wills 117/3/48 |
| First date: | 16 September 1735 |
| Probate date: | 01 October 1736 |
| Probate court: | Watlington |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executrix: | Elizabeth Brooks |
| (Wife of testator) | |
| Witness: | John Belcher |
| Witness: | Ann Vaughan |
| Witness: | John Laxton |
| Court Official: | George Rye |
| (Doctor in Divinity and Archdeacon of Oxon) |
Bequests
To: Elizabeth Brooks; William Brooks; John Brooks (Wife)
I give my wife Elizabeth Brooks all the remaining years in the property in which I now live on the Hill in Henley for her natural life and after her death to my eldest son William Brooks & his lawfully-begotten heirs. If my son William Brooks dies without issue , then the remaining years in the property go to my son John Brooks
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: John Brooks (Son)
To my son John Brooks, twenty pounds, charged against the house on the Hill, Henley
Bequest Types
Names
To: (Daughters)
I give to my daughters one guinea each to be paid within six months after my decease
Bequest Types
To: Elizabeth Brooks (Wife)
To [Elizabeth Brooks] I give bequeath all the rest of my personal estate, goods and chattels
Bequest Types
Names
Transcript
| 0001: | In the name of God Amen I William Brooks of Henley upon Thames |
| 0002: | in the County of Oxon Butcher being of Sound mind and memory doe make publish |
| 0003: | and declare this to be my last will and Testament in manner and forme following |
| 0004: | and first and principally I Commend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God who |
| 0005: | gave it me hopeing to be saved through the merits and mediation of my Lord & Saviour |
| 0006: | Jesus Christ & to be make partaker of Everlasting Life and my body I Committ to the Earth |
| 0007: | to be decently buryed in the Church Yard of Henley aforesaid at the discretion of my |
| 0008: | Executrix hereafter named and as for my worldly Estate I give and dispose thereof as |
| 0009: | follows (that is to say) Imprimis I give & bequeath to my Loving Wife Elizabeth |
| 0010: | Brooks all the residue and remainder of the Term of years yet to come and unexpired |
| 0011: | in that my Messuage or Tenement upon the hill in Henley aforesaid and in which |
| 0012: | I now live together with all other houses out houses Yards Barns Stables and all other |
| 0013: | the appurtenances thereunto belonging for and dureing her Natural Life and after |
| 0014: | her decease to my Eldest Son William Brooks & his heirs lawfully to be begotten he |
| 0015: | paying out of the Same unto my Son John Brooks the sum of Twenty [↑pound] and for the |
| 0016: | payment thereof I Charge the premisses aforesaid, and in Case my said Son William Brooks |
| 0017: | dye without Issue then my will is that all the rest and residue of the Term of years then to |
| 0018: | come & unexpired go to my Son John Brooks & his heires Item I give to my Daughters |
| 0019: | one guinee apiece to be paid within six months after my Decease Item I make |
| 0020: | Constitute and appoint my said Loving Wife Elizabeth Brooks Sole Executrix of this my |
| 0021: | last will and Testament & to whom after my Debts Legacies and funeral expences |
| 0022: | are paid I give devise and bequeath all the rest and residue of my personal |
| 0023: | Estate Goods and Chattells whatsoever & wheresoever hereby revoking all former |
| 0024: | wills by me heretofore made & do declare this to be my last will and Testament only |
| 0025: | In Testimony [↑whereof] I the said William Brooks have hereunto set my hand & Seale |
| 0026: | this sixteenth day of |
| 0027: | Thirty five |
| 0028: | |
| 0029: | [In margin] Mem[oran]d[u]m the word pound between the fourteenth & fifteenth Line was |
| 0030: | Interlined before the Signing Sealing & delivery hereof & so was |
| 0031: | the month september instead of June in the last Line |
| 0032: | |
| 0033: | will[iam] brooks [Seal] |
| 0034: | |
| 0035: | Signed Sealed published & Declared |
| 0036: | by the Testator William Brooks |
| 0037: | as and for his last Will & Testament |
| 0038: | in the presence of us who in his |
| 0039: | presence & at his request have Subscribed |
| 0040: | our Names as Wittnesses thereto |
| 0041: | the mark I B of |
| 0042: | John Belcher |
| 0043: | |
| 0044: | the mark A of |
| 0045: | Ann Vaughan |
| 0046: | |
| 0047: | John Laxton |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | the author |
| Author: | Tony Lynch |
| Checked by: | Cynthia Robinson |
| Date posted: | 20th January 2013 |
| Date modified: | 23rd April 2014 |