Will of Richard Pope
Occupation
- 027: Physician, Surgeon, General Practitioner
Location
Surgeon of Henley upon Thames
| Document reference: | TNA PROB 11/1321 |
| First date: | 31 August 1796 |
| Probate date: | 05 March 1799 |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executrix: | Deborah Pope |
| Relationship: | Wife |
| (Jointly with Charles Treacher Pope) | |
| Executor: | Charles Treacher Pope |
| Relationship: | Son |
| (Jointly with Deborah Pope) | |
| Witness: | Robert Devall |
| Witness: | Francis Pearce |
| Witness: | Elizabeth Rhodes |
| Court Official: | Charles Coote |
| (Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Court of Canterbury) | |
| Court Official: | William Wynne |
| (Doctor of Laws of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Knight) |
Bequests
To: Deborah Pope (Wife)
I give my wife Deborah Pope for her lifetime all my real and personal estate, provided she keeps the buildings in repair and maintains and educates my son Thomas Maddock Pope until he reaches twenty one and maintains my daughter Deborah Pope until she marries
Bequest Types
Names
To: Thomas Maddock Pope; Deborah Pope (Children)
My wife Deborah Pope is to pay out of her bequest one thousand pounds to my son Thomas Maddock Pope when he reaches the age of twenty one, and forty pounds annually to my daughter Deborah Pope, by quarterly payments, so long as she remains unmarried. If my daughter marries with her mother's consent, then my wife shall pay her one thousand pounds as a marriage portion, but if she marries without such consent, then the one thousand pounds shall immediately be paid to one or more trustees as my wife shall think proper to be invested in real or government securities and the interest to be paid to my daughter, not subject to the control of her husband, for her lifetime. After my Daughter's death, this one thousand pounds, or the securities in which it is invested, shall be divided equally between her children, or, if she has none, then to the person or persons then entitled to it under the Statute for Distribution of Intestates' Estates.
Bequest Types
To: Charles Treacher Pope (Son)
Immediately after the death of my wife, I give to my son Charles Treacher Pope my freehold Estate in Fingest, Bucks
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: Richard Pope (Son)
After the death of my wife I give to my son Richard Pope the property in which I now live in Henley upon Thames, with the field called Countesses Garden and the cottage, garden and timber ground belonging to it.
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: Richard Pope (Son)
I give my son Richard Pope four hundred pounds to be paid within one year of my wife's death
Bequest Types
Names
To: Thomas Maddock Pope; Deborah Pope (Children)
I give my daughter Deborah Pope and my son Thomas Maddock Pope one thousand and five hundred pounds each, in addition to the provision I made for them earlier in my will, to be paid to them within six months of the death of my wife
Bequest Types
Names
To: Charles Treacher Pope (Son)
The residue of my estate after the death of my wife I give to my son Charles Treacher Pope
Bequest Types
Names
Transcript
| 0001: | This is the last Will |
| 0002: | & Testament of me Richard Pope of Henley upon Thames |
| 0003: | in the County of Oxford Surgeon First I desire that |
| 0004: | all my Debts and Funeral and Testamentary Expences |
| 0005: | may be fully paid and satisfied and after payment |
| 0006: | thereof I give devise and bequeath unto my dear |
| 0007: | Wife Deborah Pope and her Assigns for and during |
| 0008: | the term of her natural life All and every my |
| 0009: | Real and Personal Estate and Effects whatsoever upon |
| 0010: | condition thereout to keep the Buildings thereon |
| 0011: | in Repair and to Maintain and Educate my Son |
| 0012: | Thomas Maddock Pope until he shall attain the |
| 0013: | Age of twenty one Years And then to pay him |
| 0014: | the Sum of One thousand pounds Also to Maintain |
| 0015: | my Daughter Deborah Pope & pay her Forty pounds |
| 0016: | Per Annum by quarterly Payments so long as she |
| 0017: | shall live single and Unmarried And if my said |
| 0018: | Daughter shall Marry with the Consent and |
| 0019: | Approbation of her Mother then to pay to her the |
| 0020: | Sum of One thousand pounds as and for a Marriage |
| 0021: | Portion but if my said Daughter shall Marry without |
| 0022: | such Consent then my Will is that the said Sum |
| 0023: | of One thousand pounds shall immediately upon such |
| 0024: | her Marriage be paid into the Hands of such one |
| 0025: | or more Trustee or Trustees as my said Wife |
| 0026: | shall think proper to nominate to be by him or |
| 0027: | them Placed out at Interest on Real or Government |
| 0028: | Securities Upon Trust to pay the Interest thereof |
| 0029: | unto my said Daughter Deborah for and during |
| 0030: | the term of her natural life notwithstanding such |
| 0031: | her Coverture to be paid into her own Hands and |
| 0032: | not to be subject to the Debts or Controul of her |
| 0033: | Husband but solely for her own use and for |
| 0034: | which Purpose I do hereby declare that her receipts |
| 0035: | alone shall be sufficient discharges for such |
| 0036: | Interest and from and after the decease of my said |
| 0037: | Daughter Upon Trust to pay the said Sum of One |
| 0038: | thousand Pounds or transfer the Securities on which |
| 0039: | the same shall be then invested unto and amongst |
| 0040: | the Child or Children of my said Daughter in equal |
| 0041: | Proportions but if she shall die without any Child |
| 0042: | Then in Trust to pay or transfer the same to |
| 0043: | such Person or Persons as will be then entitled |
| 0044: | thereto under the Statute for Distribution of Intestates |
| 0045: | Estates And from and immediately after the decease |
| 0046: | of my said Wife I give & devise unto my Son |
| 0047: | Charles Treacher Pope and his Heirs and Assigns |
| 0048: | for ever All that my Freehold Estate with its |
| 0049: | Rights Members and Appurtenances situated lying |
| 0050: | and being at Fingest in the County of Bucks Also |
| 0051: | after the decease of my said Wife I give and |
| 0052: | devise unto my Son Richard Pope and his Heirs |
| 0053: | and Assigns for ever All that my Messuage or |
| 0054: | Tenement wherein I now dwell in Henley upon |
| 0055: | Thames aforesaid with the Field called Countesses |
| 0056: | Garden and the Cottage Garden and Timber Ground |
| 0057: | thereto belonging now also in my Own Occupation |
| 0058: | and all and singular their Rights Members & |
| 0059: | Appurtenances And I also give to my said Son |
| 0060: | Richard Pope the Sum of Four hundred pounds |
| 0061: | to be paid at the expiration of one Year next |
| 0062: | after my said Wifes decease Also I give to my |
| 0063: | said Daughter Deborah Pope and my said Son |
| 0064: | Thomas Maddock Pope the Sum of One thousand |
| 0065: | and five hundred pounds each over and besides |
| 0066: | the provision I have before made for them by |
| 0067: | this my Will to be paid to them respectively |
| 0068: | within six Months next after the decease of my |
| 0069: | said Wife And all the rest and residue of my said Estate |
| 0070: | and Effects after the decease of my said Wife I give and |
| 0071: | bequeath unto my said Son Charles Treacher Pope his |
| 0072: | Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns And I do |
| 0073: | hereby nominate and appoint my said dear Wife |
| 0074: | Deborah Pope and Son Charles Treacher Pope Executrix |
| 0075: | and Executor of this my last Will and revoking all former |
| 0076: | and other Wills by me made do declare this to be |
| 0077: | my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I |
| 0078: | have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the thirty |
| 0079: | first Day of August one thousand seven hundred and |
| 0080: | ninety six |
| 0081: | |
| 0082: | Richard Pope [Seal] |
| 0083: | |
| 0084: | Signed Sealed Published |
| 0085: | and Declared by the Testator Richard Pope as and for |
| 0086: | his last Will and Testament in the Presence of us |
| 0087: | who have hereunto subscribed our Names in his presence |
| 0088: | and in the presence of each other |
| 0089: | |
| 0090: | Robert Devall |
| 0091: | Francis Pearce |
| 0092: | Elizabeth Rhodes |
| 0093: |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | the author |
| Author: | Tony Lynch |
| Checked by: | Cynthia Robinson |
| Date posted: | 06th November 2013 |
| Date modified: | 09th May 2014 |