Will of William Prince
Occupation
- 207: Chemist, druggist
Location
Apothecary of Henley upon Thames
| Document reference: | TNA PROB 11/960 |
| First date: | 12 July 1763 |
| Probate date: | 04 September 1770 |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executrix: | Ann Prince |
| Relationship: | Wife |
| Witness: | Thomas Newell |
| Witness: | Meliora Newell |
| Witness: | George Ensor |
| Court Official: | Francis Simpson |
| (Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Court of Canterbury) | |
| Court Official: | George Hay |
| (Doctor of Laws of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury) | |
| Administrator: | John Prince |
| Relationship: | Cousin |
| (Of Chichester. Surviving contingent residuary legatee) |
Bequests
To: Ann Prince (Wife)
I give to my wife Ann Prince one hundred pounds
Bequest Types
Names
To: Ann Prince (Wife)
I give to my wife Ann Prince all my household goods and furniture
Bequest Types
Names
To: Ann Prince (Wife)
All the residue of my estate I give to my wife Ann Prince for her lifetime. After her death, the estate is to pass to my then surviving children as tenants in common. If my wife outlives my children, then she is to receive a further sum of five hundred pounds and the remainder is to pass to my father, mother and sister. If my father, mother and sister also die before my wife, then this remainder is to pass to my cousins William Prince of Reading and John Prince of Chichester as tenants in common
Bequest Types
Names
Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen |
| 0002: | I William Prince the younger of Henley upon |
| 0003: | Thames in the County of Oxford Apothecary Do make |
| 0004: | Publish and Declare this my last Will and Testament |
| 0005: | in manner and form following (that is to say) I hereby |
| 0006: | Give and bequeath unto my Wife Ann Prince the |
| 0007: | Sum of One hundred Pounds Also I Give and bequeath |
| 0008: | unto my said Wife Ann Prince All and Singular my |
| 0009: | Household Goods and Utensils of Household and furniture |
| 0010: | of what Nature Kind or Quality soever And as to all |
| 0011: | the Rest Residue and Remainder of my Real and |
| 0012: | Personal Estate (after and Subject to the Payment of my |
| 0013: | Just Debts Funeral Expences and the Legacy by me |
| 0014: | herein before Given and bequeathed) I hereby Give |
| 0015: | Devise and bequeath the same and every part thereof |
| 0016: | unto my said Wife Ann Prince To hold to her my |
| 0017: | said Wife Ann Prince and her Assigns for and during |
| 0018: | the Term of her Natural life and from and Im[m]ediately |
| 0019: | after her Decease I Give Devise and bequeath the |
| 0020: | Rest and Residue of my said Real and Personal Estate |
| 0021: | (Subject as aforesaid) unto and amongst all and every |
| 0022: | my Child or Children that shall be living at the time |
| 0023: | of her Decease and to their Heirs Executors Adm[inistrat]ors |
| 0024: | and Assigns as Tenants in Common and not as Joint |
| 0025: | Tenants Provided always and my Mind and Will is |
| 0026: | And I hereby Declare That in Case my said Wife |
| 0027: | Ann Prince should Survive and Outlive all and |
| 0028: | every my said Child or Children Then I hereby Give |
| 0029: | and bequeath unto my said Wife Ann Prince the |
| 0030: | Further Sum of Five hundred Pounds for her own |
| 0031: | use And from and Im[m]ediately after the Decease of |
| 0032: | her my said Wife in Case she shall survive and out- |
| 0033: | live all and every my said Child or Children I hereby |
| 0034: | Give Devise and bequeath my said Rest and residue |
| 0035: | of my said Real and Personal ........... Estate |
| 0036: | (Subject as aforesaid And also Subject to the Payment |
| 0037: | of the said last mentioned Sum of Five hundred Pounds) |
| 0038: | unto my Father Mother and Sister and to the Survivors |
| 0039: | and Survivor of them and to the Heirs Executors |
| 0040: | Adm[inistrat]ors and Assigns of such Survivors or Survivor |
| 0041: | Provided also and my Will and Meaning is and I |
| 0042: | hereby Declare that in Case my said Father Mother |
| 0043: | and Sister shall all happen to Depart this life before |
| 0044: | the Decease of her my said Wife Then I hereby Give |
| 0045: | Devise and bequeath my said Rest and Residue of my |
| 0046: | Said Real and Personal Estate (Subject as aforesaid) |
| 0047: | unto my Cosin William Prince of Reading and my |
| 0048: | Cosin John Prince of Chichester and to their Heirs |
| 0049: | Executors Adm[inistrat]ors and Assigns as Tenants in Common |
| 0050: | and not as Joint Tenants And I hereby Nominate |
| 0051: | Constitute and Appoint her my said Wife Ann Prince |
| 0052: | Executrix of this my last Will and Testament In Witness |
| 0053: | whereof I the said William Prince the Testator |
| 0054: | have to this my last Will and Testament contained in |
| 0055: | this and the Preceeding Sheet of Paper set my hand and |
| 0056: | seal (to wit) my hand to the bottom of the said Preceeding Sheet |
| 0057: | and my hand and Seal to this last Sheet this Twelfth Day |
| 0058: | of July in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and |
| 0059: | Sixty three |
| 0060: | |
| 0061: | W[illia]m Prince Jun[io]r |
| 0062: | |
| 0063: | The Writing contained in |
| 0064: | this and the Preceeding Sheet of Paper was Signed and Sealed |
| 0065: | by the above named William Prince the Testator and by him |
| 0066: | Published and Declared as and for his last Will and Testament |
| 0067: | in the Presence of us who have hereunto Subscribed our names |
| 0068: | as Witnesses thereto in his Presence and at his Request |
| 0069: | and in the Presence of each other |
| 0070: | |
| 0071: | Tho[ma]s Newell |
| 0072: | Meliora Newell |
| 0073: | George Ensor |
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: | 10th May 2014 |
Comments
Probate was granted to the widow of the testator, although the estate was left unadministered by her. According to a marginal note, on 7th February 1825, the widow of the testator having died intestate, administration was granted to John Prince, the administrator of William Prince (deceased), cousin of the testator and one of the contingent residuary legatees named in the will. George Prince and William Prince (the only children of the testator), William Prince and Elizabeth Prince (father and mother of the testator), Elizabeth Snow (sister of the testator), and William Prince (cousin of the testator named in the will) all died in the lifetime of Ann Prince, widow of the testator.