Will of John Bland
Occupation
- 225: Butcher, Meat Salesman
Location
Butcher of Henley upon Thames
| Document reference: | ORO MSS Oxon Wills 9/1/40 |
| First date: | 09 April 1735 |
| Probate date: | ?1735 |
| Probate court: | Not available |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executrix: | Mary Bland |
| (Wife of testator) | |
| Witness: | William Harrisson |
| Witness: | John Scott |
| Witness: | Henry Wright |
Bequests
To: Mary Bland; John Bland;Robert Bland;Cornelius Bland (Wife)
I give to my wife Mary Bland all my land in Portsmouth together with all my property in Henley for her lifetime and after her death: to my son John Bland all my land in Portsmouth, and to my sons Robert Bland and Cornelius Bland the property in which I now live and that in which John Scott lives in equal shares
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: Mary Bland (Daughter)
My Son Robert and my Son Cornelius between them shall pay to my daughter Mary Bland the Sum of twenty pounds out of the two houses [they inherit] within twelve months after the decease of my wife Mary Bland
Bequest Types
Names
To: Mary Bland (Wife)
I give to my dear wife Mary Bland all my household goods, chattels and moveables whatsoever and wheresoever
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Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen I John Bland of the Parish of Henley |
| 0002: | upon Thames in the County of Oxford Butcher being not well in Body but of a |
| 0003: | Sound and perfect mind and Disposing Memory thanks be given to God therefore |
| 0004: | and Calling to mind the Certainty of Death and the Uncertainty of the time when |
| 0005: | and to Avoid all Disputes which may happen after my Decease as farr as in me |
| 0006: | lies Do make and Ordaine this my last Will and Testament in manner and |
| 0007: | form following (that is to Say) First I commend my Soul into the hands of |
| 0008: | Almighty God who gave itt trusting to obtaine Salvation through the Merritts Death |
| 0009: | and passion of Jesus Christ my ever blessed Saviour and Redeemer and my |
| 0010: | body to the Earth from whence it came to be Decently buried att the Discretion |
| 0011: | of my Executrix herein after Named And as for my Worldly Estate which God in |
| 0012: | his mercy hath bestowen on me I Dispose thereof as followeth Imprimis I give |
| 0013: | Divise and bequeath Unto my loving Wife Mary Bland - All that my Free land |
| 0014: | lying and being att Portsmouth whatsoever and Wheresoever together with all |
| 0015: | my Houses lands Messuages and Tenements lying and being in the parish |
| 0016: | of Henley To have and to hold the Same For and During the Natural life of my |
| 0017: | Said Wife and from and Immediately after my Said Wifes Decease I give |
| 0018: | and bequeath Unto My Son John Bland all that my Free land lying and |
| 0019: | being att Portsmouth And after my Said Wifes Decease I give and bequeath unto |
| 0020: | my Son Robert Bland and my Son Cornelius Bland the Messuage or Tenement |
| 0021: | wherein I now dwell and the Messuage or Tenement wherein John Scott Dwells Equally |
| 0022: | to be Devided between them Share and Share alike And my Will and Desire is |
| 0023: | that my Son Robert and my Son Cornelius between them shall pay unto my my Daughter |
| 0024: | Mary Bland the Sum[m]e of twenty pounds out of the two Said Houses within twelve Months |
| 0025: | next after my said Wifes Decease Item I give and bequeath unto my Dear Wife Mary |
| 0026: | Bland and to her Disposing all my Household Goods Chattells and Moveables whatsoever |
| 0027: | and wheresoever And Lastly I Nominate Constitute and Appoint my said Wife Mary |
| 0028: | my only and Sole Executrix of the my last Will and Testament I Revoke all Wills by |
| 0029: | me at any time heretofore made or published either by Word or in Writing and do declare |
| 0030: | this to be my last Will and Testament Only In Testimony whereof I the said John Bland |
| 0031: | have hereunto put my hand and Seal the Ninth Day of Aprill one thousand Seven Hundred |
| 0032: | thirty five |
| 0033: | |
| 0034: | John Bland |
| 0035: | |
| 0036: | Signed Sealed published declared |
| 0037: | by the Testator John Bland as |
| 0038: | and for his last Will and Testam[en]t |
| 0039: | in the presence of us who Subscribe |
| 0040: | our names in his presence |
| 0041: | |
| 0042: | John Scott |
| 0043: | W[illia]m Harrisson |
| 0044: | Henry Wright |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | the author |
| Author: | Tony Lynch |
| Checked by: | Viv Greenwood: |
| Date posted: | 20th January 2013 |
| Date modified: | 28th January 2014 |
Comments
There is no probate clause on the photocopy from which this transcript was made