Will of Bartholomew Pitts
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 11/846 |
| First date: | 11 April 1748 |
| Probate date: | 25 May 1759 |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executor: | John Pitts |
| Relationship: | Son |
| (Jointly with his brother) | |
| Executor: | James Pitts |
| Relationship: | Son |
| (Jointly with his brother) | |
| Witness: | Sarah Hackman |
| Witness: | Ann Fisher |
| Witness: | Thomas Hackman |
| Court Official: | William Wynne |
| (Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Court of Canterbury) | |
| Court Official: | Edward Simpson |
| (Doctor of Laws of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury) |
Bequests
To: James Pitts (Grand son)
I give to my grandson James Pitts two hundred pounds to be paid him when he reaches the age of twenty one
Bequest Types
Names
To: Elizabeth Pitts (Wife)
I give to my wife Elizabeth Pitts all my plate (except my quart tankard), china and household goods and implements
Bequest Types
Names
To: John Pitts (Son)
My quart silver tankard I give to my son John Pitts
Bequest Types
Names
To: Elizabeth Pitts (Wife)
I give to my wife [Elizabeth Pitts], so long as she remains a widow, ten pounds a year to be made by equal payments on quarter days, starting with the first such day after my death. If she remarries, the legacy becomes void.
Bequest Types
Names
To: John Pitts; James Pitts (Sons)
The residue of my real and personal estate I give equally to my two sons, John Pitts and James Pitts
Bequest Types
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Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen |
| 0002: | I Bartholomew Pitts of Henley upon Thames in the County of |
| 0003: | Oxon Gentleman being of sound Mind Memory and Understanding |
| 0004: | do make publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament |
| 0005: | in manner and form following (that is to say) First and |
| 0006: | Principally I order and appoint that all my Just Debts Legacys |
| 0007: | and Funeral Expences be fully paid and satisfied Then I give |
| 0008: | and bequeath unto my Grandson James Pitts the sum of two |
| 0009: | hundred Pounds of lawful money of Great Britain to be paid |
| 0010: | him when he shall attain the Age of one and twenty Years |
| 0011: | I give and bequeath unto my Dear and loving Wife Elizabeth |
| 0012: | Pitts All my Plate China Household Goods and Implements of |
| 0013: | Household of what kind or sort soever (Except my Quart Silver |
| 0014: | Tankard which I give [↑and Bequeath] unto my son John Pitts) Also I give and |
| 0015: | bequeath unto my said Wife (so long as she shall continue a |
| 0016: | Widow after my Death) the sum of ten Pounds a Year of lawful |
| 0017: | money of Great Britain to be paid her by my Executors herein |
| 0018: | after named by equal and quarterly Payments (that is to say) |
| 0019: | The Feast days of Saint John the Baptist, Saint Michael the |
| 0020: | Archangel, Saint Thomas the Apostle and the Annunciation of |
| 0021: | the Blessed Virgin Mary, the first Payment thereof to begin |
| 0022: | and be made, First of the said Feast days which shall next |
| 0023: | happen after my decease, But in case my said Wife do or shall |
| 0024: | Marry again, that then and from and immediately after such |
| 0025: | Marriage then the said Legacy of ten Pounds a Year shall |
| 0026: | become void and not payable. All the rest and residue of my |
| 0027: | Real and Personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever I give |
| 0028: | devise and bequeath equally to my two Sons John Pitts and |
| 0029: | James Pitts their Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns I |
| 0030: | hereby nominate and appoint my said two Sons John and |
| 0031: | James Pitt Joint Executors of this my last Will and Testament |
| 0032: | and I do hereby revoke all former Wills by me heretofore made |
| 0033: | and declare this to be my last Will and Testament only. In |
| 0034: | Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament |
| 0035: | set my Hand and Seal this eleventh day of April in the Year |
| 0036: | of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty eight. |
| 0037: | |
| 0038: | Bartho[lomew] Pitts |
| 0039: | |
| 0040: | Signed sealed published and declared by the |
| 0041: | said Bartholomew Pitts the Testator as and for his last Will |
| 0042: | and Testament in the presence of us who subscribed our names |
| 0043: | as Witnesses thereto in the presence of the said Testator |
| 0044: | |
| 0045: | Sarah Hackman |
| 0046: | Ann Fisher |
| 0047: | Tho[ma]s Hackman |
| 0048: | |
| 0049: | The Testator's Will and desire is to be buried at Steventon |
| 0050: |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | the author |
| Author: | Tony Lynch |
| Checked by: | Not checked |
| Date posted: | 06th December 2013 |
| Date modified: | 06th May 2014 |