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Will of Benjamin Bradshaw

Occupation

  • 168: Carpenter, Joiner

Location

Carpenter of Henley upon Thames

Document reference: TNA PROB 11/938
First date: 11 December 1767
Probate date: 12 April 1768
Probate court: London

Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.

Executor: William Bradshaw
Relationship: Son
Executor: Benjamin Bradshaw
Relationship: Son
Witness: Thomas Newell
Witness: Joseph Merrill
Witness: Elizabeth Gladdy
Court Official: Arthur Collier
Court Official: George Hay

Bequests

To: Mrs Parker, Mrs Clinton (Daughters)

I give to my daughter[s] Mrs Parker and Mrs Clinton the sum of one hundred pounds each.

Bequest Types

Names

To: Ann Bradshaw (Grand daughter)

To my granddaughter Ann Bradshaw, daughter of my son William Bradshaw, I give fifty pounds for her own use to be paid into her father's hands.

Bequest Types

Names

To: William Bradshaw, Benjamin Bradshaw (Sons)

The residue of my real and personal estate I give to my two sons William Bradshaw and Benjamin Bradshaw as tenants in common.

Bequest Types

Names

To: Ann Bradshaw (Daughter)

I give to my daughter Ann Bradshaw three hundred pounds and first choice of one third of my household goods and linen. I also give her all the chinaware.

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Names

Transcript

0001: In the Name of God Amen
0002: I Benjamin Bradshaw of Henley upon Thames in the
0003: County of Oxford Carpenter being willing to settle my Affairs
0004: make publish and declare this my last Will and Testament in
0005: manner and form following (that is to say) in the first place
0006: I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Ann Bradshaw the
0007: Sum of Three hundred pounds and one third part of my Household
0008: Goods and Linnen all my said Goods and Linnen to made into
0009: three Lots and She to have the first Choice I also Give her all the
0010: China Ware of all Sorts I Give to my Daughter Mrs Parker and
0011: Mrs Clinton the Sum of One hundred pounds each and to my
0012: Grandaughter Ann Bradshaw Daughter of my Son William
0013: Bradshaw I Give The Sum of Fifty pounds to be paid into
0014: her Fathers Hands for her Use the Legacys to my said Daughters
0015: I direct to be paid Twelve months after my Decease all the rest
0016: and Residue of my real and personal Estate whatsoever and
0017: Wheresoever after payment of my just Debts Legacys and
0018: Funeral Expences and subject thereto I Give Devise and Bequeath
0019: to my two Sons William Bradshaw and Benjamin Bradshaw
0020: and to their Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns for ever
0021: as Tenants in common and not as joint Tenants and hereby
0022: constitute and appoint my said Two Sons William Bradshaw
0023: and Benjamin Bradshaw joint Executors of this my Will I
0024: revoke all Wills by me at any Time heretofore made and declare
0025: this to be my last Will and Testament only and In Testimony
0026: that this Writing is and contains my last Will and Testament
0027: I the said Benjamin Bradshaw the Testator have hereunto
0028: set my Hand and Seal this Eleventh day of December in the
0029: Year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and sixty seven
0030:
0031: Benj[amin] Bradshaw
0032:
0033: Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the
0034: Testator Benjamin Bradshaw as and for his last Will and
0035: Testament in the presence of us who in his presence and at his
0036: Request have Subscribed our Names as Witnesses hereto the
0037: Words (as Tenants in common and not as joint Tenants) being first
0038: interlined between the fifteenth and Sixteenth Lines
0039:
0040: Tho[ma]s Newell
0041: Joseph Merrill
0042: Eliz[abe]th Gladdy
0043:  
0044:  

Preparation of this entry

Post status: Published
Transcript by: Viv Greenwood
Author: Viv Greenwood
Checked by: Anthony Lynch
Date posted: 13th May 2013
Date modified: 28th January 2014
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