Will of Charles Roberts
Occupation
- 207: Chemist, druggist
Location
Apothecary of Henley upon Thames
| Document reference: | TNA PROB 11/571 |
| First date: | 16 November 1719 |
| Probate date: | 09 December 1719 |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executor: | Gregory Stevenson |
| (Jointly with John Wells but having responsibility for own acts only) | |
| Executor: | John Wells |
| (Jointly with Gregory Stevenson but with responsibility for own acts only) | |
| Witness: | Jona[than] Sayer |
| Witness: | Jno Blackman |
| Witness: | W[illia]m Wilde |
| Court Official: | John Bettesworth |
Bequests
To: Gregory Stevenson; Sarah Stevenson
To my friends Gregory Stevenson and Sarah his wife a gold ring each of twenty shillings value
Bequest Types
Names
To: Anne Worley
To my friend Mrs. Anne Worley a gold ring of twenty shillings value and four guineas to buy her mourning
Bequest Types
Names
To: John WellsM
To my friend John Wells forty shillings
Bequest Types
Names
To: Gregory Stevenson
To Gregory Stevenson the picture of my late Uncle Pawley to be delivered to him immediately after my Mother's death
Bequest Types
Names
To: Gregory Stevenson; John Wells
The residue to Gregory Stevenson and John Wells to pay and dispose of it for the sole use of my Mother Mrs. Ursula Wellbecke and without interference from her husband Robert Wellbecke
Bequest Types
Names
Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen |
| 0002: | I Charles Roberts of Henley upon Thames in the County of Oxon |
| 0003: | Apothecary do make publish and declare this my last Will and |
| 0004: | Testament in manner and form following (that is to say) Impri[mi]s |
| 0005: | I give to my very good Friends Mr. Gregory Stevenson and Sarah |
| 0006: | his Wife and to Mrs Anne Worley a Gold Ring a peice of twenty |
| 0007: | shillings value each, Item I give to the said Mrs Anne Worley |
| 0008: | Foure Guineas to buy her Mourning, Item I give to my Friend |
| 0009: | John Wells Forty shillings for the trouble and service he has had |
| 0010: | and done for me, Item I give to the said Gregory Stevenson the |
| 0011: | Picture of my late Uncle Pawley to be delivered to him immediately |
| 0012: | after my Mothers decease. Item I constitute and appoint my |
| 0013: | said Friends Gregory Stevenson and John Wells full and sole Executors |
| 0014: | of this my last Will and Testament and do give and devise unto |
| 0015: | them all the rest and residue of my personal Estate whatsoever |
| 0016: | and wheresoever (after my Debts Legacys and Funeral Expences are |
| 0017: | paid and discharged) upon Trust and confidence that they my said |
| 0018: | Executors shall from time to time pay and dispose of the rest and |
| 0019: | residue of my said personal Estate to and for the Sole peculiar and |
| 0020: | only proper use and behoofe of my deare and honoured Mother |
| 0021: | Mrs Ursula Wellbecke and as she shall alone (and without Mr |
| 0022: | Robert Wellbecke her Husband) from time to time direct and appoint |
| 0023: | my Will and meaning being that the aforesaid residue of my said |
| 0024: | personal Estate shall be at the Sole and only appointment of my said |
| 0025: | Mother Seperate and aparte from her said Husband and that her |
| 0026: | said Husband shall not have any thing to do therewith nor Act or |
| 0027: | intermeddle therein or that the same shall be lyable to any of his |
| 0028: | Acts Debts or Incumbrances but be at the sole and only appointm[en]t |
| 0029: | and disposal of my said Mother And my Will is that my said Executors |
| 0030: | shall not be answerable or lyable to the Acts or Receipts the one of |
| 0031: | the other but for their own respective Acts only. I revoke all other |
| 0032: | Wills by me heretofore made or published and declare this to be my |
| 0033: | last Will and Testament only In Testimony whereof I have herento |
| 0034: | sett my hand and seale the sixteenth day of November Anno D[omi]ni 1719 |
| 0035: | |
| 0036: | the markes of Charles Roberts |
| 0037: | |
| 0038: | Signed Sealed published and |
| 0039: | declared by the Testator Charles Roberts as and for his last Will and |
| 0040: | Testament the word (this) being first interlined in the presence of |
| 0041: | us |
| 0042: | Jona[than] Sayer |
| 0043: | Jno Blackman |
| 0044: | W[illia]m Wilde |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | the author |
| Author: | Cynthia |
| Checked by: | Anthony Lynch |
| Date posted: | 19th March 2013 |
| Date modified: | 13th May 2014 |