Will of Edward Drew
Occupation
- 229: Corn, Flour, Seed Merchant, Dealer
Location
Mealman of Henley upon Thames
| Document reference: | ORO MSS Oxon Wills 125/4/11 |
| First date: | 25 February 1772 |
| Probate date: | 15 October 1776 |
| Probate court: | Oxford |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executor: | John Perrin |
| (husband of Abigal Perrin, niece to late wife, Abigal Drew) | |
| Witness: | John Mellett |
| Witness: | H Cooper |
| Witness: | Francis Lilly |
| Court Official: | Thomas Bever |
Bequests
To: John Drew (Brother)
To my brother John Drew one guinea within 3 months of death.
Bequest Types
Names
To: John Drew (Nephew)
To my nephew John Drew one guinea within 3 months of death. John Drew is son of brother John Drew.
Bequest Types
Names
To: John Drew (Great nephew)
To my great nephew John Drew son of nephew John Drew, one guinea within 3 months of death
Bequest Types
Names
To: Ann Drew (Great neice)
To my great niece Ann Drew, daughter of my nephew John Drew, one guinea within 3 months of death.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Abigal Perrin
To Abigal Perrin, wife of John Perrin, and niece to his late wife, Abigal Drew, property at Bix, and called the Fox. The Fox in tenure/occupation of Edward Wise. Goes to Abigal Perrin to hold to her heirs and assigns forever.
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: John Perrin
All the rest of his money, debts owed and personal estate to John Perrin, husband of Abigal Perrin, niece of his late wife, Abigal Drew
Bequest Types
Names
Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen I Edward Drew of Henley upon |
| 0002: | Thames in the County of Oxford Mealman being in Health of Body and of Sound and |
| 0003: | Disposing mind Memory and understanding Praised be God for the same but calling to mind |
| 0004: | the uncertainty of this Life do for the settling and disposing of the Worldly Estate wherewith it |
| 0005: | hath Pleased God to Bless me make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner |
| 0006: | following (that is to say) First and Principally I commend my Soul to Almighty God that |
| 0007: | gave it and my Body to the Earth to be decently Interred at the Discretion of my Executor |
| 0008: | hereinafter Named Also I Will and Direct that all my Just Debts and Funeral Expences shall |
| 0009: | be fully paid and satisfied and from and after Payment thereof and every part thereof I Give and |
| 0010: | bequeath unto my Brother John Drew the Sum of One Guinea Also I Give and bequeath |
| 0011: | unto my Nephew John Drew son of my said Brother John Drew the sum of One Guinea |
| 0012: | Also I Give and bequeath unto my Great Nephew John Drew son of my said Nephew John |
| 0013: | Drew the Sum of One Guinea Also I Give and Bequeath unto my Great Niece Ann |
| 0014: | Drew Daughter of my said Nephew John Drew the Sum of One Guinea all which said |
| 0015: | Legacies I will and Direct shall be paid by my said Executor within Three Months next after |
| 0016: | my Decease Also I Give and Devise and bequeath unto Abigal Perrin Wife of John Perrin |
| 0017: | (who now lives with me) and Niece to my late Wife Abigal Drew Deceased All that Messuage |
| 0018: | or Tenement with the out houses Gardens Hereditaments and Appurtenances thereunto |
| 0019: | belonging commonly called or known by the Name or Sign of the Fox at Bix in the said County of |
| 0020: | Oxford as the same now is in the Tenure or Occupation of Edward Wise To Hold to and to the Use of |
| 0021: | her the said Abigal Perrin her Heirs and Assigns for ever And as to all the Rest and Residue of my |
| 0022: | Ready Money Sum and Sums of Money due and owing to me goods and Chattels and all other my |
| 0023: | Real and Personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever and of what nature or kind so ever which I |
| 0024: | shall be Possessed of or intitled unto at the Time of my Decease (and not hereinbefore by me |
| 0025: | Disposed of) I Give Devise and Bequeath the same and every part thereof unto the said John |
| 0026: | Perrin To Hold to and to the Use of him the said John Perrin his Heirs Executors Administrators |
| 0027: | and Assigns for ever And I do hereby Ordain Constitute and Appoint him the said John Perrin |
| 0028: | full and Sole Executor of this my Will and hereby Revoking and making void all former and |
| 0029: | and other Will and Wills by me at any Time heretofore made I do Declare that this and no other |
| 0030: | is my true last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said Edward Drew the Testator |
| 0031: | have to this my Will set my Hand and Seal this Twenty Fifth Day of February in the Year of our |
| 0032: | Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Two |
| 0033: | Edward Drew |
| 0034: | Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the said |
| 0035: | Edward Drew the Testator as and for his last Will and |
| 0036: | Testament in the Presence of us who at his request in his |
| 0037: | Presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed |
| 0038: | our Names as Witnesses thereunto |
| 0039: | John Mellett |
| 0040: | H Cooper |
| 0041: | Fra[ncis]Lilly |
| 0042: | Oct[↑r] 15th 1776 |
| 0043: | John Perrin the Sole Executor |
| 0044: | in this Will named was sworn to |
| 0045: | the truth thereof and as usual |
| 0046: | before |
| 0047: | Tho: Bever |
| 0048: | Offic: |
| 0049: | The Testator died to the last a widower |
| 0050: |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | Adele |
| Author: | Adele |
| Checked by: | Anthony Lynch |
| Date posted: | 10th January 2013 |
| Date modified: | 05th March 2014 |
Comments
Seal covered, probably for protection