Will of Elizabeth Crutchfield
Occupation
- 414: Status only, no stated occupation. Use for Widow, Gentleman, Esquire, Indweller etc., if no occupation is given.
Location
Widow of Henley upon Thames
| Document reference: | ORO MSS Oxon Wills 16/3/4 |
| First date: | 08 September 1770 |
| Probate date: | 06 April 1771 |
| Probate court: | Oxford |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executor: | John Crutchfield |
| (joint executor with John Savage) | |
| Executor: | John Savage |
| (joint executor with John Crutchfield) | |
| Witness: | Rich. Swallow, senior |
| Witness: | Rich. Swallow junior |
| Witness: | H. Sayer |
| Court Official: | John Cox |
| (Clerk surrogate) | |
| Court Official: | Daniel Burton |
| (D.D. Vicar General Official Principal and Commissary of the Bishop of Oxford) | |
| Court Official: | Robert Louth |
| (Bishop of Oxford) |
Bequests
To: John Crutchfield (Brother in law)
To my brother in law, John Crutchfield, my cottage and the lower piece of garden ground on the Hill in Henley on Thames where Elizabeth Crutchfield lives for the term of John Crutchfield's life. After his death to his son James Crutchfield
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: John Savage (Kinsman)
To my kinsman John Savage for ever, the cottage next door to the house where Elizabeth Crutchfield lives, together with the upper or first piece of garden ground that adjoins the house where Elizabeth Crutchfield lives.
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: Joseph Savage (Kinsman)
To my kinsman Joseph Savage, eighty pounds within 1 week of my death
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Names
To: William Crutchfield (Kinsman)
To my kinsman, William Crutchfield eighty pounds within 1 week of my death
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Names
To: Elizabeth Woodard (Kinswoman)
To my kinswoman Elizabeth Woodard thirty pounds within 1 week of my death
Bequest Types
Names
To: Mary Small (Sister in law)
To my sister in law Mary Small thirty pounds within 1 week of my death. Should Mary Small die before Elizabeth Crutchfield then the £30 to go to Mary Small's daughter Mary Small
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Names
To: John Savages daughter (Niece)
To my brother John Savage's daughter thirty pounds within 1 week of my death. (the daughter is unnamed)
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Names
To: John Cutler (Kinsman)
To my kinsman John Cutler sixty pounds within 1 week of my death
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Names
To: James Crutchfield (Nephew)
To my kinsman James, son of John Crutchfield, thirty pounds within 1 week of my death
Bequest Types
Names
To: Mary Crutchfield (Niece)
To my kinswoman Mary Crutchfield, daughter of John Crutchfield, twenty pounds within 1 week of my death
Bequest Types
Names
To: Matthew Crutchfield (Nephew)
To my kinsman, Matthew Crutchfield the son of John Crutchfield twenty pounds within 1 week of my death.
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Names
To: Elizabeth Willis (Servant)
To my servant maid Elizabeth Willis I give five pounds within 1 week of my death
Bequest Types
Names
To: Joseph Savage (Kinsman)
To my kinsman, Joseph Savage, the bed and furniture belonging to it in my room. Also the bed and furniture belonging to it in the Chamber over the parlour.
Bequest Types
Names
To: John Savage (Kinsman)
To my kinsman John Savage I give the bed and bedstead and furniture belonging to it, in the chamber over the shop
Bequest Types
Names
To: Mary Small (Kinswoman)
To my kinswoman, Mary Small, the feather bed, bedstead and furniture belonging to it in the Chamber over the kitchen
Bequest Types
Names
To: William Crutchfield (Kinsman)
To my kinsman William Crutchfield, the other bed, bedstead and furniture belonging to it, in the Chamber over the kitchen
Bequest Types
Names
To: John Crutchfield, John Savage, Joseph Savage, Elizabeth Woodard, Mary Small, William Crutchfield
All the residue of my household goods, shop goods, clothes to John Crutchfield, John Savage, Joseph Savage, Elizabeth Woodard, Mary Small and William Crutchfield in equal shares
Bequest Types
Names
Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen I Elizabeth Crutchfield |
| 0002: | of Henley upon Thames in the County of Oxford Widow being in good health of |
| 0003: | Body and of Sound and perfect mind memory and understanding Praised be |
| 0004: | God for the same calling to mind the uncertainty of this Life and the certainty |
| 0005: | of Death do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in Writing |
| 0006: | in manner and form following (that is to say) First and principally |
| 0007: | I commend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God hoping for Eternall |
| 0008: | bliss thro' the alone merit and intercession of my Blessed Saviour and |
| 0009: | redeemer Jesus Christ and my Body I commit to the Earth to be decently |
| 0010: | buried at the Discretion of my Executors herein after named and as to such |
| 0011: | Worldly Estate as the Lord in his mercy hath bestowed upon me I give and |
| 0012: | dispose thereof in manner and form following Imprimis I give and |
| 0013: | bequeath to my Brother in Law John Crutchfield all that my Messuage |
| 0014: | Cottage or Tenement Yard Backside and the lower piece of Garden |
| 0015: | Ground and all other the primisses thereunto belonging except the |
| 0016: | upper piece of Garden Ground lying and being upon the Hill in Henley |
| 0017: | upon Thames in the County of Oxford wherein I now dwell for and |
| 0018: | during the term of his natural life and from and immediately after his |
| 0019: | discease I give and bequeath the said Messuage Cottage or Tenement and |
| 0020: | other the Premisses to his Son James Crutchfield his heirs and Assignes for |
| 0021: | ever Item I give and bequeath to my Kinsman John Savage his |
| 0022: | heirs and Assignes for ever all that my Messuage Cottage or Tenement |
| 0023: | Yard Backside and other the premisses thereunto belonging |
| 0024: | [↑next Door to the House wherein I now dwell] together with the upper |
| 0025: | or first piece of Garden Ground ajoyning to the house wherein |
| 0026: | I now Dwell Item I give and bequeath to my Kinsman Joseph Savage |
| 0027: | Elizabeth X Crutchfield her mark |
| 0028: | The sum of Eighty Pounds of good and lawfull money of Great |
| 0029: | Britain Item I give and bequeath to my Kinsman William Crutchfield |
| 0030: | the Sum of Eighty Pounds of like lawful money Item I give and bequeath |
| 0031: | to my Kinswoman Elizabeth Woodard the Sum of Thirty Pounds of like lawfull |
| 0032: | Money Item I give and bequeath to my Sister in law Mary Small the |
| 0033: | Sum of Thirty Pounds of like lawfull Money but if the said Mary Small |
| 0034: | should happen to Die before me then I give and bequeath the said Thirty |
| 0035: | Pounds to her Daughter Mary Small Item I give and bequeath to my |
| 0036: | Brother John Savages Daughter the Sum of Thirty Pounds of like lawfull |
| 0037: | Money Item I give and bequeath to my Kinsman John Cutler the Sum of |
| 0038: | Sixty Pounds of like lawfull Money Item I give and bequeath to my |
| 0039: | Kinsman James Crutchfield Son of John Crutchfield the sum of Thirty Pounds |
| 0040: | of like lawfull Money Item I give and bequeath to my Kinswoman |
| 0041: | Mary Crutchfield Daughter of John Crutchfield the Sum of Twenty |
| 0042: | Pounds of like lawfull Money Item I give and bequeath to my Kinsman |
| 0043: | Matthew Crutchfield Son of John Crutchfield the Sum of Twenty Pounds |
| 0044: | of like lawfull Money Item I give and bequeath to my Servant Maid |
| 0045: | Elizabeth Willis the Sum of Five Pounds of like lawfull Money all which |
| 0046: | said legacies I appoint to be paid by my Executors herein after named within |
| 0047: | one Week after my Decease Item I give and bequeath to my Kinsman |
| 0048: | Joseph Savage the Bed and all other the furniture belonging in the Room |
| 0049: | wherein I now lye and also the Bed and all other the furniture thereunto |
| 0050: | belonging in the Chamber over the Parlow Item I give and bequeath to |
| 0051: | my Kinsman John Savage the Bed and Bedstead all other the furniture |
| 0052: | thereunto belonging in the Chamber over the Shop Item I give and bequeath |
| 0053: | to my Kinswoman Mary Small the Feather Bed Bedstead and all other |
| 0054: | the Furniture thereunto belonging in the Chamber over the Kitchen |
| 0055: | Elizabeth X Crutchfield her mark |
| 0056: | Item I give and bequeath to my Kinsman William Crutchfield the |
| 0057: | Other Bed Bedstead and all other the furniture thereunto belonging in the |
| 0058: | said Chamber over the Kitchen Item all the rest of my good household Goods |
| 0059: | Shop Goods and my Cloths not before bequeathed I give and bequeath to the said |
| 0060: | John Crutchfield John Savage Joseph Savage Elizabeth Woodard Mary Small |
| 0061: | and William Crutchfield equal Share and Share alike Item I Nominate |
| 0062: | Constitute and Appoint my Brother in Law John Crutchfield and my |
| 0063: | Kinsman John Savage Executors of this my last Will and Testament |
| 0064: | ratifying and Confirming that this and no other shall be my last Will |
| 0065: | and Testiment In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will |
| 0066: | Containing Three Sheets of Paper to each Sheet set my Hand and Seal |
| 0067: | the Eight Day of September in the Tenth Year of the Reign of our |
| 0068: | Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Brittain |
| 0069: | France and Ireland King Defender of the faith (and so forth) and in |
| 0070: | the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy |
| 0071: | Elizabeth X Crutchfield her mark |
| 0072: | |
| 0073: | Signed Sealed published and declared by the |
| 0074: | said Elizabeth Crutchfield the Testator as and for her last |
| 0075: | Will and Testament who in her presence and at her |
| 0076: | request have subscribed our Names as Witnesses |
| 0077: | hereunto. |
| 0078: | |
| 0079: | Rich[ar]d Swallow Sen[i]or |
| 0080: | Rich[ar]d Swallow Junio[r] |
| 0081: | H Sayer |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | Adele |
| Author: | Adele |
| Checked by: | Anthony Lynch |
| Date posted: | 10th January 2013 |
| Date modified: | 23rd April 2014 |
Comments
To the end of the will are added the words " The Testatrix dyed last Month a Widow" and ' Memorandum that the words "next Door to the House wherein I now Dwell" in the Twenty third line in the first Sheet of Paper was interlined before the Sealing of these presents' Witness Rich[ar]d Swallow Sen[i]or Rich[ar]d Swallow Junio[r] H Sayer