Will of Elizabeth Leather
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 42/4/42 |
| First date: | 08 April 1780 |
| Probate date: | 30 May 1780 |
| Probate court: | Oxford |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executor: | John Byles |
| (Draper of Henley upon Thames) | |
| Witness: | Thomas Gregge |
| Witness: | George Robinson |
| Witness: | John Shipton |
| Court Official: | John Newborough |
| (Clerk, Master of Arts) | |
| Court Official: | Benjamin Wheeler |
| (D.D. Vicar General Official Principal and Commissary of the Bishop of Oxford) |
Bequests
To: Sarah Ringshaw (Sister)
I give to my sister Sarah Ringshaw all my wearing apparel, plate and linen.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Sarah Ringshaw; Leviter Nicholls (Sister)
The residue of my estate I give to my sister Sarah Ringshaw and my brother Leviter Nicholls.
Bequest Types
Names
To: John Byles
To my executor John Byles, Draper, of Henley upon Thames to retain the sum of two guineas out of my effects as a small acknowledgement for executing my will
Bequest Types
Names
Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God, Amen, I Elizabeth Leather of Henley upon Thames in the county of |
| 0002: | of Oxford Widow being sick and weak in Body but of sound and perfect Mind Memory and Understanding considering |
| 0003: | the Uncertainty of this Transitory Life do therefore make publish and declare this my last Will and Testament in |
| 0004: | manner and Form following (that is to say) First, I Give and bequeath unto my Sister Sarah Ringshaw |
| 0005: | All my Wearing Apparell Plate and Linnen for her own Use And all the Rest and Residue of my Estate |
| 0006: | and Effects, Money Securities for Money Goods Chattells and all other my personal Estate whatsoever |
| 0007: | and wheresoever after payment of my just debts Funeral and Testamentary Expences I Give and bequeath |
| 0008: | unto my said Sister Sarah Ringshaw and my Brother Leviter Nicholls their Executors Administrators |
| 0009: | and Assigns equally to be divided between them Share and Share alike And I nominate Constitute and |
| 0010: | Appoint John Byles of Henley upon Thames aforesaid Draper Sole Executor of this my Will |
| 0011: | and do hereby direct that he shall retain to himself the Sum of Two Guineas out of my Effects as a small |
| 0012: | Acknowledgment for the Trouble he may have in Executing this my Will And Lastly I |
| 0013: | do revoke and declare utterly void all former and other will and wills by me at any time heretofore made |
| 0014: | and do declare this and this only to be my true last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the |
| 0015: | said Elizabeth Leather the Testatrix have to this my Will sett my Hand and seal this Eighth |
| 0016: | day of April in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Eighty |
| 0017: | Elizabeth Leather |
| 0018: | Signed sealed published and declared by the said Elizabeth |
| 0019: | Leather the Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament in |
| 0020: | the Presence of us who in her Presence and at her Request and in |
| 0021: | the Presence of each other have subscribed our Names as Witnesses hereto |
| 0022: | |
| 0023: | Tho[ma]s Gregge |
| 0024: | Geo[rge] Robinson |
| 0025: | J[oh]n Shipton |
| 0026: | May 30th 1780 |
| 0027: | John Byles the Executor in this Will |
| 0028: | named was sworn to the truth thereof |
| 0029: | and as usual and also that the said |
| 0030: | deceased's Effects do not amount to |
| 0031: | the sum of three hundred pounds |
| 0032: | Before me |
| 0033: | Newborough Surr[og]ate |
| 0034: | |
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| 0036: |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | Anthony Lynch |
| Author: | Tony Lynch |
| Checked by: | Cynthia Robinson |
| Date posted: | 20th January 2013 |
| Date modified: | 16th April 2014 |
Comments
Seal covered probably for protection