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Will of Frances Green

Occupation

  • 414: Status only, no stated occupation. Use for Widow, Gentleman, Esquire, Indweller etc., if no occupation is given.

Location

Spinster of Henley upon Thames

Document reference: TNA PROB 11/1018
First date: 24 November 1774
Probate date: 20 April 1776
Probate court: London

Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.

Executor: William Guy
Relationship: Great nephew
(Sole executor. Son of Thomas Guy)
Witness: Thomas Cawley
Witness: Robert Eling
Witness: William Eagleton
Court Official: Francis Simpson
(Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Court of Canterbury)
Court Official: George Hay
(Doctor of Laws of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Knight)

Bequests

To: Elizabeth Phillips; Thomas Guy (Sister)

I give to my sister Elizabeth Phillips twenty pounds and I give to my nephew Thomas Guy twenty pounds, both to be paid immediately after my death

Bequest Types

Names

To: Nephews and nieces (Nephews and Nieces)

I give to my nephew John Green one hundred and fifty pounds.  I give to Elizabeth Green, daughter of my nephew William Green, one hundred Pounds. I give to the biological children of my Niece Sarah Hope, wife of Richard Hope, one hundred pounds in equal shares.  I give to the two children of my niece Frances Steward one hundred Pounds in equal shares. I give and bequeath to Ann, daughter of my nephew Thomas Guy, fifty pounds, a pint silver mug and a silver cream pot.  I give to Thomas, James and Leonora, also children of my nephew Thomas Guy, twenty Pounds each. I give to Nathaniel Green, son of my niece Sarah Green, ten Pounds. I give to the four children of my late brother Ralph Norris, namely Joseph, Mary, Jemima and Elizabeth, ten pounds each.  I give to my nephew James Guy fifty pounds. I give James, son of the said James Guy, fifty Pounds. I give to the four younger children of my nephew James Guy forty pounds in equal shares.  These legacies are to be paid twelve months after my death to those legatees who have reached the age of twenty one.  The remaining legatees are to be paid when they reach the age of twenty one after applying interest at 3% from the date of my death.  Sufficient of my holding of eleven hundred pounds reduced Bank Annuities shall be retained for that purpose

Bequest Types

Names

To: Thomas Guy; Ann Guy (Nephew)

I give to my nephew Thomas Guy, and Ann his wife, an annuity of twenty five pounds a year for their joint lives and the life of the survivor of them.  This is to be paid half yearly out of my real estate, the first payment to be made on the second quarter day after my death

Bequest Types

Names

To: William Guy (Great nephew)

The residue of my real and personal estates I give to William Guy, son of my nephew Thomas Guy

Bequest Types

Names

Transcript

0001: In the Name of God Amen
0002: I Frances Green of Henley upon Thames in the
0003: County of Oxford Spinster being willing to settle my
0004: Affairs and calling to Mind the uncertainty of this
0005: Mortal life Do make publish and declare this my last
0006: Will and Testament in manner and form following
0007: And first and principally I commend my Soul into the
0008: Hands of Almighty God my Creator hoping through the
0009: Merits and Mediation of my Lord and Saviour Jesus
0010: Christ to have Remission of all my Sins and to be made
0011: partaker of everlasting life And my Body I commit to
0012: the Earth to be decently Buried at the discretion of my
0013: Executor herein after named And as for my Worldly
0014: Estate which the Lord out of his Mercy hath bestowed
0015: upon me I give and dispose thereof as followeth (that
0016: is to say) I give and bequeath to my Sister Elizabeth
0017: Phillips the sum of twenty Pounds I give and bequeath
0018: to my Nephew Thomas Guy twenty pounds these two
0019: Legacies to be paid Immediately after my decease I give
0020: and bequeath to my Nephew John Green one hundred
0021: and fifty Pounds I give and bequeath to Elizabeth Green
0022: Daughter of my Nephew William Green one hundred
0023: Pounds I give and bequeath to the Children of the Body
0024: of my Neice Sarah Hope Wife of Richard Hope one
0025: hundred Pounds to be equally divided between them
0026: I give and bequeath to the two Children of my Neice
0027: Frances Steward one hundred Pounds Namely fifty
0028: Pounds a peice I give and bequeath to Ann Daughter
0029: of my said Nephew Thomas Guy the like sum of fifty
0030: Pounds also a Pint Silver Mugg and a Silver Cream Pot
0031: [↑I give and bequeath to Thomas James and Leonora Children
0032: also of my said Nephew Thomas Guy twenty Pounds apiece]
0033: I give and bequeath to Nathaniel Green Son of my Neice
0034: Sarah Green the sum of ten Pounds I give and
0035: bequeath to the four Children of my late Brother
0036: Ralph Norris namely Joseph Mary Jemima and Elizabeth
0037: ten pounds a peice I give and bequeath to my Nephew
0038: James Guy fifty Pounds I give and bequeath to
0039: James Son of the said James Guy fifty Pounds I give
0040: and bequeath to the four Younger Children of my said
0041: Nephew James Guy the sum of forty Pounds namely ten
0042: Pounds a peice All the aforesaid Legacies I will and
0043: direct to be paid by my Executor herein after named
0044: in manner following (that is to say) twelve Months
0045: after my decease to Such and so many of the aforesaid
0046: Legatees respectively as now have or then shall have
0047: attained the Age of twenty one Years (except the two
0048: first bequests wherein the time of payment is herein
0049: before appointed) And as touching and concerning the
0050: rest of the aforesaid Legatees who shall then be Minors
0051: I will and direct that so much of the eleven hundred
0052: Pounds reduced Bank Annuities of which I am now
0053: Possessed as shall be sufficient for Paying their
0054: Legacies with Interest for the same respectively from
0055: the day of my decease to the time and times of their
0056: attaining their several and respective Ages of twenty
0057: one Years after the rate of three Pounds by the hundred
0058: by the Year shall be and remain in the Bank of
0059: England for that purpose and that these last mentioned
0060: Legacies with Interest as aforesaid shall be paid by
0061: my Executor at the several times aforesaid I give and
0062: bequeath to my Nephew Thomas Guy aforesaid and
0063: Ann his Wife an Annuity of twenty five Pounds by
0064: the Year for and during their joint Lives and the life
0065: of the longest liver of them to be paid half Yearly
0066: by my Executor herein after named out of my
0067: Real Estate the first payment thereof to begin and be
0068: made on the second Quarter day next after my decease
0069: All the Rest Residue and Remainder of my Estate and
0070: Estates both Real and Personal ready Money Bonds Mortgages
0071: Government and other Securities Plate Jewells Goods and
0072: Chattels whatsoever and wheresoever or of what
0073: nature or kind soever either in Possession Reversion
0074: Remainder Expectancy or In Trust for me I give devise
0075: and bequeath to William Guy Son of my said Nephew
0076: Thomas Guy and to his Heirs and Assigns for ever subject
0077: nevertheless to the payment of one Annuity of twenty
0078: five Pounds a Year out of my Real Estate to his Father
0079: and Mother as aforesaid And I hereby Constitute and
0080: Appoint the said William Guy sole Executor of this
0081: my last Will and Testament I revoke all Wills by me
0082: at any time heretofore made and declare this to be my
0083: last Will and Testament only And In Testimony that
0084: this Writing is and contains my last Will and Testament
0085: I the said Frances Green have hereunto set my Hand
0086: and Seal this twenty fourth day of November in the
0087: Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy
0088: four
0089:
0090: The mark X of Frances Green [Seal]
0091:
0092: Signed Sealed
0093: Published and Declared by the said Frances Green the
0094: Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament in the
0095: Presence of us who in her Presence at her request and
0096: in the Presence of each other have subscribed our Names
0097: as witnesses hereto
0098:
0099: Tho[mas] Cawley
0100: Rob[er]t Eling
0101: Will[ia]m Eagleton

Preparation of this entry

Post status: Published
Transcript by: the author
Author: Tony Lynch
Checked by: Cynthia Robinson
Date posted: 06th November 2013
Date modified: 20th March 2014
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