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 |