Will of Grace Fowler
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: | TNA PROB11/768 |
| First date: | 02 April 1742 |
| Probate date: | 08 March 1748/9 |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executrix: | Mary Benwell |
| (Niece of testator. Named Mary Wright (wife of William Wright) at date of probate) | |
| Witness: | Francis Blandy |
| Witness: | John Lush |
| Witness: | William Mackworth Praed |
| Court Official: | John Bettesworth |
| (Doctor of Laws Master Keeper & Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury) |
Bequests
To: Grace Pearman (Cousin)
I give to Grace Pearman (Daughter of my Cousin John Pearman) the entire bed and the furniture in the Garrett in my dwelling House in Friday Street
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: Elizabeth Pearman (senior); Sarah Pearman; Grace Pearman, Elizabeth Pearman (junior) (Niece)
I give to my niece Elizabeth Pearman (wife of John Pearman) and to her three Daughters Sarah, Grace and Elizabeth three pounds each, to be paid to John Pearman,for their respective uses within six Months after my death out of the estate left to my niece Mary Benwell.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Sarah Pearman (Cousin)
I give to my niece Sarah Pearman (daughter of my cousin John Pearman) the entire bed and furniture in the little room over the pantry in my house [in Friday Street]
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: Mary Benwell (Niece)
The residue of my estate I give to my niece Mary Benwell (daughter of my brother Henry Benwell)
Bequest Types
Names
Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen |
| 0002: | I Grace Fowler of Henley upon Thames in the County of Oxford |
| 0003: | Widow do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in |
| 0004: | manner following (vizt) Imprimis I give devise and dispose |
| 0005: | unto Grace Pearman (Daughter of my Cousin John Pearman) |
| 0006: | the Bed compleat and the Furniture in and belonging to the |
| 0007: | Garrett in my now dwelling House in Friday Street Item I |
| 0008: | give devise and dispose unto my Niece Elizabeth Pearman Wife |
| 0009: | of the said John Pearman and to her three Daughters Sarah |
| 0010: | Grace and Elizabeth three pounds a piece to be paid into the |
| 0011: | Hands of the said John Pearman for their respective Uses |
| 0012: | within six Months next after my decease out of the Estate |
| 0013: | hereinafter given to my Neice Mary Benwell which I hereby |
| 0014: | charge with the payment thereof accordingly Item I give |
| 0015: | devise and dispose unto my Neice Sarah Pearman Daughter |
| 0016: | of my said Cousin John Pearman the Bed compleat and the |
| 0017: | Furniture in and belonging to the little Room over the Pantry |
| 0018: | in my said now dwelling House and Lastly all the rest and |
| 0019: | residue of my Estate wheresoever and whatsoever both real and |
| 0020: | Personal I give devise and dispose unto my said Niece Mary |
| 0021: | Benwell Daughter of my Brother Henry Benwell To hold to her |
| 0022: | and her Heirs and Assigns for ever (after my Debts Legacys and |
| 0023: | Funeral Expences are paid and satisfied) and I do make her my |
| 0024: | said Niece Mary Benwell the full and sole Executrix of this my |
| 0025: | last Will and Testament revoking all former Wills by me made |
| 0026: | I do publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament |
| 0027: | In Witness whereof I the said Grace Fowler the Testator have |
| 0028: | to this my last Will and Testament set my Hand and Seal this |
| 0029: | second day of April in the Year of our Lord 1742 |
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| 0031: | Grace Fowler |
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| 0033: | Signed Sealed Published declared and delivered by the said Grace |
| 0034: | Fowler the Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament in |
| 0035: | the presence of us and then attested by us in her presence |
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| 0037: | F[ranci]s Blandy |
| 0038: | Jno Lush |
| 0039: | W[illia]m Mackworth Praed |
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Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | the author |
| Author: | Tony Lynch |
| Checked by: | Cynthia Robinson |
| Date posted: | 02nd February 2013 |
| Date modified: | 11th March 2014 |
Comments
Will was proved by Mary Wright, wife of William Wright, formerly Mary BenwellÂ