Will of Henry Cooper
Occupation
- 225: Butcher, Meat Salesman
Location
Butcher of Henley upon Thames
| Document reference: | TNA PROB 11/536 |
| First date: | 22 September 1713 |
| Probate date: | 27 October 1713 |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executor: | William Jackson |
| (Also a beneficiary) | |
| Executor: | Charles Gray |
| (Also a beneficiary) | |
| Executor: | John Cooper |
| (Brother of Henry Cooper; also a beneficiary) | |
| Witness: | Thomas Stevens |
| Witness: | Andrew Crooke |
| Witness: | John Cambden |
| Court Official: | William Clements |
| Court Official: | Charles Hedges |
Bequests
To: Elizabeth Cooper, Anne Cooper (Daughters)
I give to my two Daughters Elizabeth Cooper and Anne Cooper my Shop and the Room over it in Fisher Row in Henley upon Thames together with my Barn and the three Acres of Land lying behind it, and my Lands lying in Stoney Close and Abraham in the Parish of Henley upon Thames which I purchased from Mr. Daniel Sarney and Mr Jonathan Sayer. This is providing that they reach twenty one years of age. If either of them happen dies before reaching this age then their share will pass equally to the survivor of them and to my Daughter Mary Cooper.
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: Elizabeth Cooper, Anne Cooper (Daughters)
I give all my livestock of cattle unto my two Daughters Elizabeth Cooper and Anne Cooper to be equally divided between them.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Mary Cooper, Elizabeth Cooper, Anne Cooper (Daughters)
I give all my Book Debts to my three daughters Mary Cooper, Elizabeth Cooper and Anne Cooper to be equally divided between.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Elizabeth Cooper, Anne Cooper (Daughters)
I give all my household linen and also all my woollen goods that belonged to my last wife to my two daughters Elizabeth Cooper and Anne Cooper to be equally divided between them.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Elizabeth Cooper, Anne Cooper, Mary Cooper (Daughters)
I give all my rings of whatever kind as follows: all my first wife's rings go to my Daughter Mary Cooper and all my last wife's rings go to my two Daughters Elizabeth Cooper and Anne Cooper to be equally divided between them.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Mary Cooper, Elizabeth Cooper, Anne Cooper (Daughters)
I give my bed, bedding and all the furniture in the best chamber of my house to my Daughter Mary Cooper, except for the six cane chairs and for the china that is currently in this room, which I give to my two daughters Elizabeth Cooper and Anne Cooper to be equally divided between them.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Elizabeth Cooper, Anne Cooper (Daughters)
I give to my two daughters Elizabeth Cooper and Anne Cooper to be equally divided between them: my bed, bedding and all the other furniture in the room where I now lie, together with the press bed that stands in the passage chamber, the six chairs, looking glass, fire shovel and tongs in the parlour, and the new table in the hall.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Elizabeth Cooper, Anne Cooper, Mary Cooper (Daughters)
I give all my pewter and brass to my three Daughters Mary Cooper Elizabeth Cooper and Anne Cooper to be equally divided between them
Bequest Types
Names
To: Elizabeth Cooper, Anne Cooper, Mary Cooper (Daughters)
I give my brewing vessell(s) to my daughter Mary Cooper, except for my coppers which I hereby give to my two daughters Elizabeth Cooper and Anne Cooper equally between them.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Joanne Deavon (Sister)
I give all the plate which I now have in pawn from my sister Joanne Deavon to my Executors, to be sold by them within twelve months of my death, and the Money arising from this sale I give to my sister Joanne Deavon if she is then alive but if she is dead then I give the same to my two daughters Elizabeth Cooper and Anne Cooper equally between them
Bequest Types
Names
To: William Jackson, Charles Gray, John Cooper (brother)
All the residue of my Goods and Chattells after my debt, legacies and funeral expenses have been paid I give to William Jackson of Chersley in the County of Bucks Yeoman, Charles Gray of Hambledon in the same County Yeoman, and my Brother John Cooper.
Bequest Types
Names
Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen |
| 0002: | I Henry Cooper of Henly upon Thames in the County of |
| 0003: | Oxon Butcher being sick and weak in Body but of sound and |
| 0004: | perfect mind and disposing memory (thanks be given to God |
| 0005: | therefore) and to avoid all disputes which may happen after |
| 0006: | my decease as farr as in me lyes do make and ordain this my |
| 0007: | last Will and Testament in manner following That is to say) |
| 0008: | First I recommend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God |
| 0009: | who gave it trusting to obtain Salvation through the meritts |
| 0010: | death and passion of Jesus Christ my ever blessed Saviour |
| 0011: | and Redeemer And my Body to the Earth from whence it |
| 0012: | came to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors |
| 0013: | hereafter named And as for that worldly Estate which God |
| 0014: | in his mercy hath bestowed upon me I dispose thereof as |
| 0015: | followeth Imprimis I give devise and bequeath all that |
| 0016: | my Shop and the Room over it scituate standing and being |
| 0017: | in the Fisher Row in Henley upon Thames aforesaid and |
| 0018: | now in my own possession and also all that my Barn and |
| 0019: | Backside and three Acres of Land lying behind the said Barn |
| 0020: | and also and all those my Lands lying in Stoney Close and |
| 0021: | Abraham in the Parish of Henley upon Thames aforesaid |
| 0022: | and which I sometime since purchased of and from Mr Daniel |
| 0023: | Sarney and Mr Jonathan Sayer unto my two Daughters |
| 0024: | Elizabeth Cooper and Anne Cooper and to their Heirs for ever |
| 0025: | if they shall live to attain their respective Ages of One and |
| 0026: | Twenty years But if either of them shall happen to dye before |
| 0027: | they attain their Age of One and Twenty years then I doe |
| 0028: | hereby give devise and bequeath the part or share of her so |
| 0029: | dying unto the survivor of them and to my Daughter Mary |
| 0030: | Cooper and to their Heirs forever Share and Share alike |
| 0031: | Item I give all my live Stock of Cattle whatsoever and |
| 0032: | wheresoever unto my said two Daughters Elizabeth Cooper |
| 0033: | and Anne Cooper to be equally divided between them share |
| 0034: | and share alike Item I give all my Book Debts unto my |
| 0035: | three Daughters Mary Cooper Elizabeth Cooper and Anne |
| 0036: | Cooper to be equally divided betwixt them share and share |
| 0037: | alike Item I give all my Household Linnen and also all my |
| 0038: | Woollen that was my last Wifes unto my two Daughters |
| 0039: | Elizabeth Cooper and Anne Cooper to be equally divided |
| 0040: | between them share and share alike Item I give all my |
| 0041: | Rings of what kind soever in manner following That is to |
| 0042: | say All those that were my first Wifes unto my Daughter |
| 0043: | Mary Cooper and all those that were my last Wifes unto my |
| 0044: | two Daughters Elizabeth Cooper and Anne Cooper to be |
| 0045: | equally divided between them Share and Share alike Item I |
| 0046: | give my Bed Bedding and all the Furniture whatsoever in the |
| 0047: | best Chamber in my now dwelling House unto my Daughter |
| 0048: | Mary Cooper (Except the Six Cane Chairs and the China that |
| 0049: | is now in the said Chamber which said Six Cain Chairs and |
| 0050: | China I give and bequeath unto my two Daughters Elizabeth |
| 0051: | Cooper and Anne Cooper to be equally divided between them |
| 0052: | share and share alike Item I give all my Bed Bedding and all |
| 0053: | other the Furniture of the Room wherein I now lye and the |
| 0054: | press Bed that stands in the passage Chamber and the Six |
| 0055: | Chairs looking Glass Fireshovell and Tongs in the Parlour |
| 0056: | and the new Table in the Hall unto my two Daughters Elizabeth |
| 0057: | Cooper and Anne Cooper to be equally divided between them |
| 0058: | share and share alike Item I give all my Pewter and |
| 0059: | Brass unto my three Daughters Mary Cooper Elizabeth Cooper |
| 0060: | and Anne Cooper to be equally divided between them share |
| 0061: | and share alike Item I give all my brewing Vessell unto my |
| 0062: | Daughter Mary Cooper (Except my Coppers) which said Coppers |
| 0063: | I hereby give unto my two Daughters Elizabeth Cooper and |
| 0064: | Anne Cooper equally between them Item I give all the Plate |
| 0065: | which I now have in Pawn from my Sister Joanne Deavon |
| 0066: | unto my Executors herafter named to be by them sold and |
| 0067: | disposed of within Twelve months next after my decease and |
| 0068: | the Moneys arising by Such Sale I give unto my said Sister |
| 0069: | Joan Deavon if she shall be then living but if she shall be |
| 0070: | then dead then I give the same unto my two Daughters Elizabeth |
| 0071: | Cooper and Anne Cooper equally between them And lastly all |
| 0072: | the rest and residue of my Goods and Chattles whatsoever |
| 0073: | my debts and Legacies being paid and Funeral expences discharged |
| 0074: | I give devise and bequeath unto William Jackson of Chersley |
| 0075: | in the County of Bucks Yeoman Charles Gray of Hambledon in |
| 0076: | the said County Yeoman and my Brother John Cooper whom |
| 0077: | I make and ordain the full and sole Executors of this my last |
| 0078: | Will and Testament And I do hereby revoke all former Wills |
| 0079: | by me at any time heretofore made and do publish and declare |
| 0080: | this to be my last Will and Testament and no other In Witness |
| 0081: | whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and Seal this Twenty |
| 0082: | Second Day of September Anno D[omi]ni 1713 |
| 0083: | |
| 0084: | Hen[ry] Cooper |
| 0085: | Signed Sealed published declared and delivered by the said |
| 0086: | Henry Cooper as his last Will and Testament (the words the |
| 0087: | Fisher Rowe in being first interlined) in the presence of and then |
| 0088: | attested by us in his presence |
| 0089: | Tho[mas] Stevens |
| 0090: | Andrew Crooke |
| 0091: | John Cambden |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | Viv Greenwood |
| Author: | Viv Greenwood |
| Checked by: | Cynthia Robinson |
| Date posted: | 23rd February 2013 |
| Date modified: | 11th February 2014 |