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Will of Jane Lovegrove

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 PROB 11/1266
First date: 03 June 1795
Probate date: 02 October 1795
Probate court: Canterbury

Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.

Administrator: Robert Lovegrove
Relationship: Son
Witness: John Hill
Witness: Mary Collins
Witness: Charles Whalley

Bequests

To: William Eustace; John Lovegrove; Mary Toovey (Children)

I give to William Eustace, John Lovegrove and Mary Toovey one hundred and fifty pounds each.

Bequest Types

Names

To: Jane March (Daughter)

I give to Jane March four hundred pounds.

Bequest Types

Names

To: Sarah Lovegrove (Grand daughter)

I give the property in Henley upon Thames in which I now live, and which I purchased since making my will, to my son Robert Lovegrove until his daughter Sarah Lovegrove reaches the age of twenty one at which time it passes to her for her natural life.  After her death, the property passes to her first-born legitimate son and his legitimate issue (or, failing any such issue, to the eldest of her surviving later-born legitimate sons and his legitimate heirs).  If she has no such sons, then it is to pass to her surviving daughters (in equal shares as tenants in common if more than one) and their legitimate issue (or, failing such issue, to the natural heirs of Sarah Lovegrove).

Bequest Types

Location of property

Names

To: Sarah Lovegrove (Grand daughter)

I give Sarah Lovegrove the chests of drawers in my bedroom and my best bedroom, and the bureau in my dining room with all their contents, and also all my china.

Bequest Types

Names

Transcript

0001: I Jane Lovegrove of Henley upon
0002: Thames in the County of Oxford Widow do make this a Codicil
0003: to and be taken as a part of my last Will and Testament
0004: Whereas in and by my said Will I have given unto my
0005: Brother William Eustace my youngest Son John Lovegrove
0006: and my Youngest Daughter Mary Toovey and to Mrs Jane
0007: March Several Pecuniary Legacies Now I do by this my
0008: Codicil revoke the said Several Legacies so by me therein
0009: given and instead thereof do give and bequeath to the
0010: said William Eustace John Lovegrove and Mary Toovey
0011: the Sum of One hundred and fifty pounds each and to
0012: the said Jane March the sum of Four hundred pounds
0013: to be paid to them respectively at the time or times I
0014: have by my said Will directed the Legacies hereby
0015: revoked to be paid and Whereas since the making of my
0016: said Will I have purchased to me and my heirs the Fee
0017: Simple and Inheritance of the Messuage or tenement
0018: and Garden with the appurtenances wherein I now live
0019: Situate in Henley upon thames aforesaid Now I do hereby
0020: give and devise the said Messuage or tenement Garden
0021: Outbuildings and all and Singular the Rights Members
0022: and Appurtenances thereunto belonging unto and to the
0023: use of my Son Robert Lovegrove until his Daughter Sarah
0024: shall attain the Age of twenty one years and when
0025: she shall have attained that Age I give and devise
0026: the same hereditaments and premises unto and to
0027: the use of my said Grand Daughter Sarah Lovegrove
0028: and her Assigns for and during the term of her natural
0029: life without impeachment of or for any manner of
0030: Waste and from and after the determination of that Estate
0031: unto and to the use of my Son the said Robert Lovegrove
0032: and his heirs during the Life of the said Sarah Lovegrove
0033: Upon trust to support and preserve the Contingent
0034: Remainders hereinafter limited from being destroyed and for
0035: that purpose to make Entries and bring Actions as the Case
0036: may require But nevertheless to permit and Suffer the said
0037: Sarah Lovegrove and her Assigns during her life to receive
0038: and take the Rents and Profits thereof and of every part
0039: thereof to and for her and their own use and benefit and
0040: from and after the decease of the said Sarah Lovegrove to
0041: the use of the first Son of the Body of the said Sarah Lovegrove
0042: Lawfully to be begotten and to the Heirs of the Body of such
0043: first Son lawfully issuing and for Default of such Issue then
0044: for the use of the second third fourth fifth sixth and all
0045: and every other the Son and Sons of the Body of the said Sarah
0046: Lovegrove lawfully to be begotten severally Successively and
0047: in Remainder one after another as they and every
0048: of them shall be in Seniority of Age and Priority of Birth
0049: and to the several and Respective Heirs of the Body
0050: and Bodies of all and every such Son and Sons lawfully
0051: issuing the Elder of such Sons [↑and the Heirs of his Body issuing
0052: being always to be preferred and to take before the Younger of such
0053: Sons] and the heirs of his and their
0054: Body and Bodies issuing and for Default of such Issue then
0055: unto and to the use and behoof of all and every the Daughter
0056: and Daughters of the said Sarah Lovegrove lawfully issuing
0057: to be equally divided between them [↑if more] than one share and
0058: share alike as tenants in Common and not as joint
0059: tenants and of the several and Respective heirs of the
0060: Body and Bodies of all and every such Daughter and
0061: Daughters lawfully issuing and if there be more such
0062: Daughters as aforesaid than one and one or more of
0063: them shall die without Issue of her or their bodies
0064: issuing then and so often as to the part and parts of
0065: such Daughter or Daughters so respectively dying
0066: without Issue as aforesaid the same shall from time
0067: to time respectively go and remain to the use of the
0068: Survivors or Survivor or others of them as tenants in
0069: common and not as joint tenants and of the heirs of
0070: their Several Bodies issuing And if all such Daughters
0071: as aforesaid but one shall die without Issue of their
0072: Bodies or if there shall be but one such Daughter then
0073: to the use of such only Daughter and the heirs of
0074: her Body lawfully issuing and for default of such Issue
0075: then I give and devise the same hereditaments and
0076: premises unto and to the use and behoof of the
0077: Right heirs of the said Sarah Lovegrove for ever
0078: I give and bequeath to the said Sarah Lovegrove
0079: to her own use the Chests of Drawers Standing
0080: in my Bed Room and my best Bed Room and the
0081: Bureau in my Dining Room with all the Contents
0082: of the said Chests and Bureau at the time of my decease
0083: And also [↑all] my China of what nature or kindsoever
0084: and in all other respects [↑I] Ratify and Confirm my said
0085: Will and declare these two Sheets of Paper a Codicil to
0086: and to be deemed and taken as part of my last Will
0087: and testament In Witness whereof I have to this Codicil
0088: to my last Will and testament Contained in two Sheets
0089: of Paper to the first Sheet set my hand and to the
0090: Second and last Sheet my hand and seal this third day
0091: of June in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven
0092: hundred and Ninety Five
0093:
0094: Jane Lovegrove [Seal]
0095:
0096: Signed
0097: sealed published and declared by the said Jane Lovegrove
0098: as and for a Codicil to be added to and be part of her last
0099: Will and Testament in the presence of us who in
0100: her presence at her request and in the presence of each
0101: other have Subscribed our Names as Witnesses the
0102: Word "Sarah being first written on an Erasure in the
0103: Sixth Line of this last Sheet
0104:
0105: John Hill
0106: Mary Collins
0107: Cha[rle]s Whalley
0108:
0109: Probate clause:
0110: On the Second Day of October in the year of our Lord One
0111: thousand Seven hundred and Ninety ffive Administration
0112: (with the Codicil annexed) of the Goods Chattels and Credits
0113: of Jane Lovegrove late of Henley upon Thames in the County of
0114: Oxford Widow deceased was granted to Robert Lovegrove the
0115: natural and Lawful Son and one of the next of kin of the
0116: said deceased Limited until the Original Will or an
0117: Authentic Copy thereof be brought into and left in the
0118: Registry of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury having
0119: been first Sworn by Commission duly to Administer
0120: Thomas Lovegrove, George Lovegrove, John Lovegrove, Jane March,
0121: (wife of John March) Isabella Catherine Mary (Wife
0122: of James May Toovey (Wife of William Richard
0123: Toovey Six of the natural and Lawful Children and
0124: William Eustace the Brother and a Legatee named in
0125: the said Will and Codicil and who the said William
0126: Eustace excepted (together with Charles Lovegrove
0127: now if living residing in America (and the said Robert
0128: Lovegove are the only persons intitled to the personal
0129: Estate in Case she had died Intestate first Consenting.

Preparation of this entry

Post status: Published
Transcript by: the author
Author: Tony Lynch
Checked by: Cynthia Robinson
Date posted: 13th September 2013
Date modified: 02nd May 2014
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