Will of John Gray
Occupation
- 231: Baker
Location
Gingerbread baker of Henley upon Thames
| Document reference: | ORO MSS Oxon Wills 28/3/43 |
| First date: | 23 October 1761 |
| Probate date: | 16 June 1762 |
| Probate court: | Henley upon Thames |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Witness: | Thomas Newell |
| Witness: | Sarah Turner |
| Witness: | George Ensor |
| Court Official: | Herbert Beaver |
| Court Official: | Daniel Burton |
| (Doctor in Divinity Vicar General Official Principal and Commissary of the Bishop of Oxford) | |
| Executor: | Elizabeth Ilton |
| (Sister of testator) |
Bequests
To: Elizabeth Ilton; John Ilton (Sister)
I give to my sister Elizabeth Ilton all my properties for her lifetime. After her death, I give to John Ilton, her eldest son, the property now in my possession at Henley upon Thames and also that property formerly belonging to Thomas Rolls and now occupied by Joseph Ives and Dame Birt. After her death, I give to William Ilton, her younger son, four properties recently purchased from George Churchill.
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: John Ilton (Nephew)
I bequeath to John Ilton my silver watch, silver cup, four large silver spoons and two gold rings.
Bequest Types
Names
To: William Ilton (Nephew)
All the rest of my plate I give to my other nephew, William Ilton
Bequest Types
Names
To: Elizabeth Ilton (Sister)
Residual estate I bequeath to my sister Elizabeth Ilton
Bequest Types
Names
Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God, Amen. I John Gray of Henley upon |
| 0002: | Thames in the County of Oxford Gingerbread-Baker do make publish and Declare this my |
| 0003: | last Will and Testament in manner and form following (that is to say) In the first |
| 0004: | place It is my Will that all my Just Debts be paid and with the payment thereof |
| 0005: | I hereby charge all my Estate real and personal whatsoever and wheresoever I Give |
| 0006: | Devise and bequeath unto my Loving Sister Elizabeth Ilton All my Messuages |
| 0007: | Lands and Tenements whatsoever and wheresoever for and During the Term of her |
| 0008: | Natural Life and from and after her Decease I Give Devise and bequeath unto John |
| 0009: | Ilton eldest Son of my said Sister and to his Heirs and Assigns for ever All that |
| 0010: | Messuage or Tenement with the Appurtenances now in my possession at Henley |
| 0011: | upon Thames in the County of Oxford aforesaid And also that Messuage or Tenement |
| 0012: | lett in two Tenements late belonging to Thomas Rolls and now in Occupation of |
| 0013: | Joseph Ives and Dame Birt with all Appurtenances to the same belonging I also |
| 0014: | Give Devise and Bequeath unto William Ilton the other Son of my said Sister |
| 0015: | from and after her Decease All those four Messuages or Tenements with the |
| 0016: | Appurtenances I lately purchased of George Churchill and to the Heirs and Assigns |
| 0017: | of the said William Ilton for ever I also Give Devise and bequeath unto the |
| 0018: | said John Ilton my Silver Watch Silver Cup four large Silver Spoons and two |
| 0019: | Gold Rings All the Rest of my plate I give to my other Nephew the said |
| 0020: | William Ilton All the Rest Residue and Remainder of my |
| 0021: | Real and personal Estate, whatsoever and wherever, after payment |
| 0022: | of my Just Debts Legacys and funeral Expences I Give Devise and |
| 0023: | Bequeath unto my said Sister Elizabeth Ilton, And I do hereby |
| 0024: | Nominate and appoint my said Sister sole Executrix of this my Last Will |
| 0025: | and Testament hereby revoking all former Wills by me heretofore made and do |
| 0026: | Publish and Declare this to be my last Will and Testament only In |
| 0027: | Witness whereof I the said John Gray the Testator have to this my last |
| 0028: | Will and Testament containing two Sheets of Paper and affixed together at |
| 0029: | the Top to the first Sheet sett my Hand and to the last my Hand and Seal |
| 0030: | this Twenty third day of October in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven |
| 0031: | Hundred and Sixty one |
| 0032: | |
| 0033: | John Gray [seal] |
| 0034: | |
| 0035: | Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the |
| 0036: | said John Gray the Testator as and for his last Will |
| 0037: | and Testament in the Presence of us who in his presence |
| 0038: | at his request & in the Presence of each other have |
| 0039: | subscribed our Names as Witnesses hereto |
| 0040: | |
| 0041: | Tho[ma]s Newell |
| 0042: | Sarah Turner |
| 0043: | George Ensor |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | Anthony Lynch |
| Author: | Tony Lynch |
| Checked by: | Cynthia Robinson |
| Date posted: | 16th November 2012 |
| Date modified: | 02nd April 2014 |