Will of John Heasley
Occupation
- 404: General Labourer (unspecified)
Location
Labourer of Henley upon Thames
| Document reference: | Not indicated on source photocopy |
| First date: | 18 May 1731 |
| Probate date: | 05 June 1732 |
| Probate court: | Henley |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executrix: | Mary Heasley |
| Witness: | W[illia]m Harrison |
| Witness: | Thomas Vickers |
| Court Official: | George Cooper |
| Court Official: | Henry Brooke |
Bequests
To: Mary Heasley (Wife)
The property where I now live on the Hill in Henley the property of Henry Clemens on the east side thereof and the property of William Jemmett on the west side
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: Elizabeth Harman (Mother)
Five Guineas to be paid to my Mother Elizabeth Harman and if she does not live to spend the five Guineas it should be paid unto my sister Elizabeth Catterns of London
Bequest Types
Names
To: William Harman (Brother)
To my Brother Willian Harman all my wearing Apparrel
Bequest Types
Names
To: Mary Heasley (Wife)
To my wife Mary all remaining Household Goods, Chattels and Moveables
Bequest Types
Names
Transcript
| 0001: | In the name of God Amen I John Heasley of the Parish of |
| 0002: | Henley upon Thames in the County of Oxon Labourer being not well in |
| 0003: | Body but of sound and perfect mind and disposing memory thanks be |
| 0004: | given to God therefore and calling to mind the certainty of death and |
| 0005: | uncertainty of the time when and to avoid all disputes which may happen |
| 0006: | after my decease as farr as in me lies Do make and ordain this my last |
| 0007: | Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say first |
| 0008: | I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave itt |
| 0009: | trusting to obtaine Salvation through the merritts Death and passion of |
| 0010: | Jesus Christ my ever blessed Saviour and Redeemer and my Body to the |
| 0011: | earth from whence itt came to be decently buried att the discretion of my |
| 0012: | Executrix herein after named and as for my worldly Estate which God in |
| 0013: | his mercy hath bestowed on me I dispose thereof as followeth Imprimis I |
| 0014: | give devise and bequeath unto my dear wife Mary all this my House |
| 0015: | Messuage or Tenement wherein I now dwell scituate standing and being on |
| 0016: | the Hill in the Parish of Henley upon Thames aforesaid the Messuage or Tenement |
| 0017: | of Henry Clemens on the East side thereof and the Messuage or Tenement |
| 0018: | of William Jemmett on the west side thereof by her freely to be possessed and |
| 0019: | enjoyed Item I give devise and bequeath unto my loving Mother Elizabeth |
| 0020: | Harman the sum[m]e of five Guineas to be paid unto her by my Executrix |
| 0021: | herein after named immediately after my decease and if my Mother do not |
| 0022: | live to spend the five Guineas My Will and desire is that the five Guineas |
| 0023: | should be paid unto my Sister Elizabeth Catterns of London Item I give devise |
| 0024: | and bequeath unto my Brother Willian Harman all my wearing Apparrel |
| 0025: | whatsoever And Lastly all my Household Goods Chattels and Moveables |
| 0026: | whatsoever and wheresoever not herein before given and disposed of after my debts |
| 0027: | Legacies and funerall Expences are paid and satisfyed I give devise and |
| 0028: | bequeath unto my said wife Mary Whom I make and ordaine my only Executrix |
| 0029: | of this my last Will and Testament Revoking all former Wills I publish and |
| 0030: | declare this to be my last In testimony whereof I the said John Heasley the Testator |
| 0031: | have to this my last Will and Testament sett my hand and seal the Eighteenth Day of |
| 0032: | May Anno Domini 1731 |
| 0033: | |
| 0034: | The Marke of John H Heasley [Seal] |
| 0035: | Signed Sealed published declared and delivered by the said John Heasley |
| 0036: | the Testator as and for his last will and Testament in the presence of us |
| 0037: | who subscribe our Names in his presence |
| 0038: | W[illia]m Harrison |
| 0039: | Thomas Vickers T his Marke |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | the author |
| Author: | Viv Greenwood |
| Checked by: | Cynthia Robinson |
| Date posted: | 11th December 2012 |
| Date modified: | 23rd April 2014 |
Comments
The Register has recorded the Testator's name as Hasely. There appears to have been, possibly, two witnesses with the name 'Thomas Vickers'.