Will of John Long
Occupation
- 414: Status only, no stated occupation. Use for Widow, Gentleman, Esquire, Indweller etc., if no occupation is given.
Location
Gentleman of Henley upon Thames
| Document reference: | TNA PROB 11/1063 |
| First date: | 11 December 1779 |
| Probate date: | 04 March 1780 |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executor: | George Stovell |
| Relationship: | Friend |
| (Jointly with Richard Hayward. Name given as Stonell in will text) | |
| Executor: | Richard Hayward |
| Relationship: | Friend |
| (Jointly with George Stovell) | |
| Witness: | James Alnutt |
| Witness: | David Mapleton |
| Witness: | Luke Coulson |
| Court Official: | Peter Calvert |
| (Doctor of Laws of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury) |
Bequests
To: Mary Clerke (Cousin)
I give to my cousin Mary Clerke, daughter of Josias Clarke of Hereford, one hundred pounds to be raised out of my stock of 3½% Bank Annuities 1758 within three months of my death
Bequest Types
Names
To: George Stovell; Richard Hayward (Friends)
I give to my friends George Sto[v]ell of Lower Grosvenor Street, in the Parish of Saint George Hanover Square, Middlesex cheesemonger, and Richard Hayward of Henley upon Thames, gentleman, ten pounds each for mourning to be paid to them immediately after my death
Bequest Types
Names
To: Thomas Cooper
I give to Thomas Cooper the elder and Thomas Cooper the younger of Henley upon Thames, gentleman, a ring of the value of one guinea each
Bequest Types
Names
To: Mary Cooper (Servant)
I give to my servant maid Mary Cooper ten pounds for mourning, all my clothing and also the clothing of my late wife Ann Long deceased, linen, woollen and lace, immediately after my death
Bequest Types
Names
To: Mary Cooper (Servant)
I give to my maid servant Mary Cooper, provided she lives with me at the time of my death, my green bed in which I usually lie with its bedding, other furniture as my trustees consider enough to furnish a room and part of my household linen which my executors shall think sufficient for her use
Bequest Types
Names
To: Mary Cooper (Servant)
Pay the further sum of two hundred pounds to my servant Mary Cooper, if she shall be living with me at the time of my death, as a recompense for her trouble in the care of me in my illnesses
Bequest Types
Names
To: Ann Jenkins (Niece)
I give to George Stovell and Richard Hayward my property in which I now live in New Street, Henley upon Thames, for them to sell as soon as convenient after my death and to pay the net proceeds to my niece Ann, daughter of my late brother William Long and now the wife of William Jenkins.
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: George Stovell; Ann Jenkins (Friend)
I give my Exchequer Annuity of twenty pounds a year to the George Stovell and I give the income from my other Exchequer Annuity of ten pounds a year to my niece Ann Jenkins, formerly Long, for her lifetime, and after her death the annuity is to pass to George Stovell.
Bequest Types
Names
To: George Stovell (Friend)
I give to George Stovell all my books
Bequest Types
Names
To: Henry Churchill (Cousin)
I give to my cousin Henry Churchill of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, surgeon and apothecary, my silver watch
Bequest Types
Names
To: Richard Hayward
I give to Richard Hayward my rings, plate and china
Bequest Types
Names
To: Ann Jenkins (Niece)
I give George Stovell and Richard Hayward the residue of my household goods, linen and implements for them to sell and give the net proceeds to my niece Ann Jenkins
Bequest Types
Names
To: Richard Hayward (Friend)
I give to Richard Hayward fifty pounds within three months of my death in gratitude for the trouble he will incur in managing my affairs
Bequest Types
Names
To: Ann Jenkins (Niece)
My executors are to assign the residue of my 3½% Bank Annuities and the residue of my personal estate to my niece Ann Jenkins, formerly Long
Bequest Types
Names
Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen |
| 0002: | I John Long of Henley upon Thames in the County of Oxford |
| 0003: | Gentleman being in Tolerable good health and of sound and |
| 0004: | disposing mind and memory do for the setling my affairs |
| 0005: | make and ordain this my last Will and Testament as |
| 0006: | follows first I commit my Soul to Almighty God hoping for |
| 0007: | Redemption through the Merits of Jesus Christ and as to |
| 0008: | my Body I desire [↑that] it may be kept at least six days and |
| 0009: | put into a Leaden Coffin with an Outside Coffin |
| 0010: | Covered with Black Cloth and finished very plain and be |
| 0011: | then interred in the Chancel of the Church of Henley |
| 0012: | upon Thames (if I happen to die in or near the said |
| 0013: | Town) and to be covered with a Common Stone with |
| 0014: | a short Inscription and that my Corps may be attended |
| 0015: | to the Grave with one Mourning Coach and that silk |
| 0016: | and Crape Hatbands may be given to such persons |
| 0017: | respectively as is usual on such Occasions also I will |
| 0018: | and direct that all my Just Debts Funeral and |
| 0019: | Testamentary Expences shall be first duly paid and satisfied |
| 0020: | also I Give unto my Cousin Mary Clerke Daughter |
| 0021: | of Josias Clarke of the City of Hereford Esquire the sum |
| 0022: | of one hundred pounds of lawful Money of Great |
| 0023: | Britain to be raised out of my stock of three and an half per |
| 0024: | Cent Bank Annuities of the year one thousand seven hundred and |
| 0025: | fifty eight Also I Give and Bequeath unto my good Friends |
| 0026: | George Stonell of Lower Grosvenor Street in the Parish of Saint |
| 0027: | George Hanover Square in the County of Middlesex Cheesmonger |
| 0028: | and Mr Richard Hayward of Henley upon Thames aforesaid |
| 0029: | Gentleman the sum of Ten Pounds each for Mourning to |
| 0030: | be paid to them immediately after my decease Also I Give |
| 0031: | and Bequeath unto Mr Thomas Cooper [↑and Mr Thomas Cooper] the Younger of |
| 0032: | Henley upon Thames aforesaid Gentlemen a Ring of the |
| 0033: | Value of One Guinea each Also I Give and Bequeath |
| 0034: | unto my servant Maid Mary Cooper the sum of Ten |
| 0035: | Pounds for Mourning and all my wearing apparel and also |
| 0036: | the wearing Apparel of my late Wife Ann Long deceased |
| 0037: | both Linen and Woollen and Laces to be paid and delivered |
| 0038: | to her immediately after my decease Also I give and devise |
| 0039: | unto the said George Stonell and Richard Hayward and their |
| 0040: | Heirs my Messuage or Tenement wherein I now live in |
| 0041: | Henley upon Thames aforesaid in new street there with the |
| 0042: | Outhouses Yard Garden Hereditaments and Premises thereunto |
| 0043: | belonging to hold the same unto and to the use of them the |
| 0044: | said George Stonell and Richard Hayward and their Heirs |
| 0045: | upon the several Trusts hereinafter mentioned and declared |
| 0046: | of and concerning the same (that is to say) In Trust as |
| 0047: | soon as conveniently may be after my decease to sell and |
| 0048: | dispose of the same either by publick or private sale for |
| 0049: | the best price that can be reasonably gotten for the |
| 0050: | same and do and shall pay the Money arising therefrom |
| 0051: | unto my Niece Ann Daughter of my late Brother William |
| 0052: | Long and now as I am informed the Wife of William |
| 0053: | Jenkins her Executors or Administrators for her and their |
| 0054: | own use and benefit after deduction thereout the reasonable |
| 0055: | Costs and Charges attending such sale and I do hereby |
| 0056: | will and direct that the receipt of my said Trustees or |
| 0057: | the survivor of them or the Heirs of such Survivor shall |
| 0058: | be a good discharge to the Purchaser thereof for the purchase |
| 0059: | Money notwithstanding and Misapplication or non application |
| 0060: | of the Purchase Money Whereas I am Possessed of two |
| 0061: | Exchequer Annuities the one of twenty Pounds a year and |
| 0062: | the other of Ten pounds a year now I do hereby give |
| 0063: | the said Exchequer Annuity of twenty pounds a year unto |
| 0064: | the said George Stonell his Executors and Administrators |
| 0065: | to and for his and their own use and benefit And I Give |
| 0066: | and Bequeath the said other Exchequer Annuity of Ten |
| 0067: | Pounds a year unto them the said George Stonell and |
| 0068: | Richard Hayward their Executors and Administrators during so |
| 0069: | many years of the term to come therein as my said |
| 0070: | Niece Ann formerly Long now Jenkins shall happen to |
| 0071: | live upon Trust to permit and suffer Authorize and |
| 0072: | impower my said Niece Ann formerly Long now Jenkins |
| 0073: | to receive and take the said Annuity of ten pounds a year |
| 0074: | for her own use and benefit during so many years of the |
| 0075: | term to come therein as she shall happen to live as aforesaid |
| 0076: | and from and after her decease I do hereby give the said |
| 0077: | last mentioned Exchequer Annuity of Ten pounds a year to |
| 0078: | the said George Stonell his Executors and Administrators |
| 0079: | for his and their own use and benefit Also I Give and |
| 0080: | Bequeath to the said George Stonell all my Books also |
| 0081: | I Give unto my Cousin Henry Churchill of Hitchin in the |
| 0082: | County of Hertford surgeon and Apothecary my silver Watch |
| 0083: | also I Give and Bequeath to the said Richard Hayward his |
| 0084: | Executors or Administrators my Rings Plate and China for |
| 0085: | his and their own use and benefit and I Give and Bequeath |
| 0086: | unto my said Maid Servant Mary Cooper provided she |
| 0087: | lives with me at the time of my decease my Green Bed in |
| 0088: | which I usually lye with the Feather Bed Blankets and all the |
| 0089: | Furniture thereunto belonging together with such other Furniture |
| 0090: | as in the Discretion of my said Trustees shall be sufficient to |
| 0091: | furnish a Room with such Part of my Household Linen as my |
| 0092: | Executors shall think sufficient for her use Also I Give and |
| 0093: | Bequeath unto them the said Georg Stonell and --------- |
| 0094: | Richard Hayward and the Survivor of them his Executors |
| 0095: | or Administrators all the residue and remainder of my [↑Household] Goods |
| 0096: | Household stuff Household Linen and Implements of Household |
| 0097: | not hereinbefore by me disposed of upon Trust to sell and dispose |
| 0098: | of the same either by publick sale or otherwise and pay the |
| 0099: | Money arising by such sale unto my said Niece Ann Jenkins |
| 0100: | her Executors and Administrators to and for her and their own |
| 0101: | use and benefit after deducting the Expences attending such |
| 0102: | sale and I do hereby Give Devise and Bequeath unto the said |
| 0103: | George Stonell and Richard Hayward and the Survivor of them |
| 0104: | his Executors and Administrators all my stock or share in |
| 0105: | the three and an half Per Cent Bank Annuities of the year |
| 0106: | one thousand seven hundred and fifty Eight and all other my |
| 0107: | Personal Estate not hereinbefore by me disposed of upon Trust to |
| 0108: | raise and pay thereout the said Legacy [↑of] one hundred Pounds |
| 0109: | hereinbefore by me given to my said Cousin Mary Clerke as |
| 0110: | soon as conveniently may be after my decease and also the |
| 0111: | said several Legacies of Ten Pounds Ten Pounds and Ten |
| 0112: | Pounds hereinbefore by me given to the said George Stonell |
| 0113: | Richard Hayward and Mary Cooper respectively and such Debts |
| 0114: | and Testamentary and Funeral Expences as the Money in my |
| 0115: | House shall not extend to pay and also thereout to raise and |
| 0116: | pay the sum of fifty Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain |
| 0117: | to the said Richard Hayward his Executors and Administrators |
| 0118: | to and for his and their own use and benefit as a Gratuity for |
| 0119: | the trouble he will be at in Managing my Affairs and also |
| 0120: | to raise and pay thereout the further sum of two hundred |
| 0121: | pounds of like lawful Money unto my said servant Mary Cooper |
| 0122: | if she shall live with me at the time of my decease as a recompence |
| 0123: | for the trouble she hath and may take in the Care of me in my |
| 0124: | Illnesses and I do hereby will and direct that all the said |
| 0125: | Legacies hereinbefore by me given and for payment whereof no |
| 0126: | particular time is appointed shall be paid within three Months |
| 0127: | next after my decease and from and after the raising and |
| 0128: | paying thereout such several sums of Money upon Trust to assign |
| 0129: | and Transfer the residue of such three and an half Per Cent |
| 0130: | Bank Annuities and to pay the residue of my Personal Estate |
| 0131: | unapplied for the purposes aforesaid unto my said Niece Ann |
| 0132: | Jenkins formerly Long her Executors and Administrators to and |
| 0133: | for her and their own use and benefit and I do hereby Nominate |
| 0134: | Constitute and Appoint my said Good Friends George Stonell |
| 0135: | and Richard Hayward Joint Executors of this my Will and |
| 0136: | my Will is and I do hereby expressly declare that my said |
| 0137: | Executors and Trustees or either of them their or either of |
| 0138: | their Executors or Administrators shall not be Charged or |
| 0139: | Chargeable with or Accountable for More of the aforesaid |
| 0140: | Monies and Estates than he or they shall respectively Actually |
| 0141: | receive or shall come to his or their respective hands by |
| 0142: | Virtue of this my Will nor with or for any loss which shall |
| 0143: | happen of the said Monies and Estates so as such loss |
| 0144: | happen without their Wilful Default nor the one of them |
| 0145: | for the other of them or for the Acts Deeds receipts Defaults |
| 0146: | or disbursements the one of the other and also that it shall |
| 0147: | and may be lawful for them my said Executors and Trustees |
| 0148: | and each of them their Executors and Administrators in the first |
| 0149: | place by and out of the premises respectively to deduct and |
| 0150: | reimburse him and themselves respectively all such loss Costs |
| 0151: | Charges and Expences as he they or any of them shall |
| 0152: | Sustain expend or be put unto for or by reason of the performance |
| 0153: | of this my Will and the Trusts hereby in them reposed and |
| 0154: | the Management and Execution thereof respectively or any |
| 0155: | other thing in any wise relating thereto and I do hereby |
| 0156: | revoke and make Void all former and other Will and wills |
| 0157: | by me at any time heretofore made and do declare this and |
| 0158: | no other to be my true last Will and Testament In Witness |
| 0159: | whereof I the said John Long the Testator have to this my |
| 0160: | Will contained in three sheets of Paper to each Sheet set my |
| 0161: | hand and seal this eleventh Day of December in the year of |
| 0162: | our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine |
| 0163: | |
| 0164: | John Long [Seal] |
| 0165: | |
| 0166: | Signed sealed Published and declared by the said John |
| 0167: | Long the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament |
| 0168: | in the Presence of us who in his presence and at his request |
| 0169: | and in the Presence of each other have subscribed our names |
| 0170: | as Witnesses hereto |
| 0171: | |
| 0172: | Sam[ue]l Allnutt |
| 0173: | David Mapleton |
| 0174: | Luke Coulson |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | the author |
| Author: | Tony Lynch |
| Checked by: | Not checked |
| Date posted: | 16th September 2013 |
| Date modified: | 17th April 2014 |
Comments
As stated in the probate clause, George Stovell, executor, is incorrectly named in the will as George Stonell