Will of Mary Sayer
Occupation
- 415: Not stated
| Document reference: | ORO MSS Oxon Wills 63/4/39 |
| First date: | no date |
| Probate date: | 22 April 1746 |
| Probate court: | Henley |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executor: | Buckland Sayer |
| (Presumed executor - see probate clause in Comments ) | |
| Court Official: | Burton |
| (described as Chancellor) |
Bequests
To: Ann Sayer (Sister)
To my sister Ann Sayer the best of my wearing apparel and my earrings
Bequest Types
Names
To: Charles Sayer (Brother)
To my brother Charles Sayer the ring with a crystal in the middle and three sparks on each side, and twenty pounds
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To: Harry Sayer (Brother)
To my brother Harry Sayer forty pounds and the ring I had made for my father
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To: Ann Norton (Sister)
To my sister Ann Norton forty pounds and the stone gardle buckle
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To: Sary Rakestraw
To Sary Rakestraw all the remains of my clothing and a guinea to buy a ring
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To: Spriggs (Nephew)
To my nephew Spriggs my 2 pint silver mugs
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To: Servants (Servant)
To my house servants, two men and two maids, two guineas each with a pair of gloves at my funeral
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The rest of my estate both real and personal to my Executor B[uckland] Sayer
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Names
Transcript
| 0001: | my Body to be intered as my Ex[ecuto]r or frinds shall think |
| 0002: | proper, all [↑the Best of] my whareing apparrill both maid & |
| 0003: | unmaid I leve & bequeve to my Sister ann Sayer |
| 0004: | with my Eare rings, Item I give to my Brother |
| 0005: | Chars Sayer a ring with a Christall in the Midle |
| 0006: | and 3 Sparks of each Side, Item [↑I] give to my |
| 0007: | Brother Harry [↑Sayer] forty pounds with the ring I had |
| 0008: | maid for my father, Item I give to my Sister |
| 0009: | ann Norton forty pounds, with a Stone Gardle |
| 0010: | Buckell, Item give to my Brother Ch[arle]s Sayer |
| 0011: | 20 pounds, I give to Sary rakestraw all the |
| 0012: | remainer of my Cloths with a guney to by her |
| 0013: | a ring Item I give to the a Servants in the |
| 0014: | House 2 men & 2 maids 2 gunnies a peece with |
| 0015: | a pair of Gloves at my feunirill |
| 0016: | Item I give to my nephew Spriggs my 2 pint Silver |
| 0017: | Mugs and all the rest of my estaite both |
| 0018: | parsonall & rale to my Exce[uto]r B Sayer |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | Hilary |
| Author: | Hilary Fisher |
| Checked by: | Cynthia Robinson |
| Date posted: | 18th February 2013 |
| Date modified: | 22nd May 2014 |
Comments
This appears to be the second page of the photocopy. It is headed "Mary Sawyer or Sayer 1746" and the ORO reference. The Testatrix does not appear to have signed, nor are there any witnesses. The probate clause states "April 22 1746 Proved at the Visitation at Henley by the oath of Buckland Sayer the executor (as presumed) therin named. Before Dr Burton Chanesll[e]r" A Mary Sayer was buried in St Marys, Henley 10 August 1745, and Buckland Sayer would have been one of her brothers