Will of Mary Stable
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 11/1198 |
| First date: | 03 February 1787 |
| Probate date: | 08 November 1790 |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Witness: | Luke Coulson |
| (With Samuel Allnutt required to swear affidavit of truth in absence of any other witnesses to will) | |
| Other: | Samuel Allnutt |
| (With Luke Coulson required to swear affidavit of truth) | |
| Court Official: | William Wynne |
| Executor: | Ralph Etwall |
| Relationship: | Nephew |
Bequests
To: Elizabeth Snow
To Elizabeth Snow, one hundred pounds stock in 3% Annuities; all the alcohol in the house at my death and all netting
Bequest Types
Names
To: Mary Ann Mapleton
To Mary Ann Mapleton, wife of David Mapleton, twenty pounds
Bequest Types
Names
To: Mary Brown (Servant)
To Mary Brown, servant, if living with me at my death, five pounds and any clothes at the discretion of my niece Caroline [Etwall] and I mean the worst. Also my bedstead; chest of drawers in the Maids Room; three blankets; a coverlet; small mirror; two pairs of old sheets; six towels; two table cloths; two tea spoons; pair of brass candlesticks; three flat Irons; six kitchen chairs; table; washing tub; odd cups and saucers; earthen ware and anything else my niece [Caroline Etwall] thinks appropriate. But if not living with me at my death then one guinea
Bequest Types
Names
To: Mary Swift (Nurse)
To my late nurse Mary Swift, two guineas
Bequest Types
Names
To: Catherine Wheeler (See text)
To my late servant, Catherine Wheeler, two guineas
Bequest Types
Names
To: Reverend Darling
To Reverend Mr. Darling, two guineas
Bequest Types
Names
To: Elizabeth Watt
To Elizabeth Watt, one guinea
Bequest Types
Names
To: Mary Iverbe
To Mary Iverbe, one guinea
Bequest Types
Names
To: Hamersley
To Mr. and Mrs. Hamersley, a ring each
Bequest Types
Names
To: Brown; Terry; Betty Low
To Mrs. Terry, Mrs. Brown and Betty Low, my washerwoman, five shillings each
Bequest Types
Names
To: Nanny Brown
To Nanny Brown, five shillings
Bequest Types
Names
To: Ralph Etwall; Caroline Etwall; Hugh Hamersley (Nephews and Nieces)
To my nephews, Ralph Etwall, and Hugh Hamersley and my niece Caroline Etwall my money, plate, linen, china and household goods, after payment of my debts, expenses and legacies, to be shared equally; and my clothes to Caroline
Bequest Types
Names
Transcript
| 0001: | Henly Feb[ruar]y 3[rd] 1787 |
| 0002: | In the Name of God Amen I Mary Stable |
| 0003: | Widow of the Parish of Henley upon Thames in the |
| 0004: | County of Oxford being of sound and disposing memory |
| 0005: | do make and declare this to be my last Will and |
| 0006: | Testament as follows first I order all my Just Debts |
| 0007: | and Funeral Expences and Legacies to be paid I Give |
| 0008: | to Eliz[abeth] Snow one hundred pound Stock in the three |
| 0009: | per Cent Annuities I likewise give to Elizabeth Snow |
| 0010: | all ... the Liquor [↑that] is in the House at the time of |
| 0011: | my death and all my Netting I Give to Mary |
| 0012: | Ann Mapleton wife of David Mapleton twenty pounds |
| 0013: | I Give to my servant Mary Brown if she lives |
| 0014: | with me at my death five pounds and what of my |
| 0015: | Cloaths my Niece Caroline may think proper to give |
| 0016: | her I mean the worst of it I Give to Mary Swift |
| 0017: | my Old Nurse two Guineas to Catherine Wheeler |
| 0018: | late Ser[van]t to the Rev[eren]d Mr Darling two Guineas |
| 0019: | To Eliz[abeth] Watt and Mary Iverbe each one Guinea |
| 0020: | To Mr and Mrs Hamersley each a Ring after |
| 0021: | the above debts and Legacies are paid I Give and |
| 0022: | Bequeath all my Money Plate Linen China and |
| 0023: | Household Goods between my Nephew Ralph Etwall |
| 0024: | my Niece Caroline Etwall and my Nephew Hugh |
| 0025: | Hamersley share and share alike I likewise give my Cloaths |
| 0026: | to my Niece Caroline Etwall and do hereby declare |
| 0027: | make Constitute ordain and Appoint him the above |
| 0028: | mentioned Ralph Etwall Jun[io]r my Nephew full and |
| 0029: | sole Executor of this my last Will and lastly I do |
| 0030: | hereby revoke and make void all former Wills by |
| 0031: | me made In Witness whereof I the said Mary |
| 0032: | Stable hereunto set my hand and seal this third |
| 0033: | day of February in the year one thousand seven hundred |
| 0034: | and eighty seven |
| 0035: | |
| 0036: | Mary Stable [Seal] |
| 0037: | Signed Sealed |
| 0038: | published and declared by the said Testatrix Mary |
| 0039: | Stable as and for her last Will and Testament in |
| 0040: | the presents of me |
| 0041: | |
| 0042: | Luke Coulson |
| 0043: | |
| 0044: | If my Servant Nanny Brown lives with me |
| 0045: | at the time of my death I desire my Executor to |
| 0046: | give her the Bedstead and Chest of Drawers that is |
| 0047: | in the Maids Room I also give her the said Nanny |
| 0048: | Brown three Blankets and a Coverlid a small |
| 0049: | Glass in a Swing Frame two pair of Old sheets six |
| 0050: | Towels two Table Cloths two Tea Spoons a pair of |
| 0051: | Brass Candlesticks three flat Irons six Chairs that are |
| 0052: | in the kitchen and Deal Table a Washing Tub |
| 0053: | all the odd [↑china] Ssaucers some Earthen ware |
| 0054: | whatever more odd things Miss Etwall shall think |
| 0055: | right to give her I desire Mrs Terry Mrs Brown |
| 0056: | and Betty Low my Washerwoman to have five |
| 0057: | shillings each |
| 0058: | Mary Stable |
| 0059: | |
| 0060: | I Give Nanny Brown five Pounds in Money |
| 0061: | |
| 0062: | If Mary Brown should not live with |
| 0063: | me at the time of my death I then give her one Guinea |
| 0064: | |
| 0065: | the 3rd No[vembe]r 1790 |
| 0066: | |
| 0067: | Appeared Personally Luke Coulson of Henley |
| 0068: | upon Thames in the County of Oxford Surgeon and |
| 0069: | Apothecary and Samuel Allnutt of the same place Wine |
| 0070: | Merchant and being severally sworn upon the Holy |
| 0071: | Evangelists to depose the truth made oath as follows |
| 0072: | that they knew and were well acquainted with Mary |
| 0073: | Stable late of the parish of Henley upon Thames in |
| 0074: | the County of Oxford Widow deceased for several years |
| 0075: | before and to the time of her death and during such |
| 0076: | their Knowledge and Acquaintance with the said deceased |
| 0077: | they have frequently seen her Write and subscribe |
| 0078: | her name whereby they and each of them have become |
| 0079: | well acquainted with her manner and Character of hand |
| 0080: | writing and Subscription and having now carefully viewed |
| 0081: | and perused the paper Writings hereunto annexed |
| 0082: | purporting to be the last Will and Testament and three |
| 0083: | Codicils thereto annexed of the said deceased the said Will |
| 0084: | beginning thus "Henly Feb[ruar]y 3 1787 In the name of God |
| 0085: | Amen I Mary Stable Widow of the parish of Henley |
| 0086: | upon Thames in the County of Oxford " ending thus " |
| 0087: | In Witness whereof I the said Mary Stable have hereunto |
| 0088: | set my hand and seal this third day of February one |
| 0089: | thousand seven hundred and eighty seven" and thus |
| 0090: | subscribed "Mary Stable" the first of the said Codicils beginning |
| 0091: | thus "If my servant Nanny Brown lives with me at |
| 0092: | the time of my death I desire my Executor to give her |
| 0093: | the Bedstead and Chest of Drawers that is in the Maids |
| 0094: | Room" ending thus "I desire Mrs Terry Mrs Brown |
| 0095: | and Betty Low my Washerwomen to have each five |
| 0096: | shillings" and thus subscribed "Mary Stable" The second of |
| 0097: | the said Codicils in the Words following "I Give Nanny |
| 0098: | Brown five pounds in Money. The third of the said |
| 0099: | Codicils in the Words following "if Mary Brown should |
| 0100: | not live with me at the time of my death I then give |
| 0101: | her one Guinea" They these deponents do verily and in |
| 0102: | their consciences beleive the whole Series and Contents of |
| 0103: | the said Will and three Codicils and also the subscription |
| 0104: | to the said Will and first Codicil to be all of the Proper |
| 0105: | handwriting and subscription of the said Mary Stable |
| 0106: | Widow deceased |
| 0107: | Luke Coulson |
| 0108: | Sam[ue]l Allnutt |
| 0109: | Same Day the |
| 0110: | said Luke Coulson and Samuel Allnutt were duly sworn to |
| 0111: | the truth of this Affidavit before me |
| 0112: | Humphrey Jeston Commiss[ione]r |
| 0113: |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | the author |
| Author: | Cynthia |
| Checked by: | Anthony Lynch |
| Date posted: | 11th November 2013 |
| Date modified: | 27th May 2014 |
Comments
Two of the later bequests to "Nanny" Brown have overwritten a crossed-out name; but there later follows two clearly written bequests to both Nanny Brown and Mary Brown which could be one and the same person.