Will of Mary Woodrooffe
Occupation
- 414: Status only, no stated occupation. Use for Widow, Gentleman, Esquire, Indweller etc., if no occupation is given.
Location
Spinster of Henley upon Thames
| Document reference: | TNA PROB 11/617 |
| First date: | 18 August 1727 |
| Probate date: | 13 September 1727 |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Witness: | Titus Seal |
| Witness: | John Buckridge |
| Witness: | Francis Blandy |
| Executrix: | Martha Blackall |
| Relationship: | Sister |
| Court Official: | John Bettesworth |
Bequests
To: Martha Blackall (Sister)
To my sister Martha Blackall all my property in Henley now in the occupation of Samuel Grice or his tenant, for her life and after her death to my nephew John Blackall for ever
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: John Blackall (Brother in law)
To my brother in law John Blackall ten guineas
Bequest Types
Names
To: Richard Blackall (Nephew)
To my nephew Richard Blackall one hundred pounds to be paid to him at the age of twenty one with the interest in the meantime to be applied towards his education and maintenance. I also give to him my silver tankard.
Bequest Types
Names
To: John Blackall (Nephew)
To my nephew John Blackall my property in Northfield End, now occupied by John White, John Owen and myself, for ever. I also give him two silver spoons. I also give him sixty pounds to finish the house given to him.
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: Elizabeth Stevens (Sister)
To my sister Elizabeth Stevens, one hundred pounds and my largest silver cup
Bequest Types
Names
To: John Stevens; Richard Stevens; Daniel Stevens; Elizabeth Stevens; Mary Stevens (Nephews and Nieces)
To my nephew John Stevens fifty pounds; my nephew Richard Stevens one hundred pounds; my nephew Daniel Stevens one hundred pounds; my niece Elizabeth Stevens one hundred and thirty pounds and my niece Mary Stevens one hundred and twenty pounds. All these sums of money to be invested by their mother Elizabeth Stevens until they reach 18, and the interest used for their education and maintenance.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Elizabeth Stevens; Mary Stevens (Nieces)
To my nieces Elizabeth and Mary Stevens, one half part of my linen; and to Mary Stevens two silver spoons which her late father recently bought for me; and to Elizabeth Stevens two small silver cups.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Mrs Pitt
To Mrs Pitt wife of Benjamin Pitt of Northfield End one Twenty shilling Ring
Bequest Types
Names
To: Martha Blackall (Sister)
To my sister Martha Blackall the residue of my estate
Bequest Types
Names
Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen |
| 0002: | I Mary Woodrooffe of Henley upon Thames in the County |
| 0003: | of Oxon Spinster Do make and ordain this my last will and |
| 0004: | Testament in manner Following: Vizt, Imprimis I give and |
| 0005: | bequeath unto my Loving Sister Martha Blackall all my |
| 0006: | Lands Tenements and Hereditaments Scituate and being in |
| 0007: | the parish of Henley upon Thames aforesaid now in the tenure |
| 0008: | or Occupation of Samuel Grice Esq[uir]e or his under Tenants or |
| 0009: | Assigns to hold to her and her Assignes for and during the |
| 0010: | Term of her Naturall life and from and after her Decease |
| 0011: | then I give and bequeath the said Lands Tenements and |
| 0012: | Hereditaments so given to my Said Sister Martha as aforesaid |
| 0013: | unto my Nephew John Blackall and his Heirs for ever Item |
| 0014: | I give and bequeath unto my brother in Law John Blackall |
| 0015: | ten Guineas Item I give and bequeath unto my Nephew |
| 0016: | Richard Blackall one hundred pounds of Lawfull Brittish |
| 0017: | money to be paid him at his age of one and twenty years with |
| 0018: | Lawfull Interest thereof to be applyed in the mean time towards |
| 0019: | his Maintenance and Education Item I also give and bequeath |
| 0020: | unto my said Nephew Richard Blackall my Silver Tankard |
| 0021: | Item I also give and bequeath unto my aforesaid Nephew |
| 0022: | John Blackall my Messuages or Tenements with the Gardens |
| 0023: | outhouses and all and Singular their and every of their |
| 0024: | Appurtenances now in the Severall Tenures or Occupations of |
| 0025: | John White John Owen and my Selfe Scituate Standing and |
| 0026: | being at Northfeildend aforesaid To hold to him my said |
| 0027: | Nephew John Blackall his Heirs and Assignes for ever I also |
| 0028: | give to my said Nephew John Blackall two Silver Spoons Item |
| 0029: | I give and bequeath unto my Sister Elizabeth Stevens one hundred |
| 0030: | pounds of Lawfull Brittish money and my Largest Silver Can |
| 0031: | item I give and bequeath unto my Nephew John Stevens |
| 0032: | Fifty pounds and to my Nephew Richard Stevens one Hundred |
| 0033: | pounds and to my Nephew Daniel Stevens one Hundred pounds |
| 0034: | and to my Neice Elizabeth Stevens one Hundred and thirty |
| 0035: | pounds and two Small Silver Cans and to my Neice Mary |
| 0036: | Stevens one Hundred and twenty pounds and two Silver Spoons |
| 0037: | which her late Father lately bought for me Item I give and |
| 0038: | bequeath unto my said two Neices Elizabeth Stevens and Mary |
| 0039: | Stevens one half part of all my Linnen to be delivered to their |
| 0040: | Mother for their use whose Receipt shall be a good Discharge |
| 0041: | for the Same and her Receipt Shall be also a good Discharge for |
| 0042: | all the Legacies I have herein before given to her Children |
| 0043: | my Nephews and Neices and I do Desire my said Sister |
| 0044: | Elizabeth Stevens to place the Severall Sums of money I have |
| 0045: | herein before given to her Children out at Interest and the |
| 0046: | Interest thereof from tyme to tyme to be applyed in proportion |
| 0047: | to their Severall Legacies towards their Maintenance and |
| 0048: | Education untill they Severally Attain their Severall and |
| 0049: | Respective ages of Eighteen years at which age the Legatees |
| 0050: | Shall Receive their Severall Legacies into their own hands |
| 0051: | Item I give to my said Nephew John Blackall Sixty |
| 0052: | pounds to be laid out in Finishing the House I have herein |
| 0053: | given to him item I give to Mrs Pitt wife of Benjamin Pitt of |
| 0054: | Northfeild end aforesaid Gent[leman] one twenty Shilling Ring |
| 0055: | and Lastly all the rest and Residue of my Estate wheresoever |
| 0056: | and whatsoever after my Debts Legacies and Funerall |
| 0057: | Expences are paid and satisfyed I give devise and bequeath |
| 0058: | unto my said loving sister Martha Blackall whom I make |
| 0059: | and Ordain the full and sole Executrix of this my last will |
| 0060: | and Testament Revoking all former Wills by me made |
| 0061: | and I do publish and declare this to be my last - - - In |
| 0062: | Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seale |
| 0063: | this Eighteenth day of August Anno domini 1727 |
| 0064: | |
| 0065: | Mary Woodroff |
| 0066: | |
| 0067: | Signed Sealed published declared and delivered |
| 0068: | by the said Mary Woodroff the Testatrix as and for her last |
| 0069: | will and Testament in the presence of us and then Attested |
| 0070: | by us in her presence |
| 0071: | |
| 0072: | Tit[us] Seal |
| 0073: | John Buckridge |
| 0074: | F[rancis] Blandy |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | Hilary |
| Author: | Hilary Fisher |
| Checked by: | Cynthia Robinson |
| Date posted: | 18th May 2013 |
| Date modified: | 02nd July 2014 |
Comments
In the opening statement the surname is spelled "Woodrooffe". In the closing statement it is spelled "Woodroff". The Registry entry is Woodroffe. This appears to be the will of the daughter of Mary Woodroffe whose will was dated July 1726 with probate being granted in March 1727 to her daughters Elizabeth Stevens, Martha Blackall (sisters of this Testatrix) and Mary Woodroffe. See TNA Prob 11/614