Will of Richard Whiteseed
Occupation
- 100: Farmer, Grazier, Yeoman
Location
Yeoman of Henley upon Thames
| Document reference: | TNA PROB 11/537 |
| First date: | 02 July 1712 |
| Probate date: | see comments |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Witness: | Sarah Stevenson |
| Witness: | Gregory Stevenson |
| Witness: | Thomas Floyd |
| Executor: | Samuel Darby |
| Relationship: | Kinsman |
| Executor: | Richard Darby |
| Relationship: | Kinsman |
| Other: | John Hungerford |
| Relationship: | Friend |
| (Overseer) |
Bequests
To: William Darby; Mary Darby (Kinsman)
To William Darby and Mary Darby, son and daughter of Samuel Darby, maltster, the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds and one hundred pounds respectively to be paid within a year from my death.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Samuel Darby (Kinsman)
To my kinsman Samuel Darby, son of Samuel Darby, for ever my property and malting rooms in Friday Street now in the occupation of Henry Luggrove; I also give to Samuel Darby the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds.
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: Richard Darby (Kinsman)
To Richard Darby, son of Samuel Darby, my property and malting rooms in Hart Street which I lately bought from George Jemmett; I also give to him two hundred pounds
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: Richard Fouller; Mary Fouller (Kinsman)
To Richard Fouller and Mary Fouller, son and daughter of Thomas Fouller, of Sheephouse Farm in Harpsden, fifty pounds each when they attain the age of twenty one.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Mary Grantum (Kinswoman)
To Mary Grantum, daughter of Anne Grantum, ten pounds when she attains the age of twenty one.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Anne Grantum (Kinswoman)
To Anne Grantum, wife of Charles Grantum, my two properties in Friday Street which I bought from Robert Douglas, for her life and after her death to Mary Grantum, her daughter and heirs for ever but if she should die without any heirs then the properties to go to Mary Darby, daughter of Samuel Darby, for ever.
Bequest Types
Location of property
Names
To: Samuel Darby; Richard Darby (Kinsman)
All the rest and residue of my estate to Samuel Darby and Richard Darby, sons of Samuel Darby the elder.
Bequest Types
Names
To: John Hungerford (Friend)
To John Hungerford, twenty shillings, for acting as overseer of my will.
Bequest Types
Names
Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen |
| 0002: | The Second day of July in the Eleventh Year of the |
| 0003: | Reign of our Soveraign Lady Anne by the grace of God |
| 0004: | of Great Britain France and Ireland Queen defender of |
| 0005: | the Faith etc Annoq[ue] d[omi]ni one Thousand Seven Hundred and |
| 0006: | Twelve I Richard Whiteseed of Henley upon Thames in |
| 0007: | the County of Oxon Yeoman doe make ordain and declare |
| 0008: | this to be my last Will and Testament in manner following |
| 0009: | First I give and bequeath unto my Kinsman William Darby |
| 0010: | son of Samuel Darby of Henley aforesaid Malster the sum[m]e |
| 0011: | of one hundred and Fifty pounds of good and lawful money |
| 0012: | of Great Britain to be well and truly paid unto him my |
| 0013: | said Kinsman William Darby within one full year next after my |
| 0014: | decease by my Executors hereinafter named Item I give and |
| 0015: | bequeath unto my Kinswoman Mary Darby daughter of the |
| 0016: | aforesaid Samuel Darby the sum[m]e of One hundred pounds of |
| 0017: | like lawful money of Great Britain to be likewise paid unto her |
| 0018: | the said Mary Darby by my Executors within one year after my |
| 0019: | decease Item I give and devise unto my Kinsman Samuel Darby |
| 0020: | Son of the aforesaid Samuel Darby and to his Heires and Assignes |
| 0021: | for ever All that my Messuage or Tenement Maulting Rooms and |
| 0022: | Premisses thereunto belonging with their and every of their |
| 0023: | appurtenances scituate standing lying and being on the |
| 0024: | South side of a certain Street lying within the Parish of Rotherfield |
| 0025: | Graies in the said County of Oxon now in the tenure occupac[i]on |
| 0026: | and possession of Henry Luggrove commonly called or known by |
| 0027: | the name of Fryday Street Item I give and devise further unto |
| 0028: | my said Kinsman Samuel Darby the younger aforesaid One |
| 0029: | hundred and Fifty pounds of lawful money of Great Britain |
| 0030: | Item I give and devise unto my Kinsman Richard Darby |
| 0031: | Son of the aforesaid Samuel Darby and to his Heires and |
| 0032: | Assignes for ever All that my Messuage or Tenement Maulting |
| 0033: | Roomes and premisses thereunto belonging with their and |
| 0034: | every of their appurtenances scituate standing lying and |
| 0035: | being in a certain Street within the Town of Henley upon |
| 0036: | Thames aforesaid com[m]only called or known by the name of |
| 0037: | Hart Street which I lately bought and purchased of one George |
| 0038: | Jem[m]ott And I also further give and bequeath unto my said |
| 0039: | Kinsman Richard Darby the sum[m]e of Two hundred pounds |
| 0040: | in money Item I give and bequeath unto my Kinswoman |
| 0041: | Mary Fouller daughter of Thomas Fouller of Shiphouse Farm |
| 0042: | in the Parish of Harding the sum[m]e of Fifty pounds in money |
| 0043: | to be well and truly paid unto her the said Mary Fouller |
| 0044: | when and as soon as she shall come and attain unto her full |
| 0045: | Age of One and twenty years Item I give and bequeath |
| 0046: | unto Richard Fouller Son of the aforesaid Thomas Fouller the |
| 0047: | like sum[m]e of Fifty pounds to be well and truly paid unto him |
| 0048: | the said Richard Fouller at his full Age of one and twenty |
| 0049: | years by my Executors herein after named Item I give and |
| 0050: | devise unto my Kinswoman Anne Grantum now the Wife of |
| 0051: | Charles Grantum All those my two Messuages or Tenements |
| 0052: | scituate standing lying and being within the said Parish of |
| 0053: | Rotherfield Graies in the aforesaid Street there called or known |
| 0054: | by the name of Fryday Street with all their appurtenances |
| 0055: | which I lately bought and purchased of one Robert Douglas |
| 0056: | To have and to hold during all the time and term of her |
| 0057: | natural Life without any Impeachment of any manner of |
| 0058: | Wast And immediately after the death and decease of my said |
| 0059: | Kinswoman Anne Grantum aforesaid I give and devise the |
| 0060: | aforesaid two Messuages or Tenements unto my Kinswoman |
| 0061: | Mary Grantum daughter of the aforesaid Anne Grantum and |
| 0062: | to her Heires for ever But if shall happen that my said |
| 0063: | Kinswoman Mary Grantum should happen to die and depart |
| 0064: | this Life without Issue of her body lawfully begotten Then I |
| 0065: | give and devise all the aforesaid two Messuages or Tenements |
| 0066: | with their and every of their appurtenances thereunto belonging |
| 0067: | unto my Kinswoman Mary Darby aforesaid and to her Heires and |
| 0068: | Assignes for ever Item I further give and bequeath unto my |
| 0069: | said Kinswoman Mary Grantum the sum[m]e of Ten pounds |
| 0070: | in money to be well and truly paid unto her the said |
| 0071: | Mary Grantum aforesaid at her full Age of One and |
| 0072: | twenty years by my Executors herein after named Item All |
| 0073: | the rest and residue of my real and Personal Estate not by |
| 0074: | me herein before given and disposed off I give devise and |
| 0075: | bequeath unto my two Kinsmen Samuel Darby and Richard |
| 0076: | Darby aforesaid Sons of the said Samuel Darby thelder |
| 0077: | whom I doe make and ordain full and sole Executors of |
| 0078: | this my last Will and Testament And I doe hereby revoke |
| 0079: | all former Wills by me at any time heretofore made and |
| 0080: | doe publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament |
| 0081: | humbly desiring my loving Friend Mr John Hung[er]ford to see |
| 0082: | as much in every respect in him lieth to see this my Will in |
| 0083: | every respect performed and kept And as for his care and |
| 0084: | pains therein to be taken as I doe hereby make him |
| 0085: | the only overseer of this my Will and Testament I give |
| 0086: | and bequeath unto him Twenty Shillings In Testimony |
| 0087: | whereof I the said Richard Whiteseed to this my last |
| 0088: | Will and Testament conteyning two sheets of Paper to |
| 0089: | each Sheet put my hand and Seal the day and year first |
| 0090: | above written |
| 0091: | |
| 0092: | Richard Whiteseed |
| 0093: | |
| 0094: | Signed sealed published |
| 0095: | and declared by the said Richard Whiteseed as his last |
| 0096: | Will and Testament in the presence of us who have |
| 0097: | attested the same in the presence of the said Testator |
| 0098: | |
| 0099: | Sarah Stevenson |
| 0100: | Gregory Stevenson |
| 0101: | Tho[mas] Floyd |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | Hilary |
| Author: | Hilary Fisher |
| Checked by: | Cynthia Robinson |
| Date posted: | 22nd May 2013 |
| Date modified: | 01st July 2014 |
Comments
A Richard Whiteseed was buried at St Mary's 5 November 1713. In place of the usual Probate clause there is a note in Latin dated 14th December 1714 saying that the named Executors, Samuel and Richard Darby, were under age and Samuel Darby the elder, as their Guardian, swore to administer the Will on their behalf