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Will of Robert Marris

Occupation

  • 002: Civil Service (Officers and Clerks)

Excise Officer of Henley upon Thames

Document reference: TNA PROB 11/1036
First date: 03 November 1769
Probate date: 29 November 1777
Probate court: London

Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.

Executrix: Ann Marris
Relationship: Daughter
Witness: Samuel Jemmett
Witness: John Shaw
Witness: John Riggs
Court Official: Andrew Coltee Ducarel
Court Official: George Hay

Bequests

To: Ann Marris (Daughter)

I give to my only daughter Ann Marris and to her heirs and assignees my house situated in a court within a gateway in Henley,  now in the occupation of William Cooper, a joiner.

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Location of property

Names

To: Ann Marris (Daughter)

All the rest and residue of my estate after debts and funeral expenses are paid I give to my daughter Ann Marris.

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Transcript

0001: In the Name of God Amen
0002: I Robert Marris of Henley upon Thames in the County of
0003: Oxford Officer of Excise do make publish and declare this
0004: which I have written with my own Hand to be my last
0005: Will and Testament in Manner and Form following that
0006: is to say I give devise and bequeath unto my only
0007: Daughter Ann Marris her Heirs and Assigns for ever all
0008: that Messuage or Tenement with the Appurtenances there
0009: unto belonging situate and being in a Court within a
0010: Gateway at Henley upon Thames in the County of
0011: Oxford now in the occupation of William Cooper a joiner
0012: and all the rest and residue of my Estate wheresoever
0013: and whatsoever after my Debts and Funeral Expences are
0014: paid and satisfied I Give devise and bequeath unto my
0015: said Daughter Ann Marris And I do hereby constitute
0016: and appoint my said Daughter Ann Marris the sole
0017: Executrix of this my last Will and Testament and in
0018: Testimony that this Writing is and contains my last Will
0019: and Testament I the said Robert Marris have hereunto
0020: set my Hand and Seal this third day of November in the
0021: Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty
0022: nine
0023:
0024: Robert Marris [Seal]
0025:
0026: Signed Sealed Published and
0027: Declared by the said Robert Marris the Testator as and
0028: for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us
0029: who have hereunto subscribed
0030:
0031: Sam[ue]l Jemmett
0032: J[oh]n Shaw
0033: John Riggs

Preparation of this entry

Post status: Published
Transcript by: Viv Greenwood
Author: Viv Greenwood
Checked by: Cynthia Robinson
Date posted: 14th November 2013
Date modified: 19th April 2014