Will of Sarah Lane
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 11/589 |
| First date: | 03 August 1722 |
| Probate date: | 15 February 1722/3 |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executrix: | Elizabeth Smith |
| (Daughter of Elizabeth Robbinson, niece of testatrix) | |
| Witness: | Moses Higgs |
| Witness: | Francis Lewen |
| Witness: | Thomas Kilner |
| Court Official: | William Strahan |
| (Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Court of Canterbury) | |
| Court Official: | John Bettesworth |
| (Doctor of Laws of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury) | |
| Other: | Daniel Ashford |
| (Trustee and Overseer of will. Clerk of Hurley, Berkshire) | |
| Other: | Robert Blake |
| (Trustee and Overseer of will. Wharfinger of Reading.) | |
| Other: | Thomas Taylor |
| (Trustee and Overseer of will. Maltster of Henley upon Thames.) |
Bequests
To: Elizabeth Robbinson (Niece)
I give to Daniel Ashford, Robert Blake and Thomas Taylor my leasehold property and estates in or near Grazeley, Berkshire, now occupied by John Cowdrey and Richard Cowdrey, and formerly by their late father Ralph Cowdrey, for the remainder of the term of the lease to pay the net rents from them after my death to my niece Elizabeth Robbinson, wife of Heneage Robbinson merchant of London, during her lifetime and into her own hands. After her death, unless she directs otherwise, they shall hold the property for the benefit of her sons Heneage and William Robbinson in equal shares. If either of the sons dies before reaching the age of twenty three, the bequest passes to the survivor. If they both die before reaching this age, the bequest passes to Elizabeth Robbinson's daughters, Elizabeth and Sarah Smith in equal shares.
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To: Elizabeth Robbinson (Niece)
I give to my trustees Daniel Ashford, Robert Blake and Thomas Taylor one hundred and fifty pounds within six months of my death to be placed out at interest to pay this interest to my niece Elizabeth Robbinson for her lifetime into her own hands, separately from her husband. After her death, the money shall be disposed of according to her will or similar document and failing this, it will pass to her sons Heneage and William Robbinson in equal shares when they reach the age of twenty three; before they reach this age, it is to be used for their education and maintenance. If one of them dies before reaching this age, the bequest passes to the survivor and if both die, it passes to the kinswoman of the testatrix, Elizabeth Smith. My trustees are not to be held liable for non-fraudulent losses or for the acts of the other trustees, but may reimburse them selves for any costs incurred in management of the legacy.
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To: Elizabeth Smith (Great neice)
I confirm the settlement of my property and lands Aldworth, Berks on Elizabeth Smith, daughter of my niece Elizabeth Robbinson.
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To: Sarah Smith (Great neice)
I confirm the settlement of about thirty two acres of meadow land in Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, onto Sarah Smith, daughter of my niece Elizabeth Robbinson.
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To: Daniel Ashford; Robert Blake; Thomas Taylor (Friends)
I bequeath to Daniel Ashford, Robert Blake and Thomas Taylor five pounds each for executing their trusts.
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To: Heneage Robbinson (Kinsman)
I forgive to my kinsman Heneage Robbinson, husband of my niece Elizabeth Robbinson, all such money as he owes me at the time of my death.
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To: Thomas Smith (Great nephew)
I forgive to my kinsman Thomas Smith, son of my niece Elizabeth Robbinson, all the money he shall owe or be indebted to me at the time of my death, either for moneys lent him or for his board and education.
Bequest Types
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To: Heneage Robbinson; William Robbinson (Grand nephew)
I give to Heneage Robbinson and William Robbinson, sons of my niece Elizabeth Robbinson, one hundred pounds each to be paid to them when they reach the age of twenty three; the interest earned on it in the meantime goes to my executrix [Elizabeth Smith]. If either of them dies before reaching this age, then his legacy shall pass to the survivor of them. If they both die before reaching this age, the legacy shall pass to my executrix.
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To: Sarah Smith (Kinswoman)
I give to Sarah (one of the daughters of my kinsman Thomas Smith of Hanley Hall near Newcastle under Lyme in Staffordshire) one hundred pounds on her marriage or when she reaches the age of twenty one, if sooner; the interest on this sum in the mean time goes to my executrix [Elizabeth Smith]. If Sarah dies before she is entitled to receive this legacy, it passes to her sister Margaret, on marriage or reaching the age of twenty one. If she also dies before this time, the legacy passes to her brother Jeremiah Smith, when he reaches the age of twenty one.
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To: Elizabeth Robbinson (Niece)
I give to my niece Elizabeth Robbinson, her husband and daughters Elizabeth Smith and Sarah Smith, and to my kinsman Thomas Smith, son of Elizabeth Robbinson, and his wife eight pounds each to buy them mourning to be paid to them at my funeral.
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To: Sarah Smith (Great neice)
I give to my kinswoman Sarah Smith, one of the daughters of my niece Elizabeth Robbinson, one hundred and fifty pounds to be paid to her within twelve months of my death.
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To: Sarah Smith (Great neice)
I give to my kinswoman Sarah [Smith], one of the daughters of my niece Elizabeth Robbinson, a half share of my houshold goods, linen and plate within two months of my death.
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To: Poor
I order that my executrix as soon as convenient after my death distributes five pounds among such of the poor of Henley upon Thames as she shall think fit.
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To: Elizabeth Smith (Great neice)
I give to my kinswoman Elizabeth Smith, daughter of my niece Elizabeth Robbinson, my two-thirds of the mansion house and farm called Youngs, alias Paulings, and all my other land and property in the parish of Bray in Berks. This bequest is subject to the payment of all the pecuniary legacies in my will, other than what I have appointed to be paid out of the rents and profits of my estate in Grazeley.
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To: Elizabeth Smith (Grand niece)
I give to my kinswoman Elizabeth Smith, daughter of my niece Elizabeth Robbinson, all the rest of my goods, chattels, lands, property and Estate, subject to the payment of my debts, legacies and funeral expenses.
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Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen |
| 0002: | the Third day of August in the Ninth year of the Reign of our |
| 0003: | Soveraign Lord George by the grace of God King of Great Britain |
| 0004: | France and Ireland Defender of the Faith &c And in the year of our Lord |
| 0005: | God one Thousand seven hundred and Twenty two I Sarah Lane of Henley |
| 0006: | upon Thames in the County of Oxon Spinster being of sound and perfect |
| 0007: | mind and disposing memory (thanks be given to God therefore) and |
| 0008: | calling to mind the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time |
| 0009: | when and to avoid all disputes which may happen after my decease |
| 0010: | as far as in me lies Do make and ordain this my last Will and |
| 0011: | Testament in manner following (that is to say) First I recommend my |
| 0012: | Soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave it trusting to obtain |
| 0013: | Salvation through the merits death and passion of Jesus Christ my |
| 0014: | ever blessed Saviour and Redeemer And my Body to the Earth to be |
| 0015: | decently buried at the discretion of my Executrix herein after |
| 0016: | named And for the charges of my Funeral I do order that the same |
| 0017: | shall not exceed the sum[me] of Thirty pounds And as for the worldly |
| 0018: | Estate which God in his mercy hath bestowed upon me I dispose |
| 0019: | thereof as followeth Imprimis I give devise and bequeath unto |
| 0020: | Daniel Ashford of Hurley in the County of Berks Clerke Robert Blake |
| 0021: | of Reading in the said County of Berks Wharfinger and Thomas |
| 0022: | Taylor of Henley upon Thames aforesaid Malster All that my Leasehold |
| 0023: | Messuage or Tenement Farm and Lands with the appurtenances And |
| 0024: | all other my Leasehold Estates scituate lying and being in or near |
| 0025: | Greisley in the said County of Berks with all the Rights Members |
| 0026: | and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining |
| 0027: | now in the occupac[i]ons of my Tennants John Cowdrey and Richard |
| 0028: | Cowdrey by vertue of a Lease by me to them thereof granted and |
| 0029: | which late were in the occupation of their late Father Ralph Cowdrey |
| 0030: | deceased And all my Estate Right Title and Interest therein To hold |
| 0031: | to them the said Daniel Ashford Robert Blake and Thomas Taylor |
| 0032: | their Executors and Administrators for and during the residue and |
| 0033: | remainder of such Term and number of years as I shall have therein |
| 0034: | at the time of my decease In Trust Nevertheless that they the said |
| 0035: | Daniel Ashford Robert Blake and Thomas Taylor and the Survivors |
| 0036: | and Survivor of them and the Executors and Administrators of such |
| 0037: | Survivor shall immediately from and after my decease at all times |
| 0038: | from thenceforth during the continuance of my Term and Estate |
| 0039: | therein stand and be possessed thereof To and for the several uses |
| 0040: | intents and purposes and subject to the several limitations and |
| 0041: | Conditions herein after mentioned (that is to say) That they the said |
| 0042: | Daniel Ashford Robert Blake and Thomas Taylor and the Survivors |
| 0043: | and Survivor of them and the Executors and Administrators of such |
| 0044: | Survivor shall and do answer and pay the clear rents issues and |
| 0045: | profits of the aforesaid premisses (all reasonable deductions being first |
| 0046: | made) to my Niece Elizabeth Robbinson Wife of Heneage Robbinson |
| 0047: | Merchant of London from time to time yearly and every year or |
| 0048: | oftner if conveniently may be for and during so many years and for |
| 0049: | so long time of my term and estate therein as she my said Niece |
| 0050: | shall live for her sole seperate use and benefit And so that the same |
| 0051: | or any part thereof shall not be subject to the Disposic[i]on Debts |
| 0052: | Forfeitures Engagements or Contracts of her said Husband or of any other |
| 0053: | Husband hereafter to be taken and that all such sum[me] and sum[me]s of money |
| 0054: | as shall be paid unto her during her Coverture shall be paid into her own |
| 0055: | hands And that her own Receipt shall be a sufficient Discharge for the |
| 0056: | same unto my said Trustees notwithstanding her Coverture And from |
| 0057: | and after the decease of my said Niece Elizabeth Robbinson Then they |
| 0058: | the said Daniel Ashford Robert Blake and Thomas Taylor and the |
| 0059: | Survivors and Survivor of them and the Executors and Administrators of |
| 0060: | such Survivor shall stand and be possessed of the aforesaid premisses To |
| 0061: | and for such use or uses intents or purposes as my said Niece Elizabeth |
| 0062: | Robbinson whether Covert or sole by any Deed in writing under her |
| 0063: | hand and seal attested in the presence of two or more credible |
| 0064: | Witnesses or by her last Will and Testament in writing only executed |
| 0065: | and attested as aforesaid shall limit direct and appoint And for want |
| 0066: | of such limitac[i]on direction and appointment Then my said Trustees |
| 0067: | and the Survivors and Survivor of them and the Executors and |
| 0068: | Administrators of such Survivor shall stand and be possessed of the |
| 0069: | aforesaid premisses during the then residue of my Term and Estate |
| 0070: | therein To and for the sole use and benefit of Heneage Robbinson |
| 0071: | and William Robbinson Sons of my said Neice Elizabeth Robbinson |
| 0072: | equally share and share alike and of their respective Executors and |
| 0073: | Administrators But if either of them the said two Sons of my said Niece |
| 0074: | shall depart this Life before he shall attain to the Age of one and |
| 0075: | twenty years Then my Will is that all and singular the aforesaid |
| 0076: | premisses shall remain and be and my said Trustees shall stand |
| 0077: | possessed thereof during the then residue of my Term therein To the |
| 0078: | Use of the Survivor of them two his Executors and Administrators But |
| 0079: | if it shall so happen that both of the said two Sons of my said Niece |
| 0080: | shall depart this Life before they or either of them shall attain to the |
| 0081: | Age of one and twenty years Then my Will is that my aforesaid |
| 0082: | Trustees shall stand and be possessed of the premisses for the then |
| 0083: | residue of my Estate term and Interest therein To and for the only Use |
| 0084: | and benefit of my Kinswomen Elizabeth Smith and Sarah Smith Daughters |
| 0085: | of my said Niece Elizabeth Robbinson equally share and share alike and |
| 0086: | to their respective Executors Administrators and Assignes Item I |
| 0087: | further give devise and bequeath unto the said Daniel Ashford Robert |
| 0088: | Blake and Thomas Taylor the sum[m]e of One hundred and fifty pounds |
| 0089: | to be paid unto them by my Executrix within six Months next after |
| 0090: | my death to be by them placed out at Interest in their Names or |
| 0091: | in the Name or Names of the Survivors or Survivor of them upon |
| 0092: | the best Security or Securitys that they can get for the same To |
| 0093: | the intent and purpose that they the said Daniel Ashford Robert |
| 0094: | Blake and Thomas Taylor and the Survivors and Survivor of them |
| 0095: | and the Executors and Administrators of such Survivor shall and |
| 0096: | may stand and be possessed thereof and of the Securities that shall |
| 0097: | from time to time be had or taken for the same and of the moneys |
| 0098: | thereon due To and for the several Uses and subject to the Trusts |
| 0099: | and Conditions herein after mentioned concerning the same one |
| 0100: | hundred and fifty pounds (that is to say) That they the said |
| 0101: | Trustees and the Survivors and Survivor of them and the Executors |
| 0102: | and Administrators of such Survivor shall and will pay the Interest |
| 0103: | and product of the said one hundred and Fifty pounds unto my said |
| 0104: | Niece Elizabeth Robbinson during the term of her natural Life seperate |
| 0105: | and apart from her said Husband or of any other Husband hereafter |
| 0106: | to be taken and soe as the same or any part thereof shall not be |
| 0107: | subject to the Disposition Debts Forfeitures Engagements or Contracts |
| 0108: | of her said Husband or of any other Husband hereafter to be taken |
| 0109: | but that all such sum[me]s of money as shall be paid unto her during |
| 0110: | her Coverture shall be paid into her own hands and that her Receipt |
| 0111: | shall be unto them a sufficient Discharge for the same And that from |
| 0112: | and after the Death of my said Niece Elizabeth Robbinson Then my |
| 0113: | said Trustees and the Survivors and Survivor of them and the Executors |
| 0114: | and Administrators of such Survivor shall stand and be possessed of |
| 0115: | the said One hundred and Fifty pounds and of the Securitys that shall |
| 0116: | be then had or taken for the same and of the money thereon due To |
| 0117: | and for such Use or Uses intents or purposes as my said Niece |
| 0118: | Elizabeth Robbinson whether Covert or sole by any Deed in Writing |
| 0119: | under her hand and Seal attested in the presence of two or more |
| 0120: | credible Witnesses or by her last Will and Testament in writing |
| 0121: | duly executed and attested as aforesaid shall limit direct and |
| 0122: | appoint And for want of such Limitation Direction and appointment |
| 0123: | Then my said Trustees and the Survivors and Survivor of them and |
| 0124: | the Executors and Administrators of such Survivor shall stand and be |
| 0125: | possessed thereof and of the securitys that shall be then had or taken |
| 0126: | for the same and of the moneys thereon due To and for the sole Use |
| 0127: | and benefit of the aforesaid Heneage and William Robbinson Sons of |
| 0128: | my said Niece Elizabeth Robbinson equally share and share alike |
| 0129: | to be paid unto them as they shall severally attain to the Age of Three |
| 0130: | and twenty years And if either of them two Sons shall depart this |
| 0131: | Life before that Age That then the part therein of him so dying shall |
| 0132: | remain to the Survivor of them Two And if both of them the said |
| 0133: | two Sons shall depart this Life before they or either of them shall |
| 0134: | attain that Age Then my Will is that the said One hundred and fifty |
| 0135: | pounds shall remain and be to my said Kinswoman Elizabeth Smith |
| 0136: | being my Executrix herein after named Nevertheless my Will is |
| 0137: | That in case my said Niece Elizabeth Robbinson shall depart this |
| 0138: | Life without making any Limitation or Direction touching the said |
| 0139: | One hundred and Fifty pounds That in such case the Interest |
| 0140: | thereof made after such the death of my said Niece shall be paid |
| 0141: | by my Trustees towards the Educac[i]on and maintenance of her said |
| 0142: | two Sons in such manner as my said Trustees shall think fitt untill |
| 0143: | such time as the said principal sum[m]e of One hundred and fifty |
| 0144: | pounds shall grow due to be paid as aforesaid Provided nevertheless |
| 0145: | and my Will is that my said Trustees or any or either of them |
| 0146: | shall not in any wise be answerable or accountable for all or any |
| 0147: | part of the said sum[m]e of One hundred and fifty pounds which they |
| 0148: | any or either of them do and shall without any fraud place out |
| 0149: | at Interest on Security or Securitys which shall prove bad or |
| 0150: | insufficient whereby the same or any part thereof shall happen |
| 0151: | to be lost Neither shall my said Trustees or any one or either of |
| 0152: | them be answerable or accountable for the management Act or |
| 0153: | Deed of the other or others of them touching or concerning any of |
| 0154: | the aforesaid Trusts but each of them for his and their own respective |
| 0155: | Acts and Deeds only and for such moneys only as shall come to his |
| 0156: | their and each of their own respective hands And my Will and |
| 0157: | meaning is And I do hereby order and direct That my said Trustees |
| 0158: | and the Survivors and Survivor of them and the Executors and |
| 0159: | Administrators of such Survivor shall be saved harmless and deduct |
| 0160: | to themselves by and out of my said Estate and Estates so devised unto |
| 0161: | them as aforesaid All such costs charges Damages and Expences as |
| 0162: | they or any of them shall bear pay sustain or be put unto by reason |
| 0163: | of the premisses and the Trusts by me in them reposed or in the |
| 0164: | execuc[i]on or management thereof or in any wise touching or |
| 0165: | concerning the same And in case of any defect or loss in the |
| 0166: | Settlement of my Messuages Lands and Tenements in Aldworth in |
| 0167: | the County of Berks on the said Elizabeth Smith Daughter of my |
| 0168: | said Niece Elizabeth Robbinson and her Heirs I give and confirm |
| 0169: | the same unto the said Elizabeth the Daughter and her Heirs And |
| 0170: | likewise In case of any Defect or loss in the Settlement of my Two |
| 0171: | and Thirty Acres or thereabouts of Meadow Ground in Rotherfield |
| 0172: | Grays in the said County of Oxon on the said Sarah Smith |
| 0173: | Daughter of my said Niece Elizabeth Robbinson and her Heirs |
| 0174: | I give and confirm the same unto the said Sarah Smith and her |
| 0175: | Heirs Item I do hereby devise and bequeath to the said Daniel |
| 0176: | Ashford Robert Blake and Thomas Taylor the sum[m]e of Five pounds |
| 0177: | apiece for their care and pains to be taken in the Execuc[i]on of the |
| 0178: | Trusts in them hereby reposed Item I do hereby forgive and |
| 0179: | discharge to my Kinsman Heneage Robbinson Husband of my |
| 0180: | said Niece Elizabeth Robbinson all such sum[m]e or sumes of money |
| 0181: | as he shall any ways owe or be indebted to me at the time of my |
| 0182: | decease either by Bond or otherwise Item I do also hereby forgive |
| 0183: | and discharge to my Kinsman Thomas Smith Son of my said Niece |
| 0184: | Elizabeth Robbinson All such sum[me] or sum[me]s of money as he shall |
| 0185: | any ways owe or be indebted to me at the time of my decease either |
| 0186: | for moneys lent him or for his Board and Education Item I give |
| 0187: | and devise unto the said Heneage Robbinson and William Robbinson |
| 0188: | (sons of my said Niece Elizabeth Robbinson) the sume of One hundred |
| 0189: | pounds apiece to be paid unto them at their several Ages of Three |
| 0190: | and twenty years by my Executrix And that the Interest in the |
| 0191: | mean time thereof made shall remain to my Executrix And my |
| 0192: | Will is that if either of the said two Sons of my said Niece Elizabeth |
| 0193: | Robbinson shall depart this life before he attain the said Age of |
| 0194: | three and twenty years Then his Legacy so dying shall remain and |
| 0195: | be paid by my Executrix to the Survivor of them Two on such Survivor |
| 0196: | his attaining his said Age of Three and twenty years But if both |
| 0197: | the said last named two Sons of my said Niece shall depart this Life |
| 0198: | before they or either of them shall attain to the said Age of Three |
| 0199: | and twenty years Then my Will is that their said last menc[i]oned |
| 0200: | Legacies shall remain to my Executrix Item I give devise and |
| 0201: | bequeath unto Sarah (one of the Daughters of my said Kinsman |
| 0202: | Thomas Smith of Handly Hall near New Castle under Line in Staffordshire) |
| 0203: | the sum[m]e of One hundred pounds to be paid by my Executrix unto her |
| 0204: | at the day of her Marriage or at her Age of one and twenty years |
| 0205: | which first shall happen And if she the said Sarah shall depart |
| 0206: | this Life before she attain her said Age of one and twenty years or |
| 0207: | be married Then I give the same One hundred pounds to her Sister |
| 0208: | Margaret But if her said Sister Margaret shall depart this Life |
| 0209: | before she attain the like Age of one and twenty or be married Then |
| 0210: | I give the same One hundred pounds to her Brother Jeremiah |
| 0211: | Smith at the like Age And that the Interest thereof in the mean time |
| 0212: | made shall remain to my Executrix Item I give devise and bequeath |
| 0213: | unto my aforesaid Niece Elizabeth Robbinson and to her said Husband |
| 0214: | and unto my aforesaid Kinsman Thomas Smith Son of my said |
| 0215: | Niece and to his Wife and to my said Kinswomen Elizabeth Smith |
| 0216: | and Sarah Smith Daughters of my said Niece Elizabeth Robbinson |
| 0217: | the sum[m]e of Eight pounds apiece to buy them Mourning to be paid |
| 0218: | unto them respectively at my Funeral Item I do hereby give devise |
| 0219: | and bequeath to my said Kinswoman Sarah Smith (one of the Daughters |
| 0220: | of my said Niece Elizabeth Robbinson) the sum[m]e of one hundred and |
| 0221: | fifty pounds to be paid unto her by my Executrix within the space |
| 0222: | of Twelve Months next after my Death Item I give devise and |
| 0223: | bequeath to my said Kinswoman Sarah (one of the Daughters of my |
| 0224: | said Niece Elizabeth Robbinson) the one half part of my houshold |
| 0225: | Goods Linnen and Plate to be delivered to her by my Executrix |
| 0226: | within two Months next after my Death Item I do order and appoint |
| 0227: | that my Executrix so soon as conveniently may be after my Death |
| 0228: | do distribute and give the sum[m]e of Five pounds to and among |
| 0229: | such of the Poor of Henley upon Thames aforesaid as she shall |
| 0230: | think fit Item I do hereby give devise and bequeath unto my said |
| 0231: | Kinswoman Elizabeth Smith (Daughter of my said Niece Elizabeth |
| 0232: | Robbinson) and to her Heirs and Assignes for ever All those my two |
| 0233: | parts (the whole in three equal parts to be divided) of all that Manc[i]on |
| 0234: | House Capital Messuage or Tenement and Farm com[m]only called or |
| 0235: | known by the Name of Youngs al[ia]s Paulings scituate lying and being |
| 0236: | in the Parish of Bray in the said County of Berks And all other my |
| 0237: | Lands Tenements and Hereditaments in Bray aforesaid Chargeable |
| 0238: | Nevertheless And I do order that my said Two parts (in Three) of |
| 0239: | the said Mansion House Capital Messuage or Tenement and Farm |
| 0240: | and all other my Lands Tenements and Hereditaments in Bray |
| 0241: | aforesaid shall stand and be subject and liable to the payment of all |
| 0242: | and every the pecuniary Legacies and sum[m]es of money by me given |
| 0243: | directed or appointed to be paid (other than what I have above devised |
| 0244: | and appointed to be paid out of the rents and profits of my estate in |
| 0245: | Greisley aforesaid) Item I do hereby give devise and bequeath to |
| 0246: | my said Kinswoman Elizabeth Smith (Daughter of my said Niece |
| 0247: | Elizabeth Robbinson) and to her Heirs Executors and Administrators All |
| 0248: | the rest and residue of my Goods chattells Lands tenements hereditam[en]ts] |
| 0249: | and Estate whatsoever and wheresoever both real and personal not |
| 0250: | before by me given and disposed of (Subject nevertheless to the paym[en]t |
| 0251: | of my Debts Legacies beforemenc[i]oned to be by her paid and Funeral |
| 0252: | expences) And I do [↑hereby] make ordain constitute and appoint my said |
| 0253: | Kinswoman Elizabeth Smith (Daughter of my said Niece Elizabeth Robbinson) |
| 0254: | full and sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament And I doe |
| 0255: | hereby appoint my loving Friends herein before named (vizt) Daniel |
| 0256: | Ashford Robert Blake and Thomas Taylor Overseers of this my last |
| 0257: | Will and Testament desiring them to be aiding and assisting to my |
| 0258: | Executrix in the performance thereof And I do hereby revoake |
| 0259: | all former Wills by me at any time heretofore made and do publish |
| 0260: | and declare this to be my last Will and Testament and no other And |
| 0261: | Lastly In case any of my Legatees shall com[m]ence any Suit in Law or |
| 0262: | Equity against my Executrix for any matter concerning this my Will |
| 0263: | without applying two Months before the commenceing of such Suit unto |
| 0264: | my Trustees the Survivors or Survivor of them for a determinac[i]on of |
| 0265: | such matter in Dispute Then I will and devise That the Expences of such |
| 0266: | defence shall be abated and deducted by my Executrix out of the Legacy |
| 0267: | of such person or persons commencing such Suit or Suits In Witness |
| 0268: | whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and Seal the day and year |
| 0269: | first above written. |
| 0270: | |
| 0271: | Sarah Lane |
| 0272: | |
| 0273: | Signed sealed published and declared |
| 0274: | by the above named Sarah Lane the Testatrix as and for her last Will |
| 0275: | and Testament in the presence of us who subscribed our Names as |
| 0276: | Witnesses hereunto in the presence of the said Testatrix |
| 0277: | |
| 0278: | Mos[es] Higgs |
| 0279: | Fra[ncis] Lewen |
| 0280: | Thom[mas] Kilner |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | the author |
| Author: | Tony Lynch |
| Checked by: | Cynthia Robinson |
| Date posted: | 23rd April 2013 |
| Date modified: | 15th April 2014 |