Will of Sarah Toovey
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 11/1158 |
| First date: | 19 May 1787 |
| Probate date: | 30 October 1787 |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executor: | Benjamin Moorhouse |
| (Of Henley upon Thames, cabinet maker and upholsterer. Also trustee) | |
| Witness: | Henry Porter Wilson |
| (Attorney, Henley upon Thames) | |
| Witness: | Margarett Owen |
| Court Official: | George Harris |
| (Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Court of Canterbury) | |
| Court Official: | Peter Calvert |
| (Doctor of Laws of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury) |
Bequests
To: Robert Arnold; John Arnold; Charlotte Arnold; William Arnold (Nephews and Nieces)
I give to Benjamin Moorhouse of Henley upon Thames, cabinet maker and upholsterer, two hundred and thirty one pounds, eleven shillings and three pence 3% consolidated annuities for the income to accrue and be reinvested in government securities for the benefit of my nephews and niece Robert, John, Charlotte and William Arnold, children of Robert Arnold of Rotherfield Peppard, Labourer, my late half brother, until William, the youngest nephew, shall reach twenty one years, or, if he dies before that time, then at the time he would have reached that age. At this time, the resulting money is to be divided equally amongst the surviving nephews and niece. If all my nephews and niece die before this time, then the money is to be divided amongst my next of kin or legal representatives.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Charlotte Arnold (Niece)
I give to my niece Charlotte [Arnold] all my silver plate (except my watch and set of knee buckles), my gold rings, beds, bedding, linen, table furniture and clothing
Bequest Types
Names
To: William Arnold (Nephew)
I give my watch and set of knee buckles to my nephew William [Arnold] when he reaches twenty one
Bequest Types
Names
To: Benjamin Moorhouse
I give to Benjamin Moorhouse five pounds as a compensation for executing my will
Bequest Types
Names
To: Charlotte Arnold (Niece)
I give the residue of my estate to my niece Charlotte [Arnold]
Bequest Types
Names
Transcript
| 0001: | This is the last Will |
| 0002: | and Testament of me Sarah Toovey of Henley upon |
| 0003: | Thames in the County of Oxford Widow I bequeath unto |
| 0004: | Benjamin Moorhouse of Henley upon Thames aforesaid |
| 0005: | Cabinet Maker and Upholder his Executors and Administrators |
| 0006: | the Sum of two hundred and thirty one pounds eleven shillings |
| 0007: | and three pence three per cent consolidated Annuities Upon |
| 0008: | trust to lay out and invest the Interest Dividends and annual |
| 0009: | produce thereof as the same shall from time to time arise |
| 0010: | and accrue in his or their Name or Name or Names upon |
| 0011: | good and sufficient Government Securities or Parliamentary |
| 0012: | Funds ....... and also the Interest Dividends and |
| 0013: | and annual produce of all such last mentioned Securities or |
| 0014: | Funds whereon any such Interest Dividends or annual produce |
| 0015: | shall be so laid out or invested as aforesaid in order that the |
| 0016: | same may accumulate for the benefit of my Nephews and |
| 0017: | Niece Robert John Charlotte and William Arnold Sons and |
| 0018: | Daughter of Robert Arnold late of Rotherfield Peppard Labourer |
| 0019: | my Brother of the half Blood deceased until William the |
| 0020: | youngest of my said Nephews shall attain his age of twenty one |
| 0021: | years and when and and so soon as he shall have attained his |
| 0022: | said age of twenty one years then in trust to assign transfer |
| 0023: | distribute and divide the said Sum of two hundred and thirty |
| 0024: | one pounds eleven shillings and three pence three per cent |
| 0025: | consolidated annuities and the accumulated Interest Dividends |
| 0026: | and produce thereof or the Securities or Funds whereon the |
| 0027: | same shall be invested unto and equally between and amongst |
| 0028: | my said Nephews and Niece share and share alike and if |
| 0029: | any of them my said Nephews or Niece shall depart this life |
| 0030: | before my said Nephew William shall have attained his said |
| 0031: | age of twenty one Years [↑in case he shall be then living or if |
| 0032: | then dead before such time as he would if living have attained his |
| 0033: | said age of twenty one Years] or if my said Nephew William shall |
| 0034: | happen to depart this life before he attain his age of twenty one |
| 0035: | Years Then the part or share parts or shares of him her them |
| 0036: | or any of them so dying shall go accrue to and become |
| 0037: | assignable to and vested in the others and other of them |
| 0038: | in equal shares if more than one at such time or times |
| 0039: | as his her or their original Share or Shares Which time |
| 0040: | I do hereby declare to be when and so soon as my Nephew |
| 0041: | William if living shall attain his age of twenty one years |
| 0042: | or such time as he would have attained that Age |
| 0043: | although he shall happen to die before that time and I |
| 0044: | do hereby declare my Will to be that all and every the |
| 0045: | Share and shares so directed to accrue shall from time to |
| 0046: | time accrue together with the Original Share and shares |
| 0047: | until such Original Share and Shares shall by virtue of this |
| 0048: | Will ... become vested and if all of them my said Nephews |
| 0049: | and Niece shall depart this life before such time as my said |
| 0050: | Nephew William would if living have attained unto the Age |
| 0051: | of twenty one Years then upon trust that the said Benjamin |
| 0052: | Moorhouse his Executors and Administrators shall stand and |
| 0053: | be possessed of the said Sum of two hundred and thirty one |
| 0054: | pounds eleven shillings and three pence and the accumulated |
| 0055: | Interest Dividends or annual produce thereof and the Securities |
| 0056: | or Funds whereon the same shall be invested In trust for my |
| 0057: | next of Kin or legal Representatives in an equal Course of |
| 0058: | Distribution And to and for no other trust intent or purpose |
| 0059: | whatsoever I give and bequeath unto my Niece Charlotte all |
| 0060: | my Silver Plate (except my Watch and set Knee Buckles) and also |
| 0061: | my Gold Rings Beds Bedding Bedstocks and Furniture thereunto |
| 0062: | belonging Linen Table Furniture and Wearing Apparel of what |
| 0063: | kind soever I give and bequeath my Watch and set Knee |
| 0064: | Buckles unto my said Nephew William to be delivered to him |
| 0065: | when he attains his age of twenty one years I give and |
| 0066: | bequeath unto the said Benjamin Moorhouse the Sum of five |
| 0067: | Pounds as a Compensation for his trouble of executing this |
| 0068: | my Will I give and bequeath all the rest residue and remainder |
| 0069: | of my Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever unto my |
| 0070: | said Niece Charlotte her Executors Administrators and Assigns |
| 0071: | for ever Provided always and it is my Will and Mind and I do |
| 0072: | hereby declare that it shall and may be lawful to and for the |
| 0073: | said Benjamin Moorhouse his Executors and Administrators |
| 0074: | at his and their Discretion to alter and transpose the Securities or |
| 0075: | Funds whereon the said trust Monies shall from time to time |
| 0076: | be laid out or invested and by and out of any of the Monies |
| 0077: | by virtue of this my Will or any trust hereinbefore declared |
| 0078: | shall come to his or their Hands to deduct and retain to and |
| 0079: | reimburse himself and themselves all such Expences as he or |
| 0080: | they shall or may be put unto in or about the Execution of |
| 0081: | all or any the Trusts aforesaid And that he the said |
| 0082: | Benjamin Moorhouse his Executors and administrators |
| 0083: | shall not be charged or chargeable with or for any Sum or Sums |
| 0084: | of Money other than such as shall actually and respectively |
| 0085: | come to his or their hands by virtue of this my Will nor with |
| 0086: | or for any loss or damage which may happen in or about |
| 0087: | the Execution of all or any of the trusts aforesaid without |
| 0088: | his or their respective Wilful Default I nominate constitute |
| 0089: | and appoint the said Benjamin Moorhouse Executor of |
| 0090: | this my Will and do hereby revoke and make void all |
| 0091: | former Wills and Codicils by me at any time heretofore |
| 0092: | made and declare this to be my last Will and Testament |
| 0093: | In Witness whereof I the said Sarah Toovey have to this |
| 0094: | my last Will and Testament contained in this and the |
| 0095: | preceeding Sheet of Paper set my hand and seal (to wit) my |
| 0096: | hand at the bottom of the preceeding Sheet and my hand and |
| 0097: | Seal to this last Sheet and my Seal at the top of the |
| 0098: | preceeding Sheet where the said Sheets of Paper are fixed |
| 0099: | together the nineteenth day of May in the Year of our |
| 0100: | Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven |
| 0101: | |
| 0102: | The mark of X Sarah Toovey [Seal] |
| 0103: | |
| 0104: | Signed Sealed published and |
| 0105: | declared by the said Testatrix as and for her last Will and |
| 0106: | Testament in our presence and attested by us in her sight |
| 0107: | and presence and in the sight and presence of each other |
| 0108: | |
| 0109: | H[enr]y Porter Wilson att[orne]y Henley |
| 0110: | Margarett Owen |
| 0111: |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | the author |
| Author: | Tony Lynch |
| Checked by: | Cynthia Robinson |
| Date posted: | 06th December 2013 |
| Date modified: | 25th June 2014 |