Will of William Sharpe
Occupation
- 100: Farmer, Grazier, Yeoman
Location
Yeoman of Henley upon Thames
| Document reference: | TNA PROB 11/689 |
| First date: | 04 August 1736 |
| Probate date: | 08 May 1738 |
| Probate court: | London |
Executors, Witnesses and Court Officials etc.
| Executor: | William Sharpe |
| (Son of the Testator) | |
| Witness: | Elizabeth Atkinson |
| Witness: | Ann Caudel |
| Witness: | William Blackney |
| Court Official: | Robert Chapman |
| Court Official: | John Bettesworth |
Bequests
To: William Sharpe (Son)
I give to my son William Sharpe all my property for his life and at his death to his two sons, Francis Sharpe and William Sharpe, at the age of twenty one years equally and should either die before inheriting then the survivor shall inherit. I give the residue of my estate to my son William Sharpe.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Ann Sharpe (Grand daughter)
I give to my granddaughter Ann Sharpe one hundred pounds to be paid when she is twenty one or upon the day of her marriage, whichever happens first.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Mary Micklin (Daughter)
I give to my daughter Mary Micklin fifty pounds to use as she pleases to be paid by my Executor at the end of the Executor year.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Four children of John Micklin (Grand children)
I give to my son-in-law John Micklin's four children fifty pounds each
Bequest Types
Names
To: Six children of John Meades (Grand children)
I give to my son-in-law John Meades's six children five pounds each to be paid at the age of twenty one years or the day of marriage. If any die before inheriting then their share to be equally divided with the surviving children
Bequest Types
Names
To: Elizabeth Roe (Grand daughter)
I give to my brother Richard Sharpe's daughter Elizabeth Roe ten pounds to be paid by my Executor within the Executor Year.
Bequest Types
Names
To: Mary Micklin, Susannah Meades (Daughters)
All those goods that were carried from Waltham to the place of my son-in-law John Micklin I give to my two daughters Mary Micklin and Susannah Meades equally
Bequest Types
Names
Transcript
| 0001: | In the Name of God Amen |
| 0002: | the Fourth day of August in the Year of our Lord 1736 I William |
| 0003: | Sharpe of Henley upon Thames in the County of Oxon Yeoman |
| 0004: | being of perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto God |
| 0005: | therefore calling unto Mind the Mortality of my Body and |
| 0006: | knowing that it is appointed for all Men once to dye do make |
| 0007: | and Ordain this my last Will and Testament that is to say |
| 0008: | principally and first of all I give and Recommend my Soul |
| 0009: | into the Hands of God that gave it and for my Body I recom[m]end |
| 0010: | it to the Earth to be buried in a Christian like and decent manner |
| 0011: | at the Discretion of my Executor nothing doubting but at the |
| 0012: | general Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the |
| 0013: | Mighty Power of God and as touching such Worldly Estate |
| 0014: | wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life I give devise |
| 0015: | dispose of the Same in the Following manner and Form First I |
| 0016: | Give and bequeath to my Son William Sharpe all and singular |
| 0017: | my Lands Messuages and Tenements during the Term of his Life and |
| 0018: | at his decease or when his two Sons (that is) Francis Sharp and |
| 0019: | William Sharpe are attained unto the age of twenty one Years it |
| 0020: | shall be equally divided between them by them and the Heirs of |
| 0021: | their Bodys lawfully begotten to be possessed and enjoyed for Ever |
| 0022: | and in case either of my two Grandsons (that is) Francis Sharpe |
| 0023: | and William Sharpe should dye before they are possessed of it that |
| 0024: | the surviving person shall enjoy it all Secondly I give and devise |
| 0025: | to my Grand Daughter Ann Sharpe the su[m]me of One hundred |
| 0026: | pounds of lawfull Money to be paid her when She is twenty one |
| 0027: | years of Age or upon the Day of [↑her] Marriage which shall first |
| 0028: | happen Thirdly I give and devise to my Daughter Mary Micklin |
| 0029: | the Sum[m]e of Fifty pounds of lawfull Money for her own proper Use |
| 0030: | to Use it as She please to be paid by my Executor at the End of the |
| 0031: | Executor year Fourthly I give and devise to my Son in Law John |
| 0032: | Micklin's four Children Fifty pounds apeice of like lawfull |
| 0033: | Money Fifthly I give and devise to my Son in Law John Meades |
| 0034: | Six Children Five pounds a peice of like lawfull Money to be paid |
| 0035: | by my Executor to each of them as they come of age that is |
| 0036: | twenty one Years of age or the day of Marriage And if in case |
| 0037: | either of them should dye before they attain to the age of twenty |
| 0038: | one Years or day of Marriage then their Money which should |
| 0039: | have been shall be equally divided betwixt them that are then |
| 0040: | living Sixthly I give and devise to my Brother Richard Sharpe's |
| 0041: | Daughter (that is) Elizabeth Roe the Sum[m]e of Ten Pounds of |
| 0042: | lawfull Money to be paid by my Executor within the Executor |
| 0043: | Year Seventhly all those Goods that were carried from Waltham to |
| 0044: | my Son in Law John Micklins I give and devise to my two |
| 0045: | Daughters (that is to say) Mary Micklin and Susannah Meads |
| 0046: | to be equally divided betwixt them Eighthly I give and devise to |
| 0047: | my Son William Sharpe whom I likewise constitute make and |
| 0048: | ordain my only and Sole Executor of this my last Will and |
| 0049: | Testament All and singular my Lands Messuages [↑and] Tenements |
| 0050: | and all my Household Goods Chattells and Moveables that are |
| 0051: | belonging to me at my decease which are not already disposed of |
| 0052: | of which I have an Inventory of every particular by him freely |
| 0053: | to be possessed and enjoyed and I do hereby utterly disallow |
| 0054: | revoke and disannull all and every other former Testaments Wills |
| 0055: | and Legacys Bequests and Executors by me in any ways before |
| 0056: | this time named Willed and bequeathed Ratifying and confirming |
| 0057: | this and no other to be my last Will and Testament In Witness |
| 0058: | whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the Day and |
| 0059: | Year above written |
| 0060: | |
| 0061: | William Sharpe |
| 0062: | Signed Sealed published |
| 0063: | pronounced and Declared by the said William Sharpe as his last |
| 0064: | Will and Testament in the presence of Us the subscribers |
| 0065: | |
| 0066: | Elizabeth Atkinson |
| 0067: | Ann Candel |
| 0068: | W[illia]m Blackney |
Preparation of this entry
| Post status: | Published |
| Transcript by: | Viv Greenwood |
| Author: | Viv Greenwood |
| Checked by: | Cynthia Robinson |
| Date posted: | 30th March 2013 |
| Date modified: | 23rd May 2014 |