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Will of Barbara BATHURST ex GLS Lechlade

Will 17 Aug 1784   Probate 15 Feb 1785

Source: TNA no. PROB11/1126
Contributed by: Julia Eade Go to Translation Go to Transcript
Summary.
... me Barbara Bathurst late of GLS Lechlade but now of Lambs Conduit St (MDX) widow ...

NameRelationship[Comments] or Major Bequests
Barbara BATHURST ex GLS Lechlade
Mary BENNETTLegatee Servant
Robert ALDUS?LegateeMDX Holborn
James COXETERNephew (Exec)
Rev Samuel CLARKMention
Ann CLARKNiece[w Rev Samuel]
Lady Ann BENSONLegatee
Mary BENSONLegatee[d Lady Ann]
Rev Charles Jasper SELWYNMentionWOR Brockley
Albinia SELWYNLegatee[eldest dau Rev Charles]
Gregory WARDWitnessChandlers Hall solicitor
Aaron HIORNS?Witnesssolicitor's clerk

Probate 15 Feb 1785 London (PCC) ... James Coxeter the nephew and sole Executor ...
Transcriber's and Editor's Notes
Not technically an Oxon will, but she is thought to have been born in Bampton.
The figures for her holding in Consols do not agree -- someone (the probate clerk?) appears to have made a mistake. The total should probably be £1434 14s 10d, not £1444 14s 10d.
The following details are believed to be true but should not be totally relied upon:
Testatrix: nee COXETER, daughter of Richard (1741 qv), sister-in-law of Elizabeth (1772 qv).
  Translated and paragraphed.
with some of the standard preamble and "legalese" removed.
Go to Glossary
... me Barbara Bathurst late of GLS Lechlade but now of Lambs Conduit St (MDX) widow ...
  • I desire to be buried with my late dear husband at Lechlade, in a leaden coffin.
    My corpse is to be carried from the hearse to the church at Lechlade and then to the grave by six persons of Lechlade (whom I shall name), and each is to be paid three Guineas for his trouble.
  • Whereas I have £1444 14s 10d in 3% Consols in my name at the Bank of England:
    • I give my servant Mary Bennett, spinster (whether living with me at my decease or not), £200 [of it], to be transferred as soon as possible after my decease.
    • I give to Robert Aldus? of Bedford St in St Andrew Holborn (MDX), gentleman, £100 [of it] to be transferred as soon as possible after my decease.
    • I give the remaining £1134 14s 10d [see Note] to my nephew James Coxeter of the Bank of England, gentleman, and my niece Ann Clark (wife of the Rev Samuel Clark of STS Hamstall Ridware, clerk) equally divided as tenants in common and not as joint tenants, they paying equal shares of my debts, funeral and testamentary expenses.
  • I give to Lady Ann Benson three guineas for a ring, and to her daughter Miss Mary Benson my diamond ear-rings.
  • I give to the Rev Henry Pinnock of the City of Gloucester three guineas for a ring.
  • I give to Miss Albinia Selwyn (eldest daughter of the Rev Charles Jasper Selwyn of WOR Brockley) my gold watch with everything appertaining to it except the picture of King Charles I and the crystal heart with hair enclosed in it (which picture and crystal heart I give to my niece Ann Clark).
  • I also give to Albinia Selwyn one large fine diaper tablecloth and one dozen napkins with blue satin stripes.
  • I give to my niece Ann Clark all my silver plate except two large tablespoons, half a dozen teaspoons, a pair of tea tongs and tea-strainer.
    She is not to sell, dispose of or exchange any of it unless it has been rendered useless by time.
  • I also give her two pairs of new holland sheets, two pairs of pillow-cases, my large tablecloth, one dozen napkins, my ivory stick fan with a leather mount, three mourning rings, one plain gold ring and my pair of Mo__ sleeve buttons set in gold.
  • I give to Mary Bennett all my religious books, the furniture of a green damask bed with all the pieces of damask belonging to it, four pairs of sheets, four pairs of pillow-cases, one small tablecloth, one dozen napkins, all my wearing apparel, wearing linen and gowns, one set of black and white china, a tea chest with canisters, all my china dishes and plates (except my ancient porcelain or Delft dish with partitions in it), the two large silver tablespoons, half a dozen teaspoons, pair of tea tongs and tea-strainer mentioned above, a swing looking-glass, my china bowls and basins, all my feather-beds, blankets, bolsters and pillows, half a dozen knives and forks and a mahogany knife-box and my silver buckles, and £2 for mourning.
  • I give to James Coxeter my ancient porcelain or Delft dish with the partitions.
  • I give all the residue of my personal estate and effects to my nephew James Coxeter for his own benefit forever and I appoint him my Executor ... revoking all former wills.

  • Witnesses Barb:(?) Gregory Ward Chandlers Hall; Aaron Hiorns? his clerk
Probate 15 Feb 1785 London (PCC) ... James Coxeter the nephew and sole Executor ...
  As transcribed from a copy of the original document.
Original line- and page-breaks are preserved as far as possible.
This is the last Will
and Testament of me Barbara Bathurst late of Lechlade in
the County of Gloucester but now of Lambs Conduit
Street in the County of Middlesex Widow made in manner
following that is to say ffirst I desire to be buryed
with my late dear Husband at Lechlade aforesaid and
to have a leaden Coffin And I do direct that my
Corpse shall be borne from the Hearse to the Church
at Lechlade aforesaid and from there to the Grave
by six persons residing at Lechlade (whom I shall
name for that purpose) and I will and order that
each and every of the said six persons so bearing
me shall be paid three Guineas for his Trouble And
whereas I am possessed of the Capital Stock or Sum
of one thousand four hundred and forty four pounds
fourteen shillings and ten pence Bank three pounds per
Centum consolidated Annuities standing in my Name
in the Books of the Governor and Company of the
Bank of England Now I do hereby give and bequeath
unto my Servant Mary Bennett Spinster whether she be
living with me at my decease or not the Sum of
two hundred pounds Bank three pounds per Centum
Consolidated Annuities (part of my aforesaid Capital Stock
of Bank Annuities) to be transferred to her as soon
as conveniently can be after my decease and I give
and bequeath to Robert Aldus? now or late of Bedford
Street in the Parish of Saint Andrew Holborn in the
County of Middlesex Gentleman the Sum of one
hundred pounds Bank three pounds per Centum
Consolidated Annuities (other part of my aforesaid
Capital Stock of Bank Annuities) to be Transferred to him
as soon as conveniently can be after my decease And I
give and bequeath the sum of one thousand one
hundred and thirty four pounds fourteen Shillings and
ten pence Bank three pounds per Centum Consolidated
Annuities (being the remainder of my aforesaid Capital
Stock or Sum of one thousand four hundred and thirty
four pounds fourteen shillings and ten pence Bank three
pounds per Centum consolidated annuities) unto my Nephew
James Coxeter of the Bank of England Gentleman and my
Niece Ann Clark (Wife of the Reverend Samuel Clark of Hamstall
Ridware in the County of Stafford Clerk) to be devided equally
between the said James Coxeter and Ann Clark share and
share alike to take as Tenants in Common and not as Joint
Tenants then the said James Coxeter and Ann Clark bearing
and paying thereout in equal Moieties and proportions
between them such Just Debts whatsoever which I
may happen to owe at the time of my decease my
ffuneral Expences and the charges of proving this my Will
And I desire my Executor hereinafter named will present
Lady Ann Benson with three Guineas for a Ring And I
give to her Daughter Miss Mary Benson my Diamond Ear
Rings And I Also desire that my Executor will present the
Reverend Henry Pinnock of the City of Gloucester with
three Guineas for a Ring and I give and bequeath unto
Miss Albinia Selwyn (eldest Daughter of the Reverend Charles
Jasper Selwyn of Brockley in the County of Worcester) my
Gold Watch with every thing thereunto appertaining except
the Picture of King Charles the first and the Chrystal Heart
with Hair enclosed in it (which picture and Chrystal
Heart I give to my said Niece Ann Clark) And I give
unto the said Albinia Selwyn one large fine Diaper
Table Cloth and one dozen of Napkins with blue Satin
Stripes And I give to my said Niece Ann Clark all my
Silver Plate whatsoever except two large Table Spoons
half a dozen Tea Spoons a pair of Tea Tongs and
Strainer and it is my will and desire that the said Ann
Clark shall not sell dispose of or exchange any part
of the Silver Plate which I have herein before given to
her unless the same shall be rendered useless by time And
I also give to my said Niece Ann Clark two pair
New Holland Sheets with two pair of pillow Cases my
large Table Cloth with one dozen of Napkins my Ivory
Stick ffan with a Leather Mount three Mourning Rings
and one plain Gold Ring and my pair of Mo__ Sleeve
Buttons sett in Gold And I give and bequeath unto the
said Mary Bennett all my religious Books of what sort
soever also the ffurniture of a Green Damask Bed with
all the pieces of Damask belonging to it Also four pair
of Sheets with four pair of pillow Cases and one small
Table Cloth with one dozen of Napkins also all my
Wearing apparel wearing Linnen and Gowns of what sort
soever also one sett of black and white China a Tea Chest
with Canisters Also all my China Dishes and plates
whatsoever (except my ancient porcelain or Delf Dish with
partitions in it) Also the two large Silver Table Spoons
half a dozen Tea Spoons pair of Tea Tongs and Tea
Strainer herein before excepted also a Swing Looking Glass also
my China Bowls and Basons also all my ffeather Beds
Blankets Bolsters and pillows also half a dozen knives and
fforks and a Knife Box of Mahogany and also my Silver
Buckles and I give to the said Mary Bennett two pounds
for Mourning And I give to the said James Coxeter my
said ancient porcelain or Delf Dish with partitions in it
And I give and bequeath all the rest and residue of my
Personal Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever and
of what nature or kind soever (not herein before given or
disposed of) unto my said Nephew James Coxeter to and
for his own use and benefit absolutely for ever and I do
hereby constitute and appoint the said James Coxeter Son?
Executor of this my last Will and Testament hereby Revoking
and making void all former and other Will and Wills by me at
any time heretofore made declaring this to be my last Will
and Testament In Witness whereof I have to this my last
Will and Testament set my hand and Seal this seventeenth
day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand
seven hundred and eighty four - Barb: Bathurst (O) Signed
Sealed published and declared by the above named Barbara
Bathurst the Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament
in the presence of us who in her presence and at her
request and in the presence of each other of us have
hereunder written our Names as Witnesses thereto - Barb:
Gregory Ward Chandlers Hall - Aaron Hiorns? his Clerk

This Will was proved at London the fifteenth
day of ffebruary in the year of our Lord one thousand
seven hundred and eighty five before the Worshipful Andrew
Coltee Ducarel Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Worshipful
Peter Calvert Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of
the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the
Oath of James Coxeter the Nephew of the deceased and the
sole Executor named in the said Will to whom Administration
was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits
of the said deceased he having been first sworn duly to
administer