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Will & Inventory of Acteon BRICE of Woodstock Park
Will 6 Oct 1709 Codicil 21 Oct 1712 Probate 16 Jul 1713 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Inventory taken 15 Jul 1713, value: £279 15s Exhibited: not available Probate: 16 Jul 1713 ... Stephen Brice nephew and sole Executor. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Burial 11 Jul 1713 Witney. Woodstock Park was part of the area which was demolished to make way for Blenheim Palace Dorothy Brice (Witney) m. William SHEENE (Woodstock) 1 Dec 1687. Ann Brice m. Richard Lardner (both of New Thrift Lodge) 17 Apr 1711, hence her inclusion in the 1712 codicil. A full Inventory is included. The following details are believed to be true but should not be totally relied upon: Testator: Brother of William (1715 qv) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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... I Acteon Brice of Woodstocke Parke ... gent ... aged and infirm in body ...
An Inventory ... of the goods of Acteon Brice of Woodstock Park ... gent Inventory taken 15 Jul 1713 by John Brice, Woodstock Park; George Ryves, Woodstock Inventory value: £279 15s Exhibited: not available Probate: 16 Jul 1713 ... Stephen Brice grandson and sole Executor. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In the Name of God Amen I Acteon Brice of Woodstocke Parke in the County of Oxon Gent being aged and infirme in body but of sound memory praysed be God doe make this my last Will and Testament in manner following recommending my Soul to Almighty God and my body to the Earth to be decently and Christianly buried by my Exececut'r hereafter named, And for my worldly estate I Give devise and Bequeath the same in manner and forme following (that is to say) ffirst I Give unto my brother William the sum of ffive pounds Item I Give unto my brother Stephen ffive pounds Item I Give and bequeath unto my Newhew [sic] Stephen Brice (Eldest sonn of my brother William) All my Lands Tenements Closes and Estate whatsoever in the Liberties of Ramsden or elswhere in the parish of Shipton under Whichwood in the County of Oxon aforesaid To hold the same unto my said Nephew Stephen and his heires for ever. Item I give unto my said Nephew Stephens wife my Silver Tankard Item I Give unto my said Nephew Stephen's sonn Acteon Twenty pounds and to his Two other Sonns Stephen and William Tenn pounds A peice Item I give unto my Nephew William Brice ffifty pounds and to his Two Sonns Charles and William Tenn pounds a peice Item I give to my brother Williams Daughter Martha Lardner Twenty pounds Item I give to his Daughter Jane Twenty pounds and to his Daughter Ann ffourscore pounds, Item I give to my Sister Dorothy's Three Children Thomas Elizabeth and Ann ffive pounds apeice Item I give to my Sister Anns Two daughters Martha and Elizabeth ffive pounds a peice Item I give unto my Cozen John Brice's Sonn Acteon (who is my Godson) Two Guineas Item I Give unto my Servant Jane Johnson ffive pounds; All w'ch said Legacies and Sum's of money my will is shall be paid att the end of one yeare next after my decease But in case any or either of the said Legatees shall happen to Dye within the said yeare before his or her or their Legacies shall become due (except my nephew William and his Sonns and my Neice Martha Lardner) Then I Give all and every of the said Legacies Sum' and Sum's of money soe bequeathed as aforesaid of the person or persons soe dying before his or their said Legacies shall become payable, unto my said Nephew Stephen Brice, Item I Give and bequeath all the rest of my Goods Chattles and estate unto my said Nephew Stephen Brice who I doe make Sole Execut'r of this my last Will and Testament And I Doe hereby revoke and make void all and every former Will or Wills by me made or declared, In wittnesse whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and Seale the Sixth Day of October in the Eigth yeare of the Reigne of our Soveraigne Lady Ann by the Grace of God Queene of Great Brittaine &c Annoq' D'ni 1709 () Signed Sealed and declared to be the last Will Acteon Brice (O) and Testament of the said Acteon Brice in the p'sence of Thomas Brase Edw: Ryves Geo: Ryves October 21st 1712 I Acteon Brice doe add this as A Codicil to my last Will and Testament to be taken as part thereof viz'ty I Give unto my Nephew William Brice (son to my brother William) ffifty pounds more then I have given him by my Will to make the Sum' one Hundred pounds And to my neice Ann Lardner my blew bed with Curtains, blanketts and all things thereto belonging and all the Furniture of the Roome where the said bed stands And to my servant Jane Johnson my white fored? yeareling heyfer and my old watch wittnesse hereto Geo: Ryves, James Ashely, William Hill Acteon Brice (O) Probat' &c 16'to die Mensis Julij Anno D'ni 1713 Coram Ven'li Viro Josepho Hunt ___ M'r Surro' Ven'lis Viri Tho: Stafford L' D'ris et D.ni Archi'no Archinat' Oxon Offi'lis prin'lis l'time constitut' jur'to Stephani Brice nepotis et Ex'toris unici &c ............................. .............................................. A True and perfect Inventory of all the Goods and Chattles of Acteon Brice late of Woodstocke Parke in the County of Oxon Gent Dec'ed taken and Appraised the ffifteenth Day of July Anno Dom' 1713 By John Brice of Woodstocke parke and George Ryves of Woodstocke Gent as ffolloweth
John Brice Geo Ryves | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||