Will of Thomas BRITNELL of Crowell
Will 17 Jan.1763 Probate 23 Apr 1763 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Clerk's Copy of the Probate note stops after "by the Oath", so the Grantee's name is not given. However, Probate appears to have been normal, so it was presumably granted to Sarah. The following details are believed to be true but should not be totally relied upon: Testator: Son of Thomas (1737 qv) & husband of Sarah (1763 qv) nee RANCE. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Translated and paragraphed. with some of the standard preamble and "legalese" removed. Go to Glossary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
... I Thomas Britnell of Crowell Hill ... yeoman ... sick and weak in body ...
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As transcribed from a copy of the original document. Original line- and page-breaks are preserved as far as possible. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In the name of God Amen The Seventeenth Day of January 1763 I Thomas Britnell of Crowell Hill in the Parish of Crowell in the County of Oxford Yeoman being Sick and weak in Body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be to God for it Therefore calling to mind the mortality of the Body and knowing that it is appointed for all Men once to die do make and Ordain this my last Will and Testament That is to say Principally and first of all I give and recommend my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God that gave it and my Body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in decent Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executors nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God And touching such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life I give demise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form Imprimis I give and bequeath to Sarah my well and dearly beloved Wife whom I constitute make and ordain my Sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament all and Singular my Lands Messuages and Tenements by her freely to be enjoyed so long as She liveth but not Mortgage or sell any of my Lands Messuages or Tenements except the Close which we call Long Close which I do grant or allow Sarah my Wife to Mortgage or sell to pay Twenty Pounds which I owe to James Floyd of Kingston in case he should demand the said Twenty Pounds while she liveth I also give and demise to Sarah my Wife all my Goods and Cattle to be at her Disposing And after the decease of Sarah my Wife I give and bequeath to my Son Jonah Britnell the Sum of Twenty Two Pounds of Lawful Money of great Britain to be paid him at the end of Twelve Months after the Decease of Sarah my Wife And I give and bequeath to my Son John Britnell the Sum of Six Pounds of Lawful Money of great Britain to be paid him at the end of Twelve Months after the Decease of Sarah my Wife And I give and bequeath to my Son James Britnell the Sum of Six Pounds of Lawful Money of great Britain to paid him at the end of Twelve Months after the Decease of Sarah my Wife And I give and bequeath to my Son Benjamin Britnell the Sum of Eight Pounds of Lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid him at the end of Two Years after the Decease of Sarah my Wife if he be Twenty One Years of Age Otherwise when he’s Twenty one Years of Age And I give and bequeath to my Son Philip Britnell the Sum of Eight Pounds of Lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid him at the end of Two Years after the Decease of Sarah my Wife if he be Twenty One Years of Age Otherwise when he’s Twenty one Years of Age And I give and bequeath to Jeffery Barney Twelve Pence to be paid him in Twelve Months after the Decease of Sarah my Wife if demanded And I give and bequeath to my Daughter Sarah Ball the Sum of Six Pounds of Lawful Money of great Britain to be paid her at the end of Two years after the Decease of Sarah my Wife And I give and bequeath to my Daughter Susannah Stevens the Sum of Six Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid her at the end of Two years after the Decease of Sarah my Wife And I give and bequeath to my Daughter Hannah Chown the Sum of Six Pounds of Lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid her at the end of Two years after the decease of Sarah my Wife And I give and bequeath to my Daughter Mary Britnell the Sum of Six Pounds of Lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid her at the end of Two years after the decease of Sarah my Wife And after the decease of Sarah my Wife I Give and bequeath and depose all my above Mentioned Lands Messuages or Tenements to my Son Thomas Britnell and for the said Thomas Britnell my Son his Executors Administrators or Assigns to raise and levy out of my above mentioned Lands Messuages or Tenements and pay all the above Mentioned Legacies to each Particular Person at the times above Mentioned In Witness whereof I have Set my Hand and Seal the day and Year above Written Thomas Britnell (The seal) Signed Sealed pronounced and delivered by the said Thomas Britnell as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us the Subscribers John Hunt ----- Thomas Hearn ----- John East Proved 23 of April 1763 before the Reverend John Bilstone M. A. Surrogate of the Worshipful George May Esq. Official Principle of the Reverend the Arch Deacon of Oxon lawfully constituted by the Oath [see Note] |