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Will of Jonah BRITNELL of Kingston Blount
Will 27 Mar 1844 Probate 11 Feb 1847 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Died 16 Aug 1846 Probate is missing from the ORO copy, but is likely to be on the same date as the Oath. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Translated and paragraphed. with some of the standard preamble and "legalese" removed. Go to Glossary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
... Jonah Britnell of Kingston Blount ... Aston Rowant ... victualler and farmer ...
Executor’s Oath
At Oxford on 11 Feb 1847 the above Oath was administered to Sophia Britnell of Kingston Blount, spinster, the sole Executrix named in the will of Jonah Britnell of Kingston Blount victualler and farmer deceased .... Before me R P G Tiddeman Surrogate Probate 11 Feb 1847 (see Note) Effects under £600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As transcribed from a copy of the original document. Original line- and page-breaks are preserved as far as possible. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This is the last will and Testament of Jonah Britnell of Kingston Blount in the Parish of Aston Rowant in the County of Oxford Victualler and Farmer First I desire all my just debts Funeral and testamentary expenses to be paid and discharged by my Executrix hereinafter named I give and bequeath the sum of twenty pounds of Sterling money unto my Daughter Susannah the wife of William Siarey of Kingston Blount aforesaid Bricklayer I give and bequeath the sum of twenty pounds of Sterling money unto my Daughter Hester the wife of William Lucas of Croydon in the County of Surrey Servant I give and bequeath the sum of twenty pounds of Sterling money unto my Daughter Jane the wife of John Shuard of Gains in the County of Hereford and I give and bequeath the sum of twenty pounds of Sterling money unto my Daughter Eliza Britnell To hold to them the said Susannah Siarey Hester Lucas Jane Shuard and Eliza Britnell their executors administrators and assigns and I hereby direct that the said Legacies shall be paid out of my Personal Estate hereinafter bequeathed at the expiration of twelve months from the time of my decease and not sooner and I hereby subject and charge my said personal estate with the payment thereof I give and bequeath all my Household goods plates linen and china money and securities for money debts to me owing at the time of my decease stock of Liquors and wines live and dead stock and all and singular other my Personal Estate and effects of what nature or kind soever or wheresoever the same may be / subject to the payment of the aforesaid Legacies unto my two Daughters Sophia Britnell and Ann Britnell now residing with me at Kingston Blount aforesaid To hold to them the said Sophia Britnell and Ann Britnell their executors administrators and assigns in equal shares and proportions And I do hereby nominate and appoint the said Sophia Britnell Sole Executrix of this my Will And I do hereby revoke and make void all former and other wills by me at any time heretofore made and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament only In witness whereof I the said Jonah Britnell the Testator have to this my last will and Testament set and subscribed my hand and seal this twenty seventh Day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fortyfour / --- Signed sealed published and declared as and for the last will and Testament of the said Jonah Britnell in the presence of us Jonah Britnell (SEAL) who in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto set our hands on the day of the date above written James Waklen Kingston Edw. Lampitt Watlington ================================= Executor’s Oath YOU swear that the contents of the Affidavit hereunto annexed, and to which you have subscribed your name, are true, to the best of your knowledge and belief; and that the Paper Writing, also hereunto annexed, doth in it contain the true original last Will and Testament of Jonah Britnell ---------------------------------------------------------- late of Kingston Blount in the Parish of Aston Rowant in the County of Oxford Victualler and Farmer deceased, as far as you know or believe; that you are the sole Executrix therein named; that you will duly execute and perform the same and pay his just Debts and Legacies, as far forth as his Goods, Chattels, and Credits will thereto extend, and the Law bind you; and that you will make, or cause to be made, a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods, Chattels, and Credits of the said deceased, which have or shall come to your Hands, Possession, or Knowledge, and exhibit the same into the Registry of the Archdeacon of Oxford --------------------------------------------- and pass a just and true account of your Executrixship thereupon, when thereto lawfully required; You also swear that the Goods, Chattels, and Credits of the said deceased are under the value of Six hundred --------------------------------------------- Pounds, SO HELP YOU GOD (Kiss the Book.) Sophia Britnell At Oxford in the County of Oxford on the Eleventh day of February 1847 the Oath above written was administered to Sophia Britnell of Kingston Blount in the Parish of Aston Rowant in the County of Oxford Spinster the sole Executrix named in the last Will and Testament of Jonah Britnell of Kingston Blount in the Parish of Aston Rowant aforesaid Victualler and Farmer deceased hereunto annexed, and by her duly taken Before me R P G Tiddeman SURROGATE Testator died 16th August 1846 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||