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Will of Thomas EATEN of Boycott
Will 16 Oct 1775 Probate 22 Aug 1777 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Probate 22 Aug 1777 Oxford ... Mary Eaten widow and John Eaten the Executors ... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The contributor says the testator was married three times. Boycott (now in BKM) was in OXF until c1840. The following details are believed to be true but should not be totally relied upon: Testator: Father of Mary Jeffcoat (1829 qv) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Translated and paragraphed. with some of the standard preamble and "legalese" removed. Go to Glossary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
... I Thomas Eaten of Boycott ... yeoman ... in good health of body ...
Commission 25 Jul 1777 Oxford
The Form of the Oath to be Administered to the Executors, they laying their hands on the Bible or New Testament You swear:
17 Aug 1777 This Commission was executed, Mary Eaten and John Eaten having been sworn ... Before me George Lamb. Probate 22 Aug 1777 Oxford ... Mary Eaten widow and John Eaten the Executors ... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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Eaten Thomas Will Aug 22'd In the Name of God Amen I Thomas Eaten of Boycott in the County of Oxford Yeoman being in good Health of Body and of sound and disposing Mind Memory and Understanding (praised be God for the same) but considering the certainty of Death and the uncertain time thereof do make and Publish this my Last Will and Testament in manner following (that is to say) First I Give and Bequeath unto my Wife Mary and my Son John Eaten All and singular my Household Goods and Furniture Corn Grain Hay Cattle Monies Debts Credits Goods Chattels and personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever and of what Nature or kind soever In Trust nevertheless in the first Place to pay thereout All Rent due and to grow due from me to my Landlord and in the next Place to pay thereout all my Debts due and owing at the time of my Decease and the several Legacies or Sums of Money hereinafter by me given and Bequeathed (that is to say) I Give and Bequeath unto my several Children hereinafter named the several Legacies or Sums of Money hereinafter mentioned that is to say unto my Sons Thomas Eaten, Michael Eaten, and George Eaten the Sum or Legacy of Seventy Pounds a Piece of lawful Money of Great Britain and unto my Daughters Elizabeth and Sarah Eaton the like Sum or Legacy of Seventy Pounds a Piece of like lawful Money And unto my Daughter Mary the Wife of Joseph Jephcott of Winchenden Yeoman and unto my Son William the Sum or Legacy of Five Pounds a Piece of like lawful Money Which said Legacies I do order and direct shall be paid to my said several Children when and as they shall attain their respective Ages of Twenty One Years and unto such of them as shall have attained their said Ages at the time of my Death I do direct their Legacies to be paid within the space of Twelve Calendar Months next after my Decease And in Case any or either of my said Children shall happen to die before he she or they shall have attained his her or their Age or Ages of Twenty One Years Unmarried and without Issue of his her or their Body Then and in such Case I do order and direct that the Legacy or Legacies of him her or them so dying shall go and be paid unto and amongst the Survivors and Survivor of them my said Children share and Share alike And my Will further is that (after payment of my Rent to my Landlord, my Debts and the several Legacies hereinbefore by me given and bequeathed) They my said Wife and Son do pay and apply the residue and remainder of all my personal Estate equally between them Share and Share alike Item I Give Devise and Bequeath unto my said son John Eaton All those my several Pieces and Parcels of Arable Land Ley Meadow and Pasture Ground lying and being dispersedley in the Common and Open Fields Parish and Precincts of Grendon in the County of Northampton containing by Estimation Eight Acres be the same more or less and now in the Occupation of Douglas Steer Together with all and singular the Rights Members and Appurtenances whatsoever to the aforesaid Premises belonging or in any wise appertaining And all other my Lands Tenements and Hereditaments whatsoever /-/ To Hold the said Premises with their Appurtenances unto and to the use of my said Son John Eaten his Heirs and Assigns for ever /-/ And I do make ordain Constitute and Appoint my said Wife and son John Joint Executrix and Executor of this my Will not doubting but they will perform the Trusts aforesaid in Them reposed and do commit the Guardianship of my Younger Children unto my Wife Mary And I do hereby revoke all former Wills by me at any time made and do declare this to be and contain my Last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said Thomas Eaten the Testator have to this my Last Will and Testament contained in Three Sheets of Paper set my Hand and Seal (that is to say) my Hand to the bottom of the Two First Sheets and my Hand and Seal to the bottom of the last Sheet thereof the sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Five. Signed Sealed Published and Declared Thomas Eaten by the abovenamed Thomas Eaten (the Testator) as and for his Last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his Presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto Subscribed our Names as Witnesses Ralph Miller John Hickman Tingewick Wm Robt Miller This Will was proved at Oxford On the twenty second day of August in the year of our Lord 1777 before the Judges by the Oaths of Mary Eaten Widow and John Eaten the Executors therein named to whom Admon was granted being first sworn by Commission duly to administer Benjamin Wheeley Doctor in Divinity Vicar General Official Principal and Commissary of the Right Reverend Father in God John by Divine Permission Lord Bishop of Oxford lawfully constituted To our beloved in Christ The Reverend George Lamb and William Ellis Clerks in or near the parish of Hethe in the County and Diocese of Oxford Jointly and severally Greeting Whereas Thomas Eaten late of the parish of Boycot in the County aforesaid deceased died lately (as is alledged) having first whilst of sound mind, memory and understanding duly made and executed his last Will and Testament in writing and thereof named Mary Eaten Widow his Relict and John Eaten his Son Executors We do therefore hereby Authorise and empower you to swear the said Executors as well to the Truth of the said Will as also of the faithfull Performance thereof and to make a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said Deceased to exhibit the same into the Registry of the said Lord Bishop on or before the last day of January next ensuing and also to render a Just and true Account thereof And you are hereby further enjoined that such Oath being Administred you duly transmit to us our Surrogate the said Will and the whole Proceedings thereon subscribed with the Proper hand or hands of one or more of you on or before the last day of January aforesaid together with these presents Provided nevertheless that this Commission shall be of no Effect unless transmitted before the said time Given at Oxford under our Seal of Office the Twenty fifth day of July in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and seventy seven. And'w Walsh Dep'y Reg'r [Vertically in the LH margin:] Probate granted 20 of August 1777 The Form of the Oath to be Administred to the Executors they laying their hands on the Bible or New Testament You swear that the paper writing hereto annexed contains the true last Will and Testament of the within named Thomas Eaten deceased as far as you know or believe that you will truly perform the Contents thereof by first paying the said deceased’s Just debts, and then his Legacies, as far as his Goods Chattels and Credits will thereto extend and the Law charge you; That you will make a true and Perfect Inventory of all and singular the said Goods Chattels and Credits, exhibit the same into the Registry of the Lord Bishop of Oxford at the time to be Assigned you, and render a Just and true account thereof when lawfully required. So help you God This Commission was duly executed the within named Mary Eaten and John Eaten having been sworn according to the Tenor and form of the above written Oath this seventeenth day of August 1777. Before me George Lamb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||