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Will & Inventory of John JEFCOAT of Hempton (Deddington) Will 17 Apr 1702   Probate 5 Apr 1703
Source: ORO no. W.I. 93.155; 38/2/24 Contributed by: Elizabeth Lamb Go to Translation Go to Transcript
Summary.
... I John Jefcoat of Yempton ... Dadington ... husbandman ... weak of body ... Name Relationship [Comments] or Major Bequests John JEFCOAT   Hempton (Deddington) Hannah JEFCOAT Wife (Exec) Thomas JEFCOAT Eldest Son John JEFCOAT Youngest Son - JEFCOAT unborn child Thomas OWEN Overseer Hempton John GILKES Overseer Adderbury William TOMKINS Appraiser William GILKES Appraiser Witness Charles COLES Witness John BIGNELL Witness Inventory taken 28 Apr 1702, value: £150 15s Exhibited: 5 Apr 1703 by Hannah the relict and Executrix ... Probate: 5 Apr 1703 Chipping Norton [no other details given]
Transcriber's and Editor's Notes
A full Inventory is included.
Translated and paragraphed. with some of the standard preamble and "legalese" removed. Go to Glossary
... I John Jefcoat of Yempton ... Dadington ... husbandman ... weak of body ... I give my eldest son Thomas Jefcoat £20 to be paid within one year after my decease. I give my youngest son John Jefcoat £20 to be paid within one year after my decease. I give my child with which my wife is now pregnant £10, to be paid within four years after my decease. If any of my [three] children die, their legacies are to be equally divided among the survivors. I give my loving wife Hannah Jefcoat all my goods, cattle, chattels, utensils of husbandry, stock indoors and out, standing crops of corn or hay and all my bonds, bills, debts and ready money, she paying my debts, legacies and funeral expenses, and I make her my sole Executrix ... revoking all former wills. To assist her and my children I desire that my loving friends Thomas Owen of Hempton and John Gilkes of Adderbury, husbandman, take care of them, and invest the legacies as they become due for their best advantage. Witnesses William Gilkes; Charles Coles; John Bignell An Inventory ... of the goods of John Jefcot ... Inventory taken 28 Apr 1702 by William Tomkins; William Gilkes Inventory value: £150 15s Exhibited: 5 Apr 1703 by Hannah the relict and Executrix ... Probate: 5 Apr 1703 Chipping Norton [no other details given]
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In the name of God Amen I John Jefcoat of Yempton in the parishe of Dadington in the County of Oxon Husbandman, Being weak of body, but of perfect mind and memory, thanks be to Almighty God for ye same, doe constitute make and ordaine this my last Will and Testament in manner and forme following (That is to say) Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my eldest son Thomas Jefcoat ye sum'e of Twenty pounds of lawfull Englishe money to be payd within one whole year after my decease, by my Executrix hereafter named. Item I give and bequeath unto my youngest son John Jefcoat ye sum'e of Twenty pounds of lawfull Englishe money to be payd within one whole year after my decease. Item I give unto my child that my wife is now Great withall ye sum'e of Tenn pounds of lawfull money of England, to be paid within four years after my decease. But in case any or either of my said children, that are now liveing, or to be born should dye, That then the said Legacies shalbe equally divided to the Survivor or Survivors of them, as it shall happen Item I give and bequeath unto my loveing wife Hannah Jefcoat all my goods cattle Chattles Utensinsills of husbandry stock or stocks both within and without all crops of corn or hay now standing, and all bonds Bills debts and redy money which I shall then dye possessed of paying My debts and dischargeing the Legacies aforesaid, and my funerall expences. And for the performance of This my last will and Testament, I doe constitute and ordaine my said loveing wife Hannah Jefcoate My sole and absolute Executrix of this my last will and testament, revokeing and disanulling all former wills by me made. And for the better assistance of my said wife Hannah Jefcoat and children my desire is That my loveing freinds Thomas Owen of Yempton aforesaid and John Gilkes of Atherbury in the County of Oxon Husbandman shall take care of my said wife and children, and put out the said Legacies as they shalbe become due for their use and best advantage. In witness whereof I the said John Jefcoat doe publishe and declare this to be my last will and Testam't revokeing all former wills by me made this seaventeenth day of April in the first year of the Reigne of Our Lady Ann Queen of England &c. And in the year our Lord One Thousand seaven hundred and Two. Signed sealed delivered                        John Jefcot (O) published and declared to by my last will & Testam't in the p'sence of us William Gilkes Charles Coles John Bignell Probat &c 5'to Aprilis 1703 apud Chip norton Coram Ven'li Viro Tho Ayloffe? LL D're et D'ni Epi' Oxon Vicar &c Aprill ye 28th 1702 An invitory Taken of the Goods and Chatells of John Jefcot lately decesed It' warin Cloes and Money in perse     3   0 0 in the hall won tabell two bras Cetles & A scillit and pweter dishes & spons and other small things     1 10 0 It' in the butry and darey hous the barills & Coulls? & Chespres and other small things     1   0 0 It' in the hall Chamber won bed & bedin and linen & three small bockses & won chear     1   5 0 It' in the Chamber over the butrey A bed and all other things in that roome     1   0 0 It' Whet in the barne     6   0 0 It' hay and peas     7   0 0 all The horses and hornes   11   0 0 It' The Cows and all ye Cavs & 3 pigs   20   0 0 It' The Crop upon the Ground valued at forscore pound   80   0 0 It' wagins & 2 muckarts & harows & plows and all other small impliments of husbandri twelve pound   12   0 0 It' hovillin and all other fire wod & fers and Coalls     7   0 0   128 15   150 19   148 15       The Sum Totall is – 150 -15 - 0 apraised by uss William Tomkins William Gilkes Exhibit' &c 5'to Aprilis 1703 Per Hannam Relict et Ex'tricem &c pro vero &c ... ................................................... Geo: Cooper Reg'r dep'