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Will of Eden WHITE Sr of Chalford Will 20 Dec 1829   Probate 5 Aug 1833
Source: TNA no. PROB11/1820 Contributed by: Anon Go to Translation Go to Transcript
Summary.
... me Eden White the elder of Chalford ... Aston Rowant ... farmer ... Name Relationship [Comments] or Major Bequests Eden WHITE Sr   Chalford Jane BESLEY Daughter John BESLEY Son-in-law Crowell William WHITE Son Chalford Richard WHITE Son BKM Longwick Eden WHITE Son Kingston Blount John WHITE Son South Weston Elizabeth SMITH Daughter John SMITH Son-in-law South Weston Mary HICKS Daughter BKM Aylesbury Thomas HICKS Son-in-law BKM Aylesbury Deceased Thomas WHITE Son (Exec) Clara POOLE Witness Chalford John Henry COOKE Witness Watlington solicitor Probate 5 Aug 1833 London ... Thomas White son and sole Executor ...
Transcriber's and Editor's Notes
Translated and paragraphed. with some of the standard preamble and "legalese" removed. Go to Glossary
... me Eden White the elder of Chalford ... Aston Rowant ... farmer ... I give £30 to my dear daughter Jane, wife of John Besley of Crowell, farmer, for her sole use and not liable to the debts etc of her husband, to be paid within twelve months after my decease, her receipt alone being a sufficient discharge to my Executor. I give £100 to my son William White of Chalford. labourer, to be paid within twelve months after my decease. I give £30 to my son Richard White of BKM Longwick to be paid within twelve months after my decease. I give £5 each to my sons Eden White of Kingston Blount, farmer, and John White of South Weston, labourer, to be paid within six months after my decease. I give £5 to my daughter Elizabeth, wife of John Smith of South Weston, labourer, for her sole use and not liable to the debts etc of her husband, to be paid within six months after my decease, her receipt alone being a sufficient discharge to my Executor I give £5 to my dear daughter Mary Hicks of BKM Aylesbury, widow, relict of Thomas Hicks of Aylesbury, baker, to be paid within six months after my decease. I give all the residue of my ready money, goods and chattels, with all the live and dead stock, implements of husbandry, corn and hay in the ricks and barns, both threshed and unthreshed, also all the household furniture, linen, china, plate, trinkets and wearing apparel in and around the house and farm where I now dwell at Chalford and all my personal estate to my son Thomas White and his heirs etc forever, charged with the payment of the above legacies. I appoint my son Thomas White sole Executor ... revoking all former wills. Witnesses Clara X Poole, Chalford, servant; J'no H'y Cooke, Watlington, solicitor Probate 5 Aug 1833 London ... Thomas White son and sole Executor ...
As transcribed from a copy of the original document. Original line- and page-breaks are preserved as far as possible.
Eden White In the name of God Amen This is the last Will and Testament of me Eden White the elder of Chalford in the Parish of Aston Rowant in the County of Oxford ffarmer which I make ordain and declare in manner and form following, (that is to say) ffirst and principally I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God and my body I commit to the Earth to be decently and privately buried wherever I may happen to die and as to such worldly Estate it hath pleased Almighty God to bestow on me I give and dispose thereof in manner and form following I give devise and bequeath to my dear daughter Jane the Wife of John Besley of Crowell in the said County of Oxford ffarmer the sum of thirty pounds of good and lawful money of Great Britain Current in England unto and for her sole and separate use and behoof and not subject or liable in any manner to the debts engagements or control of her present or any future husband she may happen to marry to be paid to her by my Executor hereinafter named within twelve calendar months next after my decease whose receipt alone shall be a sufficient discharge to my said Executor for the same I also give devise and bequeath unto my son William White of Chalford aforesaid Labourer the sum of one hundred pounds of good and lawful money of Great Britain to be paid to him by my said Executor within twelve calendar months next after my decease I also give devise and bequeath unto my son Richard White of Long Wick in the County of Bucks ffarmer the sum of thirty pounds of good and lawful money of Great Britain to be paid to him by my said Executor also hereinafter named within twelve calendar months next after my decease I also give devise and bequeath unto my sons Eden White of Kingston Blount in the County of Oxford Farmer and John White of South Weston in the same County Labourer the sum of five pounds each of good and lawful money of Great Britain to be paid to them by my said Executor respectively within six months next after my decease I also give devise and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth the Wife of John Smith of South Weston aforesaid Labourer the sum of five pounds of good and lawful money of Great Britain for her sole and separate use and behoof and not subject to the debts engagements or control of her present or any future husband she may happen to marry to be paid to her by my said Executor within six calendar months next after my decease whose receipt alone shall be good and sufficient discharge for the same I also give devise and bequeath unto my dear daughter Mary Hicks of Aylesbury in the County of Bucks Widow and relict of Thomas Hicks of the same place Baker deceased the sum of five pounds of good and lawful money of Great Britain as aforesaid to be paid to her by my said Executor hereinafter named also within six Calendar months next after my decease As to all the rest and residue of my ready moneys goods chattels together with all the live and dead stock implements of husbandry Corn and Hay standing in the Ricks and in the Barns as well as threshed as unthreshed and all the household furniture linen china plate trinkets and wearing apparel that may be in the house about the premises and on the ffarm wherein I now dwell and occupy at Chalford aforesaid and all my personal Estate whatsoever and wherever whereof I shall die possessed I give devise and bequeath the same unto my son Thomas White his heirs executors administrators and assigns for ever But nevertheless charged and chargeable with the true payment of all the Legacies hereinbefore by me given and bequeath [sic] And Lastly I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said son Thomas White sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former and other Wills by me at any time heretofore made. In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament contained in two sheets of paper set my hand and seal that is to say my hand only to the first sheet and to this last sheet thereof my hand and seal this twentieth day of December in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine. Eden White --(O) -- Signed sealed published and declared by the said Eden White the Elder the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request in his presence and in the sight of each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto. The mark X of Clara Poole of Chalford aforesaid Servant -- J'no H'y Cooke of Watlington Oxon Att'y at Law Proved at London 5th August 1833 before The Worshipful William Calverley Curteis Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the oath of Thomas White the son and sole Executor to whom Admon was granted having been first sworn duly to administer.