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OXLADE FAMILY HISTORY GROUP READING WILLS |
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Please contact Susan at : OxladeFamilyHistory -owner@yahoogroups.com with any queries.
Most wills start with a standard preamble …IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN The sixe and Twentith daye of July in the yeare of our Lord God one Thousand six hundred and Thirteene and in the yeare of’ the Raigne of our soveraigne Lord James…
The soul is then committed to God, and a Catholic may add a prayer for the intercession of the Virgin Mary …ffirst I comend my soule to Alimightie God my Creator and to Jesus Christ his sonne by whose death and bitter passion And by none other meanes I trust only to be saved…
Instructions for the funeral and burial …my desire and will is That Mr. Arthur viccar of Fingest aforesaid shall make a Sermon at my buriall…
Charitable bequests to the poor of the Parish …to the poore inhabitants of Great Marlow aforesaid ffiftie shillings of lawfull money of England…
Description of location of realty …All those closes pastures and Crofts of land with thappurtenances called or knowne by the name and names of the Pythnner or Pythnners lyinge in Stokenchurch aforesaid in the said Countie of Oxon
Widows were usually given a life interest in property – or until she remarried …my will is that Elizabeth my wyfe shall occupie the same meadowe during her life shee payinge the rents thereof due to the ffeoltees of the parishe lands of Stokenchurch…
The disposal of personality (or moveable goods) …I give and bequeath unto the said Richard Oxlade my chest or coffer wch I have standing in this house and all the glasse seeling and waynscott standing in upon or about the house in Stokenchurch wherein I did lately dwell or in or upon the windowes or other partes of the same house and my Table boardes and fframes wth the benches and formes standing in the hall of the same house and one greate Pott that lately stoode in a ffornace of the same house…
Beware of the terminology of relationships – ‘step’ and ‘in-law’ were often interchangeable, and a ‘cozen’ may refer to a kinsperson other than a cousin. Blood ties and Godchildren were held in higher regard than in later times, and often named as beneficiaries …I give and bequeath to Richard Deane my godsonne the sonne of the said Richard Deane and to Anne Oxlade my God daughter the wife of William Bird and to Elizabeth Corby the wyfe of Henry Corby and to every one of them one Angell of (sic) gould...
Details of payments ‘for their pains’ was often made at this point to executors or trustees, etc …And I give to every of them Tenne shillings for their paynes…
The inventory …Inprimus in the hall house one Table with a fframe, one Drawing Table and one forme and halfe a Dozen of Buffett Stooles. Item in the Parlour. one Drawing Table boarde with the frame one longe formne one livery Cupboard one other Cupboard wch was my ffathers one little Drawing Table two Chayres of Joyners worke and half a dozen of Buffett Stooles. Item in the Buttrye one Bynne for bread and one Table with the frame. Item in the Celler or Taverne one S[….] Item in the Chamber over the hall one Beddsteed with a Testerne and one livery Cupborde. Itm in the Chamber over the kitchen one Bedsted with a Testerne and one liverye Cupborde and one presse and one Tune Bedd Itm in the Chamber over the Parlor one Bedsted wth a Testerne one Ptirle bedd one square Table one livery Cupborde one wrought Chaire and one ioyned Chaire. Itm in the Studdye and Closetts all Bords Tables and Shelves. Itm in the Kitchen and Bakehouse one broade Square Table wth the fframe and one Turnebroche of Iron comonly called a Jack and a greate pan that standeth in the Bakehouse and ffurnis. Itm in the Cocklofts a clock with the greate Bell and all the poyses and waights thereunto belonginge… |
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