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Will of John COUMBS of Milton under Wychwood
Will 22 Jun 1753 Probate 1 Dec 1753 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Probate 1 Dec 1753 Oxford ... Margaret Combs sole Executrix ... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The following details are believed to be true but should not be totally relied upon: Testator: Father of John COOMBES (1774 qv); grandfather of Thomas COOMBES (1836 qv); great-grandfather of Thomas COOMBS (1819 qv). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Translated and paragraphed. with some of the standard preamble and "legalese" removed. Go to Glossary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
... I John Coumbs of Milton ... Shipton ... labourer ... weak in body ...
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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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In the Name of God Amen I John Coumbs of Milton in the Parish of Shipton Under W'chwood in the County of Oxford Labourer Being weake in body but of a Sound and Perfect Mind and Memory Praise be therefore Given to Almighty God do Make and ordain this My Present Last will and Testament in Manner and form following (that is to say) first and Principally I Comend my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God hoping through the Merits Death and Passion of My Saviour Jesus Christ to have full and free Pardon and forgiveness of all my Sins and to Inherit Everlasting Life and my Body I Comit to the Earth to by [sic] Decently buried at the Discression of My Executor here after Named And as Touching the Disposition of all Such Temporal Estate as it hath Pleased Alm ighty God to bestow Upon me I Give and Dispose Thereof as followeth First I will that all My Debts and funeral Charges be paid & Discharged Item I Give to my wife Margret Coumbs the House I Now Dwell in and all the Goods And My Son Francis Coumbs and his wife and Children to Dwell with her In the said House for the space of Tenn Years if she shall so Long Live after My Decease [the following interlined after "Decease"] If his said Mother shall Die before the space of Ten years paying the Taxes and Keeping ye same in Good Repair and also I Give him the Sum of five pounds in Money if My wife Don't Live to Spend it all Before her Decease and after the Terme of Ten years after My Decease as herein Mencioned. I do Give the said House Out House and Garden Unto My Son John Coumbs and his Heirs for Ever Not to be Sold Nor Mortigaged Nor No wais to pass a fine Upon it with the Intent to Cutt the Intail of Item I Give to my son in Law William Perkins the Sum of Two Shillings and Six pence All the Rest of My Personal Estate Goods and Chattels whatsoever I do Give and bequeath Unto My Loveing wife Margret Coumbs to be full and Sole Executrix of this My Last will and Testament, And I Desire that my Body May be Decently Buried in our Parish Church Yard And I do hereby Revoke Disanull and Make void all former wills And Testaments by Me Heretofore Made be it Remember'd that my son Francis to Dwell in the said House
Prov'd at Ox'on the 1st Dec 1753 before the Rev'd J'no Bilstone M: A: Surrogate of the Worshipful J'no Bettesworth S: D: Official Principal of the Rev'd the Archdeacon of Ox'on lawfully Constituted By the Oath of Margaret Combs Sole Executrix Named in the s'd Will She being duly sworn & Faithfully to Administer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||