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Will of Kitty WRIGHTON of Adderbury
Will 18 Nov 1839 Probate 20 Jan 1840 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| It appears that because the will was altered but the alterations were not mentioned, an affidavit was required. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Translated and paragraphed. with some of the standard preamble and "legalese" removed. Go to Glossary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
... me Kitty Wrighton of Adderbury ... spinster ...
Affidavit 14 Jan 1840 at PCC Appeared Personally Elizabeth Bellow of Adderbury ... widow and swore:
Probate 20 Jan 1840 London ... John Bellow and Thomas Wrighton nephew 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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This is the last Will and Testament of me Kitty Wrighton of Adderbury in the County of Oxford Spinster I give and bequeath all my wearing apparel household Goods and furniture and all the housekeeping provisions which I shall die possessed of unto my sister Ann Turrell for her own absolute use and benefit I give and devise unto John Bellow of Adderbury aforesaid farmer and my nephew Thomas Wrighton the son of my Brother Thomas Wrighton all that my messuage or tenement Garden hovel hereditaments and premises situate at Adderbury aforesaid which I now occupy and also all other the real Estate wheresoever situate of or to which I shall be seized or entitled at the time of my decease to hold the same unto and to the use of the said John Bellow and Thomas Wrighton their heirs and assigns for ever upon the Trusts following (that is to say) upon trust as soon as conveniently may be after my decease to make sale and dispose of my said real Estate in such manner and for such price as to my said Trustees shall seem best and to convey the same accordingly and to stand possessed of the monies arising therefrom upon the same trusts as are hereinafter declared concerning the residue of my personal Estate And I declare that the purchaser or purchasers of my said real estate shall be exonerated from all responsibility in respect of the application of the monies paid by him or them to the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of this my last Will I give and bequeath unto the said John Bellow and my nephew the said Thomas Wrighton all my money securities for money and all other the personal Estate and Effects which I shall die possessed of or entitled to (not herein before disposed of ) upon trust to call in and convert the same unto money as soon as conveniently may be after my decease and stand possessed of the same and also of the money to arise from the sale of my said real Estate upon the trusts following (that is to say) upon trust in the first place to pay and discharge all my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses and all expenses incident to the trusts hereby created and then to pay the following legacies, to my said Sister Ann Turrell the sum of twenty pounds and I direct that in case she shall not be living at my decease that the said legacy of twenty pounds shall not lapse but shall be paid to her Daughter Martha for her own use in addition to the legacy hereafter given to her, to the said Martha the daughter of my said Sister Ann Turrell the sum of ten pounds, to all the children of my late Sister frances Lambourne who shall be living at my decease the sum of thirty six pounds to be equally divided between them share and share alike, to William and Richard Osler the children of my late Sister Mary Osler the sum of ten pounds apiece. To the fatherless child of Robert Osler the sum of five pounds To my Brother Thomas Wrighton the sum of five pounds To each of the children of my said Brother Thomas Wrighton who shall be living at my decease the sum of five pounds apiece and to retain and pay unto my said nephew the said Thomas Wrighton the sum of five pounds in addition to his other legacy for the trouble he may be at in the execution of the trusts of this my Will and lastly to pay the residue of the said trust monies and premises unto my said Sister Ann Turrell for her own absolute use and benefit to whom I do hereby give and bequeath the same And I do hereby declare that my said trustees shall not be answerable for each other nor for any involuntary losses and that it shall be lawful for them to retain all expenses incurred by them in the due execution of the trusts hereby created and I do hereby direct that in case my Estate shall prove insufficient to pay the several legacies hereinbefore given the said legacies shall abate __teably and in proportion to their respective amounts except the bequest to my said Sister Ann Turrell of my said wearing apparel and household goods and furniture which I intend to be considered as a specific bequest and lastly I do hereby constitute the said John Bellow and my said nephew the said Thomas Wrighton Executors of this my Will In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this eighteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine Kitty Wrighton [seal] Signed Sealed published and declared by the said Kitty Wrighton the Testatrix and to be her last Will and Testament in the presence of us both being present at the same time who in her presence at her request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses William Green Thomas Blea Elizabeth Bellow In the Prerogative Court of Canterbury In the Goodes of Kitty Wrighton spinster deceased Appeared Personally Elizabeth Bellow of Adderbury in the County of Oxford Widow and made oath that she is a subscribed Witness of the last Will and Testament hereto annexed of Kitty Wrighton late of Adderbury in the County of Oxford Spinster deceased the same bearing date the eighteenth day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine and she further said that on the day of the date of the said Will the said deceased approved thereof and in testimony of her approbation of the same in the presence of William Green Thomas Blea and this Deponent signed sealed published and declared the said Will as and for the last Will and Testament and that the said William Green and Thomas Blea and this deponent in the presence of the said deceased and of each other signed their names thereto as Witnesses of the due execution thereof in manner and form as now appears and the deponent having now more particularly referred to the said Will and observed the words “the housekeeping provisions” written on an erasure in the fourth line of the said will lastly saith that such words were so written previously to such the Execution of the said Will by the said Deceased and that the said Will is now in every respect in the same plight and condition as when so executed on the day of the date thereof as aforesaid Eliza'th Bellow [signature] On the fourteenth day of January in the year 1840 the said Elizabeth Bellow Widow was duly sworn to the truth of this affidavit at Adderbury in the County of Oxford by virtue of the commission hereto annexed Before me Charles Alcock Commisioner Proved at London 20th January 1840 before the Judge on the oaths of John Bellow and Thomas Wrighton the Nephew the Executors to whom Admon was granted having been first sworn (by Com[issi]on) duly to administer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||