Last Will and Testament of William Rabons

TestatorWilliam Rabons
OccupationYeoman
PlacePirton
Date created23 October 1787
Probate date 
Bequest Total£390 0s 0d


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People mentioned in the document

Name Relationship to testator Details Signed or Mark Function
William Rabons Self Occupation: Yeoman, From: Pirton, County: Herts Signed  Testator
Isaac Coxall   Status: Gentleman, From: Hitchin, County: Herts, Bequest Money: £10 0s 0d
Comment: Sell property to set up trust ,£10 expenses for running trust
  Executor
William How   From: Shitlington, County: Beds, Bequest: Half residue of estate
Comment: Half residue of estate with George Turner, expenses for running trust
  Executor
George Turner   Occupation: Carpenter, From: Pirton, County: Herts, Bequest: Cottage or tenement in Pirton with all outhouses orchard & five roods of rable land, half residue of estate, Amount Of Land In Acres: 1.25
Comment: Cottage orchard & land for his lifetime then to his son John Turner, half residue of estate with William How
  Legatee
Ann Pryor   Bequest: All household goods & use of testator's house for 3 months after his death, interest on £150 during her life, Bequest Money: £10 0s 0d
Comment: Mother of Edward & George Pryor, to receive interest on £150 until her death then to be given to her two sons
  Legatee
Edward Pryor   Bequest Money: £75 0s 0d
Comment: Son of Ann Pryor, to inherit £75 after mothers death
  Legatee
George Pryor   Bequest Money: £75 0s 0d
Comment: Son of Ann Pryor, to inherit £75 after mothers death
  Legatee
John Turner   Comment: Son of George Turner to inherit cottage orchard & land after George's death, then to his eldest son   Other
Joseph How   Bequest Money: £50 0s 0d
Comment: Son of William How, to inherit cottage orchard and land from John Turner in default
  Legatee
John How   Occupation: Labourer, From: Wendover, County: Bucks, Bequest Money: £40 0s 0d   Legatee
Thomas Barton   Occupation: Victualler, From: Luton, County: Beds, Bequest Money: £40 0s 0d   Legatee
Ann Freeman   From: Kimpton, County: Herts, Bequest Money: £30 0s 0d
Comment: Wife of Stephen Freeman, mother of George Freeman
  Legatee
Stephen Freeman   From: Kimpton, County: Herts
Comment: Husband of Ann, father of George
  Other
George Freeman   Bequest Money: £10 0s 0d
Comment: Son of Ann & Stephen Freeman
  Legatee
John Lincoln   Bequest Money: £10 0s 0d
Comment: Son of George Lincoln
  Legatee
George Lincoln   Occupation: Labourer, From: Shitlington, County: Beds
Comment: Father of John Lincoln
  Other
Ann Weeden   From: Kings walden, County: Herts, Bequest Money: £10 0s 0d
Comment: Wife of Thomas Weeden & daughter of George Lincoln
  Legatee
Thomas Weeden   From: Kings walden, County: Herts
Comment: Husband of Sarah Weeden (see marriages Pirton)
  Other
Sarah Turner   Status: Spinster, From: Weston, County: Herts, Bequest Money: £5 0s 0d   Legatee
Thomas Martin   Occupation: Labourer, From: Sandy, County: Beds, Bequest Money: £10 0s 0d
Comment: Of Girtford in the Parish of Sandy
  Legatee
William Wilshere     Signed  Witness
Jos Halstead     Signed  Witness
John Chides     Signed  Witness
James Langley Servant Occupation: Servant, From: Ridgmont, Bequest: All wearing apparel, Bequest Money: £5 0s 0d   Legatee
Mary Knight Servant Occupation: Servant, Bequest: 4 pair of sheets   Legatee
Mary Field   Bequest Money: £10 0s 0d
Comment: Eldest daughter of William How
  Legatee

Database record number: PROBH-372
Record from Probate documents at HALS, identifier [113HW40]


Last Will and Testament:
Will conveys real (immovable) property ie land to heirs after an individual's death. Testament conveys personal (moveable) property to heirs. The term will eventually referred to both a Will and a Testament. A registered Will is an official copy made by a court clerk which is enrolled in a book.

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