Last Will and Testament of John Trafford the Elder of Kirtlington
Transcribed from the microfilm referenced above (W.97.166) being a facsimile copy of thee Probate register of the Diocese of Oxford into which a copy of the will is made.
The ? is used to indicate areas of uncertainty in this transcription.
In the name of God Amen. I John TRAFFORD
the Elder of Kirtlington in the County of Oxford, yeoman, being of sound and
disposing mind memory and understanding praised be to almighty God for the same
Do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in Writing in manner and form
following / that is to say / First I Give and bequest unto my brother Henry
TRAFFORD of Wendlebury in the County of Oxford yeoman and to my friend Henry
HANWELL of the Parish of Mixbury in the said County of Oxford yeoman the sum of
Nine Hundred pounds of Lawful Money of Great Britain which I do hereby order and
direct to be paid to them the said Henry TRAFFORD and Henry HANWELL or the
survivor of them his Executors or Administrators by my Executor hereinafter
named within One year next after my Decease. In first nevertheless that they the
said Henry TRAFFORD and Henry HANWELL or the survivor of them his Executors or
Administrators do and with all convenient speed put and place the said sum of
Nine Hundred pounds out at Interest upon such Security or Securities as they or
the survivor of them his Executors or Administrators can get and shall think
proper to take for the same And do and shall when repaid into their hands
replace and lend the same or any part thereof again out at Interest in manner
aforesaid And do and shall dispose off pay the Interest and Increase Arising
therefrom unto the several persons and in the Shares and Proportions and manner
following / that is to say In Trust that they the said Henry TRAFFORD and Henry
HANWELL or the survivor of them his Executors or Administrators Do and shall pay
and apply the Interest and Increase of them of Six Hundred pounds / part of the
said sum of Nine Hundred pounds / for the Maintenance and Education and to and
for the use and benefit of my daughter Ann TRAFFORD Until she shall attain the
Age of Twenty One years And when and so soon among said two children William
TRAFFORD and Ann TRAFFORD shall have respectively attained to their respective
ages of Twenty One years as aforesaid And then In Trust that they the said Henry
TRAFFORD and Henry HANWELL or the survivor of them his Executors or
Administrators Do and shall dispose of pay and apply the said principal sum of
Nine Hundred pounds the several persons and in the Shares and Proportions and in
manner following / that is to say In Trust that they the said Henry TRAFFORD and
Henry HANWELL and the survivor of them his Executors or Administrators Do and
shall pay and apply the said principal sum of Six Hundred pounds / part of the
said principal sum of nine hundred pounds / unto my said son William TRAFFORD
And Also Do and shall pay and apply the said principal sum of Three Hundred
pounds / the remaining part of the said principal sum of nine hundred pounds /
unto my said daughter Ann TRAFFORD provided always and my Express Will and
desire is that it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Henry TRAFFORD and
Henry HANWELL and the survivor of them his Executors or Administrators at any
time during the Minority of my said son William TRAFFORD to deduct and take any
sum or sums of money not Exceeding in the whole the sum of Sixty pounds out of
his said Legacy of Six Hundred pounds and pay and apply the same for and towards
the putting forth of my said son William TRAFFORD as Apprentice or for such
other use or uses for the benefit of my said son William as they the said Henry
TRAFFORD and Henry HANWELL and the survivor of them his Executors or
Administrators in his or their discretion shall think proper Also I give and
bequeath unto my said brother Henry TRAFFORD and to the said Henry HANWELL the
further Sum of Three Hundred pounds which I do hereby Also Order and Direct to
be paid to them or the survivor of them his Executors or Administrators by my
Executors hereinafter named within One year next after my decease In Trust
nevertheless that they the said Henry TRAFFORD and Henry HANWELL or the survivor
of them his Executors or Administrators Do and shall with all convenient speed
put and place out the same at Interest upon such Security or Securities as they
or the survivor of them his Executors or Administrators can get for the same And
do and shall pay and apply the Interest and Increase thereof for the Maintenance
and Education and to and for the use and benefit of my Daughter Sarah TRAFFORD /
the Daughter of my present Wife / untill she shall attain the Age of Twenty One
years And when and as soon as my said Daughter Sarah TRAFFORD shall
attain the said age of Twenty One years And In Trust that they the said Henry
TRAFFORD and Henry HANWELL and the survivor of them his Executors or
Administrators Do and shall pay the last mentioned Principal sum of Three
Hundred pounds together with such Interest as shall then be due for the same
unto my said daughter Sarah TRAFFORD Provided always and my Express Will and
Desire is that my said Wife shall from time to time And at all times during her
widowhood permit and Suffer my son Henry TRAFFORD to Receive and take the Rents
?ff???? and profits of my Copyhold Estates at Mercot In the County of Oxford He
my said son paying her only Twenty pounds a year out of the same by ffour equal
Quarterly payments and securing the payment thereof by Bond or otherwise And
that my said Wife upon having such Security for the said sum of Twenty pounds a
year during her Widowhood as aforesaid shall also Enter into a Bond to my said
son Henry TRAFFORD with a proper penalty or Obligation upon Condition to permit
and suffer him to Receive and take the Rents ffees? and profits of the said
Copyhold Estate during her Widowhood as aforesaid Otherwise I Give unto my said
Brother Henry TRAFFORD and the said Henry HANWELL Only and no more than the sum
of One Hundred pounds In Trust for my said daughter Sarah TRAFFORD any thing
herein Contained to the Contrary notwithstanding Also I Give and bequeath unto
my daughter Rebecca the wife of Edward HARPER the Legacy or Sum of Fifty pounds
of Lawful Money of Great Britain Also I Give and bequeath unto my son Thomas
TRAFFORD the Legacy or sum of One Hundred pounds of like money Also I Give and
bequeath unto my son John TRAFFORD the Legacy or Sum of One Hundred and Fifty
pounds o like money Also I Give and bequeath unto my said son Henry TRAFFORD the
Legacy or Sum of Two Hundred pounds of like money But if my said Wife shall not
permit him the Receive the Rents ffees? and
profits of the said Copyhold Estate upon paying her Twenty pounds a year
thereout during her widowhood as aforesaid Then and in such case I Give to my
said Son Henry the Sum of Three Hundred pounds All of which said ffour last
mentioned Legacies I do hereby Order and Direct to be paid to the said several Legatees within twelve
calendar months next after my decease Also I give devise and bequeath unto my
said Son John TRAFFORD All that my Messuage Cottage or Tenement with the Gardens
Rights Members? and Appurtenances thereunto belonging Situate standing and being
in Kirtlington aforesaid And also All my lands and pieces and parcels? of Arable
meadow and pasture ground and commons in the Common ffields and Commonable
places of Kirtlington aforesaid to the said
Messuage Cottages or tenements ??? belonging And which I purchased
therewith of and from one William JARRETT To hold to and to the use of my said
Son John TRAFFORD his ?heirs? and ?assigns? for ever Also I give to my said Wife
All such of my plate ?estate? freeholds goods Househould ffurniture linen and
woolen ????? ??ose her property before our Intermarriage And also All her
Rings ?to ?do at her own Disposal
All the rent and residue of any Ready money Mortgages Bills Bonds Debts Owing
and Securities for money Stock of Cattle Corn Grain and Hay Implements of
Husbandry Goods and Chattels And All other my personal Estate whatsoever not
herein before by me otherwise set? Disposal off / after my Just Debts and
Funeral Expenses And Also the said Several Legacies or Sums of Money herein
before by me Given to or for Trusts for my said Children shall be paid? and
satisfied of I do herby Give and bequeath unto my said Brother Henry TRAFFORD
and the said Henry HANWELL To Hold to my said Brother Henry TRAFFORD and Henry
HANWELL and the survivor of them his Executors and Administrators In Trust to
and for the use and benefit of All my Children which shall be living at the time
of my decease Equally to be divided between them share and share alike the share
or shares if such of them as shall be of the Age of Twenty One years at my
Decease to be paid so soon as conveniently may be after my death
And the share or shares of such of them as shall be in their Minorities
at the time of my decease to be paid to them When and as soon as they shall
Respectively Attain to their Respective Ages of Twenty One years And in the
meantime to be put and placed out at Interest for their use and benefit provided
/ always and my Will and desire is that if any or either of the said Children
shall happen to Depart this life his her or their said Respective Legacies
portions or Legacies or portions shall become due and payable to him her or them
Respectively as aforesaid then? I do hereby Give and bequeath the Legacy or
portion or Legacy or portions of him her or them so dying into and to be equally
divided amongst All and\every the Brothers and Sisters of him her or them Dying
share and share alike at their said Respective Ages of Twenty One years provided
always and my Express Will is And I do hereby Order and Direct that if any
Personal Estate shall fall short and not be Sufficient to Answer and pay the
full? Of All the Legacies or Sums of Money herein before by me given to or for
the use of and benefit of my said Children then and in such case All my said
children shall Deduct and abate out of their said Legacies for such Deficiency
in Proportion to their said Respective Legacies Provided also And my Will
further is that my said Brother Henry TRAFFORD and Henry HANWELL and the
survivor of them his Executors and Administrators shall and may pay and deduct
to himself or themselves out of my said personal Estate De?I?ed to them upon the
Trusts aforesaid all such Costs Charges Damages and Expenses as he or they shall
or may at any time Incur bear or be put to for or by Reason or Means his or their
taking upon himself or themselves the Trusts aforesaid in any other Matter or
thing Relating thereto And that they or either of them shall not be charged
Answerable or Responsible for any Involuntary loss which may happen in the
placing out at Interest or otherwise in the Management of said Trust Monies Nor
shall the One of them be in any Respect Charged or Answerable for the Act or
Default of the other of them And lastly I Do hereby Nominate Constitute and
Appoint my said two sons John TRAFFORD and Henry TRAFFORD joint Executors of
this my said Will hereby revoking all former Wills by one and any time
heretofore made and Declaring this only to be my last Will and Testament In
Witness is hear of ? the said John TRAFFORD the Testator have to this my last
Will and Testament contained in five sheets of paper set my hand and Seal / To
wit / my hand the bottom of each of the four preceding sheets of paper And my
hand and seal to this last sheet of paper this fourth day of June
in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty Eight [JohnTRAFFORD
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the seal] The Writing contained in this and the ffour preceding Sheets of Paper
Was Signed and Sealed by the above named John Trafford the Testator and by him
published and Declared as and for his last Will and Testament In the presence of
us who have hereunto Subscribed our names as Witness in his presence and in the
presence of each other The Words fourth and June In this last sheet being first
????????? Samuel LEIGH, Samuel HAWTING, Edw. RING.
This Will was proved at Oxford on the sixth day of July in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty Eight before the Reverend Samuel ????? Clerk Doctor of Law Surrogate of the Reverend and Worshipfull Daniel BURTON Doctor in Divinity Vicar General Official Principal and Comissary or the Right Reverend ffather in God Robert by Divine ?????? Lord Bishop of Oxford lawfully constituted by the Oaths of John TRAFFORD and Henry TRAFFORD the sons of the Deceased and Executors therein named to whom Administrations ??????????? and sworn duly to Administer