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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 Ä 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

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