Will of Richard Coxill, cooper, 1877 (proved 1879)

Oxford Probate Registry

This is the last Will and Testament of me Richard Coxill of Winslow in the County of Bucks Cooper.  I appoint my Wife Alice and my Son Richard John Coxill Executrix and Executor of my Will.

I bequeath unto my said Wife Alice all my household goods and furniture linen china and other household effects and also all my stock in trade and other book debts owing to me at the time of my decease subject nevertheless to her paying my just debts my funeral and testamentary expenses.  I devise all the real estate to which I shall be beneficially entitled at the time of my decease unto my said Son Richard John Coxhill his heirs and assigns absolutely subject nevertheless to him paying thereout to each of my Children Louisa Bloxham, Ann Smith and William Thomas Coxill the Legacy or sum of Fifty pounds within twelve calendar months next after my decease. I devise all the real estate which shall at my decease be vested in me as Trustee or Mortgagee to my said Son Richard John Coxill his heirs and assigns subject to the trusts and equities affecting the same respectively.

Lastly I revoke all other Wills. In Witness whereof I the said Richard Coxill the Testator have hereunto set my hand this Eighth day of September in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy seven.

Richard Coxill [signature]

Signed by the said Richard Coxill the Testator in the joint presence of us who at his request in his presence and the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses.         
Thos. Price Willis [signature] Sol(icito)r, Winslow.
Arthur S. Midgley [signature] his Clerk

ON the Tenth day of March 1879, the Will of Richard Coxill late of Winslow in the County of Buckingham, Cooper, deceased, who died on the Sixteenth day of December 1878 at Winslow aforesaid, was proved in Her Majesty’s High Court of Justice in  the District Registry attached to Probate Division thereof at Oxford by the Oaths of Alice Coxill of Winslow aforesaid, Widow, the Relict of the deceased, and Richard John Coxill of the same place, Cooper, the Son of the deceased, the Executors named (in the said Will) they having been first sworn duly to administer.
It is hereby certified the above is a correct Copy. Dated this Twentieth day of March 1879.

Under £200
No Leaseholds.
Extracted by Willis and Willis, Solicitors, Winslow

Notes

Richard was the second generation of the Coxill family of coopers. He was 74 when he died. Read more about the family and the property in which they lived. The children mentioned in the will are:

Inventory of Richard Coxill

CBS, D/WIG/2/1/4

[Valuations of individual items recorded in George Wigley's code have not been transcribed]

Valuation of Household Furniture & Effects Stock in Trade & Tools of a Cooper &c. at Winslow Bucks late the Property of Mr Richard Coxill deceased
Taken for Administration
Feb(ruar)y 1879
Sitting Room
Oak Fold(in)g Table & Cover
Cocoa Matt(in)g & Hearth Rug
Oak Round Table & Cover
Arm Chair & Cushion
Wheelback Chair
Easy Chair
Oak Corner Cupboard
[deletion] Fender & Fire Irons
Saucepan & Kettle                 
                                                            1          8          6

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Kitchen
[?Quantity] Blue Ware
[?Quantity] Brown Ware
4 Wheelback Chairs
Flour Tub
Knife Box & Knives
Round oak Table
Sundries
Bed Room No. 1
Iron French Beds(tea)d
Straw Bed
Flock Mattress
Feather Bed Bolster & 2 Pillows
P(ai)r Blankets & Counterp(an)e
Bedside Carpets
Oak Chest 5 Drawers
4 Flag Chairs
Easy Chair in Chintz
Dress(in)g Table & Cover
Mahog(an)y Swing Glass
Painted Washst(an)d & Service
Childs Bed
Back Bed Room No. 2
Stump Beds(tea)d
Mattress
2 Cane seat chairs
[?Quantity] of Linen
[?Quantity] of Wearing apparel
Front Bed Room No. 3
Iron French Beds(tea)d
Straw Palliasse
Flock Beds(tea)d
Feather Bed Bolster & 2 Pillows
Pair Blankets & Counterp(an)e
Bedside Carpets
Dress(in)g Table & Swing Glass
3 Cane seat chairs
Washst(an)d & Service
Back Bed Room No. 4
Tent Beds(tea)d
Hair Mattress
                                                            9          2          6

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Feather Bed Bolster & 2 Pillows
Chest of 3 Drawers
Small round Table
Oak Corner Cupboard
Parlour
Kidder(minste)r Carpet to Room
Oak Round Table & Cloth Cover
Hearth Rug
Iron Fender & Set Fire Irons
Couch in Amer(ica)n Cloth
Chimney Glass in Maple frame
Amer(ica)n Clock
Chimney Ornaments
4 Wheelback Chairs
Windsor Arm Chair
Fold(in)g American Chair & Cush(io)n
Mahog(an)y Card Table & Cloth Cover
2 Glazed Engravings in Maple frames                                                           
Scullery
Stool & Tub
Chopp(in)g Board
[?Quantity] Blue Ware
Cellar
4 Ale Casks
Tubs
Meat Safe
Workshop
[?Quantity] of Coopers Tools of various descriptions
[?Quantity] of Rim & Back Hoops
[?Quantity] of Staves
[?Quantity] of Oak Board
D(itt)o
[?Quantity]  of \For(eig)n[?]/ Oak Staves & Board
Underback
Mash Tub
Sundry Barrels
                                                            19        9          0

[f.] 130
13 round Ladder
[?Quantity] of Arbele Boards
22 ½ Peck Measures
2 Pottle D(itt)o
5 Wood Pails
Carpenter’s Bench
3 Wood Stable Pails
2 Milk Pails
1 Sieve
8 Beer bottles
7 Skips
9 Yokes
Bushel Measure
3½ Bushel D(itt)o
15 Yokes
2 Wash(in)g Tubs
Butter [?]Kiver
5 Sieves
Chopping Board
4 ½ Peck Measures
2 ½ Bushel D(itt)o
1 Bushel D(itt)o
2 Pails
6 Small Ale Casks
10 Bowls
2 Flour Tubs House Pails
20 Wood Taps
3 Shovels
4 glass Wash(in)g Tubs
4 Pottle Measures
2 Quart d(itt)o
[?Quantity of] Wheat
[?Quantity of] Beans
Corn Bins
grindstone & stand
9 unfinished Bushel Measures
13 D(itt)o ½ peck D(itt)o
13 D(itt)o Pottles
3 D(itt)o Quarts
7 D(itt)o Seedlips
[?Quantity of] Ash Staves
[?Quantity of] Poplar Planks
[?Quantity of] Ash D(itt)o
[?Quantity of] Deal Boards
Carried over                                        £23      5          0

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Brought forward
                                                            1          8          6
                                                            9          2          6
                                                           19          9          0
Carried over                                       23          5          0
                                                           53          5          0

G.D.E. Wigley [signature]

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