Will of Sarah Hinton, widow, 1836 (proved 1837)

National Archives PROB 11/1888/1

This is the last Will and Testament of me Sarah Hinton late of the Parish of Middle Claydon  in the County of Bucks and now of Winslow in the same County Widow First I give and bequeath unto my son William Hinton the Feather Bed which is generally used in the Back room  part of my own dwelling house to be delivered to him by my Executors hereinafter named as soon as conveniently may be after my decease Also I give and bequeath unto my daughter Rebecca Hinton all my wearing apparel and ornaments of my person of every nature and kind And all the Residue of my Household Goods and Furniture Plate Linen China and all other my Household Effects in and about my now dwelling house to be delivered to her as soon as conveniently may be after my decease Also I give devise and bequeath unto my Son Thomas Hinton and David Thomas Willis of Winslow aforesaid, Gentleman, All that my leasehold messuage Cottage or Tenement situate standing and being at Maida Hill in the Parish of Paddington in the County of Middlesex with the rights members and Appurt(enance)s thereunto belonging in any wise or appertaining To hold the same and every part thereof unto the said Thomas Hinton and David Thomas Willis their Executors Adm(inistrat)ors and Assigns for and during the Residue and remainder of all such term and terms of years as shall at the time of my decease be therein to come and unexpired Upon trust nevertheless as hereinafter mentioned Also I give and bequeath unto the said Thomas Hinton and David Thomas Willis All my ready money and securities for money book debts rights Credits and all other my Personal Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever and of what nature or kind soever the same may be

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which I may die possessed of or interested in or intitled to and not hereinbefore by me specifically disposed of To hold the same . . . unto . . . Thomas Hinton and David Thomas Willis their Executors . . . Upon trust . . . that they . . . or the survivor of them . . . shall with all convenient speed after my decease sell and absolutely dispose of my said Leasehold messuage . . . and also my . . Personal Estate and Effects . . .  or such parts as shall not consist of money or securities for money and shall be saleable for the most money and best price . . . that can be reasonably had . . . and also collect and get in all such debts & sums of money as shall be then due and owing to me or my Estate And by and out of the monies to arise by such sale . . . collected or got in as aforesaid . . . shall in the first place pay off and discharge all incumbrances then affecting my said Leasehold Estate . . . and all such other debts as I may justly owe at the time of my decease my Funeral and Testamentary expences and all Costs and Charges incident to and attending the sale of my . . . Estates . . . And thereout in the next place pay unto my sons William Hinton and John Hinton the Legacy or sum of Eighty pounds . . . exclusive of and in addition to Twenty pounds advanced by me to each of them to my said Son Thomas Hinton \and my said Daughter Rebecca Hinton/ the Legacy or sum of One hundred pounds each of like money to my Son Alexander Hinton . . . Forty pounds . . . in the event only of his surviving me and to . . . David Thomas Willis . . . Ten pounds . . . as a recompense for the care and trouble he will have as one of the Executors or Trustee of my . . .  Will . . . within twelve Calendar months next after my decease And do and shall thereout in the next place pay unto my Grandchildren . . . Catherine Hinton Ann Hinton Mary Hinton Harriett the Wife of John Irons Pakes Peter Hinton William Hinton and John Hinton the children of my late son Peter Hinton deceased the Legacy or sum of Ten pounds each . . . with benefit of Survivorship amongst them as to the. . .  Legacies of . . . any of them being under the age of Twenty one years & without issue And unto my two Grandchildren Richard Barton and Catherine Barton the children of my daughter Catherine Barton deceased the Legacy or sum of Ten pounds each . . . with benefit of Survivorship . . . and to my three Grandchildren James Hinton Edward Hinton and Ann Hinton the children of my Son Alexander Hinton the Legacy or sum of Ten pounds each . . . with benefit of Survivorship . . . And to my Grandaughters  Mary Hinton and Susanna Hinton daughters of my late son Benjamin Hinton deceased and my Grandson William Hinton son of my late son Joseph Hinton deceased the Legacy or sum of Ten pounds each . . . with benefit of Survivorship . . . All which Legacies . . . hereinbefore . . . bequeathed to my said Grandchildren I direct to be paid to such of them as shall have attained the age of Twenty one years within twelve Calendar months next after my decease And to such of them as shall not have attained such age as and when they shall severally and respectively attain thereto And do and shall pay share and divide the residue of the monies to arise as aforesaid which shall remain after answering the several purposes hereinbefore mentioned unto among my said sons and

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daughter William Hinton John Hinton Thomas Hinton and Rebecca Hinton equally And in the meantime . . . after my decease until any . . . of my Grandchildren hereinbefore mentioned shall attain the age of Twenty one years I do hereby . . .  direct my Executors . . . to place out the . . . Legacies by me hereinbefore . . . bequeathed to such minor . . . Grandchildren . . . in their . . . own names . . . in some Bank for savings or on any other good and sufficient . . . securities and . . .  suffer the same to accumulate for the benefit of such minor . . .Legatees until . . .  they shall attain the age of Twenty one years and I . . . declare that the . . . receipts of the said Thomas Hinton and David Thomas Willis . . . shall be . . . sufficient . . . discharges to the . . . purchasers of my said Leasehold Estate . . . for so much money as . . . such . . .  receipts shall be expressed to be received And that it shall not be necessary for the . . . purchasers thereof . . . to see the application of . . . their purchase money . . . nor shall . . . they be answerable for the misapplication or nonapplication thereof . . .  And I request my said Children and Grandchildren to accept of the provision hereby made for them respectively in lieu of any Claim or demand they may have against me as Administratrix of the Effects of my late Husband William Hinton deceased And if any of my Children and Grandchildren shall make any Claim or demand against my Estate in respect of the personal Estate of my said late Husband  I revoke and make void all and every the bequests hereby made to or in favor of every such Claimant And I do hereby nominate Constitute and appoint my said son Thomas Hinton and the said David Thomas Willis joint Executors and Trustees of this my last Will and Testament And . . I hereby direct that my Executors . . .  shall each of them be answerable for his own acts deeds receipts neglects and defaults only and not the one of them for the other . . . notwithstanding their joining of receipt for Conformity And that they . . . shall not be answerable for any more monies or produce of my Estates than shall actually be received by them . . . nor any Banker or Broker or other person . . . in whose hands any part of the said Trust monies shall . . . be deposited . . . for safe Custody . . . nor shall they . . . be answerable for the insufficiency \or deficiency/ of any . . .  securities Stocks or Funds in or upon which the said Trust monies . . . shall be placed out or invested nor for any loss which may happen to the aforesaid trust monies and premises except the same shall . . . arise through . . . their . . .wilful neglect or default And also that they shall retain all their Costs Charges damages and expences in the Trust or Executorship of this my Will out of the Estate and Effects in them respectively vested . . . And that notwithstanding his appointment as a Trustee and Executor of this my Will the said  David Thomas Willis shall be entitled to his proper fees and charges for any professional business he may transact in the execution of the Trusts hereby reposed in him And lastly I do hereby revoke all former and other Wills by me at any time heretofore made and declare this only to be my last Will and Testament

In Witness whereof I the said Sarah Hinton the Testatrix have to the first four sheets \of this my last Will and Testament contained on five sheets/ of paper set my hand only and to this the fifth and last sheet thereof my hand and seal this Tenth day of February  in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty six Sarah Hinton  [signature] Signed sealed published and declared  by the said Sarah Hinton the Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at her request in her presence, and the presence of each other have hereto subscribed our names as Witnesses \thereof/ the interlineation between the fifth and sixth line of the third sheet being first made   Char Willis [signature] John King Junr [signature]

Proved at London 12th December 1837 before the Worshipful John Daubeny Doctor of Laws & Surrogate by Oaths of Thomas Hinton the son and David Thomas Willis the Executors to whom Adm(inistrati)on was granted having been first sworn duly to administer

Notes

Sarah Hinton's death wasn't registered under the new procedure introduced in 1837, so either she died too soon (it began on 1 July) or it hadn't yet caught on in Winslow. She isn't listed as an owner or occupier in the 1832 Land Tax, so probably only came to Winslow after that. She was the Sarah Sheen aged 19 who married William Hinton, dairyman of Middle Claydon, at Thornton in 1777, so she was about 79 when she died. All their children were baptised at Middle Claydon, and some also lived in Winslow. These are the ones mentioned in the will:

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