Will of William Jones, innkeeper, 1865 (proved 1899)

Oxford Probate Registry

This is the last Will and Testament of me William Jones of Winslow in the County of Bucks Innholder I devise and bequeath all the real and personal estate that I shall be beneficially entitled at the time of my decease Unto my Wife Sarah her heirs executors administrators and assigns absolutely but as to estates vested in me upon trust or by way of Mortgage subject to the equities affecting the same respectively same I appoint my said Wife Sarah sole Executrix of my Will and revoke all other Wills In Witness whereof I the said William Jones the Testator have hereunto set my hand the Twenty seventh day of November in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty five
William Jones [signature]

Signed by the said William Jones 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
Tho(ma)s Price Willis [signature] Attorney, Winslow
Sam(ue)l J. Duke [signature] Clerk to Messrs Willis & Willis

On the Sixth day of September 1899 Probate of this Will was granted at Oxford to Sarah Jones, Widow, the Relict, the sole Executrix
It is hereby certified that the above is a correct Copy
Dated this Fouteenth day of September 1899

BE IT KNOWN  that at the date hereunder written the last Will and Testament of William Jones of Winslow in the County of Buckingham, Innholder, deceased, who died on the 22nd  day of July 1899, at Winslow aforesaid, and who at the time of his death had a fixed place of abode at Winslow aforesaid within the District of the Counties of Oxford, Berks and Buckingham, was proved and registered in the District Probate Registry of Her Majesty’s High Court of Justice at Oxford and that Administration of all the Estate which by law devolves to and vests in the personal representative of the said deceased was granted by the aforesaid Court to Sarah Jones of Winslow aforesaid, Widow, the Relict, the sole Executrix named in the said Will.
Dated the 6th day of September 1899
Gross value of Estate                           £297 - 17 - 6
Net value of personal Estate               £217 -   4 - 7

Extracted by Willis and Willis, Solicitors, Winslow

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Notes

William Jones made his will shortly after taking over The Bull, where he lived until his death 34 years later. He came from Marsh Gibbon and was probably connected by marriage to the Blake family. He and his wife Sarah kept the Crooked Billet at Marsh Gibbon before coming to Winslow, where they also kept the Crooked Billet before moving to The Bull. Sarah died shortly after William; see her will.