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Will of William Lowndes, MP, 1721 (proved 1723/4)
National Archives, PROB/11/595/393
The full text of William Lowndes' 22-page will (including codicils) can be read here: Will of William Lowndes PDF
The main provisions and references to earlier provisions are:
- Burial in the chancel of Winslow church.
- £20 for bread for the poor of Winslow.
- Property in Winslow, Shipton, Little Horwood, Granborough, North Marston, Oving and Shenley settled on eldest son (by his first wife Elizabeth Harsnet) Robert and his wife Margaret.
- Property at Astwood Bury, North Crawley and Moulsoe for second son William and his wife Margaret, daughter of brother-in-law Thomas Layton.
- Marriage settlement in Somerset for eldest daughter Anne (deceased), wife of Thomas Jett.
- Marriage settlement in Herts and Bucks for daughter Elizabeth (deceased), wife of John Duncomb.
- Land in Chesham etc. for wife Rebecca. Also receives coach, jewellery, etc.
- Reference to sons Henry & Edward, deceased without issue.
- Property at Chesham, Aylesbury & Walton for Charles, eldest surviving son by Rebecca. Also receives his father's books.
- Property at Pitchcott (Carter's Lane) for son Richard. Richard was declared a lunatic in 1733 and put into the care of his brother Charles, but was deemed to have recovered in 1739 (Centre for Bucks Studies, D/LO/6/2/2).
- Property at Barton Hartshorn for son Joseph.
- Property at Chesham & Aylesbury left in trust to Charles Shales and Samuel Smithin of London, goldsmith.
- Money to daughters Clara, Sarah & Mary.
- Codicil refers to marriage settlement for Clara with Peter, son of Thomas Leheup.
- Mentions 20 grandchildren:
by Robert: Richard, Robert, John, Roger, Henry, Elizabeth, Margaret, Anne, and Sarah
by Anne: Jane Jett
by Elizabeth Duncomb: John, Elizabeth and Lewis
by William: William, Layton, Margaret, Charles, Richard, Elizabeth and Clara - Trustees: Charles Shales (brother-in-law), Peter Lowndes
- Executors: Hon. Richard Hill, Charles Shales, Thomas Jett and John Duncome
- Overseers: John Smith late Chancellor of the Exchequer and Richard Hill
- Witnesses: Mark Frecker, Robert Burnbury, John Beresford, William Empson
- Other places mentioned: Bellingdon, Berkhamsted, Broughton, Carnaby Street, Chelsea, Chicheley, Fenley, Knightsbridge, Newport Pagnell, Northchurch, Romney Marsh, Spring Gardens, Stoke Mandeville, Wendover, Westminster.
- Other people mentioned: Samuel Arnet, William Baldwin, Samuel Barnesly, John Beresford, Thomas Bowen, Robert Burnbury, Sir Nicholas Carew & Elizabeth his wife, John Deely, John Dunston, Robert Eden alias Udden, William Erdman Fox, Joshua Geary, Elizabeth Glenister, Jane Glenister and Anne her daughter, Nicolls Hacket, Thomas Handly, Dr Robert Harsnet, John Hogson and Tabitha his wife, Dr William Holloway, Sarah Hunt, Sir Peter King, Christopher Lowe, Elizabeth Morris, John Morris, Joseph Newel & Elizabeth his wife, Richard Roding, John Shelton, William Shelton, Edward Smith & Frances his wife, William Snelling, Thomas Stamp, William Swindell, William Temple, Edward Turnam, William Wyatt.
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23 August, 2018