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Will of Charles March of St Clement Danes, butterman, 1746
National Archives PROB 11/751/155
I Charles March of the parish of Saint Clement Danes in the County of Middlesex Butterman being of sound Mind Memory & understanding Do make and publish this my last Will and Testament as followeth that is to say First I give and devise unto Jeremiah Lucas of the Parish of Saint Clement Danes aforesaid Vintner and John Pike of the same place Grocer my Executors herein after named All my Messuages Lands Tenements Hereditaments and all other my Estate as well Freehold as Copyhold with the Appurten(an)ces Situate at or near Winslow in the County of Bucks or elsewhere together with all my Stock and Utensils as a Waggoner or Dealer and other my Effects at or upon or concerning my said Estate in Buckinghamshire aforesaid To hold unto and to the Use of the said Jeremiah Lucas and John Pike their heirs and Assigns for ever In trust nevertheless that they the said Jeremiah Lucas and John Pike and the Survivor of them and the Heirs and Assigns of such Survivor do and shall with all Convenient Speed after my Decease at his and their own Discretion sell and dispose of all the said Premisses intirely or by parcells for the best price or prices they can procure for
[p.2] the same and receive and take the money arising thereby and apply the same as herein after directed And whereas I am now possessed of thirteen hundred pounds South Sea Annuitys standing in my own Name in the South Sea Company’s Book Now I do hereby direct my said Executors and Trustees and the Survivors of them as soon as conveniently may be after my Decease out of the money arising by the Sale of my Estate and Effects to buy and purchase two hundred pounds more South Sea Annuitys and make and cause the same to be transferred into their Names as my Executors And I give and bequeath the said thirteen hundred pounds South Sear Annuitys which I am now possessed of as aforesaid And the said two hundred pounds South Sea Annuitys to be purchased by my said Executors as herein before is directed making together Fifteen hundred pounds South Sea Annuities unto my three Daughters Mary Alice and Ann equally to be divided between them Share and Share alike, when and as they shall severally attain their respective ages of One and twenty years or be marryed with the Consent and Approbation of my Wife Jane March and my said Trustees and Executors or any or either of my said Daughters shall happen to depart this Life before their respective Ages of One and twenty years or be marryed as aforesaid Then the part of Share parts or Shares of her or them so dying shall go to and be equally devided between the Survivor or Survivors of them when and as aforesaid And in the mean time the Dividends and proceed of the said Fifteen hundred pounds South Sea Annuitys shall be paid and applied by my said Trustees in and towards the Maintenance and Education of my said three Daughters rateably and in Proportion to their respective Shares and Interest in the said Annuitys And in Case all my said Daughters shall happen to depart this Life before their respective Ages of One and twenty or be all marryed as aforesaid Then I give and devise the said Fifteen hundred pounds South Sea Annuitys unto my said Wife Jane March Also I give and devise unto my said Wife Jane March my several Messuages or Tenements and all other my Leasehold Estate Scituate at or near Clare Market in the Parish of Clement Danes aforesaid for so long time of the residue of the respective terms to come therein as my said Wife shall happen to live and after her Decease to my said three Daughters Mary Alice and Ann equally to be divided between them Share and Share alike Also I give and bequeath unto my said Wife Jane March the use of all my Silver Plate during her Life And after my said Wifes decease I give all my said Plate unto my said three Daughters equally to be divided between them Share and Share alike Also I give and bequeath unto the said Jeremiah Lucas and John Pike Five Guineas apiece for their trouble in Executing this my Will All the rest and residue of my Estate of what Nature or kind soever (after payment of by Debts the above mentioned Legacys and my Funeral Expences which I leave to the Discretion of my said Wife Jane March and which I order shall be paid thereout) I give and devise unto my said Wife Jane March
[p.3] and her Heirs And I Constitute and appoint the said Jeremiah Lucas and John Pike Executors of this my last Will and Testament And I do hereby direct and declare that the receipt and receipts of the said Jeremiah Lucas and John Pike and the Survivor of them and the Heirs and Assigns of such Survivor shall be a good and Sufficient Discharge for all moneys arising or to be had or made by or out of my said Estate in Buckinghamshire or elsewhere And that the Purchaser or Purchasors of my said Estate or any part thereof shall not be obliged to see or inquire how or in what manner All or any part of the moneys to be paid by him them or any of them unto my said Trustees or the Survivor of them or to the heirs and assigns of such Survivor shall be or ought to be applied or disposed of Nor shall any such purchasor or Purchasors be answerable or Accountable for the Management or misapplicac(i)on of such moneys as aforesaid or any part And I do further direct and declare that my said Executors shall not be answerable the One for the other Or for the Act or Neglect of the other Neither shall they or either of them be Accountable for any more than shall be actually received by them or their Order respectively And that my said Executors and Trustees their Heirs and Assigns respectively shall be fully reimbursed and Indempnifyed and may and shall deduct and retain to themselves respectively All such damages Costs and Expences as they any or either of them shall and may at any time or times Sustain Expend or be put unto in Execution or Defence of this my Will or the Trusts hereby in them reposed or otherwise touching the Premisses And I do hereby revoke all former and other Wills by me heretofore made Declaring this only to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said Charles March have hereunto set my hand and Seal this Second day of June in the year of Our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Forty Six And in the ninetenth year of the Reign of this Majesty King George the Second
Charles March
Signed Sealed Published and declared by the said Testator Charles March as and for his last Will and Testament in the Presence of Us who have hereunto Subscribed Our hands as Witnesses thereto in the Presence of Each other and also at the Request and in the Presence of the said Testator.
J(oh)n Chumly Cha(rles) Walker Elisebhe Laws
On the twenty Sixth day of November in the year of Our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Forty Six Administration (with the Will Annexed) of the Goods Chattels and Credits of Charles March late of the parish of Saint Clement Danes in the County of Middlesex Deceased was granted to Jane March Widow the Relict of the said Deceased and residuary Legatee named in the said Will (for that Jeremiah Lucas and John Pike the Executors appointed in the said Will have renounced the Execution thereof) being first sworn duly to administer.
[added in margin] On the second day of June 1755 Adm(inistra)c(i)on (with the Will annexed) of the Goods Chattels Credits of Charles March late of the Parish of Saint Clement Danes in the County of Midd(lese)x d(e)c(ease)d left unad(mini)stered by Jane March Widow dec(eas)ed while living the Relict of the said dec(eas)ed & residuary Legatee named in the said Will was granted to William West the sole Ex(ecu)tor named in the Will of the said Jane March dec(eas)ed (for that Jeremiah Lucas & John Pike the Ex(ecu)tors named in the said Will formerly renounced the Execution thereof) having been first sworn duly to ad(mini)ster.
Will of Jane March of St Clement Danes, widow, 1754 (proved 1755)
National Archives PROB 11/815/386
In the Name of God Amen I Jane March of Clare Market in the Parish of Saint Clement Danes in the County of Middlesex Widow being in good health of Body and of sound and disposing Mind but considering the uncertainty of human Life do make this my last Will in manner following that is to say First and principally I commend my Soul to Almighty God my Creator hoping through his Mercy and the Merits of Christ Jesus my blessed Saviour and Redeemer to obtain full Pardon for all my Sins and to inherit Eternal Life and my Body I commit to the Earth to be decently Interred at Dinton in the County of Bucks in the same Grave with my late dear Husband or as near thereto as conveniently may be in such manner as to my Executor herein after named shall in his discretion seem most meet And I give to Mr Thomas Price and Mary his Wife one of the Daughters of my late Husband and to Alice and Ann March the other two daughters of my said late Husband
[p.2]and to Mrs Mary Humphreys my Sister of the half Blood and to my Nephew Mr. W(illia)m Bunn of Newgate Market Butcher and Mary his Wife and to Mr. John Williams of Clare Market Butterman and to my Neice Jane his Wife and to Mr. W(illia)m West my Executor herein after named and to each and every one of them a Mourning Ring of the value of one Guinea to wear in remembrance of me Also I give unto William Mary and Elizabeth the three Children of the before named William Bunn and to Frances and John the two Children of the before named Jane Williams the Sum of Fifty Pounds a piece to be paid unto each of them respectively at their respective Ages of Twenty one years and such Interest as my Executor shall in the mean time be able to make of the said respective Legacies I hereby order and direct shall be paid and applied towards the Maintenance and Education of the said Children respectively And in case any one or more of the before named five Children shall happen to die before his her or their Legacy or Legacies shall become payable Then I give the Legacy or Legacies intended for him her or them so dying unto the Survivor or Survivors of the said five Children in equal Shares and Proportions if there shall be more than once such Survivor to be paid to them him or her at their his or her respective Ages or Age of twenty one years and the Interest thereof in the mean time to be paid and applied towards their his or her Maintenance and Education as aforesaid and I hereby order and direct that all such just Debts as I shall or may happen to owe at the time of my death be duly paid and satisfied And as to all the rest and residue of my Estate whether Real or Personal or of what nature or kind soever which shall be remaining after payment of all my just Debts and the several aforesaid Legacies and such others as I shall or may think fit to give by any Codicil or Codicils to this my Will and the expences of my Funeral I give devise and bequeath the same to my before named Nephew and Neice William Bunn and Jane Williams to be equally divided between them Share and Share alike as Tenants in Common and not as joint Tenants and to their respective Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns absolutely and for ever And I do hereby constitute and appoint my esteemed Friend William West of Richmond in the County of Surry Gentleman sole Executor of this my Will and do hereby revoke all former Wills by me at any time heretofore made In Witness whereof I the said Jane March to the first Page of this my Will have set my Hand or Mark and to this last Page thereof have set my Hand or Mark and Seal this twelfth day of August in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and fifty four.
The Mark of Jane March
Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the Testatrix Jane March as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of Us who have Subscribed our Names as Witnesses hereto in her presence and at her request and also in the presence of each other.
James Smith Silversmith in Fleet Street. M: West. Will(ia)m Mason Attorney in Chancery Lane.
[p.3] By way of and as and for a Codicil to my foregoing Will I hereby give and bequeath to Thomas Price (Son of Thomas Price named in my foregoing Will) provided he shall live to attain his Age of twenty one years but not otherwise the Sum of Twenty Pounds to be paid to him on his attaining that Age As Witness my Hand hereto Subscribed immediately after the execution of my foregoing Will and on the day of the date thereof.
The Mark of Jane March
Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the Testatrix Jane March as and for a Codicil to her foregoing Will in the presence of Us.
James Smith. M: West. Will(ia)m Mason.
This Will was Proved at London (with a Codicil) the twenty third day of May in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and fifty five before the Worshipfull George Harris Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Hon(oura)ble Sir George Lee Knight Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of William West the sole Executor named in the said Will To whom Administration was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the deceased having been first Sworn duly to administer.
[added in margin] On the twenty seventh day of October 1762 Adm(inistrat)ion (with the Will and Codicil annexed) of the Goods Chattells and Credits of Jane March late of the Parish of St. Clement Danes in the County of Middlesex Widow deceased left unadminist(e)red by William West the sole Executor named in the said Will since also deceased was granted to William Bunn and Jane Williams Wife of John Williams the Nephew and Niece and Residuary Legatees named in the said Will having been first sworn duly to adm(ini)ster Augustine Cole the sole Executor named in the Will of Mary West Widow deceased whilst living the Relict and sole Executrix named in the Will of the said William West deceased having first renounced the Execution of the Will of the said Mary West.
Notes
On 5 Feb 1731/2 Charles March of Dinton aged 25, bachelor, applied for a licence to marry Mary Ealing [presumably Illing] of Little Horwood, widow, at St Benet Paul's Wharf, and they were married there on the same day. Alice the middle daughter was born in 1736 according to her age given in the Winslow court rolls. The dates of the death of Charles March's first wife Mary and his marriage to his second wife Jane haven't been traced. Mary the eldest daughter married Thomas Price of Hollis Street St Clement Danes, butter factor, and Alice the second daughter married Edward Baxter of Lambs Conduit Street, St Andrew Holborne, cheesemonger in 1763.
Charles March's copyhold property in Winslow was what became Lawn House (or at least it was on the same site). In 1749 it was granted to his three daughters, and was in the occupation of William Gibbs, carrier, who was probably in charge of the Winslow end of the butter business.