Winslow History | Wills of John and Thomas Ridgway of Shipton, gentlemen, 1905

Will of John Ridgway of Shipton, gentleman, 1900 (proved 1905)

Principal Probate Registry

BE IT KNOWN that John Ridgway of Shipton Winslow in the County of Buckingham died on the 31st day of October 1905 at Bletchley in the said County

AND BE IT FURTHER KNOWN that at the date hereunder written the last will and Testament of the said deceased was proved and registered at the Principal Probate Registry of His Majesty’s High Court of Justice, and that Administration of all the estate which by law devolves and vests in the personal representative of the said deceased was granted by the aforesaid Court to William Reynolds of 47 Montague Street Worthing in the County of Sussex draper one of the Executors named in the said Will. Power reserved of making the like grant to John Edward Monk the other Executor named in the said Will.
Dated the 15th day of November 1905.
Gross value of Estate £2731 : 17 : 6
Net value of Personal Estate £2707 : 7 : 6

THIS IS THE LAST WILL & TESTAMENT of me John RIDGWAY of Shipton Winslow Bucks Gentleman I give all my real and personal property whatsoever & wheresoever to the hereinafter mentioned as specified below Edward Steel Ridgway Grocer Suffolk Street Boro London the sum of one hundred pounds £100 Thomas Ridgway Shipton Winslow Bucks Gentleman £100 Annie Ridgway Suffolk Street Boro the sum of fifty pounds £50 Helen Ann Ridgway Suffolk Street Boro the sum of fifty pounds £50 Jane Emily Halford Egremont Cheshire the sum of fifty pounds £50 Elizabeth Annie Davenport Oulton Leeds the sum of fifty pounds £50 Frank Davenport Oulton Leeds the sum of fifty pounds £50 Margery Ridgway Monk Tattenhoe Bletchley Bucks the sum of two hundred pounds £200 Nora Mary Monk Tattenhoe Bletchley Bucks the sum of two hundred pounds £200 John Ridgway Monk Tattenhoe Bletchley Bucks the sum of two hundred pounds £200 John Ridgway Reynolds of Montague St Worthing Sussex the sum of two hundred pounds £200 John Edward Monk Tattenhoe Bletchley Bucks the sum of nineteen guineas £19 - 19 - 0 William Reynolds of Montague St Worthing Sussex the sum of nineteen guineas £19 - 19 - 0 And to be equally divided between my two nieces Jane Annie Monk of Tattenhoe Bletchley Bucks and Elizabeth Sarah Reynolds of Montague Street Worthing Sussex the residue of my estate but in the event of the death of either of the said nieces to their children Also in the event of the death of Edward Steel Ridgway Thomas Ridgway Annie Ridgway Ellen Ann Ridgway Jane Edith Halford Elizabeth Annie Davenport Frank Davenport their share to go with the aforesaid residue And appoint John Edward Monk of Tattenhoe Bletchley Bucks Farmer and William Reynolds of Montague Street Worthing Sussex, Draper EXECUTORS of this my Will. IN WITNESS whereof I have set my hand this my Will the 24th day of July nineteen hundred - JOHN RIDGWAY - signed by the above named John Ridgway as his last Will in the presence of us both being present at the same time who in his presence and the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses –
M.A. HIGGS 34 Montague Street Worthing Spinster
LOUIS GREENMAN d(itt)o d(itt)o

ON the 15th day of November 1905 Probate of this Will was granted to William Reynolds one the executors

Notes

John Ridgway, who died in 1905 aged 71, was a bachelor who lived at Shipton Cottage with his brother Thomas Ridgway who also died in 1905 (see below) and presumably owned the property. They were originally from Swanbourne. They had previously kept a pub called the Builders Arms in Islington (1871 Census). The family can't be traced in the 1881 and 1891 Censuses.

John Edward Monk, originally from Tuckey Farm, married Thomas' daughter Jane Annie Ridgway in London in 1888. Elizabeth Sarah Ridgway married William Reynolds at Winslow in 1897.

The family only seems to have come to Winslow in the 1890s. Thomas appears in Kelly's Directory 1895 at The Cottage, Shipton, and must have bought it after the death of the previous occupant Thomas Woodward in 1893. He was apparently nothing to do with Thomas Ridgway, grocer at 29 High Street.

Will of Thomas Ridgway of Shipton, gentleman, 1905

Oxford Probate Registry

BE IT KNOWN that Thomas Ridgway of The Cottage, Shipton Winslow in the County of Buckingham, Gentleman, who at the time of his death had a fixed place of abode at Shipton aforesaid within the Counties of Oxford, Berks and Buckingham, died on the seventh day of May 1905 at Shipton aforesaid.
AND BE IT FURTHER KNOWN that at the date hereunder written the last will and Testament of the said deceased was proved and registered at the District Probate Registry of His Majesty’s High Court of Justice at Oxford, and that Administration of all the estate which by law devolves and vests in the personal representative of the said deceased was granted by the aforesaid Court to Mary Ann Ridgway of The Cottage, Shipton aforesaid, Widow, the Relict of the Deceased, Jane Annie Monk (Wife of John Edward Monk, Farmer) of Tattenhoe in the County of Buckingham, and Elizabeth Sarah Reynolds (Wife of William Reynolds Draper) of 47 Montague Street Worthing in the County Sussex, the Daughters of the Deceased the Executors named in the said Will.
Dated the 20th day of July 1905.
Gross value of Estate £12751 : 7 : 5
Net value of Personal Estate £12651 : 7 : 5
Herbert Bullock, Solicitor, Winslow

This is the last Will & Testament of me Thomas Ridgway of The Cottage Shipton Winslow in the County of Buckingham Gentleman I revoke all wills or testamentary writings heretofore executed by me I appoint my dear Wife Mary Ann Ridgway and my Daughters Jane Annie Monk wife of John Edward Monk and Elizabeth Sarah Reynolds wife of William Reynolds hereinafter called “my Trustees” to be the Executrices and Trustees of my Will I give to my said dear Wife all my Household and personal effects including my horse and carriages and the balance standing to my credit at the time of my death on my current account at my Bankers for her own personal use I give and devise to my Trustees my House and Land at Shipton aforesaid Upon trust to sell the same as soon as may be convenient after my decease either by public auction or private contract and to hold the proceeds arising from such sale after payment thereout of my just debts and funeral and testamentary expenses In trust for my said Daughters in equal shares absolutely I give devise and bequeath to my Trustees all my real and personal estate and the securities in which the same is invested Upon trust to permit my Wife to receive the income arising therefrom during her life and after her decease In trust for my said Daughters absolutely in equal shares with power to my Trustees at any time to vary or change the said investments And provided always that if either of my said Daughters shall die in my lifetime her children living at my death shall take equally between them the shares and interest which their parent would have taken under my Will if she had survived me In witness whereof I have set my hand the Tenth day of March One thousand nine hundred and five
Signed by the said Thomas Ridgway the Testator as for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us present at the same time at his request and in his presence and the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses. Thomas Ridgway [signature]
Herbert Bullock [signature] Winslow. Solicitor.
John Ridgway [signature] Shipton, Winslow, Gentleman.
On the Twentieth day of July 1905 Probate of this Will was granted at Oxford to Mary Ann Ridgway Widow, the Relict, Jane Annie Monk (wife of John Edward Monk) and Elizabeth Sarah Reynolds (wife of William Reynolds) the Daughters the Executrixes

It is hereby certified that the foregoing is a correct copy
Dated this Twenty seventh day of July 1905

Property sale, 1905

In the Parish of WINSLOW, Bucks
With its Station on the L .& N.W. Railway (80 minutes from London)
MESSRS. GEO. WIGLEY & SONS Are instructed by the Executrix of the Late Thomas Ridgway, Esq., to Sell
By Auction, ON WEDNESDAY, July 5th, 1905, At the Bell Hoel, Winslow, at 5 o’clock exact time, in One Lot, the very
desirable and exceptionally attractive COTTAGE RESIDENCE known as “the Cottage,” Shipton, most pleasantly
situate in its own Grounds, with Stabling, Coach-house and other Buildings, together with a CLOSE of Park-like Accommodation Land (handsomely timbered) surrounding the Property on three sides and containing 7a. 1r. 11p.,
the whole having an area of about 7a. 3r. 12p.
For further particulars apply to Herbert Bullock, Esq., Solicitor, Winslow; or the Auctioneers Winslow, Bucks and at Fenny Stratford and Stony Stratford.

Buckingham Advertiser, 8 July1905
PROPERTY SALE.- On Wednesday evening Messrs. Geo. Wigley and Sons offered for sale at the Bell Hotel several properties situate in Winslow. There was not a particularly large company present, but it mainly consisted of buyers. Shipton Cottage, with a good range of buildings and a close of pasture land containing 7a. 1r. 11p., and handsomely timbered, the property of the trustees of the late Mr. Thos. Ridgway, realised £1,160, and was bought by Messrs. Matthews Bros., builders, Winslow....