Will of Ann Scott, widow, 1703 (proved 1704)

Herts RO 141AW239

In the name of God Amen I Ann Scott of Winslow in the County of Bucks Widdow being Weake in body but of a perfect minde and memory thanks bee to God for the same and knowing that it is apoynted for all men once to die and not knowing how short my life may bee in this transitory world and being willing to sett my house in order while I have time and space I doo make this my Will and testament in manner and forme following first and principally I comend my soule into the hands of allmighty God who gave it mee and my body I comitt to the earth from whence it came to bee buryed in such a decent manner as my executor hereafter shall thinke fitting and as for such wordly goods as it hath pleased God to bestow upon mee I doo give grant and devise of as followeth Imp(rimi)s I give unto my daughter Ann Scott the sum of twenty pound and to my daughter Mary the sum of twenty pounds. Item I give unto my sonn Beniamin Scott one shilling as for the rest of my houshold goods of what sort or keind they bee I doo give and bequeath unto my two daughters Ann and Mary [deletion?] to bee equally devided betweene them Who I doo constitute and apoynt to bee my full and whole executors of this my Will and testament revoking and makeing voyd all other wills and testaments before by mee had made constituted and appoynted and doo constitute and appoynt this to be my last Will and testament In Wittnesse whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale the two and twenty day of October in the second yeare of the reign of our Sovereigne Lady Ann by the grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland queen defender of the faith and in the yeare 1703

the mark of Ann Scott

Signed Sealed and declared
and delivered in the presence of us
the marke of William Bigg
the marke of Catheren Eden
Richard Ginger

[verso]
Ann Scott’s will made October 22nd 1703
[Latin] 8 June 1704
Ann Scott daughter & one executrix
sworn before John Croft cur. sur.

Inventory of Ann Scott, 1703

Herts RO A25/4556

A true and perfect Inventory of all the goods Chattells & money and Creditts of Ann Scott of Winslow in the County of Bucks Widdow lately deceased as  they were vallued and preased by Robert Eden {and} and Richard Ginger the second day of december in the second yeare of the Reigne of our Sovereign Lady Ann by the Grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland queene defender of the faith

Imprimis In the Chamber over the house one bedsted & bedding and other lumbar one pound sixteene shilling [sic] 6 pence
1
17
6
It(em) in purse and Apparell
1
0
2
It(em) in the parlour one table & other lumbar
0
5
0
It(em) in the kitchin brasse and pewter one table and other lumbar
0
10
0
Item upon bond
40
0
0
 
 
42
18
8

[signed]
Robart Eden
Joseph Bigg
Richard Ginger

[Presented by Ann Scott one executrix 8 June 1704]

[verso]
A true Inventory of the goods of Ann Scott lately deceased as they were preased Decemb the 2 1703
[exhibited 8 June 1704]

Notes

Ann was born in 1641, the daughter of Bennet Glenister (d.1673) and widow of Robert Scott, d.1695. She was buried on 30 Nov 1703.

Some of the figures in the inventory were altered, and the total does not agree with the individual entries.

The case below from the Court of Exchequer concerns Elizabeth Clarke of Adstock, wife of Benjamin Scott of Winslow, son of Ann and Robert. There is further documentation at E112/622/221, not transcribed here as the people involved were not from Winslow.

Scott v Lines & Egerton, 1699

National Archives E112/621/117

Michaelmas Term, 11th year of William III [1699]
To the Right Honoble. John Smith Esqre, Chanceller and undr. Treaser. of His Maties. Court of Excheqr S(i)r. Edward Ward Kirk Lord Chiefe Baron of the same Court and to the rest of the Barons there.

Humbly complayning shew unto yor. Honrs.  yor. Oratr. and Oratx. Benjamin Scott of Winslowe in the County of Bucks Butcher and Elizabeth his wife Eldest daughter now liveing of William Clarke of Adstock in the County of Bucks and Joane his wife both since dec(eas)ed yor. Oratxes. Father and Mother Debtors and accomptants to his Matie. as by the Records of this honoable. Court and otherwise it doth and may appeare That Ann Clarke late of Adstock in the said County of Bucks Spinster yor. Oratx. Sister and also one of the daughters of the said William and Joane Clarke being in her life time and at the time of her death being possessed of a very considerable p(er)sonall Estate consisting in ready money and securityes for money and other p(er)sonal estate amounting at least to the sum(m)e of Two Hundred pounds and being minded to dispose thereof to and among her relac(i)ons she did make publish and declare her last Willa and Testament in writing bearing date on or about the Tenth day of March which was in the yeare of our Lord One Thousand Six Hundred Eighty and one And did therein and thereby Give and bequeath unto her Mother by the name of her deare Mother Joane Clarke the sum(m)e of Fifty pounds with the Interest thereof due to her from the said Testatrixes Brother William Clarke of Nowell in the County of Bedford for and dureing the natural life of her the said Joane And she did alsoe give and bequeath  unto yor. Oratx. by the name of her Sister Elizabeth Clarke (now Elizabeth Scott wife of yor. Oratr. Benjamin Scott) Twenty pounds p(ar)t of the said Fifty pounds for her to have and receive immediately after her said Mothers decease and alsoe gave to her sister Joane now the wife of Richard Loyne al(ia)s Lines of Whaddon in the County of Bucks aforesaid the like sum(m)e of Twenty pounds p(ar)t of the said Fifty pounds for her to have and receive immediately after her said Mothers decease and the other Tenn pounds p(ar)t of the said Fifty pounds she gave to her cosen Henry Baker for him to have and receive immediately after her said Mothers decease And writing That whereas there was Tenn pounds due to her from her said Brother William Clarke on bond she gave Five pounds p(ar)t thereof to her Cozen Thomas Baker and the other Five pounds to her Cozen Sarah Crawley And the rest of her Worldly goods she gave to her Mother and made her sole Executrix as in and by the said last Will and Testamt. of the said Testatrix remaining as of Record in the Arch Deaconry County [=court] of Bucks relacion being thereunto had may appeare And  yor. Oratr. & Oratx. further shew That the said \Ann/ Clarke the Testatrix soon after the making of the said last Will and Testamt. that is to say on or about the [blank] day of [blank] which was in the yeare of our Lord One Thousand Six Hundred Eighty two departed this life and upon her death the said Joane Clarke her Mother & Executrix proved the said Will in the Consistory Court for the County of Bucks and by virtue thereof possessed herselfe of all and singular the personal Estate of the said Testatrix and became well intituled to the said Fifty pounds and Interest due to the said Testatrix from her said Brother William Clarke for and dureing the terme of her naturall life as aforesaid and which she the said Joane soon after the death of her said Testatrix did call in and receive from him the said William Clarke and enjoyed the same or the Interest thereof for and dureing the Terme of her naturall life or at least might have soe done untill the time of her death which happened about Six Months since And  yor. Oratr. and Oratx. shew that the said Joane Clarke haveing in her life time and about a yeare before she departed this life deposited the said Fifty pounds in the hands of the said Richard Loyne al(ia)s Lines yor. Oratr. and Oratxes. Brother in Law and dyeing about the time aforesaid Intestate possessed a very considerable p(er)sonall Estate amounting at least to the sum(m)e of One Hundred and fifty pounds yor. Oratr. and Oratx. on her death in right of your Oratrix became well intituled to the said sum(m)e of Twenty pounds p(ar)t of the said Fifty pounds soe given and bequeathed by the said Ann Clarke in and by her last Will and Testamt. as aforesaid But alsoe to an equall p(ar)t share and proportion of the p(er)sonall estate of the said Joane Clarke according to the severall acts of distribuc(i)on in that behalf made and provided for the selling dividing and distributing Intestates Estates And yor. Oratr. and Oratx. being soe intituled as aforesd to the said Twenty pounds and an equall share p(ar)t share and proportion of the said Intestates yor. Oratxes. Mothers p(er)sonall Estate they have often in friendly manner applyed themselves unto the said Richard Loyne al(ia)s Lines and Joane his wife and theire Confederates and desired the said Richard to pay the said Twenty pounds and the Interest thereof accrued due since the death of the Intestate and alsoe to discover the p(er)sonall Estate of the said Intestate and make an equall distribucon according to the severall acts of distribution in that case made and provided yet they and every of them refuse soe to doe But now soe it is May it please your yor. Honrs. That they the said Richard Loyne al(ia)s Lines aforesd and Joane his wife having entered into a Combinacon and Confederacy to and with one Thomas Edgerton of Adstock aforesaid Clerke and the said William Clarke and severall other p(er)sons to yor. Oratr. and Oratrx. unkowne (whose names when discovered yor. Oratr. and Oratrx. pray liberty to insert into this theire bill of Complaynt with apt words to charge them as Defendts) how to deceive and defeate and defraud yor. Oratr. and yor. Oratrx. of the sd Twenty pounds Legacy and their share proportion and equall dividend of yor. Oratxes. Mother the said Intestates p(er)sonall Estate And to that end and purpose the said Confederates by themselves and together with the advise of the said Thomas Edgerton doe Deny and refuse to pay unto yor. Oratr. and Oratrx. the said Twenty pounds or any p(ar)t thereof or the Interest thereof Or to discover the p(er)sonall estate of the said Joane Clark the Intestate Or to make any distribution thereof as in  justice they ought to doe Sometimes p(re)tending that yor. Oratrx. is not one of the daughters of the said William Clark and Joane his wife dec(eas)ed or Sister to the said Ann Clark And if she be that the said Ann never made any such Will or thereby gave yor. Oratr. the sum(m)e of Twenty pounds after the death of the said Joane her Mother But that if such Legacy were given it was soe given and intended to bee for the use only of the Children of yor. Oratr. and Oratx. and not to be paid to yor. Oratx. Whereas the Confederates doe very well know and see the truth is That yor. Oratx. is the Eldest daughter now living of the said William Clark and Joane his wife dec(eas)ed and Sister to the said Ann Clarke and that the said Ann did make such Will and give yor. Oratx. Twenty pounds as aforesaid And that she and yor. Oratrx. are soe intituled unto the same as aforesaid and ought to have the same paid accordingly At other times the sd Confederates doe p(re)tend that the said Joane Clarke never rec(iev)ed the said Fifty pounds of and from the sd Wm. Clarke and that she never deposited the sum(m)e of Fifty pounds or any such sum(m)e \in/ his the said Richard Loyne al(ia)s Lines hands before her death or dyed Intestate or left any such Estate Whereas the said Confederates doe very well know and see the truth is that the said Joane Clark did receive the said Fifty pounds of and from the sd Wm. Clarke and afterwards deposited the same in the said Loyne al(ia)s Lines hands as aforesd and that she dyed Intestate and left such estate as aforesd. and that yor. Oratr. and Oratx. are intituled to a distribuc(i)on thereof and that for yor. Oratr. and Oratxes. better satisfacion they ought to have Exhibited an Inventory thereof and not imbezilled the Intestates Estate without making any discovery as hitherto they have refused to do All which Actings and doeings of the said Confederates are contrary to right Equity and good Conscience and tend to yor. Oratr. and Oratxes. great wrong and p(re)judice.

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