Will of Thomas Warner, yeoman, 1845 (proved 1872)

Oxford Probate Registry

ON the twenty first day of May 1872, the Will of Thomas Warner late of Winslow in the County of Buckingham, Yeoman, deceased, who died on the Twenty ninth day of December1871, at Winslow aforesaid, was proved in the District Registry attached to Her Majesty’s Court of Probate at Oxford by the Oath of Ann Walker (Wife of James Walker, Labourer) of Winslow aforesaid, the Sister of the Deceased the sole Executrix therein named she having been first sworn duly to administer.

It is hereby certified the above is a correct Copy. Dated this Thirtieth day of May 1872.
Effects under £20. No Leaseholds.
Extracted by Willis and Willis, Solicitors, Winslow, Bucks

This is the last Will and Testament of me Thomas Warner of Winslow in the County of Bucks Yeoman I give and devise unto my Sister Ann the Wife of James Walker All and every the freehold copyhold and all other Messuages Cottages Closes Lands tenements hereditaments and real estate of which I may be seized or possessed at the time of my decease situate standing lying and being  in the Parish of Winslow or elsewhere with their and every of their rights members and appurtenances To hold the same and every part thereof (subject to such encumbrances as shall affect the same or any part thereof at the time of my decease) unto my said Sister Ann Walker her heirs and assigns for ever And I give and devise unto my said Sister Ann Walker All my household goods and furniture rights credits and all other my personal estate and effects whatsoever and wheresoever and of what nature and kind soever To hold the same and every part thereof and all my estate and interests therein and thereto unto my said Sister Ann Walker her heirs executors administrators and assigns absolutely subject to the payment of all such debts as I may justly owe at the time of my decease my funeral and testamentary expences And I nominate constitute and appoint my said Sister Ann Walker sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I the said Thomas Warner, the Testator have hereunto set my hand this Twenty second day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty five.

The Mark of Thomas Warner, The Testator
 
Signed by the said Thomas Warner the Testator in the joint presence of us who in his presence and the presence of each other have hereto subscribed our names as Witnesses thereof
Char: Willis [signature] Attorney, Winslow
Benjn. Cole [signature] His Clerk

Proved at Oxford, the Twenty first day of May 1872, by the Oath of Ann Walker (Wife of James Walker) the Sister, the sole Executrix, to whom Administration was granted.

The Testator Thomas Warner was late of Winslow in the County of Buckingham, Yeoman, and died on the Twenty ninth day of December 1872 at Winslow aforesaid,
Under £20
Willis and Willis, Solicitors, Winslow, Bucks
It is hereby certified the above is a correct Copy. Dated this Thirtieth day of May 1872.

Notes

Thomas Warner made a will because he owned some cottages in Western Lane, and lived in one of them with his sister and brother-in-law after his father died. In total there were eight cottages, which Thomas mortgaged for £136 in 1858, but they were evidently of little value by the time he died, and some were apparently demolished later in the 1870s .Although he was a "yeoman" for the purposes of his will, he was a drover or agricultural labourer in the censuses.

Thomas Warner died in 1872 aged 71. He was the son of Francis and Mary Warner. His sister Ann Walker died in 1878 aged 76.