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Will of George Willmore, farmer, 1888 (proved 1889)
Oxford Probate Registry
BE IT KNOWN that on the date hereunder written the last Will and Testament of George Willmore late of Winslow in the County of Buckingham, Farmer, deceased, who died on the 13th day of August 1889 at Winslow aforesaid, and who at the time of his death had a fixed place of abode at Winslow aforesaid, within the District of the Counties of Oxford, Berks and Buckingham, was proved and registered in the District Probate Registry of Her Majesty’s Court High Court of Justice, and that Administration of the estate was granted by the aforesaid Court to George Willmore of Winslow aforesaid, Farmer, Son of the Deceased, and Clara Willmore of the same place, Spinster, Daughter of the Deceased, the Executors named in the said Will they having been first sworn duly to well and faithfully administer the same.
Dated this 2nd day of November 1889.
Gross value of Personal Estate £339 – 1 – 7
Net value of “ “ £311 – 1 – 6
Extracted by Willis and Willis, Solicitors, Winslow.
This is the last Will and Testament of me George Willmore of Winslow in the County of Bucks Farmer, I appoint my Son George Willmore and my daughter Clara Willmore Executor and Executrix of this my Will. I bequeath the Legacies of sterling money following namely To my Son Thomas Willmore Twenty pounds To my Daughter Ann Jefcoate Twenty pounds To my Daughter Charlotte Pepper Twenty pounds To the said George Willmore Twenty pounds To my Daughter Eliza West Twenty pounds To my Son James Willmore Twenty pounds To my Daughter Susan Pugh Twenty pounds and to the said Clara Willmore Twenty pounds I declare that the Legacies to such of my daughters as shall have husbands living at the time of my decease shall be paid to them absolutely and be free from the debts controls and engagements of their respective husbands I devise all the real estate (if any) and I bequeath the residue of my personal estate to which I shall be entitled at the time of my decease unto the said George Willmore and Clara Willmore absolutely in equal proportions subject nevertheless to the payment of my just debts my funeral and testamentary expenses I declare that if either of my said children shall die during my lifetime leaving issue such issue shall take the amount to which his her or their parent would have been entitled if living and if more than one in equal proportions And in the event of the decease of either of my said children during my lifetime without leaving issue then I declare that the amount to which he she or they would have been entitled if living shall be divided equally between my other children living at my decease. Lastly I revoke all other Wills In Witness whereof I the said George Willmore the Testator have hereunder set my hand this Twenty first day of April One thousand eight hundred and eighty eight.
George Willmore [signature]
Signed and acknowledged by the above named George Willmore as his Will in the presence of us present at the same time who in his presence and the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses.
Thos Price Willis [signature] Solr, Winslow
Wm N. Midgley [signature] His Clerk
Proved at Oxford, the second day of November 1889, by the Oaths of George Willmore, the Son and Clara Willmore, Spinster, the Daughter, the Executors to whom Administration was granted.
The Testator George Willmore was late of Winslow in the County of Buckingham, Farmer, and died on the Thirteenth day of August 1889 at Winslow aforesaid.
Gross value of Personal Estate £339 – 1 – 7
Net value of “ “ £311 – 1 – 6
Willis and Willis, Solicitors, Winslow.
It is hereby certified the foregoing is a correct Copy. Dated this Seventh day of November 1898.
Notes
According to the Bucks Herald (24 Aug 1889) George Wilmore (as they wrote his name) was a dairyman and "a general favourite on account of the straightforwardness of his character as well as his genial and good humoured disposition". His death was registered as Willmore, and his age given as 70. He was baptised in 1819, son of Richard and Sarah Willmore. He was the brother of Richard Willmore (d.1883).
The 1871 Census records him as an agricultural labourer aged 49 living at 32 Sheep Street with his wife Eliza (aged 52, b. Shenley) and children Thomas (28, b. East Claydon), George (22, b. Winslow), James (16), Clara (12) and Susan (12). In 1881 he was still there, now a widower aged 60 living with only his son George, both described as agricultural labourers. He must have rented some land on which to keep a small number of cows, possibly from the glebe land.
Read more about the Wilmore family (the PDF on the family page has details of George's children).