Herefordshire Wills

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Abstracts on this page are listed by Date of Probate, and a list of SURNAMES in each abstract may be found on the left of the abstract. Use the 'Find' option in your browser to search for surnames you're interested in.

Unless otherwise stated, original copies of Wills dated prior to 1858 are usually found in the appropriate Diocesan Record Office for the court where the Will was proved - for Herefordshire, this is the Hereford Record Office. Wills which were proved in the Archdeaconry of Brecon may be found at the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth. Copies of Wills for which Probate was granted at the PCC (Prerogative Court of Canterbury) may be obtained via the DocumentsOnline website.

Registered copies of Wills dated after 1858 may be found at the Probate Department of The Principal Registry Family Division (Probate Search Room, First Avenue House, 42-49 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6NP), at local Registries, and sometimes on microfilm at County Record Offices. Further information on post-1858 Wills, and forms for obtaining copies by post may be found on the Government's "Court Service" Wills & Probate pages.

Abbreviations which may be used on this page are:-

(Ad) "Admon", or Letters of Administration.

(I) Inventory (a list of the deceased's goods, and their value)

(N) A Nuncupative Will is one declared by a legal representative, as being indicative
of the deceased's wishes, and will often refer to the Testator in the third person.

(#) Indicates the Will is a 'duplicate' - that is, more than one person has submitted an
abstract from the same original Will.

* An asterisk against a surname indicates the Executor(s) of the Will, or, in the case
of Administration (Ad), the Administrator(s)

i/t/p "in the parish (of)".

CELF Chapel en le Frith (Derbyshire)

ECC Episcopal Consistory Court (Lichfield)

HCC Hereford Consistory Court

n.p. Notary Public

R&R Rest and Residue (a common expression in Wills)

The following may also be of use in the study of Wills generally:-

A Latin Genealogical Word List
A Glossary of Ranks, Professions, Occupations and Trades for Old Occupations
A Glossary of Household, Farming and Trade Terms from Probate Inventories.
Compiled by Rosemary Milward. 3rd ed., 1986. ISBN 0-9505940-1-6

1817

BRISAL
BROBEN
CHAMBERS
HEMMING
JENKINS

JENKINS, Revd. Jenkin - of Donnington co. Hereford, Rector, 1 Oct 1816.

to my daughter in law Frances wife of my son Edward JENKINS £20; to my faithful old servant Betty CHAMBERS daughter of the late Mr John BROBEN o/t/p Newnnam co. Gloster in trust to my son Edward JENKINS £50 for her sole & separate use not under the control of her husband + to my son Charles £20; my funeral expenses to be as frugal as possible nothing but a plain Coffin without ornament & neither are hatbands Scarfs or gloves to be given on the occasion but each of the bearers of my corpse to the grave to have 5 shillings; the Rest &c. bequeathed to my 2 grandsons John Philip JENKINS & Jenkin Edward JENKINS ch'n of my son John JENKINS Surgeon in trust to my son Edward JENKINS to be converted into money, invested and the income used for their education, then to have the whole sum at 18.
Executors: my sons Edward JENKINS and John JENKINS.
Witnesses: G BRISAL of Cheltenham - W. HEMMING Vineyard.
Proved at London 24 Oct 1817 by John JENKINS, power reserved to Edward; TNA Ref: PROB 11/#1597.

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1838

BIBBS
GRUNDY
JONES
MATHEWS
PAISE
SMITH

JONES, John - o/t/p Donnington co. Hereford Carpenter, 26 Oct 1836.

all my messuage or tenement Blacksmiths Shop lands and premises at Redmarly D'abitot co. Worcester now in occupation of my tenant Thomas PAISE + all real estate, household goods and personall estate &c. to my friends Henry BIBBS of the Hobhouse i/t/p Ledbury co. Hereford ffarmer and Thomas BIBBS of Ledbury aforesaid Gentleman Upon Trust - my wife Sarah JONES to have the income for life then on her decease to be sold to pay my daughters Susan JONES and Mary Ann JONES and my son Edward JONES £120 + my son John JONES £400 + my son William JONES £130 respectively at 21; to my son James JONES £40 "he having been otherwise well provided for by me during my life"; the residue to be divided between Susan, Mary Ann & Edward.
Executors: the said Henry BIBBS and John (sic) Thomas BIBBS. The mark of John JONES O
Witnesses: John GRUNDY Ledbury - John SMITH Donnington - Richd. MATHEWS Eastnor.
Proved at London 10 Feb 1838 before the Judge by the execs as named; TNA Ref: PROB 11/#1890.

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[Created 1 Oct 2000. Last updated 2 Jul 2008 - 12:33 by Rosemary Lockie]

(Ad)	"Admon", or Letters of Administration.
(I)	Inventory (a list of the deceased's goods, and their value)
(N)	A Nuncupative Will is one declared by a legal representative, as being indicative of the deceased's wishes, and will often refer to the Testator in the third person.
(#)	Indicates the Will is a 'duplicate' - that is, more than one person has submitted an abstract from the same original Will.
*	An asterisk against a surname indicates the Executor(s) of the Will, or, in the case of Administration (Ad), the Administrator(s)
i/t/p	"in the parish (of)".
CELF	Chapel en le Frith (Derbyshire)
ECC	Episcopal Consistory Court (Lichfield)
HCC	Hereford Consistory Court
n.p.	Notary Public
R&R	Rest and Residue (a common expression in Wills)