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 Abt 1710 - Abt 1795 (~ 85 years)
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| Name |
John Howse [1, 2, 3] |
| Birth |
Abt 1709 |
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| Born |
Abt Jan 1709/10 |
Coln St Dennis, Gloucestershire  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Baptism |
19 Jan 1709/10 |
St James the Great, Coln St Dennis, Gloucestershire [3] |
| Will |
12 Mar 1793 |
Coln St Dennis, Gloucestershire [4] |
- We are deeply endebted to Sue Eaton for transcribing this will, which is VERY IMPORTANT for the family of John Howes Millington Howse as it explains their change of surname
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Be it Remembered that I John Howse of Coln St Dennis in the County of Gloucester Gentleman being of sound and perfect Mind Memory and understanding do make publish and declare my last Will and Testament in manner and form following (that is to say) I Give Devise and Bequeath all my Freehold Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments with their and every of their rights Mixxxbers and Appurtenances in Coln St Dennis or elsewhere in the Kingdom of Great Britain except the Dwelling House Brewhouse Woodhouse Little Stable Garden and Home Orchard in the parish of Coln St Dennis in my occupation unto my Kinsman John Millington of Coln Rogers in the said County of Gloucester Builder, for and during the Term of his natural Life (subject to Impeachment for Waste) and from and after his Decease to the use and behoof of John Howse Millington (the second Son of the
said John Millington for and during the Term of his natural Life subject to Impeachment for Waste) and from and after the Determination of that Estate to the use and behoof of John Howes of Winson in the said County of Gloucester Gentleman and his Heirs during the natural life of the said John Howse Millington In Trust to support the Contingent uses and Estates hereinafter limited from being Defeated or destroyed and for that purpose to make this and bring actions as occasion may require yet nevertheless to permit and suffer the said John Howse Millington and his Assigns to receive and take the Rents Issues and Profits thereof aforesaid arising during the Term of his natural Life and from and after his Decease to the use and behoof of the first Son of the Body of the said John Howse Millington lawfully to be begotten and the Heirs Male of the Body of such first Son lawfully begotten and in Default of such Issue To the use and behoof of the second third fourth and all and every other Son and Sons of the Body of the said John Howse Millington lawfully to be begotten severally successively and in
remainder one after the other in order and Course as they shall respectively be in Priority of Birth and the several and respective Heirs begotten of the Body and Bodies of all and every Such Son and Sons lawfully issuing the Elder of such Son and Sons and the Heirs Male of his and their Body and Bodies lawfully Issuing being always to be preferred and take before the younger of such Son and Sons and the Heirs shall of his and their Body and Bodies lawfully issuing and in Default of such Issue to the use and behoof of the first Daughter of the said John
Howse Millington lawfully to be begotten and the Heirs Male of the Body of such first Daughter lawfully issuing and in Default of such Issue to the use and behoof of the second third fourth and all and every other Daughter and Daughters of the Body of the said John Howse Millington lawfully to be begotten severally successively and in Remainder one after another as they so shall severally be in Priority of Birth and the several and respective Heirs Male of the Body and Bodies of all and every such Daughter and Daughters lawfully issuing the Elder of such
Daughter and Daughters and the Heirs Male of her and their Body and Bodies lawfully issuing being always to be preferred and take before the younger of such Daughter and Daughters and their Heirs Male of her and their Body and Bodies lawfully Issuing and in Default of such Issue to the use and behoof of the third fourth and all and every other the Son and Sons of the said John Millington (except his present Eldest Son) lawfully begotten severally successively and in Remainder one after another in order and Course as they shall respectively be in Priority of birth and their several and respective Heirs Male of the Body and Bodies of all and every such Son and
Sons lawfully Issuing the Elder of such Son and Sons and the Heirs Male of his and their Body and Bodies lawfully Issuing being always to be preferred and take before the younger of such Son and Sons and the Heirs Male of his and their Body and Bodies lawfully Issuing and in Default of such Issue to the use and behoof of the first Daughter of the said John Millington lawfully begotten or to be begotten and the Heirs Male of the body of such first Daughter lawfully Issuing and in Default of such Issue to the use and behoof of the second third fourth and all and
every other Daughter and Daughters of the said John Millington lawfully begotten severally successively and in remainder one after another as they shall respectively be in priority of Birth and the several and respective Heirs Male of the Body and Bodys of all and every such Daughter and Daughters lawfully Issuing the Elder of such Daughter and Daughters and the Heirs Male of her and their Body and Bodies lawfully issuing being always to be preferred and take before the younger of such Daughter and Daughters and the Heirs Male of her and their Body
and Bodies lawfully Issuing and in Default of such Issue to the use and behoof of Samuel Druce the Younger of Witney in the County of Oxford Yeoman for and during the Term of his natural Life (Impeachable of Waste) And from and after the Determination of that Estate to the use and behoof of the said John Howes and his Heirs for ever to the use of him the said John Howes during the natural Life of the said Samuel Druce the Younger In Trust
to support the Contingent uses and Estates hereinafter limited from being Defeated or destroyed and for that purpose to make outxxxx and bring Actions as Occasion may require yet nevertheless in trust to permit and suffer the said Samuel Druce the Younger and his Assigns to receive and take the Rents Issues and profits thereof during the Term of his natural Life and from and after his Decease To the use and behoof of the first Son of the Body of
the said Samuel Druce the Younger and the Heirs Male of the Body of such first Son lawfully Issuing and in Default of such Issue to the use and behoof of the second third fourth and all land every other Son and Sons of the Body of the said Samuel Druce the Younger lawfully to be begotten severally successively and in Remainder one after another in order and Course as they shall respectively be in Priority of Birth and the several and respective Heirs Male of the Body and Bodies of all and every such Son and Sons lawfully Issuing the Elder of such
Son and Sons and the Heirs Male of his and their Body and Bodies lawfully Issuing being always to be preferred and take before the younger of such Son and Sons and the Heirs Male of his and their Body and Bodies lawfully Issuing and in Default of such Issue to the use and behoof of the first Daughter of the said Samuel Druce the Younger lawfully to be begotten and the Heirs Male of the Body of such first Daughter lawfully Issuing and in Default of such Issue to the use and behoof of the second third fourth and all and every other Daughter and
Daughters of the Body of the said Samuel Druce the Younger lawfully to be begotten severally successively and in Remainder one after another as they shall respectively be in Priority of Birth and the several and respective Heirs Male of the Body and Bodies of all and every such Daughter and Daughters lawfully Issuing the Eldest of such Daughter and Daughters and the Heirs Male of her or their Body and Bodies lawfully Issuing being always to be
preferred and take before the younger of such Daughter and Daughters and the Heirs Male of her and their Body and Bodies lawfully Issuing and in Default of such Issue to the use and behoof of the said John Millington his Heirs and Assigns for ever I Give and Devise all the before excepted Dwelling House Brewhouse Woodhouse Little Stable Garden and Home Orchard unto my Sister Hannah Howse during the Term of her natural Life Impeachable
of Waste And I do hereby Particularly Desire and request the said John Millington to keep at his own expenses the last Devised Premises in Good order and repair during the Life of my said Sister and from and Immediately after the Decease of my said Sister I give and Devise all that the said Dwelling House Brewhouse Woodhouse Little Stable Garden and Home Orchard to the said John Howes and his Heirs for ever to the use of him the said John Howes and his Heirs for ever Upon such Trusts and to and for such and the like uses ends intents and purposes as are hereinbefore limited expressed and Declared of and concerning my other freehold Messuages Tenements Lands and Hereditaments hereinbefore devised and to and for no other use and intent or purpose whatsoever Provided nevertheless and my Will and meaning is and I do hereby order and Direct that when and as soon as the said John Howes Millington or the Heirs Male of his Body or as his younger Brothers or the Heirs Male of their Bodies respectively or the said Samuel Druce the Younger or the Heirs Male of his Body shall respectively and
successively become seized of or entitled to the actual Possession of the said Messuages Lands Tenements Hereditaments and Premises or any part thereof by virtue of any of the Limitations hereinbefore made or limited thereof or any part thereof xxxx and they and every of them shall take and Assume to himself and themselves respectively and ever afterwards continue and use the Surname of Howse this instead of his or their then Surname or by adding the same thereto and shall so write and subscribe himself and themselves respectively as
often as he or they shall respectively Write his or their respective Name or Names and in Case he they or any of them shall for the space of Six Calendar Months next after such time as he or they shall respectively come into or be intitled to the actual Possession hereby limited as aforesaid refuse or neglect to take assume or write at all times thereafter the Surname of Howse instead of his or their then Surname or to add the same thereto Then my Will is that the use or Estate to him or them so limited as aforesaid shall Cease and be void and all the said Messuages Lands Tenements Hereditaments and Premises shall go over to and be held and enjoyed by the rest in Remainder according to the uses and Estates herein before limited thereof as fully and Effectually as if the Party or Parties so refusing or neglecting was or were actually dead any thing hereinbefore contained to the Contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding Provided also and my Will and meaning further is that it shall and may be
lawful to and for all and every the person and persons respectively to whom or to whose use my said Estates are hereinbefore limited when he she or they respectively shall be or be entitled to be in the actual Possession thereof by virtue of the Limitations aforesaid by Indenture or Indentures under his her or their hand and Seal or hands and Seals respectively to devise Lease or Grant all or any part or parts thereof whereof he she or they shall be in Possession as aforesaid unto any person or persons whomsoever for any Term or Number of Years not
exceeding twenty one years to take effect in Possession and not in Reversion so that upon every such Lease so to be made there be reserved and made payable half yearly to the person entitled to the premises by Virtue of the Limitations aforesaid accruing to the Estate and Interest to them respectively Limited in use during the Terms in
such Lease to be granted the full and Improved yearly Value thereof and so as in every such Lease or Leases there be inserted a Clause for Recovery in Case of non payment of Rent and the Lessee or Lessees therein named be not by any words to be contained in such Lease or Leases made Inpunishable for Waste I give and Bequeath unto
the said John Howes his Executors and Administrators the Sum of one thousand Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid him Immediately after my Decease In Trust nevertheless that he the said John Howes by and with the Approbation and Consent of the said John Millington do and shall lay out and invest the same as soon as
conveniently can be after my Decease in the purchase of Freehold Messuages Land Tenements and Hereditaments and if such Purchase can be made in the said Parish of Coln Saint Dennis I desire it may be so which said Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments when so Purchased it is my Will and desire shall seize unto and to the use of my said Sister during the Term of her natural Life subject to Impeachment for Waste and from and Immediately after her Decease it is my Will and Desire that the said John Howes and his Heirs shall
stand and be seized of the said Messuages Lands Tenements or Hereditaments to so be purchased as aforesaid to for and upon such and the like Trusts ends intents and purposes and under and Subject to such Provisos and Limitations as are hereinbefore Limited expressed appointed of all other my first hereinbefore Devised Freehold Estates Messuages Land or Tenements and Hereditaments And I order and Direct that the said John Howes his Executors and Administrators shall until such Purchase shall be made Hand and be Possessed of the said Sum of
one thousand Pounds and the Securities on which the same will be invested or placed out and receive the Interest and produce thereof and pay and apply the same to such Person and persons and in such manner and form as the Rents Issues and Profits of the said Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments if purchased would go and be applied pursuant to the Limitations hereinbefore expressed of and concerning the same I Give and Bequeath unto the said John Howes and John Millington their Executors and Administrators the sum of one
thousand Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid Immediately after my Decease In Trust nevertheless to lay out and invest the same in their Names or in the Name or Names of the survivor of them his Executors Administrators or Assigns at Interest on Government or Real Security or Securities they the said John Howes and John Millington or the Survivor of them or the Executors Administrators or Assigns of such Survivor shall think fit and to apply and pay the Interest and Proceed thereof from time to time as the same shall be received into and for the breeding up Cloathing Maintenance and Education of the said John Howse Millington until he arrives at the Age of twenty one years and when and as soon as he shall attain that Age I give the said sum of one thousand Pounds unto the said John Howse Millington his Executors Administrators and Assigns for his and their own use
and benefit Provided always and my Will and meaning is And I do hereby declare and direct that it shall and may be lawful to and for the said John Howes and John Millington or the survivor of them or the Executors Administrators or Assigns of such Survivor at any time previous to the said John Howse Millington attaining the Age of twenty one years to Assign and Dispose of all or any part or parts of the Said sum of one thousand Pounds and pay and apply the produce thereof and all accumulated Interest if any be made in for and towards the Preferment advancement and benefit of the said John Howse Millington or for the putting placing or apprenticing
him to any profession Business or Employment as the said John Howes and John Millington or the Survivor of them or the Executors Administrators or Assigns of such Survivor shall in his or their Discretion think fit and in that Case my Will and desire is that such part only of the said Sum of one thousand Pounds and the accumulated Interest thereof (if any) as shall remain undisposed of for the purposes last mentioned at the time the said John
Howse Millington /insert shall attain the said Age of twenty one Years shall be paid unto the said John Howse Millington his Executors Administrators or Assigns provided also and my Will and meaning is that when the said John Howse Millington shall Come to and be in the actual Possession as well of the said Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments herein before first given and Devised as those Directed to be purchased it shall and may be lawful to and for the said John Howse Millington by any Deed or Instrument in writing to be by him executed and attested in the presence of and attested in the presence of two or more Credible Witnesses and by
and with the Consent of the said John Millington (his father) and John Howes or the Survivor of them or the Heirs of the said John Howes testified by their or his being made parties thereto and executing thereof previous to and in Contemplation of any Marriage which he shall be about to Contract to Direct limit and appoint the said Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments or any part or parts thereof unto and to the use of such intended Wife to take Effect upon such Marriage and not before for and during the Term of her natural Life or any Term Determinable with her Life and Impeachable for Waste by way of Jointure and in bar of Dower but not for any greater or other Estate as it is my Desire that after such Estate so Diverted Limited and appointed shall be ended and Determined that the same Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments and every part thereof so diverted limited and appointed shall revert and go back to for and upon such uses and intents Trusts and purposes and under and subject to such Provisos and Conditions as hereinbefore Limited expressed and Declared of and concerning the same the last Proviso hereinbefore contained only excepted I Give and Bequeath to Samuel Druce the Elder the Sum of eight hundred Pounds to be paid him in one year next after my Decease I Give and Bequeath unto the said John Howes and John Millington their Executors and Administrators the Sum of Four Hundred Pounds to be paid them in one Year next after my Decease In Trust to Place the same out at Interest on
Government or Real Securities and to pay the Interest and produce thereof as the same shall become due and be received by him or them unto Elizabeth Silman of Witney aforesaid Widow for and during the Term of her natural Life and from and Immediately after her Decease I Give and Bequeath the said Principal Sum of Four hundred Pounds to the said Samuel Druce the younger his Executors Administrators and Assigns I also Give and Bequeath
unto the said John Howes and John Millington their Executors and Administrators the (illegible) Sum of Four hundred Pounds to be paid to them in one year after my Decease In Trust to place the same out at Interest on Government or Real Securities and to receive and apply the Interest and proceed thereof from time to time as the same shall become due and be received unto and for the use and benefit of Tabitha Townsend the Wife of Henry Townsend of Northleach in the said County of Gloucester Peruke Maker whether Covert or sole and notwithstanding her presient or any future Coverture and in such way and manner and for such necessaries and other things as they the said John Howes and John Millington or the Survivor of them or the Executors
Administrators or Assigns of such Survivor shall think right and proper (illegible) of any Claim on her present or any future Husband or Husbands with whom she may intermarry (illegible) he she they or any of them shall not in any (illegible) neither shall the same or any part thereof be subject or liable to his her their or any of their Debts Control or Engagements and from and after her Decease I Give and Bequeath the Sum of two hundred and fifty
Pounds part of the said sum of Four hundred Pounds unto Richard Townsend Son of the said Tabitha Townsend his Executors Administrators and Assigns and the Sum of one hundred and Fifty Pounds being the remainder of the said Sum of Four hundred Pounds I Give and Bequeath unto Mary Townsend Daughter of the said Tabitha Townsend her Executors Administrators and Assigns to be paid to them when they shall respectively attain their
Age of twenty two years and in the mean time and until they shall attain such Age the Interest of such Sums of two hundred and Fifty Pounds and one hundred and Fifty Pounds I Will and Direct shall be paid from and after the Decease of the said Tabitha Townsend for and towards their Support and Maintenance And in Case either of them the said Richard Townsend and Mary Townsend shall happen to die before they respectively attain the said Age of twenty two years without leaving lawful Issue of his or her Body Then I will and Direct that the share of
him or her so dying shall go and be paid to the Survivor of them in like manner as his or her Original share provided nevertheless and my Will and meaning further is that the said John Howes and John Millington or the Survivor of them or the Executors or Administrators of such Survivor shall and may after the Decease of the said Tabitha Townsend and before the said Richard Townsend shall attain his Age of twenty two years at their
Discretion pay apply and dispose of all or any part of the said Sum of two hundred and Fifty Pounds hereinbefore given to the said Richard Townsend to and for the Education Benefit or advancement in the World of the said Richard Townsend and in Case the said John Howes and John Millington or the Survivor of them or their Executors or Administrators of such Survivor shall after the Decease of the said Tabitha Townsend and during the Minority of the said Richard Townsend as aforesaid advance any part or parts of the said Sum of two hundred and fifty Pounds for the purposes last mentioned they the said John Howes and John Millington or the Survivor of
them or their Executors or Administrators of such Survivor shall not afterwards pay or be liable to pay unto the said Richard Townsend more of his said Legacy of two hundred and fifty Pounds than shall be remaining after such Payments made for the purposes aforesaid I Give and Bequeath unto the said John Howes and John Millington their Executors and Administrators the further sum of three hundred Pounds to be paid in one year next after my Decease In Trust to place the same out on Government or Real Securities and to pay the Interest and proceed thereof or the same shall become due and be received unto such person or persons for such Ends
intents and purposes as my Niece Jane Turk wife of John Turk Yeoman whether Covert or sole and
notwithstanding her present or any future Coverture shall by any Writing or Writings Signed with her hand from time to time order Direct or appoint and in Default of and in the mean time and until such order Direction or appointment shall be made do and shall pay such Interest into the proper hands of the said Jane Turk whether Covert or Sole and notwithstanding her present or any future Coverture for her own sole and separate use and
disposal and exclusive of any right or Claim of her present or any future husband and xxxxwith he or they shall in no wise intermeddle nor shall the same or any part thereof be subject or liable to his or their Debts Control or Engagements but the Receipt or Receipts of the said Jane Turk alone or of such other person or persons as she shall so appoint as aforesaid shall alone be good and sufficient Discharge and Discharges for such Interest or for
so such thereof as shall therein be respectively expressed to be received And from and after her Decease I Give and Bequeath the said Principal Sum of three hundred Pounds unto and amongst all and every the Child and Children of the said Jane Turk who shall survive her equally to be Divided between or amongst them share and share alike at the Age of twenty one Years but in Case any of the Child or Children of the said Jane Turk shall happen to die before attaining the said Age of twenty one years leaving lawful Issue Then my Will is that the Share or Shares of such of them so Dying shall go and be paid unto and equally amongst such Issue share and
share alike and if but one Child then to that one wholly I also Give and Bequeath unto the said John Howes and John Millington their Executors Administrators and Assigns the further Sum of two hundred Pounds In Trust to place the same out at Interest on Government or Real Securities and to pay and apply the Interest and proceed thereof unto my Nephew Jeremiah Millington of Cheltenham in the said County of Gloucester Yeoman and his Assigns for and during the Term of his natural Life and from and after his Decease I Give and Bequeath the said
Principal Sum of two hundred Pounds unto and amongst all and every the Child and Children of the said Jeremiah Millington equally to be Divided between or amongst them share alike and in Default of such Issue I Give and Bequeath the said Sum of two hundred Pounds to the said John Millington his Executors Administrators and Assigns to and for his sole use and benefit I Give and Bequeath to the said John Howes the sum of two hundred Pounds to be paid him in one year after my Decease as a Compensation for the Trouble of Executing the Trusts of this my Will Provided he undertakes the same And I also Give Bequeath to John Harman Howes the youngest Son of the said John Howes of Winson the Sum of fifty Pounds to be paid in one year next after my Decease I Give and Bequeath unto the said John Howes and John Millington their Executors and Administrators the further Sum of
two hundred Pounds In Trust to place the same out at Interest on Government or Real Securities and pay and apply the Interest and proceed thereof unto and to the use and benefit of Jeremiah Turk Son of my Niece Jane Turk until he shall attain the Age of twenty five years and when he shall attain that Age I Give and Bequeath the said sum of two hundred Pounds to the said Jeremiah Turk his Executors Administrators and Assigns Provided nevertheless that it shall and may be lawful to and for the said John Howes and John Millington or the Survivor of
them or the Executors or Administrators of such Survivor to pay and advance all or any part of the said Principal Sum of two hundred Pounds to the said Jeremiah Turk before he shall attain the said Age of twenty five years for his benefit and advancement in the World as he or they shall in his or their Discretion think fit Also I Give and Bequeath to my Servant Mary Evans the Sum of twenty Pounds in Case she lives with me at the time of my Decease but not otherwise I also Give to my Servant Man John Mathews ten pounds In Case he be living with me at the time of my Decease I Give unto my said Sister Hannah Howse the use of my Plate Linen and Household Furniture for and during her natural Life and from and after her Decease I Give and Bequeath the said Plate Linen and Household Furniture to the said John Howse Millington his Executors Administrators and Assigns to whom I also Give my Gold Watch Chain and Seals I Give to my worthy friend the Revd John Hughes of Coln St Dennis
aforesaid Five Guinea’s I Give to all and every such poor persons being housekeepers in the said Parish of Coln St Dennis and whom I usually give Bread to at Christmas and desire each to be paid in one Month after my Decease all the Rest Residue and Remainder of my Personal Estate of what nature or kind soever I Give and Bequeath to the said John Millington his Executors Administrators and Assigns to and for his and their own proper use and benefit and I do particularly Desire that he will pay all the Expenses of my Funeral within one Month after my
Decease And I do hereby make nominate and appoint the said John Howes and John Millington Joint Executors of this my Will hereby revoking all and every Will and Codicil by me at any time heretofore made In Witness whereof I the said John Howse the Testator have to this my last Will and Testament contained in three Skins of Parchment
to the first two Skins subscribed my hand And to the third and last Skin subscribed and set my hand and Seal the twenty fifth Day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine – John Howse
– Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the said John Howse the Testator as and for his last Will and
Testament in the presence of us who at his request have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses to the due Execution hereof - Margaret Hughes – Jane Hughes – Joseph Pitt
This is a Codicil to be added to and taken as part of the last Will and Testament of me John Howse of Coln St Dennis in the County of Gloucester Gentleman which Will bears Date on or about the twenty fifth Day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine I Give and Bequeath unto John Howes and John Millington the Trustees and Executors named in my said Will the further additional Sum of one hundred Pounds to be paid in one year next after my Decease In Trust to place the same out on Real or Government Securities and to pay the Interest and proceed thereof as the same shall become due and be
received unto such person or persons and for such ends intents and purposes as my Niece Jane Turk Wife of John Turk Yeoman whether Covert or sole and notwithstanding her present or any future Coverture shall by any writing or writings Signed with her hand from time to time order Direct or appoint And in Default of and in the mean time and until such order Direction or appointment shall be made do and shall pay such Interest into the
proper hands of the said Jane Turk whether Covert or sole and notwithstanding her present or any future Coverture for the sole and separate use and disposal independent of her present or any future Husband and in like manner as the Interest of the Sum of three hundred Pounds is in and by my said Will expressed and Directed to be paid to her and from and after her Decease I Give and Bequeath the said Sum of one hundred Pounds unto and amongst all and every the Child and Children – insert of the said Jane Turk who shall survive her equally to be
divided between them share and share alike at their respective ages of twenty one Years and unto amongst the issue of such Children – in like manner as the said Sum of three hundred Pounds is in and by my said Will given and bequeathed to the Child and Children of the said Jane Turk upon her Decease I also Give and Bequeath unto the said John Howse and John Millington their Executors Administrators and Assigns the further and Additional sum of two hundred Pounds In Trust to place the same out at Interest in Government or Real Securities and to
pay and apply the Interest and proceed thereof unto my Nephew Jeremiah Millington of Cheltenham Carpenter (in my said Will named and his Assigns for and during the Term of his natural Life and from and after his Decease I Give and Bequeath the said Principal Sum of two hundred Pounds unto and amongst all and every the Child and Children of the said Jeremiah Millington equally to be Divided between or amongst them share and share alike
and in Default of such Issue I Give and Bequeath the said Principal Sum of two hundred Pounds unto my other Nephew John Millington also in my said Will named his Executors Administrators and Assigns to and for his and their own use and benefit I Also Give and Bequeath unto John Harman Howse Son of the said John Howes the further and additional Sum of fifty Pounds to be Paid in one Year next after my Decease I Also Give and Bequeath unto the said John Howes and John Millington their Executors Administrators and Assigns the further and
additional Sum of one thousand Pounds upon Trust to pay and apply the same or such part thereof as shall be wanting and necessary to defray so much of the Costs Charges and Expenses of obtaining passing and carrying into Execution any Act of Parliament that shall or may hereafter be Passed for enclosing or Dividing the Common Fields Common Messuages Wastes Downs or Commonable Places of Coln St Dennis aforesaid as shall be Chargeable Upon the Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments given and Devised by my said Will Provided such Act shall be passed and the Enclosure made before John Howse Millington second son of the said John Millington as Devised in my said Will named shall attain the Age of twenty one Years But in Case no Act of Parliament shall have passed for inclosing the said field or the same shall have passed but the Enclosure shall not be made before the said John Howse Millington shall have attained the Age of twenty one Years then I Give and Bequeath the said Sum of one thousand Pounds or such part thereof as shall not have been paid or applied by my said Trustees for the purposes aforesaid to the said John Howse Millington his Executors Administrators and
Assigns to and for his and their own use and benefit and it is my Will and I do hereby Direct that my said Trustees or the Survivor of them his Executors Administrators or Assigns do and shall in the mean time and until the said Sum of one thousand Pounds or some part thereof be wanting and be applied for the purposes aforesaid put and place the same out at Interest upon Government or Real Securities and pay and apply the Interest and proceed thereof or of such part thereof as shall from time to time remain on such Securities and be unapplied as aforesaid
and as my said Trustees shall think proper for and towards the breeding up Cloathing Maintenance and Education of the said John Howse Millington until he shall attain the said Age of twenty one Years at which time I Give him the said Principal Money and all Interest which shall then be due for the same And Lastly I do hereby in all respects ratify and Confirm my said last Will and Testament In Witness whereof to this present Writing which I hereby Declare to be a Codicil to my said last Will and Testament and which I direct to be added thereto and taken as part thereof I have subscribed and set my hand and Seal this twelfth Day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety three – John Howse – Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the said John Howse as and for a Codicil to be added to and taken as part of his last Will and Testament In the presence of us who in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses hereto – Phoebe Ann Turk – Jno Matthews – Joseph Pitt
A further Codicil to be added to my Will I Give and Bequeath to my Sister the use of all my Household Goods Plate Linen and China for and during the Term of her natural Life and after her Decease I Give the said Household Goods Plate Linen and China to my Great Nephew John Howse Millington (in my said Will named) but in Case he shall not be of Age at the death of my said Sister I Desire my Trustees and Executors to take the Care thereof until he comes of Age As Witness my hand the 12 th Day of March 1793 John Howse – Phoebe Ann Turk – Jno Mathews
– Joseph Pitt
This Will was proved at London with two Codicils the fourth Day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety five before the Right Honourable Sir William Wynne Knight and Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oaths of John Howes and John Millington the Executors named in the said will to whom Administration of all and singular the Goods
Chattels and Credits of the Deceased was granted having been first sworn by Commission duly to Administer.
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Still to be identified: see notes below
1- Samuel Druce
2 - Elizabeth Silman
3 - Henry and Tabitha Townsend, Richard & Mary
1 - Samuel Druce jr
Baptized 3 Jul 1737 in Witney, Oxfordshire
Buried 19 Oct 1811 i Witney
Married 24 Jul 1767 to Ann Horne - a witness was named Elizabeth Sellman
2 - Elizabeth Sellman - witness to marriage of Samuel Druce jr
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| Died |
Abt 12 Apr 1795 |
Coln St Dennis, Gloucestershire |
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Memorial at Coln St Dennis
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| Buried |
16 Apr 1795 |
St James the Great, Coln St Dennis, Gloucestershire [5] |
| Probate |
4 Jul 1795 |
Prerogative Court, Canterbury, Kent [4] |
- Executors: John Howes and John Millington
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| Death |
17 Apr 1796 [2] |
| Age: 86y |
- The plaque on the wall of Coln St Dennis church is wrong - made some years later, obviously.
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| Name |
John Howes [5] |
| Person ID |
I104521 |
ONS |
| Last Modified |
4 Jun 2020 |
| Father |
John Howse, b. Abt 1672, d. 13 May 1760, Coln St Dennis, Gloucestershire (Age ~ 88 years) |
| Mother |
Mary Stephens, b. Abt 1675, d. 13 Dec 1743, Coln St Dennis, Gloucestershire (Age ~ 68 years) |
| Married |
27 Jul 1696 |
Cirencester, Gloucestershire |
| Family ID |
F30917 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Born - Abt Jan 1709/10 - Coln St Dennis, Gloucestershire |
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 | Baptism - 19 Jan 1709/10 - St James the Great, Coln St Dennis, Gloucestershire |
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| Will - 12 Mar 1793 - Coln St Dennis, Gloucestershire |
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| Died - Abt 12 Apr 1795 - Coln St Dennis, Gloucestershire |
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| Buried - 16 Apr 1795 - St James the Great, Coln St Dennis, Gloucestershire |
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 | Probate - 4 Jul 1795 - Prerogative Court, Canterbury, Kent |
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