Waghorn Will 1791

Will of James Waghorne

of Royal Navy & Kent


Source: Prerogative Court of Canterbury PROB 11/1208/238
Submitted by Paul Milner
In the Name of God Amen I James Waghorne belonging to His Majesty’s Ship Formidable Jno Bazeley Esr. Commander being in bodily health and of sound and disposing Mind and Memory and considering the perils and dangers of the Seas and other uncertainties of this transitory life do for avoiding controversies after my decease make publish and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner following (that is to say)
First I recommend my Soul to God that gave it and my body I commit to the Earth or Sea as it shall please God to order and as for and concerning all my Worldly Estate I give bequeath and dispose as followeth (that is to say)

Unto my dear Sister Lucy Parry Waghorne of Chatham in Kent all my wages Sum and Sums of Money Lands Tenements Goods Chattels and Estate whatsoever as shall be any ways due owing or belonging unto me at the time of my decease I do give devise and bequeath the same unto her he said Lucy Parry Waghorne

And I do hereby nominate and appoint her the aforesaid Lucy Parry Waghorne my Executrix of this my last Will and Testament
hereby revoking all former and other Wills Testaments and Deeds of Gifts my me at any time heretofore made
And I do ordain and ratify these presents to stand and be for my last Will and Testament

In Witness whereof to this my said Will I have set my hand and seal the twenty sixth day of June in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight and in the eighteenth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the third over Great Britain etc.
Jas. Waghorne

Signed Sealed Published and declared in the presence of
Jno. Bazeley - Willm. Rhodes

This Will was proved at London on the 29th day of August in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety one before the Worshipful George Harris? Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Honourable Sir William Wynne Knight Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of Lucy Parry Lapthorne (formerly Waghorn otherwise Waghorne) Wife of John Lapthorne (the Sister of the deceased) and sole Executrix named in the said Will to whom Administration was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased having been sworn duly to administer.
Exd.

Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 26th June 2020.


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