Windebank Historic Records
Will of Sir Francis Windebank, of Saint Andrew Holborn, Middlesex.
Proved 8 October 1719- Transcription by TLM
In the Name of God Amen
I Sr Francis Windebank of the parish of St Andrews Holborne
in the County of Middlesex Baronet do make this my last Will
and Testament in manner and forme following that is to say I give
all my Estate of what nature kind or Quality soever to my dear
and loving Wife Dame Elizabeth Windebank whome I constitute
and appoint Sole Executrix hereof it being All my own hand
writing In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal
the third day of February in the year of our Lord according to the
Computation of the Church of England One Thousand Seven
hundred and Fifteen | F: Windebank | Signed Sealed and
declared to be the last Will and Testament of the above named
Sr Francis Windebank the Testator in the presence of us whose
names are hereunto Subscribed and who Subscribed our names hereto
in the presence of the said Testator Susanna Walblate John
Stanley Mrgrat BaxterProbatum [Latin]
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Bank of England Wills Extract
Will of Elizabeth Wyndebank, Widow of St Andrew Holborn. Proved 3 Apr 1730
- Transcription by TLM
In the Name of God Amen I
Elizabeth Wyndebank widow and Relict of Sr Francis Wyndebank
late of the parish of St Andrew Holborn in the County of Middlesex
Baronet deceased do make this my last Will and Testament in manner and
form following [Imprimis] I will that all my just Debts and funeral Expences
be paid and discharged Item I give to my Grandaughter Hannah
Mansfield six hundred pounds and one other hundred pounds owing to
me on bond from Lawrence Squib Gent but it is my Will that the said
Seven hundred pounds shall be put out to Interest to the best advantage
by my Executors and the same and the Interest thereof paid in manner
after mentioned and not otherwise Item I give to Thomas Burslem
of Nw Castle under Lyne in the County of Stafford Esquire and to my
Daughter Margaret his wife and to my Executors herein after namedpage 2
and to each and every of them ten pounds apiece to buy them
mourning Item I give to my Executors all my right Title Term and
Interest of in and to one Messuage with the appurtenances Scituate
in Eagle Street in the parish of St Andrews Holborne in the said
County of Middlesex and now in the possession of or holding of William
Bagley Gent and also all my annuitys issuing and payable out of
his Majestys Exchequer and all other money whether in Stock or
Funds or lent out on any security publick or private and all my
Jeweld plate Rings household stuff and all other my personal Estate
whatsoever to be by them managed and improved to the best
advantage and paid and disposed as after directed except such pictures
Linnen and other my houshold Goods as my said Daughter Margart
shall choose and which I do hereby give unto her and it is my Will that
no money shall be called in or placed out but by her Consent in writing
and that for five years to be computed from the date hereof there
shall only be paid to the said Hannah Mansfield twenty five pounds
per annum and that at the end of the said five years the Interest and
profit of the said Seven hundred pounds and the rest of my personal
Estate during that term shall be equally divided between my said
Daughter Margaret and the said Hannah Mansfield and paid in
manner after directed and not otherwise that is to say as to my said
Grandaughter Hannah Mansfields share thereof the same shall be
added to and put out at Interest with the said seven hundred pounds
before given her and all the Interest of the whole from time to time
paid to her own hands and as to my Daughter Margarets said
share if she shall be then alive I will that it shall be paid to her
own proper hands whose Receipt shall be a good discharge but if she
shall happen to be then dead leaving Issue by the said Mr Burslem
then my said Executors shall disspose of her said Share in providing
for such Child or Children in such manner as they in their discretion shall
think fit and if it shall so happen that the said Mr Burslem shall
dye within the said five years the said Margaret Burslem
being then living then it is my will that immediately
after his Death my Executors shall make an equal division between
my said Daughter and the said Hannah Mansfield of the produce
and Interest of the said seven hundred pounds and my whole
personal Estate as aforesaid during so long of the five
years as the said Mr Burslem shall happen to live in such manner
as is befor directed and it is my Will that after the Expiration of
the siad five years or in Case of Mr Burslems Death during that time
my Daughter Margaret being then living that then and in either of
these Cases the Interes of my whole personal Estate except what is
before given to he siad Hannah Mansfield shall be yearly paid to
my said Daughtr Margaret during her life whose Receipt shall be
a Sufficient Discharge and that from and after her decease leaving Issue
by the siad Mr Burslem I will that the fortune of the said Hannah
Mansfield before given her shall be increased to one Thousand
pounds and the Interest thereof yearly paid to her and that the
said one thousand pounds shall be paid as is herein after directed
and all the rest of my personal Estate shall be still place out at
Interest for the benefit Education and advancement of such Issue as
the said Margaret Burslem shall leave by the said Mr Burslempage 3
and the board and Education of such Issue paid yearly out of such
Interest and that the said whole personal Estate except the said One
Thousand pounds before given to the Hannah Mansfield shall
be paid to and amongst such siad issue as they shall severally attain
the age of twenty one years or be marryed which shall first happen
share and share alike and in Case there shall be but one Child then to
be paid to such Child when it shall attain the siad age or be marryed
which shall first happen and in Caes the said Margaret Burslem
shall dye leaving no Issue by the said Mr Burslem then I will that the
Interest of my whole personal Estate shall be paid yearly to the said
Hannah Mansfield and in such Case I give the whole of my
personal Estate unto the said Hannah Mansfield but to be paid in
manner hereinafter directed and it is my earnest desire that the
said Hannah Mansfield shall take the advice and Consent of her
Mother Margaret Burslem in her marriage which if she shall
or in Case of the said Margaret Burslems Death [?] the said
Hannah Mansfield not being twenty five years old shall marry
with the Consent of my Executors or the Survivor of them then and
in either of these Cases I will that the said seven hundred pounds
and the interest thereof and the said Hannah Mansfield
said Share of the Interest of my whole personal Estate during the
said five years or such part thereof as it shall happen shall be paid
to the husband of the said Hannah Mansfield his Executors
Administrators and Assigned and that such other part of my personal
Estate as is by this my Will intended to go to the said Hannah
Mansfield after the death of the said Margaret Burslem either
with or without Issue by the siad Mr Burslem so it shall happen
shall be continued out at Interest and the yearly Interest paid to the
said Hannah Mansfield during her natural life whose Receipt
shall be a good discharge and if in either of these Cases the said
Hannah Mansfield shall dye leaving Issue of her body living
at the time of her decease that then the same shall be continued
at Interest and the Interest employed in the maintenance and
duration of such Issue till they shall attaine the age of twenty one
years or be marryed which shall first happen and then the whole
paid to them share and share alike or in Case ther shall be but
one Child then the same to be paid to such Child when it shall
attain the said age or be marryed which shall first happen
and in Case the said Hannah Mansfield shall dye leaving no
Issue living at her death then I do hereby give the same to such
person and persons as the said Margaret Burslem shall by any
Deed or writing under her hand and Seale executed in the
presence of two or more Credible witnesses nominate direct and
appoint to receive the same and if it shall happen that the said
Hannah Mansfield being sole and unmarryed shall attain to the
age of twenty five my said Daughter Burslem being dead and
my Executors or one of them living or if the said Hannah
Mansfield being sole and unmarryed shall attain th age of
twenty one years my said Daughter Burslem and both my Executx
being dead then in each of these Cases it is my Will that the said
seaven houndred pounds and the Interest there of and the said
Hannah Mansfield said share of the Interest of my personal Estatepage 4
during the said five years or part thereof as it shall happen and
such other part of my personal Estate as is by this my Will intended
to go to the said Hannah Mansfield after the death of the said
Margaret Burslem shall all be paid to the proper hands
of the said Hannah Mansfield to be disposed of by her as ahe pleaseth
and if it shall happen that the said Hannah Mansfield being sole
and unmarryed shall attain the age of twenty one years and dye before
she shall attain the age of twenty five my Daughter Burslem being
dead and my Executors one of them living then I will that the said
seven hundred pounds and the Interest thereof and the said Hannah
Mansfields said share of the Interest of my personal Estate during the
said five years or part thereof as if shall happen and such other
part of my personal Estate as is by this my Will intended to goe to
the said Hannah Mansfield after the death of the said Margaret
Burslem shall all be paid to such person or persons as the said Hannah
Mansfield shall by any Deed or Will in writing by her duely executed
directed and appointed to receive the same and in such Case for want
of such direction and appointment or in Case the said Hannah
Mansfield being sole and unmarryed shall not live to attaine the said
age of twenty one my said Daughter Burslem being dead then in either
of these Cases I give all such share of my personal Estate as is by this
my Will at any time intended to come to the said Hannah Mansfields
except two annuitys of thirty one pound six shillings per annum
payable out of his Majestys Excheqer and also except one hundred
pounds unto such Child or Children as the said Margaret
Burslem shall leave by her present husband and for want of Issue
by the said Mr Burslem then I give the same to such Child or Children
as my said daughter Margaret shall happen to leave by any after
taken husband to be paid unto them share and share alike when
they shall severally attain the said age of twenty one years or
be marryed which shall first happen and in Case there shall
be but one Child then to be paid to such Child when it shall attain
the said age of twenty one years or be marryed which shall first
happen and the Interest thereof in the mean time to be applyed
for the maintenance and Education of such Child or Children and
if in such Case the said Margaret Burslem shall leave no Issue
living by the said Mr Burslem or any other after taken husband
then I give the same share of my personal Estate which by this
my Will is intended at any time to come to the said Hannah
Mansfield except as aforesaid unto the said Mr Burslem John
Wyndebank son of Richard Wyndebank of the parish of St James
London and Paul Hood of London Lymn or whose Great Grand
father was Dr Hood formerly head of Lincoln Colledge in Oxford
equally to be divided between them and as to the said two yearly
annuitys of thirty one pounds six shillings and the said one hundred
pounds before excepted I give the said Annuitys and the yearly
produce and Interest of the said one hundred pounds unto my Sister
Mary Hollingshead for and during the term of her natural life
and from and after her decease I give the said yearly Interest
and produce of the said one hundred pounds and the said annuitys
if they shall so continue unto John Hollingshead her
husband during his natural life and from and after his decease I givepage 5
the said annuitys if they shall so long continue and also the said one
hundred pounds unto such Child or Children as my said Daughter
Margaret shall leave bt her present husband for want of Issue by
by him I give the same unto such Child or Children as my
said Daughter shall happen to leave by any other after taken husband
to be paid unto them share and share alike when hey shall severally
attain the age of twenty one years or be marryed which shall first
happen and in Case there shall be but one Child then to be paid to
such Child when it shall attain the siad age of twenty one years
or be marryed which shall first happen and in Case the said
Margaret Burslem shall leave no Issue living by the said Mr
Burslem or any other after taken husband then I give the said
Annuitys if they shall so long continue and also the said one
hundred pounds last mentioned unto the said Thomas Burslem
John Wyndebank and Paul Hood equally to be divided betwixt
them and if it shall happen that the said Hannah Mansfield
shall Survive the said Margaret Burslem and both my Executors
she the said Hannah Mansfield not having attained the said age
of twenty one and shall before such age marry then it is my will that
the said seven hundred pounds and the Interest thereof and such
other part of my said personal Estate as is at any time by this my will
intended to come to the said Hannah Mansfield shall all be paid to
the proper hands of the said Hannah Mansfield whose Recipt shall
be a good discharge and if it shall happen that the said Hannah
Mansfield shall in the life of the said Margaret Burslem
Marry without her Consent or shall after the death of the said Margaret
Burslem she the said Hannah Mansfield not being twenty five years old marry
without the Consent of my Executors or the survivor of them if then
alive then and in either of these Cases it is my Will that no part of
the said seven hundred pounds and the Interest thereof and such
other part of my personal Estate as is by this my Will at any time
to come to the said Hannah Mansfield shall ever come to or be paid
to the hands of her husband but the same continued out at Interest and
the yearly produce thereof paid to the proper hands of the said
Hannah Mansfield whose Recept shall be a good discharge and
that after her death the same yearly produce and Interest of her
whole fortune shall be imployed in the maintenance and Education
of each Issue as ahe shall leave til they shall attain the age of twenty
one years or be marryed wich shall first happen and then the whole
fortune paid to them share and share alike or in Case there shall be
but one Child then the same to be paid to each Child when it shall
attain the said age or be marryed which shall first happen and if in
either of these Cases last mentioned the said Hannah Mansfield
shall leave no Issue then I do hereby give all my personal Estate
unto the said Margaret Burslem if then alive and in Case of her
death to such person or persons as she shall by any Deed in
Writing sealed and executed in the prexence of two or more credible
witnesses nominate direct and appoint to receive the same and it is
my Will that during the life of the said Margaret Burslem the
said Hannah Mansfield being sole and unmarryed no part of her
fortune given by this my Will shall be paid to the hands of the
said Hannah Mansfield but only the Interest of it yearly and ifpage 6
and if the said Hannah Mansfield shall dye unmarryed in the
life of the said Margaret Burslem then I do hereby give all my
personal Estate whatsoever unto the said Margaret Burslem
and it is my Will that myExecutors shall not be answerable for
any money that shall happen to be lost by any deficient Security or other
unavoidable accident but such Loss shall be equally born between
the said Margaret Burslem and Hannah Mansfield and their
respective Issue and that my Executors shall and may detain out
of any part of my personal Estate sufficient to indempnify them
from any action that shall be brought against them and to defray
their Expences and Charges in the Execution of this my Will or
bringing any actionnecessary for that prupose and I do hereby
nominate constitute and appoint the reverend Mr William Foden
vicar of Wolstanton and Thomas Hollingshead of Ashonhurst in
the County of Stafford Esquire Executors hereof hereby revoking
all former and other Wills by me at any time heretofore made
In witness whereof I have to this my Will contained in five sheets
of paper put my hand and seal the fifth day of September in the
seventh year of the Reign of King George of anno Domi 1724 E.
Windebank. Signed sealed and published by the said Testative to be
her last will and Testament in the presence of us who attested the
Same in her presence Sarah Cafton. Roger Carver Thomas Hatrell.Probatum ... London
Will of Charles Windebank, Chief Mate of the Caesar. Proved 26 Jul 1732
- Transcription by TLM
In the Name of God Amen
I Charles Windebank now Chief Mate of the Caesar now
lying in Cabarara Bay near Maccoa in China being very sick
and weak in body but in perfect mind and memory Do for [xuxx]
Avoiding Controversies after my decease make and declare this to
be my last Will and Testament in manner and Form as follows
Vizt that is to say First I recommend my Soul to Almighty God
and my Body to be buryed at the discretion of my Executors In
trust desiring Captian Wm Mabbott and Mr Mads Hunt will
be so good as to accept of that trouble not doubting but they will
render a just Account to my Dear Sisters Charlott and Mary
Windebank who together I Invest with all my Worldly Goods
Chattells and Estates to be equally divided between them after my
just debts are paid And that the said Charlotta and Mary Windebank
and no other are my full and Sole Executrixes of this my last Will
and Testament As Witness my hand this 11th of July 1731 Charles
Windebank Signed and Sealed in the Presence of Us Phine
Frognall Thos Mylne Thos HordeProbatum [Latin] London [Latin]
….. 26 July 1732 …..
….. Charlotta Windebank and Maria Windebank …..
…… …… ……[xuxx] Not sure if this is a word or just a "filler”