The Will of John Wale 1816 Shepshed

Date: 1815 to 1816
Location: [unknown]

The Will of John Wale, written on 31 July 1815. He died on 19 June 1816 and his estate passed probate on 7 Nov 1816 in Shepshed.^[1]

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Beneficiaries of the will:

• Elizabeth Wale (wife)
• Elizabeth Brooks Wale (daughter)
• Mary Ann Wale (daughter)

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In the name of God Amen I John Wale, in the Parish of Sheepshead
in the County of Leicester, Labourer, being of sound and disposing mind, memory,
and understanding praised be God for the same, do make this my last Will and
Testament, in manner and form following. -
First I will that all my just debts and funeral expenses to be paid out of my
Effects, and Estate, by my Executors herein after named. - Item. at my decease
I give, devise and bequeath, unto my Dear and loving Wife, Elizabeth Wale; all that
my Cottage or Tenement with the homestead and appurtenances, whatsoever, belonging
thereto, situate standing and being at Burton on the Woulds, in the said County of
Leicester. And also all my Lands, Cottages, Tenements, Hereditaments, and Appurtenances
whatsoever situate, standing, and being in Sheepshead in the said County of Leicester,
(or within the fields, liberties, precincts or territories thereof) during the term of her
natural Life; And from and immediately after the decease of my said Wife, I give
devise, and bequeath the aforesaid Cottages, Lands, Tenements Hereditaments and Apper-
-tenances whatsoever unto my two Daughters Elizabeth Brooks Wale and Mary
Ann Wale their Heirs or Assigns forever, to be divided equally betwixt them, share
and share alike. Also my Will is that at my said Wifes decease (if she be the longer
liver) that all the Goods, Chattels, Money, Securities for Money, be qually divided betwixt
my before mentioned Daughters, share and share alike. And I do hereby constitute
and appoint my said Dear Wife and my before mentioned daughter Elizabeth Brooks
Wale joint joint Executrix's of this my last Will and Testament. In Witness hereof I the
said John Wale have hereunto set my Hand and Seal, this 31^st Day of July in
the year of our Lord, 1815.
[Signed] John Wale
Signed Sealed declared and published
by the above named John Wale as
and for his last Will and Testament
in the presence of Us, who in his
presence, and at his request, have
subscribed our Names as Witnesses
thereto.
Thomas Jessom
Wm Smith
John [Beers?]

Loughborough
7^th Nov^r 1816
Let a Probate be made to Elizabeth Wale
of Shepshead in the County of Leicester
Widow and Elizabeth Brooks Wale of
Sawley in the County of Derby Spinster
the joint Executrixe's named in the will
of the deceased who died at Shepshead
on the 19^th day of June last
They having been duly sworn as
well to the faithful Execution of
the will as that the testator's Goods
Chattels and Credits as they were at
his death without deducting any
debts owing by the deceased therefrom
did not amount in value to the
sum of one hundred Pounds
Before me
Tho. Stevenson
Surrogate

Hardy for Harrison Proctor.
same day
probat passed
thereof
W Harrison
[Deputy registrar?]

Sources

1. ↑ Probate: "Leicestershire Wills And Probate Records, 1500-1939"
   Archive: Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland; Reference: 1816 M-Z
   FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 26 July 2022)
   John Wale probate in 1816 in Shepshed. Occupation: Labourer.