Will of Stephen Baston, Laborer of Nuneham Courtney 1852

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England
Surname/tag: Baston

This is a transcript of the original will of Stephen Baston of Nuneham Courtney, Oxfordshire it was written on 21 June 1847 and passed probate in 1852
Spelling, line breaks and capitalisation as the original.

Stephen's estate passed probate in 1852 in Nuneham Courtenay.^[1]

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Will of Stephen Baston

Persons mentioned

• Stephen Baston Testator
  
• Elizabethn Baston wife of Testator
  
• Stephen Baston son of Testator
  
• Hannah the Wife of John Couldry daughter of Testator
  
• Mary the Wife of John Davis daughter of Testator
  
• Ann the Wife of Thomas Malony daughter of Testator
  
• William Casemore grandson of Testator
  
• 'Alice Casemore great grandchild of Testaor
• Arthur Casemore great grandchild of Testator

This is the last Will and Testament
of me Stephen Baston of Nuneham Courtney
in the County of Oxford Laborer First I direct
all my just debts funeral and testamentary
expenses to be paid and satisfied And subject
thereto I give and bequeath all my money, goods
property and effects, to my dear Wife Elizabeth
Baston and my son Stephen Baston Upon
Trust to permit and suffer her to receive the
Interest thereof and to have the use of my household
Goods property and effects during her life And
from and after her decease I give and bequeath
unto my said Son Stephen Baston the Legacy
a sum of ninteen Guineas, unto my daughter
Hannah the Wife of John Couldry the like
Legacy a sum of Nineteen Guineas, unto my
daughter Mary the Wife of John Davis the
like Legacy a sum of nineteem Guineas, unto
my daughter Ann the Wife of Thomas Malony of the City of Oxford the Legacy a som of ten
pounds unto my Grandson William Casemore
now residing with me, the Legacy or sum of
nineteen Guineas and to my Great Grandchildren
Alice Casemore and Arthur Casemore the
Legacy or sum of five pounds each and I direct
their Lehgacies to be invested in their respective
names and in the name of my Son Stephen
in the Savings Bank at Abingdon until

[page 2] they respectively attain the age of twenty one
I give and bequeathy my wearing Apparel to
my said Son Stephen And all the rest and
residue of my money household Goods Property
and effects I give and bequeath the same unto
and equally between my said son Stephen,
my daughter Hannah Couldry, Mary
Davis, Ann Malony and my Grandson
William Casemore share and share alike
I appoint my said dear Wife and my said
Son Stephen Executrix and Executor of this my
last Will and Testament and hereby revoking
all former Wills do declare this to be and
contain my here last Will and Testament. In
witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and Seal this twenty first day of June one
thousand eight hundred and forty seven
The mark and seal
of Stephen Baston
Signed sealed published acknowledged
and declared by the above named Stephen
Baston the Testator as and for his last
Will and Testament in the presence of us
who in his presence present at the same
time and in the presence of each other
have subscribed our names as Witnesses
A.D. Bartlett Sol[icitor]
..........
................. Clerk to Messrs Franklin? & Bartlett

Written in the margin:
This is the paper referred to in the annexed affadavit,br/> of Stephen Baston

Sources

1. ↑ Probate: "Oxfordshire Wills Index, 1516-1857"
   FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 8 March 2022)
   Stephen Baston probate in 1852 in Nuneham Courtenay.