Will of William Wallis (1775-1811)

Date: 22 Apr 1811 [unknown]
Location: Ryton on Dunsmore, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
Surname/tag: Wallis

Contents 1 Introduction 2 People List 3 Property List 4 Will Transcript 5 Proving Transcript 6 Sources

Introduction

This is a transcription of the Last Will and Testament of William Wallis of Ryton on Dunsmore, Warwickshire, Cordwainer, who died in 1811.^[1]

Spelling, punctuation, line breaks, gaps, and big bold text are as per the register copy. Abbreviations are expanded and additions noted in [square brackets]. Paragraph breaks (where added) and bold text for names are my own for ease of reading.

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People List

People in the will, in the order that they are mentioned:

1. William Wallis, testator
2. Ann Wallis, wife
3. John Wallis, son
4. Mary Wallis, daughter
5. Jane Wallis, daughter
6. William Manley, brother in law
7. John Manley, brother in law
8. William Masters, witness
9. James Williams, witness
10. Benjamin Manly, witness

Property List

Properties in the will, in the order that they are mentioned:
None

Will Transcript

[Page 1]

This is the last Will and Testament of me
William Wallis of Ryton upon Dunsmore in the County
of Warwick Cordwainer I Give and Devise unto my
Dear Wife Ann Wallis All and singular my Messuages
Lands Tenements and Real Estate whatsoever until my
Son John Wallis shall attain the age of twenty one
years in case she shall continue my widow and
unmarried to be by her applied in the Maintenance
Education of my children And from and after my
said Son shall have attained the said age of twenty one
years I Give and Devise All and singular my said
Messuages Lands Tenements and Real Estate whatsoever
and also all and singular my personal Estate of
what nature or kind soever unto my said son John
Wallis his Heirs and Assigns for ever Subject nevertheless
to and charged with the payment of the sum of ten
pounds yearly and every year unto my said wife
Ann during the term of her natural life to be paid by
equal Quarterly payments and also subject to and
Charged with the payment of the sum of one hundred
pounds unto my Daughter Mary Wallis and also
Charged with the payment of the Sum of one hundred
pounds unto my Daughter Jane Wallis and I do
hereby charge my said Real Estate with the payment
of the said Annuity of ten Pounds a year to my said
wife and also with the payment of the said two
several Sums of one hundred pounds to my said
two Daughters Mary and Jane as aforesaid________

[Page 2]

provided always and it is my Will and desire
that in case my said Wife should marry again
or die during the infancy of my said Son that
the Rents and profits of the said Real Estate
should after the payment of the said Annuity
to her be received by my Brothers in Law William
Manley and John Manley and applied by them
or the Survivor of them in the maintenance and
support of my said Children or the Survivor of
of them during their Infancy. I Give and
Bequeath unto my said wife Ann Wallis All
and Singular my Household Goods and personal
Estate. And I do hereby constitute and appoint
my said Wife the said Ann Wallis Executrix of
this my Will hereby revoking all former and
other Will or Wills by me at any time heretofore
made In Witness whereof I the said William
Wallis the Testator have to this my last Will and
Testament set my hand and Seal this twenty second
day of April ______ in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and eleven.

Signed Sealed published and declared by
the said Wiliam Wallis the Testator as and for
his last Will and Testament in the presence of
us who at his request and in his presence and in
the presence of each other have hereunto
Subscribed our names as Witnesses.

William Masters
James Williams
Benjamin Manley

Proving Transcript

Coventry 11 October 1811

Let a Probate be made to Ann Wallis
widow the sole Ex[ecu]trix

She being duly sworn and
also that the Personal Estate
will not amount to 20£ before
me
                            Chas Buckeridge
                                            Surr[ogate]

Sources

1. ↑ Probate: "Staffordshire, Dioceses Of Lichfield And Coventry Wills And Probate 1521-1860"
   FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 15 February 2023)
   William Wallis probate in 1811. Residence Ryton upon Dunsmore, Warwickshire, England, Ryton upon Dunsmore, Warwickshire, England.