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Will of John Oatridge 1743 

Source: w4: Diocese of Gloucester Consistory Court Wills. 

(636) Gloucester RO Ref 1749/131 

In the Name of God Amen I John Oatridge of the town of Berkeley in the County of Gloucester  Gentleman being of sound disposing Mind and Memory  Blessed be God  Minding my latter End  and the Uncertainty of the Time thereof Do Make this my last Will and Testament in manner and 

form following  that is to say 

First I give and Bequeath unto my Brother Simon Oatridge All that my Close of Pasture ground  called or known by the name of the Wallott Containing by Estimation One Acre be it more or less 

And all that other Close of Pasture ground called the Hawlying near Homehill Green Containing  by Estimation Five Acres be it more of less And One Acre by Estimation be it more or less of  Arable Land lying in a field called Cliff Field  together with all Rights Hereditaments and 

Appurtenances whatsoevr to the said Close and Lands or any part thereof ??? belonging or in  any ??? appertaining Which said Close and Lands are situate lying and being in Cowley in the  said County of Gloucester and were Devised to me by the Right Honourable James Earl of  Berkeley (together with other Lands by his Indenture or Leave under his Hand and Seal bearing 

the date the ninth day of September 1729 for a Term of Four score and Nineteen Years  Determinable on own life and the lives of William Harding and Miles Oatridge the Younger son of  my Brother Miles) To hold to the said Simon Oatridge his Executors Administrators and 

Assignees for and during all the residue and remainder which at my decease shall be to come  and unexpired of the said Term determinable as aforesaid He and they Paying therefore the  Yearly Rent of Thirty Shillings ??? and made payable for the same in and by the said Indenture 

of Lease at such Date and Time and in such manner and form as the same therein made  payable and likewise Paying from time to time as often as it shall happen One half part of the  Money mentioned in the said Leases to be paid for a Herriott And Doing and Performing One  half part or contributing from time to time one half of the ??? of the other Duties Charges and 

Services mentioned and expressed in the said Indenture of Lease on the Tenants or ???? part to  be ??? and performed. 

Item I Give and Bequeath unto William Restall my Nephew All and Singular the Messuage Close 

Lands Tenements and Hereditaments with their and every of their Rights ??? and Appurtenances  specified and contained in one Indenture of Lease made to me by the Right Honourable  Augustine Earl of Berkeley bearing date on or about the Twenty Third day of January One 

thousand seven hundred and Forty One (Except for the several parts of Arable Land mentioned  in the said Lease to be lying in a Common Field called Moor Mead Field  the half Acre of Arable  Land in Upper West Field  the Two ??? in the Lower West Field  the piece of Land called the  Well Springs in Beanhoff Field  the Two pieces of Arable or Pasture ground called Sandrye and 

the Close of Arable Land called P??purland Tyneing  all Situate in Coaley aforesaid  with their  Appurtenances Which said Messuage and premises hereby Given to the said William Restall are  now in the tenure and occupation of Richard Shelton and John Weight as Undertenants thereof 

and are held and enjoyed by me together with the said other Lands under and by ??? of the said  last mentioned Save for the remainder of a Term of Ninent Nine years thereby granted thereof 

Determinate on my Life and the Lives of the said William Restall and Elizabeth Oatridge  Daughter of my Said Brother Miles To Hold Except as before Excepted unto the said William  Restall his Executors Administrators and Assigns from and immediately after my Decease for  and during all the residue and remainder which shall be then to come and unexpired of the said 

Term of Ninety Nine Years Determinate as aforesaid He and they Paying therefore the Yearly  Rent of Thirty SHillings part of the Yearly Rent of Fifty Shillings covered and made payable in  and by the said Lease and likewise Paying and Performing from time to time his and their part 

according to the Proportion aforesaid of the Herriott or Money to be paid in Lieu thereof and all  the other Duties Charges and Services contained in the said last mentioned Indenture of Leave  on the ??? or ?? part to be paid done and performed And do hereby Direct and annex this further 

Condition to the respective Estates hereby given to the said Simon Oatridge my Brother and  William Restall That each of them or each of their respective .... (signed) Jno Oatridge (end of  page 1) 

(page 2) Executors Administrators or Assignees and do at their own respective ?? and Charges 

Enter into proper Engagements with my Executor hereinafter named whenever they shall be  thereunto reasonably required for his and their mutual Payment and Performance respectively of  the Rents Herriotts Covenants Duties and Agreements mentioned and expressed in the said ??? 

Indenture of Leave on the Tenants of ??? part to be paid done and performed according to the  respective Proportions mentioned and designed by this my Will. 

Also I Give and Bequeath unto the said William Restall Two Silver Spoons  my Second best Bed 

and Bolster with the Bedstead Curtains and Vallence Pillow and Pillow Case Quilt Two Blankets  and a pair of Sheets; likewise Give him the Sum of One hundred pounds in Money at the  Expiration of his Apprenticeship. 

Also I Give and Devise unto Mary Child my Servant provided she be in my Service at the time of  my Decease One Annuity or Yearly Rent charge of Six pounds of Lawful Money of Great Britain  to be Spring? Going? and Payable Out of those several Closes of Pasture ground called the 

Soyse? and ???? or lately in Six Closes Containing together by Estimation fifteen Acres be they  more or less And also out of All That Close of Pasture grounds called Shepard's Close  Containing by Estimation Seven Acres be it more or less all Situate and being in Coaley  aforesaid with their and every of their Appurtenance Which said Closes and Lands I lately 

purchased of the said Right Honourable Augustine Earl of Berkeley for a Term of Ninety Nine  Years Determinable on my own Life and the Lives of William Johnson of Barnwood in the said  County of Gloucester Esquire and the said Mary Child. The said Annuity or Yearly Rent charge 

to be had received and taken by the said Mary Child and he Assigns by equal half yearly  payments during the Term of her Natural Life without any Deduction or Abatement for Taxes or  other matter or cause whatsoever The first Payment thereof to begin and be made on that day 

Six Months on which my Death shall happen And in case the said Annuity or Yearly Rent charge  or any part thereof shall be behind or unpaid by the space of Twenty Days next over or after  either of the Days on which the same ought to be paid as aforesaid That then and so often and  from time to time it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Mary Child and her Assigns into 

and upon the said Closes and premises out of which the same is ???? or any part thereof to  Enter and Distrain for the same And the Disposal and Disposals then and there found to Take  carry away Impound Sell and Manage and Dispose of for Satisfaction of the said Annuity or 

Yearly Rent charge and Arrears thereof and all Costs and Charges incident thereunto or in cause  of Disposal for Rent Arrears is used and ????? And I likewise Give unto her the said Mary Child  in case she shall be in my Service at the time of my Decease the Bed she now lyes on with the  Bedstead Curtains and Vallence the Bolster Pillow and Pillow Case a Ring Two Blankets and a 

pair of Sheets 

Also by Virtue of the ??? or Authority to me given and granted by the said Right Honourable  Augustus Earl of Berkeley in and by a certain Copy of Court Roll of the Manor of Coaley 

aforesaid bearing date on or about the Second Day of May One Thousand Seven Hundred and  Thirty Nine I do hereby give and Devise unto the said Miles Oatridge my Brother All and singular  the Messuages Closes Lands Tenements and Hereditaments whatesover comprised and 

mentioned in the said Copy of Court Roll with their and every of their Appurtenances To hold  unto my said brother Miles his Executors Administrators and Assignees from and immediately  after my Decease for and during the Term of four score Years then for the next ensuing fully to  be compleat and ended If he and my said other Brother Simon Oatridge or either of them shall 

so long Live or the ???? of the Widows of either of them shall according to the Custom of the  said Manor of Coaley so long Continue Subject nevertheless to the Rent Herriott Customs Duties  and Services on the Tenants part to be therefore paid done and performed. 

Also I Give And Bequeath unto the said Elizabeth Oatridge Daughter of my said Brother Miles  Two Silver Spoons and One Hundred pounds in Money to be paid in Six Months after my  Decease 

Also I Give Devise and Bequeath unto Martha another Daughter of my said Brother Miles Two  Silver Spoons And further Give her the Sum of One hundred pounds at her Age of One and  Twenty Years And in case she happen to Dye before she arrive at that Age I (signed) Jno 

Oatridge (end of page 2) 

(page 3) Give the said Sum of One Hundred pounds to the said Elizabeth Oatridge her sister and  the said William Restall equally to be divided between them 

Also I Give and Bequeath unto my Godson William Harding son of the late Mr John Harding of  Cowley aforesaid my Silver Chalice or Tumbler And to my other Godson John son of Richard  Williams of Slimbridge aforesaid Yeoman I Give the Sum of five pounds at the Age of One and 

Twenty Years 

Also I Give Devise and Bequeath the Sum of five pounds to be distributed and disposed of within  One month after my Decease at the Discretion of my Executor herinafter named to amongst 

such poor Persons and families of the Parish of Cowley aforesiad as my said Executor shall think  fit 

All the rest and residue of my Goods Chattels and Personal Estate whatsoever my Debts and 

Funeral Expenses being paid and discharged I Give and Bequeath unto my said Brother Miles  Oatridge and Make him sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament 

In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament contained in Three Sheets of 

Paper to the first Two thereof Subscribed my Name and hereto set my Hand and Seal the 

Seventh day of June in the Sixteenth Year oif the reign of King George the Second and in the  Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and forty three (signed) Jno Oatridge 

Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the Testator as his last Will and Testament in the 

presence of us who subscribed our names as Witnesses hereunto in the Sight and presence of  the said Testator  Thos Nicholas  James Nicholas 

Will Jones 

Codicil (on foot of third sheet) 

Whereas I have by my last Will and Testament above written Given unto my Servant Mary Child 

an Annuity of Six pounds during her Natural Life to be ??? out of the several Close and Lands  therein mentioned Now I do hereby Increase the said Annuity to Eight pounds a Year during her  Life which I charge upon the same Lands and direct to be paid on the same Condition and in the 

same manner to all Intents and Purposes as the said Annuity of Six pounds is charged upon and  to be paid according to ?? the Meaning of my said above written Will 

And I do moreover hereby further Give and Bequeath unto my Nephw William Restall in my said 

will named All and singular my Wearing Apparrel of what Nature or sort soever it be and all such  part of my Household furniture as consists of Brass or Pweter and another Bed with the Bedstead  Curtains and Vallences Bolster Bed Cloaths and Appurtenances whatsover thereto belonging or 

in wise appertaining And likewise Give him my siad Nephew And the said Mary Child a Suit of  Mourning each And devise that this my be Deemed and Taken as part of my said Will 

In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and Seal the first day of January in the Year of 

Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and forty four (signed) Jno Oatridge  Signed Sealed and Published in the presence of  Danl Daynard  Simon Gillman 

Will Jones 

Further Codicil on a Separate Piece of Paper 

Whereas I have by my last Will and Testament within written by Virtue of a Licence or Authority  to me Given and Granted by the right Honourable Augustine Earl of Berkeley in and by a certain  Copy of Court Roll of the Manor of Cowley in the County of Gloucester bearing Date on or about  the Second Day of May 1739 Given and Devised All the Messuages Lands Tenements and 

Hereditaments comprised therein to my Brother Miles Oatridge for the Term of fourscore years  commencing at my Death ???? and my Brother Simon Oatridge or either of them shall so long  Live  or the free??? of either of their Widows shall so long continue Now I do by virtue of such 

Licence or Authority hereby Give and Devise A peice of Arable Land in Moor Mead field of  Cowley aforesaid containing by Estimation Three Acres (be it more or less) adjoining to the  Brook?? Leaze on the North east part and to the foot path there on the South west part (being 

part of the Land granted in and by the said Copy) with its Hereditaments and Appurtenances to 

my Nephew William Restall in my said Will named his Executors Administrators and Assignees  from and immediately after my Decease  for the Term of fourscore years thenceforth next  ensuing fully to be compleat ???? If they my said Brothers Miles and Simon Oatridge or either  of them shall so long live  or the free??? of the Widows of either of them shall according to the 

Custom of the said Manor of Cowley so long continue freed and discharged from the Payment of  any part of the Rent and Heriot as said or mentioned in the said Copy on which on the Tenant's  or ??? part are or ought to be paid And if he or they should at any time be obliged to Pay any 

part of this said Rent or Heriots I Give him and them full Power to enter into any of the rest of the  Lands compriused in the said Copy and distrain for what he shall have so paid and his Costs and  Charges expended about the same and such Disposals from time to time to Manage and 

Dispose of as in cases of ????? for ?????? and in Arrers and shall be used and accustomed And  the ????? and rest of the Closes Lands Tenements and Hereditaments comprised in the said  Copy I confirm to my said Brother Miles in the manner the same are given to him by my said Will  and I moreover Give to my said Nephew William Restall ????? what is given him by my said 

Will and the Codicil subscribed thereof my little black Mare my Silver Watch and my Silver  Chalice or Tumbler which by my said Will as given to my Godson William Harding since  deceased and Direct that the Legacy of One Hundred pounds given him my said Nephew by my 

said Will at the Expiration of hsi Apprenticeship shall now be paid him in Three Months next after  my decease and that the other Bed with the Bedstead Curtains and Vallence Bolster Bed Cloaths  and Appurtenances thereto belonging given to him by the said Codicil subscribed to my said Will  shall be ???? as my Executor named in my said Will shall choose to give him And I hereby Give 

my Nephew Miles Oatridge son of my said brother Miles my Silver Tankard and confirm my said  Will in all respects in which it is not altered by this and the said other Codicil And Desire that this  may be taken and adjudged as part of my said Will and be of equal force with it 

It Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the fourth day of July in the Year of  our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and forty Eight (signed) Jno Oatridge 

Signed Sealed and Published in the presence of us: 

Rob Parkinson  M G Pindar  Will Jones 

Probate Statement:  22nd Day of July 1749 

The within named Miles Oatridge Brother and Sole Executor was duly Sworn before me  Thos  Clar??? Dockwray 

This Will and Codicil are Proved the 22nd Day of July in the Year of our Lord 1749 before the 

Worshipful Sir Henry Penrice Knight Doctor of Laws Vicar General in Spirituals of the Right  Reverend Father in God Martin by Divine Permifixion Lord Bishop of the Diocese of Gloucester  and of his Episcopal Consistory Official Principal Lawfully Constituted by Miles Oatridge Brother 

and Sole Executor and so forth to whom and so forth having first sworn well and faithfully to  Administer to the said Will and also to Exhibit an Inventory and render an Account 

Updated on 16 Mar 2006