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Will of Grant Hewiet or Hewiett of Great Horwood, maltster, 1759
National Archives PROB 11/844/393
Although he lived in Great Horwood, Grant Hewi(e)tt was a descendant of the very long-established Grant alias Miller family, and probably the ancestor of various other Winslow people with the first name Grant. The provisions of the will are summarised below.
To my son Grant Hewiet: the copyhold messuage wherein I now dwell; all household goods, after paying debts and expenses; to be executor.
To my son John Hewiet: £20; to go to his wife Martha if he dies before me, or to their surviving children if she dies.
To my daughter Elizabeth Bradbury [of Singleborough]: £20; or to her husband Richard, or to their surviving children.
To my daughter Ann Harris [of Great Horwood]: £20, or to her husband John, or to their surviving children.
To my kinswoman and housekeeper Elizabeth Verney: £5.
To my brother in law Mr George Verney Citizen of London: free liberty to use the messuage.
Will dated 2 Jan 1759/60, proved 15 March 1759/60.
Notes
Grant Hewitt was baptised at Great Horwood in 1702, the son of Grant and Elizabeth. His father Grant Hewiet (d.1719) was baptised at Winslow in 1676, the son of John and Bridget, and the grandson of Henry Grant (d.1665).
Grant Hewiett the son married Elizabeth Verney (daughter of William Verney of Winslow) at Great Horwood in 1726. The children mentioned in the will were:
- Elizabeth: bap. 1729: she had a son called Grant Bradbury, bap. 1764
- Grant: bap. 1730, d.1796; apprenticed to Henry Stuchbury, ironmonger of Winslow, in 1748; later a merchant in London
- Ann: bap 1733; she had sons called Grant and Hewiett Harris. Read more.
- John: bap. 1737; married Martha Elliott 1756; they had a son called Grant Hewitt, bap. 1763
George Verney the brother-in-law was a citizen and weaver of London in the parish of St Laurence Jewry. In his will proved in 1763 (National Archives, PROB 11/894/364) , he asked to be buried in a vault which he had built in Great Horwood churchyard. He left:
- to his brother Robert Verney £1,000
- to his nephew William Verney £800 and the property in Great Horwood which he had bought from Thomas Brickhill; this may be William Verney, plumber and glazier of Winslow
- to his nephew John Verney £600
- to his nephew George Verney £600
- to his nephew Grant Hewett £8,000
- to his nephew John Hewett £600 and a freehold messuage and close in Great Horwood purchased from Thomas White
- to his nieces Elizabeth Price, Elizabeth Munday, Catherine Huest and Ann Hewett £500 each
- to his cousin Elizabeth Arnold £50
- to his cousins Elizabeth and Frances Verney, daughters of his uncle George, £50 each
- to his niece Elizabeth Bradbury £100, and £300 to her children
- £50 to the poor of Great Horwood
There were many other bequests to London people and charities. Grant Hewett the nephew and executor left the estate unadministered. In 1837 administration of property in Singleborough was granted to D.T. Willis the Winslow lawyer and Grant Harris of Great Horwood, farmer.