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Will of Joseph Hinton, victualler, 1833 (proved 1834)
Herts RO 270AW6
This is the last Will and Testament of me Joseph Hinton of Winslow in the County of Bucks Victualler and Butcher First it is my Will and I direct that all such debts as I shall justly owe at the time of my decease may be fully paid and satisfied and of my real and personal Estates hereinafter respectively given devised and bequeathed And I give devise and bequeath unto my Friend Robert Corbett of Winslow aforesaid Baker All that my copyhold messuage tenement or public house called or known by the name or sign of the Crooked Billet situate standing and being in Great Horn Street in Winslow aforesaid now in my occupation and all other my real Estate whatsoever and wheresoever With the respective rights members and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wish appertaining And all my household goods and furniture utensils and stock in trade plate linen china ready money and securities for money book debts rights credits personal Estates and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever and of what nature or kind soever the same may be which I may die possessed of interested in or intitled unto and over which I have a disposing power To hold the same Real and Personal estates and every part thereof unto and to the use of the said Robert Corbett his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns absolutely according to the several natures qualities and tenures thereof Upon the Trusts hereinafter mentioned (that is to say) Upon Trust by selling converting into money or getting in my personal estate or if necessary by sale of my said real estate Hereditaments and Premises or a sufficient part thereof respectively to pay all such debts as I may justly owe at the time of my decease my funeral and testamentary expences And subject thereto Upon Trust during the minority of my Son William Hinton to permit my Wife Susannah Hinton (if she shall so long continue my Widow and unmarried but not otherwise) to occupy the said Messuage or Tenement Hereditaments and Premises or receive the rents and profits thereof and to have the free and uncontrolled use and enjoyment of my said personal estate and effects to enable her to carry on business for the joint and equal support and benefit of herself and my said Son And when and so soon as my said Son William Hinton shall attain the age of twenty one years Then Upon Trust to permit him and my said Wife during the remainder of her natural life (if she shall
[signed] Joseph Hinton
[f.2] continue a Widow but not otherwise) to have the like occupation use and enjoyment and to carry on business for their joint and equal support and benefit And from and after the decease or marriage again of my said Wife Susannah Hinton which shall first happen I give devise and bequeath all my said copyhold Hereditaments and Premises real and personal estates or such parts thereof as shall not have been sold and disposed of or converted into money for the purposes aforesaid unto my said Son William Hinton his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns absolutely according to the several natures qualities and tenures thereof Subject nevertheless to the payment of all such debts as may then be due and owing from my estate and such parts (if any) of my funeral and testamentary expences as shall not have been previously paid and discharged But in case my said Son William Hinton shall depart this life under the age of twenty one years and without leaving any Issue of his body lawfully begotten him surviving then I direct that the said Robert Corbett his Heirs Executors or Administrators do and shall permit and suffer my said Wife Susannah Hinton (if she shall be then living and shall continue my Widow but not otherwise) to occupy the said Messuage or Tenement Hereditaments and premises or receive the rents and profits thereof and to have the use and enjoyment of my said personal estate and effects or such parts thereof respectively as shall not have previously been sold and disposed of or converted into money for the purposes aforesaid during the remainder of her natural life the better to enable her to support herself and the children of my late Brother Benjamin Hinton deceased (namely Mary Hinton and Susannah Hinton) And in case of the decease of the said William Hinton under age and without Issue \as aforesaid/ Then from and after the decease or marriage again of my said Wife Susannah Hinton which shall first happen I do hereby give devise and bequeath my said copyhold Hereditaments and premises Real and Personal estates or such parts thereof respectively as shall not have been previously sold and disposed of or converted into money as aforesaid unto the said Mary Hinton and Susannah Hinton (the Daughter) To hold the same and every part thereof unto and to the use of the said Mary Hinton and Susannah Hinton (the Daughter) and their respective Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns absolutely according to the several natures and tenures
Jos(eph) Hinton
[f.3] thereof as Tenants in common and not as joint Tenants Subject nevertheless to the payment of all such debts as may then remain due and owing from my estate and such parts (if any) of my funeral and testamentary expences as may not have been previously paid and satisfied With benefit of survivorship between them the said Mary Hinton and Susannah Hinton (the Daughter) in case of the decease of either of them under the age of twenty one years and without issue And in the event of the decease or marriage again of my said Wife Susannah Hinton during the minority of my said Son William Hinton I direct the said Robert Corbett his Heirs Executors or Administrators to pay and apply the rents issues and profits of my said real and personal Estates or such parts thereof as shall from time to time remain undisposed of for his maintenance education support or benefit as he or they shall think proper And my mind and will further is and I declare and direct that it shall be lawful for the said Robert Corbett his Heirs Executors Administrators or Assigns either immediately upon my decease or at any time afterwards with the consent and concurrence of my said Wife Susannah Hinton during her Widowhood and after her decease or marriage again which shall first happen then of his own proper authority to make sale and absolutely dispose of the said Messuage or Tenement Hereditaments Real estate and Premises and also my said Personal estate and effects or such parts thereof as shall not consist of money and securities for money and shall be saleable for the most money and best price or prices that can be reasonable had or obtained for the same and to collect and get in all sum and sums of money which may be due and owing to me or my estate And by and out of the monies thereby owing (or what shall remain thereof after paying all costs and charges of and attending the same) to pay and discharge all such debts as may be justly due and owing from me or my estate my funeral and testamentary expences And to put and place out the residue of the monies to arise as aforesaid which shall remain after answering the purposes herein before mentioned at interest in his or their own name or names on government or good mortgage security (with full power from time to time to call in and again place out the same on any new or other Security or Securities as often as may be necessary or as he or they shall think proper) And to pay and apply the dividend interest and proceeds thereof
Jos(eph) Hinton
[f.4] during the widowhood of my said Wife Susannah Hinton and after the decease or marriage again during the minority of my said Son William Hinton in like manner as the rents and profits of my said copyhold Hereditaments real estate and premises would have been applicable under the directions of this my Will if no such sale thereof had taken place And as soon as conveniently may be after the decease or marriage again of my said Wife Susannah Hinton which shall first happen to call in and receive the monies so to be placed out at interest as aforesaid and pay the same unto my said Son William Hinton for his own use and benefit or in case of his dying under the age of twenty one years and without issue then unto and between the said Mary Hinton and Susannah Hinton my Nieces equally part and share alike With benefit of survivorship between them in case of the decease of either of them under the age of twenty one years and without issue And I do hereby declare that all surrenders and other assurances of the said copyhold Hereditaments Real Estates and Premises which may be made by the said Robert Corbett his Heirs or Assigns in pursuance of the Trusts aforesaid shall be valid and effectual in the Law to all intents and purposes whatsoever And that the receipt or receipts in writing of the said Robert Corbett his Heirs Executors or Administrators shall effectually discharge the purchaser or purchasers of the said Hereditaments Real estate and premises from the payment of his or their purchase money or so much thereof as in and by such receipt or receipts shall be expressed to be received And that it shall not be necessary for the purchaser or purchasers thereof his or their Heirs Executors or Administrators to see to the application of his or their purchase recovery nor shall he or they be answerable or accountable for the misapplication or nonapplication thereof or of any part thereof And I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said Wife Susannah Hinton and the said Robert Corbett joint Executrix and Executor of this my last Will and Testament and my said Wife during her widowhood and the said Robert Corbett Guardians of my said Son William Hinton as well of his person as of his fortune And I do hereby further declare and direct that my said Executrix and Executor shall each of them be answerable for his and her own acts deeds receipts and disbursements only and not the one of them for the acts
Joseph Hinton
[f.5] deeds receipts and disbursements of the other of them Nor shall they either of them be answerable or accountable for any more monies or produce of my estates than shall be actually received by them or come to their respective hands or use nor for any banker or broker or other person with whom or in whose hands the said Trust monies or any part thereof shall be deposited or lodged for safe custody or otherwise in the execution of this my Will nor for the insufficiency or deficiency of any security or securities stocks or funds in or upon which the same monies or any part thereof shall be placed out or invested nor for any loss which may happen to the said Trust monies unless the same shall happen or arise through their or one of their wilful neglect or default And also that they my said Executrix and Executor and the Heirs Executors and Administrators of the said Robert Corbett shall and may retain all their costs charges damages and expences in the trusts or Executorship of this my Will out of the estate and effects in them respectively vested by virtue thereof or out of the monies arising therefrom And lastly I do hereby revoke and make void all former and other wills by me at any time heretofore made and declare this only to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said Joseph Hinton the Testator have to the four first sheets of this my last Will and Testament contained on five sheets of paper set my hand only and to this the fifth and last sheet thereof my hand and seal this eleventh day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
[signed] Joseph Hinton
Signed Sealed Published and Declared by Joseph Hinton the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request and in the presence of each other hereunto subscribed our names in witness thereof
[signed] Dav(id) Tho(mas) Willis
George Maydon
Rebecca Hinton
Joseph Hinton was the son of Sarah Hinton (will proved 1837), q.v. for more about the family. He was baptised at Middle Claydon in 1798. He bought the Crooked Billet (7 Horn Street) from the Mayne family in 1828. He doesn't appear to have lived in Winslow before then. It was sold in 1836, apparently to pay debts.
Susanna Hinton the niece married William Forster at Winslow in 1837, and Mary married Richard Lomath in 1838. Susanna senior was living with the Forsters in 1841. In 1851 she was described as pauper and butcher's widow, aged 68 and born at Renton, Devon. She died in 1853.