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Will of Joseph Rogers, currier, 1722/3
National Archives PROB 11/590/325
In the Name of God Amen.
1. I Joseph Rogers of Winslowe in the County of Bucks furrier being
2. weake in Body but of sound and perfect Mind and Memory praised be
3. Almighty God therefore and considering the certainty of Death and the
4. uncertain time thereof doe this Nineth day of January Anno Domini 1722
5. make and ordain this my Will in manner following viz I commend my
6. Soul into the Hands of Almighty God my Maker hoping through the Merits
7. Death and Passion of Jesus Christ my Saviour to be made partaker of
8. Everlasting Life and my Body I commit to the Earth to be buryed by my
9. Executors in such manner as is herein after ment(i)oned and as for my
10. temporal Estate I give and dispose thereof as followeth Impr(im)is I give and
11. bequeath unto my Sister Rebeccah Dickens the Sum(m)e of one Hundred Pounds
12. of Lawfull money of Great Britain and unto William Dickens her Sonn
13. the Sum(m)e of One Hundred and Fifty pounds of like mony and unto John
14. Dickens her Sonn the Sum(m)e of 0ne Hundred pounds of like mony and unto
15. Richard Dickens her Sonn the Sum(m)e of one hundred and fifty pounds of
16. like money to be paid unto them by my Executors hereinafter named
17. within twelve Months next after my Death Item I give and bequeath
18. unto Richard Perry Mary Perry and Elizabeth Perry the Sonn and
19. Daughters of William Perry of Woolverton Mill Fifty pounds Each of
20. lawfull Money of Great Britain to be paid unto them by my Executors
21. hereinafter named within twelve Months next after my Death. Item
22. I give and bequeath unto John Perry and William Perry Sons of my
23. Brother William Perry Furrier Fifty pounds Each of lawfull mony of
24. Great Britain to be paid unto them by my Executors hereinafter named
25. within Twelve Months next after my Death. Item I give and bequeath
26. unto William West son of my brother Roger West five pounds of
27. lawfull money of Great Britain to be paid until him by my Executors
28. hereinafter named within Twelve Months next after my Death Item
29. I give and bequeath unto the Three Children of my Landlord William
30. Goodman of Winslowe aforesaid Twenty Shillings Each of lawfull mony
31. of Great Britain to be paid unto them by my Executors hereinafter named
32. within Twelve Months next after my Death. Item I give and bequeath
33. for the use of the Communion Service of the parish Church of Winslowe
34. aforesaid for ever one Silver Salver vallue five pounds to be bought by
35. my Executors herein after named within twelve Months next after my
36. Death and to be by them immediately delivered unto the Church Wardens
37. of the said parish of Winslowe for the use aforesaid. Item I give and
38. bequeath unto my welbeloved friends the Reverend Mr. Gattaker of
39. Mursley Mr. Burrell of Adstock and Mr. Foster of Swanbourne the
40. Sum(m)e of Six Hundred pounds of lawfull money of Great Britain to be
41. paid unto them or the Survivors or Survivor of them or the Executors or
42. Adm(inistrato)rs of the Survivor of them within Twelve Months next after my
43. Death by my Executors herein after named for the uses Trusts Intents and
44. Purposes herein after ment(i)oned (that is to say) In Trust and to the
45. Intent and purpose that they the said Gattaker, Burrell and Foster and
46. the Survivors and Survivor of them and the Executors and Adm(inistrato)rs of such
47. Survivor shall and Will soe soon as conveniently they can lay the Same
48. out in a purchase of Lands at the Cheapest Rate they can conveniently
49. and cause such Lands soe purchased to be settled upon them and such
50. other person and persons as they shall direct and appoint and their heirs
51. for the uses Trusts Intent and Purposes herein after ment(i)oned (Viz) To
52. the use Intent and purpose that they and the Survivors and Survivor of
53. them and the Heirs of such Survivor shall and Will pay and apply or
54. permit and suffer the Rents Issues and Profitts thereof to be applied
55. and paid yearly and every year for ever for and towards the educateing
56. and Instructing of such a number of poor peoples Children belonging to
57. the said parish of Winslowe in Learning as they the Trustees shall find
58. the same will answer. Item I direct that my Executors hereinafter named
59. shall expend att my Funerall Thirty Pounds I also Directe that they shall
60. Lay out Seventy pounds in building me a Grave and Erecting a Tombe
61. thereon with a Marble Stone. Item I give my welbeloved Friends Mathew
62. Deverell of Swanbourne Gent and John Anstee of Swanbourne Schoolmaster
63. Fifteen pounds apeice of lawful money of Great Britain. Item In Case
64. any part of my mony which I have att Interest or which is due to me in my
65. Booke or otherwise cannot be recovered by my Executors and there shall
66. not be Mony sufficient to Answer my Debts and Legacys and other the
67. purposes aforesaid then my Will is that such Losse or Deficiency shall be
68. borne by William Dickens John Dickens, Richard Dickens, Richard Perry, Mary
69. Perry, Elizabeth Perry John Perry and William Perry Legatees hereinbefore
70. mentioned Each of them a proportionable part thereof according to the
71. Summs bequeathed them. Item I make the said Mathew Deverell and John
72. Anstee Executors of this my Will in Trust that they will pay my debts, Legacys
73. and Funerall Expenses as aforesaid and will return the overplus (if any
74. thereto) after they shall have deducted thereout their Charges and
75. Expenses unto my Sister Rebeccah Dickens and I doe revoke all former
76. Wills and doe Declare this to be last Will and Testament as Witness my
77. Hand and Seale the Day and year abovesaid. (J Rogers) Signed Sealed
78. Published and Declared in the presence of us who have hereunto Subscribed
79. our Names as Witnesses in the presence of the Testator Aug(ustine) Seaton
80. Joseph Gurney, Peter Goldsworth.
[Grant of probate in Latin]
[translation] This will was proved at London in the presence of the venerable and distinguished man John Bottesworth, doctor of laws of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Master, Warden or Commissary legitimately appointed, on the thirteenth day of April 1723 on the oaths of Matthew Deverell and John Anstee, named executors in the said will, to whom was entrusted administration of all the goods, rights and credits of the said deceased. For the good and faithful adminstration they were sworn on God's holy gospels by the strength of the commission. Examined.
For more on the Rogers Free School set up under the terms of this will, see Schools. The idea for it must have come from one which already existed at Beachampton. The PCC text clearly calls Joseph Rogers "furrier", but Arthur Clear describes him as "carrier". However, he is referred to in the manor court records and elsewhere as "currier", which is the correct version. The inventory below, with few goods and a huge amount of debts, suggests that he was mainly a moneylender. He first appears in Winslow records in 1698, but never seems to have had any copyhold property. He was the son of William Rogers of Calverton, yeoman, d.1703 (National Archives, C11/296/32).
Inventory of Joseph Rogers, 1722/33
National Archives, PROB 3/22/57
The original uses Roman numerals.
| A true & perfect Inventary all & singular the Goods Chattles & Creditts of Joseph Rogers late of Winslowe in the County of Bucks deceased taken valued and appraised this Twenty fourth day of January in the yeare of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Twenty Two by us William Davadge and John Norton do follow vizt | |||
£ |
s |
d |
|
| Imprimis his weareing Apparel and Money in his Purse two pair of buckles, two pair of Buttons and one Gold Ring at |
5 |
0
|
0
|
| Item his bed & \other/ furniture in his bed chamber his bookes and other Lumber there at | 5 |
18 |
8 |
| Item his Leather and oyle Wood heeles and working Tooles | 62 |
10 |
0 |
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| Summa Totalis Huius Inv(entor)ii | 63 |
8 |
8 |
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| Item Debts sperate & desperate | 1674 |
19 |
2½ |
| [Exhibited 13th April 1723 by Master William Jones notary public proxy for the Executors] | |||