Priault.*

WILLS.

Will of ELIZABETH PRIAULX of Richmond, Surrey, spinster. Dated 23 Nov. 1787. (P.C.C., 510 Major.) To her ever dear aunt Ann Siddall, widow, with whom she lives, all her real & personal estates, "that blended in one common stock as our fortunes have ever been, her income may feel no diminution within my power to prevent." Desires that the present property at their deaths may "centre" in her brother Henry & sister Sarah Priaulx, their last remaining relations on her mother's side; or, in case of their death, in those who claim consanguinity with her on her father's side. To her old servant Sarah Abery 20 guineas, etc. As testatrix is sole executrix of Catherine Price of Richmond, to save her aunt trouble she appoints her brother [? Henry] Priaulx of Walcot Place, Lambeth, her executor, to whom she bequeaths "one of the two hundred pounds" left her by Cath. Price, & to be paid by Edward Collins, etc. Dated 27 Jan. 1784. To her friend Mary Mann of Richmond her ebony standish. To her friend Margaret Hickes her watch. Mary Mann to destroy letters and papers in her "scrutoire," except such as appertain to business, etc. To her friend Hickes her ebony "writing box, the gift of Gov' P...." To her sister Sarah Priaulx all her books, etc.

Affidavit by Henry Handley Norris of St Andrew Undershaft, London, Esq., & James Bell of the Strand, in the precinct of the Savoy, bookseller, that the Will is in Elizabeth Priaulx's handwriting.

Proved 24 Nov. 1787.

WILL OF SARAH PRIAULX, 1802.

Extracted from the Principal Registry of the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice.

In the name of God, Amen. I, Sarah Priaulx, of Walcot Place, Lambeth, in the County of Surrey, Spinster, being of sound mind and in perfect health, do make and ordain this to be my last Will and Testament. I commit my body to the dust, desiring that I may be buried in the Spiritual Court of Saint Saviour, Southwark, as near as possible to the remains of my beloved brother Henry Priaulx, in as plain and decent a manner as can be. I resign my Soul to God with all humility, hoping and trusting for my Salvation to his Mercy and the Merits of Jesus Christ. And, after the discharge of all my debts, funeral expenses, and the charges of proving this my last Will and Testament, I give and dispose of all my worldly estate and effects in the manner following:-I give and bequeath the interest, dividends, and income of the sum of One thousand pounds of the Government stock or fund commonly called Five per cent. Bank Annuities unto my sister in law Sarah Priaulx, Widow of my said late brother Henry Priaulx, for and during the term of her [life ?], and from and immediately after her decease I give and bequeath the interest, dividends, and income of five hundred pounds Five per cent. Bank Annuities, part of the said sum of One thousand pounds Five per cent. Bank Annuities, unto my sister at law [meaning half-sister] Sophia Grammar for and during the term of her natural life. And from and immediately after the decease of the survivor of the said Sarah Priaulx and Sophia Grammar I give and bequeath the said five hundred pounds Five per cent. Bank Annuities unto

* Communicated by Miss SELINA MARY WOODROOFFE-continued from page 87.

Sophia, Sarah Jemima and Amelia Fanny Grammar, daughters of my said sister in law [half-sister] the said Sophia Grammar, or such of them as shall be living at the time of my decease, and to their respective executors, adm❜ors, and assigns, to be equally divided between them share and share alike as tenants in common and not as joint tenants. And I give and bequeath the sum of five hundred pounds Five per cent. Bank Annuities, other part of the said sum of One thousand pounds Five per cent. Bank Annuities, after the decease of my said sister in law Sarah Priaulx, unto my nieces Martha Woodroffe and Elizabeth Woodroffe, or such of them as shall be living at the time of my decease, and to their respective executors, adm'ors, and assigns, to be equally divided between them share and share alike as tenants in common and not as joint tenants. And I give and bequeath the sum of seven hundred pounds of the said Government stock or funds commonly called Five per cent. Bank Annuities unto my said sister in law Sarah Priaulx, her executors, adm'ors, and assigns. And I give and bequeath my leasehold estate called Chapplewick Farm in the Parish of Ashbury in the County of Berks, now in the tenure or occupation of John Hains, and which I hold under the President and Scholars of Magdalen College, Oxford, and all the estate, term, interest, right, and benefit of renewal which I shall have therein, at my death unto my nephew Nathaniel George Woodroffe, his executors, adm'ors, and assigns. Nevertheless charged and chargeable with one annuity or yearly rent charge of thirty pounds free and clear of and from all present and future taxes and deductions whatsoever, and I give and devise the same annuity unto my brother in law [half-brother] Peter Priaulx for and during the term of his natural life; and also charged and chargeable with one other annuity or yearly rent charge of ten pounds free and clear of and from all manner of deductions, and I give and devise the same annuity unto my niece Sophia Grammar for and during the term of her natural life; and also charged and chargeable with one other annuity or yearly rent charge of twenty pounds free and clear as aforesaid, and I hereby give and devise the same annuity unto my sister in law [half-sister] Mary Priaulx for and during the term of her natural life, and from and after her decease I give and devise and direct that the same annuity shall be paid and payable to my said niece Sophia Grammar for and during the term of her natural life, over and above and in addition to the said other annuity or yearly rent charge of ten pounds, so hereinbefore given by me to her as aforesaid. And I hereby will and direct that the said several annuities shall be respectively paid and payable half yearly on Midsummer and Christmas Day in each and every year during the continuance of the same respectively, and that the first payment of each of the same annuities or yearly rent charges shall begin and be made on the Midsummer day or Christmas day which shall happen next after my decease. And I hereby will and direct that if it shall happen that all, any, or either of the said annuities or yearly rent charges, or any part of the same, or any or either of them shall be behind or unpaid for the space of twenty one days next after either of the said two half-yearly days on which the same respectively ought to be paid as aforesaid, then and in such case, and as often as it shall so happen, it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Peter Priaulx and Mary Priaulx and Sophia Grammar respectively, as the case may be, into and upon the said farm and leasehold premises, or any part or parcel thereof with the appurtenances, to enter and distrain for the said several annuities or such of them as shall be behind or unpaid and all arrears thereof respectively, and the distress and distresses then and there found to make and carry away, and the same to detain and keep in their or either of their respective custody or possession until the party or parties making such distress shall be paid and satisfied their, his, or her said annuities or annuity or yearly rent charges or rent charge and all arrears thereof, together with all the costs and charges of such distress and distresses or otherwise, to sell and dispose thereof according to law in the same or the like manner as in cases of distresses for rents reserved on leases for years, and out of the Money arising by such sale and disposition to pay and satisfy themselves, himself, and herself, as the same may be, the said annuities or annuity and all arrears thereof, together with all his, her, and

their costs and charges in and about such distress and distresses, and if it shall so happen that all or any of the said annuities or yearly rent charges shall be behind or unpaid by the space of forty two days next after either of the said two halfyearly days whereon the same are, is, or ought to be paid as aforesaid, then and in such case it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Peter Priaulx, Mary Priaulx, and Sophia Grammar respectively, or any or either of them, from time to time, as often as the said several annuities or yearly rent charges or either of them or any part of them shall be so behind or unpaid by the space of forty two days as aforesaid, to enter into and upon the said farm and premises, or any part thereof, and to hold and enjoy the same, and to receive and take the rents, issues, and profits thereof and every part thereof to his, her, and their own proper use and benefit until thereby and therewith or otherwise he, she, or they shall be fully paid and satisfied the said annuities or annuity, yearly rent charges or yearly rent charge, and all arrears thereof respectively then incurred or which afterwards during such possession shall incur or be incurred, and all his, her, or their costs, charges, and damages which he, she, or they shall or may sustain or be put unto for or by reason of the non-payment thereof. And I give and bequeath unto my sister in law Martha Searle twenty pounds. Also I give and bequeath unto my brother in law Peter Priaulx fifty pounds Five per cent. Bank Annuities. Also I give and bequeath unto my nephew The Reverend Nathaniel Woodroffe the sum of fifty pounds. Also I give and bequeath unto my nephew John Woodroffe the sum of ten pounds. Also I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth Harriett Anthony, wife of Michael Anthony of Shippon in the County of Berks, Esquire, ten pounds. Also I give and bequeath unto John McCombe of Walcot Place, Lambeth, Esquire, ten pounds. I give and bequeath unto my said sister in law Sophia Grammar four hundred pounds Five per cent. Bank Annuities. Also I give and bequeath to my said niece Sarah Jemima Grammar two hundred pounds Five per cent. Bank Annuities. Also I give and bequeath unto my said niece Amelia Fanny Grammar two hundred pounds Five per cent. Bank Annuities. Also I give and bequeath unto my late Servant Elizabeth Hourt thirty pounds of lawful money of Great Britain. Also I give and bequeath to Mr. Robert Kent, who has always attended me in my illness with much care and attention, the sum of five guineas for a ring. Also I give and bequeath unto Mrs. Walters, wife of The Reverend John Walters of Bingham in the County of Nottingham, and Mrs. Elliott, wife of John Elliott, Esquire, of Nottingham, five guineas each for rings as tokens of my sincere regard. Also I give and bequeath unto the said Michael Anthony, Esquire, ten pounds. And I hereby order and direct my executors hereinafter named to transfer & pay the said several legacies, except the said legacies for rings and other legacies not exceeding the sum of ten pounds, at the end of twelve calendar months next after my decease, and that they shall be so transferred and paid without any interest for or in respect of the same or either of them. And I also order and direct that the said legacies for rings and other legacies not exceeding ten pounds shall be payable and paid within one calendar month after my decease. And I give and bequeath unto Miss Elizabeth Edmonds of Mortlake in the County of Surry three guineas for a ring. And to Mrs. Mary White of Bromley in the County of Kent five guineas for a ring. And to Martha Polley five pounds in money. And to such woman servant as shall be living with me at my death ten pounds in money. And I direct that the four last mentioned legacies shall be payable and paid within one calendar month after my death. And I give and bequeath unto the said Sarah Priaulx all the books which were left me by my late dear sister Elizabeth Priaulx, and all other my books at present in my possession. And I give and bequeath all the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate and effects whatsoever and wheresoever, real and personal, unto the said Sarah Priaulx, to hold to her heirs, executors, adm'ors, and assigns according to the nature and quality of the same, to and for her and their own use and benefit freely and absolutely for ever. And I hereby nominate, constitute, and appoint the said Sarah Priaulx and the Reverend Nathaniel George Woodroffe Executors of this my last Will and Testament, In Witness whereof I, the said Sarah Priaulx the

testatrix, have hereunto set my hand and seal, that is to say my hand to the four first sheets and my hand and seal to this fifth and last sheet, the twentieth day of November, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and two.

SARAH PRIAULX.

Signed, sealed, published, and declared by the said Sarah Priaulx the testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us, and at her request subscribed our names as witnesses: Steph. Phillips, Howard Street, Ann Bickmore, Walcot Place, Saml. Tapper.

Proved 12th January 1803.

From memory.

Will of MARY PRIAULX of Windmill Street, St Pancras, spinster. (P.C.C., 1812.) To be buried in the Spiritual Court of St Saviour's Church [i.e. Southwark], as near her honoured father and inother as possible. Bequeaths to Henry Stokes and two others of that name of Brunswick Row, Queen's Square, merchants, in trust the sum of 400%., which she has lent to the Rev. Nathaniel George Woodrooffe of Somerford, co. Gloucester [sic], at the interest of 51 per annum, and the same sum is to remain in his hands if he desire it; if not, it is to be invested in the public funds. The interest or dividend is to be paid to her brother Peter Priaulx for life, on condition that he does not sell his interest therein. On his death one fourth part thereof to her sister Sophia Grammor, another to her niece Martha Woodrooffe of Beckenham, spinster, another to her niece Elizabeth Woodrooffe of Beckenham, spinster, 201 to Hannah wife of the said Peter Priaulx, if living, and the remainder of the last 100 to the Rev. Nathaniel George Woodrooffe; otherwise the whole 1001 to go to him. Her books to the said Rev. Nathaniel George Woodrooffe, except Erskine's Sermons, in 13 volumes, which the said Peter Priaulx is to have. Residue of her estate and effects to the said Peter Priaulx, if living; if not to the Rev. Nathaniel George Woodrooffe. The said merchants to be executors.

Administration was granted to the Rev. Nathaniel George Woodrooffe as the merchants had renounced the execution, he being residuary legatee, as Peter Priaulx had died in testatrix's lifetime. She had lately lived at Harrow Road, Paddington. [Thus, if there were any Priaulx portraits, they may have come to the Rev. Nathaniel George Woodrooffe.]

CHANCERY BILLS AND ANSWERS, 1714-1758.

No. 2658. Priaulx v. Bridger. 9 May 1717.

Bill of complaint of Elizabeth Priaulx of Rusper in co. Sussex, widow. Her late husband John Priaulx of Rusper, clerk, deceased, and Robert Edsaw of Rusper, gent., her late uncle [deceased], purchased one messuage or tenement, barns, buildings, lands, meadow, and pasture, called Greenhurst in the parish of Capell, in co. Surrey, now in the occupation of John Wheeler at the yearly rent of £34, paid to plaintiff; and by Indenture "tripartite," dated 24 June 1692, between the said John Priaulx and Robert Edsaw of the one part, Thomas White, Esq., and Samuel White, gent., "of the other part," they conveyed the premises upon trusts, viz., to the use of John Priaulx for life and then of plaintiff for life, then of their joint heirs, then of the heirs of John Priaulx; and to the use of Robert Edsaw for life, then of the said Thomas White and Samuel White for 99 years, upon trust to pay £100 to Anne Priaulx, plaintiff's daughter, at her age of 21 or marriage, and on such payment the term was to cease, and [the trustees were to hold] to the use of plaintiff's heirs by her late husband, and then to plaintiff's right heirs. John Priaulx died intestate on 7 Sept. 17-, leaving issue John Priaulx his eldest son, then and now an idiot, Matthew Priaulx, William Priaulx, and Anne Priaulx.* Robert Edsaw died 22 July 1715 intestate, whereupon plaintiff entered on his as cousin and heir, and is in possession thereof as well as of the other, subject to the payment of several sums hereinafter mentioned.

Her said husband was also seised according to the custom of the Manor of Donhead St. Andrew of a copyhold or leasehold estate for the lives of himself, plaintiff, and his son John Priaulx, now held by plaintiff as her widow bench.

Her uncle John Edsaw by his Will gave to plaintiff [i.e. plaintiffs] and her late husband's two daughters Sarah Priaulx and Ann Priaulx in survivorship £300. Sarah died in her father's lifetime, whereby Ann became entitled, and her father received the money, but did not pay her, and left not assets sufficient to pay his debts. Plaintiff proposed that Ann should take out letters of administration, but Ann refused, wishing other creditors to be paid first, as her father had requested. As the reversion of Greenhurst was limited to the said Matthew Priaulx by the settlement, she was advised by counsel to purchase the reversion for the benefit of her daughter, and agreed to purchase it of him for £150; and he by fine and other conveyance granted the reversion expectant on plaintiff's death to the said Ann Priaulx and John Reynell, clerk, and their heirs; and by Indenture of 10 April 1714 it was declared that the said conveyance was made in trust that Ann Priaulx and John Reynell should by sale or mortgage or by receipt of the rents raise £100 to be paid to Ann Priaulx, plaintiff's late daughter, and should pay £200 to or for the benefit of William Priaulx "in the Bill named," and for want of such .... should pay the said £200 to the said William Priaulx on his attaining the age of 21; and also should pay £100 to Elizabeth Priaulx, daughter of Peter Priaulx, and all other debts of the said John Priaulx, as plaintiff should appoint; the residue, if any, to be paid to the said Anne Priaulx, etc. The said Anne pressing plaintiff to pay most of her father's debts, they borrowed of Mr William Steere £300, and for repayment thereof mortgaged the said tenement called Greenhurst to him. The deeds of purchase, settlement, and mortgage are in the custody of the said defendant John Bridger or of Mr William Steere. With the consent of the said Anne plaintiff kept her said late husband's study of books, valued in the inventory of his estate at £30, and designed by him for his son Matthew in case he studied Divinity, but [Anne] would not permit her, when she had to raise money for her said son's maintenance, to sell any part of the same, but prevailed on her rather . . . . to apply moneys raised and reserved to discharge a debt of £60 on a bond to Thomas Lancaster of Steyning in Sussex, gent., executor of his father Thomas Lancaster [but

* There was another daughter, Sarah. See below.

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