Will Elizabeth Barnes, 1715.

 Will of Elizabeth Barnes, spinster of Great Marlow. Proved 1715.

Says she sick and weak in body but of sound and disposing mind.

Puts soul in to hands of God. Asks body to be simply buried as executor sees fit.

To my loving master Thomas Abington a pair of golden and a silver crucifix now in the custody of ?William Henklett.

To Mr Thomas Osbourne 30 shillings. 

£5 to Jane wife of Thomas Pye of Great Marlow, labourer.

To kinswoman Mary Kinsell spinster of Worcester all rest of goods, chattels and personal estate. Mary is told to be kind and loving to her mother Ursula Kinsell and to assist her according to her ability and being mindful of the Day Of Judgement. Mary is made sole executor.

Witnessed by John Griffiths, Winifrid Pomfrett, and Thomas Beesley.

Will held at the National Archives Kew. Transcribed and then summarized by Charlotte Day.

Notes: Elizabeth was a Catholic. Other records say that she was the servant of Thomas Abington's sister. The Abingtons were also a Catholic family.

Executor of the will Mary was Elizabeth's niece. By 1716 she had married Henry Humphreys of Dorset, an innkeeper.

Winifred Pomfrett was a Marlow innkeeper. Thomas Beesley witnessed a huge number of Marlow wills. Probably Rev Thomas Beesley, though he was Protestant.

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Will Summary James Braughing of Great Marlow 1686.

 PCC will transcribed by me from a copy obtained from the National Archives Kew and summarised here.

JAMES BRAUGHING MALTSTER. WILL PROVED 1686.

Weak of body but of sound mind and perfect memory. 

Commends soul to God.

To be buried at executor's discretion.

Legacy belonging to his sister Frances from their dad Thomas to be paid over to her.

All debts to be paid within one year.

Everything else to be equally divided between his sisters Elizabeth Child and Frances Braughing who are the executors.

Witnessed by William Pomfrett [he was an innkeeper in the High Street with his wife Joan. See a transcription of Joan's will here and more about the couple's premises here] John Hayward, Thomas Barnett.

Will proved by Frances with power to administer reserved to Elizabeth too.

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Will Of Joan Pomfret and Family Research

Joan Pomfret widow. Will written 1700. Proved 1702.

Says she sick and weak. Commends soul to God.

Asks to be decently buried at the discretion of her executor.

Son Henry: 5 shillings only. She considers this a full and fair portion as he has received plenty from her in the past.

Her second son John, vintner of London: £10.

Rest of goods and chattels after debts and funeral expenses paid to beloved son Richard. He the executor.

Witnessed by John Gibbons, Elizabeth ...... and Margaret ....

Notes:

Joan and her husband William, who were already innkeepers at the Kings Head in Marlow High Street, got permission to convert a property they had just leased into a new inn of unknown name on the West side of the High Street in 1685. Almost certainly this was the Three Tuns.

Joan does not describe herself as a victualer or innkeeper in her will so she may have retired before death. She was still in business in 1697 though when she supplied beer to the Marlow bellringers.

Joan's son Richard died almost immediately after her. He was an inn keeper too, probably at the Three Tuns.

The son John in the will above was probably the John who was a innkeeper in Marlow by 1709 and was definitely running the Three Tuns in Marlow High Street at the time of his death in 1717. It is virtually certain that the building which William and Joan converted to an inn became the Three Tuns and their sons inherited that business.

Richard left his mother's clothes to his serving maid Margaret.

A Henry Pomfret innkeeper died in Marlow in 1671. Likely a relative of these. A second Henry Pomfrett, innkeeper was around in 1701 when his wife Barbara was fined for assaulting Thomas Elliott the butcher (3s 4d)

Note: the Three Tuns relocated later to West Street. It looks also to have moved premises within the High Street before that relocation.

The PCC of Joan will is held at the National Archives. Transcribed by me and summarised here. 

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