Will And Research Sarah Coombs

Will of Sarah Coombs of Great Marlow, Widow. Will written 1830. Proved 1836.

Appoints James Brooks, baker of Great Marlow and George Wilson of ....Middlesex, gentleman executors and gives them £20 each for their trouble.

Niece Elizabeth Wilson wife of said George Wilson £50.

Nephew Thomas Belton the elder of Sheerness in the county of Kent shipwright son of my brother William Belton £50.

Mary Belton wife of late brother Thomas Belton the of Sheerness £10.

£20 divided equally between all children of James Richards of Sheerness, clerk living at time of testator's death.

Wearing apparel and linen divided equally between the said Elizabeth Wilson and Mary Belton.

Her plate [silver] divided between said Elizabeth Wilson and said Thomas Belton the elder.

All furniture to be sold and the money from that and anything else left in her estate to be divided between said Elizabeth Wilson, Mary Belton, Thomas Belton the elder and the then living children of James Richards.

Will witnessed by Samuel Carter of Great Marlow and Ralph Spicer of Great Marlow.

Notes:

Sarah Coombs was 85 when she died. She was buried with her husband Jonathan who had died in 1812. Their grave can be seen on the blog here. She lived on the Causeway Great Marlow in 1835 a few doors from her executor James Bird Brooks. A clock was stolen from her in a burglary that year. She did not head her own household in 1833. A George Wilson has recently left a house on the Causeway then, this could be the man of that name in her will or another relative.

Nee Belton, Sarah married Jonathan at St Botolphs, Aldgate, London in 1796. ["England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJ7C-LLF : 12 March 2020), Jonathan Coombs, 1796.]

The probate entry for the will says that the executor named in the will as James Brooks was correctly James Bird Brooks. More on him here.

Ralph Spicer was a lawyer. More on him here.

There were three men in Marlow called Samuel Carter in the 1830s - a blacksmith in the High Street, a shoe maker and a carpenter.

More Marlow wills can be found in the Wills Index on the top drop down menu. 

Will is held in the National Archives Kew. Will transcribed by Charlotte Day and then summarised here by her.

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Will Summary John Rolls Proved 1857

 John Rolls of Great Marlow, coal and timber merchant. Written 1854. Proved 1857. See codicil below too. I found this will quite hard to read. I have done my best but recommend you obtain your own copy from the National Archives if this will is particularly important to your family.

Wants just debts and funeral expenses paid.

John Rolls Hoare and Thomas Rolls Hoare sons of my sister Ann Hoare 1 shilling each to mark my ....e of their....

My brother and I occupy a freehold property at the foot of Marlow Bridge in the parish of Bisham Berkshire which formerly belonged to our father. It comprises grounds, warehouses, ....., a meadow and gardens bounded in the North by the River Thames, and in the East by the Compleat Angler's Inn and in the South partly by the road to the Compleat Angler's Inn and partly by the old road called Bisham Lane and in the West by Church Meadow or land belonging to ...Davenport Esq. This property is being used by the brothers in their joint business partnership as coal and timber merchants. This all to my brother's use for his life, him keeping the buildings in good repair. Afterwards estate to go to Reverend Green of Shepton M...w in Gloucestershire who was the son of Mary Green who used to live in Great Marlow and his heirs. If he has none then estate to Osmund Rolls Green another son of Mary Green. If Osmund has not disposed of the said property in his life or in a will and has no legal heirs then property to the eldest of my bothers or sisters then living.

Dial Cottage on the Causeway which is in the occupation of Frederick Berger under a lease assigned by me to Robert Collins is willed to "the said" John Green (the Revd?). If John has no heirs, and has not disposed of it in his lifetime or by a will then to Osmund Rolls Green and his heirs. If he too has no heirs and has not disposed of the property in his lifetime or by way of a will then property to the eldest then living brother or sister of mine.

£10 each to brothers Thomas, Charles and George Rolls. Thomas's is in addition to what he is left as a thank you for being an executor of the will.

Sisters Ann, wife of John Hoare, and Jane Rolls £10 each.

£10 to be equally distributed between the sons and daughters of my bargeman Thomas Sparkes late of the Barge Pole pub. [More on Thomas here]

Executors £10 each as thank you.

My residual estate to the said John Green with one moiety of it left to Osmund Rolls Green.

Executors brother Thomas, John Green as above, Osmund Rolls Green as above, Edward Mason of Thames Side Windsor, coal merchant.

Witnessed by MJ Rippingham Great Palson Street London and Charles Tompkins of 20 Colet Road, Commercial Road, East London.

CODICIL. WRITTEN 1855.

John Green my gold ring and the rest of my jewellery to Osmond Rolls Green.

The legacy given to the children of Thomas Sparkes to be divided equally between John and Osmond above.

Codicil witnessed by Ralph Spicer*, solicitor of Great Marlow, and William Weaver, clerk to Mr Spicer.

The will was proved by three executors only. Edward Mason had renounced his role as executor.

Transcribed and summarized here by Charlotte Day from the original will at the National Archives, Kew.

*biographical post on Ralph Spicer here

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Highwayman Peter Rivers

Marlow's history is scattered with a few home - grown highwaymen. One of the earliest I have come across is Peter Rivers.

Peter was born circa 1673 and raised in Marlow by parents able to afford to send him to school and to pay for his apprenticeship to a cordwainer. I have not found his baptism but there is a good chance he was a close relative of the Peter Rivers of Marlow who issued his own trade token in 1667. This elder Peter found himself twice facing suits in Chancery over property in Marlow, at least one of which he lost. 

After completing his apprenticeship Peter junior was free to marry. As a bride he chose Sarah Spicer and the couple tied the knot in High Wycombe in 1698. 

In 1702 Peter, either the elder or the younger, was thrown in jail because he could not pay his debts.

One of the Peters tried his hand at running an alehouse or beershop but had his licence revoked after it was found to have been incorrectly issued and he of too poor character to hold such. Both men had frequent connection to those involved in the brewing trade in Marlow- in terms of both who their friends were and who their enemies were (!)

Peter junior certainly had severe financial difficulties. That he admitted to while he was in jail. So bad were those difficulties that he could not see any way out of them. Peter took another man's advice to "raise contributions on the Highway" - that is become a highwayman. Armed with firearms he and his fellow Marlovian John Carter (a common name but could be the John Carter who lived about then in Chapel Street, Marlow) robbed Henry Howard of 3 shillings 4 pence, a pair of silver buckles presumably lifted from the victim's shoes, and a silver corkscrew (!)

A lack of criminal experience led to Peter's quick apprehension, trial at the Old Bailey and sentence to death for what he insisted was the only crime he had ever committed. The Old Bailey tried him as the robbery occurred on the roads of Middlesex near Uxbridge.

Peter was hung on Friday 17th April 1730. He claimed to be around 57 years of age at the time. Whilst in jail awaiting death he was described as "sullen and morose". He told the staff that he was very conscious of the shame he had brought upon his family by his conviction.

John Carter got a last minute stay of execution following a petition sent to the Secretary Of State from 25 Great Marlow residents. Amongst those supporting John were Marlow's 2 M.PS and wealthy local gentlemen George Bruere Esquire and Sir James Etheredge. Why a petition for John and not for Peter?

For more crime based posts see under Crime on the General Marlow History Index here.

All mentions of someone on this blog can be found on the A-Z person index which covers several thousand people.

To read our recreated 1600s trade directory for Great Marlow and Little Marlow, see here and here

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Some sources used:

Http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=186828 (image of Peter Rivers senior's trade token)

Old Bailey Online, Ordinary Of Newgate's Accounts, April 1730. Ref OA17300417.

State papers, Secretary of State. National Archives, Kew. Ref: SP 36/150/1/98

"England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJ14-SZZ : 6 January 2021), Peter Rivers, 1698.

http://www.bucksrecsoc.org.uk/QS-VOLUMES/QS5.html

Great Marlow Strays

Marriages of Great Marlow people I have discovered by sheer coincidence while trawling through the parish registers of other places. Spellings are as they appear to me. I have done my best with old writing.

Anthony, John married 27th November 1802 at Medmenham Bucks Elizabeth Hoare of Medmenham. This could be John Anthony the carpenter.

Breach, Ann married 2nd June 1730 All Saints church Maidstone, Kent John Chambers of Sonning Berkshire.

Carter, Mary and William Phelps both of Great Marlow married March 1st 1741 Stoke Poges Bucks by licence.

Fletcher, Henry married May 11th 1676 at St Helen's Bishopsgate London Anne Seale of Bledlow Ridge, Bucks..

Hall, Robert a widower married 20th October 1814 Medmenham Bucks Rachel Thatcher of Medmenham. More on Rachel here

Harman, James married 1st January 1717 by Licence at St Paul's Cathedral London Elizabeth Rowley of St Dunstan's In The West parish, London.

Heather, Mary a widow married August 24th 1791 at St Stephen's Walbrook church in London John Benson of St Stephen's Walbrook parish.

Ingram, Margaret married 26th April 1703 Bisham Berkshire Ralph Spicer of Chipping Wycombe. The latter place is now called High Wycombe. One of their descendants also called Ralph Spicer was a lawyer in Great Marlow - read about him here

Law, Mary married Bisham Berkshire 9th November 1699 Christopher Welder "a Dutchman".

Norton, Benjamin married February 3rd 1754 at St George's Hanover Square, London Sarah Jones of Cookham, Berkshire.

Tafield? Tofield? Athaliah married at Hughenden Bucks 30th March 1814 William Cock of Bisham Berkshire. By licence. Athaliah was not uncommon as a name at this period especially in this area.

Use the Person Index to find all mentions of a person on this blog. New people are added there daily and there are currently over 3,250 individuals listed there. 

I have more of these strays, mostly from London, Kent and Sussex where my own family history research has focused. I will add to this list as I sift my notes. 

Where There's A Will There's A Spicer

 If your ancestor left a Victorian will in Marlow between 1828 and 1871 there is a fair chance that Ralph Spicer drew it up or witnessed it. He was a solicitor and attorney who lived and worked on the site of the above property in West Street. The current building is a 1900s replacement. Ralph's home looked much less impressive, reasonably sized but plain.

He was in practice in Marlow by 1826 and in this building by 1833.

In 1828 he was acting for some of those involved in the great hoo ha that was the building of a new bridge in the town. To read about that difficult time see a post on the history of Marlow Bridge here

The year 1828 was also the year that Ralph and his wife Emily had their apparently only child Ralph North Spicer baptised at Marlow. This child when filling in censuses as an adult usually gave his place of birth as Henley which may well be true as place of birth and place of baptism needn't match. Ralph Junior grew up to be a solicitor too.

The year 1828 was also the year that Ralph became a Master Extraordinary in Chancery for Buckinghamshire. What this means is that if anyone involved in a Chancery case who lived in Bucks needed to swear an affidavit then they saw Ralph to get it done. He was only 26 at the time.

He had served his apprenticeship as an articled clerk in the offices of Sweet Stoke and Carr of Basinghall Street, London. He officially became a solicitor in 1824. According to an obituary in the Law Times he had married the daughter of the Stoke in the above law firm. Emily is censused as having been born in Wales so I am not sure about this, I could not find their marriage at my first attempt. In 1831 Emily advertised for a good plain cook for the family.

In 1833 the West Street property consisted of a house, stable, offices, chaise house, yard and garden and was valued at £30 a year.

Six years later Ralph bought a cottage in Cadmore End which was rented out. I do not think he owned his West Street home though I cannot be certain. He later moved premises to the High Street.

Ralph pops up as the defence or prosecution in cases across Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. He was often in London dealing with local bankruptcy or similar troubles. He had a second Buckinghamshire office at Amersham though it seems this was largely staffed by others under his name and supervision.

In 1848 Ralph took a Mr Hayward of Maidenhead to court to retrieve 6 shillings in unpaid legal fees. In 1866 he was chasing £10 from Henry Stroud formerly of the nearby Coach and Horses pub in West Street, who had gone bankrupt [for a bit more about Henry and to see a photo of his premises as they look today see here]. His son Ralph North Spicer was acting for the debtor!

Ralph and Emily seem to have maintained a second home in London with their adult son later in life. This must be why Ralph appears on the 1871 census twice - once in Marlow and once in London. Someone in one of the households made an error! Ralph Junior acted as Ralph Senior's agent in London. Before that Junior lived in Oxford Road Marlow. Like his father he was also an insurance agent.

Ralph Senior died in 1874. A tribute was paid to him during the sitting of the Windsor County Court a few days later. He had endeared himself to all by his gentlemanly and honest conduct it was said. Furthermore he was "well informed upon almost every subject you could converse with him". The Buckinghamshire Advertiser's obituary said Marlow has lost a "genial and kind hearted friend".

The year following Ralph North Spicer took his clerk to court over the alleged theft money from himself and his deceased father.

Ralph Spicer was by descent of the Spicer family of High Wycombe and Glory Mills, Wooburn. Different obituaries give different father names for him- either Ralph or Freeman!

Emily died in 1876.

NB: The property above, home to Ralph has been considerably altered since his day, and now presents a grander appearance than it did then! 

Related Posts:

Ralph was a strong liberal supporter and this post details just what the professional and social risk this could be in Marlow at the time: 1847 election riots here

More on occupiers of other West Street properties can be found by looking at the West Street sub section on the menu under the " Specific Shops, Streets...Etc" option.

All mentions of a person on this blog can be found on the Person Index on the top drop down menu. 

Sources:

The Law Times Volume 58 published by the Office Of The Law Times 1875. Digitized by Google. Accessed March 2021.

1841 and 1851 censuses my transcription from microfilm, other censuses transcribed by Jane Pullinger.

Slaters Royal National and Commercial Directory 1852. Published by Isaac Slater.

National Archives Discovery Catalogue.

1833 Parochial Assessment. Original paper record held by my family and transcribed by me.

Bucks Advertiser and Aylesbury News 19th Dec 1874. Copy held at the British Library Archive and accessed by me March 2021 via the BNA.

Maidenhead Advertiser 29 December 1874. As above.

Windsor and Eton Express 5th Aug 1845. As above.

Reading Mercury 11th July 1831, as above.

Bucks Herald 1st December 1860, 8th November 1866 and 4th December 1875. As above.

Post researched and written by Charlotte Day.

I have worked out historic occupancy of many buildings in Marlow, sometimes back into the 1700s by cross referencing property transactions, wills, censuses, photographs, historic newspapers and many more sources.

Photographed November 2020.

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The Bonnet O' Blue and Royal Standard

 

 The Bonnet O' Blue also known as the Bonnet So Blue or more rarely the Blue Bonnets was in West Street very close to Borlase School.

The first mention that I found of it was in the handwritten 1833 parochial assessment notebooks that my family has. In that the William Stratford occupies a house used as a beerhouse and a garden together assessed as having an annual value of £4 10 shillings.

William was born in the 1770s and had married at Medmenham Bucks in 1801 Fanny West. The couple seem to have moved to Marlow in the 1810s. Fanny died in 1840. The couple's children have links to a number of other Marlow pubs - daughter Almeria born 1809 married Henry Beckett in Medmenham 1829 who would go on to run the Queen Pub in Quoiting Square - see here; daughter Sarah married George Johnson and went on to run the Hand and Flowers in West Street / Henley Road both with her husband and later as a widow on her own - see here; son Robert took over the Bonnet O' Blue after his father's death in 1843.

William Stratford left a will. He wrote it a year before his death. In the will he left all his household goods, plate, linen, wearing apparel, stock in trade, implements, utensils and all other property to his son Robert and nephew Henry Stratford. His son in law Henry Beckett was the will's executor. Witnesses were "Henry Jones, clerk to Mr Spicer" [Ralph Spicer was a lawyer in West Street] and Nathaniel Gordon veterinary surgeon [an Irishman, also of West Street].

As I said above Robert Stratford took over the licence of the Bonnet O'Blue. He had married Keziah Tuckwell at Medmenham in 1835. Sadly Robert died in 1849. Keziah had also left the premises by the time of the 1851 census when she was living in Oxford Road Marlow, or Oxford Lane as it was then known, with her nephew George Cox. She was earning a living as a seamstress. Later she went to live with her deceased husband's sister Sarah Johnson who was running the Hand and Flowers. She was on the 1871 census as a charwoman but may have helped out in the pub too if needed. Certainly when Sarah died in 1877 Keziah took over the license of the Hand and Flowers until 1882 when Henry Carter took over.

In 1855 then landlord James Pattison was summoned before the magistrates for running a disorderly house and "encouraging music and dancing" but the case was not proved. Sounds like the place to be in Marlow at the time!

Very close to the Bonnet O'Blue in the sub-divided Albion House was the Royal Standard. This was a pub by 1856. It was occupied between 1869 and 1883 by John Jeffrie / Jeffreys. It was also known as the Standard of England. It's location is shown, far left in the picture at the top of the page. It is possible that this was a new name for the Bonnet O'Blue, whose exact location is uncertain but was clearly very close to the same spot, if not the same premises. Albion House was of course the former home of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and his writer wife Mary. The pub premises contained a room believed to be either their dining room or drawing room. Percy's study was in a portion of the building not part of the pub. The Royal Standard had a "taproom" but this just contained seating for the customers, the beer being fetched from the landlord's stores as required. There was not a bar. Such an arrangement was common in the small, humble beerhouse.

The Royal Standard shut down in 1890 as the site was due to be taken over by the nearby Borlase school to use as extra capacity, with a classroom below and rooms above for teachers as well as a few boys to stay in.

More former uses for Albion House in whole or in part:

Flint family home (embroiders) here

Royal Military College junior branch here

Breakaway worshippers from Congregational Church after Rev Thomas Styles marriage - here

Mrs Tylecote's school here

Other related posts:

For more pub posts see Pub Related on the menu.

All mentions of someone on the blog can be found on the Person Index.

Fuller list of Bonnet O'Blue landlords here

More West Street content can be found by choosing "Specific Shops, Streets...etc" on the top drop down menu. 

Index of posts related to everyday life in old Marlow: here

Written by Charlotte Day, additional research and photograph by Kathryn Day.

Sources: 

Medmenham Parish Registers.

GRO Death and Marriage Registration Indexes online from the GRO.

1833 parochial assessment notebooks, original items held by my family and transcribed by me.

Bucks Herald 23rd June 1877, copy held in the British Library Archives. Accessed by me March 2021 via the BNA.

South Bucks Free Press 22nd December 1882. As above.

Reading Mercury 13 Oct 1855

Pub licence transfer research of Kathryn Day. 

1851 and 1871 England and Wales census, transcribed from microfilm by Jane Pullinger. Thanks Jane.

The Journal Of Education in Upper Canada, Volume 9, Egerton, Rev, - Ryerson, Lovell and Gibson, 1856

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Rachel Hall The Butcher

Born according to the census in Hurley as Rachel Thatcher somewhere between 1782 and 1791, Rachel married her butcher husband Robert, a widower by license in Medmenham. They then moved to his native Marlow. After his death in 1823 Rachel ran the butcher's shop herself. It was located in West Street on the same side as the Ship Inn, about half away along the road. Rachel would go on to run the shop for some 30 years.

On the 1833 parish assessment her premises consisted of a house, shop as part of that, stables, slaughterhouse, yard, sheds, a garden and offices (as in the old meaning of the word - places for the fulfillment of those domestic chores or business functions requiring their own space).

Both her step sons William and Robert became butchers. William assisted Rachel for at least a while, as did Rachel's niece in law Alice Hall. Robert operated his own business in Hambledon. Relations between him and his step mother were not cordial it seems. He was engaged in lengthy litigation against her for unknown reasons according to a report in the Windsor and Eton Express 1842. Dissatisfied with the speed at which the case was progressing Robert junior walked into Marlow, dragged his legal representative into the street and gave him a good shaking. For this he was arrested and bound over to keep the peace. The lawyer is not named in reports. There were several in Marlow at the time. If the injured party was Ralph Spicer who lived and worked in premises close to Rachel's shop in West Street Rachel likely witnessed the event.

Relations with his step mother may have deteriorated following Robert being kicked off the list of Marlow men eligible to vote. At the time you needed to occupy a certain amount of proper in order to register as a voter. Robert had claimed to be in partnership with Rachel, who owned her shop. This wasn't deemed sufficient property qualification and his voting rights were removed. Rachel may have been blamed for this if she denied to investigators he had any part of the Marlow business. This was nothing but the truth, but still.

Her husband's will was unequivocal, the business went to Rachel for life as long as she didn't remarry. After her life or if she remarried the property, and others he owned, was to be divided equally between his children. If Rachel decided she wanted to give up the business before her death or remarriage then son Robert got it. He was not made a partner in the business otherwise.

Robert senior also gave Rachel for life two houses in St Thomas's Street Marlow (now called Spittal Street).

In 1832 Rachel's shop was broken into and a saddle of mutton, 4 ribs of beef and a shoulder of veal were stolen. She offered a reward for the apprehension of the guilty party but I find no evidence that he or she was found.

Twelve years later Rachel had a leg of mutton stolen from her shop and six years after that 31bs beef disappeared. In the latter case the thief was caught. Keziah Godding  received a sentence of 14 days. She was apprehended immediately on leaving the shop by parish constable Thomas Walker, with the meat hidden under her apron. The shopman Thomas Webb Anthony said he had only sold her a shillings worth of mutton, which was also beneath her apron. 

Rachel was suffering no particular targeting of her premises- thefts from shops were common in Marlow and elsewhere.

Whatever difficulties Robert junior and Rachel had they were forgiven at least on Rachel's side by the time of the writing of her will in 1852.

She herself had three properties to leave: a cottage in Lane End left to Robert junior, a cottage in Spittal Street with all it's encumbrances (debts secured upon it or mortgages or annuities drawn upon their rents) to son William and a further cottage in West Street. This latter, in the occupation of Ann Plumridge, was to go to the will's executors Robert Maddox (who lived in the High Street) and James Thomas Lovegrove (a plumber in West Street who lived a few doors from Rachel ) to sell. The money raised was to be used to pay her debts and funeral expenses and to help pay off some of the encumbrances on the property she was leaving. Any money left after that was to be equally divided between Robert junior and William. In 1853 William advertised the butchery business for sale, along with immediate possession of the premises it was carried out in. 

Josiah Smith and Robert Howard later ran their own butchery businesses on the same premises. Robert Howard was also a dairyman.

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For all mentions of an individual on this blog search the Person Index.

Sources:

Wills of Rachel Hall and Robert Hall senior. Obtained from the National Archives, Kew and transcribed by me.

Reading Mercury 16th April 1832 [theft from Rachel].

Windsor and Eton Express 20th August 1842 [Robert junior duffs up his legal representative] and 10th October 1840 [Robert's voting problems].

All newspapers accessed October 2020 via the BNA online. Copies held at the British Library archives.

Judicial records research of Jane Pullinger. Thanks Jane!

1841 and 1851 censuses my transcription from microfilm.

Medmenham parish records 

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Will William Ward Of The Six Bells

William Ward otherwise Piddleward. Beer retailer of Great Marlow. Proved 1849.

All furniture, china, books and pictures to wife Elizabeth as well as his freehold property the Six Bells beer house in Quoiting Square. She is the will's executor.

After her death pub to be sold by Sheldon Joseph Wilkinson of Great Marlow for the benefit of all testator's children.

Residue of goods to Sheldon Joseph Wilkinson.

Witnessed by Joseph Sheldon Wilkinson [note reversal of the man's first and middle names compared with in the main body of will] surgeon and Ralph Spicer.

Notes: Ralph Spicer was a lawyer who lived in West Street nearby. Wilkinson was a surgeon based in the High Street. You can obtain your own copy of the PCC will from the National Archives.

Look under Pub Related, Will Transcriptions and Person Index for similar posts.

List of proprietors of the Six Bells available here

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Will Summary Elizabeth Ollis 1830

 Elizabeth Ollis. Will proved 1830. 

Note: Elizabeth was landlady of the Three Tuns Inn in West Street, having taken over from her deceased husband who died in 1808. She was nee Spicer. James Crease of Marlow left her £50 in his will proved 1804. Their relationship is unknown.

Elizabeth says she on good health and has a sound mind.

Confirms will of her husband Thomas, asking her executors to follow the instructions therein as to what should happen after her decease to property left to her for the term of her life.

After that has happened and her debts and funeral expenses have been paid all her property is to be sold off. The money raised to go to her 3 sisters: Ann Beaver the wife of Thomas, Susan Muspratt who is a widow and Dinah Spicer who is single. If any sister dies before they get their legacy their children to get their share. If sister Dinah marries only children born to her, not stepchildren already belonging to the man she marries are to be included in this.

Executors Mr John Morris of Great Marlow, draper [High Street premises, more on him and his family here] and Mr John Muspratt of Great Marlow.

Elizabeth made a mark rather than sign the will.

Witnessed by John Allnutt and Joseph Tyler of Great Marlow [Joseph was a fellow West Street resident].

Will of Thomas Ollis here

Historic list of Three Tuns landlords here

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The will is at the National Archives Kew if you want to read it .

1833 Parochial Assessment For Great Marlow Part Four West Street

 My family has the original 1833 handwritten working notebooks used to compile this along with associated correspondence. They are old and faded so I am putting it up here in stages starting with the assessment for houses and buildings. The purpose of the data collection was to readjust local tax rates for 1834. The books contain some pencilled in additional information for a few years after their initial completion. If any appear for this section of the assessment I will indicate so below. I am uploading assessment parts in the order they chime in with research I am doing.

Transcribed by Charlotte Day.

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West Street Continued

I give the information thus:

Name

Property

Annual value of it

Any notes of mine are in square brackets.

Ralph Spicer [a lawyer and insurance agent. Later lived High Street].

Dwelling house, stable, chaise house, offices, yard and garden

£30

*****

William George Ellson [rented this property from Richard Lovegrove of Maidenhead. William was a watch and clock maker. He went bankrupt].

House yard and garden

£9

*****

James Thomas Lovegrove [he was a plumber. He moved premises in the next few years to the other side of the street - see here. Earlier in 1833 David Lovegrove lived in this property. It was owned by James's uncle Richard Lovegrove of Maidenhead who was also a plumber. James was later one of the executors and trustees of the will of Richard's wife Catherine and of the will of James's near neighbour in West Street butcher Rachel Hall who is mentioned below. See also this post for his sister Mary and his involvement in settling her estate].

House, workshop, yard and shop with lofts

£14

*****

Thomas Reeves [a cooper]

House, workshop, yard and garden

£15

*****

Henry ?Huysey ?Hussey [a grocer]

House and shop

£8

*****

Mrs Elizabeth Silver [she was the widow of Richard Silver a childbed linen manufacturer. His will is transcribed on the blog here]

House and garden

£14

*****

John Winch Burnham  [a stationer and Baptist  minister. Died 1847]

House yard and stable

£10

*****

Rachel Hall [ran a butcher's shop. She is the subject of a biography on this blog here].

House, shop, stable, slaughterhouse, yard, sheds, garden and offices

£20

*****

Late Richard Way [see previous part of this assessment for another entry for  Richard Way. He had moved elsewhere in West Street]

Dwelling house and garden

£14

*****

Widow Clark [probably Mary, widow of William. Her lodger a Mr Jarvis, who worked for Samuel Clark next door committed suicide by slitting his throat in her kitchen 1831. Unfortunately the very bloody scene was first discovered by a little girl].

A cottage

£5

*****

Samuel Clark [a tailor but this property was later a butchers ran by Clark family members]

Dwelling house, offices and garden

£14

*****

Late James Daley

Dwelling house garden and bakehouse

£24

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John Sadler [he was a butcher and possibly also the " Mr Sadler, butcher" who was one of the parish constables in 1836. Still in these premises 1840s].

House, offices, yard and garden

£10

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Richard Smith [he was a boot and shoemaker, resident in this property for many years. More on him here].

House and garden

£7

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Joseph Mead [he was a painter and glazier]

Cottage

£5

To be Continued....

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