X732/88

Probate of the will of John Jay Graves, Great Suffolk Street, Surrey, and of Saint John Hill, Battersea, Surrey, salesman

7 Dec 1831; Probate 10 Dec 1831

From: 1831 To: 1831

all debts to be paid … to friends James Eland Hobson, Great Surrey Street, Surrey and John Hobson, Eaton Socon - 15,000 3% Consols in trust to pay dividends and interest to sister, Susan Graves, for life, and not to be subject to control or debts of husband. After her decease to such persons and subject to such conditions as she shall devise by will … to James Eland Hobson, Great Surrey Street, Surrey and John Hobson, Eaton Socon - £1,000 3% Consols in trust to pay dividends and interest to Mrs Susan Muddiman (late Miss Pope). At her decease the principal to go to her son … to Ann Parmenter - £500 … to Mrs Sarah Head, sister of said Ann Parmenter - £500 … to her eldest son William Head - £300 … to Mrs Abrahams, Hedingham, Essex, sister of said Ann Parmenter - £500 … to Mrs E - of Hedingham, Essex, sister of said Ann Parmenter - £500 … to Robert Smith, Hedingham, Essex - £300 … to Mrs - of Hedingham, eldest sister of above Robert Smith - £300 … to Mrs Mary Thurston, Hedingham, Essex, youngest sister of said Robert Smith -£300 according to will of late Jacob Day 'my dying without issue' half of skin market in Great Suffolk Street comes to William Parmenter … to said William Parmenter - other half of said skin market, so that he will be in possession of the whole of the Market together with 2 small tenements back of the Market in Revels Row … to Mrs Brett, Union Street, Lambeth, widow of late Daniel Brett - £500 … to Thomas Ellis, harness maker, late of Blackman Street, Boro - £1,000 … to Miss Sarah Luckhurst, of Merton or Mitcham, Surrey - £500 … to Miss Caroline Fitch, Piccadilly - £500 … to godson William Hobson, Great Surrey Street, Surrey - £1,000, also 'my watch, chain and seals' … to goddaughter, Caroline Beebe, daughter of friend William Beebe, esquire, Ham, Surrey - £1,000 … to Frances or Fanny Beebe, goddaughter, sister of above Caroline - £1000 … to James Eland Hobson, Great Surrey Street, Surrey, and John Hobson, Eaton Socon - £1,500 in trust for Mrs Ann Aveling 'to be brought in some stock' so that she may receive interest during her life and then to be divided in same way as money her father left her in his will … to John Hobson, Eaton Socon, as a mark of friendship and for his trouble in being executor and trustee - £1,000 … to James Eland Hobson - whole of freehold property situated at Eaton Socon as tenant in common … to Butchers Charitable Institution - £5,000 towards building almshouses to said institution … to Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Rent Road [?Old Kent Road] - £1,000 … to Philanthropic Society - £1,000 … to Asylum, Westminster Road - £2,000 … to Magdalen [Hospital], Blackfriars Road - £1,000 … to Charity School, St George the Martyr, Southwark - £500 … to Surrey Dispensary - £500 ... to Mrs Mary Hornblow - £500 … to Mr James Jay, Aldersgate Street, butcher - £300 … to Mary Jay, sister to above James Jay - £300 residing at Castle Hedingham, Essex … to Mrs Matilda Hobson, Great Surrey Street, Blackfriars Road - £1,000 … to her sister Eliza of Eland ['Islip, Northamptonshire' written above entry] - £500 … to Mrs Jay, Union Street, Lambeth - £1,000 … to before named trustees James Eland Hobson and John Hobson - remainder of estate not previously disposed of, in trust to pay interest, profit etc., to sister, Susan Graves, subject to limitations contained in legacy as previously mentioned James Eland Hobson and John Hobson appointed executors witnesses: John Rees, surgeon, 159 Great Surrey Street Thomas Fort, Broad Wall, Stamford Street, Christchurch, Surrey James Vicat, 49 Great Surrey Street 14 Jun 1831 with certificate reciting the details of making the will signatures: James Eland Hobson; Elizabeth Wimberley; William Beebe; John Green made before William Robinson, surrogate Thomas Edward Fielder, notary public 7 Dec 1831 probate (Prerogative Court of Canterbury) 'sworn under £25,000' 10 Dec 1831

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Graves, John Jay,
Hobson, James Eland,
Hobson, John,
Graves, Susan,
Muddiman, Susan,
Pope, Susan,
Parmenter, Ann,
Head, Sarah,
Head, William,
Abrahams,
Smith, Robert,
Smith, Mary,
Thurston, Mary,
Day, Jacob,
Parmenter, William,
Brett,
Brett, Daniel,
Ellis, Thomas,
Luckhurst, Sarah,
Fitch, Caroline,
Hobson, William,
Beebe, Caroline,
Beebe, William,
Beebe, Fanny,
Beebe, Frances,
Aveling, Ann,
Hobson, Ann,
Hornblow, Mary,
Jay, James,
Jay, Mary,
Hobson, Matilda,
Eland, Eliza,
Jay

wills, John Jay will: Graves, PROBATE, London SE1 Great Suffolk Street, Battersea St John's Hill, salesman, family/personal financial affairs, Southwark Great Surrey Street, EATON SOCON, stocks, trusts, money, Sible Hedingham, Castle Hedingham, skin dealer, markets, HOUSING, Southwark Revels Row, Lambeth Union Street, harness maker, Borough Blackman Street, Merton, Mitcham, Piccadilly, watches, chain, Ham [Surrey], freehold property, CHARITIES, butchers, almshouses, deaf, London Old Kent Road, hospitals, schools, City of London Aldersgate Street, butcher, Islip, trustees, general legal process