Will of Thomas Pugh (1780-1853)

Date: [unknown]
Location: Redbourn, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Surname/tag: Pugh

Contents 1 Introduction 2 People List 3 Property List 4 Will Transcript 5 Proving Transcript 6 Sources

Introduction

This is a transcription of the Last Will and Testament of Thomas Pugh, Clerk, of Redbourn, Hertfordshire, who died on 1 June 1853.^[1]

Spelling, punctuation, line breaks, gaps, and big bold text are as per the register copy. Abbreviations are expanded and additions noted in [square brackets]. Paragraph breaks (where added) and bold text for names are my own for ease of reading.

Individuals in the people list are linked to their profile if the profile exists, or are coloured red if not.

People List

People in the will, in the order that they are mentioned:

1. Thomas Pugh, testator
2. Mary Bassil Pugh, wife, executrix
3. J. W. Chamberlain, 36 University Street, London, University Solicitor, witness
4. J. Wm. Chamberlain, clerk to Mr. Chamberlain, witness

Property List

Properties in the will, in the order that they are mentioned:
None

Will Transcript

[Page 1]

In the name of God Amen
I Thomas Pugh of Redbourn in the County of Hertford, Clerk
do make publish and declare this my Last Will and Testament and do
give devise and bequeath unto my wife Mary Bassil Pugh All such
property estate and effects as I shall be possessed of or entitled unto at the
time of my decease To hold unto her her heirs executors administrators
and assigns according to the several natures and tenures thereof respectively
for her and their own absolute use and benefit subject to the payment
of my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses I appoint my said wife
sole Executrix of this my Will As witness my hand this eighteenth day
of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty
two ── Thomas Pugh ── signed published and declared by the said
Thomas Pugh as and for his Last Will and Testament in the presence of us
who at the same time at his request in his presence and in the presence of
each other have subscribed out names as witnesses hereto ── J. W.
Chamberlain 36 University Street London University Sol^r ── J. W^m
Chamberlain Clerk to M^r Chamberlain

Proving Transcript

Proved at London 24^th June 1853 before the Judge by the oath
of Mary Bassil ^Pugh widow the Relict the sole Executrix to whom adm[inistrati]on was
granted having been first sworn by com[missi]on duly to administer.

Sources

1. ↑ Last Will and Testament
   Reference: PROB 11/2174/351
   Description: Will of Reverend Thomas Pugh, Clerk of Redbourn, Hertfordshire
   Date: 24 June 1853
   Held by: The National Archives, Kew
   The National Archives (accessed 2 September 2023)