STRANGE file
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From Ed Hanson 17 Oct 2004 Abstracts of Strange Wills Abstracts of Strange wills in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury The will of Charles John Strange (PPR/1863/241) This is the last Will and Testament of me Charles John
Strange now of No 2 Chesham Place Belgrave Square in the County of Middlesex
a Major in Her Majesty's Royal Regiment of Artillery about to proceed on service
to Corfu I appoint my dear wife Emma Brownville and my brother James Newburgh
Strange a Captain in the Royal Navy Executors I give all my household
furniture pictures prints plate linen china glass books jewels trinkets horses
carriages wines consumable provisions and all my personal estate (except the
property settled by me on my Marriage and comprised in my marriage settlement
dated 25 July 1859) and designated the "First Trust Fund") unto my
dear wife Emma Brownville subject to the payment of my debts and funeral expences
And in the event of there being no issue of my wife who shall attain a vested
interest in the "First Trust Fund" I appoint the same (subject to
my wife's life interest) in manner following I bequeath to Letitia the daughter
of my cousin Britiffe Skottowe Esquire £100 and the residue thereof I give two
seventh parts to my brother James Newburgh Strange and two sevenths parts to
my nephew James Douglas Strange a Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery and all
the rest of the "First Trust Fund" I give to my dear Sister Anne Strange
absolutely 10 April 1863 The Will of Charles John Strange formerly of 2 Chesham-place Belgrave-square in the County of Middlesex but late of Nea House Christchurch in the County of Southampton Major in Her Majesty's Army who died 26 January 1863 at Shirley in the county of Surrey was proved at the Principal Registry by Emma Brownville Strange of Nea House Widow the Relict and James Newburgh Strange of 3 Beresford-place Southsea in the County of Southampton Captain in the Royal Navy the Brother the Executors. Effects under £800. Abstracts of Strange Wills The will of Joseph Strange of Kensington, Middx, esq., 1658 I Joseph Strange of Kensington in the Countie of Middlesex Esquire being
att present verie sicke in Bodie make my will First my desire is my Bodie may
be interred neare unto my former wife I give to Elianor my deare and loving
wife over and above her joynture £400 Also I give unto her the lease of my house
att Kensington wherein I now dwell with all the furniture and housholdstuffe
therein except the wrought bedd with a Cahine of pearle and a ringe with sevearll
dyamonds wch I give to my daughter Sarah Alsoe I give unto my dear Father
John Strange the yearly summe of £40 during his life And in case my Mother in
Law his now wife shall survive him I give unto her the yearely summe of £24
duringe her life Provided my Father give my Executors a discharge for the £60
I gave his wife a note for Alsoe I give unto my Sister Lettice Straigne £150
to be paid her six moneths after her mariage And in Case my brother Nathaniel
Strange shall marrie att anie time Then my will is my Executors pay her £50
Alsoe I give unto my Nephew Joseph Strange sonne of my Brother John Strainge
the yearely summe of £10 towards his education until he is 21 Provided he behave
to the good liking of my Executors Alsoe I give unto my Sister in Lawe
Mistris Joane Wood £4 to buy her a peece of plate Alsoe I give unto my
good freind Mistris Symons £5 to buy her a peece of plate I give unto my Father
in Lawe Doctor Humphrie Chambers my sorrill Mare Alsoe I give unto my Brother
John Smith my Colt of the Sorrell Mare Provided he pay the Charge of keeping
him Alsoe I give to the Children of my brother Captain Ralph Gale £10 a peece
to be paid at their respective ages of 21 Alsoe I give to the poore of
the Congregation whereof I am a member £20 to be paid within fower yeares after
my decease by £5 ayeare and to be distributed at the discretion of Master John
Sympson and Master Palmer Alsoe I give to the poore of Kensington £5 To
the poore of Glascow in Scotland £10 to be distributed att the discretion of
Master Galespy and Master Gustons To the poore of Edenborough £ to be distributed
at the discretion of the Lord Warreson Alsoe to the porre of Abington in Berkshire
£5 Alsoe to the porre of Sutton Courtney in Berkshire £5 Alsoe I
give unto my Executors £100 to be given to the poore of severall Towns within
Seaven yeares after my decease wherein my mind is there shall not be above £5
att anie one tyme given to the poore of anie one towne whereof I give to Master
Torington sonnoe of John Torrington now a scholler att Cambridge £5 And I give
unto my Executors the rents and profitts of my Lands and tenements and my Fee
Farme Rents untill my sonne Joseph Strange shall come to 21 and therewith and
with my Personal Estate to pay my Debts and legacies And with the Overplus to
make up my daughter Sarahs portion £1500 And then if anie Overplus shall be
to accompt for the same to my sonne Joseph I make Doctor Humphrie Chambers Master
thomas Seaman and Master Nathaniel Strange my Executors and desire Master Laurance
Steele Master Tho: Symonds Master John Smith and Mr Anthonie Wood to be Overseers
The will of John Strainge, citizen and Merchant Taylor of London, 1658 24 April 1658 I John Strainge Cittizen and Merchantaylor of London doe make
my Will First I commend my Soule unto the hands of Almightie God my Bodie I
committ to the Earth to be buryed in the Churchyard belonging to the Parish
Church of Purley in the Countie of Essex I give to my sonn Christopher Strainge
£100 for defraying the Charges of my fuenrall mourning expences I give unto
Margarett my loving wife my Messuage called the Rose and Pungrannett in Fryday
Streete in the parish of St Mathewe in London with all lights and Easements
belonging to the same Alsoe I give unto my wife my messuage in Hackney
in the countie of Middlesex and all my lease terme in the same Item I give unto
my Wife all my household goods Implements and Utensills of houshold plate appaarell
both Linnen and Woollen brasse pewter and Commodities in or belonging to the
aforementioned houses And for my monies stock Commodities in or belonging to
the aforementioned houses And for my monies stock and Estate which I have in
Partnershipp with my sonnes in Lawe Joseph Harris and Giles Rawlins amounting
to £4855.14.0 I give as followeth I give to my wife £1000 and I give to my sonne
Benjamin £1000 and to my sonn Nathaniel £1000 To be paid att their respective
ages of 21 but if either die before such age Then th eportion of him that shall
die shall goe to the survivor but if they both die Then the £2000 sall goe to
my wife Item I give unto my Fower and twenty sonns and daughters £5 a peece
for mournign I give unto my Five and thirty Grandchildren Fortie Shillings a
peece for mourning And I declare I have settled upon my sonne John Strainge
£60 per annum during his life to beginn at my death and payable by my Cozen
John Strainge upon a Judgment of £800 Now I give my sonne John Strainge
£200 in lieu of all Clayme to my Goods by the Custome of London I give to my
sonn Joseph Harris £100 to take his brother Benjamin Apprentice for the remainder
of the Terme of his apprenticeshipp Item I give unto my Wife for mourning
£5 And to my two Men Servants and fower Maid Servants £4 a peece to buy each
of them mourning Item I appoynte £100 to be paid to the Companie of Marchantaylors
whereof I am a Member in payment of all dues I owe them And I appoynte £300
to be paid to the Towne of Malborowe in the countie of Wilts in full of all
debts I owe them Item I appoynte £500 to be paid unto Master David Utcher
which I owe him by bond Item I appoynte £300 to be paid to my sonne Jacob
Strainge wch I owe him by bond And I give unto Saint Bartholomew Hospitall London
£20 and I Give to John Horker Porter £2.14.0 The rest of my Goods I give
to my Wife whome I make Executrix And I make my two sonns in Lawe Joseph Harris
and Giles Rawlins Overseers -- Robert Strange, the First Squire of Somerford, by Geoffrey Gibbon, sometime
Vicar of Somerford Keynes. London, 1974 The Will of Heath Heath Strange Will of Heath Heath Strange of Belsize Avenue, Hampstead, Middx, doctor of medicine. Wife Anna Jane Strange, and children (unnamed). Signed 6 May 1892. Codicil (17 Dec 1892) mentions bequest to Ida Strange and Norah Strange, the two unmarried daughters and John Strange, children of my late Brother John Clark Strange. Indenture between William Pirrie Heath Strange and Mary Rose Strange of 2 Belsize Avenue Hampstead in the County of London, spisnter, and Robert Gordon Strange of the same address, master of Surgery and Bachelor of Medicine. 5 April 1922 William Heath Strange, deceased, made will dated 6 May 1892 (died 28 Feb 1907), proved 11 April 1907. Anna Jane Strange died 16 April 1919 leaving three children of her marriage with William Heath Strange, namely the vendor and the purchasers. Schedule of property for WH Strange also included two pieces of land in Goring, Oxfordship Strange of Siston and some family connections, by J. Goulstone Deposition of Mary Rose Strange of 2 Belsize Avenue, Hampstead, spinster. Patient is brother, William Pirrie Heath, age 50, inmate of Springfield House near Bedford (taken there 5 Sept 1899), formerly a scholar of Lincoln College, Oxford. Nearest other relative is brother Robert Gordon Strange, M.B. M.S. Late grandfather, Prof. William Pirrie of Aberdeen Probate for Mary Rose Strange of 2 Belsize Avenue, Hampstead, died unm London, 18 Oct 1943. Probate to brother Robert Gordon Strange of the same address. Solicitor's letter, 8 Dec 1949. I have since Dr R. G. Strange's death ascertained that there are some cousins living, namely descendants of John Clark Strange deceased through his daughter Mary Kathleen Bird deceased (formerly Strange) [married A.J. Bird] Robert Gordon Strange died December 29, 1947; buried Highgate Cemetery Will of Mary Strange of Streatley Cottage, Berkshire This is the last Will and Testament of me Mary Strange of Streatley Cottage in the county of Berks Widow of the late Robert Strange Solicitor Devizes in the County of Wilts after the payment of all my just debts funeral and testamentary expences then I give and bequeath to three sons, John Clark Strange of Streatley, Berks and Highgate in Middx; Robert James Strange of Collingwood near Nelson New Zealand; and William Heath Strange of Streatley, Berks, student at St Thomas Hospital, London; and the three children of my beloved daughter the late Henrietta Louisa Elliott wife of John Julius Elliott of Stoke Newington. Died 13 March 1864 at Streatley Cottage. |