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Facts and Events
Mary Patching was baptised on 29th October 1738 at Horsham in Sussex, daughter of Mary Patching, formerly Longhurst, and her husband William Patching, who was described as a gentleman. Mary was the couple's second child, but her older brother had died as a baby, making Mary effectively the eldest child. She had one younger sister, Sarah, who was baptised in 1740.
Mary's father died in April 1758. Just over a year later, Mary's mother died too. Mary and her sister Sarah appear to have inherited their father's house on East Street in Horsham between them.
In April 1760, Mary wrote her will. She left her share of the house in East Street to her sister Sarah, along with some silver spoons and a silver porringer and her clothes, whilst her aunt Mary Longhurst (wife of her uncle Walter Longhurst) was left six silver teaspoons, a pair of sugar tongs and a strainer. Any money or other property was left to her uncle Walter Longhurst, who was also appointed executor.
Mary was presumably unwell when she wrote the will; it was written on 4th April 1760 and she was buried less than three weeks later, on 24th April 1760 at Horsham. She was 21 years old.
References
- ↑ Horsham, Sussex: Parish Registers (West Sussex County Council, Chichester).
Christnings 1738 / October / 29 Mary Daughter of William Patching by Mary
- ↑ Horsham, Sussex: Parish Registers (West Sussex County Council, Chichester).
Burials 1760 / April 24 / Mary Patching a Maiden
- Church of England. Province of Canterbury. Prerogative Court. Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Probate Records, 1384-1858
Class PROB 11; Piece 914.
[Names put in bold]
In the Name of God Amen I Mary Patching of the Parish of Horsham in the County of Sussex Spinster being of sound Memory Thanks be given unto Almighty God for the same do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and Form following hereby revoking all former Wills by me heretofore made First I humbly surrender up my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God my Creator beseeching rand[?] for Jesus Christ his Sake my Saviour and Redeemer to pardon all my Sins and Transgressions and to give me eternal Life and Salvation and my Body I desire may be decently buried in such manner as my Executor hereafter named shall think convenient And as to all the worldly Estate wherewith God hath blessed me I give devise and bequeath the same in manner hereafter following First I give and devise unto my Sister Sarah Patching all that my Moiety or part of a certain Dwelling House with the appurtenances thereunto belonging situate and being in the East Street in the Parish of Horsham aforesaid and the late Dwelling House of my Father William Patching of Horsham aforesaid lately deceased Also I give and devise unto my said Sister Sarah Patching three large Silver Spoons and one large Silver Porringer and all my Wearing Apparel except one Gown to be Delivered up unto her the said Sarah Patching within six Months next after my Decease by my Executor hereafter named Likewise I give and bequeath unto my Aunt Mary Longhurst now the Wife of Walter Longhurst of Horsham aforesaid Yeoman six Silver Tea Spoons one pair of Sugar Tongs and one Strainer to be delivered up unto her the said Mary Longhurst within six Months next after my Decease by my Executor herein and hereafter named And for all other my Personal Estates Goods ready Money and Chattles whatsoever my Debts and Legacies being paid and my Funeral Expences discharged I give devise and bequeath the same unto my uncle Walter Longhurst of Horsham aforesaid yeoman whom I make nominate constitute and appoint sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said Mary Patching have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the fourth Day of April in the thirty third Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty Mary Patching - Signed Sealed Published Pronounced and declared by the said Mary Patching to be her last Will and Testament in the Presence of - Will[ia]m Linfeild - Mary Linfeild - Tho[ma]s Pyke
This Will was proved at London the eleventh Day of December in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty five before the Worshipful William Compton Doctor of Laws and Surrogate of the Right Worshipful George Hay also Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of Walter Longhurst the sole Executor named in the said Will to whom Administration was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased he having been first sworn duly to administer
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