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This is the Last Will
and Testament of me Lady
JANE COKE only surviving
Daughter of THOMAS late
Marquiss of Wharton
deceased and Widow of
ROBERT COKE late of
Longford in the County
of Derby Esq deceased.
First I Desire to be
buried in a Private
manner at Sunbury. Also
I Will and Direct that
all the Debts I shall
Justly Owe at the time
of my Decease be paid
and satisfyed And I
hereby charge all my
Estates Real and
personal whatsoever and
wheresoever with the
Payment of the same.
Also I give and Bequeath
unto SARAH QUAINTON who
formerly lived with my
late Mother and to ANNE
PINNOCK who formerly
lived with me and to my
three servants REBECCA
WILKINS, WILLIAM BELL
and ANTHONY ANDREW a
Clear Annuity of thirty
pounds a peice to be
paid to them
respectively free from
Taxes during their
respective Natural lives
by Four equal quarterly
Payments in the year
(that is to say) at Lady
Day Midsummer and
Christmas the first
payment thereof to begin
and be made at such of
the said Feasts as shall
first and next happen
after my Decease And in
Case the said WILLIAM
BELL's now wife SUSANNA
shall survive him then I
will that from the time
of his Death the Annuity
of Thirty Pounds shall
be paid to her during
her natural life at such
times and in such manner
as the said Annuity of
Thirty Pounds to the
said WILLIAM BELL is
Directed to be paid.
Also I give to my
servant WILLIAM BELL the
Sum of Two Hundred
Pounds to be paid to him
within three months next
after my decease. And in
case he shall happen to
Dye before me then I
Give the said sum to his
wife SUSANNA. Also I
give to my servant
REBECCA WILKINS all my
wearing apparel and
linen. Also I give to
all my other servants
who shall have served me
two years and upwards
and shall be living with
me at the time of my
Decease Fifty Pounds a
peice and to each other
of my servants who shall
be living with me at the
time of my Decease Ten
Pounds. Also I give to
my God Daughter Miss
ANNE FINCH daughter of
the Honourable Mr EDWARD
FINCH the sum of Five
Hundred Guineas To Mrs
LUCY SKIPWITH One
Hundred Guineas to the
Honourable Miss
BEAUCLERK Daughter to
the Right Honourable
Lord VERE One Hundred
Guineas to Mr
CHAMBERLAYNE Give
Hundred Pounds To BETTY
ASSBRIDGE formerly my
Servant Three Hundred
pounds and after payment
of my Debts and the
Legacys herein before
Given and such Legacys
as I may hereafter Give
by any Codicil this my
Will and the Expenses of
my Funeral and Subject
thereto I Give devise
and bequeath all the
Rest Residue and
Remainder of my Estate
both real and Personal
whatsoever and
wheresoever unto ANNA
MARIA DRAYCOTT of
Clarges Street near
Piccadilly in the County
of Middlesex Spinster
her heirs Executors
admons and assigns
respectively according
to the Nature of my
Several estates and I do
hereby make the said
ANNA MARIA DRAYCOTT Sole
executrix of this my
will hereby revoking all
former wills by me made
In witness whereof I
have hereunto set my
hand and seal this
Twenty Second day of
December in the Year of
our Lord One Thousand
seven Hundred and Fifty
seven. JANE COKE signed
sealed published and
declared by Lady Jane
Coke the Testatrix and
for her last will in the
Presence of us who in
her presence and at her
request have hereunto
set our names as
Witnesses to the same.
Christo Arnold, Richd
Hoare, Jno Dawes.
This will was proved at
London the nineteenth
Day of January in the
year of Our Lord One
thousand seven hundred
and sixty one .... by
the oath of Anna Maria
Draycott spinster the
sole executrix named in
the said will .....
PROB 11/352
Notes:
Lady JANE COKE was the
granddaughter of Philip,
Lord Wharton and sister
of the first & last Duke
of Wharton. She married
first John Holt, of
Redgrave Hall, Suffolk,
and second Robert Coke,
of Hillingdon,
Middlesex, brother of
the Earl of Leicester,
but had no children by
either marriage.
Miss ANNE FINCH daughter
of the Honourable Mr
EDWARD FINCH – possibly
a daughter of Edward
FINCH, later
FINCH-HATTON, diplomat &
member of the Royal
Household, son of the
Earl of Winchilsea.
Mrs LUCY SKIPWITH was
the daughter of Drury
Lane theatre owner Sir
Thomas Skipwith. She is
also mentioned in the
will of William DRAYCOTT
and was first cousin to
Lady Jane’s mother.
The Honourable Miss
BEAUCLERK Daughter to
the Right Honourable
Lord VERE - possibly
Diana, Anne or Mary
BEAUCLERK, unmarried
daughters of the Earl
of St Albans, or one of
their many nieces. A
nephew, TOPHAM BEAUCLERK,
was briefly engaged to
ANNA MARIA DRAYCOTT
according to ‘Lady Diana
Beauclerk – her Life &
Work’: “Shortly after
leaving Oxford he became
engaged to a Miss
Draycott, but she seems
to have perceived that
he cared more for her
lead-mines than for
herself and broke off
the engagement after the
license had been
procured. Topham,
evidently without much
regret, started soon
after on the Grand Tour….”
ANNA MARIA DRAYCOTT was
the granddaughter and
heiress of WILLIAM
DRAYCOTT and seems to
have lived with LADY
JANE after the death of
her parents and
grandfather. After a
brief engagement to
TOPHAM BEAUCLERK she
married the Earl of
Pomfret and lived at his
family home at Easton
Neston, Northants, and
Sunbury House, Chiswick,
which she inherited from
LADY JANE COKE.
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