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In
the Name of God Amen I
WILLIAM DRAYCOTT of
Clarges Street in the
Parish of St Georges
Hanover Square in the
County of Middlesex
Esquire being of Sound
and perfect Memory
Praised be Almighty God
for the same But
considering the
uncertainty of this
Mortal Life I do make
and ordain this my last
Will and Testament in
manner and form
following that is to say
first I commend and
resign my soul unto
Almighty God my Creator
trusting through the
Mercy of the Death and
Passion of my Saviour
and dear Redeemer Jesus
Christ to be a Partaker
of his most blessed
Resurrection and
Everlasting happiness as
to my Body my desire is
that it may be privately
interred early in the
Morning and laid by my
late dearly loved Wife
in the Parish Church of
St Margarets Westminster
and as to my Temporal
Estate which it has
pleased Almighty God to
bless me with all I do
dispose of as follow
after my Just Debts are
first paid and
discharged Item I give
and bequeath to my
Grandson WILLIAM DE LA
GARD now in service of
the East India Company
if he shall be living at
the time of my death one
thousand pounds to be
paid him by my Executrix
hereafter mentioned in
the manner following so
that it may not strain
on my Executrixes that
is to say five hundred
pounds within one year
after my decease and the
other five hundred
pounds to be paid the
year following he giving
her a General Release
Item I give and bequeath
to my worthy Friend and
Relation by Marriage Mrs
HARRIOT ARUNDELL widow
as an Acknowledgement of
all her Friendship to my
Granddaughter ten
Guineas for a Ring which
I beg of her to accept.
Item I give and bequeath
to my most worthy and
Honourable friend Mrs
LUCEY SKIPWITH ten
Guineas for a Ring as an
Acknowledgement of all
her Friendship both to
me and mine eversince I
have had the Honour of
her acquaintance which I
beg she will have the
Goodness to accept. Item
I give and bequeath to
my Worthy Friend HILLARD
HELY Esquire who has
been so kind as to be my
Granddaughters Trustee
twenty Guineas for a
Ring desiring him that
he would be as good as
to assist my Executrixes
hereafter mentioned with
his advice in order to
settle her affairs after
my decease. Item I give
and bequeath to my
Servant Mrs ELIZABETH
STOKES if she is living
with me at the time of
my decease ten pounds.
Item all and the rest of
my personal and real
estate of what kind
soever I give and
bequeath to my dear
Granddaughter DE La GARD
who takes my Name of
ANNE MARIAH DRAYCOTT who
I make and ordain my
full and sole
Executrixes of this my
last Will and Testament
July the 12th 1752. This
is all wrote with my own
hand and I declare all
other wills made by me
if their be any void.
Witness my hand the day
and year above Written
Wm Draycott. Witness. I
mean my Granddaughter
ANNA MARIA DE LA GARDE
whom I desire to take
the Name of Draycott. Wm
Draycott.
Signed sealed and
published and declared
to be the last will of
the Testator WILLIAM
DRAYCOTT in the Presence
of A Master, Tho Beele,
Elizabetrh Dennis.
This Will was proved at
London 8 March 1753 ....
by the Oath of ANNA
MARIA DE LA GARD
Spinster the
Granddaughter of the
deceased and Sole
Executrix named in the
said Will to whom
administration was
granted ....
PROB 11/800
Notes
WILLIAM DRAYCOTT was the
agent to the Earl of
Strafford. He seems to
have been married twice
but only has two
surviving grandchildren
at the time of writing
his will in 1752.
His grandson WILLIAM DE
LA GARD was with the
East India Company &
died in India in 1760.
His granddaughter ANNA
MARIA DE LA GARD
inherited the bulk of
his estate & changed her
name to DRAYCOTT. The
parents of Anna Maria &
William are believed to
have been Charles
Delagarde & Anne
Draycott who married in
1724 at St Martins in
the Fields.
Mrs HARRIOT ARUNDELL was
probably the niece of
the Earl of Strafford.
Born HARRIOT WENTWORTH
she married her first
cousin Thomas Arundel in
1727.
Mrs LUCEY SKIPWITH was
the daughter of Drury
Lane theatre owner Sir
Thomas Skipwith. She is
also mentioned in the
will of Lady Jane Coke,
her mother’s great
niece.
HILLARD HELY probably
should read “Hilliard”
but appears elsewhere
with either spelling.
Probably the same man
who appears in Journals
of the House of Commons
& National Archives (as
Hilliard).
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.aspCATID=4591268&CATLN=6&accessmethod=5&j=1
mentions him in context
with members of the
GORGES family which
connects with a possible
baptism in 1688, in
Bodenham, Herefordshire,
of Hilliard, son of John
& Meliora (nee GORGES)
HELY.
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