Can anyone assess how much, in current money, 40 shillings (2 GB pounds) would be? Although it doesn't look a great deal now, I think it may have been very different in 1719. This is nearly 300 years ago and inflation must have had an enormous effect on cash values since then. Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judith Werner" <typehey@comcast.net> To: <old-english@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 4:05 PM Subject: [OEL] Fw: Executor who is a minor in 1719 will > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <eve@varneys.org.uk> > To: "Chris Bartlett" <woodcom@ihug.co.nz>; > <old-english-bounces@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 6:51 AM > Subject: Re: [OEL] Executor who is a minor in 1719 will > > > |> > | > Hello all > | > > | > We have a bit of a strange situation where a son who is only 5 > years > | > old is made the sole executor of a will. The following is the text > of > | > the will. > | > > | > "I Give & Devise to my son John whom I make full & sole Executor > of > | > this > | > my Will hereby revoking all former Wills by me heretofore made. And > I > | > do appoint my brother Coney Tunnard & Mr John Robertson junr to be > | > Trustees and Guardians for all my said children and their estates > | > untill their respective ages of one & twenty years & desire them to > | > take upon them ye said Trust and for their trouble in the > management > | > thereof I give them forty shillings for every year they shall act > | > therein" > | > > | > Was this a normal situation where all children were minors. John > was > | > the only living son. > > Absolutely. The testator prudently made a will which would hold till he > died (I take it his wife was already dead); he did not wish to predict > the > date of his own death, always hoping it might not be untill the son > was > of age. However, perhaps being more realistic, he provided named > guardians for the children until such time as John was 21, and they > were paid a relatively small sum for their trouble (plus actual > outgoings, which would be accounted for and charged against any > profits they made by running the farm/business/estate/) > The Uncle was the natural guardian, who would have been > appointed anyway (though a fee would have been charged for making > that appointment, which testator therby avoids.) > > > > > > ==================================== > WEB PAGE: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ > ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=OLD-ENGLISH > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OLD-ENGLISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: - Release Date: <unknown> > >