William Howse

1737 - 1805  (68 years)

• Name	William Howse  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	1737	Gloucestershire   [1]
  Born	20 Apr 1737	Ampney Crucis, Gloucestershire   [6]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	27 Sep 1762	Hornsey, London   [7]
  Occupation	1804	The Red Lion, Ampney St Peter, Gloucestershire   [2]
  	Publican & Farmer
  	Sue Eaton relates: "The Lion is now the Red Lion and although no longer trading there is reference to it currently being “secured” by the Parish Council as a pub, and the application for it to be turned into a house has been refused. It’s Grade 2 listed and in the Listed Buildings references it states it was in use as a Beer House in 1792. In 1851 John Howse died and his assets were sold at auction and included “that old established public house which sold for 600 guineas”." A John Howes died in Cirencester RD in March 1850, aged 75 - a relation?
  Will	29 Feb 1804	Asbrook, Ampney St Peter, Gloucestershire   [2]
  	Full text of Will transcribed by Sue Eaton: I William Howse of Asbrook in the Parish of Ampney Crucis in the County of Gloucester Gentleman Do make this my last Will and Testament in manner following (that is to say) I give to my daughter Maria Watkeys the wife of Hugh Watkeys all that my piece or parcel of meadow or pasture land called Charlham in the parish of Ampney Saint Peter with the appurtenances to hold to her my said Daughter and her heirs for ever also I give to her my said Daughter one annuity or yearly rent charge of seven pounds per annum clear of Land Tax and all other Deductions for and during the term of her life to be issuing and payable out of my Messuage or Tenement called or known by the name or sign of the Lion. Situated in the said parish of Ampney Saint Peter and the Buildings Orchard Gardens and other Appurtenances thereunto belonging. The same to be paid on the twenty ninth day of September yearly the first payment thereof to be made on the twenty ninth day of September next after my decease And subject to the payment of the said Annuity or Rent Charge I give and devise the said Messuage heridito and premises unto and to the use of my son John Howse his heirs and Assigns for ever. Also I give and devise unto and to the use of him my said son John Howse his heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns according to my Estate and Interest therewith respectively all other my Messuages Cottages Lands Tenements and heridito whatsoever and wheresoever Also I give to him my said son all monies that shall be due to me on or at the time of my decease subject nevertheless to the payment to my said Daughter of the third part of such monies or of so much thereof as shall be recovered or received on the said Bonds after deducting the Costs Charges and Expenses of recovering and recording the same And I give and bequeath unto my said Daughter all my other Securities and all my Ready Monies and all my Household Goods and Furniture Plate Linen China Cattle Corn Hay and all my other Chattels and Effects which shall be in or upon the Dwelling House Land and premises called Hill Oak now in my own occupation at the time of my decease And I give and bequeath to my said Son all other my Goods Chattels and Effects not herein before disposed of and I nominate and appoint him my sole Executor of this my Will And I revoke all former Wills and Testaments by me made and do declare this to be my last In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the twenty ninth day of February one thousand eight hundred and four. W Howse – Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the aforementioned William Howse the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses thereto in his presence – Joseph Pitt, William Thompson – John Lawler This Will was proved in London the twenty sixth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five before the Worshipful Samuel Pearce Parson Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Honourable Sir William Wynne Knight also Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oaths of John Howse the son of the deceased and the Sole Executor named in the said Will to who Administration of all and Singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased was granted having been first sworn duly to Administer.
  Death	1805  [1]
  Name	William Howes  [7]
  Name	William Howze  [8]
  Died	18 May 1805  [4]
  	Age: 68y
  Buried	Abt 23 May 1805	St Mary, Ampney St Mary, Gloucestershire   [4]
  	End panel of family tomb reads: SACRED to the memory of WILLIAM son of John and Ann Howse who died May 18th 1805 aged 68 years
  		William Howse HS
  Probate	26 Jun 1805	Prerogative Court, Canterbury, Kent
  Notes	received lands in Ampney Crucis, Ampney St Mary and Ampney St Peter from his brother, John
  Person ID	I23136	ONS
  Last Modified	11 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	John Howse,   b. Abt 1695, Ampney St Mary, Gloucestershire ,   d. 10 Sep 1765, Ampney St Mary, Gloucestershire  (Age ~ 70 years)
  Mother	Anne Howse,   b. Abt Sep 1709, Winson, Gloucestershire ,   d. 7 Jul 1774, Ampney St Mary, Gloucestershire  (Age ~ 64 years)
  Married	2 Jul 1730	St John the Baptist, Cirencester, Gloucestershire   [9]
  Family ID	F5513	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Morris,   d. Bef 1805
  Married	Abt 1760
  Married	27 Sep 1762	St Mary, Islington, London
  	both parties previously widowed
  Witness	27 Sep 1762  [7]
  	John Chasson
  Witness	27 Sep 1762  [7]
  	Thomas Foster
  Children	+ 1. John Howse,   b. Abt 1760, Ampney Crucis, Gloucestershire ,   d. 1 Mar 1811, Ampney St Mary, Gloucestershire  (Age ~ 51 years) + 2. Maria Howse,   b. 7 Aug 1765, Piccadilly, Westminster, London ,   d. Abt May 1848, Stroud RD, Gloucestershire  (Age 82 years)   3. Anne Howse,   b. Abt 1768
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2018
  Family ID	F4776	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1737 - Gloucestershire Born - 20 Apr 1737 - Ampney Crucis, Gloucestershire Residence - 27 Sep 1762 - Hornsey, London Married - 27 Sep 1762 - St Mary, Islington, London Occupation - Publican & Farmer - 1804 - The Red Lion, Ampney St Peter, Gloucestershire Buried - Abt 23 May 1805 - St Mary, Ampney St Mary, Gloucestershire Probate - 26 Jun 1805 - Prerogative Court, Canterbury, Kent  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S379] Carl Worker. [S624] Will. [S625] Will - Brother. [S275] Gravestone. [S115] Will - Father. [S9] ancestry.com tree. [S64] Parish Register - marriages. [S95] Baptism record - daughter. [S444] Jean Taylor.