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The Will of William WINGET
late of Chudleigh in the county of Devon now of 63 John Street, Tottenham Court Road in the parish of St. Pancras in the county of
Middlesex, Pianoforte Maker
Made
12/03/1845, WITNESSES: Samuel REYNOLDS, Henry ?HARMON/PEARMAN, Edmund
PALMER
Proved 18/01/1850.
SOURCE: PRO Wills.
NOTES: John St., is now called Whitfield St., and runs parallel to Tottenham Court Road.
For a list of other WINDGEAT (and variants) Wills please go to the WILLS page.
FAMILY
We don't know very much about this family from Chudleigh nor why William
WINGET went from Chudleigh in Devon to the centre of London to make pianos. However, he
may have just been following in the footsteps of the BRINSMEADs,
famous piano makers, who also moved up from Devon around the same time and set
up piano workshops in the same Tottenham Court Road area of London.
I had assumed that William WINGET would be working as a craftsmen for an
employer but he does appear to have founded his own company because he is
listed as an "early" piano maker on Bill Kibby's Piano Gen site - see
under the years 1844 and 1845 on the Piano
Name Index page.
He does not, however, appear to have had any children to carry on the company, although he does mention a nephew-in-law in the will. There is, however, a record of the Sun Fire Office which mentions a policy for "Wingate musical instrument maker" at 63 John Street Fitzroy Square. The date is given as 14th November 1826 (but the Policy Register date is 1861-1862 so I am wondering if 1826 is a typo for 1862?). The file details are: FILE - Policy register - ref. MS 11937/510 - date: 1861-1862 item: [no title] - ref. MS 11936/510/1051951 - date: 14 November 1826 (from the A2A Search site which refers the reader on to more information about these records at www.history.ac.uk/gh/sun.htm
I have created the speculative family tree below from details in the will. Please get in touch if you know any more about this family.
?William WINGET(?1750 -1828) m.1769 Sarah WRIGHT (?1752-1832)
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William WINGET(? -1850) Elizabeth (1778-?) James (?-before.1850) Joseph (?1782-?) Thomas(1783-?) John (?-?)
m.1801 Elizabeth RUMBELOW ?m. 1804 Mary MARTIN ?m.1818 Ann Mary WIDDECOMBE
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James
?m.1828 Betsey BENNETT
Another Relative?
There was a William WINGETT, carpenter, living in in John St., London in 1858. He must surely be related to our William above and, if so, he must be a son of William's brother, John. Details follow:
1858 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church of St. Pancras in the Parish of St. Pancras in the County of Middlesex.
| When married | Name & Surname | Age | Condition | Rank or Profession | Residence at the time of Marriage | Father's Name and Forename | Rank or profession of Father | Witnesses |
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| May 2 | William WINGETT | full | Bachelor | Carpenter | John St. | John WINGET | Dead | ?H.B. ?Warmuth
Martha REBELL |
| Sarah GEORGE | full | Spinster | - | Islington | Joseph GEORGE | Labourer |
The William above is a possible candidate for being the arsonist mentioned on the Court Records page but the age doesn't seem very likely and there is a more likely candidate for William, the arsonist.
SUMMARY
This will has been difficult to decipher so the following information is to be treated with caution. If you can help with any further details of this family, please leave a message on the message board.
William WINGET late of Chudleigh in the county of Devon now of 63 ?John Street, Tottenham Court Road in the parish of St. Pancras in the county of Middlesex, Pianoforte Maker, made 12/03/1845, proved 18/01/1850. SOURCE: PRO
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Name |
Relationship |
Bequest |
(William WRIGHT appears on several trade directories for Chudleigh - as far back as 1823. A man, who is presumably his son, can also be found on the 1851 census - see transcription below. I think that he is probably William WINGET's cousin on his mother's side - see tree above.) |
trustees |
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Elizabeth WINGET
(Elizabeth appears in the 1851 Census living in Woodway with a niece - see Chudleigh section of the Census page). |
sister |
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(Thomas is working as a gardener but Joseph and a mysterious William WILCOTT are living in Woodway - see Chudleigh section of the Census page). |
his three brothers |
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| James WINGET of New Compton Street Seven Dials, Painter | nephew, the son of his brother James WINGET deceased |
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Robert RUMBELOW of Upper Cleveland Street Fitzroy Square in the County of Middlesex Pianoforte Maker |
my late wife’s nephew |
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| Caroline BELLINGHAM | servant |
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William Henry WRIGHT Head M 31 M Maltser Chudleigh-Dev
Hanna WRIGHT Wife M 27 F --- Newton Bushal-Dev
Henry WRIGHT Son U 2 M --- Chudleigh-Dev
Lewis WRIGHT Son U 5m M --- Chudleigh-Dev
Louisa WATERS Serv U 19 F Household Svt Pinhoe-Dev
Address: Fore Street, Chudleigh
TRANSCRIPTION
The transcription below has been typed by myself from a photocopy of the PRO copy of the Will and may not be very accurate. Please note that I have changed the surnames to uppercase to aid family historians. For a list of other Wills please click here for the WILLS page.
This is the last Will and Testament
of me William WINGET late of Chudleigh in the County of Devon now
of No. 63 John Street Tottenham Court Road in the parish of Saint
Pancras in the County of Middlesex, Pianoforte Maker I give and devise
unto William WRIGHT of Chudleigh in the Country of Devon, Maltster and
Charles TUCKETT of Little Russell Street, Bloomsbury in the County of Middlesex Book Binder their heirs and assigns all my
three freehold cottages or tenements with their gardens sheds stables and pig sties and habitaments thereto belonging situate in a Court near Woodbury
Street in the Town of Chudleigh in the County of Devon and which said three cottages or tenements and premises are now in the several
occupations of my brothers Thomas WINGET, Joseph WINGET and my
sister Elizabeth WINGET and also that site and ruins of a house that
has been burned and ground and garden belonging thereto formerly occupied by Susan OLIVER and Ann
MATERFACE with their and every of their rights members and appurtenances together with all the fixtures and appurtenances to the said cottages or tenements and
hereditaments or any of them belonging or appertaining To hold the same unto and
to the use of them the said William WRIGHT and Charles TUCKETT their heirs and assigns Upon trust during
the natural life of my said
sister Elizabeth WINGET to receive her rents and profits thereof and by means
thereof from time to time to cause the same three cottages or tenements to be
kept in good and substantial repair and to be kept insured
in her name or names of her said trustee or trustees from loss or damage
by fire to the full value thereof or as near thereto as may be so as that waived
upon upon or by means of such Insurance may be laid out in reinstating the same and as to so much of the yearly rents issues and
profits of the same premises as shall not be necessary for her respective purposes aforesaid Upon trust to pay the same
according to the
appointment of my said sister during her natural life and in default
of an appointment then into her own hands for her own use and benefit separate and apart from any husband and so that the same
may not be subject to his debts contracts forfeiture or engagements and
that the receipts of my said sister or her appointees may be of effectual
discharges for the same as well when ____ [?revert] as sole And from and
immediately after the decease of my said Sister Elizabeth WINGET Upon trust that
the said William WRIGHT and Charles TUCKETT or the survivors or survivor of them or their heirs or assigns of such survivor do and
shall sell and absolutely dispose of the same three freehold cottages or
tenements site and ruins and premises together or in parcels by a public auction
or
private auction or private contract or ? in ?each such mode and or generally in such manner as to
them or any shall seem expedient for the best prices or prices in money that can
be reasonably had or obtained
for the same respectively and respectively to convey the same accordingly And the
monies arising from such sale (after deducting all expenses I direct my said trustees to pay unto and equally between my said three brothers John WINGET Thomas WINGET Joseph WINGET and
my nephew James WINGET of New Compton Street Seven Dials in the County of Middlesex Painter or their respective executors administrators
or assigns share and share alike And as to all my leasehold houses
and premises whatsoever and wheresoever household furniture jewels
plate linen and fluid debts money money in the funds securities Personal Estate and Effects I give the same and every part
thereof unto the said William WRIGHT and Charles TUCKETT and the survivor of them and his executors administrators and assigns Upon trust
that they the said William WRIGHT and Charles TUCKETT or the survivor
of them his executors administrators or assigns do and shall as soon
as conveniently may be after my death sell and absolutely dispose of such
part thereof as may be saleable by public auction or private contract
or in such manner as to them or him shall seem expedient and collect
receive and convert into money every part of my personal estate as may not consist of money and from and out of the monies to
arise
from such sale collection conversion and disposition or which may form part of my personal estate at my death pay satisfy and discharge all my debts and funeral and testamentary expenses and the
costs charges and expenses of and attendant upon executing the trusts of this my Will and pay the legacies given by me and as to the
surplus of all such monies I will the same among my said three
brothers John WINGET Thomas WINGET Joseph WINGET and my said sister Elizabeth WINGET equally or their respective executors
administrators and assigns Provided always that in case any or
other of my said brothers and sister shall die in my lifetime
leaving any child or children him or them respectively surviving then and in
such case share or shares of money which would derive for
him or them so respectively dying shall belong to his or their child
or children respectively and equally between such children if more
that one but so that such child or children shall only take a share which his or her parent would have been entitled to if living
And I will and declare that the receipt or receipts of the trustee or trustees
for the time being of this my Will for the money to arise from the
sale collection or conversation of my real and personal estate so
respectively shall from time to time be a sufficient discharge or sufficient discharges to the purchaser or purchasers or other person
or persons paying the same and that such purchaser or purchasers or other person or persons his or her heirs executors
administrators or assigns or any of them shall not afterwards be answerable
or accountable for any loss misapplication or non application of the
same I give and bequeath to my said nephew James WINGET of New Compton Street Aforesaid Painter son of my brother James WINGET deceased the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds I give and bequeath unto Robert RUMBELOW of Upper Cleveland Street
Fitzroy Square in the County of Middlesex Pianoforte Maker my late wife's nephew the sum of one hundred pounds I give and bequeath
unto my servant Caroline BELLINGHAM if she shall be living with
me at the time of my decease the sum of one hundred pounds I give and bequeath unto the said William WRIGHT and Charles TUCKETT my Executors the sum of one hundred pounds each
which said several legacies to be paid respectively to them the said James WINGET Robert RUMBELOW Caroline BELLINGHAM William WRIGHT and Charles TUCKETT respectively as soon as conveniently may be after my
decease free from legacy duty And I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint the said William WRIGHT and Charles TUCKETT Executors of this my last Will and Testament Provided and my Will is that if the said William WRIGHT and Charles TUCKETT or either of them or any trustees or trustee to be appointed as hereinafter is mentioned shall die or be desirous of being discharged from or refuse or decline
to act or Become incapable of acting in the trusts of this my Will
before the same respectively shall have been fully executed performed or
discharged then and in such case and so often as the same shall happen it shall
be lawful for the surviving continuing or last acting trustee his executors or administrators to appoint
a trustee or trustees in the stead or place of the trustee or trustees so dying or desiring to be discharged or refusing or declining to act or becoming incapable of acting as aforesaid
and that when and so often as any new trustee or trustees shall be nominated or appointed as
aforesaid all the trust estates and premises which shall then be vested
in the trustee or trustees so dying or desiring to be discharged or refusing or declining to act or becoming incapable of acting as aforesaid either solely or
jointly with the other trustee shall be thereupon with all convenient speed
conveyed assigned and transferred in such sort and manner and so as
that the same shall and may be legally and effectually vested in the surviving or continuing trustee or trustees of the same trust estates and
premises respectively and such new or other trustee or trustees or if there
shall be no continuing trustee of the same trust estates and premises
then in such new trustees only upon the same trusts as are hereinbefore declared
or expressed of or continuing the same trust estates and premises respectively the trustee or trustees whereof shall
so die or be desirous of being discharged or refuse desire or be incapable of
acting as aforesaid or such of them as shall be then subsisting or capable to
taking effect And my further Will is that all and every such new trustee or
trustees shall or may in all things act and assist in the management carrying on
and executing of the trusts to which he or they shall be so appointed in
conjunction with the other then surviving or continuing trustees or trustee of
the same trust estates and premises if there shall be any such continuing
trustee or trustee and if not then be himself or themselves respectively as
fully and effectually and with all the same powers and authorities as if he or
they had been originally in and by this my Will nominated a trustee or the
trustees for the purposes for which such new trustee or trustees respectively
shall be appointed trustee or trustees or as the administrators or assigns in or
to whose place such new trustee or trustees shall respectively or succeed are or
is enabled to do or could or might have done under and by virtue of this my Will
if then living and continuing to act in the trust hereby reposed in him or them
anything hereinbefore contained to the contrary thereof in anywise
notwithstanding And my Will is that the several trustees hereby appointed or any
of their heirs executors administrators or assigns of them or any of them shall
not be charged or chargeable with any more of the said trust monies and premises
that they respectively shall actually receive and that one of them shall not be
answerable or accountable for the others or other of them but such one for his
own acts receipts neglects or defaults only nor shall they neither or any of
them be answerable or accountable for any Banker Broker or other person with
whom any of the said trust monies may be deposited for safe custody or otherwise
in the execution of the said trusts not for the insufficiency or deficiency of
any stocks funds or securities in or upon which any of the said trust monies may
be invested in pursuance of and in conformity to this my Will or for any other
misfortune loss or damage which may happen in the execution of the aforesaid
trusts or otherwise in relation thereto unless the shame shall happen by or
through their own willful defaults respectively And also that they the said
several trustees so appointed or to be appointed shall and may by and out of the
monies which shall come to their respective hands by virtue of the trusts
aforesaid retain to and reimburse himself and themselves and allow to his and
their Co trustee and Co trustees all costs charges and expenses which they or
any of them may respectively sustain or expend or be put unto in or about the
execution of the trusts aforesaid or in any matter relating thereto And lastly I
do hereby revoke all former Wills by me at any time heretofore made and Declare
this only to be my last Will and Testament In witness whereof I have to this my
Will contained in six sheets of paper set my hand at the end of each of such
sheets the twelfth day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty five
- William WINGET -
WITNESSES: Samuel REYNOLDS, 28 Howland St., Fitzroy Square - Henry HARMAN, No 2 Yeates Court, Carey St., Lincolns' Inn Fields - Edmond PALMER, No. 11 Thornhill Street, Pentonville.
Links
- History of Chudleigh with a description of the surrounding scenery, seats, families etc. by Mary Jones. Detailed history of the village, first edition 1852, second edition 1875. Chapter IV describes the Great Fire of 1807 - which explains William's words above "that site and ruins of a house that has been burned".
- Old prints of Chudleigh from the Devon Local Studies service.
- Old photographs of Chudleigh - including one of some cottages. Copyright images from Frith Photos
- Piano Makers of 19th century London - nothing about William WINGET but lots of background information about piano making in London including the Tottenham Court Road area.
- Piano Gen piano name index - list including Winget(t) in 1843 and 1845.
