John Compton
Profile & Legacies Summary
???? - 1803
Biography
Co-heir after the death of his brother Henry Compton jun. (q.v.) of John Mills of Woodford (q.v.), having also inherited English landed property from their father Henry Compton senior.
- Will of John Compton of Minstead [given as Minsteed in the will] Hampshire [made in 1801] proved 13/05/1803. He left 拢1000 and an annuity of 拢200 p.a. to his wife, and use of the house at Minstead for her life. He left 拢1000 to Scrope Berdmore, warden of Merton College Oxford, and 拢100 to Andrew Berkeley Drummond: the two men were his executors alongside his wife. He left 拢5000 among his younger children with the proviso that if his estate (other than what he received under the will of his grandfather John Mills) yielded more than 拢2000 p.a. or had a value of more than 拢50,000 they should receive 拢5000 each. His residuary heir was his son Henry Combe Compton (q.v.).
Sources
Monthly Register Vol. III No. XIII (May 1 1803) p. 53.
- PROB 11/1392/137
Further Information
Associated Estates (2)
The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:
- SD - Association Start Date
- SY - Association Start Year
- EA - Earliest Known Association
- ED - Association End Date
- EY - Association End Year
- LA - Latest Known Association
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1787 [SY] - 1803 [EY] → Not known
Either co-tenant-for-life or joint owner
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1787 [SY] - 1803 [EY] → Not known
Either co-tenant-for-life or joint owner
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Relationships (5)
Brothers
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Father → Son
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Testator → Executor
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Testator → Executor
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Grandson → Grandfather
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Addresses (1)
The Manor, Minstead, Hampshire, Wessex, England
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