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Lydia CLAYTON

- 18th Jan 184810,11,9,12

Life History

17th Jun 1770

Baptised in Finningham.1

Father - Samuel Clayton
Mother - Ann Clayton

3rd Aug 1789

Mentioned in Will.2

of Samuel Clayton
Described as :-
my seven daughters Ann Rebecca Lydia Deborah Catherine Margaret Elizabeth and Susanna

12th Jun 1805

Licence obtained for marriage to William RAY.14

Groom - William Ray, widower, of Tannington
Bride - Lydia Clayton, single woman, of Tannington
Marriage place- Tannington

13th Jun 1805

Married William RAY in Tannington, St Ethelbert.18

Groom - William Ray, widower
Bride - Lydia Clayton

21st Jul 1819

Death of William RAY in Norwich.15,16,17

12th Jan 1837

Mentioned in Will.3

of Elizabeth Ray
Described as :-
"my nieces Lydia Ray widow and Ann Deborah Catherine Margaret Elizabeth and Susannah Clayton"

3rd Mar 1840

Mentioned in Will.4

Of Catherine Clayton (died 1846)
Annotated as :-
"my six sisters Ann Clayton Rebecca Clayton Lydia Ray widow Deborah Clayton Margaret Elizabeth Clayton and Susanna Clayton"

6th Jun 1841

Recorded in census in Norwich, Mancroft (St Giles).5

Head of household
Also in house - Maria Cutting - 24

Research Note :-
Living next door to her brother the Rev'd William Ray Clayton

9th Jun 1843

Wrote will.6,7

1) The last Will and Testament
2) of me Lydia Ray of the City of Norwich widow made in manner following
3) (that is to say) first I nominate constitute and appoint my sister Rebecca Clayton
4) and Mr. Thomas Damant Eaton of the said city Executor and Executrix
5) of this my will and I bequest to the said Thomas Damant Eaton the sum of
6) one hundred pounds in acknowledgement of his care and attention in the execu-
7) tion of this my will and I direct that all my just debts funeral expenses and
8) testamentary charges may be paid as soon as reasonably (?) (?) decease
9) it is my desire to be interred in the same vault with my departed husband Will-
10) iam Ray Gentleman in the churchyard of Tannington in the County of Suffolk
11) and I give and bequeath to my brother the Reverend William Ray Clayton
12) the sum of one hundred pounds and I give and bequeath as for the benefit
13) of the four daughters of my said late husband the legacies following that is to
14) say to Susanna the wife of William Smee of the Bank of England Esquire the
15) sum of five hundred pounds to Lydia the wife of Thomas Damant Eaton of the
16) city aforesaid Silk Mercer the sum of five hundred pounds to Catherine Ray
17) Spinster youngest of the four daughters the sum of six hundred pounds
18) and I give and bequeath to the said William Smee and Thomas Damant
19) Eaton jointly the sum of six hundred pounds in Trust to order and dispose of
20) the same as follows I direct them to place the said sum (illegible)
21) interest on Government or real security in their own names and to call in and
22) again place out the same as occasion may require and to pay the interest on
23) dividends accruing there from half yearly to Mrs. Mary Barker second daugh
24) ter of my said late husband during her life for her separate use independent
25) of the control or engagements of any husband and her (?) for the same
26) without any husband (?) shall be (illegible
27) to 40) illegible
41) (?) (?) I give and bequeath to my niece and God daughter Mary
42) Anna Ray the wife of the Reverend Arthur Loftus the sum of one hundred
43) pounds and to William Ray of Tannington in Suffolk nephew of my late hus-
44) band the sum of two hundred pounds to Mrs Young widow of Mr P(?)
44) Young late of Bury in Suffolk deceased the sum of one hundred pounds to An-
45) na Eade daughter of the Reverend Peter Eade of Cotton in the County of Suffolk
47) Clerk the sum of one hundred pounds to Anna Eade daughter of the late Rev-
48) erend Charles Eade deceased the sum of fifty pounds to Dorothy Ray daughter
49) of Mr. James Ray of Clare in Suffolk the sum of fifty pounds to Mary Ray
50) Oseland daughter of Mr. Edward Oseland deceased the sum of fifty pounds to
51) Maria the wife of John Bloomfield of the city aforesaid the sum of fifty pounds
52) and I order all the said legacies to be paid within twelve calendar months
53) next after my decease and all the Rest Residue and Remainder
54) of my monies goods plate linen china chattels and personal estate whatever
55) kind the same may be and also all my messuages lands tenements heredi
56) ments and real estate and all parts and shares of messuages lands tenements he-
57) rediements and real estate of  (?) and wheresoever situated with
58) the appurtenances I give devise and bequeath unto and to be equally divided
59) between my six sisters that is to say Ann, Rebecca, Deborah Catherine,  Mar-
60) garet Elizabeth and Susana Clayton Spinsters and to their heirs executors ad
61) ministrators for ever and so far as relates to real estate to hold as tenants in
62) common and not as joint tenants and I declare that my said executrix and
63) executor shall not be answerable or accountable for any loss which may
64) happen by any Bank Broker or other person with whom my personal
65) estate may be entrusted and that it shall be lawful them to (?)
66) (?) and to allow to each other all costs charges and expenses they
67) may happen to be put to in the execution of this my will and I revoke all
68) former wills by made (?) (?) I the said Lydia Ray the
69) testator have signed this my last will and testament contained in two
70) sheets of paper with my own hand this ninth day of June in the year of
71) one thousand and eight hundred and forty three - Lydia
72) Ray - Signed by the said Lydia Ray the Testator we the un-
73) dersigned being both present and subscribed by us in her presence at (?)
74) time of the signing by the said Testator - John Skipper
75) William Skipper

4th Jun 1847

Codicil to Will.6

1) A Codicil to the last will and testament of me Lydia
2) Ray of the City of Norwich widow which will is dated the ninth day
3) of June one thousand and eight hundred and forty three I give and bequeath
4) to Thomas Ray Eaton and William Ray Eaton the sons of Mr Eaton my ex-
5) ecutor the sum of two hundred pounds each the legacy duty to be repaid to
6) them out of my personal estate also to George Clayton Eaton their brother
7) the sum of nineteen pounds and nineteen shillings I give and bequeath
8) to Mr William Ray a legatee named in my said will in addition to the
9) the legacy therein given the sum of one hundred pounds  to Doctor Hutchinson
10) who has attended me with great kindness I give the sum of fifty pounds as
11) an acknowledgement of my grateful sense of his services the legacy duty to be
12) repaid to him out of my personal estate to my dear brother the Reverend
13) William Ray Clayton I give and present one hundred pounds in addition
14) to the legacy in my will and to my god daughter Mary Ann Loftus the
15) sum of one hundred pounds in like addition and the several to her to be
16) for her separate and sole use and benefit and (illegible)
17) to 20)  illegible
21) illegible I give to my daughter
22) Catherine Ray the sum of two hundred pounds in addition to the legacy in my will
23) making her whole eight hundred pounds and to Georgina and Catharine Barker daugh-
24) ters of John Barker Esquire the sum of nineteen pounds and nineteen shillings each and to
25) the said John Barker the sum of one hundred pounds to Mrs Eagle who was late Dorothy
26) Ray the sum of fifty pounds in addition to the legacy bequeathed by my will for her sole and
27) separate use to each of my sisters Ann Deborah Margaret Elizabeth and Susanna the sum
28) of four hundred pounds each and confirming them as my residual legatees accord-
29) ing to my will I also give to Mr John Ray the executor of my sister Rebecca Clayton's
30) will as an act of justice in recompensation of the slight he has experienced  the sum of one
31) hundred pounds and to my solicitor Mr John Skipper I give the sum of one hundred
32) pounds as an acknowledgement of the care he has taken in my affairs I direct my exec-
33) utors to pay to Mrs Mary Howard my servant the wages due to her and ten pounds for
34) mourning and forty pounds for her care and attention to me during my long state of
35) weak health and to my three night nurses I give one pound each all the said legacies
36) to be paid at the same time as is mentioned in my will for payment of legacies and I
37) hereby ratify and reconfirm my said will and the devise and bequest of all the residue of
38) my real and personal estate which it is my will and mind (?) and (?) to my
39) said four surviving sisters I nominate constitute and appoint the said John Ray an
40) Executor of my said will in the place and stead of Rebecca Clayton my sister deceased
41) in (?) whereof the said Lydia Ray the Testatrix have signed the this Codicil to my said
42) last will and testament with my own hand this fourth day of June one thousand eight
43) hundred and forty seven - Lydia Ray - Signed by the said Lydia Ray the Tes
44) tatrix in our presence and by us in her presence and of each other at the same time
45) William Skipper - Thomas Fox
46) It is further my will to give to Doctor Hutchinson the further sum of fifty pounds and to Mr John Shipper the further sum of fifty pounds - Lydia Ray - signed
48) at the same time as the above - William Skipper - Thomas Fox

28th Aug 1847

Mentioned in Will.8

Of Deborah Clayton (1776?-1851)
Annotated as "Lydia Ray widow" and "my sisters"

18th Jan 1848

Died in Norwich, St Giles.10,11,9,12

From the Norfolk News :-
"On Tuesday last, in St Giles', LYDIA, relict of WILLIAM RAY, Gentleman, of Tannington, Suffolk"

From the Norfolk Chronicle :-
"Same day, in St Giles', Lydia, relict of William Ray, gent., of Tannington, Suffolk"

25th Jan 1848

Buried in Tannington, St Ethelbert.13

8th Mar 1848

Probate in Prerogative Court of Canterbury.6,7

Executors :-
Thomas Damant Eaton
John Ray

Research note :-
The original probated copy is in the Norfolk Record Office
"Probate
of the Will and Codicils of
Lydia Ray
- deceased -
Dated 8th March 1848
Extracted by Blake & Cherrill
Proctors Doctors Commons"
ETN 11/1/13 - Seen 11 July 201

Other facts

 

Research Note.9

From "The Black Book" in the Norfolk Record Office :-

“Only two of the children of Samuel Clayton & his wife Ann (née Ray) married – a son the Rev Wm Ray Clayton & a daughter Lydia who married became the second wife of my great grandfather William Ray of Tannington Place Suffolk.

The Rev. Wm Ray Clayton lived at Churchman House St Giles Street Norwich after the death of his brother Samuel. It is curious that years later Churchman House was owned & occupied by Sir Peter Eade M.D. a family connection.

On the death of Wm Ray of Tannington Place his widow Lydia (née Clayton) lived with her step daughters in a house in Willow Lane Norwich hired from Thomas Eaton. One of the stepdaughters (Lydia Ray) married Thomas Damant Eaton (son of Thomas Eaton) & was my grandmother.”

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