The register copy of her will, Prerogative Court of Canterbury. See the transcription.
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— The Will of Elizabeth Vanderhoven, 1749 [full transcription, with the probate of 1750]
— Burial with Judith Grolleau, Mount Nod, the Huguenot Burial Ground, , where she asked to be buried.
— Burial with Judith Grolleau/a>, continued.
Elizabeth Vanderhoven was a widow living in the parish of St Luke, Chelsea, when she made her will on 25 September 1749. It was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury on 3 August 1750, so she died between those dates.
Although she lived in Chelsea, she asked to be buried “in Wandsworth Burial Ground commonly called Mount Nod near the Grave of my late Friend Mrs Mary Grolleau”. At the time of her death her friend Mrs Judith Grolleau was “now living with me”. Elizabeth owed her £28 on a bond, and left her all her household goods, pictures, plate, rings, jewels, china, linen and clothes.
Her executor was Captain John Wells of Long Acre, in the parish of St Martin in the Fields. He received £10, her gold watch and her silver coffee pot. His sister, Mrs Charlot Wells, held £285 of Elizabeth’s money at interest, and received the rest of her estate. A brother, Mr [Pidgeon?] Radford of Lambeth, was left one shilling “if living”, which suggests that Elizabeth was born a Radford. A cousin, Mary, and her sons John and Samuel were left five guineas each.
The register copy of her will, Prerogative Court of Canterbury. See the transcription.
— Her burial at Mount Nod: J. T. Squire’s list of the burials and inscriptions (Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of London, vol. I, 1887).
— Her husband, Mr Vanderhoven, and her marriage (Radford?).
— Mary and Judith Grolleau. A Grolleau interpretation panel was installed at Mount Nod during the 2019–22 restoration.
— The National Archives reference for the will: Discovery, D3370126 (PROB 11 number to be added).