Reference
W1195
Title
Will of Oliver Peck of Harrowden gent. (probate).
To s. Oliver:
-- Mess. & farm in Harr. occ. Nich. Purser, 19 1/2 ac. land in Card.,
4 ac. clo. in Harr. in occ., purch. of Rob. Bell of Bedf.
13 1/2 ac. in Harr., 6 ac. in Fenlake meadow in own occ.,
purch. of Edw. Habberfld. & others,
cottage & 2 pightles purch. of uncle Thos. P. occ. Geo. Darling
of Harrowden,
29 ac. arable & 1 ac. mead. inn Harr., Fenlake & Cotton End in
own occ. & of Nich. Purser & Thos. Valentine of Cott. End
cott. at Fenlake occ. Rob. Joyce lab. & a cott. at F. now empty
purch. of trustees of uncle Thos. P.,
£200 (to include leg. of £100 under will of Jn. Peck (W1193),
2 silver salts & 6 silver spoons in lieu of silver bequ. by Jn.
''which .. being old have been exchanged.''
To eld. s. Jn:
-- past. pightle adjg. little Clarks in Harr. purch. of Rob. Bell
cott. in Harr. occ. Thos. King, pightle called Wren Park in
Harr., in own occ., purch. of uncle Thos.,
4 ac. in flds. of Harr., Card., Cott. End, & Fenlake, purch.
of one Piggot & then mortgaged to Rich. Richardson.
To w. Alice - 2 of my new silver salts, 4 silv. spoons, 1 silver
porringer, 1 silver sugar caster, 6 pewter dishes, 1 doz.
pewter plates, 1/3 of all linen, right to dwell ''in my
now dwelling house w. my heire'' so long as she rem.
unmarr. & ''the room I now lodge in'' & furn. & £10.
''My trusty friend Hen. Whitebread of Card. gent.'' to be overseer,
''to advise & direct my sons in the management of their
estates''.
Money bequs. to Hen. Wh., Anne P. dau. of late br. Hen. P., ''all the
rest of his chn.'', the 2 daus. of late br. Jn., nieces
Judith Keech als Chrismas, servs. at time of d.,
incumb. of Card. for fun. serm.
Residue to s. Jn. - sole exor.
Wtns. Benj. Yerrel, Rich. Pendrid, Thos. Howen not. pub.
3 May. 1713/4
Codicil after d. of s. Oliver:
s. Jn. to have prop. bequ. to him,
perpet. annuity 20/- to incumb. of Card. for fun. sermon
on anniv. of d.,
1 gn. to Eliz. w. of Thos. King of Harr.
Wtns. Hen. Whitbread, Jn. Wilson, Fra. Newton, Thos. Howen.
30 May 1715
proved: 4 Nov. 1715
Date free text
30 May 1715
Production date
From: 1715 To: 1715
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