Reference
L12/115
Title
Will (office copy) of Jn. Browning Esq., of Lincolns Inn, Mddsx.
To w. Catherine:- 5000 and interest at 5% p.a. Plate, household
goods, furniture at house at Chelsey, Mddsx.
To dtr. & only child Catherine:- Scrutore (=Scrutoire=Escritoire)
books in closet, picture, & small picture of his father.
To w. Catherine:- mess. and lands at Much Hadham, Herts. After her
dec. to b.-in-law Edwd. Nicklin & Edwd. Wakefield of Lad Lane,
London, merchants, in trust for dtr. etc. (elaborate provisions
in default of issue.) For life farm and lands at Kitchen End,
Pulloxhill inherited from bro. Hinde Browning. Thence to dtr.
& hrs. etc.
To dtr. Cath.:- Chambers in Lincoln Inn & furniture (books to go
with land in Beds.)
To neph. Edwd. Browning:- gold watch
To friend Edmund Haskins Esq., of Loncolns Inn:- 20 guineas
To trustees; excrs.; children of late sister Mrs. Mary Dickinson:-
20 guineas each
To bros. Jos. & Jas. Browning:- manor of Britvilles alias
Birchfield & mess. & lands in Barford, Millbrook & 'Kempson' -
in trust to sell to pay charges on real estate and debts etc.
Residue of proceeds of sale to be divided into 6 - to go to
neph. Edwd. Browning, nieces Cath. & Rebecca Browning, and to
neph. Benj. Bucknall s. of late sister Mrs. Rebecca Bucknall.
Remaining 4 parts to bros. Jos. & Jas. to trustee(s) for 2
sisters Eliz. Payne & Sophia Nicklin.
Excrs.: bros. Jos. & Jas. Browning.
0. metd.: bro. Wm. Browning.
Witd.: Ben. Filmer, Robt. Harper, Wm. Edwards.
(Administration to Eliz. Payne (sister), widow.(Administration to Eliz. Payne (sister), widow, 23 March, 1780.)
Date free text
18 Dec 1756
Production date
From: 1756 To: 1780
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