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Probate Will of Wm. Edwards of Bedford esq. To friends Wm. Hillersden of Elstow esq., John Cater of Kempston, esq., Wm. Tompkins jr., and Jos. Dearmer of Wilstead yeom., annuity of £3, out of house and clo., in Wilstead occ. Tho. Kendall and Nich. Stonbridge, in trust as follows: 20s. p.a. to such poor persons of Wilstead as s. Wm. Edwards and church- wardens and minister shall direct, 40s. to the schooling of poor children in Wilstead as s., minister and curchwardens shall direct. To d. Mary Edwards £1,000 at 21 or marr., to be pd. out of farm and lands in Houghton Conquest late purch. of Mr. Chas. Jones, occ. Robt. Baker, prov. she marries with consent of mother, Wm. Hillersden, Robt. Bell and Rev. Alex. Leith. House he now lives in in Bedford to w. for life; reversion thereof and all lands etc. in Risely, Wilstead, Houghton Conquest Millbrook and Elstow, to s. Wm.; if he dies without issue, before he is 21 to dau. Mary; if she dies, house in Wilstead to trustees for maintenance of school, other lands to w. to pay legacies to Eliz. Wilkes and Jud. Wilkes daus. to Tho. W., gods Wm. Maxey, goddau. Sir. Courtman, Mary d. of Tho. Maxey, Ambr. Whitebread of Wootton, Eliz. d. of Ric. Clarke of Bedford. Also to s. Wm., £400, he paying w. (in pursuance of marr. sett.) £40 p.a., testator having received 400 of Jasper Wagstaffe decd exor. of father in law, John Wagstaffe, above marr. port on of w. £40 is charged on farm in Wilstead occ. Robt. Harthall. To friends Wm. Hillersden, Robt. Bell and Rav. Alex. Leith, £300 in trust for w. Also to w. use of household goods etc., in house at Bedford; to be divided after her death betwn. s. and d. To Hillersden, Bell, Cater and Leigh, 1.1. each for a ring. W. to be guardian of s. and d. until 21. W. exex. Wtns. Williams Frank, Arth. Smithes, Sam. Berry. 13 Apr. 1724. pro. 4 May 1732

1724-1732

From: 1724 To: 1732

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Edwards, William,
Hillersden, William,
Cater, John,
Tompkins, William,
Dearmer, Joseph,
Kendall, Thomas,
Stonbridge, Nicholas,
Edwards, Mary,
Jones, Charles,
Baker, Robert,
Bell, Robert,
Leith, Alexander,
Wilkes, Elizabeth,
Wilkes, Judith,
Wilkes, Thomas,
Maxey, William,
Courtman, Sarah,
Maxey, Mary,
Maxey, Thomas,
Whitebread, Ambrose,
Clarke, Richard,
Clarke, Elizabeth,
Wagstaffe, Jasper,
Wagstaffe, John,
Harthall, Robert,
Frank, Williams,
Smithes, Arthur,
Berry, Samuel

William will: Edwards, yeoman, annuities, Wilshamstead charities, Wilshamstead early education, Houghton Conquest farms, Wilshamstead farms, JEWELLERY, HOUSEHOLD, BEDFORD, WILSHAMSTEAD, HOUGHTON CONQUEST, RISELEY, MILLBROOK, ELSTOW