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"An Office Copy of my Grandfather Bull's Will" Will of William Bull the elder of Cardington, "being sick and weak in body": - his body to be buried in church or churchyard of Cardington; - two tenements, one in Cople in Edward Purser, and one in Cardington in occupation of Widow Hutton to his daughter Elizabeth; - pasture and arable in Cardington bought from John Shugsbrow late of Bedford, tanner, to his daughter Elizabeth; - pasture and arable in Cardington bought from Thomas Foster to his daughter Elizabeth; - his son William to pay his daughter Elizabeth at 21 or at marriage 200 when she should release to him all the above devised property; - half his household goods to his daughter Elizabeth; - a quarter of his household goods to his wife Elizabeth; - a quarter of his household goods and the residue of his estate to his son William; - to the poor of Cardington 40/- to be distributed at the following Christmas; - to William Purser, son of Charles Purser 5 "out of that money in his father's hands due to me"; - residue of the money owed by Charles Purser to him to be distributed to his children; - 40/- each to Richard, Henry and Alice Lawrence, children of his sister Lawrence, when they each reached 21; - sole executor to be William Bull, his son; - witnesses: William Whitbread, Thomas Cranfeild

24 Aug 1672

From: 1672 To: 1672

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Bull, William,
Bull, Elizabeth,
Purser, Edward,
Hutton,
Shugsbrow, John,
Foster, Thomas,
Purser, William,
Purser, Charles,
Lawrence, Richard,
Lawrence, Henry,
Lawrence, Alice,
Cranfeild, Thomas,
Whitbread, William

William will: Bull, burial, churchyards, Cardington charities, widow, Christmas, CARDINGTON