• Reference
    HN10/273/Paxton11
  • Title
    Affidavit in Support of Originating Summons Chancery Case 1886.P.1068 Mary Ann Ricketts Plaintiff and Thomas Lingard Green, John Thomas Green and Charles Dymoke Green, Defendants, stating: - she was daughter of Thomas Paxton; - Thomas Paxton died on 14 May 1823 and in his will of 12 Apr 1823 appointed Thomas Paxton of Potsgrove, farmer and Joseph King of Milton Bryan, farmer as trustees and executors; - Codicil to will of Thomas Paxton of 11 May 1823 substituting John Green of Woburn, solicitor for Thomas Paxton; - proof of will and codicil by Joseph King and John Green in Northampton DPR on 3 Oct 1823, effects being sworn under £600; - death of Joseph King on 24 Feb 1851; - death of John Green on 4 Jun 1885 and his will of 2 Jul 1879 making his three sons John Thomas, Thomas Lingard and Charles Dymoke Green his executors; - proof of will of John Green by executors on 8 Jul 1885 in Northampton DPR; - she was entitled as legatee to one fifth share of estate of Thomas Paxton; - neither John Green nor John King nor the defendants as representatives of John Green had ever rendered account for the money received under Thomas Paxton's estate; - she was entitled to another fifth of the estate of Thomas Paxton as one of the legatees, her brother Thomas, died unmarried before her father; - sworn at Leighton Buzzard before David Thomas Willis
  • Date free text
    18 May 1886
  • Production date
    From: 1823 To: 1886
  • Level of description
    item