W1463

Probate of will of Jn. Eston. (Copy). To w. Grace - £500, furn. & household goods, wrought plate, 'all her pearls, rings, jewels, & wearing apparell, saveing that when she dyeth she shall leave the hangings, curtains, bedstead, silk quilts, & coverlids now used & belonging to the 4 lodging chambers over the hall parlour & kitchen' to inheritor of dwelling house. To nephew Wm. Nicholls of Bedf. mercer (s. of dcd. sis. Susan) - £300, To niece Eliz. Eston now in Lond. (d. of br. Andrew dcd.) - £300, To neph. Jn. Jervis. now in Lond. (s. of sis. Eliz. dcd.) - £300, whereof £100 to his dau. Eliz. w. of Thos. Palmer of Bedf., To cous. Hannah. Hemmings wid. of Lond. (d. of aunt Kendall late of Northants. dcd.) - £100, To only rem. dau. of cous. Geo. Kendall dcd. (bro. of sd. Hannah) - £50, To kinsman Wm. Tuttee of Herts. baker - £100, To Edw. Sims of Bedf. tailor (s. of Edw. S. shoemaker dcd.) - £100, To Jn. Sims of Bedf. pipemaker (s. of cous. Rich. S. Glover) - £100, 'to be div. & disposed for the benefit of him & his chn.' acc. to advice of exors. To Eliz. & Mary Sims (2 daus. of Rich. S. jun.(?) combmaker late of Bedf. dcd.) - £10 ea., To poor of Bedf. - £20, To friend Ol. Peck of Cardn. - £200 if he acts as exor. Bequests for moarning to w. & 2 servs. Wm. Nicholls, w. & s. Philip, Jn. Jervis, Eliz. Eston, Hannah. H., Wm. Tuttee, Ol. Peck. Real Estate To w. Grace: - - cott. at Westcotts Wlstd. purch. of Wm. & Jn. Manley now occ. W.M., past clo. in same purch. of Wm. Edwards occ. Wm. Langley, & for life. - - all tens. in Bef. O. Warden, Wlstd., Elstow, Card., Wilden, To Wm. Nicholls - - tens in Hill purch. of Jn. Kelyng occ. Thos. King, - mess. in High St., St Paul's Bedf. purch. of Mary Bell wid. & s. Rob. 'in wh. I now dwell', mess. adjg. occ. Jn. Peck wollen draper. w. ground passage & liberties thro. Dolphin Yard adjg., purch. of Jn. Parrott of Milton Ernest 'who afterwards sold the mess. called the Dolphin to Mr. Bell'; occ. Jn. Peck, orchd., barn & stable in St. Paul's abtg. on Castle Lane, - - all lands lately purch. of Ralph Hough & w. Ursula in Card. & Elstow occ. Rob. Wilshear, to pay annuities of £20 to Eliz. Eston & Jn. Jarvis To Eliza. Eston - - lands in Wilden purch. of Jn. Goodman D.D. (tog w. other land in Caldecote since sold to Ralph Bromsall esq.), occ. Edw. Kippet, 2 tens. in Mill Lane St. Paul's Bedf. occ. Mary Prigmore wid. & James Brown bricklayer. Exors. - w. Grace, Wm. Nicholls, Ol. Peck. Witns. Geo. Wagstaffe, Wm. Henley, Rob. Nelson, Thos. Woodward. proved: 2 Nov. 1697

4 Jan 1696

From: 1696 To: 1697

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Eston, John,
Eston, Grace,
Nicholls, William,
Nicholls, Susan,
Eston, Susan,
Eston, Elizabeth,
Eston, Andrew,
Jervis, John,
Palmer, Elizabeth,
Palmer, Thomas,
Hemmings, Hannah,
Kendall,
Kendall, George,
Kendall, Hannah,
Tuttee, William,
Sims, Edward,
Sims, John,
Sims, Richard,
Sims, Elizabeth,
Sims, Mary,
Peck, Oliver,
Nicholls, Philip,
Manley, William,
Manley, John,
Edwards, William,
Langley, William,
Kelyng, John,
King, Thomas,
Bell, Mary,
Peck, John,
Parrott, John,
Bell,
Hough, Ralph,
Hough, Ursula,
Wilshear, Robert,
Goodman, John,
Bromsall, Ralph,
Kippet, Edward,
Prigmore, Mary,
Brown, James (d),
Grace, W.,
Wagstaffe, George,
Nelson, Robert,
Woodward, Thomas

John will: Eston, mercer, baker, tailor, shoemaker, pipemaker, glover, combmaker, servants, cottages, woollen draper, Bedford Dolphin, High Street, Doctor of Divinity, bricklayer, Westcotts, BEDFORD, Old Warden, WILSHAMSTEAD, ELSTOW, CARDINGTON, WILDEN, Bedford High Street, Bedford Castle Lane, WILDEN, Caldecote, Bedford Mill Lane