Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    R6/63/28/1
  • Title
    Will of James Partridge of St.Clement Danes [Middlesex], staymaker: - hoping for remission of sins "among the Elect"; - bequeathing £10 to his brother John whom he forgives all his debts; - bequeathing annuity of £5 to his sister Mary Beaumont, unless she inherited the estate of their late brother Thomas left her in his will, in which case the annuity should cease; - bequeathing £20 each to his brother John's daughters Mary Marks, Elizabeth and Hannah Partridge to be paid after his wife's death; - bequeathing £20 and his silver cup marked IP to John, son of his late brother Benjamin when he reached 25; - bequeathing £10 to Ann Fanch, daughter of his late brother Benjamin after testator's wife's death; - bequeathing £10 to the Quakers who met at the Savoy after his wife's death; - bequeathing a guinea each to his brother Abraham and sister Hester to be paid after the death of his wife; - bequeathing £5 to Elizabeth Partridge, granddaughter of his brother John and £5 to Henry, son of his late brother Jonathan, both to be paid after the death of the testator's wife; - devising all copyhold premises of the Manor of Woburn Abbotts lately surrendered to use of his will to his wife Margaret; - ordering that if his wife remarried the legacies to be paid on her death to be paid immediately; - appointing William Beach Merchant and John Whiteing, linen draper as overseers of the will and bequeathing them each half a guinea; - bequeathing the residue of his estate to his wife and appointing her sole executrix; - witnesses: Thomas Robinson; Edward Cowper; John Waller senior; - probate of 27 Aug 1711 affixed
  • Date free text
    2 Jun 1711
  • Production date
    From: 1711 To: 1711
  • Level of description
    item
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