Reference
B318/16
Title
Will of John Carte of Ampthill, plumber and glazier.
To wife Eliz. Carte 50;
to nephews Geo., John, Wm. and James Travell 5 each;
to niece Mary Gibbs and to Mary the wife of Wm. Morris of Shefford,
ironmonger, and to Geo. Poulton who now lives with testator
100 each;
to much respected friends Joseph Morris of Ampthill, esq., and Wm.
Parsons of Wootton Pillinge, yeo., trustees and exors., on trust:
- mess, cottages or tent. in Ampthill where testator lives
on trust for wife for life, then to be sold;
- all freehold, copyhold messuages and land in Ampthill
and elsewhere
on trust to sell, with a proviso that nephew Thos. Gibbs, son of
late sister Mary Gibbs, shall be offered several closes of pasture
purchased of Pye and Geo. Farnell, cont. 8a., for 700.
Out of money arising they are to pay
to sister Eliz. Travell 5 p.a. for life;
to niece Ann Forbes 4 p.a. for maintenance of her children.
Residue to wife for life
On wife's death the monies [excluding 100 on trust for Eliz.
Travell, which on her death is to be divided among the children
of her late sister Mary Gibbs and brother Humph. Carte] are to
be divided as follows:
- 80 bet. the three chn. of niece Ann Forbes;
- reside among all the children of late sister Mary Gibbs and
brother Humphrey Carte.
The shares of neph. James Gibbs to neph. Thos. Gibbs for the use
of his brother; of niece Mary dau. of brother Humph. Carte
to be paid to sd. Humph. Carte, as she is non compos mentis;
of niece Catherine Jackson one of chn. of sd. late sister Mary
Gibbs to be paid to he personally notwihstanding her couverture.
made 21 Dec 1817
Date free text
1817
Production date
From: 1817 To: 1817
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