Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    WB/Fordham4/1/Dun/W1
  • Title
    Copy will of 13 Oct 1824 of Thomas Brown of Church End, Dunton, farmer: - all real estate to his wife Sarah for her life; - all personal estate to his wife to allow her to carry on his farming business; - inventory of all personal estate to be made by his wife and given to his executors; - to his son John, after the death of the testator's wife, his five cottages near Boot, Dunton with adjoining piece of arable of 5 acres; land to be charged with payment of legacies; - to his son William and daughters Sarah Clark and Mary Frost 10 each; - to his grandsons Thomas and John Brown (children of his dead son Henry) 5 each; - 20 amongst the four children of his dead daughter Ann Jescot; - his cottages on the Green in Dunton, after the death of the testator's wife, to his son Thomas for life, remainder to testator's son Simeon's sons William, John and James as tenants in common; - his cottage and half an acre of land in Church End, after the death of the testator's wife, to his son Simeon for his life, remainder to Simeon's son, Thomas; - his farming stock and effects, after the death of the testator's wife, to his son Simeon; - testator's son John to be able to use horse and ploughs to plough his land in Dunton for his life, whether they were owned by testator's wife or other son Simeon at the time; - William Pope of Biggleswade, maltster and testator's sons John and Simeon to be executors - signed by mark; - witnesses: Thomas Waters of Newton Bury; James Huffer of Biggleswade; George Austin, clerk to Mr.Lindsell of Biggleswade, solicitor; - proved 14 Apr 1826 in Archdeaconry of Bedford; - certified by Edmund Stanton and William Thomas Chapman 13 Aug 1834; - presented at Manor Court of Goyes by John Brown and Isaac Curchin on 13 Jan 1832
  • Date free text
    13 Oct 1824
  • Production date
    From: 1824 To: 1832
  • Level of description
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