HN2/PoF30

Probate of will of Mark Clark

25 Jun 1798

From: 1798 To: 1799

Probate of will of Mary Clark of Leighton Buzzard, widow - reciting purchase of a moiety of two closes called Pesthouse Closes and Clarkes Closes, Leighton Buzzard from Francis and John Cox in her own occupation to which her daughters Mary and Sarah Clarke, with her, were admitted as joint tenants after her decease; - reciting that Francis and John Cox were bound to the testatrix that Charles Thomas Pettengal, a minor, would surrender the remaining moiety in the closes to her for her life and, after her death, to her two daughters - directing Charles Thomas Pettengal to surrender his moiety of the closes to her two daughters; - devising Plume of Feathers in the Grain Market of Leighton Buzzard in her own occupation to her eldest son James subject to a payment of £200 each to her two daughters Mary and Sarah; - bequeathing £500 to her son Thomas; - bequeathing £200 to her daughter Catherine Fountaine; - devising and bequeathing the residue of her estate to James, Mary and Sarah equally who should carry on the inn together equally, the daughters living there for two years from the death of the testatrix, James having half the profits the other half being divided between Mary and Sarah; - appointing James executor; - witnessed by John Dell, James Dell and David Willis; - attached probate of 20 Dec 1799 in Peculiar of Leighton Buzzard

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Clark, Mary,
Cox, Francis,
Cox, John,
Clarke, Mary,
Clarke, Sarah,
Pettengal, Charles Thomas,
Clark, Sarah,
Clark, Thomas,
Clarke, Thomas,
Clark, Catherine,
Clarke, Catherine,
Fountaine, Catherine,
Clark, James,
Clarke, James,
Dell, John,
Dell, James,
Willis, David

wills, Leighton Buzzard fields, LEIGHTON BUZZARD, Leighton Buzzard Plume of Feathers, Leighton Buzzard Lake Street