• Reference
    BW695
  • Title
    Fossey to Earl Brownlow : Declaration of Mr Charles Stockdale Benning in support of Pedigree. [Includes copies of certificates of baptism, marriage and burial of Fossey family.]
  • Date free text
    5 January 1865
  • Production date
    From: 1865 To: 1865
  • Scope and Content
    Charles Stockdale Benning, solicitor aged 43 has resided and practised as a solicitor for 18 years and upwards. Was an intimate friend of George Fossey, late of Dunstable who died 11 March 1863 a bachelor and intestate. Had received instructions to prepare a will but Fossey died before this was completed. Was then employed by Robert Fossey, who claimed to be heir at law, to trace his descent and prove his pedigree in order to establish the claim. Gives detailed account of the results of his investigations
  • Level of description
    item