Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    AD2922
  • Title
    Copy of Will of John Heaviside, late of Hatfield, Herts., Surgeon, then of Princes Street, Cavendish Square, Middlesex.
  • Date free text
    28 Dec 1782. (proved 19 Feb 1787) (Copy of will 6 Dec 1787.)
  • Production date
    From: 1782 To: 1787
  • Scope and Content
    - - to son John Heaviside all estate & effects (subject to legacies viz.: - to wife Mary Heaviside £300 p.a. for life & £50 for mourning; - to sister Ann King £30 annuity for life 'over and above the Interest of £350 which I have of money in my hands', 5 per cent. p.a. interest on this to be paid her; - to sister Elizabeth Natt £30 annuity for life, and cottages & closes in parish of St. Hellens, Auckland, county Durham (Estate charged with these payments and s. to invest money as legatees approve for punctual payment.); - to Thomas Duke of Leeds, 20 guineas; - to Mr. Richard Heaviside sen., Sadler, Bishopsgate Street, London, Mr. Jn. Watson, late wine Merchant, Strand, London, Mr. Jn. Rawling sen., of Sloane Street, Knightsbridge, Mddsx., Mr. James Penrose, Hatfield, Herts., Surgeon, Rev. Thos. Marsham of Hatfield, each 5 guineas; - to Chas. De Laet Esq., of Potterills, Herts. £100. Executor: son Jn. Heaviside Witnessed: Jn Balchen, Jas. Penrose, Jas. Blith. Codicil: After deaths of sisters King & Natt annuities to cease but £100 each to 3 daughters of Ann King - Penelope, Mary, Hannah (?) after decease of surviving sister; - to another daughter of A. King, Mrs. Pillborough wife of Rev. Jn. Pilborough £5 annuity for life and £5 p.a. to her eldest son, apprentice to a Wheelwright in Ipswich, 'during his Apprenticeship to find him in Cloaths.' 28 December, 1782. Note of location of duplicate of will at Mr. Penrose's, Surgeon, Hatfield. Memo.: of money in his hands belonging to several people. Affidavit of veracity of handwriting (dents. Justinian Casemajor, Wm. Tapp.)
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