• Reference
    AD4033/8
  • Title
    Copy of will of William Manton of Potter St. Bedford, market gardener, extracted from Principal Probate Divorce and Admiralty Division of High Court of Justice.
  • Date free text
    29 June 1885. proved: 8 Dec 1887
  • Production date
    From: 1885 To: 1887
  • Scope and Content
    Executors: George Jackson Cocking of Kempston, farmer and George Tilcock of St. Mary, Bedford, market gardener Bequests: to his daughter Minnie: pianoforte, feather bed. to his wife Harriet Ann: residue of personal estate. to his executors: all real estate on trust to pay income to his wife for life, then to divide his real estate among his children thus: to son Thomas: 3 freehold houses: nos.16,18,20 Pilcroft St.East. to daughter Minnie:3 freehold houses: nos.54,56,65 Pilcroft St.West. to daughter Ellen Louisa wife of William Dickens of Northampton, carpenter: 3 freehold houses:nos.22,24,26 Pilcroft St.East. to daughter Rose: wife of Joseph Marshall of Bedford, carpenter: 3 freehold houses: nos.28,30 Pilcroft St.East, and no. 61 Muswell Road,Bedford. to daughter Sarah Ann, wife of Stephen Marriott of Wellingboro' railway guard: 3 freehold houses: nos. 63,65,67 Muswell Road, Bedford. Witnesses: John Charles Revis, dealer, 32 Potter St, Bedford; William Douglas Baker, of Bedford, solicitor's clerk.
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  • Level of description
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