• Reference
    BS795
  • Title
    Probate of Dorothy Smyth of Woburn, widow. Various personal bequests [details given]. Witnesses: Charles Browne, James [-]
  • Date free text
    17 Oct 1699, proved 22 Apr 1700
  • Production date
    From: 1699 To: 1700
  • Admin/biog history
    BRA Stamp 220 from Mrs G Atthill, Croydon
  • Scope and Content
    Details given: -- To son-in-law Roger Smith and grandson Roger Smith (son of son-in-law Richard Smith), all messuages and lands in Loughton, Buckinghamshire; -- To nephew John Revell (brother-in-law Edward Revell is deceased) and to Daniel Norris, 1 guinea each; -- To sister-in-law Mary Norris and Martha Windmill, £5 each, and Susan Smith, £130 due on mortgage from widow Shaw for lands in Hockliffe; also £70; -- To servants: Anne Ireland, 40 shillings; John [-]um, 10 shillings; Elizabeth Smith, 10 shillings. -- To 2 children of daughter-in-law Elizabeth Coles, £100 each (to be paid to their father Benedict); -- To Anne (wife of Andrew Phillips), £30 and £20; All these to be paid from money due from Thomas Lewelling of Horton, Shropshire. -- To son-in-law Roger Smith, furniture and goods in best chamber, and silver pot; -- To son-in-law Richard Smith, silver ... and 'stone ring which was my late husband's'.
  • Level of description
    item