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ST399
Title
Probate of will of George Wheeler of Bedford St Mary, cordwainer
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Will made 27 March 1706/7; proved Archdeaconry of Bedford 27 December 1707
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From: 1706 To: 1707
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to wife Ursula, messuage in St Mary where he lives for life, then to niece Sarah Curtis, spinster and heirs, she to pay her sister Mary Curtis £20 and Mary, wife of Richard Pearles of Bedford, innholder, £5. If Sarah has no issue, then to go to Mary Curtis and heirs, who is to pay Mary Pearles £20. to friends Thomas Money, Kempston, Bedfordshire, gentleman and Joseph Mann, Bromham Grange, yeoman, 2 cottages in Kempston Boxend and orchards and gardens now in occupation William Tompkins and John Robinson, and certain land in Kempston, to give income to wife for life or until she remarries, then to niece Judith wife of George Green of Clapham, daughter of testator’s brother John Wheeler. Out of rents trustees are also to pay testator’s two sisters Phoebe Tucker and Mary Curtis £2 per annum for life. On death of sisters trustees to raise out of property £20 for William Freelove, Bedford, gardener, and £5 for Mary Pearles. On death Judith Green, premises to her children. to nephew William Browne of St Neots, pipemaker £10 and to his brother James Browne of Potton £5 to John Allen of Riseley, cordwainer £10 Witnesses: F Brace, John Penington, William Coomes.
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