Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    LS103
  • Title
    Probate [copy] of Henry Ward of Potton, fellmonger, with codicil.
  • Date free text
    Will 28 December 1739, codicil 1 January 1739/40, proved 12 February 1739/40.
  • Production date
    From: 1739 To: 1739
  • Scope and Content
    To Daniel Robinson of Potton, butcher, & wife Mary, for life:- cottage in Potton in his occupation, also 11 roods meadow in Swetsom's meadow; cottage in Flitwick occupied by [blank] Billett & 98 acres in common fields of Flitwick occupied by [blank] Windmill; then:- that in Potton to Anne Robinson, their daughter; that in Flitwick to Daniel Robinson, their son; To trustees & executors, Thomas Underwood of Potton, haberdasher, & George Pedley of Potton, gentleman:- cottage occupied by testator in Potton, late purchased of John Keeling, 55 acres arable, 5 acres meadow dispersed in Potton, late purchased of Mr. Lee, for following legacies:- to John Fordham of Potton, glover, £100; his wife Elizabeth & son John £5; their 4 children (John, Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah) £5 each; to John Ward of Eynesbury, farmer, & his elder son £20 each, younger son £5; to Elizabeth (nee Ward) wife of Jonathan Waller, £20; to Mary Godfrey, widow, "who now lives with me" £100; other legacies to Mary (another daughter of Daniel Robinson); sister Elizabeth Ward, widow; Joseph Lake of Biggleswade, butcher; Thomas Crawley of Shefford, fellmonger; Henry Day of Potton, tailor; minister of Potton for funeral sermon; 6 bearers; to churchwardens of Potton, £60; to minister of Potton 20shillings per annum for sermon, £60 being invested for same, and residue of interest for teaching poor children. Witnesses Thomas Bumbery, James Brown, Robert Sale. Codicil relating to mourning & gravestones.
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