• Reference
    BS1885
  • Title
    Will of Sarah Birt, Bedford, widow (copy). To son Thomas Gregory, all estates in North Crawley and Pertenhall, late in the occupation of Mary Goodman, J Low, and [-] Hollis. Cites Deed of Partition, 24 January 1774 [details given]. To son William Gregory, messuage in parish of St Mary, Bedford, in the occupation of William and Richard Parker, with wharf and coal yard, and tenement in Bedford in which she now dwells. To daughter Mary Ann Gregory, gold watch. To niece Mary Bedford, card box and locket. To granddaughters Sarah and Elizabeth (Dixie Gregory), Mary Ann and Elizabeth (Thomas Gregory), Matilda (William Gregory), plate. To sons, linen and china. To daughters in law Mrs Mary Ann Gregory and Mrs Ann Gregory, wearing apparel. Residue of the estate to three sons. Executor: Thomas Gregory. Witnesses: William Chambers, Mary West, Thomas Hidman
  • Date free text
    Proved in Archdeaconry of Bedford, 28 Jan 1802
  • Production date
    From: 1802 To: 1802
  • Admin/biog history
    BRA Stamp 958, from Cunliffe & Airey, 48 Chancery Lane
  • Scope and Content
    Cites Deed of Partition, 24 January 1774: (i) Reverend Paulet St John and wife Alice, Thomas Birt, clerk, and wife Sarah (ii) Reverend Thomas Bedford, William Bedford. Farm in parish of Kilby and Great Glen, Leicestershire, late in the occupation of Andrew Taylor and John Goodman, in trust for Sarah Birt.
  • Level of description
    item