• Reference
    WE166
  • Title
    Probate of Will of John Bishop of Toddington, yeoman
  • Date free text
    30 Jul 1802, proved 17 Apr 1806
  • Production date
    From: 1802 To: 1806
  • Scope and Content
    ...Devises to cousin, Richard Fensom of Toddington, butcher, all his messuages and lands in Toddington. Legacies to cousin Thomas Chapman of Redbourne (county Hertfordshire), cousin Thomas Lawford, cordwainer, and cousins, John Fenson of Tebworth in Chalgrave, labourer, Richard Fensom of Bidwell in Houghton Regis, farmer, James Fensom, labourer, Richard Harrison of St Cuthbert’s, Bedford, cordwainer, Thomas Harrison, John Palmer of Greenfield in Flitton, yeoman, Joanna (wife of James Jenks of county Staffordshire), Joseph Bright junior, Mary Fensom of All Saints, Northampton, spinster, Elizabeth (wife of [blank] How of Leagrave in parish of Luton, labourer), Judith(wife of [blank] Brittain of Maulden, shepherd), Sarah Hollis widow, Hannah White widow of London, Rebecca Fensom of Ampthill spinster, Bett (wife of George Armstrong of Battlesden, cow-dealer), and Mary Banwell spinster of Milton Bryant, and to friend Thomas Gregory, schoolmaster. executors: Richard Fensom and Thomas Gregory. Witnesses: Thomas Hobbs, Thomas Foxon, and William Hobbs. [Papered seal of the Commissary of Archdeaconry of Bedford]
  • Level of description
    item