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Copy will of William Betts of Flitwick, yeoman:

Made 28 Feb 1742; proved 3 Apr 1744; attested copy made 3 May 1750

From: 1742 To: 1750

To wife Elizabeth for life, then to son Charles and heirs, paying son James Betts £10 and daughter Sarah Betts £20: ... 2 cottages and 3 acres 1 rood arable purchased by testator’s late father William Betts from John Owens deceased, together with barns etc. in Maulden, late in occupation John Brownsell, now of testator’s son Charles Betts. To son Charles all household goods etc. To wife best bed and bedding To daughter Sarah a further £20 To daughter Ann Thickpenny and Daughter Elizabeth Stonebridge 1s each residue to son John Witnesses: Mary Wright, William Wildman, Daniel Wright Proved Archdeaconry of Bedford

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Betts, William,
Betts, Elizabeth,
Betts, Charles,
Betts, James,
Betts, Sarah,
Betts, John,
Owens, John,
Brownsell, John,
Thickpenny, Ann,
Stonebridge, Elizabeth,
Wright, Mary,
Wildman, William,
Wright, Daniel

FLITWICK, DEEDS, legal papers, wills, MAULDEN