• Reference
    H/WS650
  • Title
    Order in Chancery for payment of legacy of £1000 J. Nicholas, Thomas Nicholas, Robert Tilley and wife Mary (nee Nicholas), James Nicholas, and Susannah Nicholas, plaintiffs. J. Wellingham, Sarah Nicholas, and J. Newball Bacon, defendants
  • Date free text
    26 April 1832
  • Production date
    From: 1832 To: 1832
  • Scope and Content
    Recites Will of J. Wellingham of Whitwell, St. Pauls Walden, tanner, 2 Oct. 1802, bequeathing property to eldest son John the defendant ,subject to annuity of £40 to daughter Elizabeth (now dead) then wife of J. Nicholas, & to a legacy of £1000 to be divided among Elizabeth's children after her death and when they reach 21. J. Wellingham died April 1803 Elizabeth Nicholas died 16 May 1830 The Plaintiffs and also the defendant Sarah Nicholas (who is of unsound mind but with Lucid intervals) are children of Elizabeth Nicholas, over 21, and claim the £1000 legacy as a charge on the estate prior to the mortgage to Bacon.
  • Level of description
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