• Reference
    GA1958
  • Title
    William Edward Ludlow of Felmersham, gentleman.
  • Date free text
    15 Jan 1832
  • Production date
    From: 1832 To: 1832
  • Scope and Content
    Executors Reverend Henry Davis Ward of Felmersham clerk, and William Arthur Gilman of Walworth, Surrey, clerk in the Bank of England. Confirms bequests made in will of mother, Frances Marsh. [GA.1962] To friend Henry Goodhall of Crutched Friars, London, esq., Sowerby's Work on Botany, or any work he may prefer from the library of Mr Marsh. To Mrs. Mary Ward wife of Revrend Ward, ""my china jars or any china she may like."" To friend James Dyson junior, gun and belt. To the Bedford General Library, ""lately instituted, and of which the Reverend Mr Williamson is or was secretary"", the Linnean works from his library. To Miss Amy Leonora Gilman, sister of William Arthur Gilman, clothes of late mother. To servants William Rage and Henry Gross, £10 each. To executors capital messuage occupied by testator with 9 acres adjoining in Felmersham, also the Redbarn estate (31 acres), to be sold; £600 of money arising to be invested for niece Frances Mary Ann Stable, daughter of John H. Stable of Guildford; £1000 to brother Stephen Ludlow, £200 to John H. Stable, £100 to cousin Reverend William Wilcox now residing in France. Remainder to be used as follows: Rings to executors, Captain Davis, Captain Dyson, William Ellis esq., Reverend Edward Dawson junior, Joseph Pain, Mr. George and Mr Robert Hurst, Mrs Mary Ward, Mrs Laud, Mrs Stephenson, Mrs Hurst of Milton, Miss Amy Gilman. Household goods, library etc. to executors to be sold; money to pay debts etc.; remainder to brother Stephen.
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