• Reference
    LL17/142
  • Title
    (Copy) Probate of Will of William Backhouse.
  • Date free text
    3 Sep 1740, proved 21 Feb 1748/9
  • Production date
    From: 1748 To: 1749
  • Scope and Content
    -To father and mother, £10 each. -To brother Reverend Robert Backhouse and wife Susanna, £10. -To brother John Backhouse and nephew Thomas Strickland and nieces Mary and Dorothy, £10 each. -If any child of Isaac Eeles and wife Margaretta is living at death of testator, trustees to invest £500 for it. -Real and personal estate to brother Robert and nephew Thomas Strickland as trustees to invest for daughter Margaretta, remainder to children. Witnesses: John Wolfferman, H. Offley, Thomas Steer.
  • Level of description
    item