Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    RO16/12
  • Title
    Attested Copy of Will and Probate will: Charles Richards of Ampthill, gentleman
  • Date free text
    1724
  • Production date
    From: 1724 To: 1724
  • Scope and Content
    -to wife Judith all lands and tenements freehold and copyhold in Ampthill, Millbrook and Maulden -to Minister and Churchwardens of Ampthill £4..10..0 per annum from Wainwright Close in Ampthill and 1 acre sward in Ampthill Field abutting on Maggotts Moore, for buying clothes for 3 poor boys and 3 poor girls of the parish on St Thomas Day every year -to Martha Hutchinson of London (if still living) cousin "jerman" to testator's late mother £100 -to daughter and youngest son of said Martha £50 each -to Joseph Green now apprentice to a carrier in Ampthill £200 -to Edward Cartwright son of William Cartwright of Lidlington £100 due to testator from William Cartwright on a mortgage of his house and lands at Lidlington, to enter upon the said mortgage at the decease of the said William Cartwright his father -to William Cartwright another son of said William Cartwright, a fellmonger at Luton, £100 -to Anne Cartwright one of the daughters of the said William who at present resides with the testator, £200 -to Thomas Cartwright another son of said William Cartwright of Lidlington, £100 -to Jane Cartwright, another daughter of said William, £100 -wife Judith executrix and residuary legatee -to Minister and Churchwardens of Ampthill 50s per annum payable from cottage and pightle with 4 acres arable in occupation of Jane Spring called Drop Shorts in Millbrook, to buy bread for the poor of Ampthill on St Thomas Day Witnesses: William Morris, Richard Barefoot, Thomas Reddall dated: 11 Jul 1724 Probate: Prerogative Court of Canterbury granted to Judith Richards, widow 21 Aug 1724 Copy attested by R Ward and Tomas Deverell, clerk to Mr Ward Endorsement: no.24
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