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Copy of Will; William Rudd of Welborne, Lincolnshire, gentleman

18 Jun 1720

From: 1720 To: 1720

- to wife Mercy, household goods, implements of husbandry, crops on ground etc also 4 cows, one heifer, 2 swine hogs & all rents due from tenants Richard Maples & William Randall; also £100 - to son Edward Rudd parcels of ground purchased of Edward Bray, deceased, being 17 acres called Homeside Peece and Mare Hole Close in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire. - to son Edward during life of testator's daughter Mary Crump, Farm Close 4 acres & 4 acres meadow of which 2 acres in Horsecroft Nooke & 2 acres in Long Mead alias Ray Mead in furlong called Dry Holme in Biggleswade; Crown Close 2 acres & Rye Close 1 acre; cottage with hempland in Shortmead Street occupied by William Parker, paying her £20 per annum & after her death moiety to testator's son Edward & other moiety to son Jonathan - after death of wife to Jonathan for life, then to his son William (grandson of testator) 50 acres 1 rood arable in fields of Southill, Stamford & Broome in Bedfordshire, now occupied by Thomas Dilly - to grand-daughter Mercy Rudd £100 at 18 - to grand-daughters Mary & Ann Crump £100 each at 18; also 11 guineas each to put them out apprentice - to poor of Welborne 20s - son Edward sole executor & residuary legatee witnesses: George Knight George Moore W. Leightonhouse dated: 18 June 1720 endorsed: these belong to Mr Pedly of Sutton deliver them to him without fee or reward. S. Luke (paper)

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Rudd, William,
Rudd, Mercy,
Maples, Richard,
Randal, William,
Rudd, Edward,
Bray, Edward,
Rudd, Mary,
Crump, Mary,
Parker, William,
Rudd, Jonathan,
Dilly, Thomas,
Crump, Ann,
Pedley,
Luke, S.

wills, William will: Rudd, Welbourn, household goods, husbandry, crops, cattle, pigs, rentals, tenancy, money, BUILDINGS & LAND USE, Biggleswade fields, BIGGLESWADE, HOUSING, cottages, hemp, Biggleswade Shortmead Street, Southill fields, SOUTHILL, Stanford, Broom, apprenticeship, charity