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Copy of Will; William Rands of Biggleswade, gardener

dated: 16 Mar 1803; proved: Biggleswade Peculiar 16 May 1810

From: 1803 To: 1810

- to wife Mary all household effects that were hers before marriage & £40 that she had before marriage, also £10 per annum chargeable on testator's real estate bequeathed to daughter Ann Hunt - to grand-daughters Mary Dorley, Elizabeth Hodges, Rhoda Cashmore, Dorothy Hodges & Keturah Hodges the daughters of testator's late daughter Mary Hodges deceased £40 each - to grand-daughters Kitty Hodges & Sarah Hodges daughters of said Mary Hodges deceased, £40 each at age 21 or marriage with interest at 5% per annum from testator's decease - to grandson Robert Hodges 2 cottages with common right in Holme Street in Biggleswade in occupation of John Milton & Mathew Southoe - to grandson Joseph Hodges 2 other cottages in Holm Street formerly estate of James Brooke now in occupation of William Lawman & James Britten - to grandson Thomas Hodges 2 other cottages in Holme Street in occupation of Robert Wilson & James Crawley - to daughter Ann Hunt for life: A: messuage in Shortmead Street in Biggleswade in occupation of testator & son-in-law John Hunt & 7 roods enclosed garden ground adjoining also in testator's occupation purchased of Mr John Spriggs B: piece of arable called Little Moor Gilletts 2 acres 3 rood 19 perches in occupation of John Hunt purchased of Culling Smith esquire & William [?] James Brooke C: 2 cottages in Biggleswade in occupation of Peter Stanley & Hannah Lawman together with piece of garden ground in occupation of William Hunt on South of said cottages D: other cottage in Biggleswade in occupation of John Leighton & piece of garden ground occupied by said John & Hannah Lawman on North side E: parcel of land allotted in lieu of 2 lands in Chesterfield in Sandy, 1 acre occupied by William Cousins & William Winepress & now of William Simons. After death of Ann Hunt, A. to grandson William Hunt; B. to grand-daughters Ann & Mary Hunt; C. to grand-daughter Naomi Hunt; D. to grand-daughter Frances Hunt; E. to grand-daughter. Margaret Hunt. - to grand-daughters Ann, Mary, Naomi, Frances & Margaret Hunt daughters of said Ann Hunt £10 each & to Joanna daughter of the same £50, all at 21 or marriage. Portion of any dying to be divided among survivors; interest until payable to go to maintenance & education of the same - to daughter Ann Hunt cottage & piece of garden ground at Stratford in Sandy & parcel of 3 acres allotted to testator on Enclosure in lieu of common right belonging to said cottage, with appurtenances in occupation of said William Simons subject to annuity of £10 to testator's wife - said Ann Hunt residual legatee; executors: said Ann Hunt & testator's grandson William Hunt witness: Isaac Hindley, H.O. Roe, Thomas Manton dated: 16 March 1803 proved: Biggleswade Peculiar 16 May 1810

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Rands, William,
Rands, Mary,
Rands, Ann,
Hunt, Ann,
Dorley, Mary,
Hodges, Mary,
Hodges, Elizabeth,
Cashmore, Rhoda,
Hodges, Rhoda,
Hodges, Dorothy,
Hodges, Keturah,
Hodges, Kitty,
Hodges, Sarah,
Hodges, Robert,
Milton, John,
Southoe, Matthew,
Hodges, Joseph,
Brooke, James,
Lawman, William,
Britten, James,
Hodges, Thomas,
Wilson, Robert,
Crawley, James,
Hunt, John,
Spriggs, John,
Smith, Culling,
Stanley, Peter,
Lawman, Hannah,
Hunt, William,
Leighton, John,
Cousins, William,
Winepress, William,
Simons, William,
Hunt, Mary,
Hunt, Naomi,
Hunt, Frances,
Hunt, Margaret,
Hunt, Joanna

BUILDINGS & LAND USE, wills, William will: Rands, BIGGLESWADE, gardener, household goods, money, annuities, HOUSING, cottages, rights of common, Biggleswade Holme Street, Biggleswade Shortmead Street, gardens, Biggleswade fields, arable, Sandy fields, Chesterfield [Sandy], SANDY, Stratford [Sandy], ENCLOSURE