• Reference
    NC145
  • Title
    Will [copy] of Stanyan Bigg of Leighton Buzzard, gentleman.
  • Date free text
    18 Feb 1803, proved 22 Mar 1803
  • Production date
    From: 1803 To: 1803
  • Scope and Content
    - to son Robert freehold meadow in the N. end of Leighton Buzzard, in occupation John How, corn factor - to son John Gorell Bigg 10 acres freehold land in Slaptton and Horton, Buckinghamshire - to daughter Agnes Dorothy 5 acres in the common fields of Leighton Buzzard, part freehold, part copyhold - to children shares in Grand Junction canal - to son Robert silver pint jug, 2 silver tablespoons, bureau in best room, watch, a chromatic telescope, 8 volumes of Philosophical Transactions, moiety of other books - to son John Gorell silver ½ pint mug, 2 silver table spoons, optical machine for viewing prints, other moiety of books - to daughter Agnes 2 silver table spoons, cream ewer, pair silver salts Witnesses: William R Lawford, surgeon; T Francklin; T Deverell, attorney, Leighton Buzzard.
  • Level of description
    item