Reference
RY89
Title
Will (copy) of Thomas Stokes, Layton Stone, Essex, gentleman
Date free text
27 Jan 1726; proved 22 Feb 1726
Production date
From: 1726 To: 1726
Scope and Content
Body to be buried in chancel of church at Boxford, Suffolk
to wife Elizabeth £800 South Sea Annuities over and above her jointure, also remainder of lease of house and premises in which he lives, all plate and jewels, household goods etc., but if she remarried the place purchased by testator of given by his relations to go to testator's brother, George Stokes of Dulwich, gentleman
to brother George Stokes, £1,000 East India Stock, life interest after death of widow in house in Exchange Alley, London, known as Garroways Coffee House, now in tenure Mr John Morice
to George Benyon, son of Henry Benyon of Boxford, gentleman, the same Garroways Coffee House on death of George Stokes, also a house in Sheer Lane, London, in tenure Charles White;
to Thomas Lee, Fenchurch Street, London, gentleman, after death of wife, a farm in Eggington near Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, in tenure of one Atwell Wells, part freehold, part copyhold, consisting of a farmhouse, barns, lands; £200
to Henry Benyon £200
to mother-in-law Elizabeth Cooke £100
to brother David Petty of Wanstead, gentleman, £30 for mourning
to friend Thomas Orbell £50
to widow Allason of Hampton £20
to servant boy George How £20
residue to wife Elizabeth, sole executrix
witnesses: Mary Mureil, Joanna Collens, Richard Wise, Burchin Lane, London
made 27 Jan 1726
proved: Prerogative Court of Canterbury 22 Feb 1726
Level of description
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