• Reference
    NC1154
  • Title
    Will of Joseph Tilcock of Flitwick, yeoman.
  • Date free text
    10 Dec 1734, proved 19 May 1735
  • Production date
    From: 1734 To: 1735
  • Scope and Content
    to nephew J Seybrook and his wife Bennett Seybrook, for lives, remainder to their son William Seybrook (who is to pay £20 to his sister Ann) - Messuage and land in Aspley Guise in occupation George Ward to brother Richard Tilcock and wife Martha , for lives, remainder to their son Joseph Tilcock - Messuage called the Bell, and 5 acres arable in Aspley Guise to nephew Joseph Tilcock - £30 to nephew Richard Tilcock - £10 to Bridgett, wife of Richard Tilcock - £10 to William Tilcock, son of nephew Richard Tilcock - £10 to apprentice him to a trade at age 14, and £30 to niece Bennett Seybrook, wife of J Seybrook - £40 to Ann Seybrook and William Seybrook, son and daughter of J Seybrook - £20 each to niece Kezia Hillard, wife of J Hillard - £20, and all household goods, except those bequeathed to Katharine and Mary Martin to H Tilcock, son of brother Richard Tilcock - £30 to Mary Martin, daughter of kinsman Richard Martin - £20, hanging press and chest of drawers to James, Robert, Joseph, Thomas and Mary Martin, children of kinsman Richard Martin - £10 each to children of kinsman Thomas Robinson who are now living - £10 each to children of kinsman Christopher Sinfield by Elizabeth Sinfield, deceased - £5 each to my sister Linney and her daughter - 50s each to Mary Seybrook, daughter of nephew William Seybrook, deceased - £20, and to her mother 1s to brother Richard Tilcock and wife Martha - £20 each to kinsman Thomas Robinson and wife Martha - £5 each to buy mourning to kinsman Richard Martin - £10, together with £20 which Richard owes on bond to niece of Katharine, wife of Richard Martin - £30, bedstead, feather bed, curtains, valence, quilt, blankets, bolster, pillows and one pair flaxen sheets, being the bed and bedding which my wife her aunt desired that she might have to poor of Aspley Guise - 50s to Ann Seybrook, daughter of nephew J Seybrook - £20 to brother-in-law J Farmer - £10 to kinsman Robert Farmer and wife Elizabeth - £5 to brother Richard Tilcock - my great Bible to nephew Joseph Tilcock - all wearing apparel to kinsman William Seybrook, son of nephew J Seybrook - further £20 Overseer of the will: kinsman William Martin senior of Harlington Wood End - 2 guineas Executor: nephew J Seybrook
  • Level of description
    item