• Reference
    X478/2
  • Title
    Office Copy of Will (Prerogative Court of Canterbury); James Metcalfe of Roxton House, Bedfordshire, esquire
  • Date free text
    6 Feb 1793; Probate 14 Jun 1793
  • Production date
    From: 1793 To: 1793
  • Scope and Content
    Appoints as trustees and executors of all property in Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire, wife Susanna Metcalfe, Reverend Frogmere Cumming of Great Barford and Henry Soame of Thurlow, Suffolk, esquire for 500 year term To wife Susanna, £300 immediately on testator's death; 1/3 of rents, issues and profits of all estates for life To 4 daughters, Sophia, Frances, Susanna and Katherine, £1,200 to be divided equally on reaching 21 or on marriage with interest at £4% per annum; to receive for maintenance and education a sum not exceeding £3% per annum of their respective presumptive portions To son Charles James Metcalfe all estates on reaching 21 To Henry Soame and Frogmere Cumming £50 each for a ring 500 year term to end when trusts fulfilled Witnesses: Henrietta Park, Sarah Kidman, John Park
  • Level of description
    item