• Reference
    X557/12
  • Title
    Probate of the Will of Richard Harbett senior, Westoning, yeoman
  • Date free text
    14 May 1803; Proved 22 Jul 1807
  • Production date
    From: 1803 To: 1807
  • Scope and Content
    to eldest son, Thomas Harbett, Westoning, labourer … £120 to eldest daughter Sarah Hall, otherwise Sarah wife of Henry Petitt of Walthamstow, Essex, widow … £100, largest silver tablespoon to daughter Mary Burridge of Higham "Gobion in this County", widow … £60, smallest silver tablespoon to granddaughters Elizabeth Burridge and Margaret Burridge … £20 each to daughter Ann, wife of William Stanbridge of Westoning, farmer … £100, six silver teaspoons to son Richard Harbett, Westoning, shopkeeper … £80 to grandson William Harbett, son of Richard Harbett … £20, my silver watch to youngest son, William Harbett, Toddington, gentleman … £60 to daughter Lucy Armsden, Westoning, widow … £100, remaining five silver teaspoons to daughter Roberta, wife of William Smith senior, Sundon, farmer … £100, my silver punch ladle to youngest daughter Susanna Peters, Ridgmont, widow … £100, my [illegible] and my silver teatongs to son in law Joseph Higgs senior, Westoning and to his children William, Sarah, Fanny, Ann and Joseph … £8 each to the children of said Joseph Higgs senior, i.e. Milly, Roberta and Richard Higgs … £10 each to grandson Thomas Atlee, son of late Thomas Attlee of Toddington, deceased … £60 to housekeeper Fanny Read, widow … £20, £2 extra to buy mourning all above legacies to be paid out of personal estate to be paid within 12 months of his decease, or when grandchildren concerned reach 21 (to receive interest in meantime) residue of any money bequeathed to executors and executrix household goods and furniture to be sold and money arising to be equally divided between sons and daughters sons Thomas, Richard and William Harbett, and daughter Susanna Peters appointed executors and executrix will dated 14 May 1803 probate (Prerogative Court of Canterbury) by William Harbett only 22 Jul 1807
  • Level of description
    item