Reference
R6/19/3/50
Title
Probate of will of William Whitbread of Eversholt
Date free text
21 August 1773
Production date
From: 1773 To: 1773
Scope and Content
Probate of will of William Whitbread of Eversholt, yeoman of 4 February 1773 “being sick and weak in body”:
- bequeathing to his son William his best coat and waistcoat, breeches and hat and his best great coat;
- bequeathing to his son Michael the remainder of his clothing;
- bequeathing to his wife Sarah his bedstead in the parlour the use of his feather bed in the parlour for her life;
- bequeathing to his wife his looking glass and table under it in the parlour, his chest of drawers in the lodging room, his leather trunk, box, four covered stools and a two-elbowed chair “whichever she shall choose”;
- bequeathing to his daughter Elizabeth, after the death of his wife, his feather bed in the parlour;
- bequeathing to his daughters Sarah and Ann the bed and bedding “wherein they do now lie”;
- bequeathing to his daughter Sarah the little folding table;
- bequeathing to his daughter Ann the little brown table in the lodging room;
- bequeathing to his son William four pairs of shoes;
- bequeathing to his three youngest children Sarah, Michael and Ann one pair of shoes each;
- bequeathing to his wife the rest of his sheets;
- bequeathing the rest of his household goods to his son William “except a few things which I do desire my said son William Whitbread will let his mother have if she shall choose any and I desire he will not differ with my wife about trifles”;
- bequeathing the residue of his personal estate to his wife , son William and friend Joseph Bevan of Beckerings Park, Ridgmont in trust for sale;
- devising his real estate to the trustees in trust for sale then paying £200 to his wife in lieu of dower and £40 to his son William £5 to his son Michael, the residue to be divided between his children William, Caleb, Samuel, Josiah, John, Nathaniel, Michael, Sarah and Ann and his daughter Elizabeth Hawkins equally;
- appointing his trustees executrix and executors;
- witnesses: John Rotherham, clerk to Mr Reddall; John Francis, servant to Mr Reddall; Mary Dubery, servant to Mr Whitbread
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