Reference
X439/38
Title
Hertfordshire; Case for the opinion of Counsel
Date free text
17 May 1680
Production date
From: 1679 To: 1680
Scope and Content
Thomas Bryan of Leighton Buzzard, who died in August 'last' [1679?] had an estate in Hertfordshire
he left a wife, 2 sisters and a half brother
estate administered by wife, Goods appraised but no inventory exhibited
Counsel asked i) if wife may alter said inventory
ii) to whom personal estate belongs - how much to wife, and how much to sisters and how sisters may present waste or embezzlement
reply wife to have one moiety of personal estate.
Sisters and brother share other moiety
Wife may alter inventory
Distribution cannot take place until a year after Thomas' death
Level of description
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