Reference
X702/25
Title
Copy of will of Robert Wiles, Wyboston, yeoman
Date free text
12 Oct 1791; codicil 19 Jun 1793; administration 4 Jan 1794
Production date
From: 1791 To: 1794
Scope and Content
… to son Richard Wiles
- messuage and bakehouse and land in Eaton Socon, purchased of Mark Moon, now in occupation of Thomas Hewitt
… to Silvester Wiles, St Neots, Huntingdonshire, son Thomas Wiles and nephew Thomas Wiles, Coulsden, Bedfordshire, for their trouble as executors and trustees
- 10 guineas each
… to said trustees
- White Horse, Eaton Socon, in trust for sale to pay legacies
- personal estate, farming stock etc. to convert into money to pay debts and legacies
whereas before marriage to 2nd wife, Jane Dixie, widow, he purchased several goods of her for £200 and gave a bond for £400 now in keeping of Captain William Boxer, Dover Street, near Folkestone in Kent
… to children of said Jane Dixie
to William Dixie
- £100
to Maria Dixie
- £100
to Jane Dixie
- £50
to Francis Dixie
- £50
if said bond shall have been worded so as to make him or executors liable to payment thereof, then said legacies void. If bond is given up cancelled within 3 months after his decease, then legacies confirmed
… to son Robert Wiles
- £5
… to son Thomas Wiles
- £500
… to son Richard Wiles
- £150
… to Sarah Wiles, daughter
- £300
… to Elizabeth Wiles, daughter
- £300
at 21 or day of marriage. Until then to be invested and interest used in their maintenance
… to wife Martha
- £300
… to children by said Martha
to John Wiles
- £300
to Mary Wiles
- £200
to Francis Wiles
- £200
at 21 or marriage. In meantime to be invested
wife appointed guardian
trustees appointed guardians of other minor children
… to wife Martha
- residue of real and personal estate
… to son Robert
- £100 more
… to William Dixie
- silver tankard which was his mother's
… to Maria Dixie
- a mahogany chest of drawers
… to Jane and Francis Dixie
- rest of silver plate which was their mother's
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witnesses: Edward Fish Palmer, Jeremy Fish Palmer, Thomas Kidman 12 Oct 1791
Administration with will annexed granted to Martha Wiles, on the renunciation of Thomas Wiles, the son, who made oath that personal estate did not amount to £1,000 4 Jan 1794
with codicil
legacy and executorship to nephew Thomas Wiles of Coulsden, revoked
… to William and Maria Dixie
- £50 each (not £100)
legacies to sons Robert, Thomas, Richard, John and daughter Mary revoked
… to son Robert Wiles
- £50
… Thomas Wiles
- £400
… Richard Wiles
- £200
… John Wiles
- £400
… to daughter Mary
- £300
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witnesses: Robert Thorns, Alice Aunton (mark), Thomas Kidman 19 Jun 1793
Level of description
item