Reference
Z1644/18
Title
Will of John Parker of Bedford, esquire, extracted from the Registry of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Date free text
22 February 1839
Production date
From: 1839 To: 1839
Scope and Content
To William Parker of Bedford, cousin: family pictures and paintings with the frames
To Richard Parker of Bedford, cousin: silver tankard
To Elizabeth wife of Thomas Parker, cousin, late of Woburn but now of Aspley Guise: gold watch
To the daughters of Thomas Parker, cousin: all silver plate and plated articles (except the tankard) to be divided between them
To William Swepson ironmonger of Bedford, friend: £50
To Catherine Gardiner, housekeeper: £20 and a mourning suit
To Joseph Franklin, servant: £10 and a mourning suit
To William John Parker of Riseley, reputed son: leasehold messuage or tenement in Riseley already in his occupation
To Richard John Parker of Bedford, reputed son: freehold messuage or tenement in Lavendon in Buckinghamshire now in the occupation of [blank] Gammons
To Charles Robinson surgeon of Bedford and the said William Swepson, friends: all other real and personal estate not already devised in trust to be sold by them and the profits, after debts and bequests have been settled, to buy shares of parliamentary stocks or at interest upon government or real securities with half of the dividends to the widow and children of the said William John Parker and the other half to the widow and children of Richard John Parker (or if none survive to the children of Thomas Parker)
William Sweepson and Charles Robinson to be executors and to receive £100 a piece for the trouble
Level of description
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