Reference
X222/53
Title
Copy. Probate Will of John Lake of Wrestlingworth, grocer
Date free text
14 Feb 1713/4; proved 14 Aug 1715 (?)
Production date
From: 1713 To: 1715
Scope and Content
to wife (executrix) house where testator now lives, orchard, grove, Burrows Close and Pikes Close adjoining for life or until she remarries, then:-
to son John and heirs male for ever. If he has no male heirs, to son William: if he has no such issue, to grandchildren of sons John, William and daughter Elizabeth, wife of Benjamin Browning of Wrestlingworth, butcher, and Sarah Lake, in equal parts
to wife, cottage, orchard and close of pasture adjoining with two cow commons purchased from Edward Rossin, until death or remarriage, then to son William, who is to pay daughter Elizabeth monetary bequest
to daughter Sarah Lake monetary bequest
to granddaughter Elizabeth Browning, arable land, 3 acres ½ rood, meadow, 11½ roods and one cow common, purchased from John Woodward
to wife, residue, but if she remarries she is to pay to four children monetary bequests
witnesses: Thomas Edwards, Richard Miller, Jasper Brydall, D Gregory (to copy)
Level of description
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