• Reference
    W3096
  • Title
    Will (official copy) of James Veale of Bedford, barber chirurgeon
  • Date free text
    25 Apr 1696; proved 23 Dec 1696
  • Production date
    From: 1696 To: 1696
  • Scope and Content
    "I commend my soul..." to wife Elizabeth for life Collins close; little close adjoining called Howard's garden; in St. Cuthbert's parish, in the occupation of Thomas Hayes; arable land in St. Paul and St. Peter, called the eleven half-acres; in the occupation of John Bardolph; arable land in Oakley called Bannester land; in the occupation of Robert Sanders; 2 tenements in Biddenham; in the occupation of John Wiggins; tenement & 2 closes in Backnoe End, Thurleigh, in the occupation of John Sanders; [see W3108] house in Bedford in which testator dwells, bought of Mrs. Worrold; house at Buckden and close, in the occupation of Robert Burder; elaborate provisions as to subsequent disposal among sister Sarah Rider, brother Edward, and Edward's son Edward; except the property at Buckden, Thurleigh and Oakley, which goes to Kinswomen Ann & Elizabeth Veale; witnesses. Robert Nelson, John Cooch, William Dove
  • Level of description
    item