• Reference
    X433/32
  • Title
    Copy of will of Thomas Bower, tanner, of Shefford
  • Date free text
    will dated 26 Jan 1796; proved (London) 26 Jul 1796; copy made c.1801
  • Production date
    From: 1796 To: 1806
  • Scope and Content
    ... to niece Mary Dixie ... £1000 ... house in Shefford now occupied by John Wright, bricklayer ... 3 tenements in Meppershall, now occupied by George Franklin, John Jackson and William Elllis under condition that she shall educate 'my nephew' James Bower until he shall have arrived at an age when he may be capable of carrying on the farming business jointly with her ... to said nephew, James Bower ... house and tan yard with the land 'in my own present occupation' ... £500 when 21 ... to nephews Thomas and James Dixie, to nieces Ann Hughes, Elizabeth Fullon, Martha Richardson, Clementina Baker and Lucy Dixie ... residue of estate executors: Mary Dixie and nephew Thomas Hughes, grocer will dated 26 Jan 1796 proved (London) 26 Jul 1796 copy made c.1801
  • Level of description
    item