FAMILY HISTORY DOCUMENTS (for sale)

Wills, etc.      (in chronological order)

123/6 Harvey, Michael - dated 1643
Acknowledgement of receipt of part of legacy by Richard Cross and Mary (his wife - payable under the Will of Michael Harvey her late husband). Executors Daniell Harvey & Eliah Harvey. Parchment sheet approx 9¼"x  12¼"signed by Richard & Mary, 2 seal tags with decorative wax seals, witnessed by Th. Pennant, William Halke & Henry Mellish. £115

123/7 A further copy of 123/6

226/18 1713 -  Obligation Bond given by George Butler (Litchborough, Northants) to Robt. Stockdale (London) in connection with a loan. Sheet watermarked paper folded in 2, written 1 side - pre-printed with manuscript details, & embossed duty stamps. 1st paragraph in Latin (standard until 1733).  Signed & attractive red wax seal by Geo. Butler, witnessed by Wm. Scott & Tho. Willson.  £53

54/1 Mary Markham (London)  - (1720)
Beneficiary of Will of Joseph Wilkin - for details see Leicestershire page.

97/4 Waring, William Ball - Thatcham / London - died 1746
Copy of Will & Codicil - wife Mary, brother in law Sir Archer Croft, his children Archer, Herbert, John & Frances. Refers to property & estates in Berks, Wilts, Hants, London, Middx & Westminster. For price & details see Berkshire page.

97/18 Wilde, Matthew - Barrow upon Soar - died 1726
Letters of Administration & copy of Will - son  Bartin,  died leaving part of Estate unadministered. In 1761 Administration was granted to Bartin's daughter Dorothy (w/o John Thornton, Old St. Sq. London, Middx). For full details & price please see my Leicestershire page - Wills - Wilde

226/14  1791- Obligation Bond by John Croft (St Pancras) to Walter Matthews the elder (Newgate St, London) re Loan. Sheet watermarked paper folded in 2, written 1 side. Part pre-printed with manuscript details, ink & embossed duty stamps. Signed / sealed by John Croft, witnessed by W Witton? & G Arrowsmith.  £45

64/2  Original Will of  Ann Beckett - St. Pauls, Gloucester - 1816 - 4 sheets of paper plus cover, small tears in folds - signed and sealed by Ann Beckett. 3 witnesses. Gives names of husband - Charles, mother - Alice Greenwood. Refers to mother's Will and property owned by mother. Does not name any children, but mentions uncle - Job Jenkins and cousin - William Jenkins both shoemakers (London) and cousin - Elizabeth, wife of George Warr, shoemaker (Bristol). £49

171/215 Wilson, William - Nether Worton, Oxon  (previously Milk St, London) - 1821
Office Copy of Will & codicils - brothers John Wilson, Thomas (Hampstead), late Stephen Wilson (h/o Jane, their children Jane, Ann, Mary, Susanna & Fletcher Wilson), sons Rev William &  Joseph Wilson, daughters Ann (w/o Rev Daniel Wilson  (Islington) - their children Daniel & John), Selina  (w/o Rev John Davies), Charlotte  (w/o Rev Charles Wetherell  (Byfield, Northants),  Sophia ( (w/o Rev Richard Greaves  (Lutterworth, Leics. & Lower Tooting, Sy.), Eliza Wilson. 2 exors named John Wilson the elder & Thomas Wilson (both Islington). Cousins Margaret Gould (Nether Worton?), Mary Gould (Ashbourne, Dby.), nephew Ambrose Moore, niece Mary Ann Hickson.  Assets include Manors & lands in several places in Oxon, advowsons of several churches; warehouses, dwelling & counting house in Bow Lane, London.  40 sheets watermarked paper sewn together, written 72 of 80 sides. Small damp stain to last few pages.  £45

211/24 Eliza (w/o Chas Saunders of London) included in her father's Will. For full details / price, please see my Kent page - Wills -
 Castle, William - Sittingbourne - dated 1848

160/5 Newson, William - Coleman Street - died 1852
Letters of Administration dated 1862 - mother Mary, brother Henry Newson. Small sheet parchment with wafer seal attached. £7

171/19  Original Will -dated 1859. Signed  by  witnesses incl  brother Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton (Brick Lane, London) -  for details & price of this, please see my Norfolk page - Wills - Buxton, Samuel Gurney - Cromer & Trinity College Cambridge)

98/136 Goodchild, John E - London  - 1860 - included in father's Will, for details see Suffolk page - Goodchild, John - Ipswich 

171/20  - 1869  Israel Mark Wade (Upper Holloway) & William Wade (Wharton St, London) - beneficiaries of their father's Will. For full details & price of this document please see my Norfolk page - Wills - Wade, William - Thorpe, Norwich

118/40  1870 - Mary A wife of Thomas Manning (London), in Will  - for details see Norfolk page -  Bilham, James - Cromer. 

171/25  Hanson, A  - 1871 - signed a letter from the Inland Revenue, Somerset House, requesting the submission of the Estate accounts - for details see Norfolk page - Wills -  Pigg, Edmund Banks - Norwich

150/21 - 1876 - Admission of John Early (Wood Green, Witney), John Vanner,  James Englebert Vanner (both of Coleman St, London)  to copyhold lands at New Yatt held of the manor of Witney. For full details and price of this document please see my Oxfordshire page - Property - Hailey, Witney

150/22  - 1879 - Power of Attorney given by John Vanner,  James Englebert Vanner (both of Coleman St, London)  Trustees of Will of John Early  to surrender lands.  For full details and price of this document please see my Oxfordshire page - Property - Hailey, Witney

48/189 Mathews, John Hubbersty - Deal - Died 1886
Certified copy of Death Certificate issued 1890 - names widow, Marianne (Cavendish Sq. London).  £6

54/8 Alexander, Rev. William Burton -  Bloomsbury Square, London (and  Crathie, Aberdeenshire) - 1892
Probated copy of Will - wife Mary Tucker (or Alexander). Parchment - with certificate of Probate & wafer seal attached, and some company stamps.  Heavy damp staining & creasing throughout, & outside dusty.   £8

160/34 Pain, Euphemia, widow of John Pain - Upper Holloway, London - 1892 - mentioned in relatives Will.  For full details & price, please see my Norfolk page - Wills - Pain, John Harold - Knapton

211/166  - dated 1894 -  Jane Ann Ellis (London), included in mother's Will. For full details please see my Yorkshire page - Wills -  Ward,  Emma (widow) - Stutton, Tadcaster

98/113 Burton, Isaac -  Belgrave, London / Runton, Norfolk - 1895
Letters of Administration granted to father William. Small printed parchment document with manuscript insertions - wafer seal attached. Company stamps on reverse.   £4

211/33 Helyar, Frederick William - Datchet (formerly Austin Friars, London) - 1896
Probated copy of Will - brother Charles Welman Hawker Helyar [his daughter Cicely Isabella Helyar], late mother's ladies maid Harriet Snelling (Bath), George Clifford Bower (Austin Friars) was an exor & the witnesses were clerks to 'Messrs Bower & Helyar'. Parchment with over 60 company stamps on reverse, pencil notes throughout, grant of Probate & wafer seal attd. £24

215/179 Clark, Charles Hawkes - Kennington Road - 1898 - (died 1890)
Assignment of Assets by Trustees of Will at request of Residuary beneficiary. Includes details from Will. Sister in Law - Elizabeth Clark nephew James Charles Lee Clark (then James Charles Lee) both of  Kennington Road, London. Details of properties in Kennington Road & Stannary St. forming part of estate and Leases (include names of John Clark & James Stratford Clark) by which they were held. Assets assigned to William Clark & Sons, Chair Manufacturers Ltd. (Kennington). Trustees James Lee (Putney) & William Henry Thomas Harding (Clapham Park).  8 page parchment booklet written 6 sides - some pencil marking. Signed / sealed James Lee, William  Henry T Harding, E Clark & J. C. Lee Clark.  £42

84/280 Harding, Jane - 1898
Degree Certificate awarded by University of London. Pre-printed paper with manuscript insertions, facsimile of signature of F Victor Dickins (Registrar) - small areas of light (damp?) stain.  £5

171/228 Kent, Arthur - Buckingham Palace Rd, 1898  - grandson?  of Walker. For full details & price, please see my Yorkshire page - Wills - Walker, Charles - York - 1879

215/132 - 1898 - Estate Duty Return of Estate of Alicia Caygell (Camberwell, London). Refers to Will of her late husband William Caygell (Stockton on Tees) which named her as Celicia Caygell.  Children Mrs Mary Ann Barlow, Mrs Elizabeth Forster (Norton, Co. Durham), Thomas William Caygell, Mrs Margaret Jane Clayton, Mrs Ellen Watson & late Mrs Ann Spence [her children Charles William Spence, Elizabeth Pinder, Mary Louisa Hay & Alice Spence]. Details of properties in Howard St, Archer Place & Florence St, Stockton - which had been sold. Pre-printed form with manuscript insertions. Declaration made & signed by  Elizabeth Forster.  £25

171/95 Sister's godson William Girling (Tavistock Square, London), included in Will -  for details see Norfolk page - Wills - Rumble, Mary - widow - Heigham, Norwich - 1899

98/69 Livingstone, Mrs Jane Mary (widow) - Sydenham Park - 1899
Copy of Will - sons Frederick Henry,  Arthur William,  daughters Fanny C,  Mrs Jane Mary (w/o Thomas Livingstone),  Isabel C (w/o William T Folks),  Annie F (w/o Dr Ballachey),  granddaughter Dorothy Husluck. Parchment - certificate of Probate & wafer seal attached - a number of company stamps on reverse. A separate note contains details of disposal by Henry Livingstone of his interest in the Trust Fund (to Stanley & Kenneth G Livingstone).  £18

171/102 Cowlan, Fanny Louisa (Miss) - Maitland Park, London - dated 1900
Short Original Will - sister Jessie Mary Cowlan. Sheet watermarked paper - written 1 side only, signed by Fanny Louisa Cowlan, witness signatures W G Snowdon Gard (solr Gresham Bdgs, London), & Herbert G Gard (solr clerk). Will not proved - envelope marked "Cancelled". £22

171/248 Corke, Selina Helen - Overstrand - dated 1903 - Original Will - husband Benjamin Corke, children not named, brother Gordon Lumsdaine Simpson (London). 2 sheets watermarked paper each signed by Selina H Cork, witnessed by Harvard Noel Bridgwater & A C Elliott. [see also 98/110 Simpson, Forster George - Overstrand, Norfolk - 1892 Letters of Administration granted to widow, Selina H. ] . £32

118/16  1905 Probate with copy of Will of Anne Meeten, Cheltenham -  names cousin Anne (w/o Ernest A J Delcomyn, London ), for details see Gloucestershire page - Wills - Meeten

84/150 Briant / Fell / Munford - 1906
Agreement between Catherine Ann Briant, widow (Herne Hill, London) & Lawrence Briant (Holborn Viaduct) (Trustees of Will of William Alford Briant dec'd) and Robert Fell & John Munford (both Newcomen St - t/a Fell & Briant) for repayment of partnership capital. Details of original partnership (1900) between W A Briant & Fell, & supplemental agreement re admission of Munford.  Also includes details of Briant's death, Will, wife, daughter Emily, siblings Edith,  Herbert & Frank Briant, Partnership assets, agreement for repayment.
10 pages parchment - written 7+ sides - signed by Catherine & Lawrence Briant.  £46

215/135 Darer, Henry George and Marie Josephine - St. John's Wood - 1910
Deed of Separation. States conditions to be observed by both parties, Maintenance to be paid by Henry, wih a schedule of the Household Furniture to go to Marie.  Sheet watermarked paper folded in 2 & written 3 sides, signed Marie Josephine Darer, witnessed Edw. F Hicks (solr, Pall Mall), front noted in pencil "Duplicate".  £30

160/70  1911- friend Emily Alice Wren (Baker St, London) beneficiary in Will. For full details & price please see my Norfolk page - Wills - Wale, Thomas David - Briston

84/39 Brixton - 1913  - Release of Trustee under Will. Gives details of Will, names wife Sarah, children including  Gertrude (w/o Dr John D Shapland of Brixton).   For details see Devon page - Wills - Bond, Charles W - Axminster  - 1913  - died 1872

171/210 Trangmar, Ethel (nee Burton) - Brixton Hill and East Dulwich Grove, London -   dated  1919 - 1923
Original Will on 4 sheets paper signed by Ethel  & Codicil together with draft Wills & a bundle of over 30 letters & postcards (bearing postage stamps) relating to her Will, addressed to solicitor F A Sargent (Friar St, Reading), some only short notes. Married husband Walter George Trangmar in 1919, son Michael born 1922. Ethel's father Benjamin Burton, brothers Frank [his wife Kate], Benjamin & Albert Burton, sisters Evelyn Burton & Elizabeth Jane Egginton.  Nephews Keith Eversleigh Burton, Jack Burton & Leslie J Egginton, nieces Daphne B, Enid G & Madge Burton, Iris E Egginton. Brother / sisters in law Denys Egginton (Reading), Dora A,  Winifred E, Hilda K & Isabel M  Trangmar. Names various properties in which Ethel has an interest.  £55