FAMILY HISTORY DOCUMENTS (for sale)

211/34 Allatson, Richard - Clerkenwell - 1811
Probated copy of Will - wife Mary, son Richard, minor daughters Sarah & Mary, brother William Allatson. Refers to entitlement to part of mother Mary Allatson's estate. Large parchment sheet with some pencil under-lining, certificate of Probate & damaged wafer seal attached. £33

171/41 Arnold, James Emmerson - High Holborn - 1880, included in his uncle's Will - also his children James,  Mary Ann,  Anna Arnold.  For full details & price of this document, please see my Norfolk page - Wills - Arnold, William - Sharrington

98/72 Balbirnie, John - Kingsland - 1855
Probated copy of Will & Codicil - wife Elizabeth, sons John,  Samuel,  Joseph,  daughter Sarah,  sister Jean Balbirnie (Edinburgh) - details of various properties. 2 sheets Parchment - with certificate of Probate & wafer seal attached. [see also Surrey page 98/143 & 144 re Sarah & Samuel K Balbirnie]  £31

98/74 Bent, Mary - Clerkenwell - died 1827
Further Letters of Administration 1891 granted to brother & sister James & Elizabeth Bent. Original Letters of Administration of estate granted to brother Robert who has since died. Parchment - wafer seal attached. [see Lancashire page for other Bents]  £6

215/154 Bernhard, George Lewis - Brompton - dated
Original  Will - wife Lilian Bernhard, infant children not named. [This Will appears not to have been 'Proved'.]  3 large sheets watermarked paper written 2 sides, signed G L Bernhard.  £26

50/85 Bull, Edward Philos - Seven Sisters Road - 1901
 Probated Will - beneficiary George Birkett Latreille. £15

226/14 Croft, John - St Pancras - 1791
Obligation Bond 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

215/157 Dransfield, George - Willesden Green - dated 1908
Official Receiver's "Notice to Creditors" - that he is to apply for Release in Bankruptcy in the case of George Dransfield. Sheet paper pre-printed with details of Dransfield's address, business, case number and Official Receiver's expenses.  £4

211/35  Edenborough, William - Upper Holloway (formerly Coleman Street) - 1865
Probated copy of short Will  - wife Anne. Alfred Edenborough was a witness. Parchment - grant of Probated & wafer seal attached. £19

171/213 Fisher, Frederick Gibbon - Westminster - 1902
Letters of Administration - brother Charles Edward Fisher. Possible Norfolk connection as prepared by Cozens Hardy (solr, Norwich). Paper with wafer seal attached, 5 company stamps & dusting on reverse.   £4

215/147 Garrett, Sarah - widow - Maida Hill - 1875
Letters of Administration -minor children Annie Augusta Stewart Garrett, Thomas Garrett, Hester Emily Eleanor Garrett & Margaret Elizabeth Garrett. Children's aunt Miss Fredrika Stewart.  Parchment sheet with wafer seal attached.  £7

98/73 Gissing, Caroline - Hackney - 1878
Letters of Administration of estate granted to brother Samuel - parchment (partly printed) with wafer seal attached.  £4

105/30 Hallett, Sydney - Chelsea - dated 1891
Mortgage to the City Assets Company Ltd (Q. Victoria St, London) of reversionary interest & 2 life assurance policies (full details given). Sydney Hallett was entitled to an interest in his father's estate (Joseph Hallett of Croydon) subject to his mother Easter's life interest. Also details of an 1889 mortgage advanced by Edward Richard Spencer secured on the same interest. 6 page paper booklet written on 3½ sides, signed by Hallett.  [see also 105/41 on my Surrey page - Hallett, Sydney] £34

171/22 Hannant, William  (Devonshire St, Mile End) - 1862 -named in mother's Will. For full details & price, please see my Norfolk page - Wills - Hannant, Ann (widow) - Great Yarmouth

190/31 Hart, John  - St Clements Dean (Dane) - dated 1714 Acknowledgement of receipt of legacy paid to wife under Will of Carter, Thomas - Kennington, Kent, witnessed by Edward Hart. For For details / price see Kent page - Wills.

211/36 Hewetson, Henry - Russell Square - written 1866 & 7
Contemporary copy of Will & Codicil - wife Mary, daughter Mary Catherine (to marry Quincey Rew), sons Henry Norman Hewetson & late Francis Yates [his widow Mary Catherine Hewetson], brothers Richard Hewetson & late John [children not named], sisters Elizabeth (w/o William Jackson of Keswick, Cumbria), Sarah  (w/o Joseph Clementson of Cockermouth, Cumbria) & Mary, nephew Henry Hewetson jnr, a trustee Thomas Hewetson (Shadwell), servant Edmund Freeman, "old & faithful clerk" Stephen Davis.  14 sheets paper watermarked 1866 written on 28 sides, slight dusting, curling of corners of sheets.  £27

98/76 Johns, Charles Frederick - St. Johns Wood + South Hampstead - 1892
Probated copy of Will - names wife Emily M, (infant children not named), brother Henry, sister Ada A (w/o James Allison), business partner Samuel Charles Pegg. Parchment - with certificate of Probate & wafer seal attached -  company stamps on reverse.    £17 

215/146 Kirkby, Sarah - Grosvenor Square - 1868
Letters of Administration granted to John Noon, the acting Executor of the Will of Francis Kirkby - the widower of Sarah, who had died without administering her estate. Parchment sheet with wafer seal attached. Some dusting.  £5

215/153 Last, Harriet - St John's Wood - died 1897
Letters of Administration - son Joseph Antoine Last. Parchment sheet with wafer seal attached. Some dusting & slight creasing. Bank stamp on reverse.  £5

215/137 Lewin, Elizabeth - Upper Gower Street - 1833
Attested Office Copy of Extract from Will - sisters Sarah Lewin & Mary Lewin, brother Daniel Lewin [see 215/138, below]. Refers to freehold cottage at Cranford Bridge, Middx. Large sheet of watermarked paper folded in 2 & written on 2 sides, with impressed Duty Stamp. £21

215/138 Lewin, Daniel - Harmondsworth - proved 1848 & 1855
Attested Copy of  Will - wife Rebecca, sons John Lewin, Thomas Lewin, Henry Lewin, William Lewin & James Lewin, sisters Sarah Lewin & Mary Lewin. Refers to cottage at Cranford Bridge, Middx, which formed part of estate of sister Elizabeth [see 215/137, above]. 2 large sheets of watermarked paper folded in 2 & sewn together to form booklet, written on 3¾ sides, with cover sheet. Some pencil underlining, short tears to edges (mainly of cover). £27

160/11 Millard, Philip -  Lincolns Inn Fields - 1855
Certified contemporary copy of Probated Will - note- of North Walsham, Norfolk when Will written. Brother William Salter Millard (Old Catton), daughters Lucy Elwin (w/o Walter J Scott), Elizabeth Salter Virtue Millard (Holcombe Rogus, Devon), Maria J Millard, Phillippa Millard and Mary Whittingham  [** Taunton, Somerset 1876] (pretended wife of William Hewitt), nephews Charles W Millard & James Elwin Millard.
20 pages of paper watermarked 1854, sewn together with parchment cover sheet. Written on 18 sides with pencil notations throughout. Some splits in folds,  some dusting to  first page & repair made to it before booklet made up. Notes on cover relating to deaths & burial **places of some family members.  £40

160/6 Murrell, Miss Elizabeth Susan - Guildford St, St Pancras - 1902
Letters of Administration dated 1862 - sister Sarah Ann (w/o  William Wilkinson ) Small sheet parchment with wafer seal attached. 2 bank stamps on reverse. £5

215/142 Neison, Francis Gustavius Paulus - Cavendish Square - 1858
Life Assurance Policy issued by The Peoples Provident Assurance Society. Details of reduced premiums payable for the first 5 years & resultant increased premiums for subsequent years. Large  sheet paper with large decorative pictorial heading, pre-printed, with manuscript insertions. Several short splits, mainly to folds.  £7

98/71 Nicolles, John - Norwood, Hayes - 1786
Probated copy of Will - names mother Isabilla, brothers & sisters James,  Charles,  Henry,  George,  Samuel,  Susannah,  Mary,  Sarah,  Elizabeth. Details of property & lands held of Manor of Norwood. Parchment - with certificate of Probate & wafer seal attached.  £45

84/42&43  Peele, Joshua - 1745 - Powers of Attorney given by William Lambe (Gateshead ) & Richard Hodgson (Lintz) to Joshua Peele (of the Liberty of the Rolles, Middx) to receive monies on their behalf. For details see Durham page - Property - Gateshead / Lintz.

171/211 Pratt, Miss Betsy - Poplar - 1888
Letters of Administration - mother Elizabeth Pratt (widow). Parchment with wafer seal attached. Possible Norfolk connection as extracted by Cousins Hardy, solicitors, Norwich.  £4

171/161 Robbins , Joseph G - Brondesbury - 1911
Exor of Will of wife's cousin - for details & price see Norfolk page - Wills -  Tillyard, Miss Ellen

215/151 Rowe, Mark - Upper Baker St. Marylebone - dated 1883
Copy of Will & Codicil - wife Eliza Mary Rowe, minor children - Mark Joseph Rowe, Maria Grose Rowe. Refers to various Leasehold properties - gives terms & rents payable. Specific bequests of The Family Bible containing a Register of Births, furniture, pictures etc to children. 4 sheets paper watermarked 1883, written 3 sides with pencil notations.  £18

215/139 Sawyer, John Theophilus - Portman Square & Shepherds Bush - 1855
Letters of Administration - sister Mary Ann Sawyer. Small sheet parchment with wafer seal attached. Dusting to reverse. £6

215/160 St. Barbe, Henry - Heriots Wood, Harrow Weald [previously Lymington, Hants] - 1935
Probated copy of Will & Codicil - wife Mary Agatha St. Barbe, sons Francis Edward Noel St. Barbe, Sydney Lane Foster St. Barbe, daughter Barbara Catherine Wyley (w/o Donald Henry Fitzthomas Wyley), grandfather Charles St. Barbe, Great Uncle Roger St. Barbe. Includes particulars of specific legacies. 16 page booklet with parchment cover - text to 7 pages, large number of company stamps to other pages.  £19

171/8 Thirkettle, Edward - Deal, Kent (previously Hackney) - 1904
Probated copy of short Will - wife Matilda. Partly printed paper booklet with large number of company stamps on cover.  £11

97/18 Letters of Administration & copy of Will of Matthew Wilde, - Barrow upon Soar - died 1726 - 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

98/70 Wade, William - Harlington - 1764
Probated copy of Will - names wife Mary, sister Mary Bunyon, New Windsor, Berks. (her son [nephew] not named). Parchment - with certificate of Probate & wafer seal attached - [some wax loss from seal].    £42 

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

160/7  Walford, Thomas Witts & Elizabeth - Uxbridge - 1836 beneficiaries in Will - for full details & price of this document please see my Oxfordshire page - Wills -  Walford, Sarah - Banbury

53/175 Walker, Mary Ann (spinster) - Kingston upon Hull - 1802
Letters of Administration  - names brother, Miles Walker, Middx. £12

98/83 Wiggett, Maria  - Upper Grosvenor St -   see Norfolk page for father's Will -  Wiggett, Edward - Cromer - 1844

171/215 Wilson, William - Nether Worton (previously Milk St, London) - 1821
Office Copy of Will & codicils - brothers John Wilson, Thomas (Hampstead), late Stephen 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,  Sophia, Eliza Wilson. 2 exors named John Wilson the elder & Thomas Wilson (both Islington).   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  sides. Full details & price on my Oxfordshire page - Wills.

160/39  Blanche (wife of Arthur Wiseman, Enfield Town, Middx). Refered to in her father's Will.  For full details & price of this document please see my Norfolk page - Wills - Osborn, John - Norwich & Brooke - 1894

171/214 Woodman, Thomas S - Kilburn  - 1821 - his  - wife Betsy was  included in her aunt's Will - for full detail & price please see my Oxfordshire page Wills -  Shaw, Elizabeth - Piddington.