FAMILY HISTORY DOCUMENTS (for sale)

63/6  - 1826   - Samuel Smith (Hambleton, Yorks.) - Sale of Land in Ashby, Lincs. to William Chatterton, John Hoyland (Brierly, Yorks.) John Chatterton (Froddingham) and William Brown (Owston) also party to Agreement.
3 sheets parchment - signed and sealed by S Smith, John Hoyland  and John Chatterton and witnessed by Edw Parker (Solr. Selby) James Wilson, clerk, Robt. Hoyland, W J Smith, Fanney Chapman and Anne Banks. Details of earlier Deeds establishing title back to 1754 and close of land sold.  £52

84/313 Horbury - 1796 - sale of half interest in properties -  of Estate of Thomas Peace dec'd, (Horbury) - by one of his daughters, Ann - wife of William Coope, widow of George Garfitt (Kirkheaton) - to Richard Dewhirst (Horbury), who mortgaged it to John Bayldon (Hollinghirst, Thornhill).  Includes details of properties sold & existing mortgage.
2 large sheets parchment with decorative initial letter, damp damage to 1 fold - resulting in a small hole & fading of text (some words barely legible) to that area of both sheets.
Signed/sealed by William & Ann Coope, Richard (very faded) Dewhirst, John Carr (Wakefield) & 'mark' of John Burdekin (Horbury), who were Trustees. Further signatures of Carr & the Coopes on reverse + witnesses Jno Scholefield,  George Crosskill & Joseph Carver.  £42

68/30 Horsforth - 1721 - sale of Land by John Stanhope to Thomas Dade (Calverley). Thomas Dade already owned some of the adjoining properties.
Paper Indenture with decorative initial letter, signed and sealed by John Stanhope and witnessed by Edw Wilson and Chris Holt.  £58

118/7 Kingston upon Hull - 1801
Sister Ann w/o Jonathan Brown (Kingston u Hull) their children Jonathan,  Mary Gregson,  William,  Archer Brown,  sister Mary Luccock (K u H) her children Ann Etherington,  Elizabeth,  John,  William,  Marmaduke Luccock, nephew Thomas Ward (K U H), neice Mary Ward (K u H) all  in Will of  Ward, Archer - Windmill Hill, St Werburgh, Derby for details, see Derbyshire page - Wills

98/34 Alexander, Rev David Mitchell - Bilton Dene, Harrogate - 1886 - beneficiary of father's Will - see Lancashire page.

211/103 Allenby, Thomas - Tadcaster - 1836
Probated copy of Will - wife Elizabeth, minor daughter Mary, natural son John Thompson (Tadcaster),  sisters Mary Hewitt, Charlotte Kidd & Ann Lofthouse, nephews Thomas Allenby Kidd & Joseph Taylor (Tadcaster). Property in Bramham & Tadcaster. 2 large parchment sheets - cert of Probate & wafer seal attd.  £37

211/163 Amos, John - Tadcaster - dated 1889
Original short Will - wife Mary. Sheet watermarked paper  folded in 2, written 1 side, signed John Amos, witnessed by JA Bromet & Henry Bromet (solrs Tadcaster). £19

98/145 Andrew, John (the elder) - Foulrake, Saddleworth - 1811
Copy of Will - 1 sheet watermarked paper - wife Mary, sons John,  Jonah, daughter Mally w/o John Radcliffe (Stonebreaks). Refers to provisions already made for children & investment in Turnpike road.  £22

97/48 Baron, Thomas - Great Driffield - 1776
Copy of Will - 1 sheet watermarked paper written 1 side only - wife Ellen, son Thomas Baron. Name & acreage of close of land in Nafferton. Staining, particularly to right hand side of page, but text legible.  £23

211/88 Bateman, Elizabeth - Stutton, Tadcaster - 1807
Probated copy of Will - husband Matthew Bateman,  cousin John Rawdon (Towton) [his wife Mary, their children William Rawdon, Nancy (w/o Samuel Smith of Tadcaster), husband's nephews Samuel Bowling (Manchester, Lancs) & Richard Bowling (Bramham). Other beneficiaries William (son of John Huscroft of Tadcaster), John Middleton (York), Sarah (w/o John Dalton of Hull) - [children of  John Middleton], Sarah Mason & William Ingram (both York). Mentions Marriage Settlement.  Parchment, cert of Probate & wafer seal attd.  £35 

211/92 Beckwith, Hannah - Leeds - 1820
Letters of Administration - husband Thomas Beckwith - small pre-printed parchment with manuscript insertions & wafer seal attached. £8

211/155 Bellwood, James - Boston Spa - 1887
Probated copy of Will - wife Jane, adopted daughter (minor) Hannah Bellwood, brother Robert Bellwood [his late son Frank Bellwood & grandchild not named], sisters Mary Robinson [her son Thomas Robinson], Ann Bellwood [her daughter Hannah Watson], James & Jane's other siblings not named. Exor John Bellwood junr (Clifford) - relationship not given.  Large Parchment sheet, cert of Probate & wafer seal attd.  £27

225/21 1798 - Obligation Bond  in favour of Mary (w/o Rev. Blagborne of York) -for details see Warwickshire page Wills etc -   Cox - all of Withybrooke - 1798

225/25 Broadbent, Mary - widow of Robert Broadbent of Saddleworth - 1835
Obligation Bond in favour of Thomas Howard (Micklehurst, Motham en Longdall, Chesh) re mortgage of same date. William Dunlop (Saddleworth) party to Bond - possibly Mary's guarantor. Large sheet watermarked paper folded in 2, written on 2 sides, ink & embossed duty stamps. 'Mark' of Mary Broadbent, signature of William Dunlop, witnessed by George Hawkyard.  £44

211/111 Bromet, John - Tadcaster Grange - 1850
Probated copy of Will - wife Elizabeth, sons William Rhodes Bromet & John Addinel Bromet. Details of various properties. Parchment document - cert. of Probate issued by P C York attached. Damp damage to 1 fold causing staining & loss of some text. Memorial & 4 company registrations on reverse. £20

211/143 Bruce, Thomas - Wakefield - 1874
Probated copy of Will - son Samuel Bruce (Wakefield), nephew William Bruce (Leeds), grand uncle George Dickinson, servant Charlotte Fothergill. Property in Leeds.  Parchment document, registration of Memorial on reverse - cert. of Probate & wafer seal attached. £24

211/162 Bruce, William - Ilkley - 1893
Probated copy of Will  - daughters Margaret Anna Bruce & Caroline Wills, sons  William & Theodore Bruce, late sons John Albert & Talbot Baines Bruce [their children not named] and Frederick Oberlin Bruce [his widow not named]. 2 sheets parchment (1 written both sides + cover sheet) with cert of Probate & wafer seal attd.  £21

98/152 Burton, John - Warter - 1881
Certified copy of Will written on 2 sides watermarked paper - brother Robert, nephews Henry,  George,  John, nieces Elizabeth Burton, Emily Wilson,  Mary Vesey, grt nephew William Walker. Includes date of death, where & when Proved, certified by Registrar.  £12

211/28 Bruce, Thomas - Wakefield -& William - Leeds - 1874 - included in brother / uncle's Will - for full details & price, please see my Lancashire page - Wills, etc -  Bruce, Rev. John - Liverpool

211/119 Bywater, Matthew - Tadcaster - dated 1857
Original short Will - wife Mary. Sheet paper watermarked 1854 folded in 2, written 1 side, signed Matthew Bywater, witnessed by JA Bromet (solr Tadcaster) & Thos Lockwood (Tadcaster).  £25

98/146 Carter, William - Myton, Kingston u Hull - died 1844
Copy of Will - 1 sheet watermarked paper folded in 2, written on 3 sides -  sons Robert, Richard, William, daughter Elizabeth w/o Joseph Ouston  (& their sons). Property in Nafferton & elsewhere. Certified by M Foster & J Brown as examined with the Probate copy. £20

211/142 Clarke, George - Tadcaster - 1875
Probated copy of Will & Codicil - daughter Ellen (w/o William Scholefield). Parchment document - cert. of Probate & wafer seal attached.  Slight dusting & 6 company registrations to reverse. £24

211/124 Clough, Samuel - Boston Spa - dated 1861
Original Will - wife Jane Ann, children not named. Sheet paper watermarked 1859 folded in 2 & written 2½ sides. Signed Saml. Clough, witnessed by  J A Bromet, (solr, Tadcaster) John Tebb, his clerk.  £32

98/150 Cobb, William - Kingston u Hull - 1856
Very brief extracts from Will - folded sheet watermarked paper - written on 1 side - gives date of Will , where & when proved, names of Executors, brother George Cobb.  £2

211/148 Coldwell, George - Thurlstone, Penistone - Will made 1873
Near contemporary copy of Will - sons John Coldwell (Dodworth), late Charles Coldwell [his children Sarah, John, Billy, Joe & George Coldwell], daughters Hannah (w/o Richard Parkin), Mary (w/o Robert Liddons of Hillside), Sabrah (w/o George Hill), Caroline (w/o Henry Bower). Details of landholdings include field names, acreage, from whom purchased.  Sheet paper watermarked 1878, folded in 2, written 2 sides - some dusting & pencil notations.  £16

211/159 Conaty, Thomas - Hazlewood - dated 1889
Original Will - wife Esthar, sons George John Conaty & Joseph Annacletus Conaty.  Sheet watermarked paper, folded in 2 & written 2 sides, signed Thos. Conaty, witnessed by Henry Bromet (sol Tadcaster & John Tebb (his clerk).  £30

211/94 Corlass, Thomas - Kighley (Keighley?) - dated 1820
Original Will - mother Martha Edmundson (Hope),  daughter in law Sarah Gibbs [NB. as she was a minor she was probably his step daughter], brothers John & George Corlass, sister Mary (w/o Joseph Holmes of Kighley). Properties at Burleigh Woodhead. Midgley Rishworth (Steeton, Kildwick) [see 211/113 below] named as Exor.  4 sheets - slight dampstaining & small holes to centre fold of each, paper watermarked  1818 written 3½ sides, signed & sealed Thos. Corlass junr, witnessed by Wm Watson, Thos DelaFare & William Iveson / Jueson Whitaker (on each page).  £48

211/129 Coulson, Mary (widow) - Hazlewood - 1865
Probated copy of Will - children Ann (w/o William Parker of Follyfoot), Elizabeth  (w/o Thomas Saynor of Wetherby), Mary (w/o Richard Whitling of Otterington), Margaret (w/o Jonathan Smith of Aberford), Catherine (w/o Thomas Backhouse of Tadcaster), Robert Coulson (Pittston, Pennsylvania, USA) & late Ralph [his children Mary & John Coulson]. Parchment document - cert. of Probate & wafer seal attached.   £25

53/178 Crosley, Thomas - Bradford - 1861 [see also 50/28 - Tetley, below]
Probated copy of Will - parchment - together with separate Affidavit relating to Trust Fund - names nephews and nieces of both self and wife (Ackroyd, Daniel, Lockwood, Maud, Tetley) and some of their children.  £28

211/91 Dawson, John - Wighill - 1817
Probated copy of Will - wife Mary,  son John. Parchment document - cert. of Probate & wafer seal attached.   £29

118/98 Dent, Rev. Richard Frankland - Carlton, Coverham - 1880
Probated copy of Will - wife Mary,  sons Frankland,  Arthur,  Edward R,  Charles F,  John,  daughter & mother - Catherine, late grandfather John Frankland (Aysgarth), brother William Dent,  cousin Joseph Horner (Leyburn).  Large parchment document - cert. of Probate & wafer seal attached.   £21

211/96 Dixon, George - Monk Fryston - 1826
Probated copy of Will - wife Ann, sons William,  John,  George Dixon,  daughter  Sarah Hattersley. Gives names & acreages of several closes of land.  Parchment, some pencil notations, cert of Probate & wafer seal attd.  £32 

225/24 Dormer, James - Richmond - 1825
Release by Catherine, 1 of the 6 surviving children of  Lucy (nee Fitzherbert) & James Dormer  re her entitlement under her parents Marriage Settlement full details & price on my Warwickshire page - Wills etc -  Dormer, Catherine - Warwick - 1825

50/106 Ellis, Elizabeth - Wakefield - dated 1811
Original Will - paper - names husband, father and mother - Wilson . £45

211/134 Ellis, John Singleton - Bramham - dated  1868
Original Will - cousins John Ellis (Great Grimsby, Lincs), Sarah (w/o Henry Boulton of Liverpool), Maria (w/o John Coulson of York). Sheet paper watermarked 1866, folded in 2, written 1 side - signed John Singleton Ellis, witnessed by Rich. Smith & J A Bromet (Tadcaster).  £28

53/177 England, Mary (wife of 53/176) - Hatfield - 1838
Letters of Administration - names both current and former husband - John Belton, Deceased of Lincolnshire.  £13

53/176 England, Thomas (husband of 53/177) - Hatfield - 1839
Probated copy of Will - parchment - names 3 daughters (England, Major, Pettinger) and son in law.   £26

211/116 Farrer, Elizabeth (widow) - Boston, Bramham - 1852
Probated copy of Will & Codicil - children (minors) Mary Anne, Maria Jane, Joseph, William & Thomas John Farrer. Appoints Thomas Grimeston, Thomas Scratchared & Joseph Farrer (all Bramham) as childrens' Guardians. 2 sheets parchment, some pencil notations, cert of Probate issued in 1853 & damaged wafer seal attd. [see also 211/117]  £33

211/117 Farrer, Elizabeth (widow) - Boston, Bramham - 1852
Probated copy of Will & Codicil - children (minors) Mary Anne, Maria Jane, Joseph, Thomas John &  William Farrer. Appoints Thomas Grimeston, Thomas Scratchared & Joseph Farrer (all Bramham) as childrens' Guardians. 2 sheets parchment, some pencil notations & registration of Memorial on reverse, cert of Probate issued in 1854 & damaged wafer seal attd. [see also 211/116]  £33

97/49 Fenton, Ann, widow - York - 1783
Letters of Administration - daughter Ann Harrison, widow. Small parchment document with wafer seal attached, part pre-printed with manuscript details, signed by Joseph Buckle (Deputy Registrar).  £14

50/115 Fox, Hannah - Batley - 1892
Letters of Administration - husband Phineas Fox.   £6

97/46 Frank, Matthew - Sunderland Wick - 1725
Later certified copy of Will - brother in law Matthew Bowes {his daughter Alice], nephew Henry Frank, other beneficiaries Catherine & Alice Frank (daughters of late Jeremy Frank), Elizabeth Simson (daughter of late Ellis Simpson). Names closes of land - some in Skern.  Sheet paper watermarked 1814, folded in 2, written 2½ sides, ink & embossed duty stamps. Signed in 1815 by Fredk. Wm. Storry (Noty. Public).  £39

211/157 Franks, John - Tadcaster - dated 1888
Original short Will - daughter Martha Elizabeth Franks. Sheet watermarked paper, folded in 2 & written 1 side, signed John Franks,  witnessed by   Henry Bromet, (solr, Tadcaster) & William Arthur Coates (Tadcaster).  £20

50/110 Gleadall, William - Cliff Common - 1857
Original Will - paper - names son and brother - in - law [Kay] does not name wife and other children. £40

98/148 Hall, Charles - Doncaster, formerly Kingston, Jamaica - died 1819
Further Letters of Administration with copy of Will attached, issued in respect of unadministered part of estate following the death of his natural son Francis Hall (Newark, Jamaica). Brother in law George Pinnock (Jamaica), late wife's nephews /nieces Philip Pinnock, Mary,  Ann,  Elizabeth Cuthbert, sister in law Mrs Gwyn  of Portman Sq, London, also various members of Rev John Allott's family who were kin - other legacies & bequests   - to be buried in vault with wife, servants Sarah Whitham, Mary Lockin.  2 sheets parchment with  Letters of Admin & wafer seal attached - granted to the Exor of Francis Hall.  £31

211/93 Halmshaw, Thomas - Birstall - 1820
Probated copy of Will  - wife Sarah,  children Nancy, Rachel,  James & William Halmshaw. Details of mortgage on freehold property. Parchment - cert. of Probate & wafer seal attached.   £31

84/196 Hammond  / Barracluf (Barraclough)
Pedigree - on mother's side - of Thomas Barracluf (Crofton / Sandal) who died in 1832.  It commences with his grandparents - Jonathan Hammond (Crofton) & Tabitha nee Shillitoe, whose 4 children :-a) Betty m Wm Barraclough, had 1 son,  b) John Hammond (Lofthouse) m Henrietta Squire (3 children + 1 grandch shown), c) Tabitha m Wm Hesletine (Pontefract) (5 children + 3 grandch shown),  d) Jonathan Hammond (Wragby) m Elizabeth Wade (4 children  shown).  Includes dates & places of baptisms, marriages, deaths, burials (also spouses).
2+ sheets paper watermarked 1837, joined together to give overall size of approx 42"x 15".   £45

225/23 Harrison, Richard & Elizabeth  - 1846 - Obligation Bond by Samuel Dance (Worcester) & Richard Harrison (Sheffield)  in favour of Thomas Onions (Ryton, Glos) in connection with sale agreement of same date, by which copyhold lands at Dymock were sold to Onions. Other parties to agreement include John Burrow, Thomas Bedford & Eliza & Joseph Allen Higgins. Sheet watermarked paper folded in 2, written 3 sides, ink & embossed duty stamps. Signed / sealed by Dance & Harrison, witnessed by James Gregg (sol. Ledbury). 2 small holes where wax seals had stuck to facing page when originally folded, thus tearing the paper when opened. £47

50/117 Heppleston, George Henry - Huddersfield - 1906
Probated copy of Will - names daughters [Briggs and Entwhistle ] and granddaughters. £16

211/128 Higgins, David Cliff - Hunslet, Leeds - 1865
Copy of Probated Will - 4 illegitimate children Elizabeth Jane, Barbara, Emma & Hannah Elizabeth and their mother Hannah Hanson, sister Hannah Elizabeth Wainwright [her children Ann & Eliza Wainwright]. Sheet watermarked paper folded in 2, written 2 sides, some dusting.  £15

211/153 Hodgson, Charles - Tadcaster - dated 1882
Original Will - wife Christiana, son Sam Hodgson, adopted son (wife's nephew) Joseph Owen Cawood. 3 sheets watermarked paper written 2 sides. Signed Charles Hodgson, witnessed by Ben. Bayles Thompson  (solr, Tadcaster) & Charles Brooke Dixon  (Tadcaster). £33

211/171 Hornshaw, Miss Rachel - Thorparch - dated 1903
Original short Will - mother Isabella Hornshaw. Sheet watermarked paper, folded in 2 & written part of 1 side, signed Rachel Hornshaw, witnessed by J A Bromet (solr Tadcaster) & Jno. H Hodgson (his clerk).  £15

50/108 Horsfall, Charles - Ravenssthorp - 1854
Probated copy of Will - parchment - names wife, 2brothers and sister [Garrett], children not named. £25

50/ 109 Horsfall, Thomas Hill (uncle of 50/108) - Thirsk - 1855
Probated copy of Will - parchment - names wife’s brothers (Priestley ) and sister (Milnthorpe ) 3 nephews and niece (Garrett ) and some of their children - extensive estates. £50

211/97 Houson, William - Rothwell - died 1830
Copy of Probated Will & Codicil - wife Anne,  sons Henry,  William,  Joseph, daughter Eliza Clarkson Houson. Mentions property, silver tankard & pew in Rothwell church. 4 sheets paper watermarked 1859, written 2+ sides, signed by J W Childe (Depy Regr), pencil note that widow died 1836.  £23

211/100 Jackson, William - Tadcaster - died 1834
Contemporary Copy of Probated Will - wife Mary, sons Edwin & William Thomas, daughters Malina (w/o William Herring), Mary (w/o James Robinson). Mentions interest in 2 annuities. 5 sheets (small splits in centre folds) paper watermarked 1830, written 3½ sides, with some later information by W T Jackson. £23

211/132 Jackson, William - Knottingley - 1868
Probated copy of Will & Codicils - wife Harriet, brother John Jackson, son William Jackson, daughters Harriet, Eliza Mary (w/o William Bew Todd), Alice  (w/o George Scott Robson), daughter in law Camilla Ann Jackson [her daughter Harriet Lawrance Jackson). Legacy to Pontefract Dispensary.  4 large sheets parchment with pencil notations, registration of Memorial on reverse - certificate of Probate & wafer seal attached.  £35

211/158 Johnson, Jane Ann (widow) - Rawcliffe, Snaith - dated 1876
Original Will - sister Eliza Hartley (widow, Tadcaster), late brother the Rev. Jonathan Jackson [their children not named], Goddaughter Isabella Ireland, companion M Ann Brown.  Sheet watermarked paper, folded in 2 & written 2 sides, the reverse noted in pencil "Cancelled by Will made 1889". Signed Jane Ann Jackson, witnessed by John Tebb & Edward Taylor (clerks to J A Bromet).  Together with a short letter dated 1889, signed by M A Brown asking Mr Bromet to visit Mrs Johnson at Rawcliffe. Pencil notes on the reverse of this presumably made by Bromet in connection with the new Will to be drawn up.  £30

211/131 Kirkley, Miss Mary - Stockton - 1867
Copy of Probated short Will -brother Robert Kirkley. Sheet watermarked paper folded in 2, written 1 side. Pinned to this is a Promissory Note of 1844 from Lord Stourton signed Stourton, on its reverse are details of repayment including the signature of Mary Kirkley & her Exors James Michaelin & Robert Grayton (both Stockton on Tees). Together with a small bundle of correspondence relating to the repayment of the loan including 3 signatures of Lord Stourton of Stourton (the son of Lord Stourton to whom the loan had been advanced).   £29

211/170 Lancaster, Matthew - Tadcaster - dated 1902
Original Will - wife Ada, son William Ackroyd Lancaster, daughters Doris May Ackroyd Lancaster, Mary Jane Tindall, son in law George Fawcett Tindall [see below 211/167 - children George Richard Tindall & Gertrude Tindall], Elizabeth Scholefield [daughter Ellen Clarke Scholefield]. Personal bequests made, owned house in Tadcaster.  Large sheet watermarked paper, folded in 2 & written 2 sides. Signed Matthew Lancaster, witnessed by Henry Bromet (solr) & Jno. H Hodgson (his clerk).  £32

98/157 Livingstone, Thos. - Thorne, Doncaster - formerly Gibraltar - 1900
Probated copy of Will - parchment - wife Jane M - certificate of Probate & wafer seal attached.  £15

211/30 Markham, Mary - Ingham (formerly Holme on Spalding Moor, Yorks) - 1871
Original Will & Codicil - husband George Markham, children John & Thomas Markham, Eliza (w/o John Pottage), Jane Elizabeth (w/o William Dykes), Catherine Mary Slater dec'd (her children not named).  Sheet blue watermarked paper, folded in 2 & written 3 sides. 'Mark' of Mary Markham, witness signatures of Enoch Gunby (Ingham), Ann Gunby & J E W Clarke.  £37

84/257 Marshall, Douglas Hamilton - Ripon - 1899
Original Marriage Certificate issued on day of Marriage - signed over penny lilac stamp. Bride Jane Harding ( Norton le Moore, Staffs.)   £14

211/133 Mason, James - Wighill - dated 1868
Original short Will - wife Nancy (nee Simpson), son William Mason (York). Sheet paper watermarked 1866, folded in 2 & written 1 side, signed James Mason,  witnessed by   J A Bromet, (solr, Tadcaster) John Tebb, his clerk.  £29

211/139 Mason, James - Wighill - dated 1871
Original short Will - wife Nancy (nee Simpson). Sheet paper watermarked, folded in 2 & written 1 side, signed James Mason,  witnessed by   J A Bromet, (solr, Tadcaster) & Geo. Mason.  £23

211/25 Metcalfe, Rev John - Canterbury Cathedral - 1862
 Will  refers to lands in Calverley & Otley in Yorkshire. For full details / price, please see my Kent page - Wills

211/87 Middleham, Benjamin - Tadcaster - 1802
Probated copy of Will - parchment - wife Jane, children Thomas,  Samuel,  Ann (w/o William Knowles of Tadcaster),  John,  Benjamin,  Francis & Matthew Middleham - certificate of Probate & wafer seal attached.  £36

211/126 Mitchel, John - Bradford - 1861
Probated copy of short Will - parchment - wife Maria. Certificate of Probate & wafer seal attached, registration of Memorial noted on reverse.  £19

211/151 Moverley, William Joshua - Hazlewood, Tadcaster - dated 1881
Original short Will  - sister Elizabeth Mary Moverley. Sheet paper watermarked, folded in 2 & written 1 side, signed William J Moverley, witnessed by Edward Taylor (solr, Tadcaster) & Wm Iredale (his clerk).  £20

211/106 Mudd, Stephen - Hazelwood - 1847
Probated copy of Will - brothers John Mudd, late Thomas Mudd [children Hannah & Robert Mudd], late James [daughter Margaret Claws], sisters Alice (w/o George Monkman of Scalby), late Jane [sons William & James Bilton], neices Margaret & ? daughters of Thomas Rawling (Cloughton, Scarboro'). Other beneficiaries Thomas Moverley (Hazelwood) [son Francis], Mary d/o Francis Moverley (Leeds), Robert Hodgson (Canada), John (s/o William Exelby of Newsham).  Parchment - certificate of Probate & wafer seal attached.  £31

211/138 Nicholson, George - Leeds - 1875
Copy of Will - wife Elizabeth. Sheet paper folded in 2, written 1 side. Together with a small slip of paper with various notes which suggest: there was a Court Case, that Elizabeth's maiden name was Copping, mentions children, that following the death of George Nicholson she may have married Albert Dawson at Leeds & lived at Holbeck.  £16

211/146 Pawson, George - Clifford - 1878
Probated copy of Will & Codicil - wife Hannah, sons James & George, daughters Harriett & Ann, son in law Henry Wilks (Bramham), brother Thomas Pawson (Clifford), servant William Smith. Details of several properties incl 'Bay Horse' public house Clifford -  parchment, registration of Memorial on reverse - certificate of Probate & wafer seal attached.  £26

171/154 Pointon, Miss Evangeline - Sheringham (formerly Horsforth, Yorks) - 1911
Probated copy of Will - sisters Emmeline & Elinor Pointon. Paper booklet.  £8

118/97 Potter, Thomas - Kingston(e) upon Hull - 1863
Probated copy of Will  - son Thomas Potter (Norwich) daughter Deborah (late w/o Dennis Davy), their children Thomas P,  Clara,  Henry J,  Mary E Ellaby. Properties - Kingstone,  Sheffield - parchment - certificate of Probate & wafer seal attached.  £18

211/164 Powell, George - Boston Spa nr Tadcaster - dated 1889
Original short Will - wife Elizabeth. Written on sheet paper taken from a ledger, watermarked 1881. Signed George Powell, witnessed by John Leuty (Bradford) & John Edwin Leuty (Leamington).  £18

160/88 Dolly Rand (Shipley) was a beneficiary of a Will -  for full details & price of document please turn to my Norfolk page - Wills - Woodhouse, Elizabeth - Norwich, formerly Heigham - 1914

211/149 Riley, Miss Mary - Cocksford - dated 1880
Original Will  - brothers William Riley [his daughter Mary], George Riley. Sheet paper watermarked 1879, folded in 2, written 1 side, signed Mary Riley, witnessed by (N?) R Bromet (Cocksford) & Edward Taylor (clerk to J A Bromet). £22

211/89 Rishworth, William - Eastburn, Kildwick End - dated 1808
Original Will  - wife Mary, sons William, Samuel,  John,  Thomas & Midgley Rishworth, daughter Martha (w/o John Shuttleworth). Large number of closes of land named in Manors of Steeton & Eastburn, & cottages occupied by Robert Clough, Stephen Barret, Stephen Wilkinson, John Pickles, Robert Lister, John Lund, house occupied by John Shuttleworth. 2 sheets watermarked paper much frayed at edges, some holes & tears in folds. Signed by William Rushworth note - seal torn out & missing - possibly indicating  Will was revoked. Witnessed by Jos. Wright, Martin Metcalf, Jonathan Wright.   £44

211/113  Rishworth, Midgley - Keighley - dated 1852
Original Will  & Codicil - brother Samuel Rishworth, children Thomas, Clapham, Israel Henry, William, Midgley, Samuel, Mary (w/o William Roper) & late Esther (w/o Emanuel Asquith) [their children Martha, Hannah, Mary, Esther, Thomas Cure, John, Rishworth, Midgley Asquith]. Details of land & considerable no. of properties includes location & occupiers. 5 sheets watermarked paper, dusting to outer & small splits in centre fold. Pencil notes & underlining to text which differs slightly from the Probated Will [211/114], presumably used as draft for final Will. Each page signed by Midgley Rishworth witnessed by Richard Metcalfe (solr Keighley) & Bella Metcalfe, codicil witnessed by Joseph Cissold). [see also 211/94 Corlass, above] £52

160/85 Miss Elizabeth Saltmer (York) was a beneficiary of her friend's Will -  for full details & price of document please turn to my Norfolk page - Wills - Minister, Ann - Great Witchingham, formerly Weston Longville - 1914

98/149 Samson, Charles - Kingston u Hull - died 1851
Very brief extracts from Will - folded sheet watermarked paper - written on half a side - gives dates of Will and Death, where & when proved, name of Executor.  £2

98/151 Scott, Richard - Wansford - 1875
Copy of Will - single side watermarked paper - wife Mary - land in Nafferton - date of death, where & when Will proved.  £9

211/102 Shaw, John - Tadcaster - dated 1834
Original Will  - daughters Elizabeth (w/o John Hemingway), Mary Ann (w/o Joseph Smith), Ursula Shaw, housekeeper Sarah March. Refers to interest in property at Bramham inherited from Adam Whitehead. Sheet paper watermarked 1832, folded in 2, written 1 side, signed & sealed by John Shaw, witnessed by Frem / Hem Backhouse, D M Hall, W M P Harrison.  £40

226/22 1723 -  Obligation Bond given by George Butler (Litchborough, Northants) to Rich. Shuttleworth (Forcett) re Indenture of same date. Sheet watermarked paper folded in 2, written 1 side - part pre-printed with manuscript details, ink & embossed duty stamps. 1st paragraph in Latin (standard until 1733).  Signed & attractive red wax seal by Geo. Butler, witnessed by Parker Filkes? & Tho.? Wollaston.  £53

211/122 Sibary, Elizabeth - Moor Garforth - dated 1860
Original Will - husband George Sibary, late father Nathan Clough, uncle William Clough (Birkinshaw, Bradford), brother George Clough (Mirfield). Possibly children, but not named. 4 sheets paper watermarked 1858, written 3 sides, signed Elizabeth Sibary  witnessed by   J A Bromet, (solr, Tadcaster) John Tebb, his clerk.  £35

211/156 Simpson, Frances - Westgate, Wetherby - dated 1888
Original Will  - husband John Simpson, minor children not named. Sheet paper watermarked folded in 2, written 2 sides, signed Frances Simpson, witnessed by Henry Bromet, (solr, Tadcaster & Leeds) John Tebb, (sol clerk).  £25

211/127 Sissons, Mary - Towton, Saxton - dated 1864
Original  Will - late husband Thomas Gilliam Sissons, infant children (not named). 1 of Trustees William Sissons (Little Preston). Real estate at Barkston Ash. Sheet paper watermarked 1861 folded in 2, written 2 sides, signed Mary Sissons, witnessed by John Tebb & Robert Cattle (clerks to J A Bromet, solr, Tadcaster).  £33

211/108 Sissons, William - Towton - died 1849
Copy of Probated Will - wife Sarah, daughter Mary, sons William & Thomas Gilliam Sissons. Sheet paper watermarked 1862, folded in 2 written on 2 sides.  £18

211/99 Smith, Richard - Bramham - 1829
Probated copy of Will  - wife Mary, son Richard, daughter Catherine. Refers to wife's estates at Bramham & Great Woodhouse. Parchment - certificate of Probate & wafer seal attached.  £30

211/123 Smith, Sarah Ann - Toulston - dated 1860
Original Will  - husband William Smith, late father William Thorp (Manchester). Recites details from father's Will, states only siblings - 2 sisters (not named).  Sheet paper watermarked 1857, folded in 2, written 2¾ sides. Signed  S A. Smith, witnessed by   J A Bromet, (solr, Tadcaster) John Tebb, his clerk.  £32

211/121 Smith, William - Toulston, Newton Kyme - dated 1860
Original Will  - wife Sarah Ann, possibly children (but not named) father Richard Smith (Tadcaster), siblings Elizabeth (w/o John Addinell Bromet), Martha, Sarah & John Abbot Smith.  5 sheets paper watermarked 1858, written 3½ sides. Signed by Wm. Smith, witnessed by John Tebb & Robert Cattle (clerks to J A Bromet, solr, Tadcaster).  £37

211/98 Spink, John Hawkes - Nether Carr, Bilton - 1826
Probated copy of Will  - wife Elizabeth, father William Spink (Cattall), brother Henry Hawkes Spink (Tadcaster). Provision made for any children of the marriage to be born. Parchment, several pinprick holes in folds (not affecting text) - certificate of Probate & wafer seal attached. Together with 3 small sheets paper comprising a) Inventory of Goods & Chattels (RARE),  b) list of costs incurred in obtaining Probate,  c) list of accounts paid.  £42

211/169 Stephenson, William Dawson - Toulston, Tadcaster - dated 1897
Original Will  - wife Edith Riley Stephenson, brother Richard Stephenson, refers to minor children, sisters, nephews & nieces but no names given. Sheet paper  folded in 2 written2 sides. Signed William Dawson Stephenson, witnessed by Chas A Cooper & Jno. H Hodgson  (clerks to  Bromet & Sons).  £23

211/130 Styan, William - Whixley - dated 1866
Original Will  - wife Ann, children William, John, James, Charles, Mary Ann, Eliza, Alfred, Sarah Amelia, Louisa & Isabella Styan. Refers to farm. Sheet paper watermarked 1863 folded in 2 written2 sides. Signed William Styan, witnessed by   J A Bromet, (solr, Tadcaster) John Tebb, his clerk.  £35

50/113 Teale, Charlotte Frances - (daughter of 50/111) - Scarborough - 1886
Letters of Administration - parchment -- granted to mother. £8

50/114 Teale , Frances Ann - (widow of 50/111) - Scarborough - 1888
Probated copy of Will and Codicil - parchment - names daughter and 2 sons £20

50/116 Teale , Frances Ann - Scarborough - 1901 - (daughter of 50/111)
Probated copy of Will - names brothers and sister (Brierley ), nephews and nieces and Godchildren. £16

50/111 Teale, Thomas Pridgin - Leeds - 1867.
Probated Will and Codicils - parchment - names wife, 5 children and daughter in law. Connections with Moor Allerton extensive properties Leeds. £30

211/105 Telford, George - Leeds - 1843
Probated copy of Will - father Robert Telford (Wetherby). Refers to money owed to him re house in Bramham sold to John Whittay. Small sheet parchment, grant of Probate & wafer seal attached.  £25

98/147 Terrington, Thomas Aucland - Sculcoats / Kingston u Hull - died 1839
Brief extracts from Probated Will - sheet of paper watermarked1843 - son Thomas J, daughter Mary A w/o Henry Gibson (K u Hull) - gives date of death, where & when Will proved.  £5

211/168 Tesseyman, Richard - Clifford, Bramham - 1896
Probated copy of Will - wife Margaret, daughter Mary Gertrude, son James Tesseyman, nephew Henry Tesseyman (Pillsmoor, Sheffield). 2 sheets parchment written 3 sides with grant of Probate & slightly damaged wafer seal attached. Pencil notations, some dusting, registration of Memorial & 2 company stamps on reverse. £17

50/28 Tetley, Samuel - Bradford - 8/4/1875
Signed receipt for monies from estate of Thomas Crosley Deceased [see also 53/178, above] in his capacity as Executor of the Will of his late father, Thomas - refers to Mary Maud's Life Interest.  £6

211/144 Thersby, Hannah - Aberford - dated 1877
Original Will  - wife of John Thersby (Leeds), son John William Thersby, late father Robert Gathercole (Aberford), brother William Gathercole (Aberford), sisters Sarah (w/o Benjamin Dickinson of Barwick), Mary Ann (w/o Henry Wright of Staniland), late Susan (w/o Richard Helm - their children not named). Sheet watermarked paper, folded in 2,  written 3 sides. Signed by Hannah Thersby, witnessed by J A Bromet (solr, Tadcaster) & [Francis Edw. Williamson?] (wine merchant Aberford). Together with a Promissory Note dated 1871 on a slip of paper given & signed  by William Gathercole to Hannah Thersby.  £40

211/ 141 Thompson, George dated 1874
Original short Will  - wife Ann. Sheet watermarked paper, folded in 2,  written 1 side. Signed George Thompson, witnessed by Robt. Cattle & John Tebb  (clerks to J A Bromet, solr, Tadcaster).  £22

211/ 112 Thompson, William dated 1851
Original Will  - wife not named, siblings Joseph Thompson (Spaldington), Mary (w/o Peter Dunwell), Ann Thompson. Sheet watermarked paper, folded in 2,  written 2½ sides. Signed Wm. Thompson, witnessed by J A Bromet (solr, Tadcaster) & John Tebb  (his clerk).  £40

211/167 Tindall, George Fawcett - Tadcaster - dated 1896
Original Will  - wife Mary Jane, minor children not named [but see 211/170 Matthew Lancaster names them], brother William Henry Tindall. 3 large sheets watermarked paper written 1½ sides, signed George Fawcett Tindall witnessed by J A Bromet (solr, Tadcaster) & Chas A Cooper  (his clerk).  £23

211/174 Vavasour, Henry Dunstan - Hazlewood Castle & Tataraimaka, New Zealand - dated 1871 & 1880
2 Original Wills - brothers William Edward Joseph Vavasour, Oswald Hugh Vavasour (both of Hazlewood Castle), Edward Joseph Everard Vavasour, sisters Mary Lucy Vavasour, Angela Maria (de Gaudos) Galdina Vavasour. Both Wills written on watermarked paper; 1871 - 3 sides signed Hy Dunstan Vavasour, 1880 - 1 side  signed H D Vavasour, witnesses include Frederick Augustus Scott (1871) & S Churchward / Churchwara (1880 - Footman, Hazlewood Castle). £42

211/85 Walker, Bryan  - Saxton - 1760
Probated copy of Will  - son John, daughters Hannah & Mary (w/o Robert Wright of Collingham), grandchildren Ann & John Shaw. Parchment, grant of Probate & wafer seal attached.  £45

211/152 Walker, Elizabeth (spinster) - Clifford, Bramham - dated 1882
Original Will  - sister Ann Wood [her son William Henry Wood of Harrogate], other nephews James Joseph Burns & Patrick Harold Burns (both Clifford). Sheet watermarked paper, folded in 2,  written 1 side. Signed Elizabeth Walker, witnessed by J A Bromet (solr, Tadcaster) & John Tebb  (his clerk).  £25

211/160 Walker, Hannah Blackburn  -  Bramham - dated 1890
Original Will - husband Samuel Walker, children Sarah Jane Wright,   Arthur Wright (minor), Elizabeth (w/o William Richardson of Bramham),  Polly (w/o Alfred Jackson of Armley, Leeds).  Refers to 1866 settlement in her favour (then Hannah Blackburn Wright) comprising legacy received under Will of Thomas Blackburn (Tadcaster), 1885 marriage to Walker & 1889 Indenture.  Sheet watermarked paper, folded in 2,  written 3 sides. Signed Hannah B. Walker, witnessed by Henry Wilks (Bramham) & Henry Bromet (solr, Tadcaster). £35

211/145 Walker, James  - Saxton  - 1877
Probated copy of Will - sisters Mary, Ann, Abi. Other beneficiaries John & Jane Elizabeth Stubbs (children of John Stubbs of Saxton). Parchment, grant of Probate & wafer seal attached, some dusting, registration of Memorial & 1 company & 1879 Court case - Marshall v Smithson - noted on reverse.  £22

211/136 Walker, John  - Saxton / Barkston - 1869
Probated copy of Will - Siblings Mary, Ann, Abi & James Walker, infant daughter Annie Elizabeth Walker. Parchment, grant of Probate & wafer seal attached, registration of Memorial noted on reverse.  £23

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

211/115 Walker, Thomas  - Saxton - 1852
Contemporary Copy of short Will - wife Jane. Reference to real estate in Stanley cum Wrenthorpe, Saxton & Barton Ash. Sheet watermarked paper folded in 2, written 1 side, includes note of registration of Memorial.  £20

211/101 Walker, William  - Saxton - 1841
Copy of Will - wife Ann, sons Thomas,  William,  John,  James, daughters Mary,  Ann,  Abi,  Ellen.  House & Land in Barkston Ash occupied by George Drury. Refers to 'Silver Pint & Tankard which have been long in family'. Sheet paper folded in 2, written 2 sides.  £23

50/107 Wallgate, Elizabeth [spinster] - Kingston upon Hull - 1844.
Probated copy of Will - Parchment - names niece Elizabeth wife of John Fillinghan and various beneficiaries K u Hull, Beadle, Bowers, Chapman, Lawson, Thundercliffe. £25

211/90 Ward, Robert - New Malton - died 1782
Limited Letters of Administration dated 1816 with a copy of the Will - late brother George Ward, daughter Hannah (w/o William Shields of Kingston u Hull),  clerk John Terry, servants Jane Barnby,  Joseph Dawson, 'relation' Thomas Martin. Bequests to various friends. Refers to properties in Yorkshire & Pattiswick, Essex also late brother's properties in Middx & London. Will had been proved in 1782, 1816 documents limited to transfer of a property - Ward had been Trustee for William Burton (Kirkby Misperton) - acquired in 1773 from Ann Hood (Allerthorpe) [widow of James Hood] & her daughters Ann (w/o Nathaniel Chaplin of Beilby, Aylton) & Elizabeth (w/o John Quarton of Catton). 2 parchment sheets, wafer seal attached. £35

211/166 Ward,  Emma (widow) - Stutton, Tadcaster - dated 1894
Original Will - daughters Jane Ann Ellis (London), Elizabeth (w/o Richard Hadwin of Morecombe), Emma (w/o Michael Ogden of Cowling, Lancs), Anne (w/o John Morris of Manchester), Naomi (w/o Daniel Kerridge of Manchester), Martha (w/o John Duglas of Rochester, America), Constance Ward & late Zilla Baxter (both Stutton). Grandsons William Thomas Thornton, Ellis Baxter,  William Henry Baxter.  Personal bequests.  Large sheet watermarked paper, folded in 2 - written 2 sides. Signed Emma Ward, witnessed by J A Bromet  (solr Tadcaster) & John Tebb.  £35

211/161 Ward, William - Stutton, Tadcaster - dated 1890
Original short Will - wife Emma [see 211/166]. Sheet of paper, folded in 2 - written on 1 side. Signed Wm. Ward, witnessed by Daniel Herridge (Manchester) & John Tebb (solr clk Tadcaster).  £19

97/47 Webster, John (junior) - Great Driffield - 1739
Probated copy of Will  - parents Dorothy & John Webster, sisters Mary, Jane & Ann. Details of cottage includes name of neighbour on each side. Small parchment sheet, grant of Probate & wafer seal attached.  £48

50/112 Wells, Elizabeth Ann - Kingston upon Hull - 1866.
Letters of Administration - parchment - husband Benjamin. £8

211/109 Whitnell, John - Tadcaster - 1849
Copy of Will - wife not named, daughters Emily (minor) & Mary Ann Longthorn Spence (w/o John Spence), brother Rev. Richard Whitnell (Phillipsburg, St Armand, Lower Canada). Properties in Haxby? & Tadcaster, bequests of personal belongings. 2 very large sheets paper folded in 2 written 5¼ sides.   £24

211/172 Wilkinson, James - Saxton nr Tadcaster - dated 1907
Original Will - wife Annie, infant children not named. Large sheet of watermarked paper, folded double - written on 1¾ sides. Signed James Wilkinson, witnessed by Henry Bromet  (solr) & J F Mason (his clerk).  £22

211/140 Wood, Miss Mary - Tadcaster - dated 1874
Original short Will - late brother William Wood, his widow Elizabeth Wood (Tadcaster). Sheet of watermarked paper, folded double - written on 1 side. Signed Mary Wood  & witnessed by James Bradley (Tadcaster) & John Tebb (solr clerk).  £25

211/147 Woodhead, Hannah - widow - Eccleshill, - dated 1879
Original short Will - daughters Jane & Beatrice Woodhead. Sheet of watermarked paper, folded double - written on 1 side. Signed Hannah Woodhead, witnessed by J Wm. Woodhead & Edward Taylor (clerk to J A Bromet solr, Tadcaster).  £27

211/135 Woodhead, James - Eccleshill, Bradford - dated 1869
Original Will - siblings Jane, Hannah, Beatrice, John & Jeremiah William Woodhead, brother in law William Marshall (Bradford). Sheet of paper signed James Woodhead, witnessed by William Marshall & (George Hunter Ferris?).  £34

98/154 Wray, A - 1881
Deed of Acknowledgement by A Wray, who has received from Robson Wray as Exor of John, the repayment of a sum of money secured on property in Nethergate, Nafferton - gives date of original agreement & brief property details. Sheet of watermarked paper, folded double - written on 1 side. Signed by A Wray & witness Luke White (solr Driffield). £19

98/153 Wray, John - Wetwang - 1881
Copy of Will - 1+ sides watermarked paper - wife Ann,  son Robson, daughter Catherine & her daughter Ada Windass. Joseph Wray of Garton had been a witness  - date of death, where & when Will proved. [see also Lincolnshire page Wills 50/ 33, 62, 70] £10