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Description: | Release of legacies, dated 20th August 1842. Parties involved: William Dobbins of Linton, Herefordshire, labourer, and Ann his wife; Mary Pressdee of Dymock, Gloucestershire, widow; William Amos of Newent, Gloucestershire, labourer, and Hannah his wife; Michael Jones of Dymock, bricklayer, and Elizabeth his wife.
Refers to the Will of John Elton, dated 22nd July 1846, in which he bequeathed to his brother, Richard Elton, a freehold house with land called the Castle Tump in Dymock; all his live and dead farming stock; implements in husbandry; casks and cider; all his crops growing and severed; and all his household furniture.
The testator died on 6th August 1846. Ann Dobbins, Mary Pressdee, Hannah Amos and Elizabeth Jones were sisters of the Testator. Each received a legacy of 19-19s under the Will of John Elton, granted to them by Richard Elton, the principal beneficiary. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Archives | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Archives | Temporal: | Aug 1842 | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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