| Title | Copy probate of Walter Buxton of Nether Bradbourne, yeoman. 1) All testator’s messuages, lands, etc at Thorpe and Alstonefield being part of Hanson Grange with all his lands at Bradbourne [field names given] to testator’s sons Thos, Samuel and Richard. 2) To testator’s daughter Sarah Buxton £100 on condition she does not marry Richard Bennett [if she does marry Bennett she is to have only 1 shilling]. 3) Monetary bequests to testator’s children Martha (£100), Edmund, John and Walter (1 shilling each) and Jane wife of Thos Tompkinson (1 shilling). 4) To testator’s wife all his household goods in his house at Nether Bradbourne while she remains a widow. 5) If testator’s widow remarries, goods to be divided equally amongst testator’s children unless widow pays £50 equally amongst them. 6) To each of testator’s grandchildren 20 shillings. 7) Residue of testator’s personal estate to Thomas Samuel and Richard Buxton. Date of will: 19 Sep 1696. Date of probate: 16 Oct 1696. |