| Title | Copy of the will of Joyce Osborne spinster, daughter of John and Elizabeth Osborne of Derby deceased; Mrs Elizabeth Bateman the elder, sister of testator's brother-in-law Hugh Bateman sen., to be sole executrix and to receive £100; all her shares in the manor of Morley with the advowson, and all lands in Morley, Smalley, and Kiddesley, to the use of Hugh Bateman jun., eldest son of her nephew Richard Bateman deceased in tail male, and in default of heirs male, to the use of her godson Richard Bateman, youngest son of her said nephew Richard, in tail male, and in default of heirs male to the right heirs of her mother Elizabeth Osborne deceased; to Hugh Bateman jun., her moiety of a messuage in St Mary's Gate, Derby, and the water corn mill at the lower end of St Mary's Gate; a moiety of a moiety of two messuages in Sadlergate, of a close in Whitecross Field (both in Derby), of a farm at Fenny Bentley, and of lands at Musden Grange (co. Stafford); to her godson Richard Bateman, the other moiety of a moiety; and her moiety of a moiety of a farm called Hall Field and of closes called Over Piece, Nether Piece, New Meadow, Cote Meadow, Brown Lees, and Little Corn Close at Atlow, and of another messuage called Hall Field with Well Meadow, Corn Close, Cliff Meadow, Two Acres, Two Little Holes, and Two Little Meadows at Atlow, and of several messuages and lands at Hough Park; and whereas she is under contract with Wrightson Mundy deceased for the sale of her moiety of a farm at Markeaton and Mackworth with 2½ acres in Whitecross Field, Derby, 3 acres in Darley, a house at Markeaton with an orchard or croft, part of Kings Croft in Markeaton, and messuages and closes in Markeaton, and whereas her nephew Richard Bateman has also contracted for the sale of his moiety to Mundy (total price £2100), and whereas no purchase money has been paid, but Wrightson's son Francis Noel Clarke Mundy has paid interest on it, in case the testator dies before the contract has been completed, her moiety is to go to Henry Coape of Duffield and Francis Plumptree upon trust to fulfill the contract, to receive her share of the purchase money (£1050) and any interest due, upon trust to invest the same and receive the interest to be held on the same trusts as the residue of her personal estate; to Coape and Plumptree, all her messuages and lands at Meynell Langley and Kirk Langley, Mugginton and Duffield upon trust to receive the rents etc. for the benefit of her godson Richard Bateman until he is 21, and then to stand seised of the same to the use of Richard in fee simple; to Coape and Plumptree, £100 each; to Hugh Bateman jun., her little picture set in gold of her grandfather Sacheverell, her little picture of her father Osborne, and £10 for mourning; to her cousin Mrs Wheeler, widow of Rev. Wheeler, £50; to her cousin Mrs Pegg wife of Strelley Pegg, her diamond buckle; to her brother-in-law Hugh Bateman sen., £20 for mourning; to Mrs Bateman, widow of Richard, her best diamond ring; to Frances Bateman, sister of her brother-in-law Hugh, another diamond ring; to her kinsman Edward Osborne of Arnold (co. Nottingham), £10; to John Hope sen. of Derby, £10; to her maid servant, all her mourning clothes; the remainder of her clothes to be disposed of by her executrix; to her manservant, a suit of mourning to be bought by her executrix; to godson Richard Bateman, all her household goods, furniture, plate, linen, watches, books, jewels, rings, and pictures, but Frances and Elizabeth Bateman may have the use of what household goods they want for their lives, the residue of her personal estate to be held in trust for the benefit of her godson Richard, but if he dies without issue before he is 21, then upon trust for the benefit of Hugh Bateman jun., and if he dies without issue before he is 21, then for the benefit of her cousins Miss Dorothy Wilmot and Miss Jane Davison. Dated 8 January |