| Title | Copy of the will of Thomas Buxton of Thorpe yeoman. To his wife, all real and personal estate for her life; to grand-daughters Mary Adams and Margaret Adams, £250 each to be paid within 6 months of his wife's death, but if both die without issue the £500 to be divided between his children Ann Adams, Maude Harding, and Ellen Buxton; to his youngest daughter, Ellen, £300 to be paid within 6 months of wife's death, and all his plate and linen which is left unused and found at his wife's death; his wife to have power to dispose of any of his household goods and furniture to Ellen; to John Barnes of Ashbourne grocer, and John Brittlebank of Ashbourne gent., £500 after his wife's death upon trust to invest the same and to use the interest for the education and upbringing of his five grandchildren, (sons and daughters of his daughter Margaret Barnes); as each grandchild reaches 21, one-fifth of the principal is to be transferred to them; to daughter Maude Harding, £600 upon his wife's death, an addition to her marriage portion on her marriage to Samuel Parker of Birmingham miller: £400 of the £600 is to be limited to uses as set down in her marriage settlement. Wife to be sole executrix. Dated 21 October |