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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D511/T/12
TitleProbate of John Botham of Wirksworth, gent: to his wife, Edith, the dwellinghouse wherein he lives, a kitchen, one brick building, an elaboratory and a shop adjoining the house for her life; after her decease to Benjamin Wigley; the house wherein James Hatfield lives, to Edith for life and then to Benjamin Wigley; the houses inhabited by Henry Burton and Henry Wood, 1/8 of two mills and of Mill Meddow to Edith for life and then to Benjamin Wigley; the house near the lyche gate at Wirksworth to his kinswoman Mary Meller; two pieces of land in Wirksworth called Hopton Swomps and Mobery Wall and all his lands in Ashover in the tenure of Samuel Clarke, to Edith; 2 closes at Ashover in the tenure of John Rigott and William Botham, to Edith for life, and the half Rigott's holding to Ann, wife of Anthony Gell of Middleton and the other half to Solomon, son of Daniel Willis, half Botham's holding to William Spencer of Crich and the other half to Richard Weigne of Ashleyhay; his lands near Middleton in the tenure of Anthony Gell and Anthony Godber to Edith and to Benjamin Wigley; his title to lands at Ireton Wood, whereof his brother-in-law John Greatorex is tenant, after the decease of Greatorex and his wife, to Edith for life and then to Benjamin Wigley; to John Wigley, his grand child, a piece of land at Wirksworth; various monetary bequests. 1 Nov
Date1730
LevelFile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorWigley, Bateman and Shirley families
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