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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D518/MT/149
TitleCopy will of Jacob Osborne of Elvaston, yeoman. Wife Hannah to receive 90 sheep on commons and open fields of Elvaston, all his horses, 12 youngest meat beasts, 8 milked cows, instruments of husbandry, household goods, standing and stored crops; nephew William, eldest son of Jacob's brother William Osborne, clerk, deceased - £100; William's other children - £50 each, William's widow - £20; Josiah Rogerson - 20s. to preach funeral sermon. Receipts for Aston on Trent farm for poor of Elvaston. Cottage and lands in Elvaston to wife Hannah for life with remainder to son Joseph and heirs. Sheepcroft close, Elvaston, to Joseph. Moiety of messuage and lands in Spondon to brother Isaac Osborne after term to raise £100 for Joseph's daughter Sarah. Messuage and lands in Alvaston and Boulton to nephew William son of Isaac Osborne after raising £100 for Mary daughter of Joseph. 50s rentcharge on other Spondon lands to friends John Blood and George Woodward, yeomen of Alvaston, on trust for minister of dissenting protestants in Alvaston, or to another preacher if none in Alvaston; lands themselves divided one-third each to Isaac, Joseph, and sister Mary, wife of John Bennett
30 Aug
Date1712
Levelfile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorStanhope family of Elvaston, Derbyshire, Earls of Harrington
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