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Title	The will of Eliza Morewood (née Longsdon of Longstone) Copy draft of the will of Mrs Eliza Morewood (née Longsdon), the widow of Alfred Morewood of Leamington, Warwickshire, gentleman 1872- recites her marriage settlement (as the widow of Edward Briggs) dated 10 Sep 1859 - all her monies arising from Edward Briggs deceased to be paid to trustees during the lives of Eliza and Alfred Morewood and the survivor of the two, except for £5,000 in trust for the three children of Eliza Briggs (vizt Margaret Ann, the wife of Douglas Walter Stockdale; James Briggs; William Edward Briggs;), this to be handed over now- various bequests of unspecified estates to testatrix's step children- many bequests of money of various persons, including £45 to godson Frank Allcard (son of late friend William Allcard of Burton Closes, near Bakewell); 19 guineas to Susannah Perrin of Great Longstone, cousin of the late Alfred Morewood; to brother, Frederick Longsdon, now of Ashton on Mersey, Cheshire, agent to the North British Mercantile Insurance Office, the interest on £2,500, etc Executors: testatrix's step sons, James Briggs and William Edward Briggs
Date	1872
Description	[Formerly numbered 1872-1]
Level	File
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Clients of Messrs Brooke Taylor of Bakewell, solicitors
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