| Description | Will dated 14 November 1882. Testator died on 1 September 1887. Probate granted 14 October 1887. Gross value of estate £475.- bequeaths £10 and furniture to his housekeeper, May Wall; to his son, John, all the farming stock, etc, now used by him at Brockhurst Farm, in the Parish of Ashover, and three houses and a butcher's shop at Holloway now occupied by Thomas Walker, James Spencer and Samuel Dawes; to his daughter Mary, the life of Frederick Lowe, for her life, etc, the house at Matlock occupied by Fredrick Lowe, and three cottages at Matlock occupied by Mrs Newton , Mrs Specer, and John Else; fiver messuages at Holloway occupied by Thomas Merchant, William Sims, William Flint, Charles Lynn, and the testator, to his son, John, an testator's friend William Sayles of Holloway, timber merchant, on trust of his son, George, and after his death, for testator's son, John and daughter Mary; the residue equally between the testator's children John, George, and Mary. Executors: his son, John, and William Sayles. |