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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D2920/1/1
TitleProbate of will of Dorcas Thacker of Eagle Street, Parish of St Andrews, Holborn, co Middlesex, widow (will dated 29 Nov 1710)
Date1710
DescriptionTo be buried in Repton as near her husband Francis Thacker esq as possible

The will refers to the following persons (to most of whom legacies, often substantial, are left): brother-in-law Gilbert Thacker of Repton esq; mother Mrs May Clissold; ‘cousin’ Mary Thacker, daughter of Gilbert; Mrs Elizabeth Ammonett; Sir Francis Windebanck, bart; Samuel How of Sermon Lane, gent; cousin Susannah Walkate who lives with Dorcas; cousin Paul Hood; cousin Margaret Ray, wife of Richard Ray of Haughley, co Suffolk, clerk; Dorothy Ray of Haughley, co Suffolk, clerk; Dorothy Ray daughter of Margaret and Richard; John Grainger esq of the Tellers Office in the Exchequer

Includes reference to a mortgage on which interest is payable to Dorcas as executor and residuary legatee of her husband

The will sets up a trust for the benefit of poor women

Executrix: mother Mrs Mary Clissold

Proved 11 Dec 1710
LevelFile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorThacker family of Repton; and Mallalieu family of Ockbrook
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