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 |