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NAME |
DATE WRITTEN |
PROBATE DATE |
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WILLIAM SHEMILT |
AUGUST 7 1766 |
MAY 15 1767 |
EXTRACTS FROM WILL OF
WILLIAM SHEMILT HUSBANDMAN OF ELLASTONE:
Written on August 7th 1766
I William Shemilt Husbandman of Ellastone in the County of Stafford....
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I give and bequeath unto
Dorothy Heath wife of John Heath of Wootton Park..... the house and land lying
at Swinscoe known by the name of the Hall Flats in the parish of Bloor and all
privileges thereto belonging.
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I give and bequeath unto
THOMAS SHEMILT the SON of ROBERT SHEMILT
the house and land lying at Ellastone that I bought of Richard (Barron) of
Derby for his life and then....
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I give and bequeath unto MY
BROTHER THOMAS SHEMILT the sum of one hundred pounds which is in the hands
of Richard (Brown) of Derby.
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I give and bequeath unto
ROBERT SHEMILT and unto HIS DAUGHTER RUTH WOOD the WIFE of GODFREY WOOD each of
them a hundred pounds which is in the hands of Thomas Hurd of Stanton to
them....
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I give unto Joseph Walkers
son John Walker, and to his son Joseph, and to his son Thomas each and every of
them, five pounds a piece.
ITEM
I give unto MY GODSON
GEORGE WALKER the SON of JOHN WALKER the sum of five pounds.
ITEM
I give unto William Finey
baker of Wootton, the sum of five pounds.
ITEM
I give unto Robert Robinson
of Wootton and to his sister in law Ann Robinson the sum of five pounds betwixt
them fifty shillings each.
ITEM
I give unto MY SISTER
MARGARET WOODWARD one guinea.
All legacies to be paid at
the decease of William Shemilt and RUTH SHEMILT HIS WIFE and to enter
upon the Land.
Lastly I appoint MY WIFE
RUTH SHEMILT executor.....
Witnesses William
Shemeld
William Collis
John Heath Signed
James Bradshaw
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