| Description | Probate (15 Dec. 1836) of the will of James Bourne of Dudley, gentleman; lands at Porters Fields, part of a croft in Birmingham Street, Dudley, 3 plots of land near Queens Cross, Dudley, land in Elswall Lane, 2 pieces of land at Eve Hill, , land at Withymore, shares in the Dudley Canal and the Dudley's Arms Inn and Market Company, upon trust for sale; proceeds to pay his debt to sister, Ann Bourne, £750 to daughter Mary, same sum to be invested for daughter Elizabeth for life, thence capital divided equally between her issue equally as tenants in common; balance of proceeds to sink into residuary personal estate; confirms deed of appointment of 1819 of his mansions house , law offices etc. near St Edmund's Church, to son Joseph Green Bourne; devises to him various plots of adjacent land, also several tenements in Birmingham Street, the public house called 'The Pack Horse' in Birmingham Street, and his moiety of a messuage etc. called Cawney Bank and of lands at Cawney Hill, and Brook House at Coseley (except Cawney and Coseley minerals reserved to all his 5 children); aforementioned moiety of Cawney Bank is in remainder to son James Bourne should Joseph Green Bourne die in the lifetime of his present wife, Eleanor, without surviving issue; pair of silver wine cooler to Joseph; messuage and lands at Tansley Hill to son James (reserving minersl to all 5 children); confirms deed of appointment of 1819 of messuage etc. in Market Place, Dudley, to son James, but should he die in the lifetime of his present wife, Mary Ann Bourne, without surviving issue, the Tansley Hill to Joseph Green Bourne; 4 messuages at Dixon's Green, and Springfield House near Dixon's Green, and 2 messuages and 4 closes of land near Watson's Green (part occupied by Elizabeth and Ann Bourne), reserving (as usual) the Watson's Green minerals, upon trust to pay the rents to youngest son, Herbert Dudley Bourne, with protection in event of his bankruptcy, for life, thence to Herbert;s wife for life, then to divide the premises and any accumulations between their children at the age of 21, equally as tenants in common, with remainder, in default of issue, to testator's 4 other children as tenants in common etc.; dwellinghouse in Birmingham Street, Dudley (occupied by Hartil Dudley), to daughters Mary Green Bourne and Elizabeth Bourne, for life as their own residence, thereafter to form residuary real estate passing to his 3 sons; plate to daughte Mary Green Bourne, but to Herbert Bourne shoufl she marry; household effects up to £300 to daughters; messuage in Market Place, 3 closes of land at Bare Hill, parish of Rowley Regis, Staffs. and the messuage farm and lands at Oakham, 2 messuages and adjacent lands at Roberts Green, 2 messuages and adjacent lands at Old Hill, all same parish, and several messuages and lands near Neens Hill, Salop, reserving all minerals to 5 children, one moiety to the use of Mary Green Bourne for life, thence to her issue in such manner as she shall appoint, which failing to them equally as tenants in common (remoter issue taking per stirpes), with remainder, in default of issue, to his other 4 children as tenants in common, and the other moiety to ther use of Elizabeth Bourne on similar terms; daughters when tenants for life may appoint premises or charge annuities upon them in favour of their husbands to provide in case such husbands outlive them; £400 to grandson, James Samuel Bourne, accumulating etc. until he is of age; legal business to sons, Joseph Green Bourne and James Bourne, as specified; library to Joseph Green Bourne, and various family portraits; all minerals previously reserved, upon general trsu for sale for the equal benefit of all children (Joseph and James's shares paid directly, that of Herbert held in trust, daughters' shares in trust, in moieties for each daughter upon the same terms as the real estate settled upon them (above); to the Female School of Industry in Fisher's Street, Dudley, established by Joseph Green, late wife's late uncle ('the heirs at law of the late Mr John Hodgetts, the founder of the school, having taken the advantage of the Mortmain Act, by which the charity was deprived of his donation' [see DSCAM/1/3/2/67]), £100, for the benefit of children educated in such school according to the doctrines of the Church of England...; £100 each to daughters; residue of real and personal estate (with further separate arrangements for residuatry minerals), to sons; the share of Joseph subject to £1860 due from him to his father, but adjusted for expenditure they have both made rebuilding Cawney Bank as specified, and charged with Joseph's part of the joint debt of £3600 of himself and James to their father; share of James subject to the £1600 he owes his father and the other half of the £3600; share of Herbert held in trust, and charged with £1850 due from him to his father; interest chargeable as specified; the four specified sums due to be thrown into hotchpot; executors, Joseph and James.
Codicil (1 Nov. 1834); horse and phaeton to daughter, Mary Green Bourne; powers to Joseph Green Bourne and James Bourne to appoint the moiety of Cawney Bank and to appoint Tansley Hill to their respective wives for a life estate.
Codicil (20 Dec. 1834); £50 to the Dudley Bread Charity to be invested to provide food or warm clothing as specified.
Endorsed note of production in Skidmore v Oakes, 1855 [See DSCAM/3/96 series]. |