| Reference Number | DSCAM/3/217 |
| Title | Will etc. of John Holden and Ann Mary Holden |
| Description | DSCAM/3/217/1: Probate (19 Jan. 1870) of the will (dated 4 Oct. 1869) of John Holden of Great Bridge Street, West Bromwich, Staffs., manager of ironworks; land in the Beeches Road, Westbromwich to father; shares in James Russell and Sons, Ltd, lately transferred to him by his father, upon trust to pay dividends to wife, Emma Holden, during children's minority, thence to be divided between his 2 children (or the survivor) at the age of 21, otherwise to his father; household effects and residue of estate, to wife; executors, Josiah Guest and William Nicholls (brothers-in-law). |
| DSCAM/3/217/2: Settlement and declaration of trust (6 Apr. 1875) by Josiah Guest of West Bromwich, iron founder and William Godwin Nichollas of Dudley, ironmasters clerk, regarding £250 received from Betsy, wife of Thomas Pugh Allen, Eleanor the wife of Josiah Guest and Thomas Edward Holden (sisters and brothers of John Holden), to pay the income to Emma Holden during the minorities of her daughters and thence in trust for Ann Mary Holden and Frances Louise Holden or the survivor at the age of 21 etc.; with attached receipt, 28 Sept. 1875. |
| DSCAM/3/217/3: Residuary Account, 1875. |
| DSCAM/3/217/4-5: Letters received by Henry Coldicott, Dudley from William Nicholls re payments, Jan. and July 1877. |
| DSCAM/3/217/6: Agreement (29 June 1881) regarding mortgages on the Excelsior Works given by the late Thomas Pugh Allen to Josiah Guest and Godwin Nicholls (£3200) and Jeremiah Bagnall (£800) to be transferred, £3000 to Ann Mary Holden and £1000 to Guest and Nicholls, and the payment to the executors of Allen of the amount received on an insurance policy formerly forming a collateral security for the mortgages in exchange for an agreement to charge adjacent lands as specified with the mortgage debt as a substitute security. |
| DSCAM/3/217/7-8: Receipts of Ann Mary Holden, 14 Nov. 1881, and Frances Louisa Holden, 26 Jan. 1885, for payments under the will and settlement. |
| DSCAM/3/217/9: Letters of administration (2 My 1884) of the effects of Ann Mary Holden of The Beeches, West Bromwich, spinster, granted to her mother, Emma Scragg, wife of William Scragg. |
| Date | 1869-1885 |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Extent | 9 items |
| Level | Item |