| Reference Number | DSCAM/3/226 |
| Title | Will etc. of John Horton |
| Description | DSCAM/3/226/1: Probate (6 May 1836) of the will (dated 10 Mar. 1835) of John Horton of Tipton, hingemaker and shopkeeper; real estate in Tipton and West Bromwich to wife during widowhood; 8 messuages in Bridge Road, parish of Tipton, to sons William and John as tenants in common; 6 messuages at Golds Green, parish of West Bromwich individually to daughters Susannah, Mary, wife of John Hackett, grandson John Hackett the younger (son of John Hackett by testator's late daughter Sarah, his first wife), daughter Elizabeth, son John Horton and daughter Lydia; from deth etc. of wife, land and messuages at Toll End, parish of Tipton, upon trust for sale, paying £100 each to William and John (sons) and the balance equally to daughters, Susannah Horton, Mary Hackett, Elizabeth Horton and Lydia Horton, and grandson John Hackett and their issue; household effects and income from personal estate to wife during widowhood, then upon trust for sale for equal division between his 6 children etc.; provisions for minorities, annuity of £50 to wife after her second marriage, etc. ; executors, John Howells, William Coldicott, John Horton (son) and, during her widowhood, Elizabeth Horton (wife). |
| DSCAM/3/226/2-3: Deed of disclaimer (7 May 1835) and renunciation of the executorship (same date but reused 9 Apr. 1836) by the Revd John Howells of Tipton, Clerk. |
| DSCAM/3/226/4: Consent of children and grandchild to immediate sale of property, 8 May 1835. |
| DSCAM/3/226/5-8: Memoranda and statements (n.d., 28 Oct. 1836 and 29 June and 5 July 1839) in settlement of the executorship accounts. |
| DSCAM/3/226/9: Bill of costs of William Fellowes to the executors, with attached receipts, 5 July 1839. |
| DSCAM/3/226/10: Memorandum by Fellowes as to division of purchase monies for conveyances under Horton's will, 27 July 1838. |
| DSCAM/3/226/11: Notcie from Fellows to William Coldicott of the assignment by John Hackett of Great Bridge, Staffs., builder and Mary his wife to William Horton of their interest under the will, 19 Nov. 1840. |
| DSCAM/3/226/12-13: Miscellaneous bills and financial calculations. |
| DSCAM/3/226/14: Residuary Account, with attached Legacy Receipt, 11 Nov. 1850. |
| DSCAM/3/226/15: Agreement (28 Apr. 1854) by way of release by the parties entitled under the will of John Horton, to William Coldicott, the surviving trustee. |
| DSCAM/3/226/16-17: Letters of administration (21 Jan. 1842) of the effects of Elizabeth Horton of Tipton, Staffs., widow, granted to her daughter Susanna Horton, spinster; and Residuary Account, 21 June 1842. |
| DSCAM/3/226/18: Residuary Account for Susannah Horton of New Town, parish of Westbromwich, Staffs., spinster, deceased [d 15 Apr. 1843], 11 Nov. 1850. |
| DSCAM/3/226/19: Probate (6 Oct. 1841) of the will (dated 24 Mar. 1841) of John Horton of Toll End, parish of Tipton, Staffs., shopkeeper; all upon trust for sale, then £10 each to sisters, Susannah and Lydia Horton, and residue of proceeds equally to all brothers and sisters (Susannah Horton, Mary, wife of John Hackett, Elizabeth, wife of Brownlow William Blades, William Horton and Lydia Horton); executors, William Horton (brother) and Brownlow William Blades (brother-in-law) |
| DSCAM/3/226/20: File of correspondence received by Messrs Coldicott and Canning from Frederick William Seaman, Wednesbury re William Horton deceased, 23 May 1868-19 Sept. 1869. |
| Date | 1835-1869 |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Extent | 20 items |
| Level | Item |