| Description | DSCAM/3/299/1: Second probate (29 July 1861) of the will (dated 12 Jan. 1859) of Elizabeth Parkes of Castle Street, Tipton, Staffs., widow; personal estate to children, Ann, wife of Edward Pearce, Phoebe Whale, widow, Sophia Griffiths, widow and Henry Parkes; 7 messuages and 1439sq. yds of land on which they stand at Horseley Heath, parish of Tipton, and 3 messuages in High Street, Tipton, to the use of Ann Pearce, with power of appointment; 7 messuages on Cop Hall Farm, at the top of Cophall Street, New Town, West Bromwich, and 5 messuages at Dudley Port, parish of Tipton, 4 of which front the Dudley-Birmingham turnpike, to the use of Phoebe Whale, with power of appointment; 5 messuages in Castle Street, Tipton, and 6 at Dudley Port, 3 of which front the new Sedgley-Tividale turnpike, to the use of Sophia Griffiths, with power of appointment; 7 messuages and 420sq. yds of land in Union Street, near Watery Lane, Tipton, 1 messuage fronting New Cross Street, Tipton, and The Cross Keys Inn, Dudley Port, to Henry; most property built by her son Thomas Parkes; messuage in Bell Street, Tipton, to grandson Elijah Griffiths; messuage in Hall Street, Tipton, and3 messuages in Cophall Street, West Bromwich, to four children as tenants in common; executors, Zachariah Griffiths of Park Lane, Tipton, grocer, Edward Pearce (son-in-law) and Henry Parkes (son). |