| Description | DSCAM/3/302/1: Copy of the will (dated 15 Mar. 1818) of Mary Parkes of Gornal, parish of Sedgley, Staffs., single woman
Rents of 2 pieces of land and 4 dwellinghouses at the Straits, parish of Sedgley, to niece Ann Dagnal for life, thence property to Ann's issue to be divided 'share and share alike'; rents from property at Parkes Hall, parish of Sedgley, to niece Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Dewson, for life, thence to her children; rents of 4 dwellinghouses and land called Wall Piece, to niece Mary Taylor for life, she confirming the lease of stone agreed with J. and E. Edlington, thence to her children; rents of Coxes Land and Cross Land, with 2 adjacent fields, at Gornal, parish of Sedgley, to niece Sarah, wife of William Southwick, for life, thence to her children; 4 houses at Gornal to great nephew, Joseph Willington; £4 to Joseph, son of Jacob Oakley, to place him as an apprentice; 1/- a week to Mary and Ann, children of Jacob Oakley, until they are 12 years of age, £2 10/- p.a. to John Hyde, and £2 10/- p.a. to Benjamin Oakley, all charged on Wall Piece; household effects etc. to 3 nieces; residue of estate to nephew, Benjamin Willington.
Executors: Revd Theodosius Theodosius, Samuel Addenbroke of Gornal, nail factor, Benjamin Willington (nephew) and nieces Elizabeth Dewson, Sarah Southwick and Mary Taylor.
Memorandum (same date) that nephew is to pay Elizabeth Dewson for the value of a small parcel of land in Sedgley Field.
Codicil (dated 9 May 1818); £4 to Joseph Oakley revoked; Ann Oakley to receive 1s 6d per week until the age of 9 and Mary Oakley 2/- a week until she is 9 in substitution for existing provision; £1 6/- p.a. to John Hyde.
Proved, 18 July 1818; examined, 10 Mar. 1826. |