| Reference Number | DSCAM/3/339 |
| Title | Will etc. of Samuel Prince |
| Description | DSCAM/3/339/1: Probate (2 June 1855) of the will (dated 24 July 1848) of Samuel Prince of Tipton, Staffs., charter master; part of household effects to wife, Jane, for life; 2 messuages at Watery Lane, Tipton (which he inherited as heir of his son Jabez), to wife for life; all other personal estate upon trust for sale for equal benefit of 5 children, Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Mills, James Prince, Mary Ann, wife of William Booth, Sarah Jane Prince and Louisa Prince; real estate (6 messuages in Watery Lane, 5 messuages in Church Lane, Tipton, 3 messuages at Fullwoods End) upon trust to secure £10 p.a. to wife and otherwise for the benefit of children, with power of sale etc.; executors, Jonas Peacock of Horsley Heath, Tipton, ground bailiff and Joseph Evans of Lake Street, Birmingham, machine manufacturer. |
| DSCAM/3/339/2-6: Residuary account, Lagecy Receipt, inventory and valuation , cash account etc. |
| DSCAM/3/339/7-9: Conditions of sale of 6 freehold messuages in Watery Lane, Tipton, 29 June 1859, with attached advertisement, note of biddings and agreement for purchase by Samuel Brown of Watery Lane for £320; requisitions on title and vendor's replies; plan of property for sale. |
| DSCAM/3/339/10: Attested copy of the pre-nuptial settlement (dated 8 June 1850), by appointment and statutory release, of Henry Dorell of Wolverhampton, Staffs., baker and Sarah Humphries of Wolverhampton, widow; trustees, Samuel Caddick, lock manufacturer and James Caddick, brass founder, both of Temple Street, Wolverhampton; recites mortgage for £100 of 6 messuages at Watery Lane, Tipton by James and Samuel Prince to Sarah Humphries inter alia; conveys the two sums of £100 secured by mortgages and a messuage adjoining the Wolverhampton-Tettenhall road, upon trust to pay the income to Sarah for life, with power of appointment etc. |
| DSCAM/3/339/11: Office copy of the will (dated 12 Feb. 1842) of Eleanor Prince, wife of James Prince of Coseley, parish of Sedgley, Staffs., charter master; recites power of appointment granted to her in settlement of the same date over 6 messuages at Tipton; exercises it in favour of her husband for life, thence to nephew, Jabez Prince, son of Samuel Prince of Tipton, collier; executor, husband. Note of probate, 11 Dec. 1843. Copy examined, 9 Aug. 1859. |
| Date | 1842-1860 |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Extent | 11 items |
| Level | Item |