| Description | DSCAM/3/399/1: Probate (11 May 1852) of the will (dated 19 Apr. 1852) of Joseph Smith of Factory Locks, parish of Tipton, Staffs., canal inspector; furniture to wife; personal estate to all children; 2 freehold messuages at Sedgley; to children Joseph, Daniel and Elizabeth, wife of James Smith; copyhold messuage, nailshop etc. at Ruiton, to daughter Sarah, wife of Frederick Amos; sixth share of the Duke of Wellington Inn and brewhouse etc., all at Ruiton, to daughter Ann, wife of John Martin; freehold messuage, part of the Pleck, Ruiton, to all 5 children as specified; executors, Joseph Smith of Dudley Road, Tipton, canal inspector (son) and Henry Smith of [Sedgley], Staffs., contractor (nephew). Codicil (19 Apr. 1852); £10 to wife. |