| Description | DSCAM/3/448/1: Probate (16 Feb. 1885) of the will (dated 7 Nov. 1884) of Ellen Wardell.
£500 each to nieces, Mary Ann Willmott of Hatherley Lawn, Cheltenham and Sarah Wardell, late of the Mitre Inn, Wolverhampton; £100 each to Mary Bolwell, now of Sherlock Street, Birmingham and Charles Ingram, now in America (children of late sister, Mary Ingram); £200 to sister, Hannah Taylor of Shrewsbury, widow, plus £100 to be divided between her daughters, Emma and Eliza; £200 to sister, Elizabeth Shaw, widow, and £100 to her daughter, Emma Reynolds, widow; £300 to sister, Jane Brown, and £100 to her daughter Jane; £100 to Mrs Annie Stokes of Lord Street, Wolverhampton, £100 to niece, Frances or Fanny Stokes, £50 to 'her' sister, Clara Bishton, and £50 to Kate Wilson, daughter of Clara; £100 to nephew, John Humphreyson; £100 to Nellie, wife of Robert Sudbury of Kingswinford; £200 to Mrs Elizabeth Tompkins and £100 to her brother, Joshua Wardell; £200 to Thomas Meanley Wardell and £100 to his sister, Mary Ann Wardell; £50 each to William, Alfred and Robert, sons of deceased nephew, Henry Wardell; £50 to Hetty Brettell nee Wilson; £100 to Mary Anne Basnett, residing at Handsworth, and £50 to her brother, Joseph Walton; £50 to Mrs Rose Cornforth nee Harrison, and £50 to executors; residue to nieces, Mary Ann Willmott and Sarah Wardell.
Executors: Robert Sudbury of the Cross Hotel, Kingswinford and John Stokes of Lord Street, Wolverhampton.
Codicil (9 Nov. 1884); Sarah Wardell to be sole residuary legatee; cancels a £50 debt of Joseph Walton; gives £100 to Mary Elizabeth mathews, daughter of Mrs Elizabeth Tompkins. |