| Description | DSCAM/3/472/1: Probate (14 Oct. 1802) of the will (dated 15 Sept. 1802) of Sarah Wilks of the parish of Dudley, Worcs., widow and executrix of Thomas Wilks; to realise, pay legacies under husband's will etc.; two fourths of estate to sister, Phebe Parkes, now living with the testatrix, for life, with power of appointment over half of it; £20 to the Revd Thomas Best, Minister of Cradley, Worcs.; £5 to Joseph Rann, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Rann of Reddall Hill, parish of Rowley Regis; balance of one fourth of estate, subject to the previous payments, for equal division between the issue of her sisters, Elizabeth Lawton of Wednesbury, Staffs., widow and Ann Tittensor of the parish of Walsall, Staffs., widow; one fourth of estate to sister, Elizabeth Lawton, for life, thence to her issue; one fourth of estate to sister, Ann Tittensor, for life, thence to her issue; executors, Thomas Pargitter of Cradley, Worcs., maltster and James Cox of the parish of Rowley Regis, Staffs., nail factor. |
DSCAM/3/472/2: Probate (25 Sept. 1802) of the will (dated 30 July 1802) of Thomas Wilks of the parish of Rowley Regis, Staffs., yeoman; all to wife Sarah, charged at her death with legacies of £160 to nephews and nieces (children of Joseph Hadley of West Bromwich, Staffs., and of John Hadley of Rowley Regis, Staffs., deceased) and Ann, daughter of John Mucklow of Rowley Regis, deceased, and William Hadley of White Heath Gate, parish of Rowley Regis, nailer; executors, Thomas Pargeter and Sarah Wilks (wife);
codicil (31 July 1802) granting legacies of £10 to Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Round of the parish of Rowley Regis, farmer, £5 to Rebecca, wife of Thomas Brettelll of the parish of Dudley, nailer, and £5 to Mary Bissel, daughter of William Bissel of Rowley Regis, deceased. |