| Description | DSCAM/3/490/1: Probate (5 Sept. 1861) of the will (dated 12 Oct. 1837) of Sarah Woodhouse of the parish of Rowley Regis, Staffs., spinster.
2 messuages at the Spring House, parish of Rowley Regis (lately occupied by testatrix's sister, Elizabeth Hodgetts), to niece, Harriett Partridge, for life, thence to the issue of nephew, Samuel Prtridge, as tenants in common; another messuage at Spring House to nice, Sarah Woodhouse, youngest daughter of testatrix's brother, John Woodhouse; 2 messuages at Smethwick to niece, Elizabeth Bridge, wife of William, for life, thence to her issue, as tenants in common; varios furniture to Elizabeth Bridge, William Woodhouse (son of brother Thomas), Sarah Woodhouse, nieces Mary Ann, wife of Benjamin Stokes Mullet and Eliza, wife of John Thompson, to the daughters of her late sister, Sophia Bate (Ann, Selina, Eliza, Jane, Mary and Harriet), to the daughters of her late sister, Mary Partridge (Mary Ann, Eliza, Harriet and Sophia); £100 to brother, William Woodhouse; £100 to nephew, Samuel Partridge; £50 to niece, Eliza Partridge; £100 to niece, Sarah Jane, wife of Major Rose; £600 to be divided between the children of brother, John Woodhouse, as tenants in common; £500 to be divided between 3 daughters of late sister, Ann Harris (Elizabeth Bridge, Mary Ann Mullet and Eliza Thompson), as tenants in common; £300 to be divided between the 3 sons of brother, Thomas Woodhouse (George, William and Joseph), as tenants in common; and £500 to be divided between the children of late sister, Sophia Bate, as tenants in common; residue of estate to her executors for their own use as tenants in common.
Executors: William Woodhouse of Oakham, parish of Rowley Regis, farmer (brother), Samuel Partridge of the same parish, brickmaster (nephew) and William Bridge of Rounds Green near Oldbury (husband of niece). |