| Reference Number | DSCAM/3/96 |
| Title | Will of Thomas Cooksey and related deeds and litigation (Skidmore v Oakes) |
| Description | DSCAM/3/96/1: Probate (14 Dec. 1842) of the will (dated 14 May 1842) of Thomas Cooksey of Derby End, parish of Dudley, Worcs., innkeeper and maltster; household effects to wife for life, then to daughter; other personal estate upon trust for sale; income to wife for life, then to Timothy Oakes for life (or until insolvency), then to Sylvia, wife of Timothy Oakes, daughter of the testator for life, thence to divide the capital between her issue equally as tenants in common; real estate upon trust for wife for life, then to Timothy Oakes for life, then to Sylvia, thence to her issue as tenants in common; except estate at Waxland in the parish of Halesowen to grandson, Thomas Cooksey Oakes absolutely after death of testator's wife and subject to a mortgage; executors, Timothy Oakes (son-in-law), Henry Hawkes of Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, maltster and Mary Cooksey (wife). |
| DSCAM/3/96/2-5: Residuary Account, vouchers, and inventory and valuation, 1842; account books, 1834-45. |
| DSCAM/3/96/6: Abstract of the title of Joseph G. Bourne to the 'Fox and Goose' at Bumble Hole, parish of Dudley, 1854. |
DSCAM/3/96/7-22: Richard Skidmore (Plaintiff) v Timothy Oakes and Sylvia his wife, Joseph Green Bourne, Thomas Cooksey Oakes, James Russell, Clerk and Martha his wife, and Catherine Priscilla Oakes (an infant) (Defendants). In Chancery.
Copy interrogatories, instructions for the answers of J.G. Bourne, draft answer, instructiosn for his answer to the amended bill, his affidavit, statement of account, other writs, notices and affidavits; terms for compromising dispute, etc. Also affidavit in J.G. Bourne (as executor of James Bourne) v Timothy Oakes (as surviving executor of Thomas Cooksey), in the Exchequer of Pleas., |
| DSCAM/3/96/23-37: Related corespondence received by J.G. Bourne/Messrs Bourne, Wainwright and Bourne, with enclosed accounts, attornment of tenants to Joseph Green Bourne, authority to sell the 'Fox and Goose', outline proposal for settling dispute, etc., 10 Apr. 1854-21 Nov. 1855. |
| DSCAM/3/96/38: Copy burial certificate of James Bourne (at Dudley, 15 Apr. 1835 aet 75), 6 Aug. 1855. Endorsed as referred to in affidavit of Joseph Green Bourne. [See also DSCAM/1/3/4/54] |
| Date | 1810-1855 |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Extent | 38 items |
| Level | Item |