| Reference Number | DSCAM/5/2/8/2-8 |
| Title | Material re: wills of John Fereday and John Turton Fereday and the devisees thereunder |
| Description | DSCAM/5/2/8/2: Assignment (9 Dec. 1843) by John Turton Fereday of Upper Gornal, parish of Sedgley, Staffs., coalmaster, to William Fellowes the younger of Dudley, Worcs., gentleman, of his interest under the will (recited) of John Fereday of Cotwall End, his late father, to secure £50 and interest; with attached notice from Fellowes to the executors of John Fereday; 11 Dec. 1843. |
| DSCAM/5/2/8/3: Attested copy of the will (dated 14 Apr. 1846) of John Turton Fereday of the Quarries, parish of Sedgley, Staffs., gentleman; executors, Edwin Heming Fereday and Richard William Fereday (sons) and Samuel Day Fereday (nephew); all estate upon trust for sale; legacy of £50 to son, Charles Henry Fereday, sinking into residuary estate if the testator's estate be less than £5000; £200 to furnish home for his unmarried daughters, or select from his effects to that value; balance to be divided between such of his 6 children (Edwin Heming, Richard William, Henry Turton, Emmeline Harriet, Frederick Francis and Adelaide Rosaline) as reach 21 years of age, except that the share of Edwin Heming Fereday shall be invested and only the income paid to him for 10 years after the testator's death, and should Edwin become bankrupt etc in that time, his share shall go to Richard William Fereday; 'I am sure that my son Charles as also my son Richard and my daughter Mistress Ann Elizabeth Bickley will feel that in their worldly prospects they have advantages which their brothers and sisters can hardly expect to realize.'. Attested 17 Jan. 1850. |
| DSCAM/5/2/8/4: Conveyance (4 Dec. 1848) of the interest under the will of John Fereday of Charles Henry Fereday, late of Wolverahmpton, Staffs., coal master (a bankrupt) by his trustees (William Tomkinson Riley of Bilston, Staffs., iron master and Richard Marsh of Bilston, corn factor, and by the Official Assignee) to Charles George Megevain of Westbromwich, Staffs., gentleman; consideration of £20. |
| DSCAM/5/2/8/5: Onward sale of the interest by Megevain to Charles Gallimore Brown of Bilston, Staffs., gentlemen, for a consideration of £19; 14 Dec. 1848. |
| DSCAM/5/2/8/6: Deed of disclaimer (29 Nov. 1849) by Richard William Fereday of Birmingham, Warwickshire, solicitor and Samuel Day Fereday of Dudley, Worcs., surgeon, as trustees of the will of John Turton Fereday. |
| DSCAM/5/2/8/7: Release (25 Jan. 1850) by Edwin Heming Fereday of Bilston, Staffs., gentleman (as executor of John Turton Fereday) to William Turton Fereday of Wolverhampton, Staffs., gentleman and the Revd Thomas Powell, late of Sedgley but now of Blakebrook near Kidderminster, Worcs., Clerk, of all his interest in Donkey Park, Upper Gornal (3425sq. yds) opposite 'The Quarries', 1232sq. yds of land adjoining Donkey Park, and The Clay Piece (1a. 1r. 3p.) at Upper Gornal; consideration of £22 10/- paid by Fereday and Powell out of the estate of John Fereday to John Turton Fereday, £7 10/- accepted as the value of the stone got by John Turton Fereday, and £75 now paid by them to Edwin Heming Fereday, making £105, the sum agreed by the late John Turton Fereday in 1848 for all his interest in the premises in order to facilitate the making of a good title and speed their sale at auction. |
| DSCAM/5/2/8/8: Release (12 Mar. 1851) of the trustees and executors of John Fereday, deceased (William Turton Fereday and the Revd Thomas Powell) by the pecuniary and residuary legatees (William Fellowes as assignee of the life interest of John Turton Fereday; Edwin Heming Fereday as executor of John Turton Fereday; the assignees of Charles Henry Fereday, of Edwin Heming Fereday, of Richard William Fereday, of Henry Turton Fereday and of John Fereday; the trustees of Elizabeth Bickley, Henry Turton Fereday, Emmeline Harriet Fereday, Frederick Francis Fereday, Adelaide Rossaline Fereday, the administrator of Elizabeth Fereday, Samuel Day Fereday, and William Turton Fereday). |
| Date | 1846-1858 |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Extent | 7 items |
| Level | Item |