| Reference Number | DSCAM/5/6/3 |
| Title | Will of Benjamin Lay and related papers |
| Description | DSCAM/5/6/3/1: Probate (16 Oct. 1841) of the will (dated 18 Dec. 1840) of Benjamin Lay of Dudley, Worcs., maltster; executors, Thomas Lay, John Lay and Edward Lay (sons), Joseph Bridgwater (brother-in-law) and Maria Lay (widow); household stores to wife; household effects to wife for life; recites that he has made large advances to son Joseph Lay 'who has pursued a reckless course of conduct in spite of my remonstrances and on whose account I have incurred serious liabilities and sustained heavy losses to the injury of my other children and although I am induced to forgive him I have determined to take no notice of him in this will...'; all estate to wife for life; thence messuage in High Street with appurtenances extending to King Street, Dudley, to son Thomas, charged with £200 to daughter, Sarah Bridgwater, wife of Joseph, and £25 p.a. to daughter, Mary Higgs, wife of Solomon Higgs, and charged with £500 after the death of Mary (payable as to £200 to grand daughter, Maria Lay Broadhurst, £150 to grand daughter Ellen Catherine Broadhurst, and £150 to all the children of Mary and Solomon Higgs in equal shares); 2 messuages, malthouse etc. in King Street, Dudley, to sons John and Edward, as tenants in common; residue of real estate to all children except Joseph as tenants in common; £300 to daughter, Sarah Bridgwater, after wife's decease, payable from personal estate, and residue of presonal estate to all children except Joseph equally. |
| DSCAM/5/6/3/2: Assignment (31 July 1848) by Thomas Part of 5 Abbey Grove, Manchester, Lancashire, agent and Ellen Catherine his wife, to Solomon Higgs of Darby Hand, parish of Dudley, grocer, of the £150 legacy under Benjamin Lay's will, upon trust for Higgs to satisfy himself for any payments made under the bond of 10 July 1848 whereby he became surety for Part, and otherwise in trust for Part. |
| DSCAM/5/6/3/3: Release (1861) of John Lay of Brierley Hill, parish of Kingswinford, Staffs., grocer, by Mary Higgs, wife of Solomon Higgs of Darby Hand, grocer (previously wife of - Broadhurst, deceased), Solomon Higgs, Thomas Samuel Part of Handsworth, Staffs. and Ellen Catherine his wife (nee Broadhurst), John Lay Higgs of Four Ways, Cradley Heath, parish of Rowley Regis, Staffs., currier, Thomas Frederick Higgs of Dudley, surgeon and Edward Lay Higgs of Darby Hand, grocer, upon the payment, under Benjamin Lay's will, of the £150 legacy to Ellen Catherine Part and £150 (£50 each) to the three children of Mary and Solomon Higgs, and the surrender by Mary Higgs of £15 p.a. of her £25 annuity; recites previous deeds etc. |
| DSCAM/5/6/3/4: Release (2 Mar. 1874) of John Lay of Kingswinford, gentleman, by Solomon Higgs of Cradley Road, Netherton, parish of Dudley, grocer and Mary his wife, and William Piggot Webb of Wordsley, parish of Kingswinford, builder and Maria Lay his wife, upon the payment to Mary Lay Webb of the £200 legacy under the will of Benjamin Lay, and the surrender by Mary Higgs of her remaining £10 annuity; attached certificates of acknowledgment by married women. |
| DSCAM/5/6/3/5-6: Residuary account and legacy and annuity receipts, with related papers, 1875-79. |
| DSCAM/5/6/3/7-8: Copy receipt for Ellen Catherine Part's legacy (5 July 1877) and related correspondence (25 Apr. 1872 and 9 Apr.-2 July 1877) between Messrs Part, Woodcock and Company, Wigan, Lancashire and Messrs Coldicott and Canning, Dudley. |
| Date | 1840-1879 |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Extent | 8 items |
| Level | Item |