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Summary of the will of Sarah Stockley, widow of Tingewick, dated November 1777, proved March 1780
Contributed by John Stockley
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Clauses:
- to her Sister Abigail Taylor wife of Richard Taylor of Middleton China Butcher, annuity of £20 p.a. payable half-yearly, chargeable on Tingewick house & land, with provision for interest if defaulted
- to said Abigail Taylor £10
- To the children of Elizabeth Brimley (daughter of her sister Elizabeth Kibbles and wife of Richard Brimley of Stowe, Farmer) £60 to be equally divided between them
- To the three children of her sister Elizabeth Kibbles of Badby, Northamptonshire, Widow (viz*) Anne, William and Samuel, £20 each
- To William Stockley Edward Stockley and George Stockley (sons of her late husband's nephew William Stockley of Tingewick, Yeoman) £10 each as they reach age 21 or are apprenticed
- To the said late husband's nephew William Stockley, the house in Tingewick where she lives, with garden etc, and all her copyhold land in Tingewick (this was already stipulated in her husband Thomas Stockley's will of 1763) to pass on his death to his son, Thomas Stockley subject to paying the £20 annuity to her sister Abigail Taylor and other various legacies above
- Residue to above great-nephew Thomas Stockley
- Nephew William Stockley 'the Elder' to be executor
- Humphrey Smith of Charlton by Newbottle, Shopkeeper to be Trustee
Signed with an X mark in the presence of John Toppin, Ambrose Durrant and Thos Hearne. Probate was granted in March 1780