213/83 Atkinson, James - Snitterby - (1877 - 1886) Envelope of Receipts relating to legacies paid under the Will of James Atkinson to the children of his late daughter ElizabethWilkins dec'd. The sole Executor was Joseph Thomas. Receipts signed by G. A. Wilkins, Emma Wilkins, James Wilkins, Mary A. Wilkins, Martha Matilda Wilkins, witness James Wilkins), Harry Wilkins, Jane Wilkins, Charlotte E. Turner & Alfred A. Turner. £35
53/98 Bentley, Henry – Glamford Briggs – 1809 / 1845
Copy of will with 2 Letters of Administration. Will dated 1786 – names wife and 2 daughters. Original Letters of Administration granted to daughter, Hannah [Metcalfe, subsequently Smith] in 1809. 2nd Letters of Administration granted to grandson, Henry Bently Metcalfe in 1845. Gives dates of death of Henry and 2 daughters. £35
50/36 Brocklesby, David – South Killingholme – 1838
Copy of will – paper [see also 50/31] names wife, 5 children and sister. £25
171/245 Brown, Arthur Mogg & Fletcher, William – Lincoln – dated 1900
Original Will of Mary Hoare– Cromer – apparently not taken for Probate – refers to infant children, un-named except son Bernard, brother Arthur Mogg Brown, brother in law William Fletcher (both Lincoln), and to Chemist business. 3 sheets watermarked paper each signed by Mary Hoare, witnessed by J K Frost & F J Littledyke (clerks, Cromer). £35
130/73 Dale, Sarah Jane – Lincoln – 1901
Beneficiaries of Will include Sarah J Dale (Lincoln) [her sons Thurston George & John William Dale], for full details / price, please see my Hampshire page – Wills – Webb, Helena Mary – Odiham
146/1Dawson, John – North Somercotes – 1777
Near contemporary copy of Will – names wife Elizabeth, sisters Susannah Lease, Dinah Parkinson, Elizabeth Queensborough, Mary Moor, cousins Ann Clerk, Eliz Foster, nephews/nieces also Cook, Blenkarn, Rainy, Coupland, Dawson, Langton. Details of various properties – Thos Lease & Thos Nollom named as tenants – includes a windmill. Sheet of paper watermarked 1796 folded in 2 – written on 2 of 4 sides – small splits in fold (not affecting text). [see also above -Property – North Somercotes 146/2 etc] £30
53/100 Dodds, Ann [widow] – Ravensthorpe, Lincs./ Shenstone, Stafford 1825
Probated copy of Will – parchment – number of children, but only William named. £27
105/33 Dodds, Ann [widow] – Ravensthorpe, Lincs./ Gainsborough Hill, Stafford died 1852
Release & Indemnity given by her children in 1853 to Henry Marr (Broughton) & Richard Johnson (Appleby) the Executors of her Will. Watermarked paper includes details of net value & amount paid to each beneficiary, signed by 13 of Ann’s children. For full details / price, please see my Staffordshire page – Wills – Dodds, Ann
203/18 – Duffill, Elizabeth – Thealby – 1845 – Transfer of Mortgage on Properties & Land owned by Ann & William Greenwood (South Fenton alias Little Fenton, Yorks) by William Shearburn & Mary Shearburn (Snaith) and William Hollingworth Duffill & Elizabeth Duffill (Thealby, Lincs.) as beneficiaries of the Will of Thomas Eadon, dec’d (Selby) to Robert Smith (Brayton). Refers to acquisition in 1811 by Joseph Wilson Greenwood and William Greenwood of a Dwelling House and various Lands in South Fenton from the assignees of Richard Swallow, a Bankrupt [see Yorks 203/5 & 6 under Swallow] and the Mortgage of 1811 of the properties to Thomas Eadon (Selby). In 1815 the properties (and outstanding mortgage) were partitioned between Joseph Wilson Greenwood & Hannah, his wife, and William Greenwood & Ann, his wife [see 203/9, Greenwood]. In 1827 William Greenwood acquired further lands in Little Fenton, from William Jackson (Tadcaster) and these were Mortgaged to Thomas Eadon (Selby). Refers to Will & Death of Eadon, who left his Estate to his two nieces – Mary Shearburn & Elizabeth Duffill who transferred the outstanding Mortgage to Robert Smith. Includes schedules of the Property & Lands partitioned to William in 1815 and those purchased in 1827. 6 large parchment sheets with decorated initial 2 words incorporating Royal Coat of Arms. Signed & sealed by William Greenwood, Ann Greenwood, Wm. Shearburn, Mary Shearburn, W. H. Duffill, Elizth Duffill and Henry Eadon. (Henry Eadon, formerly called Henry Mitton was party to the agreement as Trustee for Greenwood). £85
53/92 Dunn, Ann [widow] – Wrawby – 1818
Probated copy of Will – parchment – names 3 daughters. £25
211/134 Ellis, John – Great Grimsby – dated 1868 – mentioned in cousins Will. For full details / price, please see my Yorkshire page – Wills – Ellis, John Singleton – Bramham
50/69 Ferraby, John – Wootton Hall – 1880
Copy of Probated Will – paper – names wife’s sister, Margaretta Dickinson and one son, Frederick and daughter, Harriett, others not named. £18
50/51 Fleetwood, Rev. Charles – Somerby – 1853
Probated copy of Will and Codicils – parchment – names brother, sisters [Underwood and Marsden], nieces and nephews. £40
98/96 Green, Augustine Spaul – Barrow on Humber – 1868 for details see Norfolk page – Wills Green, Elizabeth.
53/104 Howden, Arabella – Lincoln – 1871
Copy of Will and Letters of Administration – paper – names husband and refers to Will of James Marshall Broughton. £12
50/34 Humphrey, John – Haburgh – 1824
Copy of Probated Will – paper – names wife and 5 children. £20
53/94 Johnson, Thomas – Messing ham – 1820
Probated copy of Will – parchment – main beneficiaries – Mary [wife of John Jackson] and their 9 children – also 4 cousins [Hendle]. £28
215/127 Kent, James – Lincoln – 1878
Letters of Administration – wife Mary Kent. Parchment sheet with wafer seal attached. £6
64/169 King, Robert - 1886- Abstract of Title of Robert King (Spalding, Lincs.) as Trustee of Robert Chippett dec'd . He was appointed as Trustee in 1880, his wife was Elizabeth Oxledge King. Full details on Somerset page, Shepton Mallet.
50/75 Kirkland, Harriett – Messingham – 1884
Probated copy of Will – parchment – names sister Sarah. £15
50/40 Kirkland, Richard – Messingham – 1842
Probated copy of Will – parchment – names wife and 7 children [daughter married to Richard Smith, Scotter]. £30
50/38 Kirkland, Richard – Messingham – 1842
Copy of Will – paper. Details as 50/40. £22
50/41Kirkland, Richard – Messingham – 1842
Copy of Will – paper. Details as 50/40 £24
211/30 Markham, Mary – Ingham (formerly Holme on Spalding Moor, Yorks) – 1871
Original Will & Codicil – husband George Markham, children John & Thomas Markham, Eliza (w/o John Pottage), Jane Elizabeth (w/o William Dykes), Catherine Mary Slater dec’d (her children not named). Sheet blue watermarked paper, folded in 2 & written 3 sides. ‘Mark‘ of Mary Markham, witness signatures of Enoch Gunby (Ingham), Ann Gunby & J E W Clarke. £37
50/76 Middleton, Charles – Yaddlethorpe – 1887
Probated copy of Will – parchment – names sister Maria and nephew James Middleton. £16
50/66 Middleton, Maria [Widow] Yaddlethorpe – 1876
Letters of Administration – parchment – names son , James. £7
50/29 Naylor, William – Immingham – 1801
Contemporary Copy of Will – paper – names brother Richard, Southcoats. Gives details of various land holdings. £18
225/12 Neale, William – Brant Broughton – 1794
Obligation Bond given by Neale to William Boothe (Boothby nr Grantham) re sale of property by Frances & William Neale to Boothe. Robert Johnson (Saxby, Leics) party to Bond (possibly as guarantor for Neale). Sheet watermarked paper folded in 2, written 2 sides with ink & embossed duty stamps. Signed / sealed by Neale & Johnson, witnessed by G Hodgkinson jnr & Richard Robinson. £46
53/97 Nicholson, John – Glamford Briggs – 1840
Probated copy of Will – parchment – names wife. £22
98/65 Pidd, John – Crowle – 1869
Copy of Will – 1 sheet watermarked paper folded double & written on 2 of the 4 sides – names children George Chapman, John, William, Solomon, Sarah A, Mary, Hannah E. Gives details of property & land . £12
53/96 Robson, Edmund –Yaddlethorpe – 1827
Letters of Administration – parchment – son Thomas. [see above 105/17 Ashby 1822] £10
53/95 Rowbottom, John – Messing ham – 1825
Copy of Probated Will – paper – names wife, son and 3 daughters [Kirtland, Stocks, Wakefield]. £18
53/93 Sharpe, William – both snr. and jnr.- Messing ham – 1820’s
Extracts from Wills on paper; refers to properties owned by both and gives details of wife and son of William jnr. £10
53/99 Spilman, Mary – Marlborough – 1847
Probated copy of Will – parchment – names husband, sister [Fox] other beneficiary Martha Lewis, Welton [widow] – brother Thomas ?Hockney. £27
190/40 Stocks, Richard – Hibaldstow – dated 1751
ORIGINAL WILL – paper – daughter Ann (w/o John Linley of Messingham). Owned cottage. ‘Mark‘ of Richard Stocks with red wax seal, witnessed by Richd Benson, Martha Goodwin & John Barke. [see above 225/1 Hibaldstow – Ann Linley] £52
171/209 Stothard, William – South Kelsey – 1836
Probated copy of Will. Beneficiaries include James Stothard (North Thoresby), Thomas Stothard (Faldingworth ) & William Stothard (Marsh Chappel). Late son Thomas, late brother Thomas Benneworth [his widow Sarah, daughters Sarah Blay & Mary Benneworth]. Nephews Christopher Benneworth, George Scayman [his wife Elizabeth, daughter Sarah Bingham (Gainsborough). Nieces Jane Stephenson (Willoughton), Mary Laughton [her children Thomas Laughton & Maria Wilson]. Other beneficiaries include James Empson [his wife Elizabeth nee Bust, their daughter Elizabeth lived with William Stothard], William Bust (Kingston u Hull), William Bust (Wickenby), Martin Bust (Thornton Curtis), Jane Brewer late Bust (Owersby), Sarah late Bust (w/o Thomas S Greenwood of Owersby), Robert Wilkinson, his shepherd. Lands in Faldingworth, North Kelsey, North Thoresby, Caister. 5 large sheets parchment with Probate & wafer seal attached. Some pencil notes & dusting to outer. £43
118/92 Will of William Stothart (South Kelsey) who died 1836, is referred to in Will of 1899. For details see Staffordshire page – Wills – Owen, Elizabeth -widow – Stafford- 1899
50/46 Twigg [nee Hall], Martha – Wrawby – 1847
ORIGINAL WILL – paper – gives details of marriage settlement, names husband, husbands 3 brothers and sister, own sisters [Havercroft and Marris] and other more distant relatives. £42
50/35 Vessey, Elizabeth [Spinster] Keelby – 1828
Letters of Administration – vellum – granted to sister, Anne Greenwood. £10
50/48 Waddingham [nee Ellis], Arabella – Legsby – 1850
Probated copy of Will – parchment – names late husband, 3 children, father and brother. £26
50/83 Wakefield, George – Messingham – 1868
Probated copy of Will – parchment – names 6 children [daughter married to Parkinson] , 3 brothers and 3 nephews. £21
50/57 Walker, George – Bigby – 1863
Probated copy of Will – parchment – names wife and 2 sons. £18
50/32 Walker, Mary [Widow of William –see 50/31] – Glamford Briggs – 1816
Probated copy of Will – parchment. £25
50/30 Walker Thomas – Wrawby –1807
Probated copy of Will – parchment – names wife and 6 children, daughters married to Aldworth and Banks. £28
50/71 Walker Thomas – Worlaby – 1880
Probated copy of Will – parchment – names wife and 2 children. £20
50/31 Walker William – Glamford Briggs – 1816
Probated copy of Will – parchment – names wife [see 50/32] , 2 daughters [Brocklesby and Williamson] and grandchildren. £30
50/39 Ward, John – Great Grimsby – 1841
Probated copy of Will – parchment – names wife and 2 sisters [one married to Robinson], residuary legatees – James and Eliza Atkinson. £26
50/43 Ward, John – Croxby – 1845
Letters of Administration – parchment – names uncle, George Cuthbert and aunt, Mary Hall. £8
50/67 Waterup, Mary – Brigg – 1878
Probated copy of Will – parchment – names beneficiaries – Symonds, Brigg and Golland, Essex. £16
50/74 Watson, Esther [Widow] – Scotter – 1884
Probated copy of Will – parchment – names 2 sons, other children not named. £18
50/59 Watson, George – Messingham – 1866
Letters of Administration – parchment – names wife, Eliza. £7
50/81 Watson, George – Hibaldstow – 1896
Probated copy of Will – parchment – names brothers, nephew, nieces [Good, Herring, Moody, Pearson, Robinson, Smith]. £25
50/55 Watson, Rev. Thomas – Kirmington – 1858
Probated copy of Will – parchment – names niece, Hannah Capes and relative, Mary [ wife of Robert Wilson ]. £24
50/68 West, Ann [Widow] – Worlaby – 1878
Probated copy of Will – parchment – names 7 nieces [ daughters of late brother, Charles Carr] their married names – Green, Hollingsworth, Sergeant. £18
50/79 West, Rev. John Rowland – Wrawby – 1893
Probated Will – names wife and niece. £16
50/82 West, William – Barnetby Le Wold – 1898
Letters of Administration – parchment – names daughter Mary Ann Lockwood. £7
50/54 Wetherill, John – Broughton – 1854
Probated copy of Will – parchment – names wife and daughter, Mary Wright. £26
50/80 Whaplate, William – Scotter – 1896
Probated copy of Will – parchment – names wife, niece and wife’s nephew, John Barnard Lee, Liverpool. £20
50/77 Wharton, Charles – Wrawby – 1888
Letters of Administration – names mother, Martha. £6
50/73 Wharton, David – Winterton – 1882
Letters of Administration – parchment – names wife and son. £7
50/84 White, George – Normanby – 1868
Probated copy of Will – parchment – names wife and 3 daughters [Crowston, Lockwood, Wright]. £20
50/53 White, Rev. John – Barnetby Le Wold – 1857
Letters of Administration – parchment – widow, Francis Penelope. £8
50/37 White, William – Scoller – 1838
Probated copy of Will – parchment – brother, John and reputed son William Wright. £30
53/91 Whitehead, William – Redbourne – 1803/1813
Copy of Will with Letters of Administration – vellum – Will refers to wife and daughter, both Catherine. Wife died intestate leaving goods unadministered. Letters of Administration 1813. £30
50/78 Williamson, Thomas – Hibaldstow – 1894
Letters of Administration – parchment – uncle, Benjamin Welch £5
50/45 Wilson ,George – Hibaldstowe – 1846
Probated copy of Will – parchment – names wife and brother [ ? – in-law] John Wattam. Children are not named. £25
50/72 Wilson , James – Scawby – 1881
Probated copy of Will – parchment – names wife, father, sister – Ann Spalding, Gorebridge, grand uncle – Capt. Edward Hutchinson. Children not named. £20
50/49 Wilson , William – Scawby – 1853
Probated copy of Will – parchment – names 7 children [daughters Andrews, Burton, Fieldstone, Harper ]. £28
50/44 Wood, William – Brumby, Frodingham. – 1846
Probated copy of Will – parchment – names wife and 2 daughters, other children not named. £26
50/60 Woods, William – Glamford Briggs – 1866
Letters of Administration – wife, Emma Selina. £7
50/33 Wray, John – Waddingham – 1823
Probated copy of Will – parchment – names wife and son William . £26
50/70 Wray, John – Waddingham – 1880
Probated copy of Will – parchment – wife Amelia. £16
50/102 Wray, Thomas Mallison – Brigg and Peckham, Surrey – 1851
Probated copy of Will – parchment – names mother, sister and 3 nephews / nieces [Slight] £28
50/62 Wray, William –Waddingham – 1871
Probated copy of Will – parchment – names son John , daughter Mary Kirby and daughter’s children by first husband Ann Atkinson and Catherine [?Neave]. £20
See also Yorkshire page for Wray Will.
50/63 Wright, Jane [Widow] – Redbourne – 1872
Probated copy of Will – parchment – names sister Charlotte [Scarborough], brothers John and Charles Fox , nephews / nieces – Fox, Hile, Maw, Robinson. £22
50/65 Wright, Penelope Amelia – Broughton – 1876
Probated copy of Will – parchment – names father Rev. Thomas Booth Wright and sisters. £16
50/64 Wright, Robert – Cadney cum Housham – 1875
Copy of Will with Letters of Administration – parchment – names wife and son. £18
50/56 Wright, Thomas –Sturton, Scawby – 1858
Probated copy of Will – parchment – names wife and son, William , daughters are not named. £22
50/47 Wright, William – Sturton, Scawby – 1847
Probated copy of Will – parchment – names 2 sons and 2 daughters [one married to Bennard]. £30
50/58 Wright, William – Redbourne – 1867
Probated copy of Will – parchment – wife Jane. £16