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Probate (Lewes) of the will (27 Dec 1750) of Ann Wood of Ditchling, widow

Catalogue reference: AMS 1878

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Reference
AMS 1878
Title
Probate (Lewes) of the will (27 Dec 1750) of Ann Wood of Ditchling, widow
Date
22 Sep 1753
Description

Pecuniary and chattel bequests to three daughters Ann Brown, Elizabeth Combridge and Sarah Hallett; eldest son Henry Wood, sons James Wood, Thomas Wood and William Wood; grandchildren Nathaniel, James, Peter, Henry, John and Ann Brown, Elizabeth Prior and Mary Brown; Mary Hallett and Ann Hallett

Messuage, barn, garden and croft in Ditchling, purchased from Thomas Davies, to son Richard Wood

Executors: sons Thomas and Richard Wood; overseers: James Wood of Keymer, yeoman, Michael Martin of Rottingdean, yeoman and Peter Geere of Ashurst, yeoman

W: Elizabeth Fuller, Simeon Buckman, Thomas Hallett

Held by
East Sussex Record Office
Language
English
Custodial history

Hove Library Accession 693

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Probate (Lewes) of the will (27 Dec 1750) of Ann Wood of Ditchling, widow