Dossier 02 - Extracts from wills

1 folder, containing 22 items, and 2 bundles

Extracts and copies of wills bequesting monies to the Stationers' Company for charitable use.
Folder contains:

i: extract from will of James Compton, 24 Sep 1858.

ii: extract from will of Jonas Davis, 11 Apr 1827.

iii: extract from will of Richard Johnson, 3 Jan 1795.

iv: extract from will of Alderman Gill, undated, with extract from notice informing the Company of the bequest and photocopies of the will [4 items].

v: draft wills of Henry Mortlock and his widow Elizabeth Mortlock concerning English Stock shares, undated.

vi: typescript transcription of will of John Norton, [21 May 1612].

vii: extract from will of William Strahan, 2 Jul 1784, with receipt for payment of the bequest, 1 Aug 1786, receipt for payment of earlier gift from Strahan, 20 Jul 1774, and pamphlet containing a printed extract from his will [4 items].

viii: extract from will of Richard Welles, 12 Mar 1803.

ix: extract from will of Beata Wilkins, 24 Nov 1773.

x: extracts from will of Alderman Wright, 4 Dec 1798 [2 items].

xi: extract from will of William Bowyer, 30 Jul 1777, with printed list of qualifications prescribed by his will for a candidate of an annuity of £30 per annum to a journeyman compositor.

xii: probate of will of Bartholomew Penny, 1798.

xiii: extract from will of Thomas Holme, 30 Apr 1870.

xiv: extract from will of James Figgins, 19 Dec 1883.

xv: extract from will of Emily Bentham, 1904.

Bundles contain:

xvi: copy will and codicils of Herbert Fitch with assorted documents relating to the administration of the terms of his will, 22 Oct 1936-10 Mar 1943.

xvii: copy will of Charles Edwin Layton, 28 Feb 1908, with assorted documents relating to the administration of the terms of his will, 15 Dec 1927-1 Dec 1940.

• anglais

• latin

xii: probate of will of Bartholomew Penny, 1798 on I-pl-8.

Microfilm copies of subfolders i-xv are on reel 105, 'Records of the Stationers' Company 1554-1920: 115 Reels of Microfilm with Printed Guide', published by Chadwyck-Healy Ltd (1989)

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