Waters Upton wills and probate 1700 to 1856
This page is a work in progress, with abstracts of wills and probate records only for the period 1700 to 1856 so far. The period covered is however an interesting one, with many wills and administrations (or admons) up to 1730 being accompanied by inventories.
Decade Index. 1700s | 1710s | 1720s | 1730s, ’40s, ’50s | 1760s, ’70s, ’80s, ’90s | 1800s | 1810s | 1820s | 1830s | 1850s 🡓
Name Index (testators / intestate). Allen: Robert (1798); Sarah (1801 / 1802); Sarah (d. 1819 / 1837); Sarah (1833 / 1837). Austin: Martha (1814 / 1814). Barkley: William (1702 / 1703). Bolas: John (1705 / 1710). Christian: Thomas (1753 / 1761). Corfield: John (1735 / 1736); Mary (1852). Davies: Matthew (1854 / 1855). Davison: Alice (1722 / 1722); Thomas (1713). Dawes: Elizabeth (1725). Dickin: John (1797 / 1807); John (1820 / 1821); William (1828 / 1831). Evans: Charles (1813 / 1820). Fowke: Edward (1784). Garmson / Garmston: Dorothy (1715); Thomas (1705); Thomas (1741 / 1741). Groom: John (1765 / 1765). Haseldine: William (1730). Hatton: Thomas (1807). Hill: Richard (1821); Robert Wilbraham Bromhall (1814 / 1815). Hitchin: Mary (1701 / 1702). Hobson: Thomas (1807 / 1818). Hughes: John (1728 / 1729). Humphreys: Ralph (1705). Icke: William (1849 / 1851). James: Anne (1702); Joseph (1805 / 1819). Jones: George (1812); Richard (1835 / 1837). Mancell: John (1798 / 1804). Nicklin: Richard (1810 / 1820). Parrock: Thomas (1716 / 1719). Pidgeon: John (1814 / 1814). Randles: John (1754). Smith: William (1733). Stockall: Thomas (1728). Titley: John (1856); Thomas (1820 / 1821). Upton: Alice (1729 / 1729). Wase: Henry (1770 / 1777); John (1715 / 1715); Whitfield: Thomas (1852 / 1853). 🡓
Note: For wills, two dates (year when written and year when proved) are given after the testators name, with the latter date hyperlinked to the relevant abstract. For most admons (grants of letters of administration), a single date (year of grant) is given and is italicised as well as hyperlinked; in one case, this is preceded by the year of death (which was several years before the grant).
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1700s: 1702 (x2) | 1703 | 1705 (x2)
Mary Hitchin
Will proved (L&C) 7 May 1702 at Newport
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “of Waters Upton in the County of Salop Spinster beeinge but weake of bodie but of a sound and p’fect memorie” |
| Beneficiaries: | Sarah Worrall, wife of William Worrall of Garmston (£20); “Ralph Dickstons three Children which hee had by his first wife” (£13 – £4 each to two boys and £5 to the girl); Margery Joanson, wife of Willian Joanson (sister) (£14 “which the sd. William Joanson doth owe mee”); William Ferrington (brother-in-law) (to “have the Disposeing” of Sarah Worrall’s bequest if she should die within a year of Anne’s death, and the £14 due to Margery Joanson if William Joanson her husband should “overlive” her). |
| Other wishes: | “my bodie to bee buried in the Church yard of great Bolas” |
| Executor: | William Ferrington (brother-in-law) |
| Signed (X) and dated: | 25 Jan 1701 |
| Witnesses: | Alice Vaughan (X), Richard Stevnton |
| Inventory: | Moneys with Specialty (£66 6s), Moneys Without Specialty (£6 17s), Beds and Bedinge bedstids & Coverings (£4 13s 4d), one Table (13s 4d), Napery Ware (£1 10s), Pewter & Iron Ware (10s), 1 Chest 1 Boxe 1 Safe (15s), one Press (13s 4d), one smale Table one ould payre of Bedstids wth some Shelves (11s), her weareinge apparrell (£3), out of sight (1s) (total £90 10s) Appraisers William Joanson (X), Richard Steventon Dated 17 Mar 1701/2 |
| Probate to: | William Ferrington |
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Anne James
Admon (L&C) 15 Oct 1702 at Newport
| Occupation / status, etc.: | widow, late of Waters Upton |
| Administrator: | Margaret Gould wife of Humphrey Gould (sister) |
| Bondsmen: | Humphrey Gould of Compton in the parish of Tettenhall, Staffordshire (farmer?), William Barkley of the parish of Waters Upton, farmer, and John Hodgkin of the parish of Market Drayton, gentleman; all signed. |
| Value of bond: | £1,000 |
| Inventory: | Aparrell of bookes (£9 10s), some household goods (£6 10s), her wearing Apparell (£4 5s), debts oweing upon specialty (£70), debts without specialty desperatt (£21 8s) (total £111 13s) Dated: 30 Jul 1702 |
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William Barkley
Will proved (L&C) 29 Apr 1703 at Newport
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “of Watersupton in the County of Salop yeoman being weake in body but of sound & disposeing memory” |
| Property: | “ye Messuage or Tenemt wherein I now live& all the Lands thereunto belonging” (leasehold, and presumably in Waters Upton) and other, unspecified, freehold lands. |
| Beneficiaries: | William Gold (nephew) (all freehold lands, and the property described above for the remainder of the lease; all household goods, implements of husbandry and “stock of quick Cattell”); George Felton of Great Bolas (brother-in-law) (all debts due and owing remitted and forgiven except the sum of £6); Francis Beardmore of Bishops Offley (50s); Richard Francis (kinsman) (50s); Humphrey Gold and Jane his sister (nephew and niece) (£40 each); Humphrey Gold and his children (brother-in-law and nephews, nieces) (remainder of goods, chattells and personal estate, to be equally divided between them); John Taylor of “the Dayry House” (all debts due and owing remitted except the sum of 50s). |
| Executors: | Humphrey Gold (“Brotherinlaw”) and William Gold (nephew) |
| Signed and dated: | 20 Mar 1702 |
| Witnesses: | Benjamin Clemson, Wm Birch, Wm [?] |
| Inventory: | Seaven Cowes & three Calfes (£24 10s), Six Two yeare old Beastes (£13), Six yeare olde (£7 10s), ffourty Seaven Sheepe (£12), One hund’d & 40 measures of Rye (£12), Tenn Tunnes of Hay (£7), One [W___ie = Waine?] & one Tumbrill (£4), Harrows Ploughs & other Implem’ts of Husbandry (£1), Two store piggs (£1), Corne upon the Ground (£12), Malt in the House (£3 15s), Brass and Pewter in ye House (£7), Iron ware within Doores (£2 10s), One Table (£1), ffurniture in the parlor (£7 10s), In his owne Lodgeing Roome one Bed and other ffurniture (£4), In the Store Chamber and Napery Beding & other ffurniture (£30 15s), In the Parlor Chamber (£4), In the Chamber at ye Stairehead (£1), Wooden ware of all Sorts (£3 10s), Bookes (£2), One Chattell Lease of ye Tenem’t in Watersupton (£60), Wareing Apparrell money in his pockett and money oweing (£220), One Malt Mill and other Lumber (£1 10s), A debt oweing by George Felton as Apeareth by will (£6), Alsoe A debt oweing by John Taylor as Apeareth by will (£2 10s) (total £411). Appraisers Sam’ll Roycroft, Thomas Palin, Godfrey Cooper. Dated 2 Apr 1703 |
| Probate to: | Humphrey Gold (power reserved for William Gold?) |
| Note: | It appears that the grant of probate on 29 Apr 1703 was followed by another, to William Gold, on 17 May 1709. |
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Thomas Garmson
Admon granted (L&C) 20 Feb 1704/5 at Lichfield
| Occupation / status, etc.: | of Waters Upton |
| Administrator: | Elizabeth Humphreys wife of Thomas Humphreys of Eyton, yeoman (daughter) |
| Bondsmen: | Thomas Humphreys of Eyton on the “Wild moores”, yeoman, Richard Humphries, and Edward Moore of Wellington; Richard and Edward signed. |
| Value of bond: | £300 |
| Note: | Letters of administration granted for Elizabeth Humphreys to administer the “goods and Chattells unadministered by Elizabeth his Relict” and to pay Thomas’s debts “soe far as the Inventory of his goods and Chattles will extend and the Law shall charge”. No inventory with the admon documents, Elizabeth was to make one “and a just accompt thereon” and to show them at the Registry at Lichfield when required. |
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Ralph Humphreys
Admon granted (L&C) 30 Apr 1705 at Newport
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “late of Watersupton” (from inventory) |
| Administrator: | Anne Massey (daughter) |
| Inventory: | Two tables one forme (10s), Two Coffers (1s), one Screen (2s), one Dozen of Trenchers (6d), Four pipkins & 5 spoones & one pewter dish (1s 6d), Two Fether beds & boulsters two pair of sheets two table cloaths two Ruggs & two blanketts (£1), A pair of Goblerts & a dreeping pan & spitt (3s 6d), a long Gunn (15s), Two Straw whisketts (2s), A malte mill (12s), one Harrow (4s), one Suck & coulter (2s 2d), one pitching pickerill (6d), the Deceased his wearing apparell (5s) (total £3 19s 2d). Appraisers Joseph Yong, Tho: Nicholls Dated 29 Apr 1705 |
| Note: | No bond; admon statement written below the inventory. |
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1710s: 1710 | 1713 | 1715 (x2) | 1719
John Bolas
Will proved (L&C) 1 Dec 1710 at Newport
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “of Waters Upton in the County of Salop Yeoman being weak in body, but sound & pfect memory” |
| Beneficiaries: | Ann (“my loveing wife”) (“my entire estate” real and personal for her life, to be disposed to the couple’s children on her death but with no more than 5s to be left to their son Robert Bolas, Robert’s wife, or that couple’s child or children). |
| Executors: | Ann Bolas (wife) |
| Signed and dated: | 13 Dec 1705 |
| Witnesses: | James Lee, Tho: Cooper |
| Inventory: | Brass & Pewter of all Sorts (£3), One Feather bed & one Bolster, two Pillows Three Blankets & a pair of Joyn’d Bedsteads (£3 5s), Two more Feather-beds & Two pairs of Bedsteads & hangings belonging to them, and Three Blankets (£2 6d), One Joyn’d Press (15s), Two Iron-dripping-Pans, one Pot, one Kettle and other Iron Ware (£1), Three Barrells One Tub one Joyn’d Stool & Three Chairs (12s), One Joyn’d Skreen (5s), One Grate and a pair of Higgards (6s), One Long Table, Two Forms & one short Table (14s), One Joyn’d Chest & Two Coffers (13s), Two Boxes & Three Stools (5s), Seven Pair of Sheets, and other Table Linnen (£3 4s 6d), Things out of Sight & not valued (5s), Money at Interest (£10), Wearing Apparrell (£3 5s) (total £29 15s 6d). Appraisers Richd: Hodgkin, Tho Garmson Dated 20 Aug 1710 |
| Probate to: | Anne Bolas |
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Thomas Davison
Admon granted (L&C) 7 Oct 1713 at Newport
| Occupation / status, etc.: | late of Waters Upton |
| Administrator: | Alice Davison of the parish of Waters Upton (widow and relict) |
| Additional bondsmen: | Wm Hazledine of the same, “Millright”, and Thomas Bolas of Hinstock [yeoman?]; Bolas signed. |
| Value of bond: | £100 |
| Note: | No inventory. |
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Dorothy Garmston
Admon granted (L&C) 21 Oct 1715 at Newport
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “late of the [parish] of Waters Upton” |
| Administrator: | Thomas Garmston, yeoman, of Upton Parva, (son) |
| Additional bondsmen: | James Lee, yeoman, of the same, and Michael Doody, of the same; all but James (whose forename name was written as Jacobum) signed. |
| Inventory: | five cows tow Bullocks & ten youn [=young] beas [=beasts] (£30 10s), one nagg one mare one colt (£8), Eighteen sheep (£3), two swine (£1), gees & Poultrey (5s), corne In the Barne (£10), one carte & wheels & all other Implemts of husbandry (£2), a mault mill (10s), Bedsteds & Beding (£3), Brass & Pewter (£1 10s), Dreeping Pans Spills & other & other [words repeated] Iron Instrumts (5s), Butter Chees bacon & other Provision In the House (£2 10s), all manner of milke vessels Bruing [=brewing] vessels & other vesels (10s), all maner of Linnens (15s), tables chaires & Screen (£1), one Press one chest & two Coffers (6s), her wearing Apparell (£2 10s), for anything omited or forgoten (5s) (total £67 11s). Appraisers John Walker, Timothy Mathews Dated 9 Sep 1715 |
| Value of bond: | £200 |
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John Wase
Will proved (L&C) 17 Apr 1715
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “of Shrewsbury Esqr” |
| Property: | Houses, messuages, lands and tenements at Waters Upton, including a new house (with gardens, court, orchard, backside and pump; pictures, maps, furnace, boiler, jack and dressers and other things fixed therein to continue as heirlooms for as long as the house remains in the family); an ancient messuage plus houses or cottages (one in Pepper Street) at Hunsterton [parish of Wybunbury], Cheshire; a tenement and lands at Adderley held by a lease from Sir Robert Corbett; lands and houses at Coleham, a suburb of Shrewsbury. |
| Beneficiaries: | Dorothy (wife), John Wase (eldest son), Henry Wase (son), Benjamin Wase (youngest son), Rebecca (daughter), Dorothy (daughter), Elizabeth / Betty (daughter) (bequests not fixed but dependant on whether or not Dorothy “will be so kind to her Children as to release her Right and Title to all her Joynture Lands and Estates” and accept an annuity in lieu; also portions for daughters dependent on them marrying with consent either of their father or, after his decease, the consent of their mother and their father’s executors); “the Poore of St Chadds Almeshouses in Shrewsbury” (26s in two instalments yearly, charged on a croft by Sutton Lane in Coleham); “the Poore of Waters upton Parish forever” (the remainder of the clear yearly rent on the croft at Coleham after a rent payment of 5s a year to the Company of Drapers at Shrewsbury); [Mrs] Shaw (sister) (£5); Samuel [Wase] (brother) (1 guinea); Joseph Hodgson of Chester (cousin) (1 guinea). |
| Other wishes: | “to be intered in the Chancell which I built at Waters Upton, and that in a becomeing and yet frugall manner” |
| Executors: | Richard Price of Drayton (Clerk and Minister) and Francis Butter the elder of Drayton (“my kinsman”) |
| Signed and dated: | 6 Apr 1715 |
| Witnesses: | John Taylor, Corbett Price, William Cotton |
| Probate to: | Richard Price, clerk, and Francis Butter, gentleman. |
| Note: | Copy of will with probate statement in Latin, written in volume C of the “Bishop’s Register Book” (covering 1697-1718 according to the spine but actually appears to start at 1700). |
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Thomas Parrock
Will proved (L&C) 17 Apr 1719 at Newport
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “of Watersupton in the County of Salop Yeoman: being very sick and weak in Body but of perfect mind and Memory” |
| Property: | House and land, location not specified but presumably at Waters Upton. |
| Beneficiaries: | John [Parrock] “at seas or beyond seas” (son) (“half my House and Land paying Equal with his Brother Andrew”); Andrew [Parrock] (son) (“the other half of my House and Land and all other things whatsoever Household goods Corn Cattles Implements of Husbandry and everything wherewith I am possessed with and all my House and Land If provided my Son John Cometh not again”); James [Parrock] (son) (£10); Elizabeth Parrock (Granddaughter – “my Sone Jonathans Daughter”) (£7 at age 18). |
| Executor: | Andrew Parrock (son) |
| Signed and dated: | 29 Mar 1716 |
| Witnesses: | Robt Wood, Tho: Garmson, Timo [= Timothy] Matthews |
| Inventory: | one Heifer (£1), 2 Beds and 3 pare of Bedstids (£2), Three Coffers one Chest and one Box (15s), Two pair of Sheets & other Bed Cloaths (5s), one Tablecloath four napkins and one pillow coat (2s), one Table one Bench two Chairs two barrils and other wooden vessels (10s), one Brass Pan and Cettle three puter dishes two puter plates and other small puter vessels (£1), Two Iron Potts one frying pan one spitt one paire of Gobbots one Dripping Pan and other Iron ware (10s), Cheese in the House and Corne in ye Barne (£1), His Weareing Apparrel and Money (10s), Small Things omitted and forgotten (5s) (total £7 17s). Appraisers Robert Wood, Timothy Mathews Dated 23 Sep 1718 |
| Probate to: | Andrew Parrock |
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1720s: 1722 | 1725 | 1728 | 1729 (x2)
Alice Davison
Will proved (L&C) 2 Oct 1722 at Newport
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “of Waters=Upton in the County of Salop widdow being Sound in mind Tho weak in body” |
| Beneficiaries: | Sarah Davison (daughter) (“all & singular my Goods Cattle Chattles houshold Goods money & other my personall estate whatsoever & wheresoever”), Richard Davison (son) (40s). |
| Executors: | Thomas Garmson and Thomas Ibb of Waters Upton, yeomen (“recomending to them the Care of my Daughter Sarah”) |
| Signed (X) and dated: | 28 Aug 1722 |
| Witnesses: | John Wase, Hen. Wase |
| Inventory: | one cow and one swine (£3 2s), Bedsteads & Beding (£3), Sheep (10s), Cheese (15s), hemp Dressed (10s), hay & Clover (15s), Brass & Pewter (£1), al Maner of wooden Vessels (5s), a table & a Cuboard & three Chairs (6s), Iron Instruments (10s), Linens (£1), A Chest & a Coffer & a Box (5s), flax undressed (2s), a cestern & some Mucke (4s), money (£8), her wearing Apparell (10s) (total £20 15s). Appraisers John Hughes, Robert Gearey Dated 7 Sep 1722 |
| Probate to: | Thomas Garmson and Thomas Ibb |
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Elizabeth Dawes
Admon granted (L&C) 21 Oct 1725 at Salop (Shrewsbury)
| Occupation / status, etc.: | of Waters Upton, widow |
| Administrator: | John Ward of the parish of Waters Upton, farmer (relationship to Elizabeth may be given, but in a document written in Latin in which the name Eliza Hughes is also written) |
| Additional bondsmen: | John Hughs (X) of Waters Upton, farmer, and Joshua Griffiths of Ercall Magna, farmer; all but Hughs signed (Griffiths as Griffies). |
| Inventory: | Two pare of Bed Steads and beding belonging to them (£4 8s 6d), Linens (18s 6d), a table and benches and usefull things in the house (£1), Wooden ware of all sorts and things in the loer house (£1), pots and ketels and pewter of all sorts (£1 3s), things in two Roomes upstairs (£1 5s), The Barels and the things that are in the Buterey (17s), Elizabeth Dawes her Wareing Aparel (12s) (total £11 4s). Appraisers Thomas Stackhall (X), Robert Gearey (X) Witness Thomas Garmson Dated 28 Apr 1725 |
| Value of bond: | £20 |
| Note: | Names of bondsmen – but not occupations – translated from Latinised versions. |
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Thomas Stockall
Admon granted (L&C) 15 Oct 1728 at Newport
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “late of Waters Upton” |
| Administrator: | Elizabeth Stockall (widow and relict) |
| Additional bondsmen: | John Hitchin of Bolas Magna, farmer, and Richard [Fryer?] of Ercall |
| Inventory: | 3 Cows 4 heifers and 3 weaning calves (£20), 1 horse and 2 mares (£10), brass and pewter of all Sorts (£2 5s 6d), wooden ware of all Sorts (£2), one table and form (5s), four boxes and three Wheels (15s), Cheese (£3 12s), Corn and hay in the barn (£13), Cart and Wheels (£4), Implements of husbandry (£2 10s), his wearing apparell (£1) (total £58 17s 6d) Appraisers not named Undated |
| Value of bond: | £80 |
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Alice Upton
Will proved (L&C) 31 Oct 1729 at Newport
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “in the Parish of Watters Upton […] beinge in perfecte minde & Memorye” |
| Beneficiaries: | George Arna (nephew – “my Sister Son”) (“ten pounds And a bed And all that belongs to it And a paire of Sheets” [at age 21?]), Joane Arna (niece – “my Sisters dauter”) (“All my warringe Apparill & All my goods & to have the Remainge part of the five pounds After my ffunerall is [?]”); Mary [Hand?] (sister) (1s); Margrat Davis (sister) (1s). |
| Executor: | Thomas Garmson |
| Signed and dated: | 6 Aug 1729 |
| Witnesses: | William Slater, Joshua Griffies, Richard Wall |
| Inventory: | A bed & bed steds (£1 10s), the Pewter (5s), a Press (5s), a little wheel & a Little stund (2s 6d), a Chest (7s), tow Pair of Sheets (12s), all her wearing apparell (£1), any thing omitted or forgotten (5s), Her money (£15) (total £19 6s 6d). Appraisers John Manwaring, Richard Wall Dated 17 Aug 1729 |
| Probate to: | Thomas Garmson |
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John Hughes Senior
Will proved (L&C) 31 Oct 1729 at Newport
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “of Waters Upton in ye County of Salop, Yeoman being sick and weak in Body but of perfect mind and Memory” |
| Beneficiaries: | Mary [Hughes?] (daughter) (5s); John Hughes (son) (£5); Elizabeth (wife) and Joseph (son) (“all ye remainder of my Goods and Wordly Estate whatsoever by me posses’d to be Equally Divided between them” subject to payment of funeral charges and debts owing “and after ye Death of my Loveing Wife Elizabeth Hughes all her substance shall wholy become my Son Joseph’s”). |
| Executors: | The above Elizabeth Hughes (wife) and Joseph Hughes (son) |
| Signed (X) and dated: | 22 Jul 1728 |
| Witnesses: | Richd Wood Junior, Morris Davies (X), Elizabeth Picken |
| Inventory: | Rye & wheat (£18), Barly Peas fitches & oats (£14 10s), french wheat Hay & clover (£13), Beanes (£1), the Cows & young Beasts (£33 10s), the mares & Colte (£16), the sheep (£2 15s), the swine (£3), the carts & plows & implem’ts of Husbandry (£6), the mucke (£2 10s), Brass & Pewter (£2 2s), Iron pots & other Iron things (£1 2s), wooden vessels (£2 5s), a chest & Linens (£5 10s), bed & bedsteds below stairs (£3), A press & a chees press (£1), two beds & bedsteads up stairs (£5), Cofers & boxes (10s), Chees & bacon (£8 5s), wool (7s), His wearing apparell (£1) (total £140 6s). Appraisers Joseph Corfeild, James Lee Dated 16 Sep 1729 |
| Probate to: | Joseph Hughes |
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1730s, ’40s, ’50s: 1730 | 1733 | 1736 | 1741 | 1754
William Haseldine
Admon granted (L&C) 28 Apr 1730 at Newport
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “of waters upton Mill Right” (from inventory heading; elsewhere the occupation appears to have been written as ‘adquatuorderim’) |
| Administrator: | Ann Haseldine of the parish of Waters Upton (X) |
| Additional bondsmen: | Robert Humpherson of Ercall Magna, yeoman, and Robert Hatfield (X) of [the same?], farmer |
| Inventory: | one Cow and one Colt (£5 2s 6d), Corne in the Barne (£3 5s), Hay in the Barne (15s), Cheese in the House (15s 6d), the Bedding of all Sorts (£4 2s 6d), the Pewter (5s), a Cheesepress (5s), His working tooles (7s 6d), one Chest and one Box (5s), two Iron Potts (5s), His warring apparell (£1), any thing unseen or forgotten (2s 6d). “Here is Likewise an account of what Debts were owing by the said Willm Haseldine deceased”: Mr Lummis (£4 for arrears of Rent), Thomas Garmson (15s for Rent), George Adney (16s for Summering the Colt), Joseph Hughes (10s for a Loade of Hay), Jonathan Poole (8s for Shooes), Robt Geary (7s for plowing), Joseph Palin (6s for Grass), John Hayward (3s), to Joseph Owen (2s), Tho: Edge (2s), John Morris (10s), Mr Loyd (10s), Sampson Pickin (5s 6d), Wm: Jackson (3s 6d), Tho: Christian (4s 6d), Andrew Peplow (4s 6d), John Vaughan (5s) widdow Russell (2s), the funerall Expences (£1 10s). “So that the Remainder of the Inventorie when the debts and Considered and deducted amounts to” (total £5 6s 6d) Dated 28 Oct 1729 |
| Value of bond: | £40 |
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William Smith
Admon granted (L&C) 13 Nov 1733, place not known
| Occupation / status, etc.: | of Waters Upton |
| Note: | Entry in Probate Act book records an administration, but the documents bearing the details seem to be missing. |
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John Corfield
Will proved (L&C) 27 Oct 1736 at Newport
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “of Waters Upton in the County of Salop Gent, being of sound and perfect Mind and Memory” |
| Property: | “my Estate at Hinstock in the County of Salop in the Possession of William Griffiths” |
| Beneficiaries: | John Corfield (son), (£50); Richard Corfield (son), (£200); William Corfield (son), (£200); Mary Orme (daughter) (£50); Elizabeth Hitchin (daughter) (£120 – “six score pounds, for the Use of her and her Children only); Margaret Corfield (daughter-in-law) (1 guinea); Joseph Corfield (son) (the estate at Hinstock, and residuary legatee). |
| Executor: | The above Joseph Corfield (son) |
| Signed and dated: | 6 Sep 1735 |
| Witnesses: | Thomas Christian, Anne Harper (X), Richard Tourneor |
| Probate to: | Joseph Corfield |
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Thomas Garmson
Will proved (L&C) 2 Dec 1741 at Lichfield
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “of Waters Upton in the Parish of Salop Yeoman being at this time of Sound and perfect Mind and Understanding” |
| Property: | “Two pieces of Ground Situate and being in the Township of Waters Upton known by the Names of the Lower Leasow and the Birch” |
| Beneficiaries: | Mrs Mary Barnett of Waters Upton (two pieces of land in Waters Upton as above, and their rents and profits, for her use during her life); John Mainwaring of the parish of Waters Upton, and Mary Webb (testator’s servant) (residuary legatees, in equal shares, in respect of other land, houses, buildings, money and effects; also, as executors, entitled to take any corn growing or cut on the pieces of land at Waters Upton); John Garmson of the parish of Market Drayton “(and at present a Servant to Mr Mackworth)” and his heirs forever (the land bequeathed to Mary Barnett, after her death, and the land bequeathed to Mainwaring and Webb, after their deaths). |
| Executors: | The above John Mainwaring and Mary Webb |
| Signed and dated: | 6 Apr 1741 |
| Witnesses: | Richard Tourneor, Thomas Davies, Samuel Edge |
| Probate to: | Mary Webb (John Mainwaring having renounced) |
| Note: | This is a copy of the will, with ‘signatures’ all in the same handwriting. Appended to the will and probate statement is a statement signed (X) by Mary Cooper otherwise Webb, wife of John Cooper and one of the executors of the will of Thomas Garmson, confirming receipt of the original will. |
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John Randles
Admon granted (L&C) 8 May 1754 at Newport
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “John Randles late of Waters Upton Yeoman” |
| Administrator: | Mary Tudor otherwise Randles (no signature or mark), widow and relict |
| Additional bondsmen: | Thomas Thomas of High Ercall, yeoman, Robert [Bennett?] of Shrewsbury, currier, and John Doe |
| Value of bond: | £200 |
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Thomas Christian
Will proved (L&C) 21 Oct 1761 at Newport
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “of Waters Upton in the County of Salop Yeoman” |
| Property: | “all that my Messuage Tenement and Lands with the Appurtenances Situate lying and being in the Township of Buerton in the Parish of Aulam in the County of Chester on the possession of William Dooler And all that my leasehold Messuage Tenement and Lands with the Appurtenances Situate and being in Markett Drayton in the County of Salop in the possession of William Wilkes” |
| Beneficiaries: | Elizabeth Christian (“my dear Wife”) (the use of the properties at Buerton and Market Drayton, and interest on the testator’s personal estate, both held in trust by the trustee named below, for her life); William Matthews (son-in-law) (after Elizabeth Christian’s death: 1 shilling from the testator’s personal estate); Elizabeth Matthews (daughter) and her children (after Elizabeth Christian’s death: the rents and profits from the properties at Buerton and Market Drayton, 1 shilling for Elizabeth from the testator’s personal estate, and the residue of the personal estate for the use of Elizabeth and her children). |
| Trustee and Executor: | Edward Blakeway of Shrewsbury, Draper |
| Signed and dated: | 3 Oct 1753 |
| Witnesses: | John Peat, Jo: Nixon |
| Probate to: | Edward Blakeway |
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John Groom
Will proved (L&C) 17 Apr 1765 at Wellington
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “of Waters Upton in the County of Salop Yeoman”. |
| Beneficiaries: | Catharine Groom (“my dear Wife”) (the interest on John’s ready money and securities for money, and the use and enjoyment of his “Household Goods, Furniture Linen Implements of Husbandry” and all other personal estate, held in trust by the appointed trustee, for her life); Frances Stubbs (daughter) (after the decease of Catharine, the interest of £100, part of John’s personal estate, for her life, then divided between all her children except John Shelton, at age 21 or on marriage); Richard Groom (son) (residuary legatee, and if Frances should have no children besides John Shelton, the aforementioned £100 to be divided between all his children, at age 21 or on marriage, share and share alike). |
| Trustee: | Thomas Roe of Wellington, innholder |
| Executors: | The above Thomas Roe, and Richard Groom (son) |
| Signed (X) and dated: | 9 Nov 1764 |
| Witnesses: | Martha Onions (X), Benjn: Ord |
| Probate to: | Richard Groom (“a power being reserved for the Other to act at pleasure”); no mark or signature |
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Henry Wase
Will proved (L&C) 27 Nov 1777 at Lichfield
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “of Watters upton in the County of Salop Gentilman” |
| Property: | “all my New erected House in Watters upton aforesaid with the Garden and Apportiances Where unto Belonging” |
| Beneficiaries: | Timothy Jones and Mary Jones (referred to as Son and Daughter; ‘Son’ = son-in-law]) (the remainder of a sum of £400 raised for Henry’s use under the settlement made before the marriage of Henry’s son John in 1763, from which several sums had been paid by Henry; “all the Coales and Mines Remaining ungotten and being in and under all that Piece of Land called the Woonay Head in the parish of [Brosley] in this County”; all other real estate [but see property devised to Sarah alone]; “my [B___?] Bedsteads and Beding with their Apportiances Chest of Drawers tables Chest and Looking Glass and all my other Goods Chattles and Personall estate”; property at Waters Upton described above to Mary for her life; “all my Wearing Apparell” to Timothy); John Wase Jones (“Granson”) (after the death of Mary Jones, the property at Waters Upton devised to her for her life, subject to payment to his siblings – see next); “Bettey ann Jones” and Cathrine Jones (“Gran Chilldren”) (£10 each to be paid by John Wase Jones); John Wase (son) (“three Pewter Dishes and all the Picktures and Map and three elbow Chairs and allso all my Books and allso my Writeing Desk”); “Ann maria and Eliszabeth Sarah Mary and Margett” (“my five Gran Children” [daughters of son John Wase]) (“hafe a guinea apiece”); Isabella Laybourne Lloyd (“my Friend”) (5 guineas). |
| Other wishes: | “I Desire there [may?] be a Desant flat Gravestone [with] proper Inscription hereon placed over me and my Wife within Tweell Months after my Decease” |
| Executors: | John Wase (son) and Isabella Laybourne Lloyd (friend) |
| Signed and dated: | 12 Dec 1770 |
| Witnesses: | Thos Tudor, William Blakemore, Mary Blakemore |
| Probate to: | John Wase the surviving executor (no mark or signature) |
| Personal estate: | Valued at no more than £20 |
| Notes: | (1) The will appears to have been written on pages in a bound book which were afterwards torn out, leaving a small piece – and parts of some words – missing from the edge of each page. (2) A copy of this will is held by Shropshire Archives (item 6000/12807) 🡕. (3) The marriage settlement referred to in the will is also held by Shropshire Archives (item 6000/12752) 🡕. |
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Edward Fowke
Admon granted (L&C) 21 Apr 1784 at Watling Street (Wellington)
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “Edward Fowke [the elder of the Parish of?] Waters Upton in the County of Salop […] Yeoman” |
| Administrator: | Hannah Fowke (who “appeared personally”), or possibly Edward Fowke the younger (see Note) |
| Bondsmen: | Edward Fowke the younger of Waters Upton, Egerton Leeks of the [?], gentleman, and Richard Emery of Wellington, [?]; all three signed (Edward as “Edward Foulk Jounour”). |
| Personal estate: | Valued at no more than £300 |
| Note: | Extremely poor handwriting, with many crossings out, on both of the documents relating to this grant, making it difficult to read and understand. |
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Robert Allen
Admon granted (L&C) 18 Apr 1798 at Watling Street (Wellington)
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “Robert Allen late of Waters Upton in the County of Salop […] Yeoman” |
| Administrator: | Sarah Allen of Waters Upton, widow (relict of the deceased) |
| Additional bondsmen: | “Richard Allen of Watling street in the County of Salop Gentleman and Thomas Blakemore of the Close of the Cathedral Church of Lichfield Yeoman” – but note that while two of the three signatures at the bottom of the bond matched the names given at the top, one did not: instead of Richard Allen there was “Richd Emery”. (Also, Sarah signed with the surname “Aallen”!) |
| Personal estate: | Valued at no more than £300 |
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Sarah Allen
Will proved (L&C) 28 Apr 1802 at Newport
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “of Waters Upton in the County of Salop Widow being weak of Body but of perfect mind and memory” |
| Beneficiaries: | Mary Haycocks (niece) (the interest of £100 for her life); Mary Davies, Thomas Davies, Sarah Davies, Ann Haycocks, David Roberts, Sarah Humphreys, and John and Ann Lewis (children of Mary Haycocks’ sisters) (after the death of Mary Haycocks, the sum of £100 to divided equally between them); Mary Harris (sister) (1 shilling); Sarah Humphreyson (niece) (£100); Triphosa Haycock (niece) (£50); Jane Griffith of Wellington, daughter of Charles and Ann Swift (the interest of £40 for her life; after her decease the £40 to be divided equally between her children); Jane Haycocks (sister) (£10 “to be paid to her a Little at a time at the deserction of my Executors”); Joseph Barnfield of Edgmond and Elizabeth James (Godchildren) (£5 each); “Thos Allen Son of Sarah Allen {Shoe maker)” (£10); William Thomas (£10); Thomas Young (uncle) (£10 “to be paid to him a Little at a time at the descetion of my Executors”); Robt Allen, son of Thos Allen (“my late Husband Robt Allens Watch”); Ann Barnfield daughter of John Barnfield (£5). |
| Other wishes: | To be buried at High Ercall “and a flatt Grave stone placed over me”; “I will that all my Household Goods, furniture and Implements of Husbandry be Appraised and if William Humphreys thinks proper to keep the farm that I now live upon (if Mr. Richard Emmory Esqr is willing) then I will that he pay all the above Leggcies, and past my Linnen and Wearing Apparel Eaqually amongst the Legaties at his descetion”. |
| Executors: | William Humphreys and John Barnfield |
| Signed and dated: | 14 Nov 1801 |
| Witnesses: | Elizabeth Dicken, Joseph James and Thomas Shuker |
| Probate to: | The above-named executors; no marks or signatures. |
| Personal estate: | Valued at no more than £100 |
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John Mancell
Will proved (L&C) 24 Oct 1804 at Newport
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “John Mancell of Waters Upton in the County of Salop Carpenter” |
| Property: | “my Dwelling House and the two Gardens belonging thereto situate lying and being in Watling Street in the Parish of Wellington […] (now in the Occupation of Thos Swift)” |
| Beneficiaries: | Thomas Mancell (brother) (1 shilling); William Mancell (brother) (1 shilling); Francis Mancell (brother) (1 shilling); Mary wife of Thomas Swift (sister) (1 shilling); Elizabeth Mancell (“my Loving Wife”) (the property at Watling Street described above for her life, and “all my Household Goods & Chattles live Stock and Wearing Apparel”); Jane Pidgeon (daughter) (after Elizabeth’s death, the property at Watling Street); Jane and Ann Pidgeon (granddaughters, daughter of Jane) (after their mother’s death, the property at Watling Street; with provisions made in case of the deaths of either or both before their mother). |
| Executors: | William Pidgeon (son-in-law) and Thomas Shuker |
| Signed and dated: | 25 Nov 1798 |
| Witnesses: | Thos Shuker, Matthew Icke, Sarah Parton |
| Probate to: | The above-named executors; no marks or signatures |
| Personal estate: | Valued at no more than £100 |
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Thomas Hatton
Admon granted (L&C) 11 Sep 1807 at Lichfield
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “late of Waters Upton in the County of Salop […] Clerk” |
| Administrator: | Leonora Hatton of Shrewsbury (widow, relict) |
| Additional bondsmen: | Stephen Jennins of Wrockwardine, esquire and John Doe, gent (Leonora and Stephen signed). |
| Date of death: | 15 May 1807 |
| Personal estate: | Valued at no more than £600 |
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John Dickin
Will proved (L&C) 22 Oct 1807 at Watling Street (Wellington)
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “of Waters Upton in the County of Salop Gentleman” |
| Property: | “All that Messuage Farm or Tenement with the Buildings Lands and Hereditaments thereto belonging situate lying and being in Waters Upton foresaid and which I some time ago purchased from Mr William Sherratt” and other property in places not specified. |
| Beneficiaries: | William Dickin (son) (£400, the property at Waters Upton described above, and, with his siblings, an equal share of the residue of the personal estate); John Dickin (son) (“All and every other my freehold Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments whatsoever and wheresoever situate” and, with his siblings, an equal share of the residue of the personal estate); Mary Harper and Eleanor Venables (daughters) (with their brothers, each to receive an equal share of the residue of the personal estate). |
| Executors: | John Dickin and William Dickin (sons) |
| Signed and dated: | 13 Apr 1797 |
| Witnesses: | Egerton Leeke, Peter Machin, Wm: Machin |
| Codicil: | The £400 to son William Dickin revoked (sum already paid to him). The payment of equal shares of the residue of the personal estate to all four children revoked; to be paid instead in equal shares to sons John and William. Daughters Mary Harper and Eleanor Venables to receive equal shares of the £1,150 due to the testator from his son-in-law John Venables. Signed and dated 12 Aug 1803 Witnesses Mary Bayley, Benjn. Colley, Edward Bayley. |
| Probate to: | The above named executors |
| Personal estate: | Valued at no more than £2,000 |
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George Jones
Admon granted (L&C) 27 May 1812 at Lichfield
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “late of Waters Upton in the County of Salop […] a Widower […] without parent or Child” |
| Administrator: | Richard Jones of Mill Street, Shrewsbury, hostler (brother) |
| Additional bondsmen: | John Oliver of Coleham, victualler, and Samuel Perkes of the Abbey Foregate, shoemaker; all three signed. |
| Date of death: | 28 Apr 1812 |
| Personal estate: | Valued at no more than £200 |
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John Pidgeon
Will proved (L&C) 20 Apr 1814 at Watling Street (Wellington)
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “of Waters Upton in the County of Salop Gentleman” |
| Property: | “my Messuage or dwelling House with the Garden Hereditaments and Appurtenances thereto belong situate at Waters Upton aforesaid now in my possession” |
| Beneficiaries: | Ann Gough, Abigail Harris and Jane [Binnell?] (“Sisters of my late Wife”) (£33 6s 8d each over and above the sums due to them under the testator’s marriage settlement); John Harris (nephew) (£20); Henry Harris (nephew) (£20); Rosanna [Pidgeon] “now or late of Manchester” (“the now Wife of my Brother Thomas Pidgeon”) (the proceeds of £300 placed out at interest by the testator’s trustees, for her life); Rosanna [Pidgeon] (daughter of brother Thomas Pidgeon) (after the death of her mother, the proceeds of the £300, reinvested by the testator’s trustees); Margaret Betton (sister) (the proceeds of £300 placed out at interest by the testator’s trustees, for her life); Mary, Henrietta, Ann and Martha [Betton] (daughters of sister Margaret Betton) (after the death of their mother, the proceeds of the £200, reinvested by the testator’s trustees, share and share alike); Orlando Pidgeon (nephew) (£100 for his own use); William Pidgeon (nephew) (£20); James Pidgeon (brother) (1 shilling); Mary Ebrey (“my Servant”) (£70 over and above what she may be due in wages at the time of the testator’s death, and “the Bed on which she usually sleeps with the Bedstead and Hangings thereto belonging together with such two pair of Sheets one pair of Blankets and one Coverlid as she shall make choice of”, and “one Cow in case I shall be possessed of one at the time of my decease but not otherwise”); John Pidgeon (nephew) (property and Waters Upton described above and all other real estate subject to the various bequests charged upon it; household and goods and furniture not otherwise bequeathed; debts due; and the remainder of the personal estate. |
| Trustees and Executors: | John Pidgeon of Harecutt, Miller, and Orlando Pidgeon of Shrewsbury, tobacconist (nephews) |
| Signed and dated: | 10 Jan 1814 |
| Witnesses: | Tho Dickin, Richd Allen, Edwd Austin |
| Probate to: | The above-named executors |
| Date of death: | 19 Jan 1814 |
| Personal estate: | Valued at no more than £2,000 |
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Martha Austin
Will proved (L&C) 29 Sep 1814 at Lichfield
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “of Waters Upton in the County of Salop Widow”. |
| Property: | “the Lease Possession and Tenant Right of the several Messuages or Tenements Farl Lands and Hereditaments situate in Waters Upton aforesaid and now in the possession of myself and of John Matthews Thomas Bates John Meadows and Charles Evans as my Undertenants” |
| Beneficiaries: | Edward Austin (son) (the property described above and “all my stock thereupon as well quick as dead Emblements Household Goods Furniture Plate Linen and China ready money Securities for Money Credits and all other my personal Estate” subject to payment of bequests to his siblings and “in full satisfaction of his distributive share of the Estate and Effects of James Austin my late Husband and his late father”); John Austin of Longden upon Tern, miller (son) (£50); Mary wife of Thomas Hiles of Shrewsbury, miller (daughter) (£50); Martha wife of William Hanmer “of the Island of Aldernay Barrack Master” (daughter) (£50); Mary Austin widow of the testator’s late son Thomas Austin of Liverpool, innholder (daughter-in-law) (£50). |
| Trustees and Executors: | Alexander Keate of Shrewsbury, grocer, and Thomas Skitt of Longswood, farmer |
| Signed and dated: | 16 Aug 1814 |
| Witnesses: | Richd Allen, Waters Upton; Saml Shepherd, Newport; Thos Thurstans, Newport, Shropshire |
| Probate to: | Alexander Keate of Shrewsbury, grocer, and Thomas Skitt of Longs Wood, farmer |
| Date of death: | 20 Aug 1814 |
| Personal estate: | Valued at no more than £1,500 |
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Robert Wilbraham Bromhall Hill
Will proved (L&C) 17 Apr 1815 at Lichfield
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “the Reverend Robert Wilbraham Bromhall Hill of Waters Upton in the County of Salop Clerk” |
| Property: | “my Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments with their and every of their Appurtenances situate in Waters Upton aforesaid” |
| Beneficiaries: | Elizabeth Hill (“my dear Wife”) (“all and singular my Household Goods Furniture Plate Linen China Carriages Horses Sheep Pigs Cows Farming Stock Corn Grain Hay Fodder Ready Money Securities for Money Credits and all other my Personal Estate” […] “for her own absolute Use and Benefit and to be by her disposed of as to her shall seem meet”) |
| Trustees and Executors: | The Reverend Robert Hill of Hough, Cheshire, Clerk (“my honored Father”) and John Hill of Dee Grove in in the City of Chester, esquire (“my beloved Brother”) |
| Signed and dated: | 29 Dec 1814 |
| Witnesses: | Lavinia Hankins, Ambrose Brookes Sol [= Solicitor] of Newport, Salop, Richard Maddox [Groom to / Servant ?] [W?] Hill |
| Probate to: | Robert Hill of the Hough in the parish of Wybunbury, Cheshire, clerk, and John Hill of St John’s in the city of Chester, esquire (no signatures or marks). |
| Date of death: | 13 Jan 1815 |
| Personal estate: | Valued at no more than £1,500 |
| Notes: | (1) The will deals at length with the sale of Hill’s real estate after his death by his trustees, and the payment from the monies raised to discharge expenses and debts, but seemingly not for payments of any legacies? (2) At the bottom of the last page of the will, writing has been added regarding what appears to have been a Chancery case in 1820 (Sarah [Webb?] Widow complainant, Robert Hill and others defendants); examination of witnesses involved showing the signature of Robert Maddox to the others who witnesses this will. (3) One of the printed forms accompanying the will was for grants of administration, but was adapted for to use for the grant of probate. |
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Thomas Hobson
Will proved (L&C) 22 Oct 1818 at Watling Street (Wellington)
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “of Waters Upton in the County of Salop Farmer being weak in Body but of perfect mind and Memory” |
| Beneficiaries: | Mary Hobson (“my loveing Wife”) (“all my Household Goods and Chattels Live Stock and Implements of Husbandry, for and during the term of her natural life”); Thomas Hobson, George Hobson, Mary Meadowes wife of John Meadows and Martha James wife of Francis James (children) (after the death of the testator’s wife, “what shall be remaining” [of the testator’s personal estate] “to be equally divided”. |
| Executor: | John Atcherley |
| Signed and dated: | 28 Sep 1807 |
| Witnesses: | Joseph James and William Pidgeon |
| Probate to: | John Atcherley of Waters Upton, yeoman (signed) |
| Date of death: | Feb 1818 |
| Personal estate: | Valued at no more than £100 |
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Joseph James
Will proved (L&C) 21 Oct 1819 at Watling Street (Wellington)
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “of Waters Upton in the County of Salop Farmer” |
| Property: | “my freehold Messuage, Lands, Tenements Hereditaments and Premises whereof I am seised in fee situate lying and being at Waters Upton […] now or late in the occupation of myself and Mary Matthews” |
| Beneficiaries: | Sarah James (“my dear Wife”) (property described above, and “the Use Interest and Enjoyment of All my Household Goods and Furniture Farming Stock and Implements in Husbandry, money in the Funds, Securities for money and all other my Goods, Chattels, Credits and Personal Estate” for her life); Joseph James (son) (after the death of the testator’s wife, the property described); Sarah James, Mary James, and Elizabeth Freeman wife of William Freeman of Meeson, tailor (daughters) (after the death of the testator’s wife, £50 each to Sarah and Mary, and equal shares of the remainder of the personal estate to all, share and share alike). |
| Executors: | John Webb of Cold Hatton, farmer, and Thomas Rider of Crudgington, Farmer |
| Signed and dated: | 3 Aug 1805 |
| Witnesses: | Elizabeth Newark, Jno. Small, [?] Newark |
| Probate to: | John Webb of Cold Hatton, farmer, the surviving executor (signed) |
| Personal estate: | Valued at no more than £200 |
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Richard Nicklin
Will proved (L&C) 12 Apr 1820 at Watling Street (Wellington)
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “Richard Nicklin the elder of the Heath Lane in the Township of Rowton in the Parish of High Ercall in the County of Salop Wheelwright” |
| Property: | “All that Messuage or Tenement wherein I now reside with the Hempbutt Garden Lands and other Appurtenances thereunto belonging situate in the Township of Rowton aforesaid And all that piece of Land lately inclosed from Ellerdine Heath allocated to me containing about three Quarters of an acre with the House and other Buildings erected by me thereon” |
| Beneficiaries: | Mary Nicklin (“my dear Wife”) (the property described above, all other real estate, and “all my household goods Furniture and Implements of Household Stock in trade Cattle Debts Credits ready Money and Securities for money and all other my personal Estate” for her life); Thomas Nicklin (son) (after the death of Mary Nicklin, the Ellerdine Heath property); Richard Nicklin (son) (after the death of Mary Nicklin, all real estate not devised to Thomas, subject to £105 being paid to the executor to add to the testator’s personal estate for payment of bequests as follows); John Nicklin, William Nicklin, Benjamin Nicklin, Elizabeth wife of William Corfield of Hadley, yeoman, Mary wife of William Morgan of Ellerdine, labourer, and Sarah wife of William Buttery of Rowton cordwainer (sons and daughters) (equal shares of the aforementioned £105, and of the remainder of the testator’s personal estate, share and share alike, but with an additional £3 each to be paid to all except John and Benjamin). |
| Trustee and Executor: | John Dicken of Waters Upton, gentleman (“my Friend”) |
| Signed and dated: | 11 Aug 1810 |
| Witnesses: | [Wid: ?] Morris, Chas Morris, Thos: Thurstans |
| Probate to: | John Dicken of Waters Upton, gentleman (signed, as Dickin) |
| Personal estate: | Valued at no more than £100 |
| Note: | John Dicken described Richard as being of Waters Upton when he proved this will, hence its inclusion here. However this appears to have been an error on John’s part, or on the part of the clerk completing the form recording the information given when the will was proved. When his will was made in 1810, Richard said he was of Rowton Township. His son Samuel was baptised at Waters Upton in 1813, but the family’s abode was then recorded as being ‘Eath Lane’ (Heath Lanes, on the West side of Cold Hatton village), and although he was buried at Waters Upton, the burial register entry recorded that his abode was Cold Hatton. |
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Charles Evans
Will proved (L&C) 19 Oct 1820 at Watling Street (Wellington)
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “of Waters Upton in the County of Salop Victualler” |
| Beneficiaries: | Jane Evans (wife) (“all my household Goods and Furniture, Plate, Line, China, ready money securities for money and all the rest residue and remainder of personal Estate”). |
| Executors: | Jane Evans (wife) |
| Signed (X) and dated: | 18 Nov 1813 |
| Witnesses: | John Acton, Mary Webb |
| Probate to: | Jane Evans of the parish of High Ercall, widow (X) |
| Personal estate: | Valued at no more than £200 |
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Thomas Titley
Will proved (L&C) 2 May 1821 at Watling Street (Wellington)
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “of Waters Upton in the Parish of Waters Upton, and County of Salop Butcher: Being infirm in Body, But of Sound and disposing Mind & Memory” |
| Beneficiaries: | Jane Titley (daughter) (£20); Lidea Titley (daughter) (£10); Robert Titley (son) (£10); Elizabeth Titley (daughter) (£5). Remainder of property “to be equally divided amongst the whole of my Children, and every one to have an equal Share”. |
| Executors: | John Titley (son) and Elizabeth Titley (daughter) |
| Signed (X) and dated: | 2 Dec 1820 |
| Witnesses: | William Icke, William Dickin |
| Probate to: | John Titley of the parish of Waters Upton, butcher (signed); Elizabeth Titley’s power reserved. |
| Date of death: | 7 Dec 1820 |
| Personal estate: | Valued at no more than £100 |
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Richard Hill
Admon granted (L&C) 27 Nov 1821 at Lichfield
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “late of the Parish of Waters Upton in the county of Salop […] Clerk” |
| Administrator: | “the Right Honourable Rowland Lord Hill Baron Hill Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Military order of the Bath the natural and lawful Brother” |
| Additional bondsmen: | Richard Fox of the [?], gentleman, and Jonathan Nickson of Wem, gentleman; all three signed (Lord Hill simply as ‘Hill’) |
| Date of death: | 3 Sep 1821 |
| Personal estate: | Valued at no more than £1,000 |
| Note: | Died “a Bachelor leaving Sir John Hill Baronet his natural and lawful Father him surviving who hath under his hand and seal duly renounced his right to the same”. Letter from Sir John Hill of Hawkstone, Baronet, renouncing his “Right Title and Interest in and to Letters of Administration” and consenting to the same being granted to Rowland Lord Hill. |
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John Dickin
Will proved (L&C) 2 May 1821 at Watling Street (Wellington)
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “of Waters Upton in the County of Salop Gentleman” |
| Property: | “Freehold Messuages Lands tenements and Hereditaments situate lying and being in Waters Upton aforesaid and in Clive” |
| Beneficiaries: | John Dickin (son) (the property described above, subject to it being devised for a term of 1,000 years to the appointed trustees and their successors for purposes set out by the testator; residuary legatee); Elizabeth Dickin (“my dear Wife”) (the interest, dividends and proceeds of a sum of £3,000, raised by demise or mortgage of part of the testator’s property by the appointed trustees, for her life, plus the sum of £500); Sarah the wife of John Rider of Crudgington, Elizabeth Dickin, and Ann Dickin (daughters) (after the death of their mother, the aforementioned sum of £3,000 “share and share alike as tenants in common”, plus, in the case of Elizabeth and Ann, an additional £1,000 each, raised along with the aforementioned £3,000 by demise or mortgage of part of the testator’s property by the appointed trustees). |
| Trustees: | William Dickin of Waters Upton (brother) and Robert Venables of Losford (nephew), gentlemen. |
| Executors: | “my said Wife and Son” |
| Signed and dated: | 16 May 1820 |
| Witnesses: | Edward Austin, John Madeley, Wm: Nock |
| Probate to: | John Dickin of Waters Upton, farmer (signed) |
| Personal estate: | Valued at no more than £2,000 |
| Note: | In the probate document accompanying the will, John was described as a farmer. |
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William Dickin
Will proved (L&C) 15 Jan 1831 at Lichfield
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “of Waters Upton in the County of Salop Gentleman” |
| Property: | “Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments as well Freehold as Copyhold which are vested in me”; “my Messuage or Dwelling house with the Buildings Garden Land and Appurtenances thereto belonging or usually occupied therewith situate at Waters Upton aforesaid now or late in the holding of John Titley, Butcher or his undertenants”; “my Messuage or Dwelling house with the Buildings Garden Farm Lands and Hereditaments thereto belong or now occupied therewith situate at Waters Upton aforesaid now in my own Possession” |
| Beneficiaries: | John Cartwright of Peplow (son-in-law) (a mortgage debt or sum of £300); Elizabeth Dickin (“my dear Wife”) (property at Waters Upton held by John Titley for the use of her and her heirs and assigns forever; “All my Household Goods and Furniture Plate Linen China Books Pictures Beds Bedding and Household Provisions […] in […] the Dwelling House wherein I now reside situate at Waters Upton”; dividends, interest and proceeds of investments made with the testator’s money plus money generated by the sale of all real and personal estate not already disposed of, for her life); Margaret, Robert, Sarah, Thomas and Elizabeth (children – eldest son John excluded as already provided for) (after the death of the testator’s wife Elizabeth, the aforementioned monies invested by the trustees, divided so that Robert and Thomas receive equal shares that amount to £100 each more than received by Sarah and Elizabeth, and so that Sarah and Elizabeth receive equal shares that amount to £300 each more than received by Margaret, wife of John Cartwright; provisions made for children of any sons or daughter dying during the testator’s lifetime, for reallocation of the shares of any children dying without issue). |
| Trustees: | John Dickin of Waters Upton, gentleman (nephew), and Thomas Groucock of Meeson, gentleman |
| Executors: | Wife, and son John Dickin |
| Signed and dated: | 6 Dec 1828 |
| Witnesses: | Edward Anslow, Charles Fowler, Wm: Nock |
| Probate to: | Elizabeth Dickin of Waters Upton, widow, and John Dickin of the parish of Ashley, Staffordshire, farmer (before Wright Willett, Commissioner); both signed. |
| Date of death: | 5 Sep 1830 |
| Personal estate: | Valued at no more than £600 |
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Richard Jones
Will proved (L&C) 20 Apr 1837 at Salop (Shrewsbury)
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “of Waters Upton in the County of Salop, being in good health and of perfect mind and memory”; gardener (occupation provided by executors) |
| Property: | “the over House Garden, Warehouse, Shop and the use of the pump, now in the occupation of John Griffiths” and “the lower House Workshop, Stable Garden and use of the Pump |
| Beneficiaries: | George Jones (son) (the ‘above House’ property, with the first year’s rent after the testator’s death “to be applied to cover the said House with Tile”); Elizabeth [Jones] (“the present Wife of my Son George Jones”) (the rent of the aforementioned property for her life, “providing she lives longer than her husband”); Rachel Humphreys (the same Estate, after the deaths of George and Elizabeth Jones); John Humphreys (the ‘lower House’ property, with the first eight years’ rent after the testator’s death “to be put out to Interest to the best advantage to clear off the Mortgage and keep the Houses in good repair”); Richard Jones of Minsterley (Godson) (“my silver buttons”). |
| Other wishes: | “no second wife or Issue [of son George] shall have claim on the [above House]”; “I also will that they neither sell nor Mortgage the above Estates, but their lawful Heirs enjoy them for ever” |
| Executors: | John Humphreys and George Jones |
| Signed and dated: | 24 Jan 1835 |
| Witnesses: | Richard Jones, Ann Jones, Thomas Taylor |
| Probate to: | John Humphreys of Crudgington, blacksmith, and George Jones of Shrewsbury, tailor; both signed. |
| Date of death: | 26 Sep 1836 |
| Personal estate: | Valued at no more than £5 |
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Sarah Allen
Will proved (PCC) 6 Jul 1837 at London
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “of Waters Upton in the County of Salop Widow” |
| Beneficiaries: | Charles Allen (son) (“all my money securities for money and all other my personal estate” |
| Executor: | Charles Allen (son) |
| Signed and dated: | 9 Feb 1833 |
| Witnesses: | Edward Anslow, Wm Nock |
| Probate to: | The above Charles Allen |
| Note: | Proving this will may have prompted Charles to apply for letters of administration in respect of his sister Sarah (see next). |
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Sarah Allen
Admon granted (L&C) 1 Dec 1837 at Lichfield; second grant Mar 1843
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “late of Waters Upton in the County of Salop […] Spinster […] who died intestate without Father” [*] |
| Administrator: | Charles Allen of Waters Upton (brother), gentleman / farmer |
| Additional bondsmen: | Edward Anslow of Waters Upton, farmer, and Henry Morris of Wellington, saddler [bond dated 30 Nov 1837]; Jonathan [Scarth?] of Shrewsbury, gentleman, and George [Ch__e?] of Shrewsbury, timber merchant [bond dated 4 Mar 1843]; all parties signed. |
| Date of death: | 26 Apr 1819 |
| Personal estate: | Valued at no more than £300 (sworn on 30 Nov 1837) / £600 (sworn on 4 Mar 1843) |
| Note: | * “leaving Sarah Allen Widow her natural and lawful Mother surviving who is since dead without having taken out Letters of administration of her Goods and Personal Estate”. |
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William Icke
Will proved (L&C) 22 Oct 1851 at Watling Street (Wellington)
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “of Waters Upton in the County of Salop Victualler” |
| Beneficiaries: | Eleanor Icke (wife) (interest, dividends and produce of investments made with money generated by the sale of all real and personal estate, for her life); Robert Icke and Elizabeth Atcherley (son and daughter) (after Eleanor Icke’s death, equal shares, as tenants in common, of the aforementioned trust monies, investments, and the interest and produce from them, with provision made for Elizabeth’s children in the event of her death during the testator’s life). |
| Trustees and Executors: | Eleanor Icke (wife), Robert Icke (son), Robert Atcherley of the Moortown, gentleman (son-in-law) |
| Signed and dated: | 16 Jun 1849 |
| Witnesses: | Richard Palin, solicitor, Salop [= Shrewsbury], Edwin Evans, his clerk |
| Probate to: | Eleanor Icke of Waters Upton, widow; Robert Icke of Waters Upton, farmer; Robert Atcherley of the Moortown, gentleman |
| Date of death: | 6 Jul 1851 |
| Personal estate: | Valued at no more than £200 |
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Mary Corfield
Admon granted (L&C) 1 Jul 1852 at Lichfield
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “late of Waters Upton in the County of Salop […] Spinster […] who died intestate without parent” |
| Administrator: | John Corfield of Rudge in the parish of Pattingham, Staffordshire, labourer (brother and only next of kin) |
| Additional bondsmen: | John Heatley of Eaton upon Tern, miller, and John Alltree of Wellington, attorney’s clerk; all three signed. |
| Date of death: | 24 May 1852 |
| Personal estate: | Valued at no more than £200 |
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Thomas Whitfield
Will proved (L&C) 20 Apr 1853 at Watling Street (Wellington)
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “of Waters Upton in the County of Salop Farmer” |
| Beneficiaries: | Ann Whitfield (“my dear Wife”) (household goods and furniture to the value of £100, to be chosen by her; interest, dividends and annual proceeds of trust moneys raised by sale of testator’s real and personal estate, for her life or until her remarriage, “she maintaining and educating thereout all my children” until they reach the age of 24); unnamed children, five or more in number (after the death or remarriage of Ann Whitfield, each to receive an equal share of the aforementioned trust moneys on reaching the age of 24; legacies of £500 each on reaching the age of 24, with larger sums specified in the event of any of them dying without issue, up to £800 apiece if fewer than four of them so surviving). |
| Trustees and Executors: | Richard Whitfield of Stoke upon Tern, farmer, and John Whitfield of Wellington, grocer (brothers). |
| Guardians of children: | The above, plus Ann Whitfield (wife) |
| Signed and dated: | 12 Nov 1852 |
| Witnesses: | Walter Minor, Wollerton; Mary Minor, Wollerton |
| Probate to: | Executors named; both signed. |
| Date of death: | 18 Feb 1853 |
| Personal estate: | Valued at no more than £800 |
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Matthew Davies
Will proved (L&C) 26 Apr 1855 at Salop (Shrewsbury)
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “of Waters Upton in the County of Salop Tailor” |
| Property: | “Messuage and Dwelling House and all appurtenances thereto belonging and […] Lands situate in the Parish of Waters Upton” |
| Beneficiaries: | Elizabeth Davies (“my beloved Wife”) (property described above, “and also all my Household furniture Plate Linen and all other my Estate and effects”; executors also to pay rents, interests, profits and produce for her life); William Davies of Waters Upton, tailor (son) (after the death of Elizabeth Davies, the testator’s messuage and lands in Waters Upton as previously described, his household furniture, live and dead stock, money, securities for money and all other property for his life subject to payment of legacies to his sister; residue of real and personal estate); Emma Harper, wife of John Harper of the Lion Inn, Edgmond (daughter) (£50 and a feather bed); Sarah Wilson wife of David Wilson of the Black Lion Inn, Wem (daughter) (£50 and a feather bed); unnamed grandchildren (children of son and daughters already named) (after death of William Davies, proceeds of the sale of the testator’s house and land, to be equally divided between them). |
| Executors: | William Davies (son), David Wilson of the Black Lion, Wem, innkeeper (son-in-law) |
| Signed and dated: | 7 Nov 1854 |
| Witnesses: | Saml Edge, Charles Weever |
| Probate to: | Executors named; both signed |
| Date of death: | 10 Mar 1855 |
| Personal estate: | Valued at no more than £100 |
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John Titley
Admon granted (L&C) 16 Apr 1856 at Watling Street (Wellington)
| Occupation / status, etc.: | “late of Waters Upton in the County of Salop […] Butcher […] & a Widower” |
| Administrator: | Thomas Titley of Waters Upton, butcher (son) |
| Additional bondsmen: | Robert Icke of Ercall Magna, gentleman, and Edward Vickers of Ketley, gentleman; all three signed. |
| Date of death: | 5 Mar 1856 |
| Personal estate: | Valued at no more than £800 |
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Waters Upton One-Place Study 