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WILL OF ELIZABETH TURNER (NO. 563)
PROB 11/1207
Will made on: 28 April 1790
Will proved on: 11 July 1791
A well-to-do spinster lady with properties in London
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Item I give and devise unto my dearly beloved cousin Edwin Turner of Aylesford aforesaid timber
merchant all and singular my freehold messuages lands tenements and hereditaments situate and being
in the parish of Aylesford aforesaid …..
Item I give and bequeath unto the said Edwin Turner the sum of fifty pounds three per cent reduced
bank annuities Item I give and bequeath unto my dearly beloved aunt Ann Turner the widow of my
uncle Edwin Turner deceased the sum of fifty pounds three per cent reduced bank annuities ….
Item I give and bequeath unto Ann Elizabeth and Sophia Porter the daughters of my beloved cousin
Ann Porter deceased the sum of fifty pounds three per cent reduced bank annuities ……to be divided
equally between them …..
Item I give and bequeath unto my said cousin Edwin Turner one of my leasehold messuages or
tenements situate in David Street Hanover Square in the county of Middlesex now or late in the tenure
of Mr Briant or his undertenants ,,,,
Item I give and bequeath unto my Godson John Turner Porter the son of my said cousin Ann Porter
my gold watch and the sum of one hundred pounds three per cent reduced bank annuities ……
Item I give and bequeath unto my cousin William Mudge and Mrs Mudge the widow of my cousin
Edwin Mudge deceased the sum of ten pounds each Item I give and bequeath unto my cousins Ann
Sutton and Elizabeth Cork the daughters of my aunt Ann Mudge one other of my leasehold messuages
or tenements situate and being in Mount Street Grosvenor Square in the tenure of Mr Smith tallow
chandler …..
Item I give and bequeath unto my cousins Robert Pollard and Caroline Suibley one other of my
leasehold messuages or tenements situate and being in David Street aforesaid now or late in the
occupation of Mr Barnard perfumer …
Item I give and bequeath unto Richard Turner son of Joseph Turner late of Ensford in the said county
of Kent carpenter deceased my leasehold messuage or tenement situate and being in Mortimer Street
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Cavendish Square in the said county of Middlesex now or late in the tenure of Roger Dawson Esquire
or his undertenants ….
Item I give and bequeath unto Mary Reynolds of Bennet Street Westminster the sum of twenty pounds
Item I give to the maid servant who shall be living with me at the time of my death ten pounds and the
bedstead bed and blankets that is commonly used for my servants as also two pair of sheets Item I give
unto Catherine Charlton of Aylesford the sum of five guineas Item I give and bequeath unto Mrs
Barney of David Street aforesaid five guineas ….
Item I give and bequeath unto my said cousin Elizabeth Cork all my wearing apparel recommending
that she will give the inferior part of it to my maid servant Item I give and bequeath unto William
Green of Great Portland Street in the parish of Mary le Bone in the county of Middlesex cabinet maker
the sum of fifty pounds for and in consideration of the trouble he will have in the execution of the
trusts of this my will……”
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