Summary
Testator: William Outridge of Ickleford, Hertfordshire, yeoman
Written: 26 Nov 1766
- wife Mary Outridge - for life or widowhood - messuage or tenement where I now live; 8½ acres of arable land in common fields of Ickleford and Pirton; two tenements in Ickleford in occupation of John Young and where Widow Martin did live
- after wife's decease or remarriage, above estate to nephew Richard Outridge, son of brother Richard Outridge, charged with following legacies:
- Anne Outridge sister of said nephew Richard Outridge - £10
- William Outridge son of brother John Outridge - £10
- niece Mary Hancock - £5
- Mary wife of John Brown, daughter of said brother Richard Outridge - £5
- William Walker & Ralph Walker - equal shares of wearing apparell
- Poor of Ickleford - 20s to be distributed in bread
- said Anne Outridge - 1 chest of drawers; 1 swing looking glass; 1 pair of hand irons and fender; 4 small chairs; 1 large wooden chair; 2 tables; 1 dresser; and 1 brass boiler
- residue to wife Mary
Executors: wife Mary Outridge and nephew Richard Outridge
Witnesses: William Davy, John Davy, Thomas Ward
Proved: 10 Dec 1766 at Hitchin
