John Brex of Nether Broughton 1851 Will
Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives, Leicestershire Wills and Probate Records
This is the last Will of me John Brex of Nether Broughton in the County of Leicester Cottager
I give and devise all that my Messuage or Tenement Paddock Garden and real Estate situate in Nether Broughton aforesaid to my Nephew John Mann his heirs and assigns for ever subject nevertheless to the payment of the sum of fifty Pounds which I owe to my housekeeper Isabella Jennings on a Note of hand
I give to my Nephews John Brex and Joseph Mann and my Niece Mary Herrick Five Pounds each the last Legacy to be paid on my Niece’s Attaining the age of twenty one years
Subject to the payment of the above legacies my other Debts funeral and testamentary expences I give and bequeath all my personal Estate and effects (except the five articles of household furniture hereafter mentioned) to my said Nephew John Mann
I give to my housekeeper Isabella Jennings my Clock and Spring Table the Tent Bed and all that belongs to it the Square deal Table and one large Chest
And I appoint the said John Mann Executor of this my Will
Witness my hand this 24th day of February 1851
John Brex
Signed published and declared by the said John Brex the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our Names as Witnesses
Wm Latham Solr Melton My
John Noble, Clerk Nether Broughton
Melton Mowbray the 25th day of March 1851
John Main [sic] of Nether Broughton in the County of Leicester Cottager the Executor in this Will named was duly sworn to the Truth and faithful performance thereof as usual, and that the Goods Chattels and Credits of the deceased do not amount in value to the Sum of One Hundred pounds and that the deceased died on the fourth day of March instant
Before me John Healy Surrogate to the Commissary
On the 29th day of March 1851 Original Will exhibited before the Rev Charles Mortlock Clerk Bachelor of Arts and Surrogate to the Commy and Probate decreed to pass Seal to John Main the above named Executor in the presence of
Thos Nevinson Not. Pub. Regr
Same day Probate dated