James Doubleday of Long Clawson 1881 Will
Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives DE462/24
This is the last Will and Testament of me James Doubleday of Long Clawson in the County of Leicester Farmer
I appoint my Son Thomas Doubleday sole Executor of this my Will and I bequeath to him all my Personal Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever subject to the payment thereout of my funeral and testamentary expenses and debts and the following Legacies (that is to say)
To my Son Francis Doubleday a Legacy of Fifty pounds To my Son John George Doubleday a Legacy of One hundred pounds and to my daughter Mary Doubleday a Legacy of one hundred pounds and I request said Son Thomas to provide for my daughter Elizabeth Doubleday so long as she requires it
Witness my hand this 7th day of May 1878
James Doubleday
Signed by the above named James Doubleday as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in is presence at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names at Witnesses
J Paddison Solr Melton Mowbray
Clarke Rippin his Clerk
Proved at Leicester on the Nineteenth day of January 1881 by the Oath of Thomas Doubleday the Son the sole Executor to whom administration was granted
The Testator James Doubleday was late of Long Clawson in the County of Leicester Farmer and died on the Nineteenth day of February 1880 at Long Clawson aforesaid
Under £800
Latham and Paddison, Solicitors, Melton Mowbray.
