Mary Shelton of Wycomb 1847 Will
Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives, Leicestershire Wills and Probate Records 1847
I, Mary Shelton of Wycombe in the county of Leicester, widow, do hereby give & bequeath all my goods chattels & credits whatsoever I may die possessed of, after the payment of my just debts, to my several now surviving children viz William Shelton, John Shelton, Mary Dent, Frances Hubbard & Ruth Mackley or to their Children lawfully begotten & to the Children of my deceased Daughters Ann Wright & Elizabeth Mackley & to my Grand daughter Mary Hubbard
I declare it to be also my Will & desire that my surviving Children at the time of my death and my Grand daughter Mary Hubbard shall have share and share alike & that the surviving Children of my deceased Daughters Ann Wright & Elizabeth Mackley or of any other of my Sons or Daughters deceased shall stand in the places of their respective Parents & have what would have been the portion of their Parents respectively divided amongst them share & share alike
Witness my hand this thirty first day of October 1846
Mary Shelton
Signed in the presence of us John Healy, Clerk and Henry George Walch Clerk In Testimony whereof we have hereunto affixed our hands in the presence of Mary Shelton & of each other this thirty first day of October 1846
John Healy
Henry George Walch
I the said Mary Shelton Widow appoint Robert Shelton of Nether Broughton Leicestershire Farmer and Thomas Morris of Wycombe Leicestershire Farmer to be joint Executors for carrying into effect my last Will & Testament as set forth above
Mary Shelton her Mark
Signed in the presence of us John Healy, Clerk and Melisent Brutnall In Testimony whereof we have hereto affixed our hands in the presence of the said Mary Shelton and of each other this Eleventh day of August 1847
John Healy
Meliscont Brutnell her Mark
I give & Bequeath all my China Tea service to my Grand daughter Mary Hubbard for her absolute use & disposal
Mary Shelton her Mark
Signed in the presence of us who in the presence of the said Mary Shelton & of each other have hereto affixed our signatures this Eleventh day of August 1847
John Healy, Clerk
Melescent Brutnell her Mark
Proved 4th December 1847 upon the Oaths of Robert Shelton and Thomas Morris the Joint Executors to whom execution was granted &c Personal Effects sworn under Two Hundred Pounds