Shipman William 1872 of Eaton Will

William Shipman of Eaton 1872 Will

Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archives DE 462/15 page 43

This is the last Will and Testament of me William Shipman of Eaton Lodge in the County of Leicester Farmer

First I direct all my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses to be fully paid and satisfied and subject thereto I Give Devise and bequeath All my Messuages or Tenements Closes Lands and hereditaments at Statherne in the said County of Leicester and all other my real Estate whatsoever and wheresoever situate within the Kingdom of England And also all my personal Estate and effects whatsoever nature or kind the same may consist of and wheresoever situate unto my affectionate Wife Elizabeth Shipman her heirs executors and administrators and assigns absolutely

I devise all Estates vested in me by way of Mortgage with the appurtenances unto the said Elizabeth Shipman her heirs executors and administrators absolutely according to the nature of the same premises subject to the equity of redemption subsisting therein respectively but the money secured on such Mortgage to be considered as part of my personal Estate and effects

And Lastly I do hereby nominate and appoint my Wife the said Elizabeth Shipman Executrix of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all others by me heretofore made

In Witness whereof I the said William Shipman the Testator have to this my last Will and Testament set my hand this twenty third day of December One thousand eight hundred and sixty two

                                                                                                                William Shipman

Signed published and declared by the said William Shipman the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other at the same time set our hands as Witnesses thereto

EHM Clarke Melton Mowbray

Joseph Miles Melton Mowbray

Proved at Leicester the Sixteenth day of January 1872 by the Oath of Elizabeth Shipman Widow the Relict of the deceased the sole Executrix to whom Administration was granted

The Testator William Shipman was late of Eaton Lodge in the Parish of Eaton in the County of Leicester Farmer and died on the twenty third day of July 1871 at Eaton Lodge aforesaid

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