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LAUGHER, Esther (Will)

Personal information

Surname
LAUGHER
Forenames
Esther
Place of Residence
Badsey
Probate Type
Will
Occupation or Status
Spinster
Date Made
9 Dec 1856
Witnesses
Mary Wheeler of Badsey; Herbert New of Evesham, Solicitor
Date Died
8 Mar 1858
Buried in parish
Badsey

Probate details

Date Proved
14 May 1858
Place proved
Worcester
Probate to
Courtenay Connell Prance (of Evesham, gentleman), Edward Laugher Blew (of Badsey, yeoman, nephew)
Effects
Under £200
Details of Will

I Esther Laugher of Badsey, spinster, give:

  • To Jane Franklin, my housekeeper, the bedstead, bed and bedding which she now sleep in
  • My wearing apparel to my nephew Edward Laugher Blew for the use of his family
  • To my friend Courtenay Cornell Prance of Evesham, gentlemen and the said Edward Laugher Blew all the rest and residue of my personal estate and effects with power to collect and get in all monies due to me and to convert into money any part or parts of my said personal estate and after payment of my funeral and testamentary expenses the remainder of my personal estate shall go to my nephew Edward Laugher Blew and if required shall be paid in part discharge of any mortgage debt due at my decease upon my real or chattel real estate
  • And I give to Edward Laugher Blew All and singular my real chattel real estates with their appurtenances to hold until him his heirs executors for his and their own absolute use but subject nevertheless to all mortgages and equitable charges
  • I give all trust and mortgage estates vested in me unto Courtenay Cornell France to hold according to the trusts and subject to the equities affecting the same

Executors:  Courtenay Cornell Prance and Edward Laugher Blew

Signed:  Esther Laugher
 

Notes and sources

Source of Information
Ancestry Index; Worcestershire Archive & Archaeology Service (link)
Where to view copy of original document
Order online from Principal Probate Registry or view on microfilm (p 213) at Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service, The Hive, Worcester (link)