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SAVAGE, Edward (Will)

Personal information

Surname
SAVAGE
Forenames
Edward
Place of Residence
Cropthorne
Probate Type
Will
Occupation or Status
Gentleman
Date Made
25 May 1814
Witnesses
Thomas Blayney, Evesham; Robert Harris, Joseph Dixon, his Clerks
Buried in parish
No

Probate details

Date Proved
22 Jul 1819
Place proved
Worcester
Details of Will

Beneficiary 1- Edward Appelbee, great-nephew, son of Edward’s late niece, Sarah Appelbee, wife of Thomas Appelbee of Snitterfield, Warks, farmer

  • All my freehold messuage, buildings, farm, lands and hereditaments situate in the township of Badsey in the said county of Worcester now in the occupation of my brother Thomas Savage”
  • Third share in household furniture, plate, china, linen and books
  • Half share in husbandry and dairy utensils
  • Quarter share of a third share in the dividends and interest from Government stock purchased from the proceeds from the sale of live and dead stock on the farm and the crops of corn and grass then growing and the rest of his personal estate, to be sold as soon as possible after his death

Beneficiary 2 - Thomas Savage, brother

  • Freehold messuage or tenement with the garden and appurtenances at Aldington now or late occupied by William Savage for the term of his natural life, and then to his three children, William Savage, Mary Savage and Sarah Greenaway
  • £1,000
  • Third share in the dividends and interest from Government stock purchased from the proceeds from the sale of live and dead stock on the farm and the crops of corn and grass then growing and the rest of his personal estate, to be sold as soon as possible after his death

Beneficiary 3 - Morris Appelbee, great-nephew, son of Edward’s niece, Sarah Appelbee, wife of Thomas Appelbee of Snitterfield, Warks, farmer

  • Copyhold messuages, buildings, lands, tenements and hereditaments called two yard land and an half and one yard land and an half in Cropthorne held under the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Mary the Virgin of Worcester by several grants or copies of Court Roll of the Manor of Cropthorne
  • Third share in household furniture, plate, china, linen and books
  • Half share in husbandry and dairy utensils
  • Quarter share of a third share in the dividends and interest from Government stock purchased from the proceeds from the sale of live and dead stock on the farm and the crops of corn and grass then growing and the rest of his personal estate, to be sold as soon as possible after his death

Beneficiary 4 - William Lunn of Norton in the parish of Norton and Lenchwick, friend, then after his decease, to his wife, Margaret Lunn, Edward Savage’s niece

  • £1,000
  • Third share in the dividends and interest from Government stock purchased from the proceeds from the sale of live and dead stock on the farm and the crops of corn and grass then growing and the rest of his personal estate, to be sold as soon as possible after his death

Beneficiary 5 - Thomas Appelbee, great-nephew, son of Edward’s niece, Sarah Appelbee, wife of Thomas Appelbee of Snitterfield, Warks, farmer (a minor at the time of the will being made)

  • £1,000 towards his maintenance and education, and then for his own use after the age of 21
  • Third share in household furniture, plate, china, linen and books
  • Quarter share of a third share in the dividends and interest from Government stock purchased from the proceeds from the sale of live and dead stock on the farm and the crops of corn and grass then growing and the rest of his personal estate, to be sold as soon as possible after his death

Beneficiary 6 - Benjamin Appelbee, great-nephew, son of Edward’s niece, Sarah Appelbee, wife of Thomas Appelbee of Snitterfield, Warks, farmer

  • £400
  • Quarter share of a third share in the dividends and interest from Government stock purchased from the proceeds from the sale of live and dead stock on the farm and the crops of corn and grass then growing and the rest of his personal estate, to be sold as soon as possible after his death

Beneficiary 7 - Elizabeth Hebberlow, great-niece, wife of Charles Hebberlow of The Elms, Hallow, Worcs, farmer

  • £50

Beneficiary 8 - John Andrews of Charlton, first cousin to my late dear wife

  • £30

Beneficiary 9 - Mary Bourton, niece of John Andrews of Charlton

  • £30

Beneficiary 10 - Elizabeth Smith, servant, if in service at the time of his death

  • £20

Notes and sources

Notes
Owned land and houses at Badsey and Aldington; presumably buried at Cropthorne. Copy of will in Badsey Society Archive.
Source of Information
Worcestershire Archive & Archaeology Service (link)
Where to view copy of original document
On microfilm at Worcestershire Archive & Archaeology Service, The Hive, Worcester (link)