Will of William Strand, Bottisham, Cambridgeshire

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Doc.1377
  • Dates of Creation
      8 Sep. 1735
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

William Strand bequeathes to his wife Mary a sum of money and certain pieces of furniture; also for life a cottage in Bottisham, to go on her decease to his son Francis; to his son William certain property in Bottisham; to his son John certain land in the same; to his son Francis, his daughter Sarah Walker, his daughter Anne Pamplin, his grandsons Thomas, William and Cornelius Pamplin and Thomas and John Walker, and his granddaughter Anne Strand, sums of money; the residue to his son William. Executor: William Strand. Witnessed by John Winch, Philip Hopkins, and Daniel Woollard.

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Acquisition Information

Purchased from Messrs. Puttick & Simpson, 18 April 1929

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