Will of Mary Stagg, Cambridge

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Doc.350
  • Dates of Creation
      1 Sep. 1708
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

Mary Stagg of Cambridge bequeaths certain land to her daughter Elizabeth Rider for life, afterwards to Elizabeth Rider's daughter Mary Rider; if Mary Rider dies before coming of age the land to go to Mary Stagg, Frances Stagg and Hester Stagg; Elizabeth Rider is to pay the children of the testatrix' daughter Sarah Rennolds a certain sum; in default of payment the land to go to the executrixes, to her son James Stagg a certain sum and certain property; to her daughters Mary Stagg, Frances Stagg and Hester Stagg and to their heirs for ever all her real and personal estate; she makes them executrixes. Witnesses: Jonas Montague, John Harwood, Robert Carrow.

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Acquisition Information

Purchased from G David, Lot 522/3, 24 November 1910

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