Will of Alice Brain, spinster, of Chipping Norton. All bequests are in money, viz. to her brother Mr. Thomas Brain, sole executor; to her sister Mary Brain; to her 'kinswoman' [niece] Jane, daughter of my brother Thomas, at 21; to her mother Jane Brain; to her mother's servant maid Ann Hunt; to the poor of Long Compton; the residue to her mother to disperse of as she thinks fit. Signed by Alice Brain. Witnessed by Nicholas Braine, Elizabeth Whitehull, and J... Lock.
Will of Alice Brain (copy), Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
This material is held atCambridge University Library
- Reference
- GB 12 MS Doc.1240
- Dates of Creation
- 6 May 1765
- Language of Material
- English .
- Physical Description
- 1 item(s) vellum vellum
Scope and Content
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Acquisition Information
Purchased from G. David, Cambridge, 8 February 1923
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