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| Surname | Name | Occupation | Abode | Date | Proved |
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| WHITFIELD | John | Clothier | Pudsey | 30 June 1810 | 20 Nov 1810 |
| Legatee | Relation | Witness | Witness | Witness | Enquiries |
| John WHITFIELD | son | Accepted | |||
| Thomas WHITFIELD |
son | Details | |||
| Alice WHITFIELD | daughter | John WHITFIELD left most of his property
to be divided equally between his four sons and four daughters.
Unfortunately, he did not name them all. He refers to his son-in-law,
John PEARSON. John Pearson married Hannah WHITFIELD 29 Oct 1792,
so Hannah was presumably one of John WHITFIELD's daughters. The
Executors were his sons John and Thomas. |
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2
| Surname | Name | Occupation | Abode | Date | Proved |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHITFIELD | John | Pudsey | 09 Apr 1786 | 09 Oct 1786 | |
| Legatee | Relation | Witness | Witness | Witness | Enquiries |
| John WHITFIELD | son | Accepted | |||
| Hannah OATES |
daughter | Details | |||
| John left a number of properties in Pudsey
to each of his two children. He mentions his son-in-law, William
OATES. His two children were each instructed to give their mother
£5 a year for life. |
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3
| Surname | Name | Occupation | Abode | Date | Proved |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHITFIELD | Sarah | Idle | 10 Dec 1834 | 07 Aug 1843 | |
| Legatee | Relation | Witness | Witness | Witness | Enquiries |
| Mary | daughter | Jos. CRANSHAW | Ben RHODES | Tho HODGSON | Accepted |
| John WHITFIELD |
son | Details | |||
| Hannah | daughter | Sarah was the widow of Joseph WHITFIELD.
Her maiden name was COOPER.
The witnesses were solicitor CRANSHAW, his clerk RHODES and his servant HODGSON. The executors were sons Joseph WHITFIELD of Eccleshill and Joshua WHITFIELD of Idle and son-on-law William FEARNLEY. Also mentioned is Joseph, the illegitimate son of Sarah's daughter
Elizabeth; Sarah's brother John COOPER of Pudsey and Mary, the
wife of Richard FARRER of Pudsey. |
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| Alice | daughter | ||||
| George WHITFIELD | son | ||||
| Elizabeth | daughter | ||||
| Joseph WHITFIELD | son | ||||
| Thomas WHITFIELD | son | ||||
| Joshua WHITFIELD | son | ||||
| Sarah | daughter | ||||
| William WHITFIELD |
son | ||||
4
| Surname | Name | Occupation | Abode | Date | Proved |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WALKER | Margaret | widow | Farsley | 10 Mar 1529 | 24 Mar 1533-4 |
| Legatee | Relation | Witness | Witness | Witness | Enquiries |
| Agnes Balie* | Thomas Alanbrig | Robert Belhouse | John Smith | No | |
| Christopher Balie |
Details | ||||
| Thomas Balie | * daughter of William Balie, aged under 20 | ||||
| John Balie | |||||
5
| Surname | Name | Occupation | Abode | Date | Proved |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WALKER | Robert | Pudsey | 28 May 1541 | 14 June 1541 | |
| Legatee | Relation | Witness | Witness | Witness | Enquiries |
| John Walker | son | John MILNER | Henry SHARP | John WRIGHT | no |
| Robert Walker |
John's son | Details | |||
| Richard Walker | son | * and wife. other witnesses were George Lepton, William Farrer & others. |
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| Margaret Walker | Richard's daught. | ||||
| John Marshall* | |||||
| Agnes Waterworth | |||||
| Edmund Walker | son | ||||
| Isabel Walker | daughter | ||||
| Thomas Walker | John's son | ||||
| Isabel Walker** | granddaughter | ||||
6
| Surname | Name | Occupation | Abode | Date | Proved |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WOMERSLEY | Richard | Clothier | Calverley | 4 Jan 1811 | 3 April 1811 |
| Legatee | Relation | Witness | Witness | Witness | Enquiries |
| John Womersley | son | Jonas Smith | Joseph Walton |
John Galloway |
Accepted |
| John Womersley | grandson | Details | |||
| Richard Womersley | grandson | Last W&T of Richard Womersley, born abt 1740, died 14 February 1811. Witness Jonas Smith is probably Jonas Smith (1751-1835) of Eccleshill. Wife is not actually named in Will: "I will that wy wife shall have..." She was probably Mary Galloway (IGI has marriage of Mary Galloway and Richard Womersley in Calverley in 1763.) Executors were: Richard Womersley, son; John Womersley, son; William Parrott, son in law. | |||
| William Barrans | grandson | ||||
| Mary Galloway | wife | ||||
| Richard Womersley | son | ||||
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| Surname | Name | Occupation | Abode | Date | Proved |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WOODHEAD | James | Mine Owner | Lawns House, Farnley | 1915 | 1927 |
| Legatee | Relation | Witness | Witness | Witness | Enquiries |
| Edith Woodhead | daughter | Accepted | |||
| James Woodhead | son | Details | |||
| Allan Woodhead | son | ||||
| Rowland Woodhead | son | ||||
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| Surname | Name | Occupation | Abode | Date | Proved |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WALTON | Hannah | None | Farsley |
Admon |
22 Jan 1856 |
| Legatee | Relation | Witness | Witness | Witness | Enquiries |
| Daniel WALTON | Brother | ||||
| Details | |||||
| Died intestate. Letters of Administration granted. under £200. |
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