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Surname Name Occupation Abode Date Proved
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 for us, 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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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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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.

Alice daughter
George WHITFIELD son
Elizabeth daughter
Joseph WHITFIELD son
Thomas WHITFIELD son
Joshua WHITFIELD son
Sarah daughter
William WHITFIELD son

 

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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  

 

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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.
** of son Thomas

other witnesses were George Lepton, William Farrer & others.

Margaret Walker Richard's daught.
John Marshall*  
Agnes Waterworth  
Edmund Walker son
Isabel Walker daughter
Thomas Walker John's son
Isabel Walker** granddaughter

 

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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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Surname Name Occupation Abode Date Proved
WEST John Farmer Tong Street 26 Nov 1839 15 July 1840
Legatee Relation Witness Witness Witness Enquiries
James HILLAS son in law Henry Carr William Raper Henry Eldis  
Mary HILLAS daughter Details
Betty WEST daughter This is the last Will and Testament of John West of Tong Street in the Township of Tong and Parish of Birstal and County of York, Farmer. I do hereby nominate and appoint James Hillas my son in law and Betty my Daughter to be joint Executor and Executrix of this my Will and do hereby revoke all former Wills made by me at any previous time. I give and bequeath to my Daughter Mariah Gommersall to her and her Heirs, Executors, Administrators and Assigns all that North East end House being freehold situated in Holme Lane in the Township aforesaid it being one story high with pantry or milk house thereto belonging and as much ground as will make an open yard, but not more than from the extreme out wall of pantry or milk house to the out wall of the house to which it belongs and that not more than from ten to sixteen squair yards. I give and bequeath all and every other part of my real and personal estates to James Hillas my son in law and to Betty my daughter to have and to hold the same for the purposes and in ...
Mariah GOMMERSALL daughter
Jonathan GOMMERSALL son in law
Henrietta WEST wife
Samuel WEST son
John WEST son
Joel WEST son
Charlotte HALEY daughter