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- c. 1835 (Creation)
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1 item, paper
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Lists values of various elements of the estate of Thomas Wythe viz Cash in the House £285 9s 6d, Cash at the bankers £1630 7s 8d, Furniture, plate, linen, china, books, pictures, wearing apparel, jewels and ornaments, wine and other liquors £236 19s 6d, horses and carriages, farming stock and implements of husbandry £388 13s 11d, fixtures at Eye vicarage £26 9s, servants beds bequeathed to Hannah and Lydia Thrower £6 12s, servants beds and apparel to Robert Chambers £15 11s, books to Thomas Mallet Case £50 3s 6d, rents due at the death of the deceased £33 5s, Bonds, bills, notes and interest due at the death £1823 1s 6d, consols 3% £13650, New 3½% stocks £6903, compositions for tithes £728 14s 1d, real estate to be sold £2000. Total legacy of £27, 779 1s 8d.
Costs included probate and administration £442 2s 8d, funeral expenses £251 12s 5d, expenses attending executorship and administration £29 2s 1d, debts on simple contract, rent, taxes and wages £577 16s, percuniary legacies £22,136 6s. Also listed are £1700 worth of consols purchased in trust for Henry Wythe and his children.
Signed by William French, Elizabeth French and Meadows Taylor