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Will of Alice Brain (copy), Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1240

Scope and Contents

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.

Dates

  • Creation: 6 May 1765

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

1 item(s) (vellum) : vellum

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from G. David, Cambridge, 8 February 1923

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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