Copy will. William Watt of Bishop Burton, esq.

Reference No:
U DDCB/31/39
Dates:
10 Oct 1874
Description:
James Robinson Pease of Westwood House, Beverley, banker and David Burton of Cherry Burton, esq. (exors. and trustees). Bequests to sisters Gertrude, Charlotte, widow of Rev. ..... Fane, Augusta, and Hannah wife of Major Hunter at present residing at Pau in France; valet Lancelot Broadley; servants; Hanson's Charity at Bishop Burton; Hull Philosophical Society; Bentinck Charitable Fund at Newmarket; Beverley Infirmary; Yorkshire County Hospital and Hull Infirmary for a new ward at both hospitals 'to bear my name'; stewards of Beverley Race Meeting 'for a cup or plate to be inscribed with my name to be run for annually at the Summer Race Meeting at Beverley to be a prize for the 'Bishop Burton Stakes'; old servant Jackson Warley of Bishop Burton: personalty (including books, furniture; 'to my said Gertrude all my writings papers and documents (other than money and securities for money) and I beg that she will destroy as many as possible')
Format:
Archive Item
Extent:
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Access Conditions:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Papers of the Burton Family (incorporating the Robinson Family of County Durham) of Cherry Burton