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Will of Elizabeth Norbury, 1828
Abstract of will
I Elizabeth Norbury of the township of New Brentford... take care that my remains are placed in the same grave with my mother where my beloved father is likewise to be laid and that Mr GROME of Hammersmith may conduct my funeral which I wish to be as plain as possible
... darling nephew & godson William Philip NORBURY £200 three and a half percent stock ... until he attains 21
... Harriet BROWN now living in the house with me all my wearing apparel ... the sum I am debted to the said Harriet BROWN (which my brother has an account of) to be made up to fifty pounds and placed in the Savings Bank
... two god daughters Anne GILBERT and Helen HARRIT(?) £20 each
... the remainder ... to be divided equally between my nephew William Philip NORBURY, my (niece?) Mary Anne NORBURY and my youngest nephew John Wilkinson NORBURY
... request Mr J T SLEAP Solicitor will take the trouble (knowing his regard for my late brother's family) to act as my Executor
... a debt of near £200 is due to me from my father the greatest part contracted in my late mother's lifetime I do make it my solemn request that during my father's life he may never to be asked for it as ... no doubt his Executor will settle it (for the sake of the 3 children) after his decease and I beg Mrs WADE and Mrs SINGLETON may have time allowed to settle their respective debts having written this in a great hurry and under extreme depression of spirits I most likely may have omitted some particulars
... rings, brooches ... may be divided amongst those friends my family know I was most attached to as I do not feel equal to particularize any except my father's miniature which I hope (Bill?) will never part with Mr COOPER will I trust accept of a (?)
... I do entreat those about me will take care I am not buried alive
... dated 21st August 1827
... I wish Harriet BROWN to have my looking glass, drawers, bed, desk
Appeared personally Henry EYLES of New Brentford hatter, Henry Robert EYLES of 19 New Bridge Street Black Friars gentleman swore it was her writing ... 29 November 1828
... proved at London on 2nd December 1828 by Jonathan Thomas SLEAP the said Executor
The testator
Elizabeth NORBURY was possibly a daughter of Philip NORBURY who lived at no. 110 High Street in 1823 and was still there, aged 71, in 1841. Alternatively she may have been his sister. Access to Archives has reference in a document dated 1807 to Philip Norbury the younger and the elder, printers; also a Henry Norbury, printer.Top
The legatees, witnesses & executor
William Philip NORBURY: darling nephew & godson; in the 1841 census William NORBURY, aged 24 was living with Philip and Marian Norbury at the High Street proeprty. He was an assistant. Ten years later Mary Ann Norbury, unmarried, headed the household (aged 71) and William was recorded as her nephew, a printer, aged 34, born Brentford. He remained in Brentford running the business and died there in 1893.Mary Ann NORBURY: (niece?); in 1851 a Mary Ann Norbury, aged 32, born Brentford was working as a teacher in Brighton.
John Wilkinson NORBURY: youngest nephew; a John Wilkinson Norbury married in Southampton in 1845.
Henry EYLES: a person of this name is recorded in New Brentford in an 1826 trade directory.
Anne GILBERT: goddaughter; an Ann GILBERT was living in the Norbury household in 1841; she was an assistant aged 24. She remained at the Norbury's in 1851.
Jonathan Thomas SLEAP: a local solicitor. If you search on Access to Archives (see web links page for a link to this site) you will find a reference to him which includes a brief biography (use the 'Catalogue in Full" option).
How to see this will in full
A copy of the original will can be downloaded from The National Archives Documents Online service, or it can be viewed free of charge by visiting TNA at Kew.Top