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Will of Thomas Piper, 1850
Abstract of will
I Thomas PIPER of New Brentford victualler... son Thomas my two freehold houses in The Ham in New Brentford
... son James by two copyhold houses in Drum Lane in parish of Ealing
... my two freehold houses in Catherine Wheel Yard in New Brentford and my stable in the aforesaid to my son Charles and my business of a victualler now carried on by me at the Six Bells public house in New Brentford and also £50... (he to pay £20 to his brothers)
... 12 shillings a week to sister Miriam TELFER (I transcribed as (?F/T)ELPER and there was a marriage in 1807 of a Miriam PIPER to John TELFER at St George Hanover Square
... I appoint Mr Thomas LINDLEY of New Brentford, orange merchant and Mr David WATERS of the same, brazier, executors
... dated 9th January 1841 (signed by Thomas PIPER)
... witnessed by G CLARK, solicitor, Brentford; Henry COX, Brentford
... proved at London on 31 May 1850 by David WATERS, one of the executors
The testator
Thomas PIPER: his son (also Thomas PIPER) became a Local Board member in the 1870s, see Janet McNamara's research into him and the Piper family, also notes for the Six Bells, 149 High Street.His brother Charles PIPER also left a PCC will (1856).
The witnesses & executor
David WATERS, executor, lived near Thomas PIPER in 1841, possibly at 142 High Street.Thomas LINDLEY, orange merchant, the other executor: probably related to John Lindley, fruiterer, who lived at 147 High Street in 1841: next door but one to the Six Bells
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.Published August 2011