| Description | Copy. Contains clauses relating to copyhold property near Finstal Heath, Stoke Prior, along with copyhold land now in the possession of Thomas Stafford which he bequeaths on lease to his brother Joseph Farmer of Birmingham, ironmonger, and to Timothy Abrahams of Burford, Oxfordshire, mercer. Other copyhold land in Stoke Prior, lately purchased from John Dipple, butcher is left to his son Thomas. He leaves lands in Bromsgrove to Joseph Farmer and Timothy Abrahams for his mother Mary Farmer and his wife Abigail. See MS3101/A/B/2/1 for an agreement made between Farmer's widow and his trustees. Joseph Farmer and Timothy Abrahams are appointed as executors of the will and administrators of a trust set up for Thomas Farmer's wife and children. He also instructs his executors to assist his wife in the education of his children in a 'sober plain manner..used among us people commonly called Quakers', and the placing of his sons in suitable trades. Attached to the will is a promissory note dated 1737 and signed by Timothy Abrahams and Joseph Farmer as executors of the will of Thomas Farmer to pay Henry Methuen part of a legacy due to him. Witnessed by Robert Galton. |