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Ref NoMS 3101/A/D/7/4
TitlePapers relating to the purchase of property at High Ham in trust for Hannah Galton
LevelFile
Date1764
DescriptionThese comprise: letter of acquittance from Hannah Galton to Joseph Gillett for rents from the property purchased with money from her marriage settlement vested in Graffin Prankard and Joseph Gillett the elder; copy of Hannah Galton's acknowledgement that money from her marriage settlement was used to purchase property at High Ham, and statement that John Galton is to have all her real estate after her death. This document includes a family tree of the Bicknell and Alloway families on the reverse. The letter to Joseph Gillett states that as Graffin Prankard and Joseph Gillett the elder are now dead, she acquits and discharges Joseph Gillett the younger from any claim on her behalf. She asks him to permit John Galton to continue in his management of the trust set up on her marriage, and also of the real estates settled on her marriage.
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FormatFile
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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