| Submitted by: | Ian Radcliffe & Lynn Quinlan |
| Date: | 15 September 2021 |
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Malew 35
To the Worshipful Vicar General
Corlett xx xxxx
The humble petition of Isabella
Bridson of Malew widow of the late
William Bridson of Silverburn Decd.
Sheweth
that the said William Bridson had
some time before his decease made
his last will and Testament in writing
and appointed petitioner Executrix
thereof. That it is necessary that
the said will should be proved in order
to settle several urgent matters
connected with the Estate of the said
William Bridson.
Wherefore your petitioners humbly
pray that your worship will be
pleased to order a hearing of this Petition
on some early day and to allow
Petitioners to prove the said will
according to law and she
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will pray xxx
16 July 1855 Isabella Bridson her X mark
Order that this petition do come on to be heard at
Ramsey on Friday [word crossed out] next at 10 O'clock
Whereof all parties and persons to have due notice
Given this 19th July 1855
T. A. Corlett
At an Eccl. Court held at Ramsey
20 July 1855
Upon hearing this petition in the presence of the parties or
their Advocate and after examination of James Kewley one
of the subscribing witnesses to the last will and Testament of
William Bridson deceased I am of opinion that the due
execution of the said will has been proved and that Probate
thereof should be granted as prayed for and the same is
therefore hereby so ordered adjudged and decreed accordingly
T. A. Corlett
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I William Bridson of Silverbourne
in the parish of Malew being of sound
mind memory and understanding do
make publish and declare my last
will and testament in manner following.
I leave devise and bequeath unto my
daughters Daughters Ellinor and
Isabella my rights and interest in and
unto that water Corn Mill situate
at or near Laxey in the pariish of Lonan
with the rights in the Dwelling Houses
Easements grounds and premises and
all appurtenances and easements to
the said mill, houses, grounds and
premises belonging or appertaining
to have and to hold unto them and
their heirs and assigns from the day
of my death forever but in case either
of my said daughters shall die or
without being married in that case
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the share of the child so
dying shall become the property of
her surviving sister, and in case
they both die without being married
then and in that case the said Mill
houses grounds & easements premises
and appurtenances upon the death
of the survivor of my said daughters
as aforemsaid unmarried as aforesaid
is to become the property of equally of
her brothers then living.
I also leave and bequeath unto my
said daughters xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
my rights and interests in and unto
Eight shares in the Castletown
Isle of Man Steam Navigation
Company to have and to hold
equally between them.
I also leave and bequeath unto
my said daughters the sum of
One hundred pounds Sterling each -
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I leave and bequeath unto my sons
Thomas and John the sum of twenty
shillings each - and to my son William
the sum of fifty pounds and to
my son Joseph the sum of fifty
pounds - and my son Charles one pound.
I leave and bequeath all the rest
of my personal property moveable
and immovable unto my wife
Isabella Bridson and I do hereby
appoint her Executrix of this my
last will and testament according
to Law. In witness whereof I have
hereunto subscribing my name therefore
15 day of July 1854.
Signed published and declared} William Bridson
by the testator as for his }
last Will and Testament }
in presence of us - }
Jas. Kewley }
John Kermode }
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At an Eccl. Court held at Ramsey
20 July 1855
James Kewley one of the subscribing witnesses to the Testimony
paper writing purporting to be the last Will and Testament of
William Bridson deceased having made oath upon the Holy Evangelists
that the said William Bridson when of sound mind duly signed
and executed the same in his presence and in the presence of John
Kermode the other subscribing witness thereto as and for his last
Will and Testament. Isabella Bridson the executrix therein
named is therefore sworn well and truly to fulfil and execute
the same Will according to law and pay all the just debts legacies and
funeral expenses of the testator so far forth as the goods will
extend and the law bind her and that she will return to
the Episcopal Registry of this Dioceses a full true and perfect
Inventory of the said Estate with an accurate account of her
acts and findings in the premises when hereunto lawfully
required and to these ends she has given pledges namely
James Kewley and Thomas Bridson who have executed
the usual bond in the presence of the Court.
Probatum Est
T. A. Corlett.
1856
22 March. John Cosnahan Coroner of Rushen Sheading for } Sterling
Thomas Gilbertson's estate Claims with interest} £50-0-0
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Whereas the Ecclesiastical Court of this Diocese hath this day granted Probate of the last will
and Testament of William Bridson
deceased, to Isabella Bridson
And whereas James Kewley of Castletown
in the Parish of [blank] and Thomas Bridson
of Silverburn in the Parish of Malew have agreed
to become pledges for the said Isabella Bridson for the due administration
of the said Estate according to law.
Therfore know all Men by these presents, that we, the said James Kewley
and Thomas Bridson hereby bind and oblige
ourselves and our Executors and Administrators, as pledges for the said Isabella Bridson
for the due and faithful administration of the goods
and effects of the said deceased according to Law. And in her default, we bind ourselves, and our Executors
and Administrators to be answerable and responsible to all parties interested in the said Estate or the Administration thereof.
Witness our subscriptions, this 20th day of July, 1855.
At an Ecc'l Court held in Ramsey}
the 20th day of July 1855 } Jas Kewley
Taken before me
Thomas A. Corlett Thos Bridson
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Know all men by these presents that Ellinor
Bridson and Isabella Bridson and Thomas
Bridson and John Charles Bridson Children of William
Bridson late of Silverbourne in the parish
of Malew Deceased do hereby acknowledge
to have received from their mother Mrs Isabella
Bridson (widow) Executrix of the Will of
the said deceased William Bridson the respective
Legacies due to them under the said will
namely a Legacy of one hundred pound
each bequeathed to the said Ellinor and
Isabella Bridson and a legacy of one
pound each bequeathed to the said
Thomas Bridson and John Charles Bridson and
which Will bears date the 15 day of
July 1855. And they do therefore direct
that the said Will may so far as 2 years
the said Legacies be and stand Cancelled
on Record - As witness their subscription
this 4th day of June 1857.
Witnessed by Charles Bridson
Jas Kewley Eleanor Bridson
Isabella Bridson
Thomas Bridson
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At Castletown the 24 September 1857
James Kewley the subscribing witness to the execution
of the foregoing Receipt (and who is personally known to me)
made such that the same was duly executed by
Charles Bridson Eleanor Bridson Isabella Bridson
and Thomas Bridson, the executing parties thereto
in presence of the Deponent
Before me
[illegible signature A. Gell?]
Returned to the Episcopal Registry the 16th day of
October 1857.
R Brown DER
[on a slip of paper]
Be kind enough to
record the enclosed
receipts and charge
me with xxxx
illegible signature[?]
Yours truly
illegible signature
16 Oct 1857
Mr. Brown
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I Ellinor Bridson daughter of the late William
Bridson of Silverbourne in the parish of
Malew deceased do hereby Consent and agree
to the Will of my late father being proved in
the Spiritual Court and to my mother Isabella
Bridson the Executrix therein named to be
sworn according to law. The said Will bearing
date the 15 day of July 1854 as writing
my subscription this 19th day of July 1855.
Witnessed by
James Kewley Eleanor Bridson
Thomas Bridson
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