WILL OF DOROTHY SEDWICK (nee GREENBANK) : Diocese of Chester; Consistory Court of the Commissary of the Archdeaconry of Richmond, Western deaneries; Lonsdale deanery proba te files; R-Z surnames; 1831-1840; FHL film # 99068; Abstract of file follows:
Dorothy Sedgwick of Dent, widow.
Will dated 24th November 1832.
Trustees & Executors in Trust are my nephew William Goth of Dent and
Christopher Lawrence of Dent.
To my sister Betty Goth 10 pounds and to her children as follows:
to my nephew William Goth 24 pounds,
to my nephew John Goth 8 pounds,
to Jane, Bella, Agnes, Dorothy and Richard 8 pounds each,
to Betty 4 pounds.
To my sister Betty Greenbank 10 pounds and to her children as follows: to Jane, Dorothy, Peggy, Barbary, Sarah, Hannah, William, Thomas & Richard.
To my nephew Thomas Guy 8 pounds.
To my niece Jane Cragg 20 pounds.
To Annas Goth, my niece Betty Staveley's daughter, 8 pounds to be deposited in the savings bank until she is 21; if she dies without issue , the legacy goes to her mother.
Testatrix signed.
Witnesses: Elizabeth Taylforth & Thos. Carter.
Testatrix died 10th September 1838.
Proved 5th January 1838 (?1839) by the oath of William Goth of Foulsike in Dent, power being reserved for Christopher Lawrence. Personal estate declared at under 300 pounds.