| Description | Parties:
1) James Elgey, Great Driffield, chemist and druggist, and John Thornhill Elgey, Kilnwick Percy, farmer
2) Robert Wharram, Fridaythorpe, farmer
Property: Land measuring 75 acres 3 roods 10 perches in the west field of Fridaythorpe; close of land formerly 2 closes containing 3 acres in Fridaythorpe; farmhouse with buildings, 2 cottages and a blacksmith's shop at Fridaythorpe; close in the East Field containing 39 acres 3 roods in Fridaythorpe
Witness: Richard Davis, Hull, solicitor
Note: Robert Wharram, Fridaythorpe, yeoman, who died 1 Dec 1853 left a will dated 9 Jul 1852. He devised an annuity of £30 on Mary Wharram, his wife, the annuity being chargeable on a farmhouse and land containing 230 acres in Fridaythorpe. The property was held in trust by Robert Sharpe, Fridaythorpe, farmer, brother in law, who died 15 Dec 1878 at Fridaythope, and his uncles Robert Brigham, Fridaythorpe, innkeeper, who died 31 May 1874 at Pocklington, and William Elgey, Holmefield, farmer, who died 23 Jun 1881 at Driffield
Memorial registered at Beverley, Volume 73, Page 291, Number 269. |