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Copy wills, probates and extracts of wills, letters of administration etc. relating to:

- John Atkinson late of Brook House, Holme gent. 1872;

- Thomas Atkinson of 2 Moffats Yard, Stricklandgate, Kendal, rope spinner 1890;

- William Atkinson of Gaisgil, Orton, yeoman 1887;

- William Atkinson of Bateman tenement, Strickland Roger, yeoman 1863;

- William Charles Bacon otherwise William Charles Frederick Bacon of 'Ashford' Alderley Road Wilmslow, Cheshire, chairman of Manchester Ship Canal Co. 1930;

- Stephen Bainbridge of Spout House, Preston Patrick, farmer 1879;

- Mrs Margaret Barrow of the Beast Banks, Kendal, widow 1873;

- Richard Barrow of Kendal, hotel keeper 1885;

- Miss Margaret Barton of Whasset, Beetham, spinster 1884;

- Thomas Beck of Freehold Park, Lancaster, gent. 1880;

- Mrs Eleanor Beck of Highgate, Kendal, widow 1876;

- William Bindloss of Heversham sexton 1878;

- Job Bintley of the Oaks, Brighouse, Yorks, civil engineer 1887, 1889;

- Miss Jane Margaret Birkett of Prestwich, Lancs., spinster 1872;

- John Bispham of Slackhead, blacksmith 1872;

- Rev. James Frederick Black of Kendal clerk, master of the Kendal Grammar School 1869;

- Edward Bolton of the Fellside, Kendal grocer 1872;

- Mrs Margaret Bousfield of Ravenstonedale town, widow 1881;

- Miss Ann Bouskill of Hyning Hall, Lancs., spinster 1871;

- George Bowness of the Hood, Old Hutton, yeoman 1880;

- Mrs Margaret Brookes of Meathop, widow 1879;

- Richard Brookes of Natland, farmer 1874;

- George Brown of Staveley formerly a carpet weaver 1883;

- Mrs Mary Brown of Bridge End 1880;

- Richard Bush of the Albion Hotel, Arnside, innkeeper and farmer 1879;

- John Hall Bywater of Knottingly, Yorks., surgeon 1863;

- Thomas Edward Gaggs Bywater of Knottingly, Yorks., surgeon 1874;

- Joseph Mason Calvert of Gargrave, Yorks., Independent Minister 1879;

- William Cannon of Low Fellside, Kendal, labourer 1870;

- Mrs Mary Chapman of Wray widow 1886;

- Mrs Jane Cowper wife of Edmund Brown Cooper of Bedgill, Orton 1892;

- Philip Cooper of Selside farm labourer 1883;

- Robert Cowperthwaite the older of Coatflat Hall, Orton, retired farmer 1881;

- Robert Croft of Yealand Stones, Lancs., blacksmith 1879;

- Mrs Mary Cross of Yard 96 Kendal widow 1883;

- Mrs Maria Dickinson wife of Robert Dickinson of North Cottage, Bowness Bank, Bowness on Windermere 1884;

- William Dickinson of Dawson Fold, Lyth, yeoman, 1882, 1884;

- James Dixon of Natland 1869;

- James Dixon of St George's Quay, Lancaster, customs officer 1819;

- Miss Mary Agnes Ellison of Sizergh 1848;

- Christopher Fawcett of Kendal gent. formerly Governor of the house of correction 1887;

- Miss Margaret Frith of Low Lodge, Grayrigg, spinster 1880;

- John Gibson of Crosthwaite, bobbin manufacturer 1873;

- Miss Isabella Green of Saint John's Cross, Sandside, Milnthorpe, spinster 1883;

- Miss Margaret Green of Saint John's Cross [Sandside] 1883;

- Thomas Green of Green Bank near Cockermouth, Cumberland yeoman 1873;

- Basil Hall [75 Nassau St., New York] 1875;

- Miss Mary Ann Hall of Grange, Lancs., spinster 1876;

- Mrs Eleanor Hargreaves of Kendal, widow 1876;

- Edmund Harrison of Abbot Hall, Kendal 1872;

- John Harrison of Nether Levens, farmer, 1883;

- Robert Hartley of Crook, yeoman 1881;

- William Hartley of Crook, farmer 1876;

- Thomas Helm of Sandside, yeoman 1870;

- Thomas Helm of Storth, general dealer 1927;

- Mrs Ann Hewitson of Kendal, widow 1875;

- Mrs Alice Sconce Heywood 1858;

- Miss Louisa Florentia Hodges of Whitty Tree, Onibury, Salop, spinster 1901;

- John Hodgson of Yard 39, Highgate, cooper 1886;

- George Holiday of Castle St., Kendal, carpenter 1870;

- William Holiday of Kendal, carpenter 1866;

- Gerrard Huck of High Borrow Bridge, Fawcett Forest, yeoman 1809;

- Mrs Lucy Hudson of Askew Green, Witherslack, widow 1885;

- Miss Elizabeth Izat of Kendal, spinster 1883;

- John Jackson of Brigsteer, yeoman 1871;

- Edward Jefferys of Alderley Edge, Cheshire 1886;

- Edward Johnson esq. of Southport, Lancs. and the Abbey, Staveley 1890;

- Jacob Joyce of Stricklandgate, Kendal, butcher 1887;

- Arthur Kendal of Sedbergh, Yorks., gent. 1885;

- John Lancaster of Storth, yeoman 1882;

- Mrs Eliza Langhorn of Bankfield, Kendal, widow 1887;

- Christopher Longmire of High Fairbank, Nether Staveley, retired farmer 1900;

- Miss Jane Mackelvey of Kendal, spinster 1863;

- Mrs Isabella Mackreth of Kendal, widow 1805;

- George Martindale of Tarn Side, Crosthwaite, farmer 1900;

- John Mason of Kendal late cabinet maker and now out of business 1880;

- Miss Mary Ann Mason, spinster of Lowther Terrace, Lytham, Lancs., 1885;

- John Matthews of 14 Wildman St., Kendal, shopkeeper 1891;

- Joseph Matthews late of Kendal, gunsmith and games dealer but now of Carlisle, Cumberland gent. 1875;

- Adam Miles late of Skelwith, Hawkshead, Lancs. but now of Skelsmergh farmer 1884;

- Miss Mary Milligan of 3 Brooms Rd., Dumfries, Scotland 1899;

- Niven Moore of Birksey Brow [Crook] near Kendal esq. Companion of the Bath, 1889;

- Bellas Moses of Brampton, Cumberland, surgeon 1888;

- Miss Agnes Ann Nicholson of Millbeck near Keswick, Cumberland, spinster 1869;

- Miss Emma Jane Nicholson of Millbeck, Keswick, Cumberland, spinster 1869;

- Thomas Nicholson of Storth yeoman 1878;

- Mrs Rachel Noble of 116 Stricklandgate, Kendal 1885;

- Thomas Parker of Low Lyth, farmer 1881;

- George Partridge, esq. n.d.;

- Robert Partridge of Covey Cottage, Ambleside 1838;

- Abraham Pattinson of Elm Grove, Bowness-on-Windermere, builder 1871;

- David Jackson Pennington of Holly Bank, Levens, civil engineer 1920;

- Mrs Elizabeth Peters of the Hood farm, Old Hutton 1885;

- Mrs Petherick 1906;

- James Prickett of John Scales, Lyth, farmer 1869;

- Mrs Margaret Elizabeth Rauthmell of Kent Terrace, Kendal, widow 1882;

- James Read of Natland Hall, Natland 1883;

- Thomas Richardson of Cliff Terrace, Kendal, gent. 1872;

- Christopher Robinson of Kendal, gent. 1849;

- Miss Elizabeth Robinson of Crosby Ravensworth, spinster 1881;

- Miss Jane Robinson, spinster of Plumtree Hall, Heversham 1876;

- Miss Ann Rogerson of Castle Crescent, Kendal, spinster 1877;

- Charles Stonard Schollick of Mildura in the colony of Victoria [Australia] fruit grower 1896;

- Robert Seed of Oak Bank, Skelsmergh, yeoman 1875;

- Robert Shaw of Brougham St., Penrith, Cumberland, gent., 1866;

- Miss Jane Shepherd of the Hollins near Kendal, spinster 1873;

- Samuel Sill of Storth 1881;

- Richard Simpson of Mill Holme, New Hutton 1870;

- Richard Simpson of Much Urswick, Lancs., farmer 1879;

- Thomas Simpson of Watts Field, Kendal, gent. 1828;

- James Sinkinson of Kendal, spirit merchant 1876;

- Charles Smyth formerly Captain in his Majesty's 95th Regiment of Foot and late Major in the 100th Regiment of Foot at the city of Brussels esq. 1813;

- Mrs Isabella Smith of Marriner Place, Leeds, Yorks. and formerly of Old Hutton, widow 1884;

- Colin Somervell of Tenterfield, Kendal esq. 1926;

- Mrs Edith Somervell of Tenterfield, Kendal, widow 1940;

- Mrs Jane Spencer of Haverbrack widow 1881;

- Miss Isabella Strickland of Milton Moor, Heversham, spinster 1868;

- John Strickland of Leasgill, Heversham, retired farmer, 1881;

- William Swindlehurst of Storth, farmer 1874;

- Jonathan Tarn of Bury Street, Salford, Lancs., grocer and provision dealer; [incorrect date; will proved 1846]

- Thomas Taylor of the Salutation Hotel, Ambleside retired land agent 1885;

- Miss Ann Teasdale of Highgate, Kendal, spinster 1875;

- John Yeats Thexton of Ashton House, Beetham 1859;

- Miss Elizabeth Thompson of Moresdale Hall, Lambrigg 1882;

- Henry Thompson of Maiden Hill near Penrith, Cumberland, gent. 1877;

- Mrs Jane Thompson of Newton-in-Cartmel, Lancs., widow 1871;

- William Todhunter of Stricklandgate, Kendal, innkeeper 1872;

- Robert Tomlinson of Haverbrack, Milnthorpe, yeoman 1878;

- Mrs Sarah Anne Townson wife of Joseph Townson of 4 Charles St., Blackpool, Lancs. 1885;

- John Troughton of Kendal, wood dealer 1878;

- John Tugman of Little Eskrigg End, Old Hutton, farmer 1890;

- John Turner of Murley Moss, Kendal, farmer 1863, 1878;

- Mrs Sarah Wharton of Ashted, Whinfell, widow 1883;

- Robert Whitell of 3 Barossa Terrace, Bethnall Green, Middlesex 1865;

- Simpson Willan of Stricklandgate, Kendal, tailor 1874;

- William Wilkinson of Storth, husbandman 1880;

- Miss Ann Jane Wilson of Kendal, spinster 1885;

- Miss Ellen Wilson of Whitebrow, Orton, spinster 1874;

- Mrs Isabella Wilson of Kendal 1879;

- Miss Jane Wilson of Town View, Kendal, spinster 1871;

- John Wilson of Kendal attorney at law 1871;

- Miss Mary Wilson of Kendal spinster 1882;

- Thomas Wilson of Middle Fairbank, Staveley, farmer 1883;

- Richard Woodhouse of Ambleside, market gardener 1862;

- James Simpson Young 1879.

Press copies of wills:

- Mrs Edith Anne Jackson Adams wife of Henry Powys Adams of Trevonia, St. Margaret's Twickenham, Middlesex 1894;

- George Addison of High House, Hugill, farmer 1888;

- John Bowness Armitstead of Mill Holme, New Hutton, farmer 1891;

- Robert Armitstead of Mill Holme, New Hutton, farmer 1892;

- William Atkinson of Broughton in Furness, Lancs., surgeon 1854;

- George Bailie of Kendal, ironmonger 1894;

- Alfred Barratt of 38 Nevern Sq., South Kensington, Middlesex esq. 1897;

- Thomas Beaumont of the Cragg, Troutbeck, farmer 1897;

- Mrs Mary Berry of Blakebank, Underbarrow, wife of John Berry, 1899 [died 1852];

- William Bindloss of Castle Green near Kendal esq. 1895;

- William Bolton of Kendal, pork dealer 1895;

- John Bowness of Goswick Hall, Cartmel Fell, Lancs. 1892;

- Mrs E Braithwaite 1897;

- Mrs Margaret Ellen Brooks wife of Richard Warner Brooks of Woodland Grange, Leamington, Warwicks, merchant 1894;

- Mrs Mary Brown of Bridge End 1880;

- James Teasdale Brumwell of Southport, Lancs., surgeon 1893;

- Mrs Jane Brumwell wife of James Teasdale Brumwell of Southport, gent. 1899;

- Miss Sarah Burrow of Heversham 1898;

- Miss Esther Mary Bush of the Albion hotel, Arnside, spinster 1897;

- Frederick Henry Butler of the city of Laconia, New Hampshire, U.S.A., insurance superintendent formerly of 3 Laurence St., Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs. 1899;

- Mrs Elizabeth Carter of Grossendale, Oakley Street, Belle Vue, Shrewsbury, Salop, widow 1900;

- Thomas Clark of The Park, Orton, yeoman 1898;

- Miss Margaret Clarks of Bowness Bank, Windermere, spinster 1897;

- William Clarke of Troutbeck, labourer 1898;

- John Clarkson of Clappersgate near Ambleside, butcher 1895;

- William Clibborn of 4 Cambridge Terrace, Birkenhead, Cheshire, provision merchant 1890;

- John Brown Cowperthwaite of Street, Orton, yeoman 1897;

- Mrs Isabella Croft of Grayrigg, widow 1899;

- Joseph Crosthwaite of Orrest Head, Windermere, joiner 1888;

- Mrs Esther Sarah Cummings of Pear Tree Cottages, Kendal, widow 1895;

- Dame Elizabeth Isabella Caroline Darling of 92 Earl's; Court Rd., Kensington, Middlesex, widow 1898;

- Mrs Elizabeth Dickinson of Arnside, widow 1893;

- Mrs Maria Dickinson wife of Robert Dickinson of North Cottage, Bowness Bank, Bowness on Windermere 1884;

- Robert Dickinson of North Cottage, Bowness, yeoman 1884;

- Miss Eliza Deborah Downing of Sandside, Milnthorpe, spinster 1893;

- James Elleray of Heathwaite, Windermere, yeoman 1865;

- Christopher Fell of Pilgrims Rest, Transvaal Republic, South Africa, gold miner 1874;

- Miss Elizabeth Fox, Cold Harbour, Underbarrow, spinster 1899;

- Robert French of Strickland Place, Kendal 1895;

- James Simpson Gregg of Stricklandgate, Kendal, carpet weaver 1894;

- James Wilson Halhead of Brigsteer, Levens, farmer 1893;

- William Harrison of Windermere, builder 1899;

- Richard Hodkinson of Slack Head, yeoman 1896;

- Anthony Borrans, New Hutton, farmer 1896;

- John Hudson of Larch How near Kendal, gent. 1879;

- William Ford Ralph Hulton of Seaton Carew, Durham, gent., 1896;

- Mrs Jane Hutchinson of Sand Air, Crook, widow, 1879;

- Richard Inman of Ruecrofts, Sedbergh, Yorks., yeoman 1883;

- Mrs Mary Susannah Kay of Haverbrack 1895;

- Hugh Langhorn of Kendal, gent. 1885;

- William Lister of Ambleside, bank manager 1894;

- Christopher Longmire of High Fairbank, Nether Staveley, retired farmer 1900;

- Thomas Mackereth of Helsington, carrier and grocer 1891;

- Anthony Metcalfe-Gibson of Park House, Ravenstonedale esq. 1885;

- Thomas Middleton of Highgate, Kendal, cabinet maker 1900;

- Marian Nicholson of Pear Tree Cottages, Kendal, spinster 1900;

- Miss Bridget Phillipson, 2 Beast Banks, Kendal, spinster 1896;

- William Rawes of Kendal, fishmonger 1895;

- Thomas Remington of Lindal in Cartmel, Lancs., shopkeeper 1871;

- Mrs Elizabeth Rishton of Yard 47, Stricklandgate, Kendal, widow 1892;

- Edward Robinson of Lowther Street, Kendal, painter 1892;

- Joshua Robinson of Tower Wood, Cartmel Fell, Lancs., farmer 1875;

- Thomas Rogers of Greenside near Milnthorpe, gent. 1897;

- Abraham Rowlandson of Eamont Bridge, Barton, husbandman 1893;

- Miss Mary Rowlandson of Akay Lodge, Sedbergh, Yorks., spinster 1890;

- Thomas Sanders of Torver, Lancs., yeoman 1897;

- Thomas Savage of Kendal, gent. 1886;

- Edward Scarborough of Carr Bank, Beetham, husbandman 1891;

- Mrs Margaret Shaw of Hodbarrow, Millom, widow 1894;

- Charles Stoward Schollick of Mildura in the colony of Victoria fruit grower 1896;

- John Scott the elder of Winnipeg, Manitoba [Canada], 1899;

- Mrs Sarah Scott of Spring Gardens, Union Street, Ulverston, Lancs., widow 1898;

- Mrs Agnes Taylor of Ambleside, widow 1898;

- Michael Taylor of the Salutation hotel, Ambleside, hotel keeper 1889;

- William Taylor of Greenside, Kendal, gent. 1900;

- James Thompson of Singleton Park, Kendal esq. 1890;

- Miles Thompson of the Lound near Kendal, architect 1866;

- Mrs Jane Todd of Kirkby Lonsdale 1892;

- Mrs Frances Troughton of the Fold, Beast Banks, Kendal, widow 1890;

- John Edward Wakefield of Birklands near Kendal but at present residing at Great Malvern, Worcester, gent. 1858;

- Thomas Birkbeck Wakefield of Hall Moate, Westrath, Ireland esq. 1880;

- John Johnson Waller of Kendal, gent. 1894;

- Charles Edward Watson of Calgarth Park late Lieutenant Colonel in her Majestys Army and now residing at 27 Rue de Calais, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, 1889;

- Christopher Knight Watson of 47 Bedford Square, Bloomsbury, London and of Culgarth, Westmorland esq. 1900;

- Mrs Louisa Anne Luther Watson of 77 Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park, Middlesex, widow 1878;

- Richard Luther Watson of Ecclerigg, Windermere and of 36 Harley St., Cavendish Square, Middlesex esq. 1872;

- Mrs Betsy Whinerey of Hollin Bank, Underbarrow, widow 1897;

- Roger Hodson Whittaker of Ryley Field, Milnthorpe, gent. 1888;

- John James Whitehead of 10 Jennings Yard, Kendal, fish salesman 1891;

- Miss Sarah Willan of Crow Park, Natland, spinster 1900;

- Christopher Wilson of Lindale in Cartmel, Lancs., coach builder 1868;

- Christopher Wilson Braithwaite Wilson (late Christopher Wilson Braithwaite) of Plumtree Hall esq. 1898;

- Edward Hugh Wilson of Dallam Tower esq., High Sheriff of Westmorland 1886;

- Miss Emily Sarah Wilson of Dallam Tower, spinster 1892;

- Miss Gertrude Sophia Wilson of Dallam Tower, spinster 1890;

- Leonard Wilson of 1 Fell Street, Ulverston, Lancs., miller 1897;

- Mary Charity Wilson of Staveley spinster 1891;

- William Wilson of Durham Bridge, Lyth 1897;

- Mrs Mary Tugwood Wilson of Lindale in Cartmel, Lancs., widow 1899.

Copy will of Roger Moser of Blindbeck House, Kendal, gent. 1874

Copy will of Thomas Rowlandson Dunn of Fulwood Park, Liverpool esq. 1879

Copy probate of will of John Fleming Curwen of Horncop, Heversham. 1932

Deed to extend the term of a mortgage on premises at Wakefield, Yorkshire. 1690

Deeds relating to premises at Old Hutton. 1591-1691

Deeds relating to premises on Fellside, Kendal. 1634-1704

Deeds relating to premises at Wattsfield 1789-1794, with sale poster 1801. 1789-1801

Deeds relating to Sands Close, Stricklandgate, Kendal. 1822