John Boddenham of Scoulton

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The Will of John Boddenham

Summary in Probate Records

The following abstract from the will of John Boddenham, also Bodney of Scoulton in Norfolk, Yeoman, has been taken from the Probate records for the Archdeaconry of Norwich. This entry is dated July 20^th 1798; the executors are listed as

Edward Harvey Grigson of Watton, Gentleman
Edward Clarke

Legatees	Relationship	Bequests
Richard Juby Mark Juby	Nephews	Legacy of £20 each to be paid 12 months after Testator’s decease
Sarah, Wife of Stephen Watson Elizabeth Wife of Bery Garrett Hannah Cooper	Nieces	Legacy of £20 each to be paid 12 months after Testator’s decease
Ann Henry	–	I give to Ann Kerry the weekly sum of One Shilling during her life to be paid on the Monday in every Week
Edward Harvey Grigson Edward Clarke	–	Legacy of £30 each as Executors
Mary Dowe¹ – Residuary Legatee	–	And subject to the aforesaid Legacies, the weekly sum before mentioned & to all my debts, charges of funeral & incidental expenses, I give & bequeath all the rest & residue of my Money, Securities for Money and all other my Personal Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever unto the said Mary Dowe for her own sole use and benefit

National Archives reference IR 26/388/276

Extract from will in Court Records

The record of the Court of the Manor of Deopham Hall January 20^th 1801 includes a paraphrase of part of this will which refers to a legacy to Bodney John Dowe which is not mentioned in the above Probate summary:-

… it appears to this Court that the said John Boddenham otherwise Bodney devised all his Messuages, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments whatsoever in Morley Saint Buttolph and Deopham in the County of Norfolk or in any other places near thereto and elsewhere with their Appurtenances unto Mary Dowe the Daughter of Elizabeth the late deceased Wife of James Dowe of Rockland,
To hold the same to the said Mary Dowe and her Assigns for the Term of her natural Life subject to the payment of twenty pounds per Annum to Bodney John Dowe the Son of the said Elizabeth Dowe …

Footnotes

Mary Dowe became Mary Eldred following her marriage to Henry Eldred of Stowe, Farmer. This was noted in the Court record of August 18^th 1814 where it is indicated that her legacy was 1 + 4 acres of land in Deopham. ↩︎

Date	Change
5/6/25	1801 Court record
31/12/24	Published