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Surname Name Occupation Abode Date Proved
DRIVER Sarah spinster Littlemoor Puds. 12 Feb 1814 19 Dec 1814
Legatee Relation Witness Witness Witness Enquiries
William Cooper nephew Charles Moss Thomas Holmes Mary Walton Accepted
Hannah Bailey niece Details
Mary Cooper niece John Cooper jnr sole executor. Details include legatee's places of abode. Sarah's property included two cottages
Sarah Whitfield niece
Martha Hammerton niece
John Dean nephew
Ann Webster niece
Ann Farrer niece
Mary Sutcliffe niece
Elizabeth Buckton niece
Mary Gaunt wife of John jnr
Hannah Fearnley wife of William
Alice Whitfield  
John Swain son of Han Bailey
John Cooper jnr nephew

2

Surname Name Occupation Abode Date Proved
DUNWELL William Farmer Rodley Plain 1 Dec 1847 2 June 1848
Legatee Relation Witness Witness Witness Enquiries
Marmaduke Dunwell son Sam L Booth, sol. Thomas Haw   No
William Dunwell son Details
Joseph Dunwell son

* wife of Francis
** wife of William

Left farm, land and six cottages.

James Dunwell son
Ann Standeaven* daughter
Jane Ellis** daughter

3

Surname Name Occupation Abode Date Proved
DAWSON John   Pudsey 13 Mar 1540 22 Apr 1541
Legatee Relation Witness Witness Witness Enquiries
Thomas Dawson son Richard Jenkinson Peter Mitchell John Wright No
John Dawson
son Details
Alison Dawson daughter Other witnesses were William Dawson, John Allanbrigg and Henry Sharpe
Isabel Dawson wife
Robert Dawson son

4

Surname Name Occupation Abode Date Proved
DACRE Thomas Beerhouse Keeper No.5 The White Rose Yard, Delf Street 29 July 1889 30 Oct 1889
Legatee Relation Witness Witness Witness Enquiries
Hannah Dacre wife Charles King James Simpson Askwith   Accepted
Sarah Elizabeth Howden daughter Details
Samuel Fountain Dacre son

Hannah Dacre (wife) was the sole beneficiary of the will but upon her death any remnants of the estate were to be divided equally amongst the children. After all debts and expenses were paid Hannah received 172 pounds 14 shillings.
The date proven at the bottom of the will is given as 30th October 1889 but the entry in the Principal Probate Index is dated 31st August 1889.

Peter Dacre son
Louisa Ann Jackson daughter
Albert Edward Dacre son
Hannah Varley daughter

5

Surname Name Occupation Abode Date Proved
DENBIGH Thomas Scribbling miller Idle 3 Jan 1828 20 Aug 1828
Legatee Relation Witness Witness Witness Enquiries
widow wife Fras. Butterfield George Booth Joseph Whitfield No
David Denbigh son Details
Thomas Denbigh son His scribbling mill and his 1/4 share in the cotton mill at Idle are to be sold and the money invested for his wife for her life. After her death the money is to be divided amongst his children.
Cornelius Denbigh son
Sarah Senior dau
Eliza Denbigh dau
Harriot Robinson dau
Alice Tordoff dau

6

Surname Name Occupation Abode Date Proved
DENBY Thomas Farmer Windhill 16 Aug 1859 9 Jan 1860
Legatee Relation Witness Witness Witness Enquiries
Hannah DENBY Wife Francis BUTTERFIELD solicitor Richard HALLIDAY boat builder   No
Joseph DENBY Son Details
Mary DENBY Daughter Thomas Denby late of Windhill in the parish of Calverley in the County of York Farmer deceased was proved by the Oath of Hannah Denby widow the Relict of the said deceased the sole Executrix named in the will. All five children are adults. Testator died 26 Aug 1859 Effects over £200
Sarah DENBY Daughter
George Frederick DENBY Son
Thomas DENBY Son