Item 19 - Copy will of William Clarke

29 pp; Manuscript

Copy will of William Clarke, merchant, Cork, dated 27 Oct. 1818 with nine codicils. The copy was extracted from the Probate and Matrimonial Division of the High Court of Justice, Ireland. The final codicil is dated 4 Oct. 1825. The will and codicils relate primarily to the provision of a legacy/trust for his daughters, Anne Walker and her husband Rev. Thomas Walker. An addendum notes that the said William Clarke, latterly of Kilinalooda Glebe, Cork, died in February 1826 and that his will was proved on 18 Sept. 1867. Letters of administration were granted by the Court of Probate to Sir William Henry St. Lawrence Clarke Travers, 2nd Baronet, 3 Queen’s Gardens, Hyde Park, London, grandson of the deceased residuary legatee named in the said will (referred to as Sir William Clarke).