| Title | Attested copy probate (dated 9 December 1784) of the will (dated 12 November 1775) of Anne Whalley of the parish of St. Giles in the town of Northampton, spinster. Testatrix bequeaths her "fortune the sum of Five thousand Pounds" to her sisters Barbara and Sarah Whalley. She directs however that the following legacies"are to be paid out of that sum" : £50 to Mrs Mary Toll, widow of Ashburnham Toll, attorney at law; £100 to her daughter Anne Toll; £10 to testatrix's cousin Elizabeth Whalley and £5 to the poor of the parish of Ecton. She also bequeaths her furniture, plate, linen etc. to her sisters Barbara and Sarah and names them as joint executrixes. |