| Description | Probate copy (7 October 1852, will dated 21 March 1848) of George Bird, Hammersmith, builder
Executors:
1. John Bird (son)
2. Edward Bird (son)
3. William Bird (son)
4. Stephen Bird, Kensington, builder (brother)
Other legatees:
5. Wife of testator (unnamed)
6. James [Bird] (son)
7. Caroline, wife of Henry Bird, Kensington, builder (daughter)
8. Alfred [Bird] (son)
9. Mary [? Bird] (daughter)
10. Frederick [Bird] (son)
11. Charles [Bird] (son)
12. William [Bird] (grandson)
13. Children (unnamed) of Thomas Bird (son) deceased
To 5.: during lifetime, then 1. and 2.:
dwelling house (unspecified) [at Brook Green], Hammersmith
Furniture and affects
To 1., 2., 3. and 4., in trust for 5.: interest from £8, 000
To 3.: land and premises called Crakes, Shepherds Bush, Fulham manor, Hammersmith
To 6.: meadow opposite dwelling house [at Brook Green], purchased from Frederick Day
£1,000
To 1.: 6 ½ acres of land, moiety of piece called Butterwick purchased from Messrs Lee
£1,000
To 2.: land on east side of Shepherds Bush Lane purchased from the Reverend Charles
Wetherall £1,000
To 7.: meadow and cottages called the Cow Field, including small strip of adjoining copyhold
land. £500
To 8.: 8 cottages (freehold) called Rose Cottages, near Paddingswick Green; interest in land
and cottages behind John's Place, Bradmore, purchased from John Sherman Smith
£1,000
To 9.: 2 houses on north side of King Street leased to [] Denman and occupied by Messrs
Sharp and Cole £1,000
To 1. and 2.: Share of scaffolding tools, horses etc. and goodwill of business builders and
brickmakers; [Hammersmith]: workshops, sheds, stables and other outbuildings
adjoining dwellinghouse called the old field
To 1., 2., 3. and 4.: in trust for 10., then children of 10.
7 cottages called John's Place, Bradmore, £300
To 1., 2., 3. and 4.: in trust for 11. then children of 11.
3 messuages now occupied by F Sawyer, [] East and [ ] Fink, £500
To 13.: £100 each
To 12.: £100 |