Elizabeth Palmer: Slatter, Son and More, solicitors, Stratford-upon-Avon

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30 December 1861 Probate of the will (21 Feb 1839), with inventory for valuation of James Palmer, Stratford-upon-Avon, victualler, bequeathing to wife Elizabeth houses in Waterside in occupation of William Pearson, George Joy, William Coleman, John Cleminger together with all other real and personal estate. She sole executrix. 4 March 1867 Probate of the will (17 Sept 1862) of Elizabeth Palmer, Stratford-upon-Avon, widow. Clothes and jewellery to sister Sarah Heritage, Stratford-upon-Avon, spinster; Residue of real and personal estate to trustees (William Warrilow, Stratford-upon-Avon, schoolmaster and Thomas Bennett, Stratford-upon-Avon, auctioneer) to sell and pay legacies to: - Brothers: William Heritage, Canning Town, London, bricklayer George Heritage, Stratford-upon-Avon, bricklayer. - Sisters: Mary Waitt, wife of Henry, Birmingham, smith Sarah Heritage, Stratford-upon-Avon. - Sister-in-law: Mary, widow of Thomas Heritage. - Great-nephews: Charles James Mills and George Heritage Mills, the sons of Charles Mills the younger, Stratford-upon-Avon, tailor by his wife Elizabeth. - Nephews nieces: children of brothers [unnamed]. Executorial and estate papers, legacy receipts, etc., 1867-1878, including: 5 Sept 1871 Power of Attorney from John Heritage of Bombala, New South Wales, licensed victualler, to his brother George Heritage, Plaistow, Essex, builder, to receive legacy under provisions of will of Elizabeth Palmer [sons of testatrix' brother William].