Hallam Wills Abstracts
Will of Humfry Hallum of Stoney Middleton in the parish of Hathersage, 25 Nov 1563
Bequests to wife Emot and two children George and John - George to have the farm when he comes of age [21 years] / Humfry's brother John to get the two yews that their father bequeathed to him in his will / mentions their [Humfry and John's] mother / Supervisors Simon Teyler and Thomas Bokyng / Witnesses John Nedham Sr the curate, Richard Nedham, Robt Wylde, John Hill, Robt Nedham [and two others]
Will of Philip Halum of Eyam, Derbyshire, 1566
Of Grindleford Bridge / written 14 Mar 1564 / body to be buried in the parish church of Eyam / wife Jone [died 1567 - see will below] given one third of estate / other bequests to Martyn, John, Anne and Jone [wife] Halum
Will of Jone Halum of Eyam, Derbyshire, 1567
Bequests to Laurence Brushfeld, William Malyn, Helen Malyn, Roger Malyn and Richard Malyn, Humfry Wylde (his wife), Katheren Hokesworthe, Anne & Dorothy Mosley (the daughters of John Mosley), Isabel Sydall, the three children of Robert Hokesworth, John Smylter (his wife), Sr John Nedham, curate at Eyam
Will of Andrew Hallom, blacksmith of Castleton, Derbyshire, 1599
Andrew Hallom, blacksmith of Castleton in the county of Derby / wife Joan / sons Richard, George, John, Martin and Robert / houses and land in Bradwell "being my own inheritance" left to wife Joan, then to sons and their male heirs in the order Richard, George, John, Martin and Robert / Martin and Robert youngest sons / grandchild Mary Wyld / blacksmith tools to son John / son Robert named executor / Edward Barbar of Rowlye [Rowlee] "my good landlord" / witnessed by Edward Barbar of Rowlye, Thomas Bubage junior, Edward Marshall, Robt Joule and Thomas Needam / Probate 30th Apr 1591 / Inventory 16th May 1591 / appraisers Edward Marshall, Robert Joule, William [-]oxall and Thomas Needam / included instruments relating to husbandry and mares / debts owing unto John Lowe, John Bubage, Humfry Woodroofe, Mathew Wilson, Elen Joule / valued at £36 6s 4d
Will of Richard Hallom of Castleton, Derbyshire, 1599
Richard Hallom blacksmith of Castleton / written Apr 1599 / wife Catherine / brother Martin Hallom left the bulk of the estate including land in Bradwell for the benefit of Richard's two daughters Bennet and Anne; brother Martin also made executor / reference to John Savage, gentleman, deceased [whose widow Katherine he appears to have married] / witnessed by Robert Joule [who also witnessed Richard's father Andrew Hallom's will in 1591] and Robert Hallom [probably his brother]
Will of Katherine Hallom of Castleton, Derbyshire, 1610
Katherine Hallom of Castleton in the county of Derby, widow [of Richard Hallom, above] / written December 1609 / to be buried in the parish church of Castleton / son John Savage / younger son Francis Savage / sister Ellen / Alice Morten and Thomas Marshall the younger of Castleton
Administration of Humphrey Hallam of Bradwell, Derbyshire, 23 Feb 1629/30
Widow Barbara Hallom granted administration. Signed by Barbara Hallam (her mark).
Administration of Henry Hallam of Bradwell, Derbyshire, 4 October 1631
Administration granted to Jane Hallam, widow. The first line of the administration document also mentions Godfrey Hallam, who signs the document along with Jane Hallam (her mark and seal) / Inventory of goods undertaken by (Thomas?) Morton, (?) Kyrke, William Marshall and (?) Browne, total value £15-14-10
Will of Sithe Hallam of Bradwell, Derbyshire, 2 May 1632
Nuncupative dated 16 May 1631 / Mentions the land of Margaret Middleton late wife of Richard lately deceased / John Middleton to give money to the children of her daughter Joan Bocking. Witnessed by Robert Middleton and John Jackson.
Administration granted to John Middleton of Bradwall, husbandman and Robert Middleton, husbandman / Signed by John Midleton and Robert Middleton (his mark). Administration mentions the children of her daugther Joan Bocking, they being John, Richard, Mary, Ann & Alice Bocking.
Administration of Martin Hallam of Bradwell, Derbyshire, 14 August 1632
Administration granted to Mary Hallam of Bradwell, widow and Clement Marshall of Abney, yeoman / Children of the said deceased: Andrew, Jane, Ottiwell and Alice Hallam / Signed by Marie Hallum (i.e. Mary Hallam, the deceased’s widow, her mark) and Clement Marshall.
Inventory conducted in 1630 by Moses Marshall, George Eyre, Godfrey Kyrke and George Hallom. Includes oxen, 232 sheep, 66 lambs and other cattle, total value £222-15-4.
Will of Elizabeth Hallam of Bradwell Hills, Derbyshire, 26 February 1639/40
Will written 23rd Feb 1639 / Elizabeth Hallom of Bradwall Hills / widow / to be buried in the churchyard of Hope or wherever else it please God / unto John Hallom my son all my estate including cottage, dwelling house, barn, buildings and garden on Bradwall Hills to him and his heris and assigns forever / to John Hallom other miscellaneous items including iron tongues and pillow / to Joane Hallom my daughter miscellaneous household items including blankets / to Mary Hallom my daughter household items including pillow / to Margaret Hallom my daughter, wife of Humfrey Hallom, some household items / Martin Hallom my grandchild / Thomas Hallom my son / Elizabeth Hall my daughter, wife of William Hall / Annie Bradwall my daughter, wife of Elize [Ellis] Bradwall / remainder after debts and funeral expenses to John Hallom my son, who is also made executor / Witnessed by William Hall (his mark) and Godfrey Hallom / signed by Elizabeth Hallom (her mark)
Inventory dated February 1639, valued at £8-16-6 / Signed by appraisers Richard Hallom the younger (his mark) and Thomas Ragge (his mark)
Administration of Humphrey Hallam of Bradwell, Derbyshire, 29 July 1641
Administration granted to Margaret Hallam, widow and Thomas Hallom / they both signed (with their mark)
Inventory in May 1641 / Valued at £5-10-6 / Appraisers were Richard Timme(?) and Elize Bradwall / Debts owing to John Slater, Martin Middleton, Robt Marshall, Robert Middleton, Elize [Ellis] Bradwall and Nicholas Howe: valued at £14-9-0
Administration of George Hallam of Peak Forest, Derbyshire, 23 November 1641
Appraisers of inventory Richard Stoole, Thomas Ellis, Anthony Robinson and John Andrew (all signed with their mark) / valued at £90-18-0 / Administration granted to Thomas Eyre of Shatton and Thomas Harwood / wife Margaret Hallam
Administration of Robert Hallam, late of Balsow, Derbyshire 4 Jun 1667
Granted to Mary Hallam, the relict / Inventory by Humfrey Chapman, Robert Rowland and John Not on 28 May 1667 / Value £17-7-2 / Granted at Bakewell on 4 Jun 1667
Will of Thomas Hallam of Outland Head, yeoman of Bradwell, Derbyshire, 19 Mar 1667/8
Will written 13 Jan 1665 / of Outland Head near Bradwell, yeoman / burial at discrection of friends in parish churchyard of Hope / eldest son George Hallom given that house and parlour at [... Southfield?], Bradwell Dale, some land in lordship of Hazelbadge / second son Humphry Hallom one house, one parlour and one barn at Hill Road / third son Robert Hallom [died 1700 at Outland Head - see will below] one house, one parlour, one barn in Hope / fourth son John Hallom / sister Anne ... mortgaged ... in Smalldale / wife Alice Hallom / daughter Maria Hallom the sum of ten pounds / brother John Hallom named sole executor / Witnessed by John Hallom and Ellis Harrison / Inventory dated 1666 / valued at £52-19-0 / Probate 16 Mar 1667/8
Will of Joan Hallam, Parish of Hope, Derbyshire, 20 Feb 1672/3
Inventory wrriten 19 Nov 1672 / Value £12-02-4. / Appraisers Martin Middleton and William Hall. Owed debts to Anthony Ouldfield, Thomas Hall and rent to Thomas Malow? / Probate record mentions daughters Ellen, Mary, Elizabeth and Anne, Arthur Dearnley, Thomas Hall / Memorandum: will that the rest of her personal estate be divided between five daughters / John Dearnley son-in-law to pay debts and funeral expenses out of her whole estate / all daughters to contribute an equal portion thereunto / Witnessed by Godfry Morton and John Dearnley.
Administration of Jervase Hallam of Abney, Derbyshire, 17 Nov 1680
Administration granted to Anne Hallam and Robert Middleton / Inventory of Jervas Hallom late of Abney undertaken Nov 1680 / Owed debts by 15 people / had lots of cattle / Valued at £297-4-4 / On 1 August 1681 an additional inventory of the goods and debts of Gervase Hallom late of Abney added further £22-7-10 of debts owed to him.
Will of Isabell Hallam, widow of Bradwell, Derbyshire, 16 Nov 1682
Written 28 Mar 1682 / of Bradwall / widow / Margaret Hallom my daughter the sum of one shilling / Mary Benson, John Benson, Elizabeth Benson, Godfry Benson my grandchildren five pence each / to daughter Jane Hall the sum of one shilling and all working clothes and to her children, my grandchildren, Robert and Godfry one shilling each / to Jarvis Hallom my son and to his children and my grandchildren Godfry and Margaret five pence / to Francis Eyre my grandchild the sum of one shilling / all the rest to my son Thomas Hallom and I do make him sole executor / witnessed by Thomas Hallom, Thomas Marshall and Godfry Hallom / signed by Isabell Hallom (her mark and seal) / Inventory undertaken 4 Sep 1682 by Martin Middleton, Thomas Marshall of Bradwell and George Hallom of the Outland Head and valued at £23.15.8 / Probate granted 16 Nov 1682 at Bakewell
Will of John Hallom, miner of Bradwell, Derbyshire, 13 Apr 1686
Will written 24 Nov 1685 (in the first year of the reign of James VII) / unto wellbeloved wife Elizabeth two parlours, a house and a barn as long as she does not remarry, and if she does they shall go to executor and his heirs / also to wife Elizabeth one tenement held under Thomas Eyre, esquire; one tenement in Hazlebadge lying in Rye Close held under the Earl of Rutland; one half of all linen; one third of all goods / to Humfry Hall two ewes / to grandchild John Middleton all other housing; a tenenemt held in Hazlebadge held under the Earl of Rutland; all residue of personal estate / grandchild John Middleton named sole executor / wife to pay funeral expenses / witnessed by George Hallom and Thomas Brownwell / inventory carried out 27 Feb 1685 by George Hallom, Elize (Ellis) Middleton, George How and Robert Hambleton, valued at £66-19-6 / Probate 13 Apr 1686, Bakewell, Derbyshire
Will of Robert Hallom of Castleton, Derbyshire, 2 Nov 1690
Robert Hallom of Castleton, yeoman / 'to my true and loving wife Jone Hallom the land I had with her at the day of marriage...and after her decease to my lawful brother Thomas Hallom' / to Rollin Middleton £14 / Robt Middleton standeth bound in one obligation of £5, 'I do forgive him the interest' / to loving sister in law Elizabeth Hallom the sum of 40s / to Margaret Hallom £5 / to brother Thomas Hallom all wearing cloaks / to Thomas Legh esquire £5 / to Robert Bagshaw my father in law £5 / the said Thomas Legh esq. and Robert Bagshaw executors / witnessed by Robert Dakin and Robert Marshall / probate granted to Thomas Legh and Robert Bagshaw at Chesterfield, 15 Apr 1691
Will of John Hallam alias Harrison, freemason of Calver, Derbyshire, 20 Oct 1692
Will written 16 Jun 1692 / Bequests to brother-in-law Robert White's four children / 'my now wife' Frances Hallam alias Harrison residue and she is named sole executrix / Twenty shillings to the poor of Calver / Witnessed by John Froggatt and Elizabeth Froggatt / Inventory made by Thomas Slacke, Richard Gregory and John Warde on 17 Oct 1692 / Probate at Bakewell on 20 Oct 1692, granted to Frances Hallam, executrix
Will of Robert Hallom of Outland Head, Bradwell, Derbyshire, 21 Oct 1700:
Will written 21st August 1700 / of Outland Head near Bradwell, yeoman / wife Margery to have dwelling house, parlour and barn at Duding [Bont?] and Little More / wife Margery Hallom given tenant right of Duding [Bont?] held under John Gee of Rutland and tenant right of Little More held under Rowland Eyre of Hassop, esquire / daughter Alice Marshall given ten shillings / daughter Mary Hallom aged under 21 / son Thomas Hallom and wife Margery made executors / Witnessed by Thomas, Robert and Ann Middleton / Inventory taken on 2 Sep 1700 by George Hallom, George Marshall and Thomas Middleton / Valued at £30-17-7 / Probate 21 Oct 1700, Bakewell
Will of Anthony Hallam, husbandman of Baslow, Derbyshire, 12 Jan 1702/3
Bequests to nephew Robert Hallom (£50 and one half of all sheep) [son of Thomas Hallom], to Thomas Hallom of Goatclif/Gould Cliff(?) [died 1709 - see will below], to George Hallom and Thomas Hallom sons of Thomas Hallom of Goatclif/Gould Cliff(?), to brother Robert Hallom, to children of Alice Hall, to John Halle of Bubnell, to Grace Halle, to Mary Halle, to sister Alice Halle, to Edmund Hallom, to Anthony Hallom son of Edmund Hallom, to Emmanuel Furnase, to Elizabeth Furnace, to Grace Froggatt wife of Thomas Froggatt, to Thomas Froggatt's children of Town Head / Sole executrix wife Margaret Hallom, who receives 'all the rest' / Bequest made to the poor of Baslow / Witnessed by Thomas Froggatt, Jane Staton, Edmund Hallom / Inventory by Thomas Froggatt, Samuel Penniston, George Stevenson / Estate value £230-17-00 / Probate at Bakewell on 5 May 1703 to Margaret Hallam, executrix
Administration of Humfrey Hallom of Bradwell, Derbyshire, 10 May 1709
Probate 10 May 1709 in Bakewell granted to son Robert Hallom / Inventory 18 Sep 1708 valued at £15.4.10 appraised by Lawrence Marshall and George Chapman / Debts owing from Humfrey: £29.9.6
Administration of Thomas Hallom of Gould Cliff, Hope parish, Derbyshire 10 May 1709
Probate granted 10 May 1709 at Bakewell / Inventory appraised on 6 May 1709 by Ralph Brodhurst, James [Moure]? and Ed: Hallom / valued at £8.16.1 /
Administration of Jervsase Hallam of Bradwell, Derbyshire, 11 Oct 1710
Probate granted on 11 Oct 1710 at Hope / valued at £7.6.2. / Margaret Middleton wife of Richard Middleton mentioned on administration form first / form signed by Thomas Hallam / inventory on 8 July 1710 / valued at £9.7.2. / appraisers Godfrey Kyrke, George Bagshaw and Thomas Hallam, son.
Will of Godfrey Hallam of Aston, Derbyshire, 17 Oct 1711
Written 11 June 1711 / Godfrey Hallam of Asson (Aston?) in the parish of Hope / husbandman / to be buried in the churchyard at Hope at discretion of executors / George Hallam my oldest son one half of my part of the housing and lands held with brother Thomas Hallam in Bradwell / to son George Hallam one half of personal estate / to Joseph Hallam youngest son the other half of housing and lands and the other half of my personal estate / If either son dies before 21 his part shall fall to the other / Thomas Hallam of Asson [added above original line of text] and Thomas Hallam of Bradwall my execuctor [does not say executors] / signed and sealed by Godfrey Hallam / inventory undertaken on 15 Oct 1711 by Tho: Midleton, Tho: Maltby and Richard Grant / valued at £60.8.5 / probate granted 17 Oct 1711 at Hope Thomas Hallam of Aston and Thomas Hallam of Bradwell
Will of George Hallom of Outland Head, Bradwell, Derbyshire, 10 Jun/Jul 1713
of Outland Head near Bradwell / yeoman / to son Thomas Hallom one part or piece of the land known as Dale Top Bu[ss?]ing on Bradwall Dale East and Hungary Lane way west to him and his heirs forever and for want of such heirs to his own use forever, and one dwelling house at a place called Hillhead Fountains and one garden near to the dwelling house with all appertunances to the said house / to son Robert Hallom household goods, as well as one part or piece of land known as Nowpingle, at Sowfields near Bradwell on Hungary Lane East and Hillhead way west to him and his heirs forever / John Hurtle currently renting land / to daughter Ann Elliot wife of Robert Elliot of Peak Forest one shilling / to my daughter Jane Paramoor one shilling / all rest and residue of personal estate to loving son Robert Hallom / son Robert named executor / witnesses Thomas Woodroofe, George Walton, Job: Hill / signed by George Hallom [in an unsteady hand] / inventory 28 Feb 1712/13 / valued at £1.12.4. / appraisers John Middleton and William Bagshaw / Probate 10 Jun/Jul 1713 to Robert Hallom at Bakewell
Will of Thomas Hallom of Bradwell, Derbyshire, 1 Jun 1715
Written 16 Oct 1714 / of Bradwall / to be buried at churchyard at Hope at discrection of executor / Ann Yellot my sister the sum of one shilling / Thomas Hallam my nephew one shilling / Marton Midleton my kinsman one shilling / rest of my goods to my sister Jane Paramoor, also my dwelling house and parlour / Jane Paramoor executrix / Witnessed by Thomas Maltbey, Mary Hallam, Thomas Hallom / signed and sealed by Thomas Hallom / inventory of Thomas Hallom of Bradwall by Lawrence Marshall and Thomas Midleton 8 Nov 1714 valued at £4.10.13 / Probate granted on 1 Jun 1715 at Bakewell
Inventory of Elizabeth Hallam of Highlow in the parish of Hope, Derbyshire, 11 Oct 1728
Valued at £14.19.00 / appraisers were William Fox, John Blackow and Tho: Hallam
Will of Garvis Hallam of Stoney Middleton in the parish of Hathersage, Derbyshire, 25 May 1729
Bequests to sons John Hallom and Benjamin Hallom, to son Garvis Hallom, to daughter Eliza Thornly, to daughter Mary Shepperd, to daughter Sarah Mosley, to daughter Anne Marsden / Executors wife Sarah and son Benjamin / Witnessed by David Broadhurst, Ann Fryth and Francis Drable / Probate at Lichfield 25 Feb 1737/8 granted to Benjamin Hallom / Estate value under £20-00-00
Will of Thomas Hallam of Bradwell, Derbyshire, 17 Oct 1730
Thomas Hallam of Bradwall / unto Margret Middleton my [sister?] the sum of twenty pounds / also to Margret Middleton the tenant right of that farm I hold under W Eyre of Hassop, esq / to Godfrey Benson the sum of five pounds and to his son Godfrey Benson five pounds / to John Hall the son of Robert Hall the sum of twenty pounds / to George Middleton the son of Richard Middleton the sum of ten pounds / to Thomas Middleton the son of Richard Middleton the sum of ten pounds and also to Thomas my dwelling house and parlour thereunto adjoining to him and his heirs, and if he have no heirs the said house and parlour shall return to his younger brother Marton Middleton / to William Middleton the son of Richard Middleton the sum of ten pounds, and the barn and cottage being in the Hillside / to Martin Middleton the son of Richard Middleton the sum of ten pounds / to Mary Middleton, Isabell Fox and Ann Middleton, daughters of Richard Middleton ten pounds each / to Jane Hall, Martha Hall and Mary Hall, daughters of Robert Hall, ten pounds each (when they reach 21) / to the (spoon?) of Bradwell one half of the land bought from William Charlesworth in Moorsdale [charitable donation] / to servant maid Alice Dudden twenty shillings / to Godfrey Hall my nephew a house at Lane to him and heirs forever and if he have no heirs to return to John Hall / mentioned Godfrey Hallam my (nephew?) / Godfrey Hall sole executor / witnessed by Ellis Needham, Robard Burrows senior and Laurans Marshall / signed the 21 Oct 1729 and sealed / Inventory appraised by John Ponyton, Christopher Bocking and Ellis Needham, bills, bonds and debts at £171 and total valued at £255.8.2. / Probate at Bakewell 17 Oct 1730
Will of Francis Hallam of Stoney Middleton, Derbyshire, 2 Jun 1732
Bequests to son Benjamin Hallam, to son Francis Hallam, to son James Hallam, to sons-in-law John Cleator, Matthew Furnase and Charles Gibbons, to daughter Sarah Hallam, spinster [died 1771 - see will below], to wife Mary Hallam, mention of 'younger children who have not yet received their portions' / Sole executrix wife Mary Hallam / Witnessed by Francis Geld, John Cleator, Martha Cleator / Probate at Chesterfield 8 May 1740 granted to Mary Hallam, widow, executrix
Will of Elias Hallom, husbandman farmer of Marsh, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, 5 May 1739
Will written 27 Jan 1738/9 / Elias Hallom of Marsh in the parish of Chapel-en-le-Frith / occupation not stated but bequests and inventory include husbandry ware / “Well beloved wife” Ann given the rent of Lad’s Piece held by son Valentine Hallom on long lease at yearly rent of £5 but sons William Hallom, Valentine Hallom, George Hallom and John Hallom given the rent of Lad's Piece to be divided equally between them and their heirs male should widow Ann remarry / daughter Martha wife of Edmund Yellott given £5 (see below) / son John Hallom given lands at Cauloe (Cowlow) and Ladylow [at Dove Holes] on condition he pay sums stated to his siblings: to son William Hallom £10 1st and 7th year after decease; to daughter Martha Yellott £5 2nd year after decease; to son Valentine Hallom £10 3rd, 4th and 8th year after decease; to daughter Grace Hallom £10 5th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th year after decease; to son George Hallom £10 6th and 14th year after decease / daughter Grace Hallom given sixty pounds (see above), some cattle, some housegold goods / son George Hallom given tenant right of Dove Hole Liveing (except the Neather Barn and '16 square yards in the intack' which goes to wife Ann) and the sum of £20 (see above) / various household items and cattle divided between wife and all children / son Valentine Hallom and friend Peter Wood made trustees / witnessed by Hugh Garside, Henry Marchington and Matt: Walker / son John Hallom made sole executor / inventory taken on 13 March 1738/9 by Joseph Frith and Matt: Walker / Valued at £555-15-0, of which £300-0-0 was the chattel lease of Ladylow and Cowlow / Probate 5 May 1739, Bakewell, Derbyshire
Administration of Sarah Hallam, spinster of Stoney Middleton, Derbyshire, 10 Apr 1771
Estate to Abraham Cooper, kinsman / Administration 10 Apr 1771
Will of Humphrey Hallom, Bradwell, Derbyshire, 22 Apr 1774
Will written 20 Dec 1773 / Bequests to nephew Anthony Wright, niece Mary Mellor wife of James Mellor, Mary Hallom daughter of brother John Hallom, to Thomas and John Hallom or Middleton the 'supposed sons of my deceased brother John' / Executors uncle Thomas Hallom and Lawrence Marshall / Witnessed by Martin Middleton and Robert Marshall / Probate at Bakewell 22 Apr 1774
Will of Thomas Hallam, miner of Bradwell, Derbyshire, 24 May 1813
Bequests to wife Mary, sons George, Samuel, James and Joseph [shares in mines and mining shares] [all under age of 21] / to George the lower end of the barnstead at Hillhead and the house the testator lives in until wife Mary's death / to Samuel the land at The Butts and the upper end of the barn at Hillhead / daughter Nancy (Ann) / daughter Sally (Sarah) / Executors wife Mary, son George and friend Thomas Jeffrey / Witnessed by John and Joseph Ellis and Lawrence Marshall / Proved at Bakewell 15 Oct 1813
Will of William Hallam of Stoney Middleton in the parish of Hathersage, Derbyshire, 3 Jan 1827
Will dated 2 Oct 1819 / Mentions father Robert Hallam / Bequests to brother Benjamin Hallam, wife Eliza Hallam (late Elizabeth Whatt spinster of Eastbourne, Sussex), Benjamin Hallam second son of my deceased brother Robert Hallam, Robert Hallam third son of my deceased brother Robert Hallam, John Hallam my eldest brother's son, Benjamin Hallam second son of my brother John Hallam / Bequests to John Hudson, eldest son of Jonathan Hudson of Sheffield, deceased / Witnessed by George Goodwin, Samuel Hudson and Charnal Bateman / Probate at London on 3 Jan 1827 / Proved by oath of Elizabeth Brassington formerly Hallam, wife of James Brassington
Will of Benjamin Hallam, grocer of Stoney Middleton, Derbyshire, 27 Jul 1827
Will written 11 Apr 1826 / Main bequest to daughter Ann White / to son and daughter, 2 pews in the church / to son Benjamin Hallam the residue / Executors Benjamin Hallam, James Hodgkinson / Witnessed by James Radfirth, Edward Barker and Benjamin Hallam / Probate at Chesterfield 27 Jul 1827
Will of Edward Hallam, miner of Bradwell in the parish of Hope, Derbyshire, 4 Jan 1835
Will written 9 Dec 1834 / to wife Rachel whole estate / son Jacob / daughter Mary / son-in-law Robert Middleton husband of my daughter Hannah / Witnessed by John Bradwell, Thomas Howe and Aalick Howe / Probate at Lichfield 4 Jan 1835 to Jacob Hallam of Bradwell, miner, and Robert Middleton of Bradwell, hatter / Estate value under £50
Will of Jacob Hallam, miner of Bradwell, Derbyshire, 6 Apr 1836
Will written 5 Nov 1835 / Bequests to son John Hallam and wife Maria Hallam / father-in-law the late John Middleton / mother-in-law Alice Middleton / Witnessed by Philip Barber, Robert Bocking and Josiah Barber / Probate at Lichfied on 6 Apr 1836 granted to John Hallam of Hallam in the parish of Sheffield, Yorkshire, blade forger / Estate value under £20-00-00
Will of Samuel Hallam, miner of Bradwell, Derbyshire, 10 Jul 1841
Will written 19 Mar 1841 / wife Mary / brother-in-law Benjamin Barber / mentions education of children / Executors wife Mary and Benjamin Barber / Witnessed by Josiah Barber and Jacob Marshall / Proved at Hope 10 Jul 1841
Will of John Hallam, farmer of Stoney Middleton, Derbyshire, 12 Jun 1844
Will written 12 Jun 1844 / Estate to be shared between son George Hallam, daughter Mary Marples, daughter Martha Berbeck, son John Hallam, son William Hallam, son Robert Hallam, son James Hallam, son Jonathan Hallam, daughter Elizabeth Slack / Executors sons William and Jonathan Hallam / Witnessed by Thomas Hinch, Robert Pinder and William Birks / Proved at Lichfield in 1844
Will of John Hallam, blacksmith of Sparrowpit in the parish of Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, 26 Mar 1847
Will written 15 Aug 1846 at Sparrowpit / debts and funeral expenses to be paid by executors out of personal estate / to beloved wife Sarah all the money I have in the Bakewell Savings Bank and all my personal estate and effects of every kind and nature for her maintenance and support / also to wife Sarah all the rents from my freehold properties at Sparrowpit, consisting of two dwelling houses, two blacksmith shops and cowsheds and their appurtenances / if this is not sufficient to support wife Sarah, executors have permission to borrow upon the freehold property at Sparrowpit by mortgage or any other means they deem proper / all my blacksmiths tools and stock of iron and steel to be valued at an easy value and my two sons George Hallam and John Hallam to pay interest upon them to wife Sarah during her natural life / if all my real and personal estate is not consumed at the death of my wife Sarah I direct it all to be sold and divided equally between my children, and if any child is deceased their lawful issue if they have any will entitled to their share / my sons George Hallam and John Hallam and my son-in-law George White made executors / witness by Jonathan Taylor and Francis Mellor junior / signed by John Hallam the testator (his mark and seal) / Probate on 26 Mar 1847 / Estate valued at under £200
Will of Jacob Hallam, lead ore miner of Bradwell, Derbyshire, 16 Mar 1848
Will written 17 Jun 1847 / son John / son Benjamin / son Isaac / daughter-in-law Maria Hallam [wife of late son Jacob Hallam] / daughters Hannah, Alice, Charity and Catherine / granddaughters Olive Bocking and Olive Story / Witnessed by John Bradwell and Edward Middleton / Probate at Lichfield 16 Mar 1848 granted to John Hallam and Benjamin Hallam, miners, executors / Testator died 26 Aug 1847
Will of Joseph Hallam, miner of Bradwell, Derbyshire, 28 Mar 1863
Will written 21 Sep 1862 / Bequests to nephews John Hallam and Samuel Hallam, Ann Barber, Zachariah Middleton son of George Middleton of Hollowgate when he is 21 / remainder to the children of his late brothers Samuel Hallam and James Hallam / Executors Absolom Marshall, joiner and John Hallam and Samuel Hallam, miners / Witnessed by Philip Middleton, miner and Absolom Marshall / Probate 28 Mar 1863
Will of George Hallam late of Bramhall, Stockport and formerly of Dove Holes, Derbyshire, Yeoman, 23 Feb 1875:
Will written 4 Jan 1867 at Dove Holes / Interest on property to sustain wife for her natural life and upon her decease property to be sold and divided into eight shares: to son Joseph Hallam of Wainstones in Fernilee one share; to daughter Ann Heathcott of Allstonelee [Combs] one share; to daughter Hannah Stephens residing near London one share; to son John Hallam of Dove Holes one share; to daughter Sarah Hartle of Smithy Lane in Ludworth one share; to son Ellis Hallam of Combs Head one share; to Emily Hallam and Ellis Hallam, children of deceased daughter Mary Hallam of Downlee, one share divided between them; to Martha Hallam, Annie Maria Hallam and Mary Ellen Hallam, children of deceased son Thomas Hallam of Dove Holes, one share divided between them / shares left to grandchildren shall, after the decease of wife, be put out to interest until the youngest comes of age / sons Joseph and Ellis Hallam named executors / witnessed by Thomas Brookes and Charles Critchlow / signed by George Hallam / estate valued at under £450, no leaseholds / Probate 23 Feb 1875, Chester, Cheshire
Will of Mary Hallam of Sparrowpit, in the parish of Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, 1924
Will dated 21 Jul 1923 / William Lomas of Hayfield Road, Chapel-en-le-Frith and John Lomas of Sparrowpit made trustees and executors / Just debts and funeral expenses be paid as soon as is convenient / to William Hallam my nephew of Ashbourne Lane, Chapel-en-le-Frith my eight day grandfather clock / to my nephew William Lomas of Hayfield Road, Chapel-en-le-Frith my largest chest of inlaid drawers / to my niece Mary Fletcher of Ardern Street, New Mills my mahogony dining table / to my nieces the said Mary Fletcher and Jane Hoyle of Cowlow Lane, Dove Holes and Sarah Simpson of New Smithy, Chinley my household linen and wearing apparel in equal portions / rest of estate to be sold and divided between my nieces and nephews William Lomas, John Lomas, Mary Fletcher, John Hallam, Joseph Hallam, William Hallam, Sarah Simpson, John Thomas Hallam, Joe Hallam, Francis Hallam and Jane Hoyle / witnessed by William Roswell of Hayfield Road and John James Atkinson of Hayfield Road, Chapel-en-le-Frith / signed by Mary Hallam / probate granted 1924
Bequests to wife Emot and two children George and John - George to have the farm when he comes of age [21 years] / Humfry's brother John to get the two yews that their father bequeathed to him in his will / mentions their [Humfry and John's] mother / Supervisors Simon Teyler and Thomas Bokyng / Witnesses John Nedham Sr the curate, Richard Nedham, Robt Wylde, John Hill, Robt Nedham [and two others]
Will of Philip Halum of Eyam, Derbyshire, 1566
Of Grindleford Bridge / written 14 Mar 1564 / body to be buried in the parish church of Eyam / wife Jone [died 1567 - see will below] given one third of estate / other bequests to Martyn, John, Anne and Jone [wife] Halum
Will of Jone Halum of Eyam, Derbyshire, 1567
Bequests to Laurence Brushfeld, William Malyn, Helen Malyn, Roger Malyn and Richard Malyn, Humfry Wylde (his wife), Katheren Hokesworthe, Anne & Dorothy Mosley (the daughters of John Mosley), Isabel Sydall, the three children of Robert Hokesworth, John Smylter (his wife), Sr John Nedham, curate at Eyam
Will of Andrew Hallom, blacksmith of Castleton, Derbyshire, 1599
Andrew Hallom, blacksmith of Castleton in the county of Derby / wife Joan / sons Richard, George, John, Martin and Robert / houses and land in Bradwell "being my own inheritance" left to wife Joan, then to sons and their male heirs in the order Richard, George, John, Martin and Robert / Martin and Robert youngest sons / grandchild Mary Wyld / blacksmith tools to son John / son Robert named executor / Edward Barbar of Rowlye [Rowlee] "my good landlord" / witnessed by Edward Barbar of Rowlye, Thomas Bubage junior, Edward Marshall, Robt Joule and Thomas Needam / Probate 30th Apr 1591 / Inventory 16th May 1591 / appraisers Edward Marshall, Robert Joule, William [-]oxall and Thomas Needam / included instruments relating to husbandry and mares / debts owing unto John Lowe, John Bubage, Humfry Woodroofe, Mathew Wilson, Elen Joule / valued at £36 6s 4d
Will of Richard Hallom of Castleton, Derbyshire, 1599
Richard Hallom blacksmith of Castleton / written Apr 1599 / wife Catherine / brother Martin Hallom left the bulk of the estate including land in Bradwell for the benefit of Richard's two daughters Bennet and Anne; brother Martin also made executor / reference to John Savage, gentleman, deceased [whose widow Katherine he appears to have married] / witnessed by Robert Joule [who also witnessed Richard's father Andrew Hallom's will in 1591] and Robert Hallom [probably his brother]
Will of Katherine Hallom of Castleton, Derbyshire, 1610
Katherine Hallom of Castleton in the county of Derby, widow [of Richard Hallom, above] / written December 1609 / to be buried in the parish church of Castleton / son John Savage / younger son Francis Savage / sister Ellen / Alice Morten and Thomas Marshall the younger of Castleton
Administration of Humphrey Hallam of Bradwell, Derbyshire, 23 Feb 1629/30
Widow Barbara Hallom granted administration. Signed by Barbara Hallam (her mark).
Administration of Henry Hallam of Bradwell, Derbyshire, 4 October 1631
Administration granted to Jane Hallam, widow. The first line of the administration document also mentions Godfrey Hallam, who signs the document along with Jane Hallam (her mark and seal) / Inventory of goods undertaken by (Thomas?) Morton, (?) Kyrke, William Marshall and (?) Browne, total value £15-14-10
Will of Sithe Hallam of Bradwell, Derbyshire, 2 May 1632
Nuncupative dated 16 May 1631 / Mentions the land of Margaret Middleton late wife of Richard lately deceased / John Middleton to give money to the children of her daughter Joan Bocking. Witnessed by Robert Middleton and John Jackson.
Administration granted to John Middleton of Bradwall, husbandman and Robert Middleton, husbandman / Signed by John Midleton and Robert Middleton (his mark). Administration mentions the children of her daugther Joan Bocking, they being John, Richard, Mary, Ann & Alice Bocking.
Administration of Martin Hallam of Bradwell, Derbyshire, 14 August 1632
Administration granted to Mary Hallam of Bradwell, widow and Clement Marshall of Abney, yeoman / Children of the said deceased: Andrew, Jane, Ottiwell and Alice Hallam / Signed by Marie Hallum (i.e. Mary Hallam, the deceased’s widow, her mark) and Clement Marshall.
Inventory conducted in 1630 by Moses Marshall, George Eyre, Godfrey Kyrke and George Hallom. Includes oxen, 232 sheep, 66 lambs and other cattle, total value £222-15-4.
Will of Elizabeth Hallam of Bradwell Hills, Derbyshire, 26 February 1639/40
Will written 23rd Feb 1639 / Elizabeth Hallom of Bradwall Hills / widow / to be buried in the churchyard of Hope or wherever else it please God / unto John Hallom my son all my estate including cottage, dwelling house, barn, buildings and garden on Bradwall Hills to him and his heris and assigns forever / to John Hallom other miscellaneous items including iron tongues and pillow / to Joane Hallom my daughter miscellaneous household items including blankets / to Mary Hallom my daughter household items including pillow / to Margaret Hallom my daughter, wife of Humfrey Hallom, some household items / Martin Hallom my grandchild / Thomas Hallom my son / Elizabeth Hall my daughter, wife of William Hall / Annie Bradwall my daughter, wife of Elize [Ellis] Bradwall / remainder after debts and funeral expenses to John Hallom my son, who is also made executor / Witnessed by William Hall (his mark) and Godfrey Hallom / signed by Elizabeth Hallom (her mark)
Inventory dated February 1639, valued at £8-16-6 / Signed by appraisers Richard Hallom the younger (his mark) and Thomas Ragge (his mark)
Administration of Humphrey Hallam of Bradwell, Derbyshire, 29 July 1641
Administration granted to Margaret Hallam, widow and Thomas Hallom / they both signed (with their mark)
Inventory in May 1641 / Valued at £5-10-6 / Appraisers were Richard Timme(?) and Elize Bradwall / Debts owing to John Slater, Martin Middleton, Robt Marshall, Robert Middleton, Elize [Ellis] Bradwall and Nicholas Howe: valued at £14-9-0
Administration of George Hallam of Peak Forest, Derbyshire, 23 November 1641
Appraisers of inventory Richard Stoole, Thomas Ellis, Anthony Robinson and John Andrew (all signed with their mark) / valued at £90-18-0 / Administration granted to Thomas Eyre of Shatton and Thomas Harwood / wife Margaret Hallam
Administration of Robert Hallam, late of Balsow, Derbyshire 4 Jun 1667
Granted to Mary Hallam, the relict / Inventory by Humfrey Chapman, Robert Rowland and John Not on 28 May 1667 / Value £17-7-2 / Granted at Bakewell on 4 Jun 1667
Will of Thomas Hallam of Outland Head, yeoman of Bradwell, Derbyshire, 19 Mar 1667/8
Will written 13 Jan 1665 / of Outland Head near Bradwell, yeoman / burial at discrection of friends in parish churchyard of Hope / eldest son George Hallom given that house and parlour at [... Southfield?], Bradwell Dale, some land in lordship of Hazelbadge / second son Humphry Hallom one house, one parlour and one barn at Hill Road / third son Robert Hallom [died 1700 at Outland Head - see will below] one house, one parlour, one barn in Hope / fourth son John Hallom / sister Anne ... mortgaged ... in Smalldale / wife Alice Hallom / daughter Maria Hallom the sum of ten pounds / brother John Hallom named sole executor / Witnessed by John Hallom and Ellis Harrison / Inventory dated 1666 / valued at £52-19-0 / Probate 16 Mar 1667/8
Will of Joan Hallam, Parish of Hope, Derbyshire, 20 Feb 1672/3
Inventory wrriten 19 Nov 1672 / Value £12-02-4. / Appraisers Martin Middleton and William Hall. Owed debts to Anthony Ouldfield, Thomas Hall and rent to Thomas Malow? / Probate record mentions daughters Ellen, Mary, Elizabeth and Anne, Arthur Dearnley, Thomas Hall / Memorandum: will that the rest of her personal estate be divided between five daughters / John Dearnley son-in-law to pay debts and funeral expenses out of her whole estate / all daughters to contribute an equal portion thereunto / Witnessed by Godfry Morton and John Dearnley.
Administration of Jervase Hallam of Abney, Derbyshire, 17 Nov 1680
Administration granted to Anne Hallam and Robert Middleton / Inventory of Jervas Hallom late of Abney undertaken Nov 1680 / Owed debts by 15 people / had lots of cattle / Valued at £297-4-4 / On 1 August 1681 an additional inventory of the goods and debts of Gervase Hallom late of Abney added further £22-7-10 of debts owed to him.
Will of Isabell Hallam, widow of Bradwell, Derbyshire, 16 Nov 1682
Written 28 Mar 1682 / of Bradwall / widow / Margaret Hallom my daughter the sum of one shilling / Mary Benson, John Benson, Elizabeth Benson, Godfry Benson my grandchildren five pence each / to daughter Jane Hall the sum of one shilling and all working clothes and to her children, my grandchildren, Robert and Godfry one shilling each / to Jarvis Hallom my son and to his children and my grandchildren Godfry and Margaret five pence / to Francis Eyre my grandchild the sum of one shilling / all the rest to my son Thomas Hallom and I do make him sole executor / witnessed by Thomas Hallom, Thomas Marshall and Godfry Hallom / signed by Isabell Hallom (her mark and seal) / Inventory undertaken 4 Sep 1682 by Martin Middleton, Thomas Marshall of Bradwell and George Hallom of the Outland Head and valued at £23.15.8 / Probate granted 16 Nov 1682 at Bakewell
Will of John Hallom, miner of Bradwell, Derbyshire, 13 Apr 1686
Will written 24 Nov 1685 (in the first year of the reign of James VII) / unto wellbeloved wife Elizabeth two parlours, a house and a barn as long as she does not remarry, and if she does they shall go to executor and his heirs / also to wife Elizabeth one tenement held under Thomas Eyre, esquire; one tenement in Hazlebadge lying in Rye Close held under the Earl of Rutland; one half of all linen; one third of all goods / to Humfry Hall two ewes / to grandchild John Middleton all other housing; a tenenemt held in Hazlebadge held under the Earl of Rutland; all residue of personal estate / grandchild John Middleton named sole executor / wife to pay funeral expenses / witnessed by George Hallom and Thomas Brownwell / inventory carried out 27 Feb 1685 by George Hallom, Elize (Ellis) Middleton, George How and Robert Hambleton, valued at £66-19-6 / Probate 13 Apr 1686, Bakewell, Derbyshire
Will of Robert Hallom of Castleton, Derbyshire, 2 Nov 1690
Robert Hallom of Castleton, yeoman / 'to my true and loving wife Jone Hallom the land I had with her at the day of marriage...and after her decease to my lawful brother Thomas Hallom' / to Rollin Middleton £14 / Robt Middleton standeth bound in one obligation of £5, 'I do forgive him the interest' / to loving sister in law Elizabeth Hallom the sum of 40s / to Margaret Hallom £5 / to brother Thomas Hallom all wearing cloaks / to Thomas Legh esquire £5 / to Robert Bagshaw my father in law £5 / the said Thomas Legh esq. and Robert Bagshaw executors / witnessed by Robert Dakin and Robert Marshall / probate granted to Thomas Legh and Robert Bagshaw at Chesterfield, 15 Apr 1691
Will of John Hallam alias Harrison, freemason of Calver, Derbyshire, 20 Oct 1692
Will written 16 Jun 1692 / Bequests to brother-in-law Robert White's four children / 'my now wife' Frances Hallam alias Harrison residue and she is named sole executrix / Twenty shillings to the poor of Calver / Witnessed by John Froggatt and Elizabeth Froggatt / Inventory made by Thomas Slacke, Richard Gregory and John Warde on 17 Oct 1692 / Probate at Bakewell on 20 Oct 1692, granted to Frances Hallam, executrix
Will of Robert Hallom of Outland Head, Bradwell, Derbyshire, 21 Oct 1700:
Will written 21st August 1700 / of Outland Head near Bradwell, yeoman / wife Margery to have dwelling house, parlour and barn at Duding [Bont?] and Little More / wife Margery Hallom given tenant right of Duding [Bont?] held under John Gee of Rutland and tenant right of Little More held under Rowland Eyre of Hassop, esquire / daughter Alice Marshall given ten shillings / daughter Mary Hallom aged under 21 / son Thomas Hallom and wife Margery made executors / Witnessed by Thomas, Robert and Ann Middleton / Inventory taken on 2 Sep 1700 by George Hallom, George Marshall and Thomas Middleton / Valued at £30-17-7 / Probate 21 Oct 1700, Bakewell
Will of Anthony Hallam, husbandman of Baslow, Derbyshire, 12 Jan 1702/3
Bequests to nephew Robert Hallom (£50 and one half of all sheep) [son of Thomas Hallom], to Thomas Hallom of Goatclif/Gould Cliff(?) [died 1709 - see will below], to George Hallom and Thomas Hallom sons of Thomas Hallom of Goatclif/Gould Cliff(?), to brother Robert Hallom, to children of Alice Hall, to John Halle of Bubnell, to Grace Halle, to Mary Halle, to sister Alice Halle, to Edmund Hallom, to Anthony Hallom son of Edmund Hallom, to Emmanuel Furnase, to Elizabeth Furnace, to Grace Froggatt wife of Thomas Froggatt, to Thomas Froggatt's children of Town Head / Sole executrix wife Margaret Hallom, who receives 'all the rest' / Bequest made to the poor of Baslow / Witnessed by Thomas Froggatt, Jane Staton, Edmund Hallom / Inventory by Thomas Froggatt, Samuel Penniston, George Stevenson / Estate value £230-17-00 / Probate at Bakewell on 5 May 1703 to Margaret Hallam, executrix
Administration of Humfrey Hallom of Bradwell, Derbyshire, 10 May 1709
Probate 10 May 1709 in Bakewell granted to son Robert Hallom / Inventory 18 Sep 1708 valued at £15.4.10 appraised by Lawrence Marshall and George Chapman / Debts owing from Humfrey: £29.9.6
Administration of Thomas Hallom of Gould Cliff, Hope parish, Derbyshire 10 May 1709
Probate granted 10 May 1709 at Bakewell / Inventory appraised on 6 May 1709 by Ralph Brodhurst, James [Moure]? and Ed: Hallom / valued at £8.16.1 /
Administration of Jervsase Hallam of Bradwell, Derbyshire, 11 Oct 1710
Probate granted on 11 Oct 1710 at Hope / valued at £7.6.2. / Margaret Middleton wife of Richard Middleton mentioned on administration form first / form signed by Thomas Hallam / inventory on 8 July 1710 / valued at £9.7.2. / appraisers Godfrey Kyrke, George Bagshaw and Thomas Hallam, son.
Will of Godfrey Hallam of Aston, Derbyshire, 17 Oct 1711
Written 11 June 1711 / Godfrey Hallam of Asson (Aston?) in the parish of Hope / husbandman / to be buried in the churchyard at Hope at discretion of executors / George Hallam my oldest son one half of my part of the housing and lands held with brother Thomas Hallam in Bradwell / to son George Hallam one half of personal estate / to Joseph Hallam youngest son the other half of housing and lands and the other half of my personal estate / If either son dies before 21 his part shall fall to the other / Thomas Hallam of Asson [added above original line of text] and Thomas Hallam of Bradwall my execuctor [does not say executors] / signed and sealed by Godfrey Hallam / inventory undertaken on 15 Oct 1711 by Tho: Midleton, Tho: Maltby and Richard Grant / valued at £60.8.5 / probate granted 17 Oct 1711 at Hope Thomas Hallam of Aston and Thomas Hallam of Bradwell
Will of George Hallom of Outland Head, Bradwell, Derbyshire, 10 Jun/Jul 1713
of Outland Head near Bradwell / yeoman / to son Thomas Hallom one part or piece of the land known as Dale Top Bu[ss?]ing on Bradwall Dale East and Hungary Lane way west to him and his heirs forever and for want of such heirs to his own use forever, and one dwelling house at a place called Hillhead Fountains and one garden near to the dwelling house with all appertunances to the said house / to son Robert Hallom household goods, as well as one part or piece of land known as Nowpingle, at Sowfields near Bradwell on Hungary Lane East and Hillhead way west to him and his heirs forever / John Hurtle currently renting land / to daughter Ann Elliot wife of Robert Elliot of Peak Forest one shilling / to my daughter Jane Paramoor one shilling / all rest and residue of personal estate to loving son Robert Hallom / son Robert named executor / witnesses Thomas Woodroofe, George Walton, Job: Hill / signed by George Hallom [in an unsteady hand] / inventory 28 Feb 1712/13 / valued at £1.12.4. / appraisers John Middleton and William Bagshaw / Probate 10 Jun/Jul 1713 to Robert Hallom at Bakewell
Will of Thomas Hallom of Bradwell, Derbyshire, 1 Jun 1715
Written 16 Oct 1714 / of Bradwall / to be buried at churchyard at Hope at discrection of executor / Ann Yellot my sister the sum of one shilling / Thomas Hallam my nephew one shilling / Marton Midleton my kinsman one shilling / rest of my goods to my sister Jane Paramoor, also my dwelling house and parlour / Jane Paramoor executrix / Witnessed by Thomas Maltbey, Mary Hallam, Thomas Hallom / signed and sealed by Thomas Hallom / inventory of Thomas Hallom of Bradwall by Lawrence Marshall and Thomas Midleton 8 Nov 1714 valued at £4.10.13 / Probate granted on 1 Jun 1715 at Bakewell
Inventory of Elizabeth Hallam of Highlow in the parish of Hope, Derbyshire, 11 Oct 1728
Valued at £14.19.00 / appraisers were William Fox, John Blackow and Tho: Hallam
Will of Garvis Hallam of Stoney Middleton in the parish of Hathersage, Derbyshire, 25 May 1729
Bequests to sons John Hallom and Benjamin Hallom, to son Garvis Hallom, to daughter Eliza Thornly, to daughter Mary Shepperd, to daughter Sarah Mosley, to daughter Anne Marsden / Executors wife Sarah and son Benjamin / Witnessed by David Broadhurst, Ann Fryth and Francis Drable / Probate at Lichfield 25 Feb 1737/8 granted to Benjamin Hallom / Estate value under £20-00-00
Will of Thomas Hallam of Bradwell, Derbyshire, 17 Oct 1730
Thomas Hallam of Bradwall / unto Margret Middleton my [sister?] the sum of twenty pounds / also to Margret Middleton the tenant right of that farm I hold under W Eyre of Hassop, esq / to Godfrey Benson the sum of five pounds and to his son Godfrey Benson five pounds / to John Hall the son of Robert Hall the sum of twenty pounds / to George Middleton the son of Richard Middleton the sum of ten pounds / to Thomas Middleton the son of Richard Middleton the sum of ten pounds and also to Thomas my dwelling house and parlour thereunto adjoining to him and his heirs, and if he have no heirs the said house and parlour shall return to his younger brother Marton Middleton / to William Middleton the son of Richard Middleton the sum of ten pounds, and the barn and cottage being in the Hillside / to Martin Middleton the son of Richard Middleton the sum of ten pounds / to Mary Middleton, Isabell Fox and Ann Middleton, daughters of Richard Middleton ten pounds each / to Jane Hall, Martha Hall and Mary Hall, daughters of Robert Hall, ten pounds each (when they reach 21) / to the (spoon?) of Bradwell one half of the land bought from William Charlesworth in Moorsdale [charitable donation] / to servant maid Alice Dudden twenty shillings / to Godfrey Hall my nephew a house at Lane to him and heirs forever and if he have no heirs to return to John Hall / mentioned Godfrey Hallam my (nephew?) / Godfrey Hall sole executor / witnessed by Ellis Needham, Robard Burrows senior and Laurans Marshall / signed the 21 Oct 1729 and sealed / Inventory appraised by John Ponyton, Christopher Bocking and Ellis Needham, bills, bonds and debts at £171 and total valued at £255.8.2. / Probate at Bakewell 17 Oct 1730
Will of Francis Hallam of Stoney Middleton, Derbyshire, 2 Jun 1732
Bequests to son Benjamin Hallam, to son Francis Hallam, to son James Hallam, to sons-in-law John Cleator, Matthew Furnase and Charles Gibbons, to daughter Sarah Hallam, spinster [died 1771 - see will below], to wife Mary Hallam, mention of 'younger children who have not yet received their portions' / Sole executrix wife Mary Hallam / Witnessed by Francis Geld, John Cleator, Martha Cleator / Probate at Chesterfield 8 May 1740 granted to Mary Hallam, widow, executrix
Will of Elias Hallom, husbandman farmer of Marsh, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, 5 May 1739
Will written 27 Jan 1738/9 / Elias Hallom of Marsh in the parish of Chapel-en-le-Frith / occupation not stated but bequests and inventory include husbandry ware / “Well beloved wife” Ann given the rent of Lad’s Piece held by son Valentine Hallom on long lease at yearly rent of £5 but sons William Hallom, Valentine Hallom, George Hallom and John Hallom given the rent of Lad's Piece to be divided equally between them and their heirs male should widow Ann remarry / daughter Martha wife of Edmund Yellott given £5 (see below) / son John Hallom given lands at Cauloe (Cowlow) and Ladylow [at Dove Holes] on condition he pay sums stated to his siblings: to son William Hallom £10 1st and 7th year after decease; to daughter Martha Yellott £5 2nd year after decease; to son Valentine Hallom £10 3rd, 4th and 8th year after decease; to daughter Grace Hallom £10 5th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th year after decease; to son George Hallom £10 6th and 14th year after decease / daughter Grace Hallom given sixty pounds (see above), some cattle, some housegold goods / son George Hallom given tenant right of Dove Hole Liveing (except the Neather Barn and '16 square yards in the intack' which goes to wife Ann) and the sum of £20 (see above) / various household items and cattle divided between wife and all children / son Valentine Hallom and friend Peter Wood made trustees / witnessed by Hugh Garside, Henry Marchington and Matt: Walker / son John Hallom made sole executor / inventory taken on 13 March 1738/9 by Joseph Frith and Matt: Walker / Valued at £555-15-0, of which £300-0-0 was the chattel lease of Ladylow and Cowlow / Probate 5 May 1739, Bakewell, Derbyshire
Administration of Sarah Hallam, spinster of Stoney Middleton, Derbyshire, 10 Apr 1771
Estate to Abraham Cooper, kinsman / Administration 10 Apr 1771
Will of Humphrey Hallom, Bradwell, Derbyshire, 22 Apr 1774
Will written 20 Dec 1773 / Bequests to nephew Anthony Wright, niece Mary Mellor wife of James Mellor, Mary Hallom daughter of brother John Hallom, to Thomas and John Hallom or Middleton the 'supposed sons of my deceased brother John' / Executors uncle Thomas Hallom and Lawrence Marshall / Witnessed by Martin Middleton and Robert Marshall / Probate at Bakewell 22 Apr 1774
Will of Thomas Hallam, miner of Bradwell, Derbyshire, 24 May 1813
Bequests to wife Mary, sons George, Samuel, James and Joseph [shares in mines and mining shares] [all under age of 21] / to George the lower end of the barnstead at Hillhead and the house the testator lives in until wife Mary's death / to Samuel the land at The Butts and the upper end of the barn at Hillhead / daughter Nancy (Ann) / daughter Sally (Sarah) / Executors wife Mary, son George and friend Thomas Jeffrey / Witnessed by John and Joseph Ellis and Lawrence Marshall / Proved at Bakewell 15 Oct 1813
Will of William Hallam of Stoney Middleton in the parish of Hathersage, Derbyshire, 3 Jan 1827
Will dated 2 Oct 1819 / Mentions father Robert Hallam / Bequests to brother Benjamin Hallam, wife Eliza Hallam (late Elizabeth Whatt spinster of Eastbourne, Sussex), Benjamin Hallam second son of my deceased brother Robert Hallam, Robert Hallam third son of my deceased brother Robert Hallam, John Hallam my eldest brother's son, Benjamin Hallam second son of my brother John Hallam / Bequests to John Hudson, eldest son of Jonathan Hudson of Sheffield, deceased / Witnessed by George Goodwin, Samuel Hudson and Charnal Bateman / Probate at London on 3 Jan 1827 / Proved by oath of Elizabeth Brassington formerly Hallam, wife of James Brassington
Will of Benjamin Hallam, grocer of Stoney Middleton, Derbyshire, 27 Jul 1827
Will written 11 Apr 1826 / Main bequest to daughter Ann White / to son and daughter, 2 pews in the church / to son Benjamin Hallam the residue / Executors Benjamin Hallam, James Hodgkinson / Witnessed by James Radfirth, Edward Barker and Benjamin Hallam / Probate at Chesterfield 27 Jul 1827
Will of Edward Hallam, miner of Bradwell in the parish of Hope, Derbyshire, 4 Jan 1835
Will written 9 Dec 1834 / to wife Rachel whole estate / son Jacob / daughter Mary / son-in-law Robert Middleton husband of my daughter Hannah / Witnessed by John Bradwell, Thomas Howe and Aalick Howe / Probate at Lichfield 4 Jan 1835 to Jacob Hallam of Bradwell, miner, and Robert Middleton of Bradwell, hatter / Estate value under £50
Will of Jacob Hallam, miner of Bradwell, Derbyshire, 6 Apr 1836
Will written 5 Nov 1835 / Bequests to son John Hallam and wife Maria Hallam / father-in-law the late John Middleton / mother-in-law Alice Middleton / Witnessed by Philip Barber, Robert Bocking and Josiah Barber / Probate at Lichfied on 6 Apr 1836 granted to John Hallam of Hallam in the parish of Sheffield, Yorkshire, blade forger / Estate value under £20-00-00
Will of Samuel Hallam, miner of Bradwell, Derbyshire, 10 Jul 1841
Will written 19 Mar 1841 / wife Mary / brother-in-law Benjamin Barber / mentions education of children / Executors wife Mary and Benjamin Barber / Witnessed by Josiah Barber and Jacob Marshall / Proved at Hope 10 Jul 1841
Will of John Hallam, farmer of Stoney Middleton, Derbyshire, 12 Jun 1844
Will written 12 Jun 1844 / Estate to be shared between son George Hallam, daughter Mary Marples, daughter Martha Berbeck, son John Hallam, son William Hallam, son Robert Hallam, son James Hallam, son Jonathan Hallam, daughter Elizabeth Slack / Executors sons William and Jonathan Hallam / Witnessed by Thomas Hinch, Robert Pinder and William Birks / Proved at Lichfield in 1844
Will of John Hallam, blacksmith of Sparrowpit in the parish of Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, 26 Mar 1847
Will written 15 Aug 1846 at Sparrowpit / debts and funeral expenses to be paid by executors out of personal estate / to beloved wife Sarah all the money I have in the Bakewell Savings Bank and all my personal estate and effects of every kind and nature for her maintenance and support / also to wife Sarah all the rents from my freehold properties at Sparrowpit, consisting of two dwelling houses, two blacksmith shops and cowsheds and their appurtenances / if this is not sufficient to support wife Sarah, executors have permission to borrow upon the freehold property at Sparrowpit by mortgage or any other means they deem proper / all my blacksmiths tools and stock of iron and steel to be valued at an easy value and my two sons George Hallam and John Hallam to pay interest upon them to wife Sarah during her natural life / if all my real and personal estate is not consumed at the death of my wife Sarah I direct it all to be sold and divided equally between my children, and if any child is deceased their lawful issue if they have any will entitled to their share / my sons George Hallam and John Hallam and my son-in-law George White made executors / witness by Jonathan Taylor and Francis Mellor junior / signed by John Hallam the testator (his mark and seal) / Probate on 26 Mar 1847 / Estate valued at under £200
Will of Jacob Hallam, lead ore miner of Bradwell, Derbyshire, 16 Mar 1848
Will written 17 Jun 1847 / son John / son Benjamin / son Isaac / daughter-in-law Maria Hallam [wife of late son Jacob Hallam] / daughters Hannah, Alice, Charity and Catherine / granddaughters Olive Bocking and Olive Story / Witnessed by John Bradwell and Edward Middleton / Probate at Lichfield 16 Mar 1848 granted to John Hallam and Benjamin Hallam, miners, executors / Testator died 26 Aug 1847
Will of Joseph Hallam, miner of Bradwell, Derbyshire, 28 Mar 1863
Will written 21 Sep 1862 / Bequests to nephews John Hallam and Samuel Hallam, Ann Barber, Zachariah Middleton son of George Middleton of Hollowgate when he is 21 / remainder to the children of his late brothers Samuel Hallam and James Hallam / Executors Absolom Marshall, joiner and John Hallam and Samuel Hallam, miners / Witnessed by Philip Middleton, miner and Absolom Marshall / Probate 28 Mar 1863
Will of George Hallam late of Bramhall, Stockport and formerly of Dove Holes, Derbyshire, Yeoman, 23 Feb 1875:
Will written 4 Jan 1867 at Dove Holes / Interest on property to sustain wife for her natural life and upon her decease property to be sold and divided into eight shares: to son Joseph Hallam of Wainstones in Fernilee one share; to daughter Ann Heathcott of Allstonelee [Combs] one share; to daughter Hannah Stephens residing near London one share; to son John Hallam of Dove Holes one share; to daughter Sarah Hartle of Smithy Lane in Ludworth one share; to son Ellis Hallam of Combs Head one share; to Emily Hallam and Ellis Hallam, children of deceased daughter Mary Hallam of Downlee, one share divided between them; to Martha Hallam, Annie Maria Hallam and Mary Ellen Hallam, children of deceased son Thomas Hallam of Dove Holes, one share divided between them / shares left to grandchildren shall, after the decease of wife, be put out to interest until the youngest comes of age / sons Joseph and Ellis Hallam named executors / witnessed by Thomas Brookes and Charles Critchlow / signed by George Hallam / estate valued at under £450, no leaseholds / Probate 23 Feb 1875, Chester, Cheshire
Will of Mary Hallam of Sparrowpit, in the parish of Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, 1924
Will dated 21 Jul 1923 / William Lomas of Hayfield Road, Chapel-en-le-Frith and John Lomas of Sparrowpit made trustees and executors / Just debts and funeral expenses be paid as soon as is convenient / to William Hallam my nephew of Ashbourne Lane, Chapel-en-le-Frith my eight day grandfather clock / to my nephew William Lomas of Hayfield Road, Chapel-en-le-Frith my largest chest of inlaid drawers / to my niece Mary Fletcher of Ardern Street, New Mills my mahogony dining table / to my nieces the said Mary Fletcher and Jane Hoyle of Cowlow Lane, Dove Holes and Sarah Simpson of New Smithy, Chinley my household linen and wearing apparel in equal portions / rest of estate to be sold and divided between my nieces and nephews William Lomas, John Lomas, Mary Fletcher, John Hallam, Joseph Hallam, William Hallam, Sarah Simpson, John Thomas Hallam, Joe Hallam, Francis Hallam and Jane Hoyle / witnessed by William Roswell of Hayfield Road and John James Atkinson of Hayfield Road, Chapel-en-le-Frith / signed by Mary Hallam / probate granted 1924