[Regarding] the transcript of the Will of William Wrathall, Wine Merchant: he already has a mention on your site and I think a contribution from a descendant of his brother. Perhaps of particular interest is the reference to his uncle, William Wrathall of Burnsall, and the legacy to one of the Executors, the Rev. Stephen Bland of Burnsall. It seems to be a pretty safe bet that he came from Burnsall. In the book "A Wharfedale Village", by Eric Lodge, there is a chapter on the Blands, and the reference to Stephen states:The wills transcribed by Derek in Oct. 2004 are as follows:...., Stephen on the other hand manifested outstanding academic ability and at the age of sixteen was appointed Master of the Grammar School against much older and more experienced men, a position he held for 41 years. With an aptitude for philology he acquired a working knowledge of eleven different languages, took holy orders and officiated as assistant curate at the church from 1812 to 1850.[I've also sent a transcription of] the Will of Robert Wrathall, Wire Drawer, who also has a mention on your site. Unfortunately his will is not very enlightening. The Will of Sarah Wrathall is a little better, as it does mention some of her Wrathall relatives.
I recently joined a family history outing to the Borthwick Institute in York and found that they have around 40 Wrathall wills, admons and tuitions up to 1858. I spent some time getting all the right references and finding on which of the Institute film reels the wills were copied, but then only had the time to look at and copy the first few. They range from 1588 to 1848 so may be useful in putting families together. As you can imagine, they are not easy to transcribe .....The wills transcribed by Derek in July 2005 are as follows:
Description: | Administration letter of William Wrathall, Yeoman of Grassington in the parish of Linton, Yorkshire |
Date: | May 04 1803 |
Catalogue reference | IR 26/425 |
Dept: | Records of the Boards of Stamps, Taxes, Excise, Stamps and Taxes, and Inland Revenue |
Series: | Board of Inland Revenue and predecessors: Estate Duty Office and predecessors: Registers of Legacy Duty, Succession Duty and Estate Duty |
Piece: | Abstracts of administrations and probates of wills |
Date | Surname |
Name | Place | Comments |
Sep. 1753 | Wathall | Susanna | Grassington | Probate Linton - will |
Jun. 1760 | Wathall | William | Grassington | Probate Linton - will |
Dec. 1788 | Wathall | William | Thorpe | Probate Burnsall - will |
Mar. 1791 | Wathall | Lupton | Burnsall | Probate Burnsall - will |
Aug. 1801 | Wathall | William | Thorpe | Probate Burnsall - will |
Aug. 1812 | Wreathall | Robert | North Newbald | ____________ will |
Dec. 1816 | Wrathall | Henry | Grassington | Probate Linton - will |
Oct. 1822 | Wrathall | Stephen | Coniston | Probate Burnsall - will |
Feb. 1828 | Wrathall | William | Burnsall | ____________ will |
Jul. 1830 | Wreathall | Mary | North Newbald | ____________ will |
Dec. 1838 | Wrathall | Anthony | Grassington | Probate Linton - will |
Jan. 1840 | Wrathall | Richard | Burnsall | ____________ will |
Apr. 1843 | Wrathall | Ann | Grassington | Probate Linton - will |
May 1848 | Wrathall | John | Long Preston | ____________ will |
Attached are a couple of wills I found when following up the catalogue references from the A2A site at Preston. I paid for a copy to be made of Ann's will, but Stephen's was so faint that I didn't think a copy would be readable so I transcribed it at the Record Office. I think the son, Charles, is possibly the Charles Carlton whose miniature portrait I found at Lancaster library. There is the death of a Priscilla Ann Wrathell recorded in the GRO Indexes for the 2nd qtr of 1854, registered at Bury.The wills transcribed by Derek in Apr. 2006 are as follows: For further information on this family, see the page for Charles Carlton Wrathall. For more information on the A2A data referred to by Derek, see the page concerning the Lancashire Record Office: Wrathall Catalogue Entries (1787 - 1891).
I also found under reference QSP/2226/3, the Manchester Quarter Sessions Petitions, the record of a payment to Stephen Wrathell for coal delivered, presumably to the Sessions House in Lancaster, in the 1st quarter of 1787. This must be the same Stephen.
I have now made that second trip to the Borthwick Institute and have managed to get copies of 22 Wrathall wills prior to 1858. Some are relatively easy to transcribe, and some may warrant a further visit, as I found that more can be read on the microfilm than on the printed copies...The wills (and 1 memorandum) transcribed by Derek in Jun./Jul. 2007 are as follows:
I have been to the Borthwick Institute again and run off copies of the last of the wills, admons (administrations) and tuitions. Unfortunately the tuitions and three of the admons are in Latin and all the copies are of poor quality, so for now I am only attaching the two wills and two of the admons.The wills: The admons: