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Copy of Charlotte Brontë's last will and testament, offered for probate, with proof of will attached : York, 1855 Feb. 17, 1855 Apr. 18.

BIB_ID
81697
Accession number
MA 2696.47
Display Date
1855 Feb. 17, 1855 Apr. 18.
Credit line
The Henry Houston Bonnell Brontë Collection. Bequest of Helen Safford Bonnell, 1969.
Description
1 item (2 p., unbound) ; 20.5 x 37.3 cm
Notes
Consists of two documents: a manuscript copy of her original will, written on Feb. 17, 1855 and witnessed by Patrick Brontë and Martha Brown; and a printed form with manuscript additions, written on Apr. 18, 1855, declaring the validity of her will and naming Arthur Bell Nicholls as the executor. The printed form is signed by "Wm. Hudson" and "Josh. Buckle," deputy registrars for the "Exchequer and Prerogative Court of ... York."
High reserve.
Includes seal: "The Seal of the Commissary of the Exchequer & Prerogative Court of York."
Provenance
Henry Houston Bonnell; his wife, Helen Safford Bonnell.