Benjamin Bickley

???? - 15th Oct 1846

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Bristol merchant, executor and trustee of Samuel Span the younger (q.v.) and also a counterclaimant under the same awards on behalf of the late firm of William Gibbons & Co., mortgagees.

  1. Letters of Administration of personal estate and effects of Benjamin Bickley late of Meridian Place Clifton and of Ettingshall Lodge in the parish of Sedgley in the County of Stafford who died 15 October 1846 at Meridian Place aforesaid left unadministered by John Latty Bickley the son one of the Executors and the residuary legatee named in the said will were granted to Ann Elizabeth Bickley of 17 Westbourne Terrace Paddington widow the admix of the said JL Bickley. Effects under £20.

  2. William Gibbons & Co. was an ironmongers and merchants in Bristol whose partners until 1814 included William Gibson, Benjamin Bickley, John Latty Bickley and Michael Willcox.


Sources

  1. National Probate Calendar 1863.

  2. London Gazette 16983 11/02/1815 p. 241.


Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Children
John Latty Bickley, Catherine Elizabeth, Mary-Anne
Occupation
Merchant

Associated Claims (2)

£10,392 13s 7d
Awardee (Executor or executrix)
£8,304 0s 0d
Awardee (Executor or executrix)

Legacies Summary

Commercial (2)

Firm Investment
 
Partner
William Gibbons & Co.
Hardwareman & Ironmonger  
 

Relationships (2)

Business partners
Trustee → Testator
Notes →
Bickley was trustee and executor of Samuel Span the younger, whose will was proved in 1811....

Addresses (1)

Meridian Place, Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire, South-west England, England