| Description | Probate of will of Edwin Hughes of Penketh Farm, Smithdown Lane, Liverpool, gentleman. Appoints brother Edward Hughes and friends John Atkinson, Liverpool, photograph instrument manufacturer and [Frederick] Charles Hengler, Liverpool, circus proprietor, as trustees. Document used in Chancery legal actions. Includes on the document are notes made in the Chancery of Liverpool legal actions: a sworn affidavit by Frederick Charles Hengler, 5 Feb 1886; and the affidavits of John Henry Cooke and Albert Henry Hengler, 7 and 11 Aug 1888. Also enclosed is a letter dated 5 Aug 1941 to the Trustees of the Estate of Edwin Hughes, deceased, from the solicitors for Varina Taylor giving notice that a share of Edwin Hughes' estate was assigned to Varina Taylor. See related material. |