Thu 17 Jan 1878
William Henry Harford and William Henry Miles claimed share nos.23,24,25,27,28,29,30,95, will of William Henry Harford.
(This entry was subsequently cancelled by the Chairman of the Committee.)
Committee Meeting held at Wallbridge on Thursday the 17^th day of January 1878 @ 3,o,clock pm
Present: Chairman.
Mr William James Snape Clerk to the Company of Proprietors of the Stroudwater Navigation attended on behalf of and under a written authority from William Henry Hanford of the Old Bank Bristol, and William Henry Miles of the Old Bank Bristol being executors named in the Codicil of the Will of the late William Henry Hanford late of Barley Wood in the Parish of Wrington in the County of Somerset (who died on the 26th day of September 1877) and made out their claim to eight shares numbered 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 95 of the Undertaking of the Stroudwater Navigation and now standing in the name of the said William Henry Hanford deceased in the Books of the said Company of Proprietors by producing the Probate of the Will of the said William Henry Hanford deceased bearing date the 14^th day of December 1867 and codicil bearing date the 30^th day of May 1872 and proved in the District Registry attached to the Probate Division of Her Majestys High Court of Justice at Bristol on the 26^th day of November 1877.
And the Claim was admitted accordingly and New tickets ordered to be made out on the tickets or titles of the said William Henry Hanford deceased being delivered up.
