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Will of Matthew Priestnall (Wine Merchant)of Stockport - Died ????

Date of will - 19^th December 1796
Value - Effects above £2000 and below £5000
Proven at Chester diocesan consistory court on 2^nd April 1801

All my messuages, dwelling houses and tenements, edifices and buildings, cotton factories, warehouses or workshops, hereditaments and premises, lands, mines and all my parts and shares of the above. Bequeathed to son George Priestnall and daughters Martha Priestnall and Mary Priestnall who are also the executors.

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