The will (dated Dec. 21, 1878) of Mr. Edward Earnshaw, J.P., formerly of Knaresborough, Yorkshire, but late of Ryde, Isle of Wight, who died on March 30 last, has been proved by the Rev. Edwin James Ramskill and John Rawlinson Ford, the executors, the value of the personal estate being over £26,000. The testator bequeaths to his wife, Mrs. Sophia Caroline Earnshaw, £500, and all the furniture, plate, pictures, household effects, horses, and carriages at his residence; legacies to his executors, and annuities to his brothers-in law. The residue of his real and personal estate is to be held upon trust for his wife for life, and then for his daughter, Mrs. Annie Dorothea Caroline Dare, her husband, and children.
Source: The Illustrated London News, July 8, 1882, p.50