The will (dated June 6, 1870), with five codicils (dated March 21, April 1, and Dec. 19, 1880, and Feb. 1, 1881), of Mr. John Hobson, late of Bakewell, Derbyshire, and of Rockville, Ballyshannon, Ireland, who died on Feb. 17 last, has been proved by Thomas Hyde Marriott, the nephew, John Wood, and Robert Dukinfield Darbishire, the executors, the value of the personal estate being over £40,000. The testator leaves certain railway stock and £4000, upon trust, for his niece, Mrs. Mary Hobson Spurrier; all his estate and effects at Rockville (except money and securities for money) to his friend Simon Sheil, M.D.; all his real estate in the county of York, certain real estate in Lancashire and Durham, and £10,000, upon trust, for the children of his nephew, Joshua Marriott; and a few other legacies. The residue of his real and personal estate he gives to his nephew, Thomas Hyde Marriott.
Source: The Illustrated London News, July 8, 1882, p.50