Transcription of Robert's Will.

(This document obtained and transcribed by Marcus Tunaley)

This will dated 14/2/1805, approved 17/4/1821.

Robert Tunaley

b. Derby 1744/45.

First Marriage:

m. Mary Needham 11-6-1770.

Mary d. Derby 1775, buried St. Alkmund's, Derby, Sept. 1775.

Second Marriage:

m. 27-1-1800 Constantia Snape.

Robert d. 11th August 1820, Derby.

Husband Henry Roch:

Thought to be godfather to

Henry Roch ("Rock") Tunaley b. 1836

Transcription of the mother Constantia's Will

(This document obtained and transcribed by Marcus Tunaley)

This will revoked following the Tunaley Court Cases of 1857

The issue here seems to be that, in her will, Constantia, the mother, left all her estate to daughter Constantia Maria, leaving out her two sons as beneficiaries. Perhaps significantly, as far as the two sons were concerned, the will was made out 16 May 1854, only shortly before Constantia died (Constantia buried Duffield, 10 June 1854).

Constantia Maria Roch (Tunaley)

b. 1804, Derby.

m. Henry Roch, 18-10-1831, Duffield, Derbyshire..

(Henry from Clifton, Bristol, and born 6 October 1786).

Couple living at Burley Grange, Quarndon, Duffield, Derbyshire.

Henry d. 2nd August, 1843, Duffield, Derbyshire.

1857 Court Case (click here) gives

Constantia Maria as Widow.

1881 Census: Constantia given as Age 77, widowed and living by

own means.

In 1881, Constantia resident at Tamworth House

Duffield, Derby, England.

Constantia died 13th. September 1886, at

Shepherds Bush Road, Hammersmith, London, home of

Theodore Drew, husband of Constantia's niece,

Ellen Constantia Drew (formerly Tunaley),

daughter of Robert James Tunaley b. 1801.

Constantia died aged 83 years.

Records show Constantia as being buried at Duffield, Derbys.