1834 Churchwardens accounts show a payment of 2s 6d to Mary for washing the interior of the church. Mary Bates remained a spinster. In 1823 she was working and living at Westbury Farm at the time of her father's death. He provided her, in his will, with an income of 12 guineas a year and a bequest of £500. She later moved out of Westbury Farm and took over the tenancy of the "Old Green Man Public House", which she ran as landlady until her death. In 1839 she also occupied a field adjacent to the pub that was part of Offley Park. SOURCE Peter Bates
Mary Elizabeth BATES |
28 Mary Bates died 19th May 1839 aged 58 years. Buried alongside her sisters Rebecca and Lydia Bates.