Document Request: 1885 Will of Edmund Mortimer Leycester
Document Description: 1885 Will of Edmund Mortimer Leycester of White Place, Cookham, Maidenhead
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Document Transcription:1885 WILL OF EDMUND MORTIMER LEYCESTER
Transcribed by TR 17/01/2021
BE IT KNOWN, that at the date hereunder written, the last Will and testament of
Edmund Mortimer Leycester
late of White Place in the parish of Cookham in the County of Berks a retired Captain in the Royal Navy
deceased, who died on the 12th day of June 1888 at Cookham aforesaid
Was proved and registered in the Principal Registry of the Probate division of Her Majesty’s High Court of Justice, and that Administration of the personal estate of the said deceased was granted by the aforesaid Court to
Anna Sarah see Les sister of number 10 Ildersley Grove Dulwich in the County of Surrey, Widow the Relict of the said deceased and Hubert George Rowsell of No 2 Ormiston Road Shepherd’s Bush in the County of Middlesex Gentleman (brother of the said Anna Sarah Leycester the Executors
Named in the said Will they having been first sworn well and faithfully to administer the same
Dated the 9th day of October 1888
Gross Value of Personal Estate £2,691 - 3 - 5
This is the last Will and testament of me Edmund Mortimer Leycester of White Place in the Parish of Cookham in the County of Berks Esquire a retired Captain in the Royal Navy made the 11th day of February 1885 I appoint my dear wife Anna Sarah Leycester and her brother Hubert George Rowsell of 2 Ormiston Road Shepherd's Bush in the county of Middlesex Gentleman Executor and Executrix of this my Will and I direct them to pay all my just debts and funeral and testamentary expenses as soon as conveniently can be after my decease I give and bequeath to my daughter Isabel Emily Hanmer Edye the following articles now belonging to me a box containing mother of pearl Counters (India) A China pastille burner the shape of a Cottage ornamented with raised flowers. Water Colour painting of R N Leycester when a child. Portrait of myself as a young man. Mother of pearl and inlaid Turkish table, mother of pearl and tortoiseshell inlaid Cabinet Screen with coat of arms in needlework. Book of Cheshire by Sir Peter Leycester Baronet. Butterflies and insects in glass cases on the walls at White Place. Portrait of Mrs Mortimer. Portrait of Mr Richardson. Photograph of Sir Thomas Saunders, Water Colour Painting of Caldwell Hall. Photographs in frame of my late wife Harriet Susan Leycester. Two miniature is in guilt frames, one pair of high Silver Candlesticks, One sugar basin - silver, One silver cream jug, Four high Salt Cellars silver. One silver inkstand One soup ladle, two sauce ladles one sugar ladle. Three wine labels, 12 tea spoons, four salt spoons, one asparagus tongs (plated). I direct to my trustees and executors within six months after my decease to give to my nephew Lionel de Waldon Leycester the following article is now in my house White Place which will at my death belong to him as heirlooms and so far as I have the power to do so I bequeath the same to him, a large antique chest in the hall with fingers burnt in, a portrait of Mr John Dodson my Great Great Grandfather. A portrait of my Great Grandfather George Leycester Brother of Mr Ralph Leycester of Toft Hall Cheshire. A portrait of Mrs Dodson wife of the above John Dodson. A portrait of Mrs George Leycester the Wife of the above George Leycester. A portrait of her Sister Ann with a squirrel on her arm. The old books left by my father as heirlooms a list of which is with them on the shelves in which they all are placed they are mostly Greek and Latin another list is contained in my Father’s Will. I also give to the said Lionel de Walden Leycester as an Heirloom a ring containing the Portrait of Charles first set in brilliants also the engraving of Charles first in Oak frame the portrait of Mr John Adolphus by Reinegal now hanging in the hall of White Place. I have two copies of Sir Peter Leycester’s Book of Cheshire, one containing marginal notes by […] I give and bequeath to my daughter Mrs Isabel Hanmer Edye as before mentioned the other. I give to the said Lionel de Walden Leycester and I devise the same to him accordingly I give and bequeath to my grandson Hugh Leycester Edye the following articles Gold Watch and Chain the former belonged to my grandfather the Reverend Ralph Leycester and the Chain was given to me by my cousin Ralph Gerard Leycester of Toft Hall Cheshire. All the rest and residue of my personal estate and all the real estate which I shall be possessed of or entitled to at the time of my decease and all property over which I may have any power or disposition I give devise and bequeath absolutely to my said wife Anna Sarah Leycester her heirs executors and administrators I hear by revoke all former Wills by me at any time. A second portrait of my grandmother Mrs Mortimer I give to the Reverend S.H.B. Green vicar of Normanton Leicestershire. I desire to be buried in Cookham churchyard in the same grave as my late Wife and Son and I request my funeral maybe of the most inexpensive character as witness my hand E M Leycester signed by the said Edmund Mortimer Leycester the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us present at the same time who in his presence in the presence of each other and at his request have here unto subscribed our names as witnesses Rob’t A Ward Solicitor Maidenhead _ William John Dance clerk to Mr R A Ward Sol’r Maidenhead.
On 9 October 1888 probate of this world was granted to Anna Sarah Leycester widow and Herbert George Rowsell the Executors.
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