In the High Court of Justice The district probate registry at OXFORD BE IT KNOWN that Isabel Dorothy Bishop otherwise Isobel Dorothy Bishop of “The Walk”, Carmarthen Road Llandeilo Carmarthenshire widow Died there on the 26th day of July 1963 And be it further known that at the date here underwritten the last Will and testament (a copy whereof is hereunto annexed) of the said deceased was approved and registered in the district probate registry of the High Court of Justice at Oxford And that administration of all the estate by which law devolves to and vests in the personal representative of the said deceased was granted by the aforesaid court to John Malcolm Harvey of Flat 23, Saint Margarets, London Road, Guildford, Surrey Colonel in H M Army (retired) nephew of deceased the sole executor named in the Said Will. And it is hereby certified that an Inland Revenue affidavit has been delivered wherein it is shown that the gross value of the estate in Great Britain (exclusive of what the said deceased may have been possessed of or entitled to as a trustee and not beneficially) amounts to £5723:2:5 And that the net value of the estate amounts to £5563:11:7 And it is further certified that it appears by a receipt signed by an Inland Revenue officer on the said affidavit that £56:0:0 on account of estate duty and interest on such duty has been paid Dated the 9th day of January 1964 Signed [A Crawshaw] District Registrar Extracted by Dewi I. Price, Solicitor, Llandeilo —————————————————————- This is the last Will and testament of Isabel Dorothy Bishop widow of the walk Carmarthen Road Llandeilo in the county of Carmarthen [1] I hereby revoke all former wills and testamentary dispositions heretofore made by me. [2] I appoint my nephew Lieutenant Colonel John Malcolm Harvey of Flat 23 Saint Margarets London road Guildford Surrey to be the executor and Trustee hereof. [3] I make the following requests [I] Unto my sister Gladys Mary Crocker c/o Lloyds Bank Limited Devonport, I bequeath the sum of £1000, the small wireless set in my bedroom, and all my furs. [ii] To my housekeeper Mrs K Hawkins (if still employed by me at the time of my death) I bequeath the sum of £20, my camel hair coat, and my Burberry Macintosh [4] After the payment of my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses I devise and bequeath all the rest and residue of my state and my nephew the said John Locke and Harvey absolutely. As witness my hand this 11th day of September 1962 Signed by the said Isabel Dorothy Bishop as her last will and testament in the presence of us both being present at the same time who at her request in her presence and in the presence of each other have here unto subscribed our names as witnesses

1938 WILL OF MABEL GWENDOLINE COWLAND In His Majesty’s Court Court of Justice. The Principal Probate Registry. BE IT KNOWN THAT Mabel Gwendoline Cowland of Totton Hurst Burwash in the County of Sussex formerly of Old Tree House Launceston in the County of Cornwall Widow Died on the 8th day of June 1938 at the Wellington Hotel, Tunbridge Wells in the County of Kent AND BE IT FURTHER KNOWN that at the date hereunder written the last Will and testament (a copy whereof is hereunto annexed) of the said deceased was approved and registered in the principal probate registry of His Majesty’s High Court of Justice and that administration of all the estate which by law devolves to and vests in the personal representative of the said deceased was granted by the aforesaid court to Geoffrey Fleetwood Pyne of 6 Woodside Crapstone Yelverton in the County of Devon Civil Servant the sole executor named in the said Will. And it is hereby certify that an affidavit for Inland Revenue has been delivered wearing it is shown that the gross value of the said estate in Great Britain exclusive of what the said deceased may have been possessed of or entitled to as a trustee and not beneficially amounts to £1250-4-6 And that the net value of the personal estate amounts to £ 494-7-1 And it is further certified that it appears by a Receipt signed by an inland revenue officer on the said affidavit that £14-18-6 on account of estate duty and interest on such duty has been paid Dated the 12th day of September 1938 Probate extracted by May May and Deacon 49 [illegible] ————————————————— Mabel Gwendoline Cowland at present residing at Totton Hurst Burwash in the county of Sussex formerly of Old Tree House Launceston in the county of Cornwall widow hereby revoke all testamentary dispositions heretofore made by me and declare this to be my last will [1} I appoint my brother-in-law Geoffrey Fleetwood Pyne (formerly Geoffrey Fleetwood Cowland) of Hay Town Horrabridge in the County of Devon to be the sole executor of my will [2] I bequeath the following specific legacies free of Duty: To the said Geoffrey Fleetwood Pyne if he shall prove my will and act in the trusts hereof the following articles: (a) My bureau which belonged to his great uncle Henry Cowland. (b) My walnut Queen Anne bureau formerly at St John’s Launceston in the County of Cornwall (c) My purple Wedgewood dessert service (d) My Sheffield plated urn To Reginald William John Durand Deacon my inlaid mahogany spinet [3] I give and devise the freehold dwellinghouse known as Saint Johns situated at Launceston aforesaid together with the hot buildings and land belonging to or held with the same with the rights easements and appurtenances thereto belonging or reputed to be long or there with held or enjoyed and to which I am entitled in [peversion] expectant upon the death of the survivor of the present life tenants thereof named Laura Cowland and Sara Ann Cowland to my sister-in-law Ethel Cowland absolutely subject nevertheless to any mortgage charge or encumbrance their own and to the payment of all estate and other duties becoming payable in respect thereof on my death shall transfer to some charitable institution or organisation to be approved of by my executor address some of £100 a year upon such terms and conditions as will ensure so far as is legally possible in perpetuity the payment out of the income to arise from the investment of the said sum the annual expenses of or in connection with the maintenance and repair and general upkeep of my husband's grave at South [Petherwin in] Launceston and the monument thereon to the satisfaction of my Executor. [4] I devise and bequeath all the real and personal estate not here by or in or by any codicil here to otherwise specifically disposed of by my will either as beneficially entitled thereto or under any general power including myself property known as Saint Johns on failure of the said Ethel Cowell and to comply with the condition hereinbefore mentioned [illegible] my executor upon trust that my executor shall sell the paid real estate including chattels [illlegible] and calling and sell and convert into money such part of my personal estate as does not consist of money with power to postpone such sale and conversion for such period as my executor without being liable to account may seek proper and so that any reversionary interest be not sold until it [illegible] into possession unless my executor sees special reason for sale My executor shall out of the money to arise from the sale and conversion of myself real and personal estate and out of my ready money pay my funeral and testamentary expenses and debts and shall stand possessed of the residue of the paid money upon trust for such of my sisters Ethel Margaret Harvey, Isabel Dorothy Bishop and Gladys Mary Crocker as shall be living at my death for that or her absolute use and benefit and if more than one in equal shares In witness whereof I have here unto set my hand the 16th day of August 1933

1911 Will of Isabel Emily Hanmer Edye, great grand-daughter of William Richardson of Calcutta, included as trying to trace heirlooms of William Richardson. TR 05/2020 Will of Isabel Emily Hanmer Edye BE IT KNOWN that Isabel Emily Hanmer Edye of 9 Penlee Gardens, Stoke, Devonport, in the County of Devon, Widow who at the time of her death had a fixed place of abode at Devonport within the District of the County of Devon and who died on the eleventh day of November 1916 at 9 Penlee Gardens aforesaid, a Widow made and duly executed her last Will and Testament …. and did not therein name any Executor or Residuary Legatee And be it also known that the said deceased did not die possessed of real estate [ side bar ] Sureties Isabel Dorothy Bishop (Wife of John Walter Bishop) of Brynathen, Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, and Henry Lethbridge Cowlard of Launceston in the County of Cornwall, Solicitor. AND BE IT FURTHER KNOWN that at the date hereunder written Letters of Administration with the Will of all the eastate which by law devolves to and vests in the personal representative of the said Isabel Emily Hanmer Edye deceased were granted by His Majesty’s High Court of Justice at the District Probate Registry thereof at Exter to Ethel Marguerite Harvey of 9 Penless Gardens aforesaid, Widow, one of the natural and lawful children and one of the next of kin of the said deceased. Dated the 12th day of February 1917 Gross value of Estate … £930.5.9 Net value of Personal Estate £805.13.7 Extracted by Cowlard Grylls & Cowlard Solicitors Launceston I Isabel Emily Hanmer Edye of 9 Penlee Gardens Stoke Davenport widow declare this to be my last will and testament I give and bequeath to my daughters who survive me all my furniture jewelry plate china pictures and curios and other articles and effects of household or personal use or ornament (except as in hereinafter provided) with the request that they will divide the same in accordance with any memorandum or paper signed by me and deposited with this my will or left among my papers but such memorandum shall not be deemed to form part of my will or to have any testamentary character. All such articles and efects of the kind above mentioned as shall not be mentioned in the memorandum aforesaid I give and bequeath to my son Hugh to whom I also give the watch and chain, studs & cigarette case which belonged to hid father. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this twenty sixth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eleven Isabel Emily Hanmer Edye Signed by the said Testatrix in the presence of us both being present at the same time who at her request in her presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses Florence Ware 10 Ker Street Devonport Florence Emma Hornsby 11 Phillimore st Devonport Affidavit filed as to Memorandum referred to in Will On the twelfth day of February 1917 Administration (with this Will) of the Estate of the Testatrix was granted at Exeter to Ethel Marguerite Harvey Widow one of the natural and lawful children and one of the next of kin.

LAST WILL & TESTAMENT OF WILLIAM PENGILLEY RICHARDSON BE IT KNOWN, that at the date hereunder written, the last Will and Testament of William Richardson otherwise William Pengilley Richardson of Brunswick Lodge Vauxhall in the County of Surrey deceased, who died on the 31st day of January 1895 at Brunswick Lodge aforesaid. was proved and registered in the Principal Probate Registry of Her Majesty’s High Court of Justice, and that administration of the personal estate of the said deceased as granted by the aforesaid Court to Alfred James Richardson Simmonds [1] (in the will called Alfred Simmonds) of Grove House Teddington [2] in the County of Middlesex Postmaster the Nephew of the said deceased one of the Executors named in the said Will he having been first sworn well and faithfully to administer the same. Power reserved of making the like Grant to William Richardson the son of the said deceased the other Executor named in the said Will. Dated the 28th day of March 1895 Gross value of personal estate £6566. 9/9d William Pengilley Richardson Brunswick Lodge, Vauxhall London SW July 1890 I William Richardson of Vauxhall in the County of Surrey being of Sound and disposing mind memory and understanding do make this my last Will and Testament. After paying all my debts, Funeral and Testamentary expenses I give and bequeath to my lawful Wife Sarah Richardson the Interest of [money] namely Six thousand pounds arising from the said [Deed] above, [hriv] invested by and in the 2 3/4% Govt Consols in the Bank of England for her Natural Term of life. Also a Life Policy effected in the Sun Life Office for 300£ I leave to my Dear Wife for her own use as she may direct also all my household goods, furniture, plate, books and after her decease to my Daughters Louisa and Annie Richardson the furniture and other goods that may be in my posession at my decease. At the decease of my wife Sarah Richardson I Will and Bequeath to each of my 7 Children the following [sums] of money making the Total 6000£ To my Eldest Son William Richardson Grocer of Maidenhead Five Hundred Pounds To Joseph Richardson now of Chesham Bucks Five hundred Pounds To Alfred Richardson now residing in Lavender Hill Clapham Junction Five Hundred Pounds Also to David Morris Richardson now residing at Brunswick Lodge Vauxhall Seven hundred and fifty pounds Also to my eldest daughter Mrs [Harriett] Elliot Seven hundred and fifty pounds Also to my daughter Louisa Richardson Fifteen hundred pounds Also to my youngest daughter Annie Richardson Fifteen hundred pounds. The above Sums left to my 7 Children by me at the decease of their Mother will make up the Total now standing in my Name in the Bank of England. In case either of the Sons die the money to be divided between the two left (except in the case of death of my eldest son William then the money I will and bequeath to his children. If either of the daughters die before my wife then I direct that the amount above mentioned be divided between the two left, Except in the case of the death of Mrs H Elliott then it is my Will that the Amount above mentioned be invested for the Benefit of her Two children Willm and [Bertie] Elliot[3] until they are 24 years of age. If not living the money to be equally divided between my daughters then [living]. I also give my Wife if she desires it Power to sell out 500£ Stock to purchase a freehold house at my decease for a dwelling for herself and daughters which house and Property I direct and will at her decease to my two daughters Louisa and Annie Richardson for their future use. The 500£ [Purchase] money to come out equaly of the above daughters share of property as [here] specified in this my Will. I do hereby apoint my Eldest Son Willm Richardson of Maidenhead also my Nephew Mr Alfred Simmons of Teddington my Executors in this my Will hereby revoking and making Void all former and other Wills [To] declare this to be my last. In Witness Whereof I have hereunto put my hand and seal this Twenty eighth day of July, 1890 [ mark of seal ] William Richardson. Signed and Sealed by the said Estator William Richardson in the presence of us present at the same time Who [in] has [preserved] have subscribed our Names as Witnesses Charles Blackman Brunswick Wharf Vauxhall Ernest Buckler Martin 126 Disraeli Road Putney SW RESEARCH NOTES 1. This is the first record of Alfred James Richardson Simmonds in my family research, congratulations to Andrew Sich for getting to him first! I have added him as a third son of Ann Richardson, William’s sister. 2. Possibly Grove House, King Edwards Grove, Teddington, Greater London TW11 9LY 3. Names of the children not previously known 4. Interesting to note that William was not mentioned in his brother’s Will. William wrote his own Will in July 1890, six months after his brother Charles passed away. William lived at Brunswick House by the Vauxhall Depot, believed owned by his late brother so it is possible that he was never involved in the family firm. In the 1881 Census he was resident at Brunswick Lodge but his profession was Manager of the Cornish Line (presumably a service running from Nine Elms station across the road). William left a relatively modest estate compared to his brother Charles. However William’s son Alfred did a become a manager of A&WT.

BE IT KNOWN, that at the date hereunder written. Letters of Administration of the prersonal Estate of Clara Adolphus late of No 8 Connaught Street Hyde Park in the County of Middlesex deceased, who died on the 13th day of August 1892 at No 8 Connaught Street aforesaid a Widow and intestate, were granted by Her Majesty’s High Court of Justice at the Principal Registry of the Probate Division thereof to Emily Richardson of 8 Connaught Street aforesaid Spinster the lawful niece and one of the persons entitled in distribution to the personal Estate of the said intestate, she having been first sworn well and faithfully to admminister the same Caroline Hebeler Widow the natural and lawful sister and only next of kin of the said Intestate having renounced the Letters of Administration of her personal Estate Dated the 23rd day of September 1892 Gross value of Personal Estate £189 – 13 – 5

H1 CHARLES RICHARDSON 1817 - 1890 ! BE IT KNOWN, that at the date hereunder written, the last Will and Testament of Charles Richardson late of Cary Castle, St Mary Church in the County of Devon Esquire —— ! deceased, who died on the 30th day of January 1890 at Cary Castle aforesaid ————-! was proved and registered in the Principal Probate Registry 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: ! Alexander Richardson of Eynham House, Shepherd’s Bush in the County of Middlesex Merchant and Walter Thomas Richardson of No 66 Addison Road in the said County of Middlesex Merchant the sons of the deceased the Executors named in the said Will they having been first sworn well and faithfully to administer the same.! Dated the 8th day of March 1890! Gross value of Personal Estate £161,6921! ! ! 1 Today £161,692 would be worth between £13 million and £160 million - http://www.measuringworth.com/ukcompare/ relativevalue.php  H1 CHARLES RICHARDSON 1817 - 1890 This is the last Will and Testament of me Charles Richardson of Cary Castle St Mary Church near Torquay in the County of Devon Esquire.! 1. I hereby revoke all Wills and testamentary dispositions heretofore made by me and declare this to be my last Will.! 2. I hereby appoint my sons Alexander Richardson and Walter Thomas Richardson to be the Executors and Trustees of this my Will.! 3. I devise and bequeath all the estates which at my death shall be vested in me upon any trusts or by way of mortgage and of which I shall at my death have power to dispose by Will unto the said Alexander Richardson and William Thomas Richardson their heirs executors and administrators respectively according to the nature thereof respectively Upon the trusts and subject to the equity of redemption which at my death shall be subsisting or capable of taking effect therein respectively.! 4. I devise and bequeath my freehold messuage known as ‘Eynham House’ situate at Wood Lane Shepherds Bush in the County of Middlesex and my leashold messuages situate at No 16 Clifton Villas and No 11 Westbourne Terrace North in the County of Middlesex with the outbuildings and land rights easements and appurtenances thereto belonging to my Son Alexander Richardson his heirs executors administrators and assigns according to the tenure thereof respectively.! 5. I devise and bequeath my freehold messuage known as Thornhill situate at St Marys Church aforesaid and my leasehold messuages known as The Royal Hotel and St George’s Terrace respectively situate at Babbicombe and St Marys Church in the said County of Devon with the outbuildings and lands rights easements and appurtenances thereto belonging to my Son Walter Thomas Richardson his heirs executors administrators and assigns according to the tenure thereof respectively.! 6. I devise my freehold messuage and land situate in the County of Eden in the District of Auckland in the Colony of New Zealand to my son Frederick Charles Richardson his heirs and assigns.! 7. I devise and bequeath all those my freehold Wharf and premises known as Brunswick Wharf situate at Vauxhall in the County of Surrey and the Goodwill of the business of a Wharfinger and Merchant carried on by me thereon with the stock in trade craft plant and implements horses and carts and other effects of and used in connection with such businesses. And all those my freehold brickfields lands and hereditaments situate at Wood Lane Shepherds Bush in the County of Middlesex and the Goodwill of the business of a Brick Manufacturer carried on by me thereon with the stock in trade plant and implements horses and carts and other effects of and used in connection with such business. And also all my freehold messuages wharves brickfields cement works mill, land and hereditaments situate at Teynham in the County of Kent and the Goodwill of the businesses of a brick and cement manufacturer and Merchant carried on by me thereon with the stock in trade craft plant railway and implements horses and carts and other effects of and used in connection with such businesses. And also all my estate term and interest in all those my leasehold wharf and premises known as No 6 South Wharf situate at Paddington in the County of Middlesex and the Goodwill of the businesses of a Wharfinger and Merchant carried on by me thereon with the stock in trade craft plant and implements horses and carts and other effects of and used in connection with such businesses. And also all monies owing to me at the time of my decease on account of or in respect of any of the said several businesses with all securities for the same and also all moneys owing to me on the balance of current accounts at the Western Branch of the Bank of England in Burlington Gardens London unto the said Alexander Richardson and Walter Thomas Richardson their heirs executors and administrators according to the nature and quality thereof respectively. Upon trust (subject to the payment and surcharge thereout of all debts and liabilities in respect of the said several businesses) for my said sons their heirs executors and H1 CHARLES RICHARDSON 1817 - 1890 administrators as tenants in common if they shall within four calendar months next after my decease have executed Articles of Partnership for the purpose of carrying on in Partnership together the same several businesses and shall have included in such Articles the usual Clause for the reference of all disputes to Arbitration but if such Articles of Partnership shall not have been executed before the expiration of the said period then the said real and personal estate hereinbefore devised and bequeathed in trust shall fall into and form part of my residuary estate and be dealt with accordingly.! I devise and bequeath to the said Alexander Richardson and Walter Thomas Richardson their heirs executors administrators and assigns that my leasehold messuage and premises known as Cary Castle situate at St Mary Church aforesaid with the horses and carriages books pictures plate linen china furniture and household effects in or about the same and all other my real chattel real and personal estate (except what I have otherwise disposed of by this my Will).
 Upon trust that they the said Alexander Richardson and Walter Thomas Richardson or the survivors of them or other the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of this my Will (hereinafter called my Trustees) shall sell call in and convert into money such parts of the said real chattel real and personal estate as shall not consist of money but with full power to postpone the sale or conversion of the whole or any part thereof during such period as they shall think proper And shall by and out of the monies to arise from such sale calling in an conversion and the ready money of which I shall be possessed at my death and of which I have not otherwise disposed of by this my Will pay my funeral and testamentary expenses and debts (other than debts owing by me at the time of my decease in respect of the hereinbefore mentioned several businesses) and shall hold the residue of the same monies In trust thereout to pay and set apart free from the Legacy duty thereon the following sums (that is to say)
 To pay to my son Alexander Richardson the sum of Twenty thousand pounds
 To my son Walter Thomas Richardson the sum of Twenty thousand pounds. To my son Frederick Charles Richardson the sum of Twelve thousand pounds. To my son George Canning Richardson the sum of Twelve thousand pounds. To my brother William Richardson the sum of Six thousand pounds. To Annie Simmonds and Henry Simmonds the children of my sister Mrs Ann Simmonds the sum of One thousand five hundred pounds each. To my Sister Mrs Ruth Jeffrys the sum of Three thousand pounds for her separate use To my Niece Mrs Jane Best the sum of Five hundred pounds. To my grandson Humphry Taylor2 the sum of Two thousand pounds. To my Clerk Mr Arthur Broad (provided he be in my employment or that of my said Sons Alexander and Walter Thomas at my decease) the sum of Two thousand pounds. To my Clerk Mr Henry Gawthorn (provided he be in such employment as aforesaid at my decease) the sum of One thousand five hundred pounds. To my solicitor Mr Arthur Vere Archer Powys the sum of One thousand pounds. To my Housekeeper Mrs Alice Page Wills the sum of two hundred and fifty pounds such sum to be paid to her as soon as may be after my decease for her immediate requirements.! Also to set apart and purchase in the name or names of the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of this my Will the sum of eight thousand pounds Two and three quarters per Cent Consolidated Stock to be held in trust during the life of the said Alice Page Wills and as from the time of my decease to pay to her the dividends to accrue thereon during her life for her separate use and after the death of the said Alice Page Wills to hold the said sum of Consolidated Stock and the income thereof in trust for such person or persons for such purposes and in such manner in all respects as the said Alice Page Wills shall by Will or Codicil appoint.! 8. 9. 2 One of his daughters may have married a Taylor, neither of his daughters mentioned in Will H1 CHARLES RICHARDSON 1817 - 1890 10. Also to set apart the sum of Ten Thousand pounds and to lay out the same in the names or name of the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of this my Will in or upon any securities in or upon which such funds or Cash under the control of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice may for the time being be authorised by Law to be invested but not in any other mode of investment with power from time to time to vary or transpose such securities into or for others of the same or a like nature at their or his discretion. And I direct that the said securities shall as from the time of my decease be held upon the following trusts (that is to say) In Trust during the life of my son William Richardson to pay the income of such securities by half yearly payments to the said William Richardson or to apply the same for his maintenance support or benefit at the absolute discretion of my Trustees unless and until he shall become Bankrupt or shall assign or chargew or attempt to assign or charge the said Income or any other event shall happen whereby if the same belonged absolutely to him he would be deprived of the personal enjoyment thereof in which case my Trustees shal henceforth in their uncontrolled discretion pay or apply all or any part of such income to or for the benefit of the said William Richardson as my Trustees shall think fit and so much of the said manner as shall not be applied or disposed of by my said Trustees under the discretionary power hereinbefore contained shall sink into my residuary estate. And after the decease of the said William Richardson the securities representing the said Ten Thousand Pounds shall sink into and form part of my said residuary estate.! 11. I direct that the Legacy duty on the pecuniary legacies hereinbefore bequeathed free of Legacy duty shall be paid out of my general personal estate.! 12. And subject to aforesaid the said residuary monies and the investments for the time being representing the same shall be in trust for my said sons Alexander Richardson and Walter Thomas Richardson their executors administrators and assigns absolutely and in equal shares. ! 13. And lastly I desire that my Solicitor Mr Arthur Vere Archer Powys shall be employed by the said Trustees or Trustee for the time being as Professional Advisor in the Administration of my estate and the execution of the trusts of this my Will.In witness whereof I the said Charles Richardson have to each sheet of this my Will contained in five sheets of paper set my hand this 10th day of August one thousand eight hundred and eighty nine.
 
 Charles Richardson 


WILL of Malcolm de Saumarez Edye R.N. [ADMON WILL] BE IT KNOWN THAT Malcolm de Saumarez Edye of Stoke Damerel, Devonport in the County of Devon, Esquire, a retired Lieutenant R.N. Who at the time of his death had a fixed place of abode at Stoke Damerel within the District of the County of Devon And who died on the 10th day of May 1902 At 9 Penlee Gardens, Stoke Damerel aforesaid. Made and duly executed his last Will and Testament and did therein name William Adolphus Edye and Rafe Neville Leycester Executors And be it also known that the said Rafe Neville Leycester died in the lifetime of the said deceased and the said William Adolphus Edye has duly renounced the probate and execution of the said Will. AND BE IT FURTHER KNOWN that at the date hereunder written letters of administration with the will of all the estate which by law devolved to invests in the personal representative of the said Malcolm de Saumarez Edye deceased were granted by his majesties High Court of Justice at the district probate registry thereof at Exeter to Isabel Emily Hanmer Edye of 9 Penlee Gardens aforesaid, Widow the Relict of the deceased. The Universal Legatee and Divisee for life or widowhood named in the said Will. Dated the 17th day of September 1902 Gross value of Estate… £ 6180.17.3 New value of Personal Estate: £ 6061.16.10 [Reserved] Feb 1903 £3460-12-3 Extracted by Wollercombe & Sons, Solicitors, Plymouth This is the last Will of me Malcolm de Saumarez Edye of the parish of Stoke Damerel in the county of Devon Esquire. I hearby revoke all former Wills and testamentary disposition is executive by me. I appoint William Adolphus Edye of the parish of Stoke Damerel aforesaid and Rafe Neville Leycester of White Place, Cookham, Berkshire (hereinafter called “my trustees”) to be the executors and trustees of this my Will. And I appoint my wife Isabel Emily and Tim during her life and after her death my trustees or the survivor of them to be the guardian and guardians of my infant children. I give and devise unto my dear wife all my property both real and personal for her life if she should so long continue my widow and I declare that from and after her decease or second marriage (which shall first happen) my trustees shall stand possessed of all my property. Interest to convert into money the same and invest the proceeds in any investments authorised by lawful trust funds with power to vary such investments at their discretion. And to divide the surplus equally among all my children who being sons shall attain the age of 21 years or being daughters shall attain that age or marry under that age with the consent of the guardian or guardians for the time being. Provided always that if any child of mine shall die in my lifetime having a child or children who shall survive me and being a son or sons shall attain the age of 21 years or being a daughter or daughters shall attain that age or marry then and in every such case the last mentioned child or children shall take (and if more than one equally between them) the share which his her or their parents would have taken of and in my property if such parents had survived me and attained the age of 21 years. And I declare that if at the decease or second marriage of my said wife any child or grandchild entitled in expectancy to a share under this my will shall be under the age of 21 years then and in every such case my trustees may apply the whole or any part of the income of the expectant share of such minor for or towards his or her maintenance and education with liberty to pay the same to the Guardian or any of the guardians of such minor for the purpose of foresaid without being liable to see to the application thereof and shall invest the residue (if any) of the said income and the resulting income thereof so as to accumulate at compound interest to the intent that such accumulation shall be added to the principal share from which the same shall have arisen and follow the destination thereof but my trustees may at any time resort to the accumulations of any preceding year or years and applied the same for towards the maintenance or education of any period for the time being presumptively entitled thereto. And I also declare that my wife made during her life or previous to a second marriage and after her death or second marriage my trustees raise any part or parts not exceeding together one moiety of the expectant share of any child or grandchild under this my Will and apply the same for his or her advancement preferment or benefits as she or they shall think fit. And I declare that my trustees may postpone the conversion of any part of my property for so long as they shall think fit. And the income of the unconverted property shall from the death or second marriage of my wife go in the same manner as the income of the proceeds thereof would have been applicable if the same had been converted. In witness whereof I have set my hand to this my will the 17th day of April 1883 Malcolm de Saumarez Edye Signed by the above named Malcolm de Saumarez Edye as his last will in the presence of us both being present at the same time who in his presence and the presence of each other have here unto subscribed our names as witnesses. John Neville James William Adolphus Edye On the 17th of September 1902 administration (with this will) of the Estate of the Testator was granted at Exeter to Isabel Emily Hanmer Edye Widow the Relict the Universal Legacee and Devisee for life or widowhood

1883 WILL OF RAFE NEVILLE LEYCESTER BE IT KNOWN that Rafe Neville Leycester Late of No 53 Warwick Road Kensington in the County of Middlesex —— Deceased, who died on the 18th day of November 1883 At No 53 Warwick Road aforesaid a Bachelor ————————————————————— Made and duly executed his last Will and Testament And did therein name John Alexander Strong sole Executor who has renounced the probation and execution thereof. That there is no residuary Legatee named therein__ That Ethel Marguerite Edye spinster and Mabel Gwendoline Edye Spinster (minors) and Isabel Dorothy Edye Spinster, Hugh Leycester Edye and Gladys Mary Edye Spinster (infants) are the lawful and only Nephew and Nieces of the said deceased and as such Contingent Legatees named in the said Will. That Edmund Mortimer Leycester the natural and lawful father and next of kin of the said deceased has renounced the Letters of Administration (with the said Will annexed) of his personal estate. ____________ And be at further known, that at the date here under written, letters of administration with the will of the personal estate of the said deceased were granted by Her Majesty’s High Court of Justice at the Principal Registry of the Probate Division thereof to Malcolm de Saumarez Edye of [Maidensinke] Teignmouth in the county of Devon Esquire, the natural and lawful father and next of kin of the said minors and infants, and the curator or guardian duly elected by the said Minors, for the use and benefit of the said Minors and Infants and until one of them shall attain the age of 21 years he the said Malcolm de Saumarez Edye having been first sworn well and faithfully to administer the same. Dated the 16th day of January 1884 Gross value of personal estate, £2005.11.6 Resworn Feb 1884 £1,781.11.6 My Will. My income at present is derived from the following sources 1st. pension £170 which of course dies with me _ 2nd £200 lent to my Father for which he pays me interest of 6% 3rd. I have £496 in the Otago & Southland Investment Co, 5 Adams Court Old Broad St. E.C. The present value of my shares are now however considerably about that sum in value from this I get 8% interest with an occasional bonus. 4th. I have £450 in New Zealand Stock yielding 41/2 p Cent this being a portion of my dear Mother’s money accruing to me on my Father’s 2nd marriage. 5. I share equally with my Sister mortgage money payable by my Father on the Cottages & Orchards at Widbrook (and also in value of Little Galvesleys) this (my share) amounts to about £15 per ann. 6. I have the 1/2 of £50 invested. The Official & General Building Society. At my death I wish the following arrangements to be carried out. 1st. The interest on the loan to my father to cease and at his death the money (£200) to be divided equally between Nephew or Nephews and Nieces but they are not to have it till they respectively come of age the interest in the meanwhile being allowed to accumulate. 2nd My shares in the Otago & Southland Inv. Co are likewise to be equally divided among my said Nephews & Nieces on their respectively coming of age they are similarly not to draw the interest till that period it being added to the capital or otherwise, it invested as may be deemed most fit. 3rd. The interest on the £450 New Zealand Stock I wish to be enjoyed by my Aunt Miss Jane Clephane Neville during her lifetime at her death the Capital being divided among my said Nephews and Nieces on their respectively coming of age as provided for in the last two paragraphs. 4 at my death my father shall cease to pay my share of the interest on the mortgage and his decease of my said Nephews and Nieces equally to share my interest in the said mortgage but as hereinbefore provided they are not to derive any advantage from it till they respectively come of age. Before any of these provisos are carried out my funeral expenses to be defrayed out of my estate I wish £10 to be given to my dear old friend Miss Florence Augustus Beare for the purpose of buying a ring in memory of me I wish I wish £10 to be given to my dear friend Miss Bessie Robertson Ross for the same purpose and to my old friend Mr J A Strong Esquire for the same purpose. I have all my life being poor and unable to marry or have a home & family in order to help the tradespeople to get rich I have had to live like a “gentleman” with only the income of a mechanic in order to carry out the requirements of “Society” which is ready enough to find fault with the antiquity of your coat or the shabbiness of your boots but will not give you a penny to save you from starvation. It is my particular desire therefore that no avoidable expense shall be incurred for my funeral. I am to be put into the commonest possible coffin I conveyed in the cheapest way to the Parish Church of Cookham Maidenhead Berks. I wish my body to be interred in the same ground with that of my dear mother since his death I have no wish to live as in her I lost my all. All my books pictures &c I wish my sister to have or should she be dead my said Nephews and Nieces but but should at my death any of my friends wish to have a souvenir of me they may take what they like I have not many friends so it can easily be arranged. I appoint my old friend Mr J A Strong to be my executor as which he consented to be some years ago. Farewell my father, sister, Malcolm, Nephews, Nieces, Anna and all other relations and friends, God have mercy on my soul when he sees fit to take it away through Jesus Christ our Lord and may we all once more meet my dear mother in the land where the weary are at rest _ R. N. Leycester _ 30th October 1883_ had I had more money I should have liked to leave legacies to others of my relations and friends but it is not worth while dividing so little _ R N Leycester _ 2 Nov ’83 _ Witness, Thos. J Soper _ Witness, Fannie W. Chapman. Affidavit of due execution filed On the 16th of January 1884 Admon (with this will annexed of the effects of the testator was granted to Malcolm de Saumarez Edye Esquire the natural and lawful father and next of kin of Ethel Marguerite Edye spinster and Mabel Gwendoline Edye Spinster (minors) and Isabel Dorothy Edye Spinster Hugh Leycester Edye and Gladys Mary Edye Spinster (Infants) the contingent legatees named in the said Will.

The Will of Henry James Walton Neville Henry James Walton Neville was a grandson of William Richardson of Gainford, William’s youngest daughter Harriet married James Neville, a Royal Navy Captain, and Henry was their youngest son. He had a successful career as a civil engineer specialising in seaports and breakwaters around the coast of England and Ireland. The will is ridiculously long-winded, to the extent that the boring bits (dictated via Siri) have not been fully proofread. The Will, upon close inspection, reveals a few tidbits. There appear to be two illegitimate children, Henry Neville Membury and Clara Neville Cooper, both incorporating his surname and both provided for. His own son, Henry Walton Neville, was born in 1868 and died in the same year, before the first Codicil, so he had no heirs, but at the age of 50 he still hoped to have a child and heir. He left nothing to his elder sister Jane. On the 28th day of March 1874 the will with two codicils thereto of Henry James Walton Neville formerly of No 2 Walton Place New Brompton Gillingham in the county of Kent but late of No. 15 Middleton Park Queenstown in the county of Cork in Ireland, Civil Engineer deceased who died on the 28th day of January 1874 at No. 15 Middleton Park aforesaid was proved in the Principal Registry of Her Majesty’s Court of Probate by the Oaths of Louisa Priscilla Neville of number nine Cromwell Street Plymouth in the County of Devon Widow the Relict, one of the executors named in the said Will and Benjamin James Pain of Haulbowline in the said county of Cork Accountant the Executor named in the first codicil they having been first sworn duly to administer, George Henry Salmon the other executor named in the said Will having renounced the Probate and execution of the said Will and codicils. Effects under £5000 No Leaseholds  This is the last Will and Testament of me Henry James Walton Neville of Number 2 Walton Place, New Brompton in the parish of Gillingham in the county of Kent, Civil Engineer. I appoint my dear wife Louisa Priscilla Neville and my friends George Fisher of Number two Walton Place New Brompton aforesaid Gentleman and George Henry Salmon of Number 2 Montague Villas New Brompton aforesaid Gentleman Executrix and Executors and Trustees of this my Will I give and bequeath to each of them the said George Fisher and Henry Salmon the sum of five pounds as an acknowledgement for the trouble of executing my Will I give and bequeath to my said wife Louisa Priscilla Neville for her absolute use all my wines liquors fuel and other consumable household stores and provisions household furniture plate linen China books papers prints and other household effects belonging to me at my decease and also the legacy or sum of twenty five pounds for her immediate purposes. I give and bequeath to Henry Neville Membury of number 2 West Place [Walworth] in the county of Surrey the legacy or sum of one hundred pounds sterling free of legacy duty I give and bequeath to my said trustees their executors administrators and assigns the sum of three hundred pounds upon trust to invest the same conformably to the provisions for investment hereinafter contained and to pay the dividends interest and annual produce thereof to Jane Mary Pallot of Number 2 Windsor Terrace Saint Helier Jersey during her life and after her death to stand preferred of the said sum or the stocks funds and securities were on the same may be invested and subject to the provisions for maintenance and advancement hereafter contained to accumulate the yearly income by investment comfortably to the said provision for investment until the daughter of the said Jane Mary Pallot now residing with her and commonly called Clara Cooper shall attain the age of 21 years or die under that age and if she shall attain that age thereupon to transfer to her both the original sums and the accumulations but if she shall die under that age then to transfer to the said JaneMary Pallott the same original funds and the accumulations for her own absolute use and benefit I give and bequeath to my said trustees all the residue of my personal estate and effects upon trust to convert and get in the same as to invest the net monies to arise there from after payment that out of my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses conformably to the provision for investment herein after contained and upon further trust to pay to or permit and empower my said wife to receive the annual income of the said net monies or the stocks funds at securities where on the same may be invested during her life as and when the same shall become but and not by way of anticipation and while revert free from the house debts and engagements of any husband with whom she may intermarry and for which income receipts alone shall be sufficient discharges to my trustees and after her death as to the same monies stocks funds and securities and the annual income the 4th to become but for the same in trust for my child if only out holy or for all my children if more than one in equal shares but if any of them being a son or sons shall be under the age of 21 years or being a daughter or daughters shall be under that age without having been married then in trust as to as well the share originally limited under the preceding trust as the share eventually limited under this executory trust to any and every child so dying for the others and other of my children and if more than one in equal shares but if there shall be no child of mine who being a son shall attain the age of 21 years or being a daughter shall attain that age or marry then as to the same trust monies and the annual income the 4th to arrange but in trust for such person or persons as my said wife was well over or so shall buy any deed or deeds with or without power of revocation and new appointments or by her last will and testament of points and in default of such appointments and subject to any partial appointments in trust for the person or persons who at the decease of my said wife shall be of my blood and of Phil to me and who under the statutes for the distribution of the personal estates of intestates would be entitled to my personal estate if I were to die immediately after the death of my said widow such persons if more than one to take in the proportions prescribed by the same statutes I give and devise all the real estate if any excepts estates vested in me as trustee or mortgagee which I shall be seized off or in titled at my decease to my said wife her as and assigns I direct that all investments of trust monies monies under the trusts or provisions of this my will shall be made by my said trustees in their names in or upon some out or more of the investment securities following that is to say the public stocks or funds or governmental securities of the United Kingdom or any of the stocks funds bonds or securities of any colonies or dependence is that two or upon the bonds the ventures or dementia stock of any railway canal or board company in England authorised by special act of parliament and at the time of the investment thereon respectively paying dividends or of any real or leasehold securities in England such leaseholds having a lot less than 60 years until expiry at the time of the investment their own respectively and I declare that my said trustees may from time to time very all transfers such stocks funds and securities into or for any other of the same or a life nature nevertheless I direct that where any person shall be entitled to receive as owner for life the root of the said trust monies when invested the investment shall not be made or varied without the previous consent in writing of such person I declare that my said trustees shall have power to apply the whole or any part of the annual interest to which each or any object being a minor of the respective trusts and provisions hearing before contained shall be in titled in profession in or towards the maintenance or come to newish and or otherwise for the benefit of such objects during minority and the unapplied income shall be accumulated and the accumulations thereof shall be liable to be applied in like manner and subject to such liability shall be deemed blank to the capital where the same income arose and also power to apply any parts not exceeding one half part of the capital to which such or any object of the same respective trusts and provisions shall be in titled in profession or a version in or towards the establishment or advancement in the world of such objects but so that if the object be entitled in reversion such application shall not be made without the consent in writing of the previous blank I declare that my said trustees shall have a discretionary power to postpone for such period as to them shall seem expedient the conversion or getting in of any part of my residuary personal estate which shall ask Mike to see is consist of shares in public companies or of stocks funds or securities of any description whatsoever but the outstanding personal estate shall be subject to the trusts hearing before contained blank the money and funds and securities aforesaid and the yearly proceeds thereof shall be blank annual income for the purposes of such trusts I devise to my trustees hearing before named all the real states if any which shall at my decease be invested in me as trustee or mortgagee subject to the trusts and equities affecting the same respectively I am per my said trustees to give receipts for all monies and effects to be paid or delivered to them by virtue of my will and declare that such receipts shall exaggerate the persons taking the same from all liability to see to the application disposition of the money or effects there in mention I declare that if my said trustees or either of them shall die in my lifetime or if they for either of them or any person or persons to be appointed under this clause shall after my death die or disclaim or be unwilling incompetent or unfit to execute the trusts of my will or desire to retire from the effort it shall be lawful for the competent trustees or trustee for the time being if any whether refusing or retiring from the affects of trustee or not or if notes for the proofing executors or executor for the time being or the administrators or administrator for the time being of the last surviving or continuing trustee my trust estates shall vest or by proper arts or sciences be invested and that the trustees or trustee for the time being of my will shall be competent to or no to exercise of the powers and discretion is given to the trustees here in named and I exempt every trustee of my will from liability for losses occurring without his own wilful default and authorise him to retain and allow to his co-trustee all expenses incremental to the trusteeship lastly I revoke all other wills in witness whereof I have here unto set my hand this four day of June 1867 – Henry James Walton Neville – signed by the said testate all Henry James Walton level as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us present at the same time who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have here unto subscribed our names as witnesses Geo Winch Solicitor Chatham- Geo Moss his Clerk This is the first codicil to the last Will and testament of me Henry James Walton Neville late of number 2 Walton Place New Brompton Gillingham in the county of Kent England and now of Number 15 Middleton Park Queenstown in the County of Cork Ireland Civil Engineer which Will bears the fourth day of June 1867 whereas by my said Will I have devised and bequest certain real and personal estate and given certain powers to my wife Louisa Priscilla Neville and my friends George Fisher of number 2 Walton Place New Brompton aforesaid gentleman and George Henry Simon of number 2 Montague Villers New Road Brompton aforesaid gentleman as trustees and appointed them executors of my will and bequeathed to each of them the said George Fisher and George Henry Simon a legacy of £5 as an acknowledgement for the trouble of executing my will. Now I revoke my said well so far as the said George Fisher is an object there of and substitute Benjamin James Pain of Haulbowline in the county of Cork aforesaid accountant in his place and declare that my Said Will shall take affect in the same manner as if the names of the said Louisa Priscilla Neville George Fisher and George Henry Simon but I confirm my said will in other respects in witness whereof I have here unto set my hand this 18th day of September 1872 – Henry James Walton Neville– signed by the said testator as and for a Codicil to his last will and testament in the presence of past present at the same time who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have here unto subscribed our names as witnesses Donald McFarlane five grahams Terrace Queenstown Island George JBC year six Harringtons Garden Terrace Saint Lukes Cork Ireland. This is the second codicil to the last Will and testament of me Henry James Walton Neville late of number 2Walton Place New Brompton Gillingham in the county of Kent England and no of number 15 Middleton Park Queenstown in the county of Cork Ireland civil engineer which will bears late the fourth day of June 1867 whereas by myself will after giving and bequeathing certain benefits and pecuniary legacies I have given and bequeath to my trustees there in names all the residue of my personal estate and effects upon trust for sale and conversion and investment of the net monies arising therefrom and upon further trust to pay to my wife Louisa Priscilla the income of the said net monies or the stocks funds and securities were on the same may be invested during her life as hearing mentioned and after her death as to the same monies stocks funds and securities and the annual income that henceforth to become part for the same in trust for my child if only at holy or for all my children if more than one in equal shares but if any of them being a son or sons shall die under the age of 21 years or being a daughter or daughters should die under that page without having been married then in trust as to as well the share originally Ltd under the preceding trust as the share eventually limited and that's executory trust to any and every child so dying for the others and other of my children and if more than one in equal shares but if there should be no child of mine who being a son should attend attain the age of 21 years or being a daughter should attain that age or Mary then as to the same trust monies and the annual income the 4th to accrue but for the same in trust for such person or persons as my said wife should in manner therein mentioned a point and in default of such appointment and subject to any partial appointment in trust for the person or persons who at the decease of my said wife should be of my blood and of kin to me and who under the statutes for the distribution of the personal estates of intestates would be entitled to my personal estate if I were to die immediately after the death of my widow such persons if more than one to take in the proportions prescribed by the same statutes and whereas I am desirous of revoking and I do hear by revoke the set power of appointment given to my said wife in the event of no child of mine attaining a vested interest in my residuary personal estate and I also revert revoke the trust to take effect in default of the exercise of such power of appointment by my said wife in favour of the person or persons who at the fees of my said wife should be of my blood and of kin to me as hereinbefore described or mentioned glue in lieu thereof I do hear by direct and bequeath that in case no child of mine who being a son shall attain the age of 21 years or being a daughter shall attain that age or marry the trustees or trustee for the time being of my will shall stand possessed of the net monies arising from the sale and conversion of my said residuary personal estate all the stocks funds and securities where on the same shall be invested and the annual income the 4th to accrue for the same in trust for such one or more of them my nephews and nieces namely Albert James Walton Neville , FrederickWilliam Neville Ralphe Neville, silver Harriet Elizabeth the wife of Henry Bate and Janet the wife of Lewis Bishop as shall be living at the death of my said wife and the failure of the trust in favour of my set child or children in equal shares and proportions for his her and the absolute use and benefits but in case either of them my set three nephews show die in the lifetime of my said wife or prior to the failure of the trust in favour of my said child or children leaving a widow living at the death of my said wife and senior of the trust in favour of myself child or children then the share of the said trust fund to which such nephew would if living at the period aforesaid have been entitled shall be able by my said trustees interest for such widow for her absolute use and benefit but in case either of my said nephews shall die a widower or leave a widow who shall not become entitled shall be told by my said trustees in trust for such weather for her absolute use and benefits but in case either of my said nephews shall die a widower or leave a widow who shall not become entitled to this share under the trust lastly there in before with maintained or in case close either of my said nieces either of my said nieces show under the trust lastly hearing before contained or in case either of my said niece is so die but in the lifetime of my said wife prior to the failure of the trust in favour of my set child or children and any child or children of such nephew or niece shall be living at the death of my said wife and the failure of the trust in favour of my said child or children then the share of the said trust fund to which the nephew or niece so dying would if living at the period aforesaid have been entitled shall be held by my said trustees in trust for the child if only one or all the children if more than one of such nephew or niece who shall attain the age of 21 years and if more than one in equal shares and in all other respects I confirm my said will and I confirm the first code is still there to in witness whereof I have here unto set my hand this 13th day of January 1873 Henry James Walton Neville signed by the said testate all as and for a second coat of seal to his last will and testament in the presence of us present at the same time who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have here unto subscribed our names as witnesses Donald McFarlane 5 Graham’s Terrace Queenstown George Sayer 6 Harrington Terrace Saint Lukes, Cork. Prov’d at London with two codicils 28th of March 1874 by the earths of Louisa Priscilla Neville widow the relict one of the executors named in the first codicil to whom admon was granted George Henry Salmon the other Executor named in the said Will having renounced the probate and execution of the said Will and codicils.

The Will of Harriet Neville Harriet Neville was the youngest daughter of William Richardson of Gainford, she married James Neville, a Royal Navy Captain, and had two children, Henry, and Jane. Harriet died in 1869, five years before her son. Jane however lived for another thirty years. Harriet died intestate at the age of 85. On the first day of June 1869 the Will of Harriet Neville late of No 7 Donegal Terrace, Devonport in the County of Devon, Widow deceased who died on the 20th day of May 1869 at Davenport aforesaid was proved in the District Registry attached to Her Majesty’s Court of Probate at Exeter by the Oaths of Henry James Walton Neville of Chatham in the County of Kent, Assistant Civil Engineer in Her Majesty’s Dockyard there, Son of the deceased, and Jane Clephane Neville of Devonport aforesaid, Spinster, Daughter of the deceased, the Executors named in they having been first sworn duly to administer, Effects under £200 No Leaseholds

LOWIS WALTON [ husband of Charlotte Richardson] This is the last Will and Testament of me Lowis Walton of Gainford in the county of Durham Esquire made this thirty first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty one I appoint John Fogg Elliott of Elvet Hill in the Parish of Saint Oswalds in the said County of Durham Esquire and Charles Trotter of Stockton in the said County, Surgeon, Executors of my will I give and bequeath to the several persons hereinafter named and several legacies following, that is to say/ to my relative friend and Executor the said John Fogg Elliott my Carriage with the harness and accountrements thereto belonging and also my silver salad ladle and fork as a testimony of my great respect for him To Mr Richard Ableson of Gainford aforesaid my mare as a token of my respect for him To the said John Fogg Elliott and Charles Trotter all my Port wine which shall be in my dwellinghouse at Gainford aforesaid at the time of my decease equally to be divided between them To Sarah Appleby the widow of my late nephew George Appleby my painting of two horses and a man hanging over the chimney piece in the dining room of my said dwellinghouse to Frances Hogan the sister of my late wife Charlotte Walton the sum of five hundred pounds sterling but in case of her death in my lifetime to give the same sum to such of the children of the said Frances Hogan as shall be living at my death equally to be divided between them. To Harriet Susan Neville the Niece and Goddaughter of my said late wife the sum of five hundred pounds sterling and also my portrait of the late Captain William Richardson. To Christopher Rowland Richardson the nephew and godson of my said late wife the sum of one hundred pounds sterling. To Harriet [Connolly] and John Arthur [Connolly] the daughter and son of Sophia Connolly the niece of my said late wife the sum of one hundred pounds sterling and to Robert Barnaby Richardson the son of William Richardson - brother of my said late wife the sum of one hundred pounds sterling But in case of the death of the said Robert Barnaby Richardson in my lifetime I give the same amount of one hundred pounds sterling to such of his children as shall survive me equally to be divided between [them] Eliza Mr [] daughter of Joshua [Waitshall] late of Gainford aforeseaid Surgeon deceased the sum of one hundred pounds sterling but in case of her death in my lifetime I give the said sum of one hun- dred pounds sterling to such of her children Clara Eliza and Arthur Charles as shall be living at my death equally to be divided between them I give to the said Clara Eliza [MrWthergham] and Arthur Charles [ Dr Merkan] the sum of one hundred pounds sterling and to Mary Appleby the daughter of my said late nephew George Appleby the sum of two hun dred pounds sterling. To Elizabeth Sarah Appleby another daughter of said George Appleby the sum of one hundred pounds sterling to George Walton Appleby the only son of my said Nephew George Appleby the sum of one hundred pounds sterling. To Christopher John George [Birdenoub] the son of my niece Anne Elizabeth [kirdenoub] the sum of one hundred pounds sterling to Susan Mary Dale of [Hebon Terrace] in the County of Middlesex widow the sum of one hundred pounds sterling and to the said John Fogg Elliott and Charles Trotter their executors administrators and assignees the sum of five hundred pounds sterling Upon trust to invest te same in their names in the public funds of our government [securities] of the United Kingdom or our [coal] securities in England or Wales and change the investment at their discretion for any other or others of the [kind prescibed] and Upon trust to pay the interest or dividends [received] the proper [hands] of Harriet Neville / the sister of my said late wife during her life and not by way of anticipation for her [over pole] and separate use free from marital control for which payments her receipts shall be sufficient discharges to my trustees and after her death the said sum of five hundred pounds and the stocks funds and securities whereon the same shall for the time being be invested and the dividends and interest thereof shall be [in] trust for all and every her son and son’s [welo-] [or] sons [dying] in the lifetime of the said Harriet Neville as shall attain the age of twenty-one years [distributively] yet so that the issue shall participate only as representing their bereaved parents and I give and bequeath to the said John Fogg Elliott and Charles Trotter their executors administrators and assignees the sum of eight hundred pounds sterling upon trust to invest tge same in manner heretofore expressed and [cover] a [life] power of [vacurcing] role investment as before [uncistiurb] and give capital stock and shares as well original as otherwise in the Hartlepool Dock and Railway Company and I [berlove] and [birort rolat] in the said Hartlepool Dock and Railway Company hereinbefore respectively a bequeath [oo] upon trust to pay the dividends interest and annual profits therefrom cooperatively arising into the proper hands of my said niece Anne Elizabeth [Richmond] during her life and not by way of anticipa- tion for her own sole and separate use independently of the [debts] [rouhol] disposition or engagements of her present or any after taken hus- band and for which payments her receipts shall be sufficient discharges to my said trustees and from and after her decease the same sum of eight- hundred pounds and the shares funds and securities whereon the same shall for the time being be invested abd the dividends and interest thereof and the said capital share or shares in the said Hartlepool Dock and Rail- way Company and the dividends and annual profits thereof shall be in trust for all and every the child and children of the said Anne Elizabeth Richmond shall live to attain the age of twenty-one years [that the] said sum of eight hundred pounds and the stocks funds and securities whereon the same shall for the time being be invested and the said capital stock or shares in the said Hartlepool Dock and Railway Company [shall sink] into and for part of my residuary personal estate Provided always and I do hereby declare that it shall be [laro fil] for my said trustees or trustee for the time being at any time or during their life and after the decease [rolou] in the discretion of the said trustees or trustee to sell and dispose of the said capital stocks or shares in the said Hartlepool Dock and Railway Company or any [arrolour] or any part thereof and to invest the money to arise from [any] sale of government or [coal] securities and from time to time [coird] such consent and in [such] discretion as aforesaid to vary and [relaugh] the stocks funds and securities as often as shall be [thought] fit and upon every [ourd] sale variation or transfer as aforesaid any person or a persons who shall pay any money to said trustees or trustee for the time being shall be exempt from all responsibility in respect of the application thereof and I do hereby expressly authorize and direct my said trustees or trustee for the time being to apply any part of the [] money to arise fom my residuary personal estate in payment of any [ralls] or [custaicuous] [weird] at my decease shall be or hereafter [may] [ocomebye] and payable on the said [rapiral] stock or shares in a [the said] Hartlepool Dock and Railway Company or any of [theiruntel] the same shall be sold in [pucocknire] of the power thereinbefore [sou kinnet] it being my intention that the said [Mrs] Elizabeth Richmond and her said [children] shall be [ouriked] as well to the benefit of the said [capital] stock or shares as of all the money which may be advanced or applied in pursuance of the [direction] herein [ocrete] contained in payment of any [surol renis] and [inwraicuous] I give to the said Charles Trotter the sum of two hundred pounds sterling for his own use and benefit [etubalI] give to my niece Margaret Trotter of Staindrop in the said County of Durham Spinster the sume of one hundred and I give to Emma C Richardson of Saint Oswalds in Cheltenham the sum of one hundred pounds sterling and I give to my Surgeon Thomas Sills of Gainford aforesaid the sum of fifty pounds sterling over and above his charges etc for [mobirindes] and attendances upon me as a testimony of my respect for him and an acknowledgment of his great attentoin to me in my illness and I give and bequeath all my personal estate not herein before specifically disposed of unto the said John Fogg Elliott and Charles Trotter their executors administrators and assignees upon trust to get in and convert the same into money and [releroont] to pay my debts and funeral and testamentary expenses and to pay or retain the several pecuniary [deotailes] or sums of money hereinbefore bequeathed and upon further trust to invest the residue of the said lastmentioned trust monies in their names in the public funds or government securities of the United Kingdom or [on] coal securities in England and Wales and not in Ireland or elsewhere with liberty to vary and manage the investments at their discretion for any other or others of the [funds] prescribed and to [mici] inate] the yearly income by similar investments until my said nephew George Walton Appleby shall attain the age of twenty one years or be under that age and if he shall attain that age thereupon to transfer to him both the original fund and the accumulations but if he shall be under that age then any residuary personal estate and the stocks funds and securities whereon the same shall for the time being be invested and the accumulationd dividends interest and annual [profits] thereof shall be interest for and be divided between my said nieces [Ham] Appleby and Elizabeth Sarah Appleby in equal shares or to the survivor of them in case of the death of either of them under the age of twenty one years and in case all of them the said George Walton Appleby Mary Appleby and Elizabeth Sarah Appleby shall die without any of them having attained the age of twenty-one years then I decalre and direct that my said residuary personal estate and the stocks [shares] and securi ties whereon the same shall be for the time being invested and the [accumulations] dividends interest and annual [produce] thereof shall be in trust all and every the child and children of my said niece [ofum] Elizabeth Richmond who shall live to attain the age of twenty-one years in equal shares and if there shall be only one such child then in trust for such only child I give and [bovise] all my messuages lands [titles/tithes] and hereditaments of whatsoever tenure the same may be and wheresoever situate and all other the real estate of or to [whither] shall at the time if my decease be seized possessed or [entered] with their respective rights and appurtenances (except such coal estates as shall at the time of my decease be [vested] in me as trustee or conveyancer/ unto and to the use of the said John Fogg Elliott and Charles Trotter their heirs and [assigns] upon trust for my said great nephew George Walton Appleby his heirs and [assigns] but in case he shall die under the age of twenty-one years and without leaving any issue then sur viving then my said messuages lands tithes hereditaments and real estate shall be in trust for my said great niece Mary Appleby and Elizabeth Sarah Appleby in equal shares as tenants in common their respective heirs and assigns but if either of them the said Mary Appleby and Elizabeth Sarah Appleby shall die under the age of twenty one years and without leaving any issue her surviving [then] I declare and direct that the share of her so dying of and in my said [messuages] lands tithes hereditaments and real estate shall be in trust for the survivor of them her heirs and assigned I declare and direct that if all of them the said George Walton Appleby Mary Appleby and Elizabeth Sarah Appleby shall die under the age of twenty one years without any of them leaving issue him her or them surviving then I declare and direct that my said messuages lands tithes hereditaments and real estate hereinbefore [bevidsed] shall be in trust for all and every the child and children of my said niece [Mrs] Elizabeth Richmond who shall live to attain the age of twenty one years as tenants in common in [fee] simple and if there shall be only one child then a aa aa aa aa aa [three more lines of aa aa] in trust for the time being notwithstanding any of the trusts hereinbefore [beharob] if they or he shall think it advantageous to do so at any time or times to sell by public auction or private contract all or any part of my messuages lands an messuages lands tithes hereditaments and real estate and hereditaments situate in the Parish of Gainford aforesaid and my pews in the Gallery of the Parish Church of Gainford aforesaid to any person or persons at such time or times as they or he shall think expedient and by public auction or private contract with power to buy in the same at auction or auctions and to resell the same at any future auction or auctions or by private contract and to [resind] modify or vary any contract for sale [thereof] without being ansewrable for any loss or expense or be occasioned thereby and with power to sell the same hereditaments subject to [special] or order conditions of sale and to [use] such reserved biddings as shall be thought [fit] and I declare and direct that my said trustees or trustee shall [invest] the money to [arise] from my personal este hereinbefore bequeathed to whom shall be found insufficient to pay any debts. [funeral] and testamentary expenses and the several primary legacies hereinbefore bequeathed, apply such a competent part of the monies to arise from the sale of my aid real estate hereinbefore made saleable as shall be sufficient to make good such beneficiary and I declare and direct that my said trustees or trustee shall invest the money to arise from the sale of my said real estate hereinbefore made saleable or the residue which shall remain [after] answering the purpose last aforesaid (as the case may be) in [manner] hereinbefore directed concerning the funds or securities whereon such investments shall be made upon the trusts hereinbefore [contained] concerning the funds or securities whereon the [produce] of my residuary personal estate may be invested and I empower my trustees or trustee for the time being notwithstanding any of the trusts or powers herein contained to apply all or any part of the yearly income to which [number] any of the [devises] bequests or dispositions hereinbefore contained each or any infant devisee or legatee shall be [articled] towards [rdomain] [lonaure] and duration or therwise for the sole benefit of said devisee or legatee during his or her [minority] or at the option of my said trustees to pay the same into the hands of the parent or guardian of such a advisee or legatee to be so applied but for the sole application whereof any such parent or guardian any such trustees shall not be responsible And I also empower my said trustees in their discretion notwithstanding any of the trusts or powers herein contained to advance and apply any part not exceeding one half of the capital to which under any of the said bequests or dispositions each or any infant legatee shall be [certified] or preemptively [articled] in or towards his or her advance ment in the world and I also empower my trustees or trustee for the [then] going to plant with forest or other trees such part and parts of my estate called [coastbert] as is or are of freehold tenure as they or he may think proper but under the direction and advice of Mr Thomas [Pearorti] of Bishop Auckland in the County of Durham I and on [Again] and after this decease thou of the proper authority and at the discretion of my said trustees or trustee and I direct that the roots of such trees and all [ coopaires ] attending such planting shall be defrayed out of the rents and profits of my real estate hereinbefore devised and I further direct and my express wish is that the said Thomas [Poaror] shall on my decease view and inspect all the farms on my estates at or in Hamsterley in the said county of Durham and that the same [tenures] shall be remodelled and [caraowed] whenever my trustees or trustee for the time being may in their or his direction think an improvement will be effected hereby and I direct that all the out [feure] walls on my said estate of Hamsterley shall be well and sufficiently repaired and kept in repair and topped with lime and also rebuilt wholly or in part where the same shall by said trustees or trustee so considered necessary And I further direct that the building at [role] and of [role] Cross Keys now used as a Blacksmith’s shop shall not after my decease be so used bt that the same shall be converted and used for such other purposes at all times after my decease as my said trustees or trustee shall think proper and in order to accomplish and [rompide] the plantations on my estate at [Washbent] and to provide a fund for that purpose and for the repairs and improvements hereinbefore mentioned I do hereby authorize and empower my trustees or trustee for the time being for a period of two years from my decease to apply any part of the monies which may form part of my residuary personal estate or which may arise by the sale of my said hereditaments and premises in the parish of Gainford aforesaid towards those purposes in addition to the rents and profits to arise from the other parts of my said real estate hereinbefore devised and I do hereby expressly direct and declare it to be my most earnest wish that the whole of my real estate shall be kept in good thorough and proper repair and condition by my said trustees or trustee And I further empower my trustees or trustee for the time being to exchange the whole or any part of my lands in the undivided Townfields at Hamsterley aforesaid for other hereditaments of the same tenure with liberty to give or accept any sum of money for equality of exchange and thereupon to execute such assrances as shall be necessary and proper for effecting such exchange And I declare that my trustees or trustee for the time being shall stand possessed of any money which they or he shall receive for equality of exchange upon the same [rents] as are hereinbefore declared [containing] my residuary personal estate and I also empower my trustees or trustee for the time being to break and open and work a quarry in my field in the Parish of Gainford aforesaid called Balmer Hill to the north west of the place where a quarry has already been worked and adjoining or near to the land adjoining the said field and to make a road therefrom into the adjoining Lane and I devise unto and to the use of the said John Fogg Elliott and Charles Trotter their heirs and assigns All the real estates which so shall be vested in me at my decease as trustee or mortgagee in fee or otherwise subject to the trusts and equities affecting the same respectively and I further empower my trustees or trustee to grant leases of my said devised hereditaments or any part or parts thereof for any term or terms of years not exceeding ten years in possession at the best rents that can be obtained for the same without taking any fine or premium And I further declare and direct that the receipt or receipts of the trustee or trustees for the time being of this my will for the purchase money rents and profits and any other moneys to be received by them or him by virtue of the rents and powers respectively therein contained shall be valid and effectual discharge to the persons paying the same monies and that such persons respectively and any of them shall not be answerable or accountable for the applica- tion of the same monies or any part thereof and that they or any of them shall not be obliged or [concerned] to enquire whether any sale or sales which shall be made by my said trustees or trustee shall or may be necessary advantageous or proper nor whether my personal estate [deraiv] of my debts funeral and testamentary expenses and the several legacies hereinbefore bequeathed or any of them or any part or parts thereof respectively And I hereby declare that in case the said John Fogg Elliott and Charles Trotter or either of them shall die in my lifetime or shall disclaim or renounce the execution of the trusts hereby created or in case the said John Fogg Elliott and Charles Trotter or any trustee or trustees to be appointed under this present provision shall die or shall be absent from the United Kingdom for the space of six calendar months at one time or shall otherwise become unwilling or unable to act as aforesaid and [related] immediately after such appointments the said trust estates monies and effects stocks funds or securities shall be [conveyed] or transferred in such manner that the same may [vest] in such new trustee or trustees jointly with the surviving or continuing trustee or trustees or in [such] ----------------------- new trustee or trustees solely as the [case] may require and such new trustee or trustees shall have and be capable of exercising all the powers and authorities whatsoever thereinbefore contained in the same manner to all intents and purposes as if he or they had been apponted a trustee or trustees by this my will And I direct that [Messrs] Mewburn and Hutchinson of Darlington in the County of Durham or order of [than] shall be Solicitors or Solicitor for my trust estate and property and that they or he alone shall during their or his lives or life be pro- fessionally employed as Solicitors or Solicitor in any matters or [things] relative to the execution of this my will and I further declare that the trustees or trustee for the time being of my will shall not be answerable for [card] orders [acts] [receipts] [neglects] or defaults nor for any losses happen- ing without their own respective [besarnt] and by no means for involuntary losses and that they shall be at liberty to retain and allow to [card] order all losses and that they shall be at liberty to retain and allow to each other all expenses inherent to the execution of the trusts and powers of my will and I hereby revoke all former and other wills declaring this writing alone to express the [wdoir] of my will In witness whereof I have to this and the nine preceding sheets of paper thereto annexed set my hand this thirty first day of July in the year of our lord one thousand and eight hundred and forty one - Lowis Walton - the writing contained in this this and the nine preceding sheets of paper hereto annexed was signed by the said testator Lowis C Walton as his last will and testament in the presence of us present at the same time who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have [oudorinded] our names as witnesses.- Henry Hutchinson of Darlington Solicitor _ Hugh Durin his clerk _ Proved at London 20th November 1841 before the Judge by the oaths [--] John Fogg Elliott and Charles Trotter the Executors to whom [Mbmona] was granted having been sworn by [comou] duly to administer.

Last Will & Testament of Charlotte Walton (died 29/07/1840) This Will has not been retrieved from Probate Services but extracted from an Indenture of 20/11/1840 in the Durham Records Office. TR This is the last Will and testament of me Charlotte Walton the wife of Lowis Walton of Gainford in the county of Durham Esquire before my marriage with him called Charlotte Richardson made the 20th day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty by virtue of of the power or authority given or reserved to me in and by the settlement made previous to my marriage with my husband bearing date the eighth day of November one thousand eight hundred and by virtue of every other right authority enabling me in that behalf I do buy this my last Will and testament in writing by me signed and published in the presence of and attested by the three credible persons whose names are intended to be here unto subscribed as witnesses are testing with the execution thereof by me direct and appoint that Christopher Richardson of Limehouse in the county of Middlesex timber merchant John Leycester Adolphus of the inner Temple Esquire and Frederick George Richardson of Limehouse aforesaid timber merchant the trustees nominated and appointed in the Stead of Christopher Richardson and Theophilus Green both deceased the trustees named in the said settlement and the executor and administrator of the survivor of them the first named Christopher Richardson, John Leycester Adolphus and Frederick George Richardson do and shall immediately after my decease in case my husband Lowis also shall happen to survive me assign transfer and make over to him and his assigned the £2500 East India stock in the said settlement mentioned to be standing in the names of Christopher Richardson and Theophilus Green but now standing in the names of Christopher Richardson, John Leycester Adolphus and Frederick George Richardson my present trustees in the books kept at the East India house and all other my property in the funds and personal estate for his absolute use and benefit and I give and devise unto the said Lowis Walton all my real estate at Gainford or elsewhereto hold onto the said Lowis Walton his heirs and assigns for ever My intention being by this my will to live to my dear husband all I am or may be possessed of knowing that he will make a right use and disposition thereof in witness whereof I have to this my last Will and testament in my own writing set my hand and seal the day and year first within written.

Be it Known to all whom those Presents may concern that I Peter Thomas Richardson being in possession of all my reasonable faculties do make this my last Will & Testament and in the first [place] I [commend] my Soul into the hands of Almighty God whose great goodness I have experienced thro’ the whole of my life trusting I may be seemed worthy thro’ the mediation of my blessed Saviour to be admitted into his Holy Presence my earthly remains I should wish to be deposited in the nearest Church or Church Yard to the place where I may depart this world & that I may be carried on mens shoulders without parade and with as little [exposure] as [ceremony] will allow. It is my desire that all my debts shall be discharged as early as possible after my death and that the remainder of my property (except household furniture linen plate wine & all other domestic utensils) shall be made over in trust to my well beloved brothers Christopher Richardson & John Dingley Richardson who I hereby appoint as my Executors to carry my further intentions into execution which are as follows in the first place I wish the business to be closed on the 30th of January or 30th June next after my decease and that whatever may appear due to me taking the shares of [ships] now held or that may hereafter be held by Mr [Mungo] Gilmore & myself or any other person [at] the valuation of any person chosen by my Executors and Mr Gilmore for that purpose & for the payment for which shares twelve months at least shall be allowed should Mr Gilmore wish to take them & who is always to have a preference the whole interest of these proceeds I leave to my well beloved Wife Harriet Richardson for her life provided she does not marry and at her death the money be what it may shall be equally divided between my children share & share alike but should either of those die prior to their mother his or her share shall be equally divided between the survivors but should my wife again marry the property shall be divided in equal shares between her and my children in the same manner as if she was dead but the household furniture linen plate jewels wearing apparel [ thes &] I leave to my wife for her exclusive use & appropriation I further request my Executors to pay my wife two hundred pounds within One month of my death for domestic purposes and a further sum of six hundred pounds during the first year at such times as she may require it and which eight hundred pounds is to be deducted from whatever sum I may leave and all the remainder is to be placed at interest on such securities as my Executors may think most to the advantage of the family. As it is impossible for me to say what sum I may die possessed of it is out of my power to leave any legacies but should I be fortunate in my worldly [concerns] my dearest Harriet will I trust make such presents to our old & faithful Servants as she may think they deserve – Limehouse the 27th February 1824 Peter T Richardson Appeared Personally Edward Gibbon of Watling Street London [Callico] Printer and Frederick George Richardson of Limehouse in the County of Middlesex Gentleman and being sworn to [depose] the truth [move] oath as follows that they knew and were well aquainted with Peter Thomas Richardson late of Limehouse in the County of Middlesex and of Leyton in the County of Essex Esquire deceased for some years before and to the time of his death and also well aquainted with his manner and character of hand writing and subscription having frequently seen him write and write and subscribe his name and having now with care and attention viewed and perused the paper writing hereto annexed purporting to be and contain the last Will and Testament of the now deceased beginning thus “Be it known to all whom those presents may concern” ending thus “My dearest Harriet will I trust make such presents to our old & faithful Servants as she may think they deserve – Limehouse the 27th February 1824” and subscribed “Peter T Richardson” and more particularly the interlineation of the words “Interest of those” over the words “whole” which has been run through with a pen in the third line from the bottom of the first side of the said Will and having the initials TR written underneath they verily and in their [consciences] believe the whole body serios and contents of the said Will the subscription thereto and also the interlineation afore said and the initial thereunder written to be all of the proper hand writing and subscription of the said deceased. [signed Edward Gibbon F G Richardson] I [amt say] the said Edward Gibbon and Fredereick George Richardson were duly sworn to the truth of this Affidavit, Before me J Phillimore [Surrte Pst ] P G Moore Not Pub. PROVED at London the 19th June 1829 before the worshipful Joseph Phillimore Doctor of Laws & Surrogate by the Oaths of Christopher Richardson the younger Esquire and John Dingley Richardson Esquire the brothers those Executors to whom Administration was granted having been first sworn duly to Administer.

Estate of the late Mrs Anna Maria Lacy See TST version

1813 Will and Testament of Anna Maria Lacy In the Name of God Amen. I Anna Maria Lacy Inhabitant of Calcutta of Sound Mind and Memory do make this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following First I desire that my Body be buried in the new Portuguese Church and that the Expense does not exceed one thousand Rupees. Secondly I give and bequeath unto my two Servant Girls named Peggy and Christiana the sum of one hundred Sicca Rupees each also further and bequeath unto each of them the sum of Ten Sicca Rupees to be paid monthly during their natural lives provided they conduct themselves to the satisfaction of my Executor to whom I give a discretionary power, also further give and bequeath unto a Girl named Catherine Daughter of the above named Peggy the sum of Five Sicca Rupees to be paid her monthly during her natural Life, but if she marries the sum of Two hundred Sicca Rupees is to be paid to her and the five Rupees to cease - for the accomplishment of the above Legacies I desire my House No 36 in Colloatollah may be kept for that purpose. Thirdly I give and bequeath unto William Richardson, Jane Boles, Frances Hogan, Charlotte Walton, Harriet Richardson & Christopher Richardson, the residue of my Property whatever and wherever it may be at my Decease share & share alike in case of either of them dying before the other the survivor or survivors to be the heir or heirs. Lastly I do hereby appoint William Richardson, David Clark and William Higgs Executors to act jointly or separately in the absence of each other. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal. This eighth day of January in the Year Christ one thousand…

Will of William Richardson of Gainsford 6 January 1798 This is the last Will and testament of me, William Richardson of Gainford in the County of Durham being of sound and [disposing] mind, memory and understanding praised be Almighty God for the [same] first & principally I [assign] my Soul unto my Creator and my Body & commit to the Earth to be buried at Gainford aforesaid or wherever my Executor may think proper and as to my worldly property which it hath pleased God to bestow upon me I dispose thereof as follows: I give and bequeath unto Anna Maria Lacy of Calcutta in Bengall the use with [ipuro] & profit of our Upper Room’d & our Lower Room’d House situate in the Town in a Lane leading from the Whaddy Bazar to the Muryii [Bantta] & numbered 14 and 15 near unto a house formerly occupied by Mr. [Wisp] the Title Deeds of which are now in her possession together with the [dutrist] of eight thousand Sicca Rupees which I have deposited on Bond with the House of Fairlie1 & Co. for and during the term of her natural life this bequest being meant as a handsome & ~~ comfortable maintenance for her, she having been a confident good servant a [truder] and affectionate Mother and from and after her decease I give [devise] & bequeath the before mentioned two houses & the said eight thousand Sicca Rupees together with all other effects she may be possess’d of at the time of her death (which is also her desire) unto her son Captain William Richardson Junior who is now in [Zudig] to & for his sole use & benefit and to whom I do likewise bequeath an Upper Room’d House situate near the Ramparts on the [Zoland] Bombay the title deeds of which are in possession of my attorney Mr. John [Forbes] [there] & also registered in the Mayor’s Court in the year One thousand seven hundred and ninety To my friend Charlotte Richardson daughter of the aforesaid Anna Maria Lacy I have three thousand pounds East India stock standing in my name in the Books of that Company (subject to the payment of one hundred sixty pounds p’ Annum arising from the dividends thereof) unto Mrs. Mary Potter of Cleasby in Yorkshire spinster or ~ 2 to Mrs. Elizabeth Gouldsborough of the same 2 3 place Widow to be [routurned] to the longest survivor To my friend Harriet Richardson daughter of the aforesaid Mother I have three thousand pounds East India Stocks standing in my name in the Books of that Company (subject to the payment of One hundred sixty pounds p’ annum araising from the dividend thereof unto her Brother Christopher Rowland Richardson until he hath attained the age of twenty one years & [to] honour the dividends on the above mentioned stock to be [revised] by the said Charlotte & Harriet Richardson and the principal to be transferred to them as they shall respectively attain the age of twenty one years. But if either the said Charlotte or Harriet ^or Christopher^ Richardson should die before attaining the age of twenty one years having lawful [issue] then my Will is that such issue shall enjoy & be possess’d of the bequest before mentioned intended for their respective parents to & for their sole use & benefit But should it so happen that both the said Charlotte & Harriet Richardson die before attaining the age of twenty one years not having any lawful issue then it is my Will that everything I have bequeathed unto them shall become the property of their surviving Brothers & Sisters (Children of the said Anna Maria Lacy) share and share alike - The Stock [there] [p.] Govt Consolidated [Grant] Annuities standing in my name in the Books of the Governor & Company of the Bank of England I give & bequeath as follows viz To my Aunt Mrs Mary Potter of Cleasby in Yorkshire Spinster the Interest 4 of Two thousand pounds for & during the term of her natural life & from and after her decease bequeath the said Interest of Two thousand pounds held for this purpose of paying the Interest be transferred unto Christopher Rowland Richardson Son of the before mentioned Anna Maria Lacy of Calcutta aforesaid to whom [otherwise] leave the sum of six thousand pounds Stock to be put in possession thereof on his attaining the age of twenty-one years but should he die before that period [short] the said ^[two] thousand pounds^ Six thousand pounds shall be equally divided between his surviving Brother & Sisters all children of the said Anna Maria Lacy. To Mrs. Jane Boles wife of Major Barnaby Boles in the service of the United East India Company I bequeath the sum of Two thousand pounds Stock To Mrs. Frances Hogan Wife of Captain Michael Hogan5 I bequeath the sum of Two thousand pounds Stock & to William Hogan my Godson I bequeath the sum of One thousand five hundred pounds Stock To Martha Richardson Daughter of my Brother Mr Christopher Richardson of Limehouse I bequeath the sum of three thousand pounds Stock To Elizabeth Richardson daughter of my brother Mr Rowland Richardson I bequeath the sum of One thousand five hundred pounds Stock And it is my desire that the bequests which I have made in Stock may be transferred to the several parties immediately after the [last] payments of the dividends. [section overwritten and illegible] and paid as due This in order to finish & complete the House I am now Building Outhouses [for] my nephew Mr William Richardson of Mile End having made surrender to me of a Copyhold House at Epsom I 6 desire that his Bond may be [given] up to him & that he be [exonerated] from any further payment on it when it shall be found that the said Surrender is valid and the said House & Appurtenances thereunto [colouring] I so give & bequeath as follows That the said House shall be sold at the discretion of my Executor at what price he may judge proper & the [produce] thereof laid out in [Lottery] [Erifoto] for the sole benefit of the following persons jointly & their produce to be divided equally unto Christopher Richardson, John Richardson Peter Richardson and William Richardson all sons of my brother Mr. Christopher Richardson of Limehouse to Wm. Richardson ^and Row’d Richardson^ , sons of my ^late^ brother Mr Charles Richardson of Mile End a gold watch [makers name Holmes] London No 6263 I leave to my brother Christopher Richardson together with my ^linnen^[next six lines crossed out ] [of freehold Ground at Gainford] [of my Estate] 7 a Silver Tankard with the [Spray] engraved thereon & a large gold Seal with Cypher in R. I leave to my son William Richardson to my friend William [Bigrro] of Calcutta in Bengall I leave the sum of fifty pounds for a ring or token of [souarubraure] of his [fine] attention to my family during my absence & request he will [routinne] it _ I likewise have plans [Mourning] [Ruigo] to the following persons viz: To Mrs. Jane Boles, Mrs. Frances Hogan Mr. William Richardson Charlotte Richardson Harriet Richardson & Christopher Rowland Richardson all Children of the before named Anna Maria Lacy unto my Brothers Christopher & Rowland Richardson I also give five [Guineas] cash unto my servants for mourning Two [mis] & four [wourni] ^[indistinct]^ [ two lines deleted] I am much at a loss to know how to provide for my faithful servant Thomas England being fearfull I should leave him a sum of money & [not] him at liberty it might lead duly to his Ruin by leading him into bad Company & he is not well [ralrulated] for a Servant to a strange Master [as] [fro] would put up with his Language which appears quite impertinent: at times tho’ not meant to be so his not knowing the [idioms] of the English language or how to express himself to the cause of his misapp[rations] of words I shall therefore leave him to my Brother Christr. Richardson to do for him as he shall think proper allowing him to return to India if he liked it rather than to remain in England for he hath been a most affectionate & usefull Servant to me After the before mentioned [Sogarico] are returned & all my just [divto] funeral expenses and the charges attending proving this my last Will and Testament are paid, I do [reinstate] and appoint my Brother Christopher Richardson of Limehouse Sole Executor & Residuary Legator [instructing] him still to continue his protection & be Guardian to the before named Charlotte Harriet & Christopher Rowland Richardson until they attain their respective ages of twenty-one years not doubting he will (as heretofore) superintend their education & take care of their Morals hereby [concurring] that if any dispute should arise [concerning] my property that such differences shall be adjusted & settled by friends in arbitration & upon no account whatever to be determined by Law I wrote & make void all Wills & Testaments by me heretofore made & publish & [Solaris] this only to be my last Will & Testament for which I have Hereunto [it] my hand & seal this sixth day of January One thousand Seven hundred & ninety eight. |__| Wm. Richardson |__| sign’d sesl’d publish’d & [sheared] by the said Testator William Richardson who in his presence & in the presence of each other have subscribed our names do [witheford] thereto |—|I Mr. Elliot Gant |—| William Kes Lurit - [defanting] & Mr [Kall] [Suryevon. Ino Atkinson 5 John Garth 5 Elizabeth Smith 5 } Savants Elizabeth Potto 10 Elizabeth Fisher 5 Mary Port 5 It is my request [ next three lines crossed out ] that a plain Stone Tablet be laid over my Grave ^[illegible]^ with the following inscription - Captain Wiliam Richardson Many years Commander of a Ship in the East Indies who died aged The [foregoing] interlineations [hereunto] & alterations were made by me at the time of adding the annexed Codicil |—|Wm. Richardson Gainford 22nd October 1798Codicil — To my Last Will & Testament dated Gainford 15th Jan.y 1798 since which my daughter Charlotte having engaged to enter into the Holy State of Matrimony - it is my will that she become possess’d of all my Plate Furniture [s.ta] utensils Table & Bed Linnen together with my favourite Chestnut Mare [Jenny], Chaise & [Barrufs] the rest of my Horses Carriages & []may be sold at the discretion of my Executor - My Cloaths such as Coats Waistcoats [Britches] & Stockings may all be made usefull to my servant Thomas England. A [new] House which I have lately Built at Gainford & a [piece] of Garden Ground nearly opposite when completed I likewise intend for my daughter Charlotte But as it is not entirely paid for so as to leave those sums in the funds [rhias] - I intend sha shall pay to my Executor £150 One hundred & fifty pounds Sterling [ two lines crossed out] if it should be wanted to complete the same || Wm Richardson || Witnessed J W Elliot || Wm Mes — Willm Lishman Curate of Gainford — Upon a supposition & hope that none of the parties to whom I have [oft] [ ligarico ] will have occasion to remove them from the funds at present I shall estimate the same at what I judge they must soon be worth to calculate the amount of what I have._ India Stock I value at £200 [pct] Consolidated B.An.ties 3 [pct] % [pct] To Stock £value Charlotte Richardson dd 3000 S £6000 Harriet Richardson 3000 6000 12000 Mary Potter C & C Consols 2000 1333 Crist.r R Richardson 6000 4000 Jane Boles 2000 1333 Frances Hogan 2000 1333 William Hogan 1500 1000 Martha Richardson 3000 2000Ann Richardson 3000 2000 Elizabeth Richardson 1500 1000 Stock 21000 £26,0008 13th September 1799 Appeared Personally John Harkneys of Broad Street [Ratliffe] [Crop] in the Parish of Saint Dunstan Stepney in the County of Middlesex Surgeon and Benjamin King of [Risbys] Rope Walk in the Parish of Saint Ann Limehouse in the same County Carpenter and severally made Oath that they knew and were well acquainted with William Richardson late of Gainsford in the County of Durham Esquire deceased for several years previous to this time of his death and during such time have frequently seen him write and subscribe his name and thereby [saw] to know and be well acquainted with his manner and character of handwriting and subscription and having now viewed and carefully perused paper writings hereto annexed purporting to be the lastWill and Testament and Codicil of the said deceased the said will beginning thus “This is the last Will and Testament of Mr William Richardson” ending thus this sixth day of January One thousand Seven Hundred and ninety eight” and thus subscribed “Wm Richardson” the said Codicil beginning thus “Gainsford 22nd Oct 1798” Codicil to my last Will and Testament dated Gainsford 6th Jany 1798” ending thus “ if it should be wanted to complete the same” and thus subscribed “Wm Richardson” so [supose] that they verily and in their [rouscribors] believe the word “Sixty” interlined between the twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth lines and thirtieth and thirty first lines from the top of the first [owe] the words “& Christopher Rowland” between the second and third lines the words “& two thousand pounds Stock” between the twentieth and twenty-first lines the words and figures to be made in July 1800 “Mrs Potters exempted” between the thirty-third and thirty-fourth lines from the top of the second side the words “& Row Richardson” interlined between the ninth and tenth and the words “Linnen” between the eleventh and twelfth lines & the word “[undermained]” betweenthe twenty-second and twenty-third lines from the top of the third side the words and figures “Ino Atkinson 5 [&] John Garth 5 Elizabeth [Surth] 5, Mary [port] 5 “Servants” written under the Seal the words “It is my request that a plain stone Tablet be laid over my Grave in Gainsford Church Yard should I die in the North) with the following description Capt William Richardson many years Commander of a Ship in the East Indies” Who died aged and the words “The foregoing interlineations [erasimento] and alterations were made by me at the time of adding the annexed Codicil” and the [nanico] “Wm Richardson” to the said third side [twin] [at] and subscribed the word “Our interlined between the second and the third lines from the bottom of the said Codicil beginning and ending as aforesaid and the whole body [series] and [routoto] of the Schedule annexed to the said Codicil beginning thus “Upon a supposition I hope that now” of the [partivo] to whom I have [left] [Logarico]” and ending thus “Stock 21,000 _ £26000” to be all of the proper handwriting and subscription of the said deceased |——| John Harkneys |—-| Ben King |—-| [Same Day] the said John Harkneys and Benjamin King were duly Sworn to the truth of this affidavit before me S Parson [Jur Ps] S G Christian Not Publ. This Will was proved at London with a Codicil the twenty fifth day of September in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and ninety-nine before the Worshipful Samuel Paire Parson Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Honourable Sir William Wynn Knight also Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or [Coacompany] of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of Christopher Richardson the Brother of the deceased and Sole Executor named in the Will to whom Administration was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased having been first sworn duly to Adm.//

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In the High Court of Justice The district probate registry at Oxford BE IT KNOWN that John Malcolm Harvey of 18 Saltaire Sea Road, Southbourne, Bournemouth, Dorset formerly of care of Lloyds bank Limited 52 Devonport Road Plymouth Devon Died on the 30th day of March 1979 domiciled in England and Wales And be it further known that at the date here and written the last Will and testament (a copy whereof is hereunto annexed) of the said deceased was approved and registered in the said registry of the High Court of Justice and Administration of all the estate by which law devolves to invests in the personal representative of the said deceased was granted by the aforesaid court to Lloyds bank Limited of Plymouth trust branch (account number 172176) of Royal Parade Plymouth PL 1 space 1HB and Mrs VERONICA LE GEYT HARVEY of Floriana Beaumont Jersey in the Channel Islands the executors named in the said Will And it is here by certified that an inland revenue account has been delivered where in it is shown that the gross value of the said estate in the United Kingdom (exclusive of what the said deceased may have been possessed of or entitled to as a trustee and not beneficially) amounts to £33606-00 And that the net value of the estate amounts to £32119-00 Dated the first day of August 1979 [signed] Extracted by Charles Lucas and Marshall 28 Bartholomew Street Newbury Berkshire RG 14 5EU THIS WILL dated the twelfth day of April 1978 is made by me John Malcolm Harvey care of Lloyds bank Limited 52 Devonport Road Plymouth in the County of Devon a Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) in Her Majesty's Army 1. I hereby revoke all former testamentary dispositions 2. ! APPOINT as my executors and trustees Lloyds bank Limited (hereinafter called “the bank”) and my wife VERONICA LE GEYT HARVEY (hereinafter collectively called “my Executors”) and I Declare that the Bank’s terms and conditions for acting as Executor and Trustee (including the scale of remuneration) last published before the date of my death shall apply with part charge remuneration in accordance with any later published terms of the bank for the time being in force. 3. I GIVE AND BEQUEATH the following pecuniary legacies free of duty namely (a) to the Liverpool branch of the kings and Manchester originals associated Association of art.H.Q.the Kings Regiment Townsend Avenue T.A.V.R.Centre Liverpool L11 5AF the sum of £50 for the relief of ex-members of the regiment and their families (b) To the missions to seamen of Saint Michael Paternoster Royal College Hill London EC4R 2RL the sum of £50 I DIRECT that the receipt of the secretary of the Liverpool branch of the kings and Manchester Regiment Association and the secretary of the missions to Simon shall be a good and sufficient discharge to my executors 4. I GIVE free of duty my mess kit unless already disposed of together with my six campaign medals to the King’s Regiment Manchester and Liverpool Regimental Headquarters Townsend Avenue aforesaid and I direct that the receipt of the commanding officer or other suitably qualified officer shall be a good and sufficient discharge for my executors 5. I GIVE DEVISE AND BEQUEATH all the residue of my estate both real and personal to which I shall be entitled at the date of my death after payment of my just debts and funeral and testamentary expenses onto my wife the said Veronica Le Geyt Harvey for her own use and benefit absolutely provided always that if my wife the said Veronica Le Geyt Harvey shall die before me then the residue of my estate shall be divided equally between the Liverpool branch of the King’s and Manchester Regiment Association of R.H.Q. The King’s Regiment Townsend Avenue aforesaid for the relief of ex-members of the regiment and their families and the Royal Marines Museum trust fund of the court Museum Eastleigh Southsea in the county of Hants for maintaining the core collection of militaria and medals in the corps Museum at Eastleigh and I direct that the receipt of the secretary of the Liverpool branch of the kings and Manchester regiments Association and the corps secretary of the royal marines shall be a full and sufficient discharge for my executors. 6. I DESIRE that my body is buried in the space reserved for me next to the grave of my mother Ethel Marguerite Harvey in the Newtown Churchyard Newbury in the county of Berks and I request that in all respects my grave is so far as possible to be identical to that of my mother’s. Signed by the testator in our presence and attested by us in the presence of him and of each other Signatures TAEgan Clerk to Charles Lucas & Macrall Solicitors Newbury

In the High Court of Justice The district probate registry at Oxford Be it known that Ethel Margaret Harvey of Byeways Newtown Common, near Newbury Berkshire widow Who died on the fifth day of December 1955 At the District Hospital Newbury aforesaid Made and duly executed her last Will and Testament That Isabel Dorothy Bishop sister of deceased the surviving executor named in the said will has renounced Probate thereof And be it further known that at the date hereunder written Letters of Administration with the Will (a copy whereof is hereunto annexed) of all the Estate which by law devolves to and vests in the personal representative of the said deceased were granted by the High Court of Justice at the district probate registry thereof at OXFORD to Lloyds bank Limited of 71 Lombard Street in the City of London And it is hereby certify that an Affidavit for Inland Revenue has been delivered where in it is shown that the gross value of the CID estate in Great Britain (exclusive of what the said deceased may have been possessed of or entitled to as a Trustee and not beneficially) amounts to £ 4881 : 1 : 1 And that the net value of the estate amounts to £ 4792 : 6 : 1 And it is further certified that it appears by a receipt signed by an Inland Revenue Officer on the said Affidavit that £ 89 : 0 : 6 on account of Estate Duty and Interest on such duty has been paid. Dated the 20th day of February 1956 Extracted by Charles Lucas and Marshall Solicitors Newbury ______________________________________________________________________________________ This is the last Will and testament of me Ethel Margaret Harvey the wife of Francis John William Harvey Captain in His Majesty’s Regiment of Royal Marine Light Infantry. I APPOINT my said husband and my sister Isabel Dorothy Bishop the wife of John Walton Bishop (hearinafter called my Trustees) to be the Executors and Trustees of this my Will. 1: I GIVE all my plate linen China Glass books pictures prints furniture and other household effects (hereinafter called my said chattels) unto my son John Malcolm Harvey absolutely and I GIVE and BEQUEATH to my said husband the sum of Five hundred pounds. 2: I give devise and bequeath all my real and personal estate not here by otherwise disposed of unto my trustees upon trust that my Trustees shall sell call in and convert into money the same or such part thereof as shall not consist of money and shall invest the money obtained by such calling in and conversion and my ready money with power from time to time to vary such investments and shall stand possessed of the said monies and the investments for the time being representing the same hearing after called the Trust Fund upon trust for my said son John ^Malcolm^ absolutely. 3: I EMPOWER my Trustees at their discretion to expand such portions of the income arising out of the Trust Fund as they shall from time to time think fit in contributing towards the cost of educating my said son John ^Malcolm^ until he shall leave school or college and also to raise any part or parts not exceeding together one moiety of the vested or presumptive share of my said son John ^Malcolm^ under my will and apply the same for his advancement or benefits as my Trustees shall think fit. 4: I DECLARE that my Trustees may postpone the sale and conversion of any part of my property for so long as they shall think fit and I direct that the rents profits and income to accrue after my death from such part or parts of my estate as shall for the time being remain unsold and unconverted shall after payment there out of all incidental expenses and outgoings and howsoever invested be paid and applied to the person or persons and in the manner to whom and in which the income will be proceeds of such sale and conversion would for the time being be payable or applicable under my will if such sale and conversion had been actually made 5: I EMPOWER my Trustees at their discretion to permit my said husband to have the use and enjoyment of my said chattels or any of them for such time and upon such conditions (as to repairing and replacing injury or loss thereof) or otherwise as they together shall think fit 6: I DIRECT that my Trustees shall as soon as convenient after my death caused an inventory to be made in duplicate of my said chattels a copy of such inventory signed by both my Trustees to be retained by each of my Trustees respectively and I declare that my Trustees shall not be obliged to see to the preservation of my said chattels or any of them not be answerable for any loss or injury there of which may happen 7: PROVIDED ALWAYS that if my said son John Malcolm shall survive me and die before attaining the age of 21 years leaving issue him surviving such issue shall take the property share and interest to which my said son John Malcolm is entitled and if more than one in equal shares 8: PROVIDED ALSO that if my said son John Malcolm shall survive me and shall die before he attains the age of 21 years and without leaving issue living at his death I DIRECT my Trustees to HOLD the said Trust fund and the income thereof and any account accumulations of income that may have occurred in Trust to pay the income thereof to my said husband during his life or until he shall marry again and I declare and Gladys Mary the wife of Edmund Crocker in equal shares PROVIDED ALWAYS that if any of my said sister shall die in my lifetime leaving a child or children living at my death who being a son or sons attain the age of 21 years or being a daughter or daughters attain that age or married then and in every such case the last mentioned child or children shall take and if more than one equally between them the shirt which his/her or the mother would have taken in the said residuary estate if such mother had survived me and I DECLARE the receipt in writing of the person or persons mentioned in the last foregoing declaration who shall have attained the age of 21 years or married under that age shall be a good discharge to my Trustees for the share or shares vested or presumptive of him or her or those signing such receipt.- As Witness my hand this 22nd day of January 1917. Signed by the said Ethel Margaret Harvey as and for her last will and testament in the presence of us both being present at the same time who in her presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses:- Ethel Moore. Nurse 12 Molesworth Terrace, Stoke Devonport Louise Pierce Parlourmaid, 12 Molesworth Terrace, Stoke Devonport

1864 WILL OF CHRISTOPHER ROWLAND RICHARDSON ( son of William Richardson of Gainford and Anna Maria Lacy ) On the 4th day of July 1864, Christopher Roland Richardson formerly of No. 56 Saint John’s Wood Terrace, St John's Wood in the county of Middlesex but late of No. 17 Abingdon Villas Kensington in the said County Esquire deceased, who died on the 19th day of June 1864 at Reading in the County of Berks was proved in the Principal Registry of Her Majesty's Court of Probate, by the Oath of Martha Ann Richardson of No.17 Abingdon Villas aforesaid Widow the Relict The sole Executrix named in the said Will she having been first sworn duly to administer [several lines crossed out ] Under £ 1000. I, Christopher Roland Richardson of No. 56 St John's Wood Terrace St John's Wood in the Parish of Marylebone County of Middlesex do hereby make my last will and testament and revoke all others I give devise and bequeath all property [coal] and personal and of every description whereof I may be possessed or where to I may become entitled or over which I have a disposing power to my wife Martha Ann Richardson who I appoint sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament. In witness thereof I hereunto set my hand and seal this 23rd day of February in the year of our Lord 1863 — Christopher R Richardson — signed published and declared by the testator Christopher Roland Richardson as for this last Will and Testament in our presence who in his presence and at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto set our names as witnesses GC Baker 23 Nottingham Street John Richard Wace 45 Baker Street Proved at London 4 July 1864 by the oath of Martha and Richardson with a derelict assault executrix to whom Admiral was granted

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1864 WILL OF CHRISTOPHER ROWLAND RICHARDSON ( son of William Richardson of Gainford and Anna Maria Lacy ) On the 4th day of July 1864, Christopher Roland Richardson formerly of No. 56 Saint John’s Wood Terrace, St John's Wood in the county of Middlesex but late of No. 17 Abingdon Villas Kensington in the said County Esquire deceased, who died on the 19th day of June 1864 at Reading in the County of Berks was proved in the Principal Registry of Her Majesty's Court of Probate, by the Oath of Martha Ann Richardson of No.17 Abingdon Villas aforesaid Widow the Relict The sole Executrix named in the said Will she having been first sworn duly to administer [several lines crossed out ] Under £ 1000. I, Christopher Roland Richardson of No. 56 St John's Wood Terrace St John's Wood in the Parish of Marylebone County of Middlesex do hereby make my last will and testament and revoke all others I give devise and bequeath all property [coal] and personal and of every description whereof I may be possessed or where to I may become entitled or over which I have a disposing power to my wife Martha Ann Richardson who I appoint sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament. In witness thereof I hereunto set my hand and seal this 23rd day of February in the year of our Lord 1863 — Christopher R Richardson — signed published and declared by the testator Christopher Roland Richardson as for this last Will and Testament in our presence who in his presence and at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto set our names as witnesses GC Baker 23 Nottingham Street John Richard Wace 45 Baker Street Proved at London 4 July 1864 by the oath of Martha and Richardson with a derelict assault executrix to whom Admiral was granted

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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1895 Will of Anna Sarah Leycester Will Death on or after first of January, 1898. BE IT KNOWN that Anna Sarah Leycester of 57 Rosedale, West Dulwich in the county of Surrey widow formerly of 10 Ildersley Grove West Dulwich aforesaid Died on the 4th of September 1911 at 57 Rosendale Road aforesaid And be at further known that at the date here under written the last Will and testament Of the said deceased was approved and registered in the Principal Probate Registry of His Majesty’s High Court of Justice, and that administration of all the estate which by law devolves to and vests in the personal representative of the said deceased was granted by the aforesaid Court to Hubert George Rowsell of 6 Barrett Court Notting Hill in the county of Middlesex Esquire brother of deceased the sole executor Named in the said Will Dated the 25th day of September 1911 Gross Value of Estate. £ 2093.16.7 Net value of Personal Estate £ 2055.7.1 ————————————————————— ANNA SARAH LEYCESTER 3. This is the last Will and testament of me Anna Sara Leycester of 10 Ildersley Grove West Dulwich in the county of Surrey Widow I bequeath the following legacies free of legacy duty to each of my sisters Claire Jane Dixon and Eliza Mary Cooper £200 to my cousin Mabel Gwendoline Edye £200 to each of my nieces Francis Emily Rowsell and Alice Anna Rowsell £100 and to my cousin Edith Rowsell Blaker £50 and as to all the rest residue and remainder of my real and personal property whatsoever and wheresoever I give devise and bequeath and the same to my sister Helen Alicia Rowsell absolutely and I appoint my brother Hubert George Rowsell of the Mutual Life Assurance Society 39 Kings Street Cheapside London to be so executor of this my will in witness whereof I have to this my last Will and testament set my hand this 25th day of February 1895

1935 Will of Lionel de Walden Leycester Note that the handwriting on this page is almost illegible In His Majesty’s Court of Justice The principal probate registry at BE IT KNOWN THAT Lionel to Walden Henry Leycester of the Wyndham Club 13 St James’s Square Westminster in the County of London Died on the 16th day of November 1943 at hotel Sweizerhof of Berne Switzerland And to be at further known that at the date hereunder written the last Will and testament [illegible] A copy whereof is here onto a next of the said deceased was approved and registered in the principal probate registry of his Majesty’s High court of justice and that administration of all the estate which bylaw devolves to invest in the personal representative of the said deceased was granted by the aforesaid court to Robert Bruere Otter Barry … [illegible] And it is here by a certified that's an affidavit for Inland Revenue has been delivered wearing it is shown that the gross value of the said estate in Great Britain exclusive of what they said deceased they have been possessed of or entitled to as a trustee and not been officially announced £47572-2-3 Add that the net value of the personal estate amounts to £ 32444-2-3 And it is for a certified that is appears by a receipt signed by an inland revenue officer on the said affidavit that £ 7714-18-8 and account of estate duty and interest on such duty has been paid Dated the 12th day of May 1940 4 H Coles registrar Extracted by Vandercom Stanton & Co. Solicitors 35 Spring Gardens London SW1  This is the last Will and testament of me Lionel too old and Henry Leicester of the wind ham club 13 Saint Jameses Square in the city of Westminster Esquire I revoke all wills heretofore made by me and I declare my domicile to be English 1.I appoint Arthur Leycester Penrhyn of Chertsey in the County of Surrey JP, Robert S Otter Barry of Lower Hall Warfield Bridgnorth Shropshire a lieutenant colonel (retired) in His Majesty’s Army and Richard William Barry Bucklund of 35 Spring Gardens Trafalgar Square in the County of London Solicitor to be the EXECUTORS AND TRUSTEES of this my Will (hereinafter called “my Trustees” AND I GIVE to the said Robert S Otter Barry a legacy of £100 free of duty if he shall prove my will. 2. I bequeath to my cousin Phoebe the wife of the said Robert S Otter Barry all my personal chattels as defined by Form 2 of the Statutory Will Forms 1925 free of duty. 3. I give the following pecuniary legacies free of duty (a) To the said Phoebe Otter Barry the sum of £1000 (b) To my friend Mary Scott Chad the sum of £1000 (c) To my friend Cecilia Scott Chad the sum of £1000 (d) To my friend Catherine Day the sum of £500 (e) To my friend Ronald Clarges Lord St Vincent the sum of £1000 (f) To my cousin Alice Alexander the widow of Jocelyn Alexander deceased the sum of £1000 (g) To my friend Cecil Leonard Jervis of Horton Loughborough the site £500 (h) To my cousin John Norris of Villa Norreys Thonon Haute Savoie France the sum of £250 4. I give devise and bequeath to all the residue of my personal estate and all my real estate on to my trustees upon trust to sell and convert the same into money and after payment they're out of my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses and the legacy is here by bequeathed and the duty their own to stand possessed thereof upon trust for my said cousin Arthur Leycester Penrhyn. 5. I declare that the said Richard William Barry Bucklund or any other person being a solicitor who may be appointed a trustee of this my will shall have power to charge and shall be paid for all professional work done by him or his firm whether in the ordinary course of such business or not including acts which a trustee could have done personally. In witness whereof I have here unto set my hand this fifth day of September 1930. Signed by the above named Lionel towards and Henry Leicester the testate all as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us both being present at the same time who in his present at his request and in the presence of each other have here unto subscribed our names as witnesses ——————— This is a codicil to the will of me Lionel Donald and Henry Leicester of the Wyndham club Saint Jameses Square in the city of Westminster Esquire which will bears date the fifth day of September 1930 In addition to the pecuniary legacies given by my said will I give to Susan the daughter of my cousin Phoebe or to Barry the sum of £1000 free of duty And whereas I have given the residue of my estate to my cousin Arthur Leycester Penrhyn now I declare that in case the said Arthur Leycester Penrhyn shall predecease me I give the said residue to his brother In all other respects I confirm my said Will In witness whereof I have here unto set my hand this third day of October 1935 Lionel de WH Leycester Signed by the said line all the world and Henry Leicester as and for the codicil to his will in the presence of us both being present at the same time who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have here unto subscribed our names as witnesses Alfred A Smith, 35 Spring Gardens, London, SW1 Clerk to Vandercom Stanton & Co. Solicitors E Starek, 35 Spring Gardens, London, SW1 Clerk to Vandercom Stanton & Co. Solicitors

In the High Court of Justice The district probate registry at Winchester BE IT KNOWN THAT Gladys Mary Crocker of Dormy House 11 Central Drive Bournemouth Hampshire Died on the 4th day of January 1970 At the Royal Victoria Hospital Bournemouth Domiciled in England AND BE IT FURTHER KNOWN that at the date hereunder written the last Will and Testament (a copy whereof is hereunto annexed) of the said deceased was proved and registered in the District Probate Registry of the High Court of Justice at Winchester And administration of all the estate which by law devolves to and vests in the personal representative of the said deceased was granted by the aforesaid court to Lloyds Bank Ltd of Executor and Trustee Department (account 112783) Equity and Law House 12 -14 Dean Park Crescent Bournemouth BH1 1HS and John Malcolm Harvey of Carmenville 5 Shipwreck Promenade Xemxida St Paul’s Bay Malta Colonel H.M. Army nephew of deceased named in the said Will And it is here by certify that an inland revenue affidavit has been delivered where in it is shown that the gross value of the said estate in Great Britain (xclusive of what the said deceased may have possessed or of all entitled to as a trustee and not then officially) amounts to £ 6051 . 3 . 0 And that the net value of the estate amounts to £ 5941.1.0 Dated the 23rd day of March 1970 Distric Registrar (stamped) Extracted by Howe and Harvey Solicitors Bourmouth Hants —————————————- This is the last Will and testament of me Gladys Mary Crocker of Dormy House 11 Central Drive in the County Borough of Bournemouth formally the wife of Lieutenant Colonel Edmund Herbert Crocker 1. I hereby revoke all former wills and testamentary disposition is made by me and declare this to be my last will 2. I appoint Lloyds bank Limited (hereinafter separately called the Bank) and my nephew Lieutenant Colonel John Malcolm Harvey of c/o Lloyds bank Limited Cox and Kings branch London (the bank and my said nephew being hereinafter together called “my trustees”) to be executors and trustees of this my will and I declare that the bank’s terms and conditions for acting as executor and trustee including the scale of remuneration last published before the date of my death shall apply with power to charge remuneration in accordance with any later published terms of the bank for the time being in force AND I DECLARE that all monies securities title deeds and documents relative to the trust hero shall be in the exclusive custody of the bank (any other executor or trustee having proper facilities for inspection) and that in all registrations the bank’s name shall be placed first I APPROVE of Messrs. Howe and Harvey of Fernbank House 24 Christchurch Road Landsdowne Bournemouth aforesaid being employed as solicitors in connection with my estate with power for the bank to consult any other solicitors if it thinks fit 3. I DESIRE to be cremated and that my ashes be deposited as and where my trustees shall think fit and that the funeral arrangements shall be entrusted to Messrs. JJ Allen Ltd Bournemouth 4.I give free of all duties the following legacies 1. To Mrs Kathleen Hawkins of hand post Swallowfield Reading the sum of £100 and the following articles of furniture namely one Winged back armchair one carved oak folding table and my small mahogany chest of drawers 2 To Dr Robert Gordon Nicholson of 22 Charminster Road Bournemouth the sum of £100 3. To Mrs Eva Boothby the Manageress of Dormy House 11 Central Drive Bournemouth the sum of £50 5. I DEVISE all my real estate and I bequeath the residue of my personal estate whatsoever and wheresoever not hereby otherwise specifically disposed off to my trustees upon trust to sell call in and convert the same into money and after paying thereout my just debts and funeral and testamentary expenses to stand possessed of the clear net proceeds of such sale calling in and conversion in trust absolutely for the Royal Marine Light Infantry Benevolent Fund (to be applied for the general purposes of such fund) in memory of my late brother-in-law Major Francis Harvey VC who died in HMS Lion at the Battle of Jutland and I declare that the receipt of the treasurer or other proper officer of such fund shall be a full and sufficient discharge to my trustees. In witness whereof I have here unto set my hand this first day of August 1969 Signed by the said Gladys Mary Crocker as and for her last will in the joint presence of herself and asked who at her request and in such joint presents have here unto set our names as witnesses

Will 0f Jane Clephane Neville Be it known that Jane Clephane Neville of Court Hall, Kenton in the County of Devon spinster who at the time of her death had a fixed place of abode at Kenton within the district of the county of Devon died on the 29th day of April 1905 at Court Hall aforesaid AND BE IT FURTHER KNOWN that at the date hereunder written the last Will and testament with a Codicil thereto of the said deceased was proved and registered in the District Probate Registry of His Majesty’s High Court of Justice at Exeter and that administration of all the estates which by law devolves to and vests in the personal representative of the said deceased was granted by the aforesaid court to Isabel Emily Hanmer Edye of 9 Penlee Gardens, Stoke Devonport in the county of Devon widow, niece of the deceased, the Executrix Named in the said Will. Power being reserved of making the title grant to Frank Harvey Captain RNLI son in law of the said Isabel Emily Hanmer Edye, the Executor named in the said Codicil this is the 16th day of June 1905. Gross value of the estate - £5448.19.3 Net value of personal estate - £3143.13.1 Extracted by Woollcombe and Sons Solicitors Plymouth This is the last Will and testament of me Jane Clephane Neville now residing at Number 7 Donegal Terrace in the parish of Stoke Damerel in the county of Devon spinster - I appoint my friend Adolphus George Edye of the same place a Captain in the Royal Navy my nephew Albert James Walton Neville son of my deceased brother William Poore Neville my niece Isabel Emily Hanmer Edye the wife of Malcolm de Saumarez Edye now residing at Maiden Combe near Tynemouth in the same county a lieutenant in the Royal Navy trustees and executors of this my Will and in case of my said niece refusing or being unable to act in the trusts hereof then I nominate and appoint her husband the said Malcolm de Saumarez Edye to be a trustee and executor hear of in the state of his said wife by the term my trustees used in this well I intend to include them the survivors and survivor of them any future trustees or trustee here off and the executors administrators of any last surviving trustee I direct that without regard to the place where my disease occurs I be interred in the vault belonging to me in the Plymouth Devonport and Stonehouse cemetery and that in other respects my funeral be conducted in accordance with any memorandum of wishes which I may leave in reference the two or otherwise at the discretion of my trustees but I wish all my servants who shall have been in my service for not less than a year to have suitable morning and one months wages and that £20 in addition to such wages be given to Hannah Snowden if living with me at the time of my decease or if not so living then £15 in either case free of legacy duty and £5 also free of duty to Mary Ann Wilcox my former faithful servant but not now living with me I bequeath to my said nephew Albert James Walton a staff commander in the Royal Navy the sum of £900 absolutely. I bequeath to my said niece Isabel my pearl necklace of two strings and a pair of seed pearl drop earrings also my walnut Davenport. I bequeath to my said trustees the sum of £1500 upon trust to invest the same upon such securities as they shall think fit and to pay over the income thereof to or otherwise permit the same to be received by my said niece Isabel for her life for her sole and separate use free from virtual control and so that her receipts hello Shelby village shall be valid discharges for all payments made to her hereunder and upon further trust after her decease to stand possessed of the said sum and of the investments and income thereof for the time being for all the children or any of the child of my said niece born in my lifetime or within 21 years after my decease who being sons or a son shall attain 21 or being daughters or a daughter shall attain that age or Marie and if more than one equally. I also request to my said trustees a further sum of £950 upon similar trusts in all respects in favour of my niece and goddaughter Ramona Janet the wife of Mr Lewis Bishop of Llandilo solicitor for her life and of her children as our lastly hereinbefore contained in favour of my said niece Isabel and her children. Agrees to the said Isabel and Ramona Janet's mission for the separate use respectively all my jewels, jewellry, trinkets and personal ornaments not before bequeathed and including my watches and their appendages but I request my said nieces to dispose of such parts thereof in reference to which I shall leave any paper or memorandum of my wishes in accordance there with but I do not impose any actual or constructive trusts on my said Mrs in this respect being well assured that they will faithfully execute my wishes I request the said Adolphus George Edye to accept a legacy of £20 as of acknowledgement for the trouble he will have in the execution of the trusts of this my Will if he undertakes the same trusts and as to all the residue of my Estate effects and property not hereinbefore specifically disposed of including therein money payable under any policy of insurance on my life money in the savings bank or elsewhere. Household furniture and all other property and effects over which I have any disposing hour I give and bequeath the same to my said nephew Albert James Walton Neville absolutely requesting him in like manner as hereinbefore expressed in reference to the request lastly hereinbefore made to my said nieces to dispose of such parts of my residuary estate (in reference to which I shall leave any paper or memorandum of my wishes) in accordance there with but without in this case either imposing any trust whatever on my said nephew. I also rely on the fulfilment by him of the request I hear by make that he will in the month of April annually either personally or through some effective agency expend a sum not exceeding £5 in painting and keeping in order the tomb and it's appurtenances belonging to me and being number six in the 15th row of section D in the aforesaid cemetery and I revoke all former Wills and testamentary disposition is in witness whereof I have here to set my hand this 12th day of March 1884. Signed by the said Jane Clephane Neville the testatrix as her last Will in the joint presents of us who jointly in her presence here to subscribe our names as witnesses: Wm J Woolcombe Edmund Pridham Solicitors, Plymouth ———————— This is a second Codicil to the Will of me Jane Clephane Neville now residing at Court Hall, Kenton, Devon, spinster the said Will be in dated the 12th day of March 1884 and the first coat is still there to being dated the fourth day of April in the same year - whereas since the date of my Will and Codicil Adolphus George Edye and my nephew Albert James Walton Neville have died. Now I appoint Frank Harvey a captain in the Royal Marine light infantry who is the son-in-law of my niece Isabel Emily Hanmer Edye to be an executor and trustee of my Will in place of the said Adolphus George Edye and my said nephew and jointly with the same Isabel Emily Hanmer Edye now a widow who is named as executor and trustee by my Will. Further I entirely revoke the first Codicil to my Will and I give and bequeath to such of them Guy Neville and Cicely Neville children of my said deceased nephew as shall survive me the legacies and benefits given by my side Will to their said late father namely the legacy of £900 and all the residue of my estate effects and property not otherwise disposed of by my Will or this Codicil (including as in my Will is particularly mentioned) subject to the same requests as to any memorandum of wishes and the keeping in order of my two as are expressed in my Will and I direct that if only one of them survive me the whole of the said legacy and residue show devolve upon him or her and that if both survive me they said Guy Neville shall be entitled to £500 and an equal half part of the set residue and they said Cicely Neville shall be entitled to £400 and the other half of the said residue and I declare that my trustees and executors shall have full power to pay to the mother of the said Guy Neville and Cicely Neville the legacy and share of either of them who shall at my death be under 21 and that her receipt shall be in all other respects […] from my said Will shall be complete this job in witness whereof I have here unto set my hand this first day of July 1904 Signed by the said Jane Clephane Neville as a second Codicil together to her Will in the joint presence of us who jointly at her request and in her presence here to subscribe our names as witnesses the same having first been read over to her in our joint presence and she appearing fully to understand the same. W J L Richardson Solicitor, Clerk to Messrs. Woollcombe & Sons Solicitors Plymouth Bertha M Mules, Court Hall Kenton Spinster On the sixteenth day of June, 1905 Probate Office Will with a Codicil was granted at Exeter to Isabel Emily Hanmer Edye widow the niece, one of the Executors.

BE IT KNOWN that Isabel Emily Hanmer Edye of 9 Penlee Gardens, Stoke, Devonport, in the County of Devon, Widow who at the time of her death had a fixed place of abode at Devonport within the District of the County of Devon and who died on the eleventh day of November 1916 at 9 Penlee Gardens aforesaid, a Widow made and duly executed her last Will and Testament …. and did not therein name any Executor or Residuary Legatee And be it also known that the said deceased did not die possessed of real estate [ side bar ] Sureties Isabel Dorothy Bishop (Wife of John Walter Bishop) of Brynathen, Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, and Henry Lethbridge Cowlard of Launceston in the County of Cornwall, Solicitor. AND BE IT FURTHER KNOWN that at the date hereunder written Letters of Administration with the Will of all the eastate which by law devolves to and vests in the personal representative of the said Isabel Emily Hanmer Edye deceased were granted by His Majesty’s High Court of Justice at the District Probate Registry thereof at Exter to Ethel Marguerite Harvey of 9 Penless Gardens aforesaid, Widow, one of the natural and lawful children and one of the next of kin of the said deceased. Dated the 12th day of February 1917 Gross value of Estate … £930.5.9 Net value of Personal Estate £805.13.7 Extracted by Cowlard Grylls & Cowlard Solicitors Launceston I Isabel Emily Hanmer Edye of 9 Penlee Gardens Stoke Davenport widow declare this to be my last will and testament I give and bequeath to my daughters who survive me all my furniture jewelry plate china pictures and curios and other articles and effects of household or personal use or ornament (except as in hereinafter provided) with the request that they will divide the same in accordance with any memorandum or paper signed by me and deposited with this my will or left among my papers but such momorandum shall not be deemed to form part of my will or to have any testamentary character. All such articles and efects of the kind above mentioned as shall not be mentioned in the memorandum aforesaid I give and bequeath to my son Hugh to whom I also give the watch and chain, studs & cigarette case which belonged to hid father. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this twenty sixth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eleven Isabel Emily Hanmer Edye Signed by the said Testatrix in the presence of us both being present at the same time who at her request in her presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses Florence Ware 10 Ker Street Devonport Florence Emma Hornsby 11 Phillimore st Devonport Affidavit filed as to Memorandum referred to in Will On the twelfth day of February 1917 Administratoin (with this Will) of the Estate of the Testatrix was granted at Exeter to Ethel Marguerite Harvey Widow one of the natural and lawful children and one of the next of kin

PROVED at London the 9th April 1835 before the worshipful Gerrard Beaumont Barnaby .. of Laws & Surrogate by the oath of James Sanders Esq the sole ...... to whom ..... was granted having been first ..... only .... I CHRISTOPHER RICHARDSON of Limehouse in the County of Middlesex Timber merchant being of sound mind and memory and understanding do make ....... this my last Will & Testament hereby ...ing any Will or Wills heretofore made by me. To God Almighty my heavenly Father I resign my Soul Humbly hoping forgiveness from thee of my manifold sins ........... and omissions of his Holy Commands through the .....tion of his only Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. Should I depart this life within fifty miles | or thereabouts | of London I ..... may be deposited in the vault under Limehouse Church as near to the remains of my beloved wife as possible. If beyond that distance then in the burial place of the Parish where I shall die. The funeral to be direct but as small and ....... as that will admit of, for I dislike funeral pegeantry. I give and ....... to my son John Dingley Richardson five hundred pounds stock in the Commercial road, Limehouse | part of one thousand pounds standing in my name | to be transferred to him after the first half yearly ...... shall have been served by my Executors subsequent to my decease. I also give to my said son John Dingley Richardson my Freehold ground on which seven houses are built in Island Row likewise that other Freehold ground whereon our houses are built (including the Volunteer Tavern) in Mill Place. I also give to him my Freehold ground whereon three houses are rented in Albion Terrace on the Commercial road, also the other Freehold .... the aforesaid on the East Side thereof situate between Mill Place and Island Row at present unoccupied but part thereof let on lease to Mr Grant Preston for the purpose of building on. I further give to my said son John Dingley Richardson the sum of four thousand pounds sterling to be paid to him (out of my capital in the Timber bonding yards) within two years after my decease with interest after the first year, after the rate of four per cent per annum. I own and bequeath to my beloved daughter Ann Ribena Richardson seven thousand pounds three per cent consolidated annuities ( part of a larger sum standing in my name in the Book of the Bank of England ). I also give to her eight thousand pounds the per cent ....... annuities also standing in my name in the Books of the Bank of England, both sums to be transferred to her as soon as the half yearly dividends on each shall have been ....ved by my Executors hereinafter named in trust for my grand-daughters Harriet and Mary Ann ( daughters of my late son Peter Thomas Richardson ) the sum of four thousand pounds sterling to be paid to the said Executors out of my capital in the Timber and Bonding yards ( within the term of two years after my demise and to be by them invested in such Government stock or securities as they may judge most safe and beneficial for the interest of the said Harriet and Mary Ann Richardson and to be transferred to them respectively in equal proportions ( together in like manner such interest or other profits as may have accrued thereon ) as they shall each attain the age of twenty-four years in .... the aforesaid sum of four thousand pounds should not be paid and invested within the first year after my decease, interest is to be allowed for the ......ding year after the rate of four per cent per annum and added to the capital. Should either of the aforesaid grand daughters die before arriving at the age of twenty four years of age I direct that the stock or other securities together with the accumulated interest or profits thereon shall be transferred to the survivor and should it be the will of the Almighty to deprive them both of life before the abovementioned term, I then bequeath the whole sum to my grandson Christopher their brother. I give likewise to my said Executors in trust for the benefit of my Grandson Christopher the sum of two thousand pounds sterling out of my capital in the Timber and Bonding business to be paid to them within two years after my decease and to be invested by them in manner as before mentioned shd he live to attain the age of twenty one years then the said stock or securities together with the interest or profits accruing thereon. I direct to be transferred to him for his sole use and benefit. Should he die before attaining the age of twenty one years I direct the said stock or securities shall be divided share and share alike between the sisters Harriet and Mary Ann or in case of death of either to the survivors I likewise give in trust to my Executors the sum of one thousand pounds sterling out of my capital in the Timber and Bonding business within two years after my decease to be by them invested in Government stock or securities and to pay the interest thereon to Mary Ann Gibbon ( wife of Edward Gibbon of ......ay Sreet in the Cirt of London, Manchester Warehouseman ) for her sole use and benefit and not subject to the control of her present or future husband but that the ...ipt only shall be a proper discharge to the said sisters and after her demise I give and bequeath aforesaid stock or securities to be equally divided ....... the surviving ........ of my ....... the said Mary Ann Gibbon I give to my nieces Clara Adolphus , Mary Ann Richardson and Caroline Richardson (daughters of my deceased brother Rowland Richardson) each five hundred pounds sterling to be paid to them respectively within twelve months after my decease. I give to my nephew Frederick George Richardson five hundred pounds sterling to be paid to him within two years from my decease with interest for the same after the first year at the rate of four per cent per annum. I give to my sister Sarah Richardson mother of the abovementioned two hundred pounds to be paid to her within two years from my death day until the legacy is paid. I give to my _____ Ian Clapham Francis Hogan and Charlotte Walton of _______ and to my nephew Christopher Rowland Richardson, daughters and son of my late beloved brother William Richardson deceased each one hundred pounds sterling to be paid to them respectively within twelve months after my decease as a small token of my regard and in remembrance of the many and great obligations I was under to their ______ father. I give to Mrs Sarah Richardson widow of my deceased nephew Rowland Richardson two hundred pounds to be paid to her within one year of my death. I give to my godson John ?Griggott of _____ one hundred pounds to be paid to him within twelve months from my descease. I give to Miss ___ ______ of Bath daughter of my much respected friend Mrs Pilot one hundred to be paid to her within twelve months after my decease. I give to each daughter and son of my nephew William Richardson of Leatherhead in the County of Surrey that may be living at the time of my decease one hundred pounds sterling to be paid to those of the age of twenty four years within one year after my death and to those who are under that agewhen they shall attain it as a remembrance of my love of them. The Remainder of my property and effects of every description whether freehold ____hold or leasehold estates the goodwill and business of the Timber and Bonding yards, furniture, wines, spirits, horses and carriages ( with the ______ of plate and other articles mentioned in a ______ ________ _____ ) I give and bequeath to my son Christopher Richardson and in no special manner my Freehold estate at Limehouse in the County of Middlesex formerly called or known by the name of the Saw Mill Yard and now denominated Richardson’s Timber and Bonding yard together with the works, warehouses, dwelling house, stables, sheds, saw pits and every other appertenance hereinto belonging for his sole use and benefit subject nevertheless to the following annuity to be ____ _______ to my daughters Harriet Richardson to whom I give and bequeath the same two hundred pounds per annum ( she being the widow of my deceased son Peter) and to my niece Rebecca Arkroyd the sum of fifty pounds per annum during their respective lives, the first half yearly payments to be made six months after my decease and so ________ to be paid every succeeding six months during their respective natural lives likewise (in case of need ) subject to the payment of all my just gifts, funeral expenses, Government Stamps and duties of proving my Will and other necessary charges, hereby contituting ___ sole residuary legator in consequence of the confidence I repose in a ________ of that harmony , love and affection I have happily witnessed to exist between each and every individual of my family I do hereby ___stitute and appoint in my sons Christopher and John Dingley Richardson EXECUTORS and Trustees of this my last Will and Testament in which I have endeavoured to express ( perhaps with too much tautology ) my intentions as clear as possible but should unhappily a difference of opinion arise on any point between them I earnestly intent by the love they have ____ ____ to our not to apply to the law to determine the case, but to submit the same to be decided by some disinterested Friends as Arbitrators. Given under my hand and soul this thirtieth day of February in the year ou Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight by CHRISTr RICHARDSON

1855 WILL OF THOMAS PENGILLEY OF EXETER This is the last Will and Testament of me Thomas Pingelley of the City of Exeter Lawyer whereas I am [seized] in fee simple of all that dwellinghouse being No. 9 in a row of houses called Salem Place in the parish of Saint Sidwells in the County of the said County of Exeter and also by an Indenture of assignment ---- of the ninth of May one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six I am possessed for all the residue of a term of ninety-nine years determinable as therein mentioned of all those five cottages with the gardens adjoining the lane leading from the said road to the Spinning Grove in the Parish of Saint Sidwell aforesaid and marked 1,2,3,4,5 in a plan annexed to the said Indenture Now therefore I give and devise unto my Wife Mary Pengilley her heirs executors administrators and assigns All those two cottages marked 3 and 4 in the said plan with the gardens adjoining the same and their appurtenances for her own absolute use and benefit And I hereby give and devise unto George Sercombe of the said City Merchant and to John Beale of the parish of Saint Sidwell aforesaid accountant their heirs executors administrators and assigns all the remainder of my said freehold and leasehold dwellinghouses cottages gardens tenements and hereditaments with their appurtenances To hold the same unto the said George Sercombe and John Beale their heirs executors administrators and assigns according to the nature of my estate therein respectively Upon and for the trusts intents and purposes and subject to the powers, provisions and declarations hereinafter contained, that is to say Upon trust that they the said George Sercombe and John Beale their heirs executors administrators and assigns do and shall pay the rents and profits of the said dwellinghouses messuages tenements and hereditaments unto or permit the same to be received by my said Wife Mary Pengilley for and during the term of her natural life and after her decease Upon trust with an [agreement spacd] absolutely to sell the said dwellinghouse, being Number [2] in Salem Place either by public auc- tion or private [runhart] and for such price or prices as to them shall see fit and reasonable with liberty to buy in and resell the same [some] future auction and to [convey] and assure the same unto the pur- chaser or purchasers thereof as he or they shall [direct] and to receive the monies arising from the sale or sales thereof and [grive] effectual discharges for the same and exonerate the said purchaser or purchasers from all liability in respect of the [appuration] thereof and I do [hereby] declare that the said George Sercombe and John Beale shall stand possessed of all the money to arise from such Sale as aforesaid Upon trust after payment of all reasonable [carbrurts] attending such [Sais] to pay to my Sister Nancy Richardson the sum of one hundred and forty pounds and to my Sister Susanna Osmond the sum of eighty pounds and the [litie] sum of eighty pounds to my other sister Mary Hillier and if there be any surplus remaining after such respective payments as aforesaid to divide the same amount my said three sisters share and share alike but should the monies arising from the sale of my said house be insufficient to cover the payment of the said [honaries] then to reduce the same [ratorby] according to their respective proportions. And I so hereby further declare that in case my said sister Nancy Richardson shall die before the time of the payment of such legacy of one hundred and forty pounds hereinbefore bequeathed to her then the same shall be divided amongst the children of the said Nancy Richardson share and share alike to be paid them when and as they shall respectively attain the age of twenty one years with benefit of survivorship And that in case my said Sister Mary Hillier shall die before such time as aforesaid her said legacy shall be divided amongst her children in like manner. But if my said Sister Susannah Osmond shall die before such time as aforesaid leaving my said Sisters Mary Hillier and Nancy Richardson surviving at the time of such payment as aforesaid I do hereby direct that the legacy hereinbefore bequeathed ------ to the said Susannah Osmond shall be equally divided between the said Mary Hiller and Nancy Richardson and that if only one of the said Mary Hiller and Nancy Richardson shall be surviving at such time as aforesaid then one moiety of the said legacy shall be paid to the said Sister so surviving and the other sister so dying But if both my said Sisters Mary Hillier and Nancy Richardson shall be dead at such time as aforesaid the same legacy shall be divided amongst the children of the said Mary Hillier and Nancy Richardson [alike] on their respectively attaining the age of twenty-one years to [take] per [stirpes] and not per capita with benefit of survivorship And as to the two cottages adjoining the [Warehouse] and marked No. 5 in the said Plan Upon trust after the decease of my said Wife as aforesaid for the only use and behest of William [Ellis] my said Wife’s brother his executors administrators and assigns for the remainder of my estate and interest therein And as to the two cottages marked 1 and 2 in the said Plan and hereinbefore bequeathed In trust for my said Wife Mary Pengilley for the term of her natural life I do hereby declare that it shall be lawful for my said Wife Mary Pengilley to make sale sell and dispose of the said two cottages with their appurtenances in such manner as she shall [deem] proper with liberty to assign the same to the purchasers thereof and receive the monies and give [effectual] discharges and shall stand possessed of the proceeds arising from such sale for her own absolute use benefit and [behoof] But in case of the decease of my said Wife without any such sale as aforesaid Then I direct my said trustees to make sale sell and dispose of the same and to divide the proceeds of such sale amongst my next of kin according to the statute for the distribution of intestate personal property And I so give and bequeath all my household goods furniture plate and all and singular other my [wal] and personal estate not hereinbefore mentioned whatsoever and wheresoever unto and to the use of my said Wife Mary Pengilley for her own absolute benefit And I do hereby nominate and appoint my said Wife Mary Pengilley Executrix of this my Will revoking all for- mer Wills and Codicils by me at any time heretofore made and so declare this to be my last Will and Testament In witness whereof I the said Thomas Pengilley have to this my Will contained in three sheets of paper set my hand and seal, to wit my hand at the bottom of each of the said three sheets and my hand and seal to this last sheet this eleventh day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty two --- [Hiet] Pengilley [Sol] --- Signed published and declared by the above named Thomas Pengilley as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses thereto --- James [Tenill] -- Caroline Kidwill -- William [Fidel] Clerk to the said James [Tenill]. Proved at London, [8]th Feby 1855 before the Judge by the oath of Mary Pengilley Widow the Relict the sole executrix to whom admon was granted having been first sworn by Commissioner duly to administer.