| Will of Robert Rawes of Dobs Hole, Greyrigg, Kendal, Westmorland. Made 25th January 1870. Proved 14th January 1874 at Carlisle. (Ravenstonedale Line.) |
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[Sheet one:] This is the last Will and Testament of me Robert Rawes / Farmer of Dobs Hole in the Township of Grayrigg Parish of Kendal in the County / of Westmorland I direct that all my just debts Funeral and Testamentary Expenses / may be duly paid and satisfied by my Executors hereinafter named as soon as / conveniently may be after my decease I desire to dispose of my property in the manner / and form following: that is to say I give devise and bequeath unto my two daughters / Margaret Postlethwaite and Agnes Rowlandson the whole of my farming stock / husbandry implements Househhold Furniture Plate China wearing apparel and all / other my effects whatsoever or wheresoever the same may be found together with / all or every sum or sums of money which may be found in my house or be about my / person or be due to me at the time of my decease as well as all other Bills Securities / belonging to my Estate be the same in possession on loan or otherwise with this exception / that my daughter Agnes have the sum of Ten pounds more paid to her than to my / daughter Margaret should it happen that either of my daughters die previous to / the final distribution or division of my property and leave lawful issue I then direct / that the share of her dying be left to such issue or to her husband at the time of her / demise to and for his or their private use and benefit. If my son in law William / Rowlandson should succeed me in my business as Farmer I then direct that some / duly qualified and competent person be called in at the expiration / of two months following my demise to make a valuation of the whole of my stock / husbandry impelements household furniture and all other my chattels personal, / my son in law William Rowlandson to give to George Postlethwaite alone one of the / Executors hereinafter named a Promissary Note for the full amount of such valuation / and to pay interest for the same after the rate of four pounds per cent per annum / such interest to be placed yearly by George Postlethwaite in some or other of the / Public Funds there to accumulate until my property be divided. Should he not / incline to do so I then order the whole of my stock crop implements and every / other item of my property to be sold by public auction as soon as reasonable after / my decease And after the proceeds of such sale have been collected and got in the / respective shares to be paid as before stated And I do hereby nominate and / appoint George Postlethwaite Farmer of Greenhead Lambrigg and William / Rowlandson of Deepslack Whinfell to be executors of this my Will And I do / order them to charge all just and reasonable expenses in carrying out the / provisions of this my Will And hereby revoking and making void all former or / other Wills by me made at any time heretofore made I do solemnly declare this to be / my last Will and Testament In witness whereof I the aforesaid Robert Rawes
[Sheet two:] Robert Rawes X his mark. Signed and acknowledged by him to be be his last Will and Testament / in the presence of us present at the same time and subscribed by us in the / presence of the said Testator and of each other
- John Hayton -
Proved at Carlisle the fourteenth day of January
The Testator Robert Rawes was formerly of Dobs Hole in the Township of
Under £600 Certified Copy. Transcribed from the original by Bryant Bayliffe, 2002 |