THOMAS RAWES OF CONSETT

Will of Thomas Rawes of Consett, Durham. Made 14th January 1876. Proved 1879 at Durham. (Colman Line)
I Thomas Rawes of Consett, Inkeeper being of sound mind / and understanding do make this my last Will and Testament this / fourteenth day of January one thousand eight hundred and seventy / six I desire that all my just debts and funeral and testamentary / expences may be paid by my Executrix hereinafter named as soon / as conveniently may be after my decease. I give devise and bequeath / all my estate and effects of whatsoever kind and wheresoever/ situate and I appoint all and every estate and interest of what- / soever kind in or over which I have any power of apportionment / or disposition unto my dear wife Elizabeth Rawes for her life / and from and after the decease of my said wife I give devise / bequeath and appoint the same estate and effects unto and / betwixt my two sons Herbert Edward Rawes and Thomas / Colman Rawes in equal shares and proportions to be a vested interest / in them respectively and if either of my said sons should marry / during the lifetime of my said wife and shall die bearing a child / or children I devise bequeath and appoint the share of such of my / children so marrying and dying amongst the children if more / than one and to the child if only one - of such of my said sons so / marrying and dying as aforesaid I give devise and bequeath all / estates vested in me upon any trust or by way of mortgage to my / said wife to hold upon the same trusts as I hold the same and I / appoint my wife the said Elizabeth Rawes sole Executrix of this / my Will, hereby revoking all former Wills by me at any time heretofore / made and declaring this only to be and contain my last Will and / Testament. Witness my hand the day and year aforesaid.

Thomas Rawes [signed]

Signed by the said Testator Thomas Rawes as
and for his last Will & Testament in the presence
of us present at the same time who at his
requesting his presence and in the presence of
each other hereunto set our hands as Witnesses

Tho. L. Gladstone / Banker / Consett.
John Calvert / Grocer, Consett.

Transcribed from the original by Bryant Bayliffe, 2002