Will of Elizabeth Rawes of Front Street, Conscett, Durham. Made 21st November 1884. Proved 1st December 1884 at Durham. (Colman Line)

[Will:] This is the last Will & Testament of me Elizabeth Rawes of / Front Street Consett in the County of Durham widow. I direct that all my just / debts and Testamentary expenses be paid out of my personal estate. I give devise and / bequeath unto my son Thomas Coleman Rawes all my real estate for his life. I also / direct that he shall sell or let the same within twelve months after my decease. The / property if sold the sum of two thousand pounds to be invested on real estate for / his life and at his decease to be equally divided amongst his children share and / share alike. I also give and bequeath unto my said son Thomas Coleman Rawes / the whole of my personal estate except my wearing apparel and subject to / the following legacies being paid thereunto. The sum of one hundred pounds to my grand / child Herbert Rawes on his attaining the age of Twenty one years and the sum of / one hundred pounds to Grace Ann Rayner widow of the late John Rayner and / I direct my wearing apparel be equally divided between my sisters Hannah / Thorne and Mary Ann Groves[?] share and share alike. And I appoint my said / son Thomas Coleman Rawes and Christopher Lumley of Consett Executors / of this my Will, hereby revoking all other testamentary writings. In witness whereof / I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of November 1884. Elizabeth Rawes [signs] Signed by the said Testatrix as her last Will and Testament in the presence of us at the / same time who at her request in her presence and in the presence of each other have / subscribed our names as witnesses. W.M. Renton John Calvert. [Codicil] I Elizabeth Rawes of Front Street, Consett, Co. Durham / Widow do make this Codicil to my Will. It is my wish and desire to appoint and / I do hereby appoint Mr John Calvert of Sherburn House, Consett to act as one / of my executors in conjunction with my son Thomas Coleman Rawes and Christopher / Lumley appointed Executors under my Will dated November twenty first / one thousand eight hundred and eighty four. As witness whereof I have hereunto / set my hand this 1st day of December 1884. Elizabeth Rawes [signs] Signed by the Testatrix as her last wish and desire in the presence of / us at the same time who at her request in her presence and in the presence of each / other have subscribed our names as witnesses Edward Neale Isabella Errington. Proved at Durham with a Codicil on the 13th day of February / 1885 by the Oaths of Thomas Colman Rawes (in the Will written / "Thomas Coleman Rawes") the son and Christopher Lumley / the Executors named in the Will and John Calvert the Executor / named in the Codicil to whom Administration was granted. The Testatrix Elizabeth Rawes was late of Front Street, Consett in the County of Durham / widow and died 2nd January 1885 at Front Street aforesaid. Gross Effects £246. Extracted by the Executors. (This is a true Copy) Transcribed from the original by Bryant Bayliffe, 2002