Will of James Rawes of Sherborne, Dorset. Made 8th January 1874. Proved 28th September 1887 at Blandford. (Wellstead Line)

This is the last Will and Testament / of me / James Rawes of Sherborne in the County of Dorset House / Agent I give devise and bequeath all the real and personal Estate / and effects of what nature or kind soever or wheresoever situate to / which I shall be entitled or be possessed of at the time of my decease / unto my dear wife Mary Rawes to and for her own absolute use and / disposal and I appoint my said wife sole Executrix of this / my Will hereby revoking all former Wills by me at any time heretofore / made In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this / eighth day of January One thousand eight hundred and seventy four / - James Rawes [signs] - / Signed by the said James Rawes as and for his last Will and / Testament in the presence of us present at the same time who in / his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have / subscribed our names as witnesses hereto James Woodard[?] Catherine Leatherdale A correct copy Francis [-. ----] [signature indecipherable] / Bristol[?] Agt Proved at Blandford on the twenty eighth day of September 1887 by the / Oath of Mary Rawes widow the Relict of the deceased the sole Executrix / to whom Administration was granted The Testator James Rawes was late of Sherborne in the County of / Dorset House Agent and died on the eighteenth day of March 1887 at / Sherborne aforesaid. Under £1000. Mr C.L.O. Bartlett Solr. Sherborne Transcribed from the original by Bryant Bayliffe, 2002