| Will of William Rawes of Kendal, Westmorland. Made 5th June 1895. Proved 24th February 1899 at Carlisle. (Fishmonger Line) |
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[Sheet one:] This is the last Will and Testament of me William / Rawes of Kendal in the County of Westmorland Fishmonger. 1 I appoint my dear wife Sarah and Richard Hargreaves / Greenwood of Kendal aforesaid Solicitor Executrix and Executor / and Trustees of this my Will and I bequeath to my said wife a / legacy of Fifty pounds to be paid to her immediately after my / decease. 2 I give to my said wife the use and enjoyment during her / life, if she shall so long continue as widow, of the whole of my / Household furniture and effects Plate Linen China and / consumable Stores she keeping the same properly insured against / Fire. And after her decease or marriage I direct tha same to / sink into and form part of my Residuary Personal Estate. 3 I direct that my said Trusteess shall permit my said / wife, she continuing my widow, to carry on the Trade or Business / at Kendal in which I shall be engaged at my death and to / use and employ for that purpose such part of my Real and / personal Estate as shall be by then employed therein and as my / Trustees may in their discretion consider requisite with / power for my Trustees to increase or diminish at their discretion / the Real or personal Estate so used and employed. And in the / event of her my said wife marrying, declining to carry on such / Trade or Business or dying then I direct such part of my / said Real Estate as shall be employed in my said Business / to sink into and form part of my Residuary Real Estate and I / bequeath the Stock in Trade and Good-will (if any) of the said / Business to my son John Rawes but I direct that such part / of my said personal Estate as shall be employed in my said / Business as shall consist of moneys shall sink into and / form part of my Residuary personal Estate. 4 I also direct that my said Trustees shall permit my / said wife, she continuing my widow, to carry on the Trade or / Business in which I shall be engaged at my death at Hull, Scarborough, North Shields and Lowestoft and which is now / managed by my son William Edward Rawes and for that / purpose to use and employ such part of my personal Estate
{Sheet two:] 5 I devise all my Real Estate unto my Trustees Upon / Trust to permit my said wife to collect and receive the rents / and income arising therefrom during her life, if she shall so / long continue my widow, she keeping the same in repair and / insuring the same from loss or damage by Fire and paying / all Taxes and Outgoings in respect thereof. And after her / decease or marriage whichever shall first happen, then / (except as to my Real Estate situate in Stramongate and Hickland / Kendal aforesaid) I devise the same to the use of my child / if only one, or children if more than one, who shall / attain the age of Twenty one years in equal shares as Tenants / in Common. 6 I direct that on the death or marriage of my said wife / whichever shall first happen, my said son John shall have the / option of purchasing my Real Estate situate in Stramongate / Kendal aforesaid (being the property acquired by me from Mr / Thomas Rogers) at the price of One thousand three hundred / pounds and I direct my Trustees to convey the same Real / Estate to him at the price provided that he shall elect to take / the same within one month after the death or marriage of
[Sheet three:] 7 I direct that on the death or marriage of my said wife / whichever event shall first happen, my daughter Sarah Jane the / wife of Joseph Airey shall have the option of purchasing my Real / Estate in Kirkland, Kendal aforesaid, and which formerly / belonged to Mr John Thompson at the price of seven hundred and / fifty pounds and I direct my Trustees to convey the same / Real Estate to her at that sum provided that she shall elect to / take the same within One Calendar month after the death or / marriage of my said wife wichever shall first happen And / I declare that in the event of my said daughter Sarah Jane / electing to purchase my said Rwal Estate in Kirkland, Kendal / aforesaid the said purchase money of seven hundred and / fifty pounds shall be held by my Trustees as part of my / Residuary personal Estate And in case my said daughter / shall not within the time limited for that purpose accept the / offer of my said Real Estate in Kirkland aforesaid then and / in such case I devise the same Real Estate to the use of my child, if only one, or all my children if more than one, who shall / attain the age of Twenty one years in equal shares as Tenants / in Common. 8 I bequeath the residue of my personal Estate to my / Trustees Upon Trust (subject to the provisions of Clauses 2, / 3 and 4 of this my Will) to sell call in and convert into money / the same or such parts thereof as shall not consist of
[Sheet four:] 9 I request and direct that the before named Robert / Leak shall on no account be permitted to have anything to do / with the management or control of either of my said / businesses. 10 I declare that the said Richard Hargraves Greenwood / and any future Trustee of this my Will who may be a Solicitor / shall be entitled to charge and shall be paid out of the Trust / premises for all business done by him in relation to the Trust / premises in the manner as he would have been entitled to / charge the Trustees for the same in not being himself a Trustee / he had been employed to do such business as their Solicitor. 11 I declare that my Trustees shall not be responsible / for any loss or diminution of my Real or personal Estate on / account of my said wife carrying on my said Businesses at / Kendal and elsewhere or either of them under Clauses 3 and / 4 of this my Will but that she my said wife alone shall be / responsible for the conduct and management of my said / Businesses.
[Sheet five:] In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament / set my hand this fifth day of June one thousand eight hundred / and ninety five. William Rawes [signed]
Signed by the said William Rawes
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On the twenty fourth day of February 1899 Certified Copy. Transcribed from the original by Bryant Bayliffe, 2002 |