Will and Admon of Sarah Rawes of Morland, Westmorland. Made 23rd January 1899. Proved 28th March 1900 at Carlisle. (Coates Line)

[Will:] The last Will and Testament of me Sarah Rawes, / Widow, of Morland in the County of Westmorland - / I direct that after my decease my Executors hereinafter named / shall as soon as conveniently may be pay out of my personal / Estate all my just Debts Funeral and Testamentary expenses. I / give and bequeath to Alice Margaret Vickery daughter of my late / brother Robert Bland the sum of Fifty pounds. I give and bequeath / to my niece Ann Bland Allan the sum of Fifty pounds. I give / and bequeath to my niece Annie Margaret Shepherd the sum of / Fifty pounds. I give and bequeath to my niece Mary Elizabeth / Nicholson the sum of Fifty pounds. I give and bequeath to John / Bland son of my brother Thomas Bland the sum of Twenty / Five pounds. I give and bequeath to James Bland son of my brother Thomas Bland the sum of Twenty five pounds - / I give and bequeath to the two children of the late / Elizabeth Wharton of Sleagill - namely - to Jane Buckle and / Frances Wharton the sum of Thirty five pounds each. And I / further direct that the residue of my personal Estate / whatsoever and wheresoever shall be divided into equal / parts and given to the following Legatees - namely - one part to / Thomas Bland of Ousby and the second part to the children of / my late brother William Bland of Reagill in equal shares / - namely - to John Thompson Bland, William Burra Bland, / Isaac Hudson Bland and Charles Ernest Bland. And I / further direct that all my Household Goods, Furniture / and Chattels and Effects shall be divided among the above / named five Legatees in the same manner as the residue of / of my personal Estate or in case of dispute I direct that they / be sold by Public Auction and the proceeds of such sale be / added to the residue of my personal Estate and divided as / above directed. I hereby appoint my brother Thomas / Bland and my nephews John Thompson Bland and / William Burra Bland Executors of this my Will at the / same time revoking all former and other Wills by me at any / time heretofore made. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand / this twenty thrid day of January one thousand eight hundred and ninety nine Signed by the said Testatrix as her last Will and Testament in the presence of us,         Sarah Rawes [signed] present at the same time, who at her request in her presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses. Joseph Halmshaw Mary Anne Halmshaw On twenty eighth day of March 1900 Probate / of this Will was granted at Carlisle to Thomas / Bland, John Thompson Bland and William / Burra Bland the Executors. Certified Copy [Admon:] [This a seperate and original document] [Oath of Executor & Probate of Will [not annexed] of Sarah Rawes. 1900 (Carlisle Registry)] [Abstract:] In the estate of Sarah Rawes deceased. / We Thomas Bland of Felside Crosby Co. of Cumberland / Farmer[?] we[?] of the testatrix, John Thompson Bland of / Whitendale Dunsop Bridge near Clitheroe / Co. Lancaster, Farm Manager, nephew of the Testatrix & Mr Wm Burra / Bland of Reagill near Shap Co. Westmorland, Yeoman / nephew of the Testrix. Make oath that the annexed writing is the true and original last Will & Testament of Sarah Rawes of Morland, Co. Westmorland, widow. deceased and we are the executors named & we will administer and prepare an Inventory of the estate of the testatrix who died at Morland, afsd 18 March 1900 her fixed place of abode. Estate value: £1828. 2s. 4d. Thomas Bland John Bland W B Bland Sworn by the said Thos Bland John Thompson Bland, Wm Burra Bland at Penrith in the Coy of Cumb on the 22 day of March 1900 Before me Tom Lausonby[?] Commissioner of Oaths Gross Value of Estate: £1828. 2s. 4d. Net Value of Personal Estate: £1805. 7s. 4d. Transcribed from the original by Bryant Bayliffe, 2002