Will of Mary Ann Rawes of Brooklyn Stainton, Penrith, Cumberland. Made 19th May 1908. Proved 26th April 1918 at Carlisle. (Renshaw Line)

This is the last Will and Testament of me Mary Ann Rawes of Brooklyn / Stainton Penrith in the County of Cumberland Widow I hereby revoke all former Wills / and testamentary dispositions made by me and declare this to be my last Will and / Testament I appont my stepsons William Rawes of Saint Luke's Hospital Old Street / in the County of London Doctor of Medecine and Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons / and Frederick Renshaw Rawes of Builth in the County of Brecon Solicitor (hereinafter / called "my Trustees") to be the executors of this my Will I give to the said / William Rawes the sum of fifty pounds absolutely I give to the said Frederick Renshaw / Rawes the sum of fifty pounds absolutely I give my fourteen silver cups which belonged / to my husband the late John Fenton unto his nephew John Fenton Taylor who is now / abroad provided he returns to England and communicates his address in this / country to my Trustees within twelve calendar months from the date of my decease but / if he shall not return to England and communicate his address in this country to my / Trustees within such period of twelve calendar months as aforesaid then I give and / bequeath the said fourteen silver cups unto my brother Robert Stockbridge of Clift / House Kirklinton Carlisle in the County of Cumberland absolutely I declare that all / the said legacies hereinbefore bequeathed shall be free from duty which shall be paid out / of my general personal estate I give all my plate and plated goods (other than / the said silver cups hereinbefore bequeathed) linen glass china beds bedding and books / unto my stepson John Rawes of Brooklyn Stainton aforesaid I give devise / and bequeath all the residue of my estate and effects whether real or personal (hereinafter / called "my residuary estate") unto my Trustees Upon Trust after payment thereout of all / my funeral expenses and debts and the duties on the legacies hereinbefore / bequeathed free of duty to pay and divide the same between my stepsons the said John / Rawes and Isaac Rawes of 8 Victoria Road Penrith aforesaid in equal shares as tenents / in common Provided always and I declare that if my Trustees shall in their uncontrolled / discretion deem it necessary or expedient that my residual estate or any part or parts / thereof should be sold and converted into money whether for the purpose of distribution / or otherwise then I empower them to sell and dispose of the same or any part or parts / thereof either by public auction or private contract at such time or times and in such / manner as they shall in their discretion think fit In witness whereof I have hereunto / set my hand this nineteenth day of May One thousand nine hundred and eight / - Mary Ann Rawes [signed] - Signed by the above named Mary Ann Rawes as her last Will in the presence of us both / present at the same time who in her presence and in the presence of each other have / hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses - Daniel Charles Edington - Birbeck / House - Penrith - Doctor of Medicine - / - Walter George Macdonald - Birbeck House - Penrith - Physician & Surgeon On the 26th April 1918 Probate was granted at Carlisle to Frederick Renshaw Rawes the surviving executor Certified copy. Transcribed from the original by Bryant Bayliffe, 2002