Will of Fanny Rawes of Kendal, Westmorland. Made 13th November 1918. Proved 14th February 1919 at Carlisle. (Plumgarths Line)

I Fanny Rawes of No.10 Gillinggate, Kendal in the County of Westmorland do / hereby make this my last Will & Testament I direct that all my real & personal estate / wherever situated be realized by my executor excepting the Life Assurance Policy on / the life of my husband Robert Rawes and that the said Executor shall hold in trust / the sum realised until the death of my husband Robert Rawes when he will pay the / necessary funeral expenses of the said Robert Rawes out of the amount paid by / the Insurance Company I further direct that the said Executor shall after the / death of the said Robert Rawes proceed to distribute the amount realised from the / foregoing estate in the following manner. To my son John William Rawes one / fourth share To my son Ernest Eskrigge Rawes one fourth share To my daughter / Fanny Elizabeth Harrison one fourth share To my granddaughter Alice Strong / one fourth share I further direct that the said Executor shell hold in trust the / share of my granddaughter Alice Strong until such time that he may deem it / suitable to pay the amount to her but not later than on her attaining the age of twenty / one years I further direct that if any of the foregoing beneficiaries die before the said / Robert Rawes then his or her share shall be equally divided amongst the survivors / except in the case of my daughter Fanny Elizabeth Harrison in which case her share / shall be held in trust by my Executor to be divided among her surviving children / when and how he (Executor) deems suitable I hereby appoint my son Ernest Eskrigge / Rawes to be my sole Executor and I charge him to carry out the contents of this Will / Dated this thirtieth day of November 1918 One thousand nine hundred and eighteen. Signed - Fanny Rawes Witnesses - in the presence of Mary Rawes of Highgate, Kendal Edith Rawes, 29 Mint Street, Kendal who have each signed in the presence of each other. An Affidavit of due execution filed. On the 14th day of February 1919 Probate of this Will was granted at Carlisle to Ernest Eskrigge Rawes the Executor Transcribed from the original by Bryant Bayliffe, 2002