The Will of Robert Brown of Park Road, Sculcoates	Back to Wills list

This is the last Will and Testament of me   Robert Brown
of the borough of Kingston upon Hull, Accountant,

I Appoint my son in law Joseph Richardson of Kingston upon Hull aforesaid, Gentleman and my Friend Samuel Lambert of the same Borough Grocer the Trustees and Executors of this my WILL.

I Give Devise and Bequeath all my real Estate whatesoever and wheresoever and all my household goods and funiture, the policy of Insurance on my life effected with the Royal Insurance Company for the sum of One Hundred and Fifty pounds, my money and securities for money and all other my personal Estate whatesoever and wheresoever unto and to the use of the said  Joseph Richardson and Samuel Lambert their heirs executors administrators and assigns according to the respective natures and qualities thereof.

Upon Trust to permit and suffer my wife Harriet Caton Brown to have the use and enjoyment of my said household goods and furniture during her life, should she so long continue my Widow and unmarried, without anny liability on her part or on the part of my Trustees for the destruction or damage thereof or any part thereof.

And upon Trust when and as they my Trustees shall think it expedient to sell my said Estate either by public auction or private contract with power to make special conditions of sale as to title or otherwise and to buy in and resell without being answerable for loss And subject as aforesaid to sell and collect and convert into money all such parts of my personal estate as shall not consist of money, And to stand possesssed of the monies to arise from the sale of my said Real Estate and the monies to arise from the sale collection and conversion of such parts of my said personal Estate as shall not consist of money

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Upon Trust thereof to pay and discharge my just Debts, Funerral and Testimentry Expences, And to pay to my kind and faithfull housekeeper May Hall, provided she shall be in my service at the time of my decease, the sume of Nineteen pounds and Nineteen shillings, And to invest the Residue thereof in the names of my said Trustees in Goverment Stokes or Funds or real Securities in England or the Mortgages Bonds Debentuers or Debenture or Preference Stoke of any Railway or Dock Company in the United Kingdom which at the time of such investment shall be paying dividends to the share holders on the Ordinary Stock or Shares of such Company with power to vary the investments from time to time at their discretion for shares of a like nature.

And upon Trust to the income to arise from such investments unto my said wife during her life should she so long continue my Widow and unmarried without power of anticipation.
And from and after her decease or marriage again which first shall happen, Upon Trust to pay the income of the said trust fund unto my daughter Harriet Caton Robbins the wife of Joshua Robbins of Glasgow during her life for her sole and seperate use independantly of her present or any future husband and without power of Anticipation And from and after the decease of the suvivor of them, my said wife and daughter Harriett Caton Robbins as to the Capital of the said Trust fund and the Future income thereof;

Upon Trust for all my grandchildren living at the decease of such survivor and the issue then living if any who may have died leaving issue, such issue representing thir deceased parent and taking amongst them the share only which such parent would have taken if then living, in equall shares and proportions with benifit of Survivorship and accruer between and amongst them, in case of the death of any of them under the age of Twenty One Years and

I Empower my Trustees to posspone the sale of my real Estate or the sale or conversion of any portion of my Personal Estate which may be invested in ant stocks funds or sdecurities at the time of my decease for such period as they shall think expedient and without being liable for any loss thereby.

I Declare that all the trusts powers and discretions by this my WILL vested in my Trustees may be executed and exercised by them or the survivor of them or other the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of this my WILL.

In witness whereof    I have hereunto set my hand
this twenty first day of April One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy Seven.

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This is a Codicil to the Last Will and Testiment of me Robert Brown
of the Borough of Kingston Upon Hull, Accountant, which WILL bears the date twenty first day of April One Thousand Eight Hundred and Senenty Seven.

Whereas I have in and by my WILL appointed Joseph Richardson and Samuel Lambert therein described the Trustees and Executors of my said WILL and I have given to my housekeeper Mary Hall who has since died the sum of Nineteen pounds and Nineteen Shillings.

NOW I Hereby Revoke the appointment of the said Samuel Lambert as one of the Trustees and Executors of my said Will.

And in lieu Thereof   I appoint my son in law Joseph Turner Bolton Gentleman to be a Trustee and Executor of my said WILL along with the said Joseph Richardson.

And I Declare that my said WILL shall be read and construed as if the name of Joseph Turner Bolton hereby appointed had been inserted throughout my said WILL wherrever the name occurs therein of the said Samuel Lambert.

And I Declare that all the trusts powers and authorities by my said Will vested in the said Joseph Richardson and Samuel Lambert shall be vested in the said Joseph Richardson and Joseph Turner Bolton and be exerciseable by them or the survivor of them.

I Give a complete set of the Encyclopedia Britanica to my grandson John Turner Bolton.

I Hereby Revoke the said Legacy of Nineteen Pounds and Nineteen Shillings contained in my said WILL to the said Mary Hall.

And I Confirm my said WILL in all respects in which the same is not hereby altered.

In witness whereof    I have hereunto set my hand
this twenty second day of April One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty.

Signed by the said Robert Brown as and for a Codicil to his last WILL and Testiment in the presence of uis all being present at the same time who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses.

John Richardson ~

The Word 'Shillings' in the sixth line, the word 'this' in the eighth line of this sheet having been first erased and the word 'said' between the seventh and eighth lines and the words 'I give a complete set of the Encyclopedia Britanica to my Grandson John Turner Bolton' having been first interlined between the sixteenth and seventeenth lines of this sheet. Isaac Newton Clerks to Messrs Stamp Jackson & Birks J. Birks         Solicitors, Hull

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	BE IT KNOWN that at the date hereunder written the Last Will and Testiment, with a Codicil thereto of Robert Brown Late of the Borough of Kingston Upon Hull, Accountant, deceased who died on the Tenth day October 1888 at Belvedere House, Newlands Park in the Borough of Kingston Upon Hull aforesaid, and who at the time of his death had a fixed abode at Belvedere House aforesaid within the District of the North and East Ridings of the County of York including the city of York and Anisty thereof, was Proved and Registered in the district Registry attached to the Probate Division of Her Majesty's High Court of Justice at York
	And that Administration of the Personal estate of the said deceased was granted by the aforesaid Court to Joseph Richardson of Belvedere House aforesaid, Gentleman the Executor named in the said WILL and Joseph Turner Bolton of No. 134 North Marine Road, Scarborough in the County of York, Gentleman the Executor named in the said Codicil They having been first Sworn well and faithfully to Administer the same.

Dated the Sixteenth day of January 1889

Gross Value of Personal Estate - £ 871 ~ 5 ~ 6
Net    Value of Personal Estate - £ 596 ~ 2 ~ 7

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