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The Will of Timothy Pearson of Wrenthrope Died 26th May 1882 at Wakefield

I   Timothy Pearson
  Of Wrenthorpe in the Parish of Wakefield in the West Riding of the County of York out of Business,
  Do hereby revoke all Wills and Testamentary dispositions made by me
  and Declare this to be my last WILL and Testament.

I Appoint John Artleof Alverthorpe near Wakefield aforesaid Assistant Overseer and Francis Milthorpe of Wakefield aforesaid Ink Manufacturer ( Hereinafter after called 'my Trustees' ) to be Trustees and Executors of this my WILL.

And I Declare that all trusts and powers hereinafter reposed and vested in my Trustees may be exercised by the survivors of them of the heirs Executors or Administrators of such survivor or other the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of this my WILL.

I Direct my Trustees to pay out of my Personal Estate all my debts except Mortgage debts but including my Funeral and Testamentary expenses and the sum of Forty Five Pounds now due from me to my son George Pearson of Beds in the said County, Commercial Traveller, If the same sum shall be due and owing at my decease.

I Direct that if any sums shall be due from me upon Mortgage of any part of my real Estate, such sums shall be charged upon the particular properties whereon they are secured.

I Give Devise and Bequeath to my Trustees all the Real and Personal Estate of which I shall be sized or possessed upon trust to call in and convert into money such part of my Personal Estate as shall not consist of money and in six months after my decease to sell my Real Estate together or in lots by public auction or private contract alone time or at several times with or without special conditions or stipulations relative to title or otherwise with power to buy in resell or re-secure any contract for sale and to resell the same the same or any part thereof without being answerable for any loss occasioned thereby and with power also to execute assurances and give effectual receipts for the purchase money and do all other things necessary for completing any such sale and shall stand possessed of the monies to arise from such calling in sale and conversion upon trust to set apart and invest the sum of Four Hundred pounds in or upon any stocks funds or securities of a guaranteed by the Government of the United Kingdom or of any British Colony or Dependency or in Stock of the Bank of England or the Bonds or Debentures or Denture Stock or Guaranteed or preference stock or shares of any Railway or other Company in Great Britain or India incorporated by the Act of Parliament or Royal Charter and paying a dividend on its ordinary Stock or Shares or upon any debentures or debenture stocks issued under the Local Loans Act 1875,

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or upon real or leasehold securities in England or Wales but not elsewhere, such leasehold securities being held for a term whereof sixty years a least shall be unexpired at the time of such investment. And in lending money or any mortgage security my Trustees may accept whatsoever title of evidence of title shall appear to them sufficient, and in particular may in case of leasehold securities waive the production of the lessors title without being answerable for any loss occasioned thereby and my Trustees may release any part of the property comprised in any mortgage security if satisfied that the remaining property is sufficient secutity for the money owing thereon, And to stand possessed of the income to arise from such investments.

UPON Trust to pay the same to my daughter Hannah during her life for her sole and separate use, free from the debts control or engagement of any husband and so that she shall not have power to dispose thereof in the way of anticipation and from and after the decease of my said daughter Hannah

Upon Trust to accumulate the said income of the said investment during the minority of my Grandson Timothy Pearson the son of Timothy Pearson of Bradford in the said County of York, Wholesale Fruitier.

And I Direct my said Trustees after the investment of the said sum of Four Hundred Pounds to stand possessed of the residue of the monies to arise from such sale calling in and conversion as aforesaid Upon Trust to invest the same upon any of the investments aforesaid, And to stand possessed of the income to arise from such investments Upon trust to accumulate the same during the minority of my said Grandson Timothy Pearson .


And I Declare that my Trustees may postpone the sale of my Real Esate or any part thereof for so long as they shall think fit and shall stand possessed of the rents issues and profits to accrue from and out of such unsold Real Estate .

Upon Trust to pay to my daughter Hannah the sum of eight shillings per week during her life or until the sum of Four Hundred Pounds shall be so invested as aforesaid and to accumulate the remainder of the said rents issues and profits during the minority of of my said Grandson Timothy Pearson And upon trust to accumulate the whole of the said rents issues and profits if my said daughter shall die during the minority of my said Grandson Timothy Pearson and

I Give Devise and Bequeath to my said Grandson Timothy Pearson when he shall have attained the age of twenty one years all my unsold Real Estate and all my Personal Estate including such accumulations of income as aforesaid. And from and after the decease of my said daughter Hannah

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I Bequeathto my said Grandson Timothy Pearson the said sum of Four Hundred Pounds so directed tp be invested as aforesaid.

And I Direct that if my said Grandson Timothy Pearson shall die before attaining the age of twenty one years on or before the death of my said daughter Hannah the devise and bequest hereinafter contained in favor of my said Grandson Timothy Pearson shall be read and construed as if the name of my Grandson George Pearson the son of my said son Timothy Pearson had been inserted herein instead of the name of my said Grandson Timothy Pearson.

I Devise all Estates vested in me as Trustee or Mortgagee unto my Trustees subject to the trusts and equities affecting the same respectively.


In Witness whereof I set my hand hereto this Fifteenth day of March One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty Two.

J. Fred^k Janson, ~~~ Solicitor, Wakefield       William Edgar Frost, ~~~ his Clerk.

On the Twelfth day of August 1882 the Will of Timothy Pearson, late of Wrenthorpe, in the parish of Wakefield in the County of York, Deceased, who died on the Twenty Sixth day of May 1882 at Wakefield Aforesaid was proved in Her Majesty's High Court of Justice in the District Registry attached to the Probate Division thereof at Wakefield,

By Oaths of James Artle (in the said Will written John Arlte) of Alverthorpe, near Wakefield aforesaid Assistant Overseer and Francis Milthorp (in the said Will written Milthorpe) of Wakefield aforesaid, Ink Manufacturer, the Executors named in the said WILL, they having been first Sworn Duly to Administer. Personal Estate £ 59 . 15 .6 Gross Value No Leaseholds Extracted by Messrs Janson &Co Solicitors, Wakefield

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