This is the last Will and Testament of me Maria Anning of Lyme Regis in the County of Dorset Widow I bequeath to my Brother Edward Brown the sum of Three hundred pounds Upon trust to permit the same to remain in the present state of investment or to call in the same and receive it on such safe security at interest as they shall think fit and to pay the income thereof to Anna Maria the Wife of Charles Brown for her sole and separate use independently of her present or any future husband for her natural life and after her decease as to One hundred pounds part thereof Upon trust for her Son Charles Edward Brown and to pay the same to him on his attaining twenty one And as to the residue of the said sum of Three hundred pounds Upon trust for all her other Children in equal shares to be paid them respectively as and when they attain twenty one And as to all the residue of my property whatsoever and wheresoever I bequeath the same to the said Anna Maria Brown absolutely And I appoint the said Edward Brown and Henry Rowland Brown Executors of this my Will. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this fourth day of August One thousand eight hundred and sixty nine _ Maria Anning   (Attestation Clause)   Thomas G Asquith of Lyme Regis _ Albert Shuffley of Lyme Regis   This is a Codicil to the Will of me Maria Anning of Lyme Regis Dorset Widow I appoint John Sharpe of London Executor of this my Will in the place of Edward Brown deceased jointly with Henry Rowland Brown In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 26th day of February 1876 Maria Anning   (Attestation Clause)   A.F. Legg Silver Street Lyme Regis     _    Elizabeth Fowler     Proved 16 March 1883   Maria Anning died on 29 April 1883 at Lyme Regis   Value of Estate £324 – 10 -0