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This is the last will and testament of me
William BRUMFITT of Hatton Hill Ford near Liverpool Gentleman I
appoint my daughter Mary BRUMFITT and my friends Joseph SHARPE of
Old Hall Street Liverpool Printer and stationer and James PENDLETON
of Liverpool Ironfounder (hereinafter called my trustees) to be the
executors and trustees of this my will and I declare that all trusts
and powers hereafter reposed and vested in my trustees shall or
maybe exercised by the survivor or survivors of them or their heirs
executors or administrators or such survivor or other the trustees
or trustee for the time being of this my will I bequeath the
following specific legacies namely to my son Charles the silver
watch and goblet presented to me by the Liverpool Rodney Ward
Committee and to my daughter Emma my gold watch and chain I hereby
confirm the gift made many years since to my daughter Mary of the
pianoforte now in my dwelling house I also bequeath the following
pecuniary legacies namely to my daughters Mary and Emma in equal
shares and proportions all the ready money of which I shall die
possessed or which shall be invested in any bank or building or
other society to my brother Thomas ten pounds to my present house
keeper Mary Ann SEYMOUR in case she shall be living and in my
service at the time of my decease the sum of ten pounds I devise and
bequeath all my real and personal estate not hereby otherwise
disposed of unto my trustees upon trust that they my trustees shall
sell call in and convert into money the same and shall with and out
of the monies produced by such sale calling in and conversion pay my
funeral and testamentary expenses and debts and the legacies
bequeathed by this my will and shall invest the residue of the said
monies in their names in or upon the public stocks or funds or
government securities of the United Kingdom or India the stocks of
The Bank of England commonly called Bank Stock Freehold copyhold or
leasehold securities in England or Wales and not Debenture the bonds
of the Liverpool Corporation the Liverpool Mersey Docks and Harbour
Board the bonds debentures mortgages guaranteed stock or securities
of any corporation Railway Company or public bond in the United
Kingdom regularly paying a dividend and my trustees shall have power
to vary from time to time or to transpose such stocks funds or
securities into or for others of the same or a like nature and that
my trustees shall stand possessed of the said residuary trust monies
and the securities for the same hereinafter called my trust fund
upon the trusts following (that is to say) in trust to pay to my
wife Margaret during her life the sum of fifteen shillings weekly
and every week the first weekly payment to be made at the expiration
of one week next after my decease and subject thereto shall stand
possessed of the said trust fund and the securities for the same its
to one equal fourth part thereof in trust for my son Charles
absolutely and as to the remaining three fourth parts thereof in
trust for my daughters Mary and Emma in equal shares and proportions
the share of each to be for her own sole and separate use provided
always and I declare that if any of my said children Mary, Emma and
Charles shall die in my lifetime without leaving issue as well the
original share of any such child dying do also any share or shares
accruing to him or her under this provision shall go to the others
or other of them and if more than one in equal shares provided also
and I further declare that if either or any of them the said Mary,
Emma or Charles shall die in my lifetime leaving a child or children
who shall survive me and shall attain the age of twenty one years
then and in every such case such child or children should take (and
if more than one equal between them) the share (as well original or
accruing) which his her or their parents would have taken under this
my will if such parent had survived me and I declare that my
trustees may postpone the sale and conversion of my real and
personal estate or any part thereof for so long as they shall think
fit and that the rents profits and income to accrue from and after
my decease of and from such part of my estate as shall for the time
being remain unsold and unconverted shall after payments thereout of
all incidental expenses and outgoings be paid and applied to the
person or persons and in the manner to whom and in which the income
of the monies produced in such sale and conversions would for the
time being be payable or applicable under this my will if such sale
and conversions had been actually made I devise and bequeath all
estates vested in me as a trustee or mortgagee unto my said trustees
subject to the trusts and equities affecting the same respectively
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this fourteenth day
of March one thousand eight hundred and seventy seven
Signed by the said William BRUMFITT
the testator as and for his last will and
testament in the presence of us present
at the same time who at his request in
his
William BRUMFITT
presence and in the presence of each
other have hereunto subscribed our names as
witnesses
Tho BELLUNGER Solicitor Liverpool
Walter CUNLIFFE Solicitor Liverpool
This is a codicil to the above written last
will and testament of me the before named William BRUMFITT whereas
the before named Joseph SHARPE has lately died now I hereby appoint
Edwin SMITH of Breeze Hill Walton near Liverpool clerk to the Walton
Local Board to be one of the trustees and executors of this my will
in the place of the said Joseph SHARPE deceased and I declare that
my said will shall be construed and take effect as if the name of
the said Edwin SMITH were inserted in my said will throughout
instead of the name of the said Joseph SHARPE and in all other
respects I confirm my said will In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand this second day of December one thousand eight hundred
and eighty five
signed by the said William BRUMFITT the
testator as
and for a codicil to his last will and
testament in the presence
of us present at the same time who at his
request in his William BRUMFITT
presence and in the presence of each other
have hereunto
subscribed our names as witnesses (the word
fourteen
having been first struck out and the word
second inserted
in its place
W CUNLIFFE Solicitor Liverpool
Frederick U LEWIS his clerk
Proved at Liverpool with a codicil the 6th
May 1890 by the oaths of Mary BRUMFITT spinster the daughter and
James PENDLTON the executors named in the will to whom
administration was granted Edwin SMITH the executor named in the
said codicil having renounced the probate and executor of the said
will and codicil
The testator William BRUMFITT was late of
Halton Hill Road near Liverpool in the county of Lancaster gentleman
and died on the 14th April 1890 at Halton Hill aforesaid
Personal estate £234: 1: 8
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