THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of me ANN COATES of Myrtle Villa Alum Chine Road Westbourne Bournemouth in the county of Southampton widow I bequeath the following specific legacies To my brother Robert Toop my pair of china candelabra Reaper and Cleaner To my nephew Charles Toop the portraits of myself and my late husband To my medical attendant Dr Hardy my oil painting Scotch Mountain Scenery To my great niece Anna Maria Elizabeth Toop my family Bible To my great niece Emily Annie Dawes my pianoforte To my great niece Alice Louisa Toop my musical box To my cousin Robert Scutt my oil painting Branksome Chine and I give to my trusty and faithful servant Sarah Brown if she shall be living with me at the time of my decrease the sum of one hundred pounds together with a feather bed bedstead mattress bolster pillows bed sheets pair of blankets and counterpane free of legacy duty as a slight acknowledgement of her kindness and attention to me and I give and devise all the residue of my household goods furniture and affects cash in house and current account at death at Bank and the lease of Myrtle Villa aforesaid unto the said Robert Toop and Robert Scutt upon trust to sell the same and after payment thereout of my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses and the aforesaid legacy of one hundred pounds and duty if payable and to divide the residue to arise from such sale unto and equally between the said Emily Annie Dawes and Sarah Brown if the latter shall be living with me at my decease bit if she shall not be living with me at the time of my decease then to pay the whole of the aforesaid residue unto the said Emily Annie Dawes and I devise and bequeath all the residue of my real and personal estate unto the said Robert Toop and Robert Scutt upon trust to sell and convert the same into money and to divide the proceeds to arise therefrom unto and equally between all my nephews and nieces that shall be living at my decease and attain the age of twenty one years and the said Emily Annie Dawes and I appoint the said Robert Toop and Robert Scutt EXECUTORS and Trustees of this my will IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunder set my hand this twenty third day of January one thousand eight hundred and ninety three  -  ANN COATES  -  Signed and declared by the said testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us present at the same time who at her request in her presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses  -  WALTER EVANSON Cremona Alum Chine Road, Westbourne Bournemouth  -  M A EVANSON Cremona      ON the 14th day of December 1893 Probate of this will was granted to Robert Toop and Robert Scutt the Executors   BE IT KNOWN, that at the date hereunder written, the last Will and Testament of Ann Coates late of Myrtle Villa, Alum Chine Road Westbourne, Bournemouth in the County of Southampton Widow decreased, who died on the 5th day of September 1893 at Myrtle Villa aforesaid was proved and registered in the Principal Probate Registry of Her Magesty’s High Court of Justice, and that administration of the personal estate of the said decreased was granted by the aforesaid Court to Robert Toop of 12 Westover Villas Bournemouth aforesaid Gentleman the Brother of the said deceased and Robert Scutt of 7 Palmerson Crescent Boscombe near Bournemouth aforesaid Solicitors Clerk the Executors named in the said with they having been first sworn well and faithfully to administer the same. Dated the 14th day of December 1893 Gross value of Personal Estate £ 184.5.9     Ann Coates nee Toop, was the sister of Charles Toope, Robert Toop, William Head Toop & Francis Hart Toop whose wills are also on this site, you can view their wills by clicking on their name.