This is the last Will and Testament of me William Hingeston of Lyme Regis in the County of Dorset Surgeon I direct that my just debts and funeral and Testamentary expences shall be paid out of my general personal estate I give and bequeath all my furniture linen plate china glass books pictures prints wines and other …..Stores and all other household effects in and about my dwelling house and premises at Lyme Regis aforesaid (except such parts thereof as belong to the Trustees of the Settlement made on my marriage with my deceased wife) unto my Wife Lucy Hingeston absolutely And I believe to my said Wife Lucy Hingeston a legacy of Two hundred pounds to be paid to her within one month after my decease All the residue of my Estate and effects whatsoever and wheresoever I devise and bequeath unto my son William Fane Hingeston and Robert William Hillman of Lyme Regis aforesaid Solicitor Upon trust to invest the same in their names in or upon any Stocks funds & Securities of or guaranteed by the Government of the United Kingdom or any British Colony or Dependency or in Stock of the Bank of England or the Debentures Securities Stocks or Shares of any Railway or other Company in Great Britain or upon real Securities in England or Wales with power to vary the investments And upon further trust out of the annual income to pay the sum of one hundred and twenty five pounds a year to my said Wife Lucy Hingeston during so long as she shall continue my Widow And from and after her second Marriage (if such should ever happen) Upon trust to pay the sum of Sixty two pounds ten shillings to my said Wife during the remainder of her life And subject to the provision hereinbefore made for the benefit of my said Wife In trust as to the capital and income of my said Residuary Estate for my said son William Fane Hingeston for his absolute use And I appoint the said William Fane Hingeston and Robert William Hillman Executors of this my Will In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this fourth day of February One thousand eight hundred and eighty six – Wm Hingeston

(Attestation Clause)
Rosa Lawford 65 Fitzjohns Avenue London
Pamela Hasley Lyme Regis

Codicil dated 15 March 1887 increasing legacy and annual payments to wife and leaving bequests of ten pounds each to domestic servants Pamela Hasley and Ellen Oakley

Proved 24 June 1887 at Blandford

Dorset Record Office
PPR/CW 1887/1-200