BE IT KNOWN that Hiram Shaw, of Nursery Cottage, Richmond, Handsworth, Sheffield, in the County of York who at the time of his death had a fixed placed of abode at Nursery Cottage aforesaid, within the District of the West Riding of the County of York, died on the twelfth day of March 1901 at Nursery Cottage aforesaid,

AND BE IT FURTHER KNOWN that at the date hereunder written the last Will and Testament of the said deceased was proved and registered in the District Probate Registry of His Majesty’s High Court of Justice at Wakefield,

and that administration of all the estate which by law devolves to and vests in the personal representative of the said deceased was granted by the aforesaid Court to Richard Crosland (in the said Will spelt Crossland) of Woodhouse Lane, in the City of Leeds, printer and Stationer, the sole Executor named in the said Will.

Dated the 13th day of May 1901

Gross value of Estate £ 1325 : 5 : 7

Net value of Personal Estate £ 1272 : 8 : 7

Extracted by W.E. Denhom, Solicitor, Leeds

This is the last Will and Testament of me Hiram Shaw of Richmond near Sheffield in the County of York late Nurseryman and Seedsman I give and bequeath all my household furniture plate linen china and all other the household effects which may be in and upon my Dwellinghouse at the time of my decease unto my three daughters Mary Emily Barber Elizabeth Ann Frost and Ellen Bates in equal shares and proportions as they may mutually agree amongst themselves but in case they fail to agree I direct my executor for the time being to sell the same in such manner as he may think proper and to divide the proceeds amongst my said three daughters I give and bequeath to my trustee and executor the Policy of Assurance effected by me in the Mutual Life Assurance Company and the sum of Five hundred pounds due under such Policy together with all bonuses thereon upon trust for him to pay the same unto my said three daughters in the following shares and proportions absolutely namely the sum of two hundred pounds to the said Mary Emily Barber the sum of Two hundred pounds to the said Ellen Bates and the sum of one hundred pounds to the said Elizabeth Ann Frost I give devise and bequeath to my son Walter Shaw the piece or parcel of land together with the Dwellinghouse thereon in which I now live and which was leased to my and to Benjamin Crosland by the late William Jeffcock by Lease dated the twenty fifth day of March one thousand eight hundred and sixty one for and during the remainder of the term of the said Lease I give the two leasehold dwellinghouses nearest the Church at Handsworth and which are now in the occupation of James Brookes and ___ Moore to my said daughter Mary Emily Barber for her own use and benefit absolutely I give other two of the said dwellinghouses adjoining thereto and now in the occupation of ____ Ancliffe and _____ Wilkinson with the gardens thereto at the back to my said daughter Elizabeth Ann Frost for her own use and benefit absolutely And I give the remaining two of the said dwellinghouses now in the occupation of ____ Beercroft and Harry Dawson with the gardens thereto at the back to my said daughter Ellen Bates for her own use and benefit absolutely And I appoint my friend Richard Crossland of Woodhouse Lane in the City of Leeds Printer and Stationer sole Trustee and Executor of this my Will In witness whereof I have to this and the preceding sheet of paper set my hand this twenty eight day of December one thousand eight hundred and ninety seven

Signed by the said Testator Hiram

Shaw as and for his last Will and

Testament in the presence of us present

at the same time who at his request in his

presence and in the presence of each other

have hereto subscribed our names as witnesses

Robt Fairburn Solr Sheffield

Allen Day his Clerk

On the 13th day of May 1901 Probate of this Will was granted at Wakefield to Richard Crossland the sole Executor