This is the Last Will and Testament of me CHARLES SOWDEN of 98 Beldon Road of Great Horton in the City of Bradford, Grocer and beerseller. I hereby revoke all wills and testamentary depositions by me at any time heretofore made.

I appoint my wife ANN SOWDEN and my friend JOHN HENRY KNOWLES of Liversedge in the County of York, butcher, hereinafter called my Trustees, to be the Trustees and Executors of this my Will.

I give all my household furniture and household effects to my said wife absolutely.

I give and devise and bequeath all my real and personal estate not hereby otherwise disposed of unto my trustees upon trust that my trustees shall with the consent in writing of my said wife during her life sell call in and convert into money the same or such part thereof as shall not consist of money and shall with and out of the moneys produced by such sale calling in and conversion and with and out of my ready money pay my funeral and testamentary expences and debts and my trustees shall at their discretion invest the residue of the said moneys with power from time to time at such discretion as aforesaid to vary such investments And my trustees shall stand possessed of the said residuary trust moneys and the investments .... to pay the income thereof to my said wife during her life subject to the repair and maintenance in good condition of all my real estate for the time remaining unsold. From and after the decease of my said wife my trustees shall stand possessed of the residuary trust funds

As to £40 part thereof In Trust for Mrs ANNIE WHITHORN the daughter of my deceased brother SAMUEL SOWDEN

As to £30 other part thereof In trust for FRED ROBINSON the son of my deceased sister Mrs HANNAH ROBINSON

As to £30 other part thereof In trust for Mrs ROSE ANN HOLGATE the daughter of my deceased sister Mrs HANNAH ROBINSON

As to £50 other part thereof In trust for CHARLES ROBINSON the son of my said deceased sister Mrs HANNAH ROBINSON on his attaining the age of 21 years.

My trustees shall stand possessed of the remainder of the residuary trust funds As to one fifth part thereof In trust for my sister MARY ANN LAMB the wife of WILLIAM LAMB

As to one other fifth part thereof In trust for my sister ELLEN MOUNSEY the wife of TOM MOUNSEY

As to one other fifth part thereof for my brother THOMAS SOWDEN

As to one other fifth part thereof In Trust for my brother EDWARD SOWDEN

And as to the remaining one fifth part thereof In trust for Mrs EMMA FLETCHER, Mrs SARAH ELLEN WOOD, Mrs CLARA GREEN, Mrs MARTHA ANN JAGGER, SOWDEN BULMER, Mrs LINDA BATES, Miss SARAH BULMER and JOHN BULMER, the eight children of my deceased brother JOHN SOWDEN (including illegitimate children) on their respectively attaining the age of 21 years in equal shares

If however any of the above named legatees shall die in the lifetime of me or my said wife leaving a child or children (whether legitimate or otherwise) who shall survive my said wife and attain the age of 21 years then and in every such case the last mentioned child or children shall take (and if more than one equally between them) the legacy or share ... which his her or theri parent would have taken ....

My trustees may raise any part or parts not exceeding together one moiety of the expectant share of any infant beneficiary under this my will and apply the same for his or her advancement preferment or benefit as my trustees shall think fit.

My trustees may postpone the sale and conversion of any part of my real and personal estate for so long as they shall think fit and the rents profits and income to accrue from and after my decease of an from such part of my estate as shall for the time being remain unsold and unconverted shall after payment 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 proceeds of such sale and conversion would for the time being be payable or applicable under this my will if such sale and conversion had been actually made.

My trustees shall be at liberty to let or demise from year to year or for any term of years any real or leasehold property remaining unsold ....

All moneys liable to be invested under this my will may at the absolute discretion of my trustees be allowed to remain in the state of investment in which they may be found at the time of my decease or may be invested on government securities or any other stocks or securities .... or may at the absolute discretion of my trustees be invested on the debentures stocks share or securities of any Municipal Corporation or Railway Company in England or Wales or may at the absolute discretion of my trustees be deposited at interest with the Bradford Second Equitable Benefit Building Society, the Bradford Third Equitable Benefit Building Society or any Banker in England.

It shall be lawful for my trustees to pay out of my estate any call or calls upon my shares which I may at the time of my decease hold in any Railway or other Company and also to accept or refuse any new shares or stocks in any such Railway or other Company which may be allotted to them ....

In witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament ... subscribed my hand this 3rd day of September 1902.

Witnesses Herman Alfred Grant, solicitor 16 Simbridge Road, Bradford ; Harold Newton, solicitor 16 Simbridge Road, Bradford.

On the 13th October 1902 Probate of this will was granted at Wakefield to ANN SOWDEN and JOHN HENRY KNOWLES the executors.

Be it known that CHARLES SOWDEN of 98 Beldon Road, Great Horton in the City of Bradford, grocer and beerseeler, who at the time of his death had a fixed abode of 98 Beldon Road ... died on the 29 September 1902 at 3 Barnes Road, Morecambe in the County of Lancaster

Gross value of Estate £2,062 9s

Net Value of Personal Estate £437 19s 7d

Resworn May 1903 - £2,777 9s