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THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND
TESTAMENT of me ELI WAINWRIGHT of Newland Cogges near Witney in the
County of Oxford Gentleman I revoke all former Wills and
Testamentary Dispositions at any time heretofore made by me and I
APPOINT my son John Wainwright of Charlbury in the said County of
Oxford Miller Edward Hyde of Witney Surgeon and James Francis
Marriott of Church Green Witney aforesaid Gentleman to be the
Executors and Trustees of this my Will I give to each of them the
said Edward Hyde and James Francis Marriott who shall act in the
execution of the Trusts of this my Will the sum of five guineas free
of legacy duty I GIVE DEVISE and BEQUEATH unto my daughter Anna
Hicks the Wife of Charles Hicks of Northleigh in the said County of
Oxford my two cottages with their appurtenances at Northleigh
aforesaid in the occupation of Mrs Willett and Mrs Panting
respectively my House and premises at Hailey in the said County now
in the occupation of John Towersey Green and all my furniture plate
linen china glass books pictures ornaments and other household
effects and the sum of Three hundred pounds absolutely for her own
use and benefit I GIVE DEVISE and BEQUEATH unto the said Charles
Hicks my grass field called Stone Bridge Ground near Witney
aforesaid and also the sum of Two hundred pounds I GIVE to John
Wainwright Hicks and Stanley Charles Eli Hicks (children of my said
daughter Anna Hicks) and to Elsie Wainwright (the daughter of my
said son John Wainwright) the sum of One hundred pounds each I
GIVE AND BEQUEATH all the rest and residue of my personal estate and
property (except leaseholds) but subject to the payment thereout by
my Executors of my debts and funeral and testamentary expenses to my
son the said John Wainwright for his own absolute use and benefit I
GIVE DEVISE AND BEQUEATH all my real Estate and property (including
any leasehold property of which I may die possessed) not
hereinbefore otherwise disposed of unto and to the use of my
Trustees UPON TRUST to pay the rents profits and annual income
thereof to my said son John Wainwright for and during his life or to
permit him to receive the same and upon and after his decease UPON
TRUST to sell and convert into money the same and to stand possessed
of the net proceeds of such sale and conversion upon the following
trusts that is to say AS TO ONE MOIETY or half part thereof IN TRUST
to pay the same unto Elsie Wainwright the daughter of my said son
John Wainwright if and when she shall attain the age of twenty five
years but in case the said Elsie Wainwright shall die without having
attained the age of twenty five years then UPON TRUST to pay the
said moiety of the said net proceeds to my said daughter Anna Hicks
if she shall survive the said John Wainwright and Elsie Wainwright
but if she shall not so survive them then UPON TRUST for such child
or children of the said Anna Hicks as shall be living at the death
of the survivor of them the said John Wainwright and Elsie
Wainwright and shall then have attained or shall thereafter attain
the age of twenty one years or being a daughter or daughters shall
then have married or shall thereafter have married under that age in
equal shares if more than one AND AS TO THE OTHER HALF PART or
moiety of the said net proceeds of sale UPON TRUST to
pay the same unto and among
such of the children of my said son John Wainwright by his second
Wife as shall be living at the date of his decease and as shall then
have attained or shall thereafter attain the age of twenty one years
or being a daughter or daughters shall then have married or shall
thereafter marry under that age in equal shares as tenants in common
and if only one such child then the whole to that child but if there
shall be no such child or children living at the decease of my said
son who shall live to attain a vested interest in the said moiety
then UPON TRUST for my said daughter Anna Hicks in case she shall
survive my said son but in case she shall predecease my said son
then UPON TRUST for such child or children of my said daughter Anna
Hicks as shall be living at the decease of my said son John
Wainwright and as shall then have attained or shall thereafter
attain the age of twenty one years or being a daughter or daughters
shall then have married or shall thereafter marry under that age
such children if more than one to take in equal shares and if only
one such child then the whole to that child AND I DECLARE and direct
and my will is that my Trustees shall invest any monies liable to
investment by them under the trusts or provisions of this my Will by
placing the same on deposit in any Joint Stock Bank having its
principal Office in the City of London to be approved by my Trustees
and that they shall not invest the said monies otherwise AND L|ASTLY
I request my Trustees to complete the distribution of my estate
under this my Will as far as possible (and so far as the provisions
of this my Will permit) within six calendar months from the date of
my decease
IN WITNESS whereof I have
set my hand to this my Will the sixth day of May One thousand nine
hundred and three.
Signed by the above named
Eli Wainwright as his last Will
in the presence of us both
being present at the same time who
Eli Wainwright
in his presence at his
request and in the presence of each
other have hereunto
subscribed our names as Witnesses
Robert F. Cuthbert,
Solicitor, Witney, Oxon.
Jno, Birmingham, Clerk to
Messrs F. Westell & Son, Solicitors, Witney, Oxon.
Eli Wainwright
died in 1906. |
