This
is the last Will and Testament
of
me AGNES VOWLES of 38 COldharbour Road Redland in the City and County
of Bristol Widow. I revoke all wills heretofore made by me I appoint
my son Thomas Edgar Vowles of 30 Wellington Walk Henleaze Bristol
Dairyman and my Daughter Rose Savory Wife of Albert James Savory of
116 Aubrey Road Bedminster Bristol to be the Executors and Trustees
of this my will. I give and bequeath the followign pecuniary legacies
viz;- To my daughter Agnes Daisy Thomas (Widow) of 7 Addicott Road
Weston-Super-Mare Two hundred pounds To my daughter the said Rose
Savory one hundred pounds and to my son Victor Stanley Vowles Two
hundred pounds each free of duty All the rest residue and remainder
of my estate I give devise and bequeath the same unto and equally
between my daughters the said Agnes Daisy Thomas and Rose Savory and
my son the said Victor Stanley Vowles And in case either of my said
daughters Agnes Daisy Thomas and Rose Savory or my son the said Victor
Stanley Vowles shall predecease me leaving issue then I give and bequeath
her his or their shares under this my will including the aforementioned
legacies to his her or their issue and equally between them if more
than one such issue however only to take the share which his her or
their parent or parents would have taken under this my Will had he
she or they survived me and in case my son the said Victor Stanley
Vowles shall predecease me without leaving issue but a widow surviving
then I give and bequeath such Widow of my said son a legacy or sum
of Twenty five pounds free of death or other duty and the residue
of his share under this my Will including the aforesaid legacy bequeathed
to him I give and bequeath the same unto and equally between my daughters
the said Rose Savory and Agnes Daisy Thomas and my son the said Thomas
Edgar Vowles or to such of them as shall be then living I have excluded
my son the said Thomas Edgar Vowles from any benefits under this my
Will (except in the circumstances arising in the case of the death
of my Son the said Victor Stanley Vowles hereinbefore mentioned) as
I have already provided for him during my lifetime In the event of
my estate at the time of my decease being insufficient to pay the
aforesaid legacies in full then I hereby declare that the Legacy to
my daughter the said Agnes Daisy Thomas shall be paid in full and
the remaining two legacies abate accordingly
IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand this Eighth day of
January one thousand nine hundred and forty.................................................
........................AGNES
VOWLES.......................
SIGNED
by the Testatrix Agnes Vowles as and for her last will and testament
in the presence of us both being 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.......................................................................................................................
L. S. WYATT ...K. SWAIN Clerks to Salisbury Light & Co Solicitors
Bristol............
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