the Vowles family

 

Transcript of the Will of Agnes Vowles (nee Weaver) 1872 - 1942

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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