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(Document 1)
THIS IS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of me ANN JULIA WALLIS of the Borough
of Bodmin in the County of Cornwall Spinster I give and bequeath unto my
niece JULIA WALLIS the daughter of my late brother Christopher my gold
watch and chain and the seals attached thereto I give and bequeath unto
my friend Mrs Admiral Basden my spangled gold chain I give and bequeath
unto my sister Louisa Morshead all my wearing apparel and the miniature
portrait of my late father I give and bequeath unto my nephew Preston
James Wallis of Bodmin aforesaid Solicitor ALL my plate china and table
linen and the portrait in oil of my late father and also my large
diamond ring and the ring set in pearls containing the hair of my late
father ALL the rest residue and remainders of my estate and effects I
give and bequeath unto the said Preston James Wallis upon trust to
convert the same into money and in the first place to pay thereout all
my just debts and funeral and testamentary expenses and in the next
place to pay to my cousin Louisa Isabella Margaretta Houseal of Bodmin
aforesaid Spinster during the term of her natural life the clear yearly
sum or annuity of £20 by equal quarterly payments the first of such
payments to be made at the expiration of 3 calendar months next after my
decease and after the death of the said Louisa Isabella Margaretta
Houseal to pay a like yearly sum or annuity of £20 unto my sister the
said Louis Morshead during the term of her natural life by equal
payments at the time and in the manner above mentioned for her own sole
and separate use independently of her present or future husband and free
from his debts and engagements and I do declare that the receipt alone
shall be a sufficient discharge to my executor and subject to the
payment of the said annuity in manner above mentioned and after the
death of both of them the said Isabella Margaretta Houseal and Louisa
Morshead to stand possessed of the residue of proceeds of my estate and
effects In Trust for Preston Gilbert Wallis son of the said Preston
James Wallis and to apply the same for the benefit ? and advancement in
life of the said Preston Gilbert Wallis in such manner as the said
Preston James Wallis shall from timer to time think fit or expedient AND
I do hereby appoint the said Preston James Wallis sole EXECUTOR of this
my will IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 12th
day of April 1870
Ann Julia Wallis
Signed and declared by the said Ann Julia Wallis the Testeatrix as and
for her last will and testament in the presence of us 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
Thomas Commins
William Philp
Extracted by George E Philbrick
Solicitor Girdlers Hall Basinghall Street
(Document 2)
THE DISTRICT REGISTRY OF BODMIN
IN HER MAJESTIES COURT OF PROBATE
BE IT KNOWN that on the 15th day of September 1871 the last will and
testament, hereunto annexed, of Ann Julia Wallis late of Bodmin in the
County of Cornwall Spinster deceased, who died on the 4th day of August
1871 at Bodmin aforesaid was proved, and that administration of all and
singular the personal estate and effects of the said deceased was
granted by the aforesaid Court to Preston James Wallis the Nephew of the
said deceased the sole executor named in the will he having been first
sworn well and faithfully to administer the same, by paying the just
debts of the deceased and legacies contained in her will and to exhibit
a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the said estate and
effects, and to render a just and true account thereof whenever required
by law so to do
A F Bayfield Registrar
Extracted by G E Philbrick Solicitor
Sworn under £800
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