Will of Ellen Freeth

Date: 16 Mar 1898 to 12 Sep 1900
Location: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Surname/tag: Freeth

Abstract of the will of Ellen Freeth of Standard Hill in the city of Nottingham, spinster

Dated 16th March 1898

Died 8th June 1899

Probate 12th September 1900

1 Appoint Henry Edward Thornton, banker of Nottingham, and Frederic Wadsworth, solicitor of Nottingham, as trustees and executors, and bequeath to each of them £600.

2 All household goods to go into this trust, Sarah Ann Rawson, widow of the late Francis George Rawson ; Ellen Fox Wadsworth, wife of Frederic Wadsworth; the Reverend Richard Davies Harries, vicar of Beeston; Sarah Munk, wife of Harry Munk; and, Christiana Wadsworth, wife of Walter Wadsworth, shall take such part of these goods as the trustees in their discretion select. The residue to fall to her residuary estate.

3 To Henry Vessey Machin all her North Clifton estate, i.e. all her lands and houses in the parish of North Clifton.

4 To Reverend Richard Davies Harries all her South Clifton estate, i.e. all her lands and houses in the parish of South Clifton, together with those in Harby, Girton, Spalford, Wigsley, Normanton on Trent and North Scarle.

5 Pecuniary legacies:

Cousin Harriett Field £1,000

Alice Field (d/o Harriett) £500

Margaret Field (d/o Harriett) £100

Julia Field (niece of Harriett) £100

Col. William Freeth £1000

George Freeth (s/o William) £500

Matthew Freeth(s/o William) £500

Christiana Freeth (d/o William) £100

Cousin Alice Stoke Roberts £1000

Each d/o Alice Stoke Roberts £100 (each)

Cousin Isabel Hodgson £500

Sarah Ann Rawson £100

Kate Orr (wife of the Rev. J Orr, d/o Sarah Rawson) £25

Fanny Cursham (wife of Harry Cursham, d/o Sarah Rawson) £25

Catherine Wadsworth £100

Sarah Munk £100

Rev. William George Cruft, curate of St Peter, Mansfield £100

Rebecca Bradley (former servant) £100

Sarah Watson (former servant, sister of Rebecca Bradley) £50

Fanny Darby (maid and housekeeper) £500

Thomas Cecil Smith Wooley of South Collingham £100

William Thomas Cartwright £300

Mary Cartwright (wife of William Cartwright) £100

Thomas William Cartwright (s/o William and Mary) £50

George Cartwright (s/o William and Mary) £50

Edith Mary Cartwright (d/o William and Mary) £50

Annie Cartwright (d/o William and Mary) £50

Walter Wadsworth £100

Ellen Fox Wadsworth £100

Henry Seymour (drawing master) £100

Ellen Freeth Huswell (godchild) £100

Thomas Stowe of Clifton, gardener £50

Annie Richards, d/o William Abraham Richards £25

Louisa Bond, d/o Henry Bond £25

Sarah Cooper of Rowsley £30

Arthur Vessey Machin £3000

Edward Vessey Machin £3000

Henry Vessey Machin £2000

George Vessey Machin £2000

Mary Vessey Machin £1000

Elizabeth Vessey Machin £1000

Deliah Vessey Machin £1000

William Handford (servant, if still in employ) £50

Samuel Harding (servant, if still in employ) £50

John Allen (servant, if still in employ) £10

Each female servant in employ one years wages

Nottingham General Hospital £1000

Nottingham General Dispensary £200

Midland Institute for the Blind £100

Nottingham Nursing Institute £50

Nottingham Gordon Boys Home £50

Vicar and CW of Harby (for bells) £200

6 All rest and residue to be sold by her trustees and divided equally between:

Arthur Vessey Machin

Edward Vessey Machin

Rev. Richard Davies Harries

Frederick Wadsworth

7 Trustees to be reimbursed reasonable fees

Signed

Ellen Freeth

Witnessed

Edward H Fraser Solicitor, Nottingham A W Chalmers Peskett MBBC Cantab., Nottingham

In Her Majesty’s High Court of Justice The Principal Probate Registry

Be it known that Ellen Freeth of Standard Hill in the city of Nottingham Spinster died on the 8th day of June 1899 at Standard Hill aforesaid. That by orders made on the 27th day of November 1899 and the 18th day of January 1900 in a consolidated action entitled Thornton and another against Cartwright and Machin against Thornton and others now depending in the Probate Service and Admiralty Division of the High Court touching and concerning the validity of the will of the said deceased it was ordered that Henry Edward Thornton and Frederic Wadsworth be appointed administrators pending the said action of the estate of the deceased limited to the sum £65, 052 12s 3d money on deposit with Messrs Samuel Smith and Co to cash on current banking account cash in house household furniture and effects and one year’s income from mortgaged properties and one year’s income from real estate.

And be it further known that at the date hereunder written letters of administration of all the estate which by law devolves to and rests in the personal representative of the deceased limited as aforesaid pending the said action were granted by her Majesty’s High Court of Justice at the Principal Probate Registry thereof to the said Henry Edward Thornton of the city of Nottingham Banker and Frederick Wadsworth of the said city solicitor.

Dated the 6th day of February 1900

Gross value of estate £78,760 8s 11d

This grant has ceased, another grant (probate) issued Sept 1900