Will of James Tanner (1836-1909)

Date: 21 Apr 1909 [unknown]
Location: Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Surname/tag: Tanner

Contents 1 Introduction 2 People List 3 Property List 4 Will Transcript 5 Proving Transcript 6 Sources

Introduction

This is a transcription of the Last Will and Testament of James Tanner of 33 Monmouth Street, Bath, Undertaker, who died on 27 November 1909.^[1]

Spelling, punctuation, line breaks, and big bold text are as per the register copy. Abbreviations are expanded and additions noted in [square brackets]. Paragraph breaks (where added) and bold text for names are my own for ease of reading.

Individuals in the people list are linked to their profile if the profile exists, or are coloured red if not.

People List

People in the will, in the order that they are mentioned:

1. James Tanner, testator, undertaker
2. James Tanner, son, executor
3. Joseph Goodwin Edmonds, friend, executor
4. George Tanner, son
5. Matilda Tanner, wife
6. William Tanner, son
7. Eliza Louisa Dyer, daughter
8. Emily Woodrow, daughter
9. Eva Fry, daughter
10. Mary Ann Savage, daughter
11. Norrie Bruce Tanner, granddaughter
12. Edward Eames. witness
13. Edward Scudamore. witness

Property List

Properties in the will, in the order that they are mentioned:
None

Will Transcript

This is the Last Will and Testament of me James
Tanner of Number 33 Monmouth Street in the City of Bath Undertaker
and I hereby revoke all former Wills and Codicils by me made I
appoint my son James Tanner and my friend Joseph Goodwin
Edmonds to be Executors of this my Will I direct my Debts
Funeral and Testamentary expenses to be paid by them I give and
bequeath all my Furniture and Household effects to my Son George
Tanner and my stock in hand tools and other things appertaining to the
business now carried on by me to my Son James Tanner I bequeath
to my Executors the sum of Four hundred pounds and direct with this
sum they shall purchase an Immediate Life Annuity for the benefit
of my son George Tanner and shall give him any balance of this
amount for his immediate use _ _ I bequeath to my wife Matilda
Tanner the sum of Fifty pounds to my son William Tanner Fifty
pounds and to my daughters Eliza Louisa Dyer, Emily Woodrow,
Eva Fry and Mary Ann Savage Fifty pounds each to my Grand
daughter Norrie Bruce Tanner Twenty pounds to Joseph Goodwin
Edmonds in consideration of his acting as one of my Executors Ten
pounds I give devise and bequeath the residue of my estate of or to
which I shall be seized possessed of or entitled to to my aforesaid Son
James Tanner In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
this twenty first day of April One thousand nine hundred and nine
Signed by the Testator James Tanner
as and for his last Will and Testament
in the presence of us both present at the
same time who at his request in his
presence and in the presence of each other
have hereunto subscribed out names as
witnesses

Edward Eames

11 Princes St

French Polisher

Edward Scudamore

13 Camden Cottages

Hedgemead Carpenter

Proving Transcript

On the 20th day of December 1909 Probate of this Will was granted at Bristol to
James Tanner and Joseph Goodwin Edmonds the Executors

Sources

1. ↑ Probate: "England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995"
   Original data: Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1904 #754341 (accessed 29 December 2023)
   James Tanner probate on 20 Dec 1909 in Bristol. Died 27 Nov 1909 in Bath, Somerset, England.