Will of John Wale, Baker of Mountsorrel 1873

Date: 1865 to 1873
Location: Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, England

The Will of John Wale was written on 14 November 1865 and proved on 27 January 1873. He died on 13 October 1872 at Mountsorrel.^[1]

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People in the will in the order that they appear:

• John Wale (testator)
• Sarah Wale (wife)
• Emma Wale (daughter)
• Alfred Wale (son)
• Thomas Brearly (left John a legacy)^[2]
• Witnesses: Thomas Daykin, Rebecca Brown (possibly Rebecca Brewin, sister's daughter)

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This is the last Will and Testament of me John Wale of the
South end of Mountsorrel in the County of Leicester Baker
I give and devise the whole of my property both real and personal
to my Wife Sarah Wale and to my Daughter Emma Wale
upon Trust for the purposes following. That my Wife Sarah
Wale shall receive the rents profits arising from my real and
personal estate during the term of her natural life for her own
absolute use and benefit and after her decease the whole of my
real and personal Estate shall within six calendar months by
private contract or otherwise be sold and the proceeds of such
sale or sales be equally divided amongst such of my children
or their Wives or their Children as may be living at the time
of her decease and whereas my Son Alfred Wale has lent me
the Sum of Three hundred pounds on Mortgage on the property
bequeathed to me by Thomas Brearly my will is that he
should first of all be paid the sum of Three hundred pounds
or such part as shall remain unpaid at the time of my
decease or decease of Wife Sarah Wale and afterwards take an
equal share with such of my children or ^^their descendants as may
be living at the decease of my aforesaid Wife or of myself or
whichsoever may be the longest survivor and I hereby charge
me real and personal estate with my Funeral expences and
testamentary expences and the expence of proving this my Will
And I nominate and appoint my Wife Sarah Wale and my

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daughter Emma Wale joint Executrixes for proving this my Will
and carrying the same into execution Given under my hand
this fourteenth of November in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty five Signed by the
aforesaid John Wale the Testator as and for his last Will and
Testament in the presence of us who at his request have in his
presence and in the presence of each other Subscribed our names
as Witnesses - John Wale -
- Thomas Daykin - Rebecca Brown -

Proved at Leicester the Twenty seventh
day of January 1873 by the Oath of
Emma Wale Spinster Daughter of the
deceased the surviving Executrix to whom
Administration was granted.
The Testator John Wale was late of Mountsorrel
in the County of Leicester Baker and died on
the thirteenth day of October 1872 at Mountsorrel
aforesaid
Under £100
Extracted by Henry Hogg Solicitor Nottingham

Sources

1. ↑ Probate: "Leicestershire Wills And Probate Records, 1500-1939"
   Archive: Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland; Reference: DE462/16
   FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 10 October 2023)
   John Wale probate in 1873 in Leicestershire, England. Died 13 Oct 1872 residing in Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, England. Occupation: Baker.
2. ↑ Probate: "Leicestershire Wills And Probate Records, 1500-1939"
   Archive: Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland; Reference: DE462/7
   FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 10 October 2023)
   Thomas Brearley probate in 1864 in Leicestershire, England. Died 24 Mar 1864 residing in Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, England. Occupation: Framework knitter.