Will of Sir Thomas Percival Heywood 1898

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Transcript of the Last Will and Testament of Sir Thomas Percival Heywood. Paragraphs and emphasis added to aid legibility. Original spelling and capitalisation preserved.

THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
of me THOMAS PERCIVAL HEYWOOD of Doveleys in the parish of Denstone in the county of Stafford Baronet

I give and devise my house and lands at Doveleys in the county of Stafford and all my houses schools and lands at Denstone and also my school at Miles Platting with the appurtenances thereunto belonging and all other my lands and hereditaments unto my son Arthur Percival Heywood his heirs and assigns I also give unto my son Arthur Percival Heywood all my horses carriages and outdoor effects and all my furniture and contents of my house or houses (other than moneys or securities for money) except such thereof as my daughters may elect to take for the purpose of their comfort and of furnishing a residence which I beg my son Arthur Percival Heywood to place at their disposal and I ask that as long as my said daughters or any of them shall live and remain unmarried such residence with the buildings and garden attached thereto shall be for their enjoyment

And I wish that my daughters shall together with such privilege of residence have the use and enjoyment of so much and such parts of my plate books furniture linen household and outdoor effects (other than moneys or securities for money) as my said daughters may deem fitting for the purpose of furnishing such house and for the occupation of the buildings and gardens and lands belonging thereto

And I wish that my said daughters shall not be called upon to pay any rent or compensation in respect of such privilege of residence

I request my said son if I shall at the time of my death be residing at Doveleys or in my sons residence at Claremont to allow my daughters to reside in and use and occupy the house and garden at Doveleys or Claremont in which I may be residing and to have the enjoyment of the household furniture and effects therein for the space of six calendar months after my decease without paying any rent or compensation in respect of such privilege

I give unto my son Bertram Charles Percival Heywood the sum of twenty two thousand five hundred pounds and to my son Gerald Graham Percival Heywood the sum of twenty two thousand five hundred pounds

I give unto my sons Arthur Percival Heywood and Bertram Charles Percival Heywood and unto my brothers Arthur Henry Heywood and Edward Stanley Heywood the trustees of this my Will the sum of ten thousand pounds Upon trust, that my said trustees or the survivors or survivor of them or the executors or administrators of such survivor do and shall lay out and invest the same in their or his names or name in or upon some of the parliamentary stocks or funds of Great Britain or in Government or real securities in England or Wales but not Ireland or upon the purchase or security of bonds debentures or preference stocks of any railway or other company incorporated by Act of Parliament and paying a dividend on the original shares which shall have been paid up in full or of any bonds or obligations sanctioned by Act of Parliament of the municipal corporation of Liverpool or Manchester or of any Local Board or Boards of either of them and do and shall at the discretion of my said trustees or trustee or the trustee or trustees for the time being of this my Will alter vary and change such stocks funds and securities into and for other stocks funds and securities of the same or the like nature

And I hereby declare that my said trustees or trustee or the trustees or trustee for the time being of this my Will shall stand possessed of and interested in the said sum of ten thousand pounds or other the stocks funds or securities in which the same for the time being may be invested

Upon the trusts following that is to say Upon trust during the life of my daughter Isabel Mary Heywood to pay to her the yearly income of the said sum of ten thousand pounds without power of anticipation during coverture and from and after her decease if she has married In trust for all her children who being sons shall attain the age of twenty one years or being daughters shall attain that age or marry And if there shall be but one child the whole to be In trust for that one child and if there shall be no child of the said Isabel Mary Heywood (who being a son shall attain that age or being a daughter shall attain that age or marry) then In trust for such of my other children who shall be living at the time of her death and the children of such of my children who may have predeceased her such last mentioned children to take no greater share than their deceased parent would have done if living

I give unto my said trustees the further sum of ten thousand pounds Upon trust to invest in the same manner as I have directed the before mentioned sum of ten thousand pounds to be invested Upon trust to stand possessed of and interested in the said sum of ten thousand pounds or other the stocks funds or securities in which the same for the time being may be invested Upon the trusts following that is to say

Upon like trust for the benefit of my daughter Etheldred Sophia Anne Heywood and her children or child as are hereinbefore declared of and concerning the said sums of ten thousand pounds in favour of my said daughter Isabel Mary Heywood and her children

I give unto my said trustees the further sum of ten thousand pounds Upon trust to invest in the same manner as I have directed the before mentioned sums of ten thousand pounds to be invested Upon like trust for the benefit of my daughter Mary Monica Heywood and her children or child as are hereinbefore declared of and concerning the said sums of ten thousand pounds and ten thousand pounds in favour of my respective daughters Isabel Mary Heywood and Etheldred Sophia Anne Heywood and their respective children

I give unto Margaret Effie Heywood the wife of my son Arthur Percival Heywood the sum of one thousand pounds and

I give unto Florence Maud Heywood the wife of my son Bertram Charles Percival Heywood the sum of one thousand pounds

I direct that every person who takes any benefit under this my Will or any fund to be held in trust under this my Will shall bear his her or its proportion of the estate duty and if there shall be a claim for settlement estate duty the fund in settlement shall bear the same

And I also direct that the said several pecuniary legacies shall be paid raised or appropriated as soon as conveniently may be and shall bear interest at the rate of four pounds per cent per annum after the lapse of six months from the date of my death until such payment or appropriation

I shall be grateful if my said son Arthur Percival Heywood will give the sum of three thousand pounds as gifts or remembrances of me

And as to all the rest residue and remainder of my personal estate whatsoever and wheresoever I give devise and bequeath the same unto my said son Arthur Percival Heywood

I appoint the said Arthur Percival Heywood Bertram Charles Percival Heywood Arthur Henry Heywood and Edward Stanley Heywood to be the EXECUTORS of this my Will

IN WITNESS whereof I the said Thomas Percival Heywood Baronet the testator have to this my last Will and Testament contained in four sheets of paper to each thereof set my hand this 15th day of October one thousand eight hundred and ninety seven
T PERCIVAL HEYWOOD
signed and declared by the above named Thomas Percival Heywood Baronet as and for his last Will and testament in the presence of us present at the same time who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses
FRANCIS HEPWORTH MRCS LSA Eccles nr Manchester
THOMAS WESTON Butler Dove Leys Denstone

ON the 4th day of January 1898 Probate of this Will was granted to Sir Arthur Percival Heywood Bart. Bertram Charles Percival Heywood Arthur Henry Heywood and Edward Stanley Heywood the Executors.

Transcript © Ros Haywood

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