Will of Mary Anne Penelope Lawrence from Newfoundland will books volume 14 pages 595-598 probate year 1929

In re     DECEASED.
MARY ANNE PENELOPE LAWRENCE.

THIS IS THE LAST WILL of me MARY ANNE PENELOPE LAWRENCE of Marion Lodge Shanklin in the Isle of Wight and of No 28 York Terrace Regents Park in the County of London Spinster.

1. I revoke all testamentary dispositions heretofore made by me and I appoint my sister Edith Lawrence and my nephew Claud Lawrence to be the EXECUTRIX AND EXECUTOR AND TRUSTEES hereof and I give to each of them who shall accept such office the sum of two hundred pounds.
2. I bequeath to my sister Edith Lawrence all my jewels trinkets and other articles of personal use or ornament for her own use and I also bequeath to her in like manner all my furniture plate and other articles of household or domestic use or ornament except such of the aforesaid articles at my decease in or about my leasehold house Morton Lodge as were in it when I took possession in one thousand eight hundred and ninety five And I give such last mentioned excepted articles in Morton Lodge at my death unto and equally between my three sisters the said Edith Lawrence Ellen Gertrude the widow of Andrew Charles Durrant and Annie Marguerite the wife of Cecil Wilson absolutely And I desire that in order to effect an equal division the valuation of those last named excepted articles for the purposes of Probate shall be taken as the basis for such division.
3. I bequeath the following pecuniary legacies
• To my said sister Ellen Gertrude Durrant the sum of four thousand pounds
• to my said sister Annie Marguerite Wilson the sum four thousand pounds
• To my brother the Reverend Frederick Spencer Laurence the sum of one thousand pounds as a token of my affection for him
• To my niece Irene Laurence Durrant the sum of two thousand pounds
• To my niece Betty Laurence Durrant the sum of two thousand pounds
• To my two god children hereinafter named viz Beatrice May Tritten wife of Arthur Francis Tritton the sum of two hundred pounds and to Gerald Howard Wilson the sum of two hundred pounds
• I bequeath the following pecuniary legacies to my dear nephew and nieces and my loving remembrance accompanies each one
• To my niece Madeline the wife of Charles Leslie Garten the sum of one hundred pounds
• To my niece Grace Olympia the wife of Denis Edward Pelly the sum of one hundred pounds
• To my great niece Penelope Enbell the wife of Lieutenant Dudley Steward Norman the sum of one hundred pounds
• To my nephew Claud Lawrence the sum of two hundred pounds
• and to my niece Hazel Iris Addis the wife of Lieutenant Eric Addis the sum of two hundred pounds
• I bequeath to Julia Laurence the widow of my brother Joseph Alfred Laurence the sum of one hundred pounds
• To Cicely Edith Enbell Lawrence the widow of my brother Reginald Laurence the sum of one hundred pounds
• To my cousin Amy Constance Hull the sum of one hundred pounds
• To my cousin The Reverend Carlyn John Alfred Laurence the sum of fifty pounds
• To my cousin The Reverend Henry Laurence the sum of fifty pounds
• To Emmeline Armstrong the wife of Edward Armstrong the sum of fifty pounds
• To Clifford Brooks the sum of two hundred and fifty pounds with thanks and warm appreciation for all his long continued and ever ready helpfulness and kindness to Helen the wife of the Reverend Arthur Nash and to her sister Louise the widow of the late Reverend Norman Nash the sum of two hundred and fifty pounds each
• To my goddaughter Elizabeth Mary Nash the daughter of the said Reverend Norman Nash the sum of five hundred pounds
• To my cousin Charles Edward Laurence the sum of one hundred pounds
• To my father's Gardener Charles W Chard the sum of fifty pounds
• To my valued and attached maid Eva Vollett the sum of fifty pounds
• To Walter Ridgewell (my gardener at Morton Lodge) and to Mary his wife the sum of fifty pounds equally between them if they both survive me and if only one of them survives me then the whole to such survivor.
4. I bequeath the following annuities free of income tax viz an annuity of one hundred pounds per annum to the said Eva Vollett during her life such annuity to commence from the date of my death and to be paid by equal quarterly payments and an annuity of eighty pounds per annum to the said Walter Ridgewell and Mary his wife during their joint lives equally and after the death of one of them an annuity of fifty two pounds per annum to be paid to the survivor during his or her life such annuities of eight pounds and fifty two pounds as the case may be to commence from the date of my death or from the date when the said Walter Ridgewell ceases to be employed as the Gardener at Morton Lodge aforesaid whichever date is the later and to be paid by equal quarterly payments And I direct that my executors shall appropriate a sufficient part of my estate to provide for the payment of such annuities and income tax thereon current at the date of appropriation with power in case the annual income of the appropriated fund shall any time prove insufficient to provide for the said annuities and the income tax thereon to resort to the capital of the appropriated fund for the payment of such annuities And I declare that in case the annual income of the appropriated fund shall at the date of appropriation be sufficient to satisfy the said annuities and income tax therein such appropriation shall be a complete satisfaction of the trust to provide for such annuities and such and such income tax thereon as aforesaid And I declare that as each annuity ceases a corresponding part of the appropriated fund and for the income tax as aforesaid shall fall into and form part of my residuary estate.
5. I bequeath my leasehold house Morton Lodge aforesaid unto my trustees Upon trust that my trustees shall sell the same at such time and in such manner as they shall think proper with power nevertheless to postpone the sale of the said house during such period as they shall think fit without being responsible for loss And I hereby direct that the proceeds of sale of the said house when sold and the income arising from the said house until the sale thereof shall be divided among such of my three sisters hereinbefore named as shall be living at my death and if more than one in equal shares
6. I direct that all bequests whether pecuniary or specific including the annuities hereinbefore given by this my will shall be paid free of duty and that where two or more requests are made to the same person such bequests are cumulative
7. I declare that all powers and discretions hereby given to my trustees shall be exercisable by the survivor of them or by other the trustees or trustee for the time being of this my will.
   Lastly subject to the payment of my debts funeral and testamentary expenses legacies annuities and duties I give devise and bequeath and appoint all the residue of my real and personal estate unto my said sister Edith Laurence for her own use absolutely

IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand this nineteenth day of June one thousand nine hundred and twenty eight - MARY ANNE PENELOPE LAWRENCE -
Signed by the said Mary Anne Penelope Laurence the testatrix as and for her last will in the presence of us both being present at the same time who in her presence at her request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses -
CHARLES R. H. HARDCASTLE 11 Copthall Court London Solr -
ERNEST G. BOLTON Clerk to Thorowgood & Co 11 Copthall Court London Solicitors.
THIS IS A CODICIL to the last will of me MARY ANNE PENELOPE LAURENCE of Morton Lodge Shanklin in the Isle of Wight and of 28 York Terrace Regents Park in the county of London Spinster which will bears date the nineteenth day of June one thousand nine hundred and twenty eight Whereas since the date of my will Walter Ridgewell therein named has died and whereas I gave to the said Walter Ridgewell and to Mary his wife the sum of fifty pounds equally between them if they both survived me and if only one of them survive me then the whole to such survivor Now I Wholly revoke such legacy but I confirm in all respects the of fifty two pounds given to the said Mary Ridgewell during her life if she survived the said Walter Ridgewell.     IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand this twenty fourth day of July one thousand nine hundred and twenty eight. MARY ANNE PENELOPE LAURENCE -
Signed by the said Mary Anne Penelope Laurence the testatrix as and for a Codicil to her last will in the presence of us both being present at the same time who in her presence at her request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.

E. M. Evors 10 Raveley St N W 5 Spinster
ERNEST G. BOLTON Clerk to Thorowgood & Co 11 Copthall Court London Solicitors.

CORRECT
William F. Lloyd
Registrar of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland

(Listed in the margin next to this will the following)
Fiat
Sept 25/29
J. M. Kent
Judge
Resealed on
the 26^th day
of September
A. D. 1929
Value of Estate
$5961.66