Will of Hannah Bull, widow, 1915 (proved 1920)

Oxford Probate Registry

Hannah Bull

Executrix according to tenor [in left margin of page]

11 High St Winslow Buckinghamshire to Emma Ann Lines 11 High St Winslow Bucks my Dear chireldren [sic] my whish [sic] is to see that my things i leave i  whish [sic] to be deveided [sic] amounsk [sic] all of them as wants them & will you please see to that part them as fare [sic] as you can without words & let ted my ted have what he wants of them & if i leave any mony [sic] please share it as far as it will go i leave that clock & horse to my Grandson Arthur Lines & let Fred have my warming pan as you have got one & those cups & saurs [sic] & plate send them to Eli if you see a chance now I must tell you this desk is teds please don’t quarl [sic] about anything

I signe [sic] Hannah Bull [signature]
11 Heigh St. Winslow Bucks
Winslow Dec(embe)r 17th 1915

28 November 1915  
William Wise [signature]
High St. Winslow.
Richard Thos. Wise [signature]
Avenue Rd. Winslow.

Affidavit of due execution filed
John T. Lewis
District Registrar

On the Second day of June 1920. Probate of this Will was Granted at Oxford to Emma Ann Lines (Wife of Edward Thomas Lines) the Daughter, the Executrix according to the Tenor of the said Will.

It is hereby certified that the above is a correct copy.
Dated this Tenth day of June 1920.
A. Musgrave Esq.

BE IT KNOWN that Hannah Bull of 11 High Street Winslow in the County of Buckingham Widow, who at the time of her death had a fixed place of abode at Winslow aforesaid, within the District of the Counties of Oxford, Berks and Buckingham, died on the 29th day of November 1919 at Winslow aforesaid.

AND BE IT FURTHER KNOWN  that at the date hereunder written the last will and Testament of the said deceased was proved and registered in the District Probate Registry of His Majesty’s High Court of Justice at Oxford, and that administration of all the estate which by law devolves to and vests in the personal representative of the said deceased was granted by the aforesaid Court to Emma Ann Lines (Wife of Edward Thomas Lines, Bill-Poster) of 11 High Street Winslow aforesaid the Daughter, the Executrix according to the tenor of the said Will.

Dated the 2nd day of June 1920.                                

Gross value of Estate              £98 - 11 – 11
Net value of Estate                  £90 - 11 – 5
Extracted by Small & Barker, Solicitors, Winslow.

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Notes

In the register copy of this very unusual will, underlining was used to mark the places denoted with [sic] above.

Hannah Bull (nee Reynolds) was living with her daughter and son-in-law at the former King’s Head (now 26 High Street) when she died aged 76. She was the widow of Edwin Bull (d.1912). She and her husband came from Padbury and were married in 1866. In 1901 they were keeping the Chequers Inn at Leckhampstead. The children mentioned by name apart from Emma Ann (b.1867) are Frederick George (b.1871) = Fred, Eli Edward (b.1875) = Eli and Edwin Jesse (b.1884) = Ted. Arthur Edward Lines the grandson was born at Winslow in 1890. In 1921 he was a civil service clerk living in Edmonton.