Will of Ellis Bartlett Hayman of Ashmead, Shipton, 1920 (proved 1923)

Principal Probate Registry

T H I S   I S   T H E   L A S T   W I L L   And   T E S T A M E N T of me ELLIS BARTLETT HAYMAN OF Ashmead Shipton cum Winslow Bucks in the County of Buckinghamshire made this 29th (twenty ninth) day of March in the year of our Lord One thousand nine hundred and twenty I hereby revoke all wills made by me at any time heretofore I appoint Colonel Thomas Raymond Mallock Dr R. Turle Bakewell and John Sydney Edkins to be my EXECUTORS and direct that all my debts and funeral expenses shall be paid as soon as conveniently may be after my decease I give and bequeath unto my niece Edith Marsden the sum of One thousand pounds To my Mother’s maid Florry Neep the sum of two hundred pounds these two legacies only to be paid if my estate realises five thousand pounds or over To my brother Herbert Bailey Hayman the residue of my estate up to the sum of Ten thousand pounds any balance over to be divided between my two nieces in the following proportions To Edith Marsden three eights share and to Joyce Edkins one eight share In the event of my surviving my brother Herbert Bailey Hayman then the whole of my estate to be divided between my two nieces Edith Marsden and Joyce Edkins in the proportion as before mentioned namely three eights to Edith Marsden and one eight to Joyce Edkins – ELLIS BARTLETT HAYMAN

Signed by the said testator Ellis B Hayman 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 subscribed our names as witnesses – MAUD GRETTON 21 Sisburne Rd Hampstead N.W. - EDITH FARLEY 4 Cavendish Place London W.1.

ON the 20th day of September 1923 Probate of this Will was granted to Thomas Raymond Mallock Robert Turle Bakewell and John Sydney Edkins the Executors.

BE IT KNOWN that Ellis Bartlett Hayman of Ashmead Shipton cum Winslow in the County of Buckingham

died there on the 12th day of June 1923.

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 Principal Probate Registry of His Majesty’s High Court of Justice, 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 Thomas Raymond Mallock of Stone Park Wimborne in the County of Dorset Colonel H.M. Army Robert Turle Bakewell of 2 Boundary Road Hampstead in the County of Middlesex M.D. and John Sydney Edkins of Brambles Northwood in the said County of Middlesex M.D. the Executors named in the said Will

                                                            Duplicate Grant issued
                                                            5 December 1923
                                                            Resworn £12931-9-5

Dated the 20th day of September 1923

Gross value of Estate                      £14912-16-1
Net value of Personal Estate         £10240-8-7.

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Notes

In October 1910 Winslow RDC approved plans for a new house at Shipton for Mr E.B. Hayman. On 22 Oct, the Buckingham Advertiser reported "the distressing death on the railway near Linslade of Mr. Francis Davies, stud-groom to E.B. Hayman, Esq., Shipton House, Winslow".

E.B. Hayman was 61 when he died. He was born at Axminster, Devon. In 1881 he was living in Willesden with his mother Edith and siblings, and working as "tutor in private school". In 1891 he was "stock jobber agent", living in Hampstead with his mother and siblings. They were still there in 1901, when he had become "stocks & shares dealer". By this time they had 4 live-in servants. He is recorded at Hampstead again in 1911 so must have been using his house at Shipton as a country retreat. The whole household had moved to Shipton in 1921:

Ellis B. Hayman	Head	58y 9m	single	b. Axminster	Stock Exchange (retired)
Edith M.R. Hayman	Mother	82y 1m	widow	b. Dalwood, Devon
Herbert B. Hayman	Brother	48y 8m	single	b. Kilburn	Stock Exchange (members)
Edith F.A. Marsden	Niece	20y 9m	single	b. Hampstead
Flora Neep	Servant	35y 3m	single	b. Aldham, Essex	Maid
Emily Honor	Servant	20y 1m	single	b. Steeple Claydon	Cook
Jesse T. Carter	Servant	21y 2m	single	b. Winslow	Groom
Alice M. Nelson	Nurse	37y 6m	single	b. London	Trained Nurse

Next door was his gardener William Hill from Coulsdon, Surrey, with wife and two children.