Will of Martha Anne King, spinster, 1916 (proved 1922)

Oxford Probate Registry

I Martha Anne King of Winslow in the County of Buckingham Spinster hereby revoke all Wills and testamentary instruments made by me and declare this to be my last Will.

 I appoint my Brother John King of 51 George Street Balsall Heath Birmingham and my Niece Mrs Elizabeth Gamlin of 142 Erlanger Road New Cross London S.E. to be Executor and Executrix of this my Will.

I bequeath to my said Brother John King the sum of One thousand pounds free of duties.

I also bequeath to my said Brother John King absolutely free of duties all the shares in Lloyds Bank Limited that I may possess at the time of my death.

I devise and bequeath all my real and personal estate whatsoever and wheresoever not hereby otherwise disposed of (including any real or personal property over which I may have any general power of appointment or disposition by Will) Unto my said Niece Elizabeth Gamlin and my Niece Marjory Gladys Dent or such one of them as shall survive me and if more than one as tenants in common in equal shares absolutely.

In witness whereof I have hereunder set my hand third day of April One thousand nine hundred and twenty two.
Martha Anne King [signature]

Signed by the said Martha Anne King the Testatrix as and for her last Will in the presence of us both present at the same time who at her request in her sight and presence and the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.
G.M. Barker [signature] Winslow, Solicitor.
T.L. Kennish [signature] The Cottage, Winslow, Doctor of Medicine.

On the Twelfth day of July 1922. Probate of this Will was granted at Oxford to John King, the Brother and Elizabeth Gamlin, Widow, the Niece, the Executors.

It is hereby certified that the above is a correct copy
Dated this Eighteenth day of July 1922.

[PROBATE]

BE IT KNOWN that Martha Anne King of High Street Winslow in the County of Buckingham Spinster who at the time of her death had a fixed place of abode at High Street Winslow aforesaid, within the District of the Counties of Oxford, Berks and Buckingham, died on the 29th day of February 1922 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 John King of 51 George Street Balsall Heath Birmingham in the County of Warwick Commission Agent, the Brother and Elizabeth Gamlin of 142 Erlanger Road New Cross London in the County of London, Widow, the Niece of the Deceased, the Executors named in the said Will.

Dated the 12th day of July 1922.                                 

Gross value of Estate                      £3452 - 10 – 2

Net value of Estate                          £2938 - 4 – 10

Extracted by Small & Barker, Solicitors, Winslow

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Notes

Martha King of 10 High Street was the daughter of James and Elizabeth Anne King, and the last member of that King family in Winslow. She was 74 when she died. Her father moved temporarily to Birmingham after one of his two bankruptcies, which must be why her brother was living there. She was usually known as Miss King, and was secretary to the Winslow Lace Industry.

1922: Buckingham Advertiser, 29 April
Hon. Rose Hubbard writing, through our columns, to the workers in the Winslow Lace Industry says: "We are all mourning loss of our kind and faithful friend Miss King, who had for so many years filled the post of secretary”