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Will of Mary Jane Reeves, spinster, 1905 (proved 1907)
Principal Probate Registry
BE IT KNOWN that Mary Jane Reeves of Brook Hall Winslow in the County of Buckingham Spinster died on the 29th day of December 1906 at Brook Hall aforesaid
AND BE IT FURTHER KNOWN that at the date hereunder written the last Will and Testament with a Codicil of the said deceased was proved and registered at the Principal Probate Registry of His Majesty’s High Court of Justice, and that the Administration of all the estate which by law devolves by law and vests in the personal representative of the said deceased was granted by the aforesaid Court to Winifred Fanny Reeves Ellis of Brook Hall aforesaid, Spinster, the niece and Sidney Prudden Wigley of Winslow aforesaid land agent the Executors the Executrix named in the said Will and Sidney Prudden Wigley of Winslow aforesaid land agent the Executor named in the Codicil
Dated the 14th day of February 1907
Gross value of Estate £1410 : 18 : 0
Net value of Personal Estate £392 : 10 : 1
THIS IS THE LAST WILL of me MARY JANE REEVES of Brook Hall Winslow in the County of Buckingham Spinster I appoint my niece Winifred Fanny Reeves Ellis (the daughter of my sister Kate Selby Field) and my friend George Davys Edward Wigley of Sunny Lawn Winslow aforesaid Land Agent to be EXECUTRIX and EXECUTOR of this my Will subject to the payment of my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses I give devise and bequeath all my real and personal estate to the said Winifred Fanny Reeves Ellis for her absolute use and disposal Lastly I revoke all other Wills heretofore made by me and declare this to be my last Will IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand this fourth day of August one thousand nine hundred and five - MARY JANE REEVES – SIGNED and acknowledged by the said Mary Jane Reeves the Testatrix as and for her last will in the presence of us present at the same time who in her presence at her request and the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses – ALICE GERTRUDE BODGER Brook Hall School Winslow English Governess – DOROTHY N TOM S Peters Rectory Northampton English Governess –
THIS IS A CODICIL to the last will of me Mary Jane Reeves of Brook Hall Winslow in the County of Buckingham Spinster which will bears date the fourth day of August one thousand nine hundred and five whereas by my Said will I have appointed my friend George Davys Edward Wigley of Sunny Lawn Winslow to be an executor of my will and whereas since the date of my said will the said George Davys Edward Wigley has since died now it is my will and I hereby appoint my friend Sidney Prudden Wigley (the son of George Davys Edward Wigley) to be an EXECUTOR of this my will in the place of the said George Davys Edward Wigley now deceased and I direct that my said will shall be read and construed and take effect as if the name of the said Sidney Prudden Wigley is inserted in my said will throughout instead of the name of the said George Davys Edward Wigley and in all other respects I confirm my said will IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand this ninth day of July one thousand nine hundred and six - MARY JANE REEVES – SIGNED by the said Mary Jane Reeves the Testatrix as and for a codicil to her last will in the presence of us present at the same time who at her request in her presence and the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses – ALICE GERTRUDE BODGER English Mistress Brook Hall School Winslow Bucks – VALERIE VEASY COOPER Music Mistress Brook Hall School Winslow Bucks–
ON the 14th day of February 1907 Probate of this will and codicil was granted to Winifred Fanny Reeves Ellis spinster and Sidney Prudden Wigley the executors
Notes
Miss Reeves (b.1839), originally from Portsmouth, came to Winslow in 1877 to run Brook Hall School with her sister Kate Selby Ellis (who had been working there for 10 years). She was sole principal from 1885. Her mother Sarah Reeves came with her, and died in 1886. Winifred Ellis the niece was a pupil, then a teacher, and took over as principal on her aunt's death. At some point after 1899, and probably in 1900 when substantial building work was undertaken, Miss Reeves acquired from her brother-in-law A.L. Field the ownership of the property which she had previously rented.