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Will of Henry Smith, valet, 1926
Oxford Probate Registry
I Henry Smith of Winslow in the County of Buckingham Valet hereby revoke all former testamentary instruments made by me and declare this to be my last Will I appoint my friend Hugh John Ray of Winslow aforesaid Solicitors Clerk and Robert Kingsbury of 121 Alderney Street Westminster London S.W. (hereinafter called my Trustees) to be Executors and Trustees of my Will And I give to them the sum of Twenty-five pounds each for their trouble in acting as such Executors and Trustees I direct that I shall be buried in the grave containing the remains of my late wife at Winslow aforesaid and empower my Trustees to incur any proper expenses in carrying out the same I give the following specific legacies (namely) To my nephew Albert Sanders my Army Medals my Gold watch and chain and diamond stud pin pictures and china and the cabinet containing the same also my Cuckoo clock To my niece Rose Kingsbury the wife of the said Robert Kingsbury the Greenstone brooch belonging to my late wife and my Wardrobe and Chest of drawers To my nephew Harry Smith my Horseshoe diamond pin To my niece Mary Jane Bryant the wife of Thomas Bryant my late wife’s Gold watch and chain To my niece Annie Smith the daughter of my brother James Smith my late Wife’s Silver bracelets And To my nephew John Plummer the said Robert Kingsbury and my brother James Smith my wearing apparel to be divided amongst them in equal shares I give the following pecuniary legacies (namely) To my said nephew Albert Sanders the sum of Four hundred Pounds To my said niece Rose Kingsbury the sum of Two hundred and fifty pounds To my said niece Mary Jane Bryant the sum of Fifty pounds To my said niece Annie Smith the sum of Fifty pounds To my sister-in-law Ellen Smith the sum of Fifty pounds To my nephew Frederick Smith the sum of Fifty pounds To my nieces Mary Plummer and Florence Plummer (daughters of my sister Sarah Plummer) the sum of Fifty pounds each To my niece Maud Smith (daughter of my brother Thomas Smith) the sum of One hundred pounds To my niece Nellie Parrott the sum of Two hundred pounds To my nephew Harry Sanders my holding in Consols, and to the said Thomas Bryant the sum of Fifty pounds Provided always that if any of the before named legatees shall die in my lifetime leaving a child or children living at my death who being a son or sons attain the age of twenty one years or being a daughter or daughters attain that age or marry before that age then and in every such case the last-mentioned child or children shall take (and if more than one equally between them) the legacy that his her or their parent would have taken if such parent would have survived me and attained the age of Twenty one years And I give to the said Albert Sanders and Robert Kingsbury each one of my Gold Safety Pins and to the said Hugh John Ray my two remaining Gold safety pins I devise and bequeath all the residue of my estate after payment of my debts funeral and testamentary expenses and the duty payable in respect of the before-mentioned legacies To my brother James Smith absolutely In witness whereof I have set my hand to this my Will Twenty first day of February One thousand nine hundred and twenty six
H Smith [signature]
Signed by the above-named Henry Smith as his last Will in the presence of us both being present at the same time who at his request in his sight and presence and the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.
Annie M. Brander [signature] Lady Superintendent The Acland Home Oxford
Constance E.D. Tribe [signature] Trained Nurse The Acland Home Oxford
On the Seventh day of May 1926. Probate of this Will was granted at Oxford to Hugh John Ray and Robert Kingsbury, the Executors.
It is hereby certified that the foregoing is a correct copy
Dated this Eleventh day of May 1926.
[PROBATE]
BE IT KNOWN that Henry Smith of Winslow in the County of Buckingham, died on the 20th day of March 1926 at the Acland Home in the City of Oxford
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 Hugh John Ray of Winslow aforesaid Solicitors Clerk and Robert Kingsbury of 121 Alderney Street Westminster in the County of London, Plumber, the Executors named in the said Will.
Dated the 7th day of May 1926.
Gross value of Estate £2189 - 7 – 3
Net value of Personal Estate £2187 - 11 – 3
Extracted by Small & Barker, Solicitor, Winslow
Notes
Henry Smith was the valet of Captain Lambton at Redfield. They are listed together in London in the 1921 Census at 4a Palace Mansions, evidently the Lambtons' London flat. Henry was then a widower aged 66 years 1 month, born at Charlton Adam (written "Churton Addam"), Somerset. He must have been an ex-soldier, which is probably how he became connected to Lambton. He was probably the Mr. H. Smith of 3 Redfield Cottages whose furniture was sold in Feb 1914 because he was "giving up housekeeping", after the death of his wife Elizabeth aged 58. He appears as Captain Lambton's butler in the 1903 Kelly's Directory. His relatives don't seem to have lived in Winslow.