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Will of George Whichello, retired postman, 1914 (proved 1916)
Oxford Probate Registry
This is the last Will and Testament of me George Whichello of Winslow in the County of Buckingham Retired Postman. I appoint my friends William Turnham of Winslow aforesaid Baker and Confectioner and Edwin John French of Winslow aforesaid Printer (hereinafter called “my Trustees” which where the context admits includes the survivors and survivor of them and the executors or administrators of such survivors or other the Trustees or Trustee for the time being hereof) to be the Executors and Trustees of my Will. And I bequeath to each of them who accepts the office of Trustee and executor the sum of Two pounds ten shillings free of duty. I give my mahogany side table with three drawers and my mahogany Tea Caddy to Margaret Beatrice Dockray I give all the residue of my plate linen china glass books pictures prints and other household effects unto my Trustees upon Trust to sell and convert the same into money And upon further trust after payment thereout of the expenses attending such sale and conversion to invest the residue of the said money in their names in Post Office Savings Bank and to withdraw from time to time at their discretion such sums as the Trustees of the Meeting House in Winslow of the Particular Baptists hereafter referred to may from time to time may require for the upkeep of the structure of the said Meeting House until the said money and all the interest thereon is exhausted. I bequeath the following pecuniary legacies viz:- To my Sister Eliza Shakespeare One hundred pounds to my Brother Richard Whichello One hundred pounds and in the event of his death during my lifetime I give the said sum of One hundred pounds to his Wife Hannah. To my Friend Alfred White formerly of North Marston in the said County of Buckingham and now of Oakham in the County of Rutland Fifty pounds and to my housekeeper Susan Sly if in my service at the time of my death Twenty pounds I bequeath the sum of One hundred pounds out of such part of my estate as may lawfully be disposed of for charitable purposes unto my Trustees upon trust to invest the same in any investments authorised by law for the investment of trust funds in the names of the Churchwardens and Overseers for the Parish of Winslow for the time being And I direct and declare that such funds shall be known as “The Whichello Trust” and that the annual or other income arising from the said fund or the investments for the time being representing the same shall be received by the Churchwardens and Overseers for the said Parish of Winslow for the time being and be expended and applied by them annually in the purchase of Coals which I direct shall be distributed by them in the Christmas week in each and every year in equal proportions among such of the aged and deserving poor of the Parish of Winslow irrespective of Creed as they may select I also bequeath … the sum of One hundred pounds … unto my Trustees upon trust to invest the same in any investments … in the names of the Particular Baptists dissenting from the way and the Communion of the Church of England and I declare that the annual or other income arising … shall be received by the Trustees … for the said Meeting House in Winslow of the Particular Baptists aforesaid and be applied by them for the general purposes … in such manner as they may think fit. And I further direct and declare that if the cause of the Particular Baptists of Winslow aforesaid meeting at the Meeting House aforesaid shall at any time for the space of one year cease to exist then the said sum of One hundred pounds and the investments … and future income arising therefrom shall thenceforth go and be transferred to and applied in augmentation to the Whichello Trust aforesaid I also bequeath … the sum of One hundred pounds to The Aged Pilgrims' Friend Society whose office is at 83 Finsbury Pavement London E.C. to be applied in aid of the Funds of and for the purposes of that Society And I declare that the receipt of the Treasurer of the said Society shall be sufficient discharge to my Trustees I devise and bequeath all my real state (if any) and all my personal estate not hereby otherwise disposed of unto my Trustees upon trust that my Trustees shall sell call in and convert into money the same or such part of it as does not consist of money and shall with and out of the money produced by such sale calling in and conversion and with and out of my ready money pay my funeral and testamentary expenses and debts and the legacies bequeathed by this my Will or any Codicil hereto and the duty on any legacies bequeathed free of duty and shall divide the residue of such said moneys unto and equally between and among my Nephews and Nieces Alfred, Sarah, Eliza Betsy and Anne Claridge children of my Sister Sarah Claridge or such of them as shall be living at my decease. Provided always and I hereby declare that in the event of either of my said Nephews or Nieces dying in my lifetime leaving issue who shall survive me such issue shall take (and if more than one equally between them) the share to which his her or their parent would have been entitled if living at my decease. Lastly I revoke all testamentary dispositions heretofore made by me. In witness whereof I the said George Whichello the Testator have hereunto set my hand this First day of August One thousand nine hundred and fourteen
George Whichello [signature]
Signed and declared by the above named George Whichello the Testator as his last Will in the presence of us both present at the same time who in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.
William N. Midgley [signature] Clerks to Mr W.G.W. Willis,
F. J. Davison [signature] Solicitor, Winslow
I George Whichello of Winslow in the County of Buckingham, Retired Postman declare this to be a first Codicil which I make this nineteenth day of January One thousand nine hundred and fifteen to my Will which is dated the first day of August One thousand nine hundred and fourteen I appoint William Norris Midgley of Winslow Clerk to the Guardians of the Winslow Union to be an Executor and Trustee of my Will in the place of Edwin John French who has died since the date of my Will and to act jointly with the other Executor and Trustee named in my Will and I bequeath to him free of duty if he accepts the office of Trustee and Executor the sum of Two pounds ten shillings And I declare that my Will shall be read and have effect as if the name of the said William Norris Midgley had been inserted therein in the place of the name of the said Edwin John French wherever his name occurs and as if the said William Norris Midgley had been originally appointed an executor and trustee in my Will in the place of the said Edwin John French. Subject as aforesaid I confirm my Will. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year first above written.
Signed and declared by the above named George Whichello the Testator for a first Codicil to his last Will in the presence of us both present at the same time who in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.
R.D. Williams [signature] Clerk to Mr W.G.W. Willis, Solicitor, Winslow
F. J. French [signature] Stationer, Winslow
On the Sixth day of April 1916 Probate of this Will with one Codicil was granted at Oxford to William Turnham and William Norris Midgley the Executors.
It is hereby certified that the foregoing is a correct copy
Dated this Thirteenth day of April 1916.
BE IT KNOWN that George Whichello of Winslow in the County of Buckingham, retired Postman, who at the time of his death had a fixed place of abode at Winslow aforesaid, within the District of the Counties of Oxford, Berks and Buckingham, died on the 26th day of December 1915 at Winslow aforesaid.
AND BE IT FURTHER KNOWN that at the date hereunder written the last will and Testament and a Codicil thereto 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 William Turnham of Winslow aforesaid, Baker and Confectioner, the Executor named in the said Will and William Norris Midgley of Winslow aforesaid, Clerk to Guardians the Executors named in the said Codicil.
Dated the 6th day of April 1916.
Gross value of Estate £756 – 1 – 3
Net value of Estate £738 – 17 – 7
Extracted by W. Gravely W. Willis, Solicitor, Winslow.
Notes
George Whichello was aged 94 when he died. The 1911 Census shows him living alone at "3 Vicarage Lane" (now 11 Vicarage Road), where he had lived since before 1901. He previously lived at 12 Horn Street (1841-91), originally with his mother Margaret (d.1869 aged 82). He was born at Dartford, but he was the grandson of Abiel Whichello (d.1811), and a descendant of the bankrupt lawyer Ferdinando Southam. For more about the family, see Joseph Whichello of Winslow and the Indian Mutiny. George's sister Sarah married William Claridge at Brentford in 1844, and their children were born in London.
The Whichello Trust has now been incorporated in the Winslow Charities. George Whichello was largely responsible for keeping Keach's Meeting House open, and can be seen below standing inside the building. There is a plaque on the wall commemorating him.
