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HN10/270/Cooper1
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Will of Caroline Cooper Cooper [heavily annotated with crossing out of some parts, this presumably being done as a result of HN10/270/Cooper8 and so are listed here] now of Toddington, spinster: - executors and trustees to be her nephew Henry Robinson and Albert Battiscombe, captain RN; - Â£500 to Henry Robinson; - Â£1,500 to her niece Lucy Henrietta Battiscombe; - Â£2,000 to her nephews Guillaume van der Burch and Arthur van der Burch; - Â£2,000 to her niece Maria de Froissart Broissia; - Â£500 each to her nephews Aubrey Cecill, Dodge Cecill and Eggerton Cecill; - Â£2,500 to her trustees upon trusts to be invested and income paid to her sister Lucy Cooper Robinson and, on her death Â£1,500 to be paid to testator's niece Elizabeth Caroline Robinson and Â£1,000 to testator's niece Georgina Robinson; - Â£1,500 to her trustees upon trusts to be invested and income paid to Constance Amelia, wife of Rev.William Harris Cooke, remainder to her husband if he outlived her; remainder to their son Henry Bell Cooke; remainder to siblings of Constance Amelia Cooke; - Â£1,000 to her trustees upon trusts to be invested and income paid to her niece Amelia, wife of James Marley; remainder to her children; - Â£1,000 to her trustees upon trusts to be invested and income paid to her niece Elizabeth Cecill - Â£200 each to her brother William Cooper Cooper and to Albert Battiscombe; - Â£200 to her sister Lucy Cooper Robinson; - Â£100 to her sister in law Laura Georgina Cooper Cooper; - Â£300 to her nephew William Smith Cooper Cooper; - Â£50 to Eliza (called Leila) Cooper Cooper, wife of William Smith Cooper Cooper; - Â£100 each to her great nieces Edith Georgina Warren Vernon, Jeaune de Froissart Broissia, Natalie de Froissart Broissia and Flaire de Froissart Broissia; - Â£50 each to her "old friends" Emelia Barbara Gregg and Constantia Caroline Smith, widow of Villiers Smith; - Â£50 to her great niece Mabel Cooper Cooper; - Â£20 each to Major Toseland and Doctor Waugh, both of Toddington; - Â£20 to each of her domestic servants Mrs.Hunter, Harriet Mayll and Sarah Everett if in service at her death; - her diamond cross ear rings, two brooches, pearl necklace, brooch and tiara, emerald and diamond rings and small pair of emerald ear rings to her brother William Cooper Cooper and his wife Laura Georgina; remainder to her nephew William Smith Cooper Cooper; remainder to his daughter Edith Georgina Warren Vernon; - her plate, pictures and engravings to her brother William Cooper Cooper; remainder to his son William Smith Cooper Cooper; - household furniture and effects to her trustees upon trust to permit Edith Georgina Warren Vernon to use them; remainder in trust for her next daughter subsequent to the first; - her jewellery, clothing etc. to her sister Lucy Robinson for distribution at her discretion among members of the family including herself; - any real or personal estate coming to her under the will of her brother Lindsay's widow to be divided into four equal parts: one part to her brother William, remainder to his son William Smith; one part to her sister Lucy Robinson, remainder to her children; one part to the children of her late sister Countess van der Burch; part to the children of her late sister Amelia; - residue of personal estate and any real estate to her trustees upon trust for sale and equal division between her nephews and nieces Constance Amelia Cooke, Elizabeth Caroline Robinson, Henry Robinson, Georgina Robinson, Lucy Battiscombe, Guillaume van der Burch, Arthur van der Burch, Maria de Froissart Broissia, Aubrey Cecill, Dodge Cecill, Eggerton Cecil, Elizabeth Cecill, Amelia Marley and William Smith Cooper Cooper; - witnessed by Henry Thomas Call and Charles Herbert, clerks to John Thomas Green of Woburn
Date free text
5 Jul 1883
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From: 1883 To: 1883
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