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Will of John Richard Bull of Wadsworth House, Bedford, silversmith.

25 Jul 1876

From: 1876 To: 1876

Appoints as executors wife Mary and friends Robert Barry Stafford, auctioneer and Frederic Thompson the younger of Bedford, bookseller. To Wife: - all watches, jewels, ornaments of person, wearing apparel, plate, plated articles, household furniture and effects, linen, glass, china, pictures and prints (except those specifically bequeathed), books, wines, liquors and household stores and provisions. - £50 to be paid within two calendar months of death. To cousin James Bull, son of uncle William Bull: - The engraving of the Waterloo Banquet, subject to the use and enjoyment of wife during her life should she desire it. - Portrait in oils of the testator To wife's nephew Charles Burton Bradley, son of her late brother Charles Bradley: - other oil paintings, subject to the use and enjoyment of wife during her life should she desire it. Should Charles Burton Bradley die during testator's lifetime oil paintings bequeathed to his sister Rosa Maria Bradley. To Alfred Smith of Bedford, for many years employed by testator and his late father as a watch jobber: - £100, to be paid within twelve calendar months of testator's death. To cousin James Bull and his heirs and assignees: - all share and interest in freehold property at Tillbrook. Residue of real and personal property to be sold privately or by public auction and converted into money, time of sale at discretion of executors. Said money to be used: - to pay funeral and testamentary expenses - any remainder to be invested [Various clauses relating to nature of investments etc.]; annual income to wife for her life. After wife's death, any remainder to be divided as follows: 2/5th to cousin James Bull 2/5th to be divided equally between Charles Burton Bradley and Rosa Maria Bradley; if either die without issue within testator's lifetime 2/5th share to survivor 1/10th to Robert Barry Stafford 1/10th to Frederic Thompson - If any legatees die during testator's lifetime leaving issue living at testator's death, then such issue shall take parent's share. Any sum of money payable to a woman under the will to be paid for her for sole and separate use, independent of any husband, and her receipt alone shall be sufficient discharge. Witnesses: Alfred Clare and J. C. Conquest, solicitors of Bedford.

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Bull, John Richard,
Bull, Mary,
Bull, James,
Bull, William,
Stafford, Robert Barry,
Thompson, Frederic,
Bradley, Charles Burton,
Bradley, Rosa Maria,
Bradley, Charles,
Smith, Alfred,
Clare, Alfred,
Conquest, J C

wills, silversmith, Kimbolton Road Wadsworth House, Bedford, auctioneer, bookseller, solicitor, engravings, paintings, household furniture, household plate