Reference
X948/1/1/B18
Title
Copy will of Eliza Bottoms, wife of Herbert Jeeves Bottoms of 55 Lincoln Road, Luton
Sole beneficiary and executor: husband Herbert Jeeves Bottoms
If he predeceases her then:
Executor: husband's nephew Alvan Douglas Bottoms of Harpenden
Five freehold properties at 1, 3, 5, 9 and 11 St Peters Road, Luton to be sold and legacies to be paid:
- £200 to Florence Hartwell (if she is in testator's service at time of death)
- £100 each to nephew Albert Norris Mitchell, niece Ada Mitchell and husband's nieces Dorothy Amelia Burgess, Constance Burgess and Alvan Douglas Bottoms
- £25 to husband's niece Edna Cauldwell
- £20 to Joseph Wicks of Luton
- £20 to trustees of Beech Hill (Kingsway) Methodist Church, Luton
- residue of sale proceeds to be divided between Dorothy Amelia Burgess and Constance Burgess
Further bequests:
- furniture, plate and personal effects to Florence Hartwell (if still in her service)
- residue of estate to be held in trust for her husband's brothers Harry Frederick Jeeves Bottoms and Harold Bottoms, his siter Maud Amelia Bottoms, and Dorothy Amelia Burgess and Constance Burgess the children of his deceased sister
Witnesses:
- A Victor Williams, solicitor, Luton
- David J Peck, articled clerk to A Victor Williams
Died 5 December 1942; proved in PPR Llandudno 23 March 1943
Date free text
18 April 1940
Production date
From: 1940 To: 1943
Level of description
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