Reference
X948/1/1/C28
Title
Copy will of Charles Cole of 41 Vicarage Road, Watford, Herts, gentleman, with two codicils.
Date free text
11 October 1932
Production date
From: 1932 To: 1941
Scope and Content
Appoints as executors and trustees:
- friend Harold Keen of 133 Alexandra Road, Addiscombe, East Croydon, Surrey, engineer
- late wife's nephew James Charles Bowler
Devises:
- 41 Vicarage Road, Watford to late wife's niece Ellen Louisa Bowler, with all furniture and effects
- 43 Vicarage Road, Watford to Harold Keen (for his absolute use, not as trustee)
- 22 Oxford Street, Watford to late wife's nephew James Charles Bowler (for his absolute use, not as trustee)
- 24 Oxford Street, Watford to late wife's niece Ellen Louisa Bowler
- 2 and 4 Wiggenhall Road, Watford to trustees to pay pecuniary legacies as follows:
£100 to wife's niece Emily Elizabeth Hawker
£500 to wife's niece Ellen Louisa Bowler
£100 to wife's niece Mabel Riley
£150 to wife's niece Annie Keen
£100 to wife's niece Kate Cutler
£200 to wife's niece Ellen Louisa Hammock
£50 to his niece maud Lily Cole
£100 to wife's niece Francis May Hill
£100 to wife's nephew James Charles Bowler
£150 to his nephew Albert Charles Cole of Luton, builder
Residue of estate to be divided equally betwen wife's niece Ellen Louisa Bowler and wife's niece Annie Keen as tenants in common. If either predeceases him whole to go to the survivor.
Witnesses: H J Webber, solictor, Ampthill; J W Webber, Ampthill
(1) Codicil dated 10 March 1933
- revokes legacy to Kate Cutler who died on 8 November 1932
- revokes legacy of £150 to Albert Charles Cole and bequeaths him £100
Also bequeaths:
- £50 to his niece Clara Bertha Page of 81 High Street, Arlesey
- £50 to his niece Minnie Rose Wooding of 19 Salisbury Street, Bedford
- £50 to his niece Alice Elizabeth Smith of Church End, Eversholt
Witnesses as above.
(2) Codicil dated 12 July 1941
- revokes the ten pecuniary legacies in his will dated 11 October 1932
- revokes legacy of £100 to Albert Charles Cole in 1st codicil
Out of net proceeds of sale of 2 and 4 Wiggenhall Road, Watford, trustees to pay legacies as follows:
- £500 to wife's niece Ellen Louisa Bowler
- £100 each to wife's niece Annie Keen and wife's nephew James Charles Bowler
- £50 each to wife's nieces Emily Elizabeth Hawker, Mabel Riley and Ellen Louisa Hammock
- £50 each to his niece Maud Lily Cole and his nephew Albert Charles Cole
Witnesses: A T Williams, solicitor, Ampthill; A Victor Williams, solicitor, Luton
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