Will of Matilda Caroline Maberly

This is the last Will and Testament of me Matilda Caroline Maberly of the Aboretum, Leamington Priors in the county of Warwick Spinster I give and bequeath all my fifth share or other the part or share to which I am entitled in the sum £3444-10-2 (a moiety of £6889-0-4) £3 per centum Consolidated Bank Annuities under the will of the late Miss Louisa Maude deceased and all other the real & personal property belonging to me at my decease or over which I may then have any disposing powers I give devise and bequeath the same to my dear Father George Frederick Maberly for his own absolute use and benefit And I appoint him sole Exor of this my will hereby revoking all former wills charged with the payment of the legacies given by this my will and subject thereto for his own absolute use and benefit the legacies following namely

I give and bequeath to my friend the Reverend John Thomas M Ware the sum of £5 sterling to my friend dear stepmother in law Eliza Louisa Maberly the sum of £100 for her own sole and separate use and benefit free from marital control whose receipt notwithstanding coverture shall be a sufficient discharge for the same to my dear brother Harry £10-10/- for the purchase of a microscope as a remembrance of me to my dear sister Ada £10-10/- for a watch whose receipt though a minor shall be a discharge to my executor to my dear sister Maude my watch & chain to my friend John Thomas M.Ware the sum of £5 as a token of my regard to the Revd Geo. Müller of Kingsdown Bristol the sum of £5 to be applied at his discretion for the benefit of the Orphans under his care but his receipt alone to be a sufficient discharge to my exor to each member of my Bible Class a Bible as a remembrance of me and I direct that each gift to a minor contained in my will to any minor shall be paid or transferred to him or her nothstg minority whose receipt notwithstanding the minority shall be a sufficient discharge to my exor And lastly I appoint my said Father G.F.Maberly sole Exor of this my will hereby revoking all former wills In witness whereof I have hereunder set my hand this twenty second day of August 1871 Signed by the said Matilda Caroline Maberly the testatrix as and for her last will and testament in the presence of us present at the same time who in her presence at her request and in the presence of each other have hereto subscribed our names as witnesses

Matilda C Maberly

Chas E Large Solr Leamington

I Nichols his Clerk

On the 25th Sept 1884 Probate of this will was granted to George Frederick Maberly the sole Executor