THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF MR. GEORGE PIGGOTT HOWES OF NUMBER ? CHURCH STREET, PADDINGTON IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, GENTLEMAN. FIRST I DESIRE ALL MY JUST DEBTS, FUNERAL AND TESTAMENTARY EXPENSES TO BE PAID AND SATISFIED. I GIVE TO MY DEAR WIFE SARAH HOWES THE SUM OF ONE THOUSAND POUNDS FOR HER OWN SOLE USE AND BENEFIT ABSOLUTELY. I ALSO GIVE UNTO HER ALL MY HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, PLATE, LINEN, CHINA , PICTURES, PRINTS, BOOKS AND WINE THAT I MAY DIE POSSESSED OF FOR HER OWN ABSOLUTE USE AND BENEFIT AND I GIVE ALL THE REST, RESIDUE AND REMAINDER OF MY PROPERTY, REAL AND PERSONAL OF WHATEVER NATURE OR KIND (SOEVER) WHICH I MAY DIE POSSESSED OF UNTO EDMUND COATES OF NUMBER 17 PARK PLACE VILLAS, PADDINGTON AFORESAID, WINE MERCHANT, AND THOMAS BEEDLE (?) BROOKS OF WARWICK VILLAS , PADDINGTON AFORESAID, ESQUIRE IN TRUST TO PERMIT AND SUFFER MY SAID DEAR WIFE TO HAVE AND ENJOY THE INTEREST, DIVIDENDS AND ANNUAL PRODUCE OF THE SAME FOR AND DURING HER NATURAL LIFE AND AFTER HER DEATH IN TRUST FOR MY CHILDREN: GEORGE FULLER HOWES, MARY JOSEPHINE HOWES, ------ HOWES, EMILY ANNE HOWES, ANN MARIA HOWES, HERBERT --- HOWES, WILLIAM ROBIN? HOWES TO BE EQUALLY DIVIDED AMONGST THEM, SHARE AND SHARE ALIKE ON THEIR ATTAINING THEIR RESPECTIVE ? (MAJORITY) OR AGES OF TWENTY ONE YEARS AND I DO HEREBY APPOINT MY SAID DEAR WIFE SARAH HOWES , THE SAID EDMUND COATES AND THOMAS BEEDLE (?) BROOKS EXECUTRIX AND EXECUTORS OF THIS MY WILL HEREBY REVOKING ALL OTHER WILLS, CODICILS AND TESTAMENTARY DISPOSITIONS BY ME AT ANY TIME HEREFORETO MADE AND DECLARE THIS ONLY TO BE MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I, THE SAID GEORGE PIGGOTT HOWES TO THIS MY SAID WILL CONTAINED IN ONE SHEET OF PAPER, SET MY HAND AND SEAL THIS FOURTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR. G.P. HOWES SIGNED SEALED PUBLISHED AND DECLARED BY THE SAID GEORGE PIGGOTT HOWES AS AND FOR HIS LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT IN THE PRESENCE OF US WHO IN HIS PRESENCE AT HIS REQUEST AND IN THE PRESENCE OF EACH OTHER HAVE HEREUNTO SUBSCRIBED OUR NAMES AS WITNESSES. CHARLES ---- --- ---FIELDS -- -- JOS -- CLARK PROVED AT LONDON THE 23RD JULY 1845 BEFORE THE WORSHIPFUL JAMES PARKER DEANE ? DOCTOR OF LAWS AND SURROGATE BY THE OATHS OF SARAH HOWES WIDOW, THE RELICT, EDMUND COATES AND THOMAS BEEDLE BROOKS ESQUIRE THE EXECUTORS TO WHOM ADMINISTRATION WAS GRANTED HAVING BEEN FIRST SWORN DULY TO ADMINISTER.