Wills 1913 #30, of Sarah Georgina Bennett

(from MM / LDS 0106577 - thanks to Theresa Simpson)

Dated twenty-first May 1913

Sarah Georgina Bennett decd

The Humble Petition of Ernest Gilmour Harvey for probate of the Will of Decedant

J. Spittal

Advocate

In the High Court of Justice of the Isle of Man Common Law Division Testamentary Jurisdiction

To His Honour Stewart Stevenson Moore His Majesty’s First Deemster and a judge of the said Division

The Humble Petition if Ernest Gilmour Harvey of Newcastle on Tyne Solicitor

Sheweth

It is necessary that Probate of the said Will be granted to some fit and proper person in the Isle of Man

Ordered that this Petition do come on to be heard at a Court to be holden at Douglas on Monday the 26^th day of May 1913 at 10.30 o’clock in the forenoon, whereof all proper parties and persons to have due notice

Given this 22^nd day of May 1913

S. Stevenson Moore

In His Majesty’s High Court of Justice of the Isle if Man Common Law Division
Testamentary Jurisdiction

In the goods of Sarah Georgina Bennett deceased

I Ernest Gilmour Harvey of 15 Eldon Square in the City and County of Newcastle on Tyne Solicitor do make oath and say that I believe the paper writing hereunto annexed and marked with the letter A to be an exemplification of the last Will and Testament of Sarah Georgina Bennett late of 33 Brook Street Bampton in the County of Devon formerly of Willaston Douglas in the Isle of Man Spinster deceased who died on the 13^th day of March 1913 at Highfield House Ilfracombe in the County of Devon that I am the sole Executor named in the said Will that I shall and will well and truly administer the personal Estate of the said Sarah Georgina Bennett deceased within the Isle of Man in terms of her said Will by paying her debts and the legacies contained in her said Will and distributing the residue of her Estate according to Law and that I shall and will return into the Registry if the above named Court a full true and perfect inventory of all and singular in the said Estate and render a just and true account of my administration thereof when thereunto required by Law so to do and further that the whole if the personal Estate and Effects of the said Sarah Georgina Bennett deceased within the Isle of Man does not amount in value to the sum if Four hundred and Fifty pounds sterling to the best of my knowledge information and belief

Sworn at the City and County of Newcastle upon Tyne this

12^th day of June 1913 G. G. Harvey

Before me

Arthur L. Bird
a Commissioner for Oaths

Know all men by these presents that we Ernest Gilmour Harvey of Newcastle on Tyne Solicitor William Thomson of Douglas Auctioneer and William Godfrey Cubbon of Douglas aforesaid are jointly and severally and any two of us bound unto our Sovereign Lord the King in the sum of four hundred and twenty pounds to the payment whereof well and truly to be made to our said Lord the king, his heirs and succcessors, we bind and oblige ourselves jointly and severally, and any two of us jointly, our Executors and Adminstrators, firmly by these presents.

As witness our subscriptions the ……. day of ………. in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirteen

THE CONDITION of our obligation is such, that if the above-named Ernest Gilmour Harvey (hereinafter called "the Executor" who seeks to obtain a grant of Probate of the last Will and Testament of Sarah Georgina Bennett late of no. 33 Brook Street Bampton in the County of Devon but now deceased, who died on or about the 13^th day of March 1912, at Highfield House Ilfracombe in the said County do, when lawfully called on in that behalf, make or cause to be made a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the personal estate and effects of the said deceased, which have or shall come into his hands, possession, or knowledge, or into the hands of any other person for him and the same so made do exhibit, or cause to be exhibited, into the proper Registry in that behalf whenever required by law so to do: And the same personal estate and effects of the said deceased, which shall at any time come into the hands or possession of the Executor, or into the hands or possession of any other persons for him or which without default might have come into the hands or possession of the Executor, do well and truly administer according to law, that is to say, do pay the debts and liabilities of the said deceased so far as the said personal estate will extend and the law bind the Executor, then this obligation to be void and of no effect, or else to remain in full force and virtue.

At the City and County of Newcastle upon Tyne the twelfth day of June 1913

Ernest Gilmour Harvey

one of the executing parties to the foregoing Bond Signatures of . . . Thomson

acknowledged the same to be this Act and Deed Cubbon

Before me, Harvey

Frank J. Johnson

Regr? Of Deeds

This is the last Will and Testament of me Sarah Georgina Bennett late of Willaston Douglas Isle of Man Spinster hereby revoking all previous Wills and Testamentary Dispositions made by me heretofore at any time I appoint Ernest Gilmour Harvey of Newcastle on Tyne Solicitor to be my Executor and I give unto him the sum of Twenty five pounds if he shall prove my will and administer my estate I give to Agnes Olivia Willing the daughter of the late Reverend Theophilus Willing of North Hill Rectory Launceston Cornwall my bracelet with Onyx Stones my pearl Brooch (two rounds joined together) my Topaz Cross Brooch and my Carriage Clock and I direct my executor to have such Clock put into good working order should it be needed before delivery to her at the cost of my estate I give all my wearing apparel to my sister Anne Eliza Poole except such as in the opinion of my Executor she cannot wear in its then condition and I direct my executor to send all such excepted wearing apparel to the Rector for the time being of North Hill Launceston Cornwall for distribution among the poor of that parish I give all the rest of my jewellery trinkets goods chattels and personal effects to my nieces Ella Violet Harvey and Isoline Maud Lewis equally to be divided between them I give the following pecuniary legacies free of all duty thereon to my sister Ann Eliza Poole the sum of four hundred pounds To my friend Agnes Willing the widow of the said Reverend Theophilus Willing and her daughter Agnes Olivia Willing the sum of Fifty pounds each To Francis Moreton Willing son of the said Reverend Theophilus Willing the sum of Two hundred pounds If the said Francis Moreton Willing shall predecease me I direct that such sum of Two hundred pounds shall be paid to his mother and sister hereinbefore mentioned equally to be divided between them in lieu and place of the sums of Fifty pounds each hereinbefore given to them To my said nieces Ella Violet Harvey and Isoline Maud Lewis the sum of Fifty pounds each To my friend Edith Scott now of Titchfield Terrace Marldon Paignton the sum of Twenty five pounds To Margaret and Eliza Anne the two daughters of my fathers faithful old servant John Cretney the sum of Twenty five pounds equally to be divided between them To Theodore Annesley Voysey and George Cuming Annesley Voysey sons of the Reverend Annesley Voysey Vicar of Moreheath Devon the sum of Ten pounds each All the rest residue and remainder of my property of whatsoever kind and wheresoever situate I give to my said sister Anne Eliza Poole and my nieces Ella Violet Steavenson and the said Isoline Maud Lewis equally to be divided between them And I direct that in the event of any difference arising among the beneficiaries hereinbefore mentioned as to division of the portions of my estate so given to them as aforesaid the decision of my executor shall be final and binding upon all parties In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this ninth day of December one thousand nine hundred and eleven

- Sarah Georgina Bennett –

Signed by the Testatrix Sarah Georgina Bennett as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us both present at the same time who at her request in her presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses

Mary Edith Poyntz Cuming

Vicarage Morebath Devon

Married

Charles Gordon Cuming

The Vicarage

Morebath Nr Bampton Devon

Gentleman

In His Majestys High Court of Justice The Principal Probate Registry Be it known that Sarah Georgina Bennett of 33 Brook Street Bampton in the County of Devon formerly of Willaston Douglas in the Isle of Man Spinster died on the 13^th day of March 1913 at Highfield House Ilfracombe in the County of Devon And Be It further known that at the date hereunder written the last Will and Testament a copy whereof is hereunto annexed of the said deceased was proved and registered in the Principal Probate Registry of His Majestys High Court of Justice and that Administration of all the estate which by law devolves to and vests in the personal representative of the said deceased was granted by the aforesaid Court to Ernest Gilmour Harvey the sole executor named in the said Will And it is hereby certified that an Affidavit for Inland Revenue has been delivered wherein it is shewn that the gross value of the said estate within the United Kingdom (exclusive of what the said deceased may have been possessed of or entitled to as a Trustee and not beneficially) amounts to £1177-19-1 And it is further certified that it appears by a receipt signed by an Inland Revenue Officer on the said affidavit that £45-19-5 on account of estate duty and interest on such duty has been paid.

Dated the 12^th day of April 1913

Robt. A. Pritchard

Registrar

Probate Extracts by Leadbitter & Harvey Solrs Newcastle upon Tyne

A true copy

Frank I. Johnson

Registrar of Deeds

In His Majestys High Court of Justice of the Isle of Man

Common Law Division Testamentary Jurisdiction

At a Court holden at Douglas

On the 26^th day of May 1913 and by adjournment at Castletown on the 16^th day of June 1913

It appearing that the foregoing is an authentic copy of the last Will and Testament of Sarah Georgina Bennett late of no. 33 Brook Street Bampton in the County of Devon and formerly of Willaston Douglas in the Isle of Man Spinster deceased who died on the 13^th day of March 1913 at Highfield House Ilfracombe in the County of Devon and that such Will was duly proved and deposited at the Principal Probate Registry of His Majestys High Court of Justice in England on the 12^th day of April 1913 and probate thereof granted to Ernest Gilmour Harvey the sole Executor named in the said Will

The said Ernest Gilmour Harvey is sworn well and truly to fulfil and execute the said Will within this Isle and to administer the personal Estate of Effects of the said Sarah Georgina Bennett deceased within this Isle according to Law

S. Stevenson Moore

A Judge of the Said Court

In the High Court of Justice of the Isle of Man
Common Law Division

Testamentary Jurisdiction

In the matter of the Petition of Ernest Gilmour Harvey of 15 Eldon Square, Newcastle-on-Tyne Solicitor for probate of the Will of Sarah Georgina Bennett

I, Ernest Gilmour Harvey of 15 Eldon Square in the City and County of Newcastle-on-Tyne Solicitor, Executor of the above named deceadant being sworn on the Holy Evangelists make oath and say as follows:-

1. I was well-acquainted with the said Testatrix Sarah Georgina Bennett
2. The said Testatrix was never married and both her parents predeceased her
3. The said Testatrix left the following sister and issue of a deceased sister her surviving namely: her sister Anne Eliza Poole the wife of Thomas Poole late of Crosby Douglas but now of Peveril Road, Peel, Isle of Man Gentleman and Ella Violet Harvey my Wife and Isoline Maud Lewis the wife of Wilfrid Lewis formerly of Lee Park Blackheath London but now of Park Langley Beckenham in the County of Kent Civil Engineer the said Ella Violet Harvey and Isoline Maud Lewis being the daughters of the Testatrix’s late sister Ella Steavenson who married David Fenwick Steavenson a Retired Judge of His Majesty’s County Courts and now residing at St. Ives in Cornwall
4. The value of the personal estate in the Isle of Man is under £450

In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this fourth day of June one thousand nine hundred and thirteen

Taken and Sworn at the City and County
of Newcastle upon Tyne this fourth day of E. G. Harvey
June 1913
Before me

? ? Charlton

A Commissioner for Oaths

Ernest Gilmour Harvey is a son of Herbert Crammer Harvery eldest son of Rev Gilmour Harvey onetime master of King William's College (HC according to 1881 census born Douglas but baptised at Malew, a bright boy head of school and won a scholarship to Trinity Col Camb) - my own guess is to where Ernest met his future wife is that his spinster aunts following their father's death (who I think did not leave them much) ran a private ladies school - Claremont - in Ramsey - his grandfather was briefly vicar of Maughold for a year or so (before that vicar of Santan - and before that 3rd master at KWC and also curate of Malew).