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of me GEORGE NUNN of Hertford in the county of Hertford Ironmonger I hereby revoke all former wills and testamentary dispositions made by  me I appoint my wife Emma Caroline Nunn and Charles Elton Longmore of Hertford aforesaid Solicitor (hereinafter called "my trustees") to be the executors and trustees of this my will I devise and bequeath all my

real and personal estate unto my trustees In trust to sell call in and convert into money the same or such part thereof as shall not consist of money and with and out of the moneys produced by such sale calling in and conversion and with and out of my ready money to pay my funeral and testamentary expenses and debts and to invest the residue of the said moneys with power for my trustees from time to time at their own discretion to vary such investments And shall stand possessed of the said residuary trust moneys and the investments for the time being representing the same (hereinafter called "the residuary trust funds") in trust to pay the income thereof to my said wife Emma Caroline Nunn during her life and after her decease In trust for all my children who being sons shall attain the age of twenty one years or being daughters shall attain that age or marry under that age in equal shares and if there shall be only one such child the whole to be In trust for that one child Provided always that if any child of mine shall die in my life time leaving a child or children who shall survive me and being a son or sons shall attain the age of twenty one years or being a daughter or daughters shall attain that age or marry under that age then and in every such case the last mentioned child or children shall take (and if more than one equally between them) the share which '.his her or their parent would have taken of and in the residuary trust funds If such parent had survived me and attained the age of twenty one years And I also declare that‑my trustees may at their own discretion raise any part or parts not exceeding together one moiety of the expectant share of any child or grandchild of mine under this my Will and apply the same for his or her advancement preferment or benefit as my trustees shall think fit And I also declare that my trustees may postpone the sale and conversion of any part of my

 

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real and personal estate for so long an they shall think fit and that the rents Profits and income to accrue from and after my decease of and from such part of my estate as shall for the time being remain unsold and unconverted shall after payment thereout of

all incidental expenses and outgoings be paid and applied to the person or persons and In the manner to whom and in which the Income of the proceeds of such sale and conversion would for the time being be payable or applicable under this my Will if such sale and conversion had been actually made And I also declare that all moneys liable to be investted under this my Will may be invested on Government securities or any other stocks funds and securities authorized by law for trust funds or  in the purchase of inscribed stock  of any British Colony or on mortgage of any leasehold houses or land in England or Wales  held for any term having sixty years to run at the time of Investment And I also declare the Executors and trustees for the time being of this my Will may instead of acting.personally employ and pay a Solicitor or other person to transact any business or do any act required to be done in connection with the administration of my estate or the trusts hereby declared including the receipt and payment of money and that any Executor or trustee being a Solicitor or other person engaged in any profession or business may be so employed and shall be entitled to charge arid be paid all professional or other charges for any business or act done by him or his firm in connection with the trust Including any act which an Executor or trustees not being a Solicitor or other person engaged an

Aforesaid could have done personally

 IN WITNESS thereof I have hereunto set my. hand this ninth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety         

  GEORGE NUNN"              

SIGNED and acknowledged by the said testator George Nunn as and for his last Will arid Testament in the presence of us present at the same time who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunder subscribed our names as witnesses

BERTRAM H  R DALTRY          STEPHEN S SQUIRES Clerks to Messrs Sworder A Longmore Solrs

Hertford                  

 

ON the 3rd day of July 1902 Probate of this Will was granted to Emma Carolina Nunn one of the Executors.

 

Entry taken from the index of wills at the Principal Probate Registry London

 

1902 July 3

George Nunn of Fore Street Hertford died 16 May 1902

Probate London 3rd July to Emma Caroline Nunn widow

 

Effect  L108-12-8

 

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