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Will of Kate Lambert Oatridge 1930 Source: w2: Principal Probate Registry Wills. PPR Will Transcript (1441) (signed in to left) R W Oatridge N C Oatridge Executors (signed on top left) ? Hyland ? Dickson Commissioners I Kate Lambert Oatridge of Wellington House Deal in the County of Kent the wife of William Oatridge hereby revoke all former Wills and testamentary dispositions and declare this to be my last Will I appoint my son-in-law John Arthur Tapping and my son Ronald William Oatridge (hereinafter called "my Trustees") to be executors and trustees of this my Will. I Devise and Bequeath all the estate both real and personal whatsoever and wheresoever situate to which I shall be seised possessed or entitled at my death or over which I shall then have a general power of appointment or disposition by Will subject to and after payment thereout of my funeral and testamentary expenses and debts unto my Trustees upon trust for sale and conversion into money but with full power in their uncontrolled discretion to postpone the sale and coversion of the whole or any part of parts thereof for so long as they shall think fit. My trustees shall hold the said trust premises and the income thereof whether before or after such sale and conversion as aforesaid in trust to divide the same equally among my five children Provided always and I declare that if any child of mine dies in my lifetime leaving issue living at my death the share or interest to which such child would have been entitled if he or she had survived me shall go and devolve as if such child had survived me and died immediately after my death but this provision shall operate by way of direct gift to the person or persons beneficially interested under the Will or on the intestacy of such child and shall not make the share or interest of such child part of his or her estate so as to be liable to debts or estate or other duty. IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 11th day of July One thousand nine hundred and thirty (signed) K L Oatridge Signed by the above-named Testatrix as her last Will in the presence of us both present at the same time who in her presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto set our names as witnesses (signed) P A G Haiyton Ernest Kemp Clerks to Messrs Hardman & Sons Solicitors 4 & 5 Park St Deal 1ST CODICIL (signed left/top left as for main Will) I Kate Lambert Oatridge of Wellington House Deal in the County of Kent the wife of William Oatridge hereby declare this to be a Codicil to my Will which bears date One thousand nine hundred and thirty 1. In addition to any thing given by my said Will to my youngest daughter Marjorine Viviee Mary known as Peggy I hereby bequeath to her free of duty any motor car I may own at the date of my death all my articles of toilet including my dressing table silver my sewing machine and all the money which I have in my account or accounts at the Wembley Branch of the National Provincial Bank Limited. In all other respects I hereby confirm my said Will. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 5th day of February One thousand nine hundred and forty-one (signed) Kate Lambert Oatridge Wellington House 102 Mill Road Deal Signed by the above-named Testatrix as a Codicil to her last Will in the presence of us both present at the same time who in her presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto set our names as witnesses (signed by witnesses) Myrtle Lily ??? Swann 25 Manor Rd Deal Kent Domestic Servant Emily Chittenden 6 New St Deal 2ND CODICIL (signed left/top left as for main Will) I Kate Lambert Oatridge of Wellington House Deal in the County of Kent the wife of William Oatridge hereby declare this to be a Second Codicil to my Will to which the First Codicil which bears date the fifth day of February One thousand nine hundred and forty one 1. I Hereby Revoke the appointment of my son-in-law John Arthur Tapping as one of my executors and trustees and I appoint my son Norman Charles Oatridge to be an executor and trustee of my Will and to act jointly with my son Ronald William Oatridge In all other respects I hereby confirm my said Will as altered by the First Codicil thereto. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-second day of August one thousand nine hundred and forty-four (signed) Kate Lambert Oatridge Signed by the above-named Testatrix as a Second Codicil to her last Will in the presence of us both present at the same time who in her presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto set our names as witnesses (signed by witnesses) Betty M Maltby 30 Lyndhursy Ave Streatham SW2 Married Woman G W Hardman Solicitor DealUpdated on 16 Mar 2006