I give and bequeath unto my brothers Lt. General Samuel Brown and Lt. General Sir John Brown K.G.B. * All the monies standing in my name in the Bank of England or that I may be possessed of * K.C.B. = The Most Honourable Order of the Bath
My trinkets ornaments Rings and the boxes which contain them I bequeath to my dear Niece Adelaide Wilkinson of Clapham Rise
I bequeath to my dear friend Mrs. Chalbirch of Teignmouth the Sum of Twenty five pounds
I bequeath my wearing apparel and my writing books with one years wages to my servant Sarah Russell in return
for her attention to me during my illness
And I hereby appoint my said two Brothers to be my Executors and administrators
Angelica R. Brown Southbarrow Bromley Kent
dated this day twenty fifth of October 1850
Witnesses to the signature of Angelica Randall Brown
Mary Ann Lawler - Joseph Russell
This is a Codicil to my Will dated 25 October 1850
Considering that my brothers are at an advanced age and subject to many Infirmities I hereby appoint my Great Nephew Alfred Wilkinson of the Stock Exchange and No. 2 Clapham Rise to be my Executor to my said Will and for his trouble I give and bequeath to him the sum of one hundred pounds
Angelica R. Brown Southbarrow Bromley 23rd December 1850
Witnesses to the signature of Angelica Randall Brown
Mary Ann Lawler - Joseph Russell
In the Prerogative Court of Canterbury In the Goods of Angelica Randall Brown Spinster deceased
Appeared Personally Joseph Russell of Southbarrow near Bromley in the County of Kent Baker one
of the subscribed Witnesses to the last Will and Testament and also to the Codicil thereto of the said
Angelica Randall Brown late of Southbarrow near Bromley aforesaid Spinster deceased the said Will
and Codicil bearing date respectively the twenty fifth day of October 1850 and the twenty third day of December in the same year
And the Appearer having now carefully viewed and inspected the said Will and Codicil made oath
that on the said twenty fifth day of October the said Testatrix only executed her said Will by signing
her name at the foot or end thereof in the presence of this Deponent and of Mary Ann Lawler
Spinster (now Walker, Widow) the other subscribed Witness thereto who were both present at the
same time and the said Mary Ann Lawler and this Deponent thereupon attested and subscribed the
said Will in the presence of the said testatrix and of each other and the Deponent further saith that on
the said twenty third day of December the said testatrix likewise only executed her said Codicil by
signing her name at the foot or end thereof in the presence of this Deponent and of the said Mary
Ann Lawler the other subscribed witness thereto who were both present at the same time and the
said Mary Ann Lawler and this Deponent thereupon attested and subscribed the said Codicil in the
presence of the said Testatrix and of each other
Joseph Russell
On the 18th day of April 1855 the said Joseph Russell was duly sworn to the truth of this Affidavit
Before me J.E.P. Robertson Surr. Prest. Albert Omm J. Nelson Not. Pub. (Notary Public)
Proved at London with a Codicil the 25th April 1855 before The Worshipful John Elliot Pasley Robertson Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the Oath of Alfred Whitby Wilkinson (in the Will written Alfred Wilkinson) the Great Nephew the Executor named in the Codicil to whom admon. [administration] was granted having been first sworn duly to administer. Power reserved of making the light grant to Sir John Brown Knight the brother the surviving Executor named in the Will when he shall apply for the same.
Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 13th May 2020.
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