Will of Mary Elizabeth Stroud

of Brompton, Kent

First I desire to be decently interred at the discretion of my brother Mr. Henry Bear whom I nominate and appoint Executor hereof
Secondly I do hereby give and bequeath to my daughter Mary Ann Wardlow the whole of my wearing apparel

Thirdly I do direct that my said executor Henry Bear do and shall as soon as conveniently may be collect and get in all rents and monies due to me and if necessary sell and dispose of all my household goods & furniture and other my personal property and effects
And by and with the monies to be received and obtained thereby do and shall in the first place pay and discharge all my just debts, funeral and other incidental expences and after satisfaction thereof stand possessed of all the rest and Residue of such monies, my rent money and other my personal estate and effects

Upon Trust To pay and divide the same unto & among my surviving children in and by equal parts shares and proportions

And hereby revoking all former Wills by me made do declare this only to be and contain my last will and testament
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this nineteenth day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty
The Mark and seal of the said Mary Elizabeth Stroud

Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Testator as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in her presence at her request and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses hereto
W. Bromley, W. Jones

Proved at London 27th May 1841 before the Worshipful Augustus Frederick Bayford, Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the Oath of Henry Bear the Brother the sole Executor to whom Adm[inistrati]on was granted, having been first sworn duly to administer.

Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 19th August 2021

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