WILSON, Edward (Will)

I Edward Wilson of Badsey, give:

• To my wife Emma Wilson all my plate, linen, china, glass books, pictures, prints (save as hereinafter mentioned), furniture and other household effects, wines and all consumable stores and all my fowls, tools, corn and meal and outside effects absolutely
• To my son Edward Joseph Wilson the oil paintings in my parlour at the Manor House, Badsey, and two portraits in small frames, one of my mother and the other of a Doctor, a friend of the family, also my crimson and gold china tea and coffee service, my six silver tea spoons marked “SRT” and my four silver table spoons also marked “SRT”
• I devise and bequeath all my real and personal estate not hereby otherwise disposed of unto my trustees upon trust that my trustees shall sell call in and covert into money the same or such part thereof as shall not consist of money and shall with and out of the monies produced by such sale calling in and conversion and with and out of my ready money pay my funeral and testamentary expenses and invest the residue of the said monies with power for my Trustees from time to time to very such investments and shall stand possessed of the said residuary trust monies and the investments for the time being representing the same in trust to pay the income thereof to my wife Emma Wilson during her life and after her decease, in trust to pay the income thereof to my son Edward Joseph Wilson of Badsey and at his death in trust for all the children of my son Edward Joseph Wilson who being sons shall attain the age of 21 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.
• And I desire my trustees to allow my son the said Edward Joseph Wilson who occupies a portion of the Manor House, Badsey where I reside to continue in possession of such portion of the house rent free for 3 months after my decease.

Executors and Trustees:  my wife Emma Wilson and Henry Byrd of Badsey, Gentleman

Signed:  Edward Wilson

Codicil – I appoint John Poole of Badsey, Butcher to be an additional Trustee and Executor.  Also, whereas I gave my son Edward Joseph Wilson amongst other things the oil paintings in my parlour at the Manor House, now I declare that my oil painting in a picture frame comprising three horses’ heads shall be given to my wife in addition to any other benefit or interest derived by here under my will and that all the other oil paintings in my parlour shall be given to my son.
Made:  16th December 1903
Witnesses:  Elizabeth Evans; G Ellis Garrard, Solicitor.

Codicil – John Poole lately died, so I appoint Charles Arthur Binyon of Badsey, Market Gardener, and Edward Hughes of Norton and Lenchwick, Builder, to be two of the Trustees and Executors, in addition to Emma Wilson and Henry Byrd.
Made:  3rd November 1904
Witnesses:  Elizabeth Evans of Badsey, Widow; George A Meades, Clerk to Mr G Ellis Garrard, Solicitor.