The will of Mary Willis

Mary Willis, the common-law wife of Robert Darling Willis, left all her clothes to a friend, small legacies to her servant, and everything else to her son.

I Mary Willis of No. 49 Upper Norton Street in the Parish of Saint Marylebone in the County of Middlesex do hereby revoke all prior Wills Codicils and Testamentary Dispositions made by me at any time heretofore and declare this to be my last Will and Testament I direct that all my just debts and funeral and testamentary expenses and legacies be in the first place duly paid and satisfied I give and bequeath to my friend Mrs Emma Metcalf of No. 21 Gloucester Place Dorset Square in the Parish of Saint Marylebone aforesaid Widow all my wardrobe and wearing apparel I give and bequeath to each and every of my Servants who shall be living with me at the time of my decease and who shall have been in my service for the space of five years previously twelve months wages over and above the wages which may then be due to them respectively And I direct that the said legacies shall be paid within three calendar months next after my decease and as to all the Rest Residue and Remainder of my personal Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever and of what nature or kind soever of or to which I shall be possessed or entitled at the time of my decease I give and bequeath the same and every part thereof unto to my Son the Reverend Robert Willis Jacksonian Professor in the University of Cambridge his executors administrators and assigns for his and their absolute use and benefit And I appoint the said Robert Willis Executor of this my Will In witness whereof I the said Mary Willis have to this my will contained in one sheet of foolscap paper my hand and seal subscribed and set this twenty eighth day of June 1849 - Mary Willis - Signed sealed published and declared by the said Mary Willis the Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of others both present at the same time who in her presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses – Geo Halim 11 Grays Inn Square Sol. - Hy. Whishaw 3 Grays Inn Square Solr.

Proved at London the 24th Oct. 1850 before the Worshipful Augustus Frederick Bayford Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the Oath of the Revd Robert Willis Clerk, the Son, the sole executor to whom Admon was granted having been first sworn duly to administer.