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Transcript of the Will of Agnes Vowles (nee Weaver) 1872 - 1942

This is the last Will and Testament of me AGNES VOWLES
of 38 Coldharbour Road Redland in the City and County of 
Bristol Widow. I revoke all wills heretofore made by me I appoint my son Thomas 
Edgar Vowles of 30 Wellington Walk Henleaze Bristol Dairyman and my Daughter 
Rose Savory Wife of Albert James Savory of 116 Aubrey Road Bedminster Bristol to 
be the Executors and Trustees of this my will. I give and bequeath the followign 
pecuniary legacies viz;- To my daughter Agnes Daisy Thomas (Widow) of 7 Addicott 
Road Weston-Super-Mare Two hundred pounds To my daughter the said Rose Savory 
one hundred pounds and to my son Victor Stanley Vowles Two hundred pounds each 
free of duty All the rest residue and remainder of my estate I give devise and 
bequeath the same unto and equally between my daughters the said Agnes Daisy 
Thomas and Rose Savory and my son the said Victor Stanley Vowles And in case 
either of my said daughters Agnes Daisy Thomas and Rose Savory or my son the 
said Victor Stanley Vowles shall predecease me leaving issue then I give and 
bequeath her his or their shares under this my will including the aforementioned 
legacies to his her or their issue and equally between them if more than one 
such issue however only to take the share which his her or their parent or 
parents would have taken under this my Will had he she or they survived me and 
in case my son the said Victor Stanley Vowles shall predecease me without 
leaving issue but a widow surviving then I give and bequeath such Widow of my 
said son a legacy or sum of Twenty five pounds free of death or other duty and 
the residue of his share under this my Will including the aforesaid legacy 
bequeathed to him I give and bequeath the same unto and equally between my 
daughters the said Rose Savory and Agnes Daisy Thomas and my son the said Thomas 
Edgar Vowles or to such of them as shall be then living I have excluded my son 
the said Thomas Edgar Vowles from any benefits under this my Will (except in the 
circumstances arising in the case of the death of my Son the said Victor Stanley 
Vowles hereinbefore mentioned) as I have already provided for him during my 
lifetime In the event of my estate at the time of my decease being insufficient 
to pay the aforesaid legacies in full then I hereby declare that the Legacy to 
my daughter the said Agnes Daisy Thomas shall be paid in full and the remaining 
two legacies abate accordingly
IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand this Eighth day of January 
one thousand nine hundred and forty.

AGNES VOWLES

SIGNED by the Testatrix Agnes Vowles as and for her last will and testament 
in the presence of us both being present at the same time who at her request in 
her presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our 
names as 
witnesses.
L. 
S. WYATT
K. SWAIN Clerks to Salisbury Light & Co Solicitors Bristol 

In transcribing family wills for this site I have maintained spelling and punctuation of the Wills or Probate Copies
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