Transcript of will of Joseph William Pracy 1879

	This is the last Will and Testament of me Joseph William Pracy of No.95 Mildmay Road Kingsland in the parish of Saint Mary Islington in the County of Middlesex Soap Maker In the first place I direct the payment of all my just debts and funeral and testamentary expenses as soon as convenient can be after my decease Subject to any bequests of any parts thereof by this my Will made I give and bequeath the whole of my household furniture plate linen china jewels ornaments and wearing apparel to my daughter Mary Ann Elizabeth Pracy absolutely but if she shall think fit so to do to give portions thereof to my other daughters Jane Ellen Pracy, Elizabeth Jane Pracy, and Emily Pracy I give and bequeath unto my said daughter Emily Pracy my pianoforte I give and bequeath to my son Thomas Richard Pracy my gold watch and chain I give and bequeath to my son Henry Edward Pracy my opal scarf pin I give and bequeath to my said daughter Mary Ann Elizabeth Pracy my diamond ring I give and bequeath one half part or share of my interest of and in All those leasehold messuages and premises situate and being No.4 and 5 New Inn Street in the parish of Saint Leonard's Shoreditch in the said County of Middlesex for all the estate and ____? I shall have therein at the time of my decease also one half of all that my share and interest in the Goodwill of the business of Soap Makers now carried on by me and by my son Thomas Richard Pracy under the style of firm of G. Brown &Co and of the machinery implements utensils stock and effects connected therewith book debts money in the house or on my person or in any bank or banks at the time of my decease Unto my said son Thomas Richard Pracy his heirs executors and administrators absolutely And I declare and direct that the said business shall be carried on by my said son Thomas Richard Pracy only without the interference of but for the benefit of himself and of the other parties interested therein as hereinafter mentioned I direct that as soon as conveniently may be after my decease my Executors and Trustees shall cause an account and valuation to be made of my interest in the said leasehold premises and in the goodwill of the said business and of the machinery implements utensils stock and effects connected therewith and of the debts due therefrom and thereto with an estimate of the debts due thereto and also an account of all other my estate and shall deliver Copies thereof to such of my children as are interested therein as hereinafter mentioned and also shall once in every year prepare a balance sheet showing the profits accruing in the year on account of the said business which account shall be signed by all the parties entitled to participate in that portion of my estate As to the other half of my interest in the said household premises and in the Goodwill of the said business and of the machinery implements utensils stock and effects connected therewith book debts money in the house or on my person or in and Bank or Banks at the time of my decease and not hereinbefore disposed of I give and bequeath the same unto my Trustees hereinafter named Upon trust in the first place out of the profits of the said half of my said share and interest in the said business to pay and allow my said daughter Mary Ann Elizabeth Pracy sufficient money to pay the rent rates and taxes of the dwellinghouse in which she may reside but so that the total allowance for such rent rates and taxes shall not exceed in any one year Sixty pounds in the whole I further declare that my trustees or trustee shall stand possessed of and interested in the profits from time to time to arise from the said half of my share and interest in the said business Upon the trusts herein- after declared of and concerning the same that is to say Upon trust out of the said profits of the said half of my share and interest in the said business and after the payments aforesaid to pay to each of my said daughters Mary Ann Elizabeth Pracy and Emily Pracy during their natural lives

	respectively the sum of One pound per week Also Upon trust during each year to pay to them the said Mary Ann Elizabeth Pracy and Emily Pracy in equal shares and proportions such portion of the profits on the said half of my share and interest in the said business as may be mutually agreed upon between my said son and daughters after deducting from the said half of my said share whatever sum (not exceeding Sixty pounds per annum) my Executors and Trustees may have paid to my said daughter Mary Ann Elizabeth Pracy for rent rates and taxes as aforesaid and also the said sum of one pound so to be paid to my said two daughters as aforesaid weekly and every week In the event of my said daughter Emily Pracy marrying at any time then my wish is and I direct my Trustees to pay unto my daughter Jane Ellen Pracy if she be unmarried and for her sole and separate maintenance the sum of twenty six pounds per annum out of the share that my said daughter Emily Pracy may take under this my Will but I also direct that in the event of my said daughter Jane Ellen Pracy being married before my said daughter Emily Pracy or in the event of my said daughter Jane Ellen Pracy marrying at any time after the marriage of my said daughter Emily Pracy then and in either of such cases my said daughter Jane Ellen Pracy is not to derive any benefit whatever under this my Will Subject to the payments aforesaid to my said two daughters Mary Ann Elizabeth Pracy and Emily Pracy during their natural lives out of the profits deriving from my said half share and interest in the said business I give and bequeath the said half share of my interest in the said leasehold premises and in the Goodwill of the said business and of the machinery implements utensils stock and effects connected therewith book debts money in the house or on my person or in any bank or banks at the time of my decease and so valued and taken into account as aforesaid to such person or persons as either my said two daughters shall by her last Will and Testament! or any Codicil thereto and so far as regards her share only therein nominate and appoint My wish and intention being that my said two daughters are to have the absolute disposal of the said half part or share in equal proportions I desire and my wish is that if at any time my daughter Elizabeth Jane Jones the wife of James Darcy Jones should require pecuniary assistance that all those of my children who are interested under this my Will and have it in their power to assist my said daughter Elizabeth Jane Jones will assist her according to their ability With regard to my son Henry Edward Pracy I desire that so long as he remains and works in the said business he shall be paid weekly fair and reasonable wages gradually increasing in amount until the said Wages shall amount to two pounds per week And I wish my said son Thomas Richard Pracy to do the best he can for his brother the said Henry Edward Pracy either by giving him a bonus at the end of each year or in such other manner as he shall think fit and so long as he shall consider the said Henry Edward Pracy desires the same As to all the rest residue and remainder of my estate whatsoever and wheresoever both real and personal and whether in possession ____? remainder or expectancy? I give devise and bequeath the same as to one half thereof to my said son Thomas Richard Pracy his heirs executors and administrators absolutely and as to the other and remaining half thereof unto my said two daughters Mary Ann Elizabeth Pracy and Emily Pracy their respective heirs executors and administrators in equal proportions and for their sole and separate use benefit and disposal absolutely I declare and direct that such of my children as are daughters and take any interest under this my Will that their shares shall

	be free from the control debts engagements or interference of any husbands to whom they may be married or with whom they may hereafter intermarry and the receipt of my said daughters alone shall be a sufficient discharge for any money paid to them by my Executors and Trustees under this my Will I further declare that on any Trustee or Trustees declining to act in the trusts of this my Will or dying or being about to reside abroad or becoming incapable to act in or being desirous of relinquishing the trust the surviving or acting trustees or trustee their his or her executors or administrators may appoint a new trustee or new trustees as occasion shall require and who may act in the same manner and with the same power and provisions as if named in and appointed by this my Will I further declare that my Executors and trustees for the time being shall only be answerable for their own respective wilful defaults and not for the other or others of them or for the acts receipts or defaults of the other or others of them and in particular that no Executor or trustee in good faith paying over money to his Co-Executor or Co-trustee or doing any act facilitating receipt thereof for the purposes of the trust shall be answerable for the misapplication or nonapplication thereof and that they may respectively reimburse themselves and the other executors or trustees all costs and expenses incurred in or in relation to my Will or the trusts thereof I hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said son Thomas Richard Pracy and my said daughter Mary Ann Elizabeth Pracy to be my Executor and Executrix and Trustees of this my Will And lastly revoking all former Wills and testamentary dispositions by me at any time heretofore made I declare this only to be my last Will and Testament In witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament written on five sheets of paper set my hand the seventeenth day of January one thousand eight hundred and seventy seven --- Joseph W. Pracy --- Signed by the said Joseph William Pracy the testator (as well at the end thereof as on every of the preceding four sheets) as and for his last Will and testament in the presence of us present at the same time who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses --- Edwd. Vann Solr. 81 Worship Street Finsbury Square --- Will E. Vann of the same place his clerk?
	Proved at London the 3rd May 1879 by the Oaths of Thomas Richard Pracy the son and Mary Ann Elizabeth Pracy the daughter Executors to whom Admon was granted.

The will of Joseph William Pracy, 1879