William RIMELL
13th Oct 1844
In the Name of God Amen
This is the last Will and Testament of me William Rimell of Hammersmith in the county of Middlesex, Butcher. I give and bequeath unto my dear wife Mary Rimell all and singular my household furniture, plate, linen, china and all other my goods and effects of a like sort or kind in and about my dwelling house and premises for her own absolute use and benefit I direct that all my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses be first fully paid and satisfied and therewith I charge my Estate and Effects and subject thereto I give devise and bequeath unto my dear wife and to my sons Richard Rimell and Thomas Rimell and to John Taylor of Hammersmith Grove and to the survivors of them and the heirs, executors and administrators of each survivor all that my Copyhold messuage and property at Chiswick together with all and singular my monies in the funds monies at interest and all and singular other my Estate and Effects whether real or personal and wheresoever situate and of what nature or kind soever upon the several trusts and purposes hereinafter mentioned remaining the same (that is to say) upon trust to benefit and suffer my said dear wife to receive and take the rents profits and yearly produce of my said copyhold estate and the dividends and interest of all other my property to and for her sole and separate use and benefit for and during the term of her natural life and I also direct that she shall have the use and enjoyment of my stock in trade and premises in which I reside and carry on my business for the purpose of carrying on the said business if she shall think proper but not otherwise and from and after the decease of my said dear wife upon trust that they the said Thomas Rimell Richard Rimell and John Taylor or the survivor of them do and shall with all convenient speed sell and dispose of my said copyhold property at Chiswick and of my business if not disposed of before and collect and get in all other my then outstanding personal Estate and Effects and after payment of all liabilities or incidental expenses to pay apply and dispose of the clear produce thereof between and among my six dear children Richard Rimell Thomas Rimell Valentine Rimell, Mary Rimell, Ann Rimell and Martha Rimell equally share and share alike but if any or either of my said dear children should depart this life before my said dear wife then I give and bequeath the part or share of such child so dying to my said dear wife to be at her disposal in and by her last Will and Testament or any codicil thereto amongst any or either of the survivors of my said dear children or the issue of any deceased child in such shares and proportions as she may think proper. And whereas two of my dear children are indebted unto me for money lent or advanced for them I do hereby direct that whatever may be so due from any of my children to me at the time of my decease shall be taken as part of the share to which each child or children is entitled under this my will and deducted therefrom accordingly provided always and it is my further will and desire that it shall be lawful for my said dear wife at her discretion but not otherwise to advance or pay any part of the share of either of my children not exceeding one third part of the presumed share of such third for assisting them in the world notwithstanding such that of her or them shall not have become payable as aforesaid I do hereby invest my said dear wife with full power and authority to sell and dispose of the goodwill of my business stock in trade and premises at any time after my decease if she should think it proper and that it will be for the benefit of my said estate to do so And I do hereby direct my Trustees to give any reasonable time to any purchaser for the payment of part of the said purchase money not exceeding one moiety thereof or having a good and sufficient security to their joint satisfaction and I do thereby direct that if my said dear wife should depart this life without having disposed of the goodwill of my business then that the same shall be in the first place be offered for sale to my dear sons the said Richard Rimell and Thomas Rimell And I direct that if they shall agree to purchase the same that it shall be valued by Mr Francis Sowton of Newgate Market but if my said sons shall decline to purchase or at such valuation then that same shall be sold with the other property in manner aforesaid and I hereby declare and direct that the receipt or receipts of my said Executors shall be a good and sufficient discharge or discharges to the power or powers respectively who shall become the purchaser or purchasers of all or any of my said property for all or any part of the money to be by them or him paid for the same or so much thereof as in such receipt or receipts respectively shall be acknowledged to be received and that the purchaser or purchasers thereof shall not be answerable or accountable for the nonapplication or nonapplications of the same or any part thereof. And I do thereby direct that my said Executors shall lay out and apply the clear produce arising from such sale of the said business in the lifetime of my said dear wife after deducting the expense thereof in the purchase of three pounds per cent Consolidated Bank Annuities in their joint accounts and that the same and the dividends or interest thereof shall be paid to or retained by my said dear wife for the rest of her natural life and after her decease then that my said Trustees and the survivor of them shall stand possessed thereof upon the same trusts for my said dear children and to be divided in manner and form as is hereinbefore expressed respecting the produce of the residue of my Estate after the decease of my said dear wife. And I hereby nominate my said dear wife and the said Richard Rimell, Thomas Rimell and John Taylor Executors and Executrix of this my Will provided also and it is my will intent and meaning that in case the said Richard Rimell Thomas Rimell and John Taylor or any future trustees or trustee to be appointed under this present provision shall depart this life or is desirous of being discharged from the aforesaid trusts or shall neglect or refuse or become incapable to act in the said trusts before the same shall be fully executed then and in that case it shall be lawful for my said dear wife under this my Will and I do hereby expressly desire and require her to nominate and appoint any other fit person or persons to supply the place of the trustee or trustees respectively so dying desirous to be discharged or refusing or becoming incapable to act as aforesaid and that immediately after such appointment the trust Estate monies and effects then vested in the trustee or trustees so dying or desiring to be discharged or refusing or neglecting or becoming incapable as aforesaid shall be transferred so and in such manner that the same may vest in such new trustee or trustees jointly or together with the surviving or remaining trustee or trustees and that every such new trustee shall exercise the same powers and authorities as if he she or they had been appointed by this my will and as if his her or their name or names had been invested in this my will and I hereby declare that my said Executors shall not be answerable the one for the other of them or each of them for his and her own acts notwithstanding their joining in any receipts for the sake of conformity nor shall either of them be answerable for any loss or deficiency which shall happen to the said trust monies by reason of the failure of any security whereon the same shall happen to be placed save only such as shall happen by reason of their respective wilful neglect or default and that each of them shall be at liberty out of the monies which shall come to his or her hands respectively to retake and reimburse himself and themselves all such loss and expenses which either of them shall pay or be put into by reason of the trusts hereby in them reposed or in the execution of this my Will. And hereby revoking all Will or Wills by me at any time heretobefore made I do hereby declare this to be me last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament contained in five sheets of paper to the first four sheets set my hand and to this fifth and last sheet my hand and seal this thirtieth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty five – William Rimell – Signed sealed published and delivered by the said William Rimell as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in is presence at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses J. Ross Attorney Hannah Smith Susanna Denney
Proved at London the 13th Oct 1844 before the Worshipful William Calverley Curtis Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the Oaths of Mary Rimell widow the Relict and Richard Rimell and Thomas Rimell the sons the surviving Executors to whom Admon was granted having been first sworn duly to administer.
Will from PROB 11/2009 – Volume 19 – Q901-943