This is the last Will and Testament of me George Gillett Rose of Mosborough in the Parish of Eckington in the County of Derby Painter and Glazier I bequeath all the furniture plate Linen China glass books prints liquors fuel, consumable provisions and other household effects of which I shall die possessed unto my dear wife Mary Ann absolutely. I devise all the real estate (except estates vested in me as Trustee or Mortgagee) to which I shall be entitled at my decease unto my Friends James Fussell Mells Hutton of Ridgway in the said parish of Eckington Farmer and Thomas Kirkby of High Lane in the said Parish Cordwainer their heirs and assigns upon Trust to permit my said wife during her life if she shall continue my widow to receive the rents issues and profits thereof and after her decease or her marriage whichever shall first happen then. As to the dwelling house shop yards garden and premises with their appurtenances which I now occupy together with the cottage adjoining thereto with the appurtenances as now held therewith in the occupation of John Drabble In Trust for my eldest son William Rose his heirs and assigns nevertheless subject to and charged with the payment by my said son his heirs or assigns within twelve calendar months next after the decease or marriage of my said wife unto my Trustees hereinafter named of the sum of one hundred pounds sterling with interest for the same after the rate of Five pounds per centum per annum from her decease or marriage to be applied by them as hereinafter mentioned And as to my two Copyhold Cottages situate at Mosbrough aforesaid with the Gardens and appurtenances as now held therewith and now in the several occupations of Joseph Burrows and George Fell. In Trust for my son Edwin Rose his heirs and assigns And as to and concerning my copyhold close of Land situate in Street Field in the said Parish of Eckington and now in my own occupation. In Trust for my daughter Sarah Ann her heirs and assigns. But in case either of my said sons or daughter shall happen to die in my life time or under the age of twenty one years and unmarried then the share or respective shares of such of them so dying respectively as well original as accruing of and in my said real estate so limited to them respectively shall be held by the said James Fussell Mells Hutton and Thomas Kirkby their heirs and assigns. In Trust for the survivors and survivor of my said sons and daughter and their his or her heirs or assigns if more than one in equal share as Tenants in common. And as to the residue of my personal estate of which I shall die possessed I bequeath the same unto the said James Fussell Mells Hutton and Thomas Kirkby their executors, administrators and assigns (hereinafter called my said Trustees or Trustee) Upon Trust to collect get in and convert into money my said residuary personal estate, and to invest the monies arising therefrom in the name or names of my said Trustees or Trustee in real securities or some of the public stocks or funds of Great Britain or in Railway Debentures or in any joint stock Bank in England without being responsible for any loss that may be thereby incurred with power to vary such securities as my said Trustees or Trustee may think expedient and to pay the annual income thereof to my said wife during her life if she shall so long continue my widow and after her decease or marriage as to the capital and income of my said Trust monies and other my Trust premises. Upon Trust to pay the said sum of One hundred pounds sterling hereinbefore charged upon the real estate devised to and made payable by my said son William together with the interest thereon as aforesaid when so received by them unto my said daughter Sarah Ann absolutely. But if she shall die under the age of twenty one years and unmarried then to pay the said sum of One hundred pounds and interest unto and equally between my said sons and their issue such issue taking the share their deceased parent would have been entitled to only but if either of my said sons shall be then dead without issue then to pay the same unto my surviving son or his issue and subject to such payment as last aforesaid In Trust for all my children who shall attain the age of twenty one years or marry in equal shares And I authorize my said Trustees or Trustee in their discretion to pay or allow unto my said wife during her widowhood from time to time any part of the capital of my said Trust monies not hereinbefore specifically appropriated to my said daughter for her own maintenance or for the maintenance or education of my said sons and daughter if they my said Trustees or Trustee shall deem the annual income of my said real estate and Trust premises, insufficient for that purpose. And I direct and empower my said Trustees or Trustee during the minorities of my said sons and daughter to receive the annual income of their respective shares of my real and residuary personal Estate and to apply the same or so much thereof as such Trustees or Trustee shall think expedient in or towards the maintenance and education of such sons and daughter respectively and to invest and accumulate the unapplied surplus and the accumulations to the respective shares whence the same shall have arisen I also empower my said Trustees or Trustee to compound and compromise debts and demands claimed as due from or to my estate, and to settle and adjust my accounts, and to refer disputes arising out of my affairs to arbitration, I devise to my said Trustees all the real estate which shall at my decease be vested in me as Trustee or Mortgagee subject to the equities affecting the same respectively. I declare that if my said Trustees hereinbefore named Executors or either of them or any Trustees or Trustee to be appointed under this clause shall die or be unwilling or incompetent to accept or execute the Trusts of my Will it shall be lawful for my wife so long as she shall continue my widow, and after her death or marriage for the competent accepting Trustees or Trustee for the time being if any whether retiring from the Office of Trustee or not or if none for the executors or administrators or either or any of the Executors or administrators of the last deceased Trustee to substitute by any writing under their or his hands or hand any person or persons in whom alone or as the case may be) jointly with any surviving or continuing Trustees or Trustee my Trust estate shall be vested And I exempt every Trustee of my Will from liability for losses occurring without his own wilful default and authorize him to retain and allow to his cotrustee all expenses incidental to the Trusteeship And I declare that the powers and discretions hereinbefore vested in the Trustees hereinbefore named shall be exerciseable by the Trustees and Trustee for the time being of my will I appoint the said James Fussell Mells Hutton and Thomas Kirkby to be Executors of my Will Lastly I revoke all other Wills In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and I have also set my hand to each of the two preceding sheets of this my Will this seventh day of March One thousand eight hundred and sixty — George Gillett Rose – Signed by the said George Gillatt Rose the Testator 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 subscribed our names as witnesses the word “hereinbefore” having been first written on the erasure in the twentieth line from the top of this sheet and the word “Copyhold” in the eleventh line from the bottom of the first page of this my Will – Alfred Alderson Sol Eckington Derbys : – — William Keeton Sickle Manufacturer Mosbrough Proved on the 30th May 1860 by the oaths of George Gill James Fussell Mells Hutton and Thomas Kirkby the Executors named in the Will Effects under £450 Probate extracted by Bramley & Gainsford Solicitors Sheffield Executor
The Mosborough One-Place Study 