The Will of Nora Hetty Grose 1919-1998         Dated 29 January 1997
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This Will dated 29 January 1997, is made by me, Nora Hetty Grose, of 16 Kingswood Road, Tadworth, Surrey.

  1. I revoke all earlier wills.

  2. I give to all the children of my deceased brother, Robert Elliot Thompson, namely, David, Hugh, Angus, and Harriet, the sum of £20,000 (Twenty thousand pounds) in equal shares, absolutely, and I declare that if any of them shall die in my lifetime, his share of this legacy shall not lapse, but shall in that event pass to his personal representatives, as part of his estate, as if he had died immediately after me.

  3. If the gift of residue to my husband, contained in Clause 4 below is payable, then:.
    1. I give to my Executors to hold on the following trusts such sum (the nil rate band legacy) as is the lesser of the upper limit of the nil percent rate band in the table of rates of tax applicable on my death in Schedule 1 to the Inheritance Tax Act of 1984, or any modification or reenactment thereof, and the maximum amount which will not give rise to a charge to inheritance tax by reason of my death.
    2. my Executors shall hold the nil rate band legacy.
      1. to apply the capital and income thereof for the benefit all or any of my husband, and all my children as shall survive me (the discretionary beneficiaries) as my executors, in there absolute discretion think fit.
      2. notwithstanding the provisions of the immediately preceding sub-clause to accumulate any income of the nil rate band legacy, and hold such accumulations as an accretion to capital of the nil rate band legacy.
      3. subject as above, at the expiration of two years, less one day, from the date of my death, my executors shall distribute the nil rate band legacy among such of the discretionary beneficiaries as my Executors shall in there absolute discretion think fit.

  4. If my husband PETER JOHN GROSE survives me by thirty days, then subject to the provisions of clause 2 above, I give the residue of my estate to him, and appoint him as my sole executor, but if he does not so survive me, then the following provisions of my will shall apply, instead of this clause:

    1. I appoint as my executors and trustees, my son Robert John Grose, and my daughter Ann Dorothea Mary Grose.
    2. In this Will, the expression "my Trustees" means my executors and the trustees of this Will, and of any trusts arising under it.

  5. My Trustees shall hold my Estate on trust to retain or sell it and:
      1. To pay debts and executorship expenses.
      2. to pay any inheritance tax in respect of property passing under this Will.
    1. To divide the residue ("my residuary estate") into two equal parts and:
      1. as to one such part, upon trust, for my son Robert John Grose, but if he shall not survive me, to divide it into halves, to be held:
        1. as to one half upon trust for Robert's wife Lynn Dell Grose, if she shall still be his widow at the date of my death, but otherwise (if she shall have ceased to be his wife before his death, or shall have remarried before my death) then, upon trust, for such of Robert's children, living at my death, as shall attain 21 in equal shares, if more than one.
        2. as to the other half, if Lynn Dell Grose shall remain the widow of Robert at my death, to pay to her the income thereof, until her death or remarriage, and subject thereto as to both capital and income, upon trust for such of Robert's children, living at my death, as shall attain 21, in equal shares, if more than one.
      2. As to the other part, upon trust for my daughter, Ann Dorothea Mary Grose, but if she shall not survive me, then, upon trust for such of her children living at my death, as shall attain 21, in equal shares, if more than one.
    2. If the trusts of any of the shares of residue, mentioned in this clause, shall fail, that share shall be added, pro rata, to the other shares which have not then failed, and this provision shall apply to both an original share, and an augmented share.

  6. My Trustees shall have the following powers:
    1. To allow any beneficiary, who is under eighteen, to have the use of any personal chattels to which he is entitled.
    2. To pay any money, to which a beneficiary, who is under eighteen, is entitled to his parent or guardian for his benefit or to the beneficiary himself once he has attained sixteen.
    3. To apply capital for the benefit of any beneficiary, under eighteen, as if the Trustee Act 1925, section 32, applied to the whole (and not merely one half) of the beneficiary's presumptive or vested interest.
    4. To invest as freely as if they were beneficially entitled.
    5. To apply or accumulate income in accordance with the Trustee Act 1925, Section 31, but without the restrictions imposed by sub section (1) of Section 31.

  7. Any immovable property acquired by my trustees shall be held on trust to retain or sell.

  8. Any of my Trustees, who is engaged in a profession, may charge fees for work done by him or his firm (whether or not the work is of a professional nature) on the same basis, as if he were not one of my Trustees, but employed to carry out the work on there behalf.

Nora H Grose

Signed by the Testatrix, in our presence, and attested by us, in the presence of the Testatrix, and of each other.

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On the 21st day of July 1998 Probate of this will was granted to Peter John Grose of 16 Kingswood Road, Tadworth, Surrey, KT20 5EG, the executor named in the said Will.

Nora Hetty Grose, of 16 Kingswood Road, Tadworth, Surrey, Died on the 14th day of March 1998.

Net Value of £80,951