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Will of John Grace, blacksmith, 1905 (proved 1910)
Oxford Probate Registry
This is the last Will and Testament of me John Grace of Winslow in the County of Buckingham. Blacksmith I give my Silver Watch and Gold Chain to my great Nephew Stanley Grace Son of my Nephew Arthur Grace I give all the residue of my property whether real or personal unto my said Nephew Arthur Grace absolutely and appoint him the sole Executor of this my Will. In witness whereof I the said John Grace the Testator have hereunto set my hand this Second day of May One thousand nine hundred and five.
John Grace [signature]
Signed and acknowledged by the above named John Grace the Testator as his last Will 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
William N. Midgley [signature] Clerks to Messrs Willis & Willis
Stanley W. Midgley [signature] Solicitors Winslow
On the Nineteenth day of July 1910 Probate of this Will was granted at Oxford to Arthur Grace, the Nephew, the sole Executor.
It is hereby certified that the above is a correct copy
Dated this Twenty eighth day of July 1910.
BE IT KNOWN that John Grace of Winslow in the County of Buckingham, Blacksmith, who at the time of her death had a fixed place of abode at Winslow aforesaid, within the District of the Counties of Oxford, Berks and Buckingham, died on the 22nd day of October 1909 in the Infirmary of the City of Oxford.
AND BE IT FURTHER KNOWN that at the date hereunder written the last will and Testament of the said deceased was proved and registered in the District Probate Registry of His Majesty’s High Court of Justice at Oxford, and that administration of all the estate which by law devolves to and vests in the personal representative of the said deceased was granted by the aforesaid Court to Arthur Grace of Winslow aforesaid, Blacksmith, the Nephew of the Deceased, the sole Executor named in the said Will
Dated the 19th day of July 1910.
Gross value of estate £31 - 18 – 5
Net \Debts exceed the/ value of Personal Estate
Extracted by W. Gravely W. Willis [signature] Solicitor. Winslow.
Notes
John Grace lived all his life at the Forge (now 5A Market Square and 2 Bell Walk). He originally worked with his father Joseph. After the deaths of his mother Elizabeth in 1881 and his brother George in 1887, his nephew Arthur must have come into the business. The 1891 Census shows John aged 53 and Arthur aged 21, with John's sisters Ann Gascoigne 64 and Mary Grace 50, and a niece Ann Ray 29 described as housekeeper. In 1901 Arthur was running the Crooked Billet and John was living alone. Presumably Arthur moved back to the Forge with his family when he left the Crooked Billet in 1903.