The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-27 00:00:00

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

(From the Illustrated London News.)
The will of the Rev. Hastings Robinson, D•D''
rector of Great Warley, near Brentwood, Essen'
was proved in London by his brothers, the Revs'
W. W. Robinson, M.A., and Disney Robinson,
M.A. ; and the Rev. Charles J. F. Clinton, Al•A'''
the joint acting executors. The personalty Was
sworn under £20,000. Dr. Robinson had held the
living of Great Warley since 1827, and died ou
May 18, 1866, having executed his will in February
preceding. The will contains numerous small
legacies and some annuities, and he has been veil
liberal to his servants. To one of them, .1°11!
Crofts, he has left a copyhold cottage in which he
dwelt and also some land adjoining. To his exe-
cutor Mr. Clinton he leaves £2OO, and goo toll°
wife. • There are many specific bequests, including
plate ; the residue of the plate he divides be-
tween his brothers-in-law, Henry and John Clap„
and the residue of his household furniture he leaste;
to hii brother William. A dwelling-house, calls
the Hulmers, he leaves to his cousin, the Rev.
Thorpe. The residue of his freehold property ,
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leaves, to his brother William and Catherine hisWif
during their lives ; the residue of his personal phi'
perty between his 'brothers and the wife of bi
brother William for their lives. His real estates/
when for sale, are to be offered to John's College'
Cambridge. The ultimate residue of his properle
is to he distributed as follows :—£2,000 towards th
endowment of a new district church in Christchurch;
Great Warley ; £2OO, a moiety of the inter°•
thereof, is to be expended in an annual entertaiu•
ment of the children of Christchurch Naticink`ls
School, and the other moiety in the purchase of boobs
or rewards to the most deserving scholars • 2,,
in like manner, for the Schools at Great ilru'rl%;
To Brentwood Grammar School £2OO, the interel
for annual prizes. To the trustees of Rugby Sell;
for the divinity prize founded by him, £lOO. 'sor
bequeathes £l,OOO for two annual exhibitions '
undergraduates of Cambridge and Oxford, to be called
Dr. Robinson's Exhibitions. He bequeaths to the
Society for Poor Pious Clergy, £1,000; Crtria
Missionary Society, £l,OOO ; Church Pastoral P_;.ll
Society, £1,000; London City Mission, £100;
Mission to Roman Catholics, £lOO ; London AsSoo°;
ciation in Aid of Missions to the Moravians, the
Society for Promoting Christianity amongst 0%
Jews, £lOO ; Religious Tract Society, £5O ;
Clothing Charity, £lOO ; Royal Hospital for .
curables, £100; Governesses' Benevolent Institutloo
£lOO ; London Hospital, £lOO, and a further auto
of £3OO to purchase two annual governorshiPs of
said hospital, to be enjoyed by the incumbents
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Great Warley and Christchurch. All these leg3clo3
free of duty. The residue of the trust fund he
between the children of his brothers-in-law,
John, and Joseph Clay.
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The will of John Ashbury, Esq., of Mallet' ;al
and London, has just been proved in the Pril3c`Pder
registry, and the personal property sworn 1111 j,
£400,000, by his son, James Ashbury,
the sole executor. The will is brief, and bora hack
Sept. 2, 1866, being the day before his death, w:ds
event took place at his residence, Sussex-place' Plea
Park-gardens, after a short illness, in the 61stio,f,
of his age. The testator has left to his neP each
Thomas Ashbury, a legacy of £2,000, and to to
of his other nephews £5OO, and a like becluesther,
each of his nieces. He bequeaths to his br°' his
Thomas Ashbury, an annuity of £lOO, and t°
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housekeeper a legacy of £lOO free of duty,
mourning to all his servants. The rest of his 00,
perty, real and personal, he bequeaths to his "of
James Ashbury, confiding in him that he will °II
it make an ample provision for his mother. wise
The will of Mrs. Charlotte Williams, other 00
Countess Dowager of Barrymore, formerly the witite
of Richard, Earl of Barrymore, deceased, Lou 00
the widow of John Matthew Williams, Esq.'', bY
proved in the London Court, on the 18th ills 1010
her daughter, Frances Mona Williams:thechole
executrix, to whom she has bequeathed the 130.
of her property. The will is dated March 20,1