SC62/44/24 pp.624-5
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| Testament of John Gibson Lockhart SC62/44/24 pp.624-5 |
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| John Gibson Lockhart SC62/44/24 [p.625] [In box] Inventory of the Personal Means and Estate situated in Scotland of the deceased John Gibson Lockhart Esq. Residing at Abbotsford who died there on 25 November 1854 Stamp Duty Two pounds Presented the second day of February Eighteen hundred and fifty four years To William Oliver Rutherford Esquire Commissary By Mess[ieu]rs Curle & Erskine Writers Melrose [main text] 3[r]d March 1855 A.D. Inventory of the Personal Means and Estate situated in Scotland of umquhile John Gibson Lockhart Esq. Advocate residing at Abbotsford and sometime of number forty four Abbey Road Saint John’s Wood London, who died at Abbotsford in the County of Roxburgh upon the twenty fifth day of November Eighteen hundred and fifty four made and given up by William Lockhart Esq. Of Milton Lockhart Member of Parliament for Lanarkshire and James Robert Hope Scott Esq. of Abbotsford Executors nominate [p.627] nominate to him conform to Testament executed by him on twenty third September and to Codicil of date thirteenth November Eighteen hundred and fifty four years and to be confirmed to the said defunct The said deceased John Gibson Lockhart Esq. had pertaining and belonging addebted resting owing to him at the time of his decease, the goods gear debts sums of money and other following 1. Cash in Repositories £5..9..- 2. Sum in Deposit Account with the British Linen Company Branch Bank Melrose £95..-..- Interest on D[itt]o -..5..- / 95..5..- 3. Value of Wearing Apparel and other Personal Effects per Inventory and appraisement of John Thorburn licensed Appraiser 29..13..- Total Estate in Scotland £130..7..- (signed) James R Hope Scott Ja Curle Com[missione]r Jedburgh Jedburgh 18th January 1855. Grants Commission to James Curle Esquire Writer in Melrose or to any one of Her Majestys Justices of Peace for the County of Roxburgh to take the oath of any of the Executors to the verity of the preceding Inventory and to Report to Court. (signed) William Scott C.D. At Melrose the thirteenth day of January Eighteen hundred and fifty five years In presence of James Curle Esq. Writer in Melrose Commissioner Appointed by the preceding Remit Compeared James Robert Hope Scott Esq of Abbotsford who being solemnly sworn and examined Deponed that the said John Gibson Lockhart Esq. died upon the twenty fifth day of November Eighteen hundred and fifty four years and and that the Deponent alongst with William Lockhart Esq of Milton lockhart Member of Parliament for Lanarkshire has entered [p.629] entered upon the possession & management of the deceaseds personal Estate as one of the Executors nominated and appointed to him by Testament executed by him of date twenty third September and by Codicil of date thirteenth November both in the year Eighteen hundred and fifty four That the Deponent does not know of any Settlement or Writing relative to the disposal of the deceaseds personal Estate or effects in Scotland other than that now exhibited. That the said Inventory which is signed by the deponent and the said Commissioner as relative hereto is a full and true Inventory of all the Personal or moveable estate and effects of the said deceased John Gibson Lockhart Esq. in so far as situated in Scotland belonging or due to him beneficially at the time of his death and that that the value of the said Estate situated in Scotland is of the value of One Hundred pounds and under Two hundred pounds Sterling All which is truth as the deponent shall answer to God (signed) James R Hope Scott Ja Curle Commissioner Follows Holograph Testament referred to in the foregoing Inventory At Milton Lockhart, 23rd September 1854. I John Gibson Lockhart do make this my last Will & Testament. 1. I desire to be buried in the simplest possible way wherever I may die. 2 I request William Lockhart M.P. and J R. Hope Scott L.C. to be my executors and trustees 3. I wish Mr Christie to choose a bust and a book from my room and that £100 be paid him for a purpose which he understands. 4 I wish Mr Llawellyn Wynne to be paid £100 in [p.631] in like manner for a purpose he will comprehend and that he sh[oul]d accept a bust and book or framed print at his choice to be kept in token of my gratefulness 5 I wish my brother Lawrence to accept my Watch and a Seal also a bust & book: my other ornaments of the person to be divided between my other 3 brothers & my son in law 6 I wish books or engravings to be chosen by various friends –Dr Ferguson (who is to have one of both): Lady Gifford Lord Mahon Lord Wynford each of the Miss Alexanders Lady Eastlake Miss Shipley Mrs Wilson (Wandsworth Common) Sir H. Ellis K.C.B. John Cay Esq. Lord Robertson I Murray Esq. 7 An Antique ring given me by Sir J McNeil to be given back to him: the pictures of Sir W Scott to be added to the collection at Abbotsford. My Mothers picture to go to to Milton Lockhart: any objects which my daughter specially connects w[i]t[h] her mother to go to Abbotsford. 8. All wearing Apparel to be disposed of by Colonel Archibald Lockharts directions. 9. A book to be given at Mr Hope Scotts direction to Mr H.T. Holt (signed) J.G. Lockhart (Init[ial]s) J.R.H.S.H. Com Abbotsford 1854 Nov[mebe]r 13 I John Gibson Lockhart anxious to make my last Will and testament and request that Mr J.R Hope Scott and Mr Wm Lockhart will have kindness to act as my executors In all other respects I w[oul]d xxxxxxxxxxxx leave matters to the Course of law: only I wish former testamentary papers to be of the wright of the evident intention that is may be regarded as parts of one & the same document. In short that they stand for Codicils to this brief Testament (s[i]g[ne]d) J.G. Lockhart Written sealed and delivered in presence of Dr James Clarkson of Melrose and the Rev[eren]d Lawrence Lockhart D[octor of] D[ivinity] of Inchinnan by me (signed) J.G. Lockhart (signed) J.B. Clarkson Witness L. Lockhart Witness Melrose [p.633] Melrose 30 Jan 1855. Referred to in my Affidavit of this date to the Inventory of the personal estate of the late John Gibson Lockhart Esq (Signed) James R Hope Scott Ja Curle Commr Inventory & Valuation of the Personal Effects of the late J Gibson Lockhart Esq. who died at Abbotsford on 25th November 1854 in the County of Roxburgh taken by John Thorburn Licensed Appraiser 8th Jany 1855 1 Fur Coat £1..10..- 1 Gold Ring with Stone 2..2..- 1 Pair Silver Spectacles -..15..- 1 Silver Teaspoon -..4..- 3 Pair Studs -..4..- 1 Silver Shaving Box -..6..- 1 Silver tooth picker -..2..6 1 Small dressing Box or Case -..4..- 12 Razors 1..1..- 2 Snuff Boxes -..15..- Carry £ Carries £ 1 Box with 4 Razors 1..1..- 2 Pair Scissors -..2..- 1 Pair Boot Hooks -..1..- 1 Eye Glass -..2..6 3 Writing Boxes -..7..6 7 Books 1..10..- 1 Chair -..7..6 1 Gold Watch with small chain & Seal 8..8..- Deceaseds Body clothes 10..10..- / £29..13..- The above is a correct Valuation to the best of my belief (signed) John Thorburn Licensed Appraiser [in box] Follows Testament Testamentar of the said deceased John Gibson Lockhart Esquire Abbotsford Dated and Recorded Second day of February 1855 [main text] Testament Testamentar and Inventory [p.635] Inventory of the goods and Gear debts sums of money and others of umqhuile John Gibson Lockhart Esquire Advocate residing at Abbotsford and sometime of Number forty four Abbey Road Saint John’s Wood London at the time of his decease which was at Abbotsford in the County of Roxburgh upon the twenty fifth day of November Eighteen hundred and fifty four The said deceased John Gibson Lockhart Esquire had pertaining and belonging addebted and resting owing to him at the time of his decease the goods and gear debts sums of money and other after specified in an Inventory of his personal estate stamped according to Law and verified by the oath of James Robert Hope Scott Esquire of Abbotsford one of the Trustees and Executors nominated and and appointed by the deceased in a Testament executed by him upon the twenty third day of September and Codicil thereto dated thirteenth November Eighteen hundred and fifty four. Which goods and gear debts sums of money and other the said James Robert Hope Scott esquire of Milton Lockhart Member of Parliament for Lanarkshire the only other executor of the said deceased give up for confirmation at the same time exhibiting and presenting the said Testament & Codicil themselves which are recorded as relative to said Inventory in the Commissary Court Books of Roxburghshire the second day of February Eighteen hundred and fifty five years Follows the Inventory (The principal being written upon Stamped paper of the value of Two pounds Sterling) Here take in Inventory of said deceaseds Personal Estate as Recorded on pp 621 et seq of this vol[ume] and here held as repeated brevitatis causa [p.637] causa) Summa of the foregoing Inventory is One hundred and thirty pounds seven shillings Sterling under protestation to add and eik thereto as accords Law £CXXX-VII-.. d[enarius] I John Morton Craigie Esquire Advocate Commissary Depute & c[etera] &c (Here take in form as given in act of Sederunt and here held as repeated brevitatis Causa) Given under the Seal of Office of the Commissariot of Roxburghshire & signed by the Clerk of Court at Jedburgh the second day of February Eighteen hundred & fifty five years being subscribed upon this & the three preceding pages of which these presents Consist (singed) John Elliot Written by Walter F Riddell Collated signed and sealed this second day of February Eighteen hundred & fifty five years by (signed) John Elliot Commissary Clerk} (Seal) Written by David Smith Collated by |