John Robert Craine, 1913

Ballaugh
1913 
210
The humble petition of Joseph Benjamin Keig of the town of Ramsey Bank Agent
and William Percy Cowley of the said town advocate.
Sheweth:
1.  That John Robert Craine late of Broughjairg Moar in the parish of
Ballaugh farmer died on 9th day of July 1913 having first duly made and
executed his last will and testament bearing date the 7th day of July
1913 whereof he appointed your petitioners executors.
2. That your petitioners are desirous that probate  of the said will
should be granted to them.
Wherefore your petitioners humbly pray a hearing hereof and that your honor
may be pleased to grant Probate of the said will of the said John Robert
Craine to your petitioners and they will ever pray.
F. M LaMothe for petitioners

Ordered that this petition do come on to be heard at a court to be held at
Michael on Monday the 21 day of July 1913 at 10:30 o'clock forenoon. Whereof
all proper parties and persons are to have due and lawful notice. Given at
Ramsey this 21 day of July 1913
Charles C. Callow Deemster

Know all men by these presents that we Joseph Benjamin Keig of the
town of Ramsey Bank Agent, William Percy Cowley of the said town Advocate,
William Corkill of Riverside in the said town Accountant and Walter Craine
of the said town Advocate Clerk are jointly and severally
and any two of us jointly bound unto our Sovereign Lord the King in the
sum of Ten hundred pounds 1,000 to the payment whereof well and truly to be
made to our said Lord the King, his heirs and successors, we bind
and oblige ourselves jointly and severally and any two of us jointly, our
executors and administrators, firmly by these presents.
As witness our subscriptions the Fifteenth day of July in the year of Our
Lord One thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

The condition of our obligation is such that if the above named Joseph
Benjamin Keig and William Percy Cowley (hereinafter called "the executors")
who seek to obtain a grant of Probate of the last will and testament of John
Robert Craine late of Broughjairg in the parish of Ballaugh farmer but now
decease, who died at Nobles Hospital Douglas on or about the 9th day of July
1913 do, when lawfully called on in that
behalf make or cause to be made a true and perfect inventory of all and
singular the personal estate and effects of the said deceased which have or
shall come into their hands, possession, or knowledge or into the
hands of any other person for them and the same so made do exhibits, or
cause to be exhibited, into the proper Registry in that behalf whenever
required by law so to do:  And the same personal estate and effects of
the said deceased which shall at any time come into the hands or possession
of the executors, or into the hands of any other person or persons for them
or which without default might have come into the
hands or possession of the executors, do well and truly administer according
to law, that is to say, do pay the debts and liabilities of the
said deceased so far as the said personal estate will extend and the law
bind the executors, then this obligation to be void and of no effect, or
else to remain in full force and virtue.
J. B. Keig
W. Percy Cowley
William Corlett
Walter Craine

At Ramsey the 15th day of July 1913
The executing parties to the aforegoing bond acknowledged the same to be
their Act and Deed.
                    Before me.  John R. Kennish
					
This is the last will and testament of me John Robert Craine of
Broughjairg in the parish of Ballaugh farmer.  I revoke all former wills
and I nominate constitute and appoint my friends Joseph Benjamin Keig
of the town of Ramsey Bank Agent and William Percy Cowley of the said town
Advocate (they and the survivor of them or other trustees or trustee for the
time being of this my will being hereinafter called my trustees to be the
executors and trustees of this my will.   I give and bequeath to my dear
wife Christian Margaret absolutely all my household furniture and effects
and article of personal or domestic use or
ornament.  I give devise and bequeath all my real estate and all the rest
residue and remainder of my personal estate unto my trustees Upon trust that
they shall and will as soon as conveniently may be after my decease and in
the case of my farm stock crop and implements not later than the twelfth day
of November next following my decease sell call in collect
and convert into money the said personal estate or such part thereof as
shall not consist of money and after payment there out of my funeral and
testamentary expenses and my debts shall apply the net balance then
remaining firstly in executing such repairs (if any) as may be necessary
to my real estate to put it into condition for letting upon lease as
hereinafter provided and secondly in payment of the interest to the said
Twelfth day of November and hereafter in reduction of the principal
amount then remaining due on mortgage of my said real estate.  And upon
further trust that my trustees shall hold and stand possessed of my said
real estate upon trust to let the same upon lease upon such  terms and
conditions as they may think fit and to pay the income rent arising there
from yearly and every year to my said wife for and during the term of her
natural life and as long as she remains my widow and unmarried.
And upon her decease or remarriage (whichever event shall first happen) Upon
trust to convey the said real estate absolutely to such one of my children
or remoter issue as shall at the death  or second marriage of my said wife
be my heir or heiress at law but subject nevertheless to a lien
or charge of seven hundred and fifty pounds which said sum of seven hundred
and fifty pounds I give and bequeath to all my children then
living (other than my heir or heiress at law as aforesaid) including any
posthumous child or children and to the issue then living of any deceased
child equally between them share and share like as tenants in common
such issue to take if more than one equally between them the share of
his her or their deceased parent.  I declare that my trustees shall have
power at any time to sell that portion of my real estate situate on the
Southside of High Road between the village of Ballaugh and Cronkould -
And shall hold the net proceeds of such sale upon such and the same trusts
as are herein contained with respect to my residuary personal estate.
I declare that my trustees shall be entitled to reasonable remuneration for
their trouble and loss of time in executing the trusts of this my will.
As witness my name the Seventh day of July One thousand nine hundred and
thirteen (1913)
John R. Craine
Signed by the testator the said
F. M. LaMothe
Charles T. Cowell.

John Robert Craine as and for his last will and testament in the presence of
us present at the same time who at his request in his sight and presence and
in presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.
F.M. LaMothe
Charles T. Cowell
Executors sworn in 21 July 1913.

Last Modified 23 May 2014