A LACEMAKER'S WILL.
■ , , — 0 ' vVW'-. £300,000 FOR NOTTINGHAM WIDOWS .' AND SPINSTERS. ' ' . Tho will of tho late Mr. R. Wilkinson 7 Smith; .lace manufacturer, of. Nottingham, was published on January 27. Tho testator died in December, 1 ( J07, and tho gross estate is returned at £335,7V2. With, the exception' of a few small legacies, amounting in all to about £10,000, j\lr. Smith has bequeathed the whole of his estate to found and maintain a charity, to bo called tho "Robert Wilkinson Smith Charity " for the purpose of.'providing annuities, of such amount, and number'.'as tho trustees may doterminej for necessitous widows and spinsters, .of good character and reputation, resident within tho city -and .county, of Nottingham, and to erect ■in Nottingham almshouses to/bo cccupicd by widows and spinsters.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 146, 14 March 1908, Page 11
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126A LACEMAKER'S WILL. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 146, 14 March 1908, Page 11
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