CARE OF CATS
Clergyman’s Will
The first charge made against the estate of a clergyman who died at Maidenhead, England, recently was that needed to provide for his cats. He was the Rev. Thomas Rawlins, who never slept without having his favourite Persian cat sharing his pillow.
A bachelor, he left £9BOO. All his affection was spent on his seven cats, two dogs, two goats and a hen.
When a pet died he would prepare a special burial service. He left 18/- a week to his housekeeper, Miss Mary Norman, to be reduced to 8/- when she reaches pensionable age. She said that his three favourite cats had been buried in oak coffins.
When they were seriously ill he would never have them destroyed, always insisting that they should die a natural death. Mr. Rawlins in Ills will stipulated: “The cats will be the first charge on my estate, and I desire my executors to see that they are properly eared for in sickness and in health.” An annuity of £6 was left to a Persian eat by Lieut.-Colonel William Kingston, of Bantry, Co. Cork, who left £8725.
He bequeathed the cat to his niece, Mary Vickery.
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Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 124, 19 February 1938, Page 6 (Supplement)
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197CARE OF CATS Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 124, 19 February 1938, Page 6 (Supplement)
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