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Frederick Morton CULLIS |
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Male |
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I7856 |
Young Kent Ancestors |
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1 Jan 2008 |
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- Transcript of Will of Edith Lucy Otridge 1922
Source: w2: Principal Probate Registry Wills.
(179) Transcript:
I EDITH LUCY OTRIDGE of 46 Rostrevor Road Fulham in the County of London Spinster hereby revoke all testamentary dispositions heretofore made by me and declare this to be my last will
1. I appoint Frederick Morton Cullis of 52 Ellerby Street Fulham aforesald Clerk to firm of Stock Jobbers to be the sole EXECUTOR AND TRUSTEE of this my will and I desire that my body may be buried In Putney Vale Cemetery
2. I bequeath the following pecuniary legacies free from legacy duty (a) I give to Ada Elizabeth Cullis the mother of the said Frederick Morton Cullis the sum of thirty pounds (b) I give to Edith Baker of 187 High Road Watford In the County of Hertford Drapers Assistant the daughter of G Baker deceased late of Harringay In the County of Middlesex the sum of twenty pounds (c) I give to Arthur Budd of "Rokeby" Lebanon Gardens Wandsworth in the County of London the sum of fifteen pounds but if he predeceases me then I give the sum of fifteen pounds to Mrs Budd his mother In addition to the sum of twenty pounds next hereinafter given to her by this my will (d) To the said Mrs Budd the sum of twenty pounds but if she predeceases me then I give the sum of twenty pounds to the said Arthur Budd in addition to the sum of fifteen pounds hereinbefore given to him by this my will I desire to express and record my deep thanks and utmost gratitude
to the said Frederick Morton Cullis for all the many kindnesses and valuable services extended and rendered by him to me during the last three years and upwards In appreciation and token and as a reward and recompense wherefore I give all my property not hereby or by any codicil hereto otherwise specifically disposed of to him for his own absolute use and benefit subject to the payment thereout of my debts funeral and testamentary expenses and the legacies hereby or by any codicil hereto bequeathed IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand this twelfth day of March one thousand nine hundred and twenty two (Signed) Edith Lucy Otridge Signed by the said Edith Lucy Otridge and us each in the Joint presence of the other two - HORACE E G JARVIS 3 Ellerby Street Fulham SW6 Solicitor EDGAR F JARVIS 2 Billiter Square Buildings EC3 Solicitor
Proved 6th January 1928
Updated on 16 Mar 2006
Market Maker. A dealer in securities on the stock exchange who deals as principal rather than agent. This used to be the role of the stock jobber.
Low Wretches Found Stock Market With thousands of stock certificates floating around, a trade in stocks inevitably developed. But the actual worth of such stocks was up in the air until the ships came back (or didn't!) Their trading value in the meantime was set by speculation. Starting to sound familiar?
The traders, called "jobbers," worked in coffeehouses and were not an honored breed. Samuel Johnson's dictionary defined a stock-jobber as "a low wretch who makes money by buying and selling shares in the funds." Daniel Defoe wrote an essay titled, "The Villainy of Stock Jobbers Detected."
According to Morgan and Thomas, rich men often employed jobbers to go into coffeehouses and "look sour, shake their heads, and suggest bad news from India." Then a second set of jobbers worked their way through the coffeehouse, quietly buying all the discounted stock they could get. With a history like that, it's not too hard to see how stocks became commodities whose value was set by rumors and innuendo.
Excerpt from Why Are Stocks Worth Anything?
by Tamim Ansary
MSN Encarta
http://encarta.msn.com/column_whyarestocksworthanything_tamimhome/Why_Are_Stocks_Worth_Anything.html
Daniel Defoe was a friend and supporter of William Paterson, the founder of the Bank of England. Although not above indulging in speculation himself on occasions, he frequently attacked stockjobbers and manipulation of prices in his writings and accurately predicted the collapses of both the South Sea Company and John Law's Mississippi Company in France.
Clerk - can denote someone who works in an office and whose duties include record-keeping or correspondence.
From Miriam-Webster online
3 a : an official responsible (as to a government agency) for correspondence, records, and accounts and vested with specified powers or authority (as to issue writs as ordered by a court) b : one employed to keep records or accounts or to perform general office work c : one who works at a sales or service counter
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/clerk
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