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The last will and testament of Frederica Evelyn Stilwell Cook, who died 9 January 1925, age 68, is thought to be the longest will ever filed for probate.〔 ==The will== The will was 1066 pages (95,940 words) and occupied four gilt-edged, leather-bound volumes.〔Brown, Gordon and Myers, Scott, (''Administration of Wills, Trusts, and Estates'' ) (4th Edition), Cengage Learning, 2008, p. 4. ISBN 1-4283-2176-4〕 It was entered into probate at Somerset House, the then home of the Principal Probate Registry in London, on 2 November 1925. Of the four volumes in which the will was bound, two contain 702 pages each, and the other two 406 pages each. The paper is gilt-edged and the bindings are of leather with heavy corners and canvas covers.〔 Aside from the pages containing the introductory clauses, the pages are ruled with a single column and contain a priced inventory of laces, jewelry, furs, embroideries, dressing bags and objects of art. A large number of the articles are explained in footnotes. A large part of the will is in Cook's own handwriting. It is dated 17 October 1919, but there is a codicil dated 2 March 1924.〔 Probate of the will was granted to Cook's brother and son, both of them Londoners, the latter a racing motorist. Practically all of her bequests were to her children, and her two executors were directed to burn her diaries, to bury her wedding ring with her, and to see that her age is not inscribed on her tombstone.〔 She is buried in Richmond Cemetery in Richmond, England; section J, grave 1289.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Last will and testament of Frederica Evelyn Stilwell Cook」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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