The will was proved by John Vassall, sole executor.
My wife, a shareholder in National Grid, died earlier this year and I am the sole executor.
Much to my surprise, I was named sole executor!
I am now the sole executor of Rome's greatest private fortune.
His wife as sole executor became the de facto proprietor until she died in 1726.
He died less than two years later, in March 1536, naming her his sole executor and leaving her the residue of his estate.
Her husband Piers died in 1539; Margaret was the sole executor of his will.
The sole executor and apparently the main beneficiary was Thomas Aldridge.
He left me the sole executor to his will, under which he divided his property into three parts.
But they had become close enough as adults for Greville to make Derek his heir and sole executor.