These assets were later released after an appeal from the legatees of the Will. The legatees each received $56.38. It thus also makes it possible for the legator to gain promises from legatees. Sir Thomas Aylesbury, another former pupil, was another one of Allen's major legatees. Legatees are beneficiaries in testate succession only. Legatees and pre-legatees are not liable to collate unless the will provides to the contrary. It is not possible for legatees to exist where the deceased died intestate. By his will he appointed his brother Henry, barrister-at-law, and his nephew Francis, residuary legatees. Depending upon local custom, legatees may be called "devisees".