Re Vardon, Brown v Vardon A testator by his will made the following gifts: a specific devise, a pecuniary legacy, certain specific bequests of chattels, an annuity to his widow, and certain dispositions which were held to be inoperative. The result was that the executors were left with approximately £9,000 out of which to provide the annuity, the residue going as on an intestacy. The income of that sum was clearly insufficient to provide the annuity.