Chelsfield - Parish Information
Abstract of will from
Chelsfield proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Geoffrey Copus.2005
Barbara Judd
of Chelsfield dated 2 June 1784
Abstract of the will of Barbara Judd of Chelsfield
widow dated 2 June 1784.
I appoint my good friends John Fuller of Hewets
Chelsfield yeoman and Richard Warren of Reynolds Smiths, St. Mary Cray
surgeon Executors and Trustees and I leave them £50 each.
I also leave to them £600 £3% Bank Annuities to
apply the interest as it becomes due to Mrs. Jane Day who now resides
and for many years has resided with me, or to her assigns during her
lifetime.
At her death my Trustees are to transfer £200 Stock, part
of the said £600, to Thomas Day, son of the said Jane Day: £200 of the
said Stock to Elizabeth Wakeman, one of the daughters of the said Jane
Day: and £200 part of the said Stock to Sarah Gear the other daughter
of the said Jane Day.
I bequeath to my Executors £400 Stock, other part of the
£3% Bank Annuities belonging to me in Trust to pay the interest as it
becomes due to Mrs. Ann Judd, the widow of my late husband's brother
Solomon Judd, for life.
After her death, £200 of the said Stock is to go to Ann
Johnson the wife of Richard Johnson of Chelsfield husbandman; the other
£200 to Grace Day the wife of George Day of Chelsfield
husbandman.
I leave to my friend Mrs. Elizabeth Waring, wife of the
said Richard Waring. £200 £3% Bank Annuities.
To Mrs. Catherine Few the daughter of my late friend the
Rev. Mr. Charles Meetkirk £200 £3% Bank Annuities.
I give £400 £3% Bank Annuities to all the children of my
cousin Thomas Burton of Brenchley yeoman, to all such as shall be living
at my death, in equal portions.
I give £20 to each of the following -
Sarah Everest the wife of Edward Everest of Chelsfield,
yeoman: Elizabeth Walker the wife of George Walker of Shoreham, Kent,
husbandman: Sarah Webb the wife of --- Webb of Shoreham husbandman: and
the before mentioned Thomas Day, Elizabeth Wakeman and Sarah Gear.
I give to the said Thomas Day all my late husband's wearing
apparel.
I give to my niece Mrs. Mary Aynscomb all my household
linen and 3 suits of my wearing apparel "one article of each sort
such as she shall chuse". All the rest of my wearing apparel I
leave to the said Mrs. Jane Day or if she should die in my lifetime to
her daughters Elizabeth Wakeman and Sarah Gear equally.
I also give to Mrs. Jane Day "all the furniture in the
Blue Bed Chamber in my Dwelling House."
I leave all residue of my personal estate to the said John
Fuller and Richard Waring in Trust to dispose of it by public auction
and also get in all debts owing to me, and from the proceeds to settle
all my debts, pecuniary legacies and funeral and testamentary expenses,
and to invest the remainder in Government or real [?] securities and to
pay the interest etc. as it arises to my niece Mary Aynscomb of
Chelsfield widow for life. After her death, they shall pay the interest
etc. to her daughter Mary Harris for her own use.
At her death, the principal is to be divided equally among
all of her children at age 21 or in the case of daughters at age 21 or
on marriage, whichever shall first happen. If any ie before their mother
leaving issue then his or her share is to go to such issue equally
divided.
If Mary Harris survive her mother but die without issue
then I leave one half of the securities among the children of my said
cousin Thomas Burton who are living at the death of the said Mary
Harris, and the other half similarly among the children of my late
cousin Susanna Perrott, sister of the said Thomas Burton.
If Mary Harris die before her mother without issue then the
securities are to go to her mother the said Mary Aynscomb.
Witnesses Enoch Holding Wm: Rock
Codicil dated 20 December 1787.
I give the following legacies over and above what I have
bequeathed in my Will -
To my good and much-respected friends the Rev. John Long DD
and Brass Crosby Esq. and Mrs. Crosby his wife I leave £5 each for a
mourning ring.
To Jane Day and to her 3 children Thomas Day, Elizabeth
Wakeman and Sarah Gear, named in my will, to my late husband's nephew
Henry Middleton,to my cousin Sarah Small, to Sarah Everest, Elizabeth
Walker and Sarah Webb, named in my will, and to my late husband's nephew
Thomas Judd £5 each.
To Mr. James Petty of Orpington gardener and to Mr.
Thomas Brooks of Chelsfield husbandman £20 each.
To each of my servants, Richard Day, John Ballard and Ann
Mills two guineas.
I revoke the legacies in my will of £20 each to Sarah
Everest, Elizabeth Walker and Sarah Webb, Thomas Day, Elizabeth Wakeman
and Sarah Gear.
Witnesses Enoch Holding Edward Latter
Proved 26 January 1788 by John Fuller and Richard Waring the Executors
named..
[PCC will PROB11/1161]
Transcribed by Geoffrey
Copus