Aspects of Kentish Local History

Wills of 18th Century Chatham Shipwrights
Prerogative Court of Canterbury (P.C.C.) Wills 1706 - 1799)

Richard PINNEY 1713

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN
I Richard Pinney of Chatham in the county of Kent shipwright being sick and weak in body but of sound and disposing mind & memory (praised be God for the same) doe make publish and declare this my last will and testament in writing in manner and forme following that is to say in the first place I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God my creator in and thro the meritts and intercession of my Savoiour Jesus Christ and my body I committ to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my executrix hereafter named item I give and devise unto my loving wife Susanna Pinney and her assignes for and during the term of her naturall life all that my messuage or tenement with the yard backside garden and appurtanances thereto belonging situate lying and being in Chatham Street in the parish of Chatham aforesaid and now in the tenure or occupation of me the said Richard Pinney together with the litle house laying behind it now in the occupation of William Gilbert or his assignes and immediately from and after the decease of my said wife Susanna Pinney then I give and devise the said two messuages or tenements with their appurtenances in Chatham Street aforesaid unto my loving son Hayward Pinney and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten for ever but if it shall happen that my said son Hayward Pinney shall depart this life before my said wife Susanna without issue of his body lawfully begotten then and in such case I give and devise the said two messuages or tenements in Chatham Street aforesaid and the yards backsides and gardens to them severally belonging with their appurtenances unto my said loving wife Susanna and her heirs and assignes for ever item as to all those my four severallother messuages or tenements with the severall yards backsides and gardens to them severally belonging situate lying and being on Smithfield Bank on the Brook in Chatham aforesaid on a piece of ground by me purchased of Mr. Bulfinch my will is that they should continue ? remaine and discend to such person and persons and to such use and uses and in such manner and forme as the piece of ground wherein they are built is already settled in and by the deed of purchase of the said ground item I give and devise unto my said loving wife Susanna Pinney all those my two other messuages or tenements with the yards backsides gardens and appurtenances to them severally belonging situate lying and being in White Horse Lane in the parish of St. Nicholas within the city of Rochester in the said county of Kent to hold to her my said wife Susanna Pinney her heirs and assignes for ever item all and every my ready money debts credits goods chattells and personall estate whatsoever and wheresoever (after my own just debts funerall expences charges of proveing this my will and all other contigent charges are fully paid and satisfied) I give and bequeath unto my said loving wife Susanna Pinney her executors administrators and assignes for ever and I doe hereby nominate constitute ordain and appoint her the said Susanna my said wife full and sole executrix of this my last will and testament hereby revokeing and making void all and all manner of former and other wills and testaments by me at any time made spoken or published before the publishing of these presents in witness whereof I the said Richard Pinney the testator have to this my last will and testament sett my hand and seale this present first day of July in the yeare of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and thirteen Richard Pinney signed sealed and by the said Richard Pinney the testator published and declared to be his last will and testament in the presence of us who in his presence and at his request have subscribed our names as witnesses hereunto Sarah Gilbert Rich. Sheafe Jno. Sheafe

Proved 1st September 1713