William
COCKERELL 1837
THIS IS THE LAST
WILL and Testament of me
WILLIAM
COCKERELL of the parish of Saint Nicholas in the City of
Rochester in the County of Kent Superannuated Shipwright first
I direct the payment of all my just debts general and testamentary
expenses by my Executors hereinafter named and I charge any deficiency
in my personal estate for that purpose upon my reality and as to all
that my freehold estate situate in ? and being in the parish of Saint
Nicholas aforesaid and consisting of ?
and one messuage or tenement with
the appurts thereunto belonging now in my own occupation and five
several tenements or Cottages with their appurts now or lately in the
several occupations of JAMES TAFFS the Elder Mr COLLEY
[ ] CRESSEY JOHN BRIDE and GEORGE SIMMONS
respectively and more particularly described and shewn forth upon a plan
or ground plot on which plan or ground plot I have annexed to this my
will for the purpose of evidencing the portion intended to be by me made
of the same estate amongst the several relations in the proportion and
manner hereinafter mentioned I give
and devise unto my nephew JOSEPH THOMAS TAFFS the
son of my nephew JOHN TAFFS late of Saint Nicholas
aforesaid Joiner deced all that piece or parcel of ground part of the
same estate containing by estimation in width at the front facing
towards to the High Street leading from Chatham to Rochester and
adjoining in the West side thereof to the premises lately in the
occupation [of] E.J. DUDDERIDGE and at the rear
thereof adjoining to the piece of Ground hereinafter by me devised to WILLIAM
THOMAS TAFFS thirteen feet in length from front to rear on
both side thereof sixty three feet of assize (assize, to fix a
measurement) little more or less as the same piece of ground now in
the occupation of [ ] PESCOTT To hold the same piece or parcel of
Ground with the rights and appurts thereunto belonging unto the said JOSEPH
THOMAS TAFFS his heirs and assigns for ever I
give and devise unto my nephew JAMES TAFFS the younger
another Son of my said nephew JOHN TAFFS all that piece or
parcel of Ground part of the same estate containing by estimation in
Width at the front facing towards the said High Street leading from
Chatham to Rochester aforesaid and adjoining to the before mentioned
piece of Ground on the West side thereto and the rear thereof adjoining
to the said piece of Ground by me herein before devised to the said WILLIAM
THOMAS TAFFS thirteen feet in length from front to rear on
both sides thereof sixty three feet of assize little more or less to
hold the same piece or parcel of Ground lastly described with the rights
and appurts thereunto belonging unto the said JAMES TAFFS
the younger his heirs and assigns for ever subject nevertheless to the
right of my nephew JOHN CHRISTOPHER TAFFS to remove
the Shop by him erected on the front of the said piece of Ground or to
sell the same it being his sole property I
give and devise unto my nephew WILLIAM THOMAS TAFFS
Son of my said nephew JOHN TAFFS all that messuage or
tenement with the piece of Ground at the West end thereof part of the
same estate containing by estimation in front facing towards the said
High Street leading from Chatham to Rochester aforesaid and adjoining on
the East side thereof to the piece of Ground lastly described and
devised to the said JAMES TAFFS and at the rear thereof
adjoining to part in part to the piece of Ground herein after devised to
the said WILLIAM THOMAS TAFFS and in part to the
Common Yard herein after mentioned twenty five feet and in length from
front to rear on both sides thereof twenty six feet of assize little
more or less saving and reserving unto my nephew JOHN CHRISTOPHER
TAFFS and his heirs and assigns tenants or others having a right
thereto a right of way or passage from and out of the premises herein
after devised to him into out of and through the Easternmost Corner of
the said piece of Ground into the said Common Yard in manner as in the
said plan is now marked and I also
give and devise unto the said WILLIAM THOMAS TAFFS
the small piece of Ground adjoining at the Easternmost Corner of the
premises hereby devised to him and containing eighty eight feet by nine
feet and also that piece or parcel of Ground containing by estimation in
length from the West end thereof adjoining the premises so lately
occupied by E.J. DUDDERIDGE to the East and thereof
adjoining the roadway or passage hereafter described thirty six feet in
width at both ends thereof nine feet of assize little more or less To
hold the same messuage or tenement piece or parcel of Ground with the
rights and appurts respectively subject as aforesaid unto the said WILLIAM
THOMAS TAFFS his heir and assigns for ever I
give and devise unto my nephew JOHN CHRISTOPHER TAFFS
another Son of my said nephew JOHN TAFFS all and every the
messuage or tenement now in my own occupation and the tenement or
Cottage situate behind and in the occupation of [
] COLLEY part
of the same estate containing on the front facing towards the same High
Street leading from Chatham to Rochester aforesaid and adjoining on the
West in ? of the tenement lastly described and devised unto the said WILLIAM
THOMAS TAFFS and in part to the same Common Yard and at
the rear thereof adjoining to the road way or passage of about seven
feet in length leading from Hangman's Lane to the aforesaid estate
sixteen feet and from the front to rear at both side thereof thirty
eight feet of assize little more or less and also all that small piece
of Ground adjoining the said Common piece of Ground herein before
devised unto the said WILLIAM THOMAS TAFFS and
containing about eight feet by nine feet and also all that other piece
or parcel of Ground containing by estimation in length from the West end
thereof adjoining the premises so lately occupied by E.J. DUDDERIDGE
to the East?, end thereof adjoining the Road way or passage herein
? thirty six feet and in width at both ends thereof nine feet of assize
little more or less and adjoining the South side thereof to the
? singular dimensions
? devised to the said WILLIAM THOMAS TAFFS
as aforesaid to hold the same several tenements or Cottage and
? with
the aforesaid right of way from into and out of he said
? in the
occupation of [ ] COLLEY over and through the Southernmost Corner
of the said piece of Ground herein before devised to to the said WILLIAM
THOMAS TAFFS and all other the rights and appurts to the
same tenement or Cottage Ground and heredits respectively belonging unto
the said JOHN CHRISTOPHER TAFFS his heirs and
assigns for ever I give and devise
unto my nephew GEORGE COCKERELL TAFFS Son of my
said nephew JOHN TAFFS all that my those my two tenements
of Cottages situate and being in or near Hangman's Lane aforesaid now
used as one tenement And also with a right of way or passage of about
three feet in width along the Northernmost end of the
? hereinafter
devised to my niece SARAH BRIDE and her issue and also all
that piece or parcel of Ground containing by estimation in length from
the East end and adjoining the premises so lately occupied by E.J.
DUDDERIDGE to the east end adjoining the road way or passage
hereinafter mentioned thirty six feet and on both ends thereof nine feet
of assize little more or less adjoining on the South side thereof to the
said piece of Ground of similar ?
herein before devised to the said JOHN
CHRISTOPHER TAFFS and as measuring eight feet by nine feet
or thereabouts To hold the same several tenements or Cottages
? with
their respective rights and appurts unto the said GEORGE COCKERELL
TAFFS his heirs and assigns for ever I
give and devise unto my niece SARAH ANN BRIDE all
that tenement of Cottage situate ? in the back of the said tenements so
as lastly aforesaid devised unto the said GEORGE COCKERELL
TAFFS and now in her husband's occupation subject nevertheless to
the right of the said GEORGE COCKERELL TAFFS his
heirs and assigns ? at any time hereafter to make and use at his or
their free ? a passage rear way from the tenement herein before devised
to him of the width of three feet and to the height of the first floor
of the said tenement devised to the said SARAH ANN BRIDE
at the Northernmost end of the said tenement so devised to her from the
said Cottages or tenements of the said GEORGE COCKERELL TAFFS
into the road way or passage in front of the said house so devised to
the said SARAH ANN BRIDE as aforesaid and also all
that Small piece of Ground adjoining to the said Small piece of Ground ?
aforesaid devised to the said GEORGE COCKERELL TAFFS
on the South side thereof and adjoining about eight feet by nine feet
and also all that piece or parcel of Ground adjoining on the South side
thereof to the piece of Ground of similar dimensions herein before
devised to the said GEORGE COCKERELL TAFFS and
containing by estimation in length from the West end thereof adjoining
to the said premises so lately occupied by E.J. DUDDERIDGE
to the East end thereof adjoining the Road way hereinafter mentioned
thirty six feet and in width at both ends thereof nine feet of assize
little more of less To hold the same tenements or Cottages and pieces of
Ground herein before lastly devised with their rights and appurts unto
the said SARAH ANN BRIDE and her assigns for her
natural life and from and after her decease I
give and devise the same heredits unto all and every the her Children in
equal shares and proportions if more than one to take as tenants in
common and not as joint tenants and if but only one surviving Child then
to him or her and their his or hers heirs and assigns for ever I
give and devise unto my nephew JAMES TAFFS the Elder of
Poplar in the County of Middlesex Shipwright all that piece or parcel of
Ground containing by estimation as well on the South end thereof
adjoining in part the said piece of Ground herein before devised unto
the said SARAH ANN BRIDE and in part to the
premises lately occupied by the said E.J. DUDDERIDGE as on
the north end thereof adjoining the King's Arms Wharf premises seventy
eight feet and as well on the East side thereof adjoining to certain
heredits now or lately the property of EDWARD MANCLARK and
[ ] VINYARD as on the West side thereof adjoining to Garden
Ground formerly belonging to Mrs LLOYD seventy nine feet assize
little more of less with the tenement or Cottage erected and being on
part of the said piece of Ground and now in the occupation of the said GEORGE
SIMMONS To hold the same piece or parcel of Ground tenement of
Cottage with the rights and appurts thereunto belonging unto the said JAMES
TAFFS the Elder his heirs and assigns for ever I
give and devise unto the said JOSEPH THOMAS TAFFS JAMES
TAFFS the younger WILLIAM THOMAS TAFFS JOHN
CHRISTOPHER TAFFS GEORGE COCKERELL TAFFS
SARAH ANN BRIDE and her issue as aforesaid and JAMES
TAFFS the elder full free and uninterrupted use and usage for
themselves their heirs and assigns servants tenants or assigns of the
several heredits by night and by day and with horses carts or other
use of the said Road way or passage leading from Hangman's Lane
aforesaid to the aforesaid Estate and also continues into the Road way
or passage of about four feet in width in front of the tenements so now
occupied by the said [ ] BRIDE and
? the Road way or passage ?
widening ? , in front of the said several pieces of Ground so herein
before devised unto the said WILLIAM THOMAS TAFFS JOHN
CHRITOPHER TAFFS GEORGE COCKERELL TAFFS
and SARAH ANN BRIDE and also the like full free and
uninterrupted use and usage of the draw water well sunken and being at
the corner of and near the said tenement or Cottage now occupied by the
said [ ] BRIDE for the purpose of having drawing and taking and
carrying away water therefrom on all occasions and also like full free
and uninterrupted use and usage of the said Common Yard now unenclosed
and at the back of the piece of Ground firstly described in the devise
to the said WILLIAM THOMAS TAFFS they the said
several parties according to their respective rights and interest in or
to the same several roadways or passages well and Common yard and their
respective use thereof bearing paying and discharging the expenses of
Keeping the same respectively with their appurts in repair as need or
occasion may require I hereby
nominate and appoint my said nephews JOSEPH THOMAS TAFFS
and JOHN CHRISTOPHER TAFFS joint Executors of this
my will and hereby revoking all former wills by me made do declare this
only to be and contain my last In
Witness whereof I the said WILLIAM COCKERELL the testator
have to this my last will and testament contained in five sheets of
paper written on one side only to each sheet thereof subscribed my name
and to the last of them affixed my Seal this nineteenth day of August?,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four WM.
COCKERELL Signed Sealed published and declared by the said
WILLIAM COCKERELL the testator as and for his last will
and testament in the presence of us who in his presence at his request
and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as
Witnesses GEORGE ACWORTH Atty Rochester WM
SINNOCK HENRY MORGAN his
Clerks
Plan Follows, signed by Cockerell and above Witnesses.
THIS IS A CODICIL
to the last will and testament of me WILLIAM COCKERELL
dated the nineteenth day of August One thousand eight hundred and thirty
four and which I make in manner following that is to say I
give and bequeath unto my nephew JOHN CHRISTOPHER TAFFS
the ? of furniture in my parlour videllet (videllicett, the formal
form of viz) pier ?, Glass Bureau ? table Pembroke table half dozen
chairs Benffet?, and ? new carpet and tea tray arm chair pictures and ?
in the Chamber I give and bequeath
unto my nephew GEORGE COCKERELL TAFFS the following
articles of furniture in my Chamber Videllet bedstead beds and bedding
pier?, Glass wash hand stand half dozen chairs dressing Glass easy
Chair pictures commode and ? and carpets and I give and bequeath the
following legacies to my several nephews and nieces the Children of JOHN
TAFFS Videllicet to JOSEPH THOMAS TAFFS and JAMES
TAFFS the sum of ten pounds each to JOHN BRIDE and SARAH
ANN his wife the sum of the sum of ten pounds to the said JOHN
CHRISTOPHER TAFFS the sum of twenty pounds to WILLIAM
THOMAS TAFFS and GEORGE COCKERELL TAFFS
the sum of ten pounds each and to HANNAH ELIZABETH LEONARD
the sum of ten pounds on her attaining her majority and during her
minority to be invested in the Savings Bank for her use the interest to
be applied for her benefit during such her minority or
? , accumulations
at the discretion of her mother and in case of the decease of the said HANNAH
ELIZABETH LEONARD under age then the said legacy of Ten
pounds and all accumulations I give
and bequeath unto her mother MARY TAFFS?, and as to my
plate trinkets and all other my Personal estate and effects whatsoever
and wheresoever I give and bequeath
the same and every part thereof unto and equally between the said JOSEPH
THOMAS TAFFS JAMES TAFFS SARAH ANN
BRIDE JOHN CHRISTOPHER TAFFS WILLIAM THOMAS
TAFFS GEORGE COCKERELL TAFFS and HANNAH
ELIZABETH LEONARD and in all other respects I
hereby confirm and ratify my said will and direct this my first codicil
thereto to be taken and constitute a part thereof In
Witness whereof I the said WILLIAM COCKERELL have hereunto
set my hand and seal this thirty first day of January in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven W. COCKERELL
Signed sealed published and declared by the said WILLIAM COCKERELL
the testator as and for a codicil to his last will and testament in the
presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the presence of
each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses GEORGE
ACWORTH Solr. Rochester HENRY MORGAN
JAMES BURTON his Clerks
Proved 11th March 1837