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Wills of
Gillingham Shipwrights 1621 - 1852
Prerogative Court of Canterbury (P.C.C.) Wills (Pre 1858)
Anthony
BROMFIELD 1832
THIS IS THE LAST WILL and
Testament of me ANTHONY BROMFIELD of Brompton
in the Parish of Gillingham in the County of Kent Superannuated
Shipwright from His Majesty's Navy which I make in manner following I
do hereby give and bequeath unto my dear Daughter REBECCA ANDREWS
of Exmouth Terrace in the said parish of Gillingham and County of Kent
Widow the following pieces of Silver plate which I came possessed of by
virtue of my marriage with her mother (my first Wife REBECCA now
deceased) namely one pint can six table spoons and six tea spoons and a
cream pot for the use and benefit of her my said Daughter But
if she should not be living at the time of my decease Then
I give and bequeath the same unto her daughters REBECCA ANDREWS
and ANN ANDREWS in and by equal parts and shares for their
respective use and benefit And I do
hereby give and devise all that my messuage or tenement yard garden
hereditaments and premises situate lying and being in Middle Street
Brompton and parish of Gillingham aforesaid and now in my own occupation
unto my dear Wife SARAH BROMFIELD and her assigns for and
during the term of her natural life she keeping the same in good and
sufficient repair order and condition And
from and immediately after her decease (if in the life time of my said
Daughter) then I give and devise the
same unto unto my said Daughter REBECCA ANDREWS for and
during the term of her natural life independent of any husband with whom
she may intermarry and not to be subject or liable to but wholly free
from his debts undertakings and engagements and her receipt from time to
time for the rent and profits thereof whether married or sole shall
alone be a good and sufficient discharge to the tenant paying the same
and my said Daughter in like manner keeping keeping the said premises in
good and sufficient repair And from
and after the decease of the survivor of them my said Wife and Daughter Then
I give and devise the said messuage or tenement hereditaments and
premises unto my grand daughters the said REBECCA ANDREWS
the Younger and ANN ANDREWS and my wife's relative JAMES
DULVEY (Son of JOHN DULVEY of Brompton aforesaid
Shipwright )To hold the same unto them the said REBECCA ANDREWS
the younger ANN ANDREWS and JAMES DULVEY in
and by equal parts shares and proportions as tenants in common and not
as joint tenants and to their respective heirs and assigns for ever And
subject to the payment of all my just Debts Funeral and Testamentary
Charges Expenses and the Expense of proving this my Will I
do hereby give and bequeath all my ready money money and securities for
money household goods and furniture plate ( not herein before
specifically bequeathed) china and all the rest Residue and remainder of
my estate and effects whatsoever and wheresoever and of what nature or
kind soever the same doth shall or may consist unto my said dear wife SARAH
BROMFIELD for her own use and benefit And
I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said wife SARAH BROMFIELD
Executrix and my good friend JAMES GILBERT of Brompton and
parish of Gillingham aforesaid Surgeon Executor hereof and revoking and
making void all former and other Will and Wills by me at any time
heretofore made do declare this only to be and contain my last Will and
Testament In Witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty seventh day of March in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty ANTHY.
BROMFIELD Signed Sealed published and declared by the said
ANTHONY BROMFIELD 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 subscribed our names as witnesses
thereto the words "one of"
in the eighth line from the top of the first side being first erased and
the word "Surgeon" being first interlined in the third line
from the top of this last side
JOHN ORTON JAMES GILBERT
JUNR. J. STEPHENS
Proved 12th November 1832 Power reserved to JAMES GILBERT
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