Aspects of Kentish Local History

Wills of Gillingham Shipwrights 1621 - 1852
Prerogative Court of Canterbury (P.C.C.) Wills  (Pre 1858)

Phillip TIDD 1733

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I PHILLIP TIDD the Elder of Gillingham in the County of Kent Shipwright do make publish and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner and forme following that is to say In the first place I surrender up my Soul into the hands of Almighty God my Creator hoping to be saved by the only Merritts and Satisfaction of Jesus Christ my Saviour and Redeemer And my body I committ to the Earth to be decently interred and buried by and at the discretion of my Executors herein after named Item Whereas I ave by Deed settled on my Son PHILLIP TIDD after my decease all those my two severall Messuages of Tenements with the Yards Backsides Gardens and Appurtenances thereto belonging situate and being in Brompton in the Parish of Gillingham aforesaid now in the Occupation of Mr GREGORY a Surgeon and my said Son PHILLIP TIDD I do not therefore think fitt to make any Devise of the same but direct that the said two severall Messuages and Premises shall go according to the Uses thereof Item I give devise and bequeath unto the Church Wardens and Overseers of the poor of the Parish and Parish Church of Gillingham aforesaid and their Successors for ever All that my Messuage Tenement or Cottage with the Yard Backside Garden Orchard and Appurtenances thereto belonging situate lying and being in Gillingham aforesaid now in the Occupation of the Widow JOYNER or his (sic) Assigns or Undertenants Upon Trust and Confidence And it is my Mind Will and Meaning that the said Church Wardens and Overseers and their Successors shall from time to time and at all times forever hereafter put and place into the said Messuage Tenement or Cottage a Widow Woman being a Parishioner of and belonging to the said Parish of Gillingham and that shall be fitt and capable to teach and instruct Children to read the English Tongue And upon this further Trust and Confidence And it is my Mind Will and true Meaning that the said Church Wardens and Overseers and their Successors shall from time to time and at all times for ever hereafter oblige and cause such Widow to teach and instruct six poor Children that shall be born within the said Parish of Gillingham to read the English Tongue and instruct them in the Catechism of the Church of England as the said Church Wardens and Overseers shall in their Judgement and Discretion think fitt to send to such Widow to be taught and instructed as aforesaid And it is also my Mind and Meaning that the Rents and Profits of the said Orchard and Garden shall be at all times applyed towards the amending and repairing of the said Messuage Tenement or Cottage and Fences thereto belonging Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter MARY the Sume of One hundred pounds of lawfull Money of Great Britain Item I give to my Daughter ELIZABETH the Sume of One hundred and fifty pounds of like Money Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter SARAH the Sume of Two hundred pounds of like Money Item I give and bequeath unto my Son PHILLIP TIDD the Sume of Two hundred pounds of like Money Item I give and bequeath unto my Wife MARY TIDD One hundred pounds of like Money all which said severall Legacies I hereby direct shall be paid by my Executor hereafter named as soon as Money comes into his hands for the doing thereof Item I give and bequeath unto THOMAS HOWELL of Chatham [in the County of Kent] Shipwright the Sume of Five pounds of like Money Item I give and bequeath unto ROGER POWELL OF Chatham aforesaid Gunner the Sume of Five pounds of like Money Item all and every the rest and residue of my ready Money Securities for Money and all my Debts whatsoever I give and bequeath unto my said Son PHILLIP TIDD his Executors Administrators and Assigns (my own Debts Legacies and Funerall Expenses and Charges of proving this my Will and other incident Charges being first paid and satisfied) Item I give and bequeath unto my said Wife MARY TIDD all and every my Rings Plate Linen Woollen Bedding Pewter Brass Copper and Household Goods and Furniture whatsoever And I do hereby direst and earnestly desire that my said Son PHILLIP TIDD shall and will permitt and Suffer my said Wife to live in that part of my House and Premises now in my own Occupation Rent free during her Widowhood She Keeping the same in Repair And of this my Will I nominate and appoint the said ROGER POWELL full and sole Executor and the said THOMAS HOWELL Trustee to see that a true just and perfect Inventory of all my Personal Estate be taken And I do order and direct that their reasonable Expenses and Charges be paid and allowed hereby revoking all former and other Wills by me made And I do publish this to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said PHILLIP TIDD the Testator have to this my last Will and Testament contained two sheets of Paper to each Sheet thereof sett my hand and seal the Twenty fourth day of April in the Sixth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King George the Second over Great Britain etc Anno Dni 1733 PHILLIP TIDD the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence have subscribed our Names as Witnesses hereto CLEM JOHNSON THOS JOHNSON THOS TOMLYN

Proved 21st July 1733