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Medieval &
Later Kent P.C.C. & C.C.C. Wills
Wills of
Caulkers of Chatham and Gillingham
1638-1841
John SELMARKE
1788
IN THE NAME OF GOD
AMEN
I JOHN SLEMARKE of Chatham in the County of Kent Caulker
being of a perfect mind and memory tho' in a languishing state of Bodily
Health Do constitute this my last Will and Testament And do desire it may
be received by all as such
First I do most humbly give
up my Soul to God my maker hoping in the Merits of my Redeemer to be
accepted of him and my Body to the Earth to be decently buried at the
discretion of my Executrix hereafter named and as for my Temporal Estate
and Effects of what kind soever I am possessed of I give and bequeath of
them in the following manner
Imprimis to my Dearly
beloved Son JOHN SLEMARKE I give and bequeath my silver
watch likewise Ten pounds which I stand possessed of in the three per
cents to be reserved for his use and benefit due to my dearly beloved Wife
MARY SLEMARKE I give
Sixty pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain that is now in the three per
cents ? for my Son as
before said Ten pounds lawful Money of Great Britain likewise to my Wife
all my Household Goods Linen China Plate Debts and moveable Effects of
what kind soever or wheresoever
I also give to my aforesaid
Wife all and Singular such Wages or Sums of Money that shall be due to me
at the time of my decease for her own use and benefit
I likewise constitute make
and ordain my aforesaid Wife whole and Sole Executrix of this my last Will
and Testament and I do hereby utterly disallow revoke and all and every
other former Wills Testaments Legacies bequests and Executors by me in any
ways before named willed and bequeathed ratifying and confirming this and
no other to be my last Will and Testament
In Witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and Seal this 1st day of March 1788 and in the 28th
Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third King of Great
Britain etc JOHN SLEMARKE X his mark Signed
Sealed published and declared to be his last Will and Testament on the Say
of the Date on the other side in the presence of us who have hereunto
Subscribed our names as Witnesses in his presence and at his request
Witnesses THOS BUTLER? A. W.
HODGES JOHN BARNABY
Proved 18th March 1788
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Caulkers of Chatham and Gillingham
1638-1841 Introduction
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