Aspects of Kentish Local History

Medieval & Later Kent P.C.C. & C.C.C. Wills
Wills of Caulkers of Chatham and Gillingham 1638-1841

Rev Peter BIDWELL 1828

THIS IS THE LAST WILL and Testament of me
Reverend PETER BIDWELL of Chatham in the County of Kent Caulker
   First I direct that all my just debts be fully paid and satisfied
   And I do hereby give devise and bequeath all that my leasehold messuage or tenement with the appurtenances thereunto situated in Best Street Chatham in the County of Kent unto my dear wife ELIZABETH BIDWELL for her sole use and purpose and to dispose of as she may think proper and likewise All monies or debts that may be due to me at my decease with all my household goods and chattels to her ELIZABETH BIDWELL sole use and purpose hereby revoking all former Wills do declare this only to be and contain my last Will and Testament whereof
   I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fifteenth day of June One thousand eight hundred and fourteen PETER BIDWELL Signed and sealed in the presence of us who subscribe our Names as Witnesses hereunto FRANCIS CHURCH Sen. RICHARD ECCLES Sen. Chatham Kent
   Proved 13th November 1828. PETER BIDWELL was formerly of Chatham but late of Brasted, Kent

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