Chelsfield - Parish Information
Abstract of will from
Chelsfield proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Geoffrey Copus.2005
George Day
of Chelsfield dated 29 June 1842
Abstract of the will of George Day of Chelsfield
labourer dated 29 June 1842.
I leave £15 each to my sisters Sarah wife of Thomas Brown
and Elizabeth wife of John Fletcher, and also to Mary Day the wife of my
brother Richard Day.
I leave to Emma Field Dunmall the wife of Edward Dunmall
nineteen guineas.
I leave £60 each to the following –
Mary Hoare, Eliza Skudder, Esther Knight and Sarah
Shepherd, the daughters of my said sister Sarah Brown:
John Park, Mary Ann Davey and Matthew Park, the children of
my sister Mary Park:
John Fletcher, Mary Fletcher and Ann Bowen, the children of
my said sister Elizabeth Fletcher:
Thomas Day and Sarah Brown, the children of my said brother
Richard Day:
Eliza Robinson the daughter of my brother William Day.
I leave to Jane Morgan, the daughter of the said Mary Park,
£80.
I leave to Mary Dunmall, the daughter of the said Emma
Field Dunmall, £10.
I leave to Mary Brooks, the widow of my late son George
Day, £5
I leave to my housekeeper Maria Broomfield (provided she
remain with me in that capacity until my death) £5.
I leave to Henry Richard French, the son of Henry Richard
French of Chelsfield, carpenter, £5.
I a lso leave £2 to Maria Broomfield to buy mourning.
All the above legacies are to be paid within 3 months of my
death.
The legacies above given to Sarah Brown, Elizabeth
Fletcher, Mary Day, Emma Field Dunmall, Mary Hoare, Elizabeth Skudder,
Esther Knight, Sarah Shepherd, Mary Ann Davey, Mary Fletcher, Ann Bowen,
Sarah Brown, Elizabeth Robinson, Emma Dunmall, Jane Morgan, Mary Dunmall,
Mary Brooks and Maria Broomfield shall be for their respective sole and
separate use independently of their respective husbands and not subject
to their control.
I leave my working tools to the said Thomas son of Richard
Day.
I leave to the said Emma Field Dunmall all my furniture and
other household effects, and to the said Edward Dunmall all my wearing
apparel.
I leave all residue of real and personal estate to the said
Jane Morgan and her heirs for her sole use.
I appoint Thomas Coleborn of Chelsfield and Thomas Morgan
of no. 4 Distaff Lane in the City of London joint Executors and leave
them £5 each for their trouble.
George X Day : Witnesses, John Edward Tarleton, Rector of
Chelsfield: Charles William Holbeech, Curate of Chelsfield.
Codicil dated 6 February 1843: I leave to Mary Brooker my present
housekeeper £5 provided she remain with me in that capacity until my
death.
George X Day : Witnesses Henry R. French, carpenter,
Chelsfield: Elizabeth French.
Affidavit made in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.
In the goods of George Day deceased appeared personally
Thomas Coleborn of Chelsfield and made oath that he is one of the
Executors of the will of George Day of Chelsfield who died on 11 May
1843. The will names Thomas Coleborn of Chelsfield and Thomas Morgan of
no. 4 Distaff Lane in the City of London as Executors.
The said Thomas Coleborn took instructions from George Day
for the preparation of his will a short time before it was drawn up, at
which time George Day requested him to be one of the Executors, and
directed him to name his friend Mr. Morgan of no. 4 Distaff Lane ( the
husband of his niece Jane Morgan who is the residuary legatee named in
the will) as the other Executor.
The deponent was well acquainted with the said Mr. Morgan,
having frequently met him when on a visit to the deceased’s household,
and believing his Christian name to be Thomas he wrote the same day and
afterwards forwarded the whole instructions to James Fuller Madox, a
Solicitor residing at Foots Cray, who thereupon prepared the will.
The deponent has since ascertained that the true name of
the other Executor was Morgan Morgan, and he was and is the only person
of that name residing in Distaff Lane, and is the identical person
intended to be appointed Executor. The deponent was not to the best of
his belief acquainted with any person of the name of Thomas Morgan since
the decease of the father of the said Morgan Morgan, which took place
about 4 years ago.
Thomas Coleborn.
20 May 1843 – sworn as to the truth of this Affidavit before me F.T.
Pratt, Surrogate: Edward W. Crosse, Notary Public.
The will was proved in London on 23 May 1843 by Thomas Coleborn and
Morgan Morgan (in the will written Thomas Morgan).
[ PCC will PROB11/1979]
Transcribed by Geoffrey
Copus