Chelsfield - Parish Information
Abstract of will from
Chelsfield proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Geoffrey Copus.2005
Mary Fuller
of Chelsfield dated 18 April 1837
Abstract of the will of Mary Fuller of Chelsfield
spinster dated 18 April 1837.
It is my wish to be decently buried in the family vault at
Shoreham, Kent, and that mourning may be provided for my servants at the
expense of my estate.
"Knowing my Executor to be prompt in all his
transactions I feel assured that he will not disapprove of my request
which is that all the legacies hereinafter by me bequeathed or which I
may bequeath by any codicil hereto may be paid and transferred
respectively within a twelve month after my decease and I direct my
Executor to burn all the letters that may be found in my possession at
the time of my decease without reading them or permitting them to be
read."
I give to my sister Sarah Waring the wife of Thomas Waring
Esq. all my household goods and furniture, household fixtures etc. for
her own use and I direct that all my carriages, carts, live and dead
stock, farming and gardening implements, brewing utensils, greenhouse
plants and outhouse and outdoor fixtures and effects shall be disposed
of by my Executor and applied as my general estate.
I give to my brother in law Thomas Waring in his character
as my Executor a legacy of £50. To my servant Mary Gillet £19 and to
Ann Cuthbert my other servant £19. Should I have a long illness
immediately preceding my decease I particularly request my Executor to
reward the servants and nurses who may be fatigued by attending on me. I
cannot specify the sum therefore I leave that to his sense of right and
should my two female servants Mary Gillet and Ann Cuthbert continue in
my service many years from the date hereof I wish the said legacies to
them who shall so continue added to by an additional pound for each year
from the day of the date hereof, all at the discretion of my Executor.
I give to Maria Himsley spinster, niece of the late
Mr. Charles Collyer, Jane Carrington of Burnham, Essex, Sarah Bannister
and Mary Brooker £19 each.
I give to Sarah Brooker, niece of the above named Mary
Brooker, £5, and to Caroline Gillett, Edith Dawson, Jane Willoughby,
Sarah Johnson, Martha Lever, Ann Brooks daughter of the said Martha
Lever and Martha wife of Thomas Johnson my tenant £10 each.
I give to James Thornton the postman £19, to [blank] Saker
of Shoreham an old workman of mine £5. To Stephen Testor £10 and in
case he should happen to predecease me I give his legacy to his daughter
Sarah Morgan.
I give to William May my gardener £10, and to the Poor of
the parish of Chelsfield for food and clothing the first winter after my
death but not during the winter in which I may die a legacy of £50 to
be distributed by the Rev. Doctor Tarleton or other the Rector for the
time being of Chelsfield, to whom I direct the same to be paid out of
such part of my effects as I can lawfully charge threwith, to be
distributed to such persons and in such manner as he shall in his
discretion think proper.
I give to my brother in law Thomas Waring, Dr. Waring
of Chislehurst, William Nash of Peckham, Surrey Esq., Henry Chapman of
Darenth near Dartford esq., Edward Rogier, Lieutenant RN, of Ramsgate,
James Colyer of Farningham Esq., Robert Crawford of Chelsfield Esq.,
J... Harris senior of Chelsfield Esq., the said Dr. Tarleton, Mrs. Sarah
Gibson of Weybridge, Mary Cecilia Waring, wife of Dr. Waring, Martha
wife of the said Henry Chapman, Miss Ann Colyer of Farningham and ......
Harris wife of James Harris senior £10 each for rings in remembrance of
me.
I give to Sarah, wife of William Porter of Dartford £150
£3% Consolidated Bank Annuities and should she predecease me than I
give this legacy to William Porter, and should he also die before me
then this legacy is to be applied for the benefit of the creditors of
the said Sarah and William Porter - this clause being added by me at the
request of the said Sarah Porter.
I give to Elizabeth, wife of the said William Nash, £400
like Bank Annuities and to Emma Williamson, Mary Nash, William Nash,
Edwin Nash and Thomas Nash, children of the above named William Nash, £100
like Bank Annuities each.
I give to Maria Waring, Sophia Waring and Ann Waring
spinsters £400 like Bank Annuities each. I give to Mary wife of the
said Edward Rogier £400 like Bank annuities, and to Matilda Waring and
Walter Waring, two of the children of the said Dr. Waring, £150 like
Bank Annuities each.
I give to Charles Colyer junior of Farningham £150 like
Bank Annuities and his mother's portrait. I give to George Comber, Sarah
Ann Comber, Elizabeth Comber and Caroline Comber, children of the late
Robert and Sarah Ann Comber of Hadlow £100 like Bank Annuities each,
the legacies of any who may be under age to be invested by James Colyer
for the benefit of such legatees until age 21.
I give to Elizabeth wife of the said Robert Crawford £100
like Bank Annuities, and to George Morland Crawford, Robert Dawson
Crawford, Henry Crawford, Ann Elizabeth Crawford, Matilda Crawford,
Susan Frances Crawford and Georgiana Crawford, children of the said
Robert and Elizabeth Crawford, £100 like Bank Annuities each. I give to
my two God-daughters Mary Eleanor and Ellen Crawford, also children of
Robert and Elizabeth, £150 like Bank Annuities each.
I give to Susan Elvy of Chelsfield spinster £400 like Bank
Annuities for her own use and benefit and a further legacy of £600 like
Bank Annuities to be transferred to her and the same with the dividend
thereof to be by her applied in such way as she shall think proper in
her absolute discretion for the benefit of her father and mother James
and Susan Elvy, but should either of them die in my lifetime it is still
my wish that this last legacy should be paid to Susan Elvy and the whole
£1000 Bank Annuities should be transferred from my name to that of
Susan Elvy, and I give her also £50 towards payment of the legacy duty.
I give to the Rev. William W... Peete £100 like Bank
Annuities and to Mary Frances Durban of Malling, Kent widow £100 like
Bank Annuities.
The residue of my personal Estate and effects I give to my
nephews William Waring and John Fuller Waring equally, share and share
alike, as tenants in common and not as joint tenants, each to be the
other's heir if either die in my lifetime. Any of the above legacies to
any woman who may be married at my decease shall not be subject of
liable to the debts control of engagements of her or their husband, but
solely for her own their own separate use.
I appoint my brother in law Thomas Waring sole Executor.
Mary Fullr witnesses Chas: Thos: Shrimpton 117 St. John
Street Road near Islington Elizabeth Ellis 10 New Boswell Court, Carey
Street.
Codicil dated 20 June 1839.
The legacy I have given for the benefit of the poor of the
parish of Chelsfield I direct shall be distributed by my Executor, but
if he should have died before me then only in that case is the money to
be distributed by Dr. Tarleton or the Rector of Chelsfield for the time
being.
In addition I direct my Executor to pay to the Chelsfield
Clothing and Coal Club all subscriptions and premiums up to the end of
the year in which I may happen to die.
Mary Fuller witnesses Susan Elvy, Chelsfield Mary Gillett,
Chelsfield.
Will and codicil proved 26 December 1842 by Thomas Waring Esq. the sole
Executor.
[PCC will PROB11/1972]
Transcribed by Geoffrey
Copus