Chelsfield - Parish Information
Abstract of will from
Chelsfield proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Geoffrey Copus.2005
Nicholas
Mace of Chelsfield dated 4 October
1655
Abstract of the will of Nicholas Mace of Goddington
in Chelsfield yeoman dated 4 October 1655.
To be buried in the church or churchyard of Chelsfield.
I give 10s. to the poor of Chelsfield parish.
I give £10 to my son Robert Mace within one month of my
death, and a further £10 within a year. If he die before then I leave
this bequest to such of his children as shall be living, equally
divided.
To my daughter Anne Jackson alias Rogers £5 within 12
months, but if she is dead by then, the bequest is to be distributed
among her children equally.
To the children of my son William Mace lately deceased, to
William 40s., and to Philip and John 40s. each at age 21 or on marriage.
I give all residue to my son Thomas Mace and appoint him my
Executor.
As to my lands in Chelsfield and elsewhere:
I leave to my son Thomas Mace all my moiety of a messuage
or tenement called Walnut Trees with the barns, stables etc. and also
several closes of land, pasture or arable, called Arnolds Croft, Wardy
Croft and Biggs Croft thereunto belonging, now in the tenure of Anne
Jackson alias Rogers widow – which lands I purchased of William Waklyn
and John Waklyn.
I appoint my loving friend Mr. Edmund Thomas of Orpington
to be Overseer of this will and I give him 10s. to buy a ring.
Nicholas Mace witnesses Edmund Thomas, Christopher Thomas,
George Pike.
Proved 25 November 1656 by Thomas Mace the son. [PCC
will PROB11/259]
Transcribed by Geoffrey
Copus