Chelsfield - Parish Information
Abstract of will from
Chelsfield proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Geoffrey Copus.2005
William Stow
of Chelsfield dated 21 February 1840
Abstract of the will of William Stow the elder of
Chelsfield Hall yeoman dated 21 February 1840.
I give to my eldest daughter Sophia, wife of Robert Vincent
of Seal, Kent, carrier £150.
I give to my third daughter Eleanor the wife of William
Southern [sic] of Wye near Canterbury general shopkeeper £150.
I leave all residue of my estate both real and personal to
be equally divided between my other children, namely William Stow my
eldest son who now resides with me at Chelsfield Hall, Thomas Booth
Stow, Edward Stow and my second daughter Matilda Stow who resides with
me, and to their respective heirs, as tenants in common, subject
nevertheless to any deduction for any sums of money or the value of
other property which any of them may have received from me in my
lifetime.
I appoint my said son Edward Stow and my nephew William
Stow of Farnborough Hall, Kent, Executors.
Wm: Stow witnesses Robt: Booth Latter, Solicitor, Bromley
John Fox, Farnborough, Kent Thos: Stow, Farnborough Hall.
Proved 22 April 1840 by Edward Stow the son and William Stow the nephew.
[PCC will PROB11/1926]
Transcribed by Geoffrey
Copus