Chelsfield - Parish Information
Abstract of will from
Chelsfield proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Geoffrey Copus.2005
John Fuller
Waring of Chelsfield dated 22
February 1844
Abstract of the will of John Fuller Waring of
Woodlands, Chelsfield Esquire dated 22 February 1844.
I give to my dear father Thomas Waring all my household
goods together with my gun dogs and other the live and dead stock
belonging to me in and about the house in which I now reside.
I also give to my father £11,000 3% Consolidated Bank
Annuities
I give to my uncle Henry Chapman of Darenth Court Lodge as
a token of my affectionate regard and esteem for him and gratitude for
past acts of kindness to myself and other members of my family £100 3%
reduced Bank Annuities.
To my aunt Martha Chapman his wife I give £100 like
Annuities for her sole and separate use.
To my uncle Dr. Richard Waring £100 like Annuities and to
Mary Cecilia his wife £10 for a ring.
To my aunt Mrs. Elizabeth Nash of Devonshire Place, Old
Kent Road widow £100 like Annuities.
To my cousin Thomas Nash her son £100 like Annuities.
To my aunt Mary the wife of Lieutenant Edward Rogier of
Ramsgate £100 like Annuities for her sole and separate use, and to the
said Edward Rogier £10 for a ring.
I give to each of my aunts Maria Waring spinster and Sophia
Waring spinster for their respective lives an annuity of £30 each to be
paid to them half-yearly by my brother William Waring.
I give to the eldest or only son of the said William Waring
living at my decease my gold watch with the gold chain guard and seal
belonging thereto.
As to such of the messuages or tenements, farms, lands etc.
and all other the real estate of which upon the death of my late mother
by virtue of the trusts of the will of my late grandfather John Fuller I
become possessed or entitled to (except the woodland in Farningham Wood
sometime since purchased of the trustees of Philip Pusey Esq.) and also
as to my share of the house and premises called Woodlands in which with
my father I am now residing together with the buildings and lands in
Chelsfield, which at the time of her decease were in the occupation of
my late aunt Mary Fuller, I give the same to my father Thomas Waring for
his life, and after his death to my brother William Waring and his heirs
for ever.
As to the rest of my real estate whatsoever, I give it to
my brother William Waring and his heirs for ever.
I also give the residue of my personal estate to my said
brother, and I appoint him and my father as my Executors.
J.F. Waring witnesses John Hayward, solr: Dartford Mary
Gillett, servant to Mr. Waring.
Codicil dated 20 April 1844.
I give to my cousins Emma Williamson, Mary Nash, Edwin
Nash, Mathilda Waring, Mary Cecilia Waring and Walter Waring £10 each .
J.F. Waring witnesses Thos: Waring, Chelsfield Elizabeth
Nash, Devonshire Place, Old Kent Road.
Will and codicil proved 6 June 1844 by Thomas Waring Esq. the father and
William Waring Esq. the son.
[PCC will PROB11/2001]
Transcribed by Geoffrey
Copus