Chelsfield - Parish Information
Abstract of will from
Chelsfield proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Geoffrey Copus.2005
Thomas
Waring of Chelsfield dated 20 October
1847
Abstract of the will of Thomas Waring of Chelsfield
Esquire dated 20 October 1847.
I give all my messuage or tenement called Farningham Hill
with the farm and lands thereto and all my lands and real estate in
Farningham, and a parcel of about three quarters of an acre in Eynsford,
to my friends the Rev. Henry Tasker clerk, Vicar of Soham,
Cambridgeshire, John Alfred Edmeads of Northfleet Esq. and the Rev.
Henry Rashleigh clerk of Horton Kirby on Trust to the following uses –
To the use of my son William Waring for life, and after the
determination of that estate by any means in his lifetime to the use of
the said Trustees during his lifetime "in Trust to preserve the
contigent uses and estates hereinafter limited from being defeated or
destroyed" but to permit the said William Waring to receive the
rents etc. for life.
After his death, if he should leave more than one son who
attains 21 years of age, to the use of his second son and the heirs male
of his body lawfully issuing. If William should leave only one such son
so surviving, then the estate is to go to him. If there are no sons,
then to the use of all his daughters equally as tenants in common, and
to the respective heirs of their bodies.
There follow similarly worded provisions for succession in
the event of the failure of such issue – full details not taken, but
those named in case of a failure of direct male or female heirs are –
My nephew Walter Waring, son of my brother Richard Waring:
my nephew Edwin Nash, son of my sister Elizabeth Nash, widow: Thomas
Nash his brother.
Lengthy provisions follow regarding leases and the cutting
down of timber – details not taken.
I give to my son William Waring and his heirs for ever all
other my messuages, lands and real estate, and also all my leasehold
property, and I nominate him as my Executor.
Thomas Waring witnesses John Hayward solicitor, Dartford
Wm: Hills, Chelsfield.
Codicil dated 20 October 1847.
I give to each of my Trustees £100.
Thomas Waring witnesses the same as to the will.
Second codicil dated 3 January 1849.
I give my Trustees £3000 on Trust, out of which they are
to pay –
£1000 to my grand-daughter Ann Wall Waring, the daughter
of my son William, at age 21 or on marriage, whichever is sooner:
£1000 to to my grandson William Fuller Waring, son of
William Waring, at age 21:
£1000 to my grand-daughter Emily Mary Waring, daughter of
William Waring, at age 21 or on marriage, whichever is sooner.
Thomas Waring witnesses Henry Chapman, Oakfield, Dartford
John Hayward, solicitor, Dartford.
Third codicil dated 10 December 1850.
I give £1000 to my Trustees to pay to my grand-daughter
Agnes Maria Waring, daughter of William Waring, at age 21 or on
marriage, whichever is sooner.
Thomas Waring witnesses Henry Richard Crowhurst Harriet
Crockford.
In the goods of Thomas Waring deceased 19 August 1851 –
appeared personally Harriet Crockford of Chelsfield and deposed that
Thomas Waring signed the third codicil to his will in her presence and
that of the other witness named, Henry Richard Crowhurst. W. Robinson F.
Hart Dyke.
Will proved 20 August 1851 by William Waring the son.
[PCC will PROB11/2138]
Transcribed by Geoffrey
Copus