Atwood Will 1736

Extract of Will of Samuel Atwood

of Ash near Wrotham, Kent


Source: Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Probate 21 May 1736
Samuel Atwood, Rector of Ash near Wrotham, Will dated 12 Dec 1735

details for burial in Chancell
kinsman Thomas Hodsoll, several years one of the Kings Life Guards & brother of William Hodsoll of South Ash deceased
John Hodsoll son of the said Thomas
kinswoman & goddaughter Jane Hodsoll, daughter of said William Hodsoll deceased & Hester his wife
friend Martha Jenkinson of Down
Ship Tavern & Plow Alehouse, in Water Lane, near Customs House, London
only daughter of said Thomas Hodsoll

kinsmen Thomas Hodsoll & Edmund Hodsoll both of Riverhead, Sevenoaks
John Cater the elder & John Cater the younger his son both of St Mary Cray
kinsman Thomas Hodsoll of Ash & his 3 brothers James, Charles & Edmund
5 children of Thomas Hodsoll of Ash - Hester, Sarah, Thomas, Mary & Anne <21
kinswoman Mary Heart widow of John Heart deceased who lately lived near Durham? Yard, Strand & her children
kinswoman Margaret wife of Solomon Hughs, Attorney at Warminster, Wilts & her children
kinswoman Sarah wife of Thomas Hodsoll of Ash

messuage called Ham at Meopham occupied by Nicholas Tisedell
property called Crowhurst in Kingsdown occupied by Michael Dean
property called Bakers in Stansted occupied by Thomas Scudder
property at Meopham & Luddesdown called Combe Hill
sisters in law Helena Hodsoll & Elizabeth Hodsoll, spinsters of St Mary Cary, residue, executices

godson John Hodsoll, gentleman, son of John Hodsoll late of South Ash, gentleman, deceased
kinsman John Baynard of St Margaret Rochester, gentleman, Jane his wife & their son John
property called Brimstone in Meopham formerly held by Thomas Squire & now by Thomas Lewton
kinsman William Hodsoll near Somerset House, Strand, Mdx, goldsmith & his son William
property at Davids Street near Hornes Oak, Meopham occupied by Thomas Lewton, purchased from Henry Barrel, gent. only surviving trustee of Paul Barstow, clerk deceased
Charitable trusts for Ash & detailed appointments

friend Thomas Lewton
niece Elizabeth daughter of Edward Holt of Down, yeoman
Rebecca wife of Thomas Scudder, Anne Hodsoll, William & Thomas Hodsoll - siblings of my godson John Hodsoll
property called Deans Place in Meopham occupied by Henry Allchin
land in Luddesdowne or Meopham purchased of Sir Thomas Twisden baronet
Rebecca Hodsoll, widow of said John Hodsoll late of South Ash, gentleman deceased
property called Pettin Grove, Orpington occupied by William Ward
property in St Pauls Cray occupied by George Wyborne

kinsman Thomas Hodsoll of Ash who married Sarah daughter of Thomas Walter late of Ash, yeoman deceased
Edward Holt
Hester Hodsoll widow of said William of South Ash
friend Thomas Weller of Sevenoaks, attorney at law
friend John Tasker of Dartford, attorney at law
godson Finch son of Reverend Mr John Taylor of Darrent, <21
godson John son of Reverend Mr John Lamb of Ridley, <21
friend John Bright, Warden of the College of East Grinsted, Sussex

Richard Dunston, Thomas Scudder, Solomon Pennry, John Gladish, James Lance all of Ash
Mr John Markett, Mr George Masters & Mr Thomas Copeland, of Meopham
poor of Ash, Meopham, Stansted, Kingsdown, Faulkham & Hartley
Mr John Cox, William Collyer & Henry Collyer at Stansted
Michael Dean, Thomas Farrant, Richard Hills & Edward Chapman at Kingsdown
John Selby gentleman, Mr William Everest, Robert Allen & John Scudder at Faulkham
Thomas Young, John Young, Joseph Olliver, Edward Thorpe & Thomas Underhill at Hartley

tenant William Ward of Orpington
servants Alice Lane, Valentine Smith & Mary Letchford
late servant John Pickwell
old servant Thomas Weller of Ash
late tything man Thomas Hinge of Addington
late thrasher George Styles
witnesses John Lambe, Richard Dunston, Edward Barber, John Tasker.


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