I give and bequeath All those my Free full Third Parts (the whole in Three equal Parts to be divided) of
and in All that One Messuage or Tenement One Barn One Shop or Smiths Forge One Close Two
Gardens One Orchard One Hempspot One Piece of Parcel of Land to the said Messuage or Tenement
belonging containing by Estimation Two Acres more or less with their Appurtenances situate lying and
being in Kenington [Kennington, near Ashford] in the said County at or near a certain Place there called
Kenington Leez [Lees] and late in the Tenure or Occupation of George Brooke for my late Brother or his Assigns
And all other Estate Right Title and Interest therein unto my Two Sons in Law Silas Corvell
and John Corvell [or Corwell] their Heirs and Assigns for ever to be by them or the Survivor of them or
the Heirs and Assigns of such Survivor sold as soon after my Decease as conveniently may be And the
moneys to be raised by such Sale thereof I will shall be forthwith applyed towards the Payment of my just Debts and Funeral Expences
Item I give and devise all my Goods Chattels and personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever unto my said Two Sons in Law Silas Corvell and John Corvell [or Corwell] their Executors Administrators and Assigns foever they paying out thereof the full and remainder of all my just Debts and Funeral Expences
Item I do hereby make and ordain them my said Two Sons in Law Silas Corvell and John Corvell [or
Corwell] joint Executors of this my last Will and Testament
And hereby revoking all former and other Wills by me heretofore made to this my present last Will and Testament contained in this
One Sheet of Paper I have set my Hand and Seal Dated this Fourth day of December in the Fifteenth Year of the
Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God King of Great Britain France and
Ireland Defender of the Faith and so forth And in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Forty One.
Nicholas N B Brooke his marke
Signed Sealed delivered published & declared by the said Nicholas Brooke the Testator for and as his
last Will and Testament in the Presence of us who at his request and in his Presence Subscribed our Names as Witnesses hereunto
Thos Morris Junior - Richard Whitehead - James Spillett
October the 26th 1756 before the Revd. Thomas Lamprey Clerk Surrogate & in the Presence of me Geo: Plomer N. Pub. [Notary Public]
Proved by the Oath of Silas Cowell? the Surviving Executor. [Writing below this in pencil unclear.]
Note: Nicholas Brooke was buried at Lympne on 12th October 1745.
Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 15th June 2020
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