I Give and bequeath unto my Brother Robert Cladingbowl of the parish of Northborne Labourer all such Wages Sum and Sums of Money as now is or hereafter Shall be due to me for my Service or otherwise on Board the said Ship or any other Ship or Vessel
And do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said Brother Robert Cladingbowl Executor of this my last Will and Testament
And I do give and bequeath unto my said Executor All the Rest and Residue of my Estate
whatsoever both Real and personal hereby revoking and making void all other and former Wills by
my heretofore made And do declare this to my last Will and Testament
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this Thirtieth Day of April in the Year of
our Lord one thousand seven Hundred and Fifty seven and in the Thirtieth Year of the Reign of our
Sovereign Lord George the second by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c.
The mark of Richard Cladingbowl
Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the said Richard Cladingbowl the Testator as and for his
last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto Subscribed our Names as Witnesses in the presence of the said Testator:
Jo: Bradley, Mayor; Saml. Simmons, N: Publick [Notary Public] at Sandwich
The before registered Will of Richard Cladingbowl deceased was proved the Twenty Eighth day of December 1759 before the Reverend William Broderip, Clerk, Surrogate to the Worshipful Francis Simpson, Doctor of Laws, Official General to the Reverend the Archdeacon of Canterbury, lawfully constituted by the Oath of Robert Cladingbowl the Sole Executor named in the said Will being first sworn duly to perform the same &c. And that the Effects will not amount to £20
Notes:
Richard CLARINGBOULD was buried at St. Leonard, Deal, Kent on 3 Oct 1758.
Richard was the son of Richard CLARRINGBOLD & Mary (nee TRICE), who married on 4 Jul 1717 at Deal, Kent.
Their known Children from St. Leonard, Deal parish registers: William 22 Nov 1719; Elizabeth 23 Apr 1721; Mary 6 Jan 1722/23; Eleanor 2 Nov 1725;
Israel 27 Jul 1729; Jane 1 Aug 1731; the Testator: Richard 25 Mar 1733; Robert 14 Jul 1734 (Bu: 21 Nov 1734); Robert 3 Apr 1738.
Surname variants given in register: CLAD(D)INGBOWL(E); CLAD(D)INGBOUL(E); CLARRINGBOLD; CLARRINGBOWL(E).
Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh A. Mason, 26th March 2023
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