Item I give and bequeath unto my Nephew John Cogger Son of my Brother Francis Cogger the Sum of Fifty pounds to be paid him within twelve months next after my decease
Item I give and bequeath unto my Nephew Isaac Burgis Son of my Sister Jane Burgis the Sum of Fifty pounds to be paid him within One Year next after my decease
Item I give and bequeath unto my Nephew William Cogger Son of my Brother Thomas Cogger all
my Messuages Tenements Farms Land and Premises with their Appurtences [Appurtenances] lying
and being in the County of Kent or elsewhere that I shall dye possessed of or Interested in To hold
unto my said Nephew William Cogger his Heirs and Assigns for ever
Subject nevertheless and Chargeable with the Payment of all my Just Debts and Legacys in case my Personal Estate shall not be
Sufficient to pay and discharge the same
Item All my Goods Chattells and Personal Estate that I shall dye possessed of I give and bequeath unto my Brother Thomas Cogger and my Nephew Richard Hills whom I nominate constitute and appoint Executors of this my last Will and Testament
In trust for the Payment of my Debts and Legacys hereby given and the remainder over to and for the Benefit use and Behoof of my said
Nephew William Cogger his Executors and Admors. [Administrators]
Item I Will and direct that my said Executors shall receive the Rents Issues and Profitts of all my
Lands and Tenements untill my said Nephew William Cogger shall attain to his full age of One and twenty years to be applyed to and for
the use and Benefit of my said Nephew William Cogger (my Just Debts and Legacies being first paid and discharged as aforesaid)
Item I order and direct that my Executors and each of them shall from time to time and at all times during the time that they shall act in and about the Execution of this my Will deduct out of my Real & Personal Estate money Sufficient to pay and defray all the Costs suit Troubles Charges Damages and Expences that they or either of them shall any wise sustain or be put unto touching or concerning the same And all other Charges and Expences incident thereunto
Item I revoke and make void all former Wills and Bequests by me at any time heretofore made
In Witness whereof I the said Testator have to this my Last Will and Testament written on two Sheets of
Paper to Each Sheet thereof sett my Hand and Seal this thirty first day of December in the twelfth
Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King George the Second by the Grace of God 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 thirty Eight
John Cogger
Signed Sealed published and declared by the said Testator as his Last Will and Testament in the
presence of us who in his presence and at his Request Subscribed our Names as Witnesses
Thomas Gyles - Thomas Horton - Math: Pearston
This Will was proved at London before the Wppfull [Worshipfull] Robert Chapman Doctor of Laws
Surrogate of the Right Wppfull [Worshipfull] John Bettesworth Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or
Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted the twenty third day of
October in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Forty Four by the Oath of Thomas
Cogger the Brother of the said deceased and one of the Executors in the said Will named to whom
Administration was granted of all and Singular the Goods Chattells and credits of the said dece’d
being first sworn duly to Administer.
Power reserved of making the like Grant to Richard Hills the other Executor when he shall apply for the same. Exd.
Note: £50 in 1738 is worth approx. £11,740 today. [Source: Bank of England Inflation Calculator]
Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 24th June 2020.
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