Cooke Will 1726

Will of Ann Cooke

of Canterbury, Kent

Source: Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury PRC 17/86/22j
Submitted by Shelagh Mason

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN
I Ann Cook of the Parish of Saint Dunstan near the City of Canterbury in the County of Kent Spinster being of sound mind and memory God be praised for the same but considering the uncertainty of this mortal Life do therefore make and ordain this to be my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following (that is to say)
First I humbly recommend my Soul unto Almighty God hoping this the Merits Death and passion of Jesus Christ my only Saviour and Redeemer to obtain forgiveness of all my Sins and to inherit the Kingdom of Heaven My Body to the Earth to be decently interred at the discretion of my Executor hereinafter named And as for my Estate both real and personal I dispose thereof as followeth

Imprimis I give and devise unto my Brother in Law John Parks of the City of Canterbury now Linnen draper and Mary now his wife All that Messuage and Tenement (now converted into Three dwellings) together with all Outhouses Edifices Buildings Yards Gardens Emoluments Commodities and appurtenances to the same belonging or appertaining and with the same now used occupied and enjoyed situate and being in the Parish of Saint Dunstan aforesaid and now or late in the Several Occupations of me the said Ann Cooke and John Broadbridge and John Denn or assigns

And Also all that Messuage or Tenement with the Garden Backside Emoluents Commodities and Appurtenances to the same belonging situate and being in Saint Dunstan aforesaid and now or late in the Occupation of John Vandebrooke or his Assigns

To have and to hold all and every the above mentioned several Messuages or Tenements Gardens and all other the premisses with the Appurtenances unto the said John Parks and Mary his Wife and their Assigns for and during the Term of their natural Lives and the life of the Longest Liver of them And after their decease I give and devise the said several Messuages or Tenements Gardens and Premisses unto the Issue or Children of the said John Parks on the body of the said Mary begotten and to begotten and their Heirs equally to be divided between them share and share alike

and for want of such Issue or Children I do hereby give and devise the said several Messuages Tenements and Premisses to my Cozen Searles Jarman his Heirs and Assigns for ever

Item I give and devise unto Moses Parks Brother of the said John Parks All that Messuage or Tenement Backside Garden with the Appurtenances to the same belonging situate and being in the Parish of Saint Dunstan aforesaid and now or late in the Occupation of John Hobbs or his assigns To have and to hold the said Messuage Tenement and Premisses unto the said Moses Parks and his Assigns for and during the Term of his natural Life
And after his demise I give and devise the said Messuage Tenement and Premisses unto the said John Parks and Mary his Wife and their Assigns for and during the term of their natural Lives and the Life of the longer Liver of them
And from and after their decease I give and devise the said Messuage or Tenement and Premisses unto the Issue or Children of the said John Parks on the Body of the said Mary begotten and to begotten and their Heirs equally to be divided between them share and share alike
And for default of such Issue or Children I do give and devise the said Messuage or Tenement and Premisses unto the said Searles Jarman his Heirs and Assigns for ever

This is the Last Will and Testament of me the said Anne Cooke so far as concerns the disposing of my Real Estate

And as for my Personal Estate I dispose hereof as follows, That is to say

First I give and bequeath unto the said Moses Parks All my Goods and Furniture now remaining and being in the Chamber where he now lyes And I also give to him the Cupboard Kneading trough Warming Pan Jack Pulleys sand Weights and a Spit and all the pewter marked with his Name below Stairs And also the largest pewter Still a Brass porrige pot and a Brass Skillet together with all my Shop Goods

Item I give and bequeath unto the said Searles Jarman my Cypress Chest

Lastly all the Rest and Residue of my Goods Chattells and personal Estate whatsoever (after my Debts Legacies and Funeral Expences are paid and discharged) I do hereby give and bequeath into my said Brother John Parks
And I do hereby make and appoint him the sole Executor of this my Last Will and Testament hereby reoking all former Wills by me heretofore made

In Witness whereof to this my Last Will and Testament contained in Three Sheets of paper fixed together so the first and Second Sheets of which I have set my Hand and to this Lst have set my Hand and Seal the Sixth day of November in the Twelfth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith Anno. Dom. 1725
Ann Cooke

Signed Sealed published and declared by the said Anne Cooke the Testatrix to be her Last Will and Testament in the presence of us who attested the same in the presence of the said Testatrix and at her request
June Morllinnan Mary Mace Thomas Marsh

Probatum fuit: 24th October 1726

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