First I direct that all my Just Debts Funeral Expences and the Charges of proving this my Will be truly
and honestly paid and discharged
I give and bequeath to my Nephew John Crundwell the younger Son of my Brother John Crundwell of Hadlow aforesaid Yeoman
the Sum of Five pounds of lawful Money to be paid to him within twelve Months next after my decease
And I give and devise all and singular my Messuages or Tenements Lands and Hereditaments and parts and shares of Messuages or Tenements Lands and Hereditaments and Real Estate whatsoever and wheresoever unto my Nephew William Corke of Tonbridge aforesaid Chair maker and to his Heirs and Assigns for ever
Also I give and bequeath all and singular my ready Money and Securities for Money Debts Goods Chattels and Personal Estate and Effects of what nature or kind soever unto my said Nephew William Corke to and for his own Use and Benefit
And I do hereby make and ordain my said Nephew William Corke sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking and making void all former Wills by me at any time heretofore made
In Witness whereof I the said Ann Crundwell the Testatrix have to this my last Will and Testament
set my Hand and Seal the day and Year first above written
Ann Crundwell
Signed sealed published and declared By the said Ann Crundwell the Testatrix as and for her last
Will and Testament in the presence of Us who in her presence and at her request and in the presence
of each other have subscribed our Names as Witnesses
G. Stidolph - Hy. Headlands - Geo. Lingard - all of Tonbridge
This Will was Proved at London the Eighteenth day of March in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seven before the Right Honourable Sir William Wynne Knight Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of William Corke the Nephew of the deceased and sole Executor named in the said Will to whom Administration was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased having been first sworn by Commission duly to administer.
Note: £5 in 1802 is worth just under £500 today. [Source: Bank of England Inflation Calculator]
Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh Mason, 5th June 2020
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