Holding Will 1767

Will of Thomas Holding

of Crayford, Kent


Source: Prerogative Court of Canterbury Prob11/927
Submitted by Ros Dunning
In the Name of God Amen I Thomas Holding of Crayford in the County of Kent Yeoman being of a Sound and Disposing Mind Memory and Understanding (Praised be God for the same) Do make Publish and Declare this my last Will and Testament in Writing in manner and form following (that is to say)
First and Principally I commend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God and my Body I commit to the Earth to be Decently Interred at the Discretion of my Executor hereafter named
And as for such Worldly Estate as I am Possessed of I Give and Dispose thereof as follows

in the first place I Will and Direct that all my Just Debts and Funeral Expences be paid and satisfied
Also I Give and Devise all those my several Pieces or Parcels containing together by Estimation Twenty four Acres be the same more or less lying and being in the Parish of Darent in the said County of Kent and now in the Occupation of Thomas Munn or his Assigns I Give and bequeath unto my loving Brother Street Holding for ever

Also I Give and bequeath unto my loving Brother William Holding the Sum of One hundred pounds of lawful money of Great Britain to be paid to him by my Executor hereafter named within Six Months next after my Decease

Also I Give and bequeath unto my loving Sisters Ann Colyer Sarah Holding Bridget Monk Elizabeth Buck and Catherine Holding the Sum of Ten Pounds apiece of like lawful Money to be paid to them respectively within Six Months after my Decease

And all the Rest Residue and Remainder of my ready money and securities for Money Leases Stock Corn Cattle Goods Chattels and Personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever and of what nature kind or Quality soever my Debts Legacies and funeral Expences being first paid and Discharged I Give and bequeath unto my said Brother Street Holding his Executors Admors and Assigns

And I do hereby make Constitute and Appoint my said Brother Street Holding Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament
In Witness whereof I the said Thomas Holding the Testator have to this my last Will and Testament set my hand and Seal this Eleventh Day of November In the Seventh year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King George the Third And in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Sixty Six Thos Holding
(Attestation Clause)
Tho Smith _ William Forster _ Sarah Richards

Proved at London 29 April 1767


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