Irons Will 1737/8

Will of Alicia Irons

of Westwell, Kent


Source: Consistory Court of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Archives PRC 32/61/997a
Submitted by Eve Cant
In the Name of God Amen I Elina Irons of Westwell in the County of Kent Widow being sick and Weake in Body but of perfect sound mind and memory God be praised for the same doe make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in writing in manner Following (that is to say)
Imprimis I give my Soul to Almighty God my maker Trusting through the merits of my Blessed Redeemer Jesus Christ to receive free pardon and remission for all my Sins and my Body I leave to the Earth to be decently buried with Christian Burial at the discretion of my Executrix hereinafter named And as for the wordly Estate which it hath pleased God to bless me with I give and bequeath the same as followeth

Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Jane the wife of Richard Russell the Full Sum of fifty pounds part of the sum of two hundred and threescore pounds ... was in the ...nes [hands?] of John Toke Esqr
and after such said sum of Fifty pounds shall be so taken by my said daughter Jane I then give and bequeath the remaining two hundred and ten pounds and also the further sum of threescore pounds owing to me on Bond from John Iron of Ashford in the County aforesaid Butcher and John Winter of Wye in the said County Butcher making together the Sum of two hundred and seventy pounds and all interest due and to become due on the same to be equally divided between
my said daughter Jane and my said Daughter Mary, wife of Mr. Stephen Millen and to their heirs and assigns

And as for the Further Sum of Fifty pounds which I have at Interest on a Mortgage made unto me by William Mannerings and Mary his Wife (both deceased) on a Messuage with the Appurtenances in Ashford aforesaid which said Mortgage (after my decease) I have by some Deed Assignment or other Security made over the same and the Term and Interest therein unto the said Stephen Millen I do .........................

Item I give to my Grandaughter Abigal Russell my Trunk and to my Grandaughter Katherine Russell my Case of Drawers

And my will also is that my Funeral Charges and what just Debts I shall owe at the time of my decease shall be equally paid between my said two Daughters out of the two hundred and seventy pounds and the Interest thereon due before given between them
after which done and performed I give all the rest and residue of my goods Chattels and personal Estate whatsoever to my said Daughter Jane Russell to be separately held and enjoyed by her without any claim or molestation other and upon or any other person or persons whatsoever

And I desire the velvet paul [pall] to be laid over me when carried to the Grave
And lastly I make and ordain my said Daughter Jane Russell sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament
And I do hereby revoke all former and other Wills by me heretofore made and published and declare this to be my only last Will and Testament

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this third and twentieth Day of December in the sixth 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. Annoq dini 1732
Alicia Irons

Signed sealed published and declared by the said Elina Irons for and as her last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto in her presence subscribed our names as Witnesses
John Fly; Sam: Inpet; Bennett Leeds her mark

The before registered Will of Elina (Alicia) Irons late of Westwell Deceased was Proved the 14th day of January 1737 before the Reverend William Gostling Clerk, lawfull Surrogate to the worshipfull Richard Chicheley, Doctor of Laws, Commissary General of the City and Diocese of Canterbury, lawfully deputed and Adm[inistrati]on of the said Deceaseds goods was committed to Jane Russell Executrix named in the said Will she being first sworn duly to Administer the same

Notes:
Alicia Irons was buried in Woollen at St. Mary, Westwell, Kent, on 29th November 1737.
Thomas Irons & Alice Knevett were married at Great Chart 3 Oct 1691.
Daughter Jane Irons (bap. 1693, Great Chart), Spinster of Great Chart married Richard Russell, Bachelor, Yeoman of Boughton Aluph on 10th June 1712 at St. Mary, Great Chart, Boughton Aluph or Fordwich – by Licence.
Daughter Mary Irons married Stephen Millen 16th May 1717 at St. Benet Paul's Wharf, London.

Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh Mason 22nd Nov 2022


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