Will of Thomas Knight

of Godmersham, Kent

William Deedes the elder of St Stephens Canterbury, Esq., trustee & executor
William Deedes the younger of St Stephens Canterbury, Esq., trustee & executor
Lewis Cage the younger of Milgate, Esq., trustee & executor

Reference to marriage indenture dated 3-4 May 1779 between my father Thomas Knight then of Godmersham Esq. (since deceased), me (the only son & heir),
Catherine my now wife (then Knatchbull of South Audley Street, St George Hanover Square, MDX spinster, only surviving daughter of Reverend Wadham Knatchbull late prebendary of Cathredral Church of Durham, Dr of Laws, deceased by Harriet nee Parry),
Richard Milles of North Elmham Norfolk Esq. & William Deedes the elder,
Daniel Fox of Binfield, Berkshire Esq. & Reverend John Hinton of Chawton, Southampton clerk,
Sir Edward Knatchbull of Mersham Hatch, baronet & Norton Knatchbull of Babington, Somerset Esq.,
Reverend Ralph Drake Brockman of Beechborough clerk & John Toke of Godington Esq.

Mansion houses of Godmersham Park (then Ford Place) & Chawton, Southampton, Witherling at Molash & Chilham
Tenants Thomas Videan, Thomas Jeathery, James Videan late John Franklyn, Thomas Baker, clerk (1760), Thomas Buck, gent. (1765), James Browning, Thomas Paine, Lydia Whitfield, Katherine Barrett widow, Moses May, William Hayward
Thomas Barrett Esq.
Sir Joseph Banks, baronet & his wife Dorothea
Sir Edward Knatchbull, baronet & his wife Mary

Edward Austen of Rowling Place, Goodnestone Esq., second son of Reverend George Austen, Rector of Steventon, Hampshire, clerk
wife Catherine
sister Jane Knight, spinster of Bilting Green, Godmersham
Reverend James Austen, now or lately Fellow of St John's College, Oxford, another son of Rev. George Austen
Henry Austen, Fellow of St John's College, Oxford, another son of Rev. George Austen
Francis Austen, now Midshipman in the Navy Service, another son of George
Charles Austen, now at the Academy at Portsmouth, another son of George

Sir John Fagg, baronet of Mystole near Canterbury
Thomas Papillon Esq., eldest son of David Papillon Esq. of Heithe near Folston [Hythe near Folkestone]
property purchased from Dr? Robert Apsley, occupied by James Lansfield
Elizabeth wife of said Edward Austen
Reverend John Papillon, son of said David

wife's mother Harriot Knatchbull
poor unfortunate sister Elizabeth Knight now resident at Egerton
cousins Jacob Sawbridge Esq. & his sister Catherine wife of Thomas Heron of Chilham Castle Esq.
brothers in law Charles & Wyndham Knatchbull Esqs.
said Reverend George Austen
Cassandra & Jane Austen, daughters of the said George

witnessed by John Vincer, John Pilcher, James Tappenden
Ratified 2 Oct 1792
witnessed by John Vincer, John Pilcher, Wm Matcham
Ratified 17 Jun 1793
witnesssed by Henry Williams, Wm Matcham, Jas Tppenden

Probate to William Deedes Esq. the younger & Lewis Cage Esq. the younger, the surviving executors

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