Item I give and bequeath unto my Son William Longley the Sum of Two hundred
pounds of lawfull money of Great Britain to be paid by my Executors within Six Months after my decease
Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Tempest the Sum of Two hundred pounds
of like money to be paid within Six Months after my decease
Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Frances Drinkwater the Sum of Two hundred pounds
of like money to be paid within Six Months after my decease
Item all the rest and residue of my ready money, Securitys for money, Debts, Credits, Stock, Rings, Plate, Linnen, Woollen, Beds, Beding, Goods, Chattells and Personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever whereof I shall dye possessed interested in or intituled unto I give and bequeath the same unto my two Sons John Longley and Joseph Longley and to their Executors Administrators and Assigns equally to be divided between them share and share alike
And I direct that my said two Sons John and Joseph Longley shall out of the said residue of my Personal Estate pay all my just debts, Funeral Expences and charge of Proving this my Will
Item I give and devise unto my two Sons John Longley and Joseph Longley all those my two Messuages or Tenements Yards Backsides Gardens Wharfe and appurts. [appurtenances] thereunto belonging Scituate in Chatham aforesaid and now in the Occupations of me the said John Longley the Elder and Philip Needle To have and to hold unto my said Sons John Longley and Joseph Longley their Heirs and Assigns for ever as Tenants in Common and not as joint Tennants
Item I give and devise unto my Son John Longley all that my Messuage Tenement Farm House called Capill with the Barn Stable Garden Orchard and severall Peices or parcells of Land containing Forty two Acres more or less with their appurtenances lying and being in the Parish of Chatham aforesaid now in the Occupation of William Filmore and which I lately purchased of John Speary To have and to hold unto my said Son John Longley his Heirs and Assigns for ever
Item I give and devise unto my Son William Longley all that my Messuage Tenement or Farm house
called Standen with the Barn Outhouses Buildings Yard Garden Orchard and appurtenances
thereto belonging and all those severall peices of Pasture and Woodland with their appurts.
containing Eighteen Acres more or less lying and being in the Parish of Benenden in the said County
of Kent and belonging to the said Farm called Standen late in the Occupation of John Feavour but now of John Amett
And also all that my Messuage Farm and Land called Menoways lying and being in or near Luton
Lane in the Parish of Chatham aforesaid and which I bought of John Smith and his Wife with all and
singular the appurts. thereto belonging To have and to hold unto my said Son William Longley his Heirs and Assigns for ever
Item I give and devise unto my Son Joseph Longley all those my severall Peices or Parcells of Land called Ramsden Land with their appurtenances containing Thirty and five Acres more or less lying and being in the Parish of Benenden aforesaid and now or late in the tenure or Occupation of Robert Jewry And also all that my Toft Barn and severall peices or Parcells of Land threto belonging containing twelve Acres more or less with the with their appurts. lying and being in the Parish of Benenden aforesaid at or near a Placed called Walkhouse Bridge commonly called Burnthouse Land now in the Occupation of James Parsons To have and to hold unto my Son Joseph Longley his Heirs and Assigns for ever
Item I give and devise unto my daughter Elizabeth Tempest all that my Messuage or Tenement with the Gardens Yard and appurts. thereto belonging lying and being near the Sign of the Woolpack and the Tye within the Liberty of the City of Rochester and which I purchased of John Plumley and his Wife And also All that my Estate and undivided Moiety or half part of and in all those two Messuages or Tenements Yards Gardens and appurts. to them belonging lying and being near Heavyside Lane in Chatham aforesaid and now in the Occupation of John Nash or his assignes or Undertenants which I purchased of my Cousen Edward Moorcock To have and to hold unto my said daughter Elizabeth Tempest her Heirs and assignes for ever
Item I give and devise unto my daughter Frances Drinkwater All that my Messuage or Tenement with the garden Yard Backside Buildings and appurts. thereunto belonging lying and being in or near Cage Lane in the Parish of Strood in the said County of Kent now in the Occupation of William Waring a Surgeon To have and to hold unto my said daughter Frances Drinkwater her Heirs and assignes for ever
And of this my last Will and Testament I name and appoint my two Sons John Longley and Joseph Longley Joint and only Executors and do hereby revoke and make void all former and other Wills & Testaments by me at any time made spoken or Published before the Publishing of these presents And do declare this to be & contain my only last Will and Testament
In Witness whereof I the said John Longley the Elder have to this my Last Will and Testament
contained in three sheets of Paper Sett my hand and Seal to every Sheet thereof the Sixth day of
September in the twelfth Year of the Reign of our Sovereigne Lord George the Second King of Great
Britain France and Ireland Defender of the Faith and in the Year of Our Lord One thousand seven hundred and Thirty Eight
John Longley
Signed Sealed and by the said John Longley the Elder Published and Declared as and for his last Will
and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence and in the presence of each other have
Subscribed our names as Witnesses hereto
Clem: Johnson - Tho. Johnson - Tho. Wilkins
This Will was Proved at London On the Twenty Sixth Day of April in the Year of Our Lord One
thousand seven hundred and Forty before the Worshipfull Robert Chapman Doctor of Laws and
Surrogate of the Right Worshipfull John Bettesworth Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary
of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oaths of John Longley and Joseph
Longley the Sons of the deceased and Executors named in the said Will To whom Administration
was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattells & Credits of the said deceased they having been
first Sworn well and duly to administer the same
Exd.
Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 28th August 2020
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