Item I give and devise all and every my Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments whatsoever
and wheresoever with their and every of their Rights Members and Appurtenances Unto and to the use
of the Heirs of the Body of me the said John Savage lawfully begotten and to be begotten And for
default of such issue I give and devise the sole use and Enjoyment of the Parlour and Bedchamber in my
Dwelling House and the use and Enjoyment of the Residue of my said Dwelling House by Virtue of the
Limitations hereinafter mentioned
To the use of my dear Wife Elizabeth for her own habitation if she shall choose to inhabit and dwell
there together with Liberty to and for my said Wife and her assignes Friends and Servants and all other
Persons having Business or occasion to resort or go to her or them to come go stay and return to and
from the said dwelling by the usual and accustomed and most commodious Ways and Passages
And I give and devise all and every my said Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments with the Appurtenances in default of Issue of my Body as aforesaid Subject to such the use and Enjoyment herein before given to my said Wife of and in my said dwelling as aforesaid unto my Brother in Law James Lance of Ash next Ridley in the said County of Kent Yeoman and my Brother in Law James Wade of Gravesend in the County of Kent Butcher and their Heirs To and for the several and respective uses Intents and Purposes and under and subject to the Powers Provisoes and Conditions hereinafter mentioned expressed and declared of and concerning the same (that is to say)
To the use intent and purpose that my said Wife Elizabeth Savage and her assigns shall and may yearly and every year during the term of her natural life have receive and take the annuity or yearly Rent Charge of sixty pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain to be issuing and going out of and charged upon the same premisses and every part thereof in lieu and stead of the Jointure and Settlement by me made on her previous to our Intermarriage
And to the use intent and purpose that the said James Lance and James Wade and their Hers shall and may yearly and every year during the Life of my Sister in Law Mary Nordash the Wife of John Nordash have receive and take such Annuity or Yearly Rent Charge of Ten Pounds of like lawfull Money to be issuing and going out of and charged upon the said Premisses and every part thereof
And to the further use Intent and purpose that my Cousin Robert Savage now living with me shall and may yearly and every year during so long time as he shall continue to live with work for and assist my Cousin John Savage my Executor hereafter named in his Farming Business and affairs in such and the same manner as he now assists me without requiring any Wages or other Satisfaction for the same of the said John Savage his Brother other than and except his Board and Lodging during his Life which it is my Will and desire that the said John Savage may find to receive and allow the said Robert Savage during his life in case he shall so long continue in the Service of the said John Savage at and in the Dwelling House of him the said John Savage and Annuity or Yearly Rent Charge of twenty Pounds so charged upon the same premisses and every part thereof
And to the further use and Intent and Purpose that my Cousin Richard Savage, Brother of the said Robert Savage, shall and may yearly and every year during the term of his natural Life have receive and take one Annuity or Yearly Rent Charge of Ten Pounds of like lawfull Money to be issuing and going out of and charged upon the same Premisses and every part thereof
And to the further use and Intent and Purpose that my Cousin Thomas Savage, Brother of the said Robert Savage, shall and may yearly and every year during the term of his natural Life have receive and take one Annuity or Yearly Rent Charge of Five Pounds of like lawfull Money to be issuing and going out of and charged upon the same Premisses and every part thereof
The said Annuities given and limited to my said Wife and the said James Lance and James Wade for my
said Sister Mary Nordash to be paid by equal Quarterly payments at the four most usual Feasts or days
of payment in every year, that is to say, The Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the
Nativity of Saint John the Baptist of Saint Michael the Archangel and of the Birth of our Lord Christ
and the said Annuities given and limitted to the said Robert Savage Richard Savage and Thomas Savage to
be paid by equal half yearly payments at the Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and
Saint Michael the Archangel without any deduction or abatement thereout for or by reason of any Taxes
Charges Impositions imposed or to be imposed by Authority of Parliament or otherwise here soever the
first payment of the said Annuities given and limitted to my said Wife and the said James Lance and
James Wade to begin and be made on such of the said Four Feast days as shall first and next happen after
my decease the first payment of the said Annuities given and limitted to the said Robert Savage Richard
Savage and Thomas Savage to begin and so ending on such of the said Feasts of the annunciation of the
Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Michael the Archangel as first and next happen after my decease
And to the further use Intent and Purpose that the said Robert Savage shall and may yearly and every year from and after he shall depart from and leave the Service of the said John Savage during his natural life have receive and take one Annuity of yearly Rent Charge of twelve pounds of like lawful Money to be issuing and going out of and charged upon the same Premisses and every part thereof (in lieu and stead of the said Annuity of Twenty pounds The same Annuity of twelve pounds to be paid by equal half yearly payments at the Feasts of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Michael the Archangel by even and equal portions half yearly to be paid without any deduction or abatement to Taxes or otherwise as aforesaid and the first payment thereof to begin and made on such of the same Feast days as shall and next after the said Robert Savage shall depart from and leave the service of the said John Savage
And if the said respective Annuities of sixty pounds Twenty pounds Ten pounds Five pounds and twelve pounds or any of them or any part of them or any of them shall happen to be behind and unpaid by the space of twenty days next after any of the said Feast days or days of Payment on which the same respectively ought to be paid a aforesaid That then and so often it shall and may be lawfull to and for my said Wife and the said James Lance James Wade Robert Savage Richard Savage and Thomas Savage respectively and their respective Executors Administrators or assigns whose Annuity shall be so behind and unpaid unto and upon the same Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments charged therewith or any of them or any part thereof to enter and distrain for the same respectively and the distress then and there found to take lead drive carry away impound retain and distrain according to Law until they shall respectively be fully paid and satisfied All such arrearages with Costs and Charges In and receipt the making and keeping thereof
And in case the said respective Annuities of sixty pounds Twenty pounds Ten pounds Five pounds and twelve pounds or any of them or any part of them or any of them shall happen to be behind and unpaid by the space of Thirty days next after any of the said days of Payment whereon the same ought to be paid as aforesaid That then and so often it shall and may be lawful to and for my said Wife and the said James Lance James Wade Robert Savage Richard Savage and Thomas Savage respectively and their respective Executors Administrators or assigns whose Annuity shall be so behind and unpaid unto and upon the same Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments charged therewith as aforesaid or into any part thereof in the name of the whole to enter and the Rents Issues and Profits thereof to receive and take until therewith or thereby or by the person or persons who shall be then intitled to the immediate Possession of the said Premises then shall be respectively paid and satisfied the same respective Annuities and every part thereof and in arrears incurred before and that shall incur during such time as he she or they respectively shall receive the Rents Issues and Profits thereof or be intitled to receive the same by Virtue of such Entry to be made as aforesaid together with the Costs Charges Damages and Expences by her or them respectively laid out and sustained by reason of the nonpayment thereto or any part thereof
Which said Annuity of Ten pounds herein before charged and made payable to the said James Lance and James Wade and their Heirs as foresaid is so by me charged and made payable to them Upon Trust and Confidence that the said James Lance and James Wade their Heirs and Assigns shall from time to time and at all times during the natural Life of my said Sister Mary Nordash to receive and take to her own use and disposal free from the Charges Debts Engagements Controul or disposal of the said John Nordash her Husband the said Annuity or yearly Sum of ten pounds and to dispose the same for her own separate use Benefit and Maintenance for and during the Term of her natural Life as she shall think fit
And my Will is that her Receipt alone without her said Husband and no other shall from time to time be a sufficient Discharge for the same and my further Will is that if the said Mary Nordash Robert Savage Richard Savage or Thomas Savage shall Mortgage Sell or otherwise dispose of this Annuity or Annuities hereby given to or in trust for them respectively as aforesaid That then the Annuity or Annuities of him her or them so Mortgaging selling or disposing of them shall cease determine and void as if he she or they were naturally dead
And subject to the said Annuities Powers and Provisoes herein before mentioned To the use of my Cousin John Savage youngest Son of my late Uncle Richard Savage of West Farleigh in the said County of Kent by his first Wife whose Maiden Name was Cooper and his assigns for and during the Term of his natural Life without Impeachment of Wast
And from and after the determination of that Estate To the use of the said James Lance and James Wade
and their Heirs during the natural life of the said John Savage In Trust to support and preserve
contingent uses and Estates hereinafter limitted from being defeated or destroyed and for that purpose to
make Entries of bring Articles as the case shall require yet nevertheless to permit and suffer the said John
Savage and his assigns during his life to receive and take the Rents and Profits thereof and of every part
thereof to and for his and their own use and benefit
And from and after his decease To the use of John Savage Son of my said Cousin John Savage and his assigns for
and during the term of his natural life without Impeachment of Waste
And from and after the determination of that Estate To the use of the said James Lance and James Wade
and their Heirs during the Life of the said John Savage the Son In Trust to support and preserve
contingent uses and Estates hereinafter limitted from being defeated or destroyed and for that purpose to
make Entries of bring Articles as the case shall require yet nevertheless to permit and suffer the said John
Savage the Son and his assigns during his life to receive and take the Rents and Profits thereof and of
every part thereof to and for his and their own use and benefit
And from and after his decease To the use of the first Son of the Body of the said John Savage the Son lawfully to be
begotten and the Heirs Male of the Body of such first Son lawfully issuing
And for default of such issue To the use of the second third fourth fifth and all and every other the Son and Sons of the Body of the said John Savage the Son lawfully to be begotten severally successively and in remainder one after another as they and every of them shall be in seniority of age and priority of Birth and the several and respective Heirs Male of the Body and Bodys of all and every such Son and Sons lawfully issuing the elder of such Sons and the Heirs Male of his Body to be always preferred and to take before the younger of such Son and Sons and the Heirs Male of his and their Bodies issuing And for default of such Issue
To the use of all and every other the Son and Sons of the said John Savage the Father lawfully begotten or to be begotten severally successively and in remainder one after another as they and every of them shall be in Seniority of Age and seniority of Birth and the several and respective Heirs Male of the Body and Bodies of all and every such Son and Sons lawfully issuing The elder of such Sons and the Heirs Male of his Body to be always preferred and to take before the younger of such Son and Sons and the Heirs Male of his and their Body and Bodies issuing
And for default of such issue To the use of my Cousin Robert Savage Brother of the said John Savage
the Father and his assigns for and during the term of his natural life without Impeachment of Wast And
from and after the determination of that Estate To the use of the said James Lance and James Wade and
their Heirs during the natural Life of the said Robert Savage In Trust to support and preserve the
Contingent Uses and Estates herein after limitted from being defeated or destroyed And for the purpose
to make Entries or being Articles as the Case shall require yet nevertheless to permit and suffer the said
Robert Savage and his assigns during his Life to receive and take the Rents and Profitts thereof and of
every part thereof to and for his and their own use and benefit
And from and after his decease To the use of the first Son of the Body of the said Robert Savage lawfully begotten or to
be begotten and the Heir Male of the Body of such first Son lawfully Issuing
And for default of such Issue To the use of the second third fourth fifth and all and every other the Son and Sons of the Body of the said Robert Savage lawfully to be begotten severally successively and in remainder one after another as they and every of them shall be in seniority of Age and seniority of Birth and the several and respective Heirs Male of the Body and Bodies of all and every such Son and Sons lawfully issuing The elder of such Sons and the Heirs Male of his Body to be always preferred and to take before the younger of such Son and Sons and the Heirs Male of his and their Body and Bodies issuing
And for default of such Issue unto my Cousin Richard Savage Brother of the said John Savage the Father and his Assigns for and during the term of his natural Life without Impeachment of Waste And from and after the determination of that Estate To the use of the said James Lance and James Wade and their Heirs during the natural Life of the said Richard Savage In Trust to support and preserve the Contingent uses and Estates hereinafter limitted from being defeated or destroyed And for that purpose to make Entries or bring Actions as the Case shall require yet nevertheless to permit and suffer the said Richard Savage and his Assigns during his life to receive and take the Rents and Profits thereof and of every part thereof to and for his and their own use and benefit
And from and after his decease To the use of the first Son of the Body of the said Richard Savage lawfully begotten or to be begotten and the Heirs Male of the Body of such first Son lawfully issuing And for default of such issue To the use of the second third fourth fifth and all and every other the Son and Sons of the Body of the said Richard Savage lawfully to be begotten severally successively and in remainder one after another as they and every of them shall be in seniority of Age and seniority of Birth and the several and respective Heirs Male of the Body and Bodies of all and every such Son and Sons lawfully issuing The elder of such Sons and the Heirs Male of his Body to be always preferred and to take before the younger of such Son and Sons and the Heirs Male of his and their Body and Bodies issuing
And for default of such Issue To the use of my Cousin Thomas Savage Brother of the said John Savage the Father and his Assigns for and during the Term of his natural Life without Impeachment of Wast And from and after the determination of that Estate To the use of the said James Lance and James Wade and their Heirs during the natural life of the said Thomas Savage In Trust to support and preserve the contingent uses and Estates hereinafter limitted from being defeated and destroyed And for that purpose to make Entries or bring Articles as the case shall require yet nevertheless to permit and suffer the said Thomas Savage and his assigns during his Life to receive and take the Rents and profits thereof and of every part thereof to and for his and their own use and Benefit
And from and after his decease To the use of the first Son of the Body of the said Thomas Savage lawfully begotten or to be begotten and the Heirs Male of the Body of such first Son lawfully issuing And for default of such issue To the use of the second third fourth fifth and all and every other the Son and Sons of the Body of the said Thomas Savage lawfully to be begotten severally successively and in remainder one after another as they and every of them shall be in seniority of Age and seniority of Birth and the several and respective Heirs Male of the Body and Bodies of all and every such Son and Sons lawfully issuing The elder of such Sons and the Heirs Male of his Body to be always preferred and to take before the younger of such Son and Sons and the Heirs Male of his and their Body and Bodies issuing
And for default of such Issue To the use of my Nephew and Godson George Nordash and his Assigns for and during the Term of his natural Life without Impeachment of Wast And from and after the determination of that Estate To the use of the said James Lance and James Wade and their Heirs during the natural life of the said George Nordash In Trust to support and preserve the contingent uses and Estates hereinafter limitted from being defeated and destroyed And for that purpose to make Entries or bring Articles as the case shall require yet nevertheless to permit and suffer the said George Nordash and his assigns during his Life to receive and take the Rents and profits thereof and of every part thereof to and for his and their own use and Benefit
And from and after his decease To the use of the first Son of the Body of the said George Nordash lawfully begotten or to be begotten and the Heirs Male of the Body of such first Son lawfully issuing And for default of such issue To the use of the second third fourth fifth and all and every other the Son and Sons of the Body of the said George Nordash lawfully to be begotten severally successively and in remainder one after another as they and every of them shall be in seniority of Age and seniority of Birth and the several and respective Heirs Male of the Body and Bodies of all and every such Son and Sons lawfully issuing The elder of such Sons and the Heirs Male of his Body to be always preferred and to take before the younger of such Son and Sons and the Heirs Male of his and their Body and Bodies issuing
And for default of such Issue To the use of my Nephew John Nordash Brother of the said George Nordash and his Assigns for and during the Term of his natural Life without Impeachment of Wast And from and after the determination of that Estate To the use of the said James Lance and James Wade and their Heirs during the natural life of the said John Nordash In Trust to support and preserve the contingent uses and Estates hereinafter limitted from being defeated and destroyed And for that purpose to make Entries or bring Articles as the case shall require yet nevertheless to permit and suffer the said John Nordash and his assigns during his Life to receive and take the Rents and profits thereof and of every part thereof to and for his and their own use and Benefit
And from and after his decease To the use of the first Son of the Body of the said John Nordash lawfully begotten or to be begotten and the Heirs Male of the Body of such first Son lawfully issuing And for default of such issue To the use of the second third fourth fifth and all and every other the Son and Sons of the Body of the said John Nordash lawfully to be begotten severally successively and in remainder one after another as they and every of them shall be in seniority of Age and seniority of Birth and the several and respective Heirs Male of the Body and Bodies of all and every such Son and Sons lawfully issuing The elder of such Sons and the Heirs Male of his Body to be always preferred and to take before the younger of such Son and Sons and the Heirs Male of his and their Body and Bodies issuing
And for default of such Issue To the use of my Nephew Thomas Nordash Brother of the said George Nordash and his Assigns for and during the Term of his natural Life without Impeachment of Wast And from and after the determination of that Estate To the use of the said James Lance and James Wade and their Heirs during the natural life of the said Thomas Nordash In Trust to support and preserve the contingent uses and Estates hereinafter limitted from being defeated and destroyed And for that purpose to make Entries or bring Articles as the case shall require yet nevertheless to permit and suffer the said Thomas Nordash and his assigns during his Life to receive and take the Rents and profits thereof and of every part thereof to and for his and their own use and Benefit
And from and after his decease To the use of the first Son of the Body of the said Thomas Nordash lawfully begotten or to be begotten and the Heirs Male of the Body of such first Son lawfully issuing And for default of such issue To the use of the second third fourth fifth and all and every other the Son and Sons of the Body of the said Thomas Nordash lawfully to be begotten severally successively and in remainder one after another as they and every of them shall be in seniority of Age and seniority of Birth and the several and respective Heirs Male of the Body and Bodies of all and every such Son and Sons lawfully issuing The elder of such Sons and the Heirs Male of his Body to be always preferred and to take before the younger of such Son and Sons and the Heirs Male of his and their Body and Bodies issuing
And for default of such Issue To the use of my Nephew Henry Nordash Brother of the said George Nordash and his Assigns for and during the Term of his natural Life without Impeachment of Wast And from and after the determination of that Estate To the use of the said James Lance and James Wade and their Heirs during the natural life of the said Henry Nordash In Trust to support and preserve the contingent uses and Estates hereinafter limitted from being defeated and destroyed And for that purpose to make Entries or bring Articles as the case shall require yet nevertheless to permit and suffer the said Henry Nordash and his assigns during his Life to receive and take the Rents and profits thereof and of every part thereof to and for his and their own use and Benefit
And from and after his decease To the use of the first Son of the Body of the said Henry Nordash lawfully begotten or to be begotten and the Heirs Male of the Body of such first Son lawfully issuing And for default of such issue To the use of the second third fourth fifth and all and every other the Son and Sons of the Body of the said Henry Nordash lawfully to be begotten severally successively and in remainder one after another as they and every of them shall be in seniority of Age and seniority of Birth and the several and respective Heirs Male of the Body and Bodies of all and every such Son and Sons lawfully issuing The elder of such Sons and the Heirs Male of his Body to be always preferred and to take before the younger of such Son and Sons and the Heirs Male of his and their Body and Bodies issuing
And for default of such Issue To the use of my Nephew William Nordash Brother of the said George Nordash and his Assigns for and during the Term of his natural Life without Impeachment of Wast And from and after the determination of that Estate To the use of the said James Lance and James Wade and their Heirs during the natural life of the said William Nordash In Trust to support and preserve the contingent uses and Estates hereinafter limitted from being defeated and destroyed And for that purpose to make Entries or bring Articles as the case shall require yet nevertheless to permit and suffer the said Willaim Nordash and his assigns during his Life to receive and take the Rents and profits thereof and of every part thereof to and for his and their own use and Benefit
And from and after his decease To the use of the first Son of the Body of the said William Nordash lawfully begotten or to be begotten and the Heirs Male of the Body of such first Son lawfully issuing And for default of such issue To the use of the second third fourth fifth and all and every other the Son and Sons of the Body of the said William Nordash lawfully to be begotten severally successively and in remainder one after another as they and every of them shall be in seniority of Age and seniority of Birth and the several and respective Heirs Male of the Body and Bodies of all and every such Son and Sons lawfully issuing The elder of such Sons and the Heirs Male of his Body to be always preferred and to take before the younger of such Son and Sons and the Heirs Male of his and their Body and Bodies issuing
And for default of such Issue to the use of my own Right Heirs for ever Provided always and my Will is that it shall and may be lawfull to and for the said John Savage the Father, John Savage the Son, Robert Savage, Richard Savage, Thomas Savage and George Nordash, John Nordash, Thomas Nordash, Henry Nordash and William Nordash respectively as and when they shall respectively come unto and be in the actual possession of my said hereinbefore devised Estates or any part thereof or be actually intitled to the Rents and Profits thereof by Indenture under their respective Hands and Seals to demise or Lease the same or any part or parts thereof whereof they shall respectively be in actual possession or to the Rents and Profits whereof they shall respectively be intitled unto any person or persons for any Term or number of years not exceeding twenty one years in possession and not in Reversion Remainder or Expectancy so as upon every of such Leases there be reserved and made payable during the Continuance thereof respectively the best and most improved yearly Rent that can or may be reasonably had or gotten for the same without taking any Sum or Sums of Money or other thing my way of Fine or Income for or in respect of such Lease or Leases
And so as none of the said Leases be made Impeachable of Wast by any express words therein to be contained such Rents to be incident to and go along with the Freehold and Inheritance of the said premisses And that in every such Leases there be contained a Clause of Re-entry for nonpayment of the Rent or Rents to be thereby respectively reserved and that such Leasee or Leasees to whom such Lease or Leases shall be made seal and deliver Counterparts of such Lease or Leases
And I do hereby Authorise and impower the said John Savage the Father, John Savage the Son, Robert Savage, Richard Savage, Thomas Savage and George Nordash, John Nordash, Thomas Nordash, Henry Nordash and William Nordash respectively as and when they shall respectively come unto and be in the actual possession of my said hereinbefore devised Estates and Premisses or any part thereof by virtue of or under the Limitations aforesaid by any Deed or Deeds Writing or Writings under their respective Hands and Seals attested by two or more credible Witnesses to grant settle limit or appoint all or any part or parts of the said Estates and Premisses (subject to the said Annuities and to such Leases as shall happen to be thereof made by virtue of the power hereinbefore mentioned) unto or In Trust for or to the se of any Woman or Women with whom they or any of them shall happen to intermarry (either before or after such Marriage) for the Life or Lives of such Woman or Women respectively for her or their Jointure or Jointures or in part of Jointure so as the said Estates or any pat thereof so to be granted settled limitted or appointed do not exceed in Value eight Pounds a year for each and every One hundred Pounds which the Person or Persons making such Settlement or Settlements shall have and receive in Marriage with such Wife or wives respectively
Item I do hereby forgive and release my late Wife’s Nieces Susanna Newman and Margaret Wray of and from all such Sum and Sums of Money as they or either of them or any other person or persons on their behalf now or at the time of my decease may be indebted to me for Board Cloathes or otherwise
Item I give and bequeath unto my said Wife all the Linnen Pewter Brass Plate China and other Furniture and Things she brought with her and were her own before our Intermarriage for her own use and also the Sum of one hundred pounds to be paid within one Month next after my decease
And in case I shall have any Child or Children of my Body living at my decease or born in due time afterwards Then I give and bequeath all the Rest Residue and Remainder of any Personal Estate not hereinbefore otherwise disposed of (after and subject to the payments of my debts Legacys and Funeral Expences) unto such Child or Children to be equally divided between or among them if more than one share and share alike The share or shares of Sons to be paid at his or their respective age or ages of twenty one years and the share or shares of daughters to be paid at her or their respective age or ages of Twenty one years or day of Marriage which shall first happen
And in case any of them shall dye before his her or their respective share or shares shall become payable Then the share or shares of him her or them so dying shall go and be paid equally unto and amongst the survivors or survivor of them at such time as his her or their own original share shall become payable
And I do make constitute and appoint my said Wife Guardian of such Child or Children and to have the Care Custody Maintenance and Education of them during their respective Minorities And my Will if that my said Wife during the Minority of such Child or Children shall receive and take the Rents and Profits of the Real Estates to which such Child or Children shall be intitled and therewith and with the Interest of the Residue of my personal Estate or so much thereof as shall be necessary shall maintain educate and bring up such Child or Children until such of them as shall be a Son or Sons shall attain his or their respective age or ages of twenty one years and untill such of them as shall be a daughter or daughters shall attain her or their respective age or ages of Twenty one years or be Married And that she my said Wife shall not otherwise be accountable for the said Rents Profits and Interest or the overplus thereof
And I do make and appoint my said Wife Elizabeth Savage and my said Cousin John Savage the Father
joint Executors of this my last Will and Testament
But in case I shall leave no Child or Children of my
Body living at my death or Born in due time afterwards or being such Child or Children all the Sons shall
dye before any of them attain the age of Twenty one years and all the Daughters shall dye unmarried
before any of them attain the age of Twenty one years Then I do make and appoint my said Cousin John
Savage the Father sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament
And in such case I do give and bequeath the several Legacies and Sums of Money hereinfater mentioned to the several persons
hereinafter named (that is to say)
To my said Wife Elizabeth Savage the sole use and Enjoyment of all the Furniture of and usually standing and being in the Parlour and best Chamber of my dwelling house and the use of the Residue of my Household Goods and Furniture standing and being in my said dwelling house during her Widowhood and Residence in the said House in Common with my said Cousin John Savage my Executor or such other Person or Persons as by Virtue of the Limittations herein contained shall for the time being be intitled to my said dwelling House
to the Poor of (the) Parish of Cobham the sum of Ten Pounds To be paid to the Churchwardens of the said Parish at the times and in manner hereinafter mentioned and by them to be distributed to and among such of the poor of the said Parish as they shall think fir (that is to say) Two pounds part thereof on Christmas day next after my decease and Two pounds on every Christmas day following until the said Sum of Ten pounds shall be paid
To my said Nephew and Godson George Nordash the Sum of Fifty pounds
To each of them my said Nephews John Nordsah Thomas Nordash Henry Nordash and William Nordash the Sum of Twenty Pounds
To each of my Neices Ann Nordash and Mary Nordash the Sum of Ten Pounds
To each of my Cousins Elizabeth the Wife of Robert Harris Ann the Wife of Jeremiah Salmon Eleanor the Wife of William Butterly and Mary Savage the Sum of Twenty Pounds
To my late Wife’s Niece Margaret Wray the Sum of One hundred and forty Pounds
To my said late Wife’s Niece Susanna Newman the Sum of Sixty Pounds
To each of my said Brothers in Law James Lance and James Wade the Sum of Ten Pounds
And to Rebecca Wife of the said James Wade the Sum of Ten Pounds
And my Will is that the said Legacies given to the said George Nordash John Nordash Thomas Nordash Henry Nordash and William Nordash in case the same shall vest and become payable shall be paid to them at their several and respective Ages of twenty one years; That the said Legacies given to my said Nieces Ann Nordash and Mary Nordash in case the same shall vest and become payable shall be paid to them severally and respectively at their several and respective Ages of Twenty one years or days of Marriage which shall first happen
And my further Will is that in case and of them the said George Nordash John Nordash Thomas Nordash Henry Nordash and William Nordash Ann Nordash and Mary Nordash shall dye before his her or their Legacy or Legacies shall become payable Then the Legacy or Legacies of him her or them so dying shall not be paid or payable but shall fall into the Residuum of my Personal Estate
And my further Will is that the Legacies given to the said Elizabeth Harris Ann Salmon Eleanor Butterly Mary Savage Margaret Wray and Susanna Newman in case the same shall vest and become payable shall be paid within one year next after my decease and that the said Legacys given to the said James Lance and James Wade and Rebecca his Wife in case the same shall vest and become payable shall be paid within six Calendar Months next after my decease
To my said Cousin Robert Savage my Watch and all my wearing Apparel
And to my said Cousin John Savage my Executor the Residue and Remainder of my Personal Estate of what nature or kind soever (Subject to the payment of my debts and Funeral Expences and the said Legacies) Provided always and I do hereby declare that what I have herein before given to my said Wife in case of my dying without Issue is given and intended by me to be in lieu and stead of the Jointure and Provision by me made for and settled on her before our Intermarriage
And my Will is that my said Wife shall not within three Calendar Months next after my decease at the Request Costs and Charges of the said John Savage my Executor or such other Person or Persons as for the time being shall be intitled to my said Real Estate by Virtue of the Limittations herein contained ~Release and surrender her Life Estate of and in the Lands and Hereditaments by me settled on her a aforesaid and in other her Estate Right Title Interest Jointure Dower Claim and Demand of in and to the said Lands and Hereditaments and all other my Real Esatte (other than and except the Annuity of Sixty Pounds and the use and enjoyment of my dwelling House hereinbefore given and limitted to her) Then and in such case the said Annuity and all and every the Legacies Devises and Bequests by me given and limitted or devised to or in Trust for or for the Benefit of my said Wife shall cease and be void to all Intents and Purposes
And I do hereby revoke all former Wills by me made
In Witness whereof I the said John Savage the Testator have to this my last Will and Testament contained in thirteen sheets of
paper set my hand to the first Twelve Sheets and my hand and Seal to the last Sheet, dated the day and Year first above written
John Savage
Signed sealed published and declared by the above named John Savage the Testator 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 thereunto the Words “in case of my dying without Issue” being first
entered between the fourth and fifth lines of this last sheet
Fra. Brooke - Wm. Russell and Hawes Dynes
This is a Codicil to the last Will and Testament of me John Savage of Cobham in the County of Kent Gentleman which I duly made and published bearing date on or about the twenty ninth day of March one thousand seven hundred seventy four
Whereas by my said Will I have given and bequeathed to each of my Nieces Hannah Nordash and Mary Nordash (by the Names of my Nieces Ann Nordash and Mary Nordash) in case I should dye without leaving any Child or Children the Sum of Ten Pounds to be paid to them in such manner and at such time as in my said Will is mentioned and expressed Now I do hereby declare that the Legacy of Ten Pounds by my said Will given to my said Niece Ann Nordash is by me intended for my Niece Hannah Nordash And I do give unto the said Hannah Nordash the Sum of Ten Pounds over and above the Legacy of Ten pounds by my said Will given to or intended for her to make my said Legacy given to my said Niece Hannah Nordash the Sum of twenty pounds
And also I give to my said Niece Mary Nordash who now lives with me the Sum of Forty pounds (over and above what I have given her by my said Will (to make my said Legacy by my said Will given to my said Niece the Sum of Fifty pounds
And I direct that the said Legacys so given to my said Nieces shall be paid to them respectively upon such Contingency in such manner and at such times as the Legacies to them respectively in and by my said Will are made payable
And I do charge the residue of my Personal Estate by my said Will given to my Cousin John Savage (my Executor in my said Will named) to and with the payment of the said Legacies and I do ratify and confirm my said Will in all other respects
In Witness whereof I the said John Savage have to this Writing
which I declare to be a Codicil to my said last Will and Testament and which is to be accepted and taken
as part thereof set my hand and seal this ninth day of July in the Eighteenth year of the Reign of our
Sovereign Lord George the third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender
of the Faith and so forth and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight
John Savage
Signed sealed published and declared by the above named John Savage the Testator as and for a Codicil
to 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 thereunto
Jno. Child - John Power - A.J. Dyne
This Will was proved at London with a Codicil the twenty second day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight before the Right Worshipful Sir George Hay Knight Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of John Savage the said Executor named in the said Will to whom Administration of all and singular the Goods Chattells and Credits of the deceased was granted having been first sworn by Commission duly to Administer.
Notes:
John Savage was buried at Cobham 18 Jul 1778
John Savage, Ba. of Cobham, married Martha Addison, Sp., otp. on 20th November 1747 at St. Martin, Ryarsh.
There are no known children of this marriage. It is not known when or where Martha was buried.
Sixteen years later, he marries again:
John Savage, Widower of Cobham, then married Elizabeth Lance, Sp. of Ash (next Ridley), on 29th
December 1763 at SS Peter & Paul, Ash-next-Ridley. Witnesses were James Lance Junior and John ...?
There are no known children of this marriage, either.
John Savage is probably the son of Georg(e) and Mary Savage of All Saints, West Farleigh, christened
there on 29th March 1723. His siblings: 21 Oct 1718 Richard; 22 Feb 1719 George – both christened at West Farleigh.
George Savage had married Mary Edmeades 10th December 1717 at All Saints, West Farleigh.
Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 26th March 2020. All rights waived for personal use – BUT please quote source and reference.
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