Will of John Savage

of West Farleigh, Kent

And I do nominate constitute and appoint my Brother in Law Hugh Cooper of Rochester in the said County of Kent Yeoman and my good Friend John Charlton of Pimps Court in the Parish of East Farleigh in the said County of Kent Yeoman joint Executors of this my Will and also Guardians of all and every my Children and to have the care of their Estates and to let and set the same and to have the care Custody Maintenance and Education of my said Children until such of them as shell be Sons shall attain the age of twenty one years and such of them as shall be daughters shall attain the said Age or be married which shall first happen

Also I give and bequeath the Use Wear and Enjoyment of all and every my Household Goods and Implements of Household Plate Linnen and China which shall be in upon and about my Dwelling House in West Farleigh unto my dear Wife Sarah Savage until my Sons Richard and George shall severally attain the Age of twenty one years if she shall so long continue my Widow sole and unmarried

And from and immediately after my said Sons Richard and George shall have attained their said age or respective ages of twenty one years or in case of the death of my said Wife or her second Marriage which shall first happen I give and bequeath the same Household Goods and Implements of Household Plate Linnen and China unto my said Sons Richard Savage and George Savage equally to be divided between them share and share alike and if either of them my said Sons shall happen to die under the Age of twenty one years then the part or share of him so dying shall go to the Survivor of them

And my Will is and I do order and direct that as soon as conveniently may be after my decease my Executors hereinafter named do cause a perfect true and exact Schedule or Inventory to be made and taken of all the said Household Goods Books Pictures and Furniture which are in my said Dwelling House at West Farleigh aforesaid and that my said Wife shall at or before the time of taking possession thereof give a Receipt for the same at the foot of the said Invenory and deliver the same to my said Executors for the benefit of my said Sons Richard Savage and George Savage within forty days next after my decease

And I give and bequeath unto my said Wife the Use Benefit and Interest of all and every my horses and of the stock cattle Hoppoles Husbandry Tackle and other Effects of and belonging to the Tythes Farm and Lands that I now use and Occupy at West Farleigh aforesaid for during and until my said Sons Richard and George shall have attained their said Age or respective Ages of twenty one years if she shall so long continue my widow sole and unmarried

And from and immediately after my said Sons Richard and George shall have attained their said Age or respective Ages of twenty one years or in case of the death of my said Wife or her second marriage which shall first happen I give and bequeath the same stock cattle Hoppoles Husbandry Tackle and other Effects of the said Tythes Farm and Lands unto my said Sons Richard Savage and George Savage to be equally divided between them share and share alike and if either of them my said Sons shall happen to die under the age of twenty one Years then the part or share of him so dying shall go and be paid unto the Survivor of them

And for ascertaining the said Stock Husbandry Tackle and Effects of my said Tythes Farm and Lands the Interest and benefit whereof is given to my said Wife in manner aforesaid and the Value whereof I do order and direct thereof as soon as conveniently may be after my decease a true and perfect Inventory and Appraisement shall be made and taken of the said Horses and of the Stock Cattle Husbandry Tackle and Effects of and belonging to my said Tythe Farm and Lands at West Farleigh at the time of my decease by two skilful Men one to be named and chosen by my said Wife and the other by my said Executors And my Will is that my said Wife shall give a Receipt or Acknowledgement under her Hand at the Foot of such Inventory or Appraisement or a true Copy thereof and deliver the same to me said Executors for the benefit of my said Sons within forty days next after my decease

And my further Will is that the Representatives of my said Wife shall at her decease and that she my said Wife shall at such second Marriage be accountable to my said Sons or the Survivors or Survivor of them or the Executors or Administrators of such Survivor for the Value of such Horses Stock and Effects according to the said Inventory and Appraisement

Also I give and bequeath the Parsonage of West Farleigh aforesaid and the Houses and Buildings Lands Tythes Hereditaments and Premises thereunto belonging and the Lease under which I hold the same from the Dean and Chapter of Rochester in the said County of Kent and all my renewable and other Estate Right Title Interest and Term of Years to come of in and to the same unto my said Executors the said Hugh Cooper and John Charlton their Executors Administrators and Assigns
Upon Trust that my said Trustees and Executors and the Survivor of them his Executors and Administrators shall and do permit and suffer my said Wife Sarah Savage to receive and take the Rents and Profits thereof for during and until my said Sons Richard and George shall have attained their said Age of or respective Ages of twenty one years if she shall so long continue my widow sole and unmarried

And immediately from and after my said Sons Richard and George shall have attained their said Age or respective Ages of twenty one Years or in case of the death of my said Wife or her second Marriage which shall first happen Upon Trust that my said Trustees and Executors shall and do as soon as conveniently may be assign and transfer the said Lease and Leasehold Premises unto my said Sons Richard Savage and George Savage at such time as my said Sons shall respectively attain their Age or respective Ages of twenty one Years to be equally divided between them share and share alike And if either of them my said Sons shall happen to die under the Age of twenty one Years then the part or share of him so dying shall go unto the Survivor of them

and my Will is and I do order and direct that the said Lease from the said Dean and Chapter when and as the same shall become in course? of Renewal and can and may be renewed upon reasonable and equitable terms shall be renewed with the said Dean and Chapter in the Names of them the said Hugh Cooper and John Charlton their Executors or Administrators upon the Trusts and for the Purposes aforesaid and the Fines Charges and Expences of such Renewal shall be raised born and paid out of the Rents Issues and Profits of the said Leasehold Premises

Also as to all and every my Household Goods and Implements of Household Plate Linnen China and all and every my Horses Husbandry Tackle and Stock on the several Farms and Lands which I now use and occupy at Cobham in the County of Kent I give and bequeath the same unto my Son John Savage his Executors and Administrators upon this express Condition nevertheless that he my said Son John Savage do and shall on my said Son Richard attaining the age of twenty one Years place him in some part of the said John Savage’s Business or otherwise for the advancement of my said Son Richard

but in case my said Son John shall refuse or neglect to place his Brother in any part of his said Business or otherwise for his advancement as aforesaid Then my mind and Will is and I do hereby give and bequeath all and every my Household Goods and Implements of Household Plate Linnen and China and all and every my Horses Husbandry Tackle and Stock on my said Farms and Lands at Cobham unto the said Hugh Cooper and John Charlton their Executors and Administrators Upon Trust that they my said Trustees and the Survivor of them his Executors and Administrators shall and do as soon as conveniently may be after my decease sell and convert the same into ready Money and shall and do pay apply transfer and set over unto my said Son John one equal half part of the Monies arising from such Sale of my said Household Goods and Stock at Cobham upon some clear or Consolidated Securities or Parliamentary Funds at Interest and shall and do pay apply and dispose of the Interest Dividends and produce thereof for and towards the Maintenance Education and bringing up of my three Sons Richard Savage George Savage and William Watson Savage until such time that my said Sons Richard and George shall have attained their said Age or respective Ages of twenty one Years at which time I do hereby direct my said Trustees and Executors and the Survivor of them to pay assign and transfer the said Trust Monies and all Interest due for the same and unapplied for their Maintenance and Education unto my said three Sons Richard Savage George Savage and William Watson Savage their respective Executors and Administrators

And in case any one or more of my said Sons shall happen to die under the said age * of twenty one years then the share or shares of him or them so dying I do order and direct should go and be paid unto and amongst the Survivors and Survivor of them my said Sons at such time or times as his or their share or shares shall become payable
* Richard was buried 16th Oct. 1815 aged 37; George was buried 7 May 1820 aged 40 and William Watson 28th May 1819 aged 33 – all at All Saints, West Farleigh.

Also I give and bequeath to the said Hugh Coper and John Charlton their Executors and Administrators so much and such a Sum of Money as will be sufficient to purchase one Thousand two hundred and fifty pounds stock in the four per cent Consolidated Bank Annuities and do and shall stand possessed thereof Upon Trust to pay the Annual Interest Dividends and proceeds thereof unto my said Wife Sarah or permit and suffer her or them to have take and receive the same to and for her and their own use and benefit during her life if she shall so long continue my Widow sole and unmarried

And from and after the decease of my said Wife Sarah or her second Marriage which shall first happen the Upon Trust that they my said Executors or Administrators shall and do pay and dispose of the Interest Dividends and Proceed thereof for and towards the Maintenance Education and bringing up of my four daughters Eleanor Savage Sarah Savage Mary Savage and Rebecca Savage until such time as they my said daughters shall respectively attain their respective ages of twenty one years or day of Marriage which shall first happen

And Upon this further Trust that they my said Trustees and Executors and the Survivor of them shall and do pay assign and transfer the said One Thousand two hundred and fifty pounds Stock and the Stock Funds and Securities in or upon which the same shall then be placed out and invested (in) and the Interest dividends and proceeds then due thereon unto all and every my said my four daughters Eleanor Savage Sarah Savage Mary Savage and Rebecca Savage at their several and respective Ages of twenty one Years or day or days of Marriage which shall first happen

And in case any one or more of my said daughters shall happen to die unmarried under the said Age of twenty one Years then I order and direct the share or shares of her or them so dying shall go and be paid unto and equally amongst the Survivors or Survivor of them my said daughters at such time or times as her or their own original share or shares shall become payable

And as to all the rest residue and remainder of my Goods Chattels Monies Securities for Money and Personal Estate whatsoever wheresoever and of what nature or kind soever not hereinbefore otherwise disposed of I give and bequeath the same and every part thereof and all my Estate and Interest thereby unto the said Hugh Cooper and John Charlton their Executors and Administrators
Upon Trust that they my said Trustees and the survivor of them his Executors and Administrators shall and do as soon as conveniently may be after my decease Sell and convert into ready Money all such part or parts thereof as shall not consist of Money or Securities for Money and shall and do call receive and get in all such parts thereof as shall consist of Money or Securities for Money and shall and do thereupon or with all convenient speed then afterwards put and place our the Money arising by such Sales or Sale and to be called or received an got in as aforesaid upon Real or Government Securities or Parliamentary Funds at Interest
And from time to time to call and receive in the Money so lent or placed out and again to lend and place out the same on other Securities of the same or like nature as often as there shall be occasion and they or the Survivor of them his Executors and Administrators shall and do pay apply and dispose of the Interest Dividends and Proceed of the said Trust Money for and towards the Maintenance Education and bringing up of my said children Richard Savage George Savage William Watson Savage Eleanor Savage Sarah Savage Mary Savage and Rebecca Savage until such time as they my said Sons shall severally attain their respective ages of twenty one years and my daughters their respective ages of twenty one years or days of Marriage which shall first happen

And Upon this further Trust that they my said Trustees and the Survivor of them shall and do pay assign and transfer the said Trust Money and all Interest due for the same and unapplied for the Maintenance and Education of my said Sons and Daughters respectively unto all and every my said three Sons Richard Savage George Savage and William Watson Savage and my said four daughters Eleanor Savage Sarah Savage Mary Savage and Rebecca Savage my said Sons shares to be payable at twenty one (years) and my daughters at twenty one (years) or Day of Marriage which shall first happen

And in case any one of my said seven children shall happen to die being Sons before twenty one or being daughters before twenty one or days of Marriage then the share or shares of him her or them so dying I do order and direct shall go and be paid unto and equally amongst the Survivors and Survivor of them my said seven children at such time or times as his her or their Original Share or Shares shall become payable

Also I give and devise all and every my Messuage Lands Tenements Hereditaments and Real Estate and parts and shares of Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments and Real Estate situate lying and being in Wateringbury in the said County of Kent unto my said Wife Sarah and her assigns for and during the term of her natural life and from and after her decease I give and devise the same unto my said four Daughters Eleanor Savage Sarah Savage Mary Savage and Rebecca Savage and their Heirs and Assigns for ever And they to take as Tenants in Common and not as Joint Tenants

And my further Will is that my said Trustees and Executors or either of them their or any of their Executors or Administrators shall not be charged or chargeable with or accountable for any more of the said Trust Estate Monies and Premises than they respectively shall actually receive or shall come to their respective Hands by Virtue of this my Will nor with or for any Loss which shall or may happen of the same Estates Monies and Premises or any part thereof so as such Loss happen(s) without their wilful defaults nor one of them for the other of them or for the Acts Deeds Receipts or Disbursements of the other of them but each of them only for his own Acts Deeds Receipts and Disbursements

And also that it shall and may be Lawful to and for my said Trustees and each of them their and each of their Executors and Administrators in the first place by and out of the said Trust Monies and Premisses to deduct and reimburse himself and themselves respectively all such Loss Costs Charges and Expences as his they or any of them shall or may respectively happen to have sustain expend or be put unto or by reasons of the Trusts aforesaid or the Management and Exceptions thereof or any other thing in any wise relating thereto
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 eight sheets of Paper set my Hand and Seal to wit my Hand to the bottom of the seven first sheets and my Hand and Seal to this eighth and last Sheet the day and year first above written
John Savage

Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the said 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
John Normington - Richard Groombridge - Stephen Lamprey

This is a Codicil to the last Will and Testament of me John Savage of West Farleigh in the County of Kent Yeoman which I duly made and executed bearing date on or about the twentieth day of July which was in the Year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred and ninety one and which desire may be accepted and taken as part thereof

Whereas I have in and by my said Will amongst other things given and devised all and every my Messuages Lands Tenements Hereditaments and Real Estate lying and being in Wateringbury in the said County of Kent unto my Wife Sarah and her Assigns for her life and after her decease then unto my four daughters Eleanor Savage Sarah Savage Mary Savage and Rebecca Savage in manner therein mentioned
And whereas I have since the making and executing of my said Will sold and disposed of all my said Estates in Wateringbury aforesaid so given and devised as foresaid and the Fee Simple and Inheritance thereof
I do hereby revoke and make void the said devise

And whereas I have also since the making and executing of my said Will purchased to or In Trust for me and my heirs of and from John Patterden and Sarah his Wife the Fee Simple and Inheritance of a certain Messuage or Tenement and Hereditaments situated standing lying and being in Teston in the said County of Kent and now in the Occupation of the said John Pattenden and have also purchased of and from William Luck and his Trustee the Fee Simple and Inheritance of and in one fourth part or share (the whole into four equal parts or shares being divided or considered as divided) of and in a certain Manor or Farm and the Messuages or Tenements Lands Hereditaments and Premises therewith used and belonging called Hartridge situate standing lying and being in the Parish of Marden in the said County of Kent the other three full divided fourth parts or share of the said Manor Farm and Premises being before the making and executing of my said Will in my Possession

And by a certain Indenture of Release and Settlement of three parts bearing date on or about the nineteenth day of July which was in the said Year one Thousand seven hundred and ninety one and made or mentioned to be made between me the said John Savage and Sarah my Wife of the first part me the said John Savage and Edward Charlton of West Farleigh aforesaid Yeoman of the second part and Hugh Cooper of Rochester in the said County of Kent Yeoman and John Charlton of Pimps Court in the Parish of East Farleigh in the said County of Kent Yeoman of the third part are and stand conveyed limited settled and assured unto the said Hugh Cooper and John Charlton and their Heirs to and for the several Uses Trusts Ends Interest and Purposes therein particularly mentioned limitted and expressed concerning the same

Now I the said John Savage do by this Codicil to my said last Will and Testament give and devise the said Messuage or Tenement and Hereditaments with the Appurtenances situate standing lying and being in Teston aforesaid and so by me purchased of the said John Pattenden and Sarah his Wife as aforesaid unto my dear Wife Sarah Savage and her Assigns for and during the term of her natural life and from and immediately after her decease I give and devise the same unto my four Daughters Eleanor Savage Sarah Savage Mary Savage and Rebecca Savage their Heirs and Assigns for ever And they to take as Tenants in Common and not as Joint Tenants

Also I give and devise the said one fourth part (the whole into four equal parts being or considered as divided as aforesaid) of and in the said Manor or Farm Messuages or Tenements Hereditaments and Premises called Hartridge situate standing lying and being in Marden aforesaid and so by me purchased of and from the said William Luck and his Trustee since the making and executing of my said Will as aforesaid unto the said Hugh Cooper and John Charlton my Trustees named and appointed in and by the said Indenture of Release and Settlement of the nineteenth day of July one Thousand seven hundred and ninety one And also my Trustees and Executors under my said Will and their Heirs
To hold the same unto the said Hugh Cooper and John Charlton and their Heirs to the same uses upon the same Trusts and for the same Ends Intents and Purposes and with under and subject to the same Powers Provisos Restrictions and Limitations as are mentioned expressed declared and contained in the said Indenture of Release and Settlement of the nineteenth day of July on Thousand seven hundred and ninety one of and concerning the three full individual fourth part of the said Manor Farm Messuages or Tenements Hereditaments and Premises called Hartridge situate in Marden aforesaid and to or for no other Use Trust End Interest or Purpose whatsoever

And lastly I do hereby ratify and confirm my said Will in all other respects
In Witness whereof I the said John Savage to this my Codicil contained in two Sheets of Paper have set my Hand and Seal to wit my Hand at the bottom of the first Sheet and my Hand and Seal to this second and last Sheet this fifteenth day of February in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety four
John Savage

Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the said 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
John Normington - Thos. Segwick - Geo. Burr

This Will was proved at London with a Codicil the eighth day of November in the Year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred and ninety four before the Worshipful Thomas Champion de Crespigny Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Honourable Sir William Wynne Knight Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oaths of Hugh Cooper and John Charlton the Executors named in the said Will to whom Administration was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the deceased they having been first sworn duly to administer

Notes:
John Savage was buried at West Farleigh 6 Apr 1794
John Savage, otp., married Sarah Watson of Wateringbury on 11th October 1771 by Licence. Witnesses were Thomas Luck and Mary Watson.
John had 3 children by “Sarah” as written in the parish register:
8 Oct 1773 John; 4 Aug 1775 Eleanor; 30 Oct 1776 Sarah - all christened at West Farleigh.
Their children continue, now of John and “Mary” Savage:
24 Jul 1778 George and Richard; 20 Oct 1780 Mary; 14 Nov 1783 Rebeccah; 5th August 1785 William Watson - all christened at West Farleigh.
John Savage was christened 18th March 1736, s. of Richard and Elizabeth Savage, at West Farleigh. His known sibling: 14 Apr 1725 Catherine.
Eleanor Savage married Richard Kennard of East Farleigh on 29th Jan. 1798 at West Farleigh. Witnesses were Sarah Savage and Mary Kennard
Mary Savage, Sp., otp., married Henry Luck of Wateringbury on 25th Aug. 1800 at West Farleigh. Witnesses were: William Luck, Martha Luck and Sarah Savage
Sarah Savage, Sp., otp., married Richard Jell, Ba. of Shorne on 12th April 1802 at St. Mary Magdalene, Cobham. Witnesses were: Rebecca Savage and Richard Savage
Rebecca Savage, otp., married William White of Low Layton, Essex on 2nd Apr 1810 at West Farleigh. Witnesses were John Savage and Mary Shearman
Son Richard Savage, Ba., otp., married Jane Fenner, Sp., otp. on 14th Jan. 1806 at St. Mary Magdalene, Cobham. Witnesses were Rebecca Savage and Sophia Fenner.
Son William Watson Savage and Frances Iggulden, both otp., were married at St. Michael and All Angels, Marden on 26th Feb. 1814, with consent of parents. Witnesses were Susan Bowlden and William Harris.
See will of his widow Sarah 1821

Transcribed by Shelagh Mason 23rd March 2020. All rights waived for personal use – BUT please quote source and reference.

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