Will of William Sladden

of Herne, Kent

Also I give and bequeath unto my Brother in Law Nicholas Cloke of the City of Canterbury Yeoman and Robert Colegate of the Parish of Hearne aforesaid Hoyman their Executors and Administrators two thousand and one hundred pounds Capital Stock in the five Per Cent Annuities in the Bank of England Upon Trust that they the said Nicholas Cloke and Robert Coleman and the Survivor of them and the Executors or Administrators of such Survivor shall and do pay and apply or otherwise permit or suffer my loving Wife Ann Sladden and her Assigns to receive and take the Yearly Interest Dividends and Proceeds of the said two thousand and one hundred pounds Capital stock from time to time as the same shall become due and payable by equal half yearly payments unto her my said Wife and her assigns to and for her own use and benefit during her natural life

And from and immediately after her decease then Upon Trust that they my said Trustees and the Survivor of them and the Executors or Administrators of such Survivor shall and do pay and assign and transfer the said Capital Stock and Trust Premises unto Elizabeth Sladden Sarah Sladden Ann Sladden Mary Sladden Margaret Sladden Harriet Sladden and William Sladden (Children of my natural Son William Sladden of the Parish of Adisham in the said County of Kent Yeoman) equally to be dived between them share and share alike and unto the Survivors and Survivor of such Children
In case any one or more of them shall happen to dye in my lifetime or in the lifetime of my said Wife equally to be divided between such Survivors (if more than one) share and share alike and to be paid Assigned and transferred unto such Children respectively when and as they shall respectively attain the age of twenty one years

And my will and mind is that in case I shall not die possessed of so much Capital Stock as aforesaid or of any Capital Stock in the said five Per Cent Annuities my Executors hereinafter named shall forthwith after my decease lay out and invest from my Personal Estate so much Money as shall be sufficient to purchase and make up the said two thousand and one hundred pounds Stock in the said Annuities in the names of them my said Trustees or the Survivor of them or the Executors or Administrators of such Survivor Upon the Trusts aforesaid

And my further Will and mind is that in case any one or more of the said Children shall be under the age of one and twenty years at the time of the decease of my said Wife my said Trustees or the Survivor of them or the Executors or Administrators of such Survivor shall and may at their or his own discretion either pay and apply the respective part or share of such Children of and in the Yearly Interest Dividends and Proceeds of the said Capital Stock and trust premises for and towards their respective Maintenance and Education during their respective Minorities or otherwise lay out and invest the same in the Purchase of Capital Stock in the same Annuities for the use and benefit of such Children respectively until they shall respectively attain the said age

Also I give and bequeath all and every my Household Goods and Furniture Plate Linen China and Implements of Household that I shall be possessed of at the time of my decease unto my said Wife for her use and benefit during her natural life
and from and immediately after her decease I give and bequeath the same unto my said Natural Son William Sladden his Executors and Administrators
But in case my said Son William Sladden shall happen to die in my life time or after my decease in the life time of my said Wife then from and immediately after her decease I give and bequeath the said Household Goods and Furniture Plate Linen China and Implements of Household unto and between the Children of him my said Son which shall then be living equally to be divided between them (if more than one) share and share alike and their several and respective Executors and Administrators

Also I give and devise all those my several Messuages Lands Tenements and Heredits. [Hereditaments] situate lying and being in the several Parishes of Hearne aforesaid and Aldington in the said County of Kent and elsewhere of or to which I shall be seized or entitled at the time of my decease unto my said Son William Sladden his Heirs and Assigns for ever to and for his and their own use and benefit but in case my said Son William Sladden shall happen to die in my lifetime then I give and devise the same and every part thereof unto the Children of him my said Son which shall be living at the time of my decease equally to be divided between them (if more than one) share and share alike and their several and respective Heirs and Assigns for ever to and for their own use and benefit respectively and in default of such Issue or in case all such Children shall afterward die under the age of twenty one years without Issue then unto my own right Heirs

Also I give and bequeath unto the said Nicholas Cloke and Robert Coleman the Sum of Twenty pounds * apiece of lawful Money of Great Britain for their care and trouble in the Execution of this mu Will and the Trusts hereby in them reposed * about £840 in 2019 prices [Bank of England Inflation Calculator]

And all the rest residue and remainder of my Personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever and of what nature or kind soever that I shall be possessed of at the time of my decease (after the payment of all my Just Debts Legacies and Funeral Expences) I give and bequeath unto my said Son William Sladden his Executors Administrators and Assigns to and for his and their own use and benefit
but in case my said Son William Sladden shall happen to dye in my lifetime then I give and bequeath the same and every part thereof unto and between the Children of him my said Son which shall be living at the time of my decease equally to be divided between them (if more than one) share and share alike and their several and respective Executors or Administrators

And my will and mind is and I do hereby order direct and declare that my said Trustees or either of them their or either of their Executors or Admors. [Administrators] shall not be charged or chargeable with or accountable for any more of the aforesaid trust 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 may happen of the same Trust Monies and Premises or any part thereof so as such loss happens without their Wilful default nor any one of them for the other or others of them or for the acts deed receipts or disbursements neglects or defaults of each other but each of them for himself only and for his own Acts deeds receipts and disbursements neglects and defaults

And also that it shall be lawful for them my said Trustees respectively and their respective Executors and Administrators in the first place by and out of the said Trust Premises to deduct and reimburse themselves respectively all such loss Costs Charges Damages and Expences as they shall respectively sustain or be put unto for or by reason of the Trusts aforesaid or the management and Execution thereof or otherwise relating thereunto

And lastly I do hereby Constitute and Appoint my said Son William Sladden and the said Nicholas Cloke and Robert Colegate the Joint Executors of this my Will hereby revoking all former Wills and Testamentary Papers whatsoever by me at any time heretofore made

In Witness whereof I the said William Sladden the Testator have to the two first sheets of this my last Will and Testament (in three sheets of paper contained) set my hand and to this third and last sheet thereof my hand and seal the day and year first before written
Wm. Sladden

Signed sealed published and declared by the said William Sladden the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses
John Hodges of Canterbury - Wm. Wodsworth - George Lawrence his Clerk

This Will was proved at London the twenty fourth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and one before the Right Honorable Sir William Wynne Knight Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oaths of William Sladden the Son of the deceased Nicholas Cloke and Robert Colegate the Executors named in the said Will to whom Administration was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased having been first sworn by Common. [Commission] duly to Administer. Exd.

Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh Mason, 25th May 2020

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