Imprimis I will that all my Debts and Funeral Charges shall be first paid and discharged
Item I give devise and bequeath to my Brother Thomas Pemble all that my Rectory
or Parsonage impropriate of Cobham aforesaid and all the Tythe Glebe Lands to the
said Rectory or Parsonage belonging or appurtaining and now in the possession of Michael Comport
and all that Advowson or Right of Presentation to the Vicaridge of the Parish Church of Cobham aforesaid
and all that my Stone House or Tenement and Lands thereunto belonging in Cobham aforesaid and now in my own possession
and adjoining to the Church Yard there and also all that my House or Tenement
known by the Name of the Sign of the Ship Ale House and Lands thereunto
belonging with the Appurtenances in Cobham aforesaid and now in the possession of
John Ruck Victualler and also all that my House or Tenement adjoining to the
Ship Alehouse aforesaid with the Lands and Appurtenances thereunto belonging and
now in the possession of Thomas Baker Wheel Wright and also all those my two
Messuages or Tenements in Cobham aforesaid and of them being lately in the
possession of William Laurence alias Wise but now in my own possession and the
other in the possession of Richard Gransden Carpenter together with the Lands
and appurtenances to the said two Houses belonging and also all that my Messuage
or Tenement in Clive alias Cliff in the said County of Kent with the Lands thereunto
belonging with the Appurtenances and now in the possession of [blank] Baker
Shop Keeper and also all that my Messuage or Tenement with the Lands and
Appurtenances thereunto belonging or appurtaining in High Halsto in the said
County of Kent and now in the possession of John Saunders Husbandman
To have and to hold to my said Brother Thomas Pemble and his Assigns for and during the Term of his natural life
and from and after his decease then to the first Son of the Body of my said Brother Thomas Pemble lawfully begotten or to be begotten and of the Heirs male of the Body of such first Son lawfully issuing and in default of such Issue then to the second third fourth and all and every other Son and Sons of the Body of my said Brother Thomas Pemble lawfully issuing severally successively and in Remainder one after another as they shall be in Seniority of Birth and Seniority of Age of the several and respective Heirs male of the Body and Bodyes of such Son and Sons issuing the older of them and the Heirs male of his Body issuing being always to be preferred before the younger of them and the Heirs male of his Body issuing
and from and after the decease of such Issue male or in default of such Issue male then to the use and Behoof of my Sister Katherine Masters now Wife of George Masters of Meopham in the said County of Kent and her Assigns for and during the Term of her natural life and from and after her decease then to the Heirs male of her Body lawfully begotten or to be begotten by her said husband George Masters aforesaid and in default of such Issue then to my Right Heirs for ever
but I will order and direct that if my said Brother Thomas Pemble shall have no Sons capable of being presented to the Vicaridge of the said parish Church of Cobham when and as often as it shall become vacant that then the son of my Cousin James Pemble of Greenwich in the said County of Kent Surgeon shall be preferred to the said Vicaridge as shall be capable of taking it before any other person whatsoever
and Whereas I am intityled to the Revertion in Fee of and in several Messuages
Lands and Premisses in Clive alias Cliff aforesaid I give devise and bequeath the
same to my said Sister Katherine Masters Wife of George Masters aforesaid To
have and to hold to her the said Katherine Masters and her Assigns for and during
the Term of her natural life and from and after her decease I give devise and
bequeath the same to the Heirs male of her body lawfully begotten or to be begotten
by her said Husband George Masters
and in default of such Issue male then to my aforesaid Cousen James Pemble of Greenwich aforesaid
for and during the Term of his natural life and from and after his decease
that then the Rents or Profitts arising yearly out of the said Estates shall be equally
divided amongst the Sons of my said Cousin James Pemble lawfully begotten or to
be begotten and in default of such Issue make then to my Right Heirs for ever
and Whereas I am intityled to the Revertion in Fee expectant on the death of my Sister Elizabeth Comport now wife of Michael Comport of Cobham in the said County of Kent in all them two Messuages with the Lands and Appurtenances belonging thereto situate in the said parish of Cobham now in the possession of Robert Gunnings and Mark Evans and also of and in another Messuage or Tenement with the Lands and Appurtenances thereto belonging situate lying or being at Upnor in the parish of Frinsbury in the said County of Kent and now or lately in the possession of [blank] Johnson I give devise and bequeath the same to be divided equally Share and Share alike amongst the Children lawfully begotten or to be begotten on the Body of my said Sister Elizabeth Comport to hold to them the said Children their Heirs and Assigns for ever
Item I give and bequeath to my said Sister Elizabeth Comport the Sum of three hundred pounds
Item I give and bequeath to each and every of the Daughters of my said Sister Katherine Masters lawfully issuing or begotten by her
said husband George Masters the full Sum of Three hundred pounds apiece to be paid them by my Executrix hereinafter named when they shall
arrive at the age of twenty one Years or at the day of Marriage if it be with my Executrixes consent and Approbation
Item I give and bequeath to my Nephew Edward Wise the sum of Fifty pounds over and above what was left him by the last Will and
Testament of my late Father William Pemble to be paid him at the age of twenty five Years with lawful Interest
for the same or sooner if my Executrix shall think fit
Item I give and bequeath to my Niece Elizabeth Hayes Wife of John Hayes of Gravesend the Sum off Fifty pounds
Item I give and bequeath to my Cousin James Pemble of Greenwich in the County of Kent the Sum of One hundred pounds and to each and
every of his Children lawfully begotten Fifty pounds apiece to be paid them by my Executrix when they shall arrive at the age of
twenty one Years
Item I give and bequeath to my House Keeper Mildred Lamb the sum of Fifty pounds
and do will and order that if my personal Estate should not be sufficient to pay the aforesaid Legacyes that all and every part of
my Reall Estate shall be subject thereto
all the Rest Residue and Remainder of my personal Estate of what Nature and kind soever and wheresoever I give and bequeath to my said
Sister Katherine Masters
and I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said sister Katherine Masters full and sole Executrix of this my last Will and
Testament hereby revoking all other Wills by me heretofore made
In Witness whereof I have to this my Will contained in one Sheet and this part of a
Sheet put my Seal at the Top where they are fixed together and at the bottom of the
first Sheet and at the latter such of this Sheet put my hand and Seal this ninth day of
December in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and twenty nine.
Will. Pemble.
Signed Sealed published and declared by the said William Pemble the Testator for and as his last Will and Testament in the presence of
us who in his presence and in the presence of each other at his Request have subscribed our Names
and Witnesses hereto the Words together with the Lands and Appurtenances to the
said two Houses belonging being first interlined in the first Sheet
Jonathan Rogers Robert Dykes Mary Cave Austin Fryars Gate
[Latin:] This will was proved at London on the thirteenth day of the Month of January in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and twenty nine before the Honourable Man Johannes Andrew Doctor of Laws surrogate of the venerable and distinguished man Johannes Bettesworth Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by oath of Catherine Masters (wife of George Masters Sister and Executrix named in the said Will to whom administration was granted of all and singular the Goods Rights and Credits of the said deceased sworn on the Holy Gospel of God to well and faithfully administer the same.)
Rev. William Pemble was ordained in 1717 and became vicar of St Mary Magdalene, Cobham and St Mary Magdalene, Gillingham.
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