Also I give ... unto my infant child Robert the Gold Watch that belonged to my late Wife
to be delivered to him when he attains the age of fifteen years But in case he
dies before that age Then I give...the same watch to my ffriend Mr James
Prince
Also I give to my ffriend Mr Charles Coppard of ffindon in the said
(?) County of Sussex Gentleman my old silver goblet dated 1620... and after
his decease to his brother Thomas Coppard... in remembrance of me and the original owner
Also I give and bequeath..."( text missing in Nat Archives
PCC printout) "my late? beloved wife Mary my brother Thomas my nephew Robert
Avery Webb of ffolkstone aforesaid Gentleman Mark Sandford the Younger of
Walton Farm and the said James Prince the sum of One Hundred Pounds...
Also I give to my Brother John and my niece Mary the daughter of John Webb the
sum of ffifty pounds apiece...
Also I give ...to Mrs Hannah Maycock Widow of William Maycock the sum of ten pounds...
Also I give ... to my servants in respect of their faithful service... to my first man servant
Ingram Spearpoint the use and occupation of ffoord House and the meadow called the
Loos (? Loes, Lees) during the remainder of the...lease of Park and ffoord
ffarms... without paying Rent Taxes or other Impositions for the same In
case he the said Ingram Spearpoint shall long live
the sum of fforty pounds
of like money to John Hayward my Waggoner and the sum of Ten Pounds
apiece...to John White my Thresher at ffoord ffarm and John Atwood and
Edward otherwise S... Hobday my Labourers...
Also I give ... to my said wife Mary one full moiety or half part of and in those my two newbuilt Messuages or Tenements and in all that piece ... of ffreehold arable land or part whereof the said Messuages ... are erected... Greenstreet part of which land was conveyed to me by the Rt Hon the Earl of Radnor and the residue thereof I purchased of Mr Thomas Valyer To hold the same for my said wife Mary...for the term of her natural life
Also I give... unto my said brother Thomas the remaining moiety ... for the term of his natural life ...after his decease or Disposition thereof or parting with the same...I give...the said moiety to my said wife Mary ... for the term of her natural life ... and immediately after her decease Then I give the said two Messuages or Tenements Lands and Heredits to all and every my child and children that shall be living at the time of my decease...But in case all such children shall die... then... unto the two children of my brother William Elizabeth and Martha and to the said Robert Avery Webb and my said Niece Mary equally...
I am Tenant under two lease from the said Earl of Radnor of Park and ffoord
ffarms and another ffarm called Broadmead and part of Townsend and Ingles
ffarm...I do give an d devise to my said wife Mary all such Estate Term and
Interest that I ... shall have at the time of my decease in (these)
ffarms...and desire that my or her Trustees hereafter named do assist my
said wife in the due and proper management of the said ffarms...
I give... to my said wife Mary three full fourth parts of all and every my Horses Cows
Bullocks Sheep Cattle Husbandry Utensils and Implements
whatsoever...together with all such Corn Grain Seeds Hay and Straw that
shall be remaining...and all and every my Household ffurniture plate linen
and china (except the said silver goblet) that shall be in my said dwelling
at my decease together with my Gold Watch...all my Rings and Jewels to be
kept by her during her natural life...after her decease or remarriage then I
give ...the same to all and every my said children...
Also I give ... my said
brother Thomas and the said Robert Avery Webb all such Estate Term and
Interest as I my Exors or Admors shall have at the time of my decease in the
said ffarms called Park and ffoord ffarms (the bequest to ... Ingram
Spearpoint... excepted) ... I give... unto my brother Thomas and the said
Robert Avery Webb the remaining one full fourth part of all my ... Horses
Cows Bullocks Sheep Cattle Husbandry Utensils and Implements with the
remaining third part of all such Corn Grain Seeds Hay and Straw that shall
be remaining...
Also I give... unto my said brother Thomas all and every my
Household ffurniture and Effects in the the Houses of Park and ffoord
ffarms...
and ... unto my wife Mary, Robert Avery Webb, James Prince and Mark Sandford All the Rest Residue and Remainder of my Messuages Lands Tenements and Heredits...and all the Rest... of my monies and securities for monies and all other my estate and Effects whatsoever.. to hold all the same unto my said wife Mary Robert Avery Webb James Prince and Mark Sandford...to place out the same on Government or such other good and sufficient Real Securities... the sum of five hundred pounds secured by me to my said wife before our intermarriage and payable to her in case she survives me...I give.. unto my said wife Mary the Annual Sum of Seventy five Pounds... during the term of her natural life
Also I give and and bequeath unto my
said brother Thomas the annual sum of thirty pounds...
unto my niece Elizabeth wife of (blank) Redman of Staple in the County of Kent
Carpenter the Annual Sum of ten pounds...
and ... unto my said wife's niece
Elizabeth (blank) who now lives with me the Annual sum of Twenty
Pounds... until such time as she attains the full age of twenty one years...
I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said wife Mary the
said Robert Avery Webb James Prince and Mark Sandford Exors... my hand and
seal the twenty fifth day of October in the Year of our Loird one Thousand
Seven Hundred and Ninety Eight R. PETMAN Signed Sealed .. in the presence
of us... as witnesses
Wm. Knocker. John Plum. John Kennett.//"
Codicil dated 9th November 1798.
Revoking the bequest to "Mrs Hannah Maycock Widow of William Maycock". Signed
R. PETMAN in the presence of us... as witnesses.
Wm. Knocker. John Ruck."
Proved London "the Twenty sixth day of July in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety Nine ... by the oaths of Mary Petman the Widow Relict of the deceased, Robert Avery Webb, James Prince and Mark Sandford the Younger the Exors named in the will..."
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