Will of Thomas Rammell

of Deal, Kent

First I Give and Devise All and every my Freehold Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments and Real Estate whatsoever and wheresoever with their and every of their Rights Members and Appurtenances Unto my well beloved Wife Elizabeth Rammell and to her Heirs and Assigns for ever

Also I Give and bequeath the sum of One Hundred Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain unto my Sister Elizabeth Rammell, Spinster, to be paid unto by my Executrix hereinafter named within six Calendar months next after my decease if she my said Sister shall be then living but not otherwise

Also I Give and bequeath unto my brother in Law John Isle of Deal aforesaid Tallow Chandler and my Kinsman John Hoile of the Town and Port of Sandwich in the said County Hoyman their Executors and Administrators the Sum of One thousand Pounds of like lawful Money (Upon the trust hereinafter mentioned) to be paid to them by my Executrix hereinafter named within twelve Calendar months next after my decease

Also I Give and bequeath all and singular my Leasehold Messuages Lands and Tenements whatsoever and wheresoever with their and every of their Appurtenances And all the Estate Right Title Interest and Term and terms of Years which I now have or shall or may have in any Leasehold Estate at the time of my decease together with the several Leases thereof which shall be then subsisting
And also all the Rest and Residue of my Goods Chattels Effects Debts due and owing to me Money Securities for money and Personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever and of what kind or nature soever the same may be at the time of my decease (from and after the Payment of all my just Debts the aforesaid two Legacies or Sums of One Hundred Pounds and One thousand Pounds, my Funeral Expences and the Charges of Proving and Executing this my Will unto my said Wife Elizabeth Rammell and to her Executors Administrators and Assigns absolutely to and for her and their own use and Benefit

And I make constitute and appoint my said Wife Elizabeth Rammell full and sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament

And I do hereby Will and declare that the said Sum of One Thousand Pounds hereinbefore by me given and bequeathed to the said John Isle and John Hoile, their Executors and Administrators is so by me given and bequeathed to them Upon Trust that they the said John Isle and John Hoile and the Survivor of them his Executors or Administrators shall and do as soon as conveniently may be after they shall have received the said Sum of One thousand Pounds, place, lay out and invest the same and every part thereof in the Purchase of Stock in the Capital Stock of Four Per cent consolidated Annuities transferable at the Bank of England and shall and do pay all the Dividends Interest and Annual Produce of the said Stock so to be purchased with the said Sum of One thousand Pounds unto my said Wife Elizabeth Rammell and her assigns or otherwise permit and suffer her to receive the same for and during the Term of her Natural Life

And in case my said Wife Elizabeth Rammell shall marry again after my decease then my Mind and Will is that my said Trustees and the Survivor of them his Executors and Administrators shall immediately after the decease of my said Wife transfer and dispose of the Capital Stock so to be Purchased with the said Sum of One thousand Pounds and every part thereof unto such Person and Persons and in such Part shares and proportions manner and form as she my said Wife Elizabeth Rammell notwithstanding her Coverture and whether she shall be sole or married by her last Will and Testament in Writing or any writing purporting to be her last Will and testament to be by her signed sealed and published in the Presence of two or more Credible Witnesses shall direct limit give or appoint the same

And in default thereof then unto and amongst all and every the Children of my said Wife Elizabeth Rammell which shall be living at the time of her decease equally to be divided between them (if more than one) share and share alike his her and their Executors and Administrators

And in case my said Wife Elizabeth Rammell shall leave no Child or Children living at the time of her decease Then my Mind and Will is that my said Trustees and the Survivor of them his Executors and Administrators shall immediately after the decease of my said Wife Elizabeth Rammell assign and transfer the Capital Stock so to be purchased with the said Sum of One thousand Pounds and every part thereof unto my said Sister Elizabeth Rammell to and for her own use and Benefit if she shall be then living
and if she shall happen to be then dead having left one or more Child or Children living at the time of the decease of my said Wife Then unto and amongst all and every the Children of my said Sister Elizabeth Rammell which shall be living at the time of the decease of my said Wife equally to be divided between them (if more than one) share and share alike his her and their Executors and administrators

And in case my said Sister Elizabeth Rammell shall die in the life of my said Wife without leaving any Child or Children living at the time of the decease of my said Wife Then my Mind and Will is that my said Trustees and the Survivor of them his Executors and Administrators shall immediately after the decease of my said Wife without Issue as aforesaid stand Possessed of the capital Stock so to be Purchased with the said Sum of One thousand Pounds and every part thereof In Trust
for all and every the Child and Children of my said Kinsman John Hoile,
the four Daughters of my late Kinsman Edward Hoile deceased (brother of the said John Hoile)
the two Daughters of my late Kinsman Susanna Wyborn deceased, Sister of the said John Hoile
and the two present Sons of my Kinswoman Ann Shrewsbury, the wife of Edward Shrewsbury, before named Ann Bean Spinster
equally to be divided between such of them the said Children of the said John Hoile, the said Daughters of the said Edward Hoile, the said Daughters of the said Susanna Wyborn and the said Sons of the said Ann Shrewsbury as shall happen to be living at the time of the decease of my said Wife Elizabeth Rammell as aforesaid share and share alike and their several and respective Ex[ecut]ors and Administrators

And I direct and will that my said Trustees their Executors and Administrators shall be indemnified and saved harmless in the Execution of the Trusts hereby in them reposed by and out of the Capital Stock so to be purchased with the said Sum of One thousand Pounds as aforesaid And the dividends Interest and Produce thereof And that they shall and may in the first place by and out of the same reimburse and satisfied themselves all such Losses Charges an Damages as they shall sustain suffer or be put unto by reason of the Trust aforesaid or the Management or Execution thereof

And that they shall not by this my Will be chargeable with or accountable for any more Money than they respectively shall actually receive or shall come to their respective Hands by virtue thereof Nor with or for any Loss which shall happen of the same or any par thereof So as such loss happen without their wilful default nor the one of them for the other of them or for the Acts Receipts or Payments the one of the other

And lastly I revoke all former Wills by me made
In Witness Whereof I the said Thomas Rammell have to this my last Will and Testament contained in three sheets of Paper annexed together to the two first sheets thereof set my Hand and to this third and last sheet thereof my Hand and Seal the day and year first above written
Thos. Rammell

Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the said Thomas Rammell as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us Who have hereunto Subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto in his Presence at his request and in the Presence of each other
Jno. May; Benjn. Pilcher; John Cannon

The before Registered Will of Thomas Rammell deceased was proved the Eighteenth day of April 1791 before the Reverend George Pearce, Clerk, Surrogate to the Worshipful Sir William Scott, Knight, Doctor of Laws, Vicar General to his Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of Elizabeth Rammell Widow the Relict and sole Executrix named in the said Will She being first Sworn well and truly to Perform the same.

Notes:
Thomas Rammell, Gent. was buried 15 Feb 1791 at St. Mary the Virgin, Eastry, Kent.
Elizabeth Rammell, Widow from Deal was buried there 20 Feb 1798.
Thomas Rammell, Bachelor married Elizabeth Sole, Spinster, both of this parish on 14 Jul 1767 at St. Leonard, Deal, Kent, by Licence.
- Witnesses were: Jane White; Edward Rammell.

Transcribed by Mrs. Shelagh A. Mason, 31st March 2023

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