Rigden Will 1794

Will of Elizabeth Rigden

of Woodnesborough, Kent


Source: Prerogative Court of Canterbury Prob11/1251
Submitted by Ros Dunning
This is the last Will and Testament of me Elizabeth Rigden of the Parish of Woodnesborough otherwise Winsborow in the County of Kent Widow I being of sound Mind and Memory

First I Give and Bequeath unto my Niece Elizabeth Griggs the Sum of Fifty Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid her by my Executor hereinafter named within twelve Months next after my Decease

all the Rest and Residue of my Personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever and also all and every my Messuages or Tenements Lands Heredits and Real Estate whatsoever and wheresoever I Give Devise and Bequeath unto my Nephew John Jeffery of the Parish of Goodnestone next Wingham in the said County of Kent Gentleman and to his Heirs Executors Admors and Assigns for ever
he and they paying out thereof unto his Mother Jane Jeffery the Sum of ten Pounds yearly and every year during the Term of her natural Life

And I do constitute and appoint the said John Jeffery sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament and hereby revoke all former Wills by me made

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this Fourth Day of October in the thirty first year of the Reign of King George the third over Great Britain and so forth and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety one Eliz: Rigden
(Attestation Clause)
William Baker _ Robert Austen _ W Philpott

Proved at London 22 October 1794


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