Imprimis I do order direct and appoint that all my debts Legacies Funerall Expenses and the charges of the Probate of this my Will be first paid
satisfied and discharged
Item I do give and devise unto my loveing Wife Elizabeth Rolph and to her Assignes for and dureing the terme of her naturall life All that
my Messuage or Tenement Barne Stable Orchard parcells of Land and premisses with the appurtenances thereunto belonging Scituate lying and being
on Sennocke Common in the said Parish of Seavenoaks in the said County of Kent now in the Occupation of me the said William Rolph and of Thomas
Whitaker Gent or our Assigns
And I also give and devise unto my said Wife Elizabeth Rolph and to her Assigns as aforesaid All that Toft of Ground whereon a House lately stood
with the Orchard thereunto belonging lyeing in Sennocke Weild in the said Parish of Seavenoakes and by me some time since purchased of my
Kinsman John Taylor
And I further give & devise unto my said Wife Elizabeth Rolph and to her Assignes dureing the Terme of her naturall life as
aforesaid All that my Messuage or Tenement now in two dwellings with the Malt house Barne Stable Yard Orchard & appurtenances thereunto belonging
Scituate lying and being in Otford in the said County of Kent and now in the severall Occupacons of John Verrall and Robert Smith or one of
them
and from and after the decease of my said Wife then as touching and concerning All that Messuage or Tenement Barne Stable Orchard parcells of
Land and premisses with the appurts Scituate and being on Sennocke Common as aforesaid And as for and concerning all that Toft of Ground with the
Orchard thereunto belonging lyeing in Sennocke Weild as aforesaid I do hereby give will and devise the said premisses with the appurtenances unto
my Son in Law James Morris and Mary his Wife (being one of my daughters) for and during the Terme of their two naturall Lives and the life
of the longest Liver of them
And from and after the decease of the Survivor of them the said John Morris and Mary his Wife Then I give and devise the same Messuage Lands and
premisses with the appurtenances lying and being in the said Parish of Sennocke unto the heires of the Body of my said Daughter Mary Morris and to
their Assignes for ever
And for default of such Issue Then I give and devise the same Messuage Lands and premisses with the appurtenances unto my loveing daughter
Elizabeth Atkinson Widow for and during the Term of her naturall Life the Remainder to her Son James Atkinson and the heires of his
Body for ever
And in default of such Issue then I give and devise the same Messuage Lands and premisses unto my Son Peregrine Rolph and to his heires and
Assigns for ever
And as for touching or concerning All that my Messuage or Tenement Barne Stable Yard Orchard and appurtenances thereunto belonging Scituate &
being in Otford aforesaid after my said Wife’s decease I do give and devise the same premisses with their appurtenances unto my said
daughter Elizabeth Atkinson for and dureing the Terme of her naturall Life
and from and after after decease Then I give and devise the same premisses in Otford to her Son Samuel Atkinson and to the heires of his
Body for ever
And in default of such heires of his Body then the Remainder to my said daughter Mary Morris for her naturall Life And after her
decease then to the heires of her Body lawfully begotten or to be begotten
and for want of such Issue then to my said Son Peregrine Rolph and to his heires and Assignes for ever
Provided always nevertheless And my Further Will and meaning is And I do hereby will order and direct that from and after the decease of the
Survivor of them the said John Morris and Mary his Wife That such Person or Persons to whom the Revertian and Inheritance of the said Messuage
Lands and premisses with the appurtenances lying and being in the said Parish of Sennocke shall then Descend and come to shall and do well and
truly pay or cause to be paid unto my Grandaughter Mary Morris the Sume of Fifty pounds of lawfull money within six months
next after the decease of the Survivor of them the sd John Morris and Mary his said Wife
And I do hereby make the same premises lyable to and chargeable with the payment of the said Sume of Fifty pounds to my said Grandaughter Mary
Morris accordingly
And Whereas my foresaid Messuage and Lands in the Parish of Sennocke And also my foresaid Messuage or Tenement now in two dwellings with the Malt house Orchard and appurtenances in the Parish of Otford do now stand oblidged and Mortgaged to Thomas Streatfeild at the Parish of Sennocke for the payment of One hundred pounds my Will & appointment is And I do hold it Equitable that my Son Peregrine Rolph (in as much as he has had the greatest part of the said money) do pay one half thereof and my Son in Law John Morris the other half
All the rest of my money goods dues, Chattells, and personall Estate I give to my loveing Wife Elizabeth to enable her to pay my debts and Funerall charges and the rest to her disposal
In Witness whereof I have Sett my hand and Seale to this my Will written on two Sheets of Paper hereby revoking all former Wills the day and year
above written: Wm Relph
Signed Sealed and declared by the said William Rolph to be his last Will and Testament in presence of us who have Sett our hands in the Presence
of the Testator and of each other after the interlineing of those words [the heirs of his body] in the fifth line of the Second Sheet and of
these words [and in default of such heires of his body then] in the Eleventh line of the same sheet.
Wm Wall ll? : Hugh Owen = Richard Adams = George Lake
23 October 1725 Administration (in Latin) granted to Elizabeth Rolph, the Widow and Relict and residuary legatee as no executor was named in the Will.
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