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Will detail

Will of Edward Chatfield of Brighton

Date signed: 20 Apr 1813, Probate date: 13 Apr 1816

This is the last Will & Testament of me Edward Chatfield late of Thakeham but now of Brighthelmston in the County of Sussex Gentleman. First I will order and direct that all my just debts funeral and testamentary expences & the charges of proving this my Will should be paid and discharged by my executors hereinafter named out of my personal estate. Also I give & bequeath unto my son in law William Crockford and my daughter Ann his wife the sum of seven hundred pounds of lawful money of Great Britain to be paid to them by my executors within twelve months next after my decease. Also I give and devise unto the said William Crockford and Ann his wife all that freehold messuage or tenement with the yard garden and other privileges & appurts thereto belonging being known & numbered (1) situate and being in Dorset Gardens in Brighthelmston aforesaid late in the occupation of George Edwards and now in my own occupation and which I lately purchased of and from Robert Mott together with the grates and fixtures therein to hold the same unto and to the use of the said William Crockford and Ann his wife their heirs and assigns forever. And I give and bequeath unto the said William Crockford the sum of four hundred pounds of like lawful money to be paid to him by my executor within twelve months next after my decease together with legal interest thereon upon trust that he the said William Crockford his executors admors and shall lay out & invest the same in his or their name or names at interest on Government or real securities with full power to call in sell dispose alter change and vary the same when and as often as he or they shall think proper and shall and do stand possessed of the said monies and the stocks funds or securities wherein or whereon the same shall or may be invested and placed and the dividends interest and annual produce thereof upon further trust that he or they shall and do by and out of the said interest dividends and annual produce pay unto my sister the wife of Richard Longhurst one annuity or yearly sum of ten pounds for and during the term of her natural life for her separate use and not to be subject to the debts or controul of her husband. And I direct the same to be paid by four equal quarterly payments and the first payment thereof to begin and be made on such quarter day as shall first happen next after my decease and subject to the payment of the said annuity. I do hereby declare that the said William Crockford his executors and admors shall stand possessed of all the rest and residue of the said interest dividends and annual produce and also of the said principal sum of four hundred pounds and the securities for the same upon trust either to be paid to the children of him the said William Crockford namely Eleanor Crockford, William Henry Crockford, Emma Catharine Crockford and Eliza Ann Crockford when and as they shall severally attain the age of twenty one years or to be so ever applied for their benefit if the said trustee his executors or admors shall think proper. And in case of the death of any or either of the said children under the said age of twenty one years then I direct that the part or share of the child or children so dying if any which shall then remain or undisposed of shall go and be applied for the benefit of the survivors or survivors of them and in case all the said children shall die under the said age then I direct the said William Crockford his executors and admors to pay and apply the said principal money and the dividends and interest thereof for the benefit of all and every other child or children of him the said William Crockford by the said Ann his wife at the same times and in the same manner as directed concerning the children before named. And in case there shall be no child or children of the said William Crockford by the said Ann his wife who shall live to attain the said age then I will and direct that the said William Crockford and Ann his wife shall have and retain the said principal money & interest or such part thereof as shall then remain unapplied to and for their own use and benefit and for the survivor of them his or her executors admors or assigns. Also I give and bequeath unto my son John Chatfield the sum of three hundred pounds to be retained by him out of my personal estate with lawful interest thereon from the day of my decease upon trust to be placed out at interest upon Government or real securities and thereout to pay to my said sister Elizabeth Longhurst one other annuity or yearly sum of ten pounds for and during the term of her natural life for her separate use payable monthly on the same days and in the same manner in all respects with the same power for the said trustee his executors and admors as to the placing out and management of the said principal money as is hereinbefore directed concerning the said sum of four hundred pounds hereinbefore given to the said William Crockford in trust as aforesaid and the interest dividends and annual produce thereof and subject to the payment of the said last mentioned annuity of ten pounds to my said sister. I do hereby declare that the said John Chatfield his executors and admors shall stand possessed of all the rest and residue of the interest dividends & annual produce of the said sum of three hundred pounds given to him the said John Chatfield as aforesaid as also of the said last mentioned principal sum and the securities for the same upon trust either to be paid to the children of him the said John Chatfield namely Edward Morris Chatfield, Sarah Chatfield and Ann Catherine Chatfield when & as they shall severally attain the age of twenty one years or to be sooner applied for their benefit if the said John Chatfield his executors or admors shall think proper with benefit of survivorship to each other and in case of the death of all of the them under the said age then to be applied for the benefit of all and every other child or children of him the said John Chatfield at the same times & in the same manner in all respects as hereinbefore directed concerning the children of the said William Crockford. And in case all the children of the said John Chatfield shall die under the said age of twenty one years then I direct that the said sum of three hundred pounds and the interest and dividends thereof if any which shall then remain unapplied shall & may be retained by the said John Chatfield his executors and admors to and for his and their own use and benefit. And I do hereby declare that neither of them the said William Crockford or John Chatfield their executors or admors shall be answerable or accountable for any loss or damage which may happen of in or to the said trust monies or any part thereof so as the same happen without their wilful neglect or default. Also I give & bequeath unto my said sister Elizabeth Longhurst the sum of five pounds for mourning. Also I give and bequeath unto my house keeper Ann Betts the sum of five pounds for mourning in case she shall be living with me at the time of my decease. Also I give and bequeath unto my said son John Chatfield all the rest and residue of my freehold or real estates whatsoever and wheresoever and also all and every my copyhold messuages lands tenements and heredits whatsoever and wheresoever and which I have duly surrendered to the use of this my Will with their respective rights members and appurts and all and every my leasehold estates lands and tenements and all my money and securities for money either in the Parliamentary stocks or public funds or on Government or real securities household goods & furniture plate linen and china debts and all other my personal estate of what kind soever of or to which I or any person or persons in trust for me shall be entitled at the time of my decease to hold the same unto and to the use of my said son John Chatfield his heirs executors admors and assigns respectively according to the nature and quality thereof respectively for his and their proper use and benefit subject nevertheless as to the said personal estate to the payment thereout of my just debts funeral and testamentary expences and the legacies given by this my Will. And I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said son John Chatfield sole executor of this my Will and hereby revoking all former and other Wills by me at ant time heretofore made do publish and declare this to be and contain my last Will and Testament. In witness whereof I the said Edward Chatfield have to this my last Will and Testament contained in four sheets of paper to the first three sheets thereof set my hand and to this fourth and last sheet thereof have set my hand & affixed my seal this twentieth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirteen. The mark and seal of Edward (X) Chatfield.

Signed sealed published and declared by the said Edward Chatfield the testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses. H Bellingham, JW Coleman, Thos Stocker.

Proved at London 13th February 1816 before the Worshipful SP Parsons, LLD, Surrogate by the oath of John Chatfield the son and sole executor to whom admon was granted he having been first sworn duly to administer

Transcribed by:

Dave Woolven.

Notes about this will:

I have my doubts about ‘1816’. The previous Will in the ledger is shown as being proved 11 Feb 1815. Even allowing for a badly written ‘5’ it still looks like ‘6’. One or the other has to be incorrect. DW

Source:

Unknown.

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