Dr. Clifford HANDASYD [Parents] was born about 1694 in Ireland(?). He died 1 on 12 Dec 1772 in St George the Martyr Queen Square, Middlesex, England. He was buried 2 on 22 Dec 1772 in St Lawrence (vault), Little Stanmore, Middlesex. He married 3, 4, 5 Mary on 23 Sep 1739 in Saint Mary at Hill, London, England. Clifford was employed as Doctor of Physick in 1772.
Other marriages:SCHAAK, Anne Catherine
TOUCHET, Adelaide
Educated at Leiden University, Netherlands, graduating on:
May 17, 1715
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Last Will and Testament of Dr. Clifford HANDASYD, dated Nov 11, 1772. Proved May 05, 1774. PRO Catalogue Ref: Prob 11/998, Image Ref: 9.In the Name of God Amen I Clifford Handasyd of Red Lyon Square in the County of Middlesex Doctor of Physick do make this my last Will and Testament in manner following
I Give and Bequeath unto my dear Wife Adoliada Handasyd the sum of four Thousand pounds to be paid her within one month after my decease. I also Give and Bequeath to my said Wife all my Household Goods Plate Books Linen China and furniture of what nature or kind soever except one pair of Silver Candlesticks and Silver Snuffers and one Glass Scrutoir which I hereby Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Cliffordia Handasyd.
I hereby Give and Bequeath unto my friends Arnold Langley of Gloucester Street in the County of Middlesex Surgeon and Thomas Meggison of Staple Inn London Gentleman the sum of two Thousand pounds upon Trust that the said Arnold Langley and Thomas Meggison and the survivor of them his Executors and Administrators do and shall as soon as Conveniently may be after my decease lay out and Invest the said sum of two Thousand pounds upon Government Securities or otherwise at Interest or in some or one of the publick funds in their names and the Dividends Interest and Profits thereof do and shall pay unto my said Daughter Cliffordia Handasyd for and during her natural life as the same shall from time to time be received or otherwise to permit and impower her to receive the same and after the decease of my said Daughter Cliffordia Handasyd my Will and mind is that the said sum of two Thousand pounds shall be immediately paid to my said dear Wife Adoliada Handasyd and my son Talbot Blaney Handasyd equally share and share alike.
I Give and Bequeath unto my said Son Talbot Blaney Handasyd the sum of Two Thousand five hundred pounds to be paid within one month after my decease.
I Give and Bequeath to Ann Handasyd Widow of my son Roger Handasyd deceased the sum of one hundred pounds to be paid her within one Month after my decease.
I Give and Bequeath to each of my Grand Daughters Mary Congreve Cliffordia Congreve Adoliada Congreve Charlotte Congreve and Martha Congreve the sum of one hundred pounds.
I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Ann Catherine Congreve the sum of twenty pounds for and towards buying her Mourning.
I Give and Bequeath to my son George Handasyd one shilling.
I Give and Bequeath to Martha Smith one of my Servants the sum of twenty pounds to be paid to her within one month after my decease in consideration of her faithful Service.
And whereas by an Article of Agreement in writing bearing date the twenty eighth Day of October one Thousand seven hundred and seventy two I have Covenanted and agreed with Mathew Forster Esquire in Consideration of one Thousand pounds to sell and Convey unto the said Mathew Forster his heirs and assigns on or before the twenty eighth Day of December instant a freehold Estate Situate at Harehaugh in the County of Northumberland with the appurtenances by the Description of all those Houses Pieces and Parcells of Arable Land Meadow Pasture Heath and Brush Ground and also one Water Corn Mill and Kiln thereto belonging with their and every of their Appurtenances lying and being in Harehaugh in the County of Northumberland aforesaid which said premises are mentioned to be in the possession of John Arble his undertenant or undertenants now I do hereby Will and Direct that the said agreement for such sale be Completed and for that purpose I do hereby Give and Devise the said Estate and Hereditaments unto the said Arnold Langley and Thomas Meggison and their heirs upon Trust nevertheless to sell and dispose of the same and every part thereof unto the said Mathew Forster his heirs and assigns or such person or persons as he shall appoint and my Will is that for the facilitating the sale of my said Estate the receipt or receipts of the said Arnold Langley and Thomas Meggison shall be a good and Sufficient Discharge to the said Mathew Forster his heirs or assigns for the Consideration Money for the purchase of the said Estate or for so much or such part thereof as shall be expressed in such receipt to have been paid by him or them and that after such receipt or receipts the said Mathew Forster his heirs or assigns shall not be Answerable or Accountable for any the loss Misapplication or non Application of the said Money or any part thereof and as to the Moneys arising by the sale of the said Estate together with all the rest residue and remainder of my real and personal Estate and Effects of what nature or kind soever or wheresoever after payment of my Debts Legacies and Funeral Expences I hereby Give Devise and Bequeath the same unto the said Arnold Langley and Thomas Meggison their Heirs Executors or Administrators upon trust that they my said Trustees do and shall divide the same between my said Dear Wife Adoliada Handasyd my said Daughter Cliffordia Handasyd and my said Son Talbot Blaney Handasyd in such shares and proportions as they my said Trustees may think proper.
And I do hereby Nominate Constitute and Appoint the said Arnold Langley and Thomas Meggison Executors of this my last Will and Testament and I do Will and declare that my said Trustees and Executors shall not be answerable or accountable for any more of my Estate and Effects than each of them shall Actually receive and neither of them for the acts receipts or defaults of the other of them nor for the loss Misapplication or non Application of the said Trust Monies or any part thereof provided the same happen without their Wilful Default and that it shall and may be lawful to and for my said Trustees their Heirs Executors and Administrators to reimburse themselves out of my said Estate and Effects all such Costs Charges and Expenses as they shall be at or expend in the Execution of the Trusts hereby in them reposed and hereby revoking all former Wills by me at any time heretofore made I do declare this paper Writing Contained in two sheets of paper to the first whereof I have set my name to this last sheet I have set my hand and seal to be my last Will and Testament this Eleventh day of November one Thousand seven hundred and seventy two.
Clifford Handasyd, seal
signed sealed published and declared by the said Clifford Handasyd the Testator for and as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have subscribed our names as witnesses hereunto in the presence of the Testator and in the presence of each other.
Tho's Langley
H. Fairbank
James Smith, Clk to Mr. Meggison Staple Inn.This Will was proved at London the fifth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy four before the Worshipful William Matham Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Worshipful Sir George Hay Knight Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully Constituted by the Oaths of Arnold Langley and Thomas Meggison the Executors named in the said Will to whom Administration was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the deceased having been first sworn duly to administer the said (Thomas Meggison having first retracted the renunciation by him heretofore made of the Execution of the said Will) A Definitive sentence having been pronounced and promulged for the Validity of the said Will as by the Acts of Court sped thereon appears. Ex'd
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Sentence re the Will of Dr. Clifford HANDASYD, dated Apr 26, 1774. PRO Catalogue Ref: Prob 11/1003, Image Ref: 360.In the Name of God Amen We George Hay Knight Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted rightly and duly proceeding having heard seen and understood and fully and maturely discussed the Merits and Circumstances of a certain Cause or Business of proving by Witnesses in Solemn form of Law the last Will and Testament in Writing of Clifford Handasyd late of the Parish of Saint George the Martyr in the County of Middlesex Doctor of Physick deceased which is now controverted and remains undetermined in Judgement before us between Arnold Langley one of the Executors named in the said Will of the said deceased the party promoting the said Cause or Business of the one part and Ann Catherine Congreve (Wife of Thomas Congreve) the natural and lawful Daughter of the said deceased and one of the Persons who would have been intitled to a Distribution of the Personal Estate of the said deceased in Case he had died intestate the Party against whom the said Cause or Business is promoted on the other part And the said Arnold Langley lawfully appearing before us by his Proctor and the said Ann Catherine Congreve having been three times publickly called long and sufficiently expected and in no wise appearing but contumaciously absenting herself And the Proctor of the said Arnold Langley praying Sentence to be given and Justice to be Done to his Party in pain of such her Contumacy and we having carefully and diligently searched into and considered of the whole Proceedings had and done before us and having observed all and Singular matters and things that by Law in this behalf ought to be observed We have thought fit and do thus think fit to proceed to the giving our Definitive Sentence or final Decree in this Cause in manner and form following
forasmuch as by the Acts enacted deduced alledged exhibited propounded and proved in this Cause We have found and clearly discovered that the Proctor of the said Arnold Langley hath sufficiently and fully founded and proved his Intention deduced in a certain Allegation given exhibited and admitted on his behalf in this Cause and now remaining in the Registry of this Court which said Allegation and the last Will and Testament of the said deceased exhibited and admitted in this Cause We take and will have taken as if here read and inserted for us to pronounce as is hereafter mentioned and that nothing at least effectual in Law hath on the part and behalf of the said Ann Catherine Congreve been excepted deduced exhibited or confessed in this Cause which may or ought in any wise to defeat prejudice or weaken the Intention of the said Arnold Langley. Therefore We George Hay Knight Doctor of Laws the Judge aforesaid first calling upon God and setting him alone before our Eyes and having heard Council learned in the Law thereupon do pronounce decree and declare that the aforesaid Clifford Handasyd the Testator in this Cause deceased whilst having been of a sound and perfect mind memory and understanding rightly and duly made his last Will and Testament in Writing exhibited and pleaded in this business on the part and behalf of the said Arnold Langley and thereof named and appointed the said Arnold Langley and Thomas Meggison Executors and did give will bequeath and do in all things as therein is contained and We pronounce decree and declare for the force and validity of the Last Will and Testament of the said deceased and decree a Probate thereof to be granted to him the said Arnold Langley by this our Definitive Sentence or final Decree which we now give and promulge by these presents and we do also pronounce decree and declare that the said Ann Catherine Congreve ought by Law to be condemned in lawful Costs and Expences made and to be made in this Cause on the Part and behalf of the said Arnold Langley and we do accordingly condemn her in such Costs by this our Definitive Sentence or final decree which we now read and promulge by these Presents reserving to us or our Surrogate the Taxation or Moderation thereof,
G Hay
James Marriott
Geo HarrisThis Definitive Sentence was read given and promulged for the Validity of the said Will of the said deceased by the Right Worshipful Sir George Hay Knight Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted the twenty Sixth day of April in the Year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and Seventy four by adjournment in the Dining Room adjoining to the Common Hall of Doctors Commons situate in the Parish of Saint Benedict near Pauls Wharf London in Presence of the Witnesses as mentioned and specified in Acts of Court thereupon had and sped, Ex.
Mary was buried 1, 2 on 03 Oct 1748 in St Mary, West Malling, Kent. She married 3, 4, 5 Dr. Clifford HANDASYD on 23 Sep 1739 in Saint Mary at Hill, London, England.
Other marriages:Living
BATHURST, Francis
Sir Henry BUNBURY was born on 29 Nov 1676. He died on 12 Feb 1732. He was buried on 16 Feb 1732 in Stoke, Cheshire. He married Susanna HANMER on 21 Feb 1699 in Hanmer, Flintshire, Wales.
Susanna HANMER was christened on 24 Aug 1676 in Hanmer, Flintshire, Wales. She died on 23 Sep 1744. She married Sir Henry BUNBURY on 21 Feb 1699 in Hanmer, Flintshire, Wales.
They had the following children:
F i Susanna BUNBURY M ii Thomas* BUNBURY was born in Bunbury, Cheshire, England. He was christened on 04 Jul 1701 in Chester Cathedral, Chester, Cheshire, England. He died in 1702.
Died as infant - age: <1 year.F iii Isabella BUNBURY was christened on 02 Oct 1702 in Chester. Cheshire, England. M iv Henry BUNBURY was christened on 02 Dec 1703 in Chester. Cheshire, England. He died on 29 Apr 1722 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. He was buried in Mildenhall, Suffolk. F v Mary BUNBURY was born on 19 Oct 1705 in Chester. Cheshire, England. F vi Frances BUNBURY was christened on 20 Dec 1706 in Chester. Cheshire, England. M vii Sir Charles BUNBURY was christened on 09 Feb 1708 in Chester. Cheshire, England. He died on 10 Apr 1742. He was buried on 23 Apr 1742 in Stoke, Cheshire, England. M viii Rev. Sir William BUNBURY was born about 1709 in Stoke, Cheshire, England. He died on 11 Jun 1764 in Mildenhall, Suffolk, England. F ix Elizabeth BUNBURY was christened on 15 May 1711 in Chester Cathedral, Chester, Cheshire, England.
Rev. Talbot Blayney HANDASYD [Parents] was christened 1 on 28 Sep 1751 in St George the Martyr Queen Square, Middlesex, England. He was buried 2 on 18 Apr 1811 in St John at Hampstead, Middlesex. He married 3, 4 Clementina LANE on 03 May 1779 in St Laurence, Reading, Berkshire, England. Talbot was employed as Deacon of Basildon, Berkshire in 1780. He was employed as Clerk (in Holy Orders) in 1811 in Hampstead, Middlesex.
Educated: Queen's College, Oxford. matric. 1780 Sep 06, aged 28
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Notes: author of the paper on Berkshire antiquities, printed in Archaeologia, Vol. VII. 199Appears in list of members A list of the members of the Society of Antiquaries of London, from their revival in 1717, to June 19, 1796. Arranged in chronological and alphabetical order. [Bodley Gough Lond.119(5)], 1717-1796. London Printed by and for John Nichols, at Cicero's Head, Red Lion Passage, Fleet-street. MDCCXCVIII [1798]
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In "A History of the Parish of Hurst in Berkshire, from the Earliest Times" by Rev. John Conrad Fasham Wimberley (1936):...I find a number of new names in our books during this long reign, e.g. Mr. Buckeridge Noies, Captain Marsh, Rev. G. Wells, Mr. Prettejohn, Mr. Collins, Mr. Smedley, George Ayscough, Esq., Colonel Poole, also Mrs. Goldfrap, to whose memory there is a tablet in the north aisle; and Talbot Blaney Handasyde, whose infant son lies beneath that strange little tomb In the Church yard opposite the entrance to the Alms-houses.
Clementina LANE [Parents] was born about 1749. She died 1, 2 on 04 Dec 1838 in Lansdown, Somerset, England. The cause of death was Strangulated Fermoral Hernia. She married 3, 4 Rev. Talbot Blayney HANDASYD on 03 May 1779 in St Laurence, Reading, Berkshire, England.
They had the following children:
M i Alfred Blaney* HANDASYD was christened 1, 2 on 13 Mar 1780 in St Nicholas, Hurst, Berkshire, England. He died on 30 Mar 1780. He was buried 3, 4 on 02 Apr 1780 in St Nicholas, Hurst, Berkshire.
Died as infant - age: 7 weeks.
Francis BATHURST [Parents] was born about 1653 in Franks Hall, Horton Kirby, Kent, England. He was buried on 08 Mar 1738/1739 in St Mary, Horton Kirby, Kent. He married 1, 2 Mary on 10 Nov 1726 in St Ann Blackfriars, London, England.
Other marriages:HUBERT, Susanna
HIGHLORD, Martha
EYRE, Frances
Last Will and Testament of Francis BATHURST, dated May 09, 1730. Proved May 09, 1739. PRO Catalogue Ref: Prob 11/696, Image Ref: 11.
In the Name of God Amen I Francis Bathurst of Franks, Horton Kirby in the County of Kent Esquire being of a sound and disposing Mind Memory and Understanding (praised be God for the same) Do make publish and declare this my last Will and Testament in Writing in manner and form following (that is to say).
First I bequeath my Soul to Almighty God my Creator in hopes of Salvation thereof through the Merits and intercession of my beloved Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. And my Body I commit to the Earth to be decently buried in the Chancell of the Church belonging to the parish aforesaid in such manner as I shall direct the Interment thereof by any Writing I shall leave for that purpose or otherwise at the discretion of my Executor hereinafter named assuredly believing that both Body and Soul shall be remitted and hoping through the Mercy of God shall be received into Everlasting happiness.
Item. I give and bequeath unto the Reverend Mr. William Hopkins Vicar of the aforesaid parish and to my Friend George Hannce of Maidstone Esquire One Guinea a piece to buy them Rings.
Item. I give to each of my Servants that shall be living in my service at the time of my Death Ten Shillings a piece.
Item. I give to the poor of the parish of Horton Kirby Six pounds to be distributed as my Executor hereinafter named shall be pleased to direct.
And whereas I have in and by my Marriage Settlement with my present loving Wife Mary assigned and conveyed the Lease of the Salutation Tavern in Lombard Street London granted from the Goldsmith's Company to Trustees for the benefit of my said loving Wife for her life and for other purposes therein mentioned with power for them to raise money for a fine for the renewing the said Lease And whereas my loving Daughter Beronice Fletcher now lives separate and apart from her Husband Mr. Joseph Fletcher who has agreed with me to allow her an Annuity of sixty pounds per Annum for her separate Maintenance during the joint lives of her and me and after my decease an Annuity of One hundred pounds per Annum Out of the Rectory or Parsonage of Horton Kirby aforesaid and after the decease of the said Joseph Fletcher my said Daughter will be entitled for her Life to that part of my Estate as ___ I have settled upon her on her marriage in case she survived her aforesaid Husband Now I do hereby give Will and Devise unto my said loving Wife and her Assigns (in case my said Wife shall survive and outlive the said Joseph Fletcher) and my said Daughter (if then living) shall come into the possession of the aforesaid part of my Estate so settled on her as aforesaid and quietly Enjoy the same Or in case my said Daughter shall dye before her said Husband One Annuity or Yearly Rent Charge of twenty five pounds of lawfull Money of Great Britain for and during the term of the natural life of her my said Wife Tax free and without any Deduction or abatement whatsoever to be Yearly and every Year issuing and going out of and to be had received and taken out of and from my Messuage Farm and Lands called Petham Place Farm now in the Occupation of Nicholas Dourr lying and being in the parishes of Farmingham and Eynesford or in one of them in the said County of Kent at and upon the Feast Day of Saint Michael the Archangel and the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary half Yearly by even and equal portions And that the first payment of the said Annuity shall be made on such of the said Feast Days as shall first and next happen after the time of the Commencement thereof And in case the aforesaid Lease of the said Salutation Tavern cannot or shall not be renewed with or by the Gold Smith's Company in London so as to remain and continue to and for my said Wife's benefit for the Term of her Life according to the same intent and meaning and upon such Terms and for such purposes as in my said Marriage Settlement with her is intended or mentioned Then and in such case I do hereby give will and Devise to my said loving Wife and her Assigns from and after my decease One other Annuity or Yearly Rent Charge of twenty five pounds of like lawfull Money of Great Britain Tax Free and without any deductions or abatements whatsoever to be Yearly and every Year issuing and going out of and to be had received and taken out of and from my aforesaid Farm called Petham Place Farm at and upon the Feast Days aforesaid by half yearly equal payments or portions and the first payment of such last mentioned Annuity to be made at or upon such of the said Feast Days as shall first and next happen after the Expiration of the said Lease and to continue until the same can and shall be renewed for and upon the Uses Intents and Purposes in my said Marriage Settlement mentioned In case my said Wife shall so long live provided always.
And my Will and Mind is that if my said Daughter shall not and do not from time to time after my decease peaceably and quietly have receive and take and enjoy her aforesaid Annuity of One hundred pounds per Annum so agreed to be paid for her separate Maintenance as aforesaid during the joint lives of her and the said Joseph Fletcher her Husband but shall be deprived or by any means defeated thereof Then and in such Case the said last mentioned Annuity of Twenty five pounds so given to my said loving Wife shall cease be void and not be paid or become payable for and during such time only as my said Daughter shall be so deprived or defeated of the said Annuity of One hundred pounds per Annum for her said Maintenance or denyed or molested in the Receipt or Enjoyment thereof by her said Husband his Executors or Administrators or by any other person or persons whatsoever.
And in case the aforesaid several Annuitys of twenty five pounds and twenty five pounds or either of them hereinbefore given or intended to my said loving Wife as aforesaid or any part of them shall happen to be behind or unpaid in part or in the whole by the space of twenty one Days next over or after either of the said Feast Days aforesaid whereupon the same ought to be paid as aforesaid Then and in such case I do give will and bequeath unto my said loving Wife and her Assigns full power to Distrain in and upon any part or parts of my said Reall Estate out of which the same is issuing as aforesaid and the Distress and Distresses then and there found to have lead drive take and carry away sell and dispose of until such Annuitys and all Arrears thereof and all Costs Charges and Damages Enstained by Nonpayment of the same be fully paid and satisfied.
Item. I give and devise unto my said loving Wife the Sume of One hundred pounds of lawfull Money of Great Britain to be raised and paid out of my said Messuage Farm and Land called Petham Place Farm by my Executor hereinafter named and I do hereby charge the said Messuage Farm and Lands with the payment thereof provided nevertheless and I do hereby Will and Direct that my said loving Wife shall on the receipt of the said One hundred pounds give Bond to my Executor for the securing the payment of the Interest thereof for her life by half yearly payments to such persons as the same shall be advanced by or to my Executor for their life or lifes.
Item. I give unto my said loving Wife the furniture of the Chamber we now lie in and also my Charriot and two wheel Horses.
Item. I give unto my said loving Wife the use of One pair of Silver Candlesticks and of her Diamond Necklace for her life.
Item. I give devise and bequeath unto the Right Honourable Allen Lord Bathurst and to his heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns from and immediately after the decease of my said loving Wife Mary the Messuage or Tenement called the Salutation Tavern in Lombard Street aforesaid with the Appurtenances and the Term of Years therein then to come and all my Right and Interest of in or to the same unto the said Allen Lord Bathurst his Executors Administrators and Assigns. And I do hereby Will Direct and appoint that the persons to whom I have assigned the same in or by my said Marriage Settlement or their Executors Administrators or Assigns and all others who shall then be possessed thereof In trust for me my Executors Administrators or Assigns shall immediately after the decease of my said Wife assign and convey the aforesaid Lease thereof and all the Lease or Leases thereof then in being and all their Right and Interest therein unto the said Allen Lord Bathurst his Executors Administrators or Assigns Upon Trust Nevertheless and to the intent and purpose that the said Allen Lord Bathurst or his Assigns shall and do from time to time receive and pay the Rents Issues and Profits thereof (after all just allowances are made out of the same) unto my said Daughter during the Term of her natural life into her own proper Hands and for her own separate use and not into the hands of her said Husband or permit and suffer her to receive the same for her separate use as aforesaid For it is my Will Intent and meaning that the same or any part thereof shall be no ways liable to the Control or intermeddling of her said Husband and that her own Receipts alone without her said Husbands notwithstanding her Coverture shall be sufficient discharge for the same and every or any part thereof. And from and after the decease of my said Daughter then upon trust to pay the same unto and amongst all and every the Child and Children of my said Daughter share and share alike during their respective Minoritys. And upon further Trust to assign the said Lease and premises within one Month after the Youngest of such Children shall attain his or her Age or Ages of Twenty one years unto or to the use of such Children of my said Daughter as shall be then living to whom In such case I Will and bequeath the same. And in case my said Daughter shall leave no Child living at her decease or if no such Child shall live to attain the said age of twenty one years Then I do Will Order and Direct that the said Allen Lord Bathurst his Executors Administrators or Assigns or such person or persons as shall then be or stand possessed of the said Term and premises shall stand and be possessed thereof or shall assign the same to or to and for the sole use and behoofe of the said Allen Lord Bathurst his Executors Administrators and Assigns to whom in such Case I do hereby give and devise the same.
Item. I give devise and bequeath unto the said Allen Lord Bathurst and to his heirs and Assigns all that my aforesaid Messuage Farm and Lands called Petham Place Farm aforesaid with their Appurtenances subject to and chargeable with the payment of the aforesaid Annuity or Annuitys to my said Wife In Trust Nevertheless and to and for the several Uses Intents and Purposes hereinafter mentioned expressed and declared of and concerning the same (that is to say). In trust and to the intent and purpose that he the said Allen Lord Bathurst his heirs or Assigns shall and may by Mortgage thereof or any part thereof raise or pay the aforesaid Sume of One hundred pounds so given to her my said Wife as aforesaid And upon further Trust and to this further Intent and Purpose that the said Allen Lord Bathurst his heirs or Assigns shall and do convey settle and assure the said Messuage Farm and Lands with the Appurtenances unto and upon him and themselves and his and their heirs and such other person or persons and his or their heirs as the said Allen Lord Bathurst or his heirs shall think proper as or for Trustees To for and upon the several Uses Trusts and Purposes hereinafter mentioned and expressed Of and containing the same (that is to say). Upon Trust to receive and pay the Rents Issues and Profits of the said Messuage Farm and Lands (after payment and satisfaction of the said Annuity or Annuitys so given to my said Wife as aforesaid) from time to time unto my said Daughter Fletcher or her Assigns to and for her own separate use and benefit for and during the Term of her natural life and into her own proper Hands and so as the same be no ways Subject or liable to the Debts Control or intermeddling of her said Husband. And from and after the decease of my said Daughter Then upon Trust and to and for the Use and behoofe of the first Son of the Body of my said Daughter Fletcher lawfully to be begotten for and during the Term of his natural life And from and after the Determination of that Estate To the use of the said Trustees and their Heirs to support the contingencies and Remainders hereinafter mentioned But Nevertheless to permit such first Son to receive the Rents and Profits thereof during his Life And from and after the decease of such first Son Then to the use and behoofe of the Heirs Male of the Body of such first Son lawfully to be begotten And for want of such issue Then to the use and behoofe of the Second third fourth and all and every other Son and Sons of the Body of my said Daughter lawfully to be begotten in manner as aforesaid and the Heirs Male of their several Bodys severally successively and in remainder one after another as they shall be in Seniority of Age and Priority of Birth and the eldest of such Sons and the Heirs Males of his Body being always to be preferred and take before the younger of such Sons and the Heirs Male of his or their Body or Bodys. And in default of such issue To the use and behoofe of Susanna Fletcher my Grand Daughter for and during the Term of her natural life And from and after the Determination of that Estate To the use of the said Trustees and their Heirs to support contingent Uses and Remainders hereafter mentioned But Nevertheless to permit and suffer the said Susanna Fletcher my Grand Daughter to receive and take the Rents Issues and Profits thereof during her life. And after the decease of her my said Grand Daughter To the use and behoofe of the first Son of the Body of my said Grand Daughter lawfully begotten for and during the Term of her natural life in manner as the same is limited to my said Grand Daughter as aforesaid. And from and after the Determination of that Estate then to the use and behoofe of the Heirs Males of the Body of such first Son lawfully to be begotten And for want of such Issue To the Second third fourth and all and every other Son and Sons of the Body of my said Grand Daughter lawfully to be begotten in manner as aforesaid and the Heirs Males of their several Bodys severally successively and in remainder one after another as they shall be in seniority of age and priority of Birth and the Eldest of such Sons and the Heirs Males of his Body being always to be preferred and take before the Eldest [orig'l So] of such Sons and the Heirs Males of his Body And for want of such Issue To the use and behoofe of the said Allen Lord Bathurst and his Assigns for his Life And after his death To the use of such Son or Sons of the Body of the said Allen Lord Bathurst and the Heirs Males of the Body of Bodys of such Son or Sons in such manner and Form as he the said Allen Lord Bathurst shall in and by such Conveyances limit Direct or appoint the same And in case of his death before such Conveyances shall be so made and executed then as he shall by any other Deed or Deeds in Writing or by his last Will and Testament duly to be executed give limit Direct or appoint the same. And in default of such Gift Limitation Direction or Appointment Then to the use of the Heirs Males of the Body of the said Allen Lord Bathurst for Ever. And for want of such issues to the use of my own right Heirs for ever.
Item. I give devise and bequeath all other my Messuages Lands Tenements Hereditaments and Reall Estate whatsoever and wheresoever either in Possession Revertion or Expectancy or howsoever otherwise I am seized of or intitled to the same unto the said Allen Lord Bathurst for his life And after his decease To such Son or Sons of his Body and the Heirs Males of the Body or Bodys of such Son or Sons in such manner and Form and by such proportions as he the said Allen Lord Bathurst shall by any Deed or Deeds in Writing or by his last Will and Testament in Writing duly to be executed give limit direct or appoint the same and for want of such Gift Limitation direction or appointment Then I do give and bequeath the same unto the Heirs Males of the Body ___ of the said Allen Lord Bathurst for ever And for want of such issue to my own Right Heirs for Ever provided always. And if it shall happen that the said Allen Lord Bathurst or any of his Issue Male shall by virtue of this my Will or any Devise or Limitation hereincontained come into the possession of and enjoy my Messuage Farm and Lands with their Appurtenances called Franks Farm in Horton Kirby aforesaid That then and in such case I do give and bequeath unto the then Vicar of the Parish of Horton Kirby aforesaid and his Successors Vicars of the same Parish for ever One Annuity or Yearly Sume of Five pounds per Annum of lawfull Money of Great Britain as an Augmentation to the Vicaridge of the same Parish And to be issuing and going out of my said Messuage Farm and Lands and to be had and taken out of the same Yearly Tax free and without any Deductions or Abatements at or upon the Feast Day of Saint Michael the Archangel in every Year for ever And the first payment thereof to begin and be made at or upon the same Feast Day aforesaid which shall first and next happen after the said Allen Lord Bathurst or any of his issue Male shall enter upon the Possession and Enjoyment of my said Farm called Franks Farm And in case the said Allen Lord Bathurst or any of his Issue Male shall by virtue of this my Will or any Devise or Limitation hereincontained come into Possession of and Enjoy my said Farm called Franks Farm Then and in such Case also I do give and bequeath unto the then Churchwardens of the said Parish of Horton Kirby and their Successors Churchwardens of the same Parish for ever the Yearly Rent Charge or Sume of Five pounds of lawfull Money of Great Britain Tax free and without any Abatement whatsoever to be also Issuing and going out of the said Messuage Farm and Lands called Franks Farm and be had received and taken out of the same yearly by the said Churchwardens and their Successors at or upon the Feast Day of Saint Michael the Archangel in every Year for Ever And the first payment thereof to begin and be made at or upon the same Feast Day which shall first or next happen after the said Allen Lord Bathurst or any of his Issue Male shall enter upon the Possession and Enjoyment of my said Farm called Franks Farm Upon Trust Nevertheless that the said Churchwardens and their Successors shall from time to time lay out the said Sume of Five pounds in good wholesome Bread whereof a proportionable part shall be distributed on every Sunday in the Year for ever to and amongst such poor Housekeepers of the said Parish of Horton Kirby as do not receive the Alms of the said Parish and as do keep constantly to and frequent Devine Service in the Parish Church there according to the Direction of the said ___ Lord Bathurst or his Issue Male Enjoying the same Estate and in default of any such Directions by them Then according to the Direction of the said Churchwardens for the time being And if it shall happen that the aforesaid Annuitys or Yearly Rent Charges or Sumes of Five pounds per Annum and Five pounds per Annum or either of them or any part of them or of either of them shall happen to be behind or unpaid in part or in all by the space of twenty one days next over or after the aforesaid Feast of Saint Michael in any one Year on which the same ought to be paid as aforesaid that then and as often as the same shall so happen ___ I do hereby give will and bequeath unto the said Vicar and his successors and to the said Churchwardens and their successors to whom the same shall be so unpaid as aforesaid or any of them full power to Detrain in and upon my said Messuage Farm and Lands called Franks Farm or any part thereof for such Arrear or Arrears aforesaid And the Distress and Distresses then and there found to have lead drive take and carry away sell and dispose of until such Annuitys and all arrears thereof and all Costs Charges and Damages sustained by non payment of the same be fully paid and satisfied And in case the said Allen Lord Bathurst or any of his issue Male shall by virtue of this my Will or any Devise or Limitation herein contained come into the Possession and Enjoyment of my said Messuage Farm and Lands with their Appurtenances called Franks Farm Then and in such Case I do give yearly and every year the further Sume of three pounds per Annum to be Issuing and going Yearly for ever out of my said Farm called Franks Farm and to be applied by the Lord Bathurst and his Issue Male aforesaid in manner as they shall think fit towards the Teaching and Instructing of Children of the said parish of Horton to read.
Item. I give and bequeath unto the said Allen Lord Bathurst Ten Guineas of which small Legacy I intreat his acceptance.
And all the rest and residue of my Personal Estate whatsoever or wheresoever and of what nature of kind or quality soever after my Debts Legacys and Funeral Expences are paid and discharged I give and bequeath unto the said Allen Lord Bathurst his Executors and Administrators In Trust to pay the Interest produce and profits thereof to my said Daughter during her life and not to be subject or liable to the Debts Control or intermeddling of her said Husband and notwithstanding her Coverture her Receipts or Discharges alone without her said Husbands to be sufficient Discharges for the same And from and after the decease of my said Daughter Fletcher In Trust to pay or assign All such the said Residue of my said Personal Estate unto all and every the Child or Children of my said Daughter Fletcher as shall be living at her Death and shall live to attain the age of twenty one Years without any Interest for the same Share and Share alike And in case my said Daughter Fletcher shall have no Child or Children living at her death or if all her Children shall dye before they or any one of them attain their said age of twenty one Years Then I do give all such the rest and residue of my said Personal Estate To the said Allen Lord Bathurst his Executors and Administrators To and for his and their own Use and Uses for Ever.
And I do hereby nominate and appoint the said Allen Lord Bathurst Sole Executor of this my Will.
And Lastly I do hereby revoke Disannull and make void all other Wills by me heretofore made and do declare this only to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have to this my Will contained in seven Sheets of paper set my Hand to the six first Sheets thereof and to the last ___ have set and affixed my hand and Seal this Ninth day of May in the third year of the Reign of King George the Second Annoq D'ni 1730.
Fran. Bathurst S.S.
Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the said Testator to be his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in the said Testators presence and at his request have subscribed Our Names as Witnesses hereunto
Tho. Dorr
John Tasker
John Green. /.On the Ninth day of May in the Year of Our Lord One thousand seven hundred and thirty nine a power was granted to Beronice Fletcher Widow the natural and lawfull Daughter and substituted Residuary Legatee in the last Will and Testament of Francis Bathurst formerly of Franks in the Parish of Horton Kirby in the County of Kent but at West Maleing [West Malling] in the same County Esquire deceased to administer the Goods Chattles and Credits of the said deceased according to the Tenor of the said Will (For that the Right Honourable Allen Lord Bathurst the Sole Executor and Residuary Legatee in Trust has renounced) being sworn duly to administer. /. Ex'd
Mary was buried 1, 2 on 03 Oct 1748 in St Mary, West Malling, Kent. She married 3, 4 Francis BATHURST on 10 Nov 1726 in St Ann Blackfriars, London, England.
Other marriages:Living
HANDASYD, Clifford
Living [Parents]
They had the following children:
F i Living M ii Living
John Henry SCHNEIDER was born about 1742. He was buried 1 on 13 Oct 1824 in St Mary Aldermary, London, England. He married 2, 3 Cliffordia Elizabeth CONGREVE on 21 Mar 1801 in Old Church, St Pancras, Middlesex, England.
Other marriages:CONGREVE, Anna 'Catharina'
Cliffordia Elizabeth CONGREVE [Parents] was born 1 on 20 Jul 1747 in Walton-on-the-Hill, Stafford, England. She was christened 2, 3, 4 on 24 Jul 1747 in St James, Baswich, Stafford, England. She died 5 on 20 Mar 1821 in Handsworth, Stafford, England. She married 6, 7 John Henry SCHNEIDER on 21 Mar 1801 in Old Church, St Pancras, Middlesex, England.
Sir William Comer PETHERAM [Parents] was christened 1 on 18 Aug 1835 in Lympsham, Somerset, England. He died 2 on 15 May 1922 in Marylebone RD, London, England. He married 3 Isabella Maria Louisa Christine CONGREVE on 28 Jan 1863 in St Marys of the Angels, Bayswater, Middlesex, England.
1871 British Census:
Dwelling: 7 Avenue Rd
Census Place: St Marylebone, London, England
Source: FHL Film 823309 PRO Ref RG10 Piece 185 Folio 85 Page 7 Family 33PETHERAM William C., head, M, age 38, b. Essex, Occ. Lawyer
PETHERAM Isabella, wife, M, age 39, b. London, Middlesex
JONES Elizabeth, servant, U, age 44, b. Radnor, Wales, Occ. Servant
SLAUGHT Harriet, servant, U, age 40, b. Worthing, Sussex, Occ. Servant----------------------------------------------------------
1881 British Census:
Dwelling: Harrow Weald House
Census Place: Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex, England
Source: FHL Film 1341330 PRO Ref Rg11 Piece 1358 Folio 102 Page 13 Family 63PETHERAM William C., head, M, age 45, b. Lympsland [Lympsham], Somerset're, Occ. Queens Counsellor
PETHERAM Isabelle C., wife, M, age 48, b. Woolwich, Kent
SHARMAN Harriet, servant, M, age 36, b. London, Middx, Occ. Housekeeper
SHARMAN Jesse, servant, M, age 40, b. London, Middx, Occ. Coachman
SHARMAN Alice, servant, U, age 18, b. London, Middx, Occ. Under Housemaid
WOOTTEN Fanny, servant, U, age 29, b. Bromham, Wilts, Occ. Under Housemaid
NORRIS Sarah, servant, U, age 29, b. Ness, Cheshire, Occ. Parlour maid
BECK Joseph, servant, U, age 15, b. Harrow Weald, Middx, Occ. Stable Boy----------------------------------------------------------
1901 British Census:
Dwelling: 7 Observatory Gdns
Census Place: Kensington, London, England
Source: PRO Ref RG13 Piece 21 Folio 60 Page 7 Family 42PETHERAM Isabel L., wife, M, age 72, b. Woolwich, Kent, Occ. Own means
PARNELL Comer, nephew, M, age 36, b. Portbury, Somerset, Occ. Artist Sculp
NICHOLSON Constance H., visitor, W, age 70, b. Cheshire
NICHOLSON M. F., visitor, S, age 44, b. Southport, Lancs
PESCOD Sarah A., servant, S, age 46, b. Tillington, Sussex, Occ. Cook Domestic
GOAD Henrietta A., servant, S, age 32, b. Brading, Isle of Wight, Occ. Maid Domestic
SPREADBURY Sarah A., servant, S, age 25, b. Durrington, Wilts, Occ. B. Maid Domestic
SIMS Agnes L., servant, S, age 25, b. Kintbury, Berks, Occ. House Maid Domestic
HEALEY Sarah Jane, servant, S, age 17, b. Beckenham, Kent, Occ. Kit. Maid Domestic
Isabella Maria Louisa Christine CONGREVE [Parents] was born in Jan 1826 in Woolwich, Kent, England. She died 1 on 02 Feb 1907 in Kensington RD, London, England. She married 2 Sir William Comer PETHERAM on 28 Jan 1863 in St Marys of the Angels, Bayswater, Middlesex, England.
Sir John THORNYCROFT [Parents] was born on 16 Nov 1659 in Gray's Inn, London. He died on 08 Dec 1725 in Milcomb, Oxfordshire, England. He was buried in Bloxham, Oxfordshire. He married 1 Elizabeth KEY on 16 Feb 1686/1687 in St Benet Paul's Wharf, London, England.
Elizabeth KEY was born about 1665 in Milcomb, Oxfordshire, England. She died on 06 Mar 1703 in Milcomb, Oxfordshire, England. She married 1 Sir John THORNYCROFT on 16 Feb 1686/1687 in St Benet Paul's Wharf, London, England.
They had the following children:
F i Dorothy Elizabeth* THORNYCROFT was born on 23 Oct 1688. She was christened on 23 Oct 1688 in Ightam, Kent, England. F ii Elizabeth THORNYCROFT M iii Sir John THORNYCROFT was born on 03 Sep 1691 in Milcomb, Oxfordshire, England. He died on 23 Jun 1743. He was buried on 08 Jul 1743 in Bloxham, Oxfordshire. M iv Hamo* THORNYCROFT was born on 09 Mar 1694 in Milcomb, Oxfordshire, England. F v Dorothy THORNYCROFT was born on 07 Dec 1699 in Milcomb, Oxfordshire, England. She died after 1720.
John THORNYCROFT was born on 01 Jan 1616. He was christened on 04 Jan 1616 in Gawsworth, Cheshire, England. He died on 25 Sep 1687. He was buried in Bloxham, Oxfordshire. He married Dorothy HOWEL. John was employed as Barrister at Law in Gray's Inn, London.
Dorothy HOWEL was born on 09 Oct 1634. She died on 19 Aug 1717. She was buried in Bloxham, Oxfordshire. She married John THORNYCROFT.
They had the following children:
M i Sir John THORNYCROFT F ii Elizabeth THORNYCROFT was born on 27 Feb 1660 in Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England. She died in 1724. F iii Dorothy* THORNYCROFT was born on 21 Feb 1661. She died on 08 Dec 1668.
Dies as child - age: 7 years, 9 months, 17 days.F iv Alice* THORNYCROFT was born on 10 Mar 1662. She died on 14 Mar 1662.
Died as child - age: 4 days.M v Lieut-Col. Edward THORNYCROFT was born on 23 Apr 1664 in Grays Inn, London, England. He died in 1709 in Alicant, Spain. He was buried in Alicant, Spain. F vi Mary THORNYCROFT was born on 16 Apr 1665. M vii Philip* THORNYCROFT was born on 11 Jun 1668 in Milcomb, Oxfordshire, England. He died on 17 Sep 1668.
Died as infant - age: 3 months, 6 days.M viii Henry THORNYCROFT was born on 25 Jan 1669. F ix Dorothy THORNYCROFT was born on 31 Jan 1671 in Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England.
Cuthbert ARMORER [Parents] was born about 1680. He was buried 1 on 08 Nov 1757 in St Cuthbert, Elsdon, Northumberland. He married 2 Isabel HANDASYD on 13 Feb 1724 in St Michael, Alwinton, Northumberland.
Isabel HANDASYD [Parents] was christened 1 on 22 Feb 1704/1705 in Elsdon, Northumberland, England. She was buried 2 on 10 Mar 1769 in Elsdon, Northumberland, England. She married 3 Cuthbert ARMORER on 13 Feb 1724 in St Michael, Alwinton, Northumberland.
They had the following children:
F i Margaret* ARMORER was christened 1 on 20 May 1726 in Elsdon, Northumberland, England. She was buried on 19 Oct 1727 in Elsdon, Northumberland.
Died as child - age: about 1 year, 4 months, 29 days.M ii Thomas* ARMORER was buried on 28 Dec 1727 in Elsdon, Northumberland. M iii Thomas ARMORER M iv Roger* ARMORER was buried on 03 Aug 1730 in Elsdon, Northumberland. F v Elizabeth ARMORER was christened 1 on 05 Aug 1731 in Elsdon, Northumberland, England. F vi Isabel ARMORER M vii Roger* ARMORER was christened 1 on 19 Aug 1738 in Elsdon, Northumberland, England. He was buried 2 on 17 Nov 1738 in St Cuthbert, Elsdon, Northumberland.
Died as infant - age: about 2 months, 29 days.F viii Mary ARMORER M ix William ARMORER