Ashford, Kent
Wills - collected
by the late Arthur
Ruderman
GAMM
Catherine Gamm of Ashford, widow
PRC17 - 94/66
11 March 1742 [/43]
to
dau Elizabeth Barrett, wid
£30
grandson Daniel Barrett
£
5
"
Richad
"
£
5
granddau Catherine "
£
5
grandson Gramm Tilden
£10 + gold ring & silver spoon
granddau Ann
"
£
5
"
Elizabeth
"
£
5 + linen & wearing apparel
son Joseph Gamm
1sh
(beloved) son in law Richard Tilden £5 he had from me when he had
small pox
The other £20 he had to be repaid £5 to dau [Elizabeth] Barrett,
remainder between children of
Richard Tilden ie Gamm, Ann & Elizabeth
Exor: dau Elizabeth Barrett & ffrancis Allen
Witness: Christiana Hills x, Susannah Kersbyx, Jno. Harrison
Probate: 16 October 1749 to Elizabeth Barrett
[b uried 28 May 1749]
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GELLIBRAND
Thomas Gellibrand of Ashford, clerk
PRC17 - 100/38
20 December 1751
to dau Grace, mess or ten formerly "Bell"
in Ashford,
occ George Wightwick & John Atkinson,
grocer, now Thomas Brow, Sarah Barham, ffrances Hayward, Sarah
Egelston & John Atkinson,
purchased of John Thorpe of Wapping, druggist, subject to pay £50
to son Joseph Gellibrand
to son Joseph - library of books & diamond ring
Exor : wife Grace, and to have residue
Witness: Ann Norwood, Edward Norwood, John Austen
Probate: 7 July 1778 to exor
[bur 25 May 1778]
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GIBBS
Robert Gibbs of Ashford, woollendraper
PRC17 - 72/320
15 September 1667
to
eldest son Paule Gibbs, £250 chargeable on my lands by marriage
settlement with my first wife,
his mother, and farm & lands which was his mother's, or if he
dies before 21 to be divided
between other children
to other
children £2
to
sons Robert & Thomas Gibbes lands in Warehorne & £300 betw
them
to
dau Sarah, mess & lands in Ashford bought from Daniel Cuckow
& £100
to
wife Joane - residue
Exor: wife Joane & Mr James Bate
Witness: Henry Lownds, Thomas Curteis, John Sturton
Probate: 11 October 1667
[bur 14 Sep 1667]
Inventory PRC11
30/188, 3 Dec. 1667
Assessors John Colt & DanielMorton
-
£ 951-17-0d.
Thomas Gibbs of Ashford, grocer
PRC17 - 76/379
8 April 1686
to son Thomas mess or ten prev called Goodcheape Farm in Ashford
to son Charles £100 from this mess or ¼ of mess in default of payment
to son Jacob Gibbs - mess in High Halden
to dau Mary Gibbs, mess or ten etc in Ashford, lately purch of Mr Thomas
Elvy
to sons Robert & John - prop in Gt Chart & Bethersden
Wife Martha to have all rents etc until children are 21 &
annuity of £20
to
son Charles £50 from £140 due on mortgage from Mr Robert &
wife Mary Cole, on mess in Ashford
to son Thomas £20 -do- & to be apprenticed with approval of my mother
Mary
Exor : wife Martha, and to have residue, with assistance of brother Thomas
Marshall
Witness: Elizabeth Gibbon, Mary Muddell, John Marsh
Probate: 20 May 1686 to exor
[bur 4 May 1686]
Robert Gibbs of Ashford, chirurgion
PRC17 - 81/191
4 June 1709
to friend Richard Butler, the ring I wear
"
James Reader, gent. to have residue, with property which I acquired
on death of my
brother John
Exor : James Reader
Witness: Elizabeth Hills, William Jemmet, Henry Mond
Probate: 28 June 1709 to Jas Reader
[bur 8 June 1709]
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GILES
John Giles of Ashford
PRC17 - 57/377
(nuncupative)
? March 1613 [/14]
All goods & chattels to wife Jone or Joane
Witness: Ralph Tritton, Susan Terryx
Probate: 27 April 1614
[bur 10 March 1613[/14]]
Avery Giles of Ashford, clothier
PRC17 - 81/320
20 August 1708
to father John Giles 2/6d
nephew Robert, son of dec'd bro Richard Giles )
3 nieces, Anne, & Mary Giles, sp &
) 1sh each
Elizabeth Chapman, dau of Edward Giles
)
Exor: brother Searles Giles, & to have residue
Witness: Cath Slaughter, Alice Giles, ffree Stace
Probate: 8 Apl 1710 to Searles Giles
[bur 16 Feb 1709/10]
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GILL
or GYLL
Julian Gill of Ashford [widow]
PRC17 - 45/215
21 November 1583
to son William Gyll - all moveable goods &
mess & lands in Faversham, occup James Johnson,
&
tenement & orchard in
Preston Street, near Faversham
Exor: son William
Witness: Joseph Minge, Edmunde Masterson, Thomas Urricke
Probate: 7 December 1583
[buried 23 November 1583]
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GIPPS
Thomas Gipps of Ashford, innholder
PRC16 321
1[/2] March 1689
or PRC17 - 77/396
[CML - TG wid mar Alice Ledger sp 25 July 1681, she later mar William
French qv]
to daus Mary & Elizabeth £10 ea
" Mary
feather bed, etc in my chamber in my home called The Royal Oak Inn
Exor: wife Alice Gipps
Overseers: George Lancefield of Sevington, yeo & Richard Atkins of
Ashford, maltster (to have 10sh ea)
Probate: 19 May 1690 to exor
[buried 27 April 1690]
Inventory PRC11 54/122,
15 May 1690
Assessors - Robert Greenhill,
& James Sutton total
£ 233. 19. 8d
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GLOVER
Ursula Glover of Ashford, widow
PRC17 - 58/125
20 May 1611
to be bur in psh where I die
to poor of that psh 10sh
to Thos, Joane, Tomasine, Catherine & Mary Cooke 12d each
(children
of my sister Rebecca Cooke)
to sister Rebecca Cooke - clothes
to brethren William & John Beeching 12d ea
to Margaret Beeching, my sister's dau - chest & clothes
to Gabriell Hall, one of my late husband's apprentices - hsehld goods
to William Pantrie, another do
2sh
to Richard Beeching, my sister's husband 12d & to his sister
Susanne Beeching 12d, and to Henry
Beeching their brother 12d
Residue to kinswoman Mary Beeching, who lives with me.
Exor : Mary Beeching
Witness: Edmund Roots, George Blincoure, Hy Arrowesx
Probate: 5 June 1611
[bur 26 May 1611]
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GOBLE
Margaret Goble of Ashford, widow
PRC17 - 50/325
25 January 1596 [/7]
to dau Susanne Kennet - bedstead, etc, brass pot
son Richard Goble
do
, chest
dau Mary Savage
brass pot
Residue betw John Goble, Richard Goble, Thomas Goble & Joseph &
Susanne Kennet
Exor: son John Goble
[no witnesses]
Probate: 30 April 1597 [?bur
20 June 1597]
John Goble ygr, butcher of Ashford
PRC17 - 64/119
30 June 1625
to poor of Ashford £1
2 daus Annis
& Elizabeth Goble, all goods, gold etc
bro in law John
ffreeman - 5sh piece of gold
sister "
Sara, wife of Reignold Lewis - do -
servant Elizabeth
Broadway - 2 pedicoats & wine
Other goods to 2 daus, except £20 to exor to bring them up
Exor : sister Margaret Alleyn, and to have residue
Witness: Richard Carpenter, John Sturton
Probate: 8 Nov 1625
[buried 16 July 1625]
John Goble of Ashford, yeoman
PRC17 - 69/189
20 February 1632 [/3]
to 20 poor people of Ashford 6d each [10sh]
to John, son of Thomas Goble, my godson 2/6d
dau Susanne, wife
of Nathan Hubbard 20sh quarterly
John, son of
Richard Allen, my son in law dec'd £10 at 21 yrs
Ann Goble, dau of
John Goble, my son, dec'd 5sh
Elizabeth &
Margaret, daus of Richard Allen 5sh each
dau Badnor's two
daus silver etc
dau Margaret
Badnor -do-
Exor : son in law Robert Badmar [lic 1626 gives Barnar], and to have
residue
John Goble x
Witness: Edmund Hayes & Thomas Capeman
Probate: 26 April 1636 [bur
2 Feb 1635/6]
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GODDARD
Edward Goddard of Ashford, carpenter
PRC17 - 81/298
16 November 1709
to Baptist Congregation of Ashford £20 for charitable uses
poor of Ashford
not rec parish relief 40sh
four ch of my bro
John Sanders of Aldington £5
ea
four ch of my bro
John Goddard of Bonnington £5 ea
bros John S &
John G my woollen apparell
sister Ann
Sanders (wife of John) all linen
Exors to sell bed, clock, watch, working tools, books & hsehld goods
Residue to father Edward Goddard if alive, if not to bros & sisters
Samuel, Robert, Mary, Jane &
Sarah Goddard
Exors: friends Abraham Flint of Ashford, brazier & John Searles of
Nackolt, tilemaker, & to rec
£2.2.0 each
Witness : Elizabeth Reader, Elizabeth Butler & Jas Reader
Probate: 27 March 1710 [not bur in
Ashford]
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GODDEN
William Godden of Ashford, yeoman
PRC17 - 94/333
18 Nov 1751
to Anthony Ingles of
Ashford, gent & John Lamb, ygr, son of John Lamb of Ashford, grocer,
as
trustees -
mess or ten etc, land 84 acres in Orlestone, Warehorne &
Rucking, for sale.
After debts paid, surplus to be applied for mtce & educ of my natural
child Thomas Lewis Godden,
born to my wife
Ann Godden until 21, then prop to him, subject to annuity of £10 to wife.
If son die before 21, prems to William Hedgecocks of Isle of Oxney subject
to annuity of £40 each to 3 daus of William Elliott of Bilsington
to wife, househld goods in my house at Ashford & £5
to Richard Lewis, elder, of Ashford, cordwainer, £10
to Anthony Ingles & John Lamb, ygr, £10-10-0d each
If son dies before 21, 3 poor widows of Ashford & 2 of Warehorne to
receive 20sh each
Witness: William Parker, William Parker [?], John Lamb
Exor : Anthony Ingles
Probate: 22 May 1752 to Anthony Ingles [not
buried in Ashford]
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GODFREY
Paul Godfrey of Ashford, servant to Jarvase Leedes, butcher
PRC17 - 43/400
24 July 1580
to poor of Ashford 20sh
to "
" Stone
10sh
to bro Thomas Godfrey my part of hse in North lane in Ashford in which my
mother and father in
law Jervase Leeds, now dwell
sister Alice
Scrane, hse called Barnes, & land called Pickdownes, 4 acres, in Stone
sister Celia
Godfrey, other land in Stone
ffriswith Baylie
20sh
godson John
Saunders 10sh
Arthur Arnolde
10sh
Exor: Jervase Leedes
Witness: Hugh Collins, Henry Bowlinge, Samuel Hicks
Probate: 12 September 1580
[bur 30 July 1580]
Francis Godfrey of Ashford, butcher
PRC17 48/127
25 June 1592
to daughters Mary, Susanne and Joane
- 40 sh each
son ffrancis
Godfrey - all tools and
implements, and £3
son Thomas
Godfrey - £3 when
20 years of age.
mother Sherriffe
- 10sh.
Joane Harte
- 20sh
wife Agnes
-£30
Residue to four youngest children, Anne, William, Alice and Richard
Godfrey.
Exor : Richard Garrard of Ashford, yeoman, to be put in bond to son-in-law
Clement Snode of
Challock to pay all debts. If not acceptable, then wife to be
executor.
Overseer : neighbour Ralphe ffreeman of Ashford.
Francis Godfrey x
Witness : John holland and Robert Quested.
Probate : 15 July 1592 [buried
27 June 1592]
Francis Godfrey of Ashford, barber
PRC 17 - 51/429
2 June 1600
to poor of Ashford 20sh
bro Thomas
Godfrey - lease of barber shop & cellar in Ashford, & all tools in
shop, or mansion
house where I dwell, on conditions of lease, also musket &
headpiece
sister Mary
Quested £5 pa & after her death £5 pa to her son ffrancis Quested
sister Joane
Snoade - £5 pa, & then to her dau [
]
sister [
] Page - 40sh
bro Robert
Quested, for benefit of bro Richard Godfrey - £4
mother Sanders
5sh
Exor - wife Elizabeth [nee Austen], and to have residue
Overseers: Ralfe ffreeman of Ashford, yeo, Erasmus Elmstone of Boughton
Malherbe, gent &
John Stede of Ashford, scrivener, then to have 30sh betw them
Witness: Martin Miller, John Steede
Probate: 3 July 1600
[bur 28 June 1600]
Richard Godfrey of Ashford, butcher
PRC 16/318 or PRC17 - 77/85
3 Jan 1687[/88]
to son Thomas Godfrey, scales, weights, knives etc for butcher, &
£50
youngest dau
Margaret Godfrey £50
wife Martha for life copyhold mess etc in Ashford, surrendered
today to persons in my will, then
to be sold and
proceeds divided betw 4 children Daniel Godfrey, Thomas Godfrey, Martha
Leese
& Margaret Godfrey
Exor: wife Martha & to have residue
Overseer: son Daniel
Witness: Edward Cooter, Joseph Quilter, John Simmonds
Probate: 26 Apl 1688 to exor
[buried 6 January 1687/88]
Inventory PRC 11
53/91, 6 March 1687 [
88 ]
Assessors - Thomas Fenner & Daniel Morton
- total £ 189 / 12 /
0d.
Daniel Godfrey of Ashford, butcher
PRC17 - 80/349
7 Nov 1703
[at 24 mar Martha Younge, 20 - CML 14 June 1675]
to
wife Martha, hse & shops occup Mary Hart, wid, John Scott &
Edward Bigg, & shop in my occup,
& rights in hse occup by Martha Godfrey, widow, my mother,
& residue
to son in law Richard Philpott 20sh
Exors: wife Martha & dau Margaret
Witness: George Toke, Pet[er] Marsh, Thomas Young
Probate: 3 May 1705 to Mgt Godfrey
[bur 7 March 1704[/05]
Martha Godfrey of Ashford, widow
PRC17 - 80/271
[of Daniel, née Young] 12 Sep
1705
to dau Elizabeth wife of Richard Philpott of Wye, ygr, butcher 40s
granddau Sara
Philpott, dau of -do-
20s
dau Joyce
Matthews
5s
granddau Jemima
" , dau of Joyce M
10s
dau Mary Godfrey,
dwelling hse now empty, late occup Mercy Hart, wid, being forepart of
mess in Ashford behind church (back part occup by John Scott,
butcher)
If Mary die
unmarried, prems to 5 daus Margaret, Martha, Sarah, Jane & Ann Godfrey
dau descry ( Mary
) hsehld goods (long list) for hse now empty, but to have sisters Jane
& Ann
to live with her, after her death or marriage, goods to 5 daus
to John Scott & my servant Daniel Godfrey 40sh each
to dau Margaret bed linen
5 daus silver
plate & residue
to
dau Mary, hse in which I dwell, with shop & dwellinghse occup
John Scott, & shop occup John
Scott
& another occup Edward Bigg
to Richard Greenhill, tanner, as trustee for sale, mess occup by my mother
Godfrey & all other
mess not given to Mary. Proceeds
to 6 daus and all hsehld etc. goods not desc above
Exor: Richard Greenhill to receive £1.1.0d
Witness: Jane Dowle, Mary Dowle, John Scott, Free Stace
Probate: 31 Dec 1705 to Margaret Godfrey, dau, on
renunciation of R Greenhill
[bur 9 Dec 1705]
John Godfrey of Ashford, shopkeeper PRC17
- 104/257
3 September 1806
all goods to wife Mary.
Exors : wife Mary and brother Thomas Godfrey of Aldington, farmer.
Witness : James Lester, attorney, and Barling Sharpe of Ashford.
Probate : 22 May 1810 to Mary Godfrey.
[buried 29 November 1809]
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GOLD
Henry Gold of Ashford, fellmonger
PRC17 - 98/233
28 June 1764
[CML Henry Gold ba & Thomasine Pain sp mar 7 Feb 1735]
to
wife Mary, prev Mary Barker, wid, dau of John Bell of Willesboro',
farmer for life - mess or ten gdn etc in
Ashford occup by me, purch lately from wid Comber then to Henry
Gold, my son by prev wife
Thomasine
for life, then to Elizabeth his wife, then to their children.
In default of children of my
nephew,
John, son of dec'd bro John Gold.
to
wife Mary, £100 & all goods and cattle on farm at Willesboro'
leased from John Adcock, elder, dec'd
to son Henry Gold, mess or ten at Bridge Foot in Ashford, purch lately
from Thomas Harrison
to
son Henry Gold, copyhold ten in Ashford, occup John Reeve, late wid
Newton, & land adjoining to
Ashford
bridge used as fellmongers yard, purch of Allen Batt dec'd
to neph John Gold, £40
to nieces Sarah & Elizabeth Gold £10 ea
to Ann Gold alias Ruck, natural dau of Eleanor Ruck £10
to son Henry Gold £300
to Thomas & John Barker, sons of Thomas Barker £50 ea
to
Leo Apsley of Ashford, carpenter, & John Mascall next the
Churchyard, gent £50 each & to be exors
Residue to exors for sale, for use of Elizabeth wife of son Henry Gold
Exor : ?
Witness: Anthony Ingles, Henry Farbrace, Jno Reeve
Probate: 27 July 1769 to exors. [buried
9 May 1768]
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GOLDHATCH
Robert Goldhatch of Ashford, husbandman PRC17 - 51/426
10 January 1599
to
Robert Goldhatch, ygst son, land & hse occup by me in Ashford,
& 5 acres, after death of wife
Bennet, subject to paying £10 to dau Alice: if Robert dies, lands
to eldest son Richard, he to
pay £10 to Alice & £10 to second son William
to eldest son Richard & second son William - 6/8d each
Exor : wife Bennet, and to have residue
Witness: George Taler, John Chyntingx, John Robins x
Probate: 19 July 1600 [not
buried in Ashford]
Robert Goldhatch of Ashford, yeoman
PRC17 - 72/324
4 Feb 1668 [/69]
to cousin Ralph Dayton, mess & land in Ashford & elsewhere
Exor: Ralph Dayton, and to have residue
Witness: John Eaton, Jno Wade
Probate: 29 July 1674 to exor
[bur 28 April 1674]
[of Beaver, see will of Ann Barton, 1659]
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GOODALE
William Goodale of Ashford, shoemaker
PRC17 - 61/196
22 October 1615
to 4 sons [ ],
John, William & Henry Goodale - pce of silver
to elder dau Anne Goodale - furniture
Residue to other daus Anne, Suzan & Alice Goodale
Exor: dau Anne Goodale
Witness: Mary Longe, George Osborne, William White
Probate: 14 Nov 1615 [bur
27 Oct 1615]
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GORE
Joanne Gore of Ashford, widow
PRC17 - 31/65
10 December 1558
to son Richard Gore, cupboard etc
Exors : Elizabeth Mason, widow, my daughter, and to have residue
Witness: Thomas Grannte, Alice Grannte & Julian ffreeman
Probate: 12 Jan 1558[/9]
[ widow of John -
see Ashford Wills,
p.65 ]
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GORHAM
John Gorham of Ashford
PRC17 - 64/421
10 April 1583
to poor men's box of Ashford 3/4d
to
wife Mary - hse & lands in Egerton & Charing, for life
profits btw four daughters for eight years
If wife dec'd, property to be managed by [bro] Richard & wife's
bro Nicholas Burwash, then
property to eldest son
Thomas
to wife for 10 yrs, hse in
which I dwell in Ashford, with barn, purch of Mr Clarke.
If wife dec'd to son
Thos, but he to pay son John £5pa then to son John
to son Thomas - cupboard, furnace & quern at Egerton, bow & arrows
etc
"
John - brewing vessels, etc, bow & arrows etc
Residue - wife Mary
Exors: brothers Richard & Nicholas Burwash and wife Mary
Overseers: cosen Edward Hudson, William Norden, bro Richard Gorham &
Nich Burwash - 6/8d ea
Witness: Richard Burwash, William Norden, George Burwash, Richard Simson,
Richard Gorham
Probate: 9 October 1583
[not buried in Ashford]
Agnes Gorham of Ashford, widow
PRC17 - 59/401
9 March 1613[/14]
to her sister Mildred Longley, of Ashford, widow - all goods
Witness: Mary Lyliex, Ursula Phillpott x
Probate: 27 April 1614 [bur
10 Mar 1613/14]
Robert Gorham of Ashford [no desc]
PRC17 - 64/421
[ ? date ]
to son Robert Gorham £100
to dau Mary Gorham £60
dau Mary's
children, Robert & Henry £5 each
Poor
10sh
Probate: 16 May 1627 to son Robert
[not buried in Ashford]
William Gorham of Ashford, bricklayer
PRC17 - 96/65
9 December 1759
to dau Sarah, my freehold
mes or ten on corner of Marsh lane,
[ ? later site of Baptist Church,
MR 56 ] occup Thomas
Knott,
&
wearing apparel of her late mother, & silver
to dau Sarah, & Anne, wife
of Walter Spratt of Maidstone, victualler, all linen equally divided
to son John, wearing apparel & £20 & all debts due to me
to son in law Walter Spratt, £20 & forgive him debts due to me
to son William Gorham £10, -do-
to
dau Sarah & son in law, John Rouse of Dover, staymaker,
copyhold mess in Marsh lane, occup
by
me, & freehold stable in Marsh lane occup Edward Lenneker, baker,
& residue, but to pay
my
granddau Mary Gorham, dau of my dec'd son Edward Gorham £20 when she is
21
Exors: Sarah Gorham & John Rouse
Witness: George Patey & Hy ffarbrace
Probate: 28 Apl 1760 to exors
[bur 20 Apl 1760]
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GOTELEY
Clement Goteley of Ashford,
?
PRC17 - 33/213
25 November 1558
to high altar for tithes forgotten - 12d
poor people
10sh + 5sh at month's day
son John -
clothes etc
wife Bryget to
give 3 sons John, James & Thomas when 24 years - £5 each
wife Brygette -
residue & Exor
All lands to wife for life, then betw sons, or if dec'd then betw 3 daus
Thomasyn, Elizabeth & Ann
Witness : Thomas Culverhouse, William Burges of Brabourne & to be
overseers, and to have 5sh each
Probate: 18 March 1558 [/9]
Edmund Goteley of Ashford, bowyer
PRC17 - 38/50
11 January ?
to wife Joan - ½ of hsehld goods, & lease of ground in Ashford
also silver girdle for life, then to dau Susan Goteley
daus Susan &
Julian - ½ hsehld goods
"
Susan Goteley - 20 marks
son William
"
- cattle etc
"
Thomas "
- £10
"
John
"
- £10
"
Robert
"
- cattle, etc
daus of son
Edward 20sh each
sons
" "
"
40sh each
sister Joane
Hinxhill - a cow
Lands to wife for life, then to son Robert
Exors: wife Joane & son Robert, and to have residue
Overseers: William Woodward & Thomas Cuckow
Witness: John Fuller, William Woodward, William Padnall, John Owltread
& George Quested
Probate: 27 Feb 1563 [/64]
Reynold Goteley of Ashford
PRC17 - 45/286
27 June 1584
to wife Katherine
- copyhold hse, barn etc in which I dwell until dau Susan 21 years.
If
wife dec'd, bro William Goteley to have profits until Susan 21 yrs
Exor: wife Katherine, & to have all goods
Witness: Thomas Leryoke, John Spice, Christopher Leader, Henry Quested
& Thomas Urricke
Probate: 16 December 1584
[bur 2 Jul 1584]
Robert Goteley of Ashford, yeoman
PRC17 - 57/39
5 April 1608
to wife Susanne - all moveable goods etc
Elizabeth
Osbourne, dau of Edward Osbourne - £5 when 21 yrs
wife - £6.13.4d pa due from Edward Dunkin of Lymne on mortgage of
£800, or capital if repaid
and 3 seames of wheat & 3 seames of barley pa
Lands:
to wife Susanne -
house in Ashford in which I dwell & land in Ashford occup Robert
Sander for
life, then to son Peter
Exor : son Peter, and to have residue
Witness: Edward Hall, George Browne, Edward Woodland
Probate: 23 July 1612 [buried
13 July 1611]
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GRANT
John Grannte of Ashford, husbandman
PRC17 - 54/110
31 May 1607
to poor of Ashford - 10sh
profits to wife Jhone for life
to goddau Susan Spurges - £10 after death of wife
sister Ann Ongley
- £3
Prisilla Ongley
dau of Sister Ann 20sh
Residue to Peter, Thomas, Daniel & John Spurges
Exors: Ralph ffreeman & John Goble to have all goods etc
John Granntex, Witness: John Robins, John Hurlockex
Probate: 14 August 1607
[bur 20 June 1607]
Thomas Grant of Ashford, yeoman
PRC17 - 94/233
14 June 1751
to
nephew John Grant, eldest son of bro John Grant of Horsmonden mess
or ten in Ashford, occup
Thomas
Dodd for life, then to his uncle's children or in default to nephew Thomas
Grant second
son
of bro John
to nephew Thomas Grant,
marshland, in Snave & Ivychurch 34 acres occup John Waterman of
Ashford, gent, purchased of Moses Moseley for life, then to his
male children or in default to
nephew John G
to niece Elizabeth Grant, dau of bro John, £300
to bro John Grant silver watch, linen & hsehld goods etc
Exors: John Waterman, to have £15.15.0 and balance of estate (after
paying debts etc) to
John Grant
Witness: William Weller, John Weller & John Stonehouse
Probate: 24 June 1751 to John Waterman
[buried 22 June 1751]
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GREENHILL
Richard Greenhill of Ashford, clockmaker
PRC17 - 77/149
20 Jan 1685/6
to grandchild Richard Greenhill, son of my son John Greenhill - £140
"
John "
youngest son of - do -
£20
granddaus Mary,
Agnes, Abigall, Mercy & Lydia, daus of John Greenhill £20 ea
grandch Richard,
Jane & Elizabeth , children of son Robert Greenhill
£20 ea
These legacies to be paid from £320 on bond to son Robert G, being
purchase money for copyhold lands in Ashford which I sold
to
son John & wife Mercy, Robert & wife Elizabeth, Richard
& wife Lydia & George Colt & wife Mary
5sh each
to son Robert - copyhold mess called Wist in Ashford
[MR 141]
to
grandson Richard Colt, son of George my son in law - 2 copyhold
mess adjoining churchyard in Ashford, now occup Stephen Hughes &
Stephen Luckhurst
to grandson Peter Colt,
youngest son of George Colt, copyhold mess adj churchyard occup
Samuel Russell
to grandson Samuel G son of Richard Greenhill mess or ten in
Charing lately purch of Richard
Chapman, after death of wife Mary
to wife Mary - interest on £320 bond & rents of mess in Charing
to son John Greenhill not to hinder Richard taking possess of mess occup
by John Greenhill &
Richard Martin
Exors: Robert & Richard Greenhill
Witness: Clement Tipp, John Marsh, Robert Davis
Probate: 17 Feb 1687 [/8] to Robert & Richard Greenhill
[buried 13 October 1687]
Robert Greenhill of Ashford, tanner
PRC 16/329
or 14 June 1694 PRC17- 78/358
[CML ba 27 Mar Elizabeth Chittenden of Smeeth, sp 21, Dec 1672]
to dau Jane Greenhill £600
to dau Elizabeth " £600
or if they die before 21 to son Richard
to son Richard all goods, & residue
to dau Elizabeth, mess or tens, lands etc in Egerton & Gt Chart lately
purch of Josias Gilham &
Richard Haiselgrove, or in default to Rchd
to wife Elizabeth, mess or tens, lands etc in Woodchurch & Shadoxhurst,
purch of Humphrey
Masters, for life, then to son
Richard
to son Richard, all goods etc in Ashford, & all goods etc
Exor : bro Richard & son Richard
Witness: John Epsley, John Marsh & John Marsh junr
Probate: 26 July 1694 to bro Richard Greenhil
[b ur 12 July 1694]
Inventory PRC 11, 23 July 1694. Assessors
Walter Mond & William Botting -
£ 1743.13.0d.
John Greenhill of Ashford, clockmaker
PRC32 - 58/91
2 March 1705
to poor of Ashford 20sh
wife Mercy, £20 & use of hsehld goods for life, then to son
John, and same for plate, pewter etc
wife Mercy, bro Richard, son in law Thomas Crouch & his wife
Mary, son in law Arthur Hurt & his
wife Lydia, & son John - 10sh each for ring
dau Mary Crouch £20
dau Agnes Dan £100
dau Mercy £50 due by
will of my father Richard Greenhill
son John £30
nephew Richard Greenhill of Ashford, tanner, my mess, millhse,
malthse etc for 10 years, then to
son John
wife Mary for life, moiety of lands in Hythe purch of Benjamin
Bower & wife Abigail, then to neph
Richard for 7 yrs, then to son John
Exors to purch land for £200 for benefit of 4 daus
Residue to son John & 4 daus equally
Exor: nephew Richard Greenhill, to receive £5
Witness: Edward Jeoffery, ffree Stace, Susanne Stace
Probate: 3 June 1706 to exor
[buried 29 May 1706]
Richard Greenhill of Ashford,
tanner PRC17 -
81/148
21 August 1707
[CML Richard Greenhill ba & Sarah Haffenden of Egerton 17 Apl 1701]
to son Richard, mess called
Wist in Ashford, & pce land 1 acre, & 3pces called Nether Wist,
9
acres, & also freehold lands occup by Edmund Barner, purchased of
cousin John Greenhill,
&
all tann tubs etc
all other mess to sons Richard & Stephen Greenhill equally
to dau Elizabeth Greenhill £700
to wife Sarah, best bed, furniture etc
Exor: wife Sarah & bro [in law] William Whitfeld
Witness: Stephen Haffenden, Elizabeth Whitfeld, John Simmonds
22 Aug 1707 - Codicil
to John Scott & wife Margaret mess & ten occup by Martha
Godfrey ygr, widow, & other prems
late Margaret Godfrey's in accordance with
her will
Witness: Saml Warren, Elizabeth Whitfeld & John Simmonds
Probate: 19 April 1708 to William Whitfeld
[buri ed 28 August 1707]
Mercy Greenhill of Ashford,
spinster PRC17 -
85/11
9 Dec 1719
to be buried at discretion of aunt Mary Colt, & to be exor, &
to have all goods
Witness: George Sinnott, Edmund Hammond, William Tookey
Probate: 9 June 1720 to Mary Colt
[buried 29 December 1719]
Richard Greenhill of Ashford,
tanner PRC32 -
63/463
3 August 1745
Prop called Wist in Ashford, surrendered at Court Baron by marr
settlement, also 1 acre, 3 pces
called Neither
Wist, 9a, Little Hasell mead, & ½ a land, 3 acres, ½ butcher's shop,
to self for life,
then wife Jane.
No children. Annuity to
Jane of £100 from freehold lands in Ashford, Warehorne,
Snargate &
Fairfield.
All prop to bro Stephen Greenhill, friends Hy Franklyn & William Allen
of St Dunstan's, brewer, as trustees
Moiety of copyhold prems to aunt Jane Whitfeld, wid, for life, then to her
children
Other moiety to aunt Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Dodd of Ashford, yeo
Freehold prems (except those to which I am entitled on death of Mgt G, wid,
one of the heirs of James Greenhill, bankrupt, dec'd) in default of ch to
bro Stephen
Prop from James G to bro Stephen (in city of C'bury)
Addtl annuity to wife £10, £100 & plate etc
to mother Mrs Sarah Halford, silver etc
to Hy Franklyn & William Allen £20 ea
Provs for sons and/or daus £2000+
Exor : bro Stephen, and to have residue
Witness: James Hanson, J Pomfret junr, Thomas Brown
Probate: 28 Aug 1753 to exor
[bur 16 Aug 1753]
Richard Greenhill of Ashford, gent
PRC17 - 99/392
30 Jan 1776
By indtre 22/23 Apl 1763 betw
(1) Rev
Stephen G & me Richard G, then of Biddenden, gent, eldest son of
Stephen
(2) Thomas
Davis of C'bury, alderman, & Mary, now my wife prev Mary Hunt of
C'bury only
granddau of Thomas Davis
(3) William
Pembrooke of C'bury esq mayor & Edward Miller woollendraper of C'bury
(marriage
settlement) for one mess (prev three)
& other bldgs & 4 pcls land 6 acres prev occup
Thomas Tritton now John Drinker & me Richard G, also land
called Gt Goggle, 4a, prev
occup T Tritton now Thomas Cheesman, with way through customary
field of Stephen G
also 4 (prev 5) pces land 7a near Bearsend prev occup John Costeker
now Stephen
Costeker, also 3 pces land in Warehorne & Orlestone 30a, also
9a in Orlestone, 5a in
Orlestone, subject to life interest of wife Mary & six ch
Richard junr, Stephen junr, Mary,
Elizabeth, Sarah, Susanna & Bridget)
all with plate, china etc, to eldest son Richard
to wife Mary, all hsehld goods & £100
to
trustees - mess called Hammonds in Boughton Aluph, & mess, gdn
etc occ prev [ ] Howland in
Ashford, now Elizabeth Blechynden, wid, purch of Peter Young of Ashford,
surgeon, other prop in
Canterbury, to bro Stephen Greenhill ygr of Ashford, gent & bro in law
Stephen Richards of
Canterbury woollendraper, as trustees for wife Mary for life, then for my
6 ch
Exors: bro Stephen, Stephen Richards & wife Mary
Witness: Mary Farrance, Richard Butler & A Ingles
Probate: 12 Mar 1776 to exors [bur
16 Feb 1776]
Stephen Greenhill of Ashford, clerk
PRC17 - 99/523
26 February 1776
to wife Mary -hsehld goods & £100
grandson Stephen
Miller £20
poor of Sevington
£5
Robert Dodd of
Ashford, gent £5
to
wife mess or ten occup by me in Ashford, for life, then to son
Stephen Greenhill & land in Aldington
23 acres, in
Herst 12a, then ½ each to grandsons Richard & Stephen, sons of son
Rchd, dec'd
to
son Stephen G mess occup Mrs Jane Loftie in Canterbury, & land
called Sereland in A, 6a, & land
adjoining, late
occup Thomas Tritton, then Robert Tritton, now son Stephen Greenhill
to
grandsons Richard & Stephen Greenhill, land called Little
Haselmead, in Ashford, & land adj, 3 acres,
butchers shop in
Market in Ashford, & land in Warehorne
Exors: son Stephen Greenhill, son in law Francis Whitfeld, clerk &
Stephen Richards of C'bury, mercer - to have £20 each
Witness: Stephen Hills, Jos Pattenson, Edward Pike
Probate: 31 July 1777 [bur
2 July 1777]
Richard Greenhill of Ashford, gent
PRC17 - 108/212
13 March 1829
to wife all money etc for life, but she to pay £1000 to dau Elizabeth if
she marries
to son Norman Greenhill £500
Residue betw sons Richard & Stephen, & dau Elizabeth
to son Richard -
mess & lands, subject to trusteeship of Walter Murton of East Stour,
farmer, &
William Walter of Ashford, innkeeper
Exor: wife Elizabeth & son Richard
Witness: Jane Hughes, Jno Burt, George E Jemmett
Probate: 19 April 1830 to exors. [buried
23 March 1829]
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GRIMPSTON
Cornewell Grimpston of Ashford, husbandman
PRC17- 50/438
(nuncupative)
22 July 1596
to Joan & Elizabeth Grimpston, daus of bro Allen Grimpston (dec'd) -
40sh betw them
to two daus of Michael Leogod & wife Agnes (sister of Cornewell
Grimpston) - 40sh betw them
Residue to bro Stephen Grimpston
Witness: John Roberte, Mary Walker, Cath Hannds, wid
Probate: 3 August 1596 to John Robert & Catherine Hannds
[not buried in Ashford]
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GROOMBRIDGE
Joseph Groombridge of Ashford, yeoman
PRC17 - 105/408
13 January 1818
to
nephews William, George, Joseph & John, sons of bro John
Groombridge of Hernehill - share in
mess or ten & 2 acres land in Elham at Roads Minnis
to
Richard Welch of Acris, carpenter & John Clover of Ashford,
basket maker, who married my dau
by my late wife - mess etc in Cheriton, & all other property as
trustees for benefit of wife Ann
for life
to Edward Palmer of Smeeth, labourer & wife Rebecca, dau of my bro
John £20
Residue betw Richard Welch, John Clover, John Laker of Stowting, farmer,
Joseph Woodgate
(son of Samuel
Woodgate) late of Shadoxhurst, farmer
After death of wife, prems in Cheriton to nephs William & Stephen,
sons of bro Stephen, equally
Exors: Richard Welch & John Clover
Witness: P Boghurst atty, Charles P Cowtan & George Edward Thurlow,
clerks to Messrs De Lasaux
& Boghurst
Probate: 7 March 1818 to exors [buried
16 February 1818]
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GYNNING
John Gynning of Ashford
PRC17 - 49/398
3 April 1594
to father - clothing & £5
to Susan, wid of Edward Spice - £5
to bro Xpher Gynnings - clothes
sister Mercy
Geninge - 40sh
"
Marie "
- 40sh
father - 40sh in
hands of John Scrampton, butcher of Smarden
Elizabeth
Mitchell - hsehld goods
Residue to my dame, Susan Spice
Exor: William Gyninge, father
Witness: John Spice, Thomas ? x,
John Robins, the writer
Probate: 5 April 1594
[not buried in Ashford]
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