Chelsfield Wills - Part 1
Abstracts of will from Chelsfield proved in
the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
John Ringer of Chelsfield dated
11 December 1827
Abstract of the will of John Ringer of Green Street Green
yeoman dated 11 December 1827.
I give to my son John Ringer and his heirs for ever all that
messuage, tenement, yard, garden and premises now in my own occupation at
Green Street Green in Chelsfield.
I give all that messuage, tenement, yard, garden and premises
(adjoining the before-mentioned premises at Green Street Green) now in the
occupation of Joseph Edwards to my daughter Susannah and her husband
George Adams for life, then after the deaths of both of them to my
grandson John Ringer Adams and his heirs for ever.
I give to my son Henry Ringer £200 which he owes me, and to
my son Joseph Ringer £200 which he owes me.
I give to my son Thomas Ringer and my daughter Mary Ackland,
wife of Richard Ackland, all those cottages, tenements etc. together with
a piece of orchard ground adjoining, now in the occupation of Thomas
Gregory, Nathaniel Quiddington and others, which leasehold premises I
lately purchased of the assigns of William Richard Glasier a Bankrupt, at
Broad Street Green or Brasted Green in Farnborough, to have the said
property share and share alike, and to hold it subject to payment of £20
per annum Ground Rent and the performance of the Covenants in the Lease.
Should I survive my son Thomas or my daughter Mary then I give their
respective shares of my leasehold property to their children.
All residue together with £900 Stock in 3% Consols I give to
my six children before mentioned, share and share alike. The said 3% Stock
is now standing in my own name and the name of George Battersbee as
Trustees of the Will of my uncle Jeremiah Ringer of Bromley, the interest
of which he left to his grand-daughter Ann Bath for her life, and after
her death he gave the principal sum of £900 Stock to be assigned to me or
my Executors. If any dispute should arise about the division of my goods
and effects my Executor is to appoint some indifferent person to divide it
fairly into equal shares.
I appoint my sons John and Thomas Ringer, and George Adams,
as my Executors.
If I survive either of my married children then his or her
share it to be given to his or her children. Should my grandson John
Ringer Adams die before me than I give the cottage and premises bequeathed
to him to his sisters Mary and Eliza Adams and their heirs for ever as
tenants in common.
John Ringer: witnesses Elizth. Beardsworth, Mary Beardsworth,
Jno. Fox, Farnborough.
Proved 31 August 1830 by John and Thomas Ringer the sons and George
Adams.
[PCC will PROB 11/1775]
Transcribed by Geoffrey
Copus