The Will of
John HOADLEY (1700-1778)
This is the last Will and Testament of me
John Hoadley of Ashurst in the County of
Sussex Yeoman First I give and bequeath all and singular my Goods Chattels
and Personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever unto my two friends John
Margesson of Offington in the parish of Broadwater in the said County
Esquire and Edward Wilson the younger of Ashurst aforsaid Clerk upon
Trust and Confidence nevertheless that they my said Trustees and the Survivor of
their living Executors and Administrators shall permit and suffer my loving Wife
Sarah Hoadley to have and make use of and receive and take the use of
my Household Goods Stock on the farm and all my Personal Estate whatsoever
for and during the term of her natural life But my Will and Mind is that as
soon as conveniently may be after my decease an Inventory and Appraisement
shall be made and taken of all my household Goods Plate and Linnen in my
Dwelling House an also of all my Stock Husbandry Tackle and Chattels on my
Farm And also of all my Personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever And my
Will and Mind further is that my said Loving Wife after such Appraisement
shall be had and taken shall give Bond to my said Trustees in Double the Value
of such Goods and Stock that her Heirs Executors or Administrators shall within
one month after her decease deliver up such Stock and Goods or the full
value thereof to my said Trustees or the Survivor of them his Executors or
Administrators to be by them Disposed of for the purposes herein after
mentioned I Will and direct all my said household Goods Linnen and Plate in
my Dwelling house shall then be delivered up to Sarah Lelyott
daughter of Henry Lelyott and Mary his wife if she shall be
then twenty one years of age but if not my said trustees shall deliver them
up her at her age of twenty one years and also I Will and direct that my
said Trustees or the Survivor of them his Executors or Administrators shall
within six months after the decease of my said loving Wife assign over one
hundred and seventy five pounds which I have now owing to me on an
assignment of the Tolls or Duties Granted by an Act of Parliament for
repairing the Roads from Horsham to Steyning and all Interest due thereon unto
the said Sarah Daughter of the said Henry and Mary Lelyott
her Executors Administrators and assigns in case she shall then be twenty one
years of age if not at her age of twenty one years subject nevertheless and
Charged with the
payment of one annuity or yearly sum of five pounds of lawful money of Great
Britain clear of all deductions whatsoever unto my Kinsman Richard Blake
to be paid to him yearly and every year for and during the term of his
natural life and to commence from the day of the death of my said Loving
Wife and my Will and Mind further is that in case the said Sarah Lelyott
shall happen to die during the lifetime of him the said Richard Blake
that then and in such case I do hereby give and bequeath unto the said
Richard Blake all the Interest and produce of the said sum of one hundred
and seventy five pounds for and during the term of his natural life and also I
give and bequeath unto the said Sarah Daughter of the said Henry
and Mary Lelyott the sum of five hundred pounds of like lawful money
to be paid by my said Trustees and Executors within six months next after
the decease of my said loving wife in case she shall then be of the age of
twenty one years if not at her age of twenty one years And also I give and
bequeath unto my Kinsman John Curtis of the Cliffe near Lewes in the
said County of Sussex Flaxdresser son of my late Brother in Law
Abraham Curtis the sum of two hundred pounds of like lawful money to
be paid him by my Executors and Trustees within six months next after the
decease of my said loving wife and also I give and bequeath unto Mary
Curtis Daughter of my said late Brother in Law Abraham Curtis the
sum of twenty pounds of like lawful money to be paid her by my said Trustees
and Executors within six months next after the decease of my said loving
wife All the rest residue and remainder of my personal Estate which shall be
then left in my said Trustees hands (after my Debts Legacies and Funeral
Expenses and probate of this my Will shall be paid) I give and bequeath unto
my Kinsman the said John Curtis and the said Sarah Daughter of
the said Henry and Mary Lelyott equally to be divided between
them share and share alike And my Will and Mind further is that in the case
the said Sarah the Daughter of the said Henry and Mary
Lelyott shall die before the Legacies herein before given to her shall
become due and payable without leaving any issue of her body lawfully
begotten that them and in such case I do hereby give and bequeath unto
John Lelyott Mary Lelyott and Henry Lelyott Sons and Daughter of
the said Henry and Mary Lelyott the sum of one hundred pounds
apiece part thereof and also the sum of one hundred pounds other part
thereof unto the said Mary Curtis Daughter of my said late Brother in
Law Abraham Curtis and all the rest that shall be then remaining of
what I have by this my Will given to the said Sarah the daughter of
the said Henry and Mary Lelyott I do hereby give and bequeath
unto the said John Curtis his Executors and Administrators But in
case the said Sarah Lelyott shall have any child or children lawfully
begotten that then and in such case I do hereby give and bequeath the same
and every part thereof unto such child or children equally to be divided
between them if more than one if but one then wholly to such one child and I
desire the said Sarah Lelyott may be put out and brought up by my
said Trustees in such manor as they shall think fit and necessary for a
person in her station ? I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint the said
John Margesson Edward Wilson and my said loving Wife Sarah
joint Executors in Trust of this my Will and I do hereby revoke all former
Wills in Witness where of I the said John Hoadley the Testator have
to this may last Will and Testament Contained in two sheets of paper to the
first sheet thereof set my hand and to the second and last sheet thereof my
hand and seal the twenty seventh day of December in the year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred and seventy five The Mark and Seal of John Hoadley
X signed sealed and published and declared by the said John Hoadley
the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us
who in his presence and at his request and also in the presence of each
other have subscribed our names as Witnesses hereunto the Word (pounds)
being first Interlined between the eighth and ninth lines from the bottom of the
first sheet hereof - John Hold - William Attree
This Will was proved at London the fifth day of May in the year of our Lord
one thousand and seven hundred and seventy eight before the Right Worshipful
Sir George Hay Knight Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of
the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully Constituted by the Oath of
Sarah Hoadley otherwise Hoadlee Widow the Relict of the deceased
and one of the Executors named in the said Will to whom Administration was
Granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said
deceased she having been first sworn by Commission Duly to administer power
reserved of making the like Grant to John Margesson Esquire and Edward Wilson
the other Executors named in the said Will when they or either of them shall
apply for the same
In margin:
Proved at
London 27th January 1794 before the Judge by the Oath of the
Reverend Edward Wilson Dr. of Laws the other surviving Executor to
whom Admon was granted have Been first sworn by ? duly to Administrator
Transcribed by Mandy Willard and Melissa Zimmerman on 8-11 August 2004 from a digitised copy
of the original document held at the Public Records Office, reference
PROB 11/1042
Notes
John Margesson
married Mary Penfold by Licence on 30 July 1754 in Broadwater. Their
Marriage Licence was issued on 29 July 1754 by the Archdeaconry of
Chichester, which stated that he was a Gent of Offington in Broadwater and
she a Spinster of Sompting.
Edward Wilson
was probably the son of Edward Wilson and Mary Back who were
issued a Marriage Licence by the Archdeaconry of Canterbury on 7 June 1721.
At the time he was a Clerk of Ashurst and she a Spinster of Tenterden.
Richard Blake - I have know idea how he comes
to be a kinsman of John Hoadley!
Sarah Lelyott's mother was Mary Curtis
who married Henry Lilliott in 1762. But was Mary the sister of
John's wife Sarah? (Henry was the nephew of my 6x Great
Grandfather
Thomas Lelliott (c1705-1765).)
HOADLEY
