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WILLS....
Will
of Robert
Foord of Maidstone (1796-1872)
This
is the last will and testament of me ROBERT FOORD of
King Street Maidstone In the County of Kent plumber,
glazier and painter. Firstly I appoint my son JOHN
RICHARD FOORD and my friend FELIX KITE
of Maidstone aforesaid, valuer and appraiser, executors
and trustees of this my will. I direct my executors
to pay all my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses
as soon as conveniently may be after my death.
I give and bequeath the sum of £10 to each of
my 3 grandchildren, the children of my deceased son
CHARLES FOORD
I also give and bequeath the sum of £5 to each
of my 6 grandchildren, the children of my said son JOHN
RICHARD FOORD
I also give and bequeath the sum of £5 to each
of my 6 grandchildren, the children of my daughter ELLEN
the wife of JAMES BETTS
I also give and bequeath the sum of £5 to each
of my 5 grandchildren, the children of my daughter TRYPHENA
the wife of ARTHUR HUGHES
I also give and bequeath the sum of £5 to each
of my 2 grandchildren, the children of my daughter HARRIOT
the wife of EDWARD HUGHES
I also give and bequeath the sum of £5 to my grandchild,
the child of my son ALFRED FOORD
I also give and bequeath the sum of £5 to be divided
equally between my four grandchildren the children of
my son WILLIAM FOORD
I also give and bequeath the sum of £19/19shillings
to my housekeeper CAROLINE CHALONER
I also give and bequeath the sum of £19/19shillings
to my executors as some renumeration for their time
and trouble in carrying out the directions container
in this my will.
I also give and bequeath the sum of £5 to HENRY
MEAD the elder of King Street, Maidstone aforesaid
baker. I also give and bequeath the sum of £19/19shillings
to the Royal Masonic Institution for boys at Lordship
Lane, Wood Green in the parish of Tottenham the same
to be paid to the treasurer for the time being of the
said Institution for the purposes of the Institution.
And I direct that the said legacy shall be paid out
of my personal estate and shall be understood and taken
as coming from me a mason of lodge No 503. I hereby
direct my executors to sell the household furniture
and effects in and about my dwelling house at my death
and I declare that the proceeds of such sale shall fall
into and form part of my residuary personal estate.
I give and bequeath the iron chest in my house to my
sons JOHN RICHARD FOORD and ALFRED
FOORD for their own use and benefit.
I give and bequeath the 9 shares that I hold in the
Maidstone Waterworks Company to my said sons JOHN
RICHARD FOORD and ALFRED FOORD,
their executors administrators and assigns to hold to
my said sons JOHN RICHARD FOORD and
ALFRED FOORD their executors administrators
and assigns in equal shares.
I give and bequeath unto my said son ALFRED
FOORD all my share on the stock in trade working
tools, horses, and carriages, money and books used in
the trade or business of a plumber, painter and glazier
which I now carry on in partnership with my said son
JOHN RICHARD FOORD to hold the same
unto my said son the said ALFRED FOORD
his executors administrators and assigns absolutely
for his own use and benefit.
I give and devise all that my now warehouse and Smiths
shop siuate in George Yard in King Street, Maidstone
aforesaid now in the occupation of JAMES WOOD
together with rights easements and appurtenances thereunto
belonging, therewith used, held and enjoyed unto my
said sons JOHN RICHARD FOORD and ALFRED
FOORD to hold the same unto and to the use
of my said sons JOHN RICHARD FOORD
and ALFRED FOORD the heirs and assigns
for ever in equal shares as tenants in common.
I give and devise unto the said JOHN RICHARD
FOORD and FELIX KITE their
heirs all those my 7 cottages with the gardens and appurtenances
therein unto belonging situate in the QUEEN
ANN ROAD in Maidstone aforesaid together with
the rights easements and appurtenances to hold to them
the said JOHN RICHARD FOORD and FELIX
KITE and the heirs upon trust as to one moiety
or equal half part thereof for my said daughter HARRIOT
the wife of EDWARD HUGHES and as to
the other moiety or equal part thereof upon trust for
my said daughter TRYPHENA the wife
of ARTHUR HUGHES during the natural
life of each such daughter respectively without impeachment
for waste. And from and immediately after the decease
of either one of my said daughters then in trust as
to the moiety of the one so dying in the lifetime of
the other, for the heirs of the daughter so dying as
tenants in common during the life of my one surviving
daughter without impeachment for waste and from and
after the decease of the survivor of my said daughter
then upon trust to sell both the same moieties. And
I declare that the said JOHN RICHARD FOORD
and FELIX KITE their executors or administrators
or other the trustees or trustee for the time being
of this my will shall stand possessed of the net proceeds
of the sale of the said two moieties. Upon trust as
to one moiety or equal half thereof the child or children
of my said daughter HARRIOT who being
a son or sons shall attain the age of 21 years or being
a daughter or daughters shall attain that age or marry
before attaining that age in equal shares and proportions
and if only one such child then the whole in trust for
that one. And as to the other moiety or equal half part
of such net preceeds, upon trust for the child or children
of my said daughter TRYPHENA who being
a son or sons shall attain the age of 21 years or being
a daughter or daughters shall attain that age or marry
before attaining that age in equal shares and proportions
and if only one such child then the whole in trust for
that one.
I give and devise all that the house of mine messuage
tenant and premises situate in and being No 72 Week
Street, in Maidstone aforesaid in the occupation of
HENRY JAMES LOADER with the rights
easeents and appurtenances thereunto belonging unto
y said daughter ELLEN the wife of JAMES
BETTS to hold the same to my said daughter
ELLEN to the use of my said daughter
ELLEN during the term of her natural
life without impeachement for waste and from and immediately
after her decease to the use of the children of my said
daughter ELLEN lawfully begotten in
equal shares as tenants in common their heirs and assigns
for ever.
I give and devise unto the said JOHN RICHARD
FOORD and FELIX KITE and their
heirs all that my messuage or tenament belonging to
me situate next to the police station in King Street,
Maidstone aforesaid and being No.50 in the said street
and also all those two cottages situate in Union Street
in maidstone aforesaid and being No. 118 and 120 in
the said street with all the rights easements and appurtenances
to the said several messuages belonging or appurtaning
to hold the same unto the said JOHN RICHARD
FOORD and FELIX KITE and their
heirs and assigns to the use of the said JOHN
RICHARD FOORD and FELIX KITE
their heirs and assigns upon trust to sell the same
and I herby declare that the said JOHN RICHARD
FOORD and FELIX KITE or the
survivor of them or their heirs executors or administrators
of such survivor or other the trusteees or trustee for
the time being of this my will shall stand possessed
of the clear proceeds of sucvh sale after paying all
expenses. Upon trust to pay therout the legacy of £50
to my Grandchild GEORGE ROBERT COMPORT,
£50 to my grandchild CHARLES COMPORT,
£50 to my grandchild LAURA ANN COMPORT,
£50 to my grandchild ADELAIDE COMPORT
and as to the residue (if any) of the said monies I
direct that the same shall fall into and form part of
my residuary personal estate. And as to all the rest
and residue of my real and personal estate not herein
before specifically devised and bequeathed I give devise
and bequeath the same unto my said sons JOHN
RICHARD FOORD and ALFRED FOORD
their heirs executors administrators and assigns to
hold to them their heirs executors administrators and
assigns according to the nature and tenure thereof in
equal shares and proportions as tenants in common, but
subject never-the-less to end charges with the payment
of all my just debts funeral, testamentary and executorship
expenses and also with the legacies bequeathed by this
my will and the duty and expenses thereon and hereby
direct my executors to pay the legacy duty on all legaciers
thereby bequeathed provided always and I hereby declare
that the appointment of my said son JOHN RICHARD
FOORD as executor of any of the bequeaths or
dispositions hereby made shall not extinguish or affect
any debts owing or which my be owing to or from me by
or to such one or other or any other of my children
or any other claims which are or may be depending or
submitting between me and my said son or any other of
my children and I hereby further declare that my executors
and trustees for the time being shall have the power
of compunding debts of selling my real and personal
estate and all other powers and advantages conferred
upon executors and trustees by an Act passed in the
23rd and 24th years of the reign of her present Majesty
entitled “An Act to give trustees, mortagees and
others certain powers now commonly invested in settlement
mortgages and Wills” and all other Acts of Parliament
now passed amending the said Act and the clauses in
the said Act and the said amending Acts shall be taken
and read as if they were in this my will so far as they
may be applicable now and except that if any of the
clauses of the said Acts are inconsistent and conflicting
with any clauses or provisions contained in this my
will then the clause or clauses of the said Act so inconsistent
or conflicting shall be read and subject to the clause
or clauses of this my will with which such clause or
clauses may be inconsistant or conflicting. I devise
and bequeath all the estates which at my death shall
be invested in me upon any trusts or by way of mortgage
and at which I shall at my death have power to dispose
by will unto the said JOHN RICHARD FOORD and
FELIX KITE their heirs and executors and administrators
respectively according the the nature thereof respectively
upon the trust and subject to the equity of redemption
which at my death shall be outstanding or capable of
taking effect therein respectively but the oney secured
on such mortgages shall be taken as part of my personal
estate and lastly I revoke all other wills codicils
and testamentary dispositions heretofore made by be
on witness thereof I the said ROBERT FOORD
have to this my last will and testament contained in
this and 4 proceeding sheets of paper se my hand this
third day of October 1872 - Robert Foord
(signed)
Signed by the said testator in the presence of us present
at the same time in his presence and at his request
have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.
JOHN CASE solicitor, maidstone
J.MUNN clerk to Mr JOHN CASE
solicitor Maidstone
PROVED
IN London on the 7th December 1872 by the oaths of JOHN
RICHARD FOORD the son and FELIX KITE
to whom admin. Was granted
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