St Michael Church, Sittingbourne M.I.s & other information with Index of names at end Back to Churchyards listed Monumental Inscriptions of St Michael Church, Sittingbourne including concise wills, other notes and photographs - recorded by D. E. Williams Easter 2017 ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH , C. 1910 INTRODUCTION The above view, from the south east, is much clearer than can be obtained today, when the church seems very constricted by modern buildings and mature trees. On the right, in the south east of the churchyard, one can identify the Boulding tomb, with it's railings, and just west of this, the railings of the Hogwood tomb. Almost all of the headstones, east of the Boulding tomb, which probably include most of the Garrett and Bax monuments, recorded by Bax and Rice in 1897, are no longer to be found. I have included these, with acknowledgement to Bax and Rice. The main part of the churchyard is west and north of the church, the space is relatively small for such a parish when compared to others nearby, notably St Mary, Newington, which has a considerably larger plot. I have divided the churchyard into four areas, A - is a very small area south of the tower and east to the west wall of the south chapel; B - is the south east and eastern section, prominent in the above photograph; C - is the whole of the area west of the church D - is the whole area north of the church. I have added the area suffix to each monument number. The transcriptions are listed alphabetically. Although I follow the original layout, I do not follow the original fonts. It should be noted that there are many, finely decorated 18th century headstones and a prominent 18th/19th century chest tomb, which have completely obliterated inscriptions; the churchyard contains a high number of body stones. I have added concise versions of Prerogative Court of Canterbury, wills, which were proved in London and Canterbury Court wills, the majority in the archdeaconry court, which were proved in Sittingbourne. I have also included entries from local commercial directories, etc. My thanks to my wife, Beverley, for her invaluable assistance, and also to Ted Connell for placing this record onto the K.A.S. website and for compiling the index. D.E. Williams Borstal, Rochester. Easter Sunday, 2017 INSCRIPTIONS 1 (D). HEADSTONE [SACRED] TO THE MEMORY OF HANNAH WIFE OF WILLIAM ABBOT [DIED NOVEMBER 1853] [ ] [Eroded Verses] ALSO THE ABOVE WILLIAM ABBOT [DIED FEBRUARY 1858] [ ] 2 (D) COPED STONE SOUTH SIDE THIS SPOT IS HALLOWED AS THE RESTING PLACE OF THOMAS ALEXANDER LATE STOREKEEPER OF THE ORDNANCE IN THE MAURITIUS WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 26th OF JANUARY 1854 AGED 73 NORTH SIDE ALSO GRACE HIS BELOVED DAUGHTER WHO DIED ON THE 21st OF NOV 1852 (GRACE WAS 30 YEARS OLD IN THE 1851 CENSUS) PREROGATIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY WILL, NO DATE OR LOCATION GIVEN THOMAS ALEXANDER VERY PIOUS PREAMBLE, UNUSUAL FOR PERIOD. THE WHOLE OF HIS PROPERTY, AFTER DEBTS, FUNERAL AND PROBATE COSTS ARE PAID, TO HIS WIFE, GRACE, IN TRUST FOR THEIR CHILDREN. AFTER HIS WIFE'S DEATH WHAT REMAINS TO THEIR CHILDREN, EQUALLY SHARED. WITNESSES: ROBERT MACFARLANE AND J. DARNE PROVED 20th FEBRUARY 1854, GRANTED TO HIS WIDOW, GRACE. 3 (C) HEADSTONE, VERY ERODED [SACRED] [TO THE MEMORY OF] JOHN ARNDELL OF THIS PARISH WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 14th OF FEBRUARY 1822 AGED 68 YEARS LIKEWISE [ANN A]RNDELL SISTER OF [THE ABOVE] WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE [ ] [ ] [1841 [ ] CANTERBURY COURT WILL, DATED 1st FEBRUARY 1822 JOHN ARNDELL, CARRIER. TO SISTER, ELIZABETH BARNARD, £200; TO HER HUSBAND, JOHN, THE FREEHOLD HOUSE THEY OCCUPY, FOR THEIR LIFETIMES, AFTER BOTH THEIR DEATHS, THEN TO THEIR SON, ALFRED, FOR EVER. TO NIECE, ANN BARNARD, £100; TO NEPHEWS CHARLES, RICHARD, STEPHE N, WILLIAM, JAMES, FREDERIC, EDWIN AND HENRY BARNARD, £100 EACH; TO HIS SISTER, HANNAH FORSTER, £300; TO NEPHEW, JOHN ARNDELL BARNARD, THE FREEHOLD HOUSE NOW IN NEPHEW JOHN'S OCCUPATION AND CURRIER SHOP, ALSO A FREEHOLD COTTAGE, OCCUPIED BY JOHN FLETCHER, ALSO A FREEHOLD COTTAGE AT THE EAST END OF SITTINGBOURNE, OCCUPIED BY EDWARD SMITH, BUTCHER, FOR EVER, ALSO £200. TO HIS SISTER ANN ARNDELL, HIS OWN HOUSE, LATELY OCCUPIED BY JAMES FIELD, ESQUIRE, ALSO A FREEHOLD COTTAGE OCCUPIED BY THOMAS WEST, FOR HER LIFETIME AND AFTER HER DEATH, TO NEPHEW JAMES BARNARD. ALSO TO SISTER ANN, ALL HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, PLATE, LINEN,CHINA AND RESIDUE OF HIS PROPERTY FOR EVER. SISTER ANN IS EXECUTOR. WITNESSES: JOHN DEAN, JOHN SMITH AND WILLIAM ARNOLD. PROVED 3rd MAY 1822. VALUE OF GOODS, CHATTELS AND CREDITS, LESS THAN £3,000 4 (C) HEADSTONE CATHERINE WIFE OF HENRY BACK DIED 13th MARCH 1854 AGED 78 YEARS JOHN IRONS SON OF THE ABOVE DIED 31st MARCH 1849 AGED 40 YEARS THE ABOVE NAMED HENRY BACK DIED 17th FEB 1867? [ ] 5 (C) HEADSTONE SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF ANN BALLARD WIFE OF JOSEPH BALLARD LATE OF GRO[VEHURST?] IN THIS PARISH OBT. JUNE 2nd 1805 AGED 72 YEARS (Four lines eroded verse) ALSO NEAR THIS SPOT LIETH ISAAC SON OF THE ABOVE OBT. JAN 27th 1822 AGED 63 YEARS LEAVING A WIDOW, 3 SONS AND 7 DAUGHTERS ALSO OF MARY WIDOW OF ISAAC? BALLARD OBT. OCTOBER 30th 1840? [AGED 75 YEARS [ ] PREROGATIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY WILL DATED 22nd FEBRUARY 1813 ISAAC BALLARD, OF THE "ROSE" INN. DEBTS, FUNERAL AND PROBATE COSTS FIRST PAID. HIS FUNERAL TO BE "AS SMALL AS DECENTLY CAN BE". TO WIFE, MARY, ALL REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE AND EFFECTS, SHE AND HIS BROTHER, RICHARD, OF HOO COMMON, MILLER*, ARE EXECUTORS. WITNESSES: JOHN LEACH AND PETER BATES. PROVED 22nd FEBRUARY 1822 * BALLARD'S MILL WAS A PROMINENT FEATURE ABOVE HOO FOR MANY YEARS. 6 (C) HEADSTONE, VERY ERODED [SACRED] [TO THE MEMORY OF] SAMUEL BARNES OF THIS PARISH, YEOMAN WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 19th OF JULY 1800 AGED 63 YEARS ALSO WILLIAM BARNES SON OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED THE 27th OF [DECEMBER] 182[0] [ ] CANTERBURY ARCHDEACONRY COURT WILL DATED 27th MARCH 1800 SAMUEL BARNES, GRAZIER. HIS OWN HOUSE IN SITTINGBOURNE, WITH THE SLAUGHTER HOUSE AND STABLE, ETC., TO SON JOHN, ALSO TWO SHAMBLE SHOPS OR STALLS IN THE MIDDLE OF MILTON HIGH STREET, FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY JOHN SIMES AND CHARLES MARNCOCK, SINCE OCCUPIED BY SON JOHN, TO HIS SONS, SAMUEL AND JOHN, EQUALLY SHARED, FOR EVER. HIS LAND CALLED THE WELL ? ? INCH, OF ABOUT 5 ACRES IN A FIELD CALLED SAWYER'S FIELD, PART ARABLE AND THE REST, PLANTED WITH HOPS AND FRUIT TREES, CALLED SHAMBLE FIELD, NOW IN TILLAGE AND PLANTED WITH APPLES AND CHERRIES, OF ABOUT 6 ACRES; ALSO ANOTHER PIECE PLANTED WITH FRUIT TREES, ADJOINING AND FORMERLY PART OF SHAMBLE FIELD, OF ABOUT 1 ACRE; ALSO A PIECE, PLANTED WITH HOPS ADJOINING SHAMBLE FIELD AND PURCHASED FROM THE LATE LORD DUDLY, THEN IN THE OCCUPATION RICHARD ARNNOLD, THEN OF [ ] GRAYLING AND AFTERWARDS OF THOMAS SIMPSON, NOW IN HIS OWN OCCUPATION. ALSO TWO HOUSES IN SITTINGBOURNE, OCCUPIED BY HIS SISTER, MARY TWOPENNY AND JOHN HARMS, TO HIS DAUGHTERS, ELIZABETH AND SUSAN BARNES, EQUALLY SHARED, FOR EVER, SUBJECT TO A PAYMENT OF £200 TO DAUGHTER, SARAH BARNES, WHEN SHE IS 21. TO DAUGHTERS, ELIZABETH AND SUSAN, THE GOOD FURNITURE IN HIS BEST CHAMBER, HIS BEDROOM, KITCHEN AND PANTRY, EQUALLY SHARED. TO HIS CHILDREN, ELIZABETH, SUSAN, SARAH, SAMUEL, JOHN, THOMAS, DANIEL , WILLIAM, ROBERT AND JAMES, £5 EACH FOR MOURNING. RESIDUE, REAL AND PERSONAL, INCLUDING LIVESTOCK, HORSES, CATTLE, SHEEP AND CROPS, AFTER PAYMENT OF HIS DEBTS, FUNERAL AND PROBATE COSTS, TO SONS, SAMUEL AND JOHN, IN TRUST, TO CARRY ON FARMING AND GRAZING BUSINESS, UNTIL HIS YOUNGEST CHILD IS 21. WHILE THEY CARRY ON BUSINESS, THEY TO PAY 3 SHILLINGS PER WEEK TO SONS WILLIAM AND THOMAS AND DIVIDE REMAINDER OF PROFITS AMONG HIS CHILDREN, DANIEL, JAMES AND SARAH, (SON RICHARD IS ALREADY PROVIDED FOR UNDER HIS GRANDFATHER'S WILL), UNTIL THEY ARE 21, IN THE MEANTIME THE MONEY USED FOR THEIR MAINTENANCE AND EDUCATION. AFTER HIS LEASES EXPIRE, OR WHEN YOUNGEST CHILD IS 21, AND BUSINESS CEASES, MONEY FROM THE SALE OF STOCK, AS FOLLOWS, £1,00 TO SON JAMES AND REMAINDER DIVIDED AMONG SONS, THOMAS, DANIEL AND WILLIAM, EQUALLY DIVIDED. IN CASE EITHER OF HIS SONS, JAMES, THOMAS, DANIEL AND WILLIAM ARE, AT THE TIME OF THE DIVISION, DEAD, WITH NO LAWFUL ISSUE, THEIR SHARE TO SURVIVORS. IF ANY HAVE DIED LEAVING LAWFUL ISSUE, THEN THEIR SHARE TO THE CHILD/CHILDREN. SONS SAMUEL AND JOHN ARE EXECUTORS AND GUARDIANS OF ROBERT, JAMES AND SARAH, UNTIL THEY ARE 21. WITNESSES: JOHN GIBBONS, WILLIAM ? LUSHMAN AND B. FAUSSETT. PROVED 30th SEPTEMBER 1800 VALUE OF GOODS, CHATTELS AND CREDITS, LESS THAN £2,000 7 (C) SMALL HEADSTONE HERE LYETH YE BODY OF JOHN BARNS OF THIS PARISH WHO DIED OCT 23rd 1741 ----------Ground Level---------- [AGED 34 YEARS] 8 (A) HEADSTONE TO THE MEMORY OF JAMES BATE OF THIS PARISH WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 31st? [AUGUST] 1802 AGED 32 YEARS Psalm 37, Verse 37 "I went by, and lo, He was Gone, I Sought Him, But His Place Could no where be Found" ALSO FRANCES WIFE OF THE ABOVE JAMES BATE WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 7th OF OCTOBER 1800 AGED 32 YEARS ALSO FRANCES BATE DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE [ ] [ ] PREROGATIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY WILL DATED 12th MAY 1802 JAMES BATE, SHOPKEEPER. HE IS SICK AND WEAK. REAL ESTATE TO WIFE, FRANCES, FOR LIFE, AFTER HER DEATH, TO SON JAMES, FOR EVER, ON CONDITION THAT HE PAYS £200 DUE ON MORTGAGE AND £150 TO DAUGHTER FRANCES BATE. IF SON JAMES DIES PRE 21 WITH NO LAWFUL ISSUE, THEN THE PROPERTY TO DAUGHTER FRANCES, FOR EVER. ALL PERSONAL ESTATE, GOODS, CHATTELS, RIGHTS, CREDITS, AFTER DEATH OF HIS WIFE, TO HIS SON AND DAUGHTER, EQUALLY SHARED AT 21 YEARS. IF THEY BOTH DIED PRE 21 WITH NO LAWFUL ISSUE, THEN ALL TO HIS WIFE, FOR EVER. WIFE AND COUSIN, JOHN BATE OF SITTINGBOURNE, LINEN DRAPER, AND GOOD FRIEND, WILLIAM GREATHEAD OF BLUE TOWN, SHEERNESS, LINEN DRAPER, ARE EXECUTORS. WITNESSES: ROBERT HINDE, WILLIAM GARRETT AND JOHN SMITH. PROVED 22nd FEBRUARY 1803 9 (A) TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN BATE OF THIS PARISH, B ? WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 28th OF DECEMBER 1813 AGED 44 YEARS LEFT SURVIVING A WIDOW AND SEVEN CHILDREN ALSO CECELIA DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED MAY 28th 1827 AGED 18 YEARS ALSO HARRIETT RELICT OF THE ABOVE JOHN BATE WHO DIED AT BOSTON, LINCOLNSHIRE? MAY [ ] 18[ ]7 [ ] 10 (C) HEADSTONES AND BODYSTONES, OVER VAULT(S) TO THE MEMORY OF ELIZABETH WIFE OF MR JOHN BATE WHO DIED THE 8th OF FEBRUARY 1823 AGED 57 YEARS ALSO OF MR JOHN BATE WHO DIED THE 30th OF NOVEMBER 1847 AGED 75 YEARS ALSO OF MARIA RELICT SUCCESSIVELY OF THE LATE REV JOSEPH TANNER, ESQ. AND MR JOHN BATE WHO ENTERED INTO REST THE 3rd OF NOVEMBER 1849 AGED 69? YEARS TO THE MEMORY OF MARY DAUGHTER OF JOHN AND ELIZABETH BATE WHO DIED THE [ ] OF NOVEMBER 1827 AGED 2[ ] YEARS ALSO OF ELIZA AGED 23? MONTHS GEORGE AGED 13? MONTHS ELIZABETH AGED 11? MONTHS SAMUEL AGED [ ] YEARS 11 HEADSTONES (FROM BAX AND RICE, 1897) TO THE MEMORY OF MARY WIFE OF WILLIAM BAX OF THIS PARISH COLLAR MAKER WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 2nd OF MARCH 1778 AGED 32 YEARS ? ALSO THE ABOVE WILLIAM BAX WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 14th OF JULY 1792 AGED 80 YEARS? PREROGATIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY WILL DATED 26th NOVEMBER 1784 WILLIAM BAX, COLLAR MAKER. TWO HOUSES AND LAND AT EAST END OF SITTINGBOURNE, NOW OCCUPIED BY [ ] BUDDS AND [ ] SUDELL? AND ALL OTHER REAL ESTATE, TO DAUGHTER, ELINOR, WIFE OF JOHN GARRETT OF SITTINGBOURNE, COLLAR MAKER, FOR EVER. TO GRANDSONS, WILLIAM BAX GARRETT, JOHN, GEORGE AND RICHARD GARRETT, SONS OF JOHN AND ELINOR, £100 EACH AT 21 YEARS. TO BROTHER RICHARD, COACH HARNESS MAKER, MONEY DUE FROM THE FRIENDLY SOCIETY OF DREDGERS OF MILTON OR ANY OTHER CLUB OF WHICH HE IS A MEMBER. TO SISTER, ELIZABETH BARLARN? OF FOLKESTONE, WIDOW, £5; TO SISTER, ELINOR STROUD OF ASHFORD, WIDOW, £5. TO ANN POPPLEWELL, OF SITTINGBOURNE, WIFE OF HENRY, BUTCHER AND HER CHILDREN, MARY AND RICHARD, £20, EQUALLY DIVIDED. THIS MONEY TO BE PAID TO THE FATHER AS BY THE WILL OF KINSMAN, JOHN PATEY, LATE OF ASHFORD, GENTLEMAN, TESTATOR WILL BE ENTITLED TO £100 ON DEATH OF JOHN PATEY'S BROTHER, GEORGE. RESIDUE OF GOODS, CHATTELS, RIGHTS, CREDITS AND PERSONAL ESTATE, AFTER HIS DEBTS, FUNERAL AND PROBATE COSTS ARE PAID, TO DAUGHTER, ELIZABETH GARRETT. SON IN LAW, JOHN GARRETT IS EXECUTOR . WITNESSES: JAMES TONGE, JAMES BATE AND BR. FAUSSETT PROVED 4th OCTOBER 1792 12 (C) HEADSTONE [ ] MARGARET WIFE OF THOMAS BIRCH OF THIS PARISH AND DAUGHTER OF JOHN AND MARGARET KEEPPEN WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE APRIL THE 24th 1776 AGED 42? YEARS ALSO [ ] CHILDREN LEFT ISSUE TWO DAUGHTERS ? AND ELIZABETH 13 (B) CHEST TOMB, RAILED SOUTH SIDE SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF GEORGE SON OF THOMAS AND ANN BOULDING OF THIS PARISH WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 6th OF JAN 1847 AGED 61 ? YEARS LEAVING 4 SONS & 2 DAUGHTERS "Blessed are the Dead which die in the Lord" THIS TOMB WAS ERECTED BY GEORGE ROBERT AND EDWIN SONS OF THE ABOVE NAMED GEORGE AND ROSE BOULDING EAST SIDE SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF EDWARD THOMAS SON OF GEORGE & ROSE BOULDING WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 16th OF NOV 1814 AGED 7 YEARS WEST SIDE ALSO EDWIN BOULDING DIED AUGT. 23Rd 1903 AGED 84 YEARS ALSO EMMA WIFE OF THE ABOVE DIED JULY 8th 1913 AGED 83 YEARS "Asleep" 1838 STAPLETON DIRECTORY, GEORGE SENIOR, BUTCHER; 1881 CENSUS, GEORGE JUNIOR, BUTCHER AND CATTLE DEALER, EMPLOYING 1 MAN, EDWIN, POSTMAN. ONE WOULD EXPECT SUCH A TOMB, IN A PROMINENT POSITION TO BELONG TO THE LOCAL GENTRY. IT THROWS AN INTERESTING LIGHT ONTO THE STATUS AND WEALTH OF SOME TRADESMAN. 14 (C) HEADSTONE SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF EDWARD BRENCHLEY WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 31st OF AUGUST 179[4] AGED 73 YEARS ALSO OF ELIZABETH HIS WIFE WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 2nd? OF JANUARY 1780 AGED 71 or 74 YEARS BUFF SEE COWLAND 15 (C) HEADSTONE IN MEMORY OF THOMAS BURLEY OF THIS PARISH WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 3rd OF DECEMBER 1809 AGED 39 YEARS "The Child of Affliction" ALSO ONE SON AND TWO DAUGHTERS OF THE ABOVE WILLIAM DIED THE 20th OF AUGUST 1807 AGED 8 MONTHS ELIZABETH DIED THE 5th OF JULY 1809 AGED 10 YEARS FANNY DIED THE 12th OF JULY 1818 AGED 17 YEARS ALSO ANN WIFE OF THE ABOVE THOMAS BURLEY WHO DEPARTED [THIS LIFE] THE 22nd [ OF JANUARY 1828] [ ] 16 (C) HEADSTONE TO THE MEMORY OF WILLIAM CLEAVE OF THIS PARISH WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 9th OF SEPTEMBER 1828 AGED 65 YEARS LEAVING A WIDOW, 4 SONS & 7 DAUGHTERS ALSO MARY WIFE OF THE ABOVE WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 27th OF JULY 1837 AGED 67 YEARS CANTERBURY COURT WILL DATED 11th JANUARY AND 6th FEBRUARY 1826 WILLIAM CLEAVE, BUILDER APPOINTS WIFE, MARY AND THOMAS REASON OF SITTINGBOURNE, UPHOLSTERER AND JOHN DEAN OF SITTINGBOURNE, TAILOR AND ? , EXECUTORS. TO THEM HIS ESTATE, UPON TRUST. AN INVENTORY TO BE MADE OF HIS GOODS WHICH ARE HIS WIFE'S FOR LIFE, SHE IS TO HAVE HIS HOUSE, RENT FREE FOR LIFE, AS LONG AS SHE REMAINS HIS WIDOW, SHE CAN OCCUPY ANY OF HIS HOUSES, RENT FREE, AS SHE CHOOSES, SHE CAN ALSO CARRY ON HIS BUSINESS IF SHE CHOOSES. HIS STOCK IN TRADE AND TOOLS TO BE VALUED AND SON WALTER CAN HAVE FIRST OPTION OF BUYING THEM. WALTER CAN LIVE IN HIS DWELLING HOUSE WHERE BUSINESS IS CARRIED OUT FROM, DURING HIS MOTHER'S LIFETIME, UNTIL THE YOUNGEST CHILD IS 21 WALTER TO PAY RENT OF £30 PER ANNUM TO TRUSTEES AND PAY RATES AND KEEP HOUSE IN GOOD ORDER. ALSO TO WALTER THE GOODWILL OF THE BUSINESS. PROPERTY NOT ALREADY MENTIONED TO BE LET, AND NET RENTS TO HIS WIFE, FOR LIFE AND WIDOWHOOD, TO SUPPORT HER AND CHILDREN. IF WIFE REMARRIES SHE LOSES ALL RIGHTS AND IS NO LONGER AN EXECUTOR. INCOME FORMERLY PAID TO HER GOES TO THE MAINTENANCE AND EDUCATION OF THEIR CHILDREN UNTIL THEY ARE 21, THEY ARE HENRY, ELIZA, HARRIET AND ANN REGARD ?. WHEN THEY ARE ALL 21, TRUSTEES TO SELL ESTATE AND SHARE EQUALLY AMONG HIS CHILDREN ALL PROCEEDS. WITNESSES: ALICE CORFIELD?, 6 WARDROBE PLACE, DOCTORS' COMMONS AND GEORGE DUNMAN?, SAME PLACE. WILLIAM KEEL, SITTINGBOURNE, THOMAS YOUNG, SITTINGBOURNE AND GEORGE KEEL, SITTINGBOURNE. NOTE, AFTER FIRST WITNESSES, ABOUT CHANGES TO VARIOUS LINES, AFTER THIS HE SIGNS AGAIN AND NEW WITNESSES SIGN. PROVED 31st MARCH 1829. POWER RESERVED TO REASON AND DEAN. 17 (C) SMALL HEADSTONE HERE LIETH YE BODY OF ROBERT CLIFFORD WHO DIED JAN YE 27th 1742 AGED 45 YEARS ALSO RICH. CLIFFORD SON DIED JAN 22nd 1739 AGED 10? MONTHS (THE YEARS IN THE MODERN CALENDAR ARE 1743 AND 1740) CANTERBURY COURT WILL DATED 11th JANUARY 1742 (43) ROBERT CLIFFORD, VICTUALLER. TO SON ROBERT, £50, TO BE PAID TO HIS GRANDFATHER, JOHN OLLIVER OF DODDINGTON AND SECURELY INVESTED BY HIM UNTIL ROBERT IS 21. ALSO TO ROBERT HIS WATCH, SILVER SPURS AND 2 GOLD RINGS WHICH TESTATOR USUALLY WEARS. TO BROTHER (IN LAW?), WILLIAM SUTTON OF BEARSTEAD?, VICTUALLER AND HIS WIFE, ELIZABETH, £5 EACH TO BUY MOURNING. REST AND RESIDUE, READY MONEY, INVESTED MONEY, DEBTS, FURNITURE, PLATE, LINEN, HORSES, HAY, STOCK IN TRADE AND PERSONAL ESTATE, AFTER PAYMENT OF DEBTS, FUNERAL AND PROBATE COSTS, TO WIFE, AMY FOR EVER, SHE IS EXECUTOR. WITNESSES: THOMAS WACKLIN, EDWARD ELLEN AND J. BATCHELLER. PROVED 14th APRIL 1743 18 (C) HEADSTONE, VERY ERODED [ ] [ ] MARY CLIFFORD WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE OCT [ ] 1800? AGED 20 YEARS ALSO FRANCES CLIFFORD DAUGHTER? OF GEORGE? AND MARY CLIFFORD WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 30th [OF] FEBRUARY 1807 AGED 25 YEARS 19 (C) HEADSTONE, VERY ERODED [ ] [ ] JOHN CLIFFORD OF THIS PARISH WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE NOVEMBER [18] 1810 AGED 60? YEARS [ ] JOHN & MARY [ ] [ ] ANN M[ ] [ ] [ ] MARY WIFE OF JOHN CLIFFORD WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE [FEBRUARY] [ ] 1828 AGED [ ] YEARS CANTERBURY COURT WILL DATED 17th NOVEMBER 1810 JOHN CLIFFORD, THE ELDER, BLACKSMITH. DEBTS, FUNERAL AND PROBATE COSTS TO BE FIRST PAID. TO DAUGHTERS MARY OF SITTINGBOURNE, SPINSTER AND HARRIET PARKER, WIDOW, (HIS EXECUTORS) ALL OF HIS ESTATE, UPON TRUST, TO ALLOW HIS WIFE MARY, TO USE THE SAME AND TAKE INTEREST PAYMENTS FOR LIFE. AFTER HER DEATH, TO DAUGHTER MARY, £50. REST AND RESIDUE TO FOUR DAUGHTERS, MARY, HARRIET PARKER, ANN WIFE OF THOMAS HUGHES OF FRINSTEAD, LABOURER AND MARCY WIFE OF RICHARD EPPS, EQUALLY SHARED. DAUGHTERS, MARY AND HARRIET ARE EXECUTORS. WITNESSES: RICHARD BATHURST AND E. CRUMP PROVED 14th MAY 1811. POWER RESERVED TO HARRIET PARKER, VALUE OF GOODS, CHATTELS AND CREDITS LESS THAN £450 20 (A) HEADSTONE SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF MARY WIFE OF WILLIAM COLLEY OF THIS PARISH WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 11th NOV 1794 AGED 56? YEARS ALSO ELIZABETH SECOND WIFE OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED 24th DEC 18[46] AGED [ ]3 YEARS ALSO WILLIAM CHAPMAN COLLEY SON OF WILLIAM AND ELIZABETH [WHO DIED] [6th] JUNE 1854 [Buried] CANTERBURY COURT WILL DATED 17th AUGUST 1853 WILLIAM CHAPMAN COLLEY, GENTLEMAN. DEBTS, FUNERAL AND PROBATE COSTS FIRST PAID FROM PERSONAL ESTATE, IF INSUFFICIENT, THEN PAID FROM REAL ESTATE. APPOINTS SISTER, ELIZABETH MARY COLLEY OF SITTINGBOURNE AND NIECE EMILY MUGGLETON, WIFE OF SAMUEL OF SITTINGBOURNE, WHEELWRIGHT, EXECUTORS. HIS 1/6 INTEREST IN A HOUSE AND MALTHOUSE, WITH KILN ADJOINING AND OUTBUILDINGS IN RAINHAM AND ALL OTHER FREEHOLDS, COPYHOLD AND LEASEHOLD ESTATE TO SISTER ELIZABETH, SHE TO RECEIVE RENTS FOR LIFE AND KEEPING PROPERTY IN GOOD REPAIR AND INSURED FOR £120. AFTER HER DEATH THEN TO EMILY MUGGLETON, FOR EVER. TO EXECUTORS ALL ESTATES VESTED IN HIM AS TRUSTEE OR MORTGAGEE ACCORDING TO TERMS. WITNESSES: J. A. SMITH, SOLICITOR, SITTINGBOURNE AND JOHN SMITH, GENTLEMAN, SITTINGBOURNE. PROVED 6th SEPTEMBER 1854. POWER RESERVED TO ELIZABETH COLLEY. GOODS, CHATTELS AND CREDITS VALUE LESS THAN £1,000 1838 STAPLETON DIRECTORY, WILLIAM CHAPMAN COLLEY, GROCER, TEA DEALER AND CHEESEMONGER. 21 (C) HEADSTONE SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF CECILIA DAUGHTER OF JOHN AND MARY ANN COOPER OF THIS PARISH WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 15th OF DECEMBER 1846 AGED 11 YEARS ALSO HARRIETT SISTER OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED 15th SEPTEMBER 1857 AGED 7 YEARS "Gone to the Grave in Youth's Bright Bloom, They could not keep thee from the Tomb, Nor can Recall thee from the Dead." ALSO OF MARY ANN ANOTHER SISTER WHO DIED 14th AUGUST 1860 AGED 27 YEARS "Weep not Dear Friends that here we Lie, Prepare yourselves in Peace to Die, That tho' Death comes we all may Rise, To greet our Saviour in the Skies" 22 (C) HEADSTONE SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF HANNAH WIFE OF MR THOMAS COOPER OF THE BOROUGH?, SOUTHWARK AND FORMERLY OF THIS PARISH WHO DIED THE [ ] OF MARCH 1827 AGED 47 YEARS [8 lines eroded verses] 23 (C) HEADSTONE IN MEMORY OF JOHN EDMUND COULTER WHO DIED THE 16th OF JULY 1850 AGED 40 YEARS THIS STONE IS ERECTED BY HIS WIDOW 1838 STAPLETON DIRECTORY, BOOK SELLER, STATIONER, LIBRARY, READING ROOM, ALSO AGENT OF THE KENT FRIENDLY SOCIETY, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF SAVINGS BANK SOCIETY, SECRETARY OF SITTINGBOURNE AND MILTON LOAN SOCIETY, RECEIVER OF SUBSCRIPTIONS, SITTINGBOURNE AND MILTON AUXILIARY BUILDING SOCIETY. 24 (B) HEADSTONE SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THOMAS COWLAND OF THIS PARISH WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 17th OF AUGUST 1799 AGED [ ] 5 YEARS LIKEWISE [ ] CHILDREN WHO DIED IN THEIR INFANCY ALSO SUSANNAH COWLAND WIFE OF THE ABOVE WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 20th OF MAY 1832 AGED 75 YEARS LIKEWISE [ANN] WIFE OF [ ] BUFF AND DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 22nd OF MARCH 18[2]4 AGED 46? YEARS 25 (C) HEADSTONE IN MEMORY OF MRS MARY CRIGHTON WIFE OF MR JAMES CRIGHTON OF LEMAN STREET, GOODMAN FIELD WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 26th? OF SEPTEMBER 181[3] IN THE [ ]7th YEAR OF HER AGE ON HER JOURNEY HOME FROM MARGATE TO LONDON A JAMES CRIGHTON, OF THE SAME ADDRESS AS ON THE INSCRIPTION, DIED IN 1847, LEAVING A P.C.C. WILL, WHICH STATES THAT HE WAS A BAKER. 26 (D) HEADSTONE ERECTED BY HIS AFFECTIONATE WIFE AND DAUGHTER IN MEMORY OF THE REV. WALTER OKE CROGGON WESLEYAN MINISTER HAVING LABOURED WITH HONOUR AND SUCCESS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND AND FOR SEVERAL YEARS IN FRANCE, THE IONIAN ISLES AND GREECE, THIS DEVOTED SERVANT OF CHRIST FELL ASLEEP AT SITTINGBOURNE JAN 30th 1854 IN THE 63rd YEAR OF HIS AGE "I Know that my Redeemer Liveth" PREROGATIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY WILL DATED 28th DECEMBER 1853 WALTER OKE CROGGON. HE HAS AN HOUSE, AT THE TOP OF ST. GLUVIAS, ST. PENRYN, CORNWALL, OCCUPIED BY THOMAS BARELEY. THE DEED FOR THIS HOUSE SIGNED BT WILLIAM RICHARD CROGGON OF LONDON AND GIVEN TO HIM BY HIS FATHER, THOMAS, IN HIS WILL. HE HAS £700 STOCK IN THE ANNUITY? CONSOLS. DIVIDENDS ARE PAID TO MESSRS MILES & CO. BANKERS OF BRISTOL. HIS BOOKS, PLATE, MANUSCRIPTS AND PICTURES, TO DAUGHTER MARIANNE, IF SHE MARRIES, AFTER HER DEATH THEN TO HER HUSBAND FOR LIFE. IF THEY HAVE CHILDREN, THEN SHARED EQUALLY AMONG THEM AFTER FATHER'S DEATH. HE GIVES LEAVE TO HIS DAUGHTER AND HUSBAND OR THEIR CHILDREN, TO SELL THE HOUSE. IF MARRIANNE DIES BEFORE HER MOTHER, (LUCY), HIS WIFE WILL RECEIVE ALL RENTS FOR LIFE, AFTER HER DEATH, ALL BOOKS, PRINTS, PLATE AND FURNITURE THAT HIS WIFE OWNED BEFORE THEIR MARRIAGE OR SHE HAD PURCHASED SINCE, HE CONSIDERS HER PROPERTY. HE GIVES TO HIS WIFE ALL MANUSCRIPTS, HE "FEELS PERSUADED" THAT HIS WIFE WILL GIVE MARRIANNE TO COPY OR LOAN ANY SHE MAY WANT. HIS WIFE TO GIVE MARRIANNE ALL THE PLATE SHE DOES NOT WANT. IF HIS WIFE REMARRIES ALL PLATE TO MARRIANNE. THE SALVER HE HAD AT LANTE AND CUP HE HAD AT CHARENTON TO REMAIN WITH CROGGON FAMILY AND GO TO MARRIANNE, SHE IS TO HAVE THE MEDITERRANEAN PICTURES. BOOKS TO BE SHARED BETWEEN HIS WIFE AND MARRIANNE. IF MARRIANNE NEVER MARRIES AND NEEDS TO LIVE ON ANY OF THE MONEY IN THE CONSOLS, SHE CAN WITH HIS WIFE ? IF MARRIANNE DOES NOT MARRY THEN, AFTER HER DEATH AND HIS WIFE'S DEATH, ANY RESIDUE TO WHOM THEY DECIDE. HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER ARE EXECUTORS. WITNESSES: AMOS BALEY OF SITTINGBOURNE AND CHARLES ROWE OF SITTINGBOURNE PROVED 3rd MARCH 1854. POWER RESERVED TO LUCY CROGGON. 27 (C) HEADSTONE SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF SARAH WIFE OF EDMUND CRUTTENDEN OF THIS PARISH WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE [DECEMBER?] [ ] 1801 AGED [ ] YEARS ALSO THE ABOVE EDMUND CRUTTENDEN WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 16th OCTOBER 1858 AGED 79 YEARS ALSO OF MARY DOROTHY HIS WIFE WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE [DECEMBER] [ ] 18[7]3 AGED 86 YEARS ALSO ADELAIDE DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED MARCH [ ] 1872 IN THE 41st YEAR OF HER AGE [ ] PIGOT DIRECTORY 1832, EDMUND CRUTTENDEN, CATTLE DEALER 28 (C) HEADSTONE SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF GEORGE DEACON WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 28th DAY OF NOVEMBER 1838 AGED 49 YEARS 1838 STAPLETON DIRECTORY, BEER SELLER, MILTON 29 (D) CRUCIFORM HEADSTONE SAMUEL DEAN DIED SEPTEMBER 23rd 1815 AGED 73 YEARS ALSO JOHN DEAN SON OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED MAY 22nd 1859 AGED 76 YEARS ALSO ANN WIFE OF JOHN DEAN WHO DIED APRIL 2[ ] 1863 AGED 65 YEARS ALSO JOHN ROWLAND SON OF THE ABOVE JOHN DEAN WHO DIED MARCH 25th 1839 AGED 10 MONTHS CANTERBURY COURT WILL DATED 5th JULY 1808 SAMUEL DEAN, TAILOR. TO DAUGHTER, SARAH WIFE OF RICHARD CREED OF HIS MAJESTY'S OFFICIES? OF ENGINEERS, FAVERSHAM, £20. REST AND RESIDUE OF ALL ESTATE, TO SON JOHN, WHO IS EXECUTOR, FOR EVER. WITNESSES: ROBERT GIBBS, THOMAS WHITE AND RICHARD TANNER PROVED 22nd MARCH 1816. SON JOHN IS ALSO A TAILOR. VALUE OF GOODS, CHATTELS AND CREDITS, LESS THAN £800. 30 (C) HEADSTONE, VERY ERODED SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF [THOMAS] DENNIS [OF THIS] [PARISH] WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE [ ] 1776 [ ] [ ] [6 Lines eroded verses] ALSO MARAGARET WIFE OF THOMAS DENNIS (Buried) [Either March 1780 or November 1790] RESURRECTION AT HEAD OF DENNIS HEADSTONE DIVERS SEE HOGWOOD 31 (D) HEADSTONE THIS STONE IS ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE THE INTERMENT OF SUSANNA WIFE OF RICHARD DRAYSON WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 10th DAY OF OCTOBER 1823 AGED 38 YEARS LEAVING A HUSBAND AND SEVEN CHILDREN TO LAMENT THE IRREPARABLE LOSS ALSO THE ABOVE RICHARD DRAYSON WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 17th OF JUNE 1832? AGED [ ] YEARS LIKEWISE ANN ELIZABETH DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE [ ] 1830 [ ] 32 (D) TWO HEADSTONES IN DOUBLE PLOT SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF AGNES DAUGHTER OF JOHN AND AGNES DRAYSON OF THIS PARISH WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 2nd OF AUGUST 1829 AGED 16 YEARS SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN DRAYSON OF THIS PARISH WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 2nd OF NOVEMBER 1837 AT S[EA] AGED 56 YEARS ALSO CHARLES SON OF THE ABOVE JOHN DRAYSON AND AGNES HIS WIFE WHO DIED THE SAME DAY ABOVE AGED 30 YEARS LIKEWISE AGNES WIFE OF THE ABOVE JOHN DRAYSON WHO [DEPARTED THIS] LIFE THE 7th DECEMBER 1840 [ ] CANTERBURY COURT WILL DATED 18th FEBRUARY 1831 JOHN DRAYSON DEBTS, FUNERAL AND PROBATE COSTS FIRST PAID. TO WIFE AGNES, FOR LIFE, ALL HIS PROPERTY, A YEAR AFTER HIS WIFE'S DEATH, TO DAUGHTER ELIZABETH, "FOR HER ? AND UNDUTIFUL CONDUCT, PARTICULARLY TO HER MOTHER", £50. REMAINDER OF THE ESTATE TO BE DIVIDED AMONG HIS OTHER CHILDREN, CHARLES, MARY ANN AND JANE IN EQUAL SHARES. HIS WIFE, VALENTINE COURT OF FAVERSHAM AND STEPHEN COURT OF MILTON, ARE EXECUTORS. WITNESSES: HARRY BACK, WILLIAM RICH AND MATTHEW BONNER PROVED 9th MAY 1838. VALUE OF GOODS, CHATTELS AND CREDITS. LESS THAN £600. JOHN DRAYSON WAS AN EXECUTOR OF WILLIAM MILLENOR IN 1813 AND WAS DESCRIBED AS A CABINET MAKER. CANTERBURY COURT WILL DATED 28th MARCH 1840 AGNES DRAYSON APPOINTS BROTHERS, VALENTINE AND STEPHEN COURT, EXECUTORS. TO DAUGHTERS, MARY ANN AND JANE, £150, EQUALLY SHARED. REAL ESTATE AND REMAINDER , AFTER PAYMENT OF DEBTS, FUNERAL AND PROBATE COSTS, DAUGHTERS SARAH HEARNDEN, MARY ANN AND JANE DRAYSON, AND GRAND DAUGHTER, AGNES DRAYSON, EQUALLY SHARED. GRAND DAUGHTER'S SHARE TO BE USED AT EXECUTOR'S DISCRETION DURING HER MINORITY, TOWARDS HER MAINTENANCE, EDUCATON AND ADVANCEMENT IN LIFE. IF SHE DIES BEFORE SHE IS 21, HER SHARE TO BE DIVIDED AMONG THE THREE DAUGHTERS. WITNESSES: HENRY MILASH? AND WILLIAM TAYLOR PROVED 4th JUNE 1841. VALUE OF GOODS, CHATTELS AND CREDITS, LESS THAN £600 33 (C) HEADSTONE TO THE MEMORY OF ELIZABETH SECOND WIFE OF THOMAS EASON FORMERLY OF MILTON WHO DIED THE 25th OF JUNE 1854 AGED 45? YEARS 34 (C) HEADSTONE IN MEMORY OF RICHARD SON OF ROBERT AND SARAH EDMONDS OF NEW CROSS, SURREY DIED 16th JUNE 1840 AGED 78 YEARS EPPS SEE HOGWOOD 35 (C) HEADSTONE SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF CAPT. JOHN FARRINGTON WHO LOST HIS LIFE BY FALLING OVERBOARD ON THE 18th DAY OF SEPT. 1843 AGED 38 YEARS (Gap) ALSO HENRY SON OF THE ABOVE DIED [ ] FEBRUARY 1850 AGED 26 YEARS ALSO HENRY RAWLINGS GRANDSON OF THE ABOVE DIED MARCH 16th 1856 AGED 11 DAYS ALSO GEORGE SON OF THE ABOVE DIED JANUARY 18th 1869? AGED 49 YEARS CAPTAIN FARRINGTON DIED IN THE SWANSEA CIVIL REGISTRATION DISTRICT, TOGETHER WITH THE FACT, THAT IN AN 1850 DIRECTORY, HIS WIDOW WAS A COAL MERCHANT, IT SEEMS HE WAS TRANSPORTING COAL FROM SOUTH WALES. 36 (C) HEADSTONE SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF MARGARET WIFE OF MICHAEL FINNIS OF THIS PARISH WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE FEB 29th 1820 AGED 46 YEARS ALSO THE ABOVE MICHAEL FINNIS WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE JUNE 21st 18[45] AGED 73 YEARS LIKEWISE THOMAS SEATH? SON OF THE [ABOVE? ] [ DIED FEBRUARY 1805?] 38 (B?) (FROM BAX AND RICE 1897) HEADSTONE HERE LYETH THE BODY OF ELEANOR WIFE OF JOHN GARRETT OF THIS PARISH WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 28th OF DECEMBER 1788 AGED 41 YEARS LEFT A HUSBAND AND 4 SONS VIZ, WILLIAM, JOHN, RICHARD AND GEORGE (Verses not recorded?) ALSO OF THE ABOVE JOHN GARRETT WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 14th OF DECEMBER 1797 AGED 57 YEARS (Verses not recorded? PREROGATIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY WILL DATED24th AUGUST 1792 JOHN GARRETT, COLLAR MAKER. HIS NEW BUILT HOUSE IN SITTINGBOURNE, NEAR THE "PLOUGH" INN, TO SON WILLIAM BAX GARRETT, FOR EVER. ANOTHER NEW HOUSE NEAR THE ABOVE, TO SON JOHN GARRETT, FOR EVER. ANOTHER HOUSE IN SITTINGBOURNE OCCUPIED BY BENJAMIN SNELLING, TO SON RICHARD, FOR EVER. ANOTHER HOUSE IN SITTINGBOURNE OCCUPIED BY THOMAS BUDDS, TO SON GEORGE, FOR EVER. A HOUSE IN WEST STREET, FAVERSHAM, OCCUPIED BY [ ] BISHOP, TO HIS FOUR SONS, SHARED EQUALLY. ALL HIS LEATHER, ROPE, HARNESSES, COLLARS AND OTHER STOCK IN TRADE, TO SON WILLIAM TO ENABLE HIM TO CARRY ON TRADE. REST AND RESIDUE, READY MONEY, INVESTED MONEY, BANK ANNUITIES, HOUSEHOLD GOODS AND FURNITURE, PLATE, LINEN AND PERSONAL ESTATE, AFTER PAYMENT OF HIS DEBTS, FUNERAL AND PROBATE COSTS, TO HIS FOUR SONS AT 21 YEARS OF AGE, EQUALLY SHARED........ APPOINTS JOHN ARNDELL OF SITTINGBOURNE CURRIER AND WILLIAM KING OF GREEN STREET, TEYNHAM, GROCER, EXECUTORS AND GUARDIANS OF HIS SONS. ARNDELL AND KING TO HAVE 5 GUINEAS EACH AS A SMALL GRATUITY. WITNESSES: MARY REYNOLDS, HENRY GIBBS, SERVANTS TO MR BARLING AND JOHN BARLING OF FAVERSHAM. PROVED 31st JANUARY 1798 39 (B?) (FROM BAX AND RICE) HEADSTONE HERE LYETH THE BODY OF JOHN SON OF JOHN GARRETT OF THIS PARISH COLLAR MAKER WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE APRIL [ ] [1794] AGED [ ] (Verses not recorded) 40 (B?) (FROM BAX AND RICE) HEADSTONE SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF WILLIAM BAX GARRETT OF RAINHAM WHO DIED THE 10th OF NOVEMBER 1837 AGED 40 YEARS ALSO THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN OF THE ABOVE MARY WHO DIED THE 3rd OF AUGUST 1828 AGED 2 YEARS AND A HALF JOHN WHO DIED THE 11th OF DECEMBER 1836 AGED 4 MONTHS FRANCES WHO DIED THE 31st OF DECEMBER 1837 AGED 5 YEARS HENRY WHO DIED THE 17th OF JANUARY 1838 AGED 7 YEARS 41 (B) LEDGER, MISPLACED? SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF WILLIAM BAX GARRETT OF THIS PARISH WHO DIED 16th JULY 1850 (sic)* AGED 86 YEARS ALSO RUTH WIFE OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED 22nd NOV 1859 AGED 82 YEARS ALSO JOHN SON OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED 19th MARCH 1865 AGED 59 YEARS WHO LIES IN MILTON CHURCHYARD *Died in 1849 PREROGATIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY WILL DATED 15th FEBRUARY 1849 WILLIAM BAX GARRETT, HARNESS MAKER. ALL REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE, SUBJECT TO PAYMENT OF HIS DEBTS, FUNERAL AND PROBATE COSTS, TO WIFE RUTH, ABSOLUTELY. TO HIS EXECUTORS ALL REAL ESTATE VESTED IN HIM AS TRUSTEE OT MORTGAGEE. SON WILLIAM AND SON IN LAW GEORGE PAYNE ARE EXECUTORS. WITNESSES: JOHN GARRETT AND WILLIAM GARRETT, JUNIOR. PROVED 28th JULY 1849. POWER RESERVED TO WILLIAM BAX GARRETT, JUNIOR. 42 (C) HEADSTONE IN MEMORY OF MR? SILLS G[IBBONS] [ ] WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE [ ] APRIL 1807 AGED 62 YEARS LEAVING A WIDOW THOMAS, [JOHN], AND THE FOLLOWING MARY, FRANCES CHILDREN RICHARD SILLS JANES WIFE OF THE ABOVE SILLS [GIBBONS] [DIED [ ] FEBRUARY 18]12 [ ] CANTERBURY COURT WILL DATED 10th NOVEMBER 1798 SILLS GIBBONS, CARPENTER. WISHES TO BE BURIED IN A GOOD, PLAIN OAK COFFIN, WITH NO OUTSIDE COVERING, WITH HIS NAME AND AGE, WITH FOUR PAIRS OF STRONG HANDLES AND BRASS NAILS. AFTER PAYMENT OF HIS DEBTS, FUNERAL AND PROBATE COSTS, TO WIFE, JANE HIS HOUSE IN SITTINGBOURNE, WITH WORKSHOP, STABLE AND STOREHOUSE, YARD, GARDEN AND ORCHARD, ALSO HIS THREE HOUSES IN MILTON, OCCUPIED BY WIDOW BAKER, [ ] ELSON AND [ ] GORE, ALSO HIS HOUSE IN OADE STREET, BORDEN, OCCUPIED BY WIDOW WAGHORN. AFTER HIS WIFE'S DEATH, , HIS FIVE SONS AND TWO DAUGHTERS, THOMAS, JAMES, RICHARD, JOHN, SILLS, MARGARET AND FRANCES GIBBONS, TO SHARE EQUALLY, THE PROPERTIES, AFTER PAYING OFF ANY CHARGES ON THEM. HIS STOCK IN TRADE TO BE VALUED WITH ANY DEBTS OWED AND SHARED EQUALLY AMONG HIS CHILDREN. THE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, PLATE, LINEN AND CHINA TO HIS WIFE, ABSOLUTELY. TO HIS CHILDREN, HIS SHARE OF AN ESTATE AT STONE NEAR DARTFORD. TO HIS WIFE, HIS LIVESTOCK AND TOOLS, SHE TO CARRY ON HIS BUSINESS, AS LONG AS SHE THINKS FIT, SHE TO HAVE RESIDUE OF PERSONAL ESTATE. HIS WIFE AND RICHARD HARMAN, CARPENTER OF BORDEN, ARE EXECUTORS. WITNESSES: WILLIAM CLEAVE, JOSEPH ARNOLD AND THOMAS HEDGCOCK. PROVED 28th JULY 1807 GOODS, CHATTELS AND CREDITS LESS THAN £3,500 43 (C) HEADSTONE FINELY CARVED RESURRECTION AT HEAD SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF MR CHARLES GLOVER OF THIS PARISH WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE OCTOBER 13th 1819 AGED 50 YEARS ALSO SARAH WIFE OF THE ABOVE MR CHARLES GLOVER WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE JANUARY 31st 182[8] AGED 45? YEARS CHARLES GLOVER WAS AN EXECUTOR OF WILLIAM MILLENOR IN 1813 AND WAS DESCRIBED AS A BUTCHER. 44 (C) HEADSTONE SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF LUCY FIFTH DAUGHTER OF THE LATE JOHN FRANCIS GORDELIER OF FAVERSHAM WHO DIED 27th AUGUST 1843 AGED 47 YEARS 45 (C) HEADSTONE SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF SIX BELOVED CHILDREN OF JAMES & ELIZABETH GOUGE OF THIS PARISH CHARLES JAMES JUNE 2nd 1810 AGED 6 MONTHS JEMIMA SEPT. 13th 1816 AGED 10? YEARS MARGARET OCT 21st 1831 AGED 29 YEARS WILLIAM MAR 18th 1835 AGED 20 YEARS SAMUEL AUG 12th 1835 AGED 18 YEARS SOPHIA SEPT. 24th 1835 AGED 22 YEARS "They were Lovely and Pleasant in their Lives, In their deaths are not Divided" "Nip'd by the wind & unkindly Blast, Parched by the Sun's directed Ray, The ? Glories ? Waste The Short Lived ? Die ? ? " 46 (C) HEADSTONE TO THE MEMORY OF ISAAC GREEN WHO DIED MARCH THE 11th 1843 AGED 36 YEARS ALSO SUSANNAH GREEN WIFE OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED THE 13th OF OCTOBER 1842 AGED 30? YEARS ALSO MARIA THEIR DAUGHTER DIED FEBRUARY THE [ ] 1834 AGED 3 YEARS [Worn Verses] PIGOT DIRECTORY 1840, ISAAC GREEN, OF THE "GEORGE" HOTEL 47 (C) HEADSTONE THIS STONE IS ERECTED IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM HALMARACK WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE JUNE 7th 18[5]8 AGED 44? YEARS ALSO ELIZABETH REDFORD MOTHER OF THE ABOVE? WHO DIED [ ] [ ] PRINCIPAL PROBATE REGISTRY 29th JUNE 1858 WILLIAM HALMARACK OF SITTINGBOURNE, SADDLER. ADMINISTRATION TO JOHN PETERS OF BROMPTON, TAILOR, ONE OF THE EXECUTORS. EFFECTS VALUE UNDER £450. RESWORN AT UNDER £600. 48 (C) SMALL HEADSTONE HELEN OBIT 9th JAN. 1848 ( HELEN HASSELLS) 49 (D) HEADSTONE SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF DAVID HOGBEN WHO DIED THE 21st OF AUGUST 1849 AGED 57 YEARS "Thou Turnest Man, O Lord to Dust, Of which he first was Made, And when thou Speak'st the Word Returns, ? Instantly Obeyed" PREROGATIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY WILL DATED 25th APRIL 1845 DAVID HOGBEN, BREWER. WIFE SARAH AND GEORGE GOUGE OF SITTINGBOURNE, GROCER, ARE EXECUTORS. TO WIFE, £30. HIS PROPERTIES IN SITTINGBOURNE, BOUGHT FROM MRS CRUMP TO HIS WIFE FOR LIFE. AFTER HER DEATH, TO HIS BROTHER WILLIAM AND SISTER LYDIA HOGBEN, EQUALLY SHARED, FOR THEIR LIVES, THE PROPERTIES ARE TO BE INSURED AND MAINTAINED. AFTER THE DEATH OF THE SURVIVOR THEN TO GEORGE GOUGE, UPON TRUST, TO SELL. ALL HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, PLATE, LINEN, CHINA, BOOKS AND EFFECTS TO HIS WIFE FOR LIFE. THEN AS FOR THE PROPERTY ABOVE. RESIDUE OF PERSONAL ESTATE, UPON TRUST, ALSO TO BE SOLD. PROCEEDS INVESTED IN GOVERNMENT FUNDS, IN TRUSTEE'S NAME. INCOME FROM THIS TO WIFE FOR LIFE. AFTER HER DEATH, UPON TRUST, TO BENEFIT HIS BROTHER AND SISTER, FOR LIFE. AFTER THEIR DEATHS THE PRINCIPAL TO BE TRANSFERRED TO HIS NEPHEWS AND NIECES, GEORGE, THOMAS, ALFRED, MARY, EDWARD HOGBEN AND SARAH WIFE OF JAMES BRIDAL?, ALL CHILDREN OF LATE BROTHER, THOMAS, AND ALSO TO CHILDREN OF LATE SISTER, MARY PETTY, EDWARD AND THOMAS, SHARED EQUALLY. WITNESSES: RICHARD BATHURST, SOLICITOR, FAVERSHAM AND J. K. BRADLEY, GROCER, SITTINGBOURNE. PROVED 14th SEPTEMBER 1849. 50 (B) LARGE, SQUARE COPED STONE, ONCE RAILED HOGWOOD TOMB, NOTE HOW CLOSE THE CHURCH IS TO WATLING STREET ON THE RIGHT. SOUTH SIDE IN MEMORY OF EDWARD HOGWOOD WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 18th APRIL 1843 AGED 55 YEARS ALSO JOHN ROBERT DIVERS WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 14th AUGUST 1858 AGED 66 YEARS WHO WAS INTERRED AT OSPRINGE, KENT ALSO ELIZABETH DIVERS WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 3rd MARCH 1877 AGED 86 YEARS NORTH SIDE IN MEMORY OF ELIZABETH EPPS WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 12th? APRIL 1845 AGED 78? YEARS ALSO ELIZABETH HOGWOOD WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE? [JANUARY 184]6 AGED 44 YEARS PREROGATIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY WILL DATED 24th OCTOBER 1838 EDWARD HOGWOOD, OF 15 UPPER GROSVENOR STREET, MIDDLESESX, FORMERLY OF GILLINGHAM, BUTLER TO MRS RADCLIFFE, OF SAME ADDRESS. TO WIFE, ELIZABETH, HIS FOUR FREEHOLD HOUSES IN SITTINGBOURNE AND TWO HOUSES IN FLUSHING STREET, MILTON, ONE OF THE LATTER PURCHASED FROM RICHARD TAGG, THE OTHER FROM WILLIAM EASON, FOR EVER. HE HAS A MORTGAGE ON A COTTAGE AT TEYNHAM, "FOR SERVICING TO ME THE REPAYMENT OF £500 AND INTEREST". HE GIVES THE SAME £500 TO HIS WIFE, ABSOLUTELY. HE GIVES THE COTTAGE, (SECURITY FOR THE MORTGAGE), TO HIS WIFE, FOR EVER. ALSO TO HIS WIFE, HIS STOCK IN THE 3 ½ % ANNUITIES. ANY OTHER FREEHOLD ESTATE TO HIS WIFE, FOR EVER. TO HIS SON, 19 GUINEAS. REST AND RESIDUE OF PERSONAL ESTATE, ALSO TO HIS WIFE, SHE IS EXECUTOR. WITNESSES: EDWARD ROWLAND PICKERING AND ARTHUR P. PICKERING OF LINCOLN'S INN. PROVED 9th AUGUST 1843. 51 (C) HEADSTONE, TOP VERY ERODED ALSO MRS. MILDRED HUNT [WIFE?] OF THE ABOVE WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE [ ] DAY OF APRIL 18[4]2 AGED 64? YEARS 52 (C) HEADSTONE SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF SAMUEL HURD WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 3rd? DAY OF SEPT. 1854 AGED [ ]8 YEARS (Eroded Verses) PREROGATIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY WILL DATED 2nd SEPTEMBER 1854 SAMUEL HURD, INNKEEPER. FIRST ALL DEBTS, FUNERAL AND PROBATE COSTS PAID. HE DESIRES TO BE BURIED IN THE "NEW BURIAL GROUND NEAR THE CASTLE WALL IN ROCHESTER", AND A HEADSTONE PLACED OVER HIS GRAVE. TO HIS WIFE, CHARLOTTE, THE USE OF SUCH OF HIS HOUSEHOLD GOODS, FURNITURE, PLATE, LINEN AND CHINA AS SHE CHOOSE, SUFFICIENT FOR HIS HOUSE IN ROCHESTER, OR SIMILAR ONE, FOR HER LIFETIME. SHE CAN HAVE POSSESSION AND OCCUPATION OF HIS HOUSE IN MORDEN STREET, ROCHESTER, OCCUPIED BY [ ] SMITH OR THE RENT FOR LIFE SUBJECT TO KEEPING THE HOUSE IN GOOD REPAIR. HIS LEASEHOLD HOUSE AND ALL OTHER HOUSEHOLD GOODS, MONIES, PERSONAL ESTATE AND EFFECTS, TO JAMES JACOB NORTH? OF ASHBOURNE, DERBYSHIRE, ESQUIRE AND JOHN MOUNT OF BLUETOWN, SHEERNESS, GROCER, UPON TRUST, TO CONVERT INTO MONEY AND COLLECT DEBTS AND INVEST IN GOVERNMENT FUNDS, FREEHOLD, COPYHOLD OR LEASEHOLD SECURITIES AND PAY INCOME RECEIVED TO HIS WIFE, FOR LIFE. IF SHE BECOMES BANKRUPT OR A DEBTOR, TRUSTEES TO SELL LEASEHOLDS AND INVEST HALF THE PROCEEDS AND PAY INTEREST TO HIS BROTHER JAMES, FOR LIFE. AFTER HIS DEATH, TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL SUM TO HIS CHILDREN, (EXCEPT WILLIAM), IN EQUAL SHARES. THE OTHER HALF OF THE PRINCIPAL, TO BE SHARED AS DIRECTED BY HIS WIFE. IN DEFAULT OF SUCH DIRECTION, THEN TO HIS WIFE'S NEXT OF KIN. HIS WIFE, JOHN MOUNT AND JAMES JACOB NORTH ARE EXECUTORS. WITNESSES: WILLIAM TOMLINSON, SOLICITOR, ASHBOURNE AND GEORGE TOMLINSON, HIS CLERK. PROVED 13th FEBRUARY 1856 POWER RESERVED TO JOHN MOUNT AND CHARLOTTE HURD 53 (C) HEADSTONE SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF MARK IVES OF THIS PARISH WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 19th OF OCTOBER 1840 AGED 41 YEARS LEFT SURVIVING A WIDOW AND THREE CHILDREN VIZ. MARY ELIZABETH, HESTER ANN AND ELLEN GRACE STAPLETON DIRECTORY 1838, MARK IVES, GROCER, TEA AND CHEESE MONGER, ALSO CHINA, GLASS AND EARTHENWARE MERCHANT, 54 (C) HEADSTONE HERE LIETH YE BODY OF WILL. JACKSON WHO DEPARTED THIS [LIFE] [ ] DECEMR. 1745 AGED [ ] ALSO JOZAAN [HIS] WIFE WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 14th OCTOR. 17[ ] AGED 79 JACQMIN SEE PHILLIPE KEEPEN SEE BIRCH 55 (B) HEADSTONE THE KEYES INSCRIPTION IS ON A SUPERIOR STONE, AND IS WELL PRESERVED. HERE LIETH THE BODY OF MARY WIFE OF JOHN KEYES SHE DIED SEPT. YE 23rd 1712 AGED 28 YEARS HERE ALSO LIETH YE BODY OF YE SAID ABOVE JOHN KEYES WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE YE 17th DAY OF MARCH 1722 AGED 42 YEARS NEAR THIS PLACE LIETH THEIR THREE SONS CANTERBURY COURT WILL DATED 12th MARCH 1721 (22) JOHN KEYES, OF MIDDLETON ALIAS MILTON, MILLER. TO WIFE, ALICE, FOUR HOUSES IN MILTON, OCCUPIED BY JOHN? , RICHARD BURTON, ALEX ANDER CRAKE? AND JOHN WILLARD, ALSO THE "SHIP" IN SITTINGBOURNE, OCCUPIED BY JOHN WESTLAKE, ALSO HOUSE AT THE DENNERARY? IN NEWINGTON, OCCUPIED BY ROBERT HASTED?, FOR LIFE. AFTER HER DEATH, THEN TO HIS SISTER'S DAUGHTER, ELIZABETH LITTLE OF LONDON, SPINSTER, FOR EVER, SHE ALSO TO HAVE £5 FOR MOURNING. TO THOMASIN MULLINGER, HIS SERVANT MAID, NOW LIVING WITH HIM, 50 SHILLINGS TO BUY MOURNING. ALL DEBTS TO BE PAID OUT OF READY MONEY, SHOP DEBTS, GOODS AND CHATTELS, IF SUFFICIENT LEFT AFTER HIS FUNERAL AND PROBATE COSTS ARE PAID, THE LEGACIES TO BE PAID. RESIDUE TO HIS WIFE, WHO IS EXECUTOR. WITNESSES: JOHN BATCHELLER, M. THURSTON AND THOMAS BAKER. PROVED 27th APRIL 1722 56(C) HEADSTONE SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF HESTER KING OF THIS PARISH SHE DIED 9th OF JANUARY 1841 AGED 41 YEARS "Blessed are the Dead That Die in the Lord" 57 (C) HEADSTONE , BOTTOM HALF [ALSO] [THE] ABOVE NAMED ANN KINGSMILL WHO DIED MARCH 5th ? 1860 AGED 63 YEARS SILAS KINGSMILL DIED FEB. 7th 1862 AGED 73? YEARS AND WAS INTERRED IN THE CEMETERY [ ] 58 (C) HEADSTONE SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN SON OF JOHN AND ELIZABETH KNOWLES OF THIS PARISH WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE JANUARY 21st? 1806 AGED 1[ ] YEARS ALSO ANDREW SON OF THE ABOVE JOHN AND ELIZABETH KNOWLES WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE JANUARY 11th 1817 AGED 23 YEARS (Eroded Verses) ALSO ELIZABETH KNOWLES THEIR SISTER BORN JAN. 15th? 1787? DIED MARCH 3rd 1862 INTERRED IN THE [CEMETERY?] MAIDSTONE JOURNAL, 21st JANUARY 1817 "JAN 11th AT SITTINGBOURNE, MR ANDREW KNOWLES, AGED 23, A YOUNG MAN OF RESPECTABLE CHARACTER AND FAMILY, MUCH REGRETTED BY THEM AND HIS FRIENDS, AFTER A LONG AND SEVERE ILLNESS" 59 (C) HEADSTONE SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN KNOWLES OF THIS PARISH WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 15th OCT 1820 AGED 64 YEARS (Eroded Verses) ALSO ELIZABETH WIFE OF THE ABOVE WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE [ ] AGED 81 YEARS ALSO OF THOMAS KNOWLES SON OF THE ABOVE DIED NOV 6th 1856 AGED 68 YEARS PREROGATIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY WILL DATED 29th MARCH 1814 JOHN KNOWLES, PLUMBER, GLAZIER AND PAINTER. ALL PROPERTY AND LAND IN SITTINGBOURNE OR ELSEWHERE AND ALL PERSONAL ESTATE, TO WIFE ELIZABETH, FOR LIFE, AS LONG AS SHE REMAINS HIS WIDOW. AFTER HER DEATH OR REMARRAIGE, THEN TO HIS CHILDREN, EQUALLY SHARED. (HE APPOINTS HIS WIFE AND JEREMIAH FINNIS AS EXECUTORS BUT THEN CROSSES THIS OUT ON SEPTEMBER 31st 1815 ). WITNESSES: ANN FINNIS, ELIZABETH FINNIS AND WILLIAM LYNG AFFIDAVIT 9th FEBRUARY 1821 ELIZABETH KNOWLES, SPINSTER, SAMUEL HAYWARD OF 2, ST. DUNSTAN'S HILL, LONDON, GLASS MANUFACTURER AND JOSEPH CHATER OF THE SAME PLACE, GLASS MANUFACTURER, ARE SWORN. HAYWARD AND CHATER WERE WELL ACQAUNTED WITH THE DECEASED, THEY HAVE SEEN HIM WRITE AND SIGN DOCUMENTS. HAVING CAREFULLY EXAMINED THE WILL AND SAY THAT THE NAME CROSSED OUT WAS JEREMIAH FINNIS OF SOUTHWARK, CARVER AND GILDER. THEY CONFIRM THAT CROSSED OUT LINES AND THE NOTE IN THE MARGIN OF THE DATE IN 1815, ARE IN DECEASED'S HAND. PROVED 20th FEBRUARY 1821. GRANTED TO HIS WIDOW, ELIZABETH. NOTE IN MARGIN DATED SEPTEMBER 1838, ELIZABETH KNOWLES HAS DIED LEAVING THE WILL UNADMINISTERED. NOW GRANTED TO DAUGHTER, ELIZABETH KNOWLES, RESIDUARY LEGATEE. CANTERBURY COURT WILL DATED 11th APRIL 1842 THOMAS KNOWLES, PAINTER, (AND CARVER AND GILDER) THOMAS TURNER OF SITTINGBOURNE, SADDLER AND JOHN DEAN OF SITTINGBOURNE, TAILOR, ARE EXECUTORS. TO THEM ALL REAL ESTATE, UPON TRUST, TO SELL, PROCEEDS TO HIS RESIDUARY ESTATE. ALL HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, PLATE, LINEN, CHINA AND EFFECTS, STOCK IN TRADE, DEBTS OWED, MONEY AND OTHER PERSONAL ESTATE, TO TRUSTEES, UPON TRUST. THEY TO PAY HIS DEBTS, FUNERAL AND PROBATE COSTS. THEY TO ALLOW HIS WIFE, MARGARET, TO HAVE USE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD GOODS FOR LIFE OR WIDOWHOOD. AFTER HER DEATH, TRUSTEES TO SELL AND ADD PROCEEDS TO HIS RESIDUARY ESTATE. TRUSTEES TO INVEST MONEY IN GOVERNMENT FUNDS AND PAY INTEREST TO WIFE MARGARET FOR LIFE OR WIDOWHOOD. AFTER HER DEATH, PRINCIPAL MONEY AND HER FURNITURE AND GOODS TO HIS DAUGHTER AND GRANDCHILDREN, AMELIA SELLS, WIDOW, ELIZABETH ANN SELLS, ELEANOR, ARTHUR AND MARIA KNOWLES, EQUALLY SHARED, WHEN GRANDCHILDREN 21 YEARS OF AGE. IN THE MEANTIME THE INTEREST TOWARDS THEIR MAINTENANCE AND EDUCATION. WITNESSES: RICHARD BATHURST, SOLICITOR, FAVERSHAM AND THOMAS BATHURST, SITTINGBOURNE. PROVED 14th JANUARY 1857. THOMAS TURNER HAS DIED . VALUE OF GOODS, CHATTELS AND CREDITS, LESS THAN £200. RESWORN JUNE 1858 AT LESS THAN £300 AFFIDAVIT SAME DATE AS ABOVE. HENRY KOWLES OF SITTINGBOURNE, PLUMBER, SON OF DECEASED, IS SWORN. ON THE DAY OF HIS FATHER'S FUNERAL, HE FOUND A SEALED ENVELOPE CONTAINING THE WILL. THE WILL BEING PROVED IS THE SAME IN EVERY RESPECT, INCLUDING ALTERATIONS AND OBLITERATIONS. 60 (C) FALLEN HEADSTONE SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF WILLIAM CHARLES SAMUEL LANG SON OF WILLIAM & ELIZA LANG OF THE [ ] [CH]ATHAM WHO DIED [FEBRUARY [ ] [1838] AGED 3 YEARS (Eroded Verses) 61 (C) ELEGANT CLASSICAL CHEST TOMB LINSELL AND WANSTALL TOMB. (I HAVE FOUND NO INFORMATION ON THESE FAMILIES.) EAST SIDE IN THIS VAULT ARE DEPOSITED THE REMAINS OF MR ROBERT LINSELL OF THIS PARISH WHO DIED THE 25th? OF MAY 1808 AGED 47 YEARS SOUTH SIDE SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF MR STEPHEN WANSTALL BROTHER TO THE WIDOW LINSELL (OF THIS PARISH) WHO DIED 19th JUNE 1815 AGED 44 YEARS NORTH SIDE SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF DENNIS WIFE OF ROBERT LINSELL WHO DIED THE 4th OF JAN 1842 AGED 84 YEARS 62 (C) HEADSTONE [SACRED] TO THE MEMORY OF SARAH WIFE OF WILLIAM LISHMAN OF THIS PARISH WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE OCTOBER [ ] 180[4] AGED [ ]2 YEARS ALSO THE ABOVE WILLIAM LISHMAN [WHO DIED JUNE [ ]]18[22]? [ ] 63 (C) HEADSTONE SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF CHARLOTTE WIFE OF THOMAS LY[ON] OF THIS PARISH WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 19th OF MARCH 1827 AGED 63? YEARS ALSO DANIEL [LYON] WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE [ ] MARCH 1823 AGED 21 YEARS 64 (C) HEADSTONE [SACRED] [TO THE MEMORY OF] MARY WIFE OF JOHN MASTERS ? ? ? ? WHO DIED THE 28th OF DECEMBER 1828 AGED [ ]3 YEARS ALSO JOHN MASTERS WHO DIED MARCH 25th 1863 AGED 81 YEARS ALSO ELIZABETH SECOND WIFE OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED APRIL 13th 1879 AGED 75 YEARS AND TWO CHILDREN ELIZABETH & WILLIAMS WHO DIED IN THEIR INFANCY 1851 CENSUS, JOHN MASTERS, WEST LANE, FRUITERER, BUT AGE GIVEN AS 67? 65 (C) HEADSTONE MARY SECOND WIFE OF WILLIAM MILLENOR OF THIS PARISH WHO DIED [ ] 1800? AGED 56 YEARS ALSO OF THE ABOVE WILLIAM MILLENOR [Footstone Obscures]1820 [ ] CANTERBURY COURT WILL DATED 23rd OCTOBER 1813 WILLIAM MILLENOR, FRUITERER ALL PROPERTY AND LAND AT SITTINGBOURNE, BAPCHILD AND NEWINGTON, TO CHARLES GLOVER OF SITTINGBOURNE, BUTCHER AND JOHN DRAYSON OF SITTINGBOURNE, CABINET MAKER, UPON TRUST. THEY, WITH CONSENT OF HIS WIFE, WHILE SHE REMAINS HIS WIDOW OR AFTER HER DEATH OR REMARRIAGE, ON THEIR OWN DISCRETION, TO SELL HIS ESTATE. THE PROCEEDS TO BE PART OF HIS PERSONAL ESTATE. THE RENTS UNTIL PROPERTY SOLD TO BE PART OF HIS PERSONAL ESTATE. HIS PERSONAL ESTATE TO HIS WIFE FOR LIFE OR WIDOWHOOD. AFTER HER DEATH OR REMARRIAGE, THEN SHARED EQUALLY TO ALL OF. HIS DAUGHTERS AT 21 OR DAY OF MARRIAGE AND TO SONS WHEN ALL ARE 21 YEARS. BEFORE THEN TRUSTEES CAN ADVANCE SUMS TO HIS CHILDREN AT THEIR DISCRETION. GLOVER AND DRAYSON ARE EXECUTORS. MILLENOR SIGNS WITH HIS MARK. WITNESSES: ROBERT HINDS, JUNIOR, JOHN HINDES AND WILLIAM GARRETT. PROVED 5th JUNE 1820. CHARLES GLOVER HAS SINCE DIED. MILLS SEE BOULDING 66 (D) HEADSTONE SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN MITCHELL [WHO] DIED APRIL 21st 1836 AGED 80 YEARS "{With Patience] to the Last he did Submit, [And Mur]mered not at what the Lord thought Fit, [He with] a Christian Courage did Resign, [His Soul to] God at his Appointed Time" ALSO ELINOR HARRIOTT PARNELL WIFE OF THE ABOVE DIED MARCH 20th 1[ ] AGED [ ] YEARS 67 (C) HEADSTONE FINELY CARVED HEAD SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF [MARY] WIFE OF JOHN MOORE OF THIS PARISH, COOPER WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE [AUGUST 1757] [ ] [ALSO] JOHN MOORE [WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE] [ ] APRIL 1770 [ ] [ ] CANTERBURY COURT WILL DATED 24th JULY 1769 JOHN MOORE, COOPER. TO HIS DAUGHTER (SARAH ANNE), ALL HER MOTHER'S CLOTHES, ALSO £50, AS FOLLOWS, £5 AT 14 YEARS, £5 AT 19 YEARS AND £35 AT 21 YEARS, IF HER AUNT SMITH IS ALIVE, SARAH WILL NOT RECEIVE THE MONEY WITHOUT AUNT SMITH'S CONSENT, UNTIL SHE IS 21. IF SARAH DIES BEFORE SHE IS 21, WITHOUT RECEIVING ANY MONEY, IT WILL BE DIVIDED EQUALLY AMONG HIS OTHER CHILDREN. IF SARAH BECOMES ILL AND IT IS THOUGHT NECESSARY, SHE MAY HAVE £5 BEFORE SHE IS 14. TO SON THOMAS, £50 TO PUT HIM OUT APPRENTICE IN MEANTIME THE INTEREST FROM THIS TOWARDS HIS MAINTENANCE AND EDUCATION, BUT TO NO OTHER PURPOSE. IF HE DIES THE £50 TO THE OTHER CHILDREN, EQUALLY SHARED. HE NOT TO RECEIVE ANY MONEY UNTIL HE IS 22, EXCEPT WHAT IS SUFFICIENT TO APPRENTICE HIM. TO SON JAMES, £50, AS FOR THOMAS BUT EDUCATION NOT MENTIONED. TO SON WILLIAM AS FOR JAMES. TO SON JOHN, WHO IS EXECUTOR, REST AND RESIDUE OF GOODS AND EFFECTS, STOCK IN TRADE, MONEY OWED, CLUB MONEY, (AFTER HIS DEBTS ARE PAID). HIS PLATE TO BE SHARED EQUALLY AMONG HIS CHILDREN. THERE ARE TWO OTHER EXECUTORS, HIS BROTHER (IN LAW), JOHN SMITH AND PETER REASON, " WHO I HOPE OUT OF CHARITY TO THE CHILDREN WILL ACT FOR THEIR GOOD" WITNESSES: THOMAS BIRCH, GEORGE CRONDER? AND MARY CRONDER? 68 (C) HEADSTONE, BODY STONE ON LEDGER SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF LUCY THE BELOVED WIFE OF JOHN PARKINSON OF CHESHUNT IN THE COUNTY OF HERTFORD WHO DIED 20th SEPTEMBER 1837 AGED 55 YEARS 69 (D) HEADSTONE SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN PARKS OF THIS PARISH WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 19th OF APRIL 1826 AGED 38 YEARS LEAVING A WIDOW AND DAUGHTER VIZ. ANNE BORN THE SAME YEAR 70 (C) HEADSTONE WITH CREST OF ORDER OF ST. LOUIS D.O.M. ICI REPOSE LE CORPS DE MELLNR? JEAN BAPTISE LOUIS PHILLIPE COMTE DE CICQUERAY DESCENDU? ANCIENT FAMILLE NOBLE DE NORMANDIE CHEF DE L'LEADRE CADRE DES ARMES NAVLES DU ROI DE FRANCE COMMANDEUR DE L'ORDRE DE SAINT LOUIS MORT LE 30th JULIET [1802] [ ] 72 ANS REAR IN MEMORY OF MONS. ALEXIS JACQMIN OF THIS PARISH LATE OF PARIS WHO DIED DEC. 1st 1826 [Footstone Obscures] ALSO [LOUISA MAGDA]LENE W[IFE OF THE ABOVE] WHO [DIED JULY [ ] 1838] [AGED ABOUT 80 YEARS] FROM AN ACCOUNT OF PHILLIPE IN JOHN CLANCY'S HISTORY OF SITTINGBOURNE PHILLIPE'S FAMILY WERE INVOLVED IN GLASS MAKING IN THE MIDDLE AGES. HE WAS BORN IN MAY 1730, THE THIRD SON OF THE LORD OF VALMENIER AND IN 1745 ENTERED THE COAST GUARD SERVICE. HE WAS PROMOTED ENSIGN IN 1751. IN 1757 HE WAS POSTED TO THE WARSHIP, "DUKE OF BURGUNDY" AND PROMOTED LIEUTENANT, HE SAW ACTIVE SERVICE IN CANADA, WHICH WAS LOST TO BRITAIN BY GENERAL WOLFE'S VICTORY AT QUEBEC IN 1759. IN 1763 HE SERVED ON THE "STRANGER", SEEING ACTION OFF BREST AGAINST THE ROYAL NAVY, IN THE SAME YEAR HE WAS MADE A KNIGHT OF ST. LOUIS. IN 1771 HE WAS A CAPTAIN IN COMMAND OF A FRIGATE, IN 1772 HE WAS CAPTAIN OF THE 64 GUN "PROTEUS". IN 1775 HE WAS MADE A MAJOR IN THE MARINE CORPS AND PROMOTED IN 1781 TO BRIGADIER IN THE NAVY. IN THE LATTER YEAR . IN 1782 HE WAS CAPTAIN OF THE 74 GUN "BELOVED" AND IN THE SAME YEAR MARRIED MARIE LOUISE DE PRODEL. IN 1786 HE WAS A SQUADRON COMMANDER. AT SOME TIME AFTER THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, HE WENT TO LONDON AS A REFUGEE AND IT SEEMS THAT DURING THE SHORT LIVED TREATY OF AMIENS, 1802, HE MAY HAVE BEEN RETURNING TO FRANCE WHEN HE DIED AT SITTINGBOURNE. BUT THERE ARE SOME FACTORS WHICH CAST DOUBT ON THIS VERSION OF HIS END. THERE MUST HAVE BEEN SOME RELATIONSHIP WITH JACQMIN WHO IS BURIED IN THE SAME GRAVE AND JACQMIN WAS "OF THIS PARISH", I.E. SITTINGBOURNE, IN FACT JACQMIN'S WIFE MAY HAVE LIVED ON IN THE TOWN UNTIL SHE DIED, IN 1838. DID PHILLIPE DIED IN LONDON AND WAS BURIED IN SITTINGBOURNE BY JACQMIN, WHO WAS ALREADY RESIDENT? AFTER ALL PHILLIPE WAS 72 WHEN HE DIED AND SO, UNLESS HIS DEATH WAS SUDDEN, IT MIGHT SEEM ODD TO WANT TO RETURN TO FRANCE WHEN HE MAY HAVE BEEN IN FAILING HEALTH, ON THE OTHER HAND HE MAY HAVE HAD A STRONG DESIRE TO DIE IN HIS NATIVE LAND? THE NAME ALEXIS JACQMIN (OF PARIS) APPEARS IN THE DICTIONARY OF THE FRENCH NOBLESSE IN THE 1740'S SO IT SEEMS THAT JACQMIN SHARES A SIMILAR FAMILY BACKGROUND WITH PHILLIPE. 71 (C) HEADSTONE SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF WILLIAM PILES OF THIS PARISH, MARINER WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE [ MAY [ ] 1823?] AGED [ ] YEARS 72(C) HEADSTONE SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF SUSANNA PAXTON THE WIFE OF PHILEMON POWNOLL [WHO DIED] 6th JUNE 1819 AGED 46? YEARS PHILEMON POWNOLL WAS PROBABLY RELATED TO THE DISTINGUISHED NAVAL OFFICER , PHILEMON POWNOLL, WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN 1781. THE FAMILY WAS FROM DEVON. 73 (D) HEADSTONE IN MEMORY OF ELIZABETH WIFE OF THOMAS REASON OF THIS PARISH WHO DIED THE [ ] OF JANUARY 1787 AGED [ ] YEARS 74 (D) HEADSTONE SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF WILLIAM REASON WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 24th OF OCTOBER 1828 AGED 79 YEARS WHO WAS COLLECTOR OF THE PAROCHIAL RATES 47 YEARS FOR THIS PARISH "With Patience to the End he did Submit, And Murmured not at what the Lord thought fit, He with a Christian Courage did Submit, His Soul to God at the Appointed Time" ALSO RACHEL REEVES WHO DISCHARGED THE [DUTY OF] HOUSEKEEPER TO THE ABOVE UPWARD OF FORTY YEARS WITH THE UPMOST FRUGALITY AND FIDELITY DIED MARCH 12th MARCH 1849 IN THE 73rd YEAR OF HER AGE CANTERBURY COURT WILL DATED 22nd JANUARY 1824 WILLIAM REASON, LATE SCHOOLMASTER.(DIED AT MILTON) DESIRES EXECUTOR TO PUT UP A HEADSTONE TO HIM, WITH HIS NAME, DATE OF HIS DEATH, AGE AND CONDITION IN LIFE. TO RICHARD HODGES AND MARY HIS WIFE,£50, IF THEY BOTH DIED IN HIS LIFETIME, THEN TO ISAAC BOULDING REEVES. HIS HOUSE IN SITTINGBOURNE, IN HIS OCCUPATION, AND ALL OTHER REAL ESTATE, TO RACHEL REEVES, FOR EVER. ALSO TO RACHEL REEVES, HIS GOODS, CHATTELS, CREDITS, FURNITURE, PLATE, LINEN, CHINA, READY MONEY, INVESTED MONEY, CLUB MONEY AND PERSONAL ESTATE, AFTER PAYMENT OF HIS DEBTS, FUNERAL, PROBATE COSTS AND LEGACY, FOR EVER. RACHEL REEVE, JOHN [ Crease ] AND CLOTHIER AND THOMAS TAYLOR OF SITTINGBOURNE, HAIRDRESSER, ARE EXECUTORS. WITNESSES: THOMAS HUNT, MARY ELIZABETH WATSON AND WILLIAM LYNG PROVED POWER RESERVED TO THOMAS TAYLOR, THE THIRD WITNESS HAS SINCE DIED. VALUE OF GOODS AND CHATTELS, LESS THAN £1,000 CANTERBURY COURT WILL DATED 26th FEBRUARY 1849 RACHEL REEVES, SPINSTER. APPOINTS STEPHEN COURT OF MILTON, COAL MERCHANT, ROBERT STROUTS OF MILTON, BUTCHER AND NIECE ELIZABETH BERRY WIFE OF GEORGE BERRY OF SITTINGBOURNE, EXECUTORS. TO THEM, ALL HER INVESTMENTS AND PERSONAL ESTATE, UPON TRUST, TO SELL AND PAY HER DEBTS, FUNERAL AND PROBATE COSTS. ONE THIRD OF RESIDUE TO ELIZABETH BERRY, ONE THIRD TO NIECE ELIZABETH GRIGSBY WIFE OF JAMES GRIGSBY, REMAINING THIRD TO NIECE RACHEL REEVES PRICE, WIFE OF HENRY PRICE. TO STEPHEN COURT AND ROBERT STROUTS, ALL REAL ESTATE VESTED IN HER , UPON TRUST, ACCORDING TO THE CONDITIONS ATTACHED. SIGNS WILL WITH HER MARK. WITNESSES: WILLIAM TAYLOR AND STEPHEN COURT. PROVED JUNE 25th 1849. VALUE OF GOODS, CHATTELS AND CREDITS LESS THAN £800. POWER RESERVED TO ELIZABETH BERRY. 75 (C) HEADSTONE SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF MR THOMAS REASON OF THIS PARISH WHO DIED 13th JUNE 1829 AGED 70 YEARS ALSO ELIZABETH SECOND WIFE OF THE ABOVE WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 8th JULY 1855 AGED 81 YEARS PREROGATIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY WILL DATED 7th JUNE 1829 THOMAS REASON, UPHOLSTERER. FIRST, ALL DEBTS, FUNERAL AND PROBATE COSTS PAID. TO SON THOMAS FILMER REASON, FOR EVER, HIS HOUSE IN SITTINGBOURNE, STOCK IN TRADE AND FIXTURES AND £200. IF AT ANY TIME HIS WIFE ELIZABETH STOPS LIVING WITH SON THOMAS, THEN HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND GOODS TO BE EQUALLY DIVIDED BETWEEN THEM. TO DAUGHTER ELIZABETH BECKETT REASON, £1,000 IN THE 3% REDUCED ANNUITIES. REST AND RESIDUE EQUALLY DIVIDED BETWEEN HIS WIFE, SON THOMAS AND FRIEND CHARLES BECKETT OF GRAVESEND, BREWER, UPON TRUST, TO INVEST PROCEEDS (AFTER SALES?), AND PAY INTEREST TO HIS WIFE FOR LIFE. AFTER HER DEATH, UPON TRUST, AN ADDITIONAL £1,000 3% ANNUITIES TO NAME OF DAUGHTER ELIZABETH. RESIDUE TO SON THOMAS. WIFE, SON AND CHARLES BECKETT ARE EXECUTORS. WITNESSES: RICHARD BATHURST, SITTINGBOURNE, RICHARD BATHURST, JUNIOR AND MARY MAILING. PROVED 13th AUGUST 1829. POWER RESERVED TO CHARLES BECKETT. PREROGATIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY WILL DATED 12th DECEMBER 1839 ELIZABETH REASON. DEBTS, FUNERAL AND PROBATE COSTS FIRST PAID. TO SON THOMAS FILMER REASON, FOR EVER, HER HOUSE IN SITTINGBOURNE, LATELY BOUGHT FROM AMOS LEEDS, NOW OCCUPIED BY JESSE WRASTON AND OTHERS. TO DAUGHTER, ELIZABETH BECKETT CLEAVE, £100 NEW 3 ½ % ANNUITIES. TO SON THOMAS REST AND RESIDUE, IN CONSEQUENCE OF HER LOST BY BAD INVESTMENTS, £550, WHICH WAS TO HAVE BEEN HER SONS, AT HER DEATH, BY HIS FATHER'S WILL ? SON THOMAS IS EXECUTOR. WITNESSES: RICHARD? SMITH AND GEORGE WAKEFIELD, JUNIOR. PROVED 27th OCTOBER 1855. REDFORD SEE HALMARACK REEVES SEE REASON 76 (C) HEADSTONE IN MEMORY OF FRANCIS ROUSE OF THIS PARISH WHO DIED THE [ ] FEBRUARY 1790 AGED 68 YEARS PREROGATIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY WILL DATED 17th FEBRUARY 1790 FRANCIS ROUSE, RIDING OFFICER. (CUSTOMS OFFICER, WHO PATROLLED SECTION OF COAST ON HORSEBACK.) TO BROTHER JOHN, £20; TO THE FOUR CHILDREN OF LATE SISTER, KATHERINE SHOULDERS, MARY, CATHERINE, ELIZABETH AND JOHN, £5 EACH; TO BROTHERS, CHARLES AND BENJAMIN AND SISTER, ALICE, WIFE OF THOMAS BIRCH, GROCER, £20 EACH; TO NEPHEWS, BENJAMIN ROUSE, £50, FRANCIS CARTER OF DOVER, ? , £10. ALSO TO FRANCIS CARTER, ALL HIS CLOTHES. TO NIECE, MARY ROUSE, DAUGHTER OF BROTHER, BENJAMIN, ALL HIS PLATE. REST AND RESIDUE OF GOODS, CHATTELS, CREDITS, MONEY, MONEY IN PUBLIC FUNDS AND PERSONAL ESTATE, AFTER PAYMENT OF HIS DEBTS, FUNERAL AND PROBATE COSTS, TO BROTHER, RICHARD, RICHARD AND BENJAMIN ROUSE ARE EXECUTORS. WITNESSES: CALHAN GLOVER AND B. FAUSSETT PROVED 8th JUNE 1790 POWER RESERVED TO BENJAMIN ROUSE. 77 (C) SMALL HEADSTONE SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF GEORGE SARGENT POSTMAN OF THIS PARISH TWENTY SIX YEARS WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 19th OF DECEMBER 1849 AGED 57 YEARS ALSO ELIZABETH WIFE OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED 16th MARCH [ ] [ ] STAPLETON DIRECTORY, 1838, LISTS A GEORGE SARGENT AS A TAILOR, SAME MAN? 78 (D) HEADSTONE [SACRED] TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN SEATH OF THIS PARISH WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE [ ] OF MAY 1788 AGED 38 YEARS [Eroded Verse?] ALSO ANN WIFE OF THE ABOVE JOHN SEATH WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE NOVEMBER 18th 1817 AGED 65? YEARS 79 (D) HEADSTONE SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF RICHARD SEATH LATE OF MURSTON, YEOMAN WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 31st OF AUGUST 1815 AGED 52 YEARS PREROGATIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY WILL DATED 28th APRIL 1813 RICHARD SEATH, OF MURSTON, GENTLEMAN. HIS REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE CHARGED WITH PAYMENT OF HIS DEBTS, FUNERAL AND PROBATE COSTS. TO SISTER ANN SEATH, £200 AND HIS PLATE AND LINEN; TO NEPHEW JOHN BECKE SEATH, SON OF LATE BROTHER, WILLIAM, £1,200; TO HESTER MATILDA SEATH, DAUGHTER OF LATE BROTHER, JOHN, £600. THE INTEREST OF £400 TO SISTER MARY, WIFE OF JOHN WHITE, FOR LIFE. AFTER HER DEATH, THE PRINCIPAL SUM OF £400 TO HER CHILDREN, EQUALLY SHARED. TO JOHN WHITE OF 3 PRINCES STREET, WALWORTH, THE HOUSE HE OCCUPIES; TO RICHARD WHITE, SON OF SISTER MARY, £600; TO JOHN WHITE, ALSO SON OF MARY, £800; TO SOPHIA WHITE, MARY'S DAUGHTER, £800; TO THOMAS WHITE, ALSO SON OF MARY, £2,200. HIS ESTATE AT EAST HALL, MURSTON, TO BE VALUED. NEPHEW THOMAS WHITE CAN CARRY ON FARMING BUSINESS WITH ROBERT SEATH FOR 14 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH. THOMAS WHITE TO PAY SEATH AND HIS HEIRS £200 A YEAR AS RENT AND HALF THE MAINTENANCE COSTS OF EAST HALL ESTATE. AFTER 14 YEARS SEATH TO PAY THOMAS WHITE HALF THE LIVE AND DEAD STOCK VALUE? TO ANN SOPHIA BARNES, WIDOW, DAUGHTER OF HIS LATE BROTHER, JOHN, THE INTEREST OF £400, FOR LIFE, AFTER HER DEATH, THE PRINCIPAL £400 TO ALL HER LAWFUL CHILDREN AT 21 YEARS. IF SHE DIES WITH NO LAWFUL CHILDREN, THE £400 WILL GO INTO HIS RESIDUARY PERSONAL ESTATE. TO ANN SARAH AND ELIZABETH WHITEHEAD, CHILDREN OF LATE SISTER, SARAH WIFE OF WALTER WHITEHEAD, £100 EACH AT 21 YEARS OF AGE. TO HIS NATURAL DAUGHTER, CHARLOTTE BALLARD, £600. HIS MANORS, HOUSES, LAND IN KENT OR ELSEWHERE AND RESIDUE OF PERSONAL ESTATE, AFTER HIS DEBTS, FUNERAL AND PROBATE COSTS AND LEGACIES ARE PAID, TO BROTHER ROBERT, FOR EVER. THE LATTER IS EXECUTOR. WITNESSES: ROBERT HINDE, ROBERT HINDE, JUNIOR AND JAMES TAYLOR. PROVED 14th FEBRUARY 1816 80 (D) SMALL HEADSTONE ANN SENIOR 1855 1840 PIGOT DIRECTORY, BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER 81 (C) DOUBLE HEADSTONE HERE LIETH YE BODY OF WILLIAM SON OF JOHN SARAH SHARP OF THIS PARISH WHO DIED APRIL [ ] 1735 ] JOHN SHARP ------------------- [DIED AUGUST 1736] | HERE LIETH YE BODY OF SARAH WIFE OF JOHN SHARP [WHO DIED ] JUNE 2nd 1720 AGED 43 YEARS ALSO MARY GREENHILL DAUGHTER OF YE SAID JOHN SHARP ----------------------------- [DIED NOVEMBER 1729] | CANTERBURY COURT WILL DATED 16th APRIL 1735 JOHN SHARP, INN HOLDER. TO SERVANT KATHERINE EDMONDS, £100; TO SERVANT JOHN LEWIS, £5, IF WITH HIM AT DEATH; £5 TO CHILDREN OF KINSMAN, WILLIAM BROCKWELL, LATE OF MILTON, BAKER, DECEASED, IF MORE THAN ONE CHILD EQUALLY SHARED. TO SON IN LAW, HENRY GIBBONS OF MAIDSTONE, INN HOLDER AND DAUGHTER, SARAH, HENRY'S WIFE, HIS HOUSE IN MILTON AND ALL OTHER HOUSES AND ALL REAL ESTATE, FOR EVER. HIS DEBTS AND LEGACIES, FUNERAL AND PROBATE COSTS TO BE PAID FROM PERSONAL ESTATE. TO HENRY GIBBONS AND HIS WIFE SARAH, THE RESIDUE, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, GOODS, BONDS, MORTGAGES AND PERSONAL ESTATE. HENRY AND SARAH ARE EXECUTORS. WITNESSES: FRANCES BATCHELLER, WILLIAM BATCHELLER AND J. BATCHELLER. PROVED 5th DECEMBER 1736 82 (C) HEADSTONE SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF WILLIAM STANTON SURGEON OF THIS PARISH WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 2nd OF FEBRUARY 1811 AGED 47 YEARS ALSO DEBORAH WIFE OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED THE 22nd OF MARCH 1838 AGED 66 YEARS ALSO ELIZABETH TURNER SISTER OF THE LAST NAMED WHO DIED THE 26th OF MARCH 1838 AGED 73? YEARS PREROGATIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY WILL DATED 8th JANUARY 1806 WILLIAM STANTON, SURGEON. FIRST, DEBTS, FUNERAL AND PROBATE COSTS PAID. TO FRIENDS JOHN TONGE, OF SITTINGBOURNE, LINEN DRAPER AND JAMES TONGE OF CHATHAM, LINEN DRAPER, ALL OF HIS ESTATE, UPON TRUST, TO SELL AT THEIR DISCRETION AND GET IN ALL DEBTS OWED. THEY TO INVEST MONEY IN PUBLIC FUNDS AND PAY HIS WIFE, DEBORAH, FOR LIFE, THE ANNUAL INTEREST. AFTER HER DEATH, TO PAY HIS NIECE, MARY SUSANNA STANTON, DAUGHTER OF HS LATE BROTHER, THOMAS, THE INCOME AT 21 YEARS OF AGE, UNTIL THEN THE INTEREST GOES TOWARDS HER MAINTENANCE AND EDUCATION. IF SHE DIES BEFORE SHE IS 21, WITH NO LAWFUL ISSUE, THE INTEREST TO HIS SISTER IN LAW, ELIZABETH TURNER, OF SITTINGBOURNE, SPINSTER AND SISTER IN LAW, MARY STANTON, WIDOW OF BROTHER, THOMAS, FOR THEIR LIFETIMES. WHEN THEY HAVE BOTH DIED, THEN HALF THE PRINCIPAL TO HIS MATERNAL UNCLE, [ ] WILLS, CLERK, RECTOR OF [ ], CUMBERLAND, THE FATHER OF HIS LATE RESPECTED FRIEND, JOHN WILLS. TO HIS WIFE ALL THE PLATE AND LINEN. JOHN AND JAMES TONGE ARE EXECUTORS. HE STATES THAT THE WORDS, "FORMERLY ASSISTANT SURGEON OF HIS MAJESTY'S REGIMENT OF [ ] GUARDS" HAVE BEEN CROSSED OUT AND THE BEQUEST TO HIS WIFE OF THE PLATE AND LINEN, INTERLINED. (THIS IS NOT TRANSCRIBED IN THE OFFICIAL COPY, WHICH IS ALL THAT IS AVAILABLE). WITNESSES: SARAH BRETT?, MARTHA TIDY , SERVANT TO MR STANTON AND RICHARD BATHURST, SITTINGBOURNE. PROVED 18th MAY 1811 PREROGATIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY WILL DATED 31st DECEMBER 1821 DEBORAH STANTON, WIDOW, OF KEY STREET, SITTINGBOURNE. SHE IS INFIRM IN HER BODY. DESIRES TO BE BURIED BESIDES OR WITH HER LATE HUSBAND. AFTER PAYMENT OF HER FUNERAL COSTS AND DEBTS, ALL HER PROPERTY TO HER SISTER , ELIZABETH TURNER, WHO LIVES WITH HER, FOR EVER, THE LATTER IS EXECUTOR. SHE ASKS HER TO OBTAIN WITHOUT DELAY, THE 200 GUINEAS WHICH ELIZABETH LENT TO GEORGE MONK TRACEY OF SITTINGBOURNE AND TO PURCHASE AN ANNUITY FOR HER OWN BENEFIT. THIS ADVICE IS "WORTH RECOMMENDING AND WORTH HER ATTENTION". HER PLATE IS IN THE HANDS OF GODDARD FOSTER OF SITTINGBOURNE, WATCH MAKER. ON A PLEDGE OF £10, WHICH SHE RECEIVED FROM HIM, SHE DIRECTS THE £10 TO BE PAID AND THE PLATE REDEEMED WITHOUT DELAY. THIS COMPRISES A SILVER WATCH, PAIR OF SHOE BUCKLES, 5 TEA SPOONS MARKED "T", A TABLE SPOON MARKED "J.P.", PAIR OF SUGAR TONGS MARKED "W.E.S.", 6 TABLES SPOONS MARKED "W.J.S.", 2 GRAVY SPOONS MAKED "W.J.S.", PAIR OF SALT SPOONS MARKED "W.J.S.", A "HANDSOME" SUGAR URN AND CREAM URN BOTH MARKED "W.J.S.",11 TEA SPOONS MARKED "W.J.S." AND A MOURNING RING OF MISS TURNER'S. SHE NOW REPEATS ALL HER PROPERTY TO GO TO SISTER, ELIZABETH. WITNESSES: EDWARD DICKENSON AND JAMES HATCH. PROVED 19th APRIL 1838. DECEASED WAS LATE OF CHALKWELL. ADMINISTRATION WAS GRANTED TO JOSEPH GOODCHILD, ELIZABETH TURNER DIED WITHOUT PROVING THE WILL. PREROGATIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY WILL DATED 31st MARCH 1838 ELIZABETH TURNER. HER FUNDED PROPERTY AND ALL OTHER EFFECTS TO HER SISTER, DEBORAH STANTON, IF SHE SURVIVES HER, IF NOT THEN TO JOSEPH GOODCHLD OF TOOLLEY STREET, LONDON, "IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE WISH OF MY SISTER WHO NOW LIES DANGEROUSLY ILL AND CANNOT DIRECT ME HOW TO DO THIS, I HOPE IT IS WRIGHT, (sic) I HAVE WRITTEN PLAIN BUT SHORT" NO WITNESSES AFFIDAVIT 9th APRIL 1838 JOHN BAGGS, SERVANT OF JOSEPH GOODCHILD OF 2 TOOLLY STREET, SOUTHWARK, GLASS MERCHANT, IS SWORN. HE WAS WELL ACQUAINTED WITH ELIZABETH TURNER FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND AT TIME OF HER DEATH. HE HAS FREQUENTLY READ HER LETTERS TO MR GOODCHILD'S FATHER AND HE HAD SEEN HER SIGN HER NAME WHEN HE HAD ACCOMPANIED HER TO THE BANK OF ENGLAND TO RECEIVE DIVIDENDS. HE HAS CAREFULLY EXAMINED THE WILL AND CONFIRMS IT IS IN HER HAND. AFFIDAVIT 11th APRIL 1838 THOMAS TILLEY OF SITTINGBOURNE, GLAZIER AND PLUMBER IS SWORN. HE WAS WELL ACQUAINTED WITH MISS TURNER , LATE OF CHALKWELL, FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND AT TIME OF HER DEATH. HE IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH HER HANDWRITING AND SIGNATURE. SOME DAYS AFTER HER DEATH, HE PURCHASED FROM MR. JOSEPH GOODCHILD AND REMOVED FROM HER HOUSE TO HIS, A CHEST OF DRAWERS. SOME DAMAGE HAPPENED WHEN TAKING THE CHEST THROUGH THE WINDOW OF DECEASED'S HOUSE AND WHEN REPAIRING THE DAMAGE HE FOUND THE WILL , WHICH HAD FALLEN BEHIND A DRAWER. HE HAS EXAMINED THE WILL AND CONFIRMS IT IS THE SAME DOCUMENT HE FOUND AND THAT THE WRITING ON IT IS MISS TURNER'S. PROVED 18th APRIL 1838 83 (C) HEADSTONE BENEATH THIS STONE ARE DEPOSITED THE MORTAL REMAINS OF MR JOHN STEVENS WHO DEPARTED THIS TRANSITORY LIFE THE 10th DAY OF MARCH 1818 AGED 70 YEARS ALSO MRS ANN STEVEN WIFE OF THE ABOVE WHO DEPARTED THIS TRANSITORY LIFE THE 7th DAY OF APRIL 1829 AGED 82 YEARS CANTERBURY COURT WILL DATED 30th APRIL 1812 JOHN STEVENS, MALTSTER. FIRST ALL DEBTS, FUNERAL AND PROBATE COSTS TO BE PAID. TO WILLIAM HAYZLEDEN OF MILTON, SADDLER, £60, TO BE PAID WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER DEATH OF TESTATOR'S WIFE, ANN, FOR HIS TROUBLE IN THE EXECUTION OF THE TRUSTS IN THE WILL. TO JAMES GOUGE OF SITTINGBOURNE, LAND SURVEYOR, £10. HE WISHES TO MAKE PROVISION FOR HIS NEPHEW, SAMUEL STEVENS, WHO IS EMPLOYED IN THE MALTING TRADE CARRIED ON BY TESTATOR AND HIS BROTHER, BENJAMIN AT BAPCHILD. HIS EXECUTORS AND TRUSTEES TO GIVE SAMUEL TESTATOR'S HALF SHARE OF THE BUSINESS, HE TO PAY ONLY FOR THE STOCK IN TRADE; ALSO TO SAMUEL ALL HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND EFFECTS IN THE BUSINESS AT BAPCHILD, AS ON AN INVENTORY MADE BY THE TESTATOR. TRUSTEES TO LEND SAMUEL OUT OF THE RESIDUE OF THE ESTATE, £600, SAMUEL TO GIVE A BOND AND WARRANT OF ATTORNEY AS SECURITY FOR PAYMENT OF INTEREST AT 5% PER ANNUM, DURING THE LIFE OF TESTATOR'S WIFE, AFTER HER DEATH, HE GIVES SAMUEL £500, PART OF THE £600 AND THE REMAINING £100, 6 MONTHS AFTER HIS WIFE'S DEATH. TRUSTEES WILL NOT CALL UPON SAMUEL TO REPAY THE PRINCIPAL SUM DURING HIS AUNT'S LIFE, UNLESS HE DEFAULTS ON THE INTEREST PAYMENTS. TO HIS EXECUTORS AND TRUSTEES, HIS HALF SHARE OF THE MALT HOUSE, COTTAGE, STABLES AT BAPCHILD, UPON TRUST, TO ALLOW SAMUEL TO USE AND OCCUPY IT, DURING HIS AUNT'S LIFE, SAMUEL TO PAY TO HIS AUNT ANN AN ANNUITY OF £10. AFTER HER DEATH, AND PAYMENT OD ARREARS OF THE ANNUITY AND ANNUAL INTEREST ON THE £600 AND PAYMENT OF THE £100, THEN THE MALT HOUSE AT BAPCHILD TO BE CONVEYED TO SAMUEL, FOR EVER............. TO HIS WIFE, HIS HOUSE AT SITTINGBOURNE AND THE FURNITURE, PLATE, LINEN, CHINA AND EFFECTS . AFTER HER DEATH, TO NEPHEW SAMUEL STEVENS, WILLIAM HAYZLEDEN AND JAMES GOUGE, UPON TRUST, TO BE SOLD AND PROCEEDS TO GO INTO HIS RESIDUARY PERSONAL ESTATE. REST AND RESIDUE, UPON TRUST, TO INVEST IN PUBLIC FUNDS WITH INTEREST PAID TO HIS WIFE, FOR LIFE. THE RESIDUE 6 MONTHS AFTER HER DEATH AND MONEY FROM SALE OF HIS HOUSE AND CONTENTS, TO BE DIVIDED AND SHARED AMONG HIS NEPHEWS AND NIECES, EQUALLY, THEY ARE, JAMES, ELIZABETH AND ANN, CHILDREN OF HIS LATE BROTHER, JOSEPH, WILLIAM AND BENJAMIN WRIGHT, SONS OF HIS SISTER ANN AND HER HUSBAND WILLIAM, OF ELTHAM, GARDENER AND JOHN TOWNSEND, SON OF SISTER, SARAH WIFE OF [ ] TOWNSEND OF [ ], BERKSHIRE............................................ WIFE ANN, HAYZLEDEN AND GOUGE ARE EXECUTORS. WITNESSES: MARY ANN BATHURST, RICHARD BATHURST, SITTINGBOURNE AND E. CRUMP, HIS CLERK. PROVED 16th JUNE 1818. VALUE OF GOODS, CHATTELS AND CREDITS LESS THAN £2,000 PREROGATIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY WILL DATED 2nd FEBRUARY 1825 ANN STEVENS. AFTER HER DEATH SHE WISHES MONEY in the FAVERSHAM SAVINGS BANK TO BE DISTRIBUTED AS FOLLOWS, £10 TO HANNAH FARROW OF SITTINGBOURNE, WHO IS IS LIVING WITH HER SISTER AND BROTHER IN LAW. RESIDUE TO MRS ANN HAYZLEDEN WHO LIVES AT NEWINGTON, SHE ALSO TO HAVE HER WATCH, CLOTHES AND BED HANGINGS, THE LATTER RECENTLY PURCHASED. SHE REQUESTS THE SURVIVING EXECUTOR OF HER LATE HUSBAND TO SEE HER WILL IS CARRIED OUT. SIGNS WILL WITH HER MARK. WITNESSES: ELIZABETH MITCHELL AND D. GRACE. PROVED 3rd JUNE 1828. GRANTED TO JAMES GOUGE, LAND SURVEYOR OF SITTINGBOURNE, SURVIVING EXECUTOR OF HER LATE HUSBAND. VALUE OF GOODS, CHATTELS AND CREDITS, LESS THAN £100. DATE OF DEATH STATED AS 29th MARCH 1829, SO, NOT CONSISTENT WITH INSCRIPTION 84 (C) HEADSTONE, VERY ERODED [ ] [ ] [ ] STRO[NGHILL] [ ] OCTOBER? 17[ ] AGED 66 YEARS [ ] STRONG[HILL] [ ] MAY 1779? AGED 22 YEARS 85 (D) SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF AMY WIFE OF THOMAS SUTTON OF THIS PARISH WHO DIED 11th APRIL 1856 AGED 62 YEARS ALSO FOUR CHILDREN WHO DIED IN THEIR INFANCY VIZ. HENRY, THOMAS NOARES?, FREDERICK AND EMMA "A Kind, Indulgent Mother, a Warm and Sincere Friend" SWIFT SEE BOULDING TANNER SEE BATE 86 (B) HEADSTONE [ ] [ ] ROBERT TAPLEY OB. [ ] APRIL 1741 [ ] CANTERBURY COURT WILL DATED 15th APRIL 1741 ROBERT TAPLEY, HOUSE CARPENTER. HE IS SICK AND WEAK. TO WIFE SUSAN, FOR EVER, HIS HOUSE AND MALTHOUSE, BARN, STABLE, MILKHOUSE, GARDEN AND ORCHARD AND 18 ACRES OF ARABLE, PASTURE AND WOODLAND IN HARRIETSHAM AND LENHAM, LATELY OCCUPIED BY PETER CROUCHER, NOW BY JAMES BARHAM; HIS HOUSE IN SITTINGBOURNE, "OPPOSITE AGAINST THE CHURCH THERE" , IT WAS BUILT BY JOHN STEPHENS OF SITTINGBOURNE, CARPENTER, SINCE OCCUPIED BY TESTATOR AND NOW EMPTY. AFTER THE PAYMENT OF HIS DEBTS, FUNERAL AND PROBATE COSTS, THE RESIDUE , REAL AND PERSONAL, HOUSEHOLD GOODS AND FURNITURE, PLATE, LINEN, READY MONEY, INVESTED MONEY AND DEBTS, TO HIS WIFE, FOR EVER; SHE IS EXECUTOR. WITNESSES: JOHN REEVE, EDWARD ELLEN AND J. BATCHELLER. PROVED 25th APRIL 1741 87 (D) DARK GREY LEDGER, ILLEGIBLE IN PLACES, LYING ON THE GROUND, CLOSE TO THE FOUNDATIONS OF A DESTROYED CHEST TOMB. REMAINS OF THE TAPPENDEN TOMB THE UPRIGHT STONE, WHICH WAS LYING ON TOP OF THE LEDGER, MAY BE A SIDE OR END PANEL? THE FOUNDATION, IN THE FOREGROUND LOOKS RATHER SQUARE IN RELATION TO THE LEDGER WHICH IS ABOUT SIX FEET LONG. IN THE BACKGROUND IS AN OLDER, ILLEGIBLE TOMB, I WONDER IF THIS IS ALSO OF THE TAPPENDEN FAMILY? HERE LIETH INTERRED THE BODY OF JOHN TAPPENDEN SON OF RICHARD AND MARY TAPPENDEN OF CROWN KEY WHO DEP. THIS LIFE [ MAY [ ] 1717] [AGED 48 YEARS] [ ]BODY OF RICHARD TAPPENDEN [OF] CROWN KEY HUSBAND OF [MARY TAPPENDEN [WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE?} [ ] OCTOBER [ ] 169[4] AGED 6[ ] YEARS LEAVING ISSUE [ ] SON [ ] DAUGHTERS [ ] CHILDREN BY HER? ALSO RICHARD TAPPENDEN JUNIOR SON OF RICHARD & MARY TAPPENDEN OF CROWN KEY DEPARTED THIS LIFE 21st OF JUNE 169[2] IN THE 18th ? YEAR OF HIS AGE CANTERBURY COURT WILL DATE OBSCURE RICHARD TAPPENDEN OF MILTON, MARINER. HE IS SICK IN BODY. SON JOHN IS EXECUTOR. DESIRES TO BE BURIED IN SITTINGBOURNE CHURCHYARD IN THE SAME GRAVE AS FIRST WIFE MARY. TO DAUGHTER, UNA, £300 AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS "NOW" WIFE, MARY, ALSO BEDDING, BEDSTEAD, LINEN, [ ] AND HOUSEHOLD GOODS. CONCERNING JOHN LANES, OF MILTON, MARINER, WHO WAS MARRIED TO LATE DAUGHTER, ELLEN, [ obscure ], NOW IN TESTATOR'S CUSTODY, FOR BENEFIT OF THEIR DAUGHTERS, MARY AND KATHERINE LANES, ALL THE THINGS WHICH WERE THEIR MOTHER'S, 6 LARGE SILVER SPOONS, MARKED E.T., ONE SMALL SPOON? MARKED K.T.; A SILVER CUP MARKED R. T. E.; 4 GOLD RINGS; 1 PIECE OF GOLD VALUED, 23s 6d ; 1 HALF PIECE OF GOLD, VALUED, 11s 9d; 1 QUARTER PIECE OF GOLD, VALUED, 5s 10½ d; 1 SILVER NUTMEG GRATER AND 4 OLD 5s PIECES OF SILVER; SILVER SALT, SILVER CASE ?, TOOTH PICK IN FASHION OF AN ANCHOR?, 6 DIAPERS, 3 DIAPER CUPBOARDS AND CLOTHES; SUIT OF CHILD'S BED LINEN, 6 NAPKINS, 1 CHILD'S BED?, 14 APRONS, 2 LACE HANDKERCHIEFS, 1 PLAIN AND 2 PAIRS LACE SHEETS,1 RED MANTLE WITH SILVER AND GOLD LACE, 1 WHITE MANTLE, 1 RED MANTLE WITH? , 1 GREEN MANTLE, SILK? , 1 SILK GOWN AND PETTICOAT, 1 WHITE SARSENTT? HOOD, 1 COMMON PRAYER BOOK, SILVER PORRINGER MARKED N, 1 SILVER CORAL, HER MOTHER'S WEDDING RING, 3 OTHER GOLD RINGS, 1? PIECE OF GOLD VALUE 23s 6d, 5 QUARTER PIECES OF GOLD VALUED 21s 4 ½ d, SILVER BOX MARKED E.T., A SILVER CUP MARKED M.L., 5 SHILLING PIECES, ½ CROWN, 1 GILT MILLED SHILLING, AND OTHER SMALL PIECES OF MONEY VALUED 38s, 6 LARGE SILVER ? MARKED E.T., 1 SILVER SALT MARKED E.T., 1 SILVER THIMBLE, KNIFE AND FORK TIPPED WITH SILVER, PAIR OF SISSORS, WITH SILVER CHAIN, 1 SILVER BODKIN MARKED E.T., 1 SILVER WHISTLE, AMBER NECKLACE, 1 HOLLAND SHEET WITH LACE ? , 1 WHITE SATIN MANTLE, 6 DIAPERS? , 1 DAMASK CUPBOARD CLOTH, 7 FLAX NAPKINS, 1 WHITE ROCKETT, 2 HOLLAND PILLOW BEARES, 1? APRON, 1 LACED? , 3 PAIRS FINE SHEETS, PAIR OF DOUBLE LACED RUFFLES, 1? SCARF, BLACK TAFFETY HOOD, 2 WHITE SARSNETT HOODS, 1 CORNET?, A SUIT OF CHILD'S BED LINEN, WITH SATIN SLEEVES, 1 LACED SUIT AND HEAD BAND?, PAIR OF SILK GLOVES, FLOWERED SILVER PIN CUSHION, 1 [ ] WITH SILVER AND GOLD LACE, 1 SILK BLUE PETTICOAT, PAIR OF SILK SLEEVES, BIBLE MARKED E.T., 1 BLUE SILK PARRENTEEN GOWN, SILK TABBY PETTICOAT, A BOOK ENTITLED " THE GREAT ASSIZE", A RED RIBBON, A WHITE RIBBON, FOR A MANTLE, ONE MARKED R.E.T. JOHN LANES IS BOUND TO HIM IN THE SUM OF £200, LANES IS TO LEAVE HIS DAUGHTERS, £50 AT HIS DEATH, EXECUTORS TO KEEP BOND. TO GRAND DAUGHTERS, MARY AND KATHERINE LANES, £50 EACH AT 21 OR DAY OF MARRIAGE. TO SON JOHN, HIS HALF SHARE OF 2 HOYS AND THE RIGGING AND TACKLE AND HIS 2 HOUSES IN SITTINGBOURNE AND BAPCHILD, ONE PURCHASED FROM MARY DIV?????, FRANCIS MOORE AND ANNA HIS WIFE, AND THOMAS DIVIA????? AND ELIZABETH HIS WIFE. ALSO SEVERAL HOUSES IN MILTON LATE OCCUPIED BY ABRAHAM HARPER, WILLIAM BART, GENT. AND WIDOW ANDERSON, TO JOHN FOR LIFE. AFTER HIS DEATH, TO HIS LAWFUL CHILDREN, IN DEFAULT TO DAUGHTER UNA AND HER HEIRS, IN DEFAULT, TO TO HIS GRAND DAUGHTERS, MARY AND KATHERINE LANES AND THEIR HEIRS, IN DEFAULT, THEN TO HIS COUSIN, JAMES BROWN OF PLUCKLEY, YEOMAN, AND HIS HEIRS, FOR EVER. AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS NOW WIFE, TO DAUGHTER UNA, THE HOUSE HE LIVES IN IN MILTON, FOR LIFE, AFTER HER DEATH TO HER CHILDREN, IN DEFAULT, TO SON JOHN AND HIS HEIRS, IN DEFAULT, TO TO GRAND DAUGHTERS, MARY AND KATHERINES AND THEIR CHILDREN, IN DEFAULT, TO COUSIN JAMES BROWN, FOR EVER. HIS HOUSE AT TONGE, LATELY OCCUPIED BY [ ] BISHOPP AND 2 HOUSES IN MILTON AND BOBBING LATELY OCCUPIED BY THOMAS FLETCHER , WALTER LEE AND MARGARET HARRIS, WIDOW, TO SON JOHN AND HIS HEIRS, IN DEFAULT AS IN THE PREVIOUS SUCCESSIONS. RESIDUE AFTER PAYMENT OF DEBTS AND LEGACIES, TO SON JOHN, FOER EVER. WITNESSES: JOHN LEENARD, THOMAS BENNITT AND WILLIAM BACK. PROVED 2nd NOVEMBER 1694 CANTERBURY COURT WILL DATED 16th MAY 1717 JOHN TAPPENDEN, OF CROWN KEY, GENTLEMAN. TO SON RICHARD, £700, AS FOLLOWS, £300 WHEN HE COMPLETES HIS APPRENTICESHIP, £300 12 MONTHS AFTER THAT AND 12 MONTHS LATER, THE REMAINING £100; TO SON WILLIAM AT 21, £600; TO SON THOMAS AT 21, £700; TO HIS WIFE, JOHANNA, FURNITURE IN HIS BEST CHAMBER AND BED CHAMBER, HER CHOICE OF 6 PAIRS OF SHEETS, , 6 TOWELS, 24 NAPKINS, ALSO A SILVER TANKARD MARKED J.T.J., ALSO FOR HER LIFETIME, 2 FIELDS ADJACENT TO HER JOINTURE LAND IN MURSTON, WHICH HE PURCHASED FROM JOHN FRY, ALSO SEVERAL SMALL PIECES OF LAND AND A LITTLE WOOD, VALUE £5, IN BOUGHTON COURT ? ADJOINING HER OWN ESTATE. TO SON RICHARD HIS HOUSE AND 10 ACRES OF HOP GROUND IN BOUGHTON UNDER BLEANE, FOR EVER. TO SON JAMES, AN ANNUITY OF £50 FROM LAND AT LENHAM OCCUPIED BY RICHARD WAKELY. WIFE, JOHANNA TO RECEIVE THE ANNUITY DURING HIS MINORITY, FOR HIS MAINTENANCE AND EDUCATION, AS LONG AS SHE REMAINS HIS WIDOW. TO SON CHARLES, HIS BARN AND LAND AT ON THE HILL AT LENHAM AND MEADOW, OCCUPIED BY RICHARD BRENCHLEY AT LENHAM, FOR EVER. HIS WIFE TO RECEIVE THE RENTS WHILE CHARLES IS A MINOR, AS FOR SON JAMES. TO SON WILLIAM, HIS 3 HOUSES IN MILTON, OCCUPIED BY THOMAS DOE, NICHOLAS JACKSON AND WILLIAM BECK?, ALS THE YARD CALLED POORES' YARD OCCUPIED BY BECK AND JACKSON, ALSO 20 ACRES OF WOODLAND IN LENHAM IN HIS OWN OCCUPATION, FOR EVER. TO SON THOMAS, HIS HOUSE IN SITTINGBOURNE AND HIS HOUSE IN LYNSTEAD, OCCUPIED BY CHRISTOPHER ELLIS, FOR EVER. THE RESIDUE, REAL AND PERSONAL TO SON JOHN, FOR EVER, JOHN IS EXECUTOR. SON JOHN, SHOULD PRESENT HIS MOTHER, AND HIS AUNT AND UNCLE BANNISTER AND HIS BROTHERS WITH A "HANDSOME SUIT OF MOURNING". IF HE DIES AT SITTINGBOURNE, HE WISHES TO BE BURIED IN THE PARISH CHURCHYARD IN HIS FATHER'S TOMB AND A BLACK MARBLE STONE LAID OVER HIM. HIS FRIENDS, RICHARD EASSELL, JOHN SMITH, NICHOLAS JACKSON, AUGUSTINE COBB, RICHARD ELDEN AND JOHN BATCHELLER TO BE PALL BEARERS. IF ONE IS MISSING, THEN CAPTAIN SAMUEL BELCHER TO TAKE HIS PLACE. IF HIS WIFE DIES DURING THE MINORITY OF SONS JAMES AND CHARLES, HE APPOINTS BROTHER (IN LAW) JACOB BANNISTER TO BE TRUSTEE FOR THEM. AND USES THEIR INCOME AS STATED BEFORE. IF BANNISTER SUBSEQUENTLY DIES DURING THEIR MINORITY, HE LEAVES THEM TO CARE OF SON JOHN AS HE HAS DIRECTED. WITNESSES: NICHOLAS MANNOOCH, JOHN BRENCHLEY AND RICHARD BUTLER. CODICIL 18th MAY 1717 TO WIFE, JOHANNA, £100, TO HIS SONS, A HOUSE, 2 BARNS, 1 DOVE HOUSE AND SEVERAL ACRES OF ARABLE AND PASTURE, KNOWN AS HOBLETTS IN LENHAM, PURCHASED FROM JOHN TURNER AND NOW OCCUPIED BY RICHARD BRENCHLEY, FOR EVER, REST OF WILL RATIFIED. WITNESSES, AS FOR WILL. PROVED 29th MAY 1717 88 (C) HEADSTONE SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF WILLIAM TERREY DIED MAY 24th 1843 AGED 68 YEARS ALSO JANE TERREY SECOND WIFE OF THE ABOVE DIED NOV. 7th 18[57] AGED 66 YEARS REAR (OR ORIGINAL FRONT?) SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF ELIZABETH WIFE OF WILLIAM TERREY OF THIS PARISH WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 23rd OF JANUARY 1816 AGED 28 YEARS ALSO WILLIAM TERREY SON OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED IN HIS INFANCY CANTERBURY COURT WILL DATED 30th SEPTEMBER 1833 WILLIAM TERREY, BREWER.. TO THOMAS TONGE VALLANCE OF SITTINGBOURNE AND WIFE, JANE TERREY, £50 OD 3% CONSOLIDATED BANK ANNUITIES, UPON TRUST, TO PAY INTEREST TO HIS DAUGHTER, MARY ANN, WIFE OF [ ] COCHRANE OF THE ROYAL ARTILLERY, WOOLWICH, FOR LIFE, INDEPENDENT OF PRESENT OR FUTURE HUSBAND. AFTER HER DEATH, UPON TRUST, TO PAY THE INTEREST TO HER CHILDREN, EQUALLY SHARED AT 21. IN DEFAULT OF CHILDREN, THEN CONTINUING ON TRUST. REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE TO HIS TRUSTEES, TO PAY ANNUAL PRODUCE TO WIFE, JANE, FOR LIFE. AFTER HER DEATH, UPON TRUST, TO PAY REMAINDER AND THE £50 STOCK, EQUALLY AMONG ALL HIS CHILDREN, EXCEPT MARY, WHO ARE LIVING AT TIME OF HIS WIFE'S DEATH. HIS TRUSTEES ARE HIS EXECUTORS. WITNESSES: WILLIAM VALLANCE, JAMES VALLANCE AND GEORGE GROSVENOR. PROVED 10th AUGUST 1843. GOODS, CHATTELS AND CREDITS VALUE LESS THAN £800 POWER RESERVED TO THOMAS TONGE VALLANCE. 89 (C) HEADSTONE [IN MEMORY OF] MARY ANN WIFE OF THOMAS TILLEY WHO DIED [ ] NOVEMBER [ ] AGED 27? YEARS ALSO SARAH LANG[RAHAM ?] SECOND WIFE OF THE ABOVE THOMAS TILLEY WHO DIED THE 15th? OF JUNE ? 184[ ] AGED [ ] YEARS THOMAS TILLEY IS PROBABLY THE PLUMBER, GLAZIER AND PAINTER IN THE STAPLETON 1838 DIRECTORY. HE DIED IN 1848, LEAVING A P.C.C. WILL HE ALSO APPEARS IN THE 2nd AFFIDAVIT AFTER ELIZABETH TIRNER'S WILL, 1838. 90 (A) HEADSTONE SEVERELY ERODED AT TOP AND BOTTOM [SACRED] [TO THE MEMORY OF] [JAMES TONGE] [DIED FEBRUARY 1781] ALSO THOMAS TONGE SON OF THE ABOVE JAMES TONG WHO DIED DECEMBER [ ] 1807 AGED 60 ? YEARS [ ? ] [ ? ] [ ? ] PREROGATIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY WILL DATED 19th NOVEMBER 1777 JAMES TONGE, BREWER. ALL HIS LAND PLANTED WITH FRUIT TREES, KNOWN AS GREAT HOLDRIDGE AND ABOUT 1 ACRE, IN SITTINGBOURNE, TO SON JAMES, FOR EVER. TO JOHN SMITH BARLING OF FAVERSHAM, GENTLEMAN, £2,000, UPON TRUST, TO INVEST IN GOVERNMENT FUNDS OR OTHER SECURITIES AND THE INTEREST TO BE PAID TO SON JAMES, FOR LIFE. AFTER HIS SON'S DEATH, THE £2,000 TO BE EQUALLY SHARED BETWEEN ALL OF SON JAMES'S CHILDREN. IF JAMES DIES LEAVING NO CHILDREN LIVING, THEN TO SON THOMAS AND DAUGHTERS, DOROTHY ANN AND SARAH TONGE AND GRANDSON, WILLIAM VALLANCE. TO SON WILLIAM, £200; TO DAUGHTERS DOROTHY AND SARAH, £100 EACH; TO GRANDSON, WILLIAM VALLANCE, £2,000 AT 21 YEARS. £100 TO BE LAID OUT TO PLACE WILLIAM VALLANCE IN A TRADE OR PROFESSION, AS HE CHOOSES, WILLIAM VALLANCE ALSO TO HAVE ALL HIS CLOTHES. TO JOHN SMITH BARLING, £20 TO PAY TO DAUGHTER ELIZABETH, WIFE OF JOHN VALLANCE, ALSO TO ELIZABETH AN ANNUITY OF £20, FOR LIFE. TO HIS DAUGHTERS, DOROTHY AND SARAH, ALL THE HOP POLES IN HIS 10 ACRE HOP GROUND AT ? LEAD IN SITTINGBOURNE AND MILTON ABD HOP CROP. THEY CAN OCCUPY THE LAND AND DRY THE HOPS, THEY ALSO TO HAVE HIS "NEW ORDERED" OAST HOUSE AND MALT HOUSE, FORMERLY CALLED JACKSON'S BARN IN SITTINGBOURNE, GRATIS. THEY TO BAG AND LAY THE HOPS IN THE OAST AND MALT HOUSE, FOR ONE MONTH AFTER THE SEASON, AS LONG AS THEY USE THE HOP GROUND. ANY OF HIS DAUGHTERS CAN OCCUPY HIS HOUSE ADJOINING THE RED LYON INN IN SITTINGBOURNE, LATE OCCUPIED BY THOMAS TEMPLEMAN AND FOR AS LONG AS SHE/ THEY CHOOSE, GRATIS. TO DAUGHTER, DOROTHY, THE FURNITURE IN HIS BEST FORE CHAMBER, EXCEPT THE CASH BOX AND IT'S CONTENTS; TO DAUGHTER SARAH THE FURNITURE IN THE BACK CHAMBER, EXCEPT THE GREEN BED AND TWO PAIRS OF SHEETS; TO SON THOMAS, HIS CASH BOX AND CONTENTS, AND ? IN THE GREAT PARLOUR. REST AND RESIDUE OF FURNITURE TO HIS 3 DAUGHTERS, EQUALLY SHARED. HE DESIRES HIS DAUGHTERS TO GIVE DAUGHTER ELIZABETH VALLANCE, "A FEW NECESSARIES" ALL SILVER PLATE TO SON THOMAS AND DAUGHTERS, DOROTHY AND SARAH AND GRANDSON WILLIAM VALLANCE, EQUALLY SHARED. TO THE POOR ? AND POOR WIDOWS IN SITTINGBOURNE, £10, DISTRIBUTED AMONG THEM BY HIS EXECUTOR. HE CHARGES HIS PROPERTY, EXCEPT LAND ALREADY GIVEN TO SON JAMES, AND ALL GOODS AND PERSONAL ESTATE, EXCEPT THOSE ITEMS ALREADY BEQUEATHED, WITH PAYMENT OF HIS DEBTS AND LEGACIES. TO THE MAINTENANCE OF GRANDSON, WILLIAM VALLANCE, AN ANNUITY OF £20. ALL HIS PROPERTY EXCEPT THAT ALREADY CHARGED, TO SON THOMAS, WHO IS EXECUTOR . WITNESSES: JOHN CUMMING, PETER FLINT AND SAMUEL FLINT PROVED 16th FEBRUARY 1781 PREROGATIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY WILL DATED 28th APRIL 1806 THOMAS TONGE, GENTLEMAN. FIRST, ALL DEBTS, FUNERAL AND PROBATE COSTS TO BE PAID. TO SISTER DOROTHY ANN GRAYLING OF SITTINGBOURNE, WIDOW, ALL HOUSEHOLD GOODS, FURNITURE, PLATE, CHINA, EASY MONEY, PROPERTY AND EFFECTS, ALSO £3,000. IF DOROTHY DIES IN HIS LIFETIME, HER LEGACY TO NEPHEW THOMAS GRAYLING, SON OF DOROTHY, AND £400. TO SISTER SARAH TONGE, SPINSTER OF SITTINGBOURNE, £100. TO SARAH FOWLE, WIDOW, OF ADAM FOWLE, LATE OF CANTERBURY, BUTCHER, £20. ALSO TO THOMAS GRAYLING, HIS HOUSE AND FARM AT SHOTTINGTON? GREEN AT CHILHAM, OCCUPIED BY WILLIAM WYLES; TO DOROTHY GRAYLING AND SARAH TONGE, HIS HOUSE IN SITTINGBOURNE NOW OCCUPIED BY THEM, FOR LIFE; AFTER THE SURVIVOR'S DEATH, TO NEPHEW WILLIAM VALLANCE OF SITTINGBOURNE, BREWER, FOR EVER, HE ALSO TO HAVE RESIDUE AND IS EXECUTOR. WITNESSES: THOMAS DERING, OF SITTINGBOURNE, GRAZIER, JOHN ARNDELL OF SITTINGBOURNE, CARRIER AND RICHARD BATHURST, ATTORNEY OF SITTINGBOURNE. PROVED 16th JANUARY 1807. TURNER SEE STANTON 91(A) CHEST TOMB WITH "MEDIEVAL" STYLE DECORATION VALLANCE TOMB, DESIGNED BY AYMER VALLANCE? WEST END HERE LIES THOMAS SOUTH SIDE WILLIAM VALLANCE BORN MARCH 1829 EAST SIDE DIED 18th NOVEMBER 1902 NORTH SIDE PACE(?) AVE DE PROFUNDIS AMEN VALLANCE WAS A CAREER ARMY OFFICER. THIS TOMB WAS PROBABLY DESIGNED BY VALLANCE'S SON, AYMER VALLANCE, THE ANTIQUARY AND ASSOCIATE AND BIOGRAPHER OF WILLIAM MORRIS AND CONTRIBUTOR TO THE ARCHAEOLOGIA CANTIANA. FROM A MAIDSTONE NEWSPAPER 27th NOVEMBER 1902 "THE LATE CAPTAIN VALLANCE---- THE FUNERAL OF THE LATE CAPTAIN T. W. VALLANCE, OF AYMERS, TOOK PLACE ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON, AT ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCHYARD. THE HYMNS WERE "JESUS LIVES, NO LONGER NOW", AND "TEN THOUSAND TIMES, TEN THOUSAND". THE OFFICIATING CLERGY WERE THE REV. T.G.L. LUSHINGTON (VICAR OF SITTINGBOURNE), R.B. BARBER (RECTOR OF ELMLEY), AND T.J. SEWELL (VICAR OF LYNSTEAD). SEVERAL HANDSOME FLORAL TRIBUTES WERE TO BE SEEN ON THE COFFIN. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE YOUNGEST SON OF THE DECEASED, WHO IS IN SOUTH AFRICA, EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY WAS PRESENT. AMONG OTHERS WHO ATTENDED THE FUNERAL WERE MR ALLEN TASSELL, DR. PRIDEUX SELBY, MR R.G.E. LOCKE, MR F. GARELL BARNES, LIEUT,. COL. TYLER, LORD TEYNHAM, MR R. MERCER, MR F.G. GIBSON, MR W.J. HARRIS, ETC. THE INTERMENT WAS WITNESSED BY A LARGE GATHERING OF PEOPLE" WANSTALL SEE LINSELL 92 (C) HEADSTONE IN MEMORY OF ROBERT HUBBLE WHIBLEY BORN 27th NOV. 1822 DIED 20th JAN 1825 ELIZABETH S. WHIBLEY BORN 11th JULY 1826 DIED 10th JULY 1847 93 (D) HEADSTONE IN MEMORY OF MARY WHITE LATE OF MURSTON WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 1st OF FEBRUARY 1822 AGED 76 YEARS ALSO ROBERT SEATH, YEOMAN BROTHER OF THE ABOVE LATE OF EAST HALL WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 9th OF MARCH 1823 AGED 68 YEARS PREROGATIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY WILL DATED 13th FEBRUARY 1820 MARY WHITE, OF MURSTON, WIDOW. DESIRES TO BE BURIED IN SITTINGBOURNE CHURCHYARD AS NEAR TO HER PARENTS AS POSSIBLE. ALL HOUSEHOLD GOODS, FURNITURE, BOOKS, PLATE, LINEN, CHINA, CLOTHES, RINGS AND ORNAMENTS OF HER PERSON AND MONEY, TO DAUGHTER, SOPHIA ANN COWLAND WIFE OF THOMAS COWLAND OF CANTERBURY, BRAZIER, ABSOLUTELY. RESIDUE OF PERSONAL ESTATE, AFTER PAYMENT OF DEBTS, FUNERAL AND PROBATE COSTS, TO HER 3 SONS, JOHN, THOMAS AND RICHARD AND DAUGHTER SOPHIA COWLAND, EQUALLY SHARED. SONS JOHN AND THOMAS ARE EXECUTORS. WITNESSES: SARAH FOUGAMBLE? AND JOHN BUCKTON OF CANTERBURY, ATTORNEY. CODICIL 7th DECEMBER 1820 SHE IS NOW WEAK IN BODY. SHE HAD BEQUEATHED RESIDUE OF PERSONAL ESTATE TO HER SONS AND DAUGHTER. SON RICHARD HAS SINCE DIED, LEAVING 3 CHILDREN, JOHN, RICHARD AND MARY, ALL MINORS, SO HIS SHARE TO HIS CHILDREN AT 21 YEARS. IN MEANTIME, MONEY TO BE INVESTED IN PUBLIC FUNDS AND INTEREST TOWARDS THEIR MAINTENANCE AND EDUCATION AND PLACING OUT. WITNESSES: ELIZABETH? MITCHELL AND SOPHIA LOUDWELL. PROVED 14th MAY 1822. SOPHIA COWLAND HAS ALSO SINCE DIED . POWER RESERVED TO THOMAS WHITE. PREROGATIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY WILL DATED 2nd JANUARY 1822 ROBERT SEATH, OF EASTHALL, MURSTON, GENTLEMAN. FIRST, HIS DEBTS, FUNERAL AND PROBATE COSTS TO BE PAID FROM REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE. INTEREST FROM £800 TO SISTER MARY WHITE, FOR LIFE, AFTER HER DEATH, THEN £800 TO JOHN AND THOMAS WHITE AND SOPHIA COWLAND, SONS AND DAUGHTER OF SISTER MARY. £600 TO JOHN BEAKE SEATH OF TONGE, YEOMAN AND THOMAS WHITE OF MURSTON, YEOMAN, UPON TRUST, THEY TO INVEST THE MONEY IN REAL OR GOVERNMENT FUNDS, FOR THE CHILDREN OF NEPHEW, RICHARD WHITE, EQUALLY SHARED AT 21, IN THE MEANTIME, THE INTEREST TOWARDS THEIR MAINTENANCE AND EDUCATION. TO SOPHIA COWLAND, £400; TO JOHN WHITE, £1,000; TO NIECES ANN AND ELIZABETH WHITEHEAD, £100 EACH.......................................................... TO NEPHEWS, JOHN BEAKE SEATH AND THOMAS WHITE, ALL REAL ESTATE VESTED IN HIM AS TRUSTEE OR MORTGAGEE....................................... THE LATTER ARE EXECUTORS. WITNESSES: ROBERT HINDE, JUNIOR, M. HINDE AND JAMES TAYLOR. CODICIL 30th JUNE 1822 MARY WHITE, HIS SISTER, IS NOW DEAD. HE REVOKES THE LEGACY OF £800 TO JOHN AND THOMAS WHITE AND SOPHIA COWLAND AND THE £800 WILL NOW BE PART OF HIS RESIDUARY PERSONAL ESTATE. PROVED 22nd JULY 1823 94 (C) HEADSTONE IN MEMORY OF SARAH THE WIFE OF THOMAS WHITE OF EAST HALL IN THE PARISH OF MURSTON WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE [ ] OF FEBRUARY 1823 AGED 3[ ] YEARS [ ] ISSUE [ ] DAUGHTER, VIZ. THOMAS [ ] 95 (D) HEADSTONE SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN WHITE OF THIS PARISH WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 18th OF JANUARY 1829 AGED 56? YEARS ALSO SIX CHILDREN WHO DIED IN THEIR INFANCY LEAVING A WIDOW FOUR SONS AND ONE DAUGHTER RICHARD, ROBERT, GEORGE JOHN AND MARIA ALSO SARAH WIFE OF THE ABOVE WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 27th OF NOVEMBER 183[ ] AGED [ ] YEARS PREROGATIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY WILL DATED 17th JANUARY 1829 JOHN WHITE, IRONMONGER. FIRST, DEBTS, FUNERAL AND PROBATE COSTS TO BE PAID. ALL FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD PROPERTY AND LAND, READY MONEY, INVESTMENTS, RENT ARREARS, DEBTS, GOODS, CHATTELS, STOCK IN TRADE AND PERSONAL ESTATE, TO HIS WIFE, FOR LIFE. AFTER HER DEATH OR REMARRIAGE, THEN TO HIS CHILDREN, EQUALLY SHARED AT 21 YEARS.................................. TO WIFE SARAH, THOMAS WHITE OF MURSTON, GENTLEMAN AND SON RICHARD, REAL ESTATE VESTED IN HIM AS TRUSTEE OT MORTGAGEE........................................... THE LATTER THREE ARE EXECUTORS. WITNESSES: JOHN HINDE, THOMAS RUFF AND THOMAS ADAMS. PROVED 3rd SEPTEMBER 1829. 96 (C) HEADSTONE SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF ELEANOR WIFE OF STEPHEN WILLCOCK OF THIS PARISH WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE [ ] MARCH 1819 AGED 27? YEARS 97 (C) HEADSTONE [SACRED] [TO THE MEMORY OF] STEPHEN WILLCOCK WHO DIED THE 17th OF SEPTEMBER 18[25] AGED 37 YEARS 98 (C) HEADSTONE, VERY ERODED [SACRED] [TO THE MEMORY OF] MR WILLIAM HO[PPER] [WILLSON] WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE [ ] DAY OF MARCH 1833 AGED 54? YEARS [ ] [ ] [ ] ALSO [Illegible] [WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE] [THE] [ ] DAY OF APRIL 184[ ]? AGED 64 ? YEARS Index of Names - from gravestones only Names Index ABBOT 1 ALEXANDER 2 ARNDELL 3 BACK 4 BALLARD 5 BARNES 6, 7 BATE 8, 9, 10 BAX 11 BIRCH 12 BOULDING 13 BRENCHLEY 14 BUFF 24 BURLEY 15 CLEAVE 16 CLIFFORD 17, 18, 19 COLLEY 20 COOPER 21, 22 COULTER 23 COWLAND 24 CRIGHTON 25 CROGGON 26 CRUTTENDEN 27 | DEACON 28 DEAN 29 DENNIS 30 DIVERS 50 DRAYSON 31, 32 EASON 33 EDMONDS 34 EPPS 50 FARRINGTON 35 FINNIS 36 GARRETT 38, 39, 40, 41 GIBBONS 42 GLOVER 43 GORDELIER 44 GOUGE 45 GREEN 46 HALMARACK 47 HASSELLS 48 HOGBEN 49 HOGWOOD 50 HOPPER 98 HUBBLE 92 HUNT 51 HURD 52 | IRONS 4 IVES 53 JACKSON 54 KEEPPEN 12 KEYES 55 KING 56 KINGSMILL 57 KNOWLES 58, 59 LANG 60 LANGRAHAM ? 89 LINSELL 61 LISHMAN 62 LYON 63 MASTERS 64 MILLENOR 65 MITCHELL 66 MOORE 67 PARKINSON 68 PARKS 69 PAXTON 72 PHILLIPE 70 PILES 71 POWNOLL 72 | RAWLINGS 35 REASON 73, 74, 75 REDFORD 47 REEVES 74 ROUSE 76 SARGENT 77 SEATH 36,78,79,93,94,95 SENIOR 80 SHARP 81 STANTON 82 SURGEON 83 STEVENS 84 STRONGHILL 85 TANNER 10 TAPLEY 86 TAPPENDEN 87 TERREY 88 TILLEY 89 TONGE 90 VALLANCE 91 WANSTALL 61 WHIBLEY 92 WHITE 93 WILLCOCK 96, 97 WILLSON 98 |
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