Laslett family history
Thomas Lasslett of Whitstable - 6 March 1809
(Page 38)
THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ME THOMAS LASSLETT of Whitstable
in the County of Kent Yeoman Whereby I Give and Devise All that my Messuage
or Tenement wherein I now dwell and the Stable Outhouses Yard Garden and
several Pieces or Parcels of Land thereunto belonging containing together
in the whole by Estimation fourteen Acres more or less with their and every
of their Appurtenances Unto my Daughter Elizabeth Richardson /the wife of
Thomas Richardson/ and her assigns for and during the Term of her natural
Life And from and immediately after her decease I Give and Devise the same
unto the Heirs of the Body of my said Daughter Elizabeth Richardson lawfully
begotten and to be begotten And for the default of such Issue Unto my own
right Heirs for ever.
I Give and Devise All other my Messuages Lands Tenements Hereditaments and
Real Estate whatsoever and wheresoever unto my Son William Lasslett and the
Heirs of his Body And for default of such Issue unto my own right Heirs for
ever He and They paying out thereof unto my said Daughter Elizabeth Richardson
the yearly sum of Twenty Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain (free of
all Taxes Charges and deduction whatsoever) for and during the Term of her
Natural Life At or upon the feasts of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin
Mary Nativity of Saint John the Baptist Saint Michael the Archangel and the
Birth of our Lord Christ by even and equal quarterly payments The first Quarterly
Payment of the said yearly Sum of Twenty Pounds to begin and to be made on
such of the said feast days which shall first and next happen next after
my decease And in Default of Payment of the said Annuitity or ony part of
my thereof thereby impower my said Daughter to enter into and upon any part
of my Messuages Land Tenements and Hereditaments so given and devised unto
my Son William as aforesaid and there to distrain for all Arrears of the
said Yearly Sum of Twenty Pounds and the Distress and Disposses then and
there ... made from time to time to sell and dispose for and towards the
payment of all Arrears of the said Yearly Sum I Give and bequeth All my Goods
Chattels and Personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever after the payment
of all my just Funeral Expenses Charges of proving this my Will and all other
incident Charges unto my said (Son) William Lasslett and my said Daughter
Elizabeth Richardson equally to be divided between them share and share alike
to and for their respective use and Benefit And I do hereby make nominate
constitute and appoint my said son William Lasslett sole Executor of this
my last Will and Testament And I do hereby publish and declare this to be
my last Will and Testament Hereby revoking all former Wills by me made In
Witness whereof I the said Thomas Lasslett the Testator have to this my last
Will and Testament in one Sheet of Paper contained Set my Hand and Seal the
Sixth day of March in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
nine.
Tho. Lasslett
Signed Sealed Published and declared by the said Thomas Lasslett the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who subscribed ou Names as Witnesses hereunto at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other.
Edw. Thornton Henry Hougham Tho. Hammond
The before Registra Will of Thomas Lasslett deceased was proved the fifteenth
day of April 1809 before the Reverend Joshua Dix Clerk Surrogate to the
Right Honourable Sir William Scatt Knight Doctor of Laws Official General
to the Reverend the Archdeacon of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the
oath of William Lasslett the Son and sole Executor named in the said Will
He being first sworn duly to perform the same.
