Laslett family history

Thomas Laslett of Ash - 25 September 1736
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IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN this twenty ffifth Day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and thirty six and in the tenth year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord George the second over Great Britain and so fforth I Thomas Laslett of the parish of Ash next Sandwich in the County of Kent Yeoman being in reasonable good health of Body and of sound and perfect Mind and Memory (praised be God for the same) considering the uncertainty of this Transitory Life and being desirous to setle that Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me do make and declare this my last Will and Testament in writing in manner and fform ffollowing (that is to say ffirst and principally I recommend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God my Creator with full assurance and stedfast hope in my Redeemer Christ Jesus to live with him eternally after this my mortal Life shall be ended and my body I commit to the Earth to be decently interred at the discretion of my Executor hereafter named Also I do give and bequeath unto my Daughter Margaret now the wife of George Keble for and during the term of years next after my decease if she shall so long live the yearly sum of four pounds of lawfull money of Great Britain to be paid by my Executor hereafter named out of my personal Estate by two equal half yearly payments and at two certain ffeast Days in the year (that is to say) the ffeast Days of Saint Michael the Archangel and the Annunciation of the blessed Virgin Mary into the proper hands of her my said Daughter Margaret and her Receipt to be a proper Discharge from time to time for the same solely and Exclusive from her said Husband and so as he shall not have any controling or Disposing power thereof the first payment thereof to begin and to be made on the first of the said ffeast days which shall happen and come next after my Decease And in case my said Daughter Margaret shall happen to die before the Expiration of the said term of ten years leaving any Child or Children of her Body living at the time of her Decease then I do hereby will order and direct that the said yearly sum of four pounds shall be paid by my said Executor towards the Cloathing Maintenance and Education of the said Child or Children of her my said Daughter for and during the then residue and Remainder of the said Term of ten years Also I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Mildred now the wife of John Holloway the sum of thirty pounds of lawfull money of Great Britain to be paid unto her by my Executors hereafter named within six months next after my Decease Also I do give and bequeath unto my Grandchildren William Laslett and Jane Laslett Children of my late Son John Laslett deceased the sum of ten pounds apiece of lawfull money of Great Britain to be paid unto them respectively at their respective Ages of one and twenty years or Days of Marriage which shall first happen But in Case either of my said Grandchildren shall dye before he or she shall attain the said Age of one and twenty years or be married then I do give and bequeath the Legacy of him or her so dying unto the Survivor of them my said Grandchildren All the rest and residue of all and singular my goods my Goods Cattle Chattels Stock ready money and personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever and of what nature kind Quality or Degree soever the same shall exist and be at the time of my decease (my Debts Legacys and ffuneral Charges and probate of this my Will being ffirst paid and deducted) I do give and bequeath unto my Son Richard Laslett and I do hereby make ordain and appoint him my said son Richard Laslett sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament And as touching the Disposing all and singular my Messuages Lands Tenements Hereditaments and real Estate I do give and devise the same as ffolloweth (that is to say) I do give and devise unto my said Son Richard Laslett and his heirs and assigns for ever All those my two Messuages or Tenements adjoyning together with the Barn Yard Orchards Gardens and Land thereunto belonging containing by Estimation one Acre more or less with the Appurtenances situate lying and being in the parish of Woodnesborow otherwise Winsborow in the said County of Kent and now or late in the several Tenures or Occupations of Jesse Molden and John Pettit or their Assignes Also I do give and devise unto my said son Richard Laslett and his heirs and Assignes for ever one full Quarter or ffourth part of and in all that Messuage or Tenement with the Barns Stables Orchards Garden Yards and Lands thereunto belonging containing by Estimation four and twenty acres more or less with the appurtenances situate lying and being in the parish of Ash next Sandwich aforesaid at or near a place there called Hoden and now in Occupation of the Said Richard Laslett or his Assignes he my said Son Richard Laslett paying out of the same unto my Son Stephen Laslett the Sum of One hundred pounds of lawfull money of Great Britain within six months next after my decease which said Sum of one hundred pounds I do hereby give and bequeath unto him my said Son Stephen Laslett and do hereby charge and make liable the said Quarter or ffourth part of the said lastmentioned Messuage or Tenement Lands and premises in Ash aforesaid with the payment of the same accordingly Also I do give and devise unto my Son William Laslett and his heirs and assigns for ever One other full quarter or ffourth part of and in the said last mentioned Messuage or Tenement with the Barns Stables Orchards Gardens Yards and Lands thereunto belonging situate lying and being in the parish of Ash next Sandwich aforesaid at or near a place there called Hoden and now in Occupation of the Said Richard Laslett or his Assignes And Lastly I do hereby revoke and make void all former Wills and Testaments by me at any time heretofore made And do declare this and only this to be my last Will and Testament IN WITNESS whereof I the said Thomas Laslett to this my last Will and Testament in four sheets of paper contained to every sheet thereof my hand and seal have set and put the Day and year first aforesaid

Thos Laslett

Signed sealed published and declared by the said Thomas Laslett the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament the said twenty fifth Day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and thirty six in the presence of us who subscribed our names as Witnesses in the presence and at the Request of the said Testator

Richd Oliver Wm Jorden Ju Hayward
The before registred Will of Thomas Laslett deceased was proved the 19th Day of April 1739 before the Revd Richard Monius Clerk lawfull Surrogate to the worshipfull Thomas Tenison Doctor of Laws Commissary General of the City and Diocese of Canterbury lawfully constituted and Administration of the said deceaseds goods so far as concerned the said deceased and his Will was committed to Richard Laslett son of the deceased and sole Executor named in the said Will he being first sworn duly to Execute the same

(The above was taken from the Register copy of the Will.)