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WILL OF THOMAS TOWERS

PROB 11/1884

Will made 27 June 1836 Will proved 18 September 1857

Extract Page 1, line 7 – 33

“.. And I give and bequeath the following legacies or sums of money (that is to say) to Isabella the wife of Mr John Pooley of Number 6 Church Row Newington in the County of Surrey one hundred pounds sterling To Elizabeth the wife of John West of the City of Rochester tallow chandler twenty pounds sterling To Edward Robert Coles of the same city gentleman thirty pounds sterling To Ann Freeland of the same city widow a wharfinger twenty pounds sterling To John Finch of Colchester in Essex ten pounds sterling To Rose Mast of Ramsey in Huntingdonshire five pounds sterling To Edward Finch of Rochester aforesaid plumber and glazier ten pounds sterling To Joseph Finch of Chatham Dockyard in the same county rigger fifteen pounds sterling to John Finch of Millhall in the same county bargeman twenty pounds sterling to William Finch of Rochester aforesaid coal merchant twenty pounds sterling To Ann Viner the eldest daughter of William Viner of West Malling in the said county of Kent ten pounds sterling To her sister Mary Waugh Viner ten pounds sterling to their brother John Scotchford Viner of West Malling aforesaid linen draper ten pounds sterling to Frances Southgate of Snodland in the county of Kent widow thirty pounds sterling to William ?Munytain the elder of Meopham in the said county of Kent gentleman seventeen pounds sterling and to John May Wickham of Saint Margaret in the City of Rochester aforesaid butcher ten pounds sterling Also I give and bequeath unto the said Joseph Finch all my wearing apparel and personal linen Also I give and bequeath unto the said Rose Mast my silver pint mug to the said Elizabeth West my silver milkpot And to the said Ann Freeland my silver pepper box Also I give and bequeath unto the said Edward Finch my silver quart mug Also I give and bequeath unto the said Frances Southgate my pair of silver salts Also I give and bequeath unto the said Will Munytain the elder my silver quart cup and a pair of plated candlesticks Also I give and bequeath the remainder of my plate and plated goods and articles unto and equally between the said Frances Southgate and William Munytain the elder Also I give and bequeath unto and equally between the said William Munytain and Frances Southgate all my

PROB 11/1884 household goods and furniture and implements of household linen china glass provisions wines liquors and other household effects not hereinbefore specifically bequeathed..”

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