Wills

I Edward Chapman of Colebrook in the countie of Buck

Whereof doe make this my Last will in manner & form foll-

owing First I give devise and bequeath unto my trustie & 

well beloved friends Richard Finch of Stanwell in the Countie of 

Middx Tanner Edmund Board of Colebrooke in the Countie of Bucks

Shoemaker Henry Gosse [or Goffe] of Colebrooke aforesaid mercer theire heires

and Assignes forever All my Lands and Tenements & hereditaments 

whatsoever in the parish of Kingston Upon Thames in ye Countie of 

Surrey or refe sohere in Tenst To the use purposes and intent my

those pendt hereafter mentioned That is to say to make sale thereof for 

the payment of my debts and Legacies in those pride? mentioned  Item 

I give to my Brother William Chapman the summe of Thirtie pounds

To be payd him by on the fort and twentieth day of June in the year 

of our Lord Christ One Thousand Six Hundred and fiftie and nine

Item I ginve and bequeath to my Brother James Chapman the 

Summe of Thirtie pounds To be payd him upon the fowre and Twentie

day of June In the year of our Lord Christ One Thousand Six 

hundred fiftie and nine.   Item I give to Benjamine Fellow son of 

George Fellow of Colebrook aforesaid Taylor the summe of Thirteen 

pounds To be payd him ehe he shall accomplish the Age of Two 

years And if he doth dye Then the said summe of Thirtie pounds 

be payd to the aforesaid George Fellow upon the fowre & Twentieth

day of June in the years of our Lord Christ One Thousand Six

hundred fiftie and nine  Item I give my aforesaid trustie friend

Power to pay themselves what monie they shall lay out in ye prosecution

of their Trust And after my debts is paid and my legacies is

satisfied I give the overplus of the monies left of the sale of my Lands

the one moyetie to Elizabeth my wife And the other moystie to bequeathed

Divided and disposed of betweene my Two Children If my wife be with

child and for their be at the discretion of my Trustees aforesaid until 

they shall accomplish the age of one and Twentie years or be married ot

to the survivors of them But if the be not with child Then the 

moyotie onlie to my daughter Elizabeth To be payd of disposed of for 

her use within Two years after my decease at the discretion of my Trustees 

aforementioned until the I have accomplish the Age of one & twenty

years or be married And if my children or child dye without Issue

before they accomplish the age of one and twenty years that I have 

noe Issue alive Then my will is That my wife shall have the other 

Magetie also And All the rest of my goods and Chattels I give to 

Elizabeth my wife and make her my full and whole Executrix of this my 

Last Will and Testament And gibe her All my goods and Chattels whatsoever 

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seale This

Nineteenth day of August in the yeare of our Lord Christ One

Thousand Six hundred fiftie and seven  Edward Chapman 

Signed sealed & published as the Last will and Testament of the said 

Edward Chapman in the presence of Christopher Meele   Robert Ebgore?

Proved 22 September 1657  to Elizabeth Chapman the Relict and sole executrix 

The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 268