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This is the last Will
and Testament of me William Cole of Brockwell Hall Lambeth Dean in the
parish of Lambeth and County of Surrey Esquire I desire to be buried at
Hampton in Middlesex near my mother and that a handsome board and
description denoting my age and the time of my decease be placed on the
adjoining pillar and I give to the Minister Churchwardens and overseers
of the said parish of Hampton the sum of one thousand pounds to be
placed on trust and the interest from time to time applied to keep the
said Board and Inscription in repair and the surplus to be annually
distributed among such poor persons of the said Parish not receiving
Parish relief as the said Minister Churchwardens and overseers of the
said parish for the time being do all think deserving I give to the
Minister Churchwardens and overseers of the parish of Plumstead in Kent
at my decease the sum of one thousand pounds to be placed out at
interest to be from time to time placed by the Minister Churchwardens
and overseers of the said parish for the time being towards supporting
and keeping up Sunday schools in the said parish I give to the Minister
Churchwardens and overseers of the parish of Clapham in Surrey the sum
of five hundred pounds to be placed out at interest to be from time to
time applied in supporting and keeping up the tomb and railing in the
said parish that my father wife and children are buried and the surplus
to be annually distributed amongst such poor persons of the said parish
not receiving parish relief as the said Minister Churchwardens and
overseers of the said parish for the time being shall think most
deserving I give to the treasurer for the time being of Saint Thomas’s
Hospital in Southwark the sum of one thousand pounds to be applied for
the uses of the said charity I give to the treasurer for the time being
of the Philanthropic Society the sum of one hundred and ?ayaty pounds to
be applied for the purpose of the said charity I give and devise all
that my freehold estate called Tulse Hill and also my two copyhold
fields called Page Fields and all my copyhold estate at Brixton Causeway
in the parish of Lambeth in the County of Surrey and all my real estate
whatsoever at Hampton in the County of Middlesex with the appurtenances
unto Mercy Crossingham spinster daughter of Mercy Crossingham the elder
for and during her natural life and after her decease I give and devise
the same to the heirs of her Body lawfully begotten and in default of
such issue I give and devise the same to her brother Jonah Crossingham
and his heirs for ever and I wish and desire that she the said Mercy
Crossingham the younger shall not marry under age without the consent of
my executors I give and devise all my messuages lands hereditaments and
real estate in the parish of Plumstead in the county of Kent and all my
messuages and premises in Butt Lane Deptford in Kent with the
appurtenances unto the said Jonah Crossingham
for and during the term of his natural life and after his decease
unto the heirs of his body lawfully begotten and in default of such
issue the same unto the said Mercy Crossingham the younger and her heirs
for ever I give and devise all that my capital messuage called Brockwell
Hall with the lands hereditaments and appurtenances thereto belonging in
the parish of Lambeth and also all my messuages or tenements and
premises in and near the Borough Market and in the Borough of Southwark
in Surrey with the appurtenances unto Richard Ogborne of Bishopgate
Street London stationer his sons and heirs and assignes for ever I give
and bequeath my messuages or tenements and premises with the
appurtenances in Saint Joan Street Middlesex unto John Jones of
Smithfield agent his heirs and assigns for ever I give to the said Jonas
Crossingham the sum of ten thousand pounds to the said Mercy Crossingham
the younger the sum of ten thousand pounds I give to Mercy Crossingham
the elder an annuity or xx yearly sum of two hundred pounds to be paid
to her by quarterly payments during her life and I direct a sum of money
to be laid out for serving the said annuity and I give the principal
money after her decease unto her two sons John and William to be equally
divided between them I give to William Adams of Norwich two hundred
pounds to Mrs Markham and her daughter Elizabeth one hundred pounds each
to Elizabeth Sawyer of Chelsea one hundred pounds to John Willes Esquire
of Dulwich one thousand pounds to the said John Jones five hundred
pounds to the said Richard Ogborn one thousand pounds to Charles Druce
of Dulwich five hundred pounds to Sarah Cogger of Brixton Causeway five
hundred pounds to the said John Crossingham five hundred pounds to the
said William Crossingham five hundred pounds to William Johnson one
hundred pounds to Elizabeth wife of John Cogger five hundred pounds to
William Cogger and to his children William and Jemima one thousand five
hundred pounds to be divided equally between them to Miss Budgeon one
hundred pounds to John Mary and Ann the three children of Mr Davis the
sum of one hundred pounds each to Mrs Ellis of the Borough fifty pounds
to John Cogger of Merton one hundred pounds to Thomas Cogger of Merton
one hundred pounds to Mrs Galloway of Covent Garden fifty pounds to the
Minister of Hampton at my decease twenty pounds and the parish clerk ten
pounds to Elizabeth the wife of Stephen Wilson one hundred pounds to the
Treasurer of the charity for the Deaf and Dumb the sum of two hundred
pounds to the Treasurer of the charity for the Navigant Blind the sum of
two hundred pounds to the Treasurer of the London Hospital two hundred
pounds to the Treasurer of the Asylum for female orphans
one hundred pounds to the Treasurer of the female penitentiary
Charity one hundred pounds to the Treasurer of the Orphan School in the
City Road one hundred pounds and to the Treasurer of the City of London
Lying In Hospital one hundred pounds to be applied by them respectively
to the uses and purposes of the said charities Executors John Willes
Richard Ogborn John Jones Charles Druce each given £500
for their trouble All the residue equally
between Jonah Crossingham and Mercy Crossingham the younger to be
equally shared between them ……
year of our Lord 1807 ….. |
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| Notes on William COLE
The big mystery about William COLE is what his
relationship was with the Coggers. He was certainly rich; the land
he bequeathed to Mercy Crossingham was developed into the Tulse
Hill estate. Several generations of Coles had lived in Bleak
Hall which was adjacent to Brixton Causeway where the Coggers had been
blacksmiths since around 1750; so the Coggers could have just been
neighbours who struck lucky. Update to the above added 12 January 2010 |
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