Will of William Cole of Lambeth 1807

 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 XXX 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 xx 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 XXX 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 …..