Surrey & South London Will Abstracts - Example SW/40_259

SW/40_259

Ann Turner of Betchworth, widow 18 Jul 1783

to my servant John Potter £50; residue to my sons Thomas Turner and Philip Turner between them at 21 and of farming business carried on to them at 21; if both die to Charles Turner late of Deadmans Place, Southwark £100, to Ann Loughton in the Cloisters near Smithfield, London, sp. £100, to John Potter above £100 more and residue to Jane Lintott of Horsham, Sussex, widow and her four children Richard Lintott, John Lintott, Henry Lintott and Sarah Lintott between them; Christopher Abel, farmer and William Clarke, maltster both of Betchworth and John Lintott, trustees

Witnesses: John Ockley; Peter Weller; John Tyler

Inventory by Edward Russell 25 and 30 Oct 1783: first room attic storey: a half tester bedstead, check furniture, mattress, a featherbed, a bolster, 2 coverlets, walnut chest of drawers, small table, window curtains, bell and two brass sconces; second ditto: 6 old Windsor chairs, a hair trunk, a side bed, a pillion, a deal cupboard, folding doors, copper fish kettle, plate and cover, a scythe, five horse nets, 10 hair cider cloths, an oak chest, part of a packet of hops, some apples and onions; maids' bedroom: a sacking bottom bedstead, green harateen furniture, a featherbed, a bolster, pillow, blanket, quilt, walnut dressing drawers, window curtain, chair and two looking glasses; little room: a large oak chest, two tables, two boxes, a small cupboard, a window blind, a cutlass, about four dozen bottles etc.; parlour chamber: a four post bedstead with needlework furniture lined, a feather bed a bolster and two pillows, two blankets, a counterpain, two check window curtains and rod, a mahogany dressing drawer, a commode ditto serpentine front, a small India cabinet drawer, an inlaid ditto, four India dressing boxes, a wainscot tray, a mahogany card or writing table, a ditto wash hand stand and china basin, four walnut tree chairs, stuffed seats, an easy chair and cushion with linen cover, a night stool and pan, a dressing glass mahogany frame, a brass fronted stove, a chimney board, two old Wilton carpets, a bedside ditto, a tin fender, a shagreen knife case, a box, a walking cane, two flower pots and a Japan coffee pot; hall chamber: a four post a bedstead red check furniture, a featherbed, two bolsters, three pillows, a mattress, three blankets, a white linen quilt, a small bedstead, a featherbed, a bolster and a pillow, a blanket, linen quilt, a mahogany dressing drawer, writing top, dressing glass, mahogany swing frame gilt, a small ditto, easy chair and cushion, a mahogany ditto on castors, a walnut tree night chair, a Japan corner cupboard, two walnut tree chairs stuff seats, two window curtains and rod, a side carpet and an iron grate; dressing room: a mahogany dressing drawers, two ditto voiders, a walnut tree double chest of drawers, a glass hall lantern and lamp, a large Delpht bowl, three busts and wood brackets, a night stool, two flaskets, a window curtain; kitchen chamber: a half tester bedstead with check furniture, a featherbed and a bolster, a blanket, linen quilt, a rug, a wainscot bureau and ditto chest, three boxes, dressing glass, chair and a rush candlestick; Popes Hole: a bell metal pottage pot, an iron ditto, a stewpan and cover, a copper 'destill' and head, a worm tub, a plate basket, a bran tub, a pail, two 3 leaf clothes horses, a deal flour chest on castors and some flour, a quilting frame, two casks, a piece of carpet and sundries; stair case and passage: a deal cloth press with drawers, six feather pillows, a blanket, sixteen numbers of Stackhouse's History of the Bible, an ermine border for a cloak and a thirty hour clock and case; plate: a pair of candlesticks, one smoking candlestick, a waiter, two butter boats, four salts, a lemon strainer, a cream pot, a boat, a marrow spoon, a punch ladle, ten table spoons, ten desert spoons, a soup spoon, twelve tea spoons, two pairs of sugar tongs, three salt shovels, a mustard spoon, a stock buckle, two odd sleeve buttons, two thimbles, a pair of clasps, two pairs of shoe buckles, a pair of stone ditto, an instrument case silver top, six old silver tea spoons, a gold watch, three pairs of stone ear rings, a garnet stone ring, a stone stay hook, a silver ring set with garnet, a stone breast buckle, two pairs of beads, a watch chain gilt, a plated coffee pot, a Japan box; linen: three pairs of fine sheets, 22 pairs of half of common sheets, eleven pillowcases, four diaper tablecloths, three small cloths, three napkins, five large tablecloths damask and huckaback, six small ditto, five damask tablecloths, six small cloths, ten towels, fourteen small cloths and towels, five tablecloths, five huckaback ditto, seven ditto towels, three coarse tablecloths and three diaper napkins: clothes: a silk sack and petticoat, a green tabby gown, one crimson damask ditto, one brown tabby ditto, one white silk ditto, a white linen quilted petticoat, a brown silk ditto, a black silk gown, a bombazine ditto, a striped Manchester ditto, a white bed gown, a black silk fly coat, two white petticoats, two flannel ditto, a black mode cloak, a velvet ditto, two shifts, three pairs of pockets, six aprons, a fan, a lining to a gown, a remnant of damask, a piece of broad lace, a pair trebled lace ruffles Brussels lace, a handkerchief ditto, a pair of double lace ruffles, six pairs of two pair single ruffles, two worked handkerchiefs, a lace ditto, a shirt, three pairs of shift sleeves, three hoods, two lace mobs, three lappets, a border of an apron, two dress caps, a quantity of edging and sundry remnants of silk (childbed linen) eight caps, four shirts, three jams, a mantle, two frocks, four waistcoats, a printed ditto and 23 clouts; kitchen: a cast iron back, a pair of dogs, two pothooks, an iron bar, two fire shovels, two pairs of tongs, a fender, a pot iron, two small gridirons, six flat irons, an iron oven's door, a large roasting jack complete, four brass candlesticks, a taper stand, two small scales, a skimmer, five tin covers, three candlesticks, two cannisters, two cans, two coffee pots, a cake hoop, two drink pots and a?pudding cup, two spits, a holdfast, a balance skewer, a meat stand, four fire shovels, four pairs of tongs, four pokers, two brass fenders, an iron ditto, two steelyards and weights, five box irons and heaters, four old plated candlesticks, two copper stew pans, a ditto tea kettle, a brass ditto, a Japan coffee pot, a pair of roasting and irons, two gridirons, a footman, two pairs of bellows, a long sliding candlestick, two iron ditto, sixteen wire skewers, five iron ditto, a sugar cannister, a pewter water dish, six ditto plates, twelve common ditto, a brass warming pan, an iron slice, five chairs, a window elbow ditto, a small two flap table, a chopper, a tin flour dredger, a pair of snuffers, two cloth brushes, a pewter measure, a tin pot, three Prayer Books, a gun, a small oval table and a small cloth horse: scullery: seven pewter dishes, seven ditto platess, a copper pottage pot and cover, two copper tea kettles, three ditto saucepans, a ditto drink pot, a bell metal kettle, a brass dish kettle, a ditto pottage pot, two ditto skillets, a ditto saucepan, two tin dripping pans, a ditto Dutch oven, a colander, a ditto saucepan, three pails, a hand dish, a dresser and shelves, a plate rack, flour tub and sundry pieces of earthenware; brewhouse: a copper furnace as fixed, a brass ditto, two brew vats and stands, two tun tubs, an underback, six keelers, two bucking tubs, a hop basket 'tapooze' wood funnel, a long shoot, two copper fry pans, a maiden case, a pair of dogs, a trevit, fire fork, hoe, peal and a meat screen lined with tin; dairy: a double milk lead and stand, two pickling tubs and covers with pork, one ditto empty, a pipe cask, two deal tables, a bacon trough, a sheet press, a meat safe, an upright churn, two milk pails, two pairs of butter scales and weights, a glass lantern, a butter board, four crocks with butter, three crocks with grease, a tin milk pail, three trays, four prints, two wood bottles, two iron hooks, a cupboard, six drink tubs and stand; cellar: five iron bound hogshead casks, a small ditto, two stands, two filters, four hogsheads of table beer, four dozen of bottles, two brass cocks, two lanterns, two sheep bells and a pot iron: hall: an iron stove grate, six walnut tree chairs, leather seats, a three leaf India screen mahogany frame, a pair of window curtains and rod, a painted floor cloth, a mahogany elbow chair stuff seat and back, a ditto, a flap table, an oval two flap ditto, a claw ditto, a ditto writing table with drawers, a marble side table and carved frame painted, a pier glass in a carved frame painted, a mahogany tea chest, an ink stand, a mahogany wine cooper, a ditto plate tub, a perspective glass in a mahogany frame and a mahogany tea board; parlour: a steel stove and back, a three leaf India screen, mahogany frame, a mahogany two flap table, a small one flap ditto with drawers, a ditto Pembroke table, a claw ditto, six ditto chairs stuff seats and backs and two elbow ditto, two ditto teaboards pierced borders, a Japan ditto, a brass top tea urn stand, a Dutch tea kettle and lamp, two pairs of check window curtains and rods, an old Wilton carpet, three green baize table covers, a curious India cabinet of drawers with canopy top and glazed back and a pier glass in a carved and gilt frame; china etc.: nine dishes of different sorts, nine plates, five small ditto, two scallop shells, a punch bowl, two ditto cracked, a dish, seven plates cracked, five teapots with silver spouts, a ditto, a tea kettle, three teapot stands part of a long set of china containing 36 pieces, eight odd cups, thirteen saucers, a cream pot, sugar dish and cover spoon boat, two shaving basins, a water bottle and two jugs, a square polished marble cup, a small carved figure, five stone fruit plates, a cream glass and cover, three finger glasses and twelve odd wine glasses; little room: a mahogany two flap table and green cover, two ditto tea boards, a deal corner sideboard, a small mahogany wine cooper, an elbow Windsor chair, a mahogany corner cupboard, a copper coal scuttle, a small tray, a slate and?a child's chair; glass closet: eight drinking glasses, four jelly glasses, two jars, six knives with forks and box, sundry odd ditto and box, three mahogany waiters, a chocolate mill, a pepper mill, a basket, a marble mortar, six pickling jars, three wine glasses, two butter boats, a handsaw, a pair of shears, a marking iron, a piece of white leather and sundry small tools and a table clock by Risbridger; books: two large family Bibles, Boys Expositions of the Dominical Epistles and Gospels, Ecton's Thesaurus, the Sum of Christian Religion by Parry, Tillotson's Sermons, 3 volumes, Collier's Dictionary, 2 volumes, a Church Common Prayer, four ditto volumes of sermons, a family Bible in old print, Howard's Collection of Letters, Newcome's Sermons, 2 volumes, Veneer on the Articles of the Church of England 2 volumes, Stanhope's Paraphrase 4 volumes, Sharpe's Sermons 4 volumes, Clarke's Paraphrase 2 volumes, Sturt's Evangelical History 2 volumes, the Whole Duty of Man, the Self Deceiver, the Life of Homer, Sherlock's Discoursing on Death, ditto on Judgment, Hole's Discoursing on Charity, the Family Magazine, History of the Hottentots, an Abridgement of the London Cases, a Companion for the Festivals and Feasts of the Church of England, the Religious Man's Library, Westley's Sermons 2 volumes, Westley's Hymns and Poems 2 volumes, Steel's Lady's Library 3 volumes, Memoirs and Manners of several persons of Quality 4 volumes, a hundred and five volumes on different subjects, a quantity of old sermons and thirty prints; woodhouse: an apple mill and cider press, a hogshead cask, four small ditto, a quantity of fire wood, a wheelbarrow, a waterpot, an iron reel and line, two thistle spades, four hoes, two racks, a garden spade, a scythe, a beetle, a wood horse, a tub, a form and a parcel of lathes, a grindstone and trough and a water shoot; farming utensils: two road waggons, skid iron ditto, chains and ridgebands, two four inch wheel dung carts, two half swing ploughs and whippens, two axe harrows, three small ditto, a wood roll, two long ladders, one short ditto, about three dozen of wattles, a lamb ditto, a parcel of plain tiles, four sheep troughs, a hog trough and all the dung and litter in the yard; stable: a black mare whitefoot, a ditto ball, a ditto sharper, five trace harness, two pairs of tugs and 'quilers', three collars, five bridles, a foot harness, a chain, four leather head halters, a chaff sieve, a half bushel measure, a shovel and a prong; pea barn: part of a bay of peas, part ditto of oats, a quantity of tare 'haulon' and ten truss of wheat straw; wheat barn: part of a bay of wheat, part of a bay of oats, part of ditto of clover seed, fifteen truss of wheat straw bound and a corn fan and frame; stack yard: two ricks of clover hay, a stump of ditto, a rick of meadow hay, a rick of wheat, a ditto of oats and barley, a stack of faggots and logwood, a quantity of stack wood, some old hurdles, two cow cribs, some ash poles and some old ash pollards in black three acre field; granary: a steel malt mill, eight iron wedges, two beetles, two axes, two dung spades, two hoes, two turnip peckers, a cross cut saw, a mathook, two pairs of waggon ropes, three pea hooks, a hedge bill, three hand bills, two spades, two shovels, a grist pad, a bridle, a bushel measure, a seed pail, two shalls, two shovels, four splinter sieves, thirty sacks, a sail cloth, a quantity of potatoes, two bushels of wheat, five bushels of tares, four bushels of peas, one and a half bushels of ground oats, a poke of bran, some ditto in a sack, about sixteen bushels of oats, about eighty pounds of bacon, eleven prongs, ten corn rakes, a scythe and harness, a fold pitcher, a chest, two tubs, about three dozen of brooms and some old iron; livestock: three milch cows, three hogs, three ducks, a drake, a cock, three hens and thirteen chickens; land:

Acres		Proprietor of Land
2	Piece in Betchworth Field	Turner - wheat
2	Piece in ditto	Harris – ditto
2	Piece in Brockham Field	Abel – ditto
1¼	Piece in ditto	Abel - ditto
3½	Three pieces in Rye Field	Turner – ditto
2	Butts Field	Harvey – ditto
2½	High Ridges	Turner – ditto
1	Piece in Betchworth Field	Harris – turnips
1½	Piece in ditto	Harris – turnips
1½	Piece in ditto	Harris – turnips
1	Piece in ditto	Harris – turnips
1	Piece in ditto	Harris – turnips
½	Piece in ditto	Turner – turnips
2	Barn Field	Turner – turnips
4	Brook Field	Turner – turnips
2	Piece in Betchworth Field	Turner – tares
2	Black Land	Turner – rye
2	Piece in Betchworth Field	Turner – seeds
1¼	Piece in Betchworth Field	Abel – seeds
1	Piece in ditto	Abel – seeds
½	Piece in ditto	Abel – seeds
¼	Piece in ditto	Abel – seeds
1½	Hither Butts	Turner – seeds
2	Further Butts	Turner – seeds
5	Hams Mead Half dressing with dung etc. A mix of dung and mould in ditto	Turner – dressings
¼	Piece in Brockham Field Half dressing with dung	Abel – dressings
1	Piece in Brockham Field	Abel – dressings
	Sweaches Mead About twelve loads dung etc.	Turner – dressings
	Black Five Acres About 30 loads dung shovelings etc.	Turner – dressings
6	Six Acre Field one time ploughed, five times harrowed 2½ acres half dressing with dung and a mix of dung and mould in ditto	Turner – ploughings
4	Piece in Betchworth Field one time ploughed and one time rafter ditto	Harris – ploughings
2½	Piece in Betchworth Field one time ploughed and one time rafter ditto	Harris – ploughings
1	Orchen Ground 2 years growth	Turner
½	Hanger Shaw 3 years growth and all the other underwoods and hedgerows	Turner
		£716 11 4 ½d

Signed: Christopher Abel; William Clark; John Lintott
Proved: 17 Dec 1783 to execs. [DW/PA/7/31 ff.214v-215r; DW/PA/5/1783/33] (died last Sep; under £1,000)