This is the last Will and Testament of me Thomas Willatts of Chertsey in Surrey 
Gentleman I nominate and appoint my friends Thomas Gaff of Chertsey aforesaid 
Gentleman ffrancis Palmer of Chertsey aforesaid Timber Merchant and the Revd 
Thomas Schofield of Chertsey aforesaid Dissenting Minister Executors of my Will 
and trustees thereof for the purposes hereinafter mentioned and I give and bequeath 
to each of them the sum of fifty pounds as a mark of my regard I give and bequeath 
to George Harcourt of Chertsey aforesaid Mason Two hundred pounds I give and 
bequeath to my old and faithful Servant Daniel ffield one hundred pounds I give and 
bequeath to my housekeeper Mary Tanner if she shall be living with me at my 
decease ten pounds all which aforsd legacies I direct to be paid in six months after 
my decease out of my personal estate I give and bequeath to my Brother John 
Willatts all annuity of twenty pounds to be paid him by equal quarterly payments 
during the term of his natural life out of my personal estate the first payment to be 
made at the end of three calendar months after my decease I give and bequeath 
unto my my said Executors one thousand and five hundred pounds three pounds per 
Centum per annum Consolidated Bank Annuities Upon the trusts following that is to 
say upon trust to pay and apply the interest and dividends thereof when and as the 
same shall become due and payable to and for the use and benefit of my 
Granddaughter Mary Seawell Rusbridger during her minority and when and if she 
shall attain the age of twenty one years upon trust to pay and transfer the said sum 
of one thousand and five hundred pounds three pounds per Centum per Annum 
Consolidated Bank Annuities to her to for her own use and benefit absolutely and in 
case the said Mary Seawell Rusbridger shall depart this life under the age of twenty 
one years then I direct the said Bank Annuities to sink into and become a part of the 
residue of my personal estate hereinafter disposed of I give and bequeath unto my 
said Executors two thousand pounds of the like annuities upon the trusts following 
/that is to say/ Upon trust to pay the interest and dividends thereof when and as the 
same shall become due and payable unto or to pay and apply the same for the use 
and benefit of my Grand daughter Eliza Willatts and her assigns for and during the 
term of her natural life and from and after her decease upon trust to pay and divide 
the said two thousand pounds Bank Annuities and the interest and dividends which 
may be then due thereon to and amongst all and every the child and children of the 
said Eliza Willatts lawfully begotten in equal shares and proportions (if more than 
one) and in case the said Eliza Willats shall depart this life without leaving any such 
issue then I order and direct that the said two thousand pounds three pounds per 
Centum Bank Annuities shall sink into and become a part of the residue of my 
personal estate hereinafter bequeathed and disposed of which provision for the said 
Eliza Willats I intend to be in addition to a certain annuity I have heretofore devized 
to be paid to her by my Bond] I give and devise to my daughter Elizabeth the wife of 
Mr William Croft all that my messuage farm and lands situate at Chertsey Lane End 
in the said parish of Chertsey and now in the occupation of Richard Colebrook and 
also all that my field of arable land called the Hop Ground situate at Eastworth in the 
same parish in the occupation of Henry Gosden and also all that field of arable land 
adjoining thereto in the occupation of Mr William Clark together with the field of 
arable land being in front of the said Hop Ground in the occupation of the said Henry 
Gosden and also all that field of meadow land called Bush ffield situate at ffordwater 
in the same parish in the occupation of the said Henry Gosden and also all that other 
field of meadow land situate at ffordwater aforesaid and now in the occupation of the 
said William Clark to hold to her for and during the term of her natural life and then 
and after her decease I give and devise the whole of the aforesaid premises unto the 
said William Croft (in case he shall be then living) to hold to him for and during the 
term of his national life and from and after his decease I give and devise the same 
premises unto my grandson William Croft the son of the said Elizabeth and William 
Croft to hold to him his heirs and assigns for ever I give and bequeath all my 
household furniture plate pictures books linen china and effects unto and equally 
between my two Grand daughters Mary Seawell Rusbridger and Eliza Willats and 
my Grandson William Croft to and for their own use and benefit I order and direct my 
said executors and the survivors or survivor of them as soon as conveniently may be 
after my decease to sell and dispose either by private sale or public auction as to 
them shall think best of all and singular my ffreehold Copyhold and leasehold 
messuages lands tenements and heredits whatsoever and wheresoever (save and 
Except such part thereof as I have hereinbefore specifically devised) for the most 
money that can be obtained for the same and to convey bargain sell release and 
surrender the same to the purchaser or purchasers thereof and I direct that the 
produce of such sales after deducting the expenses thereof shall sink into & become 
a part of the residue of my personal hereinafter bequeathed and disposed of and for 
facilitating such sales I direct that the receipt or receipts of my said executors and 
the survivors and survivor of them shall be a good and sufficient discharge to the 
purchaser or purchasers of my said messuages lands lands tenements and heredits 
or of any part thereof who after paying his or their purchase money & taking such 
receipt or receipts shall not be compelled to see to the application thereof or be 
answerable or accountable for the misapplication or nonappli-cation thereof and all 
the rest and residue of my personal estate goods chattels monies debts stock in the 
Government funds mortgages bonds rights and credits whatsoever and wheresoever 
I give and bequeath the same and every part thereof unto my said executors and the 
survivors and survivor of them Upon trust to convert the whole thereof into money as 
soon as conveniently may be after my decease and after paying thereout of all my 
just debts and funeral and testamentary expenses and the aforesaid pecuniary 
legacies and making provision for the payment of the aforesaid annuity and investing 
the two aforesaid sums of one thousand and five hundred pounds and two thousand 
pounds three pounds per Centum Consolidated Bank Annuities upon trust to pay 
and divide the rest and residue thereof and all interest and accumulations thereon 
unto and equally between my two aforesaid Grand daughters Mary Seawell 
Rusbridger and Eliza Willats and my aforesaid Grandson William Croft and all and 
every my nephews and nieces the sons and daughters of my late Brothers ffrederick 
Willats and Henry Willats as shall be living at my decease to and for their respective 
use and benefit for ever I order and direct that the shares of such of them as shall be 
under the age of twenty one years when my aforesaid personal estate shall become 
???wable shall be laid out and invested in some ??? of the Government funds to and 
for their respective use and benefit and the interest and dividends thereof be paid 
and applied for their respective benefit and advantage in the mean time and in case 
any one or more of my said Grand children or nephews or nieces shall depart this life 
under the said age of twenty one years then I order and direct that the share or 
shares of him her or them so dying shall be paid and transferred to the survivors or 
survivor of them in manner and at the times aforesaid and I do hereby declare that if 
the Trustees appointed in and by this Will or any of them shall happen to die or be 
desirous of being discharged from or refuse or decline or be incapable to act in the 
trusts hereby in them respectively reposed as aforesaid before the said trusts shall 
be fully executed then and in such case and when and so often as the same shall 
happen it shall be lawful for the remaining trustee or trustees by any deed or deeds 
Testament or Testaments in writing to be by him or them sealed and delivered in the 
presence of and attested by one or more credible witness or witnesses from time to 
time to nominate and appoint any other person or persons to be a trustee or trustees 
in the stead or place of the trustee or trustees so dying or becoming incapable or 
declining to act as afore said and when and so often as any new trustee shall be 
nominated and appointed as aforesaid all the aforesaid trust monies and premises 
shall be thereupon with all convenient speed conveyed assigned and transferred in 
such manner and so as that the same shall and may be legally and effectually 
vested in the person or persons so to be appointed as aforesaid either solely or 
jointly with the surviving or continuing trustees or trustee as occasion shall require I 
give devise and bequeath all the estate vested in me upon any trusts or by way of 
mortgage and which I have power to dispose of by this my will with the appurts unto 
and to the use of my said executors and the survivors and survivor of them 
according to the nature and quality thereof respectively upon trust to hold and 
dispose of the said trust estates in the manner in which they ought to be held or 
disposed of pursuant to the said trusts and upon payment of the money secured on 
mortgage to convey or assign the estates in mortgage to the person or persons 
entitled thereto for the time being and I order and direct my said executors and the 
survivors and survivor of them to deduct and reimburse themselves and himself all 
reasonable costs charges and expenses which they may incur in carrying the trusts 
of this my Will into execution and that the one of them shall not be answerable or 
accountable for the other or others of them or for the acts deeds receipts and 
disbursements of the others or other of them or for any loss of the trust premises so 
as such loss happen through their or either of their wilful neglect act or default and 
revoking all former wills I declare this only to be my will In Witness whereof I the said 
Thomas Willats the testator have to this my last will and testament contained in four 
sheets of paper set my hand to the first three sheets and my hand and seal to this 
fourth and last sheet this sixteenth day of November in the year one thousand eight 
hundred and thirty five Thos. Willats Signed Sealed published and declared by the 
said Thomas Willats the testator as and for his last will and testament in the 
presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other 
have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses to the execution hereof. Burley 
Grazebrook / Wm Jackson Lovell / George Howard /
A Codicil to be added to the last will and testament of me Thomas Willats of 
Chertsey in Surry Gentleman and which will bears date on or about the	 day of 
November one thousand eight hundred and thirty five I give and bequeath to each of 
my sons in law Joseph Rusbridger and William Croft one hundred pounds I give and 
devise to the said William Croft and his heirs all my real estate situate at or near 
Reading and which has descended and come to me on the death of my brother John 
Willats and all my rights titles and interest therein and thereto I give and bequeath to 
my housekeeper Mary Tanner if she shall be living with me at my decease twenty 
pounds in addition to the legacy I have given to her by my said Will I give and 
bequeath to the Revd Thomas Schofield fifty pounds in addition to the legacy I have 
given him by my said Will as a mark of my great regard [I revoke and make void the 
appointment of the said Thomas Schofield to be one of the executors and trustees of 
my said will and of this codicil and instead Of him I appoint my said sons in law 
Joseph Rusbridger and William Croft to be executors and trustees thereof together 
with Thomas Gaff & ffrancis Palmer in my said will named] and I give and devise to 
the said Joseph Rusbridger William Croft Thomas Gaff and ffrancis Palmer and their 
heirs all and singular my freehold Copyhold leasehold messuages lands tenements 
tythes heredits and real estate whatso ever and wheresoever save and except such 
part of my real estate as I have specifically devised To hold to them and their heirs 
upon the same trusts nevertheless as I have in my said will directed with respect to 
my real estate and with the like appropriation of the monies which shall arise for the 
sale thereof I give and bequeath to my Grand daughter Emma Matilda Croft who has 
been born since the making of my said will a like and equal share in the residue of 
my personal estate as in and by my said will is given and bequeathed to her Brother 
William Croft and to my other Grand children and nephews and nieces and to be 
then laid out invested paid and applied in the same manner and with the like benefit 
of survivorship as in my said Will is directed I give and bequeath to my said trustees 
and executors eight hundred and fifty pounds three per Centum per Annum 
Consolidated Bank Annuities upon trust following that is to say upon trust to pay the 
interest and dividends thereof when and as the same shall become payable unto the 
trustees for the time being of the Meeting House or Place of Worship of Protestant 
Dissenters situate in Moins Lane in Chertsey to be by them applied in manner 
following that is to say upon trust to pay to each of the two poor cottagers who shall 
for the time being be resident in the two almshouses which I have at my own 
expense lately erected and built on a piece of land purchased of Miss Ann Chapman 
the sum of two shillings weekly on Saturday in each week and upon trust to pay and 
apply such part of the residue of such interest and dividends as shall be necessary in 
keeping the said almshouses and also the said Meeting House in good and 
substantial repair and the residue thereof to the Minister for the time being of the 
said Meeting House to and for his own use and benefit and I ratify and confirm my 
said will in all other respects in Witness whereof I the said Thomas Willats have 
hereunto set my hand and seal the fifteenth day of June in the year one thousand 
eight hundred and thirty seven / Thos. Willats / Signed Sealed published and 
declared by the said Thomas Willats the testator as and for a Codicil to his last Will 
and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the 
presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses to the 
due execution hereof. Burley Grazebrook / James Wilson / George Palmer./
This is a second Codicil to be added to the last will of me Thomas Willats of 
Chertsey in Surry Gentleman Whereas I have by my said will given and devised to 
my daughter Elizabeth the wife of Mr William Croft all that my messuage farm and 
lands situate at Chertsey Lane End in the said parish of Chertsey in the occupation 
of Richard Colebrook and also all that my field of arable land called the Hop Ground 
situate at Eastworth in the same parish in the occupation of Henry Gosden and also 
all that field of arable land adjoining thereto in the occupation of William Clark 
together with the field of arable land lying in front of the said Hop Ground in the 
occupation of the said Henry Gosden and also all that field of meadow land called 
Bush field situate at ffordwater in the same parish in the occupation of the said Henry 
Gosden and also all that other field of meadow land situate at ffordwater aforesaid in 
the occupation of the said William Clark To hold to her for and during the term of her 
natural life and from and after her decease I gave and devised the said premises 
unto the said William Croft for his life and after his decease I gave and devised the 
same unto my Grandson William Croft and his heirs for ever now I do hereby revoke 
and make void the said gifts and devises and in lieu thereof I give and devise the 
whole of the aforesaid messuage farm lands and premises with their appurts unto 
the said William Croft (my son in law) his heirs and assigns for ever and I ratify and 
confirm my said will and my former Codicil thereto in all other respects In Testimony 
whereof I have to this Codicil to my said will set my hand and seal the fifteenth day of 
September in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven / Thos. Willats / 
Signed Sealed published and declared by the said Thomas Willats the testator as 
and for a second Codicil to his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in 
his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto 
subscribed our names as witnesses to the due execution hereof Burley Grazebrook 
Wm Jackson Lovell # John Hurfield
Proved at London with two Codicils 30th October 1837 before  the Worsful John 
Haggard Doctor of Laws & Surrogate by the oaths of Thomas Gaff and ffrancis 
Palmer the exors named in the Will and Joseph Rusbridger and William Croft the 
Exors named in the first Codicil to whom admon was granted having been first sworn 
duly to admr.