In the Name of God Amen I William Chitty of Godalmin in the County of 
Surrey Maltster do make my Last will and testament in manner and Form following 
(that is to say) I Commend my soul to God hoping to be saved by the death of Jesus 
Christ I commit my Body to the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my 
Executors herein after appointed and I dispose of my worldly estate as followeth to 
wit  I give and bequeath to my Nephew James Joyce the Sum of one hundred pounds 
of Lawfull Money of Great Britain to be paid to him at the end of six months next 
after my decease out of such part of my personal Estate as shall not be by me 
hereinafter specifically disposed of I also Give and Bequeath to the said James Joyce 
that principal sum of fifty pounds which is due to me on a Mortgage of the Tolls to be 
Collected by virtue of an Act of Parliament Intitled an Act for  amending Widening 
and keeping in repair the Roads leading from the Village of Milford in the County of 
Surrey through Petworth to the top of Dunckton Hill and from   Petworth to Stopham 
Bridge in the County of Sussex together with all the Interest which shall be due 
thereon at the time of my decease Also I Give and Bequeath to my ffriends William 
Gill Esquire and Henry Streater Gill Esquire the Excors and Admors that principal 
sum of one hundred and twenty ffive pounds which is due to me on a Mortgage of the 
Rates and duties arising by virtue of an Act of Parliament Intitled an Act for 
extending and containing the Navigation of the River Wey otherwise Weye in the 
county of Surrey to the town of Godalming in the said County together with all the 
Interest which shall be due thereon at the time of my decease In Trust that they the 
said William Gill and Henry Streater Gill and the survivor of them and the Executors 
and Admors of such Survivor do and shall receive such arrear of Interest and also the 
Growing Interest thereof from time to time as the same shall become due and can be 
received and pay the same unto my Niece Mary Joyce for and during the term of her 
natural Life and after her decease In Trust to assign or Transfer the said principal Sum 
and all Interest which shall be due thereon at the death of my said Niece Mary Joyce 
unto my ffour heires Jenny the wife of Lawrence Lee Lettice the wife of James 
Douglas Sarah the wife of John Maberly and Ann the wife of James Arnold in 
equal Shares And proportions / and whereas by a certain Lease or Leases I am 
possessed of or Intitled to all those my three Inclosed Meadows lying on the North 
side of the old River there with the two pieces of Mead in the Common Meads of 
Catteshull in the said parish of Godalming Lying and being the on the North side and 
the other on the South side of the old River there with there appurtenances for a Term 
or Terms of years therein Now I do hereby Give and bequeath all my Estate and 
Interest in the said Leasehold premisses unto my Executors herein after named upon 
the Trust following (that is to say) In Trust for my said Neice Mary Joyce for so much 
and so long of the said Term or terms therein that she shall Live and from and after 
her decease In Trust for my said ffour Nieces Jenny Lee Lettice Douglas Sarah 
Maberly and Anne Arnold their Executors and admors as Tenants in common and not 
as joint Tenants Also I give and bequeath unto my Kinsman John Newcombe Ten 
Pounds of Lawfull Money of Great Britain for Mourning also I give and bequeath to 
my said Niece Mary Joyce my best Bed and all my ffurniture thereto belonging and 
my two best pair of sheets Also I give and bequeath to my said Nieces Mary Joyce 
Jenny Lee Lettice Douglas Sarah Maberley and Anne Arnold all my China ware and 
plate to be divided equally between them and all the rest residue and remainder of my 
Goods Chattels Rights Credits Ready Money Stock in trade and personal Estate of 
every Sort and Kind after payment of my debts the above Legacies and Expences of 
my ffuneral I give and bequeath to my said four Neices Jenny Lee Lettice Douglas 
Sarah Maberley and Anne Arnold to be divided equally between them share and share 
alike Also I give and devise unto my nephew William Chitty and his Heirs All that 
my Messuage or Tenement Malthouse and Malt Mill pump and Cistern with the 
ffixtures and Implements belonging to the said Malthouse and Malt Mill and also my 
Barn Stable and Garden thereto belonging now in my Occupation and also those two 
Messuages or Tenements one of which is now in the Occupation of ffrancis Bradley 
and the other was late in the occupation of William Lintot but now unoccupied both 
Situate Handing and being in Godalming aforesaid with their several and respective 
Appurts Subject nonetheless and I hereby Charge the same with the payment of the 
Sum of One hundred and fifty pounds of Lawfull money of Great Britain to his sister 
my Niece Elizabeth Chitty at the end of six Months next after my decease Also I 
give and devise unto my Brother George Chitty and his Assigns for and during the 
Term of His natural Life all those ffreehold Closes or ffields of Arable and Meadow 
Pasture and Moore? Ground with their several and respective Appurts called 
Townshend Grove Pound Hill further Pound Hill Gaul Reed Path ffield and 
Carpenters Moore containing together by Estimation about Eighteen Acres Lying and 
being in the said Parish of Godalming and now in my own occupation and from and 
after his decease I Give and devise the same unto my said Nephew William Chitty 
and his assigns for and during the term of his natural life subject nevertheless to and I 
hereby Charge the same with the payment of an Annuity or yearly Rent Charge of Six 
pounds of Lawfull Money of Great Britain to my said Neice Elizabeth Chitty for and 
during the Term of her natural Life to be paid to her Clear of Taxes and all other 
deductions by two equal half yearly payments the ffirst payment thereof to begin and 
be made at the end of Six Months next after the decease of my said brother George 
Chitty and from and after the determination of the sd Estate of my said Nephew 
William Chitty I give and devise the same subject and charged as aforesaid to the said 
William Gill and Henry Streater Gill and their Heirs during the natural life of my said 
Nephew William Chitty In Trust to support and preserve the contingent uses and 
Estates herein after Limitted from being defeated or destroyed and for that purpose to 
make Entries or bring ?ccri?ys?? as the Case shall require yet nevertheless to permit 
and suffer my said Nephew William Chitty and his assigns during his life to receive 
and take the Rents and profits thereof subject and charged as aforesaid to and for his 
and their own use and benefit and from and after his decease I give and devise the 
same also subject and charged as aforesaid to the ffirst son of the Body of my said 
Nephew William Chitty Lawfully to be begotten and the Heirs Males of the Body of 
the ffirst son Lawfully Issuing and from default of such Issue I give and devise the 
same also Subject and Charged as aforesaid to the Second Third ffourth ffifth and all 
and every other the son and sons of the Body of my said Nephew William Chitty 
lawfully to be begotten severally successively and in remainder one after another as 
they shall be in Seniority of Age and priority of Birth and the several and respective 
Heirs Male of the Body and Bodies of all and every such son and sons Lawfully 
Issuing the Elder of such Sons and the Heirs Male of his Body to be always preferred 
and to take before the younger of such Son and Sons and the Heirs Male of his and 
their Body and Bodys Lawfully Issuing and for default of such Issue I give and devise 
the same to all and every the daughter and daughters of the Body of my said Nephew 
William Chitty lawfully to be begotten to be equally divided between or arriving them 
if more than one Share and Share alike to take as tenants in common and not as joint 
tenants and the several and respective Heirs of the Bodies of all and every such 
Daughter and Daughters Lawfully Issuing and in Case one or more of such Daughter 
or Daughters shall happen to dye without Issue of her or their Body or Bodys then as 
to the share or Shares of her or them so dying without Issue I give and devise the 
same to the Survivor or Survivors and others  or other of them to be equally divided 
between or among them if more than one share and share alike to take as Tenants in 
common and not as joint Tenants and the  several and respective Heirs of the Boys or 
Body of such Daughter then I give and devise the same also subject and charged as 
aforesaid to such surviving or only daughter and the Heirs of her Body and for 
Default of such Issue I give and devise the same also subject and charged as 
Aforesaid to my said Nephew James Joyce and my said ffive Nieces Mary Joyce 
Jenny Lee Lettice Douglas Sarah Maberley and Anne Arnold and their Heirs as 
Tenants in common and not as joints Tenants Also I give and devise unto my said 
Neice Mary Joyce and her Heirs All that my Messuage or Tenement called Block 
House with the moor thereto belonging Lying and being in Catteshull aforesaid on the 
South side of the Old River there with the Appurts Also I give And devise to my said 
ffour Nieces Jenny Lee Lettice Douglas Sarah Maberley and Anne Arnold and their 
Heirs as Tenants In Common and not as Joint Tenants all and every my ffreehold 
Messuages or Tenements with their several and respective Appurts situate standing 
and being at Wapping in the County of Middlesex and I Constitute and appoint  the 
said William Gill and Henry Streater Gill Executors of this my Last Will and 
Testament and my ffurther will is that they my said Trustees and Executors or admors 
shall not be charged or chargeable with any more of the aforesaid Trust Moneys   than 
they respectively shall actually receive or shall cause to their respective hands by 
virtue of this my will nor for any Less which may happen thereof or any part thereof 
so as such Less happen without their willfull default nor any one of them for the other 
of them or the acts deeds Receipts or disbursements of the other of them but each of 
them only for his own acts Deeds Receipts and disbursements and that it shall and 
may be Lawfull for them and each of them my said Trustees and Executors and for 
their and each of their Executors and Admors by and out of the aforesaid Trust 
Moneys to deduct all such Costs Charges and Expenses as they or any of them 
respectively shall expend or be put unto by reason of the said Trust hereby in Them 
reposed on the Management and Execution thereof or any way relating Thereunto In 
Testimony whereof I the said William Chitty the Testator have to this my last Will 
and Testament contained in this and the last four preceding Sheets of Paper to each set 
my hand and to this Last Sheet my Seal the  Twenty ffirst day of December in the 
year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred and sixty eight William Chitty Signed 
Sealed Published and declared by the said William Chitty the Testator to be his last 
will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence and in the presence of 
each other Subscribe our Names as Witness thereof James Snelling ? James Snelling 
Junr William Wallis   

This Will was proved at London on the twelfth day of June in the year of our Lord 
one thousand seven hundred and Sixty nine before the worshipfull Andrew Coltee 
Ducarel Doctor of Laws and Surrogate of the Right Worshipfull George Hay also 
Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 
Lawfully Constituted by the Oaths of William Gill and Henry Streater Gill the 
Executors named in the said Will to whom administration Was granted of all and 
singular the goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased they having been first 
sworn duly to administer