This is the last Will and Testament of me Richard Roake of Kettlewell in the parish 
of Horsell in the County of Surry yeoman made this thirteenth day of August in the 
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight  First I desire and direct all my 
just debts funeral expenses and testamentary charges to be fully paid and discharged 
by and out of my Personal Estate hereinafter disposed of  Also I do hereby give & 
bequeath unto my dear and loving Wife Elizabeth Roake the legacy or Sum of Fifty 
pounds of lawful British money to be paid to her within one month after my decease 
To and for her own absolute use and benefit  Also I give and bequeath to my said wife 
Elizabeth and her assigns for her life if she shall continue my Widow and unmarried 
again all the household goods and Furniture in about & belonging to the best bed 
Room and the best sitting room in my present dwellinghouse & such other Furniture 
Linen and household Utensils as they my trustees hereinafter named shall think 
sufficient and necessary for furnishing the house hereinafter devise to her for life and 
that she my said Wife shall think not exceeding  the Sum of one hundred pounds in 
actual value and after the decease of my said Wife or marriage again which shall first 
happen I do hereby direct that the same household Goods and Furniture Linen and 
household Utensils shall ????? into and become a part of my residuary Estate 
hereinafter disposed of  Also I do hereby give and devise to my said Wife Elizabeth 
and her Assigns for and during the term of her natural life if she shall continue my 
widow and unmarried again all that my freehold Messuage or Tenement with the 
Garden orchard and Premises thereto belonging situate lying and being in the Parish 
of Horsell aforesaid and now in the occupation of William Axtoll my tenant and from 
and after the decease or marriage again (which shall first happen) of her my said Wife 
I do hereby give and devise the said hereditaments and Premises to my eldest Son 
Henry Roake his heirs and assigns absolutely and for ever  Also I do hereby give and 
bequeath unto my said Wife Elizabeth and her assigns for and during the term of her 
natural life the clear yearly annuity or annual Sum of eighty pounds of lawful British 
money to be paid to her by four even or equal quarterly payments on the twenty fifth 
day of March the twenty fourth day of June the twenty ninth day of September and the 
twenty fifth day of December in every year the first payment thereof to begin & be 
made on such of the said days of payment as shall first and next happen after my 
decease  And I do hereby direct that then said clear yearly Annuity or annual Sum of 
eighty pounds shall be issuing and payable to my said Wife out of and chargeable 
upon all and every my Messuages or Tenements Farms Lands Hereditaments and 
premises hereinafter devised But nevertheless one moiety thereof out of the 
hereditaments hereinafter directed to be conveyed to my said Son Henry Roake and 
the other moiety thereof out of my other Hereditaments hereinafter also directed to be 
conveyed to my Son John Roake and in case of nonpayment of the said Annuity or 
annual Sum of eighty pounds or any part thereof  I do hereby will and declare that it 
shall and may be lawful to and for my said Wife and her assigns to enter & distrain 
into and upon such hereditaments in respect whereof the same shall be in arrear and 
unpaid and the distress or distresses then and there found to sell and dispose of until 
she or they shall be wholly paid and satisfied the said Annuity and all arrears thereof 
and all costs and charges attending the same in such manner and form as Landlords 
have a right to do for recovering of rent in arrears  And subject and charged and 
chargeable to and with the said Annuity or annual Sum of eighty pounds to my said 
Wife for life I do hereby give and devise unto my good friends William Mellersh of 
the Kings Head Inn in the Borough of Southwark in the County of Surry Merchant 
John Keene of Chertsey in the said County of Surrey Carrier & Thomas Keene of  
Compton in the said County Yeoman and to the Survivors and Survivor of them and 
to the heirs executors admors and assigns of such Survivor  All the Rest and Residue 
of all and singular my Messuages Lands tenements hereditaments and real Estate and 
also all my household Estates whatsoever and wheresoever situate lying and being in 
that part of Great Britain called England  And also of all and singular my Goods 
Chattels Rights Credits Money Stock Personal Estate and Effects whatsoever and 
wheresoever and of what nature or kind soever the shall be which I may happen to be 
possessed of or interested in at the time of my decease  To hold the same (according 
to the nature and tenure thereof respectively) unto my good friends the said William 
Mellersh John Keene and Thomas Keene and to the Survivors and Survivor of them 
and to the heirs executors administrators and assigns of such Survivor to the uses and 
upon the trusts and subject to the provisions and for the intents and purposes 
hereinafter mentioned and declared of and concerning the same that is to say Upon 
trust that they my said trustees or the Survivors and Survivor of them or the heirs 
executors and admors of such Survivor shall and do from & after my decease until my 
Second Son John Roake shall attain his age of twenty one years continue to use and 
carry on my Farming Business in such manner as I have hither to been used to carry 
on the same and for the interest behoof and advantage  And also shall and do receive 
and take the rents issues dividends interest and annual produce of all other my said 
real and personal estates and premises and thereby and thereout and out of the gains 
and profits to arise from my said Farming business or so much thereof as my said 
trustees shall find necessary and think proper shall and do (after satisfying the said 
annuity or annual Sum of eighty pounds to my said Wife for life) maintain educate 
and support all and every my Children in such manner as they my said trustees shall 
think discreet and proper until my said Second Son John Roake shall attain his age of 
twenty one years and when and as soon as he shall have attained that age Upon further 
trust that they my said Trustees or the Survivors and Survivor of them or the heirs 
executors and administrators of such Survivor shall and do convey and assure unto 
my said second Son John Roake his heirs executors Admors and assigns all that 
Messuage or Tenement with the Barn Stables Lands hereditaments and Premises 
thereto belonging heretofore Whapshotts and Collyers but late Margaret Roakes 
situate lying and being in the Parish of Horsell aforesaid and in the Parish of Wokeing 
in the said County of Surry and now in the occupation of Henry Knowles And also 
all that other Messuage or Tenement with the Barn Lands and Premises thereto 
belonging containing together about fourteen acres (more or less) situate lying and 
being at Parley in the Parish of Horsell aforesaid and now in my own occupation and 
also all those three pieces of Leasehold Land (lately lying in four pieces) containing 
together about four acres (be the same more or less) two of the said Pieces being near 
the said Rick Yard in the occupation of the said Henry Knowles and the other piece 
thereof lying near Parley Lane situate lying and being in the Parish of Horsell 
aforesaid and being Parcel of the Leasehold Land which I lately purchased of Mr 
John Garment and which said pieces of leasehold Land are now in my own 
occupation  To hold the same unto and for the use of my said Son John Roake his 
heirs executors admors and assigns absolutely and for ever (subject nevertheless to 
one moiety or equal half part of the said Annuity of eighty pounds to my said Wife for 
life and subject and charged and chargeable to and with the payment of the Sum of 
three hundred & fifty pounds of lawful british money unto each and every of my 
Children except my said eldest Son Henry Roake) who shall be living at the time of 
my decease or born in due time afterwards when and as they shall respectively attain 
their respective ages of twenty one years and subject and charged and chargeable in 
the mean time and until the same respectively shall be so paid to and with the 
payment of interest on each of the said legacies of three hundred and fifty pounds 
after the rate of five pounds per centum per annum to be paid half yearly unto my said 
Trustees and by them applied for the future maintenance and education of such 
Children respectively  And upon further trust that they my said trustees or the 
Survivors or Survivor of them or the heirs Executors or Admors of such Survivor 
shall and do when and as soon as my said second Son John Roake shall have attained 
his said age of twenty one years convey assign and assure unto my said eldest Son 
Henry Roake his heirs Executors Admors and Assigns all and singular other my 
Messuages Lands Tenements hereditaments & real Estate and also all other my 
leasehold Estate so devised to them my said Trustees as aforesaid and which are not 
hereinbefore directed to be conveyed to my said second Son John Roake as aforesaid 
To hold the same unto and to the use of my said Son Henry Roake his heirs Executors 
admors and Assigns for ever Subject nevertheless to the other moiety or equal half 
part of the said Annuity of eighty pounds so devised to my said Wife for life as 
aforesaid and also subject and charged & chargeable to and with the payment of the 
Sum of three hundred & fifty pounds of lawful british money unto each & every of 
my other Children (except my said second Son John Roake) who shall be living at the 
time of my decease or born in due time afterwards when and as they shall respectively 
shall attain their respective ages of twenty one years & also subject and chargeable in 
the mean time with interest for the same after the rate of five pounds per centum per 
annum to be paid half yearly unto my said Trustees and by them applied for the future 
maintenance & education of such Children respectively and also upon further trust 
that from and after my said second Son John Roake shall have attained his said age of 
twenty one years that they my said trustees or the Survivors or Survivor of them or the 
heirs Exors and Admors of such Survivor shall and do assign deliver up and pay unto 
my said two Sons Henry Roake and John Roake their Exors and Admors all and 
singular my Stock in Trade Husbandry Cattle Monies Securities for monies the 
Surplus Gains & profits which shall have accumulated in my said Farming business 
Personal Estate trust monies and Premises then in the hands of my said trustees To 
hold the same unto my said two Sons Henry Roake and John Roake the Exors 
Admors and Assigns absolutely & for ever  But subject nevertheless to the said 
Legacies of three hundred and fifty pounds & three hundred and fifty pounds making 
together the full Sum of seven hundred pounds unto each & every other of my said 
children with interest as hereinbefore mentioned and also charged upon my said real 
estate Provided always and it is my Will and meaning and I do hereby declare that in 
case of the death of my said Sons Henry Roake and John Roake or either of them 
before he or they shall have attained his or their age or respective ages of twenty one 
years without leaving any issue of his or their body or respective bodies lawfully 
begotten then that the conveyance and assurance of my said real and Personal Estate 
shall be made unto my two next eldest Sons if both shall die or to my next Son in case 
one shall die for the time being their heirs Exors Admors and assigns but subject and 
charged and chargeable in like manner & to and with the same charges and payments 
as hereinbefore mentioned it being my will and desire and I do hereby direct that my 
eldest Son for the time being and who shall attain the age of twenty one years shall 
have the hereditaments & premises and also one moiety of my said residuary Personal 
Estate hereinbefore directed to be conveyed assured and assigned unto my said 
present eldest Son Henry Roake and that the hereditaments and premises and also the 
other moiety of my said Residuary Personal Estate so directed to be conveyed assured 
and assigned unto my said present second eldest Son John Roake shall (in case of 
either of the said Events) be conveyed assured and assigned unto my next second Son 
for the time being and who shall attain the age of twenty one years provided always 
and it is my further will and meaning that in case my present third and fourth Sons or 
either of them shall succeed and be entitled to either of the said conveyances and 
assurances under the said above mentioned proviso in case either of the said events 
happening then that the legacy or legacies of such Son or Sons who shall so succeed 
and be entitled shall go to and be equally divided amongst my said other surviving 
children (except my two eldest Sons for the time being) share and share alike 
absolutely and for ever  Provided also and I do hereby further will and declare that the 
conveyance and assurance so hereinbefore directed to be made to my said eldest Son 
for the time being shall be made and that the said legacies so hereinbefore directed to 
be paid to my said other Children except my said first and second Sons for the time 
being shall be paid when and as soon as my said present second Son (in case he shall 
be then dead) would have been entitled to such conveyance to him as such second Son 
if he had been then living and that from thenceforth my said trustees shall use & carry 
on my said Farming Business or to let and lease the same and to place all trust monies 
out at Interest as they shall think proper to and for the benefit & advantage of such 
next succeeding first or second Son until he or they shall attain his or their age of 
twenty one years when I direct the same to be conveyed assured and assigned to him 
or them as aforesaid Provided further and my will & meaning is that in case or either 
of the deaths of my said present first and second Sons happening and my said other 
children becoming entitled to their said legacies before the first and second Sons for 
the time being shall attain their ages of twenty one years and before the same shall be 
conveyed to such Sons respectively Then and in such case I do hereby authorize and 
empower my said Trustees and the Survivors and Survivor of them and the heirs 
executors and Admors of such Survivor to raise such legacies by mortgage or 
otherwise upon the hereditaments and Premises out of which the same legacies shall 
be respectively payable or any part thereof and that such money so raised shall be 
paid and applied in discharge of such legacies respectively Provided also and I do 
hereby further declare that in case of the death of either of my said Children except 
my said first and second Sons for the time being before he she or they shall have 
attained his her or their age or respective ages of twenty one years leaving issue of his 
her or their body or respective bodies lawfully begotten then that the share or shares 
of him her or them so dying shall go and belong to such Issue respectively  And in 
case such Children shall happen to die without Issue then that the share or shares of 
him her or them dying as lastly above mentioned shall go and belong to and equally 
amongst all other my  Children (as well my first and second Sons for the time being 
as all other my Children) and the Issue of any deceased Child such issue taking their 
parents share thereof respectively and no more equally between them share and share 
alike absolutely and for ever Provided also and my will & meaning is that the several 
bequests hereinbefore made to my said Wife shall be deemed in situ bar and full 
satisfaction of her jointure dower and thirds in or out of any my Estates of Inheritance 
and that in case she shall claim and insist upon such jointure dower or thirds then that 
the several bequests so made to her shall be null and absolutely void to all intents and 
purposes  And I further will and direct that my said trustees shall take possession of 
my said Farms & lands in the occupation of the said Henry Knowles by virtue of a 
lease thereof made to him when and as soon as such lease shall expire and carry on 
and exercise the Farming Business thereon in such manner as they shall think proper 
until my second Son shall attain his said age of twenty one years  Upon the trusts and 
for the intents & purposes aforesaid  And I make and appoint my said good friends 
William Mellersh John Keene and Thomas Keene joint Executors In trust of this my 
will and together with my said Wife during her Widowhood Guardians of all and 
every my Children  And I will and declare that they my said Trustees and Executors 
shall not nor shall any or other of them be answerable or accountable for any more of 
the trust monies than they shall respectively actually receive nor for any misfortune 
loss or damage which may happen to any my Estate provided the same happened 
without their own wilful defaults respectively neither shall one of them be answerable 
or accountable for the other of them but each of them for his own acts and defaults 
only and that they and each of them shall and may with and out of my estate retain to 
and reimburse themselves all Costs charges damages and expenses whatsoever which 
they or either of them shall or may be put to or sustain in the execution of the trusts of 
this my Will or in relation thereto  In testimony whereof I have to this my last Will & 
Testament contained on Six sheets of paper five sheets thereof set my name and to 
this last Will my hand and Seal the day and year first above written = Rich.d Roake =  
Signed Sealed Published & declared by the said Richard Roake 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 subscribe our names as Witnesses hereto =  Tho.s Mellersh 
Godalming =  Ja.s Bogue Sol.r Guildford =   John Sibthorpe of Guildford Gent.

I Richard Roke the testator do make this Codicil to my last Will and Testament 
hereinbefore contained and do direct the same to be taken and construed as part 
thereof  Whereas I have in and by my said Will (among other things) given to my 
Wife Elizabeth the household goods and furniture in and belonging to my best sitting 
Room and my best bed room and also such part of my other Furniture and Goods as 
my Trustees therein named should think necessary for her not exceeding in value the 
Sum of one hundred pounds  And whereas I have devised and directed to be conveyed 
unto my second Son John Roake and his heirs or in the case of his death under the age 
therein mentioned unto my second Son for the time being and his heirs certain Farm 
and hereditaments therein mentioned and described And I have also devised and 
directed to be conveyed unto my eldest Son Henry Roake and his heirs or in the case 
of his dying as therein mentioned unto my eldest Son for the time being and his heirs 
the residue and remainder of all and every my farms lands Tenements and 
hereditaments with the Appurtenances at the time and in manner therein mentioned  
Now I do hereby give and bequeath unto my said Wife Elizabeth the household 
Goods and Furniture in about and belonging to my best Sitting room and best bed 
room only of my dwellinghouse and I do hereby revoke the bequest contained in my 
said Will to my said Wife of the other Furniture and goods therein mentioned  And I 
also give and bequeath unto my said Wife Elizabeth the further legacy of Fifty pounds 
of lawful British money in addition to the pecuniary legacy of Fifty pounds already 
given to her by my said Will and I direct the same to be paid to her within one month 
after my decease  Also I do hereby give and devise unto my second Son and his heirs 
all and every my great and small tithes and tenths of all and singular the lands and 
other hereditaments so devised to him as aforesaid and also one moiety or equal half 
part of all my Estate right share & interest in the Rectory or Parsonage Impropriate of 
Horsell aforesaid and of the Great and small tithes and other dues thereof (except of 
the said Lands) and other hereditaments so devised to my eldest Son and his heirs To 
hold the same (except as aforesaid) unto my said Second Son his heirs and assigns for 
ever  Also I do hereby give and devise unto my first and eldest Son and his heirs all 
and every the Tithes and tenths of all and singular the lands and other hereditaments 
so devised in and by my said Will to him my said eldest Son as aforesaid  And also 
the other moiety or half part of my said  right share & interest of and in the said 
Rectory or Parsonage Impropriate of Horsell aforesaid and of the Great and small 
tithes and other dues thereof (except of the lands and hereditaments so devised to my 
Second Son and his heirs) To hold the same (except as lastly excepted) unto my said 
eldest Son and his heirs for ever  And I do hereby will and declare that the said Tithes 
and Rectory or parts or shares thereof shall be subject to the same powers provisoes 
and restrictions & to take effect upon the several events therein set forth as are 
mentioned & contained in and by my said Will in regard to the hereditaments and 
other real Estate thereby devised  And I hereby ratify and confirm my said Will and 
do direct the same to be established in all respects save and except as the same is 
hereby expressly revised or revoked  In witness whereof I the said Richard Roake the 
Testator have to this codicil to my last Will and Testament set my hand and Seal this 
twenty third day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & 
ten.  =  Rich.d Roake  =  Signed Sealed Published & declared by the said Richard 
Roake the Testator as 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  =   Rich.d Sparkes  =   Wm Walbancke  =    Tho.s 
Mellersh. 

Proved at London with a Codicil 20th Nov.r 1838 before the Worshipful Jesse Addams 
Dr. of Laws & Surrogate by the Oaths of William Mellersh the Brother by the half 
blood and John Keen and Thomas Keen the Executors to whom Admon was granted 
having been first sworn duly to Administer.