I James Turner of Knap Hill in the parish of 
Woking in the County of Surry being of sound mind 
and memory do make and ordain this my last Will and 
Testament in manner following first and principally I 
commend my Soul to our Lord Jesus Christ and my 
Body I desire may be interred at the discretion of my 
Executors hereinafter named and as to such worldly 
estate as I am now possessed of after my just debts 
and funeral expences are paid I give and dispose of as 
follows that is to say I give and bequeath my freehold 
house Garden ground and premises where I now live 
unto George Warner of the parish of Whitley in 
the said County of Surry Nurseryman and his heirs 
and assigns forever I further give and bequeath unto 
the aforesaid George Warner all that my Copyhold 
estate and premises called or known by the name of 
the paddocks & situate in the aforesaid parish of 
Woking for the term of his natural life he the said 
George Warner keeping the said copyhold Estate and 
premises in good and tenantable repair and to be at 
liberty to cut down such timber as may be necessary 
for that purpose and I further give unto the said 
George Warner all the stock and crop being and 
growing upon my said Copyhold estate at the time of 
my decease  also I give and bequeath unto Sarah 
Smith my present housekeeper for the term of her 
natural life all that copyhold cottage and premises 
situate at Knaphill aforesaid and now in the occupation 
of William Bullen and I further give and bequeath 
unto the said Sarah Smith for and during the term of 
her natural life twenty pounds per annum which I shall 
hereinafter direct to be paid to her by my Executors 
and I further give and bequeath unto the aforesaid 
George Warner and Sarah Smith all my household 
furniture plate linen & wearing apparel to be equally 
divided share and share alike but my live and dead 
farming stock upon my said freehold estate where I 
now live I give and bequeath unto the said George 
Warner for his own use and benefit and from and after 
the decease of the said George Warner and also from 
and after the decease of the said Sarah Smith I give & 
bequeath the said copyhold estates in which they have 
respectively a life interest unto my niece Elizabeth 
Chandler and William Chandler her husband now 
of Bisley in ye said County of Surry Farmer for 
their joint lives they in like manner being chargeable 
with keeping the said copyhold estates & premises in 
good and sufficient repair  I also give and bequeath 
unto my said niece Elizabeth Chandler and William 
Chandler aforesaid her husband all that copyhold 
cottage and premises thereunto belonging situate at 
Knap hill aforesaid and now in the occupation of Henry 
Chandler and also all that freehold copyhold estate 
farm & premises and freehold land thereunto attached 
called or known by the name of Stedmans situate in 
the said parish of Woking and now in the occupation of 
Samuel Freemantle for the term of their of their 
natural lives they and each of them respectively 
keeping the said estates and premises in good and 
sufficient repair and to be allowed to cut down such 
timber as may be necessary for that purpose  also I 
give and bequeath unto the aforesaid George Warner 
and William Woods of the parish of Horsill Farmer 
and Brickmaker their executors heirs and assigns and 
the survivor of them as the case may be all that 
copyhold estate farm nursery Ground and premises and 
freehold land thereunto attached situate at Goldworth 
in the said parish of Woking and now in the occupation 
of Donald upon [trust] that is to say that they the said 
George Warner and William Woods their heirs 
executors & assigns do out of the rents and profits of 
the said estate and farm pay unto my housekeeper 
Sarah Smith hereinbefore named for the term of her 
natural life yearly and in every year the sum of twenty 
pounds in equal half yearly payments without any 
deduction or abatement whatsoever the first half yearly 
payment to be reckoned to become due to the said 
Sarah Smith the first Lady day or the first Michaelmas 
day next after my decease as the case may be and the 
rest and residue of the rents and profits arising from 
the said farm and estate I direct shall be paid by my 
said Executors unto my said niece Elizabeth Chandler 
and William Chandler aforesaid her husband or the 
survivor of them for the term of their natural lives and 
from and after the decease of my said niece Elizabeth 
Chandler and William Chandler her husband I direct 
that all my copyhold estates and freehold land 
thereunto attached be by my Executors as soon as 
conveniently may be be sold and disposed of  by them 
either by public or private sale so as the best price be 
by them thereby obtained and the monies arising from 
such sale I give and bequeath unto the Children of my 
said niece Elizabeth Chandler of her body lawfully 
begotten or to be begotten to be equally divided 
between them share and share alike and I hereby 
direct my Executors to pay to each of them the said 
Children as they shall attain the age of twenty one 
years his or her share thereof respectively and my 
mind and Will is that in case any of the said Children 
marry and have issue lawfully begotten and die before 
that attain the age of twenty one years or before such 
division of the said monies takes place that then such 
issue shall inherit their fathers or mothers shares of 
such monies share and share alike respectively and I 
further direct my said Executors that if any monies 
arising from such sale of my said estates or monies 
received by them for rent shall remain in their hands 
undisposed of that is in case any of the said Children 
shall not have attained the age of twenty one years 
that then my said Executors do and I hereby direct 
them to place such monies in the public funds and the 
interest arising therefrom be suffered to accumulate 
and when such interest shall amount to twenty five 
pounds or any other larger or higher sum that it is also 
placed in the same public funds and be divided along 
with the principal sum so invested as each Child attains 
the age of twenty one years  I give & bequeath unto 
William Howard son of Henry Howard now living at 
Knap hill in the said parish of Woking fifty pounds I also 
give and bequeath unto John Howard son also of the 
aforesaid Henry Howard and now living in the parish of 
Horsell the like sum of Fifty pounds I also give and 
bequeath unto James Howard son also of the 
aforesaid Henry Howard and now living in the parish of 
Horsell the like sum of Fifty pounds & I direct my said 
Executors to pay to each of them the said William John 
& James the said sum of fifty pounds each immediately 
after my decease and as to the rest and residue of my 
personal estate of what soever kind or wheresoever it 
may be not hereinbefore disposed of by me in this my 
last Will & testament I give and bequeath unto my said 
niece Elizabeth Chandler Wife of the said William 
Chandler of Bisley aforesaid and I do hereby constitute 
and appoint the aforesaid George Warner and William 
Woods Executors of this my last Will and Testament 
hereby revoking and annulling all former and other 
Wills by me at any time heretofore made I do publish 
and declare this as my last Will and Testament and my 
Will is that each of my Executors shall each of them be 
answerable for their own separate acts and receipts 
respectively only and not the one for the acts or 
receipts of the other of them  In Witness whereof I the 
said James Turner have to this my last Will & 
Testament contained in two sheets of paper to both of 
which I have set my hand and at the bottom of this 
page my hand and seal this twenty seventh day of 
November in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight 
hundred and twenty three Thomas [sic - presumably 
'James' in the original] Turner
Signed sealed published and declared by the said 
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 set our 
names as Witnesses thereof  William Hall Knaphill 
Nurseryman _ James Chandler Knaphill _ William 
Aulkbrook Knaphill farmer

Proved at London 14th March 1825 before the 
Worshipful John Danbury Dr of Laws and Surrogate by 
the Oaths of George Warner and William Woods the 
Executor to whom admon was granted having been 
first sworn duly to adm.r.

PCC Prob11/1697