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Peter Paggen of Wandsworth, Esquire, made his will on 2 October 1717. It was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury in London on 15 July 1720 by his widow Katherine, his daughter Katherine Hale, and his niece Dame Sarah Shaw and her husband Sir John Shaw, Baronet.
The will shows a wealthy London merchant with large holdings in East India Company and Bank of England stock. He asked to be buried in the parish church of St Dunstan in the East. He also held a house and grounds of his own in Wandsworth, other copyhold property in the town and its common fields, and leasehold ground from Lord St John, including land in Bridge Field. Much of the will is taken up with careful provision for his younger daughter Sarah, who, he wrote, was “not capable of manageing or taking care of any Estate” (but does not say why).
This transcription is made from the registered copy of the will (The National Archives, PROB 11/575/141). See also the Peter Paggen page, and the wills of his brother William Paggen (1688) and his widow Katherine Paggen (1724).
‖125‖ [In the margin: Test[amentum] Petri Paggen]
In the Name of God Amen. [I Peter?] Paggen of Wandsworth in the County of Surrey Esquire doe make and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following.
ffirst I give and bequeath my Soul to God that gave it and my Body to the Earth to be decently buried in the parish Church of St Dunstan in the East London at the discretion of my Executors and Executrixes hereafter named.
And for such Worldly goods and Estate as God has been pleased to bestow upon me I give devise and bequeath the same as followeth.
Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my dear and loving Wife Katherine Paggen Ten thousand pounds stock in the united East India Company* and in the Bank of England vizt ffive thousand pounds stock in the united East India Company and ffive thousand pounds stock in the Bank of England with the first dividends which shall become due for the same respectively after my death.
And which said Ten thousand pounds stock and what I have hereafter given and devised to my said Wife I will and declare to be in full and in barr of all such share of my Estate as she may any ways claim by or virtue of the Custom of the City of London or by any Law or Custom whatsoever.
Item I doe hereby declare that I have given as a Marriage Portion with my daughter Katherine [(now?] the Wife of William Hale Esqr) the sum of sixteen thousand pounds or near thereabouts and thereby have sufficiently advanced her in the World beyond what she could claim for or in respect of her share of my Estate by reason of the said Custom of the City of London or otherwise.
Item Whereas to my great concern my daughter Sarah Paggen is not capable of manageing or taking care of any Estate that I can leave her Therefore in order to take care of and making provision for her maintenance in the best manner I am able to doe I doe hereby order direct nominate and ‖126A‖ appoint my said Wife Katherine Paggen my said daughter Katherine Hale Sir John Shaw Baronet and my Neice Dame Sarah Shaw his Wife James Booth of Cheshunt in the County of Hertford Esqr and Mr John Rawlins of London Merchant and the Survivors and Survivor of them to be Guardians and Trustees to and for my said daughter Sarah Paggen during her naturall life.
And I doe hereby will direct and appoint that within six months after my death the sum or value of Ten Thousand pounds Sterling money of Great Britain be laid out in Stock in the East India Company or that so much of my Stock either in the East India Company or Bank of England at the price then currant to be sold on the Royall Exchange as will produce ten thousand pounds to be transferred by my Executor and Executrixes to or in the names of the said Sir John Shaw and John Rawlins or the Survivor of them
Upon Trust and confidence in them reposed that they and the Survivour of them shall pay such part of the annuall produce or dividend of the said Ten Thousand pounds sterling so to be transferred in Stock as aforesaid into the hands of my said Wife Katherine Paggen and of my said daughter Katherine Hale or the Survivor of them for the maintenance cloathing and education and all other necessarys for my said daughter Sarah Paggen during her naturall life and for providing some prudent person or persons to attend on her as they the said Catherine Paggen and Katherine Hale or the Survivor of them shall think fitt necessary and requisite
and their Receipt for what my said two Trustees or the Survivour of them shall soe pay them or the Survivor of them from time to time for the same to be a sufficient discharge to them or either of them their or either of their Executors or Administrators.
And what the said Katherine Paggen and Katherine Hale shall not lay out yearly of the said Annuall produce or dividend of the said Ten thousand pounds so to be laid out or transferred in Stock as aforesaid for my said daughter Sarah for the uses and purposes beforementioned I order and appoint my said two Trustees or the Survivor of them from time to time to lay out in their own names or name the Remainder of the said annuall produce or dividends thereof in buying or purchasing more East India Stock or Bankstock for the use and benefit of my said daughter Sarah Paggen and to the uses hereinafter mentioned and declared touching the same.
And in case the said East India Company or Bank of England shall at any time or times hereafter order or call in any sum or sums of money to be paid into the said Companys in respect of the said Ten Thousand pounds so to be laid out or transferred in Stock or such additionall Stock as shall be bought as aforesaid that then the said Sir John Shaw and John Rawlins or the Survivor of them shall and doe by or out of the produce or dividend of the said Ten thousand pounds so to be laid out or transferred in Stock or the said additionall stock or if the same shall fall short Then by sale of such part of the said Ten thousand pounds so to be laid out or transferred in Stock as there shall be occasion raise and pay such moneys as shall be ordered and called in by the said Company or Bank to be paid as aforesaid.
And I doe hereby declare that the said Ten Thousand pounds sterling soe to be laid out or transferred in Stock for the benefitt of my said daughter Sarah as aforesaid is in full and barr of all such share as she can or may claime out of my said Estate by virtue of the Custom of the City of London or otherwise.
And I doe earnestly request and desire those persons I have named Guardians and Trustees for my said daughter Sarah will take ‖126B‖ upon them the said Guardianship and Trust and that they or any two or more of them will from time to time as there shall be occasion meet and settle in Writing to be signed by them how and in what manner my said daughter Sarah shall be educated and maintained and to appoint such persons as are fitting to attend her and what shall from time to time be fitting to be allowed for the charges of her Education and maintenance and Servants which I think fitt and appoint shall be liberally done In regard of the extraordinary charge and trouble which will attend the same
and what shall be so from time to time settled by the said Guardians and Trustees for her maintenance as aforesaid shall be paid by the said Sir John Shaw and John Rawlins or the Survivor of them out of the said Ten thousand pounds so to be transferred to them for the benefit of my said daughter Sarah as aforesaid.
And having in great affection and compassion to my said daughter Sarah both considered and advised the best I can for her good and welfare in her Condition and Circumstances wherein I fear she is now likely to continue for her life I should reasonably hope no person will be so unworthy as any ways to goe about or break the best measures I could take for my said daughter so long as it shall please God she shall live or to give any disturbance or trouble to the Trustees and Guardians I have appointed for her person and Estate in their Executing such Trust and Guardianship
All which I mention to give warning that no person may doe such an evil thing.
But my Will and mind further is that in case the said Sarah Paggen shall happen to marry that the same be done with the consent and approbation of the said Trustees and Guardians by me appointed for her or the Survivor of them.
And further that in case the said Sarah Paggen shall at her death leave any Child or Children that the said Ten thousand pounds so to be laid out or transferred for her benefit as aforesaid together with such improvement as shall be made of the annuall dividend or profits thereof over and above what shall be laid out [and expended — added in the margin] in and about the Education and Maintenance of the said Sarah Paggen shall be paid to such Child if but one or if more than one then to be paid to such Children as she shall have share and share alike after the death of my said daughter Sarah Paggen at their respective ages of one and twenty years and not before.
And if my said daughter Sarah Paggen shall die leaving behind her a Child or Children as aforesaid Then I order and appoint that such Child or Children shall be maintained and educated out of the yearly dividend or profits of the said ten thousand pounds so to be transferred for her benefitt as aforesaid during their minorities and [so?] that my said Trustees or the Survivors or Survivor [of?] them shall lay out for such of the maintenance and Education of such Child or Children of my said daughter Sarah such sum and sums of money yearly as they my said Trustees or the Survivors or Survivor of them shall think fitt.
Item I give and devise All that my Copyhold Messuage and Tenement of Inheritance in Wandsworth in the said County of Surrey with the Outhouses buildings gardens and Orchards thereunto belonging and all other appurtenances and also the land and ground therewith held and enjoyed (all which are now in my own possession)
and also all those Copyhold Messuages or Tenements in Wandsworth aforesaid with the grounds and appurtenances thereunto belonging or therewith held or enjoyed abutting on the Comon of Wandsworth on the South and now in the tenure or occupation of Lascelles [Metcalfe?] Upholsterer and John [Raynolds?] ‖127A‖ Waterman (and which I purchased of John Godfrey Merchant)
and also all those Copyhold Messuages or Tenements with the Lands and grounds thereto respectively belonging situate lying and [several words blotted out in the register] being in the Town of Wandsworth or in the Common feilds of Wandsworth aforesaid and now or late in the severall tenures or occupations of John [Beal?] [Butcher?] John Porter Bricklayer Jacob [Maganell?] [Hatmaker?] James Chittenden Gardner and [blank in the register] Ilsley Gardner and late of Thomas [Pavett?] Husbandman and their Undertenants or Assigns and which last mentioned Messuages or Tenements I lately purchased of Sarah Cheslyn Widow of [word blotted out] William Cheslyn of London Merchant
(all which said severall Copyhold Messuages or Tenements Lands grounds and premisses herein before mentioned with their and each of their severall appurtenances I have surrendred to the use of my Will) and all other my Copyhold Messuages Lands Tenements or Hereditaments in Wandsworth or elsewhere in the said County of Surrey
To have and To hold all and singular the said severall Copyhold Messuages Tenements Lands Grounds and premisses with their and every of their appurtenances To the use of my said dear Wife Katherine Paggen for and during the term of her naturall life
and from and after the determination of that Estate I will and devise the same to my said daughter Katherine Hale for and during the term of her naturall life
and from and after the determination of that Estate the same to remain and go to the said Sir John Shaw James Booth and John Rawlins and their heirs during the life of my said daughter Katherine Hale
and from and after the determination of that Estate I will and devise the same shall remain and goe to my Grandson Paggen Hale younger Son of my said daughter Katherine Hale and the heirs Male of his Body
and for default of such issue Male To my Grandson William Hale Eldest Son of my said daughter Katherine Hale and the Heirs Male of his Body successively issuing one after another
and for default of such issue Male To all and every other Son and Sons of my said daughter Katherine successively one after another and the Heirs males of their Bodys successively issuing
and for default of such issue Male To the heirs of the Body of my said daughter Katherine
and for default of such Issue I will and devise the same shall remaine and go to my Kinsman and Godson Paggen Shaw (Son of my said Neice Dame Sarah Shaw) and his heirs for ever.
And I will and appoint that all my Lease or Term of years of and in a peice or parcell of ground containing by estimation twenty eight Roods of land more or less and heretofore demised to the said John Godfrey by Henry now Lord St John [# — a mark in the register] for a certain Term of Thirty one years and abutting on the Comon of Wandsworth and on the said Copyhold Messuages by me purchased of the said John Godfrey as aforesaid
and such ground as I hold under the said Lord St John in Bridgefeild in the Comon feilds of Wandsworth for another Term of Thirty one years
doe and shall goe along with the said Copyhold Messuages and Estates herein by me devised as aforesaid and that the said severall Leasehold Lands be from time to time held and enjoyed by such person and persons respectively and successively who shall take the said Copyhold Messuages and Estates under and by virtue of the said severall devises thereof hereinbefore mentioned as far as the same can be by Law.
And whereas I have lately agreed to purchase severall other Copyhold Messuages or Tenements Lands and grounds in Battersea and Battersea parish in the said County of Surrey late the Estate of John [Scyer? Sayer?] deceased vizt an house and Orchard in the town of Battersea ‖127B‖ now or late in the possession of John [Bernard?] Gentleman and two Tenemts and Lands adjoyning thereto now or late in the possession of John Spencer and another Tenement and Lands in the possession of John Smalley and another Tenement and a little parcell of Land in Battersea Great ffeild in the possession of John Smith and which I intend also to surrender to the use of my Will
I doe give and devise the same Messuages or Tenements Lands grounds and premisses To the use of my said Wife Katherine during her life and after her death to the same persons hereinbefore named as Trustees and their heirs and To the use of and in trust for such person and persons and for such Estates respectively as I have hereinbefore given and devised my said severall Copyhold Messuages Tenements Lands and premisses in Wandsworth aforesaid.
And as to my household goods and ffurniture [word struck out] (which shall be in or about my said house at the time of my death) my Will and mind is the same shall goe along with the said Messuage now in my own possession as aforesaid and be taken as Heirlooms belonging thereto and be enjoyed by the person or persons respectively to whom the said Messuage is given and devised as aforesaid.
And I also give unto my said Wife my Coach Chariott harness and horses belonging thereto and all my plate and her jewells.
Item I give to my said Grandson Paggen Hale the sum of one Thousand pounds to be paid him at his age of one and twenty years or so much of it sooner as shall be necessary to place him out Apprentice to a Merchant.
And I give to my Sister Sarah Symonds according to my promise to her Twenty pounds per Annum Annuity to be paid her by my Executors during her life.
And I give to my Cousin Elizabeth Wilkinson an Annuity of Twenty pounds per Annum for and during her naturall life clear of all Taxes and deductions to be paid her by half yearly payments at Lady day and Michaelmas The first payment to commence at such of the said ffeasts as shall first happen after my death.
And my Will further is that my said Wife and my daughter Katherine doe and shall allow and provide for the said Elizabeth Wilkinson Dyet washing and lodging so long as she thinks fitt to reside or live with my said Wife and daughter or either of them over and besides the said Annuity given to her as aforesaid.
And I give unto the severall persons named in the Schedule to this my Will annexed the severall Legacys mentioned in such [#] Schedule and for such purposes and payable at such times as therein mentioned.
Item I give unto the Churchwardens of the parish of Wandsworth aforesaid (for the time being) the sum of One hundred pounds to be paid them by my Executors for the benefit of the poor of the said parish.
Item I give to all my Servants who shall be living with me at my death the sum of ffive pounds apeice.
All the rest and residue of my personall Estate whatsoever and wheresoever after my debts and funeralls paid and after such Legacys as in this my Will or the Schedule hereto annexed or any Codicill to be annexed to my Will are or shall be mentioned I give and bequeath unto the said Sir John Shaw James Booth and John Rawlins and the Survivor of them and the Executors or Administrators of such Survivor
Upon Trust and Confidence that they and the Survivor of them doe and shall apply and pay the yearly profits and increase thereof to such person or persons as my said daughter Katherine Hale (Wife of the said William Hale) during her naturall life shall notwithstanding her Coverture from time to time by any Writing to be signed by her exclusive of her said Husband direct and appoint for her own separate use and dispose
and wherewith her said [present — added in the margin] Husband William Hale or any other to be after taken Husband shall not intermeddle nor have any Receipt Controul or ‖128A‖ disposing power of the same.
And further that the Receipt of my said daughter Katherine alone without her said Husband William Hale or any other after taken Husband shall from time to time be a sufficient discharge to the said Sir John Shaw James Booth and John Rawlins or any of them for what they or any of them shall from time to time so pay her.
And after the decease of my said daughter Katherine Hale Then I appoint and direct That my said Trustees in that behalfe and the Survivors and Survivor of them shall pay or cause to be paid to such Child or Children as my said daughter Katherine Hale shall leave at the time of her death at their ages of one and twenty years all such rest and residue of my said personall Estate Together with all such yearly profits and increase as shall be made thereof (as shall not have been paid to the said Katherine Hale in her life time) to be equally divided amongst them share and share alike.
Only I doe hereby give full power and authority to my said daughter Katherine Hale in her life time [a space of two and a half lines is filled with wavy lines in the register] to dispose of any sum or sums not exceeding One Thousand pounds in the whole out of such residue of my Estate to such person or persons as she by any Writing under her hand and seal or by her last Will and Testament in Writing shall direct declare and appoint.
And in case my said daughter Katherine Hale shall not at the time of her decease leave any Child or Children who shall live to the age of one and twenty years Then and in such Case I give and bequeath all the rest and residue of my said Estate (Except the said One thousand pounds so given to my said daughter Katherine Hale to dispose of as aforesaid) together with such yearly profits and increase as my said Trustees shall have in their hands to Paggen Shaw Peter Shaw Judith Shaw and Katherine Shaw four of the Children of my said Neice Dame Sarah Shaw to be equally divided amongst them share and share alike and to be paid to them respectively at their respective ages of one and twenty years or days of Marriage first happening.
And in regard I intend the said John Rawlins shall principally take upon him the burthen and care of the Trusts in him reposed by this my Will and keep fair books of Accounts from time to time of my said Estate soe given and devised upon the Trusts aforesaid and render his Accounts to my said Executors once in every year truly and justly made up and ballanced to be by them adjusted and stated and which I direct to be done by my Executors accordingly
I doe for his the said John Rawlins’s care and pains to be taken therein give and bequeath unto him the sum of ffive hundred pounds for a Legacy and also one hundred pounds per Annum more to be paid and allowed to him from and after my death during the continuance of the said Trusts.
And I doe hereby nominate constitute and appoint the said Sr John Shaw and Dame Sarah his Wife my said Wife Katherine Paggen and my Daughter Katherine Hale Executor and Executrixes of this my last Will and Testament.
And in case the said John Rawlins shall during the continuance of the said Trusts happen to die or doe not act therein to the satisfaction of my Executor and Executrixes or the Survivor of them Then and in such case or cases the said One hundred pounds per Annum given the said John Rawlins as aforesaid to cease.
And I doe thereupon give my said Executor and Executrixes or the Survivor of them full power and ‖128B‖ authority from time to time to appoint such other person or persons as they shall think fitt in the place or stead of the said John Rawlins to act in the said Trusts as he was to have done under such yearly Sallary or allowances as they also shall think fitt.
And in case the said Sir John Shaw or John Rawlins or either of them shall happen to die during the Trusts in this my Will reposed in them or shall not think fitt to act therein Then I doe hereby give my said Executrixes or the Survivor of them full power and authority and as there shall be occasion from time to time to nominate and appoint such other person or persons as Trustees in the place and stead of the said Sir John Shaw James Booth and John Rawlins or either of them to act and doe in the said Trusts as the said Sir John Shaw James Booth and John Rawlins respectively were to have done.
And I will and appoint that my said Trustees and Executrixes respectively shall be allowed all charges and expences whatsoever in or about the said Trusts and Executorship or any of them and that my said Trustees and Executrixes or any of them shall not any ways be charged or chargeable with the Acts receipts or defaults of each other but only for their severall own Acts Receipts or defaults and not otherwise.
And also that none of my said Trustees or Executrixes shall be chargeable with any Loss or Miscarriage of putting out or disposing of my said Estate or any part thereof.
And for the better improvement of my said Estate (save what is herein before given and directed to and for the benefit of my said daughter Sarah as aforesaid) I give to my said Acting Trustees and Executor and Executrixes or the Survivors or Survivor of them full power and authority to putt out and dispose of such part of my said Estate as aforesaid from time to time either in the Bank of England or East India Company as my said acting Trustees Executor and Executrixes or the Survivors or Survivor of them shall think fitt.
In Witnesse whereof I the said Peter Paggen have hereunto sett my hand and seale this second day of October in the year of our Lord 1717.
Peter Paggen.
Signed Sealed published and declared by the said Testator Peter Paggen for and as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who attested the same in the presence of the said Peter Paggen
William Browne · Benj: Stables · Wm Dixon
A Schedule of Legacys given by me Peter Paggen to which the within mentioned Will doth relate.
I give and bequeath to the severall persons hereafter named the severall Legacys following vizt
| To William Hale Esqr my Son in Law as a Legacy | £100 |
| To my Sister Sarah Symonds | £100 |
| To the nine Children of my Neice Dame Sarah Shaw Wife of Sr John Shaw Bart five hundred pounds apeice and the same to be paid to them respectively at their respective ages of one and twenty years and if any of them dye before such ages and before their respective Marriages their shares from time to time to goe and be paid to the Survivors and Survivor of them | £4,500 |
| [For mourning:] To Katherine Paggen my Wife and to my said Son in Law William Hale and my daughters Katherine and Sarah ffifty pounds apeice for mourning | £200 |
| ‖129A‖ | |
| To the said Sir John Shaw and his Lady twenty pounds apeice | £40 |
| And to their said Nine Children Ten pounds apeice | £90 |
| To my Sister Sarah Symonds | £20 |
| To my Cousin Mrs Elizabeth Wilkinson | £20 |
| To Mrs Ann Milner the Widow of my late faithfull freind and former Servant Mr Isaac Milner deced | £20 |
| To James Booth Esqr and his Wife Twenty pounds apeice | £40 |
| To Mr John Rawlins | £20 |
| To Mr Thomas Claphamson | £10 |
| To Mr Thomas [Welham? Wolham?] and Ann his Wife twenty pounds apeice | £40 |
| To Bernard Hale Esqr and Ann his Wife twenty pounds apeice | £40 |
| To Mr William Dixon and Jane his Wife Twenty pounds apeice | £40 |
| To my good freind and Neighbour Benjamin Stables Gardner | £20 |
| To Grace Hooker present Tutress to my [Sarah — added in the margin] daughter if living with her at her death or if not so living then to such other person as shall be Tutresse to my said daughter | £10 |
| To Mrs Elizabeth Rhodes Widow | £20 |
| And there is given by me as in the Will is within mentioned to my Grandson Paggen Hale | £1,000 |
| And to Mr John Rawlins | £500 |
| Item I further give to Joseph North Cooper and his Wife ten pounds apeice | £20 |
The amounts are given in the register as pounds, shillings and pence (e.g. 0100 · 00 · 00); whole pounds are shown here. The last lines restate two legacies already made in the will itself: £1,000 to Paggen Hale and £500 to John Rawlins.
Probatum fuit hujusmodi Testamentum apud London Decimo quinto die Mensis Julij Anno Domini Millesimo Septingentesimo Vicesimo coram Venerabili [space filled] Viro Exton Sayer Legum Doctore Surrogato Venerabilis et Egregij Viri Johannis Bettesworth Legum etiam Doctoris Curiae Praerogativae Cantuariensis Magistri Custodis sive Commissarij legitime constituti Juramentis Catherinae Paggen Relictae et Catherinae Hale ffiliae dicti defuncti necnon Domini Johannis Shaw Baronetti et Dominae Sarae Shaw ejus Uxoris Executorum in dicto Testamento nominat[orum] Quibus commissa fuit Administratio omnium et singulorum bonorum jurium et creditorum dicti defuncti De bene et fideliter administrando eadem ad Sancta Dei Evangelia Jurat[is] Salvo tamen dictis Catherinae Paggen qua Relictae et Catherinae Hale qua ffiliae dicti defuncti et duabus Executorum in dicto Testamento dicti defuncti nominat[orum] quocunque beneficio ad eas tanquam Relictam et ffiliam dicti defuncti dum vixit Civis Civitatis Londini ratione Consuetudinis Civitatis Londini praedict[ae] spectante acceptatione sua hujusmodi oneris Executionis dicti Testamenti in aliquo non obstante &c.
In English (summary): This will was proved at London on 15 July 1720 before Exton Sayer, Doctor of Laws, surrogate of John Bettesworth, Doctor of Laws, Master, Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. It was proved on the oaths of Catherine Paggen, widow, and Catherine Hale, daughter of the deceased, and of Sir John Shaw, Baronet, and Dame Sarah Shaw his wife, the executors named in the will. They were granted administration of all the goods, rights and credits of the deceased, having sworn on the Holy Gospels to administer them faithfully. The grant reserves to Catherine Paggen and Catherine Hale, two of the executors, whatever benefit is due to them as the widow and daughter of a Citizen of London by the Custom of the City of London, even though they have accepted the burden of executing the will.
* The “united East India Company” was the English company: the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies, formed in 1709 when the old (London) East India Company merged with the “New” or English Company of 1698 — the rival company of which Peter Paggen had been a director. Katherine Paggen’s will of 1724 gives the full name: “the united Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies”. (The Dutch East India Company is a different body.) See East India Company.
1. The opening words are cut off at the left edge of the photograph: presumably “I Peter Paggen”. The margin heading reads Test[amentum] Petri Paggen.
2. “Katherine (now the Wife of William Hale Esqr)”: the word before “the Wife” is cramped. A closing bracket follows Esqr, so “(now” seems likely.
3. Tenants in section 11: “Lascelles Metcalfe Upholsterer and John Raynolds Waterman”; “John Beal Butcher” (in this hand B and W are very alike, so “Watcher” is possible); “Jacob Maganell Hatmaker”; “Thomas Pavett Husbandman”, where the last two words appear to be struck through. The clerk left a blank for Ilsley’s forename. A few words are blotted out after “situate lying and” and before “William Cheslyn”.
4. Section 14: the surname of John “Scyer” or “Sayer”, the former owner of the Battersea property, is uncertain. “John Bernard Gentleman” is probable; a Bernard Hale Esqr appears in the Schedule.
5. The marks “#” in sections 13 and 17 appear in the register, probably keyed to corrections. The words “and expended”, “present” and “Sarah” are written in the margin as insertions.
6. The surname Hale: in this clerk’s hand a capital H looks almost exactly like a W, and the name could be read “Wale”. It is Hale: Katherine Paggen married William Hale of King’s Walden, Hertfordshire, and their son was Paggen Hale. (James Booth, one of the trustees, was also of Hertfordshire.)
7. Schedule: the surname of “Thomas Welham” (or Wolham) is uncertain.
Transcribed from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury register copy by Philip Boys, with Claude, September 2026.