William SHERIFF

Abt 1733 - 1817  (~ 84 years)

• Name	William SHERIFF
  Born	Abt 1733
  Gender	Male
  _UID	F1740252DE8F0347A81342DA6ACC30A855F3
  Died	25 May 1817	Mitcham, Surrey, England   [1]
  Person ID	I1051	Chamberlain Family
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2017

  
  

  Family	Sarah,   b. Abt 1730/1744,   d. Bef 1854  (Age ~ 109 years)
  Married	1751/1763
  _UID	F0ADDEC17DA76143BBB0783461C8F3BFF63F
  Children	1. Elisabeth SHERIFF,   c. 11 Aug 1764, Merton, Surrey, England   2. William SHERIFF,   c. 25 Dec 1766, Merton, Surrey, England   3. Arthur SHERIFF,   c. 7 May 1769, Merton, Surrey, England   4. Sarah SHERIFF,   c. 10 Jun 1770, Merton, Surrey, England   5. Sarah Susanna SHERIFF,   c. 24 Nov 1771, Merton, Surrey, England   6. Mary SHERIFF,   c. 30 Jan 1774, Merton, Surrey, England   7. Susannah SHERIFF,   c. 12 May 1776, Merton, Surrey, England
  Last Modified	15 May 2022
  Family ID	F451	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Will, William Sherriff of Lambeth, Gentleman, made 8 Aug 1828, proved 24 Apr, 1829. [Source: Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Lambeth Palace, London, England PROB 11/1754, fols. 377-381] THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of me, WILLIAM SHERRIFF, of Southville, Wandsworth Road, in the parish of Saint Mary, Lambeth, in the County of Surrey, Gentleman, whereby I recommended my soul to God and dispose of my worldly estate and effects in manner -following, that is to say and first it is my will and desire to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors hereinafter named and I hereby direct that my debts, funeral, and testament expenses and the pecuniary legacies hereinafter given and bequeathed as also such other pecuniary legacies as I may hereafter give by any Codicil or Codicils to this my Will shall be paid and discharged by my Executors hereinafter named out of the residue of my personal estate hereinafter mentioned and disposed of but in case such a residue should prove insufficient for that purpose then I charge the specific legacies hereinafter given with the payment of such insufficiency each legacy to abate or legatee to contribute equally in proportion to the clear annual rent or profit of their respective legacies. I give and bequeath to my sister, MARY LANGDON, widow of [left blank] LANGDON now residing at Waltham Green in the County of Middlesex, harness maker, the sum of fifty pounds to and for her own absolute use and benefit. I give and bequeath to my sister, SARAH VAUGHAN (wife of SAMUEL VAUGHAN) now residing with me the sum of fifty pounds to and for her own sole and separate use and benefit exclusive of her said husband and I direct that her receipt alone (notwithstanding her coverture) shall be a sufficient discharge to my Executors for the same. I give and bequeath to CATHERINE MAY the wife of [left blank] MAY late of the Commercial Road, Whitechapel, Cheesemonger, the sum of fifty pounds to and for her own sole and separate use and benefit exclusive of her said husband and I direct that her receipt alone notwithstanding her coverture shall be a sufficient discharge to my Executors for the same. I give and bequeath unto DANIEL STURDY the Elder of Chapel Street, Stockwell, in the parish of Lambeth, in the County of Surrey, Gentleman, and HENRY CRUNDEN of Ryegate [sic] in the said County of Surrey, Innkeeper, the sum of ten pounds each for a mourning ring. And I hereby direct that the before mentioned legacies shall be respectively paid by my Executors hereinafter named within the space of six calendar months next after my decease. I give and bequeath unto my eldest son BENJAMIN SHERRIFF, his Executors, Administrators and assigns all that leasehold messuage or tenement situate and being Number 12 in Clayton Street, Kennington, in the parish of Lambeth, in the County of Surrey, now in the occupation of [left blank] Garner and also all those four leasehold messuages or tenements situate and being Numbers Five, Six, Seven and [left blank] in Ebenezer Place, Wandsworth Road, in the parish of Clapham, in the County of Surrey, in the several occupations of [left blank] Richards, [left blank] Collings and [left blank] Melberry and also all that piece or parcel of Garden ground containing in admeasurement above one acre in the respective occupations of [left blank] Melberry and [left blank] Collins situate lying and being at the back of and adjoining the said four leasehold messuages in Ebenezer Place aforesaid held by me on lease from Mr. Thomas Henry Sawyer, deceased, with their respective rights, members, and appurtenances to hold to him the said BENJAMIN SHERRIFF [sic] his Executors, administrators and assigns for all my term, estate and interest therein respectively. I give and bequeath unto my youngest son FREDERICK SHERIFF, his Executors, administrators and assigns all that my ready furnished messuage, tenement or cottage situate and being in Union Road, Clapham Road, in the parish of Clapham, in the County of Surrey late in the occupation of Mrs. Hope and also all those four leasehold messuages or tenements situate and being on the south side of and in Union Road, Clapham Road, aforesaid, in the several occupations of Thomas Sare, [left blank] Walker, [left blank] Hall, and [left blank] Gloyn with . . . 2 Will, William Sherriff of Lambeth, Gentleman, made 8 Aug 1828, proved 24 Apr, 1829, page 2. their respective rights, members and appurtenances to hold to him my said son, FREDERICK SHERRIFF [sic], his Executors, administrators and assigns for all my term, estate and interest therein respectively. I also give and bequeath to my said son FREDERICK SHERRIFF, his Executors, administrators and assigns all and singular the household goods and furniture, plate, linen and china that I may leave within the said ready furnished cottage late in the occupation of Mrs. Hope, situate in Union Road, aforesaid, at the time of my decease to and for his and their own absolute use and benefit. I give and bequeath unto my daughter, SARAH GRAY, the wife of RICHARD GRAY, of Arnolds Parogan, Walworth, stockboker, all those two leasehold messuages or tenements situate and being Numbers eight and nine in Arnolds Parogan, Francis Street, Walworth, in the several occupations of the said Richard Gray and [left blank] Workman and also all that leasehold, messuage or tenement situate and being Number 12 in Southville, Wandsworth Road, in the parish of Saint Mary, Lambeth, in the County of Surrey, now in my own occupation and also all that leasehold messuage or tenement situate and being at Nine Elms, Vauxhall, in the parish of Saint Mary Lambeth, in the County of Surrey, now in the occupation of Joseph Shaw with their respective rights, members and appurtenances to hold to her my said daughter SARAH GRAY, her Executors, administrators and assigns for all my term, estate and interest therein respectively. I also give and bequeath unto my said daughter SARAH GRAY, her Executors, administrators and assigns all and singular the household goods and furniture, linen and china that I may leave at the time of my decease within the said dwelling now occupied by me situate and being Number 12, Southville, Wandsworth Road, aforesaid, to and for her and their own absolute use and benefit. But in case my said daughter SARAH GRAY shall depart this life in my lifetime or without having attained a vested interest in the several bequests made to her by this my Will then I do hereby give and bequeath the same unto the said DANIEL STURDY and my said youngest son, FREDERICK SHERRIFF, and the survivor of them and the Executors, administrators and assigns of such survivor do and shall with all convenient speed after my decease make sale and absolutely dispose of the said leasehold estate and household furniture hereinbefore bequeathed to my said daughter either entirely or altogether or in parcels by public auction or private contract to any person or persons willing to become the purchaser or purchasers thereof respectively for such price or prices or sum or sums of money as to the said DANIEL STURDY and FREDERICK SHERIFF of the survivor of them or the Executors, administrators or assigns of such survivor shall seem reasonable and for promoting and facilitating such sale or sales do and shall enter into, make and execute all such contracts, covenants, agreements, conveyances, surrenders, assignments, assurances, acts, deeds, matters, and things which to my said trustees or the survivor of them or the Executors, administrators or assigns of such survivor respectably shall seem reasonable and I do hereby declare that the receipt or receipts of the said DANIEL STURDY and FREDERICK SHERRIFF and the survivor of them and the Executors, administrators and assigns of such survivor for any money payable to them or him under this my Will shall effectually discharge the person or persons paying the same from being answerable or accountable for the misapplication or nonapplication thereof or of any part thereof or from requiring the necessity or propriety of any sale that may be made by virtue of this my Will and I hereby declare my will and mind to be that the said DANIEL STURDY and FREDERICK SHERRIFF and the survivor of them and the Executors, administrators and assigns of such survivor do and shall stand and be possessed of and interested in all the money to arise from the sale or sales aforesaid hereinbefore by me directed to be made upon the trusts following, that is to say, Upon trust that the said DANIEL STURDY and FREDERICK SHERRIFF and the survivor of them and the Executors, administrators and assigns of such survivor do and shall with all convenient speed after my decease invest the said monies arising from such sale or sales as aforesaid in some or one of the parliamentary stocks or public funds of Great Britain in their or his names or name and I do hereby declare that the said DANIEL STURDY and FREDERICK SHERRIFF and . . . 3 Will, William Sherriff of Lambeth, Gentleman, made 8 Aug 1828, proved 24 Apr, 1829, page 3. the survivor of them and the Executors, administrators and assigns of such survivor shall stand and be possessed of an interested in the said trust monies and the stocks, funds and securities in which the same shall be invested and the interest, dividends and annual produce thereof upon trust for all and every the lawful child and children of the body of my said daughter SARAH GRAY now born or hereinafter to be born who being a son or sons shall live to attain the age of twenty-one years or being a daughter or daughters shall attain that age or be married and their respective Executors, administrators and assigns to be divided between or among them if more than one equal shares and proportions and in case there shall be no such child of my said daughter SARAH GRAY who being a son shall live to attain the age of twenty-one years or being a daughter shall live to attain that age or be married then upon trust to pay or transfer the said trust monies, stocks, funds and securities together with the accumulations thereon unto such person or persons as would be entitled to the same under the Statute for the distribution of the estate and effects of persons dying intestate in case I had died intestate and I hereby declare my will and mind to be that in the meantime and until the vesting or payment of the portions hereby provided for the children of my said daughter SARAH GRAY respectively as aforesaid they the said DANIEL STURDY and FREDERICK SHERRIFF and the survivor of them and the Executors, administrators and assigns of such survivor shall and may be, with, and out of the interest, dividends and annual produce of the said trust monies, stocks, funds, and securities, respectively, raise and pay such sum and sums of money as they or he shall think fit, proper for or towards the maintenance and education of the said children of my said daughter SARAH GRAY for the time being and also shall and may advance any sum or sums of money they or he may think proper out of the said trust monies, stocks, funds, and securities, respectively, for or towards the placing out or advancement in the world of any one or more of my said daughters children during his, her or their minority or respective minorities and my will is that such advancement as aforesaid shall be taken as part of the portion or portions hereby provided for the child or children of my said daughter to or on account of whom the same shall respectively be paid, provided always that in the meantime and until the said trust monies, stocks, funds, and securities shall vest absolutely in some person or persons under the trusts hereinbefore declared of and concerning the same respectively, they the said DANIEL STURDY and FREDERICK SHERRIFF and the survivor of them and the Executors, administrators and assigns of such survivor shall receive the dividends, interest and annual produce of the said trust monies, stocks, funds, and securities, respectively, or the invested share or shares respectively and lay out and invest the same in their or his names or name in the purchase of or upon such stocks, funds, and securities as aforesaid and do and shall receive the interest, dividends and annual produce of the said last mentioned trust monies, stocks, funds, and securities and lay out and invest the same in their or his names or name in the purchase of or upon the like stocks, funds, and securities so that the same and the resulting income and produce thereof may during such suspense as aforesaid accumulate in the way of compound interest and that the said interest, dividends and annual produce of the said stocks, funds and securities and the accumulations thereof, respectively, shall belong to and be in trust for the person or persons who under the trusts hereinbefore or hereinafter declared shall become absolutely entitled to the funds from which such accumulations shall have respectively proceeded. And whereas HENRY COLE, late of Number 1 Castle Alley, Whitechapel, in the parish of Saint Mary, Whitechapel, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, in and by his last Will and Testament being date on or about the ninth day of November which was in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen [1818] bequeathed all his leasehold, estates, money in the funds, book debts, household furniture and all the personal property of what nature or kind soever he might die possessed of unto me the said WILLIAM SHERRIFF, in trust, in the first place to pay all his just debts, funeral and testamentary expenses then upon further trust to permit and suffer his niece JANE COX, the wife of THOMAS COX, of Cannon Street, London, to take and receive out of the monies then standing in his name in the books of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England one clear annuity or yearly sum of fifty pounds for and during the term of her natural life . . . 4 Will, William Sherriff of Lambeth, Gentleman, made 8 Aug 1828, proved 24 Apr, 1829, page 4. for her own sole use and benefit, also upon this further trust to permit and suffer his said niece, JANE COX, to take and receive the rents, issues and profits of his leasehold house and premises situate and being Number 15 Duke Street, Aldgate, London, to whom he gave and bequeathed the same during the term of her natural life for her own sole use and benefit and all the rest, residue and remainder of his estate and effects whatsoever and wheresoever and of what nature or kind soever (as well the reversion in the Government funds to secure the annuity of fifty pounds per annum to his said niece, JANE COX, as the residue of the term of years that might be to come and unexpired in his said leasehold estate in Duke Street, Aldgate after the decease of his said niece he gave and bequeathed to me the said WILLIAM SHERRIFF for my own sole use and benefit and whereas the said reversion in the Government funds to secure the said annuity of fifty pounds to the said JANE COX part of the said residue so bequeathed to me the said WILLIAM SHERRIFF by the hereinbefore in part recited Will of the said HENRY COLE, deceased, consisted at the time of his decease of the principal sum of one thousand pounds, five pounds per cent Bank Annuities and whereas the said five pounds per cent Bank Annuities are no longer in existence and the said principal sum of one thousand pounds is now standing in my name in the new four cent Bank Annuities and whereas the said JANE COX is still living and whereas the said principal sum of one thousand pounds now four per cent Bank Annuities is not sufficient to pay the said JANE COX her said annuity as aforesaid now i do hereby give and bequeath unto the said DANIEL STURDY and FREDERICK SHERRIFF and HENRY CRUNDEN of Ryegate [sic], in the County of Surrey, Innkeeper, and the survivor of them and the Executors, administrators and assigns of such survivor the said principal sum of one thousand pounds now four per cent Bank Annuities and also the further sum of five hundred pounds now four per cent Bank Annuities upon trust that they the said DANIEL STURDY, FREDERICK SHERRIFF and HENRY CRUNDEN and the survivor of them and the Executors, administrators and assigns of such survivor shall and do as soon as conveniently can be after my decease transfer and invest the said two principal sums of one thousand pounds and five hundred pounds new four per cent Bank Annuities in some or one of the parliamentary stocks or public funds of Great Britain in their own names or name and do and shall stand possessed thereof upon trust in the first place with and out of the dividends, interest, and annual produce thereof to pay the said annuity or clear yearly sum of fifty pounds unto the said JANE COX for and during the term of her natural life and from and immediately after the decease of the said JANE COX (in case she should survive and outlive me then upon trust that they the said DANIEL STURDY, FREDERICK SHERRIFF and HENRY CRUNDEN and the survivor of them and the Executors, administrators and assigns of such survivor do and shall pay, apply, divide and dispose of the said two principal sums of one thousand pounds and five hundred pounds new four per cent Bank annuities and the surplus interest that shall be from time to time accrue after payment and satisfaction of such annuity as aforesaid and all expenses and disbursements attending the same unto and equally between my said three children BENJAMIN SHERRIFF, FREDERICK SHERRIFF and SARAH GRAY, their respective Executors, administrators and assigns to and for him, her and their own respective absolute use and benefit. But in case my said daughter SARAH GRAY shall depart this life in my lifetime or without having attained a vested interest in that part or share of the said two principal sums of one thousand pounds and five hundred pounds new four per cent Bank Annuities so given to her as aforesaid, then upon trust as to such part or share to be retained and held by the said DANIEL STURDY, FREDERICK SHERRIFF and HENRY CRUNDEN and the survivor of them and the Executors, administrators and assigns of such survivor upon such and the like trusts and to and for the same ends, intents, and purposes as are hereinbefore expressed and declared of and concerning the leasehold houses and household furniture hereinbefore given and bequeathed to my said daughter and her children in case of her decease in my lifetime, or without having attained a vested interest therein and in case the said JANE COX shall happen to depart this life in my lifetime then it is my will and I hereby direct that the said two principal sums of one thousand pounds and give hundred pounds new four per cent Bank Annuities shall sink into and be considered and taken as part of my residuary personal estate and effects hereinafter particularly mentioned and disposed of. . . . 5 Will, William Sherriff of Lambeth, Gentleman, made 8 Aug 1828, proved 24 Apr, 1829, page 5. And as to, for and concerning all the rest, residue and remainder of my estate and effects whatsoever and wheresoever and of what nature or kind soever the same shall or may consist at the time of my decease I do hereby dispose thereof in manner following, that is to say, I give and bequeath the same unto the said DANIEL STURDY and FREDERICK SHERRIFF and the survivor of them and the Executors, administrators and assigns of such survivor upon the trusts following, that is to say, Upon trust that they, my said Trustees DANIEL STURDY and FREDERICK SHERRIFF and the survivor of them and the Executors, administrators and assigns of such survivor, shall and do with all convenient speed after my decease sell, dispose of and convert into money all such parts of the said residue of my said estate as shall not consist of money and shall in its nature be valuable and for promoting and facilitating the sale do and shall enter into, make, and execute all such contracts, conveyances, assignments, surrenders, or assurances, acts, and deeds as my said Trustees, DANIEL STURDY and FREDERICK SHERRIFF or the survivor of them or the Executors, administrators or assigns of such survivor, shall think proper and I do hereby declare that my said Trustees, DANIEL STURDY and FREDERICK SHERRIFF and the survivor of them and the Executors, administrators and assigns of such survivor, shall stand and be possessed of such part of the said residue of my said estate as shall consist of money and of such other part thereof as shall arise by such sale and conversion into money as aforesaid upon trust that they the said DANIEL STURDY and FREDERICK SHERRIFF and the survivor of them and the Executors, administrators and assigns of such survivor do and shall with and out of the said residuary monies pay, satisfy, and discharge all my just debts, funeral, and testamentary expenses and the pecuniary legacies hereinbefore specifically bequeathed as also all such other pecuniary legacies as I may hereafter give by any Codicil or Codicils to this my Will and do and shall pay, apply, divide, and dispose of the residue of the said monies which shall remain after answering the purposes aforesaid unto and equally between my said two sons BENJAMIN SHERRIFF and FREDERICK SHERRIFF and my said daughter SARAH GRAY their respective heirs, Executors, administrators and assigns to and for his, her and their own respective absolute use and benefit. But in case my said daughter shall depart this life in my lifetime or without having attained a vested interest in that part or share of the said residue so given to her as aforesaid then upon trust as to such part or share to be retained and held by the said DANIEL STURDY and FREDERICK SHERRIFF and the survivor of them and the Executors, administrators and assigns of such survivor upon such and the like trusts and to and for the same ends, intents and purposes as hereinbefore are expressed and declared of and concerning the leasehold houses and household furniture hereinbefore given and bequeathed to my said daughter and her children in case of her decease in my lifetime or without having attained a vested interest therein, provided always and I do hereby declare that it shall and may be lawful for the said DANIEL STURDY and FREDERICK SHERRIFF and HENRY CRUNDEN and the survivor of them and the Executors, administrators and assigns of such survivor to sign and give any receipt or receipts for any sum or sums of money payable to them or him under or by virtue of this my Will and that any person or persons paying them or him any such sum or sums of money and taking their or his receipt or receipts for the same respectively shall not afterwards be answerable or accountable for the loss, misapplication or nonapplication thereof or be in any wise bound or concerned to see to the application of the money in the said receipts mentioned or acknowledged to be received, provided always and I do hereby further declare that if the trustees appointed by this my Will or to be appointed as hereinafter mentioned or any of them, their or any of their heirs, Executors, administrators and assigns shall happen to die or be desirous of being discharged from or refuse or decline or become 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 as often as the same shall happen it shall and may be lawful to and for the said DANIEL STURDY . . . 6 Will, William Sherriff of Lambeth, Gentleman, made 8 Aug 1828, proved 24 Apr, 1829, page 6. and FREDERICK SHERRIFF and HENRY CRUNDEN during their lives and after the decease of either of them then to and for the then surviving or continuing trustee or trustees or the Executors or administrators of the last surviving or continuing trustee by any deed or deeds, Instrument or Instruments in writing to be by them, him or her sealed and delivered in the presence of and attested by two or more credible witnesses from time to time to nominate, substitute, or appoint any person or persons to be a trustees or trustee in the place or stead of the trustee or trustees so dying or desiring to be discharged or refusing, declining, or becoming incapable to act as aforesaid and when and so often as any new trustee shall be nominated and appointed as aforesaid all the trust, estates, monies, and premises the trustee or trustees whereof shall so dye or desire to be discharged or refuse or decline or become incapable to act as aforesaid shall be thereupon with all convenient speed conveyed, assigned, and transferred in such sort and 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 trustee or trustees as occasion shall require to the uses and upon and for the trusts, intents and purposes hereinbefore expressed and declared of and concerning the same trust, estates, monies, and premises or such of them as shall be then subsisting, undertermined [sic] and capable of taking effect and the person or persons so to be appointed as aforesaid shall have all the powers and authorities of the trustee or trustees in whose room he or they shall be substituted and I do hereby further declare that the said trustees hereby appointed and to be appointed as aforesaid and each and every of them and their heirs, Executors, administrators and assigns each and every of them shall be charged and chargeable respectively for such monies only as they respectively shall actually receive by virtue of the trusts hereby in them reposed notwithstanding their or any of their giving or signing or joining in giving or signing any receipt or receipts for the sake of conformity and any one or more of them shall not be answerable or accountable for the others or other of them or for involuntary losses and also that it shall and may be lawful for them with and out of the monies which shall come to their respective hands by virtue of the trusts aforesaid to retain to and reimburse themselves respectively and also to allow their respective co-trustees or co-trustee all costs, charges, damages, and expenses which they or any of them shall or may suffer, sustain, expend, disburse, or be put unto in or about the execution of the aforesaid trusts or in relation thereto. And I do hereby revoke and make void all former and other Wills and Codicils by me at any time heretofore made and publish and declare this present writing to be and contain my last Will and Testament only. In testimony whereof I the said WILLIAM SHERRIFF, the testator, have to this my last Will and Testament contained in ten sheets of paper set my hand and seal that is to say my hand to the nine sheets hereto annexed and my hand and seal hereto this eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight. William Sherriff (L.S.) Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said WILLIAM SHERRIFF, the testator, as and for his last Will and Testament on the day of the date in the presence of us who, in the presence of each other, in his presence and at his request have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses. Richard Knott, Solicitor, Chichester Place, Wandsworth Road, Surrey John Hall, Bedford Arms, Clapham Road. PROVED at London 24th April 1829 before the Worshipful Charles Coote, Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the oaths of DANIEL STURDY the elder and FREDERICK SHERRIFF the son, the Executors according to the tenor, to whom administration was granted having been first sworn duly to administer.

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Parish Register, Church of England, (Name: U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah;), Parish of Mitcham, Surrey, LDS Film #. Age recorded on death was 84 years.