Margaret Mathew ¹

   Find a Grave ID: 181467445.

  Burial Notes:

Memorial transcription:
Here lyeth the body of
JAMES PLUMBER gent
who departed this life
the first day of November
in 1751 in the 89th year of his age
Also here lyeth the body
of MARGARET wife of the
said JAMES PLUMBER
who departed this life
the third day of March
in 1748 in the 89th year of
her age
and who were married together 65 years

  Events

• Residence, 13 Dec 1683, Chailey, Lewes, East Sussex, BN8, GB. ¹

• Will, 1 Oct 1747. ² In the Name of God Amen I James Plumer of Chailey in the County of Sussex Gentleman being aged and infirm but of Sound Mind and Understanding do make and declare this my last Will and Testament in Writing in manner following that is to Say first I Commend my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God my Creator hoping for Salvation through the Merits and Mediation of Jesus Christ my blessed Saviour and Redeemer and my Body I resign to the Earth to be decently buried at the Discretion of my Executor hereafter named and as touching the Disposition of such Worldly Estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me I do hereby give and dispose thereof as followeth First I give and bequeath unto the Poor of the Parish of Chailey aforesaid the Sum of forty Shillings to be distributed amongst them by the Minister of the said Parish within Six months next after my decease also I give and bequeath unto every one of my Servants who shall be living with me at the time of my decease the Sum of five Shillings over and above their Wages then due also I give and devise unto my dear and wellbeloved wife Margaret Plumer all and every my Freehold and Copyhold Messuages Barns Buildings Lands Tenements and Hereditaments whatsoever Situate lying and being in the Parishes of Chailey and Newick or either of them in the said County of Sussex and hold......of the Manors of Allington and Houndean in the said County which Copyhold Premisses I have surrendered to the use of my Will to hold to her the said Margaret and her assigns for and during the Term of her natural Life and from also after her decease I do hereby give and devise all and every my said Freehold and Copyhold Messuages Barns Buildings Lands Tenements and Hereditaments whatsoever Situate lying and being in the said Parishes of Chailey and Newick or either of them unto my Son John Plumer his Heirs and assigns forever also I give and devise unto my son John Plumer......................and his Heirs forever all that my Messuage or Tenement Ba....side and Garden Situate lying and being in the Parish of Saint John Baptist Southover in the County of Sussex also I give and devise unto my said Wife Margaret Plumer all and every my Copyhold Messuages or Tenements Barns Buildings Lands and Hereditaments whatsoever Situate lying and being in Radmill in the County aforesaid and holders of the Manor of Radmill which I have heretofore surrendered to the use of my Will to hold to her the said Margaret and her assigns for and during the Term of her natural Life and from and after her decease I do hereby give and devise the same and every part thereof unto my son Robert Plumer and his Heirs forever and Whereas John Goring late of Barcombe in the County of Sussex Gent deceased by his surrender in Writing bearing date on or about the nineteenth day of November in the Year of our Lord 1722 did Surrender into the Hands of the Lord of the Manor of Barcombe by the Acceptance of Thomas Medley, Esquire, Steward there four Peices or Parcells of Land with the appurtenances called Cheelane alias Deco???.......... containing by Estimation fourteen Acres lying in Barcombe nigh the Church late Woods to the use and behoofe of me the said James Plumer and my Heirs forever under condition nevertheless to bevoid on payment of the Sum of one Hundred Sixty and five Pounds as is therein mentioned and Whereas the Principal Sum of one Hundred and Fifty pounds hath never been paid but is Still due to me on the said surrender now I do hereby give and bequeath the said Principal sum of one Hundred and Fifty pounds due to me on the said recited Surrender unto my Daughter Elizabeth Goring Widow of the said John Goring also I give and bequeath unto the said Elizabeth Goring the sum of three Hundred Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid unto her by my Executor hereafter named within three Months next after my decease also I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Ann Manning wife of Henry Manning of Lewes in the County aforesaid Apothecary the Sum of three Hundred Pounds of like lawful Money to be paid unto her by my Executors hereafter named within three Months next after my decease also I give and bequeath unto my Daughters Mary Plumer and Sarah Plumer and to each of them the sum of Seven Hundred Pounds of like lawful Money to be paid unto them respectively by my Executor hereafter named within three Months next after my decease also I give and bequeath unto my Son John Plumer the Sum of three Hundred Pounds of like lawful Money to be had and received by him within three Months next after my decease also I give and bequeath unto my son James Plumer the Sum of Two Hundred Pounds of like lawful Money to be paid unto him by my Executor within three Months next after my decease also I give and bequeath unto my five Grandchildren to wit Elizabeth Eagles Henry Manning Elizabeth Manning Edward Manning and John Plumer and to every one of them the Sum of Ten Pounds of like lawful Money to be paid unto them by my Executor hereafter named at their Several ages of Twenty and one years also I give and bequeath unto my dear and wellbeloved Wife Margaret Plumer for and during the term of her natural Life the Sole and Seperate use of all and every my Household Goods Plate Linnen and Furniture in and about my now dwelling House in Chailey aforesaid and also the use of all my Cattle Corn Hay Husbandry Tackling and Stock in and upon my Farm and Lands now in my Occupation as also the use of the Money the same or any part thereof shall at any time or times be sold for and also the use of the remainder of all such Money as I shall leave from and after the Legacys before herein by me given and bequeathed my just Debts Funeral Expenses and Probate of this my Will are fully paid Satisfied and discharged and from and after the Decease of my said Wife I do hereby give and bequeath my said Household Goods Plate Linnen and Furniture Cattle Corn Hay Husbandry Tackling Stock and the Money that the same or any part thereof shall be sold for and also the remainder of all such Money as I shall leave as aforesaid unto and amongst all and every my Sons and Daughters to be equally divided between them share and share alike and I do hereby make and appoint my son John Plumer Executor of this my Will also I revoke all former Wills by me made Published and declared In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament Set my hand and Seal the first Day of October in the Twentyfirst Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven Hundred and forty seven James Plumer Signed Sealed Published and declared by the said James Plumer the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in the presence of him have hereunto Subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereof James Browne Benjamin Turle George Chantler

[Transcribed by Helen Hartley December 2005]

Margaret married James Plumer, son of Robert Plumer and Sarah Geere, on 13 Dec 1683 in St. Peter's Church, Chailey Green, Lewes, East Sussex, BN8 4DA, GB.¹ (James Plumer was born before 24 Sep 1663, baptised on 24 Sep 1663 in St. John the Evangelist's Church, Off Lewes Road, Piddinghoe, Newhaven, East Sussex, BN9 9AP, GB,¹ died on 1 Nov 1751 and was buried on 7 Nov 1751 in St. Peter's Church, Chailey Green, Lewes, East Sussex, BN8 4DA, GB ¹.)

• Marriage Licence, 13 Dec 1683, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7, GB. ¹