Thomas Scard
[1737-1824]
Saddler, Maltser, Yeoman & Gentleman.
of Totton near Eling & Southampton Hampshire
Died Testate
Spouse: Susannah Benness
[1743-1815]
Birth: Thomas Scard is believed to have been baptised 23rd September 1737 at Holdenhurst, Hampshire son of
James Scard by his wife Mary nee Hollvey later of Christchurch, Hampshire.
He is also believed to be the brother of James Scard who later settled at Gosport, whose baptism was also
believed to have occurred at Holdenhurst, supported by other evidence [also see note below].
NOTE: Scans of the Scard Family Seal used in several Documents below and also found for James Scard
of Gosport, baptisms and another piece of evidence are being examined and a result is expected in early 2010.
Early Indications are positive and it is considered that supported by other mounting evidence,
the ultimate result will prove conclusively
that James Scard of Gosport and Thomas Scard of Southampton were brothers
and thus at last connect the two great Hampshire Scard Families
of Gosport & Southampton under a single progenitor.
[the evidence will be displayed in Updates in the near future]
Note to Readers
Please check updates regularly, entries are usually deleted after four weeks to make room for newer items.
1737-1760 Thomas had some means and prior to his marriage owned and ran a Saddle Shop at Southampton, Hampshire.
1763 Marriage;
Thomas Scard married Susannah Benness 10th February 1763 at All Saints Southampton [LDS=Seard]
[Groom est. aged 26yrs - Bride est. aged 20yrs]
Susannah Benness was born in 1743, the daughter of John Benness, a wealthy maltser of Eling and his wife
Elizabeth. John Benness held several Estates at Totton and surrounds in Hampshire where the Benness Family had
been resident for several prior Generations.
John Benness died testate his Will Proved in 1770.
His wife Elizabeth also died Testate the following year in 1771.
John Benness and his wife Elizabeth had only one son, John Benness [the younger] who predeceased his father
by six years [1764] [also died testate] and four daughters Ann, Sarah, Susannah and Mary.
John Benness mentions his daughter 'Susannah Scard wife of Thomas Scard' as a Beneficiary and
Sole Executrix in his Will.
More information relating to the Benness Family including Wills. 
1763-1764 A series of documents relating to Thomas Scard [National Archives];
Thomas Scard is next recorded at his Southampton Shop in a complaint against Thomas Cooper [the younger] for
stealing Articles including whips and books.
Thomas Scard initially filing complaint on the 9th November 1763 for the said Thomas Cooper [the younger]
stealing the whips.
As the complaint progressed, Thomas Scard gave further testimony on the 17th November 1763 with a witness
providing evidence for further charges against the Defendant of stealing from the home of Thomas Scard,
a volume of magazines in the prior year [1762].
An Estreat of recognizance by Thomas Scard [noted Saddler of Southampton] and John Cockleford of Southampton,
butcher on this same date.
A 'True Bill' was issued in the Indictment of Thomas Cooper the younger of Southampton, saddler, on the
13th January 1764 'for stealing a book of the value of 10d belonging to Thomas Scard'.
Issue; In that same year Susannah gave birth to a son;
1764 Child 1: John Scard [1764-1838] baptised at All Saints Southampton on the 25th May 1764.
Soon after the birth they moved 3 miles N.W. to Eling where evidence implies that they had further issue.
Later documents imply that the family had their home in Totton 1 mile of Eling.
1765: Child 2: Susannah Scard [1765-1831] considered born at Eling. [Susannah aged 22yrs] See Epilogue for more information
1768: Child 3: Benness Scard [1768-1837] considered born at Eling. [Susannah aged 25yrs]
1775: Child 4: Thomas Scard [1775-1816] considered born at Eling. [Susannah aged 32yrs]
Susannah now aged 22yrs there was no further surviving issue.
1770: During this time Susannah's parents John & Elizabeth Benness died; [Susannah then aged 27 yrs - Thomas then aged 33 yrs]
Father: John Benness;
Susannah’s father John Benness died Testate, buried on the 4th April 1770 at Eling Hampshire
John Benness named his ‘beloved daughter’ Susannah Scard as his sole executrix and main beneficiary with
provision for her sons.
His daughter Sarah Kent [nee Scard] and her sons were also mentioned.
His grandson, William Newlands was also beneficiary, the son of his daughter Ann [presumed deceased] and
her spouse Stephen Newlands the son of Arthur Newlands, an old Eling Family.
Two grandchildren by his deceased daughter Mary i.e. Mary John Abbott and Elizabeth Abbott were also
mentioned. [link to transcribed Will is above]
1771: Mother: Elizabeth Benness;
A year later Susannah’s mother Elizabeth Benness died Testate buried on the 18th September
1771 at Eling Hampshire.[estimated aged around sixty yrs]
Elizabeth mentions the same grandchildren in her Will as that of her deceased spouse,
with the addition of her daughter Susannah's second son, Benness Scard.
Wealth; [Thomas Aged 33yrs]
After Susannah claimed the estate of her father in 1770, Thomas Scard appears to have given up his shop at
Southampton and assumed the responsibilities of his deceased father-in-law as a Maltser, in which he appears
to have been successful for many years.
During the following years Thomas Leased and Released several properties;
1786: ELING; LESSOR: Date: 12 May 1786 - messuage with orchard [Thomas aged 49yrs]
Principals;
i) Thomas Scard and Thomas Warner
ii) James Saunders of Eling, corn merchant and Thomas Saunders of Eling, gent.
1786: In 1786 an advertisement appears in the 'The Salisbury and Winchester Journal and General Advertiser dated
Monday, July 3rd, 1786: Excerpt;
".... now in the occupation of Mr. Thomas Scard, as tenant at will, delightfully situated in the
parish of ELING ...and consisting of a FARM HOUSE, Barns, stables, Granary, and other Buildings,
in good tenantable repair, and upwards of seventy-five acres of land, whereof about fifty-nine acres
are Arable, ten acres Meadow, and the remainder Coppice Ground.
SAME PROPERTY - LESSEE; [Thomas aged 50yrs]
ELING: 3 Apr 1778 Lease: messuage, orchard and close of arable land containing 2 acres, in Eling,
near land called The Cobland and a large 'Malting house built with brick and covered with
tile', built by Thomas Dummer and dwelling house, malt kiln, stone rooms, granaries, pumps
and cisterns.
Principals;
i) Thomas Dummer of Cranbury
ii) Thomas Scard of Totton, Eling, maltser and Thomas Warner of Romsey Infra, gent.
SAME PROPERTY
RELEASE: 4 Apr 1778 [A2A]
1780: ANOTHER PROPERTY AT WILTSHIRE: LESSOR; [Thomas aged 52 yrs]
WILTSHIRE: Bulford; 25th January 1780: [FILE - ref. 906/W.22 - date: 25 Jan. 1780 [A2A National Archives Kew] ]
Principals;
i) John Boorn of Bulford;
ii) Frances Kent of New Sarum;
iii) Mary Kent of New Sarum (mother of Frances [principal [ii]);
iv) Thomas Scard of Eling, Hants., and John Swetman of New Sarum.
Note: Principals [ii] & [iii] are considered to have been Frances the daughter of
Thomas Scard's sister-in-law and likely Mary Kent [nee Benness],Thomas Scard's
sister-in-law, respectively.
See Link to Benness Family
Their Children Marry;
During this time Thomas and Susannah saw their two sons marry and daughter into old and established families
at Eling;
1790 Susannah [the younger] was the first to marry;
At the age of twenty-five Susannah Scard married John Blake by licence at Eling on the 2nd November 1790.
The Blake Family were firmly entrenched at Eling for many Generations dating back to before the Reformation.
John and Susannah remained at Eling where they had issue. [Susannah has her own section below in Epilogue].
1792 Benness Scard;
At the age of twenty-four 2nd son Benness Scard married twenty-five year old Elizabeth Hill at Nursling near Eling
on the 6th November 1792. Issue listed later in the Epilogue below.
Elizabeth Hill was baptised at Nursling 22nd October 1767 the daughter of George Hill a yeoman and his
wife Mary. The Hill Family was Estated and George and his heirs were main beneficiaries in his father's
vast Estates in 1770. Hill Family - under research.
1795 Thomas Scard [the younger];
Thomas & Susannah's youngest son Thomas Scard not yet of age married Mary Yeats by Licence at Eling on the
14th October 1795. The Licence reads;
'Thomas Scard, a Maltser, aged 19yrs, with the consent of his father Thomas Scard the elder, maltser
and the Bride, Mary Yeats of Millbrook, aged 21yrs, spinster.'
Hampshire Marriage Licence Bonds CD. Issue: Listed in the Epilogue below;
Mary Yeats: Mary's brother was William Yeats Esquire, a wealthy maltser at Eling.
1796: John Scard;
Almost a year later Thomas' eldest son John Scard married Mary Trofoley 17th August 1796 at All Saints Southampton.
[Groom estimated aged 32yrs]
Over the next few years Thomas and Susannah began to see many of their grandchildren born.
His son Benness and wife Elizabeth moved to Stratford for several years.
Two years later;
1798: While the fear of French Invasion threatened and the Napoleonic War loomed in the not too distant future there was great
unrest in Ireland. This evolved into a revolutionary Republican Organization, allied with Revolutionary France and
by 1798 was instrumental in launching the 'Irish Rebellion' with the objective of ending British rule over Ireland and
founding an Independent Irish Republic [Wikipedia]. The call for Volunteers was ordered by King George III and many
landed citizens answered the Call, some paying for their Commissions. By this time Thomas was aged sixty-one but two
of his sons were appointed;
London Times:- 26th May 1798;
John Scard, Gent. To be Lieutenant with the Eling Volunteers. [John now aged 34yrs]
Benness Scard to be Ensign with Stratford Under the Castle of Old Sarum Volunteers. [Wilts.] [now aged 30yrs].
Over the next decade as Thomas and Susannah continued to live at Eling, Thomas was still very much active in local
issues and also in the affairs of his children.
Their son Benness and his wife Elizabeth first settled at nearby Nursling but after the death of their infant daughter
Elizabeth in 1794 they moved to Stratford, Wiltshire.
Sons John and Thomas and daughter Susannah remained at Eling where Thomas had issue and Susannah no doubt took
comfort in her daughter Susannah, the younger [now wife of John Blake] and her family living nearby.
Seventeen years later;
1815: Wife Susanah dies;
Susannah Scard [nee Benness] died at her home, buried at Eling 9th November 1815 at the recorded age of 72yrs.
She was survived by her aging husband Thomas Scard of fifty-two years marriage, her three sons John aged fifty-one, her
daughter Susannah Blake [nee Scard] now aged fifty, son Benness Scard now forty-seven and son Thomas Scard now aged
forty and many grandchildren [See list in Epilogue].
The following year;
1816: Whether his mother's death was the event that prompted Benness to suddenly return to Hampshire is unknown but
it was around this time that Benness and Elizabeth returned to Nursling with their children.
1816: It was during this time at Nursling that tragedy was to take the life of their twenty-one year old daughter Harriet Maria
Scard who was buried on the 10th July 1816 at St Boniface, Nursling, the venue of her parent's marriage.
She was recorded in the Parish Register as 'of Stratford' 'aged 21yrs'.
1816: Tragedy struck the family again five months later in the premature death of Thomas' youngest son
Thomas Scard [the younger] at Eling at the recorded age of forty-one, buried at Eling on the 21st December 1816
a year after his mother.
His Obituary was published in the Hampshire Telegraph;
' HOME NEWS - Monday Dec. 23rd 1816
Thomas Scard Jnr died Saturday last at his home at Totton.'
Thomas [Jnr] was survived by his wife Mary [nee Yeats] of twenty-one years marriage and their children, the youngest
aged four years See Biography of Thomas Scard [the younger].
Grave concerns were expressed by Mary's brother, William Yeats Esquire as to the maintenance and education of her
children in his Will written four years later.
Benness and Elizabeth then returned to Stratford to return nine years later in 1825, a year after his father's death.
Their other children John & Susannah remained with their spouses at Eling.
Three years later;
1819: On Monday the 25th October 1819 the following notice was published in the Winchester & Salisbury Chronicle;
DECLARATION
ADDRESSED TO THE HIGH SHERIFF OF
THE COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON
Excerpt: Understanding that a Requisition is above to be sent to the Sheriff of the County of Southampton
for a County Meeting with reference to the late transactions at Manchester, we, the undersigned
Freeholders, feel ourselves called upon to declare our decided disapprobation and dissent to such a
measure. We considerate unconstitutional, inasmuch as it goes to prejudge proceedings, and thereby
Influence the decision of the Legal tribunals of the country, and we depreciate a measure which may
tend to disturb the tranquility of this loyal and peaceable County, and to loosen the confidence of its
inhabitants, in those laws to which they owe their security and happiness.
The Petition was signed, among many others by Thomas Scard and John Scard. [father and son].
Five years later;
1824: Thomas Scard lived a further five years after the Petition of 1819 and died at his home, Testate, buried on the
29th January 1824 at the recorded age of 87years.
He was recorded in his Will as 'Yeoman' and his son John Scard was named Executor.
Posthumous
1825: A year later the following notice was published in the Winchester & Salisbury Chronicle relating to his Estate;
Monday, February 14th, 1825:
"All Persons having any Demand on the Estate and Effects of the late Mr.Thomas Scard, of Totton,
are requested forthwith to deliver the same to his Executor Mr. John Scard, of Totton : and all
Persons indebted to the Estate are desired to discharge the same without delay. ALL Persons to
whom the Deceased stood indebted at the time of his death, are requested to send or deliver the
particulars of their respective Demands to the said John Rogers, or Benness Scard of
Stratford-under-the-Castle, Gentleman, his joint Executors; or to Mr. WARDEN, solicitor,
Close, Sarum: And those persons who are indebted to the Estate of the said deceased, are desired
to pay the amount of their respective debts to the said John Rogers forthwith.'
Source: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dutillieul/index.html
WILL OF THOMAS SCARD [Snr] OF ELING
See below after the Epilogue
Epilogue
John Scard [1764-1838] - son of Thomas Scard & Susannah nee Benness - See Full Biography.
Susannah Blake [nee Scard] [1765-1832] daughter of Thomas Scard and Susannah nee Benness;
Susannah Scard [the younger] was born in 1765 at Totton/Eling the daughter of Thomas Scard and Susannah
nee Benness;
At the age of twenty-five Susannah Scard married John Blake [by Licence at Eling] on the 2nd November 1790
at St. Martins, Salisbury.
The Blake Family were firmly entrenched at Eling for many Generations dating back to before the Reformation [1538].
Pallot's Marriage Index [Ancestry]
John and Susannah had one known surviving child: Susannah Blake [see below].
Susannah Blake [nee Scard] was buried at Eling on the 30th November 1831 at the recorded age of 66yrs.
Her spouse John Blake survived her by a further five years and was buried at Eling on the 8th January 1836 at
the recorded age of 69 years.
They were survived by one known surviving child, married daughter, Susannah Smith [nee Blake] then the widow
of the late Walter Raleigh Smith Esquire.
Child: Susannah Blake:
Susannah Blake married Walter Raleigh Smith Esquire 22nd July 1812 at Eling.
Notice of the marriage was published in the Winchester Southampton Journal;
Winchester: Saturday 25th July 1812;
'On Wednesday last was married, at Eling, Hants, by the Rev. Thos. Branley,
Walter Raleigh Smith, Esq. to Miss Blake, of Totton, in this county'.
Walter Raleigh Smith [1786-1820] was appointed High Sheriff of Southampton later in 1812;
Winchester, Saturday 19th September 1812;
'On Friday last, at a Meeting of the Corporation of Southampton, William Edward Jolliffe, Esq.
was elected Mayor; Walter Raleigh Smith, Esq. High Sheriff; Thomas Durell, jun. Esq. and
Stephen Lintott, Esq. Bailiffs of that town and county, for the year ensuing; when
John Butler Harrison, Esq. the present Mayor, gave an elegant dinner at the Star Inn.'
Susannah undoubtedly accompanied her distinguished husband at the dinner.
Walter was appointed Mayor of Southampton in 1818 [annual appointment].
Walter was recorded in several deed documents at the Hampshire Record Office.
Walter was also appointed the of Collector of Customs at the Port of Southampton. [usually a Royal Appointment]
Walter Raleigh Smith Esq. was buried at Southampton 16th March 1820 at the Recorded age of 34yrs.
No issue has been found for the marriage to date.
In 1837 Susannah was sole beneficiary and executrix of her paternal Uncle John Scard's Estate.
1841 Census Susannah was recorded aged 40 living at Totton 'of independent means' noted 'not born in County'
she also had a servant Elizabeth Keel aged 19yrs 'born in County'
Susannah's burial has not been found in Hampshire to date. No further information.
Benness Scard [1768-1837] - son of Thomas Scard & Susannah nee Benness - See Full Biography.
The grandchildren of Thomas Scard [the elder] and Mary nee Benness by their son Benness Scard include;
Elizabeth Scard [1794-1794] - buried 1st January 1794 recorded 'infant' at Nursling - of Benness Scard and Elizabeth nee Hill.
Harriet Maria Scard [1795-1816] - died at the age of 21 yrs at Nursling - of Benness Scard and Elizabeth nee Hill.
George Hill Scard [1796-1848] - Yeoman - of Benness Scard and Elizabeth nee Hill.
Eliza Scard [1797-1869] - Spinster - of Benness Scard and Elizabeth nee Hill.
Thomas Scard [Jnr] [1775- 1816] - son of Thomas Scard & Susannah nee Benness - See full Biography.
The grandchildren of Thomas Scard [the elder] by his son Thomas Scard [Jnr] & his wife Mary nee Yeats include;
Thomas Scard [1795-1887] B.A. & M.A. Rector of Durley, Hants, son of Thomas Scard [the younger] & Mary nee Yeats.
William Scard [1798-1839] of Eling, Hampshire son of Thomas Scard [the younger] & Mary nee Yeats.
John Scard [1801-1881] Solicitor, London son of Thomas Scard [the younger] & Mary nee Yeats.
Henry 'Benness' Scard [1805-1862] Yeoman son of Thomas Scard [the younger] & Mary nee Yeats.
James Scard [1803-1804] buried at Eling 19th April 1804 aged 7 months.
Edward Scard [1808-1849] Surgeon son of Thomas Scard [the younger] & Mary nee Yeats.
James Scard [1809-1810] buried at Eling 2nd May 1810 aged 8 months.
Mary Scard [1811-1891] Spinster daughter of Thomas Scard [the younger] & Mary nee Yeats.
Susan Scard [1813-1871] Spinster daughter of Thomas Scard [the younger] & Mary nee Yeats.
WILL OF THOMAS SCARD [Snr] OF ELING
Transcribed by JudyAdams
This is the Last Will and testament of me Thomas Scard of Totton in the Parish of Eling in the County of Southampton
Yeoman and first I will and direct that all my just Debts and funeral expenses be paid and discharged as soon as
conveniently may be after my decease by my Executor herein after named.
My household furniture of every description plate linen chyney Books I give and bequeath unto my eldest son John Scard
and to his sister Susannah Blake widow of the late John Blake Esq. of Stratford Old Sarum to be equally divided between
them as near as they can but it should so happen that they part from living together each will of course take their parts of
the before mentioned household furniture plate linen Cheney Books x2 But if they should continue living together till
one of them depart this life then in that case I will and direct that the survivor do take to the whole of the before mentioned
household furniture plate linen Cheyney Books as to his or her own use and Benefit as the case may be.
And from and after my decease I give and Bequeath unto my Eldest son John Scard all that my freehold Estate I sometime
since purchased of Charles Connolly Esq. situate at Totton in the Parish of Eling and adjoining the Estate he now lives in
called Stormses. The Estate I so purchased of Charles Conoly Esq consists of two tenements in the occupation of James
Jones Taylor [don't know if 'Taylor' is meant to be his occupation although it is a Capital 'T'] and Thomas Oliver labourer
and a Paddock of Land about three quarters of an Acre which said freehold Estate I give to my aforesaid Son John Scard
and to his heirs and Assigns for ever.
Item, I have and bequeath unto my said son John Scard my freehold estate called and known by the name of Brishenford
situate at Totton in the Parish of Eling with every standing and growing therein and thereto belonging which I give to my
said son John Scard and to his Heirs and assigns for ever.
Item, I give an Bequeath unto my granddaughter Susannah Smith Widow of the late Walter Raleigh Smith Collector of
the Customs in the Port of Southampton my copyhold Estate called Kents situate at the end of Bares Lane in the Manor
of Eling now in the occupation of [Rerdue] Smith Esquire or his under tenant together with the allotment of Common
Land about five acres more or less allotted thereto which I give to my aforesaid grand daughter Susannah Smith Widow
on this condition that she permits her Uncle John Scard to receive the Rents and profits of the aforesaid Estate called
Kents till John Barney Esq Solicitor in Southampton is paid the money borrowed of him on account of the Smiths
Bankers in Southampton [with Walter smith Esq & William P Longth?] in these misfortunes after which I give the aforesaid
copyhold estate with every thing thereto belonging to my aforesaid Granddaughter Susannah Smith widow and to her
assigns to be enjoyed by her and them according to the Custom of the Manor of Eling.
Item, I give and bequeath unto my said son John Scard my Copyhold piece of Land called Moodys close situate at the end
of Bares Lane and in the Manor of Eling and adjoining the aforesaid Estate called Kents together with a small piece of
Common land allotted thereto which I give to my aforesaid son John Scard during his natural life and from and after his
decease I give the aforesaid piece of Land called Moodys close with the allotment of common land allotted thereto
to my daughter Susannah Blake widow and to her heirs and Assigns to be enjoyed by her and them according to the custom
of the Manor of Eling.
Item, I give and bequeath unto my aforesaid son John Scard my leasehold Estate situate in Waterlane in the Parish of
Eling and in the Manor of Testwood which I hold by Lease under Con. C Searle now in my own occupation consisting of
a Dwelling House Garden and outhouses with a paddock of land adjoining thereto As likewise a piece of land lately
enclosed adjoining [?] coppice about four acres which piece of land is included in the beforementioned leasehold Estate
I so purchased of Con C Serle and which I give to my said son John Scard during his natural life and from and after his
decease I give the remainder of the Term and time that shall be unexpired in the aforesaid Lease unto my daughter
Susannah Blake Widow and to her heirs and assigns.
Item, I give and bequeath unto my aforesaid son John Scard my Leasehold Estate called Poccocks situate at Totton in the
Parish of Eling which I hold by Lease under the late John Compton Dilliss Esq. within the Manor of Totton and Bartley
and now in my own occupation which I give to my said son John Scard during his natural life and from and after his
decease I give the remainder of the term and time that shall be unexpired in the aforesaid lease unto my daughter
Susannah Blake widow and to her heirs and assigns.
As for my second son Benness Scard I cannot say much at present as he is amply provided for in marriage with the only
surviving daughter of George Hills Esq. of Nursling* and having been very careful and industrious in his first setting
out in Business has accumulated a very handsome fortune of his own and not having partaken in any way with the
expenses and trouble that I have been subject to with the younger part of my Family which will be felt by the other part
now living with me as they generously gave up a part of their expectations to relieve the other's necessities and
therefore hope he will be satisfied with what I intend to do for him.
As he has promised and given me the Rents & profits of the Copyhold Estate I bought some years ago of the late Peter
Searle Esq. for him and his sister Susannah Blake so long as I should live and having purchased the freehold of the before
mentioned copyhold Estate of Con C Serle together with the freehold of more land adjoining to the said Copyhold
I am willing to give and bequeath unto my aforesaid Son Benness Scard and to his Heirs and Assigns for ever
on condition that he my said son Benness Scard do herewith and suffer his brother John Scard to receive the Rents and
Profits of the before mentioned Copyhold Estate during his Life as he has allowed it to me during my Life and Likewise
to his sister Susannah Blake during her natural life as she has an interest in the aforesaid copyhold estate and having
likewise purchased of Con C Serle the Corn Tythes of these two Estates with the Timber and every thing standing and
growing with the land Tax redeemed.
And which before mentioned freehold Estates I so purchased of Con C Serle being now joined together I give and bequeath
to my aforesaid son Benness Scard and to his heirs and assigns for ever free and clear from all incumbencies whatsoever
if he peaceably acquiesce under this my Will and not disturb his brother John Scard nor his sister Susannah Blake in the
enjoyment of the aforesaid Copyhold Estate during their lives. But if he should so happen that my aforesaid son
Benness Scard do not agree to this my Will and Bequest then he may take the Copyhold Estate away from the freehold part
and do as he please with it during his interest therein. And from and after my Son Benness Scard Interest in the before
mentioned copyhold Estate is expired and done with his family I give and bequeath the whole of the before mentioned
freehold Estates both of which being now joined together to my eldest son John Scard during his natural life and from
and after his decease to his sister Susannah Blake widow during her natural life and from and after her decease
to her daughter Susannah Smith widow and to the heirs of her body lawfully begotten but if it should so happen that no
such heir is living by her at the time of her decease then in that case I give the aforesaid freehold Estate
to Edward Scard the youngest son of the late Thomas Scard of Totton and to his heirs and his assigns for ever.
Item, I give and bequeath unto my daughter Susannah Blake widow my leasehold Estate late Mr. Hichsons which I
purchased of the late John Compton Williss Esq situate at Totton in the Parish of Eling consisting of a dwelling house
garden stable barn and other outbuildings with about twenty acres of arable and meadow land. The house Garden Stable
and other out buildings except the Barn with about five acres of arable land are now left to Richard Baker Gardner the
remainder in my own occupation which before mentioned leasehold estate I so purchased of John Compton Williss Esq
I give to my aforesaid daughter Susannah Blake widow and to her assigns subject to this condition that she and they do
suffer my aforesaid son John Scard to receive the Rents and Profits of the aforesaid Lease hold Estate until the money
borrowed of John Barney Esq & Solicitor for the purpose of saving William Smith Esq and William Pardue Smith from
very disagreeable circumstances is paid again to the aforesaid John Barney Esq after which to receive it themselves with
other bequests.
Item, I give and bequeath unto my aforesaid daughter Susannah Blake widow my copyhold house and garden with
everything hereto belonging which I hold under the late John Compton Williss Esq within the Manor of Totton and
Barkley now in the occupation of Philip Ewer Baker, which I give unto my aforesaid daughter Susannah Blake Widow
and to her heirs and assigns to be enjoyed by her and them according to the custom of the Manor.
Item, I give and Bequeath unto my eldest son John Scard my freehold Estate called and known by the name of Foxhills
or Foxholds situate on the Southside of the River leading from fletchwood to Eling Mill and near Hounsdown in the
occupation of Purdue Smith Esq or her under Tenant consisting of two pieces of land about four acres each piece and
both free from corn tythes together with the timber and every thing standing and growing thereon which I give to my
aforesaid son John Scard and to his Heirs and Assigns for ever.
Item, I give and bequeath unto my aforesaid son John Scard my Copyhold Estate situate as Fletchwood called Wales on
the North side of the River leading from fletchwood to Eling Mill in the Manor of Eling now in the occupation of Pudue
Smith Esq or his under Tenant together with the Corn Tythes, Timber and every thing standing and growing thereon and
likewise the allotment of Common Land allotted thereto being free from all Tythes together with the timber and every
thing standing and growing on the aforesaid allotments of common land having paid the College for the same according
to their Valuation and which before mentioned copyhold Estate and every part thereof I give to my aforesaid son John Scard
to be enjoyed by him according to the custom of the Manor of Eling.
And all the rest and residue of my Real and Personal Estates goods Chattels Debts and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever
of which I shall die possessed of and not by me herein before given and bequeathed I give devise and bequeath unto my
eldest son John Scard.
And do hereby nominate and appoint my aforesaid son John Scard to be full and sole executor of this my last Will and
Testament revoking all other Wills or Will by me at any time heretofore make and do Publish and Declare this only to
be my last Will and Testament In witness whereof I the said Thomas Scard the Testator to this my last Will and
testament contained in ten sides of five sheets of paper to be the first nine sides have set my hand only and to the last
side my hand and Seal the fifteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty
And in the first years of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Fourth By the Grace of God of the united Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth.
Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the before named Thomas Scard the testator as and for his last Will and
Testament in the presence of us who at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed
our names as witnesses hereto [Signed] Thomas Scard [with large seal]
George Lowe
John Starks
James Jones [the number 25 appears after this signature].
* I have in my possession, but have not yet transcribed the Will of George Hill - will upload when completed.