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Creator_NameGingell, William Henry
TitleCopy Will and Codicil of William Henry Gingell Esquire, Hay Factor, of the Kent and Essex Yard, High Street, Whitechapel and of Fernside, Wandsworth Common, Surrey
Date(s)March - July 1895
DescriptionLast Will and Testament of 'William Henry Gingell of the Kent and Essex Yard High Street Whitechapel in the Country of Middlesex and of Fernside, Wandsworth Common in the County of Surrey Hay Factor'. The Will is dated 22 March 1895, with Codicil dated 2 July 1895. The front cover is annotated in pencil with the text 'March 22/95'.

William appoints his wife [according to other sources this was Mary Gingell, although she is not named in the document], his nephew James Alexander Cruickshank, and the solicitor Thomas Baddeley (of 60 Leadenhall Street, London) as Executors and Trustees of his Will. Key aspects of the Will include his wishes to be buried at the Cemetery at Wandsworth and that his business premises (i.e. the Kent and Essex Yard, High Street, Whitechapel) should be given to his nephew and business partner James Alexander Cruickshank. There is also reference made to freehold wharf and premises in Wapping and to the leasehold messuage and premises at 8 Leyland Road, Lee, Kent [now in Lewisham, London]. There are many beneficiaries listed in his Will including a range of charitable legacies, the following three legacies relate to Tower Hamlets:

London Hospital - £1000
Eastern Dispensary in Leman Street, Whitechapel - £100
Victoria Park Hospital for diseases of the chest - £300

The codicil extends the period which the Trustees have to sell the leasehold estate 'Fernside', Wandsworth Common (and the freehold land adjoining it), from 12 months to 3 years.
Extent1 document
AdminHistoryThe following information was obtained from a family history tree (www.gingell.com):

'Full Name: William Henry Gingell

Date of Birth: 22nd February 1831

Place of Birth: Hop Ground, Angel Lane, Stratford, Essex, England

Father: James Gingell

Mother: Ellen Ogden

Siblings: Martha, John, Ellen, Emily, Charles, Fredrick

Spouse: Mary Coventry

Date of Marriage: 13th October 1858

Place of Marriage: Church of the Holy Trinity, Upper Tooting, Surrey, England

Date of Death: 27th February 1896

Place of Death: Hop Ground, Angel Lane, Stratford, Essex, England

Additional information provided by Alexander Gingell:

William Henry born on 22nd February 1831 at Hop Grounds, Stratford, Essex [TNA Ref: RG6/421/0];

Married: "On the 13th inst., at the Church of the Holy Trinity, Upper Tooting, William Henry, eldest surviving son of James Gingell, of East Ham, Essex, to Mary, second daughter of Millis Coventry, of Fernside, Wandsworth-common, Surrey [The Bristol Mercury, 16 Oct 1858; GRO Index Oct-Dec 1858/Wandsworth/1d/723];

Died: 27th February 1896 [GRO Index: Jan-Mar 1896/Wandsworth/1d/455]; WH became Life Governor of The London Hospital in 1860 [The RLH Archives and Museum Ref: LH/A/15]; Left 1000 pounds to The London Hospital by his will dated 22 Mar 1895, proved at London on 31 Mar 1896; Executors Mary Gingell (wife); James Alexander Cruickshank (nephew), Thomas Baddeley (solicitor) [LH/F/9/4; The Times 18 May 1896, p.9; The London Gazette 19 May 1896, p.3015];

Census 1861: William H Gingell, 30yrs, Hay Factor, born Stratford, Essex; Mary Gingell, wife, 29yrs, born Wandsworth, Surrey; 2 servants (cook, housemaid). Address: 6, Montpellier Villas, Cobden Place, Lambeth, London (Surrey). [RG 09/359/107/20];

Census 1871: William Henry Gingell, 40yrs, Hay and Straw Merchant, b. Stratford, Essex; Mary Gingell, wife, 39yrs, b.Battersea, Surrey; 3 servants (cook, housemaid, gardener). Address: Prescott Lodge, Park Hill, Clapham, London (Surrey). [RG 10/699/4/2];

Census 1891: William H. Gingell, 60yrs, Hay Merchant, b. Stratford, Essex; Mary Gingell, wife, 59yrs, b. Wandsworth, Surrey; Ellen Coventry, sister(-in-law), single, 45yrs, Own Means, b. Battersea, Surrey; Lucy Wilsby, sister(-in-law), married, 47yrs, Own Means, b. Battersea, Surrey; Wilsby Francis M, 10yrs, Scholar, Streatham, Surrey; 4 servants (Parlour Maid, Housemaid, Cook, Kitchen Maid). Address: Fernside, The Avenue, Streatham, Wandsworth. [RG 12/454/76/37];

Property for sale belonging to William Henry Gingell (deceased): A well built, semi-detached lease-hold residence at 4, Leyland Road, Lee; Contents: 9 bedrooms, reception rooms, Library, breakfast room, and domestic offices; large garden. [The Times, 6 May 1896, p.20]'

Source: https://www.gingell.com/familytree/?indi=01519, accessed on 13 May 2019
PhysicalDescriptionA tear in the first page and some water damage to the pages throughout the document.
ArchNoteCatalogued by Natasha Luck, May 2019.
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