Page 2, Will, Mathew Fairlamb, 26 January 1694/5, p 2; Will, John Charleton, 28 January 1694/5
| Item as to all ye rest & residue of my Goods & Chattells of what kind nature or quality | ||||
| soever I give Devise & bequeath unto my said Son Robt Fairlamb to discharge my | ||||
| funerall Expences & Doe make my said Son Robt Fairlamb Sole Executor of this | ||||
| my last Will & Testament Item as to ye Tuition as well of my said Son Robt | ||||
| Fairlamb. as of my Younger Son Mathew Fairlamb (upon whom I have settled | ||||
| a Copyhold Estate for his mainteinance & provision) I give devise & bequeath ye | ||||
| same to my sd friend & Brother Robt |
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| attaine ye severall Ages of Twenty One Yeares & I doe hereby revoke adnull* | ||||
| & make voyd all former & other Wills by me made & Doe hereby declare this | ||||
| to be My last Will & Testament In Witnesse whereof I have hereunto | ||||
| sett my hand & Seale ye Twenty Sixth day of January Anno Dni 1694/5 | ||||
| Signed Sealed & Published by ye sd Mathew Fairlamb In ye psence of | ||||
| Farr: Armstrong, John Wilkinson, John Bell, John Rowell. | ||||
| Mathew Fairlamb | ||||
| In the name of God Amen January ye Twenty Eighth 1694/5 I John | ||||
| John } | Charleton of Acomb in ye parish of St John:lees in ye County of Northumbland | |||
| Charleton} | Yeoman being sick & weak of body, but of sound & pfect memory praised be God Doe | |||
| make & appoint this my last Will & Testamt: in Manner & form following (vizt) First | ||||
| & principally I bequeath my Soul into ye hands of Almighty God my Creatour | ||||
| hopeing through ye merritorious death & passion of my Saviour Jesus Christ to obteine | ||||
| free pardon & remission of all my Sinns & my Body to be burryed at the | ||||
| discretion of my Executrix hereafter menconed Item I give & bequeath unto my | ||||
| Eldest Sonn John Charleton Two Oxen & Two Horses with Long Waine & Short | ||||
| Waine wth Plough & Plough Irons with Husbandry Gear thereunto belonging | ||||
| to Enter upon* at ye Age of One & Twenty Yeares with ye ground Sown and | ||||
| Covered Item I give unto my Second Son William Charleton One Long | ||||
| Waine & One Short Waine with Plough & Plough |
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| Gear thereto belonging to enter upon as soon as he accomplishes ye Age | ||||
| of One & Twenty Yeares : Item I give unto my Third Sonn George | ||||
| Charleton One Dwelling house & One Barne adjoyneing thereunto with | ||||
| One Yard or Back=side with Two Butts of Meadow ground at ye End | ||||
| thereof Now in ye possession of John Cresswell for ye said George Charleton | ||||
| to enter upon* at ye accomplishment of the terme of One & Twenty Years | ||||
| Item I give out of that Moyety* or Farmhold which my Sonn William | ||||
| Charleton was [F?]yn'd* in or wch may befall his share in this late | ||||
| Division of Lands according to his proportion what Rents as may accrew over | ||||
| &above ye Sesses* Taxes or what may be Expended in Suites of Law |
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| otherwise to be equally distributed betweene my Son George Charleton & my | ||||
| Youngest Son Thomas Charleton by my Executrix hereafter menconed Item | ||||
| I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Margt Charleton ye Sume of Thirty pounds of | ||||
| currant money of England to be payd at ye accomplishmt of ye Years of One & Twenty : Item | ||||
| I give & bequeath unto Ann Charleton my Daughter ye Sume of Thirty pounds to be payd | ||||
| at ye accomplishment of her Age of one & Twenty Yeares Item I give unto my Sonn | ||||
| John Charleton abovesaid One Bedd=stead wth ye bedding belonging alsoe One Cupboard | ||||
| both standing in ye forehouse Chamber together with fowerteen furr [deales?]* : Item | ||||
| I give unto my sd Son Thomas Charleton ye Sume of Tenn pounds to be payd at ye years | ||||
| of One & Twenty by my Executrix hereafter menconed Lastly I give & bequeath | ||||
| all ye rest of my Goods & Chattells moveable & immoveable unto my loveing Wife | ||||
| Ann Charleton whom I appoint to be my sole Executrix of this my last Will & | ||||
| Testamt To pay my debts Legacies & funerall Expences revokeing all other | ||||
| Wills by me heretofore made In Witnesse whereof I have hereunto sett my | ||||
| hand & seal ye day & Year first abovewritten. Sealed Signed |
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| In ye Psence of John Ramsay, John Charleton Jun Wm Lee, Leonard Bentham | ||||
| I Doe also appoint & nominate at ye Sealing & Delivery of this my last | ||||
| Will & Testamt John Charleton Jun & Wm Lee Trustees to see these | ||||
| Legacies Discharged & all other things according to ye true intent & meaning | ||||
| of these psents, & that according to ye best of their knowledge faithfully | ||||
| & truely managed & carefully Discharged. | ||||
| John Charleton. | ||||
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