Page 7, Will, William Errington, 21 January 1695
| In the name of God Amen The One & Twentyeth day of | ||||
| January in the Year of our Lord God One Thousand Six Hundred Ninety & | ||||
| Five: I William Errington of Hexham in ye County of Northumbland | ||||
| Yeom, being sick & weak of Body But of sound pfect & disposeing Mind | ||||
| & memory praise be to Almighty God for ye Same Do make & ordeine | ||||
| this my last Will & Testamt in manner & form following (that is to say): First | ||||
| I bequeath my Soul into ye hands of Almighty God My Creator hopeing | ||||
| through the Meritts death & passion of my onely Saviour & Redeemer Jesus | ||||
| Christ to Obteine full pardon & free Remission of all my Sins & Offences | ||||
| & to Inheritt Everlasting life, And my body to be Buryed in Such | ||||
| decent & Christian manner as by my Executrix hereafter menconed shall | ||||
| be thought fitt & convenient And as for my Wordly Estate I dispose | ||||
| thereof as followeth: Imps I give devise & bequeath unto my Dear | ||||
| & loving Wife Margt Errington her Exs Adms & Assignes: All my | ||||
| Messuages houses Tenements closes & grounds lyeing & being in Fowerstones | ||||
| in the County of Northumberland wch I hold by Lease; And alsoe | ||||
| all my Estate right title & Interest of in & to the same by any | ||||
| ways or meanes howsoever: To have & to hold the said Messuages | ||||
| lands & pmisses with ye apptnces unto ye said Margt Errington my said | ||||
| Wife her Exs Adms & Assignes unto ye full End & term & for & during | ||||
| Such term & terms of yeares as I may might would should or ought | ||||
| to hold & Enjoy the said lands & pmisses by force & Vertue of any | ||||
| Lease Contract & Agreement whatsoever to ye onely Use benefitt & behoofe | ||||
| of my said Wife Margt Errington & my Three Children Ann Errington | ||||
| Elizabeth Errington & Margt Errington & the Survivor & Survivors of | ||||
| of* them & every of them; And all the rest of my Goods & Chattells | ||||
| moveable & immoveable Real & Personall whatsoever I give and | ||||
| bequeath to my said Wife Margt Errington whom I do hereby | ||||
| appoint full & sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament | ||||
| And I doe hereby Desire & Request my Loveing Br Richard | ||||
| Lambert to be Ayding & Assisting to my said Wife in ye Pformance | ||||
| of this my said Will And to advise & direct her in ye managemt | ||||
| of her Affaires & the bringing up of my Children wholy Relyeing | ||||
| & Confideing in my said Brother & in his integrity & honesty | ||||
| in giving Councell & Advise to my said Wife In Witnesse | ||||
| whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & Seale the day & year | ||||
| above written. Signed Sealed published & declared in | ||||
| the psence of Henry Lambert Andrew Olliver, Tho Shaftoe | ||||
| Wm Errington | ||||
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Transcribed by LF and JW