In the name of God Amen The Sixteenth day of February | ||||
in ye Year of o Lord God 1695 : I Robt Peirson of Bishopfeild in ye parish | ||||
of Allandaile being sick in body but of good & pfect memory Doth Bequeath | ||||
my Soul to Almighty God my Creator & Redeemer & my body to be burry’d | ||||
in ye parish Church Yard where now I dwell Do make this my last Will | ||||
& testamt as followeth : Imps I give Unto my Eldest Son Robt | ||||
Pearson One Bedstead, One table all ye furms*, One Iron pott the | ||||
Iron Barrs & ye rest of ye Irone Gear belonging thereunto, & all | ||||
my Oxen Gear with a Sledge ploughs & harrows : Item I give | ||||
Unto my Sons Robt & Christopher Pearson equally betwixt them | ||||
all ye rest of my Gear belonging to Husbandry & two Arks* | ||||
Item I give Unto my Son Christopher One Bedstead in ye loft | ||||
& Wood to be a bed & two furr deales* : Item I give Unto my Wife | ||||
Jane two pounds & One of my best Cows : Item I give Unto my | ||||
Daughter Elizabeth Lows five Shillings : Item I give Unto my | ||||
daughter Jane Wilson five Shillings ye Bedstead where now I lye | ||||
Item I give Unto my Daughter Mrs Margt Tallentire five pounds | ||||
& a pannell Chest : Item I give Unto my daughter Frances | ||||
Tingate One Brass Kettle : Item I give Unto my Son Wm Peirson | ||||
One Young Heifer : Item I give Unto my Grand Child Ann Lows | ||||
a Year Old heifer : Item all ye rest of my Goods Moveable & | ||||
unmoveable I give Unto my Son Robt Pearson & my Daughter | ||||
Frances Tingate whereby I make them sole Exs of this my | ||||
last Will & testamt In Witnesse Whereof I have hereunto | ||||
sett my hand & Seale ye day & Year above written Signed Sealed | ||||
In ye psence of Us John Steel Leonard Wilson. | ||||
Robt Pearson. | ||||
In the name of God Amen : ye Eighteenth day of April 1695 | ||||
I Richard Walton of Peacock house being sick in body but pfect in remembrance | ||||
(praised be God) Do make & ordeine this my last Will & testamt Revoking | ||||
all Wills & testamts in manner & form following : | ||||
Imps I give to Hannah Dickenson ye Sume of five pounds. | ||||
Item I give to Margt Dickenson ye Sume of five pounds. | ||||
Item I give to Sarah Dickenson ye Sume of five pounds. | ||||
Item I give to John Dickenson ye Sume of five pounds. | ||||
Item I give to Ann Walton ye Sume of five Shillings. | ||||
Item I give to Ann Forrest ye Sume of five Shillings. | ||||
Item I do Order ye Sume of three pounds to be left towds the | ||||
ye finding of a Minister at Whitley Chappell, faileing a Minister | ||||
at Whitley Chappell, ye Use of ye abovesaid Sume of three pounds | ||||
to be payd Yearly to ye most needfull psons in ye High Quarter | ||||
in Hexhamshire at ye discretion of my Ex : Item all ye rest | ||||
of my Goods & Chattells moveable & Unmoveable I leave to my Son | ||||
Thomas Dickenson & his Wife Jane as sole Executrix of this my Will | ||||
Witnesse Thomas Farbridge, Thomas Dickenson. | ||||
Richd Walton |
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