Page 24, Will, John Rickardson, 14 April 1699, p 2
| As to my Executor hereafter named shall be thought fitt and | ||||
| Convenient. And now for ye settleing of my Temporall Estate; and | ||||
| such Goods Chattells & Debts as in ye Lord in Mercy hath been pleased | ||||
| far above my Deserts to bestow upon me, I Doe order, Give | ||||
| bequeath & Dispose of ye same in manner & forme following: First | ||||
| & | ||||
| I will that all those Debts ⁁ Dueties as I owe in right or Conscience | ||||
| to any manner of person or persons whatsoever shall well & | ||||
| truely be satisfyed, Contented & Pay’d or ordain’d to be payd wthin | ||||
| Convenient time after my Decease, by my Executor hereafter | ||||
| named. Item I give unto my Eldest Brother Hugh Rickardson ye | ||||
| sume of Two shillings & sixpence of good & lawfull English | ||||
| money to be payd by my Executor hereafter named. Item I give | ||||
| and bequeath unto my Brother Christopher Rickardson the | ||||
| sume of Two shillings & sixpence of good & lawfull English | ||||
| money Item I give & bequeath unto my youngest Brother Matthew | ||||
| Rickardson ye sume of Two shillings & sixpence of good & lawfull | ||||
| English money. Item I give & bequeath unto my Brother Thomas | ||||
| Rickardson ye sume of Two shillings & sixpence of good and | ||||
| lawfull English money. Item I give unto Nicholas Whitfeild of | ||||
| Clergill ye sume of Two Shillings & sixpence Item I give unto | ||||
| Mary Walton of Skell Gill ye sume of Two shillings & sixpence | ||||
| Item I give & bequeath unto John Rickardson of Swale Burnes | ||||
| in ye parish of West Allendaile ye sume of Forty shillings Item I | ||||
| give unto Eliz: Keenlyside of Woofe Cleugh in ye sd parish the | ||||
| sume of Forty Shillings Item I give unto Jane Teasdaile of the | ||||
| same place & parish ye sume of Five pounds of good & lawfull | ||||
| English money. Item I give unto my Godson Robert Rickardson | ||||
| ye sume of Twenty Shillings. Item I give unto my Godson John | ||||
| Rickardson ye sume of Twenty pounds of good & lawfull English | ||||
| money. Item I leave unto ye poor of ye parish of East & West Allendale | ||||
| ye sume of Twenty pounds of good & lawfull English money | ||||
| to be payd by my Executor unto ye Church Wardens of ye sd parish | ||||
| at or before ye End & Expiration of Two years after my Decease | ||||
| And my Will & meaning is That ye same shall be by them sett | ||||
| forward to ye best advantage for ye use of ye said poor; And yt | ||||
| they shall have ye Interest thereof yearly distributed amongst | ||||
| them. Item I give unto George Hawdon senior my Brother in law | ||||
| ye sume of Two shillings & sixpence Item I give unto his sons | ||||
| William, John, George & Joseph each of them ye sume of Two | ||||
| Shillings & sixpence of good and lawfull English money Item I | ||||
| give & bequeath unto William Whitfeild of Allendaile Towne | ||||
| the sume of Twenty Shillings Item I give & bequeath unto Tho: | ||||
| Hodgon my Tenant ye sume of Twenty shillings of good | ||||
| and lawfull English money Item I give & bequeath unto unto Tho. | ||||
| Rickardson of Parkeside & his Heires forever All my |
Note: Also spelt Richardson
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