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Page 29, Will, C Leadbitter, 9 April 1698, p 2; Inventory, 30 January 1698, p 1

	Executrix hereafter named Item I Give Legate & bequeath
	unto my sister Jane Lewes of Hexham aforesaid Widdow the
	Sume of Forty shillings of lawfull English money to be payd
	her by my Executrix hereafter named And All ye rest of my
	Goods & Chattells moveable & immoveable I Give and bequeath
	unto my loveing Neece Margarett Leadbitter (Daughter of
	William Leadbitter of Hexham Taylor) wo I Doe hereby nominate
	Constitute and appoint sole Executrix of this my last Will
	and Testament. In Witnesse whereof I have herunto sett
	my hand & seale this Ninth Day of Aprill in ye Tenth Year of
	ye Reigne of our Soveraigne Lord William ye third by the
	Grace of God of England Scotland France & Ireland King
	Defender of ye Faith etc Annoqz Dm 1698 Signed Sealed
	& published in ye presence of us John Carr Jane Carr and
	Issabell Rewcastle
		Catherine Leadbitter

	A True and perfect Inventory of all & Singular the Goods & Chattells
	Debts & Creditts of Catherine Leadbitter late of Hexham in ye County
	of Northumberland Spinster Decd Valued & Apprized ye Thirtieth
	Day of January in ye Tenth Year of ye Reigne of our Soveraigne
	Lord King William ye Third over England etc Annoqz Dm 1698
	by us whose names are hereunder written as followeth

		£ s d
Imp	Her Apparell & purse valued att	5: 00: 00:
Item	One Close Bedstead, one Feather Bed Bolster & other }
	Furniture, one Cupboard one Press Cupboard one }
	little Table six Green Chaires two Old Wood Chaires }
	and one Forme valued att }	2: 00: 00:
	One little Bedstead wth a Feather Bed & Bolster one }
	Looking Glass }	00: 13: 04:
	Pewter Brass & Iron Geare valued at	00: 10: 00:
Item	Earthen Ware & Wood Vessell valued att	00: 5: 00:
Item	Two Linte Wheeles*	00: 5: 00:
Item	One Cow & A small parcell of Hay	2: 00: 00:
Item	Corne Valued att	2: 5: 00:
Item	Scotch Cloath valued att	5: 9: 00:
Item	Muslin valued att	00: 12: 00:
Item	Lace Valued att	10: 00: 00:
Item	Ticking Blew Lin & Dimitty Valued att	4: 00: 00:
Item	Blew Callico and Lin	1: 00: 00:

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Transcribed by LF and JW