Page 47, Will, Edward Robson, 28 February 1698/9
| In the name of God Amen I Edward Robson of Ninebancks in | ||||
| the County of Northumberland yeom ye Twenty Eighth Day of February | ||||
| in the Eleaventh Year of ye Reigne of our Sovaigne Lord William ye | ||||
| the* third by ye Grace of God of England Scotland France & Ireland | ||||
| King Defender of ye Faith &c Annoqz Dni 1698 although sick and | ||||
| weak in Body yet good sound perfect & desposeing memory praise there | ||||
| -fore be to Almighty God Do make and ordaine this my last Will & | ||||
| Testament in manner & form following (yt is to say) First I | ||||
| Commend my soule into ye hands of Almighty God hopeing assuredly | ||||
| through ye meritts of Jesus Christ my Saviour to be made partaker | ||||
| of everlasting life, and my Body I commend to ye earth to be decently | ||||
| interrd at ye discrecon of my Executrix hereafter named And for | ||||
| ye setling of my personall Estate and such Goods chattells & Debts | ||||
| as it hath pleased God to bestow upon me, I doe Order give & despose | ||||
| of ye same |
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| that all those just Debts that I owe to any manner of person or | ||||
| persons, be well & truely discharged & paid wthin convenient time | ||||
| after my decease by my Executrix hereafter named Item I give | ||||
| & bequeath unto my son Robert Robson ye sume of Forty Shillings | ||||
| to be paid him within six months after my decease in full of | ||||
| all his Interest & claime, to any of my goods or personall Estate | ||||
| Item I give & bequeath unto my sone George Robson ye sume | ||||
| of one Hundred & Twenty pounds to be paid him when he shall | ||||
| arrive at ye full Age of Twenty Seaven Years Item my Will & | ||||
| pleasure is and I Doe by this my last Will & Testament Order and | ||||
| appoint my Executrix hereafter named, that she shall wthin | ||||
| Twelve months after my Death, put out ye sume of Fifty pounds | ||||
| into ye hands of such substantiall persons as my Daughter Anne | ||||
| wife of William Carr of Hexham shall think fitt to intrust | ||||
| it with And that my said Executrix shall in her own name | ||||
| take such security for ye payment thereof with lawfull | ||||
| Consideracon for ye same as my said Daughter Anne shall approve | ||||
| of and as my said Executrix shall from time to time receive ye | ||||
| Interest thereof, she shall forthwith pay ye same to her ye sd | ||||
| Anne and wn at any time ye said Anne shall have a desire to have | ||||
| ye said Fifty pounds intirely at her own disposal, upon notice | ||||
| thereof given under her hand in writeing to my Executrix she | ||||
| my said Executrix shall call it in, and so soon as she shall | ||||
| receive it shall pay ye same to my said Daughter Anne or to | ||||
| whom she shall assigne it. Item I give and bequeath to my | ||||
| Daughter Elizabeth Robson the sume of one Hundred and | ||||
| Twenty pounds to be paid her wthin Twelve months after | ||||
| my decease Item I give & bequeath unto my Daughter | ||||
| Susanna wife of John Wills of Durham ye sume of Five | ||||
| pounds to be likewise paid within one Year after my | ||||
| decease Item I give and bequeath to my Cozen Elizabeth | ||||
| Atkinson wife of John Atkinson of Harwood and to her | ||||
| Sonne John Cooper to each ye sume of Twenty Shillings to | ||||
| be paid within Twelve months after my death Item I | ||||
| give & bequeath to my Cozens John & George Reed Sons of | ||||
| Grace |
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