Page 55, Will, William Teasdaile, 18 May 1699.
| In the Name of God Amen The Eighteenth day of May One | ||||
| Thousand Six Hundred Ninety and Nine I William Teasdaile of Dirt pot- | ||||
| Sheild* in ye parish of Allendaile & County of Northumberland Yeoman | ||||
| being Sick in body but of good & perfect memory thanks be to Almighty | ||||
| God : and calling to remembrance ye uncertaine Estate of this transitory | ||||
| life and that all Flesh must yeild unto Death when it shall please | ||||
| God to call do make constitute ordaine & Declare this my last Will and | ||||
| Testament in manner and forme following revokeing and annulling | ||||
| by these presents all and every Testament & Testamts Will & Wills | ||||
| heretofore by me made & declared either by word or writeing & this | ||||
| to be taken only for my last Will & Testament and none other. And first | ||||
| being penitent & sorry from ye bottom of my heart for my sins past | ||||
| most humbly Desireing forgiveness for ye same I give and committ my | ||||
| Soul unto Almighty God my Saviour & Redeemer in whom & by the | ||||
| meritts of Jesus Christ I trust & beleive assuredly to be saved: and | ||||
| to have full remission & forgiveness of all my Sins & that my soul | ||||
| with my body at ye generall day of resurrection Shall rise againe | ||||
| with joy & through ye meritts of Christs Death & passion possess and | ||||
| inheritt ye Kingdom of Heaven prepared for his elect & chosen | ||||
| and my body to be buried in Such place where it shall please my | ||||
| Executrix hereafter named to appoint. And now for ye Setling my | ||||
| Temporall Estate & Such Goods Chattells and Debts as it hath | ||||
| pleased God far above my Deserts to bestow upon me I order give | ||||
| and despose ye Same in manner & forme following (yt is to say) | ||||
| firstly I will that all those Debts and duetys as I owe in right or | ||||
| conscience to any manner of person or persons whatsoever shall | ||||
| be well and truely contented & payd or ordered to be payd wthin | ||||
| convenient time after my Decease by my Executrix hereafter | ||||
| named Item I give unto my son John ye Sume of Seaven pounds | ||||
| and a Great Bible. Item I give unto my Daughter Margarett ye | ||||
| Sume of Seaven pounds Item I give unto my Son William the | ||||
| Sume of Seaven pounds Item I give unto my Daughter Jane the | ||||
| Sume of Seaven pounds Item I give & bequeath all ye rest of | ||||
| my Goods & Chattells whatsoever unto Ann my wife upon Condicon | ||||
| that She Shall pay all my Debts and Legacy’s & make her my Sole | ||||
| Executrix of this my last Will and Testament In Witnesse | ||||
| whereof I have unto sett my hand & seale ye Day & Year above | ||||
| written. Sealed & Delivered in ye presence of us Gerrard Vickers | ||||
| John Vickers Jno Alexander | ||||
| Wm Teasdaile |
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Transcribed by LF and JW