Page 61, Will, Christopher Wilkinson, 27 February 1700/01, p 1
| Wilkinson } | In the Name of God Amen I Christopher Wilkinson of | |||
| Christo } | Chappell House in ye County of Northumberland Yeom being weak | |||
| in Body but of Sound & perfect memory & remembrance thanks be | ||||
| given to Almighty God, Doe make and Ordaine this my last Will & | ||||
| Testament in manner and form following (that is to say) Imprimis | ||||
| Wheareas I am deeply sensible of the Great Want prejudice and | ||||
| inconvenience incident to Severall Children of many poor Inhabitants | ||||
| within ye parish of Allendale by neglect of Due Education partly | ||||
| entire* | ||||
| happening by their parents ⁁ or own Inability to hire School | ||||
| Masters or pay for their Childrens maintenance and learning | ||||
| abroad, and being moved with pity and Charitable Affection | ||||
| to ye Inhabitants of ye said parish of Allendale and in hopes that | ||||
| others will be induced to follow my example and promote soe | ||||
| charitable a Work: I Doe therefore hereby cheerfully and | ||||
| freely Give to John Bacon of Staward in the said County | ||||
| Esq John Robson of Nine:benks* in ye said County Gent Robert | ||||
| Peirson of Bishoppfeild Cuthbert White of Allendale Town | ||||
| And William Wilson of Oake-poole all in the said County Yeomen | ||||
| or to ye Survivor or Survivors of them & to their Successors | ||||
| for ever to be limitted and appointed as is hereafter menconed | ||||
| the Sume of Two Hundred and Fiftye pounds of lawfull money | ||||
| of England now due and secured to me by ye said Wilson in Trust | ||||
| to be applyed and appropriated by them or by ye Survivor or | ||||
| Survivors of them or their said Sucessors to ye Severall uses | ||||
| intents & purposes and upon ye Several Trusts & confidences | ||||
| hereafter menconed & in them reposed (viz) To pay out of ye | ||||
| Interest or other profitt of the said Two Hundred & Fiftye | ||||
| pounds to my Dear mother Margarett Collison Yearly and every | ||||
| Year after my Decease the Sume of Three pounds for & during | ||||
| ye Terme of her naturall life, and to Apply the remainder of ye | ||||
| profitt or Interest of the abovesaid Two Hundred and Fiftye | ||||
| pounds together with ye said Annuity of Three pounds a | ||||
| Year after determinacon of the same to the use advantage | ||||
| and benefit of a Free Grammar Schoole for ye Education of | ||||
| Youth, to be sett up and settled in Such proper & convenient | ||||
| place on the West side of East Allen Water as my Trustees | ||||
| abovesaid or ye major part of them Shall approve of And | ||||
| my Will & pleasure is That my said Trustees or so many of | ||||
| them as Shall be liveing at ye time of my decease or ye Survivor | ||||
| or Survivors of them or ye major part or number of them | ||||
| Shall |
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