Page 71, Will, William Corey, 15 October 1701, p 2; Inventory, 3 November 1701
| that I shall receive pardon of all my sins & be saved by the precious | ||||
| Death and merits of my blessed Saviour & Redeemer Christ Jesus and | ||||
| my body to the earth from whence it came to be buried in decent and | ||||
| Christian manner as to my Executor hereafter named shall think fitt | ||||
| & meet and as touching my worldly Estate which the Lord in his | ||||
| mercy lent me the same shall be bestowed as hereafter by this my | ||||
| Will is expressed. First I give & bequeath my house in Hencots in | ||||
| Hexham aforesaid to my loving wife Cathren Corey and to my Brother | ||||
| Edward Corey during their naturall lives and after their Death | ||||
| the said house to come & to be unto Robert Corey for ever he paying | ||||
| at what time he enters to ye said house the sume of five pounds to | ||||
| my Daughter Mary Item I give and bequeath unto my Brother | ||||
| Edward Corey the sume of five pounds to be payd him by my | ||||
| Executor and Lastly I give and bequeath all my other Goods and | ||||
| Chattels to Cathren Corey my wife moveable & unmoveable what | ||||
| soever and doe make her my sole Executor of this my last Will & | ||||
| Testament & I doe hereby renounce frustrate & make void all | ||||
| former and other Wills made & declared and doe make & appoint this | ||||
| onely to be my last Will & Testament As Witnesse my hand the day & | ||||
| yeare first above written. John Wilkinson Thomas Caward Thomas | ||||
| Crage Will Stokoe | ||||
| William Corey | ||||
| November ye 3 1701 | ||||
| A true amd perfect Inventarie of all the Goods & Chattells | ||||
| of William Correy late of Hexham Deceased | £ : s : d: | |||
| His Purse and Apparrell | 01: 00: 0: | |||
| One Cupboard One Press & one Cawel | 00: 11: 0: | |||
| Two Tables One Chair & one Iron Pott Two Brass panns | 00: 06: 8: | |||
| Two Chists One Bedstead two Happins* One pair of | } | 00: 07: 0 | ||
| Sheets and one dozen of Leather | } | |||
| One Pewter Dish with other small things and some | } | 00: 04: 8: | ||
| old Wood Vessell | } | |||
| Debts oweing to him | 05: 13: 3: | |||
| in all | 08: 02: 7: | |||
| Laid out for funerall expences | 01: 00: 0: | |||
| Paid to Doctors and Apothecaryes | 02: 05: 0: | |||
| Apprised by us | ||||
| Rich: Robson | ||||
| John Smith | ||||
| Thomas Caward | ||||
Note: also spelt Correy
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