Page 72, Will, Roger Barron, 9 May 1702
| Roger Barron In the Name of God Amen I Roger Barron of Halington | ||||
| in ye. County of Northumberland Yeoman being weak in body but | ||||
| mind & | ||||
| of perfect sound & disposeing ⁁ memory (blessed be God for ye same) | ||||
| doe make this my last Will & Testament in manner & form following | ||||
| (that is to say) Imprimis I comitt my soule into ye hands of my | ||||
| faithfull Creator & Redeemer & my body to be buried at the | ||||
| discretion of my Executors hereafter named. And as to the | ||||
| worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me | ||||
| I give and bequeath the same in manner and form following | ||||
| (yt is to say) Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my Daughter | ||||
| Anne Barron the sume of forty pounds Lawfull English | ||||
| money for a Legacy Item I give & bequeath unto John | ||||
| Sprunston of great Bavington in the County of Northumbland | ||||
| yeoman five Lambs for a Legacy Item I give & bequeath | ||||
| unto John Milburne of Cattreine in the said County Yeoman | ||||
| five Lambs for a legacy. Item I give & bequeath unto | ||||
| Jane |
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| five Hoggs for a legacy. Item I give & bequeath unto | ||||
| Simon Lamb of Welhouse in the sd. County Yeoman five | ||||
| Hoggs for a legacy. Item I give and bequeath unto Mary | ||||
| Taylor wife of Wm. Taylor of Little Swinburne in ye sd. | ||||
| County & to Margaret Atkinson wife of William Atkinson | ||||
| of Colwell in ye sd. County five Lambs equally to be divided | ||||
| betweene them. Item All & singular my Goods Chattells & | ||||
| personall Estate, whatsoever my Just Debts & funerall Expenses | ||||
| being first satisfyed and paid I give & bequeath unto my | ||||
| Executors hereafter named equally betweene them my | ||||
| goods & Implements of Household Stuff excepted which my | ||||
| mind & will is shall be equally divided between my wife | ||||
| Ursula Barron & my said Daughter Anne Barron. And | ||||
| I doe hereby make constitute & appoint my sd. loving wife | ||||
| Ursula Barron & my Brother John Barron of Great Bavington | ||||
| in ye. said County of Northumberland Yeoman Joynt Executors | ||||
| of this my last Will & Testament and I doe hereby revoke and | ||||
| make voyd all former & other last Wills & Testaments by me | ||||
| at any time heretofore made In Witness whereof I the sd. | ||||
| Roger Barron have hereunto sett my hand & seale this | ||||
| Ninth day of May in ye. first year of ye Reigne of our Sovraigne* | ||||
| Lady Anne by ye. Grace of God over England ec Annoq Dni 1702 | ||||
| Signed Sealed published & Declared by ye. above named } Roger Barron | ||||
| Roger Barron for & as his last Will & Testamt. in ye } | ||||
| prsence of us Robert Hutcheson John Nixon | ||||
| Jesse Jenkinson |
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Transcribed by RMS and ALB