Page 73, Will, Fenwick Downes, 25 February 1702, p 1
| In the Name of God Amen I Fenwick Downes of Hexham | ||||
| in ye County of Northumberland Gent being Sick in body but of | ||||
| perfect memory and remembrance thanks be given to Almighty | ||||
| God doe make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner | ||||
| and forme following (that is to say) Imprimis I give devise & bequeath | ||||
| my dwellinghouse with the appurtenances in Hexham in the said | ||||
| County of Northumberland in a street there called Priestpople | ||||
| wherein I now |
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| John Carr of Hexham in the said County Gent and James Watson | ||||
| of Hexham aforesaid Dyer their heires and Assignes for ever | ||||
| To ye intent and purpose that they may with what convenient | ||||
| speed they can Sell ye same for ye best profitt benefitt & advantage | ||||
| that may be gotten for the same and pay the money ariseing by ye. | ||||
| sale thereof to my Dear and loving wife Lidia if she be then living | ||||
| and if she shall be dead before the money ariseing by the sale | ||||
| thereof shall be gotten Then, my Will & pleasure is That the | ||||
| money ariseing by the sale thereof shall be forthwith put to | ||||
| Interest upon good security by ye said John Carr and James Watson | ||||
| and the principall and Consideration thereof shall be from time | ||||
| to time put forward upon Good security for ye use of my two sons | ||||
| Fenwick Downes and Shaftoe Downes untill they shall attain their | ||||
| severall and respective Ages of Twenty One Years Item I give | ||||
| devise and bequeath unto my said wife Lydia my Messuages lands | ||||
| Tenements and Hereditaments in Humsaugh in ye said County | ||||
| And also one Water corne Mill in Humsaugh aforesaid And after her | ||||
| Death to my two Sons Fenwick Downes and Shaftoe Downes and their | ||||
| Heires Item I give devise and bequeath unto my Eldest sonn | ||||
| Fenwick Downes the summe of Two hundred and Fifty pounds: And | ||||
| to my younger sonn Shaftoe Downes the sume of Two Hundred | ||||
| pounds to be payd to them and either of them by my said Dear | ||||
| and loving wife Lydia my Executrix hereafter named when and | ||||
| assoon as they the said Fenwick and Shaftoe shall severally and | ||||
| respectively attain unto their full ages of One and Twenty Yeares | ||||
| Item I give devise and bequeath unto my Daughter Frances Downes | ||||
| the sume of One Hundred pounds to be paid her by my said wife & | ||||
| Executrix at her day of Marriage Item all ye rest and residue | ||||
| of my Lands and Tenements in what place soever I doe give devise | ||||
| and bequeath unto my said wife and her heires forever and I | ||||
| doe hereby make her my full and sole Executrix of this my last | ||||
| Will and Testament And I doe give devise and bequeath unto her | ||||
| all my Mortgages Leases Bills Bonds Specialty ready money & | ||||
| other Goods and Chattells of what nature and kind soever the | ||||
| same be And I doe hereby make the said John Carr and James | ||||
| Watson |
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