Page 77, Inventory, Joseph Bell, 27 November 1700; Will, Henry Fenwick, 2 December 1703, p 1
| +4Bell Joseph A true & pfect Invry of all & Singular ye Goods & Chattells moveable | ||||
| and immoveable reall & psonall of Joseph Bell late of Hexham in | ||||
| the County of Northumberland Carpenter decd, valued & apprized the | ||||
| Seven & Twentieth day of November Annoq Rni Willmi tertii* | ||||
| nri Rx Angliae &c Duodecimo Anno Dni 1700*: by us whose names | ||||
| are hereunto subscribed as followeth : | ||||
| £ s d | ||||
| Inps his Apparrell & Purse valued & apprized at | 03 : 6 : 8 | |||
| Item in the house One Old Bedstead with An Old feather bedd Curtaines &} | ||||
| other furniture, One Table One Chaire, One forme, one old Chaire with } | 00 : 15 : 0 | |||
| other wood Utensils valued at } | ||||
| Item fender Brasse & Iron Grate valued at | 01 : 1 : 8 | |||
| Item One Trunke with Linnen | 01 : 06 : 8 | |||
| Item One feather bedd, two Coverletts, One Codd* & other old Woollen Cloathes | 00: 12 : 0 | |||
| Item three Kine One Shepe & one Calfe valued at | 07 : 10 : 0 | |||
| Item one Galloway Mare valued at | 2 : 15 : 0 | |||
| Item Corne & Hay valued at | 08 : 00 : 0 | |||
| Sume | 25 : 7 : 0 | |||
| Apprizers names: | funerall Expenses | 07 : 10 : 0 | ||
| Wm. Gardiner | ||||
| Ro: Nicholson | Reste | 17 : 17 : 0 | ||
| William Bell | ||||
| Fenwick} In the Name of God Amen I Henry Fenwick of | ||||
| Henry } Hexham in the County of Northumberland yeom being sick & weak | ||||
| of Body but of sound & perfect memory praised be God for it doe make | ||||
| and ordaine this my last Will & Testament in manner & forme following | ||||
| (that is to say) first I commend my soule into the hands of Almighty God | ||||
| my Creatr hopeing assuredly through ye meritts Death & passion of | ||||
| Jesus Christ my saviour & Redeemer to obtain full & free pardon | ||||
| of All my sinns & to inheritt Eternall life And my Body I give to the | ||||
| Earth from whence it came to be buried in such decent & Christian | ||||
| manner as by my Executrix hereafter named shall be though fitt | ||||
| and convenient And as for such worldy Estate as it hath pleased | ||||
| Almighty God to bestow upon me I give and dispose thereof as | ||||
| followeth Item I give legate & bequeath unto my Eldest sonn | ||||
| Robert Fenwick the sume of Eighty pounds of lawfull English | ||||
| money to be payd by my Executrix hereafter named within | ||||
| Twelve months next after my decease & as herein after is | ||||
| nominated and appointed Item I give & devise unto my said sonn | ||||
| or | ||||
| Robert Fenwick All that my Messuage Tenement ⁁ & Farmhold | ||||
| of Land scituate lying & being in Whelpington in the sd County | ||||
| and all my Right and Title to the same Except one Third part | ||||
| thereof which I doe hereby give and devise unto my loving | ||||
| wife Elizabeth Fenwick during the tearme of her naturall | ||||
| life Item I give devise & bequeath unto my sonn William Fenwick | ||||
| All that my Messuage Tenement or Farmhold with ye appurteces | ||||
| scituate | ||||
Note: Inventory, Joseph Bell; and Will, Henry Fenwick, p1
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