Page 115, Will, Matthew Lee, 8 October 1706, p 2; Will, Edward Stokoe, 9 January 1705, p 1
| This that if my wife have either child or children of my body | ||||
| ye sd ten pounds to Giles Raisley & ye sd twenty pounds to Mary | ||||
| Raisley shall be void & of none effect without paying any | ||||
| sum whatsoever, Item I give & bequeath to Margt Lee my welbeloved | ||||
| wife all ye rest of my personall Estate bills bonds good chattles | ||||
| moveables & immoveables of what kind soever And I also | ||||
| make constitute & ordain my welbeloved wife sole Execut | ||||
| of this my last Will & Testamt In Witness whereof I have | ||||
| hereunto set my hand & Seale Anno Dni 1706: Signed | ||||
| Sealed published & declared in ye psence of us Jonathan | ||||
| Mosey Sarah Hepplle Jo Hepple. | ||||
| Matthew Lee | ||||
| Edward} | In the Name of God Amen I Edward Stokoe ye Younger of | |||
| Stokoe} | Hexham in ye County Northumberland Skinner & Glover | |||
| being sicke & weake in body but of sound & perfect memory | ||||
| (praised be God for it) doe make & ordaine this my last will | ||||
| & Testamt in manner & forme following (that is to say) | ||||
| Imps I comend my soule into ye hands of Almighty God my | ||||
| Creator hopeing assuredly through ye meritts death & passion | ||||
| of Jesus Christ my Savior & redeemer to obtaine full & fre pardon | ||||
| of all my sins & to inherit eternall life & my body I give to | ||||
| ye earth from whence it came to be buried in such decent & | ||||
| Christian manner as by my Executrix hereafter named | ||||
| shall be thought fit & convenient & as for such worldly | ||||
| Estate as it hath pleased Almighty God to bestow upon me | ||||
| Legate | ||||
| I give & dispose thereof as followeth, Item I give ⁁ & bequeath | ||||
| unto my daughters Jane Stokoe ye sum of fourteen pounds | ||||
| of lawfull English money to be pd by my Executrix hereaft | ||||
| named within twelve Monethes next after my decease to | ||||
| my frind Edward Robson of Hexham aforesd Cordwiner* | ||||
| to be by him put out at intrest for my sd daughter till she | ||||
| shall | ||||
| ⁁attaine ye age of one & twenty yeares & then ye sd sum | ||||
| & interest for ye same to be pd to my sd daughter by ye sd | ||||
| Edward Robson; Item all ye rest of my Goods & chattells | ||||
| moveable & imoveable I give & bequeath unto my | ||||
| Loveing wife Ann Stokoe who I doe hereby nominate | ||||
| & appoint sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testamt |
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