Page 12, Will, Robert Peirson, 16 February 1695; Will, Richard Walton, 18 April 1695
| In the name of God Amen The Sixteenth day of February | ||||
| in ye Year of o Lord God 1695 : I Robt Peirson of Bishopfeild in ye parish | ||||
| of Allandaile being sick in body but of good & pfect memory Doth Bequeath | ||||
| my Soul to Almighty God my Creator & Redeemer & my body to be burry'd | ||||
| in ye parish Church Yard where now I dwell Do make this my last Will | ||||
| & testamt as followeth : Imps I give Unto my Eldest Son Robt | ||||
| Pearson One Bedstead, One table all ye furms*, One Iron pott the | ||||
| Iron Barrs & ye rest of ye Irone Gear belonging thereunto, & all | ||||
| my Oxen Gear with a Sledge ploughs & harrows : Item I give | ||||
| Unto my Sons Robt & Christopher Pearson equally betwixt them | ||||
| all ye rest of my Gear belonging to Husbandry & two Arks* | ||||
| Item I give Unto my Son Christopher One Bedstead in ye loft | ||||
| & Wood to be a bed & two furr deales* : Item I give Unto my Wife | ||||
| Jane two pounds & One of my best Cows : Item I give Unto my | ||||
| Daughter Elizabeth Lows five Shillings : Item I give Unto my | ||||
| daughter Jane Wilson five Shillings ye Bedstead where now I lye | ||||
| Item I give Unto my Daughter Mrs Margt Tallentire five pounds | ||||
| & a pannell Chest : Item I give Unto my daughter Frances | ||||
| Tingate One Brass Kettle : Item I give Unto my Son Wm Peirson | ||||
| One Young Heifer : Item I give Unto my Grand Child Ann Lows | ||||
| a Year Old heifer : Item all ye rest of my Goods Moveable & | ||||
| unmoveable I give Unto my Son Robt Pearson & my Daughter | ||||
| Frances Tingate whereby I make them sole Exs of this my | ||||
| last Will & testamt In Witnesse Whereof I have hereunto | ||||
| sett my hand & Seale ye day & Year above written Signed Sealed | ||||
| In ye psence of Us John Steel Leonard Wilson. | ||||
| Robt Pearson. | ||||
| In the name of God Amen : ye Eighteenth day of April 1695 | ||||
| I Richard Walton of Peacock house being sick in body but pfect in remembrance | ||||
| (praised be God) Do make & ordeine this my last Will & testamt Revoking | ||||
| all Wills & testamts in manner & form following : | ||||
| Imps I give to Hannah Dickenson ye Sume of five pounds. | ||||
| Item I give to Margt Dickenson ye Sume of five pounds. | ||||
| Item I give to Sarah Dickenson ye Sume of five pounds. | ||||
| Item I give to John Dickenson ye Sume of five pounds. | ||||
| Item I give to Ann Walton ye Sume of five Shillings. | ||||
| Item I give to Ann Forrest ye Sume of five Shillings. | ||||
| Item I do Order ye Sume of three pounds to be left towds the | ||||
| ye finding of a Minister at Whitley Chappell, faileing a Minister | ||||
| at Whitley Chappell, ye Use of ye abovesaid Sume of three pounds | ||||
| to be payd Yearly to ye most needfull psons in ye High Quarter | ||||
| in Hexhamshire at ye discretion of my Ex : Item all ye rest | ||||
| of my Goods & Chattells moveable & Unmoveable I leave to my Son | ||||
| Thomas Dickenson & his Wife Jane as sole Executrix of this my Will | ||||
| Witnesse Thomas Farbridge, Thomas Dickenson. | ||||
| Richd Walton | ||||
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Transcribed by KW and YR