Page 18, Will, John Taite, 23 February 1697, p 1
| In the Name of God Amen the Twenty third Day of February in the | ||||
| Year of our Lord one thousand six Hundred Ninety & seaven I John Taite of | ||||
| Hexham in ye County of Northumbeland Gent being aged & infirme in body but | ||||
| of sound & perfect memory Praise be to God for it Doe make this my Last Will & | ||||
| Testament in manner & forme following First I give & bequeath my soule to | ||||
| Almighty God who Created me, & to my bllessed saviour Jesus Christ who | ||||
| redeemed me & by whose meritts Death & passion I trust to be saved & received | ||||
| into eternall rest My Wretched body in hope of A joyfull resurreccon I | ||||
| committ to ye Earth to be buried in such Decent manner & forme as by my | ||||
| Executors hereafter named shall be thought fitt & covenient And |
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| Dispose of my Worldly Estate as followeth First I give & bequeath unto my | ||||
| Dear & loving wife Ellenor Taite Two Chaires one Green Chaire and Three | ||||
| stooles one bedstead Feather bedd & furniture standing in the Hall or | ||||
| forehouse of my now Dwelling house one small Cupboard & A pannell | ||||
| Chest standing in the Chamber above ye shop All ye brasse scailes and | ||||
| brasse weights in ye shopp belonging to my sd house one paire of Iron | ||||
| Barrs standing in Wm Johnsons High roome Item I give & Divise the | ||||
| Hall or forehouse ye shop & ye Chamber above ye shop in ye house wherein | ||||
| I now live one Acre of Arrable Land or meadow ground with ye Apps | ||||
| lyeing & being in Hencoats Feilds called or know by ye name |
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| Greens ye Use & benefitt of one Cupboard A Table & A paire of Barrs | ||||
| standing & being in ye Hall or forehouse of ye Messuage* wherein I now | ||||
| live And also All ye scailes Weights & Balkes* in the shop Except what is | ||||
| before menconed unto my Dear & loving wife & her Ass for & during ye | ||||
| Terme of her nrall life in full recompence & satisfaccon of her Dower | ||||
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| and widdow right of & in all my Messuages* Lands ⁁ Tenemts whereof I now | ||||
| is or have been seized of since my intermarriage with my sd wife And | ||||
| from & after her decease then I leave ye sd Goods to my sonn Joseph Provided | ||||
| always & upon this Condicon neverthelesse that if my sd wife shall refuse | ||||
| to accept ye severall rooms in my sd house aforesd & other ye Lands & goods | ||||
| abovemenconed in full recompence & satisfaccon of her Dower & thirds* | ||||
| and shall refuse to give & Execute such releases of her Dower to my | ||||
| sonnes Joseph & Edward as Benoni Carr of Hexham Gent shall thinke fitt | ||||
| in yt behalfe Then my Will further is & I Doe hereby give Devise & bequeath | ||||
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| the sd Roomes in my ⁁ Dwelling house & other ye Lands & goods abovemenconed | ||||
| to be given to my sd wife in recompence of her sd Dower unto my | ||||
| Eldest sonn Joseph Taite & his heires Item I give & bequeath unto my | ||||
| sonn Joseph Taite the Iron Barrs in the Kitching in ye Chamber above | ||||
| the Kitchin and in ye Chamber above ye shopp in my sd house to be as | ||||
| heire-loomes Item I give & bequeath unto my sd sonne Joseph Taite my | ||||
| Wheele-Carr my Axes spades & other implements of Husbandry Item I | ||||
| give & bequeath unto my said sonne Joseph one Bedstead standing in ye | ||||
| Kitchin with a Feather Bedd & other furniture thereunto belonging | ||||
| & three bedsteads in ye high roome of my sd house Item I give & Devise | ||||
| unto my sd sonn Joseph All that my mortgage of Eighteen pounds wch | ||||
| I have on John Prounds House of Wall And my Will is that if ye sd John | ||||
| Proud shall pay unto my sd sonn Joseph ye sd Mortgage money at ye time | ||||
| limitted for paymt thereof by ye sd Mortgage then my Desire is that my | ||||
| sd sonn Joseph shall abate him Foure pounds of ye principall money due | ||||
| upon ye sd Mortgage Item I give & bequeath unto my sd sonn Joseph | ||||
| the Long table & all ye Green Chaires Except one standing in ye for room | ||||
| of my sd house Item I give & Devise unto my said sonn Joseph Taite | ||||
| and his heires my house wth A stable & a garth thereunto adjoyning standing | ||||
| & lyeing in Dumfrys in ye Kingdome of Scotland in a place call'd Catestrand | ||||
| my sd sonn Joseph paying out of the sd house & pmisses unto my Neece | ||||
| Jennett Ewart the sume of Five pounds at such convenient time as he | ||||
| shall Dispose of ye same Item I give unto my sonn Edward Taite the | ||||
| square Table & six redd Chaires standing in ye foreroom one Feather bedd | ||||
| A Bedstead & furniture thereunto belonging standing in ye Chamb | ||||
| above ye shopp one Cupboard standing in ye Kitchin of my sd Dwelling | ||||
| Iron | ||||
| house & one pair of ⁁ Barrs standing in ye Dwelling house wherein Tho | ||||
| Errington now lives And also the sume of Thirty pounds As A legacy | ||||
| to be payd by my Executs within six months after my Death Item I | ||||
| give & bequeath unto my Neece Ellenor Ewert the sume of Five pounds | ||||
| Due to me from Edward Robson of Hexham by bond Item I give and | ||||
| bequeath unto my sonn Joseph Taite ye sume of Tenn pounds left to me by | ||||
| Margt Braidley upon speciall trust & confidence that my sd sonn Joseph | ||||
| shall pay Yearly upon ye Eleaventh Day of November to ye poor of | ||||
| Hexham ye sume of Twelve shillings being the Interest thereof | ||||
| Item I give to my Daughter Elizabeth Stephenson the sume of |
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