Page 19, Will, John Taite, 23 February 1697, p 2; Will, Christopher Simpson, 10 March 1696
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| Eleaven pounds wch Jane Huggip is oweing me ⁁ my Will is & I Doe hereby Order | ||||
| & appoint yt my sd sone Edward Taite shall pay Unto my sd Daughter Elizabeth | ||||
| Stephenson one shilling at a time as her necessity requires untill Forty | ||||
| shillings of ye sd sume of Eleaven pounds be payd Item I give unto my Daught | ||||
| Sarah Smith one broad Jacobus* peice of Gold as a legacy Item I give unto my | ||||
| Daughter Jane Johnson one broad Carolus* peice of Gold as a legacy Item I | ||||
| Jane | ||||
| give unto my Daughter ⁁ Taite one bee hive standing in my Garth in preist | ||||
| pople* Item I give unto John Hetherington the sume of Twenty shillings | ||||
| to be payd by my Executs wthin Three months after my Death Item I give & | ||||
| bequeath unto my Daughter Alice Parkers |
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| Thirty shillings equally to be Divided amongst them as soon as conveniently | ||||
| Ellenor | ||||
| my Executor can pay it Item I give & Devise unto my sd loving wife ⁁ & my | ||||
| sonn Joseph all my part share & Terme of Years yt I have of & in ye Mills | ||||
| called Hexham Tyne Mills to be equally Divided betwixt them Item | ||||
| all ye rest of my goods & Chattells moveable & immoveable reall & psonall | ||||
| I give & bequeath unto my sd loveing wife Ellenor & my sonn Joseph | ||||
| wo I Doe hereby constitute & appoint joynt Executs of this my sd Will | ||||
| [shall make & execute such releases to my sonns Joseph & Edward as in this my* | ||||
| sd Will is limitted & directed, but if it shall happen my sd wife shall refuse &c] | ||||
| upon Condicon neverthelesse yt my sd wife ⁁ shall refuse to make & execute | ||||
| such Releases as aforesd wthin one month after my Death or before my | ||||
| Will be proved according to Due forme of Law if she be thereunto | ||||
| requested Then I Doe hereby constitute & appoint my sd sonn Joseph | ||||
| Taite Sole Execut of this my sd Will hereby revoking & makeing voyd | ||||
| all other Wills by me formerly made In Witnesse whereof I have to | ||||
| this my sd last Will |
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| first above written Signed Sealed published & Declared by the | ||||
| abovenamed John Taite to be his last Will & Testament in ye psence | ||||
| of us Ben Carr John Todd Rich Heron: | ||||
| In the Name of God Amen I Christopher Simpson of the Lee in | ||||
| the County of Northumbland Fuller being sick in Body but of good and | ||||
| perfect memory praised be Almighty God Doe make & ordaine this my | ||||
| last Will & Testamt the Tenth Day of March Anno Dni 1696 in mann | ||||
| & form following Imps I give & bequeath my soule into the hands of | ||||
| Almighty God my Creat in sure & certaine hope of Eternall life through | ||||
| the meritts & passion of Jesus Christ my Redeemer Item I give | ||||
| and bequeath unto Mary Farbridge my Grandchild ye sume of Tenn | ||||
| pounds to be payd unto her at Mayday next Item I give & bequeath | ||||
| unto Elizabeth Farbridge ye like sume of Tenn pounds to be payd | ||||
| unto her at or upon Michaelmas Day* next Item I give & bequeath | ||||
| unto Jane Farbridge ye like sume of Tenn pounds to be payd | ||||
| unto her at or upon Martinmas Day* next Item I give & bequeath | ||||
| unto Robert Stokoe the sume of Forty shillings to be payd unto | ||||
| him wthin six weeks after my Death Item I give & bequeath unto | ||||
| my Daughter Jane Carr ye sume of seaven pounds to be payd unto her | ||||
| at or upon Lamas Day* next Item I give & bequeath unto Mary Farbridge | ||||
| one Black Cow to be Delived unto her at Mayday next Item I give | ||||
| all | ||||
| & bequeath unto Dorothy Simpson my Daught in Law ⁁ my Bills | ||||
| Bonds & Debts Due & oweing to me with full power to sue & recover | ||||
| the same as also all other my goods & Chattells yet unbequeathed | ||||
| and her ye sd Dorothy Simpson & Christopher Simpson I Doe appoint | ||||
| Executs of this my last Will & Testamt & to pay all ye Legacys before | ||||
| bequeathed In Witnesse whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and | ||||
| seale the Day & Year abovewritten Witnesses Geo Carr Ro Hoggert | ||||
| Issabell Clarke Sam Teasdaile | ||||
| Christopher Simpson | ||||
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