Page 27, Will, Robert Swinburne, 27 April 1699, p 2; Inventory, Robert Swinburne, 16 August 1699
| with Joy, & through ye meritts of Christs Death & passion possesse & Inherite | ||||
| ye Kingdome of Heaven prepared for his elect & Chosen: And my Body to be | ||||
| buried in such place & Decent manner as to my Executor hereafter | ||||
| named shall be thought fitt & Convenient. And now for ye settleing | ||||
| of my Temporall Estate & such Goods Chattells & Debts as it hath | ||||
| pleased God far above my Deserts to bestow upon me; I Doe Order | ||||
| Give, & Dispose of ye same in manner & forme following (that is to say) | ||||
| Imps I Give and bequeath unto my Unckle James Braidwoods | ||||
| Children The sume of Twenty pounds of good & lawfull English | ||||
| money: the proper names of them being Thomas & Hanna and | ||||
| to be payd by my Execut hereafter named It I Give & bequeath | ||||
| unto my Unckle William Hawdons Children William & Mary | ||||
| ye sume of Five pounds of good and lawfull English money & | ||||
| my Will & meaneing is that ye same shall be sett forward for | ||||
| them to ye best advantage by my Executor hereafter nominated | ||||
| It I Give and bequeath unto my Unckle William Coatsforths | ||||
| Five Children Wm Thomas, Robert Hanna Walton & Mary each | ||||
| of ym ye sume of Twenty shillings of good and lawfull English | ||||
| money to be in like manner sett forward for them according to | ||||
| ye Best Advantage by my Execut Item I Give and bequeath unto | ||||
| my Aunt Elizabeth Younger ye sume of Twenty shillings of | ||||
| good & lawfull English money Item I Give & bequeath unto my Coz | ||||
| It I Give unto my Aunt Margt Coatsforth ye sume of Five shillings | ||||
| Anthony Younger ye sume of Five shillings ⁁ Item I Give and | ||||
| bequeath unto my Uncle John Swinburne ye sume of Five | ||||
| shillings of good & lawfull English money. And lastly I Doe Constitute | ||||
| Ordaine & Appointe my Uncle James Braidwood sole Executor of | ||||
| this my last Will & Testament & my Will & meaneing is that the | ||||
| abovesd Legacyes shall be payd by him att or before ye End & Expiracon | ||||
| of Twelve months next ensueing my Decease And to him only I | ||||
| bequeath all ye remainder of my Goods moveable & Immoveable | ||||
| my Debts Legacyes & funerall Expenses being payd & Discharged in | ||||
| manner & forme as is above Expressed In Witnesse whereof to ys | ||||
| my last Will & Testamt I have sett my hand & seale ye Day & Year first | ||||
| above written. Signed sealed & Delivered in ye psence of us Hugh | ||||
| Hutchinson Cuthbert Roddam & John Roddam | ||||
| Robt Swinburne | ||||
| A True and perfect Inventarie of ye Goods & Chattells whereof | ||||
| Robert Swinburne late of Podsbanke in ye parish of Allendaile & County | ||||
| of Northumbland Decd Dyed possesst* Exhibitted by James Braidwood | ||||
| his Execut this sixteenth Day of August Ao Dni 1699 | ||||
| £ s d | ||||
| Imps His Purse & Apparell | 02 – 0 – 00: | |||
| Item Due to ye Decd upon Bond from Cuthbert } | ||||
| Roddam Fifty pounds } | 50 – 00 – 00: | |||
| 52 – 00 – 00 | ||||
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