Page 28, Will, Christopher Ord, 20 August 1699; Will, Catherine Leadbitter, 9 April 1698, p 1
| In the Name of God Amen I Christopher Ord of | ||||
| Studdon within ye parish of Allendaile & County of Northumbland | ||||
| being sick in Body but of good & perfect remembrance praised | ||||
| be God for ye same Doe make this my last Will in manner & forme | ||||
| following First I Give & bequeath my soule to Allmighty God | ||||
| hopeing to receive full remission & forgiveness of all my Offences | ||||
| through Jesus Christ our Lord Item I give & bequeath unto my | ||||
| Nephew Christopher Ord ye one halfe of one Tenement or | ||||
| Farmhold lying in Darwan water head comonly called Sled | ||||
| meadows for & during ye Terme of Eighteen Years begining at | ||||
| Mayday next and then ye said Moyety* to continue to ye said | ||||
| Christopher during ye said Terme of Eighteen Years Untill | ||||
| my onely Daughter Alice Ord come to full Age Item I give unto | ||||
| my Sister Catherine Natriss ye sume of Five pounds Item I Give | ||||
| unto my Neice Elizabeth Ord ye sume of Five pounds Item I Give | ||||
| unto my Dear Wife Ann Ord & my onely Daughter Alice Ord | ||||
| All ye rest of my Estate both reall & personall Item I |
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| make my Dear wife Ann Ord Executrix of this my last Will | ||||
| In Witnesse whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and | ||||
| seale ye Twentieth Day of August Anno Dni 1699 signed | ||||
| sealed & Delivered in ye presence of us William Sheild and | ||||
| John Spark | ||||
| Christopher Ord | ||||
| In the Name of God Amen I Catherine Leadbitter | ||||
| of Hexham in ye County of Northumberland Spinster being | ||||
| sicke & Weak in body but of sound & perfect memory praised | ||||
| be God for it Doe make this my last Will & Testament in | ||||
| manner and forme following revokeing & by these presents | ||||
| Annulling all former and other Wills & Testaments by me | ||||
| made either by word or writeing And first I committ my soule | ||||
| into ye hands of Almighty God my Creatour hopeing assuredly | ||||
| through ye meritts Death & passion of Jesus Christ my | ||||
| blessed Saviour & Redeemer to inheritt Eternall life & | ||||
| my body to ye earth from whence it came to be buried in | ||||
| such decent and Christian manner as by my Executrix | ||||
| hereafter named shall be thought fitt and convenient | ||||
| And as for such wordly* Estate as it hath pleased Allmighty | ||||
| God to bestow upon me I Despose thereof as followeth | ||||
| Item I Give Legate and bequeath unto my Brother | ||||
| John Leadbitter of Hexham Yeom the sume of Twenty | ||||
| shillings of lawfull English money to be payd by my | ||||
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