Page 41, Will, Richard Gibson, 8 January 1697, p 2
| Backhouses thereunto belonging (Except ye house wherein Robert Bell | ||||
| Butcher now liveth) and also All that Close lying in Hencoats Fields in | ||||
| Hexham aforesaid called ye Townhead Close and as to all that Barn and | ||||
| Garth in ye Hall banck head (Except a Barnstead out of ye said Garth) | ||||
| with ye Apps my Will & pleasure is that ye said Edward Browell & his | ||||
| Heires Together with ye Consent & approbacon of my sd Executrix | ||||
| shall and may demise lett to farme sell & dispose thereof or of any pt | ||||
| or parcell thereof for ye paymt of Eighty pounds I owe & am indebted | ||||
| unto Robert Allgood of Newcastle Esq and after payment shall be | ||||
| made of ye said sume and Interest for ye same then my will & pleasure is | ||||
| further that ye said Edward Browell and his Heires shall be & stand | ||||
| seised thereof for ye further uses intents & purposes herein after | ||||
| menconed (vizt) as to ye said Messuage* wherein I now live (Except before | ||||
| Excepted) and also except ye Chambers Cuthbert Robinson now has in | ||||
| possession and ye Backhouse wherein Cuthbert Bell now liveth)* wth | ||||
| ye Apps And also ye said Close called ye Townhead Close and ye Barn & | ||||
| ye Garth on ye Hall bank head (Except before Excepted) with the | ||||
| Apps and every part thereof to ye use and behoof* of my loveing wife | ||||
| Barbara Gibson for and during ye Term of her naturall life if she | ||||
| shall so long continue sole & unmarried & no longer and after paymt | ||||
| of ye said sume of Eighty pounds and my wifes marriage or decease | ||||
| wch shall first happen then to & for ye use of my Edest* sonne Christo | ||||
| Gibson his Heires & Assignes for ever And as to ye Chambers wherein | ||||
| ye said Cuthbert Robinson liveth and ye said house wherein the said | ||||
| Cuthbert Bell liveth my will & pleasure is that ye sd Edward Browell | ||||
| shall stand & be seised therof to & for ye use of my Eldest sonne | ||||
| Christopher Gibson his heires & Assignes for ever after payment of ye | ||||
| said Eighty pounds to ye said Robert Allgood his Execs & Assignes And | ||||
| as to and for ye said house wherein ye said Robert Bell lives And | ||||
| all that my Close in ye East Fields of Hexham aforesaid called the | ||||
| Round Close and ye said Barnstead in ye said Garth in ye Hall banck head | ||||
| my will & pleasure further is that ye said Edward Browell and his | ||||
| heires stand seised of ye same to and for ye use and behoofe of my | ||||
| Youngest son John Gibson his heires & Assignes for ever As to my | ||||
| Coppyhold Messuages Burgages* Cottages houses buildings Lands Closes | ||||
| and grounds with their & every of their Apps wch I have surrendred | ||||
| by Coppy of Court Roll according to ye Customs of ye mann of Hexham | ||||
| & Anicke Grainge in ye said County to ye said Edward Browell his heires | ||||
| & Assignes to ye uses intents & purposes to be limitted by my last | ||||
| will and Testament herein after menconed (yt is to say) as to that | ||||
| house in priest pople aforesaid wherein Mr Thomas Hammond | ||||
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| lives and ye one halfe of ye Orchard on ye Ba⁁k thereof so farre | ||||
| as the said house goes and one Acree of Land or ground be ye same | ||||
| more or less in ye Broadgates with ye Apps to and for ye use of | ||||
| my second son Bernard Gibson his heires & Assignes for ever | ||||
| Provided always & never the less if it happen my personall | ||||
| Estate fall short of and will not amount to pay of ye Debts | ||||
| I am oweing then my will is that ye said Edward Browell his | ||||
| heires or Assignes (Together wth my Executrix her consent |
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