Page 75, Will, Joseph Bell, 8 November 1700, p 2
| of ye Lord of ye said Mannour according to the Custome of the said | ||||
| Mannr: there anciently used Two Acrees & one Rood of Arable land | ||||
| or meadow ground with the appurteces be it more or less scituate | ||||
| said | ||||
| lying and being in ye ⁁ Westfeilds of Hexham aforesaid called Hencoats | ||||
| Fields in a certaine place ther called the Orchard Gapp And also one | ||||
| Acree of Arable land or Meadow ground be it more or less with the | ||||
| Appurteces scituate lying & being in the said Westfeilds of Hexham | ||||
| aforesaid in a certaine place called the Greens & in ye sd Surrender | ||||
| menconed to ye use & behoofe of Peter Bell Brother of me the sd | ||||
| Joseph his heires & Assignes for ever to such uses intents and | ||||
| purposes as I by my last Will & Testament shall nominate & appoint | ||||
| And further Whereas at the Court held for ye Mannr of Anicke | ||||
| Grainge the seaventeenth day of October last past before ye | ||||
| Date of these presents I did surrender into the hands of ye Lord | ||||
| of the said Mannour according to ye Custome of ye sd Mannour | ||||
| there anciently used one Burgage or Thatched house with ye | ||||
| appurtenances scituate & being in Hexham aforesaid in a certain | ||||
| Street there called Hencoats in ye sd surrender menconed to the | ||||
| use and behoofe of the said Peter Bell Brother of me the said | ||||
| Joseph his heires and Assignes for ever to such uses intents and | ||||
| purposes as I by my last Will & Testament shall nominate & | ||||
| appointe Now my Will is that the sd Peter Bell shall stand seized | ||||
| of the said Two Acrees and a Rood of ground called Orchard Gapp | ||||
| in ye first in parte recited surrender menconed to the use of | ||||
| him the said Peter Bell his heires and Assignes for ever upon | ||||
| Condcon neverthelesse & with that intent that he the sd Peter Bell | ||||
| his heires Executs & Admins or some of them shall pay unto | ||||
| William Soulsby of the Towne & County of Newcastle upon Tyne | ||||
| Plumber his heires or Assignes the Sume of Ninety & Four pounds | ||||
| of lawful English money att or before the feast of St. Michaell | ||||
| the Archangell next ensueing the Date hereof for & in parte | ||||
| satisfaccon of A Debt due from me to ye sd William Soulsby & for | ||||
| which he hath security out of my lands called the Highhouse Item | ||||
| my Will further is that my said Brother Peter Bell his heires & | ||||
| Assignes shall sell the said Burgage or House in the second in parte | ||||
| recited surrender menconed to the best advantage and ye money | ||||
| ariseing by sale of the same to be payd to the aforesd William Soulsby | ||||
| towards the satisfaccon of his Debt aforesaid Item my Will further is | ||||
| that my said Brother Peter Bell shall pay yearly & every year during | ||||
| the life of my mother Jane Bell out of the Rents and profitts of the sd | ||||
| Close called the Greens in the said first in part recited surrender | ||||
| menconed ye yearly sume of Thirty Shillings of lawfull English money | ||||
| my said mother releaseing her Thirds & Title of Dower of in & to the | ||||
| said Burgage or Thatched house & ye grounds called Orchard Gapp |
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| afore menconed And my Will further is that my said Brother Peter | ||||
| Bell his heires and Assignes shall mortgage the said Close called ye Greens | ||||
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