Page 92, Will, Thomas Lee, 11 August 1704, p 2
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| Twenty Yeares then my Will is that my said Loving wife | ||||
| Alice Lee shall hold and enjoy the Moyety or halfe part of ye | ||||
| Messuage or Stonehouse wherein I now dwell for & during the | ||||
| terme of her naturall life She chooseing which halfe She Will | ||||
| And whereas I have this day before the makeing of this my last | ||||
| Will and Testament Surrendered into the hands of the Lord of ye | ||||
| Manour there anciently used All that Thatched House with A | ||||
| Barne Byar* Garth and other appurteces to ye Same belonging | ||||
| now in the possession of William Hemsley and Tenn Acrees of ground | ||||
| lying in Acombe in A place called Jacksfeild in ye said surrender menconed | ||||
| and alsoe Fifteen Acrees of meadow ground lyeing in the West feilds | ||||
| of Acombe in the said surrender menconed to ye use and behoofe of | ||||
| my second son William Lee his heires & Assignes to such uses intents | ||||
| and purposes as I by my last Will and Testament shall nominate & | ||||
| appointe as in and by the said Surrender relation being thereunto | ||||
| had may more at large appear Now my Will is and I doe hereby | ||||
| Order and appointe that my said Sonn William Lee and his heires | ||||
| and Assignes shall stand and be seized of all and Singular the | ||||
| premisses unto my loveing wife Alice Lee for and untill my sd | ||||
| sonn William Lee shall attaine the Age of one and Twenty Years | ||||
| and after he shall attaine the Age of One and Twenty Years. I | ||||
| give and devise all and singular the premisses in ye said surrender | ||||
| mentioned unto my said Sonn William Lee his heires and Assignes | ||||
| for ever Item and whereas I have also this day before ye makeing | ||||
| of this my said Will surrendered into the hands of the Lord of the | ||||
| Mannour of Hexham out of Court according to ye. Custome of the sd. | ||||
| Mannor. there anciently used one Mansion house with the apprteces | ||||
| Scituate in the towne of Acombe with two Garths or Crofts to | ||||
| the same belonging late the Lands and possessions of John Lumley | ||||
| And alsoe All that Water Corne Mill Scituate* and being nigh ye. | ||||
| Towne of Acombe and called ye. Mill and one Close of ground called | ||||
| the Kirke Close with the appurtenances in the said last in parte | ||||
| recited Surrender mentioned to ye. Use and behoofe of my Third | ||||
| son Henry Lee his heires and Assignes to such uses intents and | ||||
| purposes as I by my last Will and Testament shall nominate and | ||||
| appoint as in and by the said last in parte recited Surrender | ||||
| relacon being thereunto had may more at large appeare Now | ||||
| my Will is and I doe hereby order and appointe That my said Sonn | ||||
| Henry Lee and his heires and Assignes shall stand and be Seized of | ||||
| all and singular the premisses in ye. said last in part recited | ||||
| Surrender mentioned to ye use of my loveing wife Alice Lee | ||||
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