Page 110, Will, Mathew Lee, p 2; Will, Thomas Wise, 2 December 1700, p 1.
| Twenty pounds to be paid as followeth vizt five pounds yearly | ||||
| & every year paid at midsumer next after ye abovesd six | ||||
| years are Expired untill ye sd sum of twenty pounds be paid | ||||
| but & if peradventure Either ye sd Nicholas Lee Elizabeth Lee | ||||
| or William Lee or any of them shall die before ye sd sumes | ||||
| becomes due, that then ye five pound which is each of their | ||||
| share when it becomes due, shall be given to ye sd John Lee | ||||
| Item I give & bequeath to Margaret Lee daughter of my | ||||
| brother Nicholas Lee deceased ye sum of Twenty pounds to | ||||
| be paid her when she cames to ye age of one & twenty years & | ||||
| ten pounds more which I am indebted to her ye sd Margaret Lee | ||||
| Item I give & bequeath unto my nephew Mathew Lee son to | ||||
| my sd brother Nicholas Lee deceased ye sum of twenty pound | ||||
| to be paid him ye sd Mathew Lee when he shall come to ye age | ||||
| of one & twenty years & ten pounds more which I owe him | ||||
| ye Mathew Lee, but & if peradventure that Either she ye sd | ||||
| Margaret Lee or he ye sd Mathew Lee shall dye before they | ||||
| come to age to recieve ye sd sums that then ten pounds part | ||||
| of ye sd sums shall be given to Ann Lee daughter of my | ||||
| brother John Lee & ye remainder of ye Legacie shall be given | ||||
| to ye survivor or longer liver of her ye sd Margaret Lee or him | ||||
| ye sd Mathew Lee Lastly I make my brother John Lee my | ||||
| Sole Executor of this my last will & Testament In | ||||
| Witness whereof I have hereunto set to my hand & seal | ||||
| ye day & year first above written Signed and | ||||
| Delivered In the psence of us vizt Cuthbert Shield | ||||
| Joshua Watson |
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| Mathew Lee | ||||
| In the name of God Amen I Thomas Wise of Allendale in ye | ||||
| County of Northumberland Clerk this Second day of Decemb | ||||
| in ye Thirteenth year of ye raigne of our Soveraigne Lord William | ||||
| ye third by ye grace of God of England Scotland France and | ||||
| Ireland King Defend of faith &c Annoq Dmi 1700 Although | ||||
| sick & weak in body yet of perfect & diposeing memory praise | ||||
| therefore be given to Almighty God for ye same doe make & | ||||
| ordain this my Last Will & Testament in manner & form | ||||
| following (that is to say) First I comend my soul into ye hands | ||||
| of Almighty God hopeing assuredly through ye merits of Jesus | ||||
| Christ my Saviour to be made pertaker of Everlasting life | ||||
| & my body to be buried in ye parish Church of Allendale & for ye | ||||
| settleing of my personal Estate & such goods chattels and Debts as it | ||||
| hath pleased God to bestow upon me I doe order give & dispose of |
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