Will, Thomas Wise, 2 December 1700, p 2
| the same as followeth (That is to say) Imprimis I give & bequeath | ||||
| to ye poor of ye Greavships* of Allendale Town & Catton ye Sume of ten | ||||
| pounds ye sd ten pounds being due & secured to me by a bond from | ||||
| Cuthbert White of Allendale & Thomas Neaven of Haltwistle & | ||||
| I doe hereby order & appoint my Executrix hereafter mentioned to | ||||
| deliver ye sd bond to ye Church Wardens of ye sd Greavships within six | ||||
| days time aft my decease wth Church Wardens & all those that | ||||
| shall succed them in that Office for ye Greavship aforesd are hereby | ||||
| required to let out ye sd Ten pound upon good Security at ye annual | ||||
| Intrest of one shilling p pound & to pay one moiety of ye Intrest that | ||||
| shall yearly accrue by ye sd Ten pound every year upon Good | ||||
| Fryday to Five poor Widdows or poor household within ye |
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| Greavships of Catton & ye oth moiety of ye Annuall increase of ye sd | ||||
| Ten pounds to Five poor Widdows or households within ye Greaveships | ||||
| of Allendale Town & I doe order & appoint ye sd Intrest to be paid as | ||||
| aforesd so long as ye World shall continue. Item I |
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| appoint for my buriel Expenses Ten pound Item I give and | ||||
| bequeath to my Hond Frind Mr Tho: Allgood of Hexham two | ||||
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| guineas ⁁ I give & bequeath to John Robson of Nine Banks one | ||||
| guinea my walking cane & any one of my books he pleases | ||||
| to make choyce of; Item I give & bequeath to my son Thomas | ||||
| Wise one guinea Item I give & bequeath to my son George Wise | ||||
| one guinea Item I give and & bequeath to my niece Jane Lambert wife | ||||
| of Richard Lambert of Catton Lee my black mare Item I give & | ||||
| bequeath to my nephew Richard Lambert of Catton Lee one guinea | ||||
| Item I give & bequeath to my Godson Mathew Ridley son of George | ||||
| Ridley of Beltingham Ten shillings my bible & ye book of | ||||
| Homileyes Item I give & bequeath to my clerk Wm Hewitson | ||||
| Ten shillings Item I give and bequeath to my servant Elizabeth | ||||
| Hodgeon for ye pains & care she she took of me in my sickness | ||||
| the sum of one pound Item I give and bequeath to John Buxton | ||||
| Servant to Anthony Adamson Ten shillings and six pence | ||||
| Item I give & bequeath to Jane Hawdon Wife of Wm Hawdon | ||||
| of Allendale Town ye Sum of Five shillings | ||||
| Item I give & bequeath to my dear & loveing wife Ann Wise | ||||
| all ye rest of my personal Estate of what nature & kind | ||||
| soever ye same be & I doe hereby appoint & ordain her to be | ||||
| ye Sole Executrix of this my last will & Testament & my | ||||
| pleasure is that if Mr Christoph Barrow pay my Executrix | ||||
| ye money thats now due to me upon his bond without putting | ||||
| her to any trouble or charges in ye Law that he shall have | ||||
| half a years Intrest abated And I doe hereby ordain and |
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