LANGCLIFFE WILLS

Transcribed mainly from Borthwick Institute (University of York) microfilms and originals. Some are from the North Yorkshire County Record Office (ZX series) and the PCC (Documentsonline). Others are in private hands or from a few other sources such as the collection made by R.Postlethwaite held at Hudson History in Settle. The collection is probably near complete up to about 1700 and a small selection of 18th and 19thC wills has been added. Various other wills are included because of Langcliffe connections, particularly the Carr and Paley families.

The transcriptions are not guaranteed error-free in reading or typing. The Latin text following some wills is the standard granting of Probate and is not transcribed since little if any extra information is found there. The wills are arranged alphabetically by family name and by year within each name (spelling varies). Use a Find or Search method to locate a will in the list.

It would be appreciated that if the contents are used in any publication or website that due acknowledgement is made to the source and the transcribers.

A few of these wills were transcribed by Sheila Gordon and extracts were made by Reg Postlethwaite, otherwise they have been photocopied and transcribed by M.J. and E.M. Slater.

Mary Slater and Michael Slater July 2009

LIST OF WILLS IN DATE ORDER (modern year system)

Carr	James	1518
Iveson	Laurence	1548
Saylebanke	James	1548
Carr	Thomas	1549
Foster	John	1554
Stachowse	Jennet	1566
Armisteid	Thomas	1570
Iveson	Steven	1571
Lawson	Thomas	1574
Preston	Edward	1575
Foster	William sr.	1577
Armetsteade	Cicellie	1578
Carre	Adam	1586
Carre	Roger	1586
Carre	Elizabeth	1587
Carr	William	1587
Foster	William	1587
Iveson	William	1589
Kydd	William	1591
Browne	John	1591
Carr	Richard	1593
Carr	Thomas	1596
Palay	John	1597
Carr	Roger	1597
Sigsweeke	Mathewe	1598
Armitstead	Richard	1603
Falthropp	William	1605
Foster	Giles	1602
Foster	Thomas	1605
Carr	Anne	1607
Iveson	Richard	1608
Somerscales	Henry	1609
Carr	Hugh	1609
Carr	Thomas	1611
Carr	Robert	1612
Walker	Richard	1613
Brayshay	John	1615
Lawson	Gregory	1615
Carr	Roger	1621
Browne	William	1621
Harrison	Roberte	1621
Carr	Alan	1626
Foster	Richard	1629
Carr	Alice	1634
Foster	Thomas	1634
Armitstead	John	1638
Carr	Thomas	1638
Clapham	Thomas	1647
Carr	James	1654
Carr	William	1661
Lucas	Anne	1664
Iveson	James	1665
Paycock	Robert	1667
Paley	Thomas	1669
Johnson	William	1669
Carr	William	1674
Foster	William	1677
Dawson	Christopher	1682
Geldard	Thomas	1687
Hudson	Andrew	1688
Carr	Thomas	1689
Ridgey	Christopher	1690
Redgey	William	1690
Dawson	Christopher	1693
Wilson	Richard	1696
Carr	Leonard	1696
Geldard	Thomas	1697
Clapham	Thomas	1698
Huitson	Richard	(Oatson)1699
Lawson	Richard	1699
Jackes	Richard	1700
Paley	William	1722
Paley	Thomas	1741
Paley	Mary	1758
Dawson	William	1762
Lawson	Richard	1766
Paley(Rev.)	William	1796
Paley (Canon)	William	1804
Paley	Thos. Lawson	1808

ARMITSTEAD

THOMAS ARMISTEAD 1570/1
Borthwick vol 19 fol 166

In the name of god amen the fourthe day of mche Anno dm 1570 I thome Armistead of langcliffe wtin the pshe of gigleswicke secke in body and of good and pfecte Remembrance loved be allmyhtie god mayke this my last will and Testament in manr and forme followinge First I give and bequeathe my sowle to allmightie god and to all the glorious companye in heaven and my bodie to be buried in the pishe churche of gigleswicke Also I give for my mortuarie and other churche dewes all that ryght will Also I will that my wyffe shalbe best one duringe her widowheade and have her widowryghte of my farmeholde and goodes and after her widowheade I give the title and Tenant Ryghte of my tenemente unto Anthonye Armisteid my Sonne wt licence of the lorde Also I give to the said Anthonye my Sonne all my husbandrie geare wt timber and bordes after my wyffe widowheade and so muche graine as shall Sowe his farmeholde and he to be Contented wt this for his Childes porcon Also I give to my five (?) daughters that is not married ther childes porcons of goodes accordinge to the lawe Also I give to Thome foster my sonne in lawe my best Jackette and to xpofer hesledonne my other Jackette the rest of my parte of goodes my deptes and all other funerall expenses paide I give and bequeathe to my sons or daughters equallie amonges them and I make and constitute Cecilie my wyffe and anthonye Armisteid my Sonne my sole executors Theis witnesses Thomes Braischay Thom Sailbancke lawrence Carre and Thom foster wt others

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CICELLIE ARMETSTEAD 1578
Borthwick vol 22 fol 245 mf 933

In the name of god amen the xviij th daie of februarie anno dm 1578 I Cicellie Armetsteade late wiffe of Thoms Armetsteade of Lanckliffe in the pishe of giglesweke sicke in bodie but of good and pfect Remembrance praysed be god do make this my laste will and testament in manner & forme followinge Firste I bequithe my soule to almightie god my maker and savioure and my bodie to be buried in the churche yarde at Giglesweke Allso I bequithe for my mortuarie and other (and other) Churche dewes all that righte will Itm I bequithe and give all my goodes and Chattelles moveable and unmoveable my dettes and fun[er]all expences paide unto Elizabeth Armetstead and Jennet Armetstead my daughters in full dischardge of theire Childes porcons wch I was Chargdged wthall(?) and for theire better Furtherance I ordeine make and appoint the saide Elizabeth Armetsteade and Jennet Armetstead my saide daughteres my whole executors of this my laste will and testament These Wytnesses Thomas Brashay and John Browne

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RICHARD ARMISTEAD 1603
Borthwick vol 29 fol 408-9 mf 943

In the name of god Amen, The xvi th daie of februarie Anno dm 1603 I Richard Armitsteade of Langcliffe sicke in bodie, but of perfect memorie praised be Almightie god doe make this my last will and testament in manner and forme followinge First I geve and bequeath my soule to Almightie god, And my bodie to be buried at the discrecon of my frindes. Itm I will that my debtes be paied of my whole goodes. Itm. I will that Anne my wife shall have her lawfull thirdes of all my goodes, and also the third parte of my landes or tenementes duringe her naturall life. And therafter her death the saide third parte of my landes or tenementes to remayne againe wth the other two partes to my posteritie wch shall enioy the said landes or tenementes to a sonne or daughter for wheras my wife beinge now wth childe if god send her (a) sonne and that he doe live till he come to mans estate. Then my will is that he shall have and enioy my saide landes and tenementes and in regard thereof he shall paie to my two daughters Margrett and Agnes, and to either of them the some of x (li) and the same he shall paie to them upon they shall accomplish the full age of xxvi (tie) yeares. And my will and mind is that he shall enter to the benefitt of my landes or tenementes when he shall come to the age of xvj yeares, but if my sonne die before he doe come to age, or that god doe send my wife a daughter, then I will that my daughter Margrett shall have my landes or tenementes, and in regard thereof she shall paie to my younger daughter Agnes xx (li) when the saide Agnes shall accomplish the full age of one and twentie yeares, And I give my children their equall porcons of my goodes, And for the rest of my goodes not yett alreadie given I will that my wife and children have every one their equall porcons, And I will also that my father and mother shall have and enioy the third part of my tenementes duringe their lives naturall except one parcell of ground called gudgaine bankes, And of this my last will and testament I make Anne my wife my whole executor. Witnes of the same Richard Kidson Willm Browne Thomas Armitstead Thomas Kyd wth others

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JOHN ARMITSTEAD of Langcliffe October 1638
Will made 13 February 1636
Borthwick bundle October 1638/9
R. Postlethwaite 2nd set

bachelor eldest son of Thomas Armitstead of Giggleswick deceased

To be buried in the church or churchyard of Giggleswick. Whereas my late father Thomas Armitstead did by his last will bearing date 1st April 1632 give unto me one messuage or dwelling house in Giggleswick with all rights and appurtenances which my father held by lease for the residue of a term of 6000 years by indenture from Stephen Dockrey clerk and Jennett Dockrey widdow for the rent of 7s yearly payable to Rt. Hon. Francis Earl of Cumberland at Pentecost and Martinmas by equal portions as by indenture bearing date 27 June 1614; and whereas my late father did bequeath to me one close called the Broadhead of the rent of 12d held by lease of a residue of 6000 years by the grant of John Armistead his late father. ... my executor is to have the use of the same until such time as my brother William Armistead is 21 then to William and his heirs for the residue of the lease provided he discharge the following legacies at or before the tyme of his entry into the said premisses -
to Elizabeth, Anne and Marie my natural sisters £13 6s 8d each
to Isabell and Hester Armitstead my half-sisters £6 13s 4d each
to Katherin Carr my loving aunt £3 6s 8d
to Richard Lawsonn 10s
to Isabell Carr, Elizabeth Carr and Anne Carr to everie one 6s 8d
to Katherine Paley my cozen 10s
If William defaults on any of the above payments my executor may sell the premisses to anie other person whatsoever.

All legacies are to be paid within the space of 2 years after my brother is 21 - if not all legacies are covered he may sell part or all of the premisses - if all premisses are sold and there is still insufficient money then the legacies are to be abated. If there is any surplus money then to my three sisters Elizabeth, Anne and Marie equally. My uncle Thomas Carr to be sole executor.

witnesses Wm Carr Thomas Paley Rich. Coultonn Antho. Bainbrigge

JOHN BRAYSHAY 1615
Borthwick vol 35 fol 123

In the name of God Amen the twelfte day of December in the year of our lord god one thousand six hundreth and fifteene I John Brayshay of Langclife in the countye of yorke yeoman sicke in bodye but of pfect memorie god be praysed therefore doe make and ordayne this my last will and testament in manner and forme followinge First I comend my Soule into the mercifull hands of Almightie god my maker and redeemer trustinge assuredlie throughe the merritts and pretios blood sheddinge of my alone Saviour and redeemer Jesus Christ to be mayd ptaker of eternal ioyes in heaven And for my bodye I will the same be buried at the discretion of my freinds Itm my will is and I give devise and bequeathe unto Richard Brayshay my eldest sonne and to his executors and assignes my frehold messuage and tenement with th'appurten'nces in Langclife afforesayd and all grounds and heriditaments which I hold by lease or leases for tearme or tearmes of yeres whatsoever within the mannor and Lordshippe of Langcliffe aforesayd and all my full and whole estate righte tytle interest tearme and tearmes of yeares of in and to the same premisses and of in and toe everie pte and pcell thereof and also all my writings escripts and evidences perteyneinge. The same provided alwayes and yet nevertheles upon condition that the sayd Richard his executors and assignes shall suffer Sybell my wife and her assignes to occupie and inioye all the same pmisses for the better maynetenance and releefe of her selfe and my children for seaven yeares now nexte comeing and alsoe that if my sayd wyfe doe live unto the end of the sayd seaven yeares when he the sayd Richard my sonne his executors administrators and assignes shall permitt and suffer the sayd Sibell my wife or her assignes to continew in the occupacion of the one halfe of my sayd tennement for soe many yeares after as she shall live and it is my will that my sayd sonne Richard shall enter to one halfe of my tenement at the Seaven yeares end and to the other halfe at my wives decease whensoever yt the same shall happen after the same seaven yeares ended and upon condicion alsoe that he the sayd Richard his executors or assignes shall give to everie of the rest of my children five pounds to be paid when they shall alle finalie accomplish there full ages of one and twentie yeres severallie but if anie of them come to that age before the end of seaven of yeares then to have that person payd at that tyme but not before And for my goods my will is that my debts and funerall expences first beinge payd the Residue shalbe devided into three equall portions whereof my wife to have a third pte and my younger children another pte and for the deades pte I give the same amongst my children Agnes, Thomas William and Robert equallye ammongest(them) but my sonne Richard to have noe pte of my goods because he shalbe already pferred by my tenement and it is my will that if anie of my younger children dye before they shall have received there five pounds before herein mencioned then it to goe to the survivor of them And I appoynt Sybill my sayd wife to be the sole executor of this my last will and testment These beinge witnesses Robert Moorhouse Thomas Carr William Lawson and John Lupton

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BROWNE

JOHN BROWNE 1591/2
Borthwick vol 25 fol 1127 mf 937

In the name of god Amen the xx th day of June in the xxxiij yeare of the reigne of our sovgne Ladie Elizabeth by the grace of god quene of Englande France and Ireland defender of the faithe etc. 1591 John Browne of lanckcliffe of the pish of giglesweke and countye of yorke Sicke in bodie but of pfecte remembrance praysed be god abut the laste day of februarie last paste before the date hereof did make and sett downe this his laste will and testament nuncupative in manner and forme folwinge First he did commend his sowle into the mercifull handes of Jesus Christe by and throughe whose onely deathe and passion he did fully beleve to be an inheritor of the kingdome of god Also he did apointe his bodie to be buried in the churche yeard of giglesweeke And that his mortuarie and all other church dues should be paide Also he did by the same his will geve grant devise and bequeathe unto Willm Browne his eldest sonne his whole estate and righte of in and to his whole messuage and tenemente with apptennces in Lankliffe and the benifytte of all and everie bargan thereof made or framed and all somes of money by him alredie paid for or in respecte of the same Also he did apointe and yt was his will that the saide Willm Browne his sonne shoulde bringe uppe James his sonne and Alice his daughter till they and eyther of them should come to Lawfull age or mariaige or other wyse pferred And also that he should take into his handes all the goodes which he the said John then hade And for asuringe as the same his goodes were unto of a smalle value his will was and he did apointe the same William to sett forwarde twentie nobles to the use of the said Alice his daughter to be aplied (?) to her moste profytte And the same to be unto her in full satisfacon of her wholle childes pte and filiall porcon of his goodes Also he did apointe and yt was his will that the saide William his sonne should pay unto his brother James twentye nobles within sixe monethes nexte after that he shall accomplishe the age of Twentie and one yeares in full satisfacon of his wholl childes pte and porcon of his goodes Also to Thomas browne his sonne Twentie nobles at the end of his prentishipp as his full porcon The residewe of his goodes not bequeathed and all other his goodes and chattells for the considracon aforesaide he did geve and bequeath unto the said William browne his sonne And did apointe and ordayne the said Willm browne his sonne his wholle executor And did require us the psonnes hereunder wrytten to cause this his will to be putt in wryttinge and to wytnes the same as his lawfull acte and laste will Thomas newhowse James Coakson with others

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WILLIAM BROWNE 1621
Borthwick vol 37 fol 31 mf 953

In the name of God Amen the thirtenth day of October in the yeare of our Lord god one thowsand six hundreth twentie and one I Willm Browne of Langcliffe in the countie of york yeoman sicke in bodie, but of pfect remembrance the Lord be praised therefore, doe make and ordaine this my last will and testament in manner and followinge (sic) Firste I comend my soule into the mercifull handes of Almightie god trustinge through the merittes and passion of my saviour Christ to be made ptaker of eternall life in heaven and my bodie to earthly buriall at the discrecon of my wife and freinds And as concerninge my moveable goodes my will is that my debtes be paid out of the whole, and the remainder to be devided into three partes, Whereof Jennett my wife to have one third parte accordinge to lawe and custome of the countie and one of the other tow(sic) partes I give to my sonne Adam so manie sheepe as will make those he hath alreadie to be tenne in number and I will that he shall have them kept in winter tyme yearely upon my tenemt at Langcliffe for eight yeares now next cominge, And for the residewe of my said moveable goodes my will is they shalbe equallie distributed amongst my younger Children unpferred Itm I give demise and bequeath unto my said sonne Adam Browne and his assignes one full third (in three partes to be devided) of all my messuages tenements landes meadowes pastures feedings comons comon of pasture and turbarie wth thapptennces in Langcliffe aforesaid now in the tenure and possession of me and my assignes and holden by lease or leases To have and to hould all that the said third pte of the said messuage tenement and pmisses with thaptennces to him the said Adam his executors administrators and assignes for and duringe all that residewe and remainder of five hundreth yeares which is yet to come and unspent of the lease or leases wherebie I did hold the same provided alwaies and yett nevertheless upon Condicon that he the said Adam his executors and assignes shall notwithstanding this my devise and gifte unto him pmitt and suffer the said Jennett my wife and her assignes to have hold enioy and take the profittes of all that the said third pte to her owne use and for and towards the better bringinge upp of my Children unpferred for and duringe the space and tearme of eight yeares next cominge after my decease. And alsoe my will is that she the said Jennett and her assignes shall likewise have hold enioye and take the profittes of the other tow partes of my said messuage tenement and pmisses with thapptennces for and duringe the tearme of thirtene yeares next after my decease for her owne use and for the better bringinge upp of my said Children unpferred and after the end and expiracon of the thirtene yeares then I give the one moyetie of the said tow partes to the said Jennet my wife and her assignes for and duringe all the residewe of the said tearme of five hundreth yeares which shall then be to come and unspent of my said lease or leases and the other moyetie of the same tow partes and all my estate interest and tearme of yeares therein I doe likewise give devise and bequeath to the said Jennett my wife and her assignes to the ende she shall sell the same and devide the money equallie amongst my said younger Children And yet nevertheless my desire is and my will alsoe that she shall leave her parte of my said lands and tenements after her decease to some of my Children which I have by her. Itm I give to Willm Lupton and Christofer Lupton and to Jaine Baildon my grandchildren everie of them a gimmer hogg Itm I will and desire my said wife to pay to my sonne Thomas five poundes in pte of his porcon within one yeare next after his yeares of apprenticeshippe shalbe enden And doe name and ordaine the said Jennett my wife to be my sole executrix of this my last will and testamt These being witnesses Thomas Sowden John Cookeson..... Iveson(?) and willm Lawsonn

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CARR

JAMES CARR of Giggleswick 1518 Admon.
Borthwick Craven DAB fol 83

d[omin]us Jacobus Carre de Gyggilswyk nup[er] decessit ..... ...... adm[ini]strandem bonor[um] .... defunct dpa.. no[m]i[n]at intest... .... deb

Sir James Carr of Giggleswick late deceased administration of goods named intestate debts

THOMAS CARR of Stackhouse

Copy of Will of 1549 (not original)
North Yorks County Archives ZXF 2/2/1

Hand copy made by unknown person in difficult handwriting

Surtees Soc. 79, V Testamenta Eboracensia page 219 gives an extract ‘taken from a copy of original lent by Mr Wm Carr of Gomersal’

In Dei Nomine Amen The 20th day of July in the year of our Lord God 1549 I Thomas Car of Staykus in ye pysh of Gygleswick holl of mynd memory lowyd (?praised) be god mak this my last wyll and testament in manner and forme following Fyrst I beqwheit my soul to almighty God and to all the glorious company in heaven and my body to be beryd in ye church of Gygleswik Itm I beqwheit to ye hey alter for forgotyne tithes (?) viij d Itm for a mortuary yt (that?) at ryght wyll Itm to the pore mans box xii d Itm to every god chyld yt I have viij d Itm to Wyllm Car my godson a .....yt is father kepys Itm I wyll every prest beyn at my bereall and praying for my soulle and all crystyne soulls shall have iiij d a peysh (apiece) and theyr denar at Saylbank Clyffs (?) or in St Thomas chamer with ij or iij honest men with them yff they pleysh Itm to every scoler a peny and to every pore body of this Pysh a halfpenny loyff (loaf) Itm every brother chyld yt I have a lame (lamb) Itm Ranold Car my unkyll son a nold jakyt Itm to Margt ....... iiii d Itm to ye Wyff of Jhon (sic) Taylzor of Helder iiii d Itm to Rycd Browne and is Wyff a pekyl of maulte and xii d Itm to Rogr Staykhus yt is my godson a boshyll of maulte Itm to ye Wyff of John Swaynson iiii d Itm to Ricd Bell and is howshold iij sh and iiii d Itm to Jamys Swaynson iiii d and bowskyne dowbleys Itm to Thomas Cleteroy iiii d Itm to Rogr Brayshaw iiii d Itm to Hewe Care and is Wyff iiij d Itm to Janyt Tatane iiij d Itm to Anne Care iiij d Itm to hold Jacson Wyff of Settyll iiij d and to Jhon Jackson and is chyldren viii d and a yearde of whytt cloyt Itm to leaff Loysons iiij d Itm to Robert Armystead a yoe Itm to Jhon Tylener ij d Itm to Thomas Procter Wyff iiij d Itm to Robert Procter of Kiydenhead x sh and iiij d yt I lent him Itm to Ricd Lenyn and is wyff iiij d Itm to Georg Paley iiij d Item I wyll yt Chr Thornton and Adam my son shall have my brothers Chyldren and ye farmold at Langsthawe (Langshaw at Clapham) to ye terme of x yers be hended and they to leve yt according to my brothers wyll Itm to Agnes Armystead xx d Itm to Janyt Kyng xii d Itm I gyve and beqwheit to Adam Car my son all ye lands lying in hold Wenyngton Lawkland and within ye tonshepe of Gyglesweke a house in Settyl with ye appurtenances and other certain land within Settyl Felds Itm I give to my son Adam ye grayn House with ye lycence of ye Lord and other land in Settyl feld yt is ocupyd with ye sayd howse at this tyme And where I ye sayd Thomas by my ded sufficient in ye law beryng date ye xiii day of May anno tertio (?) Edwardi sexti (1549) have gyven and granted to my son Adam and is herys certain lands and ten .... as in ye same ded more pticulerly and planelie apperith I will yt my sayd gyft of ye sayd lands shall be good and effectual accordynge to ye tenor of the sayd dede by me gyven to my sayd son Adam And also I wyll yt where ye sayd ..... nowe in ye tenure of Georg Swaynson was purchased of on Jhon Swaynson by ye name of ye viii the pte of Knyght Stanforde above the towne for bycause there be diverse purchases of the same Knyht Stanford and so as occupied jointlye ... so be hereafter any pticion be made in and amongst ye sayd purchasers so yt ye sayd ten’t now in ye tenure of ye sayd Georg doo lyght in any other mans pte and any other lands ten’ts with ye appurtenances do lyght or be allotted to me and me and my heires for my pte Then I give and beqwheyt such lands and ten’ts to me and my heires allotted to my sayd son Adam and is heires for ever Item I give to Jamys Car a howse at Wold in Sawlton (Sutton?) with all ye appurtenances Thomas Browne howse Thomas Twysleton howse of Settyll and Staykus addyng (adjoining) whyce (which) is maystr xpor (Christopher) Chews I give them to Jamys myson (sic) or ye Gold yt shall be payd for them Itm I give to Jamys my son ye ten’t lying in Staykus with ye licence of ye Lord and when so ever he shall enter heyr to have ye crocke (?) heyr and lehyffe (?) ye .... theyr and I will ye yt mazer and iiij silver spons remayn heyr styll and Adam not to mellut (?) thyme and if Jamys will likyff a nark and a almerye then he shall have all other husbandry stoyffe yt is here with arks and almerye The resydue of my goods my detts payd and all other charges borne I give and beqwhyt to Kateryn my wyff and Adam my sone whom I make my holl executors Theys men beryn wytness
Lourens Dowykyn of Twghyll   Jhon Swaynson
xp ofr (Christopher) Tornton                           Roger Brayshawe
Rogr Armystead                                   Jhon Paley
Jamys Armystead of Huntwhait Thomas Staykus and other men
Jamys Staykus

Notes appended

mazer Whitaker History Craven note to p 435

ij d is 2d viiij d is 8d

there have lived at Stackhouse
Tho Carr 1490 supposed time of birth
Jas Carr 1550
Tho Carr 1580
Jas Carr 1610 Jacob 1iAngliu 8o Iertie
Rich Carr 1658
Tho Carr 1668
Will Carr 1678 died about 1762
Thos Carr 1712 born
Wm Carr 1745

present Stackhouse family
Thos Carr 1775 Rd Carr 1777 Ellen C 1779
Wm C 1781 ? C 1785
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ADAM CARRE of Grainhouse 1586
Borthwick Prob. reg. 23 fol. 380

In the name of god Amen the fourth daye of Februarie in the yeare of our Lord god one thousand five hundreth foure score and fyve in the 23rd yeare of the reigne of our sovraigne Ladie Elizabeth by the grace of god Quene of england France and Ireland defender of the faith etc. I Addame Carre of Grainehouse in Gigleswicke in the countie of yorke sick in bodie but of good and perfect remembrance praysed be god do make this my last will and testamente in manner and forme following First I bequeathe my soule to Jesus Christ my maker and redeemer and onlie saviour. And my bodie to be buried in the churche yard at Giggleswick. Item. I bequeathe for my mortuarie and church dues all that ryght will. Item. my will is that my wyfe shall the lease (?) my house duringe her widdowhood and to give her widdow righte of my tenement at graynehouse and the occupation of the third of her rights of my landes at graynhouse and in Giggleswicke. Item. I give unto Willm Carre my sonne and to his heirs and assynes for ever all my title and ryghte of the tenement at nether Hunthwaite which I take of Adame Armitstead by lycence of the lord he the said Willm. performed ….. covenants and things as of my ….. and ryght performed And I give also to the said Willm. Carre my sonne the title and tenante right of…. at….nether- Huntwait…six pence rent by lycence of the Lorde. Item. I give….Richard Carre my sonne the title and tenante righte of my tenement at Graynehouse of twelve shillings rente by lycence of the Lord to have and to hold to hym and his heirs and assygns for ever my wyfe widdowe righte thereupon onlie excepted [ and whereas I have a bargaine of…….. of certain ground called grene field with standage upon redemption at the promised daye of maye next after the date hereof I give the same bargaine wholly unto Addame Carre my sonne toward his mayntenance at the schole whether yt be the ground or the money for yt] And the same to be at the endorsement (judgement?) of Thomas Roger and Willm Carre my sonnes. And by them to be paid unto hym the said Addam as his need shalbe. Item. Yt is my wyll that Willm. and Richard my sonnes and Margaret my daughter shall contynue with my wyfe at the Graynhouse duringe the space of thre years next after the date hereof. And they to have meat drinke clothinge and lodginge during the same tyme And to occupie all my grounds………. at Settle Giggleswicke field Hunthwaite and …..garth as at the grainehouse during the said thre years And whatsoever remain they shall keep or gett thereupon in that tyme over and……..their maintenance my will is that my wyfe and Willm. my sonne shall have the same [ and that they shall bestowe of Addam Carre my sonne suche partes of yt as they shall thinke needful] And my will is that yf Willm. my sonne do marie his wyfe and children shalbe kepte with meate drinke and clothes during the said thre yeares endes. And at the thre yeares ende my will is that the said Willm. shall give his share at Huntwyate. Item. My will is that all my husbandrie geare shall contynue together this thre yeares to occupie the grounds with all and at the said thre years endes the same to be equallie devided amonge my wyfe and Willm. and Richard my sonnes at the discretion of Thomas and Roger my sonnes and Robert Carre of Lanclyfe and yf my wyfe marrie or dye before the thre yeares endes then their portion of the husbandrie geare to remaine unto Willm. and Richard my sonnes equallie betwene them And whereas I have bore at great charges of Richard my sonne ……… in promisinge to hym the ……….garth and certaine grounde in Giggleswicke fields whereof I have lett hym in tenante at my charges my will is that he shall in consideration thereof pay unto Margaret my daughter before the daye of his marriage thre poundes sixe shillings and eyghte pence Item. I give unto the said Richard my sonne one great Arke………. called the meale arke to enter unto the same at the deathe of my wyfe or end of her widdowhood. And my will is he shall have no other portion of my goodes or chattalls And where also I have bore at great charges unto Roberte and James Carre my sonnes in keeping them at schole And I have bequested more of them than any of the rest of my children is licke to have, my will is and I charge them they or eyther of them shall not claime any portions of my goodes but hold them contented Item. I give to everie one of the children of Thomas and Roger my sonnes two shillings six pence Item. My will is that all my lawfull bargains shalbe performed And for Richard Somerscale my will is that my executoures shall perform his……… bargains during thre yeares nexte And also the said thre yeares endes Thomas my sonne to paye and discharge two parts And my wyfe the other third parte unto the said Richard Somskales his wyfe duringe their lyves And the longer lyve of them ……to their bargaine And my will is that my detts be paid of my whole goods and ……… that remains my legacies and…….. severall expenses paid I give the same wholie unto my wyfe and Willm. my sonne and Richard my sonne And I ordayne appoynt the said Anne my wyfe and my sole executrix of this my last will and testament This witnesses Thomas Carre and Roger Carre my sonnes Robert Carre of Lancklyfe and Robert Crake with others .

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Robert Crake married Jana Preston 1574/5
Anna f Robert bp 1575/6
Bridgeta f Robert bp 1577
Thomas f Robert 1583 buried 1585
Jana buried 1597

ROGER CARRE of Giggleswicke (and Grainhouse) 1586
Borthwick vol 23 fol 494 Probate Reg. and ZXF 2/2/2 (original)

In the name of god Amen the xxvj day of Januaire a thousand fyve hundrethe eyghtie sixe And in the xxix th year of the reigne of our sovraigne Ladie Quene Elizabeth etc I Roger Carre of Giggleswicke within the countie of yorke yoman sicke in bodie but of good and perfect remembrance prayse be almyghtie god do make this my last will and testament in writinge in manner and forme followinge that is to say First I recommend my sole unto the mercyfull hands of Jesus Christ my onlie saviour and redeemer by the merittes of whose precious death and passion I hope for salvation and .....of everlasting joyes and felicities Besechinge him of his infinite goodness to have mercy upon me and to pardone and forgive me all my syns and offences which I have comitted against his divine maieste And I will my bodie to be buried in the church yard of Gigleswicke aforesaid And I will that my debts which I owe by lawe be trulie contented and paid And I bequeathe for my mortuarie and other churche dues all that Right will And I will that my wyfe shall have her Widdowe ryght of my goodes And my will is that my natural mother Anne Carre shall have her rent paid her for the tenement where I nowe dwell duringe her lyfe naturall yearlie as she hath heartofore had the same And I give grannt bequeathe and devyse all that my messuage farme or tenement with their appurtenances and everie parte and parcell thereof situate lyinge and beinge within the towne and territories of Gigleswicke aforesaid and also wher and………in my occupation or my assigne or assignes of the ancient annuall or yearlie rent of twentie shillings be yt more or less unto Thomas Carre my onlie sonne to have and to hold the same unto the said Thomas my sonne And to the heirs of his bodie lawfullie begotten and to be begotten for ever In consideracon whereof and wherefore my will is that the said Thomas Carre my sonne shall contente and paye or cause to be contented and paid unto the rest of my children the some of twentie five pounds of lawful English money equallie amongst them or otherwyse shall put in good and lawfull assurances to Thomas Hyne of Gigleswicke aforesaid Thomas Carre and William Carre my brothers or the survivor or survivors of them for the said payment of the said some of twentie five pounds before he the said Thomas my sonne shall enter unto the said tenement or any part or parcel thereof And then at the feast day of purification (?) of Marie the blessed virgine next after he the said Thomas my sonne hath paid the said some of five and twentie pounds or put in good assurance for the payment of the same as above said my will is that he the said Thomas my sonne shall enter unto the same messuage farme or tenement with thappurtenances and evere part and parcel thereof and not before the widdow Ryght of the said Anne my mother allways excepted and to her………..duringe her naturall lyfe. And further my will is that the………….some so by hym the said Thomas my sonne paid or bound to be paid shalbe paid to everie one of my said children their equall portions thereof as they and everie of them shall accomplishe the full age of 21 years accordinge the condition of one obligation wherein the said Thomas Hyne Thomas Carre and William my brethren joyntlie and severallie bounde.in unto my executors admynistrators and assigns as by the same obligation bearing date the sixtenthe day of Januaire last past before the date hearof more at large appeareth And yf yt fortune the said Thomas my sonne to depte this lyfe without yssue of his bodie lawfully begotten then my will is And I give grannte bequeathe and devyse thabovesaid tenement with thappurtenances unto Katherine Carre my second daughter to have and to hold the same to the said Katherine my daughter And to the heirs of her bodie lawfully begotten for ever In consyderation whereof and wherefore my will is that she the said Katherine shall content and paye unto the rest of my said children within foure years next after she shall accomplish the full age of 21 yeares the some of fortie pounds of lawfull English monie equally to be devided amongst them or otherwyse shall put in good assurance unto the said Thomas Hyne Thomas and William Carre my brethren or the survivor or survivors of them three for the said payment of the same in manner and forme aforesaid And also shall enter unto the same in forme aforesaid and not before And yf the said Katherine dye without yssue of her bodie lawfully begotten then my will is And I give grannte bequeathe and devyse the foresaid tenement with thappurtenances to Anne Carre my eldest daughter to have and to hold the same to her the said Anne and to the heirs of her bodie lawfullie begotten and to be begotten for ever She the said Anne payinge the said some of fortie pounds to Katherine her syster should have done and in manner and forme aforesaid And also to enter unto the same tenement (?) in forme aforesaid and not otherwyse And for sacke of Anne her lawfull yssue then the said tenement with appurtenances to remaine and come to her next(?) syster and to the heirs of her bodie lawfullie begotten and to be begotten for ever And so forth successively to the rest of my children payinge the said some of fortie pounds in forme aforesaid And also to enter unto the same tenement in forme aforesaid and not before The rest of all my goods unbequeathed my debts paid of the whole and final expenses discharged I give and bequeathe the same unto my daughters equallie to be devided amongst them And I ordayne and make the said Elizabeth my wyfe my sole executrix of this my last will and testament And I appoynt Hughe Armytstead my uncle and the said Thomas Carre my brother supvis....of this my will trusting that they will see the same performed accordinge to my true meaning And thus havinge my whole faythe and full trust in Jesus Christ I make an end this beinge witnessed Richard Brayshaye Thomas Preston Richard Radclyf [Willm Carre Thomas Hyne] and Lyonel (?) Jenynge with others

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WILLIAM CARR of Grainhouse 1587

Borthwick vol. 23 fol. 837

In the name of god Amen the fyfth day of marche a thousand fyve hundrethe eyghtie seven I William Carre of the Graynhouse and of the parish of Giggleswicke beinge sicke in bodie but of perfect mynd do make this my last will and testament in manner and form following. First I commend my soule into the handes of almyghtie god my heavenlie father………..by his………..in Jesus Christ………Item my bodie to be buried at the……….of my………..Item I give…….my……..what is ryete(?) and ………Item I give to my mother Anne Carr thre partes of my landes at huthewhaite………for……….widdowhood Item I give to my wyfe Elizabeth……..five partes of my lands at hunthwaite aforesaid and the nether field…………the………of my………………presente (?) And the ryt after my……….duringe the………of my child yf yt please god yt lyve and………………..of my…….my will is that my said child shall have all my landes at Hunthwaite aforesaid and the……..to my said wyfe her……..accordinge And also…………to my mother as is aforesaid. And yf my child fortune to dye within her mynoritie then my will is that my wyfe shall have two partes of my land at Hunthwaite duringe her………widdowhood. And also I give the rest of my said lands and nether field to my brother Thomas Carre and Richard Carre equallie betwene them…….as is aforesaid to my mother…………and to my wyfe her third if my child lyve. And if it dye duringe her ………widdowhood. Also (?) if my child fortune to dye………my brother Richard Carr to come to my lands as is aforesaid. Then my will is my said brother Richard Carre shall paye to my said wyfe five (?) pounds and to my mother twentie shillings in consideration of the nether-field. Also I give the……….husbande geare which my father Adam Carre gave to me to my wyfe and my child. Item my will is that my mother shall……..to those of my wyfe at Hunthwaite the next yeare a……….they…fourtene bushels of ottes and halfe a quarter of barley. Also if my wyfe dye before my child accomplish his full majority (?) then my will is that my said mother shall have the …………..my said child lands and goods. The rest of my goods my detts and…………paid I give to my wyfe Elizabeth and my child equallie to be devided betwene them. And of this my will I make my said wyfe Elizabethe sole executrix. This beinge witnessed Roger Carre Richard Lynfrey (?) Thomas Carre with others.

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ELIZABETH CARRE 1587

Borthwick vol 23 fol 492

In the name of god Amen the twentyth (?) day of Februaire one thousand five hundred and eighty six And in the xxix th year of the reigne of our sovarigne Ladie Elizabeth I Elizabeth Carre of Langclyfe within the county of Yorke spinster daughter of James Carre laite of Stackehouse being sick in bodie but of good and perf. Remembrance prayse be almygte god do make this my last will and testament in writinge in manner and forme followinge. That is to say First I recommend my Soul unto the masterful hande of Jesus Christ my onlie saviour and redeemer by the merit of whose precious death and passion I hope for salvation and life everlasting joyous and beseeching hym of his infinite goodness to have mercy upon me. And to pardon and forgive me all my syns and offences which I have committed againste his divine majesty. And I will my bodie to be buried in the churche yard of Gigleswicke. And I give to my mortuarie and church duties all that righte will. And I give grannte and bequeath to James Stackhous of Stackhouse his children wch he had wth my syster Anne to every one of them tene shillinge. And also I give grannt and bequethe to Willm Iveson his children wch he now hath by Margaret my syster to everye one of them tene shillings. And moreover I give grannte and bequeathe to everie one of my brother Thomas Carre his children the licke sum of tenne shillings. And further my will is that my executors hereafter named shall paye or cause to be paide the several sums abovesaid to everie one of the abovesaid children whome I am Aunt unto so soon as they shall accomplish the full age of twente and one yeares. Also I give grannt and bequeathe to Oliver Stackhouse somnne of Hughe Stackhouse of Lawckland the some of five (?) shillings to be paid to hym the said Oliver by my executors so soon as he shall accomplish the full age of twente and one years in manner and forme aforesaid. All the rest of my goods unbequeathed my dette beinge paid of the whole and funerall expenses discharged I give the same unto Willm Iveson my brother in law. And Roberte Carre my naturall brother equallie to be divided betwene them. And I ordayne and make the said Willm. Iveson my brother in Lawe And the said Roberte Carre my naturall brother my executor of this my last will and testament. And I appoynt John Armytstead and Anthonne Armytstead of the abovesaid Langclyfe supervisor of the same trusting that they will see the same performed according to my trust in Jesus Christ I make an end Thes beinge witnesses Richard Radclyfe of gigleswick John Armytstead Anthonie Armytstead Willm. Iveson and Jennings

RICHARD CARR of Grainhouse 1593

Borthwick 25 1523

In the name of God amen the nynth day of Julia 1593 I Rychard Carre of Graynhous sick in bodye but in perfect remembrance prayse be god do make this my last will and testament in manner and forme following First I bequeath my sole to Jesus Christ my onlie Lord and saviour and my bodie to be buried in the church yarde of Gygleswyck and for my mortuarie and all other debts to be payd

It is my will that my wife shall have the of my of my late my younge child or children in her wombe

Thomas Carr my brother Thomas or his heirs Margaret my wife

And I appoint my brother Thomas

Roger of Closehouse

Huggon House
Thomas Carr of giggleswick Richard Crake

R.Postlethwaite version

my bodie to be buried in the church yearde of Gygleswyke. The tenants right of my tenement at Grynhoue or elsewhere unto Adam my sonn, but my wife is to have the occupation of my tenement during her widdowhood, and the governance of my children and their portions till my eldest sonne of lawful age. My debts to be paid of my whole goods: then my wife is to have her widdows part and the rest to my younge childe or children in her wombe yf God give them life and for lacke of them to my other son Adam. As touchinge such righte as I may have in the reversion of any lands or grounds which did belong to my brother William at Hinthhoyhe ? (Hunthwaite?) I give the same to Adam my son and his issue.

Extra line: Lands at Sandisayke which did belong to my brother William to my sonn Adam.

My mother shall have a third parte of the Graynhowe grasse garth and groundes during her widdowhood, and the bond made between my mother and me shall stand good so long as my mother and my wife can agree thereunto - when they cannot agree then the husbandrie geare to be divided between them. If my children die withoute issue then the Grynhoue to my brother Thomas Carre and his heirs, reservinge half to my wife during her widdowhood; and in those circumstances Thomas or his heirs are to pay unto my sister Margaret 20 marks. The groundes in the Tutenfold I give to Thomas Carre of Gygleswycke my brothers sonne and he is to pay to my wife 5 marks within one year.
My wife sole executrix. My brother Thomas Carre, Roger Carre of Close house; Xpofer Banke of Huggonhous and Thomas Carre of Gygleswycke to be supervisors.

Witnesses Thomas Carre, Roger Carre, Xpofer Banke, Thomas Carre, John Foster, Robte Crake

The wife is not named in the following probate details.

THOMAS CARR of Langcliffe 1596
Borthwick vol 26 fol 513

In the name of God Amen the 20th(?) day of December 1596 I Thomas Carr of Langcliffe sick in body but of perfect remembrance (praised be god) do make this my last will and testament in manner and form following. First I bequeath and commend my soul to Jesus Christ my only and alone saviour and my body to be buried in the churchyard of the parish church of Giggleswick. And for my mortuary and all other church of and accustomed. Also my will is that my debts be paid of my whole goods and then my purse (?) to have her widow and my children their portions. I give and bequeath my messuage, my houses with the appurtenances thereto belonging whereof I am now possessed unto William my eldest son and to the issue of his body lawfully to be begotten. But and if it fortunes my said son to die without issue then I give and bequeath one said tenement and houses with the appurtenances unto my younger son Georg Carr and to the issue of his body lawfully to be begotten and for want of such issue of the said George then after his death I will that the same remain unto Margaret my daughter and to her issue lawfully to be begotten and for want of such issue of the said Margaret I give the same unto Leonard (?) Carr son of my brother William Carr to whom I am godfather after the death of the said Margaret and to the issue of his body lawfully to be begotten. And I will that Agnes my wife shall have the use and occupation of my said tenement and houses with appurtenances and also of all my goods until my eldest son William do come to the age of one and twenty years. And then I will that he will enter unto and have occupy possess and enjoy (?) thenceforth the said tenement and houses he the said William paying unto my son George the sum of six pounds and to my daughter Margaret other equal (?) of current and lawful money of England at or before his said entry to the same. But and if default be made herein by the said William for as he do not pay or cause to be paid the beforesaid several (?) sums unto my said son George and Margaret my said daughter when he the said William shall deem to 21 years (as is aforesaid) and before he do enter unto the occupation of half of the aforesaid tenement and houses then I will that my said son George and Margaret my said daughter shall enter unto have occupy and enjoy(?) the said half tenement and houses to their most perfect advantage for the space of one whole year then next following and so from year to year until the said William shall pay.

And my will is also And I give unto Agnes my said wife the half of my tenement and houses aforesaid with the appurtenances to have and to hold occupy and enjoy the same to her most perfect advantage for and during her widowhood. Also I give unto my son William Carr the best pair of bedstocks that I have in my house. And I will my wife shall have the use of the same for and during her widowhood. And I give also unto my said daughter Margaret one caldron and one Ark the best caldron and ark at the house. The rest of my goods so bequeathed my debts discharged and funeral expenses paid I give unto George my son and Margaret my daughter equally to be divided between them. And I ordain and appoint my said wife my sole executor. And I appoint also Henry Thompson and Geoffrey Atkinson desire me them to be witnesses hereof

Henry Thompson

Geoffrey Atkinson aforesaid and

John Paley

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ROGER CARR of Closehouse 1597

Borthwick v27, f117

In the name of God amen the ix th daie of Julie in the xxxix th yeare of the raigne of our most gracious sovraigne ladie Elizabeth by the grace of god also of England France and Ireland Queene defender of the faith 1597 I Roger Carr of Closehouse in the parishe of Giggleswicke and countie of yorke sicke in bodie but of perfecte remembrance praised be god do make thys my laste will and testament in manner and forme followinge First I commend my soule to Jesus Christ my only lord and alone saviour And my bodie to bee buried in the churchyarde of the parish church in Gigleswicke And for my mortuarie and other church dues whatsoever is of right due and………… I will that the same bee trulie paied Item I give to the poore in Gigleswick parish Thre shillings foure pence to bee distributed by my executors Item I do give to Roger Carre sonne of Allan Carr my sonne one greate Arke at the fier and in the house one gimbel and one hacke and the same to bee hirelooms at the house Item I give to Allan Carr my sonne all the hay growinge uppon the halfe of my tenemente which I own And also the one halfe of my corne growinge uppon the said tenemente and the other halfe of my corn I give to John Lawson (?) Iveson (?) to whom I am grandfather and I will that my said corne be equallie devided uppon the field by two………..Also I give to my sonne Allan all my husbandrie geare one saltinge cupp (?) and one high table in the fire house one (joined) bed stockes and one pair of bedstockes in the fire house and also shaires and tools belonginge to my house Item I give to John Taylor sonne of Thomas Tailor one yoake of oxen which are ………to bee to his onlie use for ever yf god do call mee at this time And I will that he paie for the ……..grassinge of the same oxen Item I give to Jane Proctor one black cowe (?coat) and one sheaf (?) of paper a yarde (?) to lye her clothes in Item I give to Allan Parker my new……. Item I give to Timothye one gimmer lamb Item I give to everie one of those children to whom I am grandfather a lamb and where my lambes will not……Item I give to Thomas Tailor my swine Item I give to my daughter Jenet (?) the best younge………of Beasts (?) (that ) I have Item I give to the wyfe of Robert Falthrop one old stocke of………….Item I give to my sonne Allans wyfe one other younge swarme of bees Item I give to my sonne Allan my saddle and……….Also………..and some……..goods of my children shalbe contented with these legacies aforesaid to them and theire husbands in consideration (?) and of anie…….they to have no benefitt of my will. All the rest of my goods moveable and imoveable my debts and funeral expences paied I give to Thomas Taylor Robert Falthrop and Robert Thornton to be equallie devided amongst them whome I make jointlie mye executors of this my last will and testament These witnesses Brian Cookson and Willm Newhowse Esq.

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ANNE CARR of Grainhouse (nee Armitstead) 1607

Borthwick vol. 30 fol. 549

In the name of god Amen the xix te day of December in the yeare of our Lord god 1607 I Anne Carr of Grainhouse in the County of york widdow late wife of Adam Carr deceased do make this my last will and testament in manner and forme following. First I commend my soule to almightie god and my bodie to christian buryall. Item my will is that my debts shall be paid out of my whole goodes. Item I give unto Adam Carr whom I am grandmother unto one great meale Arke one almory, two meat boardes, one dishboard one shelfe one chist two pair of bedstocks and also half a quarter of oates and all my husbandry geare And besides Item I give to Christopher Carr ten shillinge Item I give to my mayd Elizabethe Butterfeild iiij (?pence) pair of crockes (?), one red coat, two gray coates and the wintering of one……. Item I give to the five children of Elizabeth Carr every one ij (?pence) Item I give to my daughter Margrett two pair of bedstocks Item I give to the wife of Thomas Carr of Giggleswicke a …… of………. And for the rest of all my goodes I give them to Isabell and Anne Armitstead daughters of Roger Armitstead And I make and assign the said Roger Armitstead to be my sole executor witnesses whereof Barnard Browne John Foster

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HUGH CARR of Winskill bachelor 1609
Borthwick vol. 31 fol. 663 mf 946

In the name of God Amen the 24th day of March in the year of our Lord God 1609 I Hewghe Carr of Windskall within the parish of Giggleswick and county of York Bachelor sick in body but of perfect remembrance praised be god for the same do make this my last will and testament in manner and form following. First I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty god by whose majesty through the redemption of Jesus Christ my only saviour I believe to be saved and my body to be buried in the churchyard of Giggleswick. I will that my debts be paid of my whole goods and my funeral debts and expenses paid. Item first I give to my sister Katherine Jackson and to her children 40 shillings. Item I give to Thomas Fishe son of Jeffrey Fishe of Malham two and 40 shillings. Item I give to James Carr son of Thomas Carr Brasha 20 shillings. Item I give to William Carr brother to the said James Carr 13 s and 4d. Item I give to Roger Carr brother to the said William Carr 6s 8d. Item I give to my sister Elizabeth Tailor 10 shillings And to her daughter Margarett Tailor 10 shillings. And to Jane Bateman wife of William Bateman 10 shillings. Item I give to Agnes Cockell daughter of William Cockell 20 shillings. Item I give to Anne Armitstead daughter of Roger Armitstead of Rawthmell 12d. And the rest of my goods to be equally given and divided to and between Thomas Watkinson of Settle Thomas Tailor of Giggleswick and Jane Forster of Windskall wife of Henry Forster. I will and make Thomas Tailor my whole executor of this my last will and testament. Item I give to Richard Kydd and Elizabeth Kydd 10 shillings. Item my will and appoint that Thomas Tailor shall have the space of one whole year next after my decease to pay these legacies above set down. Witnesses Thomas Watkinson Henry Forster William Carr

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THOMAS CARR of Stackhouse 1611
Borthwick Admon. Craven DAB fol 58

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Septimo die mensis Decembris 1610 ...... Johes Tophan Clericus decanus decanatus de Craven cert de probatione testi.......]

Seventh day of the month of December 1610.... John Tophan cleric dean in the deanery of Craven established for proving testament ...

Eisdem die et anno dictus Decanus cert se Com[m]ississe ad[ministrat]em bonorum que fuerunt Thome Carr nup[er] de Stackhouse Dioc Eborum defunct Elizabethe Carr eius relict prius iurat & Salvo & ex[ecu]t[ris] fuit Ju[ris] (?) ultra 40 L et dicta Elizabetha et al obligantur.

Carr
Comp ibii (sic) 1611

The same day and year of the said Dean established Commissioner for administrating the goods which had been those of Thomas of Stackhouse in the Diocese of York deceased, Elizabeth his widow formerly sworn witness and of good health and executrice was sworn above £40 and the said Elizabeth et al to be bound.

Carr
Present (?) then 1611

ROBERT CARR of Stackhouse 1612

Borthwick vol. 32, fol. 594

In the name of god amen the seaven and twentieth day of Januarie in the yeare of our lord god one thousand six hundreth and twelve I Robert Carr of Stackhouse in the countie of yorke yeoman sicke in bodie but of good and perfect memorie god be praised therefore do make and ordaine this my last will and testament in manner and forme following First I comend and comit my soule into the mercifull hands of almightie god trusting through the merittes of Jesus christe to be made ptaker of life everlasting and for my bodie I will that the same be buried in the pish churchyard of Gigglesweeke at the discretion of my wife and freinds And whereas I have by my deed indented bearing date with this my present will given grannted assigned lettover.and confirmed unto Thomas Lawson and Richard Lawson of Langcliffe in the said countie yeomen and to theire heires and assignes for ever all my full and whole estate right title interest customarie estate clame of tennt right and demand whatsoever of and in that messuage and tennement with thappurtenances and all other lands tenements grounds commons and other things in Stackhouse as aforesaid which I did hold of our sovreigne Lord the kings majestie according to the custome of the mannor of Newbie whereof the said pmisses are pcell for and upon such considerations and for such intents as in the said deed are conteyned and expressed I do also by this my present last will and testament ratifie and confirme and approve the said deed and grannt thereby made and everie thing therein conteyned And for the money that shall grow due to myne executors and administrators or assigns upon saile of the premisses to be made by the said Thomas Lawson and Richard Lawson And likewise for all my other goods cattalls and creditts whatsoever my will is that my debts and funerall expenses being first deducted and paid out the rest be devided into three ptes whereof my will is that Jennett my wife shall have one pte to her owne sole use and out of the other two ptes my will is and I give demise and bequest unto Thomas Carr my eldest sonne tenne pounds And the residew I will shallbe equallie devided and distributed amongst all my children unpferred that is to say Thomas James Adam Beniamyne Agnes and Allice And if any one of my said children die in theire minorities then it is my will and I do herebie ordaine and demise that the portion and portions of them or any of them so dying shall remaine to the survivors of my said children before named and everie one of them to have an equall pte thereof And Moreover it is my will that Jennett my wife and her assignes shall and may have and enioy my said messuage and tennement with the appurtennces and take and receive all the issues and profitts thereof to her own use for and towards the better bringing upp of and pferment of my younger children unpferred untill such tyme as the said Thomas Lawsonn and Richard Lawson shall have made saile thereof And Lastlie I do herebie make and ordaine the said Jennett my wife to be the sole executrix of this my last will and testament Thos being witnesses (Thomas) James Carr John Stackhouse James Stackhouse and William Lawson

Latin text

ROGER CARR of Closehouse 1621
Borthwick vol. 36 fol. 634

In the name of god Amen the xix th daie of Julie in the (neententh?) year of the reigne of our Sovraigne lord James by the grace of god kinge of England France and Ireland defender of the fayth Anno Dni 1621 that I Roger Carr of Closhowse wthin the pish of Gyglesweeke and diocs of yeorke yeoman seek in the visitaconn (?) of allmightie god yeat now the ....god and pfect remembrance thanks be givene to this for the same do make this my last will and Testamt in manner and forme followinge, first I commend my Soule into the hands of allmightie god my maker and Creator and through the death and passion of his Sonne Christ Ihesue I do fullye trust to be saved and my bodye to be buryed in my pish Church of Gyglesweeke aforesayd when yt shall [please him to call me from there In primis I give and bequeath unto Adam Carr my father the Some of twentie powndes of lawfull (English) monie whereof there is x li in the hands of Robt Coote of Giglesweeke and is due to be payed att the feast of St. Andrew the Apostle now next cominge and five pownds in the hands of my father in law Robt. Swaynsonne and is due to be payd att or uponne the Second daye of Februarie next Cominge and iiij li in the hands of John Foster of the feildyeat and is due to be payed att the feast of St. Andrew thApostle next Cominge after the makinge herof and my mind and will is that my father Alann Carr shall but take of Robt. Coote xxj s for use and interest of the sayd x li and but vj s viij d of John Foster for the use and interest of the (dewe?) Some of iiij li and the reste of the sayd interest unto Ann Carr my wife Itm I give unto my mann Robt. Payley my Cloak Itm I give and bequeath to eache childe that I am godfather unto the Some of iij s iiij d Itm I give to my brother in law Thomas Foster of Staynforth the Some of fortie shillings to be payd to him or his assignes wthin one yeare after my decease and lastlie all the rest of my goods movable and immovable whatsoever I give them to Ann Carr my wife wherof I do make her my whole executrix of this my last will and testamt she bringinge me honestly to the Church accordinge to my abilitie payinge and dischardginge all dues duties debts legacs wth funerall expences in such Sort and forme as the law requireth.

Witnesses herof are theis
Thomas Browne
(others off the sheet)

ALAN CARR of Closehouse 1626
Borthwick vol. 39 fol. 129

In the name of god Amen the foarth day of September Anno Dmi 1626 I Alan carr of Closehouse in the county of yorke yeoman sicke in body but of good and pfect memory (praised be God) do make this my last will and testament in manner and forme following. First I commend my soule into the mercifull hands of almighty god my master and redeemer trusting assuredly through the meritts of eternall blisse in heaven and I committ my body to the earth to be buried at the discretion of my friends. And for my goods I do dispose hereof as followeth, that is to say, I give to my sonne Lawrence Burton and Margarett his wife seaven powndes and my long cheste and the one of the doublers now in the same. Item I give to my sonnes Mr Richard Carr and Mr Robert Carr either of them twenty shillings. Item I give to Agnes Sownden servant to my sonne (in law) Willm Franckland Tenne shillings. Item I give to Anne Paler (?) my grandchilde twenty shillings. And the rest of all my goods viz. money, husbandry geare and householde stuffe I give to the said Willm Franckland my sonne in lawe desiring him out of the same to bring my body to decent buriall, as hee and my freinds in their discretion shall thinke fitting. And I nominate and appoint the said Willm to be sole executor of this my last will and testament these being witnesses Thomas Sowden Willm Lawson and Michael Lawson

(NB wife Elizabeth died in 1622)

ALICE CARR of Winskill spinster 1634
Borthwick vol. 42 fol. 352 mf 960

In the name of God Amen I Alice Carr of Winskall spinster sick of body but in good and perfect memory the Lord be praised for the same do make this my last will and testament in manner and form following. Imprimis I bequeath my soul to god by whose merits I hope to be saved and my body to the ground to be buried at the discretion of my well beloved friends. Item it is my will that my son James Carr have 40 shillings put forward till he come at age. Item I give to my brother Thomas Foster of Winskall my two best suits of clothes. Item I give to my sister Katherin Foster the rest of my clothes to dispose of as she thinks fitting. Item all the rest of my goods my debts paid my funeral expenses discharged I give to my foresaid brother Thomas Foster. And I make and ordain my said brother Thomas Foster executor of this my last will and testament Witness hereof Christopher Foster

Latin text

THOMAS CARR of Giggleswick 1638

In the name of God Amen the eleventh day of January 1638 of Thomas Carr of Gigelswick in the County of York sick in body but of and perfect memorey praise be God for the same Doe make this my last will and testament in manner and forme following. First I give and bequeath my soul into the hands of Almighty God my heavenly maker and my body to be buried att the discretion of my executor and loving freinds. For my wordly goods my will is my debts be paid out of my whole . Also I give unto my sonne in Law Thomas Lawson my best cloak. Also I give unto his youngest sonne ten shillings. Also I give unto the other two children of Thomas Lawson Lawrence and An one little butt in Brackenber to enter unto the same at my decease provided always that if my grandchilde Thomas Carr when he shall accomplish the age of one and twenty yeares will give and pay unto them the said Lawrence and An to either of them ten shillings then my will is that he the said Thomas shall have the said butt. Also I give and bequeath unto my grandchildren William Carr son of Richard Carr and Jane Carr and Elizabeth Carr daughters of Roger Carr one p'cell of ground lying in far dalifax containing by estimation five roads (be it more or less) provided always and upon condition that if Thomas Carr sonn of Roger Carr when he shall accomplish the age of one and twenty years paie unto the said William Carr Jane Carr and Elizabeth Carr the somme of one and twenty pounds and ten shillings equally amongst them and for want of payment I give the said p'cell of ground to these my three grandchildren William Jane and Elizabeth. Also I give him towards this payment one other p'cell of ground lying on . Also I give him lying neare the on Gigelswickoutmoor. And if case the said William Jane or Elizabeth Carr or one of them die in their nonnage then my will is that shall be good and remaine to the survivor or survivors of them. Also my will is that my natural sonne Thomas Carr shall take the profits of that same p'cell of ground lying in far dalifax and shall put it to the use and behalf of William Carr son of Richard Carr towards his education and bringing upp untill such time as my grandchilde Thomas Carr hath accomplished the age of one and twenty yeares. Also I give unto Ricaed Carr my best sett of apparell. Also I give unto Christopher Brayshay a pair of clean britches, one pair of jerkins,

one half As for the rest of my goods and leases not bequeathed I give unto my natural sonn Thomas Carr of Kirbie and I do make and appoint my natural son Thomas Carr (jur) to be sole executor of this last will and testament these being wittness.

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Robert

Thomas Lawsonn

Thomas Carr I mke

JAMES CARR OF STACKHOUSE 1654
died 10 Dec 1654
Borthwick reference folio 100, York Wills in London 1649-1660
PRO reference PROB 11/244 quire 100

In the name of God amen the fourth of December 1654 I James Carr of Stackhouse in the parish of Giggleswick county of York the unprofitable servant of God weak in body but strong in mind do willingly and with a firm hand which he of his fatherlie goodness gave unto me when he first fashioned me in my mother’s womb making me a ??? and a reasonable creature nothing doubting but that for his infinite ??? in the precious blood of his dearly beloved son Jesus Christ our only saviour and redeemer he will receive my soul unto his glory and place it in the company of the heavenly angels and blessed family and as concerning my body even with a good will and sure heart I give it over comending it to the earth whereof it came nothing doubting but according to the article of my faith at the great day of the general resurrection when we shall appear before the judgement seat of Christ I shall receave the same against the mighty power of god wherewith he is able to subdue all things to himself not a corruptible mortal weak and frail body as it is now, but as uncorruptible mortal strong and perfect body in all points likewise the glorious body of my Lord and saviour Jesus Christ. Imprimis first of all I give to my son Richard Carr this year rent Item to my son Robert Carr ten pounds Item to my son Francis Read ten pounds Item to my son John Tennant ten pounds Item to every child that I am grandfather to twenty shillings a piece Item to my grandchild George Read a bond of five pounds which is in the hands of Thomas Carr of Crenarig Item to my daughter Katherine a bedd coveringe Item to my grandchild Thomas Carr a long table which is in the bodystead of the house Item to my son Francis a bond of four pounds two shillings that is in the hands of Robert Barckley Item I give to my daughter Jane Carr twenty shillings Item I give to my grandchild John Carr thirty four shillings more towards buying apparel and sending him to London Item I give to my daughter Ellin one bedd of close and one chest standing in the parlour Item I do make my son Richard Carr and my son Francis Read my executors of this my present will and testament to perform my legacies above mentioned and see my debts paid and funeral expenses performed And the remainder of my goods if there shall any remain to be equally divided betwixt them. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand the fourth day of December 1654. James Carr his mark

Witnesses James Stackhouse his mark Richard Berry Thomas Wilson his mark

This will was proved at London before the judges for probate of wills and granting administrations the sixteenth day of August in the year of our Lord God one thousand six hundred fifty six by the oath of Francis Read one of the executors named in the last will and testament of the said deceased to whom administration was committed he being by commission first sworn truly to administer power being ??? to promise the like administration unto Richard Carr the other executor when he shall legally require the same.

WILLIAM CARR yeoman 1661 Memorandum
Borthwick vol 51 fol 485

Memorandum that William Carr of Langcliffe in the County of York yeoman being sick of the sickness whereof he died yet of perfect mind and memory, ........intention and purpose to make his last will and testament did about the middle of October in the year of our Lord 1661 say and declare these are the very like words in effect viz. I doe give to my daughter Mary one parcell of ground called Boone and to the issue of her body, And for want of further issue to redound to my two grand children Elizabeth and Agnes Carr, Provided notwithstanding that my said daughter Mary shall have liberty to sell the said premises, if at any time through want or necessity she be constrained so to doe.

In the presence of

Willm. Carr iun

WILLIAM CARR of Langcliffe 1674
Borthwick vol 55 fol 277

(Te)stamentum Guliemi Carr

..............God Amen the eighteenth day of February in the yeare of the ...(sovre)igne Lord Charles the Second over England Scotland France...........the twenty Sixt And in the yeare of oure Lord God according .....(comp)utation of the Church of England one thousand Six hundred.............(th)ree I William Carr of Langclife in the county of Yorke merchant..............and weak of body but of good and perfect remembrance praysed bee god doe.....and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and forme following And...........of all I commend and commit my soule into the handes of allmighty God my maker and Jesus Christ his only sonn my redeemer By whose merrits bitter deathe and passion his glorious resurrection and assention I hope to have remission full and free prdon of all my Sinns and a glorious inheritance with the Saints for ever to dwell with Him the father and Holy Spirrit in life everlasting And as for my worldly Goods and temporall esstait I Give and bequeathe in manner following And first of All I Give and hereby confirme unto my younger sonn Thomas Carr his Executors administrators and assignes all those landes tennements and buildings onely mentioned and expressed in one Deed or Indenture of Lease by mee lately conveyed sealed and delivered to my sd sonn Thomas Carr for his better prferment in marriage upon confirmation of which conveyance I the sd William Carr am shortly to receive the some of one hundred pounds viz in or upon the first day of March next of all hereafter ensueing if pleas god I soe long live wch sd some when soon recd by mee or my Executors I hereby intend and appoynt the same to bee paid to Catherine Carr my daughtr within one yeare after her marriaige And I doe hereby appoynt my sd sonn Thomas Carr to pay out of his pte of my goods and Inventory to the sd Catherine beeside what I have heretofore given her the some of 20 pounds And now I hereby give and bequeathe unto Leonard Carr my eldest sonn my whole esstayt within the Towne and Township of Langclife now in my possession together with three partes of the milne called Langclife Milne The Turbary upon Cappanahill The new house and shop standing in Settle called Reeby(?) hous now in the possession of the said Leonard Carr my son with all and every of theire privilidges Hee the sd Leonard Carr his Executors or assignes paying unto Ann Carr my daughter the some of two hundred and fifty poundes in manner following that is to say one hundred poundes within eighteene monthes next after my deceas And fifty poundes yearly for three yeares after the marriaige of the sd Ann Carr my daughter Item my will and mind is that my said sonn Leonard Carr shall pay out of his pte of my Goods and Inventory beside what I have heretofore given to the sd Ann the some of twenty pounds And if default shall bee maid by the said Leonard in payment of the sd somes to his sd sister Ann as above sd that it shall be lawful for the sd Ann to enter to all the landes in Langclife wch I have bought till the sd somes bee raised Item my will and mind is that my wife have out of my esstayt within Langclife beefore given to my sonn Leonard the some of twenty poundes yearly dureing her naturall life And the third of my goods according to the custome of the Province of Yorcke Item I give to my cozen Collonell Carr twenty pounds To my brother Tho: Carr other twenty pounds And to his sonn Tymothy twenty pounds And all the daughters hee haith att the time of my deathe ten shillings a pece unto Mary Carr my brother Lawrence daughter if then allso living att my deathe thirty shillings And I doe hereby nominate and appoynt Leonard Carr (jurat) and Thomas (jurat) my sonnes joynt Executors of this my last will and testament hereby revokeing all other formerly maid In witness whereof I have hereunto put my hand and sealed dated the day and yeare first above written.

Wm (?) Carr

Sealed ....sight and pr.....

jurat mke
John.......X...Chester ?

jurat mke
Elizabeth .. X Lancaster

Testamentum..........Gulielmi Carr mercatoris de Langclife Februarj 18th 1673
[1674]

THOMAS CARR of Giggleswick 1689
Borthwick Institute

In the Name of God Amen this twenty sixth day of December in the year of our Lord God One thousand six hundred eighty nine I Thomas Carr the elder of Gigleswicke in the county of york yeom being somewhat Infirme in body but of good and perfect memory praised bee God for the same doe make and ordayne this my last Will and testamt in maner and forme following hereby revoking all former and other will and wills by mee heretofore made (That is to say) first and principally I comend and comitt my soule into the mercifull hands of Almighty God my maker assuredly – trusting that through the meritts and mediation of Jesus Christ my Saviour my Sinns shall bee forgiven And that my soule shall be made partaker of everlasting happiness in the Kingdome of heaven, And my body to bee buryed in the pish Church of Gigleswicke aforesaid at the discretion of my friends and executrix hereafter named And as to the temporall Estate with which it hath pleased God to blesse me I give and dispose as followeth And first my Will and mind is that all my just debts Legacyse and funerall expenses bee payd out of my whole estate I give unto Thomas Carr my grandchilde the sume of one hundred pounds to be payd him by my executrix hereafter named at such time (or within the space of three months after) as he shall attayne the age of twenty one years or marry he paying hee paying to my said executrix five pound yearly during her life naturall after hee receive the same, And after the decease of my said executrix, if shee depart this life before my said Grandchilde shall attayne the age of twenty one years or marry, then what Interest as can bee raised out of the said One hundred pound yearly untill hee attayne the said age of twenty one years or marry shall bee disposed of as followeth (viz ?) three pounds thereof yearly to bee payd to Ellen Hall my daughter and the remaynder thereof to Margaret Lund my daughter And if it happen that Thomas Carr my grandchilde shall depart this life before he attayne the said age of twenty one years or marry that then the same One hundred pounds shall be payd to the issue (if any happen to bee) of my late sonne Roger Carr decd (?) equally amongst them as hee shee or they shall attayne the severall age or ages of twenty one years or marry if my executrix bee then dead or within the space of three months after her (line inserted) decease and in case theyr happen noe Issue of my said sonne Roger to attayne the age of twenty one years or marry then the said hundred pound to goe equally amongst all my Grandchildren then living Item I give to Thomas Hall my sonne in Lawe forty pounds Provided allways and upon condicon that upon the receipt thereof hee give suficient security to my said executrix for the payment of two pounds yearly to her or her assigs during her naturall life And alsoe at the same time give suficient security for the payment of tenn pounds A peice to Alice Mary Jacob and Ellen Hall his children within the space of three months next after they shall respectively attayne theyr severall ages of twenty one years or marry if my said executrix shall bee then dead or within the space of three months next after her deceease And in case any of them shall depart this life before they attayne theyr severall ages of twenty one years or marry that then his her or theyr Legacy or Legacys soe dying shall goe equally amongst such of them as shall attayne theyr severall and respective ages of twenty one years or marry Item I give to John Lund my Sonne in Law forty pounds pvided alsoe and upopn condicon that upon the receipt thereof hee give suficient security to my said executrix for the payment of two pounds yearly to her or her assigs during her naturall life And doe alsoe at the same time give suficient security for the paymt of forty pounds of Lawfull English money to such Issue of the said John Lund begotten or to bee begotten by him on the body of Margaret his now wife equally amongst them as they shall attayne theyr severall and respective ages of twenty one years or marry if my said executrix shall bee then dead or within the space of three months next after her deeease Item my will and minde is that in case my said Sonns in Law Thomas Hall and John Lund or either of them shall fayle in giving security as aforesaid that then my trustees hereafter named shall take and receive the said forty pound and forty pound or such of them as security is not given for to and for the uses before in these presents expressed and to and for none other use intent or purposes whatsoever Item I doe nominate desire and appoynt Thomas Carr of Stackhouse and Thomas Watkinson of Gigleswicke aforesaid trustees desiring them to doe theyr endeavours to see this my last will and testamt duely and truely pformed Item my will and minde is that my said trustees shall have all reasonable charges they or either of them shall bee anyway at or put to in managing this concerne payd them by my executrix Item I give to my said trustees twenty shillings A peice And Lastly I doe nominate constitute and appoynt Margaret Jurat my sole executrix of this my Last Will and testamt In Witnesse whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale the day and year first above written

Seald Signd and published in the psence of us the Interliniacon in the twentith line being first made

William Paley
Matthew Watkinson Jurat
Jo Richardson Thomas Carr

Noverint universi per presentes Nos Margaretam Carr de Gigleswicke Diocesi Ebor. viduam et Thomam Hall, de Marton Diocesi ?? yeoman
Tenari et firmiter obligari venerabili vire Richardo Sterne Armigero Artium Magistro seaccarii Reverendissimi in Christo patris et Domini Domini Thoma providencia nera divini Ebor, Archiepiscopi Anglia primatis et Metropolitani Commissario legitime Constituto in Quadringentis libris bone et legalis moneta Angliae Solvend eidem Thoma aut suo certo Atternat Executor Administrator sive Assignatis suis. Ad quam quidem solutionem bene et fideliter faciend. Obligamus Nos et utrum? nostrum per se pro toto et in solido Heredes? Executor et Administratores nostros firmiier per presentes. Sigillis nostris sigillat. Dat. decimo sexto die mensis February Anno Dom. Millesimo sexcentisimo octogesimo Nono

Sigillat et deliberat in presentia
Margret her Carr
Matthew Watkinson marke

Richard Pollard Thomas Hall

The Condition of the Obligation is such that if the within bounden Margrett Carr Relict and sole executrix of the last will and testament of Thomas Carr, late of Giggleswicke of the diocesse of yorke deceased doe well, and truly execute and performe the said will
And do pay his debts and legacies so far as his goods will extend and Law shall bind her if also she doe exhibbit into the Excheqer office at Yorke a true and perfect Inventary of all and singular the Good, Rights, Credits, Cartells, and Chattells, of the said deceased, and doe make a true and just Accompt of the same when she shall be thereunto lawfully called. And moreover if need require enter into further Bond with more sufficient suerties for performance of the premisses as the Judge of the said Court for the time being shall think requisite and needful. And lastly doe save defend and harmless keep the within named Commissary and all his Officers and Ministers against all persons by reason of the prtemisses. Then this present Obligation to be void and of none effect or else to remain and be in full force and vertue.

A true ? or ??? of all the goods and Chattells of Thomas Carr psinier of Giglesswek yeoman Latly Deceased by us whose naimes are heareunder written February the 3d – 1689 (our 1690)

In primis for his purse and Aparill                      £ - s – d
1 – 0 - 0
for I?? for Alow                                               2 – 0 – 0
0 – 10 – 0
In the midell Chaimber apair of
Bed Stockes and the Beding therein                  0 – 10 – 0

all for in the saime roum there is
too Chistts att 0 – 3 – 0
A Couberte and A presor in the house 0 – 6 – 8

One Longe seat in the House 0 – 3 – 8

one Chair and stooles 0 – 0 – 8

The Pucher 0 – 2 – 8

The Panns 0 – 2 – 6

one Iron Baicking stone and A rainge 0 – 10 – 0
wth kicon and Tonges

One Barrall one stand and A baskitt
wth other Small wood vesall 0 – 2 – 6

In Bills and Bonds 210 –0 – 0

In Beif 0 – 3 – 0

In malt 0 – 4 – 0

Too paier of Sheets 0 – 10 – 0

three pair of Pillowbears 0 – 1 – 6
________

219 – 10 –2

Tho Carr

William Armistead

Thomas Brayshaw

Thomas Watkinson

LEONARD CARR 1696

Borthwick Prerog. and Exchequer Courts Original Probate files mf 1706 Dec. 1696-Feb. 1696/7

William Carr and James King the executors to perform and execute last will and testament of Leonard Carr

In the name of god Amen I Leonard Carr of Langclife in the parish of Gigleswicke and county of Yorke gentleman, being sicke and weake of body: but of sound and perfect mind and memory praise bee to Almighty god for the same doe make and ordaine this my Last Will and Testament in manner and forme following. That is to say First and Principally I commend my Soule into the handes of Almighty god, Hoping through the meritts, death and passion of my saviour Jesus Christ to have full and free pardon and forgiveness of all my sinns and to Inheritt Everlasting Life   And my body I committ to the Earth to be reverently buryed att the Discretion of my friends and Executors hereafter named, and as touching                     the disposition of all such temporal Estate as itt hath pleased Almighty god to bestowe upon mee I also give and dispose thereof as followeth:   First my will and mind is that my debts and funerall expenses bee paid, and discharged out of my credits assets goods chattells and prsonall Estate by my Executors herein and hereafter mentioned; And also I doe give and bequeath unto my Uncle Thomas Carr of Little Osbourne in the Countye of Yorke the just sum of thirteene pounds of currant money of England, and to be paid him by my sd Executors within a yeare and day next after my decease: And I doe also hereby give and bequeath unto Martha my dear and loving wife /over and besides what is hereafter given and bequeathed her :/ the whole and just sume of £20 of currant money of England to bee likewise paid her within one yeare and a day next after my decease And I doe allso give and bequeath unto James King of Skellands in the parish of Kirkeby in Malhamdale in the said countye of Yorke Gentleman and (_______) his wife both of them the whole and just sume of   tene(?) pounds to be paid them within one yeare and a day next after my decease: And I doe alsoe give and bequeath unto Thomas King sonne of the said James King the whole and just sume of five pounds of currant money of England to bee likewise paid him within a year and a day next after my decease And I also give and bequeath unto Elizabeth King, Mary King and Ann King daughters of the said James King each of them the whole and just sum of fifty shillings /or as many of them as are living att the time of my decease;/ and to be paid to them and each of them within one year and a day next after my decease.    And I doe alsoe give and bequeath unto John Paley of Langclife aforesaid the whole and just sume of five shillings to bee likewise paid him within one year and day next after my decease; and I doe alsoe give and bequeath unto Margarett now wife of Lawrence Swainson of Langclife aforesaid and Thomas Swainson sonne of the said Lawrence each of them the whole and just sume of tenne shillings of currant money and to be likewise paid within one yeare and a day next after my decease And alsoe I do give and bequeath unto William Carr sonne of Thomas Carr of Gigleswicke aforesaid my nephew all my messuages Lands tenements and hereditaments which I am now seized of in fee simple with all the heriditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging : to hold to him his heires and assignes forever: Hee the said William Carr his heirs and assignes or some of them:   yearely and every paying unto Thomas Carr his father his executors administrators or assignees or    some of   them: the whole and just sume of six poundes of currant money of England for and dureing the time and terme of his natural life; and also paying doeing and prforming unto Martha my said wife or her executors administrators or assignees the whole and just sume of fifteene poundes of currant money of England yearely and every yeare dureing the terme of her Natural Life:    in full of her third part dower and widow right of my woll Estate in what place or places forever   And if in case it should happen or fortune: to the said Martha my said wife that said summe of fifteene pounds in any yeare dureing the tearme of her naturall life bee arreare behind or unpaid in parts or in all, that then itt shall and may be lawfull to and for the said Martha my said wife to enter   unto and upon the said premisses and to take and receive the yearly profitts thereof till the sd arreares bee paid and noe longer: nor noe otherwise: and                           alsoe my will and mind is; that att after my debts and funeral expenses and legacies are paid: the residue surplusage   and remainder of my said prsonall   Estate goods and chattells shall goe and fall to William Carr aforesaid my said nephew his Executors Administrators and assignes for ever:    And Lastly Revokeing, Dis....ing,and makeingVoid all other and former wills by me made I doe hereby Constitute Ordain Nominate and appoint the said Wm Carr and James King   Executors of this my last will and testament: and doe publish and declare this to be my last will and testament: In witnesse whereof I have hereunto putt my hand and Seale the Eight day of december anno domini 1696/
Leonard Carr
sealed signed published and declared
in the sight and presence of
John Paley         jurat
Wiijh   Carr
Richd. Lawson     jurat
R? Rooke
CODICIL

Memor and that att before the above was published and declared I the sd Leonard Carr did by this my Codicill in writeing give and bequeath unto Elizabeth Road wife of Ambrose Road: of Gigleswicke the summe of twenty pounds: and to Margarett Carr: daughter of my Brother Thomas Carr the summe of fifty shillings and.tenne shillings to Robert Hartley: my Nephew and ten shillings to Margarett Brayshaw of Stakehouse and to Agnes Cort my parish apprentice three pounds to be paid them within one whole year and day next after my decease. Writt under my hand and seale the day and yeare ........

Sealed signed published and declared to.................a codicile or...............annexed to the will in the sight and prsence of
John Paley
Wiijh Carr
Richd. Lawson
Ri. Rooke
Leonard Carr

A True and perfect Inventory of all the Goods Chattels and Credits of Mr Leonard Carr late of Langcliff     deceased as they are Apprized by us whose names are underwriten this 18th day of December 1696
£              s              d
In primis his Apparell and money in his purse                                                                      5              0              0

Item one Horse and one Mare with sadle and furniture 7 0 0

Item three Cowes and one Calfe 11 0 0

Item in hay and strawe 2 13 4

Item one Arke with other Utensells standing in the Barn 1 0 0

Item one Chist with other things in the stable 0 2 6

Item in Ash and Oakewood Carts and wheeles and other husbandry geare 6 4 8

Item one Hogg 0 11 0

Item one Clock one Jack with tables and other furniture in the body of the house 4 12 0

Item in Booss 0 16 0

Item one Ark with Brass and breweinge vessels with things in the Kitchinge 3 11 8

Item one gimlin with Barrells and Basons and other things in the millhouse 1 2 0

Item in Tables and Chaires and other furniture in the Parlor 2 10 0

Item one table readinge desk and books in his Closset 1 6 0

Item one Cubbord with pewther and all other things in the Buttry 3 3 4

Item in plate 4 0 0

Item one pair of Bedstocks with Bedinge and all other furniture in the bedchamber 4 1 0

£ s d
Some 58 13 0

Item all the goods in the servants Chamber 2 0 0

Item all the goods in another Chamber 0 10 0

Item all the goods in the Maids Chamber 1 0 0

Item all the goods in his own Chamber 4 2 0

Item the goods in the great Chamber 1 2 0

Item all the goods in John Proctors (?) 0 5 0

Item in Linin 7 1 6

Item one parcel of slate 0 10 0

Some 22 0 6

Debts owinge to the Deceased 249 0 6

£ s d
Some totall 330 1 7
John Paley
William Paley
Richd. Lawson
Tho. Swainson
Leonard Carr

CLAPHAM THOMAS of Winskill 1647/8
Borthwick.,York Bundle Dec 1647/8
Transcribed by S.Gordon

In the name of god amen I Thomas Clapham of Winskall sick of body, but of good & pfect memory praysed bee the lord, Imprimis I Bequeath my soule to god my maker, And I hope to be (saved) by the merits of Jesus Christ my saviour & redeemer, & my body to the erth
Itt. I give to E(lizab)eth Lawson my Granddaughter daughter to (Richard) Lawson of Lankliffe vj (li?)
Itt. I give to (Richard) Lawson my grandson & sonne to the (sayd) Richard Lawson xli
Itt. I give unto Elizabeth Brayshey my grand daughter & daughter to Richard Brayshey of Cowside xl s. …en shee cometh to the age of one & twenty yeares & in the mene tyme to have xiid p … pound each yeare for the use
Itt. I give unto my sonne Richard Clapham his children (that is to say) Thomas Elizabeth & Agnes iiili a peec when they come to Lawfull (y)eares, And to be payed in the mene tyme xiiid. per pound by the yeare
Itt. I give to Isabell Lawson, Tomazyn Brashey my daughters, Ales Clapham my Doughter in Law xis. viiid., a peece, And I Apoynt Richard Clapham jurat my sonn Executor of this my last will & Testament
Witness J..hn Foster jurat

THOMAS CLAPHAM of Winskill 1647
W. Paley Baildon papers at Bradford City Archives WPB 20/44 transcript
Extract

Elizabeth Lawson my granddaughter and daughter of Richard Lawson of Lankliff vj li
to Richard Lawson my grandson ix li
to Elizabeth Brayshey my granddaughter and daughter of Richard Brayshey of Towside xl s when 21, xij d per year in the meantime
to son Richard Clapham and his children Thomas, Elizabeth, and Agnes iij li apiece when of lawful years, xij d in the meantime per year.
to Isabell Lawson Tomazin Brayshey my daughters and Ales Clapham my daughter in law vj s viij d apiece
Appt. Richard Clapham my son Ex. Wit. Thos. Foster

York Unregistered wills Dec. 1647/8

Fuller transcript EMS from Bradford City Archives

In the name of God amen I Thomas Clapham of Winskall seeke of body butt of good and perfect memory praysed bee the Lord Imprimis I bequeath my soule to god my maker And I hope to be saved by the merits of Jesus Christ my saviour and redeemer and my body to the earth Itt' I give to Elizabeth Lowson (sic) my granddaughter and daughter to Richard Lawson of Lankliff vj li Itt' I give to Richard Lawson my grandson and sonne to the sayed Richard Lawson lx li Itt' I give unto Elizabeth Brayshey my granddaughter and daughter to Richard Brayshey of Towside xl s when shee cometh to the age of one and twenty yeares and in the mene tyme to have xij d a pound every yeare for the use Itt' I give unto my sonn Richard Clapham his children (that is to say) Thomas Elizabeth and Agnas iij li a peece when they com to lawfull yeares And to be payed in the mene tyme xij d per pound by the yeare Itt' I give to Isabell Lawson Tomazin Brayshey my daughters and Ales Clapham my daughter in law vj s viij d a peece And I apoynt Richard Clapham Jurat my sonn executor of this my last will and testament

Wittnes Tho. Foster Jurat
(indorsed) Craven T. Tho. Clapham de Winskell
cert. per Clapham 24 Dec 1647

Entred
York unregistered wills Dec. 1647
CLAPHAM THOMAS 1698
Borthwick.York. vol.62 fol.106
Transcribed by S.Gordon

In the name of God Amen the eleaventh day of June in the yeare of our Lord God 1698 I Thomas Clapham of Winscale in the pish of Giggleswick & County of Yorke being weak of body but of pfect memory praised be God do make this my last Will and Testament in manner and forme following viz: first and principally I commend my Soule into the hands of Almighty God who gave it, hoping thro the merritts and mediation of Jesus Christ my Saviour to obtaine remission of sins & everlasting life, my body to the Ground to be buried in decent and Christian manner at the discretion of my friends and Excs. as for my temporall Estate which I have not formerly disposed of I give & bequeath as followeth First I ….. that all my debts Legacies and funeral expences & other necessary Charges be paid out of the Creditts and money owing to me so far as it will extend & the rest to be paid out of my goods till all be fully satisfied Item I give unto my three Grandchildren Alice Thomas & Anthony Clapham each of them five shillings Itm I give to my Grandson Richard Wharfe the like sume of four shillings. And I give to my four daughters Isabell Anne Elizabeth & Alice all the rest of my goods after my sd. Debts Legacies and funeral expences be discharged of what kind or nature soever they be except one young Colt which I give to my two sons Richard & Thomas Clapham whom I likewise appoint Excs. of this my Last Will and Testamt. Revoking all others by me formerly made In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hands and Seale the day and year first above written – Thomas Clapham In the presence of Richard Lawson. Willim Clapham

DAWSON

CHRISTOPHER DAWSON nup. de Langcliffe (Late of Halton Gill) 1682
Borthwick vol 59 fol 311

In the name of god Amen the seaventh day of Aprill 1682 & in the four and thirtyth yeare of or sovarign Lord Charles ye second I Christopher Dawson of Langcliffe in the County of york yeoman beinge aged & infirme but of good & perfect remembrance make this my last will & testamt in manner & forme followinge. And first I comend my soul to almighty god my Creator, hopeing to be saved through the onely meritts of Jesus Christ my mercifull saviour. And my body I leave to be buryed att the discretion of my executor hereafter named, concerning the temporall estate which god of his mercy hath blessed me with I do thus order Imprimis I give unto my son Josias Dawson one close called Bluhaw within the Township of Langcliffe for the terme of fourscore yeares if he soe long live and after his decease I give the remainder of the terme I have in it to Christopher Dawson of Appletreeweeke my Grandson his exors admrs and assignes. It. I doe allow & my will is that my Grandson Willm Dawson of Haltongill shall duringe his life occupy one long table in his parlour and another in ye Bodysteade two great Arks in the Chamber over it, one cupboard in the parlor & after his decease to them of his posterity as shall enjoy the estate. It. I give to Josias & Willm sons of my Grandson Christopher Dawson the sume of one hundred pounds (viz) to each of them fifty pounds & doe will yt the sd Christopher shall have the Interest of it till they doe each of them come att the age of one & twenty yeares towards their maintenance which sayd sume I will shall be payd to the sayd Christopher my Grandson or his exors adms or assignes within one whole yeare after my decease It. I give to my Grandson Willm Dawson the sume of fifty pounds & to his eldest son Christopher the sume of fifty pounds & doe will that the sd sumes shall be payd top the sd Willm his exors adms or assignes within one yeare after my decease & I will that he shall have the pfitts of his sons fifty pounds till his son come to the Age of twenty one yeares, And if the sd Christopher shall dye before he attayne yt age, then I will that William & Mary his Brother & Sister shall have the sd sume divided betwixt them equaly when each of them doe come to the yeares of one & twenty It. I give to my grandson Josias Dawson the sume of two Hundred & fifty pounds to be payd within one yeare after my decease, As also the sume of two Hundred & fifty pounds more if my executor observing his good Carryage shall thinke fitt otherwise my mind & will is that the sd last mentioned two Hundred & fifty pounds shall be disposed of to such of the rest of my Grand Children as my exor shall thinke fitt, provided yt the sd two Hundred & fifty pounds be really disposed of to the use of my sd Grandchildren or some of them It. I give to my Grandson Jonathan Dawson the sume of Three Hundred pounds when he shall attayne the age of twenty one yeares as alsoe the sume of two Hundred pounds more if my exor observing his good Carryage shall thinke fitt otherwise my minde is that the sayd last menconed two hundred pounds shall be disposed of to such of the rest of my Grandchildren as my exor in his discretion shall thinke fitt, provided that the sd share of two Hundred pounds be really disposed of to the use of my sd Grand Children or some of ym but if it happen that the sd Jonathan shall dye before he shall accomplish the age of one & twenty yeares my mind & will is that the sd three hundred pounds first before to Jonathan disposed & also the sd two hundred pounds last mencoed shall be divided amongst the rest of my Grand Children or such of them as my exor shall thinke fitt provided the whole sume be given amongst my sd Grandchildren It. I give to my Grandaughtr Anne Dawson the sume of two hundred pounds when she shall accomplish the age of one & twenty yeares and also the sume of one Hundred pounds more if my exor observing her good Carryage shall thinke fitt otherwise my mind is that the sd last menconed one hundred pounds shall be disposed of to such of the rest of my Grandchildren as my exor in his discretion shall thinke fitt provided that the sayd sume of one Hundred pounds last mencoed be really disposed of to the use of my sd Grand Children or some of them It. I give to my Grandaughtr Alice Dawson the sume of two hundred pounds when she shall accomplish the age of two & twenty yeares or be marryed whether shall happen sooner & also the sume of one Hundred pounds more if my exor observinge her good carryage shall thinke fitt, otherwise my mind is that the sayd last mencoed one Hundred pounds shall be disposed of to such of the rest of my Grand Children as my exor in his discretion shall thinke fitt provided that the sd sume of one Hundred pounds last mencond be really disposed of to the use of my sayd Grandchildren or some of them It. I give to my late wives son John Burkeson of Darnbrooke the sume of Tenne pounds to be pd within one yeare after my decease & also the sume of five pounds which I lent him for which I have his Bill. It. I give to my late wives Daughter Jane Hopkins the sume of Tenne pounds to be pd within one yeare after my decease And as for the rest of my personall estate I give it all to my exor herafter named And I doe hereby Constitute and appoint my son Josias (jur) Dawson the sole executor of this my last will & testamt In witnesse whereof I have hereunto put my hand and seale the day & yeare above written

Witnesses hereof Chr Dawson

Richard Lawson (Jur)
Anthony Armitstead
Lancelot Knowles (Jur)

CHRISTOPHER DAWSON 1693
Borthwick.York. Bundle May 1693
Transcribed by S.Gordon

In the name of God Amen I Christopher Dawson of Lancliffe in the parish of Giggleswick in the County of Yorke Gentleman being infirme and sick in body but of sound minde and memory praised be God for the same Do hereby make my last Will and Testament in manner and forme following Imprimis my soul to God Almighty believing my salvation in the onely merits of my Redeemer Jesus Christ And as for my body I commit it to the Earth in hopes of a joyfull Resurrection to eternall life and to be buried by my Executors in trust hereafter named My dear Wife and father Josias Dawson, in the parish Church of Giggleswick aforesaid And as to my temporall Estate which God of his mercy hath bestowed on me I dispose thereof as followeth, That is to say, I do appoint that all my debts and funeral expences be first paid out of all my goods Chattels and personall estate of what kinde or nature soever either consisting in Trusts or otherwise by my Execs. hereafter mencioned or some of them And afterwards the Legacies mencioned in a Codicill or Schedule hereunto annexed And I do hereby declare and appoint that the said Legacies by me hereby given and bequeathed as aforesaid be paid by my Executors or some of them within the space of one halfe year next after my decease And I do hereby constitute and appoint my dear wife Margaret jurat and father Josias jurat Dawson Executors of this my last Will and Testament in trust for and to the sole benefit of my son William Dawson until he shall accomplish his full age of seventeen years And after his attainment to such age I do constitute and appoint him my said son sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament And I do give devise and bequeath unto my said son William Dawson his Executors Administrs. and Assignes after all the said debts funeral expences and legacies paid as aforesaid All the residue of my goods Chattels and personall estate whatsoever either consisting in trusts or otherwise and in particular whereas by severall Deeds of grant and assignment severall and respective Leases and Rents were assigned and granted to severall trustees therein named for and during the residue of the severall and respective terms and leases for years then to come and now not expired of and out of severall Landes Tenements & hereditaments situate lying and being severally and respectively within Lancliffe Stainforth under Bargh and Giggleswicke in the said parish of Giggleswicke in the County of Yorke to the severall and respective trusts in the said Deeds severally and respectively mencioned Relating to and for the benefit of me the said Christopher Dawson my Executrs. Administr. & Assignes after the end & determinacion of severall other trusts therein limited and pre(sedent) to the said trusts relating to me as aforesaid As by the severall and respective Deeds of assignment and Grant reference thereunto being had may at large and fully appear I do hereby give and bequeath All the said trusts relating to and for the benefit of me the said Christopher Dawson as aforesaid unto my said son William his Executrs. Administ. and Assignes in as large ample and beneficiall manner matter and terme As I have interest or p(ow)er therein During all the residue of the said terms and leases for years in the said Landes tenements and hereditaments yet to come and expire And lastly I do hereof revoke all other Wills and Testaments whatsoever if any such were heretofore by me made – In witnesse whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the twenty seventh day of March In the fifth year of the reigne of our soveraigne Lord and Lady King William and Queen Mary over England (etc) Anno Dom 1693
Sealed Signed Published and Declared to be the said Will and Testament
of him the said Christopher Dawson In the sight and presence of us
…these words (or schedule) interlined before us sealing and publishing …of
Two lines latin Robt. Coates….
Richard Ellershaw
Josias Dawson jurat
R.Atkinson jurat

A codicil or schedule of Legacies and Bequests made by me Christopher Dawson of Lancliffe Gentleman In pursuance of my last Will and Testament hereunto affixed Imprimis I do give and bequeath unto my wife Margaret Dawson all my household stuffe of what kinde or nature soever the same be now being and remaining in my now dwelling house at Lancliffe aforesaid for and during all the time that she the said Margaret shall and doth continue my Widow and no longer And at or upon the time of her marriage if such shall be I do give and bequeath all the aforesaid household stuffe unto my son William Dawson Item I do give & bequeath unto my said wife Margaret the Sume of one hundred pounds. Item I do give & bequeath unto Richard Ellershaw Clerke the sume of ten shillings and if he preach my funeral Sermon I do give him the sume of twenty shillings more Item I do give and bequeath unto mine uncle John Bank the sume of twenty shillings Item I do give unto Matthew Bank his son the sume of twenty shillings and do release unto him the said Matthew the sume of twenty shillings he is indebted unto me Item I do give unto Richard Atkinson the sume of twenty shillings. Item I do give unto James Iveson the sume of twenty shillings. Item I do give unto (every) hired Servant at my decease the sume of five shillings a piece. And I do hereby further declare that these Same Legacies be taken as pte of my said last Will and Testament And this to be codicil or schedule therein menconed As witnesse my hand and seal this twenty seventh day of March Anno Dom 1693
Witnesses heroff
Richard Ellershaw
Josias Dawson
R.Atkinson

WILLIAM DAWSON 1762
Borthwick Probate Registry 106 pages 563-576 , mf 1019

This is a very long will with a codicil so transcription made only in part. Photocopies made of pages 563, 564, 565.

Dawson: In the Name of God amen I William Dawson of Langcliffe Hall in the County of York Esquire being in perfect health of body and of sound mind memory and understanding praised be God for the same do for the setling of my temporal concerns make ordain publish and declare this my last will & Testament in manner following, that is to say, First it is my will and mind that all my just Debts owing by me at the time of my Death my Funeral expences probate of this my will and such charges loss and Expences as my Executors and Trustees hereafter named or any of them shall sustain expend or be put unto in and about the Execution of this my last will or by reason or means of their being my Executors and Trustees be paid of and discharged for ..... out of my personal Estate I give devise and bequeath unto John Alcock of Burnsall in the county of York Clerk and James Carr of Stackhouse in the said County Gentleman all that my Capital situate and being in Langcliffe aforesaid and commonly called or known by the name of

(half a page unreadable on poor printout)

of Stainforth under Bargh aforesaid and also one close or parcel of ground lying and being within the Township of Kirkby in Malhamdale in the said County of York and commonly called or known by the name of rough Close with the appurtenances thereunto belonging and also the moiety or half part of all & singular the Tythes or Tenths of all corn or grain yearly coming growing renewing or ..... or which shall or may hereaftercome grow renew and .... within the Township precincts or liberties of Settle in the said County of York and also Eighteen Beastgates or herbage or grassing for Eighteen made beast to go feed and depasture in upon & throughout all that stinted pasture belonging Settle aforesaid commonly called or known by the name of Scaleberr and the Ground and soil thereunto belonging and also seventy two Sheep Gates or herbage and Grassing for seventy two sheep to go feed and depasture upon and throughout all that stinted pasture belonging Settle aforesaid commonly called or known by the name of the Bankes and the Ground and soil thereunto belonging and also all and singular houses Edifices lands meadows pastures feedings closes Inclosures commons common of pasture and Turbary hedges Ditches walls fences trees woods underwoods ways waters watercourses rights liberties priviledges and appurtenances whatsoever unto the said several .......
...... (line unreadable)
or any of them or any part thereof belonging or in any wise appertaining whether the same be Freehold or Leashold To have and to hold all such part of the said premisses as are Freehold with their appurtenances from & imediately after my decease unto the said John Alcock and James Carr their heirs and assigns for ever and To have and to hold all such parts of the said premisses as are Leashold with their appurtenances unto the said John Alcock and James Carr their Executors administrators and assigns from and Immediately after my decease for and during all such term and terms number and numbers of years as shall be then therein or in any part thereof in being and unexpired To and for the several usese intents and purposes and upon under and subject to the trusts provisoes and limitations hereafter mentioned expressed and declared of and concerning the same that is to say upon Trust and to the intent and purpose that they the said John Alcock and James Carr and the survivor of them his heirs Executors administrators & assigns respectively shall stand and be seised and possessed thereof and of every part thereof from and immediately after my decease and do and shall by Grant Sale Lease or mortgage of all or any part of the said Freehold premisses for such term or number of years as they or he shall think convenient or all or any part of the said Leashold premisses for any term of number of years not exceeding the term that shall be therein being or by such grant sale Lease or mortgage of both the said Freehold and Leashold premisses and by with and out of the rents issues and profits of the said premisses so given and devised as aforesaid or by all and every or any part of the ways and means aforesaid Levy and raise the sum of one Thousand pounds of current British money to and for my son Ambrose Dawson which I do hereby give devise and bequeath unto him as and for his portion and in full satisfaction of a certain Bond or obligation bearing date the fifteenth day of October last past given by me unto my said son Ambrose Dawson of the penalty of two Thousand pounds with condition under written for payment of the sum of one Thousand pounds unto my said son Ambrose in my life time or securing the payment thereof by my Will Deed or Writing within Twelve months after my decease as is therein mentioned and also will require order and direct limit and appoint the said John Alcock and James Carr and the survivor of them his heirs Executors administrators and assigns to pay the said sum of one Thousand pounds so to be raised as aforesaid unto my said son Ambrose Dawson as he shall direct and appoint by Will deed or writing to be paid and from and after the raising and paying the said sum of one thousand pounds as aforesaid it is my will and mind and I do hereby order and direct that the said John Alcock and James Carr and the survivor of them and his heirs shall stand and be seised of all such part of the said premisses as are Freehold with their appurtenances subject as aforesaid to and for the use and behoof of Christopher Dawson Eldest son of the said William Dawson .......

Further details:

£2000 for children
£600 of wife Elizabeth's portion
younger son Henry and daughter Margaret £800 each

One silver coffee pot to wife Elizabeth, silver teapot, 2 silver cannisters, 1 silver milk pott with all teaspoons, 4 table cloths, 4 napkins, 2 towels, all of huckaback with one pair of sheets, a new feather bed bolster and pillows all marked E.D. the bed and furniture thereto belonging in the great parlour chamber, 6 elm chairs with Bass bottoms in the Baslit room one yew Dressing Table in the best room one large Damask table cloth with a dozen napkins of the same marked W.E.D with one pair of sheets mark M.D.

I also give unto my daughter a chest of yew drawers. Everything else to son Christopher - all the Langcliffe Hall if he live there at least two years within 6 weeks after my decease.

Codicil on pages 561-576 made in 1761

James Carr of Bolton Abbey Gent.
James Ellis and William Paley are new executors.

WILLIAM FALTHROPP 1605
Borthwick v 29 f 647

In the name of god Amen the foure and twentieth day of May 1605 I Willm Falthropp of Winscale within the countie of yorke labourer sicke in bodie but of good and pfect remembrance laud and prase be given to almightie god do make this my last will and testament in manner and forme following that is to say First and principallie I comend my soule unto almightie god by the death of whose sonne Jesus Christ I hope to be saved an (sic) heire of evrlasting life and my bodie to be buried within the pish churchyard of Gigleswicke at the discrecon of my beloved freinds Itm I give to my sister Allice Foster and to her sonne Christopher my tennement at Winscale aforesaid so they discharge and pay the rent yearlie issueing out of the same being the some of fortie shillings to John Armytstead and Willm Armytstead of Rathmell or to their assignes and doing and discharging all other duties and services therinto belonging Itm I give to my brother Roger Faythroppe of Gigleswicke aforesaid the pcell of ground wch I bought of Thomas Cockett and Richard Foster of Staynforth to thuse of Edmond his sonne or of they the said Thomas and Richard Redeme the same according to a bargaine and covenant made betwixt them the said Thomas and Richard on thone ptie and me the said Willm one thother then I the said Richard (sic) do frelie give the money due to be paid received by me for the same to my said brother Roger to be received at such tymes as are lymitted for the same to the use and behoufe onlie of Edmond his sonne whereof five pounds shall be put forth as the first payment for his futur benefitt educacon and pferment Itm I give unto christopher the sonne of the said Roger Falthroppe one cow wch is now in thands and custodie of Thomas Carr of Gigleswicke aforesaid Itm I give and bequeath thre pounds to be paid (sic) daughters of Anthony kendall of Swinden Margerie and Elizabeth thre pounds to be paid by myne executors out of six pounds wch the said Anthony is indebted unto me And I give and bequeath the other thre pounds remayning in the hands of the said Anthony to his other two daughters after the recoverie of the same out of thands of ther said father further I give and bequeath unto my said brother Roger Falthroppe as a legacie out of my goods ppt Itm I give all the rest of my said goods and cattells after my debts paid and Funrall expences discharged unto my sister Allice eight children that is to say Christopher Marie Margaret Isabell Elizabeth Samuell and Anne and Willm equallie to be devided amongst them Itm I give to my said brother Roger my gray Jacket and my new lether dublet And for the rest of my appell I give them to my said sister Allice children at her dispose Itm I make and constitute my said brother Roger and Allice my sister Joynt executors of this my last will and testament Witnesses hereof Barnabie Foster Thomas Payley Thomas Carre and Elizabeth Kirkbie

Latin text

FOSTER

JOHN FOSTER of Winskill 1554
Borthwick volume 14 Folio 25

In dei no(min)ie amen the 24th day of November in the year of our Lord God 1554 I John Foster of Winskill sick in body and of good and perfect memory loved be Almighty God make this my last will and testament in manner and form following First I bequeath my soul to Almighty God and to our Lady St Marie and to all the blessed company of heaven And my body to be buried in the church of Giggleswick and for my mortuary that at right will Item I give for forgotten tithes to the high altar 12d Item I give and bequeath to Thomas Foster my son my house that I dwell upon and used with the office by the licence of the Lord or owner thereof and all the husbandry gear that belongs to my house with the bedstocks belonging to the same this my give him for his child's portion Item I will that if the said Thomas die without issue lawfully begotten that I will that this bequest wholly to re-enter to William Foster my son Item I give and bequeath to William Foster my son the plains with -- -- rest of land that lies in Langcliffe field and a fourth (?) of Langcliffe mill with the licence of the Lord and this to be for his child's portion Item I will that if the said William die before he be in possession and die without of lawful issue begotten that I will that this bequest wholly to re-enter to James Foster my son Item I will that if the said James die without lawful issue begotten my will that this bequest to wholly to re-enter to Miles my son and so from one son to another according (to) my bequests Also my will is that if the said Thomas Foster my son die and the said William Foster to re-enter of his bequest I will then that William bequest shall re-enter to James my son Also I will that my wife shall be the last and she to order all that I am in possession of at the discretion of my witness during her widowhood And if she marry she to have

her possession of my goods according as the law of the -- -- -- Also I give my parts of goods to (Cecilie) my wife and -- -- -- sons (?) that have none of the former bequests and to my daughters and that to be equally divided amongst them And The rest of my goods to be divided to Cecilie my wife and her daughters and to those sons that have none of the former bequests Also my will is that my debts and funeral expenses shall be paid of the whole goods and to this my last will I make Cecilie my wife and James Foster my son my full and sole executors to perform the same according to the true intent and meaning and to this my will I have set my hand as my -- -- before the witnesses Thomas Browne Thomas Somerschall John Wildman Richard Iveson

Latin text

WILLIAM FOSTER of Winskill 1577
Borthwick vol 21 fol 84 mf 932

In the name of God amen The sixth daye of Januarii 1577 I Willm Foster of Wynschall within the pishe of gigleswicke thelder secke in bodye but of good and pfyte Remembrance laud be almyghtie god my maker and redeemer maike this my last will and testament in maner and forme followinge First I gyve and bequethe my soull to almyghtie god and to Jesus christe his sonne and my bodye to be buried in the churche yard of gyglesweke and for my mortuarye all that Right will alsoe I gyve and bequithe to El[izabe]the my wyf all my wholle bargayne whiche I have of xofer foster and Thomas Foster my sonnes durynge her widdowhead and a mayer withe a whithe Raiche and her widdowe Ryght of my goodes also I will that xofer foster and Thomas foster my sonnes shall paye to theire brethren for there Tente Right of my Tenament accordynge to my promisse maid when Xofer foster my sonne was maryed Tenne pound amonge them all also I will that dorothie my daughter shall have a bedrowme withe xofer foster and Thomas foster my sonnes also I bequithe to all the Rest of my children ther childe porcon of my goodes accordinge to the lawe the Rest of al my goodes my debttes and all other dewtyes paid I gyve and bequithe to El[izabe]the my wyf and to my children equallie amonge them and I maike and constitute El[izabe]the my wyf my whole Executrix this wittnes Gylis foster Willm foster and xofer foster withe others

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WILLIAM FOSTER of Winskill 1587
Borthwick vol 23 fol 236 mf 934

In the name of god amen the xiiij th day of october in the yeare of oure lord god a thowesand five hundreth eightie seaven I Willm Foster of Winskile in the pyshe of giggleswicke in the countie of york sick in bodye but of good and pfect remembrance praysed be god do make this my last will and testament in maner and forme followinge First I bequithe my soule to Jesus christ my maker and onlye savioure and my bodye to be buried in the churche yard at giggleswick and for my mortuarye and other churche dues all that right will Itm my Will is that my debts be paid of my whole goodes and the rest that remaneth my will is my Wiffe shall have her widoweright my children their porcons thereof Itm my will is that my wiffe shall have the occupacon of my ten[emen]t and rule of my children and the goodes and the goodes to bring them upp upon so longe as henrye foster of Rathmell & Myles foster (sic) of hesledon and xofer Lawson of malhame shall think mete and pfitable for my children And the monaies that can be made theare [from] the same to be devided amongst my children at the discretion of the Abovesaid Henrie foster Miles fawcett and xofer Lawson Itm my will is and I give and bequithe the Title & Tennt right of my whole tenementes and of my pt of Lancliffe mylne unto Thomas Foster my elder sone and to his lawfull issue and for lack of him and his lawefull issue I will the same shall remaine unto my next sone and his lawefull issue and so frome sone to sone and their lawfull issue to enter unto the same at suche tyme as thabovesaid henrye foster Miles fawcett and xofer Lawson and the survivores of them And which of them as shall refuse their order my will is they shall have no beny fitt of this my will so far as the lawe will allow The Residue of my pt of goodes not bequithed my funerall expenses and other lick thinges discharged ............. equallie to be devidede amongst them Itm I do ordayne and appointe Jennet my Wyfe my sole executrix and thabovesaid henrye foster Miles faucett and xofer Lawson sup[er]visors of this my last will and testament trustinge they will see the same pformed according to my true meanynge This beinge witnessed henrye foster Miles fawcet xofer....... Richard(?) frankland Robert....

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GILES FOSTER of Winskill 1601/2
Borthwick vol 29 fol 404/5 mf 943

In dei noie Amen upon the fifth daie of March one thowsand sixe hundreth and two I Giles foster of Windscall wthin the parish of Gigleswick and Countie of Yorke sicke in my bodie but of perfect remembrance praised be god for the same doe make this my last will and testament in manner and forme followinge. First I comend my soule into the handes of Almightie god by whose mercie through the redemption in Jesus Christ my onelie saviour I beleeve to be saved And my bodie to be buried in the churchyarde of the parish of Gigleswicke Itm I will that my debtes be paied of my whole goodes Itm I geve to the poore of the parish of Gigleswicke five shillinges to be distributed at the discreton of the viccar of the church and others my frindes Itm I geve unto Thomas foster my sonne and Jane foster my daughter ther equall porcons of my goodes Itm. to Elias Deane sonne of Geffray Deane xx sh And I will that Thomas Kidd my sonne in lawe shall have the disposinge of the same xx sh for the sole (use?) of the saide Elias untill the saide Elias Deane shall accomplish the age of eighteene yeares Itm I geve to the saide Thomas Kidd my sonne in lawe xl sh and to his sonne Willm two ewes and to his daughter Alice other two ewes Itm I geve unto my sonne in lawe Willm Cockett xl sh and to his daughter Agnes two ewes Itm I geve to the daughter of John foster of Rawthmell to whome I am godfather twelve pence And for my parte of my goodes my debtes first beinge discharged my funerall expences paied and other the legacies and dues paied and donne I give the same unto my daughter Jane foster And for my sonne Richard foster of the Cittie of London Clothworker at the instance and desire of himselfe and other his frindes and myne towardes his preferment I gave before the date and makinge hereof satisfied and paied to him a certeyne some of money in full satisfacton and payment of his filliall parte and childes porcon of all my goodes cattells and chattels wch I thinke well bestowed upon him if he behave himselfe lovinge and frindlie to my wife and children and be a good husband to himselfe Itm. I ordeyne and appoint Margret my wife and Thomas foster my sonne ioynt executors of this my last will and testament And I desier my frindes Richard Foster younger Willm Cockett John Twisleton Hughe Carr and Thomas Kidd to be aydinge and assistinge unto executors in the due executon of this my will These beinge witnesses Thomas Kidd Willm Cockett Hughe Carr and Brian Bainbrigge

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THOMAS FOSTER 1605
Borthwick admin mf 1156 Probate Act Book
(no will or probate file, administration bond or inventory)

ex Latin text

On 14 July 1605, Christopher Shut, bachelor of Holy Theology and vicar of the church of Giggleswick, by virtue of the special commission granted to him, certified that he had granted administration of the goods of Thomas Foster of Winskell, deceased, to Margaret Foster, mother of the said deceased. An inventory of below £40 was exhibited and a bond was entered.

The name Margaret is written over the name Anne crossed out.

RICHARD FOSTER of Settle 1626 amended 1629 (Feoffee of Langcliffe and Winskill)
Borthwick vol 40 fol 510 mf 957

In the name of God Amen the fyftenth day of February in the seconde yeare of the reaigne of our sovraigne lord Charles by the grace of god kinge of England France and Ireland defender of the fayth 1626 I Richard Foster of Settle in the prish of Gigleswicke and county of yorke husbandman beinge pfecte of health and memorie (thankes be to god for the same) and beinge desirous to sett all thinges in order and that I may thereby leave peace after my death doe make this my last will and testament in manner and forme followinge Imprimis I give and bequeath my soule to god my maker beinge assured of myne eternall salvation through the meryttes of Christ Jesus my saviour and my bodye to be buried in the church or churchyard at Gigleswicke aforesaid Item wheras I have grannted demysed bargayned assygned and sett over all that my messuage farme and tenement in Settle with all appurtenances pfyttes and comodyties therunto belonginge and also my full and whole estate right title interrest seavane of yeares use possession and partie (?) clame and demand therof wch I now hould under the right honorable Franncis Earle of Cumberland and Willm Inglebie knight of the yearly rente of twenty three shillinges Eleaven pence halfe penny unto Giles Foster of Barnacastle in the county of Dunelms (?) Clerke one of my naturall sonnes and to Hugh Lawson of the lodge in the prishe of Gigleswicke and county of yorke aforesaid (?) by deed indented beginninge (?) date the five and Twenty daye of may in the xxcj th yeare of the Raigne of our late soveraigne lord kinge James of famous memorie of England etc and of Scotland the seaven and fyftyth (?) etc(?) for divers ends reasons and uses therin mentoned now my will and mynd is that the said deede shall remayne and contynue and be in full power strength & vertue accordinge to the true intent purporte and meanyinge therof and to none other ends or uses wch said deede I hereby doe ratiffie allow and confirme unto them the said Gyles and Hughe but wheras I have therby inioyned them to paye unto Maude Browne Twenty six pounds thirtene shillinges and foure pence if it please god that I paye the said monie unto the said Maude before my death then my will is that the said Twenty six pounds thirtene shillinges and foure pence shall come agayne remayne and goe unto my said sonne Giles Foster and my son Robert Foster Equally betwixte them Item wheras at the marriage of my sonne thomas Foster I did passe an estate unto my said sonne Thomas by a deed of Feoffment unto the Feoffees in trust of all my grounds lands or tenements at Winskall by wch deeds my said sonne is inioyned to pay thirty pounds after my death unto my executors, and for non payment therof my said executors or those whom it shall be due unto or to enter unto peaseably hold and possesse the..... Pykedhill Close with a house therein standinge and a close called intacke and the ground or pasture gates in the browne bancke as by the said deed more at large it may appeare, now I give the said thirtye pounds unto mine executors and I hereby ratifie and confirme the said deed, and I will that it contynue in full force and vertue, Item whereas my sonne Thomas hath put me to dyvers charges since the makinge of the said deed my will is that the said estate and charges with him synce shalbe unto him for his full filliall & childes porcion Item my will is that my debts be paid and funerall expenses out of all my other gods & chattels wch beinge done I leave unto my wyffe if she be livinge the third pte of the reste of my said goods due unto her by lawe, but if it please god she dye before me, then I give the said third parte unto my fower daughters Agnes Wilkinson Hellinor (?) Lakeland Margrett Wilkinson and Bridgett Carr equally amongst them, Item I give a second third parte thereof unto Isabell Foster and Richard Foster children to my late sonne Adam Foster to be equally payd unto them when they sahll come to the full age of one and twenty yeares, Item out of the last third parte of my said goods, I give foure silver spoons unto my foure daughters, agnes, hellino(r), margarett and Bridgitt. Item I give unto every grandchild that I have an Ewe and a lambe at myd Aprill next after my decease. Item I give unto every one of my sonnes in law and daughters in law two shillings sixpence Item I give unto my Kozen Henry Claphamson three shillings foure pence, Item I give to Anthonye Wilkinson my best suyte of appell Item I give to every one of my godchildren foure pence. Item the reste of my goods not formly given nor bequeathed I give equally betwixt my aforenamed sonne Gyles Foster and my sonne Robert Foster, and last of all I hereby revoke and frustrate all other former wills and Testaments, and I make and ordayne my said sonne Gyles Foster sole executor of this my last will and Testament and I intraet my forenamed frends henry Claphamson and henry Wilkinson to be supervisours thereof In witnesse whereof I the said Richard Foster have hereunto putt my hande and seale the daye and yeare first above rytten.

Sealed signed and acknowledged in the presence of Henry Claphamson & Willm Robinson

Whereas I the abovenamed Richard Foster beinge now sycke but in pfecte memory thanks be to god have maid my last will and Testament as above specified I doe hereby ratiffie allowe and confirme the same (exceptinge some pticulers therof) wherof I hereby declare my true meanynge and my will is as followethe First that my said wyffe shall have the third pte of my goodes as formerlye I have bequeathed then unto her Item that every one of my grandchildren in stead of a Ewe and a lambe shall have three shillinges in money Item I give unto Abraham Tailor my late servant my seconde sewte of apparell Item I hereby Revoke the legacie above geven wch was the seconde third pte of my goodes unto Isabell Foster and Richard Foster children of my late sonne Addam Foster and my mynd and will is that all other legacies geven and bequeathed by this my will shall be payd out of two ptes of my goodes and the remainder to be equally devided unto and amongst my sonnes Thomas Gyles and Robert Anthony Wilkinson my daughters Ellinor Margarett and bridgitt and the above named Isabell Foster and Richard Foster the said children of my said late sonne Addam Foster And herby I intrust my sonne Giles Foster and Robert Foster to give and paye thirty pounds unto my said late sonne Adam's Children Isabell and Richard belowe named out of the prize or pfitts of my farme and tenement in Settle wch I have past unto them, and I doe herby so farr as I have power give the said thirtye poundes unto the said Isabell and Richard to be payd and remayne after other somes be payd out of the said farme unto my wyfe her sister Magdalyne and my daughters unto my said sonne Gyles Foster or his assignes for the use of the said Isabell and Richard and that my said sonne Giles or his assignes shall pay the said thirty pounds with the pfyttes that shall come therof after the recypt of the same unto the said Richard and Isabell equally betwixt them as and when they shall come to the full age of twenty foure yeares Item my will is that Anthony Wilkinson shall have, what I above gave unto his late wyff. In witnes whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale the nynth day of May in the fyfthe yeare of the Reaigne of our soverayne lord Charles by the grace of god of England etc kinge defender of the fayth etc Annodm 1629 Witnesses here of Henry Claphamson Thomas Newhouse Margrett Wilkinson & Isabell Foster etc

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FOSTER THOMAS of Langcliffe [undated]
Borthwick v42 f328
Will proved 1634

In the name of God amen I Thomas Foster of Winskill sick in body in good and perfect memory, the lord’s name be praised for the same, do make and ordain this my last will and testament imprimis I bequeath my soul to God by whose merits I hope to be saved and my body to the earth to be buried at the discretion of my friends.

Item my will is that my son William Foster enter and possess the ground that now I am possessed of at the end and expiration of six years to come paying out unto my other children Christopher, Elizabeth and Agnes viz. to my son Christopher ten pounds within one year after the entry onto it and six pounds the year following, viz three pounds to my daughter Elizabeth and three pounds to my daughter Agnes.

And concerning my grounds in the meantime my will is that my son William be apparelled out of the profit that is raised thereof , my will is that my sister Agnes dwell in my house and have the benefit of my garden till May day next. I give unto my daughter Elizabeth one cow now in the hands of John *****, the use of my grounds for those six years to come my son William being apparelled with, the rest of my goods my debts paid, my funeral expenses discharged I give equally to be divided between my daughters Elizabeth and Agnes.

I ordain my son William executor and entreat my friends Roger Lawson and Thomas Chaphill supervisors of this my last will and testament.

Witnesses: Thomas Foster and Christopher Foster.

Thomas son of William b Aug 1568 his sister Agnes b 1566
Margaret wife of Thomas died 1623 (may have married in Gisburn 1595)
Thomas buried 1625 (he intimates that his son will be 21 in 6 years, so this is the right Thomas and the will is out of date order or was proved very late, i.e. when William grew up)

23.2.1599           Agnes                 Thomae
18.3.1606           Isabella             Thomae
9.4.1609             Willelmus         Thomae
9.2.1612              Christoferus    Thomae

WILLIAM FOSTER of Winskill and Langcliffe 1677/8
Borthwick vol 58 fol 568 mf 977

In the name of god Amen the seaventh day of February Anno dmi 1677 & in the thirtyth yeare of the Reigne of or (sic) Soveraigne lord Charles the second I william Foster of Langcliff in the County of yorke yeoman beinge in good and pfect remembrance make & ordaine this my last will & Testament in ye manner & forme followinge And first of all I commit & Commend my soul into the hands of Almighty god my Creator & by & through Jesus Xt my mercifull redeemer through whose merritts onely I hope to be saved & my body I leave to the earth to be buryed att ye discretion of my exor Concerninge ye disposition & orderinge of those Temporall things which god of his meere (?) mercy hath bestowed upon me Impr. I doe forgive to my son in law Josias Dawson the summe of one hundred pownds which he owes me upon bond It. I give to my Grandson willm Dawson the summe of one Hundred pownds. It. I give unto Josias & william sons of my Grandson Chr Dawson the summe of fifty pownds. It. I give to Chr & Mary son and dawghter of my Grandson William Dawson the summe of fifty pownds It. I give & bequeath all my messuages howses barnes buildings lands tenments & heriditamts with thappurtencs in Settle as also the summe of one Hundred pownds to my Grandson Josias Dawson and my mind & will is that he receive & take the moneys & pfitts of those lands within one yeare after my decease It. I give to my Grandson Jonathan Dawson the summe of foure hundred pownds when he shall accomplish the age of one & twenty yeares as alsoe the summe of one hundred pownds more if my executor observeinge his good carryage shall thinke fitt, otherwise my mind & will yt ye sayd one hundred pownds shall be disposed of to such of the rest of my Grandchildren as my executor in his discretion shall thinke meet pvided yt the sd one hundred pownds be really disposed of to the use of my sd Grandchildren or some of them but if it happen yt the sd Jonathan Dawson shall dye or depart this life before he shall accomplish the age of one & twenty yeares then my mind & will is yt the sd foure hundred pownds & ye one hundred pownds shall be devided amongst the rest of my Grandchildren or such of them as my executor shall thinke foitt pvided that the sd sumes be really disposed of to them my sd Grandchildren or some of them It. I give & bequeath the sume of six hundred pownds to my two Grandaughters Alice & Anne Dawson when they shall accomplish the age of one and twenty yeares which sd sume shall be pportiond and shared betwixt them accordinge to the discretion of my executor (viz (?)) yt each of them shall have such share or pte of ye sd six hundred pownds as my exor (observinge their good Carryage) shal thinke fitt pvided that the sd sume be really disposed of to them my sd Grandaughters but if it happen yt either the sd Anne or Alice Dawson shall dye before they shall accomplish the age of one & twenty yeares my mind & will is that the one halfe or Moyety of the six hundered pownds shall be devided amongst the rest of my Grandchildren accordinge to the discretion of my exor pvided that the sd Moyety of ye sd summe be really disposed of to them my sd Grandchildren It. I give to my late wifes Grandaughter Margarett Butterfeild the sume of twenty pownds And as for the rest of my psonall estate I give to my exor & I doe hereby Constitute & appoynt my son in law Josias Dawson the sole exor of this my last will & testamt In witnesse whereof I have hereunto put my hand & seale the day & yeare abovesd

Witnesses hereof William Foster
Chr Dawson
William Foster of Stainforth
William Braddley (?)

GELDARD

THOMAS GELDARD of Langcliffe 1687
Borthwick Vacancy wills June 1687 mf 902 A-K

In the name of god Amen the 17th day of March and according to the computation of the church of England 1687 I Thomas Geldard of Langcliffe in the county of York cloth maker being at present sound in mind but not healthful of body and knowing the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time and considering likewise that it is the duty of every good Christian to set his house in order before he die That posterity may enjoy the lands and goods of the deceased in peace and quietness do make and constitute this my last will and testament in manner and form as following. First and principally I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty god trusting through the merits of Jesus Christ my saviour to be made partaker of eternal bliss and my body I commit to the earth from whence it came to be buried in honest and Christian burial at the discretion of my executors and friends in hope of resurrection to eternal life and for my temporal estate I give and dispose thereof as follows
Imprimis I give unto my second son James all my bought lands namely one croft joining to the east end of the town with two cattle gates in the over close.
Item I give unto my said son the sum of £16 £10 whereof to be paid within one month after he be loose from his apprenticeship and the other six within three years after.
Item I give unto my daughter Agnes four pounds to be paid within two years after my decease.
Item I give unto my grandchild William Procter four pounds to be paid when he attains to the age of one and 20 years if he so long live but if be being not at the time living my will is that it be paid to her other issue male or female lawfully begotten of her body if she have any then living but for want of such issue my will and mind is that it returns to Agnes my daughter.
Item I give to my eldest son Thomas all the rest of my lands houses household stuff and utensils of trade after my funeral charges and other debts be defrayed and I likewise make my said son Thomas sole executor of this my last will and testament Witness my hand
Thomas Geldard

in the presence of
John Paley
Richard Lawson

Bond

Noverint universi per presentes nos Thomam Geldard de Langcliffe in Com Ebor pannarum et Richardum Lawson de Langcliffe predicti yeoman teneri et firmiter obligari ventibi vivo John Kirkam SJ per Decano eccliae Cathij ...............

Anglie; Solvend eidem Decani ...

Ric.Carr Thomas Geldard Richard Lawson

The Condition of this obligation is such that if the within bounden Thomas Geldard do well and truly execute perform and keep the last will and testament of Thomas geldard of Langcliffe in the parish of Giggleswick and Diocese of York his late father deceased
And do pay his debts and legacies so far as his goods will extend and law shall bind him if also he do exhibit into the Registers Office at York a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the goods rights Credits Cattells and Chattells of the said deceased and do make a true and just accompt of the same when he shall be thereunto lawfully called. And moreover (if need require) enter into such further Bond with more sufficient sureties for performance of the premises which the Judge of the said Court for the time being shall think reasonable and needful And lastly do save defend and harmless keep the within named Dean and Chapter ....... and all other their Officers and ministers......... all persons by reason of the premises Then ..........

void and of none effect or else to remain in full force....

An inventory of the goods credits and debts of Thomas Geldard clothier of Langcliff late deceased apprised by Richard Lawson Junior Anthony Armitstead John Paley Richard Lawson Junior all of Langcliffe the third and twentieth day of June Anno 1687
£     s     d
Impris his apparel with money in his purse                                 05 -04 -06
Item in cloth                                                                              07 -07 -00
It in woole                                                                                00 -18 -00
It 2 pair bedstockes                                                                  00 -10- 00
It two ruggs                                                                              00 - 18-00
It one fether bedd                                                                     01 - 00 -00
It 3 chaffe bedds                                                                       00 - 05- 00
It 4 blankets 2 coverlets                                                            00 - 16-00
It 4 pillows                                                                               00 - 08 -00
It 3 sheets two pillow ......                                                        00 -15- 00
It 3 sheets more                                                                        00 - 05 -00
It seven cushons                                                                       00 -04- 00
It 2 chairs                                                                                 00 - 04 -00 ?
Itm one close press                                                                   01 -05-00
It 3 chists                                                                                  01-04-00
It one litle table                                                             00 -04-00
It one ...ang(?) of wheel timber                                      00-03-00   ?
It in other peeces of wood                                                        00 -03-00
It one stone trough                                                                    00 -04-00
It six sackes                                                                              00 -06-00
It 3 pannes                                                                               00 -10-00
Itm Brass and pewter                                                                00 -12-00
Itm other od things about the hous                                             00 -15-00
It one pair of Loomes 3 pair of sheares with
other things belonging to his trade                                              02 -05-00

Suma £26 -12-00

Debts oweing to the deceased from all men £3-07-00 ?

Debts which the deceased did owe
To John Paley                                                                           £12 -00 -00 ?
It to the towne in Comon stocke                                               02 -04-04
It in other debts to all persons                                                   03 -02-00
It in funerall expenses and given to the poor                               06 -00-00

Summa 23 -06-06

Richard Lawson sen
Anthony Armitstead
John Paley
Richard Lawson jun

THOMAS GELDARD 1697
Borthwick mf 1788 p962 Probate 1698

In the name of god Amen I Thomas Geldard of Langcliffe in the County of York Clothier being weakly of Body but of sound and perfect memory praised be god for the same do make this my last will and testament In manner and form following viz. first I bequeath my soul to god who gave it hoping through the merits and mediation of my saviour to obtain remission of sins and consequently everlasting life. And my body to the ground to be buried in decent and christian manner at the discretion of my friends and executrix. And for my temporal estate I give and dispose of As follows, first I give to Jane my wife (my debts and funeral expenses first paid) All my personal estate in what kind or nature soever it be. Item I give to Thomas my son and only child All my houses and lands whatsoever to enter to 2 parts of the same when he shall Attain the Age of one and twenty years And the other third part after Jane my said wife her decease. And my will and mind is that Jane my said wife shall receive and take all the profits of the said lands for and towards the education of my said son till he Attain the Age of one and twenty years. But if it happen that Jane my wife shall marry to another man then my will and mind is that my two Trustees whom I shall hereafter Appoint from and Immediately after my said son shall Attain the age of fourteen years shall enter unto and receive and take the rents Issues and profits of two parts of my said lands for and towards his better preferment in trade at his and their best discretion. And likewise my will and mind is that if my said son shall die before he Attain the age of one and twenty years that then my said wife shall receive and take all the rents Issues and profits of my said lands during the term of her natural life. And then After the death of my said son As Aforesaid then from and Immediately after the death of Jane my said wife I give unto James Geldard my brother All my houses and Lands Aforesaid paying unto the children of Agnes Pearte my sister or so many as shall be at that time living the sum of £20 within one year After he enter to the same. And if she be at the time living then to pay unto the said Agnes my sister the sum of 20 shillings …… during her life. And I do appoint Jane my said wife Executrix of this my last will and testament. And I do likewise Appoint Richard Lawson and James Geldard trustees to take care that this my will be rightly executed. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of June Anno Domini 1697.

Acknowledge and signed in the presence of us
Richard Lawson jurat James Geldard jurat

Thomas Geldard

Bond and Obligation attached

A true and perfect Inventory of all the goods chattels and debts and credits of Thomas Geldard late of Langcliffe deceased as they are Apprized this 27th (?) day of February by us whose names are underwritten
ll      s      d
Imprimis his purse and Apparel             03 - 00 - 00
It 2 Cowes                                                       05 - 00 - 00
It 26 yards of Cloth                                          03 - 00 - 00
It 40 yards of plain cloth and 1/2 thick   02 - 00 - 00
It 1 Cart 2 paire of wheeles                               00 - 15 - 00
It in wood and 2 Ladders                                  00 - 08 - 00
It 1 paire of Looms with other
utensills belonging Trade                                   02 - 10 - 00
It 1 Dresser pewter and other goods
in the body of the House                                   01 - 19 - 00
It in wood vessel brass and other
goods in the Kitching                                        01 - 15 - 00
It one Bed with furniture with other
goods in the Parlour                                          03 - 15 - 00
It one Bedstead one Chist
in the little chamber                                           00 - 07 - 00
It in Goods in the house chamber                      00 - 18 - 00
It in goods in Parlour chamber               04 - 09 - 00
It in Linnen                                                       00 - 12 - 00
It in meale Beefe and Bacon                              02 - 00 - 00
__________
32 - 08 - 00

It debts owing to the Deceased 92 - 00 - 00 (not clear)
Sum Tota 124 - 00 - 00

Debts which the Deceased did owe 70 - 00 - 00
John Paley
Richard Armitsted
Richard Lawson
James Geldard

ROBERT HARRISON 1621 / 2
Borthwick vol 36 fol 705 mf 953

Memorandum that upon the fower and twentieth day of ffebruary in the yeare of our Lord god one thousand sixe hundreth twenty one Robert Harrison late of Langcliffe in the parish of gigleswicke within the dioces of yorke did make and declare his last will and testament nuncupative as followeth first haveing comended his Soule to god and his body to christian buriall in hope of ioyfull resurection to eternall life then for his goods especiallie his tenement he did give so much of it to Jennet his wife during her widowhoad as by lawe should be due unto her and after-wards wholy to Redound and Come to Allice his daughter And for the rest of his goods he willed should be devided betwene Jennet his wife and Alice his daughter and he made the said Jennett his wife sole Executor of this his last will and testament These be my witnesses John Stackhowse and John Claphamson

Latin text

HUDSON ANDREW of Winskill 1688
Borthwick.,York. Vol.61 fol.59
Transcribed by S.Gordon

In the name of God Amen, This twentieth day of July in the yeare our Lord Christ one thousand six hundred eighty eight I Andrew Hudson of Winskall in the pish of Gigleswick in the County of Yorke husbandman being weake and infirme in body but of good and perfect memory praised be God for the same doe make and ordaine this my last will and testament in manner and forme Following hereby revokeing all former and other will or wills by me heretofore made and first and principally, I Commend and Council my soule into the hands of Almighty God my maker assuredly trusting that in and through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ my saviour my sins shall be forgiven And that my soule shall be made partaker of everlasting happiness in the Kingdome of heaven, And my body to be buried in the Parrish Church yard of Gigleswick aforesaid at the discretion of my friends & Executrix hereafter named; And as to the temporall estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me I give and dispose as Followeth; And First my will and minde is that my just debts and funeral expences thall be paid out of my whole goods, Cattells and Chattells; And as to the rest and residue thereof I give and bequeath the same unto Jaine Hudson my loveing wife; Item my will and minde is that she shall pay unto John Hudson my brother five shillings within the space of one yeare next after my decease as a legacy; Item I give unto the said John Hudson my brother my rideing Coate and my bootes; And Lastly I doe nominate constitute and appointe my said wife Jaine sole Executrix of this my last will and testament; In Wittness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seale the day and yeare first above written Andrew Hudson his marke sealed signed and published in the presence of us Antho: Armistead John Tayler James Tayler his marke

RICHARD HUITSON als OATSON
Admon Craven 30th June 1699

Copied from original at Borthwick - Abstract

Noverint …. Thomas Ridgey and Richard Lawson … decem et nono libris…
Condition … Thomas Ridgey of Langcliffe … Richard Huitson

Sig. et del. Jo. Horrocks Tho. Ridgey Richd Lawson

An Inventory of the Lease: lands sometime belonging unto Richard Huitson als Oatson late of Langcliffe decd., made and apprized by us whose names are subscribed this nineteenth day of June in the year of Our Lord according to ye Computacon of ye Church of England One Thousand Six hundred Ninety Nine / 1699/ as followeth

Imprimis one small parcell of arable Land called ye Pike £07 - 03s - 00 d
It: Common of Pastur, lying & being on ye Daw-haw within ye Township of Langcliffe aforesaid
£02 - 07s - 00 d
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Totall £09 - 10s - 00 d

Ri Acinson
Richd Lawson
Willm Bradley
William Carr

IVESON

LAWRENCE IVESON 1548

Borthwick vol. 13 fol. 426 mf 920

In the name of God amen the yere of oure lorde god a Thnd v (hundred) xlviij the xviij daie of Aprile I Lawrence yveson of Lanklif seke in bodie and hooll of mynde maikes my laste will as after followithe First I bequeathe my soule unto almightie god and my bodie to be buried within the churche yarde of Gigleswike Also I bequeath unto katerine my wif duringe her widweheade the title and tennte righte of my farmolde and after my wif I will that my farmolde shall remayne unto John my eldest sone and he to agre withe his children Willm and John for the title and tennte righte of the saide farmolde at sighte of fower frendes that is to saie James Iveson Richard Iveson John Sergant and Symon Iveson the which men I have in truste to order my wif and my children Also I will that my debtes be paid of my hooll goodes Also I bequeath the office of the kepinge of lankliffe mylne to one of my sones whiche of them as can please the farmers the best Also The residue of all my goodes my debts and funerall expenses paide I bequeathe unto katerine my wif and my children that is James Willm and John my sones an Elizabeth and Alice my daughters and if ............... be that my wif at anye tyme marrie Then my will is that she shall have her parte of goodes devided owte at sighte of the saide foure frendes and my children for to have their porcions devyded likewise at sighte of the forenaymed frendes Also I maike katerine my wif my hooll executerixe of this my laste will witnes herof James Iveson Richarde Iveson withe others

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.................Johannes Lambert presbiteri .................

STEVEN IVESON 1571
Borthwick vol 19 fol 433 mf 930

In the name of God Amen the vj th day of Auguste anno die a thowsande fyve hundrethe seaventie one I Steven Iveson of langeclife syke in bodie and of good and pfyte remembrance loved be allmyghtie god maykes this my laste will and Testament in manner and forme followynge First I geve and bequythe my Soule to allmyghtie god and my bodie to be buried in the pishe churche yarde of Giglesweke Also I geve and bequythe for my mortuarie and other churche dewes all that right will Also I bequythe to Willm Iveson my sone my title and Tenante righte of my fermeholde he doinge his dewtie to the lorde and he to enter to the halfe at the nexte Candlmes and my wyfe florence and her ijo daughters to the other halfe duringe my wyfes widoweheade or to suche tyme as she haythe broughte the one of my daughters to succoore then my will is that willm my Sonne shall have two partes of my farmeholde and my wyfe the thirde parte duringe her wedowhead and after her wedowhead all to remeyne to my sonne Willm Also I will that my sonne Willm be obedient to his mother as a good childe aughte to Also I geve my wife her wedowe righte accordinge to the lawe Also I geve my children ther porcion that is Elizabethe Ellen and Margaret Also my will is that my debtes be paid of my hole goodes Also I geve unto my wyfe and Willm my sonne all my husbandrie geare to be occupied equallie betweene them bothe duringe my wyfe wedowheade and after her wedowheade all the husbandrie to remeyne unto Willm my sonne And my will is that to be for his childes porcion Also I geve to my godbarnes that is to say Robte Armesteade and Stephen Iveson eyther of them a gymer lambe and they to be sent forewarde to the children use and to Willm Foster and Willm Remington eyther of them iiij d Also I geve to Willm my sone my beste Jacket my beste hose my best dublet my beste shawle and my newe bowe Also I geve to James Iveson a newe Jacket a payre of hose a dublet a shawle and a paire of shooes Also I geve to Anthony Cokson a sherte Also I will that florence my wyfe shall pay halfe of the gressinge to the lorde and my sone Willm the other halfe the reste of my pte of goodes my debtes and all other ordinarie dewes paid I geve and bequythe unto my thre daughters Elizabeth Ellen, and Margaret equallie amonge them and I mayke and constitute my hole executors Florannce my wyfe and margaret Iveson my daughter Also I make Thomas Somerscales supvisor of this my will Thes witnes Roger Kide John Browne and Joh armested with others

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WILLIAM IVESON 1589
Borthwick vol 24 fol 369-70 mf 934

In the name of god Amen the xix th daie of Julie 1589 I willm Iveson of Lanckliffe of the pish of gigleswicke in the countie of yorke sick in bodie but of pfect remembrance praised be god do make this my Laste will and testament in manner and forme followinge Firste I bequieth my soule to Jesus Christ my maker and onely saviour and my bodie to be buried in the churchyard where it shall please god .................
And for my mortuarie and other church duties all that righte will Also it is my will that my wief shall her widowe right of my goodes and my children ther porcon my debtes beinge first paide of the whole goodes Itm I give the title and tenant right of my ten[emen]t unto Stephane Iveson my sonne with the license of the lorde The resedewe of my goodes not bequiethed my debts and funerall expenses paied and discharged I give unto my wief and children equallie to be devyded amongste them And I ordeine and appointe the said margaret my wief my sole executrix of this my Laste will and testament Thes wittnesses Thomas Foster Willm Kidd John Kidd and John Armisted with others

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RICHARD IVESON 1608
Borthwick vol 30 fol 723 mf 945

In the name of god Amen the fowerteenth day of March in the yere of our lord 1608 I Richard Iveson of Langcliffe in the Countie of yorke husbandman sicke in bodie & whole in mynde doe make this my last will & testament in manner followinge Firste I give my soule to allmightie god & my bodie to be buried in the church yard of Gigleswicke at the discretion of my freindes Itm I give unto my sonne James Iveson & his assignes my house & garth & all my title interest & terme of yeres therin And for my goodes my will is that (that) they be devided into three ptes wherof my wife to have her thirdes accordinge to lawe & the other two ptes I give to my sonne James & my daughter Elizabeth equally And yf either of my children dye before they come to lawfull yeres or be married my will is that the porcon of him or her soe dyinge shall redownde to the survivour & I make Margaret my wife my whole executor These beinge witnesses William Browne Thomas Sigswicke Thomas Carre & Thomas Sowden William Iveson

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JAMES IVESON 1665
Borthwick Craven/Prog. probate file Feb 1665/6 died 12 April 1665

In the name of god amen I James Iveson of Langcliffe beinge sicke and weak of body butt of pfect memory praysed be god doe make this my last will and testament in manner and forme followinge First I bequeath my soule into ye hands of my maker wishinge through the meritts of Jesus Christ to be made partaker of Eternall happiness, and my body to be buried in ye Church yarde of Gigleswick att ye discretion of my freinds, And as to my Temporall goodes I give and bequeath as followethe First I give unto my sister Elizabeth Twentye shillinges to be paid within one halfe yeare after my decease alsoe I give unto Robert Kendall and Ann Kendall children of ye said Elizabeth my sister either of them Tenn shillings likewise to be paid within halfe A yeare after my decease I doe alsoe make my well beloved wife (Margaret Iveson) whole Executrix of this my last will and Testament In wittnesse whereof I have hereunto sett my hand ye seventh day of Aprill One Thousand sixe hundred sixtie five

witnesses

mke mke
William (mark) Ridgey James (mark) Iveson
John Paley

Margaret Iveson and John Carr bound

RICHARD JACKES 1700
Craven admon. 17 July 1700 Borthwick
copied from original

Obligation
Noverint …. Annath Jackes de Langcliffe … et Matthew Jackes de Setle …. septem libris … Condition … Ann: Jackes relict of Richard Jackes of Langcliffe lately deceased ….
Sig …..del.

Jo: Horrocks An Jackes Matthew Jackes

A true Inventory of all and Singular Goods Chattells and credits of Richard Jackes late of Langclife deceased made ye twenty fifth day of Aprill An:Dom: 1700
£     s    d
Imprimis, His purse and Apparrell                     00 15 00
It: One Cubbard one Table                               00 12 00
It: Chests                                                          00 17 00
It: Bedstocks and Beding                                  00 10 00
It: 3 Boxes and two chaires                               00 02 06
It: Three Pewter doublets                                  00 03 04
It: One Pot & 2 Panns                                      00 05 02
It: Two Barrells & 1 Flasket(?)             00 02 03
It: In Oat Meale
It: In Houslement                                              00 05 10

Apprized by us
William Carr
Thomas Swanson

[This inventory is written in a more modern style of writing and wording. Seems to be in a standard format, no entry for oatmeal. No sum of money.]

WILLIAM JOHNSON 1669
Borthwick vol 59 fol 171

In the name of god Amen I William Johnson of Langcliffe beinge sicke in body butt of pfect memory (praised be god) doe make this my last will and testament in manner and forme followinge First I bequeath my soule into the hands of my blessed Redeemer trustinge through his meritts to be made ptaker of Eternall happinesse and my body to be buried att ye discretion of my wife As for my temporall goods I give and bequeath as followeth First I will yt my wife Ellin have the tuition of my daughter Jennett till she accomplish ye Age of twenty one years if ye said Jennett and ye said Ellin my wife can Agree to live together, butt if they cannott Agree then my said Jennett to chuse her gardian when she shall accomplish ye Age of ffourtene years And ye gardian to have all ye pfitts yt ffalls to my said daughter ffor ye maintenance of her till shee shall Accomplish ye Age of twenty one years And whereas I am owinge unto Robert Iveson ye summe of tenn pounds I will yt if my Executor hereafter named be nott Able to pay itt without sellinge lands I will yt these pcells be sould viz Peasber Rood yt I bought of William (?)Ridgey one garden that I bought of Robert Iveson Ane one Cow Ane ye Rest of my lands I give I give (sic) unto my daughter Jennett and to dispose of itt if whee come to Age if whe die before she come to Age haveinge noe Issue I give itt unto my brother James Children equally to be devided Also I will yt if my wife marry to be void and have noe pte of the pmisses As ffor my household goods I give unto my wife Ellin and my daughter Jennett equally after my funerall Expenses be paid out Lastly I nominate and appoint my said wife Ellin and my said daughter Jennett Executrixes of this my last will and testment In witness whereof I have hereunto putt my hand and seale the twentye ffiffth day of Aprill 1669

Wittnesses William Johnson

            Richard Lawson
Jurat     Willm Carr
Jurat     John Paley

(overleaf)

Craven
T. Guilielmi Johnson nup de Langcliffe poice de Giglesweek deft. Respit ............ ..............Octobris 1681 Entred

WILLIAM KYDD 1591
Borthwick vol 25 fol 974 mf 937 (6?)

In the name of god Amen the [twenty second day] of March in the yeare of our Lord god one thowsand fyve hundreth nyntie one I Willm Kydd of Lanclyffe sycke in bodye but of perfect memory praysed be Almightie god doe make this my last will and testamt in manner and forme followinge First I commend my soule into thandes of my heavenly father by whose mercyes through Jesus Christ I beleve to be saved and my body to be buryed at the discretion of my friendes Itm I geve for my mortuarie that which of right is due Also I geve to Elizabet my wife her thirdes of my goodes landes and tenementes according to Custom of the Countrey and as of right appertainnes unto her to have and geve to all my children being not maryed now sett forward to any say(?) of ...... out my goodes heretofore their dew portyons of goodes as in equytie appertains... Item Also whereas I have Bargayned and concluded wth mr Nicholas darcye for the purchase of my tenement and have paid him alredie sixteene poundes & rest Indebted yet thirtie two pound xx d which is to be paid uppon and at the sealinge myne assurance my will is And I do devyse that yf the said Nich Darcy or any other for him do Assure my said tenement to me or myne Assignes whether yt be by deed lease or other wyse that then my son Thomas shalbe myne Assigne And have ye said tenement to him and to the heires of his body Lawfully begotten for ever my wifes Lawfull thirdes received during her life And my will is that my said sonn Thomas shall paie in Consideracion theireof vj li xiij s iiij d to every one of my childrenne being nowe unmaryed Itm I geve the best fether bedd at my howse and my two pair of Lomes to my said sonne Thomas kydd in Consideracon of parte of his Childes portyon and my will is that he shalbe further considered at the sight of my frendes mr Shutt Lawrence Swaynson and James Bankes to whom I confer the ordering and setting downe of all thinges as shalbe thought good & trewe for the behoofe and Benefitt of my Children The rest of all my goodes not already geven and bequeathed I geve to my sonn Robert Kydd and my daughter maude kydde equallie to be devyded betweene them And of this my last will and testamt I make Elizabeth my wyfe and Thomas Kydd my sonn Execoutures These being wytnesses Richard kydson and mathew Sigsweek wth others

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{Mr Shutt was Vicar of Gigleswick }

LAWSON

THOMAS LAWSON 1574
Borthwick vol 19 fol 707

In the name of God Amen the xxiiij th day of October a thowsand fyve hundrethe seventie foure I Thomas Lawson of Langclif within the pish of Giglesweke husbandman sicke in bodie but of good & pfyct memorie loved by allmyghtie god maykes this my laste will & testament in manner & forme folowinge fyrst I gyve & bequythe my sowle to allmightie god & to all the glorious company in heaven & my bodie to be buried in the pishe church yarde of Giglwsweke Also I bequythe for my mortuarie & other churche dewes all that right will Also I will that Elizabeth my wyfe shall have her widowrighte bothe of my goodes & farmeholde And I gyve unto my said wyfe a .... which of myne as she will choose Also I will that George Lawson my sone shall have for his title & tennante righte of my farmehold & his childes porcon of my goodes iij li vj s viij d in redie mony at that tyme as the righte honorable Erle of Cumberlande shalbe at full aige and demannde Gressom of hym Also I gyve to my fyve daughters & to everie one of them one Ewe schepe of the beste Also I will that xpofer Lawson my sone shall have his thirdes porcon of my goodes & the said goodes shalbe delyvered to Richarde lawson my sone & the said xpofer shalbe founde (?) of my farme olde Also I gyve unto Elizabethe deane a gymmer lambe The reste of my pte of goodes my dettes & other ordinarie feys paid & discharged I gyve & bequythe to Richarde Lawson my sone & his children And I mayke & constitute my sone Richarde Lawson my hole executor Thes witnes Willm Bankes of Giglesweke Thomas kinge Giles (?) Cookeson & mathewe Sigisweke with others

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GREGORY LAWSON 1615
Borthwick vol 34 fol 666

In the name of god Amen the Nyne and twentyth day of June in yeare of our lord god one thousand six hundred and fiftene I Gregory Lawson of Langcliffe in the county of yorke yeoman beinge at this instant of good and pfect memory god be praised therefor doe make and ordeyne this my last will and testament in manner and form followinge, first I comend my soul into the mercifull hands of almighty god trustinge and assuredly psuadding my self that through the merritts and precious blood shedinge of my sweete saviour and redeemer Christ Jesus I shall have full remission of all my sinnes and be made ptaker of life everlasting and for my bodie I comitt the same to the earth from whence it came to be buried within the pish Church of Gigleswicke in or for now as conveniently may be unto the place where I doe use to kneele and sitt on the sundaies and holidayes. Item I desire Mr Shute to preach at my buriall and for that his pains I give him five shillings. Item I doe hereby revocke all former wills by me made at any time before the day of the date hereof Item whereas I have by my deede in Wryting indented bearing date the six and twenteith day of the instant June, given granted assigned and set over unto Mathew Sigswicke of Langcliffe and Thomas Lawson of Airton late sonne of Roger Lawson of Knight Sanford and to theire executors and assignes all my Messuage Tenement and estate that I have (wthin)?) my lands or grounds whatsoever in langcliffe aforesaide to and such uses as are therein limitted and expressed I doe now hereby ratifie and refirme the sam deede to be good and effectuall in law to and for the sam use therein specified and declared. Item I give unto the poore people of the pish of Gigleswicke Twentie shillings to be distributed amongst them at the discretion of Mr Christopher Shute and churchwardens of this pish Item my will is and I ordaine that Thomas Palye son of John unto whom I have limitted my Tenament after my decease, shall give unto Robert Stalman my sisters sonne Twentie nobles, and unto Thomas Claphame sonne of the saide Christopher fortie shillings, to be paide unto them at the time of mariage of the Thomas and my will is that upon the payment of the saide some to the saide Robert Stalman he the saide Robert shall give release unto my executors of all such rights as hee might clame in any pte of my goods or other rights whatsoever, and shall alsoe release unto the saide Thomas Paley all the righ that he might claime in the Tenament and grounds orelse if he refuse soe to doe then to have noe benefite of the legacie And if this saide Thomas Paley shall refuse to paye the saide legacies, to the saide Robert Stalman, and Thomas Claphame, then my will is, that the said feoffees or freinds in trust and my executors shall pay the same out of the proffits and increase of my saide tenement Item my will is that the saide Thomas Paley shall be guided and governed by my executors hereafter named, and by my supvisors, and likewise that (t)he shall have the guideing, mannring, useing, and husbanding of my Tenament, for his behoofe, and towards his better bringing upp and pfermet if in case that hee be not married in my life times untill the second daye of februarie wch shall be in the yeare of our lord god one Thousand six hundreth Twentie and two Item I give unto unto (sic) the saide Thomas Paley my armour, That is to say, my talliver with the furniture thereto belonging, and all my husbandry geare. Item I give to Christopher Claphame and Thomas his sonne either of them Twentie shillings, and unto Thomas Paler of Gigleswicke Twentie shillings and unto Thomas Paler sonne of the saide Thomas Tenn shillings and unto Rober(t) Cookesonne fortie shillings Item I give unto Willm Lawson fortie shillings wch he owes me, and I give unto Henrie Lawson sonne of the saide Willm Tenn shillings. Item I give unto James Falthropp Twentie shillings wch he owes me. Item I give unto Margrett Iveson widdow Twentie Shillings if shee be living at my decease, or if shee be dead, then I give it to James her sonne Item I give to Anne Kiddson my maid servant Ten shillings. And for the residue of all my goods cattalls and other rights unbequeathed I give one halfe of them unto the saide Thomas Paley sonne of John. Provided alwaies and upon condicion that if the saide Thomas paley sonne of John dye before he be maried this his legacie shalbe voide and then I give the porcon of goods and cattalls to him limitted unto the executors and supervisors of this my will to be distributed according to theire discrecon amongst my kinfolke and freinds. And I give the other halfe unto Richar(d) Lawson and unto his wife and children equally amongst them. Item I give unto Thomas paley the sonne of John and to his heires and assignes forever my customarie estate in that pcell of grounde called Stackhouse holme uopn condicion that he shall give and pay to Thomas Lawson and Joh Lawson sonnes of Richard be paide the some of Eleaven pounds when he comes to age of Twentie one yeares or within a twelvemonth now after my decease or for want of payment thereof then I give tennt and customarie estate of the pcell of grounde to the saide Thomas Lawson and John Lawson and to theire heires and assignes forever. And I doe appoynt and ordaine the saide Christopher Clapham Thomas Paler of Gigleswick and Richard Lawson to be joynt executors of this my last will and testament and I desire Rober falthropp and the saide Willm Lawson to be supervisors thereof and to assyst my executors with theire best directions and helpe. Witnesses hereof
James Falthropp Thomas Lawson Willm Lawson and Mathew Sigswicke

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THOMAS LAWSON 1694
Craven Admon 15 February 1694 Borthwick
copied from original

Obligation
Noverint… Richard Preston of Settle …. and Christopher Craven of Kildwick … sextem libris …. Condition of this obligation… Richard Preston of Settle …. Thomas Lawson late of Langcliffe, parish of Giggleswick …
Sig ….
Chro. Watkin
Richard Pollard (?)
R Preston
Christ. Craven

A true and p(er)fect Inventory of the goods and Chattells of Thomas Lawson late of Langclife deceased apprized by us whose names are hereunto subscribed this fourteenth day of January in the yeare of our Lord God 1694

Imprimis One old house and barne falled into decay and one little garden £3 - 13s - 4d

Wiij Paley
John Wildman
Leo. Boilland
Tho. Carr

RICHARD LAWSON of Langcliffe 1699

North Yorkshire County Record Office, Northallerton ZXC I 1/21/1

In the name of God amen the twenty fourth day of October in the yeare of our Lord according to the computation of the Church of England one thousand six hundred ninety nine I Richard Lawson of Langclife in the County of Yorke yeoman being infirme in body but of sound annd perfect memory praised be God for the same doe make this my last will and testament in manner and forme following that is to say first and chiefly commending my soule unto God almighty beleiveing my salvation in and through the sole mercy of my onely Redeemer Jesus Christ and commiting my body to the earth in hopes of a Joyful Resurrection unto Life eternall decently to be buryed in the parish Church of Gigelswicke after the manner of my ancesters of that worldly estate which God in mercy hath bestowed upon me I doe dispose as followeth Imprimis after payment of my just debts and funeral expences I doe give and bequeath unto my daughter Sarah one Chest of drawers bought by me at Leeds Item I doe give and bequeath unto my said Daughter Sarah the sums of fourscore pounds to be paid her by my executor when and if she doeth attaine her full age of twenty and four years Item I doe give and bequeath unto my Daughter Margrett the like sume of fourscore pounds to be paid her in like manner when and if she doe attaine her full age of twenty six years of age Item I doe give and bequeath unto my son Nathaniell the sum of fifteen pounds to be paid him when the said Nathaniell shall have fully attained the full age of twenty three years or at the end of three Months next following the determmination of his apprentishipp whether soever shall happen Item I doe give and bequeath unto my son Jonathan the sume of fifteen pounds to be paid him by my executor when and if he doe attaine his full age of twenty and three years Item I give and bequeath unto my son Richard Lawson his heires executors administrators and assignes as well all my freehold estate as alsoe my Lease Lands with all theire appurtinances set situate lying and being within the Towns Townshipp and Teritoryes of Langcliffe aforesaid and Lastly hereby revoking all other and former wills if any such were by me heretofore made of this my last will and testament I doe nominate constitute and appoint my said son Richard Lawson sole executor In witness whereof I have unto theses presents bearing date the day and yeare first above written set my hand and seale Richard Lawson hand and seale sealed signed and published to be the last will and testament of the above named
Testator Richard Lawson in the sight of us with those words whethersoever happens first interlined John Green his marke Thomas Paley Richard Atkinson

RICHARD LAWSON of Langcliffe 1766
Borthwick Prob. Reg. 111, 73 mf 1022

In the name of God Amen I Richard Lawson of Langcliffe within the parish of Giggleswick in the West Riding of the County of York gentleman do make and publish this my last will and Testament hereby revoking and making void all former Will or Wills at any time or times heretofore made. Declaring this only to be my last will and Testament and first my will and mind is that all such debts as I shall justly owe at the time of my decease together with my funeral expenses and the charges of proving this my will shall be first duly paid and satisfied by my executors as hereinafter named by and out of my personal estate. And after the payment thereof then I give and bequeath unto my grand daughter Elizabeth Roberts the sum of £100. I also give and bequeath unto my granddaughter Mary Roberts the sum of £100. I also give and bequeath unto my grandson Henry Roberts the sum of £100. And to my grandson Richard Paley the sum of £100. And to my grandson John Starkie the sum of £100 which said several legacies or sums of money I will order and direct shall be paid to the said several and respective legacies when they shall attain their several and respective ages of 21 years by my executrixes hereinafter named by and out of my personal estate. I also give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Paley widow of George Paley of Langcliffe lately deceased the sum of £400 to be distributed by her amongst her children as she shall think most proper and convenient which said last mentioned legacy or sum of money I will order and direct shall be paid by my executrixes hereinafter named by and out of my personal estate within 12 months next after my decease. And whereas my son-in-law Robert Roberts stands justly and duly indebted unto me in several sums of money which I have for several years last past paid lent and advanced to and for him and his use amounting in the whole to the sum of £90 or thereabouts my will therefore is that in case he shall give no trouble or molestation to my executrixes hereinafter named in the execution and performance of this my last will and testament I do hereby remit and relieve unto him the said debt of £90 and that he shall not be answerable or accountable to my executrixes for the same. But in case he shall give any molestation or disturbance to them or either of them for or on account of any thing in this my will contained then I give and bequeath the same unto my executrixes to be paid and applied in part discharge of my just debts funeral expenses legacies and the charges of proving this my will. I further give and devise unto my two daughters Ann Lawson and Elizabeth Lawson all my freehold messuages lands tenements and hereditaments whatsoever situate standing lying and being within the parish of Giggleswick in the West Riding of the county of York or elsewhere with their and every of their appurtenances for and during and unto the full end and term of their joint natural lives and the life of the longer liver of them and after the death of the survivor of them then I give and devise the same unto my grandson Richard Lawson Starkie his heirs and assigns absolutely for ever. Item as to my messuage situate standing lying and being at Langcliffe the same being leasehold which I formerly purchased of Jane Hammond widow of John Hammond of Bradford I give bequeath and devise the same unto my daughters Ann Lawson and Elizabeth Lawson for and during the term of their joint natural lives and the life of the longer of them and after the death of the survivor of them then I give and devise and bequeath the same unto my grandson Richard Lawson Starkie his executors administrators and assigns for and during all such term of years as are therein granted and shall be to come and annex fired at the time of their decease under the rent therefore due and payable. Item I give devise and bequeath all the rest residue and remainder of my real and personal estate (not herein before given devised and bequeathed) unto my two daughters Ann Lawson and Elizabeth Lawson their heirs executors administrators and assigns for ever whom I appoint executrixes of this my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the third day of June in the year of our Lord 1766.
Richard Lawson

Signed sealed published and declared by the said Richard Lawson the above named testator as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto the words third day of June being first interlined

John Cundall Jane Cundall John Knowles

ROWLAND LUCAS of Giggleswick 19 May 1647
R. Postlethwaite 2nd set

Maister of Arts and schoolmaister

To every one of the children of Annn and Isabell my naturall sisters £5 each within one year of my decease. To every one of the children of Hugh Stackhouse my brother-in-law 50s each. Residue to Ann my wife - sole executrix.

witnesses Brian Cookeson Hugh Stackhouse

ANN LUCAS 1664 / 5
Borthwick vol 50 fol 266 mf 969

In the name of God Amen the Eleaventh day of January in the yeare of or Lord god one thousand six hundred sixty ffoure; I Ann Lucas late of Gigleswicke and now of Langcliffe in the County of Yorke widdow being sickly and infirme in Body, but of good and pfect remembrance (praised be God) doe make this my last will and testament in manner followinge, revokeing hereby all Wills by me formerly made: And first I remitt and willingly resigne my Soule into the mercyful hands of Almighty God my maker and creator, trusting through his mercy and by the meritts of Jesus Christ my Redeemer to be saved, and to have pdon and remission of all my sinnes: And my body to the Earth whereof it was framed to be buryed att my parish Church of Gigleswicke in Christian manner att the discretion of my Executor and friends. And for my worldly and temporall goods and estate reall and personall,I doe give devise and dispose of the same as followeth, ffirst I will that my debts and funerall expenses be payd out of my whole goods. Item I give unto my son Lawrence Swainson and to his heires executors and assignes All my houses and grounds att Stackhouse with their appurtenances pcells of ye Mannor of Newby, and also those my Closes called Ravensber, and all my writeings concerning the same. Ite(m) I give to every one of the children of Mathew Evers(?) of the parish of Leeds tenn shillings a peace Ite(m) I give unto that child wherwith the said Mathew Evers wife was conceived and not delivered thereof att the time of the death of my late deceased husband Mr Rowland Lucas the summe of ffive pounds if the said child be now living and if the said child be deade, I will that the said ffive pounds shall be given and equally divided amongst the other children of the said Mathew, and I will that all the said legacies so hereby given to the said children shall be paid to their said ffather Mathew for his said children uses Ite(m) I give to every one of the children of Richard Turner of the parish of Leeds ten shillings apeece to be likewise payd to theirsaid ffather for their uses All which above said legacies and sum(m)es I doe give unto all the above said children for the love that I had unto my late deceased husband Mr Lucas and in remembrance of him Ite(m) I give to my brother Hugh Stackhouse his children ten pounds equally amongst them. Item I give to Tomazin Stackhouse ffive pounds to be payd when she attaines the age of xxi yeares, or before if shee be marryed before that she attaine that age, with the consents off my brother Hugh Stackhouse and of my Executors Ite(m) I give to Thomas Howson ten shillings and to Isabell Howson ten shillings; Ite(m) I give to James, Margaret and Ellen the son and daughters of my deceased brother Robert Stackhouse ffive shillings apeece, And to Valentine Robinson ffive shillings. Item I give to my sister in law Margaret Roome ten shillings Item I give to every one whom I stand as godmother twelve pound. Ite(m) I give to my sister Walker my gold Ring Ite(m) I give to Isabell Stackhouse my sister my best shifte. Also I give to my brother Walker ten shillings. All the remainder of my goods I give unto my son Lawrence Swainson and I doe make and nominate my said son Lawrence Swainson Jurat sole Executor of this my last will and testament In witness whereof I have hereunto put my hand and seale the day and yeare first above written.

Thomas Paley Ann Lucas
Hugh Stackhouse Jurat her X marke
Brian Cookeson

Overleaf

Craven
Anne Lucas nupr de Giggleswick def. ?? corte per Lancaster 20 Jany 1669

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PALEY

JOHN PALEY 1597
Will of 29th November 1597, bd 16th December 1597
Borthwick 27, fol. 176 mf 940

In the name of God amen The xxix th day of November 1597 John Palay of Lancklife sicke in bodie but of pfect remembrance prased be God do make this my last will and testament in maner and forme following first I Comend my soule to Jesus Christ my onlie lord and savioure and my bodie to be buried in the Church yarde of the pish Church of Gigleswicke and for my mortuary and all Churches what of right is due and accustomed I will that the same be trulie paid Item I give to Thomas my sonne and to his issue lawfullie one close called Lees close lying betweene the grounds of Thomas Sowden and Richard Armistead and also a pcell of grounde called Pesber by afirmaton half and (sic) acre and one garden lying and being upon the northeside of Lanclife for ever and for wante of him and his issue then I give the same grounds unto Elizabeth Payley my supposed daughter and to her issue lawfull then I will the same shall reservatone (?) unto Margaret my wife for and during her pure Widdowhead And I also will that my wife have the use and occupacon of these grounds untill my said sonne Thomas come to the age of one and twentie yeares iff he live so long and yf she be able maintane him and yf she be not then I will that these grounds be sell and letten to the most profitt for his mayntennce And for my goods aswell moveable as unmoveable I will that my Children Thomas and the said Elizabeth shall have theire equall porcons thereof and my wife her Widdowright and for my pte of goods my debts first discharged of the whole goods my funerall expences paid and other dues done I give the same unto Elizabeth my said supposeddaughter and I give also unto Myles Nicholson Scholer two sheepe Item I ordayne and appointe Margaret my said wife and Elizabeth my said daughter my Joynt executors of this my will witnesses hereof John Palay and Richard Kidson Mathew Sigsweeke George Lawson and Thomas Siggeswicke.......

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A plausible but unproven family tree

                     ?                                              1591
John Paley   = Katherine                             =       Margaret Sigswicke
                                                                                    bp 1566
bd 1597            ux bd 1588                    married Richard Iveson in 1599

Thomas bp 1586/7 (not yet 21 in 1597)

Why is Elizabeth a supposed daughter? Maybe illegitimate and not registered?

Elizabeth Paley de Langcliffe bd 1604/5

THOMAS PALEY 1669/70

Borthwick Craven/Prog. vol.50 fol. 273 mf 969

In the Name of God Amen I Thomas Paley of Langclif being wake and sicke of body yet of good and pfect memory praised be God of Might and Mercy for ye same doe make and ordayne this my last will and Testament in manner and forme following First I give command and beequeathe my Soule in to the hands of my maker trusting therrough ye sole mercyes and merrits of Jesus Christ my Savioure to have remisson and forgivenes of my Sinns and by ye vertu of his Precious blod shed Reserrection and assention fully to injoy him in glory Commiting my body to ye Earthe from whence it came To bee buried att ye discretion of my freindes And for my Temporall esstayte I give and beequeathe in manner and forme following And first my mind and wish is first That my debts and accomptes and recknonings bee cleared my funerall expenses paide I Give and beequeathe unto my wife All my Goods moveable and Cattells Inward and Outward And I Give unto my Tow Sonns Thomas Paley and John Paley eyther of them forty poundes and to [meet al.....] And if it shall happen or soe pleas God that eyther of them shall dye beefore they receive or Give a discharge for ye same Then my mind and will is that it shall goe and redound to ye Survivor of them And I hereby appoynte Ann Paley (jurat) Sole Executor of this my Last will and Testament In witnes whereof I have hereunto put my hand and Seale this third day of January in ye yeare of oure Lord God one thowsand Six hundred Sixty and Nine

Witnesses hereof
Jurat
John Paley
m ed
Thomas Kayley TK

Tho. Constantine
Leonard Carr

WILLIAM PALEY of Settle 3rd Jan 1722
(Copy with C. Ellis)

In the Name of God Amen the Third day of January in the yeare of our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and Twenty Two I William Paley of Settle in the County of York Sadler being in good health and of perfect mind and memory praised be Almighty God for the same And calling to mind the incertainty of this mortall life do make constitute and declare in manner and form following revoking annulling and makeing voyd by these presents all and every Will and Wills whatsoever heretofore by me made either by words or in writeing declareing this onely to be my last Will and Testament First I comitt my Soule to Almighty God my maker trusting through his mercy and by his meritts and mediation of Jesus Christ my redeemer my sins will be pardoned And my body to be decently buryed att the discretion of by Executrix hereafter named And as for the Temporall estate w'h it hath pleased God to bestow upon me I give Devise and dispose of the same as followeth First my Will and mind is that my just debts and funerall expenses be payd and discharged out of my personall estate. Item my Will and mind is that my loving wife Mary and my neece Dorothy Lund shall have the remainder of my goods and personall estate equally betwixt them after my just debts and funerall expenses be discharged And I doe hereby nominate and appoynt my sd wife and my said Neece Dorothy Lund Joynt Executrixes of this my last Will and Testament hopeing they will see the same duely pformed In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale the day and yeare first above written

Seald signd and published by the
sd William Paley to be his last Will: Paleye
Will and Testament in ye p'sence of

Agnes Carr
T. (?) Lawson jurat....
Rogr Mitton

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Plus supporting probate documents 23 Nov 1731 signed by Dorethy Lund
Anthony Paleye

T.(?) Lawson
Rogr Mitton

Plus inventory 23 Nov 1731      Impr   His purse and Apparell               2 10   00
Item     In Bills notes and Booke debts 18 13 04
Item    In Shopp goods and Old             06 05 00
Sadlerwares                    ________

08 04

T. Lawson Anthony Paleye James Foster ________

THOMAS PALEY of Langcliffe 16 July 1741           B'd 29 Aug 1740
(Copy with C. Ellis)   Reg'd Wakefield 3 Sept 1740, OO 40 58

[On 10 Sept 1740 Richard Lawson sworn as witness and George Paley as Sole Exec. before Mr John Alcock. Execution granted to George Paley 23 Sept 1740.]

In the name of God Amen I Thomas Paley of Langcliff in the parish of Gigleswick and County of York Yeoman, being in a Tollerable State of Health and of Sound and disposeing mind and Memory (praised be God for the same) do make this my last Will and Testament the Sixteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and forty First and principally I recommend my Soul to Almighty God most humbly beseeching him to receive it to his Grace and Mercy and give ye Angels Charge over it that through the Merritts and intercession of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ I may obtain Remission of Sins and life Everlasting And my body to the Earth to be buried after a decent and Christian like manner and as to such Temporal Estate as it hath pleased God to bestow on me I give devise and dispose thereof as follows First my Mind and Will is that my Just Debts and funeral Expenses be paid by my Executor herein after named. Also I give and devise unto my dear and loveing wife Mary and her Assigns in lieu of her Dower or Third one Annuity or Yearly payment of Ten Pounds to be paid to her yearly and every year dureing her natural life on the Eleventh day of November and the twenty fifth day of March in Each Year by Equal proportions without any deduction or Abatement whatsoever for or in respect of any Taxes Assessments Levys charges or impositions whatsoever And if it shall happen that Either of the said half yearly payments of five pounds or any part thereof be behind or unpaid by the space of Twenty days next over or after either or any of the said Dayes or Times whereon the Same ought to be paid as aforesaid (being lawfully demanded) that then and from thenceforth it shall and may be lawfull to and for my said Wife to Enter unto and upon all and Singular my Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments whatsoever and the same to have hold occupy possess and enjoy and the rents issues and profits thereof to perceive receive and take to her proper use and behoof until the said Annuity and all Arrears thereof be thereby or in some other manner fully Satisfied and paid Together also with all Costs and Charges attending such Entry and perception of the Rents Issues and profits aforesaid Also I give and devise unto my said Dear Wife the Ground Rooms in my Messuage or Tenement in Settle in the parish and County aforesaid previously belonging to Sclaytor [inserted] and also one half of the Garden belonging to the said Messuage and the use of the Well there for and dureing the Term of her natureal life Also I give and bequeath unto my son William the sum of thirty pounds of lawfull Money of great Britain to be paid with one years interest for the same at the End of twelve months after my Decease Also I give and bequeath unto my Son Thomas the Sum of fifty [altered from ?forty] four pounds of like lawfull money to be paid likewise with one years interest for the same at the End of twelve months after my decease Also I give and bequeath unto my Son John the Sum of one hundred and ninety pounds to be paid to him with one years Interest for the same at the End of twelve months after my decease Also I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Isabel the Sum of Fifty pounds of like Money to be paid with one years interest at the End of one whole year after my Decease Also I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Elizabeth the sum of one hundred and sixty pounds of like lawfull money to be paid to her with one years interest for the Same at the End of one whole year after my Decease Also I give and bequeath to my Daughter Mary the sum of one hundred and Sixty pounds to be paid to her with one years interest at the End of Twelve Months after my decease Also I give and bequeath unto my said Son William one Silver Tankard and to my said Daughter Mary one Chest of Drawers Also I give to my said loving Wife Mary the use of one Widow Bed one Chest which was her fathers. Half a Dozen of Chairs one little Table and other necessarries to furnish a Room Such as she shall think most proper for her dureing the Term of her Natureal life Also I give and bequeath unto my said Dear Wife and my said three Daughters each of them one Silver Salt and one Silver Spoon Also I give and bequeath all my Linnen and Bedding unto my Son George and my said Sons Thomas and John and my said Daughters Elizabeth and Mary to be equally divided amongst them at the Discretion of my said Dear Wife Provided always that if my said Son John shall happen to depart this life before he attain the Age of Twenty one years leaving no issue my will and mind is that the legacy and legacys herein before devised to him shall go and be paid to and amongst all my Children which shall be then living Equally and share and share alike Also I give devise and bequeath unto my said Son George his Heirs Executors and Administrators All my Messuages Houses Lands Tenements and Heriditaments and all other my real and personal Estate whatsoever not herein before disposed of And I do likewise Constitute and appoint my said Son George Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament and I do hereby revoke anull and make void all former Wills by me heretofor made In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal the day and year first abovewritten.

Signed Sealed published and declared by the Testor Thomas Paley Tho: Paley
to be his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his
presence and at his request subscribed our Names as Witnesses to ye
ddue Execution thereof - the alterations above appearing in the
eighteenth and twenty first lines being first made

Richd. Lawson
Richd. Lawson jur.
Chris. Picard

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Plus: Know all men by these presents..... George Paley 10 Sept 1740

The condition of this obligation..... George Paley Rich. Lawson 23 Sept 1740

MARY PALEY of Langcliffe 9 June 1758 Buried 22 Jan 1759
(Copy with C. Ellis)

In the name of God Amen I Mary Paley of Langcliffe in the Conty of York Widow do make my last Will and testament in manner following First I give to my son John Paley five pounds to be paid by my Executor within one month after my decease I also give to my two sons George Paley and Thomas Paley all my household goods whatsoever and of what nature and kindsoever the same be except a Chest of Drawers which said Chest of Drawers I hereby give unto my daughter IsabelWife of John Brayshay All the rest residue and remainder of my personal estate and effects after payment of my just debts I give and devise unto my sons George Paley the Revd. Wm. Paley Thomas Paley and John Paley and to my daughters the said Isabel wife of the said John Brayshay and Elizabeth the Wife of John Proctor equally to be divided amongst them share and share alike Provided always and my will and mind is that the part of share of my said personal estate hereby given to the said Isabel the wife of the said John Brayshay shall be paid and applyed to and for the sole and seperate use of the said Isabel in such Manner as my Executor shall in his discretion think fit and that the same or any part thereof shall not be paid to or be subject to the Controul of the said John Brayshay her husband Lastly I appoint my said son George Paley Executor of this my Will. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the Ninth day of June in the year of our Lord 1758

Signed sealed published and declared
by the Testatrix as and for her last will
and testament in the presence of us who Mary Paley
in her presence and at her request subscribed T her Mark
our names as Witnesses thereto

Tho: Gelderd
Chris: Picard

Know all men by these presents that we George Paley of Langcliffe....Gentleman and John Brayshay of Malham in the Parish of KM...Gentleman..... 14th May 1759.....

(Rev.) WILLIAM PALEY of Giggleswick 22 March 1796

(Copy with C. Ellis)

I Willam Paley of Giggleswick in the County of York Clerk being of sound and disposing mind and memory do make my last Will and Testament in manner and form following / that is to say / I give Devise and Bequeath unto my Son William Paley All and every my Messuages Lands and Tenements situate lying and being in the parish of Giggleswick aforesaid or elswhere in whose occupation soever the same may be To hold such part thereof as are Freehold unto him my said son William Paley his Heirs and Assigns for ever and To hold such part thereof as are Leasehold unto him his Executors Administrators and Assigns for all such Terms as may be to come therein at the time of my Death I also Give and Bequeath unto my said son William Paley all and every my Household Goods and Furniture Plate Linnen ready Money Securities for Money and the Money owing thereon and all other my Substance Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever chargeable nevertheless and I do hereby charge the said real and personal Estates Devised to my said Son with the payment of Nine Hundred and Fifty Pounds to my daughter Mary Paley, with the like sum of Nine Hundred and Fifty Pounds to my daughter Elizabeth Paley and with the Sum of Sixty Pounds to my daughter Agnes Paley / her Husband having already received from me Eight Hundred and Ninety Pounds / all which said several legacies or Sums of Money above mentioned I will and Direct shall be paid by my said Son at the Expiration of Six months next after my Decease with Interest for the same after the Rate of four per cent from the Day of my Death Provided always that in case either of my said daughters Mary or Elizabeth should Dye before me then and in such Event I give the legacy of such of them so Dying unto and equally amongst all my surviving Children share and share alike And I hereby direct that all my said four Children shall be equally entitled to the property now in my Brother in Law Thomas Claphams hands under a Deed of Settlement made previous to my marriage and I make constitute and appoint my said Son William Paley Sole Executor of this my Will hereby revoking all former Wills by me at any time heretofore made and I publish and declare this Sheet of Paper to be and contain my last Will and Testament this twenty second Day of March in the year of or Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety six.

Signed and Sealed by the said William Paley
the Testator and by him published and
Declared as and for his last Will and Testament W. Paley
in the presence of us who in his presence and
at his request have subscribed our names as
Witnesses
John Peart
Nichs. Wood
Margaret Moore
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A Declaration instead of an Inventory of all the personal Effects of William Paley late of Giggleswick in the Diocese of York Clerk deceased which personal
Effects I hereby declare did not amount to the Sum of 5000£ In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand this 18th day of Octr. 1799 W. Paley

Canon WILLIAM PALEY 1804

[Copy of original full Will with C. Ellis} [Origin unknown - no stamp]

To wife Catherine, fields and closes in parish of St. Cuthbert, Carlisle, called Syle Close and Pavey Lands (conveyed by marriage settlement to WP - was property of CP).
+ £100 after decease
+ £200 by three months after decease
+ £313, her share of Hawkesdale Bridge Estate
+ £74, her share of a field in ??
+ rents and unpaid rents of lands and houses of hers or her two aunts.
+ plate and furniture that was hers or her aunts
+ £80 Annuity, half-yearly payment, and arrangements for this Annuity.

Funeral at the discretion of wife and expenses from the Estate.

To daughter Jane £50 + interest, a present from Grandmother Paley.
To son William £50.
To son Edmund, annuity of £20, half-yearly, till youngest child 21 yrs. Then £400 gift "in consideration of his infirmity".
To daughter Mary £300 + interest, left by late John Nicholson Esq.

Plate, linen, books and wearing apparel (except already given to wife and in house in Giggleswick) to Children, as guardians direct.

Re property in Giggleswick, leasehold and freehold - dwelling house and garden, orchard etc +2 closes (Fellins) + barn, cow house, given to William Clapham of Stackhouse and Rev. John Clapham Clerk of G'k. In Trust - if Mary or Elizabeth (sisters) wish to live there. They (sisters) to pay £30 annually to Executors, to be divided amongst children.

Plate, linen etc in the house to be property of Sisters Mary and Eliz.
But Chambers Dictionary now in library at Bishop Wearmouth to remain in house at G'k, as long as family there.

Arrangement for selling house to sisters or if not wishing to live there, to unmarried daughters, rent to Trustees (+plate, linen etc.) After that, to sons in order of age.

Other lands and tenements to Claphams - rents and profits to Paley children. After youngest child is 21 offer to sons in order of age, then daughters. If none want this - sell. Money to be divided amongst children.

All the rest of personal Estate - pay just debts and annuities and codicil items. Rest divided - interest for for childrens' benefit at guardians' direction.

£5 each of Mary's and Anne's portion to go to Edmund (while at Queens Coll. Oxford).

Advance to any child for their advancing in the World, at request of guardians, before 22 yrs if necessary. When each child reaches 22 or marrying with consent of guardians - Executors to pay their just share.

W and J Clapham and John Peart to be Executors. Sisters Mary and Eliz. to be guardians of children, till 22 yrs., and executors if Claphams and Peart don't want that Office.

Signed and sealed, 29 Feb 1804 John Fardell of Lincoln
John Fardell Junr (or jurat??)
Geo Atkinson

Codicil 1 24 Apr 1805 To pay Mr Green of Donsley, County of Lincoln, £315 board and instruction for son Edward, from personal Estate, not from Edward's share.

Codicil 2 10 May 1805 Instructions re publication of sermons to be distributed gratis in parish.

Administration granted to Claphams and Peart.

THOMAS LAWSON PALEY of Langcliffe 6th Jan. 1808
(Copy with C. Ellis)

Exec of the will of Thomas Paley late of Langcliffe and Giggleswick Gent. Dec'd was granted to George Paley, John Green Paley , the Revd. Thomas Paley Clk and Robert Payley MD his sons and joint Executors by Carr 26th July 1808....

This is the last Will and Testament of me Thomas Paley of Langcliffe in the parish of Giggleswick in the County of York Gentleman being of a sound and disposing Mind Memory and Understanding Whereby I dispose of All my Real and personal Estates in manner following (that is to say) I do hereby give devise and bequeath unto my Sons George Paley, John Green Paley, Thomas Paley and Robert Paley their Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns All my Messuages lands Tenements Heriditaments Beastgates Sheepgates and Premises whatsoever belonging to me situate lying and being within Settle Giggleswick and Malham in the County of York together with all my Shares Right title and Interest of in and to the Foundery Buildings and premises at Bowling in the County of York   In Trust to sell and dispose of the same Hereditaments and apply the Money arising therefrom and from my personal Estate hereinafter given and Bequeathed to them in the payment and discharge of all my just Debts which may be due upon any Mortgage Bond Note or otherwise as far as the same will extend, and if the same shall not be sufficient to discharge All my Debts then it is my Will and I do hereby order and direct that they my said Sons their Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns shall have power and I do hereby fully authorize and impower them to raise the remainder of the Money by Sale or Mortgage of a competent part of my Messuages Lands Tenements Hereditaments and premises situate within Langcliffe aforesaid but if the same shall be more than sufficient to pay all my just Debts then I do hereby give and bequeath the residue of the Monies unto and equally amongst my said Sons George Paley, John Green Paley, Thomas Paley and Robert Paley their Executors and Administrators equally amongst them Share and Share alike       And it is my Will and I do hereby order and direct that the Receipt and Receipts of my said Sons and the Survivors of them and the Heirs Executors and Administrators of such Survivor shall be a full and sufficient discharge to any purchaser or purchasers Mortgagee or Mortgagees of the said premises to al Intents and purposes whatsoever without their being obliged to see the application of the Monies or of any part thereof or answerable for the Misapplication thereof or of any part thereof. Also I do hereby give and Bequeath unto my Dear Wife Ann Paley for and during the Term of her natural Life if she shall so long continue my Widow One Annuity or clear yearly sum of One Hundred pounds of lawful English Money to be yearly issuing and payable unto her my said Wife out of and from all and singular my Messuages Lands Tenements Hereditaments and premises situate lying and being within the Township of Langcliffe aforesaid by two equal half yearly payments in every year, the first half yearly payment nevertheless to be made at the end of one month next after my decease without any deduction or abatement thereout for or by reason of any Taxes Charges or Impositions imposed or to be imposed by Authority of parliament or otherwise howsoever and unto the Executors and Administrators of my said Wife after her decease such a proportionate part of the said Annuity as the Time she shall live from the last Day of payment shall bear proportion to the whole year    And it is my Will and I do hereby order and direct that she my said Wife shall take and accept of the said Annuity in lieu bar recompence and full satisfaction of all Dower and Thirds which she my said Wife can or may have or claim out of or in all or any part of my freehold Estates and that she my said Wife shall upon demand execute a Release of such her Dower and Thirds    Also it is my Will and I do hereby order and direct that if the said Annuity or yearly sum of One Hundred pounds or any part thereof shall be behind or unpaid by the space of Twenty Days next after the Times on which the same ought to be paid as aforesaid (being lawfully demanded) it shall and may be lawful to and for her my said Wife into and upon my said Messuages Lands Tenements Hereditaments and premises within Langcliffe aforesaid or any part thereof to enter and distrain and the Distress and Distresses then and there found to detain and keep or otherwise to sell and dispose of according to Law until she my said Wife shall be fully paid and satisfied the same Annuity with the Costs and Charges attending such Distress and Distresses   And also it is my further Will that if in case the said Annuity or yearly sum of One Hundred pounds or any part thereof shall be behind or unpaid by the space of Forty Days next after either of the Times on which the same ought to be paid as aforesaid (altho no Demand has been made thereof) that then and so often it shall and ay be lawful to and for her my said Wife into and upon my said Messuages Lands Tenements Hereditaments and premises within Langcliffe aforesaid or any part or parts thereof to enter, and the Rents Issues and profits thereof to receive and take until she my said Wife shall be fully paid and satisfied the same Annuity together with the Costs Damages and Expences to be laid out or sustained by reason of the nonpayment thereof or of any part thereof.   Also it is my Will that if in Case my said Wife shall happen to marry again then the said Annuity of One Hundred pounds shall cease and be no longer paid her and in such Case I only in lieu thereof Give and Bequeath unto her my said Wife One Annuity or clear Yearly Sum of Ten pounds to be paid unto her for Life out of my said premises within Langcliffe aforesaid       and subject in manner as aforesaid I do hereby Give Devise and Bequeath unto my Relation William Paley of Carlisle in the County of Cumberland Esquire Barrister at Law his Heirs and Assigns All and singular my said Messuages Lands Tenements Hereditaments and premises whatsoever with their and every of their Appurtenances situate lying and being within the Township of Langcliffe aforesaid except as is hereinafter mentioned Upon the Trusts and to and for the Uses Intents and purposes and under and subject to the powers provisoes Conditions and Agreements hereinafter mentioned expressed and declared of and concerning the same (that is to say) As to for and concerning One undivided fourth part (the whole into four equal parts to be divided) of and in all and singular my said Messuages Lands Tenements Hereditaments and premises situate within Langcliffe aforesaid except as aforesaid To the Use of my said Son George Paley for and during the Term of his natural Life but so as my said said (sic) Son George Paley shall have no power or authority whatsoever to assign or dispose of the same or any part thereof to any person or persons upon any Account And from and after the Determination of that Estate To the Use of the said William Paley and his Heirs during the natural Life of the said George Paley   In Trust nevertheless to support and preserve the contingent Uses and Estates hereinafter limited from being defeated or destroyed and for that purpose to make Entries and bring Actions as the same shall require But nevertheless to permit and suffer the said George Paley only to receive and take to his and their own Use and Uses the Rents and profits of one undivided fourth part of the said Hereditaments during the Term of his Life   And from and immediately after the decease of the said George Paley To the Use of all and every the Children of my said Son George Paley lawfully to be begotten equally to be divided between or among them if more than one Share and Share alike and to take as Tenants in Common and not as Joint Tenants and the several and respective Heirs of the Bodies of all and every such Child or Children lawfully issuing, and in Case and so often as any of such Child or Children shall happen to die without Issue of his or her Body or Bodies lawfully to be begotten then and so often as to the Share or part of him her or their so dying without such issue To the Use of the Survivors or others or other of them equally to be divided between or among them if more than one Share and Share alike as Tenants in Common and not as Joint Tenants and to the several and respective Heirs of the Body and Bodies of such Survivors or Survivor of them, and if all such Children but one shall happen to die without such Issue of their Bodies or Body, or if there shall be but one such Child   To the Use and Behoof of such only surviving Child and the Heirs of his or her Body And as to for and concerning One other undivided fourth part (the whole into four equal parts to be divided).....To the Use of my said Son John Green Paley.....[as for George Paley]   And ...one other undivided fourth part.....To the Use of my said Son Thomas Paley...[as above]
And as to for and concerning The remaining fourth part .....To the Use of my said son Robert Paley [as above].           And it is my further Will and Mind and I do hereby order and direct that if any of my said Sons shall die without leaving any Issue lawfully begotten or if all the Children of any one or more of my said Sons shall die without Issue as aforesaid or leaving such, all of them shall die without leaving lawful Issue of their Bodies, That then the part or parts of him or them who shall die without leaving lawful Issue or whose children shall all of them die without such Issue of and in all and every the same Messuages Lands Tenements Hereditaments and premises in Langcliffe aforesaid shall from the respective Times of such several Events go and remain over to and for the Use and Benefit of the others equally or other of my said Sons and their respective Children in like sort manner and form as is hereinafter declared and directed concerning their respective original parts of all and every the same Hereditaments and premises   provided always and it is my Will that if in Case my said Son George Paley shall at any Time during his Life be in such a Situation as to enable him to purchase his Brothers Life Estates and Interest in the Said Hereditaments and premises within Langcliffe aforesaid and to give to his said Brothers respectively for the purchase of the same after the rate of Sixteen years purchase on the annual value thereof without incumbering my said Estate in Langcliffe aforesaid, that then and in such Case it is my Will and I do hereby order and direct my said three younger Sons to accept from their said Brother George after the rate of Sixteen Years purchase as aforesaid in full for their respective Life Estates and Interest in the said Hereditaments And in that Case only I do hereby revoke the devise hereinbefore in this my Will contained of my said Estate at Langcliffe aforesaid unto my said son George Paley and the Heirs of his Body lawfully to be begotten with full power in such case for him my said son George Paley to make a Settlement or Jointure on any Wife he may marry for her Life, so as he receives a portion with her or not less than three (five deleted) Thousand pounds   And also in such case full power for him my said Son George to charge the said Hereditaments with the payment of any sum or Sums or Money to younger Children as my said Son George Paley shall direct so as the same do not exceed in the whole the Sum of Six Thousand pounds any Thing in the my Will contained to the contrary notwithstanding provided also that if my said Son George Paley shall not in his Life Time comply with the Terms in the said proviso mentioned that then and in such Case it shall and may be lawful to and for my said Son John Green Paley to purchase the same Hereditaments upon the like Terms and Conditions as my said Son George Paley might have done under the said proviso in ths my Will contained And in that Case I do hereby Give and Devise the same Hereditaments unto my said Son John Green Paley.........(as above, similarly Thomas Paley and Robert Paley)
And I do hereby give and devise unto my said Wife the Messuage or Dwellinghouse in which I now reside at Langcliffe aforesaid with such outhouses Gardens and Appurtenances thereto belonging as the said William Paley shall judge and determine should be enjoyed therewith To hold the same unto my said Wife for and during the Term of her natural Life and from and immediately after her decease I give and devise the same unto the Said William Paley his Heirs and Assigns upon the Trusts and to and for the uses Intents and Purposes and under and subject to the Powers Provisos Conditions and Agreements as are hereinbefore expressed and declared respecting the other Part of my said Messuages L T H and Premises situate in Langcliffe aforesaid And also I give and bequeath unto my said Wife the Sue of, but not the disposing power over all my Furniture plate linen china and household goods for and during her natural Life and I do direct than (sic) an inventory thereof shall be taken immediately after my decease which shall be signed by her and by all or some or one of my said Sons And from and after her decease the said Furniture Plate Linen China and household Goods and all the rest residue and remainder of my personal Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever I Give and Bequeath the same and every part thereof unto my said for sons GP JGP TP and RP their Executors and Administrators to be applied in the discharge of the Debts and Funeral Expences Also it is my Will and mind and I do hereby order and direct that in Case I shall in my Life Time advance or cause to be advanced to all or any of my Sons above the sum of One Thousand four Hundred pounds in the whole, that then and in such Case it is my Will that all or such of my Sons as may have received from me over and above that Sum whether the same shall appear to be owing to me or any Security or Securities, or the same shall appear to be owing to me from my Books shall Account and pay back to their other Brothers such Sum and Sums or Money as I may have advanced them respectively above that Sum and which shall be applied and reckoned as part of my personal Estate And I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint them my said four Sons GP JGP TP and RP joint Executors of this my last Will and Testament   And it is my Will and I do hereby order and direct that in Case any Differences or Disputes shall arise among my said Sons touching the execution of this my Will or any Thing relating thereunto (which I hope will not be the Case)that then and so often as the same shall happen the same shall from Time to Time be referred to my said Relation William Paley his Heirs Executors or Administrators whose determination in the premises shall be binding and conclusive upon my said Sons respectively and their respective Heirs Executors and Administrators to all Intents and purposes
And lastly I do hereby revoke all former and other Will and Wills by me at any time heretofore made and do declare this only to be my last will and Testament   In Witness whereof I the said Thomas Paley the Testator have to this my last Will and Testament contained in eleven (ten deleted) sheets of paper Set my Hand and Seal, to wit, my Hand to the ten (nine deleted) first sheets and my hand and Seal to the Eleventh (tenth deleted) and last Sheet this sixth (twenty third deleted) Day of January (April deleted) ..in the Year of our Lord One Thousand eight Hundred and eight (seven deleted).

Signed, Sealed (etc.) Thos. Paley
Wm. Carr John Windsor John Carr

(Re-signed and witnessed after amendments made:-)

                                       John Sturges   Jur't (or Jun'r?) of Bowling Iron Works
Tho Mason                                     Parish of
John Coles                                       Bradford

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I do hereby certify that on the 20th day of July 1808 George Paley of Langcliffe in the parish of Giggleswick in the Diocese of York Gentleman, John Green Paley of Bowling in the parish of Bradford in the said Diocese Gentleman, Thomas Paley of Lowth in the Diocese of Lincoln Clerk and Robert Paley of Halifax in the Diocese of York M.D. Sons and Joint Executors named in this the last Will and Testament of their Father Thomas Paley late of Langcliffe aforesaid Gentleman deceased were sworn well and truly to execute and perform the same and that the whole of the personal effects of the said deceased did not amount to the Sum of five thousand pounds                                  Witness my hand
W: Carr   Surrogate
Under 5000£   }
Exchequer      } £60                         Passed 26th July 1808 undr 5000L

ROBERT PAYCOCK of Cowside 1667
Borthwick vol 49 fol 142 mf 968

Memorandum at or about 20th day of March 1667 Robert Paycocke of Cowsyde in ye pish of Gigleswicke and Dioces of York being somewhat sicke of bodie but of good and pfect memorie intending to make his last will and testament did dispose of his wordly (sic) estate as followeth
Inpms I give unto Margaret my wife all my goods and lands whatsoever dureing her naturall life Ite(m) after her decease I give unto my sone Timothy one parcell of ground called Banck Ings another parcell of ground called Parracke with foure cattell gates in Gorrbeck to him and his heires for ever he paying thirtie pounds which I have formerly charged uppon ye same Item I give to my three Daughters Anne Mary and Elizabeth paycocke one parcell of ground called Myres and another parcell called brown banke to them and their heires for ever they paying 30 li (?) forth of the same to Henry Walker of Kirby Malhamdale Item my will is that my daughter Mary should have 4 ... more (?) than her other sisters because I borrowed formerly of her theis he uttered on 2....

psence of credible witnesses

Jurat
Thomas Pailay

(Robt. Paycock nup. de Cowside 27 October 1668)

EDWARD PRESTON of Cowside 1575
Borthwick vol 20 fol 45 mf 931

In the name of god amen the eight daye of maye in the yere of our lord god athousand fyve hundreth three score & fyften I edward preston of Cosheyde in the pishe of giglesweke sicke in bodie but of good & pfecte remembrance laude and prayse be to almightie god make this my laste will & testamente in manor & forme folowinge Firste I geve & bequeth my soule to almightie god & to all the glorious companie in heaven & my bodie to be buriede in the pishe churche yearde of gigleswecke Also I bequethe for my mortuarie & other Churche dewes all that right will Also I bequethe to Isabell my wife halfe of my goodes.....yf she be not with childe & yf she be withe childe she to have the thirde pte of my goodes and the thirde pte of my landes & yf my wife have no sonne but a daughter then I will that robert preston my Brother shall have the reste of my lande duringe his naturall lyfe & after his lyfe I geve my said land unto thomas preston sonne of Addam preston to thomas preston & Roger preston equallie betwext them so that they shall paye unto my daughter six pounds thertene shillinges foure pence yf I have one Also I bequethe to rychard Saylbanke one pr(?) of waine(?) Rayth Also I bequethe to roger Saylbanke my syster sonne a Jackit a doublet a layne yocke a heade shackell a Iron tynne a wayne head shackell & a trantre Also I geve to the poore folkes of gigleswecke pishe iij sh iiij d Also I geve my lease of Schayll lande liinge on Remynton more to my wife & Roberte preston my Brother duringe theire naturall lyves & after ther lyves I geve my said lease to Willm preston Sonne of John preston of Calton Also I geve to my wife & to roberte preston my Brother my moitie whiche I have of one Wallys duringe his naturall lyfe whiche is twentie (sic) thertene shillinges foure pence Also I will that Roberte tompsonne shall have a lease for one & twentie yeres he payinge therfore three pounds Sixe shillinge eight pence & within a quarter of a houre (sic) after the said edwarde said that the said roberte cookesone should paye twentie pounde the reste of all my goodes my debttes & all other ordinares payde I geve unto Isabell my wife to my child yf she be with childe & to robert preston my brother & I make & constitute Isabell my wife & roberte preston my Brother my holle executors thes witnesses Rychard taylor Rychard saylbanke henrie paycoke henrie collare with others

CHRISTOPHER RIDGEY 1690
Curat(i)o(n) Craven July 1690 Borthwick
copied from original

Curato de Anna Ridgey filia Chr. Ridgey

Obligation Anne (wife of Christopher) both deceased

Admon and inventory

An Inventory of the goods and Cattalls of Christopher Redgey late of Lancliff deceased as they are Apprized and valued this twenty fourth day of Maij Anno Domini 1690: By us whose names are underwritten
£    s    d
Imprimis his purse and Apparrell                       00 15 00
Item Bedstocks and Bedding                            03 00 06
Item three Chests one Ark one Box                  01 00 00
Item three Tables                                                    06 08
Item wood vessells                                           00 06 00
Item one yron pott with crooks three pands       00 08 00
Item in Pewter                                                  00 15 00
Item two frying pans                                         00 01 00
Item two Chaires two stooles                            00 02 00
Item one pair of briggs one pair of Tongs           00 01 00
Item one Smoothing yron                                  00 01 00
Item one parcell of Wood with some
utensills of husbandry                           01 07 06
Item Malt and Beans                                         00 13 04
Item three Sacks                                               00 05 00
Item six Cushions                                              00 02 00
Item one pair of Looms with materialls 01 03 04
Item three (sic)                                     07 00 00
Item five sheep                                     01 00 00
Item one horse                                                  01 13 04
Item one Swine                                     00 06 08
Item in Turfes                                                   00 02 00
Item in meal and Beefe                          00 15 00

Summe is 21 04 04

Spent at the funerall of the decaesed 02 00 10

Anthony Armitstead Hugh Corte William Carr Richard Lawson

WILLIAM REDGEY 1690
Admon Craven July 1690 Borthwick
copied from original

Obligation on brother Thomas Ridgey witness Rich. Lawson

Inventory
A true and perfect inventory of all the goods Cattells, Chattells Credits and debts of William Redgey late of Lancliff deceased as they are Apprized this twenty fourth day of Maij 1690: by us whose names are hereunder written
£     s    d
Imprimis his purse and Apparrell                       01 10 00
Item twenty five sheep                          05 00 00
It one horse                                                      02 00 00
It one Cart and wheeles                                    00 06 08
It one Ark and one Bed                                    01 00 00
It one chist and one Box                                   00 10 00
It in Malt                                                          12 00 00
It one kiln hare with some small things   01 00 00
It debts oweing to the deceased                        04 10 00
It one house and garth with halfe
a Rood of Land                                               17 00 00

Summe 44 16 08

Debts which the deceased did owe 15 16 08
Summe after deduction 26 00 08 (sum not correct)

Anthony Armitstead William Carr Hugh Doube/Coute (?) Rich. Lawson

JAMES SAYLEBANKE of Cowside 1548
Borthwick vol 13 fol 485 mf 920

In the name of God Amen the yere of oure lorde god a [thousand] v [hundred] xlviij the Seventhe day january I James Saylbanke of Cowsed seke in bodie and hooll of mynde thankes bee to god maike my laste will and testament as in forme followenge First I bequeathe my soule unto almightie god and my bodie to be buried in the church yarde of Giglesweke Also I bequeathe to the comon chiste iiij d Also I bequeathe .... and tennte righte of my farmolde unto mgarete my wif withe licence of the lord duringe her wid[ow]heade Also after my wif I bequeathe the title and tenmte righte of my farmold unto Richarde my eldest sone withe licence of the lorde Also I will that my detts be paide uppon my hooll goodes Also I will that Richarde my sone have all such goodes as is in the custodie of Thomas Saylbanke my brother of Lanklif and all my husbandrie geere belonginge.... housse and the forenaymed husbandrie gere to..... Also the residue of my goddes I will that they shalbe devyded to Margaret [my] wife and my children Richarde and Chr[ist]ofer my sones and Isabell and Alice my daughteres accordinge to righte and custome when tyme shall requier at sighte(?) of John paycoke Thomas Saylbanke my brother John Foster and Willm Wederheade(?) of Mallonghedale whome I leave in truste for my Wif and children Also I will that Chr[ist]ofer my sone shall have Richarde my eldest sone childes porcon of goodes for the title and agremente of my farmolde Also I will that my pairte of goodes my buriall expenses paid be devyded betwixte Isabel and Alice my daughters Also I make Margaret .... of this my laste will witnes herof John paycoke John Foster Thomas....

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MATHEWE SIGSWEEKE 1598
Borthwick vol 27 fol 618 mf 940

In the name of god amen the xxi th day of february 1598 I Mathewe Sigsweeke of Lanclife sicke in bodie but of pfect remembrance praised be god do make this my last will and testament in manner and forme following First I comend my soule to Jesus Christ my onelie Lord and Saviour And my bodie to be buryed in the churchyard of the pish church in Giglesweeke Item I give, devise, bequeath, release, assigne, sett over, and confirme unto Thomas Sigsweeke my sonne all my whole estate, right, tytle, interest, clayme and demannd wch I my Executors, Administrators or assignes ought or of right might or may have of in and to all my houses and groundes of what sorte or estaite.... the same be of lyeing and being in the towne feilds, and moores of Lancliffe togeather with all writinge eindent[ures] escriptes and muniments thereof and of evry pt and pcell thereof to have and to hold the same to himselfe his executors, administrators and assignes to his and there use and uses comodities profitt and advantage for ever my said sonne Thomas pmitting and suffering Anne my daughter to have, hold and enioye the chamber called the Shoppe wherein to sett her bed and her chist and also have halfe of that garden next ajoyning to the garden of Lawrence Swainson And also tenne pounds in money or money worth at the discretion of fower indifferent freinds and the same to be paid unto her my said daughter or her assignes within three yeares next after my death ensewing that is to say evry yeare during the said terme of the said three yeares, the just some of three pounds six shillings and eight pence and this I will she shall have if shee keepe herself unmaryed, but but (sic) if she marrie then I will that she hold herselfe contented onlie with the some of tenne pounds to be paid unto her in manner and forme before expressed and sett downe and also I give unto her my said daughter one chist, wch I bought of Christopher Browne wch said pmisses I will shall stand her in full recompence and satisfacion of her whole childs porcion of my goods Item I give to Bryan my sonne twentie shillings as last pt of payment of his porcion or childs pt of my goods he my said sonne Bryan sealing and delivering unto my executors a good lawfull and sufficient aquittance and release for all goods All the rest of my goods (my wife her widdowright referred unto her) I give to Thomas my said sonne whome I appoint executor of this my last will and testament Witnesses hereof John Paleye Richard Kidson Thomas Sowden Willm Browne and John Braisheye

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HENRY SOMERSCALES 1609

Borthwick 31, fol 193 mfilm 945

In the name of god amen the fourtenth day of September in the yeare of our lord god one thousand six hundreth and nyne and in the seaventh yeare of the reigne of our most gracious sovragne lord James by the grace of god king of England France and Ireland and in the thre and fortieth yeare of his highnes reigne of Scotland defender of the faith I Henrie Somerscales of Langcliffe in the countie of yorke gent deceased (diseased) and sicke in bodie but of good and perfect remembrance praised be god do make this my last will and testament herebie revoking all former wills by me made and now therefore first I commend my soule into thands of almightie god trusting through the meritts and mercie of my sweet savioure christ to be made ptaker of eternal ioy in heaven desiringe him to pardon all my offences and for my bodie I will that the same to be buried in Giggleswicke churchyard in the place where my father was buried and a stone to be laid over us at the discrecon of my executors hereunder named Itm whereas god hath blessed me with one sonne and five daughters first as concerning my sonne If it may please the kings maiestie and the right honorable lord treasurer to grannt his wardship being but of a small messuage of the ancient rent of xxiiii (sh) unto his mother upon some reasonable composicon which I most humblie pray and beseach at theire gracious hands then my hartie desire is to have him brought upp in learning and if he be found capable of good literature and that his mynd be to goe to the universitie and to make learning his best preferment my desire is to have him mainteyned therein so farr as that I shall presentlie leave him shall extend and if that will not be sufficient I hope my wife together with my executors shall supplie his wants therein so long as need shall require and if so be that my Wife in some reasonable parte compass the wardshippe and government of her sonne then I comend her under god to the education (?) of his governing (?) humblie beseaching them to see him vertiouslie brought up in the feare of god to extend theire favourable kindnes towards him Furthermore if it please god my Wiffe gett the wardshipp as aforesaid and that my said sonne goe not forward in learning according to my harts desire then my mynd is to have him trained upp either in the lawes of this land or in some comendable trade of life at the discrecon of my freinds hereunder named And for his maintenance in any of these courses I leave unto him by this my last will one full third pte of all my messuage and lands at Stockdale And also whereas I have a rent charge of...............out of the messuage and tennement now in thoccupation of Hugh Iveson I give and bequeath the same unto my said sonne together with the benefitt of all such covenants as on the behalf of the said Hugh or to be pformed according to an Indenture of bargaine and lease made unto him of the said messuage and tennement with thappurtenances by me the said Henrie as by the same may appeare And whereas I have grannted and conveyed over my title (?) interest and terme of yeares of and in one messuage and tennement with thappurtenances in Gargrave late in the possession of Thomas Thomlinson and of a cottage and two tofts with thappurtenances in gargrave Also (?) and certaine Comon or pasture ground upon Malhammoore to Thomas Prockter of Cowpcote (?) gentleman Arthure Somerscales clerke Robte Bankes gentleman and Thomas Preston of Appletreewicke younger and to theire assignes by my deed in writing bearing date with this my will my will is and I ordeyne that they the said Thomas Prockter Arthure Somerscales Robte Bankes and Thomas Preston whome I have chosen as freinds in trust for this purpose shall sell all the same premisses for and towards the payment of my debts and for and towards the payment of such porcons to my daughters as I do herebie lymitt (?) to them That is to say Anne Susan and Claramond each of them one hundreth pounds and to Jane an hundreth markes And if the money to be raised thereof together with such debts as are owing unto me and such money as wilbe raiesd of goods sold and to be sould will not satisfie the said debts and porcons afore mentioned then my will is that somme as shalbe awanting shalbe raised out of such lease bearing date also with these.........and I have grannted and made to my said freinds in trust of the third pte of Stockdale And also whereas I have leased to them my grounds in Langcliffe I will that the profitts of the same during the said lease being for twelve yeares shall at the discrecon of my said freinds be imployed towards the maintenance of my house at Langcliffe and of my children whilst they be......... and after the end of the said twelve yeares I bequeathe all my grounds in Langcliffe which I hould by lease or estate for yeares and all my title interest and estate therein to my said sonne Thomas and his assignes alwaies reserving a third pte thereof to Jennett my wife for the terme of fiftie one yeares if she so long live Itm whereas I have compounded with Lawrannce and Robte Swainson for my messugae or dwelling house and the howses garthes and grounds thereto belonging in Langcliffe whereof I have as yet no assurance I will the same may be assured (?) conveyed for the whole interest and terme therein to my said foure freinds in trust before named and to theire assignes And that the profitts of the same may be imployed for the twelve yeares towards the maintenance of my wife and children and that the remainder and residue (?) of the terme of yeares and estate afterwards shalbe conveyed over by my said freinds in trust to my said sonne Thomas Somerscales and to his heires and assignes So as the said Thomas Somerscales his heires and assignes do pay such somes of money to his sisters Bridgett and Anne and in such sorte as hereafter by this my last will I have lymitted (?) and eioined (?) him to pay reserving to my said wife a full third pte thereof for the terme of fiftie one yeares if she so long live Also whereas I have conveyed unto my daughter Bridgitt and to her heires and assignes for ever the advowsonne and ppituall presentation of the vicaradge of Gargrave I do hereby confirmwe her grannt thereof And also I do lymitt and bequeath unto her fortie pounds out of my said leases and grounds to be sould over and besides twentie pounds in goods which I have alreadie given and bequeathed unto her Itm my will is that my sonne Thomas when my said messuage with the appurtenances in Langcliffe shalbe assured to him as above shall pay and yeild to his said sister Bridgitt fortie pounds And to his sister Anne twentie pounds to better theire porcons therewith And if my said sonne Thomas die without issue before he come to age of one and twentie yeares or at any tyme afterwards Then I will that my said daughters each of them shall have an equall pte and porcon of land and in all my lands leases and as goods at the discrecon of myne executors and said freinds in trust And also my will is and I charge my said sonne Thomas that he do not sell any such lands or leases as by these presents (?) are bequeathed or as....... unto him to hinder and avoid the further pferment of his sisters which they might have if he should die without issue And whereas I have right and interest in the moitie or half of the rectorie or parsonage of Gigleswicke for sixe yeares or theireabouts the other moitie thereof and the....and inheritance afterwards being in Sir Richard Williamson knight I do by this my will earnestlie desire and pray that the said Sir Richard wilbe favorable and deale well with my executors in the enioying thereof for the good of my children wherein I trust he will use (?) a good conscience Itm I give to the poore of the pyh fortie shillings Itm I do herebie appoint and ordeyne my loving wife Jennett Somerscales my brother Mr Arthure Somerscales and said loving cosin Thomas Preston younger to be joint executors of this my last will and testament And I desire my good freinds Mr Christopher Shute John Catterrall esquire Mr Willm Catterrall his brother and my cosin Richard Frankland of Nealsing to be the...........thereof And to be aiding and assisting to my said executors for the better execution of this my will and for the better guiding and governing of my children and theire porcons And so commending my soule and bodie to gods mercie I have in testimony hereof set my hand and seale given the day and yeare first above written In the pnce of these witnesses hereunder named Anthony Prockter Lawrance Swainson Thomas Sowden Willm Browne Thomas Carr and Willm Lawsonn Memorandum That after this will whereunto this Codicil is annexed was made and sealed by the testator Henrie Somerscales the said Henrie Somerscales did by his owne words sett downe as follows...........whereas I have in this my will lymitted and sett downe that my said foure freinds in trust shall at thend of twelve yeares convey.........one estate of my said messuage or dwelling house and the howses garthes and grounds thereunto belonging in Langcliffe to my said sonne Thomas and his heires so as to pay to my said daughters Bridgitt and Anne Somerscales the said severall somes of fortie pounds and twentie pounds Provided yet alwaies and it is my will and true intent and meaning that if my said sonne Thomas shall refuse and not pay the said severall somes to my said daughters in such sorte as by this my will is............of............of the said twelve yeares that then my said foure freinds in trust and theire assignes shall keepe my said messuage or dwelling house and the houses garthes and grounds with the appurtenances to the same belonging at Langcliffe aforesaid in theire owne possession untill such tyme as they have..............so much of the issues and profitts thereof as will pay the said severall somes of fortie pound and twentie pounds in forme aforesaid to the said daughters Bridgitt and Anne anything conteyned in this my will to the contrarie in any wise notwithstanding

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JENNET STACHOWSE 1566
Borthwick vol 19 fol 438

In the name of god amen the xx day of Auguste in the yeare of oure lorde god a thousande fyve hundrethe thre score and sixe I Jennet Stachowse of Lancklif in Craven wthin the countie of Yorke singlewoman beynge of good and pfyct mynd and memorye thankes be gave to allmightie god maykethe and declarethe my testament and last will nuncupative in manner and forme followinge firste I bequythe my soule to allmyghtie god as mayker and Redeemer (and) my bodie to be buried wthin the pish churcheyarde whevr it shall please god to call upon me and I will that suche obsequies and funall services be doone and celebrated at my buriall.....and dothe stande wth the lawes of god and of the churche Also I give and bequythe unto Rowland Crashawe of Kirkebye in mallomdale all my goods and cattelles moveable and unmoveable wch I shall fortune to have at and in the day of my deathe my dettes and funall expences ass..ged and I ordaine constitute and mayke the same Rowland Crashawe my hole and full executor of.....testament and last will nuncupative Thes beinge witnesses Roger Kidde John P[ar]kynson....Atkinson Richarde Knowles and John Crashawe of Lancklife aforsaid sone of Roger Crashaye

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RICHARD WALKER 1613
Borthwick vol 33 fol 6

In the name of god Amen the xxjth day of June in the yeare of our Lord god 1613 I Richard Walker of Cowsyde within the pishe of Gigleswick in the county of york yoman sick in body but of good and pfecte memory god be praised therefore doe make and ordeyne this my last will and testamt in mannr and forme followinge First I comend my soule to Almightie god assuredly believinge throughe the meritts of Jesus Christ my savior to have full and free remission of all my synns and to be made prtaker of everlasting liefe and my body to be buryed within the pishe churchyard of Gigleswick aforesaid att the discretion of my loveing wief and frends Itm it is my will and I give devise and bequeath the use occupation and pfitt of the one halfe of that my messuage and tenemts with thappurtennces at Cowside aforesaid wch was my late father Henrie Paicocks and of all other my lands Tenemts and grounds (excepting the tenemt wch I lately bought of Michaell Sailbanck) unto Anne my now wiefe and to her assignes for the term of threscore yeares next after my decease if she soe long doe lyve And for the other halfe of my said messuage tenemt ....... wth thappurtennces (except beforexcepted) my will is also and I give devise and bequeath the use occupation and pfitts thereof to the said Anne my wiefe and her assignes for and towards the better prefermt and bringing up of my children preferred from the tyme of my decease untill such tyme as my youngest childe shall or should by course of yeares accomplishe the age of xxj th yeares yf she my said wiefe so long lyve and be not marryed againe after my decease But if my said wiefe dy or be marryed before my youngest childe shall accomplish the said age of xxj th yeares then I give devise and bequeath the pfitts that shall arise of that halfe of my said tenemt from thenceforth ......................children that shalbe .......to be imployed for and toward their better bringing up and pfermt, And for the ..... and residue of all the terme of yeares right tytle interest and estait that then besydes in and to the said tenemt wth thappurtennces (except before excepted) I give the same wholy wth all my deeds and evidences concerning the same unto Robert Walker my eldest sonne and to his Executors and assignes to enter to the same after the expiration of the termes before lymited sevrally and respectyvely soe alwayes and it is my will that my said sonne Robert his Executors or assignes shall pay in consideracon of the same the some of thirty pounds of lawfull Englishe mony to three of my younger sonnes that is to say Henry John and Richard or to the survivors of them evry one an equall pte wthin the space of one whole yeare next after my said sonne Robert hys Executors or assignes shall or may by vertue of this my will enter unto have & enioy the said..... Tenemt and pmisses wth thappurtennces except before excepted) And for that my said sonne Robert do pay xx li to myne Executors upon reasonable demand after my decease and alsoe so that he doe give her securitie to save her harmles of one bond wch I lately enterd wth and for my said sonne to his Father in lawe mr John Anderton Also it is my will and I give devise and bequeath the use occupation and pfitts of that messuage and tenemt wth thappurtennces att Cowsyde afore said nowe in my occupation wch I lately bought of Michael Sailbanck unto my said sonne Robert and his assignes from the tyme of my decease untill my sayd youngest childe should or shall accomplishe the said age of xxj th yeares. And for the re.......remainder and residue of all the terme of yeares Right tytle interest and estait that I have besydes in and to the same messuage and tenemt lately Michaell Sailbancks with thappurtennces I give devise and bequeath the same wthall my wrytings escripts and evidences concerninge the same unto Michaell Walker my second sonne and to his Executors and assignes soe that he said Michaell his executors or assignes doe pay unto my foure daughters Agnes Elizabeth Margarett and Anne or to the survivors of them the some of xx li equall amongst them wthin one yeare next after my said younger sonne child accomplishe the said age of xxth and one yeares. Itm I give devise and bequeath unto Richard Walker my youngest sonne All that my ground wch I lately bought of Thomas Newhuis of Gigleswick and all my evidences concerning the same to enter unto the same when my said sonne Richard shall accomplishe thage of xxj yeares if he then lyvinge and from thenceforth to have hold and enioy the same to my said sonne Richard his Executors and assignes for and dureinge all such terme estait and interest as I have and as shalbe yt of then unexpyred by force of such conveyance and assurance as I hyld the same by And if my said sonne Richard dy before he accomplish the said age then I give the same all my estait interest and terme of yeares therein unto my sonne John and his assignes if he be then lyveinge or if he be then dead then to my other sonnes and to the survivors of them and their assignes Itm it is my will that my sister in lawe Elizabeth Peacock be kept relieved and mainteyned with sufficyent meat drinke apparell and other necessaries upon my tenemt wch was her Fathers at Cowside aforesaid and that my said sonne Robert his executors or assignes shall bere the whole charge of ther fyndinge and maintenance from and after such tyme as he the said Robt his executors or assignes shall or may by vertue of this my will enter unto and every the said whole tenemt wch was my said Father Henry Paicocks from thenceforth dureing her liefe naturall Alwayes pvyded that then he his executors or administrators shall not be charged to put the tenne pounds before lymited to my youngest sonne Richard untill the said Elizabeth Peacocke be dead any before mentioned notwthstanding. And as concerning my moveable goodes my will is that my debtes funrall expenses being first discharged and paid the residue be devided into three ptes And that my wiefe have one third pte thereof according to the lawe and custome of the country and my children to have another 1 pte and for my pte comonly called the dead pte I give the same to my said foure Daughters Agnes Elizabeth Margarett & Anne equally amongst them and if any of them dy in their minoritie or nonage then my will is that the pte or ptes of her or them so dyeing shall remaine to the survivors of them and and I make and ordeyne Anne Walker my said wiefe to be my sole Executrix of this my last will and testamt. And I desire Richard Foster of Winskall Roger Cooke of Stainforth Thomas Clapham of Winskall aforesaid and James Walker the younger of Austwick, to be the supvisors of the same Witnes hereof Robert Lakeland Richard Foster Thomas Clapham John....... et als

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RICHARD WILSON 1695/6
Borthwick mf 1701

In the name of God Amen the fifth day of September in the year of our Lord 1695 I Richard Wilson of Langcliffe in the county of York felmonger being infirm in body but of sound and perfect memory praised be God for the same do make this my last will and testament in manner and form following. That is to say believing my salvation in Jesus Christ my redeemer and in hopes of a joyful resurrection and I commit my body to the ground to be buried at the discretion of my executrix hereafter named. And for the disposal of my worldly goods and estate, wherewith it has pleased God to bless me of the same I do dispose as follows. Imprimis I will that my funeral expenses and just debts be well and truly paid and discharged by my executrix. Item I give and bequeath unto Anne Wilson my wife all that parcel of ground called Round Close and one cattlegate and calf gate in upon and throughout a stinted pasture commonly called Farr Moore with the appurtenances lying and being within the township of Selside in the said county of York, which said premises I lately purchased of Edmond Typlady of the said Selside. To have and to hold the said Round Close calf gate and cattlegate with the appurtenances unto the said Anne Wilson her heirs and assigns for ever according to the ancient and laudable custom of tenant-right had, used, and established within the Manor or Lordship of Newby. Item I give and devise unto the said Anne Wilson my wife all my leases for years of certain lands lying and being within the said Langcliffe together with all and singular houses, gardens and appurtenances whatsoever to them appertaining. To have and to hold the said leases for years and premises with the appurtenances unto the said Anne Wilson her executors administrators and assigns for and during such term as yet is unspent in the premises. Item I give and bequeath unto the said Anne Wilson my wife all and singular other my goods, chattels, and personal estate. And lastly hereby revoking and absolutely disanulling all and every will and wills by me heretofore made, if any such were, I do of this my last will and testament nominate and constitute the said Anne Wilson my dear wife sole executrix. In witness whereof I the said Richard Wilson have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written.

Sealed signed and published to be the last will and testament of the said Richard Wilson in the sight of us

Henry Ellin his mark Christopher Johnson R. Atkinson Richard Wilson his mark

Obligation

January 9th 1695/6
An inventory of the goods and chattels which did belong and appertain to Richard Wilson of Langcliffe within the parish of Giggleswick lately deceased, as follows.

                                                                                    £      s    d
Inpr. his purse & apparel                                              01 - 10 - 00
Item his houses & lands in Langcliffe                 40 - 00 - 00
Ite one horse & one mare                                             03 - 00 - 00
Item foure cowes                                                         10 - 00 - 00
Ite one why one stirke & one calfe                               03 - 00 - 00
Ite one longe chist                                                         00 - 06 - 08
Ite four other small chists                                               00 - 13 - 04
Ite three paire of bedstocks with bedding belonging      02 - 00 - 00
Item one cupboard                                                       00 - 06 - 08
Ite two little tables                                                        00 - 10 - 00
Item in brasse & pewther                                             01 - 10 - 00
Ite in wood vessell                                                        00 - 10 - 00
Item chaires, and stooles                                               00 - 05 - 00
Ite in iron furniture                                                        00 - 05 - 00
Item in meale, malt, beefe, & bacon                              00 - 13 - 00
Ite two carts, & two paire of wheeles                            01 - 00 - 00
Ite for other husbandry stuffe                                         00 - 06 - 08
Ite for goods in his shopp                                             03 - 00 - 00
Ite for corne & hay                                                      03 - 00 - 00
Ite in lent money                                                          20 - 00 - 00
Ite in several sumes in his debt booke                15 - 00 - 00

£ s d
summa tot 106 - 16 - 4

Apprizers names
Christopher Johnson
Matthew Frankland
Thomas Redshey his mark

John Armitstead