THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ME MARGARET ANDERTON.

of Scotland Terrace Preston in the County of Lancashire. I give devise and bequeath with the consent and approval of my trustee George Anderton to my daughter Margaret Ann Broster for her own use and benefit all that my dwelling house 247 (formerly no. 9)

# Scotland Terrace St. Pauls Road Preston but subject to her allowing my husband during his lifetime to have free use of it and I also give unto her my pianoforte and my feather bed and the remainder of my household furniture and affects I give to my daughter Elizabeth Gillett subject to my husband having the free use of them during his lifetime. I give devise and bequeath to my stepson George Anderton and my daughter Margaret Ann Broster all the money I may posess at my decease and also the money that will be due to me from any Burial Society In trust out of which money I direct that they shall pay all my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses and 20 pounds to my grandaughter Gertrude Harrison Gillett at what time and in what manner they think best and the balance that may remain I direct them to pay to my daughter Elizabeth Gilett for her own seperate use and benefit and also give unto her all my clothes and wearing apparel and my interest in the money paid by me ito the Shelly Arms Burial Society in the name of Sarah # Anderton or Calderwood my watch and chain to be held In trust for my grandaughter Daisey Broster to be given to her at their discretion or so soon as they may think her able to make proper use of it. I APPOINT my stepsonGeorge Anderton and my said daughter Margaret Ann Broster executer and executrix of this my will dated this ninth month of december one thousand eight hundred and ninety two

MARGARET ANDERTON

Signed by the within named Margaret Anderton and declared by her to be her last will and tesament in the presence of us present at the same time who at her request in her # presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed ourselves as witnesses

James Yates 15 Elgin St.-----Ernest Parker New Quay Inn Marsh Lane.

On the fourth of January 1893 Probate of this Will was granted to George Anderton and Margaret Ann Broster (wife of Ralph Broster) the executor.

Charnock, Edward	Thanks to Janet Atherton
	Note: Edward Charnock, Isabel Charnock, Richard Charnock and Joseph Ormandy (and his wife Isabella) are buried together at Dalton - see Ormandy Burials pages. A recent photograph of one of the houses (described as the farmhouse) at Breastmill Beck Court:

Edward Charnock - Will - made 1809, proved 1812

This is the last Will and Testament of me Edward Charnock of Breastmillbeck in the Parish of Dalton in Furness in the County Palatine of Lancaster Husbandman as follows. First I order all my just Debts, Funeral and Testamentary Expenses to be paid by my Executrix and Executor hereinafter named. I give and bequeath to my brother James Charnock the sum of fifty pounds, to each of my three brothers Thomas, Richard and William Charnock and my two Sisters Mary Bullman and Agnes the Wife of George Park the sum of five Pounds apiece, and to my niece Isabella the Daughter of my Brother Richard Charnock the sum of twelve Pounds, all of which Legacies I order and direct shall be paid by my Executrix and Executor herinafter named at the end of twelve calendar months next after my decease. All the residue and remainder of my Money, Securities for Money, Stock, Crop and Personal Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever and of what nature or kind soever, I give and bequeath the same unto my Sister Isabella the Wife of Joseph Ormandy the elder and her son Joseph Ormandy the younger, and do appoint them joint Executrix and Executor of this my last Will and Testament And lastly I do hereby revoke and make void all former and other Wills by me heretofore made and do declare this to be and contain my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I the said Edward Charnock the Testator have hereunto set my hand and Seal this twenty eighth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nine.

Signed sealed published and declared by the above named Testator Edward Charnock in the presence of us, who at his request in his sight and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses

John Hitchin

Wm Blendall

Edward Charnock (own signature)

On reverse:

On the nineteenth day of October (August crossed out) one thousand eight hundred and twelve Isabella Ormandy and Jospeh Ormandy the younger the Executrix and Executor in this Will names were sworn well and truly to execute the same and so forth, and that the whole of the personal estate of which the Testator who dies a bachelor on the third day of July last was possessed at the time of his decease within the Archdeaconery of Richmond in the Diocese of Chester would not in rgeir real value amount to the sum of six hundred pounds.

Before me Christo: Couperthwaite Surrogate

Inventory respited under £600

On the sixteenth day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirteen the above oath was again administered to Isabella Ormandy and Jospeh Ormandy the younger both of Breastmill beck aforesaid the Executrix and Executor in this will named

before Christo: Couperthwaite Surrogate

Charnock, Isabel	Thanks to Janet Atherton
	Note: Edward Charnock, Isabel Charnock, Richard Charnock and Joseph Ormandy (and his wife Isabella) are buried together at Dalton - see Ormandy Burials pages.

Isabel Charnock – Will – Made 1799, proved 1801

In the Name of God Amen I Isabel Charnock of Brestmeerbeck in the parish of Dalton in the County of Lancaster Widow being in good health and of sound mind memory and understanding praised be God for the same and considering the uncertainty of this life do make publish and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say, First I will and order all my just debts, funeral and Testamentary expenses to be well and truly paid and discharged by my Executor herin after named, and I do hereby give and bequeath to my daughter Isabella wife of Joseph Ormandy the sum of One hundred pounds in money, a Mahogany Desk and drawers now standing in my lodging room and one moiety of half part of my other household goods and furniture to be equally divided between her and my son Edward, And I give and bequeath to my Daughter Mary Bulman the sum of four pounds yearly during her life the first payment to be made at the end of twelve months next after my decease, and as to the rest residue and remainder of my Goods Chattels moneys securities for money and personal Estate together with the other moiety of my said Household Goods I do hereby give and bequeath the same to my said son Edward Charnock and do appoint him sole Executor of this my Will by paying all my just Debts Legacy Annuity and funeral Expenses abovementioned I revoke all former wills and declare this and no other to be my last. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the thirteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine (1799)

Signed sealed published and declared by the Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us, who in her presence and at her request have subscribed our names as Witnesses hereto

John Lewthwaite, Henry Shaw

The Mark X of Isabel Charnock

On reverse side:

24th April 1801

Edward Charnock sole Executor of this Will named was sworn well and truly to execute and perform the same and so forth and that he believed the personal estate of which the Testatrix died possessed did not in its real value exceed the sum of Three hundred Pounds before me

Christo: Couperthwaite Surrogate

Inventory respited under 300

Charnock, Richard	Thanks to Janet Atherton
	Note: Edward Charnock, Isabel Charnock, Richard Charnock and Joseph Ormandy (and his wife Isabella) are buried together at Dalton - see Ormandy Burials pages.

Richard Charnock – Administration 1761

Printed document with handwritten inserts, quite poor condition

Know all Men by these Presents that we Isabel Charnock, Widow, & George Robinson, Gent and John Ashburner, Maltster all of parish of Dalton, County of Lancaster are holden and firmly bound unto the Right Reverend Father in God, EDMUND by Divine Permission, Lord Bishop of CHESTER, in the sum of seventy five Pounds of good and lawful money of Great Britain to be paid unto the said Right Reverend Father, his lawful Attorney, Executors, Administrators, or Assigns; To which Payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves and each of us severally for and in the whole, our Heirs, Executors and Administrators of each of us , firmly in these Presents, sealed with our Seals and dated the thirtieth Day of March in the first year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the third (second crossed out) by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, and in the Year of Our Lord God One Thousand, Seven Hundred and sixty one

The condition of this Obligation is such that if the above bounden Isabel Charnock, Widow and Relict & Administratrix of all and singular the Goods, Chattles, and Credits of Richard Charnock , late of the Parish of Dalton, in the County aforesaid & Archdeaconery of Richmond, Yeoman deceased do make or cause to be made a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the Goods, Chattles, and Credits of the said Deceased, which have or shall come to the Hands, Posession or Knowledge of her the said Administratrix or into the Hands and Posession of any other ...... (one line unreadable, paper split) .... bited into the Registry of the Consistory Court of Richmond at or before the thirtieth day of June next ensuing. And the same Goods, Chattles and Credits, and all other Goods, Chattles and Credits of the said Deceased at the time of his Death which at any time after shall come to the Hands or Possession of the said Administratrix or into the Hands or Possession of any other Person or Personsfor her do well and truly administer according to Law; and Further do make or cause to be made, a true and just account of her said Administration at or before the thirtieth day of March which shall be in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and sixty (one crossed out) two and all the Rest and Residue of the said Goods, Chattles and Credits which shall be found remaining upon the said Administratrix her Account the same being first examined and allowed by the Judge or Judges for the time being of the said Court, shall deliver and pay unto such Person or Persons respectively, as the said Judge or Judges, by his or their decree (pursuant to the true Intent and Meaning of an Act of Parliament made in the two and twentieth and three and twentieth Years of the Reign of his late Majesty King Charles the Second, Entitled, An Act for the better settling Intestates' Estates shall limit and appoint. And it shall hereafter appear, that any Last will and Testament was made by the said Deceased and the Executor or Executors therein named do exhibit the fame into the said Court, making Request to have it allowed and approved accordingly, if the said Administratrix above bounden being thereunto required, do render and deliver the said Letters of ...(damaged) ... istration (Approbation of such Testament being first had and made in the said Court). Then this Obligation be void and of none Effect, or else to remain in full Force and Virtue.

Sealed and delivered in the presence of John Addison

Isabel x Charnock her Mark

Geo: Robinson

John Ashburner

Handwritten on reverse:

30th March 1761

Isabel Charnock Widow of Richard Charnock late of Parish of Dalton wthinmentioned and in the Archdeaconery of Richmond Husbandman deceased was sworn well and truly to administer the Goods & personal estate of said Deceased so that to the best of her Knowledge and Belief all of the Personal Estate of the deceased would not amount to the value of forty pounds and so forth

Before me John Addison Surrogate

Dodson, John

Found at Http://www.history-of-kirkby.org. Permission to reproduce requested.

John Dodson, Gentleman D & C
of
Thornthwaite pa(rish) Kirkby Irelyth March 1781
W, Ad
Know all Men, by these Presents That We James Lancaster
of Low Moss in the parish of Kirkby Irelyth in the County of
Lancaster Husbandman William Ormandy of Mansrigges in
the parish of Ulverstone in the said County Husbandman Mathew
Stables of Tompstead in the parish of Kirkby Irelyth in the
said County Husbandman Thomas Walker of Rusland in the parish of Coulton
in the said County Husbandman and John Postlethwaite of Doveford in the parish of Kirkby Irelyth
are Bound and firmly Obliged to the Worshipful Lionel
Place Batchelor of Laws Commissary or
Auditor of the Causes or Businesses of the
Venerable the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral
and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter of
York lawfully authorized
in the Sum of Two Thousand Pounds of good and
lawful Money of Great-Britain, to be paid to him the said Lionel
Place or to his certain Attorney, Executors,
Administrators or Assigns; For the Payment whereof well and
truly to be made, We oblige ourselves, and each of us
by ourselves, for the Whole and the full, our Heirs, Executors and Administrators,
firmly by these Presents. Sealed with our Seals. Given
the fifteenth Day of the Month of March in the Year
of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty One.
The Condition of this Obligation is such, that if
the above Bounden James Lancaster, William
Ormandy, Mathew Stables and Thomas Walker Executors
In Trust (during the Minority of John Dodson a minor) named
named in the last Will and Testament of John Dodson late of
Thornthwaite in the Parish of Kirkby Irelyth in the
County of Lancaster and within the Jurisdiction of the
Dean and Chapter of York aforesaid Gentleman deceased
Do well and truly execute and perform the said Will
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 Dean and Chapter'
Court at York, a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods,
Rights, Credits, Cattles, and Chattles 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 further Bond with more sufficient Sureties
for the Performance of the Premisses as the Judge of the said Court, for the Time
being shall think requisite and Needful. And lastly, do save, defend, and harmless
keep the above named Judge, and all his Officers, and Ministers, against all Persons
by reason of the Premisses. Then this present Obligation to be void, and of none
Effect, or else to remain in full Force and Virtue.
Sealed and Delivered Jas Lancaster
in the presence of Willm Ormandy
Thos Pearson Surrogate
Mathew Stable
Thomas Walker
John Postlethwaite
I do hereby Certify that James Lancaster, William
Ormandy, Mathew Stables and Thomas Walker the Executors
In Trust within named, were duly Sworn before me
Thos Pearson Surrogate
Past Seal 22nd March 1781
In the name of God Amen I John Dodson of Thornthwaite in the Parish of Kirkby Ireleth in the County of
Lancaster Gentleman being some what indisposed
but of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding praised be God for the same and considering
the uncertainty of this life do make publish and declare this
my last will and testament in manner and form following that is to say First I will and order that all my
just debts Legacies and funeral Expences be well and truly paid
and discharged by my Executor herein after named And I do hereby give and devise unto my daughter
Mary Dodson her heirs and assigns for ever the full sum of six
hundred pounds. Four hundred pounds of which are to be paid at Candlemass first, after she attains the
age of Twenty one years, and the remainder and latter part
to be paid her first Candlemass after the decease of my wife, provided my wife be now with child and
prove a Son I do hereby give and devise unto him his heirs
and assigns for ever my Estates or Parchels of Lands, namely Tompstead, Chapple house and Raistead to
hold the same and to the only proper use and behoof of him
his heirs and assigns for ever. Provided it be a daughter I do hereby give and devise to her & her heirs and
assigns for ever the full sumof six hundred pounds
which are to be paid to her in manner as above, namely, four hundred pounds first Candlemass after she
attains the age of Twenty one years and the remainder and latter
part at Candlemass first after my Wife' decease, should it happen that either Mary or the child unborn
die before the attaining the age of Twenty one years I do
hereby give and devise to him or her who survives three hundred pounds more than is above mentioned
upon the attaining the age of Twenty one years and provided there be no
other children Mary to receive nine hundred pounds as above mentioned I do hereby give and devise to
my sister Mary Stable one hundred pounds with
Interest at Candlemass first after my decease in lieu of her share of Moor sides Estate which she and her
husband accepts and I also give and devise
to my Sister Margret Dodson five pounds during her natural life to be paid her on the 13th of February
yearly and every year in lieu of her share of the
said Moor Side' Estate. I also give and bequeath to my Wife the benefits of all my effects whatsoever
during the minority of and In Trust for my children she to bring them
up thereout decently and give them proper education, and also give & devise to her my household goods
she giving or diposing of them to my children in her life time
or at her decease, and provided my wife marry during the minority of my children the Trustees after
named are to be their Guardians and receive the benefits of their fortunes and apply it
to the use of my children paying her the dower or thirds of my estates. And I do hereby give and devise
unto my son John Dodson his heirs and assigns for ever
all my capital messuage or dwelling house commonly called and known by the name of Thornthwaite
with all the houses outhouses lands grounds and
hereditaments thereunto belonging and also my estate at Fell end and Moor side with the houses and
lands thereunto belonging To hold the same and to the only
proper use and behoof of my said Son John Dodson his heirs and assigns for ever and I do hereby give
and bequeath all and singular my Goods Chattles and personal
estate whatsoever not herein by me otherwise disposed of unto my said Son John Dodson whom I do
hereby nominate constitute and appoint sole Executor of this my will
he paying thereout or out of my said real Estates, Thornthwaite Fell end and Moor side aforesaid herein
before devised to him he paying all my just debts
legacies funeral and testamentary Expences, and I appoint the following Persons as Trustees, namely,
James Lancaster of Low Moss Wm Ormandy of Mansrigges
Mathew Stable of Tompstead and Thos Walker of Rusland to see that my concerns be done as
above mentioned In Witness whereof I the
said John Dodson have to this my last will and testament set my hand and seal the Twenty second day of
February in the year of our Lord one Thousand
seven hundred and eighty one first declaring and appointing should my son John be under the age of
Twenty one years at my decease my said trustees to be executors in
Trust for him during his minority
signed sealed published and declared by the said John Dodson Seal
Testator as and for his last will and testament in
the Presence of us, who by the desire of the said Testator
in his presence and in the presence of one another
have hereunto subscribed our named as Witnesses some words being first interlined particularly
the following " – Sum – of age – who survives – pounds – other child – and in
trust for – thereout – marry – be their Guardians and – Son – otherwise – said" and the
following words being first added at ye foot or end of the will " declaring and appointing
should my Son John be under the age of Twenty one years at my decease my said
Trustees to be executors in trust for him during his minority" Dinah Addison
her
Ann Q Linday Mary Ormandy
Mark Sworn

Meazand, John

Found at Http://www.history-of-kirkby.org. Permission to reproduce requested.

John Meazand D & C
of
Kirkby Irelyth January 1708/9
Will, Inv, Bond
In the name of God amen I John Meazand of Soutergate
in the parish of Kirkby Irleth and in the county of
Lancaster being not very well in health but of perfect
memory praised bee god for the same I doe make this
my Last will and in maner and forme folling: first I gaive
my soule to god that gave it and mu body to the grave and to
bee buried in my parrish Church yard acording as my
Execitor think fitt as for my personall estate I despose
of it in maner and forme follinge first I doe give unto
my daughter Agnes Ormedy five shilling
Item to my grand chilld a gimer lame – Jame ormedy
Item to Christfer Woodburne a foal
Item I doe give to my dauter Mary Meazand Six pounds
Item I give to my Son John ye best bed in the Chamer
and ye meall chist in ye Chamber and one bushell
of big and three of oats when hee comes to mak a reepe
and halffe of all my husbandary geare
Execitor of this my Last will I doe make Margret
Meazand my deare wife of all the rest of my goodes
moveable and inImeovable quicke and dead desiringe
hir for for god sake to see my debts Legasis and funall
expensise paid out of ye same in wittnes whereof I have
hereunto put my hand and Seale
Wittnes whereof
Thomas Postlethwaite – John Meazand Seal
John Simpson –
Decr 13th 1708 - Vera et perfect Inventary omni et
Singularum benorum Jurinm Creditorum Cattallorum et Chattallorum
qua suerunt Johis Meazand imperastiat a Johne
Cook, Thos Hunter, Roberto Hunter et Thoma Hunter
estimatm
£ s d
Purse and apparel 1 = 2 = 6
Beding and Bedstocks 0 = 3 = 4
Meal and Malt 0 = 5 = 0
Chists and Arks 0 = 3 = 8
Brass and Pewther 0 = 6 = 8
Wood vessel Girdle and Brandrith 0 = 4 = 6
Chairs Stools and Loose Wood 0 = 1 = 9
Husbandry Gear 0 = 2 = 2
Hemp and Turf 0 = 4 = 7
fflesh and Salt 0 = 4 = 0
Poacks and Sacks 0 = 1 = 9
Barley and oates 2 = 6 = 9
Pease and Beans 0 = 4 = 1
Hay and Straw 1 = 0 = 4
Beasts 6 = 3 = 4
One Mare 0 = 5 = 0
Sheep 1 = 1 = 0
Cart and Wheels 0 = 1 = 0
In Money 3 = 2 = 0
Sum 18 = 3 = 5
ffuneral Expences 1 = 5 = 0
owing for Grass and plowing ground 1 = 6 = 0
owing to Mary Meazand 2 = 6 = 0
4 = 17 = 0
Noverint Universi per presentes Nos Margaretam Meazand Wid Joham
Meazand et Joham Simpson Yeomen omnes parochia de Kirkby
Irelith et comitatu Lancastria
Teneri & firmiter Obligari Henrico Walkinson legum dri Comario sive
Auditori carum son negotiorum venlium virorum domum Decani et Capli
Ecclia Cathis et Metropoia bti Petri Ebor
In Quadraginta libris bona & legalis moneta Anglia
solvend eidem venli viro aut suo certo Attornat' Executor, Administrat'
sive Assignat' suis. Ad quam quidem solutionem bene & fideliter faciend' Obligamus
Nos & quemlibet nostrum per se pro toto & in solido Heredes, Executor' &
Administrat' nostros firmiter per Presentes. Sigillis nostris Sigillat. Dat. Vicesimo octavo
die mensis ffeb Januarii Anno Dom Millesimo Sextencessimo Nonagesimo.
Septingesimo octavo
All of which means, roughly
Know all men that Margaret Meazand, widow, John Meazand and John Simpson, Yeomen, all of the
parish of Kirkby Ireleth in Lancashire are obliged to Henry Walkinson Doctor of Laws Commissioner etc
to the Venerable Dean & Chapter in St Peter' of York in the sum of £40 payable to Henry Walkinson or
his Attorney etc. Dated 28th January 1708.
The Condition of this Obligation is such, that if the above bounden Margaret
Meazand doe well and truly execute perform fulfill and keep
ye last will & Testamt of John Meazand her late husband deceased
And do pay his Debts or Legacies so far as his Goods will extend and Law shall
bind her if also She do exhibit into the Dean & Chapters Registry at York
a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods, Rights, Credits, Chattles and Credits
of the said Doceased; and do make a true and just Account of the same, when Sheshall
be thereunto lawfully called. And moreover, if need require, enter into further Bond with
more sufficient suerties for performing of the premisses as the Judge of the said Court for the time
being shall think requisite and needful. And lastly, do save and defend and harmless keep the
within named Commissary, and all his Officers and Ministers, against all Persons by reason of
the premises. Then this present Obligation to be void and of none Effect, or else to Remain
and be in full force and vertue.
Sigillat & Deliberat her mark
in presentia Marg Meazand Seal
John Coward John Mezand Seal
James Moncaster
John Simpson Seal
Roger Askew, Waller D/C
Knot End, Kirkby Irelyth December 1710

Ormandy, John junior and John senior of Walk Mill

Thanks to Chris Dickinson for consideralbe help in interpreting and understanding these wills

Based on an entry on the Lancashire Will Search web site at http://www.xmission.com/~nelsonb/lws.htm I purchased the 'will' of John Ormandy of Walkmill in Broughton, Furness 1717 (the date being the date the will was proved) from the Lancashire Records Office at Preston. I received a bond and an inventory but no will. The bond, however, indicated that it was related to a will. Subsequent checking by records office staff unearthed a will/bond/inventory for John Ormandy of Walk Mill, dated 1919 and sent these documents to me. The will is that of John Ormandy (1717) and the bond relates to an administration, not the proving of a will. So it would appear that the documents have been misfiled although there may be another reason. A summary of the contents of the documents follows on the basis that the full set comprises: For John Ormandy junior (as described in the inventory) a will, bond and inventory proved 1717 For John Ormandy senior (again as described in the inventory) a bond and inventory proved 1719.

'Wills' of John Ormandy senior and John Ormandy junior of Walk Mill, Brought-in-Furness, Lancashire

John Ormandy junior

The will which is dated 25th February 1716 of John Ormandy, husbandman, of Walke Mill in Broughton in Furness states that he wishes to be buried in Broughton churchyard. His bequests are 5s to his son John Ormandy and 5s to his daughter Ann Ormandy. He appoints his wife Mary Ormand as executor. The will is signed by John Ormandy in the presence of Thomas Askew, William Ormandy and John Askew.

The bond which is dated 15th May 1717 binds (legally and financially) Mary Ormandy of Walk Mill in Broughton, John Askew of the same place and John Wright Curate of the same place in the sum of £100 (usually twice the value of the probate inventory), to execute the will of John Ormandy, late of Walk Mill in Broughton. (Mary is the executor. The other two are simply there to guarantee any payment of penalty should Mary not fulfil the obligation. This would usually be done by close relatives, but sometimes was done by work colleagues or local officials (like the curate or squire). Generally you should assume that these three are related, until proved otherwise.)

Mary and the two Johns signed their names. (It is not unusual for a woman to sign rather than mark by 1717, but may still be some evidence (like having a curate as a bondsman) of a solid upbringing - even though the signature is weak).

The inventory 'of all the Goods and Cattle (sic) of John Ormandy of Walk Milne junr in Broughton in Furness ..... the day & year first above written' (which would usually be done on the same day or very soon after death) has at the top the date March 7th 1716/1717 (in those days until 1752 the year started 25th March so this presumably means March 1717 in today's practice) and lists assets to the value of £19-5-5. It shows funeral expenses to be £2-10-00 as part of debts owing by the deceased totalling £19-11-00:
To Georges Lancaster £10-10-00
To Jno Askew £5-5-00
To Janes? Tyson £1-1-00
And in small debts £1-15-00

The apprizers are J. Wright, William Darrick, Thomas Askew and John Atkinson
In what seems to be a confirmation in Latin that the obligation has been met dated 15th May 1717 Mary Ormandy, the executor, is described as a widow. (The prizers were people who would have been capable of making an inventory. At least one would have been literate. The others were likely to be prosperous neighbours or people in the same trade. J. Wright was presumably the curate bondsman. Probably he wrote out the inventory. As John Askew was a bondsman, Thomas Askew was likely to be a relative as well as a neighbour.)

John Ormandy senior

The bond which is dated 23rd? January 1719 binds Elizabeth Ormandy, widow of Walke (maybe Wake) Mill in Broughton and Benjamin Ormandy of Lindal, Dalton, in the sum of £200. Elizabeth is the sole administrator of the affairs of John Ormandy, late of Walk Mill in Broughton.

Elizabeth (mark) and Benjamin ('Benj') signed their names.

The inventory 'of all the Goods and Chattels of John Ormandy senr. of Walk Milne in Broughton in Furness ..... the day & year first above written' (which would usually be done on the same day or very soon after death) has at the top the date June 24th 1719 and lists assets to the value of £9-16-00. It shows funeral expenses to be £2-15-00 as part of debts owing by the deceased totalling £14-00-00:
To William Darrick £3-03-00
To Catherine Askew £2-02-00
To John Tyson £1-10-00
To Robert Casson £1-00-00
Several small debts £0-10-00
To Ellinor Ormandy £3-00-00

The apprizers are John Atkinson, Willm Ormandy, Willm Jackson and Benjamin Ormandy
J. Wright is also named at the bottom of the inventory along with the apprizers, in what capacity I can't tell.

Ormandy, John of Manriggs	Thanks to Peter Bowes
	Note: This John Ormandy was the unmarried brother of Peter's 4G Grandmother, Eleanor Ormandy (1754-1835) who married Joseph Richardson and lived at Rusland. John split his money between 14 of his nephews and nieces: Ormandys, Wilsons and Richardsons.

John Ormandy – Will - proved 15th February 1840

The monetary legacies were as follows:
1 Nephew William Ormandy of Liverpool £100
2 Niece Mary Piers £100
3 Niece Margaret Ormandy of Liverpool £100
4 Niece Margaret Wilson, daughter of Matthew Wilson of Lane End near Spark Bridge £50
5 Nephew John Wilson of Bouth Innkeeper, son of Matthew Wilson £50
6 Niece Elizabeth Jackson of New Hall near Bouth £50
7 Niece Hannah Wilson, daughter of Matthew Wilson £50
8 Nephew John Wilson of Netherhouses, Osmotherley £100
9 Niece Elizabeth Wilson of Mansriggs Hall £100
10 Niece Margaret Myers of Millom £100
11 Nephew John Richardson of Satterthwaite £50
12 Nephew Joseph Richardson of Low Dale Park, Hawkshead £50
13 Niece Sarah Atkinson of Lord's Plain, Heversham, £50
14 Niece Margaret Addison, sister of Sarah Atkinson £50

Joseph Ormandy – Will – made1813, proved 1814

This is the last Will and Testament of me Joseph Ormandy the Elder of Breastmill beck in the Parish of Dalton in the County of Lancaster Husbandman as follows. All my half of the stock and crop upon the farm at Breastmillbeck Aforesaid and all my money securities for money personal estate and effects whatsover and wheresoever and I appoint him sole Executor of this my will – upon trust that he the said Charnock Ormandy do and shall permit and suffer my wife Isabel to have and enjoy the interest and proceeds of the whole during her natural life and within twelve months next after her decease do and shall pay thereout the following sums of money, namely to my son John Ormandy the sum of thirty pounds, to my son Richard Ormandy the sum of sixty pounds, to my daughter Isabel Postlethwaite the sum of eighty pounds and to my daughter Mary Ormandy the sum of one hundred pounds and the residue my Executor is to retain for his own use. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the first Day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirteen

Signed sealed published and declared by the above named Testator Joseph Ormandy as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his sight and at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses

Geo. Huddleston

Willm. Atkinson

Jos. Ormandy (signed in own hand)

On reverse:

On the twenty ninth day of January one thousand eight hundred and fourteen Charnock Ormandy the sole executor of this will named was sworn well and truly to administer the same and so forth and that the whole of the personal estate of which the testator died possessed on the fifth day of September last within the Archdeaconery of Richmond in the Diocese of Chester according to the best of his knowledge and belief would not amount to the sum of six hundred pounds

Before me Christ: Couperthwaite Surrogate

Inventory respited under £600

Ormandy, Martha

Thanks to Margaret Miller

Martha Ormandy's will dated 1849

Summary of Martha's will

Martha wanted her Aunt (Martha Richardson) to have the income from her property for life and that after her decease (ie Martha's) her Uncle, Joseph Richardson, should have the income for his life and that after their decease all her property should go to Mr Dodge, her solicitor.

The will was contested

Kendall v Dodge

Declaration by John Messenger Kendal

"I, John Messenger Kendall, of 24 Kirkdale Vale, Liverpool in the County of Lancaster, Master Mariner, make oath and say that

1. Martha Ormandy formerly of Workington but late of 41, Great Crosshall St. Liverpool, spinster died at /on/about 14.9.1865 without parent, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece leaving me this on ????her lawful cousin and only Next of Kin, her surviving.

2. That on the 9^th October, 1865 probate in common form was granted of a pretended will of the said deceased dated 10.11.1849 to Thomas Dodge as the Executor therein named and I am advised and believe that the said Probate should be called in and revoked and declared null and void and invalid. Dated 8.10.1869

John Messenger Kendall declared that Martha Ormandy was not of sound mind, memory and understanding and it was decided to take the case to "court and Jury" "Let the Jury come"

Kendall was asked to prove his relationship with Martha and asked a relation of Martha's in Workington to search the Registers of the Parish Church.

Court proceedings were held on 26 April 1870 at 11 o'clock in the fore noon.

Thomas Dodge had died on14^th September, 1869

Judge decreed that Dodge's son to pay £13.8s.8d. on 29^th April 1870

Ormandy, Thomas

Found at Http://www.history-of-kirkby.org. Permission to reproduce requested.

Thomas Ormandy D/C
of
Hallstead pa(rish) Kirkby Irelyth November 1727
Will, Inv, Bond
Novbr ye 12th 1726
In ye name of God Amen
I Thomas Ormady of hallsteads in Kirkby Ireleth
Being weake of body but in perfect memory do make
& ordain ys my last will
ffirst I Bequeath my Soule into the hands of
Allmighty God who gave it hopeing through the
Merrits of Jesus Christ my Saviour to Obtain free
pardon & remission of all my Sins And my body to
be buryed in deacent Christian buryall at the
discretion of my Executrix hereafter Mentioned
Item It is my will & soall intent yt each one of my
Children shall have sumething out of my freehold
Estate & that the same may be Effectually
performed I ordr John Ormady my Sone to pay Three
score pounds out of my free hold estate in Manner
& forme following that is to say when he arrives
at the age of one & Twenty.
Imps I give to Elizabeth my oldest daughter ye sume of Ten pounds
Item I give to Mary my Second daughter ye sume of Ten pounds
Sd sume ye shall Receve Intrest after ye age of four & Twenty
Item I give to Margrat my 3 daughter ye sume of Ten pounds
Item I give to Jane my fourth daughter ye sume of Ten pounds
Item I give to Aillee my fiveth daughter ye sume of Ten pounds
Item I give to Thomas my Younger sone ye sume of Ten pounds
& thease shall receve Intrest out of ye benefit of the lands
alsoe after ye age of one & Twenty until ye Heire come at
age to pay ye money
And as for my good & personall Estate I appoint Jane – my
wife & Thomas my sone Executors of the same after
my decease ye paying my Just debets & funierall expences
& also all yt Thomas shall be put to a trade whe he is
fit for it
And so I Conclude this will my last will & Testament
As Wittness my hand ye day & year above written
Dorothy Rawlinson – Thos Ormandy
Jno Jackson –
Novr 18 1726
A True and perfect Inventory of
the Goods and Chattells of Tho
Ormandy of Hallsteads in ye parish
of Kirkby Irelyth deceased appraized
by Tho: Postlethwaite John Jackson
Rick Woodburn and William Ward
Imprimis Purse and apparel 1 : 2 : 0
Brass and Pewter 0 : 7 : 4
Iron Instruments 0 : 6 : 0
Wood Vessell 0 : 5 : 2
Bedding and Bedsteads 0 : 13 : 4
Chists and tables 0 : 3 : 4
1 Cupboard 0 : 2 : 2
plowing Instruments 0 : 2 : 6
Other Husbandry gear 0 : 7 : 0
Poaks 0 : 2 : 4
Corn and Hay 0 : 13 : 2
2 Cows 4 : 4 : 0
1 Heifer 1 : 3 : 0
Chairs Stools and Cussions 0 : 1 : 6
Sheep 2 : 5 : 0
Sum 12 : 4 : 6
Tho: Postlethwaite
Jno Jackson Appraisers
Wm Ward
Noverint universi per presentes nos Janam Ormandy de Ormandy de
Hallsteads in parochia de Kirkby Irelyth Comitat Lancastria Vidua et Christopher Woodburn
de Moreside in parochial et Comitatu pred' Yeoman et Johenum Bransa de Kirby peredict Yeoman
teneri et firmiter obligari venti viro Gulielmo Ward Legum Dot' Comis'
sive Auditori Causa' son Negotiorid Venbil' Virorum Domin' Decani et Capit' Ecclia
Cathed' et Metropo' Beati petri Ebor in Septuagint Libris bona & legalis
Moneta Magna Brittannia solvend eidem venti viro aut suo certo in
haryls Attornat' Executoribus et Administratoribus Assignatis sive successoribus
suis. Ad quam quidem solutionem bene et fideliter faciendam obligus nos et
utrumque nost' per se pro toto et in solido Heredes Executores et Administratores
nostros firmiter per Presentes. Sigillis nostris sigillat dat quarto die mensis Maii
Anno Domini 1727
All of which means, roughly
Know all men that Jane Ormandy of Hallsteads in the parish of Kirkby Ireleth in Lancashire, Widow, and
Christophe Woodburn of Moreside in the parish and County aforesaid, Yeoman, and John Bransa of
Kirkby aforesaid are obliged to William Ward Commissioner etc to the Venerable Dean & Chapter in St
Peter' of York in the sum of £70 payable to William Ward or his Attorney etc. Dated 4th May 1727.
The Condition of this present obligation is such yt if the above bounden Jane Ormandy doe
well and truly execute perform fulfil and keep ye last will and Testam of Thomas Ormandy
her husband deceased and doe pay all his debts and legacys soe far as his Goods
will extend and law shall bind her If alsoe she doe exhibit into ye Dean & Chapters Court
at York a true & perfect Inventory of all and Singular ye Goods rights Credits Cattells and
Chattels of ye sd deceased and doe make a true acct of ye same as she shall be thereunto lawfully
called and moreover if need require enter into further bond with more sufficient Sureties for
performance of ye premisses as ye Judge of ye sd Court for ye Time being, shall think requisite and
needful. And lastly doe defend and harmless keep the abovenamed Judge and all his Officers
and Ministers agt all persons by reason of ye premisses. That then this present obligation be
void, and of none effect or else to remain in full force and virtue.
Sigillat' et deliberat' Jane Ormandy L mark Seal
in Presentia
Jno Jackson Christop Woodburn Seal
Ja: Moncaster John Brown J mark Seal
Ent Sub Sigillo 15 Nov 1727

Rigg, James Ormandy	Thanks to Diana Pitchford
	Note from Diana: James Ormandy RIGG was the youngest son of John RIGG and his wife Mary nee CLARKE. Presumably he was given the name Ormandy in honour of his grandmother who was Alice ORMANDY before her marriage to William RIGG in 1782.

Will of James Ormandy RIGG – 1914

This is the last Will and Testament of me
------------------------------- James Ormandy Rigg -----------------------------

of Crake Side in the Township of Egton with Newland in the County of Lancaster / Farmer I appoint my Wife Sarah Jane Rigg and Amos Hartley of Broadhurst in / the Township of Colton in the said County Farmer (hereinafter called my trustees) to / be the Trustees and Executors of this my Will And I appoint my said Wife / during her life and after her death my trustees) to be the Guardian and Guardians / of my infant children I give devise and bequeath unto my trustees all my / real and personal estate Upon Trust that my trustees shall (subject nevertheless / to the powers and provisions for the carrying on and disposal of my farming business / hereinafter contained) sell call in and convert into money the same or such part / thereof as shall not consist of money and shall with and out of the moneys produced / by such sale calling in and conversion pay my funeral and testamentary expenses / and shall at the discretion of my trustees invest the residue of the said moneys with / power for my trustees from time to time at such discretion to vary such investments / And shall stand possessed of the said residuary trust moneys and the investments / for the time being representing the same (hereinafter called the residuary trust funds) / In trust to pay the income thereof to my said Wife during her life and / after her death In trust to pay to each of my sons Frederick and Charles the / sum of Fifty pounds which they shall receive in addition to their share hereinafter / mentioned and as to the ultimate residue thereof In trust for all my Children / who shall attain the age of twenty one years or marry under that age in equal shares / Provided always that if any child of mine shall die in my lifetime leaving a child / or children who shall survive me and shall attain the age of twenty one years or / marry under that age then and in every such case the last mentioned child or / children shall take (and if more than one equally between them) the share which / his her or their parent would have taken of and in the residuary trust funds if such a / parent had survived me and attained the age of twenty one years or married And / I declare that the shares of my Children of and in my said residuary trust funds shall / be absolutely vested on their attaining the age of twenty one years or marrying And / I also declare that my Trustees may with the consent in writing of my said Wife / during her life and after her death at their own discretion raise the whole or any part or / parts of the expectant share of his or her advancement preferment or benefit as my Trustees shall think fit And I authorise and direct my trustees to allow and I empower my said wife to carry on my farming and grazing business and for that / purpose to continue tenant of the farm which I shall use at my death or to hire / and use any other farm and employ my live and dead agricultural stock and / such part of my personal estate as she shall think fit and necessary And on the / death of my said Wife or on her declining to carry on the said farming business then I authorise and direct my trustees to make over the said farm to my two sons / Frederick and Charles or either of them and to sell to them the live and dead / agricultural stock thereon at a valuation to be made in manner to be agreed upon / In witness whereof I the said Testator James Ormandy Rigg have hereto set / my hand this Tenth day of May One thousand nine hundred -----------------------------------------------------------------------

James Ormandy Rigg

Signed by the said Testator James Ormandy Rigg as and for / his last Will and Testament in the presence of us present at the / same time who at his request in his sight and presence and / in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names / as witnesses --------------------------------------------------------------
W. C. Kendall ---- Solicitor. Ulverston ----------------------------------------------
John F. Jenkin ----- His Clerk -----------------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------

This is a Codicil to the last Will and Testament of me

------------------------------ James Ormandy Rigg -----------------------------------

of Crake side in the Township of Egton with Newland in the County of Lancaster / Farmer and which Will bears date the Tenth day of May One thousand nine hundred / Whereas by my said Will I have appointed Amos Hartley to be one of the Trustees / and Executors thereof and also one of the guardians of my infant children after the / death of my Wife And whereas the said Amos Hartley has lately died Now I / hereby appoint William Clarke Kendall of Ulverston in the said County / Solicitor to be one of the Trustees and Executors of my said Will and also to be / one of the Guardians of my infant Children after the death of my Wife in the / place of the said Amos Hartley deceased And I declare that the said William / Clarke Kendall shall be entitled to charge and shall be paid all usual and / proper professional charges for business transacted by him in connection with/ the Executorship and Trusteeship of my Will And I declare that my said / Will shall be construed and take effect as if the name of the said William Clarke/ Kendall was inserted in my said Will throughout instead of the name of the said / Amos Hartley and in all other respects I confirm my said Will In witness / whereof I have hereunto set my hand this Sixteenth day of April One / thousand nine hundred and eight ---------------------------

James O. Rigg

Signed by the said Testator James Ormandy Rigg as / and for a Codicil to his last Will and Testament in the / presence of us both present at the same time who at his / request in his sight and presence and in the presence of / each other have hereunto subscribed our names as / witnesses -----------------------------------------------------
John F. Jenkin }
Ernest G. Kellett}Clerks to W. C. Kendall, Solicitor, Ulverston ------------------------

--------------------------------------------------

On the 20^th April 1914 Probate of this Will with one codicil thereto was / granted at Lancaster to Sarah Jane Rigg, Widow, and William Clarke Kendall / the Executors -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------

Rigg, John	Thanks to Diana Pitchford
	Note from Diana: John RIGG was baptised at Ulverston in 1783 the son of William and Alice RIGG. He married Mary CLARKE at Whitbeck, Cumberland on 7 December 1829 and was buried at Ulverston 13 October 1860. The first executor to John's will was his son William born in 1836 and the second was John CLARKE of Broughton Beck, his wife's brother.

Will of John RIGG - 1860

This is the last Will and Testament of me John Rigg of Falls in the Parish of Ulverston in the County of Lancaster Yeoman I order and direct all my just debts funeral and Testamentary expenses to be paid as soon as conveniently may be after my decease by my Executors hereinafter named I bequeath unto my son William Rigg my Clock Writing Desk Best Dining Table Best Bedsteads and Hangings and the Feather Bed Linen and other appendages belonging thereto And also all my Farming Stock Crops and Implements of Husbandry I give and bequeath all my Household Furniture Plate Linen and China (except such as I have hereinbefore bequeathed) unto my dear Wife Mary for and during the term of her natural life And from and after her decease I bequeath the same unto my said Son William absolutely I give and devise all that my Estate or Farm situate at Falls aforesaid wherein I now reside and my two Dales of Peat Moss at Egton with Newland called New Moss and Dodgson Moss And also my Pews or Sittings in the Parish Church of Ulverston unto my son William Rigg his heirs and assigns for ever charged nevertheless and I do hereby charge the same with the payment of one Annuity or clear Yearly sum of Forty five pounds to my said Wife during the minority of my son James Ormandy Rigg Also I direct that the said Annuity shall be paid to my said Wife by four equal quarterly payments in the year the first such payments to commence and be made at the end of one calendar month next after my decease And I direct that my said Wife shall out of the said Annuity maintain and bring up my said Son James Ormandy Rigg until he shall attain the age of Twenty one years And when my said Son shall attain the age of Twenty one years I direct

that the said Annuity shall be reduced to Twenty five pounds and be paid quarterly to my said Wife during her life for her own absolute use and benefit And from and after the decease of my said Wife I hereby charge the said Estate and premises hereinbefore devised to my said Son William with the payment of the sum of Five hundred and fifty pounds which I give and bequeath unto and equally amongst such of my Children as shall be then living (except my said Son William) and the issue of any of my children who may then be dead such issue if more than one taking amongst the share of shares to which his her or their Parent or Parents respectively would have been entitled to if living I devise all the residue of my real Estate and bequeath all the residue of my personal Estate of or to which I shall be seized possessed or entitled at the time of my decease or of which I have power to dispose by the my Will unto my Brother William Rigg of Newbiggin in the Parish of Ulverston aforesaid Yeoman and my Brother in law John Clark of Broughton Beck in the same Parish Miller their heirs executors administrators and assigns according to the natures and tenures thereof respectively Upon trust that they the said William Rigg and John Clark or the survivor of them or the heirs or assigns of such Survivor (hereinafter called my said Trustees of Trustee) do and shall sell and absolutely dispose of my said real Estate either together or in parcels and either by Public auction or Private Contract with the liberty to make any special or other conditions or stipulations as to Title or evidence of Title or otherwise and to buy in the premises at any Sale by Auction and to rescind on terms or gratuitous any Contract for the Sale and to resell without being responsible for any loss occasioned thereby respectively And also that they the said William Rigg and John Clark or the survivor of them or the executors administrators or assigns of such survivor (hereinafter called my said Trustees or Trustee do and shall as soon as conveniently may be after my decease collect get in sell dispose of and convert into money the whole of my personal Estate And do and shall out of the moneys arising from the Sale and conversion of my said real and personal Estate in the first place pay and discharge all my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses and all the expenses of such Sale conversion into money as aforesaid And as and shall stand and be possessed of the residue of the said moneys Upon trust as one equal moiety or half part thereof to pay the same unto and equally between my two Sons John Rigg and James Ormandy Rigg And as to the remaining moiety or half part thereof Upon trust to pay the same Unto and equally amongst my three Daughters Mary Smith Alice Rigg and Margaret Rigg And I hereby empower my said Trustees or Trustee to give receipts for all purchase and other monies which may be paid to them under the Trusts of this my Will and I declare that application or disposition of the money therein mentioned or acknowledged to be received And I hereby declare that my said Trustees or Trustee shall not be responsible for any involuntary losses which may happen in the execution of any of the aforesaid trusts nor shall either of them be liable for the acts or defaults of the other of them And it shall be lawful for my said Trustees or Trustee to retain and reimburse themselves or himself out of my trust property all costs charges and expenses which they or he may sustain or be put into in relation to the Trusts of this my Will I appoint the said William Rigg and John Clark Executors of this my Will And lastly I revoke all other Wills In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my name this Twenty Ninth day of September One thousand eight hundred and sixty (John Rigg) Signed by the said John Rigg the Testator in the joint presence of us who at his request and in his presence at the same time have hereunto set our names as Witnesses Will Relph Solr. Ulverston Jno Walker Accountant Ulverston

On the twelfth day of March 1861 this Will of John Rigg late of the Falls in the Parish of Ulverston in the County of Lancaster Yeoman who died on the tenth day of October 1860 was proved by The Oaths of William Rigg of Newbiggin in the said Parish of Ulverston Yeoman Brother of the said deceased and John Clark of Broughton Beck in the said Parish Miller the Executors threin named having been first sworn duly to administer

Effects sworn under £300

Thomson, Mary

Found at http://wills4all.netfirms.com/entry.htm. Permission to reproduce requested.

Mary Thompson (widow)

This the lasts will and testament of me Mary Thompson of Griffin in the Parish of Arlecton in the county of Cumberland, widow, as follows, that is to say, I give devise and bequeath unto my son John Thompson all my freehold messuage tenement or dwelling house yard and premises situated at Griffin in the Parish of Arlecdon in the county of Cumberland, and now in his own occupation to hold the same unto my said son John Thompson his heirs sand assigns for ever, I give sand bequeath unto my said son John Thompson all my household goods and furniture, beds, bedding, and all other of my household effects, also all my money and securities, for money and all other of my personal estate, and effects of what so ever description the same may be, to hold the same unto my said son John Thompson, his executors administrators and assigns upon trust to sell and dispose of the same and after payment of all my debts funeral and testamentary
expenses to pay and divide the same equally between and amongst my daughters, Sarah, the wife of John Ormandy, Jane the wife of Joseph Robinson, Mary wife of Benjamin Heigh, and Dinah the wife of George Gillbertson, and my sons Anthony, Charles, Joshua, and Thomas in equal shares and proportions, and in case of the death of any of my said daughters or sons before me the share of him or her so dying to go to and be equally divided between and amongst the survivors in equal shares and proportions and of this my will I appoint my said son John Thompson sole executor hereby revoking all former wills, I declare this only to be my last will and testament in witness where of I have hereunto set my hand this twenty seventh day of September one thousand eight hundred
and seventy nine
Mary X her mark Thompson

Signed by the said testatrix as and for her last will and testament in the presence of us present at the same time, the same having fist been read over explained and to her, when she appeared to fully understand the same previous to placing her mark there to, who at her request in presence and in the presence of each other have now subscribed our names as witnesses.

Tom Hodgson
Richard Hosker
Proved at Carllisle the eighteenth day of March 1992 by the order of John Thompson, son of the testatrix, the sole executor named in the will to whom administration was granted.. The testatrix Mary Thompson was formerly of Griffin in the Parish of Arlecton late of Frizington, both in the County of Cumberland, widow, and died on the nineteenth day of February 1892 at Frizington as forsaid.

Gross value of personal estate
42 pounds 13; 4;
Mess, Mason and Son, Solicitors Whitehaven

Wilson, William

Found at Http://www.history-of-kirkby.org. Permission to reproduce requested.

William Wilson Yeoman D & C
of
Doveford pa(rish) Kirkby Irelyth June 1812
W
10 April 1812
Mr Wm Wilson' Will
Page 1.
This is the last Will and Testament of me
William Wilson of Doveford in the Parish of Kirkby
Ireleth in the County of Lancaster Yeoman I give and
devise unto my Son William Wilson All my ffreehold
Messuage Tenement and Estate situate at Doveford in the
Parish of Kirkby Ireleth aforesaid And all my Real Estate
Whatsoever and wheresoever To hold unto and to theUse
of my said Son William Wilson his Heirs and Assigns
forever Charged nevertheless and I do hereby charge the
same as hereinafter mentioned I give and bequeath unto
my Daughters namely To Mary the Wife of Myles
Newton the Sum of One hundred and thirty Pounds
To Bridget the Wife of Thomas Barrow the Sum of
One hundred Pounds To Jenny the
Wife of John Shepherd the Sum of One hundred and
Thirty Pounds and to Ann the Wife of Robert
Middleton the Sum of One hundred and thirty
Pounds and I do charge the same Legacies upon and
to be paid out of my said Real Estate and direct my
said Son William Wilson his Heirs and Assigns to pay the
same at the End of twelve Calendar Months next after
my Decease And I hereby direct that in Case any of the
before named Legatees shall die before me or before her
or their Legacy or respective Legacies shall become vested
the Legacy or Legacies of her or them so dying shall go
and be paid to her or their several and respective
Children if any and if none then and share and share
alike but if none the same to be divided among the
Survivors of my said daughters and the Children of any of
them that may be dead such Children only taking the
Share or part his her or their Mother or respective
Mothers would have been intitled to if living – I give
and bequeath unto my Son William Wilson and in Case of
his Death before me to his Heir at Law for his own
Use and benefit All my Sheep and Lambs whatsoever
heavegoing on or belonging to my said Estate and
Previsos before devised to him And as to all my Household
Goods and ffurniture and all other my Goods Chattels and
personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever I direct the
same to be sold and converted into Money by my
Executors – herein after named either by public
Auction or otherwise to the best Advantage and the
Money arising thereby and from the Debts owing to me
and my ready Money I direct shall be applied to the first
Page 2.
place in payment of my just Debts ffuneral
Testamentary and Executorial Expences And the rest
residue and remainder thereof I hereby give and
bequeath unto and equally amongst all my Children
namely WilliamWilson Mary Newton Bridget Barrow
Jenny Shepherd and Ann Middleton Share and Share
alike to be paid to them at the End of twelve Months next
after my Decease – And in Case of any of their Deaths
before his her or their Share or respective Shares shall
become vested the Share or respective Shares of him her
or them so dying shall go and be paid to his her or
their several and respective Children if any and if
none to the Survivors of my said Children and the
Issue of any that may be dead such Issue only
taking his her or their respective Parents Share
and I hereby nominate and appoint my Son William
Wilson and my Son in Law Myles Newton Executors of this
my Will and I authorize them out of the Money
to come to their hands to deduct and retain to
themselves all such Costs Charges and Expences as
they or either of them shall be put to or expend in
the Execution of this my Will with a reasonable
Allowance and compensation for their and each of
their Labour trouble and Loss of time in the
premises And I hereby direct that my said
Executors shall not be answerable or accountable
the one for the other nor for more Money or Effects
than shall come to their hands nor for any Loss
of the same without their wilful neglect or
Default and I hereby revoke and make void all
former and other Wills and Testaments and declare
this only to be and contain my last Will and
Testament – In witness whereof I the said Testator
William Wilson have to this my last Will and Testament
Set my hand and Seal this Tenth day of April in the Year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twelve
Signed Sealed Published and William Wilson Seal
Declared by the said Testator William
Wilson as and for his last Will and
Testament in the presence of us
who in his presence at his request
and in the presence of each other
have hereunto subscribed our Names
as Witnesses
Will Fleming
Will Ormandy
Jas Pennington Atty at Law
I do hereby certify that on the 22d day of May in the year of our Lord 1812 Wm Wilson of Doveford in
the Parish of Kirkby Ireleth Husbandman And Myles Newton of Sicklemill in the Parish of Kirkby Ireleth
Slateriver Executors named in the last Will and Testament of Wm Wilson their Father late of Doveford in
the Parish of Kirkby Irelyth in the Jurisdiction of the Dean and Chapter of York Husbandman Yeoman
Deceased was Sworn well and truly to execute and perform the same And at the same time declared
before me that the whole of the Goods Chattles and Credits of the said Deceased within the Jurisdiction
aforesaid do not amount in Value to the sum of two hundred and seventy pounds
£270 Thos Pearson
Surrogate
£5
13th June 1812 Passed Seal inf £300


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