(This is the first transcript)
Page 1, Will, Mathew Fairlamb, 26 January 1694/5, p 1
| In the name of God Amen I Mathew Fairlamb of Hexham in the | ||||
| Mathew } | County of Northumberland Skinner & Glover sick in body but of good sound & pfect mind & memory | |||
| Fairlamb} | (thanks be to God) Doe make this my last Will & testamt in manner & form following (that is to say) | |||
| First I give & bequeath my Soul into ye hands of Almighty God my heavenly father by | ||||
| whose abundant mercy I trust to be saved & received into eternall Glory through the | ||||
| death of my onely Saviour & Redeemer Jesus Christ, And as for my body I freely give | ||||
| it to ye Earth from whence it was taken to be Interr’d amongst my Anncestors | ||||
| in such decent manner as to my Executor herein after named shall seem meet and | ||||
| convenient, And as to my Wordly* Estate wherewith it hath pleased Almighty God | ||||
| of his infinite goodnesse & mercy to bestow upon me I doe give Devise & dispose thereof | ||||
| in manner & form following (that is to say) Imps: Whereas I am indebted to severall | ||||
| psons severall Sumes of money which farr exceeds my Personall Estate & to ye intent | ||||
| my Debts may be honestly payd I intend by Gods pmission (if it shall please him | ||||
| to pmitt me to live untill ye Bayliffe of ye Manour cann be gott to take a | ||||
| Surrender) that I will Surrender:- All that |
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| lyeing & being in ye Town haugh of Hexham betweene ye lands of John Liddell | ||||
| Joyner on ye South, & ye lands of Thomas Fenwicke on ye North conteining by estimacon | ||||
| One Acre of ground be ye same more or less comonly called Arlingtons Acree | ||||
| to ye Use & behoofe of my Trusty friends Robt Bell ye Younger of High Sheele Skinner | ||||
| & Glover (my Brother in Law) & Robt Fairlamb of Hexham aforesd Skinner & Glover | ||||
| their heires & Assignes for ever according to ye Custome of ye Manour of Hexham, And | ||||
| if I Doe make such or such like Surrender to ye Use of my last Will of that Acre | ||||
| or parcell of ground then my Will is & I doe appoint & authorize ye sd Robert Bell | ||||
| & Robert Fairlamb or ye Survivour of them or their heires; That they shall imediately | ||||
| after my death & decease sell & dispose of that Acre or parcell of ground to ye best | ||||
| advantage they can & ye money thereby to be raised to satisfye & pay thereout my | ||||
| just debts & as well to discharge my Executor thereof as that ye Goods & Chattells | ||||
| by me herein after bequeathed may be & remaine according as herein after is menconed | ||||
| But in case it shall please Almighty God to take me to himself before the Bayliffe | ||||
| of ye Manour returne home to take a Surrender of ye abovemenconed Acre or parcell | ||||
| of ground & that ye sd Acre or parcell of ground descend & come to my Sonn Robert | ||||
| Fairlamb then my Will is & I doe hereby give devise & bequeath unto my said | ||||
| Trusty friends Robert Bell & Robt Fairlamb & their heires & Assignes for ever : All that | ||||
| my Messuage Burgage & Stonehouse wherein I now dwell in St Mary’s Chair in | ||||
| Hexham under ye Condicons herein after menconed (that is to say) That they or ye One | ||||
| of them shall & may & my Will is that they or ye One of them Doe & shall | ||||
| by Mortgage or otherwise charge my sd Messuage Burgage & Stonehouse wth ye Sume | ||||
| of Forty pounds for ye payment of my debts & continue ye same at Interest & ye | ||||
| Interest thereof to be payd out of ye rents & profitts of my said house untill my | ||||
| sd Sonn Robt Fairlamb shall attaine ye age of Twenty One Years that Hee be | ||||
| capable to sell ye said Acre of land to pay off & satisfye ye said Forty pounds so by | ||||
| them to be charged on ye said house : But in case I Doe live & Surrender ye said | ||||
| Acre of ground to ye Uses aforesaid then this Devise of my house to cease & ye same to | ||||
| Descend & come to my sd Sonn Robt Fairlamb as my Son & Heire as if this my | ||||
| Will had not been by me made : Item I Doe give Devise & bequeath unto my * | ||||
| Son Robt Fairlamb his heires & Assignes for ever All that Close or Parcell of ground | ||||
| called Round Close conteining by Estimation One Acre of meadow ground be it | ||||
| more or less scituate* in ye West feilds of Hexham wth its rights members & | ||||
| App:tnces Provided my said Sonn doe pay & my Will & pleasure is that my said | ||||
| Sonn shall pay unto my Daughter Isabell Fairlamb ye Sume of Tenn pounds | ||||
| when he shall attaine ye Age of One & Twenty Years & in case he shall die | ||||
| before he attaines that Age that his next heire Doe & shall pay ye same at the | ||||
| time he would be of that Age Item I Doe further give Devise & bequeath unto my | ||||
| said Daughter Isabell All those my household Goods herein after menconed (that | ||||
| is to say) One Cupboard, Three Tables, One Lang settle Bedd, One furm*, One | ||||
| Desk, two Chests, One Trunk, three panns, One pott, One Kettle & three little | ||||
| Wood Chaires wch belonged to her own Mother Item I give Devise & bequeath | ||||
| unto my said Sonn & Daughter all my Bedd Cloaths & Bedding of what | ||||
| kind or Sort soever to be equally divided betweene them – Item | ||||
| as | ||||
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