In the Name of God Amen I JOHN BEAN of Hunton in the parish of Hornby in the County of York yeoman being weak in body but of sound and perfect mind and memory praise be therefore given to Almighty God for the same do make and ordain this my present Last Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say First and Principally I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God hoping through the merits of the death and passion of my Saviour Jesus Christ to have full and free pardon and forgiveness of all my sins and to inherit everlasting life and as touching the disposition of all such Temporal Estate as it hath please God to bestow upon me I give and dispose thereof as followeth.

Item I give and bequeath to my dear wife KATHERINE BEAN my house wherein I now dwell and all the houseing and the lands there unto belonging att Hunton and also all my lands at ?Skotton? and letten to RICHARD CARTER the tenant. Likewise all my lands and houseing in Walden now in the possession of BENJAMIN BROCKHALL the tenant all these three parcels of land and houseing I give to my dear Wife KATHERINE BEAN during her natural life. I also give my dear Wife all my household goods whatsoever and my two cows to dispose of as she thinks good.

Item I give to ELIANOR EDWARDS of Burniston to be paid out of my personal estate £5.

Item I give to BENJAMIN BROCKHALL £10 to be paid out of my personal estate.

Item I give to JANE daughter of HENRY GREATHEAD and JANE BRITAIN daughter of JOHN BRITAIN of Doncaster all the rest of my personal estate they paying my debts and funeral charges and I make them two JANE the daughter of HENRY GREATHEAD and JANE BRITAIN them two lawful and sole executrixes of this my last will and testament In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal 29 November 1743

witnesses Samuel Atkinson, Richard Outhwaite, Richard Outhwaite junior.

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North Riding Register of Deeds held at the North Yorkshire County Record Office at Northallerton