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Summary:
Testatrix:
Ann
Bordley (1) of Hawkshead,
Lancashire, widow
Cousins:
Mary Bordley and
Elizabeth Bordley, both
of Newcastle, and
Margaret Dickinson of
Lancaster
Daughter-in-law:
Catherine
Bordley (2)
Son-in-law:
Richard
Ford (3)
Daughter:
Elizabeth Ford (3)
Daughter and sole
executrix: Agnes
Bordley (4)
Son:
William Bordley (2)
Signed:
19
June 1745
Witnesses:
Myles ?Townson,
James Dawson
Administration granted
to: Agnes Bordley (4)
Bondsman:
Richard
Ford (3) of Grizedale,
Lancashire, gentleman
Signed:
11
May 1748
Witnesses:
John Harrison (5), John
Monson
Notes:
1. Testatrix was Ann,
nee Futhergill, widow of
William Bordley (d 1741)
of Hawkshead, Lancashire
2. Catherine Bordley
was the widow of
testatrix’s deceased son
William Bordley
(1697-1735)
3. Richard Ford was
the husband of
testatrix’s elder
daughter Elizabeth (b
1699)
4. Agnes Bordley (b
1706) was testatrix’s
younger daughter
5. John Harrison
succeeded testatrix’s
husband as curate of
HawksheadJohn Harrison
succeeded testatrix’s
husband as curate of
Hawkshead
Source:
Wills preserved in the
archdeaconry of
Richmond, microfilmed by
the Church of Latter Day
Saints, film number
98571
Text:
Will:
In
the name of God, Amen.
I Ann Bordley of
Hawkshead in the County
of Lancaster, widow,
being of sound mind,
memory and
understanding, do make
and declare this to be
my last will and
testament in manner
following: first, I
commend my soul to
almighty God that gave
it, trusting only in the
merits and passion of my
saviour Christ; my body
I commit to the earth to
be decently buried at
the discretion of my
executrix hereinafter
named
And as touching such
worldly estate as it
hath pleased God to
bestow on me, I dispose
thereof as follows
I
give and bequeath to my
cousins Mary Bordley and
Elizabeth Bordley, both
of Newcastle and to
Margaret Dickinson of
Lancaster each a guinea
I
also give to my
daughter-in-law
Catherine Bordley, ten
pounds
Also I give to my
son-in-law Richard Ford,
ten pounds
Also I give to my
daughter Elizabeth Ford,
ten pounds
Also I give to my
daughter Agnes Bordley
the sum of two hundred
pounds and I also give
her one year’s interest
in the rest and residue
of all the money I shall
die possessed of; I also
give to my said daughter
Agnes all my household
goods, linen and plate,
she paying my debts,
legacys and funeral
expenses
And all the rest,
residue and remainder of
my real and personal
estate whatsoever and
wheresoever I give
devise and bequeath unto
the child or children of
my son William Bordley
and to the child or
children of my daughter
Elizabeth Ford that
shall be living a year
next after the time of
my decease then to be
equally divided between
and amongst them share
and share alike
And I do hereby appoint
and constitute my said
daughter Agnes Bordley
sole executrix of this
my last will and
testament, hereby
revoking all former and
other will or wills by
me at any time
heretofore made, in
witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
seal this nineteenth day
of June one thousand
seven hundred and forty
five
Signed, sealed,
published and declare by
the said Ann Bordley as
and for her last will
and testament Ann
Bordley
In
the presence of us who
in her presence and of
one another have
subscribed our names as
witnesses thereto
Myles ?Townson, James
Dawson
Letters of
administration:
Know all men by these
presents that we, Agnes
Bordley of Hawkeshead in
the county of Lancaster,
spinster, and Richard
Ford of Grizedale in the
said county, gentleman,
are holden and firmly
bound unto the Right
Reverend Father in God,
Samuel, by divine
permission Lord Bishop
of Chester, in three
thousand six hundred and
seventy eight pounds of
good and lawful money of
Great Britain, to be
paid the Right Reverend
Father or to his certain
attorney, his executors,
administrators, or
assigns; to which
payment, well and truly
to be made, we bind
ourselves, and each of
us, our heirs,
executors, and
administrators firmly by
these presents, sealed
with our seals, dated
the eleventh day of May
in the year of our Lord
one thousand seven
hundred and forty eight
The condition of this
obligation is such, that
if the above bounden
Agnes Bordley, sole
executrix of the last
will and testament of
Ann Bordley, late of
Hawkeshead in the county
of Lancaster and
archdeaconry of
Richmond, widow,
deceased, shall and do
well and truly execute
and perform the last
will and testament of
the above named Ann
Bordley, widow,
deceased, and do pay all
her debts and legacys,
so far as her goods and
personal estate will
extend, and the law
shall bind her if also
she do exhibit into
court a true and perfect
inventory of the said
deceased’s goods and
personal estate, and
give a true and just
account of her acting in
the premises, when she
shall be thereunto
lawfully called; that
then this obligation to
be void, or else in
force.
Sealed and delivered
Agnes Bordley, Rich.
Ford
In
the presence of John
Harrison, John Monson |
