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Summary:
Testator:
William Bordley (1) of
Hawkeshead, Lancashire,
clerk
Son:
William (2)
Daughters:
Elizabeth (3) and Agnes
Cousins at Newcastle:
Mary Bordley and
Elizabeth Bordley
Cousins in London:
Stephen Bordley
and William Bordley
Grandson:
William Bordley (4)
Wife and sole
executrix:
Ann Bordley (5)
Signed:
3 July 1730
Witnesses:
Wm. Whinfield, Thomas
Hodgson, John Rigge
Probate:
granted 14 December 1741
Administratrix:
Ann Bordley
Bondsman:
Richard Ford (3)
Witnesses to the Letters
of Administration:
Willm. Ford, Js. Walker
Notes:
1. Testator was
appointed minister at
Hawkshead 1720
2. Testator’s son
William Bordley the
younger (1697-1735) died
before his father,
intestate
3. Testator’s daughter
Elizabeth (b 1699)
married Richard Ford
4. Testator’s grandson
William Bordley was
christened at Hawkshead
in 1724
5. Testator married
Ann Futhergill in Saint
Mary’s, Lancaster on 21
November 1696
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 William Bordley of
Walker Ground in the
parish of Hawkeshead,
clerk, being in health
and of a mind and memory
fit to dispose of my
effects, do make this my
last will in manner
following
Impt. I commit my soul
to the mercy of God who
gave it trusting only in
the merits of Christ my
saviour, and my body to
be buried at the
discretion of my
executrix hereby
afternamed
Item I give to my son
William my empty desk
and brazen mortar, both
marked with the initial
letters of his name, and
my bible in quarto, and
the bond wherein he
stands bound to me for
£200, together with the
principal and all
interest due thereon
upon this confidence,
that he will secure the
principal to his
children at or before
his death
And whereas my daughter
Elizabeth has received
her portion, I now give
her ten pounds more and
desire her children may
receive further kindness
by the will of my
executrix
Item, I give and
bequeath to my daughter
Agnes five hundred
pounds to be paid her as
her portion twelve
months after she marries
with her mother’s
consent, or within one
month after her mother’s
decease, but if she
marries against the mind
and without the consent
of her mother being then
alive and fit to give
her consent, I order in
that case only one
hundred pounds for her
portion, but if said
Agnes die before she
marries, then I appoint
the interest of the £500
designed for her portion
shall go yearly towards
the maintenance of my
cousins at Newcastle
Mary Bordley and
Elizabeth Bordley to be
paid to their order
yearly at Kendal during
their joint lives and
one half thereof during
the longer liver of them
at four percent if no
more can be got upon
good security, and the
first payment to be made
a year after my decease
And after their deaths I
appoint £400 thereof to
be divided equally among
all my grandchildren
then alive and the
remaining £100 I order
to be equally divided
between my cousins
Stephen Bordley and
William Bordley, now
both of London [two
illegible lines at the
foot of a page]
Item, I give and
bequeath the corn tithe
of the glebe land at
Walker Ground aforesaid
which I lately
purchased, and the three
pounds six shillings and
eight pence for which I
hold a close called
Longmeadow Parrock in
Mortgage, to be settled
upon my successor and
his successor ministers
of Hawkeshead forever,
provided he and they
behave themselves fairly
and civilly to my
executrix in all things
and particularly in
respect of her household
goods and husbandry
gear, to the judgment of
two impartial men to be
chosen by herself,
otherwise if said tithes
and close with all my
right therein shall go
to my executrix
And I do hereby appoint
my dear wife Ann sole
executrix of this my
last will, and to her I
give all my goods and
chattels, real and
personal not before
disposed of by this will
I
do also give her my
tenement at Thorns in
Underbarrow during the
term of her natural life
according to the custom
of the manor, and after
her decease I give my
said tenement to my
grandson William Bordley
and his heirs forever,
desiring my executrix to
divide at her death what
she has spared out of my
personal estate among
our grandchildren
And I do hereby revoke
all other wills and do
make and appoint the
writing on both sides of
this paper to be my last
will and testament,
witness my hand and seal
this third day of July
A.D. 1730
Signed, sealed and
declared by testator to
be his last will and
testament // W.
Bordley //
And then attested in his
presence by us // Wm.
Whinfield, Thomas
Hodgson, John Rigge //
Probate is at the foot
of the page and is
largely illegible, but
appears to be dated 14
December 1741
Letters of
Administration:
Know all men by these
presents that we Ann
Bordley, widow, and
Richard Ford, gentleman,
both of Grizedale in the
parish of Hawkshead and
county palatine of
Lancaster ?are ?holden
and firmly bound unto
the Right Reverend
Father in God, Samuel,
by divine permission,
Lord Bishop of Chester,
in two thousand pounds
of good and lawful money
of Great Britain, to be
paid to the said Right
Reverend Father or to
his certain attorney,
his executors,
administrators, or
assigns; to which
payment, well and truly
made, we bind ourselves,
and each of us, our
heirs, executors and
administrators firmly by
these presents, sealed
with our seals, dated
the fourteenth day of
December in the year of
our lord one thousand
seven hundred and forty
one.
The condition of this
obligation is such, that
if the above bounden Ann
Bordley, executrix of
the last will and
testament of William
Bordley, late of
Hawkshead aforesaid in
the archdeaconry of
Richmond, clerk,
deceased, shall and do
well and truly execute
and perform the last
will and testament of
the said William Bordley,
deceased; and do pay all
his debts and legacys,
so far as his 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 be
void, or else in force.
Sealed and delivered //
Ann Bordley Rich.
Ford //
In
the presence of //
Willm. Ford, Js. Walker
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