This is the last Will and Testament of me Ralph Culshaw of Burscough in the County of Lancaster Yeoman which I make whilst of sound disposing mind, memory and understanding in manner following, that is to say, I order and direct that all my just Debts funeral Expences and the charges of the probate of this my Will to be first paidI give and bequeath unto my Nephew William Forshaw the Sum of One Hundred pounds to be paid out of my real and personal Estates at the Expiration of twelve Months next following my DeceaseI give and devise unto my Nephew John Forshaw all those Leasehold Messuages and Tenements situated lying and being in Burscough aforesaid called Rutters and Illams now in the occupations of myself and of my said Nephew John Forshaw to hold to him his Heirs and Assigns during all my Estate and Interest Subject and charged nevertheless with payments of two clear Annuities or yearly Sums of five pounds unto each of my Sisters Alice Forshaw Wife of Henry Forshaw and my Niece Ann Forshaw Wife of my said Nephew John Forshaw during their respective natural Lives if my Estate and Interest therein shall so long continue the first payment thereof to commence and be made at the Expiration of twelve Months next after my decease
And I do hereby declare that the said Annuities or either of them shall not be subject or liable to the Debts control and Engagements of their present or future Husbands which they or either of them may happen to marry and their respective receipts notwithstanding any Coverture they or either ot them may be under shall be sufficient discharges for the same And in case the said Annuities or either of them shall be in Arrear and unpaid for the space of Ten Days next after due it shall be lawful for the said Annuitantor either of them whose annuity shall bein so Arrear and upaid as aforesaid at all times hereafter to enter inton and upon the said Messuages Tenements Lands and Hereditaments and distrain for the same or so much thereof as shall be due and owing as aforesaid and the distress and distresses then and there found to keep sell and dispose of according to Law to the end and interest that the said Annuities may be fully satisfied and paid and all Arrears thereof and all Costs Charges and Expenses relating to or attending the recovery or obtaining payment of the same
And I give and devise all the Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments whatsoever whereof or wherein I am entitled to in any trust or mortgage unto my said Nephew John Forshaw his Heirs and Assigns To the End and Intent that he or they may stand possessed of thereof according to the trust and may secondly The same or any part thereof upon payment of the principal Sums and Interest charged thereon or thereby secured or otherwise howsoever
And as to all the rest residue and remainder of my real and Personal Estates of whatever kind or quality so ever the same may consist of situate lying and being in Burscough aforesaid or elsewhere I give devise and bequeath the same unto my said Nephew John Forshaw his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns
And Lastly hereby revoking all former and other Wills and Will by me at anytime hereunto made do declare this to be my only true last Will and Testament and constitute and appoint my said Nephews William Forshaw and John Forshaw Executors hereof.
In Witness whereof I the said Ralph Culshaw have hereunto subscribed and afixed my Name and Seal the twenty fourth Day of June in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirteen
                                                                          Ralph Culshaw

Signed, Sealed Published and Declared
by the Testator Ralph Culshaw as and for
his last Will and Testament in the presence
of us who have subscribed our Names as
Witnesses thereof in the presence of the said
Testator and of each other - the words
"during all my Estate and Interest thereon"
"stand possessed thereof according to the trust
and may" having been first interlined
and the words 'trust' or mortgage having
been first wrote upon an Erasure
Will Wareing
Hen Sharples
John Hodgson

On the fifteenth day of February 1821 John Forshaw executor in this will named (power having been reserved to William Forshaw an executor also named) was sworn in common form & he further made oath that the personal effects of the testator within this diocese & county do not exceed the sum of fifty pounds before me
G Ford Surrogate

The testator died on the thirty first day of October 1820

Probate issued 15 February 1821