In the Name of God Amen this 15 August 1746 I ANN FOGERTHWAITE of Middleham in the County of York spinster being indisposed in body but of sound mind and memory do make this my Last Will and Testament in manner following that is to say first to my Dear Mother ANN DIXON during her natural life I give and devise all my messuages and dwelling houses and malt kiln and all other my tenements and hereditaments in Middleham and I will that my said mother shall receive the rents and profits thereof to her own sole and separate use and that the same shall not be subject to the content or engagement of her husband and that her receipt alone shall from time to time be a sufficient discharge for such rent or rents.

To SIMON PLACE, JOHN PLACE and ISABELL PLACE sons and daughter of my cozen MARY PLACE deceased I give the sum of £20 apiece and to my cozen THOMAS ROOKSBY of Stockton upon Tees and JOHN ROOKSBY of Swaledale I give the  sum of £5 apiece All which said legacies I will shall be paid at the end of 12 calendar months next after the decese of my said mother and with the payment thereof I do hereby charge all that my messuage or tenement in Middleham in the possession of FRANCIS THOMPSON (except the cellar) with the stable and garden and all other Buildings which lye upon the Highside of the yard and which are in the possession of the said FRANCIS THOMPSON And also all that dwelling house wherein my father in law [step father] CHRISTOPHER DIXON now lives that is to say that part which lyes on the high or west side of the entry and from or after the decease of my dear mother and subject unto and charge and chargable with the before mentioned legacys.

I Give and devise the aforementioned dwelling house and all the other premises (except the cellar) .... in the possession of FRANCIS THOMPSON and that part of my other dwelling house which lyes on the high or west side ..... to my cozen THOMAS HAW of Middleham his heirs and assigns .... And from and after the decease of my said dear Mother I give and devise to my father in law CHRISTOPHER DIXON all that shop or warehouse lying on the low side of the Entry with the chamber over the same and also the cellar in the possession of Francis Thompson with the chamber over the same and the malt kiln and the garden lying on the low or east side of the yard and also all other my messuages and tenements  ... to my said cozen THOMAS HAW ..... and I will that the said THOMAS HAW and CHRISTOPHER DIXON shall have and enjoy the yard and Little house in common and my mind and will is that is case any of the said SIMPON PLACE, JOHN PLACE and ISABELL PLACE shall happen to dye .... the legacy to go to the survivor or survivors  .... I give all my cloaths and wearing apparel to my dear mother and I constitute my said father in law CHRISTOPHER DIXON and THOMAS HAW executors..... 

witnesses Richard Sweeting, James  Prest, John Yarker

From the North Riding registry of Deeds, at the North Yorkshire County Record Office in Northallerton.

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