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Extracted from the Registry of the Exchequer Court of York

I George Humble of Middleton in the County of York Esq do make my last Will & Testament as follows first I give & bequeath unto my nephew Joseph Humble the son of my late brother Joseph Humble the sum of two thousand pounds and to each of my three nieces the daughters of my said late brother Joseph viz Catherine Harriet & Ellen the sum of one thousand pounds apiece all which legacies shall be payable at the end of one Year after my death & be paid to them respectively at the age of 21 years & be placed out in the mean time on good security and the interest if necessary applied for the maintenance or to be suffered to accumulate if my Trustees shall think best and subject thereto and to the Payment of my Debts funeral Expences and the charges of proving & registering this my will I give devise appoint & bequeath all and every my real Estates & Effects whatsoever & wheresoever & of what nature or kind soever ad whether in possession reversion remainder or expectancy unto & equally among my three sisters Ann Sarah & Grace as Tenants in common & not as joint tenants their several & respective heirs & assign for ever with their reminders between them in fee and I give & devise all estates now vested in me as Mortgagee in fee or for any term or number of years unto my Exors hereinafter named their heirs Exors or admors upon trust for better reserving the monies due thereon with full power to give receipts for the same and reconvey transfer assign surrender or release such mortgages & I appoint my ffriends Thomas Buckle & George Banks both of Leeds in the said County Merchants Joint Exors & Trustees of this my Will with full indemnification for all their acts thereunder In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the eleventh day of June 1815 _ The mark of George Humble X

(Attestation Clause)

Benjn Floid       Charles Le Febre      Christr Rolland of Leeds

Proved at London 17 August 1815

On the 13th May 1847 Admon (with the will annexed) of the goods Chattels and Credits of George Humble late of Middleton in the County of York Esquire deceased left unadministered by Thomas Buckle and George Banks deceased whilst living the Executors named in the said Will was granted to Grace Humble Spinster the sister and surviving Residuary Legatee named in the said Will having been foirst sworn by Comon duly to administer. The said Thomas Buckler survived hi Co-Executor and died Intestate

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