I Mary Ward Jackson of Normanby Hall in the North Riding of the Co of York spinster being of sound & disposing mind do will & bequeath as follows ffirst I give & bequeath the sum of £1000 to my valued friend the Revd Robert Gray of Old Park in the Co of Durham his heirs & assigns for the purpose of building a Church at Spenningmoor in the Parish of Whiteworth Co of Durham or for any other religious object he may wish to further shd the Church be unnecessary Secondly I give & bequeath the sum of £500 to the five following Societies that is to say £100 to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in fforeign Parts £100 to the Church Building Society £100 to the National School Society £100 to the Curates .... Society £100 to the Colonial Bishopric Fund Thirdly I give & bequeath to my eldest brother George Edwin Ward Jackson his heirs & assigns the sum of £150 to be expended in building a School house in the Parish of Normanby And I also give & bequeath to the said George Edwin Ward Jackson his heirs & assigns the sum of £300 to be held by him in trust for an endowment to assist in paying the salaries of the master & mistress of the above named school or otherwise maintaining it And I hope that my dear brother George knows my anxiety that the poor of this Parish should have means of educating their children at a moderate expence will consult my ever kind friend the Revd Robert Gray as to the immediate erection of a School House ffourthly I give & bequeath the sum of £100 to my dear Cousin & friend Sir Gregory Lewin in token of my great regard & affection for him Also the small miniature of my dear father’s mother I give to my dear Cousin Ellen Martin Atkins my precious gray mare called Mary Gray I give to my dear Elizabeth my Harp in order that she may dispose of it and spend the money in some useful token of my love and esteem for her I also give my dressing box I give to the faithful Servant Eliza Mothersill all my linen Lastly I give the residue of my personal estate to my dear brothers & Elizabeth to be divided between them in equal shares after my debts funeral & testamentary expences shall have been defrayed And I appoint Sir Gregory Lewin & the Revd Robert Gray to be the Executors of this my last will and testament Mary Ward Jackson the 16th day of May 1842 Richard Johnson School Master _ John Spofforth

Affidavit of due execution sworn by Richard Johnson of Eston in the Parish of Ormesby in the County of York in relation to Mary Ward Jackson late of Normanby Hall in the Parish of Ormeby aforesaid but now of 2 Alpha Cottages Regents Park in the County of Middlesex on 17 February 1845

Proved 29 March 1845 Administration with the Will annexed to George Edwin Ward Jackson the brother the Executors having renounced

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