Be it remembered that I GEORGE KAY of Richmond in the County of York being of sound and disposeing mind and memory do make this my Last Will and testament in manner following that is to say my will and mind is that my body be decently interred at the discretion of my executor hereinafter named. I give and bequeath to the Poor Housekeepers of Richmond the sum of £10 to be payd by my executor on Martinmas Day next after my decease. I Give devise and bequeath unto my nephew ROBERT DAVISON son on Mrs MARY DAVISON all my messuages land and tenements whatsoever and wheresoever .... chargeable with the payment of my just debts funeral expences and legacys. I give and devise and bequeath to WILLIAM DAVISON and ANN DAVISON brother and sister to the said ROBERT DAVISON £100 each to be payd to them respectively at the death of the said MARY DAVISON their mother. But my will is that the sum of £200 be in the meantime placed out at interest upon good security and the interest ... paid to the hands of MARY DAVISON during the term of her natural life ... and if ROBERT DAVISON should dye before me then I give the estate ... to WILLIAM DAVISON .... and the legacy above given to him WILLIAM DAVISON to be payd to his sister THOMASIN DAVISON .... I give to my Good Friend JOHN METCALFE Esq of Richmond £50 and to each of his sisters £5 as a token of my friendship and great regard for them. I also give to my maid servant MARY PARKER £10 and all my shirts stocks and handkerchiefs and the chest of drawers which stands in the Green Room. All the legacys so given to the Mr METCALFE his four sisters and MARY PARKER I order to be paid by my executor within six months after my decease and all my personal estate of what nature or kind soever and subject to the payment of my just debts funeral expences and the several legacys .... I give the same to my nephew ROBERT DAVISON whom I make my sole executor of this my Last Will and Testament In Testimony whereof I have hereby set my hand and seal this 8 January 1747

witnesses Henry Farmer, John Carter, James Collins

Codicil

Be it remembered that I GEORGE KAY ... being of sound and disposing mind I do add this codicil. I give and bequeath to my cousin JOHN KAY the Dyer the house in Newbiggin wherein he now lives for and during his natural life and I do hereby release and quit claim to all rent and arrears of rent due to me for the same to the day and date hereof ... 19 April 1749.

Witnesses Fr. Blackburne, Christopher Wayne, Henry Farmer.

From the North Riding of Yorkshire Register of Deeds at Northallerton

L 226 129