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In the name of God, Amen. I Christopher
Laidman of Woodhorn in ye County of Northumberland Clerk (being
in health of body & of sound & p[...] minde & memory, for wch.
God’s holy name be praised, yet). Considering ye Uncertainty of
this present life & desireing to settle [...] & Love amongst
those of my family after my decease, doo now make my Last Will &
Testamt. in manner & form following. First & above all, I give
my soul unto god who gave it me, hopeing thro ye merits of my
blessed [Redeemer?] Jesus Christ, to obtain remission of all my
sins & to be made partaker of ye kingdom of heaven: my body to
be decently yntowr’d at ye discretion of my within named
Executor, & for my wordly estate wch. god of his [...] goodness
& mercy hath been pleas’d to bless me with I give & dispose of
as followeth.
[...] I doo give to my son John Laidman
All my Books & notes of sermons together wth. ye sum of one
hundred pounds, to be paid in five years at ten pounds every
half year viz. at Candlemas & Lamas by equall portions in each
year, the first payment to be made at ye first of those terms or
feasts it shall happen next after my decease.
Item. I doo give to my daughter Martha
Foster ye sum of three hundred pounds to be put out under trust
for ye use of herself & Children, if it please god to bless her
with any.
Item. I give to my two Grandsons John
Green & Laidman Green five pounds a piece to buy mourning.
Item. I give to ye poor of ye parish of
Woodhorn, nowbiggin & Chappelry of Widdrington ye sum of five
pounds, to be given as my Executor shall direct.
Item. I doo Leave all my grand Children,
but more especially these two: viz: Christopher & Catherine
Laidman to the kindness of my loving wife Catherine Laidman whom
I doo hereby nominate Constitute & Appoint to be my sole & whole
Executor & to whom I doo give all my goods & Chattels as well
moveable as unmoveable my debts Legacies & funerall expenses
being first discharged out of ye same. In witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand this twenty first day of October, in ye
year of our Lord 1710.
Sealed signed published & derlivered[?] in
ye presence of
Foster Christopher Laidman
Emanll. Nightingale
Ephraim Johnson
Robert Dawson
28vo. Die Mensis Octobris 1727
Juratus fuit Robertus Dawson
Test coram me Joanne Cowling Jur.
Juratus fuit Joannes Laidman
filius Christopher Laidman
Patris defunctis coram [...]
ho 10e. Die Novembris 1727
Joanne Cowling Jur. |
