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I William Laidman Master of Arts Vicar of
Warden in the County of Northumberland do make publish and
declare this my last Will and Testament in Manner following And
first I will and order that my Body shall be interred at the
Discretion of my dear Wife Mary Laidman and that all my just
Debts shall be paid and discharged as soon as conveniently may
be after my Decease And I give and bequeath unto Middleton
Teasdale of Newbrough Gentleman and John Bell of Hexham Deputy
Bailiff there the sum of one Thousand Pounds of lawful money of
Great Britain upon the Trusts following, that is to say, That
they my said Trustees and the Survivor of them his Executors and
Administrators shall put and place the same out at Interest upon
good security either Real or Personal by and with the
Approbation and Consent of my said Wife Mary Laidman with full
Power as often as occasion shall require to call in and
new-place out the same at Interest with such Approbation and
Consent as aforesaid and shall pay and dispose of the Interest
thereof yearly and from Time to Time as the same shall become
due and be received to my said Wife Mary Laidman for and during
the Term of her natural Life or otherwise do and shall permit
her my said Wife to receive the same herself during the Term
aforesaid And from and after her Decease shall pay unto my
Nephew Walter Laidman son of my Brother Francis Laidman the sum
of one Hundred Pounds (part of the said sum of one Thousand
Pounds) at the End of Six Calendar Months then next after with
Interest in the mean time from the Death of my said Wife at the
Rate my Trustees shall receive for the same (the said Walter
Laidman not being born when the late Sir Walter Blackett gave
Benefactions to the other Children of my said brother Francis
Laidman) But if my said Nephew shall not then have attained his
said age of Twentyone years the said sum of one Hundred Pounds
shall not be paid or payable till he attain that Age but he
shall be paid Interest for the same from the Death of my said
Wife at the Rate aforesaid till he attain his said age of
Twentyone Years And upon Trust after the Death of my said Wife
to pay and divide the sum of Nine Hundred Pounds (Residue of the
said one Thousand Pounds) to and among all and every the Child
or Children of my said brother Francis Laidman begotten or to be
begotten other than his Daughter Julia Laidman, who is already
sufficiently and amply provided for, if more than one Share and
Share alike such Shares to belong to and be an Interest vested
in them respectively upon their respective Marriages or their
attaining their respective ages of Twentyone years first
happening but to be payable and paid as follows, that is to say,
when the same shall so vest if it be after the Death of my said
dear Wife Mary Laidman But in case any of them ^have obtained
or^ shall obtain a vested Interest in her Lifetime then not to
be payable or paid till the End of Six Calendar Months after her
Death with Interest for the same in the meantime at the Rate my
Trustees shall receive for such respective Shares And upon Trust
after her Death to pay the Interest of their respective Shares
to their parent Tutor or Guardian to be applied for the
Maintenance and Education of such Child or Children until they
shall obtain such vested Interest therein Provided always that
in case any of the Children of the said Francis Laidman shall
happen to die before they shall obtain such vested Interest then
the Share or Shares of him her or them so dying shall go and
belong to the Survivors or Survivor of such Child or Children
other than the said Julia Laidman equally to be divided at such
Time or Times and subject to such and the like Chance and
Condition of accruer respectively as the Original Share or
Shares of such Child or Children shall belong to and vest in him
her or them respectively Provided that in Case all the Children
of the said Francis Laidman but the said Julia Laidman shall
^happen to^ die before they shall become intitled to the
Provision hereby made for them then the said sum of Nine Hundred
Pounds shall belong to the said Julia Laidman to be an Interest
vested and to be payable and paid in like manner as the Shares
of the other Children of the said Francis Laidman And my Will is
and I do hereby order that my said Trustees and the Survivor of
them his Executors and Administrators shall out of the Interest
of the said one Thousand Pounds Trust Money pay him and
themselves all such Costs Charges and Expences as they or any of
them shall from Time to Time sustain or be put to in the
Execution and Performance of the Trust hereby in them reposed or
in any wise relating thereto And that they my said Trustees and
the Survivor of them his Executors or Administrators shall not
be accountable the one for the other or for the Act or Deed of
the other but only for his and their own respective Act and Deed
nor shall they be answerable for the Insolvency of any person or
persons to whom they may lend the said one Thousand Pounds Trust
Money or any part thereof for the Purposes and upon the Trusts
contained in this my Will provided such Person or Persons were
thought sufficient at the Time of lending the same and that the
same was lent out at Interest by and with the Approbation and
Consent of my said Wife Mary Laidman Also I give and bequeath to
my sister Christian Laidman of Darlington for and during the
Term of her natural Life the annual or Yearly Sum of Four Pounds
of lawful Money of Great-Britain to be paid her by my Executrix
out of my personal Estate by four equal quarterly Payments in
each Year and the first payment thereof (being one pound) to be
made at the End of three Calendar Months next after my Decease
and so to continue to be paid at the End of every succeeding
three Calendar Months then after during the Term aforesaid Also
I give and bequeath to Miss Ann Rhodes Sister of my said dear
Wife the sum of Fifty Pounds to be paid her out of my personal
Estate at the End of Twelve Calendar Months next after the
Decease of my said Wife with Interest for the same in the
meantime at the Rate the same shall be then let out at Interest
for And as to all the Rest and Residue of my Goods Chattels and
personal Estate whatsoever not hereby otherwise disposed of
subject to the payment of the said Annuity and Legacies I give
and bequeath the same to my said dear Wife Mary Laidman whom I
hereby appoint sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament
and I do hereby revoke all former and other Wills at any Time
heretofore by me made either by Word or Writing
In witness whereof I have to two parts of
this my last Will and Testament both of the same Tenor and
Effect set my Hand and Seal the Twentyseventh ---- Day of
November – in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred
and Eighty one.
(Signed sealed published and declared by
the said
(William Laidman the Testator ^as and for
his last Will and Testament^ in the presence of
(us who at his Request and in his presence
and in
(the presence of each other have
subscribed our
(Names as Witnesses hereto------
[signed] William Laidman
[witnessed] Edw. Charlton
Nics Lee
Source: Borthwick Institute of Historical
Research, University of York, Heslington, York YO105DD |
