This is the last will and testament of me GEORGE MASON of Highfield in the parish of Coverham and County of York yeoman. First I give and bequeath to my daughter MARY MASON £100 to be paid by my executor herein mentioned two months after my decease and next I give and bequeath to my son  WILLIAM MASON £130 to be paid at the same time by my said executor. Also I give and bequeath to my daughter MARGARET SPENCE £40 to her her heirs and assigns forever to be paid by my executor at the decease of my wife and not before. Likewise I give and bequeath to my daughter HANNAH STOTT £5 to be paid two months after my decease Likewise I give and bequeath to my son GEORGE MASON five shillings Likewise I give and bequeath to my daughter SARAH CHAPMAN forty shillings a year for her natural life and then to give her child or children £40 to be divided share and share alike if any be living, if not my executor to keep it Likewise I give and bequeath to my wife MARGARET MASON £10 a year during her natural life and also all my household goods and furniture and Husbandry gear and all my chattels goods and cattle now in my possession and Lastly I give and bequeath to my son MATTHEW MASON all my real estate Lands tenements and hereditaments now in my possession situate at Highfield in the parish of Coverham and County of York Also I appoint my son MATTHEW MASON my sole executor he paying all my just debts and funeral expences Likewise he paying or causing to be paid all the aforesaid legacies he fulfilling this my Last Will and Testament true intent and meaning hereof in Witness hereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal 26 April 1788

Witnesses Thomas Geldart, George Morrell, Richard Tennant

From the Sheepscar Library

RD AP1.153.26