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In the Name of God Amen I THOMAS PARKE of Low
Row in Swaledale in the County of York, Hosier do make this my last
Will and Testament in manner and for following First I humbly
recommend my soul to Almighty God hoping through the Merits and
Mediacion of our Saviour Jesus Christ to receive pardon and
forgiveness of all my sins and to Inherit everlasting Life and my
Body I commit to the Earth to be decently buried at the Discretion
of my executors hereinafter named And as to the Temporal Estate
wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me I give devise and bequeath
the same as followeth that is to say
I give devsie and bequeath unto my loving wife
HANNAH PARKE for and in Lieu and full satisfaction of her Dower and
Thirds which she may have or claim out of my Freehold and Copyhold
Customary Estates the sum of £40 a year free from Taxes for and
during the term of her natural life to be raised and paid by sale or
Mortgage of the Messuages lands and tenements hereinafter mentioned
and the Rents Issues and profits thereof hereby devised by me to
Trustees for that purpose by four even and equal quarterly payments
on the four most usual Feast or Days of Payment in the year that is
to say on the Feast Days of Saint Michael the Archangel, the Birth
of our Lord Christ, the Annunciation of the blessed Virgin and the
Nativity of Saint John the Baptist, the first payment thereof to
begin and be made on the first of the said Feast Days that shall
happen next after my Decease
And I give devise and bequeath unto my son
JOHN PARKE All those my Copyhold or Customary messuages lands and
tenements which I purchased of Mr JAMES GORTON and the Heirs at law
of Mr JAMES FRYER deceased situate and lying and being in Low Row
aforesaid in possession of myself and my undertenants excepting and
reserving thereout one messuage and one close called high Calfgarth
one other close called Low Calfgarth one other close called High
Intack and one other close called Tom Intack with one little piece
of land called Calfpiece with ther appurtenances (I having
surrendered the same to the Use of my Will) To have and To Hold the
same messuages lands and tenements (except as before excepted) with
their appurtenances unto and to the use of my son JOHN PARKE ...
Also I give devise and bequeath unto my son
RALPH PARKE all that my Freehold messuage lands and tenements which
I lately purchased of Mrs STUBBS lying and being within the Libertys
of Crackpot in Swaledale ... together with six cattlegates and three
fourths of another cattlegate in Crackpot Pasture And also all those
my Copyhold or Customary Lands and Tenements situate and lying and
being at Gunnerside in Swaledale aforesaid and one piece of land
part Freehold part Copyhold or Customary land called or known by the
name of Burgess Island situate and being at Strands near Gunnerside
in Swaledale aforesaid (which Copyhold or Customary lands I have
surrendered to the use of my will) To have and to hold the said
Freehold and Copyhold or Customary messuage lands and tenements and
said cattlegates .... and to the use of the said RALPH PARKE ...
And also I give devise and bequeath unto my
son THOMAS PARKE the sum of £340 which with the money I formerly
gave him to begin trade with will make up his Fortune £1,000.
Also I give devise and bequeath unto my said
sons JOHN PARKE and RALPH PARKE all those my Freehold and Leasehold
estates (which I bought of the said Mr GORTON) called or known by
the name of Hollings situate and being at Whitaside in swaledale ...
and also the above mentioned messuages ad the said several closes
called high Calfgarth , Low Calfgarth, High Intack and Tom Intack
and also the piece of land called Calfpiece (except the said devise
to my said son JOHN) situate and lying at Low Row in Swaledale
aforesaid To Have and To Hold.. unto the use of my said sons JOHN
PARKE and RALPH PARKE.... Upon Trust nevertheless and to upon and
for the several uses... that is to say Upon Trust in the first place
that they the said JOHN PARKE and RALPH PARKE .... do and shall by
sale or mortgage of the last mentioned tenements with the
appurtenacnes or some part thereof and the rents issues and profits
thereof raise and pay unto my said wife HANNAH PARKE the said yearly
annuity of £40 a year free from Taxes during the term of her natural
life .... And from and immediately after her decease Then upon Trust
to sell and dispose of the whole of the said Estate or so much
thereof as shall there remain unsold for the best price that can or
may be reasonable got to the same and the Money arising by the sale
thereof and the rents and profits .. after deducting their
reasonable charges and expences ... that they the said JOHN PARKE
and RALPH PARKE... shall pay apply and dispose thereof to such uses
and for such intents and purposes as the Residue of me Personal
estate is hereinafter directed ... [then follows direction regarding
the sale of property, rights and titles] ...
Also I give devise and bequeath unto my
daughter ELIZABETH the sum of £500 with interest for the same from
the time of my decease and after the rate of £4 for a hundred a year
Also I give devise and bequeath unto my
daughter HANNAH PARKE the sum of £500 with interest for the same
from the time of my death of and after the rate aforesaid ....
And as and for all my share and shares in
Mines and Minerals of what Nature and Kind soever they be I give
devise and bequeath the same unto my sons JOHN, THOMAS and RALPH
equally to be divided between them share and share alike. And as all
the rest and residue and remainder of my personal estate whatsoever
and wheresoever not hereintofore disposed of after payment of all my
just Debts Legacies and Funeral Charges I give and devise and
bequeath the same unto my executors hereinafter named Upon Trust
that they ... shall divide the same unto ten equal parts And I do
hereby give and devise one tenth part unto my said wife HANNAH PARKE
two of the tenth parts unto my said son JOHN PARKE two of the tenth
parts unto my said son JOHN PARKE two of the tenth parts unto my
said son RALPH PARKE one other part unto my said daughter ELIZABETH
one other tenth part unto my said daughter HANNAH and the remaining
tenth part unto my daughter MARGARET WILSON but in case any or
either of them shall happen to dye in my life time then the share or
shares of the said Residue of my personal estate of him or her or
them so dying shall go to and be divided amongst the survivors ....
And I do hereby nominate constitute and
appoint my said wife HANNAH PARKE and my said sons JOHN PARKE and
RALPH PARKE joint executors of this my last will and testament and I
do hereby revoke and make void all former and other wills by me at
any time heretofore made and do publish and declare this my last
will and testament In Witness whereof I the said testator have to
this my last Will and Testament set my hand this 15 May 1760
Witnesses Timothy Gardner, Micah Bell, Anthony
Fryer
Proved at Richmond 22 December 1764 and
administration granted to John Parke and Ralph Parke
This will is in the Richmondshire Museum |
