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Will of Leonard Robinson of Gill Hall,
North Yorkshire, Merchant 1699
To be interred in the parish church of
Hornby
With regard to my temporal estate I give
and bequeath my property at Gill Hall to my brother in law
LEONARD ROBINSON of Gill hall, to his heirs and assigns for
ever, subject to the payment of one thousand pounds out of the
said estate to Mr JOHN BOTHOMLEY of the City of York, or some
others to his benefit and also subject to the payment of three
hundred pounds towards the discharge of debts owing on bonds.
Whereas my said brother in law stands
jointly and severally bound with me for several great sums of
money, being part of them for mine own proper debts and a great
many of them borrowed for the proper discharge of the debts of
my brother THOMAS ROBINSON, late of London, deceased and the
residue being money due in the administration of the goods and
chattels of STEPHEN ROBINSON of Catterick, deceased all which
sums of money I do own as my proper debt and they should be
discharged according share in and hereby is declared (sic)
I do hereby give my house at Easby known
as Long Moores within the townfields of Easby and all the 2
closes known as West Leaze and Jugs in the township of Brompton
on Swale to my well beloved friends Mr JOHN ROBINSON of Easby
and Mr JAMES LIGHTFOOT of Redmire to their heirs and assigns for
ever enabling the payment of my debts not charged upon my the
estate of Gill Hall
I give and bequeath the residue of my
estate to my nephew THOMAS ROBINSON after he attains the age of
twenty four.
John Robinson and James Lightfoot are to
act in the case of controversy and ensure all debts are settled.
I give and bequeath to my sister KATHERINE
LIGHTFOOT fifty pounds to be paid within six months of my death.
To the poor of Hornby ten pounds, to the
poor of Easby ten pounds .
To John Robinson and James Lightfoot five
pounds apiece and they are to be executors.
If my nephew Thomas Robinson dies before
he reaches the age of twenty four my sister MARY ROBINSON (wife
of Leonard) is to have the residue.
Signed 22 December 1699
Witnessed CUTHBERT ALLEN, CICILY SHAW,
PETER GRESHAM
30 Dec 1699 Leonard Robinson of Gill Hall
accepted this as the true will.
29 January 1699/1700 Inventory apprised by
THOMAS COTTINGHAM & JOHN SMITH
other 2 appraisers illegible
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