In the Name of God Amen I JOHN SCARR of Burtersett in the parish of Aysgarth in the North Riding of the County of York yeoman being weak in Body publish this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say I bequeath my soul to God in humble hopes of his mercy through Jesus Christ And my body to be decently buried in the Chapel Yard at Hawes by my executors hereinafter named.

I give to ALICE SCARR my beloved wife the messuage house wherein we now live with stables gardens and all other tenements ... and a grass garth or croft on the backside and 1 close called Gilldales ..... and 1 close called Crabba ... and 1 close called Brakenfold ... and 1 close called Barkhawslay,,, and 1 close called Bank ... and 2 cattlegates in Burtersett Cow Pasture and 2 cattlegates in Burtersett High Pasture present stint ... and also 1 cottage house wherein ELIZABETH BOWES now lives with one half garth on the backside to be divided by a line drawn from the East corner of the back room of the house wherein JOHN DINSDALE now lives to the East corner of a stable on the north side belonging JOHN SCARR junior and the wall or fence to be made on the west side of the said line and part of a garth on foreside of the said House as  far as the said house extends with a right to lay timber on the Gable end of the House wherein JOHN DISNDALE now lives with all appurtenances and 11s 3 1/2 d  Fee Farm Rent to hold to her the said ALICE SCARR .....

And I  also give and devise to my said wife ALICE SCARR 1 close called Trainmire  and 2 cattlegates in Sleddale .... with 5s 8d Fee Farm Rent ... and also one half of a pew in Hawes Chapel wherein we now sit .

I give and devise to my cousin THOMAS ROBINSON 1 close called Pry ... 1 close called Higglegigles .. 1 close called Stripe ... and a messuage house wherein JOHN DINSDALE now lives with 2 stables and one half of the garth on the backside to be divided as above .... and the wall or fence to be made at joint expence of my wife and him and he has to make his roadway on the west side of his share and part of the garth ... and 2 cattlegates in Burtersett Low Pasture and 2 cattlegates in Burtersett High Pasture ... and 4s 6d Fee Farm Rent  and 1 cattlegate and 6d rent in Durley Pasture at Gailes  with 2s 4d fee Farm Rent .... on condition he pay to his sister SARAH ROBINSON £60

I give and devise to my cousin EPHRAIM ROBINSON .... 1 close called Low Shaw ... 1 close called Low Shaw Brow .... 1 close called High Shaw Brow .... 1 close called Low Intack ..... 1 close called High Intack .... and 2 cattlegates in Burtersett Low Pasture  and one and two thirds of a cattlegate (for twinter) in Burtersett High Pasture .... and 4s 6d Fee Farm Rent  ..... on condition he pay his sister HANNAH BONSON £50 and my executors give her a mortgage deed which I have on a close called Hungrihill Fold and my will is that the said THOMAS and EPHRAIM ROBINSON enter upon the above devised lands 5th April after my death on the dwelling house wherein JOHN DINSDALE lives and on 12th May and not before .... and also the fence on Mountbank Hill betwixt Trainmire and Pry be divided equally betwixt my wife and THOMAS ROBINSON and he to make the east part ....

I give and devise unto my cousin JAMES HOGG £50

I give and devise unto my cousin MARY COLTON £50

I give and devise unto my cousin WILLIAM FAWCIT £50

I give and devise unto my cousin ALICE MILLER £50

I give and devise unto my cousin MARGARET LAWSON £50

I give and devise unto my cousin MARY CHAPMAN £50

I give and bequeath to my kinsman BRYAN TERRY £40

I give and bequeath to my cousin JOSEPH BABER of London £10

I give and bequeath to his two daughters ELIZABETH and SUSANNAH £60 each

I give to ALICE METCALFE wife of JAMES METCALFE £10

I give and bequeath to ELIZABETH DAVY wife of JOHN DAVY £10

I give and bequeath to my Brothers in Law JAMES and JOHN COLTON and to my sister ANN CAPSTICK, ESABEL METCALF and ABIGAIL COLTON £20 each

I give and bequeath to my cousin JAMES FAWCIT £3 a year ...

I give and bequeath to my cousin ALICE BLADES wife of WILLIAM BLADES £3 a year ....

which last two annuities to be paid by my wife ...

I give and devise to ALICE SCARR my wife, STOCKDALE COLTON my father in law and WILLIAM COLTON my kinsman ... all my estate land and tenements cattlegates .... at Hawes .... and Appersett To Hold ... for ever In Trust nevertheless for the following uses .... to sell to the best advantage .... and turn into ready money... out of which money I order they pay all my debts and the above legacies ...

I give and bequeath to ALICE SCARR my wife all the rest and residue ... of my goods and chattels and all my worldly substance ... and order and make my wife ALICE SCARR my father in law STOCKDALE COLTON and my kinsman WILLIAM COLTON executors ... and that WILLIAM COLTON accept of £4 for his troubles .... In witnesse whereof I have hereby set my hand and seal this 20 December 1778

witnesses John Whaley, John Fawsit, Christopher Whaley.

Footnote - a cattlegate is the right to graze animals on open pastures

                 stint is working out how many animals can be grazed on the pasture in a season, it varies from year to year

From the North Riding of Yorkshire Registry of Deeds held at the North Yorkshire County Record Office in Northallerton

BH 160 51