In the Name of God Amen I RICHARD SMITHYES of Stockton upon Tees in the County of Durham mercer and grocer do make publish and declare this my last will and testament in manner following Imrpimis I give devise and bequeath unto my eldest son THOMAS SMITHYES all those my lands and tenements and hereditaments whatsoever scituate standing lying and being in the County Palatine of Lancaster He my said son THOMAS paying thereout to my son adn daughter JAMES and MARGARET Smithyes thr summs of £50 apiece without Interest whent hey shall respectively attains their several ages of one and twenty years But in case either my said son JAMES or my daughter happen to dye before he or sheshall attain their resepctive ages of one and twenty years then the £50 that would have been due to him or her so dying shall go to be paid tot he survivor And my Will is that my said son THOMAS shall not enter upon the rents and profitts of my said estate till he shall attain his full age of one and twenty years But the same shall be paid to my Executrix hereinafter named till he shall attain his said Age of One and Twenty years without giving any account to my said son for the same

Item I give unto my son in law WILLIAM GOLDSBROUGH £5 to be paid to him at his full age of one and twenty years by my executrix. I do also by this will comitt the care of my children to my Executrix during their resepctive minorities As to all the rest and residue of my Estate whether real or personall after my debts legacys and funerall expences are thereout paid and discharged I give devise and bequeath unto my dear wife MARY SMITHYES and  my said son and daughter JAMES and MARGARETT  equally to be divided amongst them But my will is that the said dividend shall not be made till my said son and daughter shall attain their ages of one and twenty years And the interest of their said respective shares shall be employed by my said wife towards tyheir maintenance and education till they severally attain their said ages of one and twenty years And Lastly I nominate constitute and appoint my said dear wife sole Executrix of this my last will and testament and do appoint my Friends GEORGE TROTTER and JOHN TROTTER assiatants In witness whereof I the said RICHARD SMITHYES .... have hereunto set my hand and seale 13 October 1726

witnesses Samuel Hall, Dorothy Rutter, Samuel Hilton

Bond of Mary Smithyes widow and sole executrix of ther last will and testament of Richard Smithyes late of stockton upon Tees in the Diocese of Durham deceased  ... etc 1 March 1726 [1727]

however - Mary died before she adminstered the estate

another bond

The condition of this  obligacion is such that the above bounden JOHN TROTTER brother in law and administrator of all and singular the goods chattells and credits of RICHARD SMITHIES late of Stockton ... deceased ... dated 24 September 1728

A true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the goods chattells rights and credits of RICHARD SMITHIES deceased not administered by MARY SMITHIES his late widow deceased and executrix of the last will and testament of the said Richard Smithies which have since their resepctive deaths come to the hands or posession of JOHN TROTTER ...

His Purse and Apparrell £21

All the household goods of the said Richard Snmithies amounting to the value of £44

Several securities for monety att interest to the value of £95

Book debts due and undischarged amounting to £131  12s

Goods and Merchandise of several sorts being stock unsold amounting in all to the value of £219  10s

The Exhibitant declares that no other goods chattells or creditts of the said Richard Smithies have since his death come to this Exhibitants possession of knowledge

Wee whose names are hereunder written have Appraised the goods and chattells above mencioned  ... 30 October 1728

Robert Walker, Dorothy Rutter

One messuage farmhold and tenement scituate and lying and being at Tunstall in the County of Lancaster of the yearly value of £15 being all the estate of which the said Richard Smithies was seized att the time of his death

Dorothy Rutter, Abigail Trotter.