servants of Gateshead house. I constitute and appoint my Maister, Sir Thomas aforesaid, my sole and onely Executor of this my last Will and Testament, and my Brother Ralph Supervisor thereof. In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and sett my seale unto this my psent Will and last Testament the day and year hereinbefore written. I give to my Brother Ralph, 57. I give to my Brother Michael's sonne, George Robinson, 51. I give to Martin Robinson's daughter Margaret, 51. I give to my Ladie Katherine and my Ladie Barbara Riddell, 40s. (viz.), each of them, 20s. I give to Thomas Potts, 10s. I give to Thomas Colt, 10s. To John Bulman, 10s. I give to eight God children, 5s. a piece. To William Blakey, son of William Blakey, 5s. To Isabell Grame, widow, 5s. I give to Mrs. Avery, 20s. I give to Edward Simpson, 10s. To Percivall Potts, 10s. To Mr. William Riddell, 5s. To Mr. Thomas Riddell, sone to Sir Thomas Riddell, Junior, 5s. To Thomas Riddell, Mrs. George Riddell's sone, 5s. To Mr. Henry Riddell, 5s. To Mr. Robert Riddell, Sir William's sonne, 5s. To Mr. Henry Forcer, 5s. To Edward Ellison, one suit of clothes. I give to my maid Mary, the cropp of corne sowen in the Paddock adjoineing to the Salt Meadowes, she paying the rent, And also that part of the Lease of a garth betwixt me and Thomas Compton, she paying my part of the rent.
Witnesses, Ralph Robinson, Michaell Robinson, Martin Robinson, Mary Tweddell, Margaret Robinson, Alice Johnson, and Jane Robinson. Proved, 1648.
May 31, 1649. In the name of God, Amen, I, John Taylor of Langton in the County of Durham, Yeoman. To be interred in Gainford Churchyarde. I give to my sonne, Cuthbert Taylor, my farme in Langton, part of which I bought of James Hilton, provided he paye to his Ant Eleanor Taylor one hundred poundes out of this farm, and so long as it is unpayed he shall pay her the sum of eight pounds per annm. I give to my sonne, John Taylor, my land in Ingleton, and one close which I bought of Ralph Singleton, which is in Langton and Betson house and garth. I give to my daughter, Eleanor Taylor, three score pounds, to be paid out of my goodes. If my wife be with childe, I give to it ten poundes, and, if not, it shall redound back to my daughter, Eleanor Taylor. Residue of all my goods to my wife Eleanor and appoint her Executor. Witnesses, George Marley, William Marley, Cuthbert Marley. Proved, 1649.
The testator was buried at Gainford, 5 June, 1649, mar., first, Elizabeth Iley, 15 June, 1634, at Brancepeth (bur. 8 May, 1639, at Gainford); by her he had a dau., Eleanor, bapt., 22 Jan., 1636/7, at Gainford, and secondly, Eleanor Marley of Hilton, 8 Oct., 1639, at Staindrop, who was bur., 13 Jan., 1664/5, at Gainford, where their two children were bapt., Cuthbert, 21 Jan., 1640/1, John, 5 July, 1646.
Index of Wills and Inventories
ALDER, EDWARD, 1634, W., 256.
ALDER, FRANCIS, 1637, I., 272.
ALDER, GEORGE, 1617, I., 121.
ALDER, JOHN, 1615, W., 93.
ADDISON, JOHN, 1634, W., 253.
ADDISON, THOMAS, [1619], W., 133.
ANDERSON, ROBERT, 1614, W., 90.
ANDERSON, WILLIAM, 1617, W., 120.
ANDERSON, WILLIAM, 1617, W., 121.
APPLEBY, THOMAS, 1612, W., 64.
ARCHER, ROLAND, 1632, W.I., 240.
ARCHER, ROLAND, 1638, W.I., 274.
ATKINSON, HENRY, 1616, W., 99.
BAINBRIDGE, CHARLES, 1637, W., 273.
BARKER, ABRAHAM, 1621, W., 149.
BELLASIS, BRIAN, 1608, W., 31.
ВЕТНОМ, THOMAS, 1619, W., 139.
BLACKET, EDWARD, 1627, W., 213.
BLAKISTON, JOHN, 1645, W., 307.
BLAKISTON, TOBIAS, 1642, W., 291.
BLAKISTON, WILLIAM, 1607, W.I.,
BRABBANT, HERCULES, 1612, W., 58.
BRADFORTH, BARTRAM, 1631, W., 237.
BRADFORTH, PETER, 1647, W.I., 314.
BRANDLING, JOHN, 1635, W.I., 263.
BRIGGS, WILLIAM, 1611, W., 50.
BULMER, EDWARD, 1635, W.A., 261.
BUNNY, FRANCIS, 1616, W., 108.
BURRELL, FRANCIS, 1622, W., 153.
BURRELL, JOHN, 1617, I., 114.
BURRELL, THOMAS, 1620, W., 141.
CHAITER, THOMAS, 1614, W., 82.
CHAMBERS, ROBERT, 1625, W., 193.
CHAMBERS, THOMAS, 1639, W., 281.
CHAPMAN, MATTHEW, 1604, W., 7.
CHARLTON, EDWARD, 1612, W., 70.
CHARLTON, EDWARD, 1631, W., 240.
CHARLTON, ISABELLA, 1604, W., 3.
CHARLTON, REGINALD, 1622, W., 156.
FETHERSTONHAUGH, RALPH, 1609, W.,
FETHERSTONHAUGH, RALPH, 1636, W.,
FENWICK, LIONEL, 1631, Dec., 231.
FENWICK, THOMAS, 1622, W., 155.
FLETCHER, JOHN, 1644, W., 305.
FOLLANSBY, THOMAS, 1630, W., 222.
FORCER, PETER, 1626, W., 195.
FORCER, THOMAS, 1621, W., 151.
FORTUNE, CATHERINE, 1631, W., 238.
FREVILLE, ELIZABETH, 1630, W., 223.
GAGE, JOHN, 1614, W., 80.
GALLON, DANIEL, 1612, W., 61.
GOFTON, ROBERT, 1615, W., 96.
GOODCHILD, MARGARET, 1610, W.,
GREENWELL, JOHN, 1637, W.I., 273.
GREENWELL, NICHOLAS, 1640, W.,
GREENWELL, ROBERT, 1626, W., 198.
GREENWELL, THOMAS, 1617, W.I.,
GREY, ANN, 1637, W., 272.
GREY, ARTHUR, 1636, I., 268.
GREY, DOROTHY, 1623, W., 169.
GREY, EDWARD, 1627, W., 215.
GREY, HENRY, 1620, I., 142.
GREY, HENRY, 1635, W., 266.
GREY, JOHN, 1624, W., 176.
GREY, JOHN, 1647, I., 315.
GREY, RALPH, 1623, W., 163.
GREY, ROBERT, SIR, 1640, W., 284.
GREY, ROBERT, 1631, W., 232.
GREY, THOMAS, 1618, W., 129.
GREY, WILLIAM, 1629, W., 222.
GYLL, JOHN, 1625, W., 186.
HOPPER, NICHOLAS, 1617, W., 118.
HORSLEY, HENRY, 1633, W., 247.
HORSLEY, MATTHEW, 1633., W.I.,
247.
HORSLEY, ROBERT, 1613, W., 73.
HOWSON, JOHN, 1629, W., 221.
HUDSON, JOHN, 1638, W., 277.
HUTTON, ANNE, 1624, W., 172.
HUTTON, ANNE, 1642, W., 293.
HUTTON, GEORGE, 1618, W., 124.
HUTTON, JOHN, 1611, W., 53.
HUTTON, RALPH, 1638, W.I., 279.
ILE, CHRISTOPHER, 1614, W., 87.
INGLEBY, WILLIAM, 1632, W.I., 243.
JACKSON, MARK, 1647, W., 315.
JENISON, ELIZABETH, 1604, W., 3.
JOHNSON, JANE, 1619, W.I., 132.
KILLINGHALL, WILLIAM, 1642, W.,
295.
KING, JOHN, 1624, W., 174.
LAMBERT, SUSANNA, 1624, W., 183.
LAWSON, ROBERT, 1610, W., 47.
LAWSON, ROBERT, 1611, W., 51.
LAWSON, ROBERT, 1632, W., 245.
LAWSON, ROBERT, 1633, W., 253.
LAWSON, THOMAS, 1621, W., 149.
LAYBORNE, NICHOLAS, 1607, W., 25
LEDGER, JANE, 1624, W., 177.
LEE, EDWARD, 1630, W., 230.
LEVER, SAMPSON, 1642, W., 301.
LIDDELL, FRANCIS, 1617, W., 123.
LIDDELL, MARGARET, 1603, W., 1.
LIDDELL, RICHARD, 1605, W., 9.
LIDDELL, THOMAS, 1616, W., 101.
LUMLEY, JOHN, 1631, W.I., 235.
MITFORD, JOHN, 1623, W., 168.
MITFORD, LANCELOT, 1641, W., 286.
MOWBRAY, PETER, 1619, W., 129.
MUSCHAMP, GEORGE, 1620, I., 140.
MUSCHAMP, WILLIAM, SIR, 1631, I.,
237.
NEWTON, THOMAS, 1612, W., 62.
NICHOLSON, GEORGE, 1624, W., 180.
NOBLE, MATTHEW, 1616, W., 111.
ORDE, CHRISTOPHER, 1619, W., 134.
ORDE, HENRY, 1619, W.I., 137.
ORDE, ROBERT, 1636, W., 270.
OTWAY, THOMAS, 1608, W., 38.
OVINGTON, JOHN, 1617, W.I., 122.
PEACOCK, THOS., 1627, W., 212.
PEMBERTON, JOHN, 1642, W., 298.
PILKINGTON, THOMAS, 1619, W., 131.
POTT, ROBERT, 1626, W., 196.
PRESTON, RALPH, 1613, W., 73.
PROCTOR, EPHRAIM, 1645, I., 306.
PROCTOR, JEFFREY, 1634, W., 258.
RAWLING, GEORGE, 1627, W., 216.
RAWLINSON, MARGARET, 1633, W.,
252.
RAYNE, RICHARD, 1624, W., 183.
REED, WILLIAM, SIR, 1604, W., 2.
REED, WILLIAM, SIR, 1615, W., 97.
REED, WILLIAM, 1637, W., 271.
RICHARDSON, JOHN, 1608, W., 37.
RICHARDSON, JOHN, 1616, W., 105.
RICHESON, ANTHONY, 1612, W., 71.
RIPPON, GEORGE, 1634, W., 258.
ROBINSON, ANTHONY, 1616, W., 106.
ROBINSON, AVERY, 1648, W., 317.
ROBSON, ISABELLA, 1607, W., 23.
ROBSON, WILLIAM, 1632, W., 241.
ROTCHESTER, BARTRAM, 1632, W.,
ROTCHESTER, JOHN, 1635, W., 265.
SADLER, WILLIAM, 1615, W., 94.
SAIRE, FRANCIS, 1605, W., 10.
SALVEN, THOMAS, 1609, W., 41.
SANDERSON, WILLIAM, 1609, W., 39.
SCURFIELD, WILLIAM, 1607, W., 24.
SCURFIELD, WILLIAM, 1626, W., 200.
SELBY, ALEXANDER, 1631, I., 235.
SELBY, ALICE, 1615, W., 95.
SHAFTO, JOHN, 1634, I., 259.
SHAFTO, ROBERT, 1623, W., 160.
SHAFTO, WILLIAM [1641], W., 285.
SHAWDFORTH, GEORGE, 1617, W.,
SHERATON, ALISON, 1605, W., 8.
SIMPSON, HENRY, 1647, W., 309.
SMITHSON, JOHN, 1626, W., 199.
SMYTH, ROBERT, 1612, W., 54.
SPENCE, GILBERT, 1607, W., 18.
STEVENSON, CONAND, 1615, W., 92.
STEVENSON, HENRY, 1613, W., 75.
STRINGER, WILLIAM, 1625, W., 192.
STROTHER, LANCELOT, 1611, W., 49.
SUTHACK, WILLIAM, 1606, W., 17
SWAYNSTON, JOHN, 1615, I., 94.
TAYLOR, JOHN, 1625, W., 188.
TAYLOR, JOHN, 1649, W., 318.
TEMPEST, ROBERT, 1616, W., 107.
TEMPLE, ISABEL, 1606, W., 14.
THOMPSON, RICHARD, 1616, W., 100.
TONSTALL, JOHN, 1617, W., 114.
TROLLOP, RALPH, 1609, W., 39.
TROLLOP, THOMAS, 1644, W., 304.
TROTTER, THOMAS, 1622, W.I., 157.
TROTTER, WILLIAM, 1622, W., 152.
[An asterisk (*) signifies that the name occurs more than once on the page.]
Anderson, Adam, 316; Adeline,
51n; Agnes, 90n*; Amb., 121*,
121n, 122; Ann, 90n, 91*, 168;
Barbara, 79n, 120*, 120n, 121,
163; Bertram, 76, 79n, 90n, 146,
160n; Bessie, 168; Cuth., 168;
Dor. 90n*, 91n*; Elean., 145n;
Eliz., 88n, 120*, 120n, 121; Sir
Francis, 91n, 233n; Francis, 8*,
79n*, 90n, 91n*, 92*, 145n; Sir
Hen., 103; Hen., 7n, 90n*, 91n,
101n, 105, 145, 146, 153, 154,
238, 239; Isaac, 90, 91n; Isab.,
101n, 120*, 120n; Jane, 91n, 102,
102n, 103*, 160n; Jennet, 121,
122*; Jn., 48; Laird, 197,
Margt., 91n*, 246; Marion, 7n;
Mary, 238; Robt., 77, 90*, 90n,
91, 91n*, 92, 102n, 124, 151*,
168, 186, 193; Roger, 51n, 91n;
Simon, 90n, 91n*; Thos., 121*,
248, 256; Wm., 88n, 120, 121.
Anger, Ann, 164n, Ralph, 164n.
Anthony, Henry, 17, 35.
Appleby, Amb., 235; Anth. 143;
Francis, 171, 248, Gregory, 198;
Isab., 123; Jane, 65; Jn., 123*;
Margery, 64; Mary, 164n, 189;
Perc., 143; Robt., 13, 123;
Thos., 64, 164n; Wm., 94, 189.
Archbald, Hen., 145; Robt., 16, 142.
Archbutt, Seth, 257.
Archer, Agnes, 275; Alice, 274n;
Ann, 240, 241, 274, 274n*; Doro.,
240, 241, 274, 274n, 275; Eliz.,
240, 275η; Hen., 200*, 274*,
274n, 275*; Jn., 240, 274*,
274n, 275*; Mary, 274n, 275*;
Rowl., 240*, 241*, 274*, 274n*,
275*, 275n; Wm., 275n.
Arkle, Bernard, 64.
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