Glossop Wills

My thanks to Allen Peterson, for allowing me to add most of these wills. Thanks also to Mike Brown for many of the Cooper wills & to Karen Fraser & Rob Marchington for the Marchington ones - and to Harriet Garfitt for George Roberts of 1804 and Lenice Brereton for Jeremiah Hollingworth 1838. Most of the testators were residents of Glossop parish which included Charlesworth; Chinley; Chisworth; Hayfield; Mellor & New Mills. However some lived in Chapel en le Frith parish & a few across the border in Cheshire.

In the name of God Amen the ffirst day of April Ano Dom 1684, I Elizabeth ANDREW of Aspinshaw in the Parish of Glossop & County of Derby widdow being weak in body but of pfect mind & memory Praysed be given to God for the same Doe ordayne & make this my Last Will & Testament in writeing in maner & fform following And ffirst principally I Comend my soul into the hands of Almighty God my Creator hopeing & [ ] Beleiveing through the Merrits of Jesus Christ my Alone Saviour and Redeemer to obtaine ffree pardon of all my sines and to be make ptaker of Life everlasting And my body I comitt to the Earth from whence it was taken to be decently buried att the discreton of my Executor hereafter named And as touching such worldly Estate as the Lord in mercy has Intrusted me withall my Will & minde is That my du[ ] (me of shall [ ] to mee any at the tyme of my Death) and funeral Expenses shall be ffirst satisfyed & payed out of my whole Estate Item I Give & bequeath unto Elizabeth GREENSMITH of M[ ]tsow and Ellen HIGGINBOTHAM of Marple bridge both in the County of Derby my Neeces the sume of Ten Shillings equally to be devided between them Item I Give and bequeath [unto] [ ] or yearly sume of ffive shillings of Lawfull money of England unto Jane BOWDEN my sister to be yearly paid by my Executor out of the Increase or Improvement of such moneyes as I shall hereby leave to be Imployed by him untill Andrew BUCKLEY my Grandchild shall attain the age of One & twenty yeares if she soe long Live Item I Give & Bequeath unto Edmund BUCKLEY my son in law the sume of Ten pounds of Lawfull money of England upon such Condition & Limitacon as shall be hereafter in this my Will expressed Item whereas the sd Edmund BUCKLEY [ ]ands now Indebted unto me in the sume of fforty pounds, my Will & mind is concerning the same, And I doe Give & bequeath the sd fforty pounds unto Joan ANDREW my Daughter & unto Andrew BUCKLEY my Grandchild & to the survivour of them, To be pd unto them & the survivour of them when the sd Andrew BUCKLEY shall attain the age of one & twenty yeares, and in case of the death of the sd Joan & Andrew within the tyme before Lymited for payment of the same, I give the sd forty poundes unto the [ ] heyres of Ellen BUCKLEY my Daughter. Item I Give and Bequeath unto Ellen BUCKLEY my Daughter the sume of Twenty poundes of Lawfull money of England to be In[ ] my Executor & pay him to be disposed of and sayd to such pson & psons as the sd Ellen shall Appoynt & direct, And if the said Edmund BUCKLEY shall [ ] or [ ] my Executor [ ] [ ] for the sd Twenty pounds or about any other matter contrary to the true ex[ ]ercon of my Will That then all such Gifte or Legacyes as are hereby given unto him [ ] be utterly void Item I Give & bequeath unto such younger child or Children as shall hereafter be Lawfully begotten upon the body of Ellen my sd daughter the sume of fforty poundes of Lawfull money equally Amongst them, and to be [ ] by my Executor when he or they shall Attaine the age of one and Twenty yeares Respectively or [ ] [ ] in marriage whether shall sooner happen and in case of default of such Issue I give and bequeath the sd fortye poundes unto the sd Joan ANDREW & Andrew BUCKLEY the survivour of them And case of the death of the sd Joan ANDREW then to Ellen BUCKLEY p[ ] her right heyres forever Item I Give and bequeath unto Edmund POTT of Kettlesome in ye County of Chester my Brother the sume of ffive pounds of Lawfull money of England Item all the Rest & Residue of my Goodes Creditts & Chattels not herein before disposed of of what nature and or Quality soever I Give unto Joan ANDREW & Andrew BUCKLEY to ye survivour of them Willing my Executor to Allow unto my Daughter Ellen BUCKLEY my will & mind is that my Executor shall Allow unto the sd Joan ANDREW & Andrew BUCKLEY such yearly [ ] for Apparell or other necessaryes untill the tyme Afforesd (out of the afforesd Legacyes given to them) as he in his discrecon shall thinke fitt. And Lastly I doe hereby constitute ordayne Appoynt the sd Edmund POTT of Kettlesome my Brother the sole Executor of this my Last Will & Testament not doubting but he will faithfully pforme the same and I doe hereby revoke & make void all other wills by me made, And doe declare this to be my Last Will & Testament In Witness whereof I hereunto subscribed my hand & seal the day & year ffirst above written

In the name of God Amen: The Twenty Seventh day of June In the year of o: Lord One Thousand Six hundred Eightie & one I John ANDREW of Aspinshaw within the County of Derby yeomd: Beinge weake in body, But of Sound & perfect Memory praise be given to God for ye same doe ordaine & make this my Last will & Testament in maner & fforme ffollowing ffirst And principally I Comend my Soul into ye handes of Almighty God my Creator Assuredly Beleiving (sic) That I shall Receive full pardon And Remission of all my Sinne And be saved In and Thorough (sic) the pcious death & Merritts of my Blessed Saviour & Redeemer Christ Jesus And my Body to the earth from whence it was taken to be buryed in such Decent & Christian Maner as to my Executors hereafter named shall be thought meet & Convenient. And as Touchinge such Worldly Estate as the Lord in Mercy has Lent me My will & Mind is the same shall be Imployed And Bestowed as hereafter by this my Will & Testament is declared Expressed & Sett down And ffirst my Will & mind is (that my due Debts In case I shall happen to owe any att the time of my Death) And ffunerall Charges shall be discharged out of my whole Estate. Item I Give And Bequeath unto Edmund BUCKLEY my son in law the sume of Tenn pounds of Lawfull English money, And my my (sic) will & Mind is that what monyes the said Edmund BUCKLEY shall owe unto me att the time of my death shall be payed unto my Executor without Allowing any Interest for the same. Item I Give & Bequeath unto Ellen BUCKLEY my Daughter the sume of Tenn pounds of Like Lawful English money. Item I Give & Bequeath unto Willm ANDREW of Chinley my Nephew the sume of ffifteen pounds of Lawfull English money with all such Interest as he shall owe unto me at the Time of my death. Item I doe Give & Bequeath unto William BRADBURY Thomas BRADBURY & Robrt BRADBURY my Nephews the sume of ffifteen pounds of Lawfull English money equally to be devided (sic) Amongst them. Itm I doe Give & Bequeath unto Mary MOSSLEY my Neece (sic) the summ of Tenn shillings Item I doo Give & Bequeath unto Robert DOGE & Margarett DOGE (Children of Robert DOGE of Marple in ye County of Cheshire the sume of one pound of Lawfull English money Equally to be devided Between them. Item I doe give & Bequeath unto John POTTER the sume of ffive shillings. Item I doe Give & Bequeath unto such Manservant as shall Live with me att ye time of my death the sume of ffouer (sic) Shillings. Item My will & Mind is And I doe Give & Bequeath unto all such poor people as shall come to my ffunerall being Inhabitants with ye pish of Glossop to every on three pence to be Distributed to them the same day att Lower Cliffe by ye Appoyntment of my Executor. Item I doe Give & Bequeath unto the poor of the Chappell in le frith the sume of one pound & Tenn shillings to be distributed Amongst them in their owne pish. Item I doe Give & Bequeath unto ye poor of Disley the sume of Tenn shillings. And the poor people within Wealey & Wockerley the sume of Tenn Shillings to be distributed unto them within their Respective Liberties. Itm my will & mind is that all such psons as shall come to my ffunerall at the Invitacon of my ffriends shall have sufficient of Bread Cheese & Ale Itm my Will & minde is & I doe hereby Give & Bequeath unto Elizabeth ANDREW my Loveing wife all ye Rest & Residue of my whole psonall Estate not herein fformerly Given. And I doe hereby Constitute ordaine & Appoynt Edmund [POTT] of Kettlesome the sole Executor of this my Last will & Testament hopeing he will take cause to full fill the same According to my will & mind. And Lastly I doe hereby frustrate & make void all former Will by me made And doe declare this to be my Last will & Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my hand & seal the day & year first above written.

Sealed Sygned published & declared to be my Last willl & Testatment In psence [ ]: that the words Edmund POTT of Kettleshome were Interlined be fore the sealing & publishing here of

A True And pfect Inventory of All And singular ye Goodes Creditts & Chattels of John ANDREW Late of Aspinshaw within ye County of Derby yeom Deceased. Appraised by Willm CARRINGTON Robrt SLACK Edm BUCKLEY & Willm GASKILL the sixteenth day of August Anno Domini 1681

In the name of God amen the Sixteenth day of November in the [Thirtieth] yeare of the Raign of our Soveraigne Lord Charles the second by the grace of God of England Scottland ffrance and Ireland king defender of the faith [ ] Ano Dom 1666 I Raph ANDREW of Chinley in the County of Darbie yeoman being in good remembrance praysed be god for it but not knowing how soone the Lord may call for mee our this world do therefore ordaine make this my last will and Testament in manner as followeth ffirst I Committ my soule into the hands and keep of allmightie god my pros[ ] & redeemer trusting & beleeveing that by the Mercie of Jesus Christ to have all my sines p[ ] & forgiven and my body to be buried in the Chappell of Heafeild & for that goods it has pleased the Lord to leave mee I give them as followeth: ffirst it is my will and mynd that my debts and funerall expenses be payd out of my whole goods and secondly I give a charge to my heire & to them which shall come after him & to whom it may Concerne that whereas James BOWDEN of Whetsone in the pish of Tidswell hath delivered Two wrytinges to mee before Edward LINGARD and Thomas LOWE and saith that I may have them [ ] did concerne mee one but Thomas BOWDEN of Coatebank & myselfe & that hee did thinke that his ffather did soe grant trust & confidence in my in my ffather and Thomas BOWDEN of Coatebank & that the were the onely Purchasers of that land wch was ffrancis CLAYTONs and his mothers of Staynds Lying in Whetstone but I doe hereby beryly beleeve & think that it was intended for the Maintenance of Margarett CLAYTON wyfe of William CLAYTON & daughter to John BOWDEN and her Children Therefore I leave and Charge my heire & to whence it may Concerne soe long as the world shall last that noo one shall make any Clayme or tythe to any of that Land as their owne right nor give any libertie either for setting or selling nor delivering the wrytings to any one but that it may remaine to be a[ ] t[ ] for Margarett CLAYTONs Children and her posteritie from generation to generation soe long as the world shall Last It I give & bequeath to my sonne William ANDREW all my Lands & housing in Chinley Except my wyfe third pte formerly sett forth for her Joynture during her life And alsoe it is my will and mynd that Elizabeth my wyfe shall have the Using & governing of all my goods for the use and benefitt of my Three yonger Children untill my sonne William come to the age of one and Twentie yeares but if shee Marrie then shee is to have noe more of my goods but Two kyne and Twentie sheepe It I doe give and bequeath unto William ANDREW my sonne all my Husbandry ware such as men doe use to worke withall att such tyme as hee shall Marrie or keepe house Allsoe it is my will and mynd that Elizabeth ANDREW my wyfe shall have all my Land in Chinley for the preferment of all my Childrens keeping they doing her worke untill the said William my sonne come to the age of Twentie and one yeares keeping her selfe unmarried but if she Marrie then noe more but as is given to her before Ite I give and bequeath to William ANDREW my sonne the Bed[ ] [ ] to them and the grate Coffer att the Bed foote and the coffer [ ] the [ ] are kept m[ ] att the grater Table in the house and the fyre yron. Ite I give to John ANDREW & Raph ANDREW my sonnes all my Land and Housing att the the ffoulds in fferneley with all my Right and Tythe of that ground called the [Imploy] Equally amongst them but it is my will and mynd that if there brother William ANDREW desyre to have it that they shall him have it for three pounds a yeare Item I give and bequeath to Anna ANDREW my daughter the sume of Three score and Tenn pounds Item I give and bequeath unto John ANDREW Raph ANDREW and Anna ANDREW my sones and daughter all the rest and residue of all my goods and Cattells not formerly by mee bequeathed Equally to be devyded amoungst them And allsoe I give [ ] all charge of Two hundred pounds of lawfull English money for my heire to pay out of my lands in Chinley to his brothers and sister to be equally devyded amoungst them as will apeare by Certaine Wrytinge made between mee and my brother John ANDREW Item my will and mynd is that John ANDREW and Raph ANDREW my sones shall have the Chamber over the Ovenhouse if [ ] require but not to sett it to any one Item I ordayne and make Elizabeth ANDREW my loving wyfe my whole and lawfull Executrix trusting shee will fullfill this my last will and Testament for my soules health And I doe hereby Revoke all former wills heretofore by mee made Alsoe I dysyre my brother John ANDREW and my brother in law Thomas FFERNELEY Robert DODG & William CARRINGTON to be aydeing and assisting to my Children in this my last will & Testament Raphe ANDREW his marke

Inventory not transcribed, valued @ £173-18-9 by John ANDREW Thomas FFERNELEY Robert DODGE & William CARRINGTON 29 Nov 1666

In the name of God Amen I Ralph ANDREW of Southhead in Chinley in the parrish of Glossopp & County of Derby being weake of body but of sound & perfect memory praised by Almighty God doe make & ordaine this my last Will & Testament in manner & forme following first & principally I bequeath my Soule into ye hands of Allmighty God my maker hoping that through ye meritorious death a passion of my Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ to Inherit ye kingdom of Heaven And my body I committ to ye earth from whence it came to be decently buryed in ye Chappel at Heafeild at ye discression of my Executor hereafter named And as touching my worldly goods which it hath pleased Almighty God to bestow upon mee I give & bequeath as followeth Inprimis: I give to my brother John ANDREW of ye Lane Side tenn shillings to be paid to him by my Executor within one yeare after my decease. Itt: I give unto Ralph ANDREW son to my brother John eight pounds to be paid unto him when hee shall attaine to ye yeares of two & twenty by my Executor. Itt: I give unto Elizabeth ANDREW Daughter to my brother John ANDREW five pounds to be paid to her by my Executor when shee shall attaine to ye yeares of one & twenty & also one paire of Vallance & Curtaines & one bed hilling of Ash Collor to be delivered to her when my brother William ANDREW shall either break up house keeping or dye. Itt: I give unto John KYRKE of Crodin: lee BOOTH & Nicholas CRESSWELL of Grinsbrooke Booth in Edale five pounds for ye uses hereafter named first that ye interest of ye said five pounds to be paid to my sister Hannah PURSLOVE yearly dureing her naturall life & then if it happen that ye Child which Shee now hath be liveing ye said sume of five pounds with such interest as shall be raised is for to be paid to ye same child when it shall attaine to ye yeares off one & twenty but if ye same Hannah shall happen to survive her said child then ye same sume of five pounds is to be paid to her or her Assignes. Itt: I give to my brother in law Robert PURSLOVE two shillings. Itt: I give to Mary BRADBURY ye elder of ye Stubbs three pounds. Itt: I give one Guinney to Ann SHORE now living with Ottewill KYRKE in Heafield to be paid att ye exspiration of two years after my decease & also I give her my long Coffer in ye now Chamber to be delivered to her att my Brother William ANDREWs decease or att his breaking up of House keeping. Itt: I give to Mary CARRINGTON ye elder of Whyte know my great pewter dish which Reares upon ye Cubboard and at Southhead to be given to her att my brother William ANDREWs decease or at his breaking up of house keeping whether of any of these shall happen first. Itt: I give to Elizabeth BAYLIFFE of Heafeild on shilling. And Lastly I give all ye rest residue & remainder of my Goods & Chattells after my decease unto my Brother William ANDREW whom I constitute Ordaine & appoynt to be the sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament hoping hee will faithfully perform althings herein specifyed Nevertheless I leave to my selve power to add a Codicil or Schedula to this my last Will & Testamt if I shall think fitt to be indorsed or annexed therto Wittness my hand & Seale this twenty first day of ffebruary anno Dom 1702/3

A true And pfect Inventory off all the goodes Cattells And Chattells And debtes wh weare the goodes Cattells And Chattells & debtes off Raphe ANDREW off Chinley Lately decease praised by us Wm CARRINGTON George WARDE & Anthony WARDE (not transcribed) Valued @ £59=19=2

Nephews: John HOLLINGWORTH of Fieldheads; Thomas HAMPSON of Glossop, contractor stone dealer

In dio nom amen in the yr of our Lord god A thoussande fyve hundreth and threscore & thre I Ottwell ARNEFELD of Lyttle heyffeld beyinge yett sycke in bodye But yett of good & pfect memorye laude & preasse be unto all myghttie god do Constitute Ordein & make thys my psente Testamte Conceryinge [ ] my Laste wyll That is to wytt I Bequethe my Soule unto all myghtie god my maker & Redemer and my bodye to be Buryed in the pishe churche of all Saynts at glossoppe Itm I gyve & Bequethe unto Elizabeth my wyffe all my [ ] Apperl wt all suche toles as ptayne unto my Occupatyon And that she shalbe the Geste in my ffathers housse So longe as she keypythe her in my Name And so at my sayd ffathers deathe To Be Achylde throughoute all hys hoole goods Bothe moveablie & unmoveablie Also I gyve unto Helene my Daughter By the [ ] of my ffather Twentie markes of money To Be payde unto his or her Assignes when she shall come unto the yeres of dyscressyon ffor & in consyderacyon of the [ ] of all my Leace & Leaces whych Leaces are granted By the hands of one Wyllim PLATTS & Rauffe PLATTS or Any other pson or psons All wyche Lease or leaces I gyve only unto Rauffe my Brother one [ ] And unto his sone Ottwell one sheppe And for the true pformacyon of all Legaces & Bequethes to Be well & trulie observed & kepte I Constitute Ordaien & make my true & lawffull executors Guy ARMEFELD my ffather & John ARMEFELD my Brother The supravisors hearof Are my [Mr] Wylliam PLATTS and Nycolas WATERHOUSSE to see that this my psents Testamet Be fulfylled & Done wtoute any man[r] of guyle [ crease in original] or [ ]pte Thes Beynge Wyttnesses Rauff PLATTS Robt ARMEFELD & John BAWDON my [crease in original]

In the Name of God Amen The Therteeth daye of Apprill In the yeare of our Lord 1638, I Ottiwell ARMEFEILD of Berche halle in the pish of Glossopp And in the County of Darby husbandman beinge in good and pfect Remembrance prayse be given to God ffor it doe Constitute ordayne and make this my last will and Testament in manner and fforme as ffolloweth: that is to witt ffirst I offer and bequeathe my Soule to Almightie god my Creator and maker Trustinge throughe the merritts of his sonn Jesus Chryste and his pcious bloude Sheedinge to be one of the Number of his Electe Children And my body to be buried in the Chappell of Heaffeild Item I give and bequeathe to Roberte ARMEFEILD and William ARMEFEILDE my brethern ether of them xijd Item I give all the Reste of my goods wheresoever to my wiff Cathren ARMEFEILD Also I Constitute ordayne and make the said Cathren my wyfe my soley and whole Executrix Trustinge she will Accomplish and ffullfill this my last will and testamente with the oversighte of Raph ANDREW of Holehouse In wittness whereof I have hereunto putt my hande the day and yeare afforesaid

A true and pfct Inventory of all such goods & Chattels as of late weare the goods and Chattels of Ottiwell ARMEFEILDE lately deceased praysed by and valued by Roberte RIDGWAYE Raphe HYDE William ANDREWE and Raphe FFERNELEY the 12th Daye of June 1639

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Inprimis two oxen and two bullocks ye [ ]	14-0-0
Item foure kyne & ffour Calves ye [ ]	15-0-0
Iem two little heffers & ffour litle stirkes	7-6-0
Ite one ould mare	1-0-0
Item in Shepe	30-0-0
Item one houldinge freyn	1-0-0
Item in pulleyne	0-1-0
Item in Corne sowen uppon the ground	5-0-0
Item in meale and maulte	2-6-0
Item in brasse and pewter	4-10-0
Item in Arkes and Coffers	3-1-0
Item in butter and Cheis	0-10-0
Item in beddinge	5-0-0
Item in salte fflesh	0-13-4
Item 3 payres of bedstockes one dishborde	0-13-4
Item in sackes and one window clothe	0-16-0
Item one Turnell & all other friene ware	0-15-0
Item in husbandry ware woden ware & Iron ware & Iron ware within hous	1-10-0
Item in haye and stray	1-0-0
Item one spinninge whyle one little while two sadles and all other huslement of houshould	0-19-0
Item in maynure and fuel	l0-4-0
Item a litle woole	0-6-8
Item his purse and apparrel	l4-0-0
(Total)	99-12-0

In the name of god Amen. The [ ] of Day of October in the yeare of our lord god 1593. I Christopher ARMFIELD of the Broadhurst in the parishe of Glossopp within the county of Derby beinge sick in body but of good and perfect remembrance thanks be to god considering that nothinge is more certen then Death, and nothinge more [ ] [ ] then the home of Death Intend with gods grace not to Depart from this world intestate Doo constitute and make this my last will and testament in maner & forme followinge. First I bequeath my soule to almighty god my maker and my body to be buried within the church yorde of Glossopp. Item I give to Anne my wife and Elizabeth my Daughter the [assignment] of my [lease] soo longe as Anne my wife and John ARMFIELD Doo live. And yf the same John ARMFIELD Doo ober live them [ ] to [have] it. Item my will is that I be brought forth of my whole goods. Item I make Anne my wife and Thomas STAFFORDE my executors of this my will to be observed, and Raphe ARMFIELD and James BOWDON my [supervisor]. Item I give to Robert ARMFIELD the best yew lambe at myd [formme], and to John ARMFIELD his brother the best yew lamb next to it.

Item Thomas STAFFORDE [ ] to be payde [ ] Day of July [ ] [ ] Day [ ] [ ] 1594

Item Thomas STAFFORDE [ ] to be payde at [marthemas] Day In the yeare of our lord god 1594

A true Inventory of all the goods & cattels both moveable and Inmoveable of Christopher ARMFIELD [ ] [ ] made the [ ] Day of December in the yeare of our lord god 1593. Prysed be [ ] [ ] named followe. [ ] [ ] Robert GIBBANDE. Richarde WARRINGTON and Raphe WALKLETT

John HIGGINBOTHAM sonne of Edward HIGGINBOTHAME------------------------[ ]

Admon lists Robert GODDARD, yeoman of Chisworth & Edward HATFIELD, clothier of Glossop p.

In the Name of god amen Anno Don 1568 the xix daye of June in the xth yer of the Reign of our most [ ] sovraign Lady Elizabethe By the grace of god of England ffrance & Irelande qene defender of the faith [ ] I guy ARNEFFELD of Littlell Heyfeld Sycke in Bodye Hoole of mynde dredyinge the un[ ] And gyvynge laude & prasse unto All myghtie god do orden & make thys my Last wyll & Testamente in manr & fforme followinge ffyrst I Offer & Bequethe my Soole unto Allmyghtye god my only maker Saviour & Redeemer Desyrynge All the Hoolye companye of Heven to praye ffor me Allso I wyll that my bodie shalbe Buryed in the pishe church of gloossoppe wh[ ] I am a pissyoner, Allso I wyll thatt the pree[ ]rs of the churche shall have th[ ] Dne Itm I gyve & beqethe unto Helene ARNEFFELDE, daughtter of Ottywell ARNEFEYLDE deceassed Beynge my sonnes daughtter Twentye markes of Lawffull Englyshe money or in goods to be delyvered unto her or her heyres of [ ] [ ] allso my wyll & mynde ys ty Elizabeth ARNEFFELDE [ ] the wyff of Ottywell ARNEFYLD deacessd Beynge my Daughtter in Lawe, That yf that she keepe her soole and unmaryed Durynge my naturall lyffe shall have a ffull chylds pte Thruoute all my goods after my decease movealbie And unmoveablie, And yf that the saide Ellizabethe do marye beffore my deythe, Then she to have Suche pte of my goods a shalle thoughte meate & convenient at the syghtte of ffore indyfferente frends to be chousen of [ ] ptn two[ ] Allso yt ys my wyll & mynde that John ARNEFELD my sone shall have my farme & tenemente After my deceasse in durynge all my yeres hertoafforsd taken Allso I wyll that the said John shall have all ofther grounds wch I have taken hereto aforrsd of Any pson or psons indurynge all sh[ ] yeres as I have taken hertoafforsd ffurthermor yt is my wyll that Ammey ARNEFELD my Daughtter shall have a full chylds pte of all my goods And that my sone John shall kepe her & have the[ ] bothe of hys & her goods Also I gyve unto iiij chyldren of my sone Rauffe every one A shepe Itm I gyve unto Rauffe ARNEFELD my sone A yew & a lambe, Also I gyve unto Edward ARNEFELD my sonn a yew & a lambe, Also I gyve to Angneys ARNEFELD daughtter of Thomas ARNEFELD my sonn a yew & a lambe, Also I gyve unto Helen ARNEFELD Beyng daughtter to Ottywell my sone a yew & A lambe, Itm I ordein & make my true & lawffull executors of thys my last wyll & testament John ARNEFELD, myu sonnek And Ottywell WATTERHOUSSE of wyllbynhyll, And I gyve to eyther of theym iijs iiijd, Item I ordein & make the supravisors hereof Nycolas WATERHOUSSE of the Sprehousse & Robert ARNEFIELD of the Brodhirst to se that thys my wyll & testamet be pformyd in All causses as my Syngualr trust & confidence ys in theym And I gyve unto eyther of my said supravisors ether of them iijs Thes wyttness Rauffe PLATTS Lawrence [ ]OLE And Thomas RAWLYNSON the Elder of ye Hyghgate wt others no s ///

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Inprimis Thomas BAWDON of Suydyhyll

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Itm the wyffe of Robert H[ ]SON of [ ]wnall

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Itm Robertt MELLOR of Whyttfeld

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Itm Rauffe MELLOR Lolayhton

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Itm Robertt BAWDON of Swallowhouss

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Itm Ottiwell BAWDON of Kynder

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Itm Nycholas WATERHOUSSE of Spreyhousse

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Itm John BAWDON sone Rauff BAWDON

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Itm Edwarde CLITON of Kynder

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In the Name of god Amen the Nineteenth day of November In the first year of the Reigne of Our Soveraigne Lord George the first by the grace of god King of great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the fath Annoqe Dom One Thousand Seven Hundred & fourteen I John ARNFIELD of Thorsetfields In the Parish of Glossop and County of Derby Yeoman being Indisposed In Body But of Sound & perfect Mind and Memory praised be God for the same do Ordain and Make this my Last will & Testament In writing in Manner & form ffollowing That is to say first & principally I Commit my Soul into the hands of almighty God my Creator hoping through the Merits & Mercyes of Jesus Christ my Alone Saviour and Redeemer to Obtain free pardon & Remission of all my Sins and to be Made pertaker of life Everlasting & my body to the Earth from whence It was taken to be decently Intered att the discretion of my Executors herein After Named & as touching such Temporall Estate as itt hath pleased Allmighty god to bestow on mee I dispose There of In Manner and form following That Is to say first It is my will & mind that my Due Debts ffunerall Expences & the charge of the probate of this my Last will & Testament be sattisfied & payed Item I give & Devise unto Ann my Loving wife the sum of five pounds a year Dureing the term of her Naturall life to be paid her att one whole & Intire payment viz att the Nativyty of our Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ of my Estate by my son John & Eyre by him his Eyers Executors Administrators o Assignes if she pleaseth Or els to be Mentained att her Own will & discression

Item I give & Bequeath unto my Daughter Ann the sum of forty pounds & A Bed in the Chamber Over the Little house parllor and furnished A Coffer in the Chamber Over the Messuage house

Item I give & Bequeath unto my Daughter Ellin Whitle the sum of Twenty pounds

Item I give & Bequeath unto my Daughter Sarah the sum of forty pounds & A Bed in the further parllor in ye Messuage house well furnished & A Coffer in the same parllor

Item I give and Devise unto my son John all my Lands Livings houses Buildings Debts of demands with all Bennifitts & preveledges Belonging there unto to him his Eyers or Assigns for Ever But Itt is my will & mind that my Daughters Ann & Sarah shall have the Little house quietly & freely as Long as the or Ether of Them Remain unmarryed and I do further Ordain & Appoint my son John to pay all these sums above Mentioned truely & Lawfully without Ether Lett or Defraud & I do Likewise Appoint & Ordain my son John above written to be my sole Executor of this my Last will & Testament Hoping hee will truely & faithfully perform the same & I doe hereby Revoake all former will Heretofore Made & do declare this to be my Last will & Testament

In Wittness whereof I do here unto put my hand and seale the day & year above written

Sealed published and declared to be my Last will and Testament in the presence of

A True and pfect Inventory of all the goods Cattles & Chattles & Creditts of John ARNFIELD Thorsettfield in the parrish of Glossop & County of Derby late Deceased praised & Valued by Ralph ARNFIELD & John WHITLE ye 8th of October: 1715

Letters of Administration to Brother Robert ARNFIELD, cotton spinner of Hayfield; Levi LINE of Stockport; John STAFFORD of Birch Hall, shoemaker

Executor son Robert ARNFIELD - who refuses and says friend Henry HAGUE to do it - Witnesses John WINTERBOTTOM; John HADFIELD

In the Name of God Amen I Robert ARNFIELD of Broad^Seniour_^Hurst in the Parish of Glossop and County of Derby being but weak of Body but of Sound and perfect Mind and Memory, praise be therefore given to Almighty God. Do Make and Ordaine this my present Last Will and Testament, in Manner and form following (Omitting the Old Cerimonies Some times Used in this form) And as touching the Disposition of all Such Temporal Estate as hath pleased Almighty God to bestow upon me, I give and Dispose thereof as followeth. ffirst I will that my Debts and funeral Charges Shall be paid and Discharged

Item I give unto John BOWDON of Will Hey the Sum of Ten Shillings Item I give unto Sarah BOWDONof Will Hey the Sum of Ten Shillings. Item I give unto Grace ARNFIELD the Sum of Two Shillings and Six pence Item I give Unto John ARNFIELD the Sum of Two Shillings and Six pence My will and pleasure is that my Son Samuel ARNFIELD Shall have the Cop Stard piece During the Term of Lease if he Stay in the Neighbour hood otherwise That my Son Robert ARNFIELD Shall have it During the Said Term laying Edward BOWDON and Grace ARNFIELD either of them a Cow During the said Term at one pound and three Shillings a Cow Gate. All the rest and residue of my Personal Estate Goods and Chattels whatsoever I Do give and bequeath unto my Son Samuel ARNFIELD and my Daughter Sarah COOPER and the Children of my Daughter Hannah JOHNSON Equally to be Divided amongst them in three parts all these Legacies I will that they be paid in Six months after my ^{mother Mary B}^OOTH^s_^Death except that Legacie which I have left to my Daughter Hannahs Children which I will to remain in my Son Robert ARNFIELDs hand to be paid to the above said Children their Due portion as they come to twenty one years of Age and if any Child die before it come to twenty one years of age that then that Childs part Shall Equally be Divided amongst ye rest and my will is that my son Robert ARNFIELD Shall pay Lawful Interest for that Money (while in his hand) into the hands of my Executors hereafter Named Shall for the Use of ye Said Children and my will is that my Executors hereafter Named Shall have either of them twelve pence a Day for what days they lose upon this Account And I do ordain make and appoint John BOWDON of Will Hey and my Son Samuel ARNFIELD [ ] and powerful Executors of this my last will and Testament and I do hereby revoke disanul and make void all former will and Testaments by my hereto fore made In Witness whereof I the said Robert ARNFIELD have Set my hand & Seal ye first Day of March in the year of our Lord 1750!

Witness Note that Mother Mary BOOTH was Interlined in the twetieth (sic) line before the publishing of this will in presents of the said witnesses

A true and faithful Inventory of all the Goods Chattels and Credits of Robert ARNFIELD late of Broadhurst in the Parish of Glossop and County of Derby Yeoman Deceased taken and Apprized the 15th Day of April in the year of our Lord 1751 by us whose Names are here Under Written

(not transcribed, valued @ £45-0-4 by Joseph TURNER & John ARNFIELD)

Supported by: George BOWYER of Hollingworth Head; John HOLLINGWORTH of Glossop p.

Inventory taken 24 Apr 1693 Appraisers: William GODDARD; George CARLSWOORTH; James BAGSHAW; Wm WAGSTAFFE

Administration: mentions John DEWSNOP yeoman; Edward MOORHOUSE, feltmonger; John DEANE, shoemaker all of Glossop p.

Daughter Elizabeth DEWSNOPP wife of John DEWSNOPP; Jacob BAGSHAW of Glossop

Inventory 17 Dec 1700 Appraisers: William DEWSNAP; Joshia DEWSNAP; John BOOTH Value £60.02s. 08d.

Supported by John HADFIELD yeoman of Edale; Henry VERNON innkeeper of Uttoxeter?

Inventory 4 Mar 1720/1 Appraisers: Sam: BRAY; John DEWSNOP; Sam: WAGSTAFFE Value £22.15s.00d

Obligation to William BARBER son of William supported by .. STORER, husbandman of Crosscliffe

Wife Sarah BARBAR - to have £50 - £30 of which William SWINDELS has on note to repay when Benjamin dies

Son Benjamin BARBAR to have £20 now in the hands of Widow DEWSNAP or John DEWSNAP on joint note. To be given to son in lieu of wages owing.

Daughter Sarah FIELDSEND wife of Joseph FIELDSEND to have £10 plus furniture

Sons Matthew BARBAR & Benjamin BARBAR to share all remaining estate and effects.

Executors his friends: Thomas WATERHOUS of Booth in Kinder, yeoman & John HADFIELD of Stubs, yeoman

Mentions: Wife Sarah BARBER £5 per year - to be paid out of the rents of my four cottages, two cow houses, gardens etc. lying near the top of Hayfield - if she remains unmarried

Wife Sarah also to have cottage currently occupied by Edward TURNER to live in - if she remains unmarried

Sons Robert BARBER & Matthew BARBER to share the rest of the estate including the property mentioned above

Executors: friend John HOBSON of Hayfield; friend John HADFIELD in the Fold; son Robert BARBER

Admin states John HOBSON is a tailor; John HADFIELD is a lace weaver; Robert BARBER is a labourer all of Hayfield

William WATERHOUSE; Mary SHAW; Martha DRINKWATER; Elizabeth DRINKWATER

Trustees and Executors The Reverend John CROWTHER, clerk of Heafield & Brother in Law Robert MARSHALL, schoolmaster of Levenshulme who are to convert all stock, goods etc into money. Also to rent or sell all property.

24 Jun 1815 The Reverend John CROWTHER renounced his role and appointed Henry CHINN notary in his place.

Daughters: Martha HADFIELD wife of Joseph HADFIELD; Mary BARBER; Ann JACKSON wife of James JACKSON

Inventory 7 October 1736 - Appraisers: James BRETLAND; Robert SHEPHARD; Nicholas BRAY Value £50. 16s. 6d.

Nephew John HADFIELD, slater - to have all estate and to live at Stubs. Estate to be shared after his death between -

Daughters of Sister Alice HADFIELD wife of Samuel HADFIELD, slater of Jumball and

Edmund HILL, cotton spinner of Hayfield - £5 and his wife Alice - £70 Alice is niece of Matthew BARBER

£3 due from Society or Sick Club of Hope - 40/- from this for the Box of that Society & 20/- to the Poor of Hope Town

Executors: Reverend Robert RAIN, minister of Hayfield & Siddal BEARD, clother of Hayfield both to have £5 for their trouble

Son William BARBER - to have lease of tenement in Little Padfield currently let to Thomas BARBER

Daughter Margaret HADFIELD wife of Thomas HADFIELD £20 within two years

Daughter Ellen NEWTON wife of Joseph NEWTON of Woodhead - houses and land in Saddleworth plus £100

Executors: Brother in Law William SYKES, farmer of Torrside; Son in Law John NEWTON

Inventory Appraisers: Nicholas FIELDSEND; Wm ROBENSON; Wm JAXSON; Anthony? GARLICKE Value £27.7s 8d

Debts owed by Thomas: Thomas YEARDSLEY; Mother in Law Margaret BODEN; Father in Law Richard. BODEN; Wm BARBER of the Malcom; Evard? LOWE; Edward HAGHE; Wm WAGSTAFFE; Roger WARHURST; John HAGHE of the Hurst; Peter KIRKE

Debts owing to Thomas: Thomas HOILE & Alice HOYLE; Brother in Law Edward HAGUE; Stephen BARBER son of brother Thomas BARBER to do with legacies from brother Thomas BARBER.

Appraisers: Edward HAGHE of Banktopp; Robert ASBERY of the Thornsetfields; Wm BARBER of the Malcom & Thomas BARBER of Whitfield

Difficult to read - mentions: John BARBER & Robert BARBER sons of Brother Anthony BARBER

William BARBER; Margaret BARBER; Jane MOSLEY alias BARBER `the three children I was brought up with`

Executors: William BARBER plus? Robert BRAMHALL of Bridgend; John RODES the younger of Glossop

Inventory: Appraisers James CHALSWORTH & Wm NEWTON of Dinting yeoman; Robert BRAMHALL, of Glossop, husbandman

Mentions: Elizabeth SYKES; Mary SYKES; Martha SYKES; William SYKES; John SYKES children of daughter Alis £20 each

Thomas NEWTON; Elizabeth NEWTON children of daughter Anne £5 each when they attain 21

Mary BARBER eldest daughter of son John to have all remaining estate including Whitfield property paying sister Anne £100. If Mary dies all goes to Anne

Witnesses: John SANDIFORTH, vicar of Glossop; William BRAY; Robert ROBINSON; Mary BORE; William DERNILY

Inventory 13 Apr 1672 says of Crosscliffe Appraisers: Nicholas CRESSWELL; Wm BOR; Robert ROBINSON; William WAGSTAFFE Value £106.18s10d.

All to have £10 - William SYCKES of Torside & Ellen his wife `my well beloved children`; William SYCKES son of William & Ellen; Samuel SYCKES; Elizabeth BROWNHILL; Mary WOOD; David SYCKES; Ellen SYCKES; Lydia SYCKES; Timothy SYCKES;

Executors: Grandchildren: William SYCKES; John (sic) SYCKES (NB Should this be Samuel? who is shown as granted probate with William?)

Appraisers: Joshua EARNSHAW; William SYKES; John HALL, John HADFIELD

Mentions: sons William BARBER; Thomas BARBER; John BARBER & daughters - not named

Wife Ann to have £10 per year but if she changes her name it to be reduced to £5.

Thomas PLATT natural son of Mary PLATT late of Mouselow, Glossop . deceased

Died intestate - Widow Mary BARBER renounced all entitlement to Administration in favour of

Witnesses: George SIDDALL, Murehouse Mar, Padfield; W.H. HIGGINBOTTOM, clerk to Mr. Earle, solicitor

Probate states John BARBER, cotton spinner of of Padfield; William BARBER cotton spinner of Higher Broughton, Manchester; Robert BARBER cotton spinner of Shaw, Prestwich cum Oldham, Lan

In the name of God Amen the sixth day of October Ano Dom 1696 I Ann BARNES of Stones house Kinder in the parish of Glossopp in the County of Derby said and being aged & Weak in Body but of sound mind & Good memery praised be God for ye sound doo ordaine & make this my Last Will & Testament in manner & forme following so is ffirst principally I comitt my soul into the hands of Allmighty God my creator hopeing through the Meritts of Jesus Christ my Alone Saviour Redeemer to obtain free pardon & Remission of all my sines & doo make ptaker of Life Evlasting And my Body I comitt to ye Earth from whence it was taken to bee decently Interred at the discretion of my Exec. Hereinafter named And as touching my worldly Estate I dispose there in manor followinge that is to say that my will & mind is that my furneral Expences shall bee pd out of my whole estate, Item I Give & Bequeath unto my Grand children Ralph ANDREW & John HALL to either of them one pound & tenn shillings of Lawfull money of England Item I Give & Bequeath to the sd Ralph ANDREW thee Bedstead upon which I now Lye & my part of all such stock or Hives of Bees as are Abroad at parts other then such at Row Stand at Stones House aforesaid: I Give to my Daught: Martha, And other [ ] Such at Stand at South Head which I Give to Elizabeth ANDREW my Grandchild to whom also I Bequeath tenn shillings, Item I Give & Bequeath unto my Grandchild Mary HALL the Like sume of tenn shllings, And to ffrancis GEE son & Heir of Ralph GEE of Kinder aforesd I Bequeath the sume of twenty shillings & two Ewes & Lambs forth of such as are kept to parts at Stones house aforesd whom I apoynt to divide [the] same Item I Give & Bequeath unto my daughter Martha my Best Coat & Wastecoat my Disboard & all my Loose Boards & Shelves in my dwelling house Item I Give to my sonin lawe Thos HALL Two shillings, And to Mary wife of Ed[mund] BARNES of Barnes fould two shillings, Item I give to my Sd Grandchild John HALL the Great Coffer in the parlour where I Lye Item all the Remainder of my Goods Creditts and Chattells not herein before disposed of I Give to my Two Daugthers Mary & Martha equally to bee divided Between them. Item I doo nominate & Appoynt my soninlaw Jo. ANDREW & the Sd ffrancis GEE Executors of this my Last Will & Testament in Witness whereof I have hereunto put my hand & seale Sealed published declared by the Testatoryear above [ ] for & as her Last Will & Testament Anna BARNES Her mark

A True Inventory of the goods Creditts & Chattells of Ann BARNES Late of Stones house in the pish of Glossop in the County of Derby Widdow Decd taken & Apprized the 24th day of Octob Ano Dom 1696 by us whose names are subscribed as followeth

Imprs	£ s d
It Her purse & Apparel	l00=13=00
One pair of Bedstocks& Seaven Blanketts	01=00=08
It Ten Stone Waight of Wool	03=00=00
It One Ould Arke	00=05=00
It ffive pocks of Corne	00=04=04
It Two Coffers	00=12=00
It One Box 1 Dishboard & 11 Boards	00=02=04
It Two pewter dishes One Candlestick & a Sawcer	00=02=00
It Two Sack & 3 pair of Sheeres	00=1=06
It In potts	00=01=00
It One fire Iron Tongues frieing pann potthookes one silver & Broad Irons	00=10=00
It One [ ] Lead & 1 Brasspott	00=04=00
It In bossells [ ]	00=10=00
It 25 Weather Sheep	08=02=06
It 13 Ewe Sheep	03=05=00
It 5 ffive Hogg & [ ] & 1 Baur	01=04=02
It ONe Cowe	03=10=00
It Six Hives of Bees	00=06=00
It shovell 1 [ ]ork 1 pichforke	00=01=06
It In all other Huslemt	00=01=00
Sum tot	23=16=00

This is the nuncuperative will of Franses BARNES of moresyde in the Parish of Glossope and Coune of derby husbandman deseased the Twealft day of January in the yeare of our Lord god 1674 in the Presence Raphe KINDOR as followeth

Imprimas I leave to my nephew Robbort BARNES 6s-8pence and to all this Children fivfe shillings apices Item to my nephew John BARNES 6s 8 pence and to all his Children fivef shillings apices Item to my nephew frances BARNES s6 8 pense and to his Child fivef shillings and a [cosusor] Item to my nise margarett HALL s6 8 penes a Blankett and Sheatt I [tenn] to my nephew John BARNES Fivef shillings I [tenn] to my nise Elisabett PITT of wood towe silling 6 pence Item to Elisabeth KEARKE fivef shillings Item to Ellen BENNETT dauther of Robbort BENNETT of houke three shilling 4 pence Item to Evre Child that my nephew Edmand BARNES hath fieff Shilling apices and all the rest of all my unbqueated goods be itt more or lese I give and bequeath to my nephew Edmond BARNES and all so I make the sead Edmond my woole Esecutor trusting hee will fullfill this my Last will and Testamentt

A true and pfect Inventory of the Goods Creditts & Cattells of John BARNES the younger late of Stones house in the pish of Glossopp in the County of Derby Husbandman Decd taken the Twelfth day of July Ano Dom 1693 [ ] [ ] the names are subscribed As ffolloweth

Imprs

£     s    d

Itm purse Apparell saddle & Bridle

02=00=00

It Two [       ] [              ] Two Chaires Nine Cushions six stooles a ffire Iron & Tonges

01=02=06

It One [      ]: furniture at Stones House in the plor

01=03=00

It Twenty Three Stones of Wool One Stone of yarn Some Lames wool & other Loopwool

11=01=00

It One Bed with furniture in the Chamber

00=12=00

It One Bed w: furniture & one Arke and a Cofer

01=03=00

It Pewter and Brasse

00=14=00

It In Earthen &Wood vessells

01=05=00

It In Butter & Cheese

01=00=00

It In Loose Boards and Husbandry Ware

01=10=00

It Three Cowes, 1 Heifer 2 Strikes and three young [ lees]

18=10=00

It In sheep

33=04=06

It One [   ld] Mare

00=01=06

It All other Hustlement in & about the House

00=10=00

Summa tot

74=06=06

In the name of god Amen the xth day of march in the xli the yeare of the raigne of our Soverainge Ladye Elizabeth that nowe is. I ottiwell BEARDE of kynder in the county of Derby husbandma sicke in bodye, but in mynde of good & perfect remembrance praysed be god, knowinge the certentye of Deathe & the uncertenty of the houre & tyme therof Doe make this my last will & testament in maner & forme followeinge. first I comitt my soule to almightye god my maker, trustinge throughe the meritts of Christs passion to be one of gods elect, and my bodye to be buried in the church of Glossopp whc I am a parishner Item I give all my goodes & after my funerall expences be Dyscharged to my three children, John, Elizabeth, and Anne equally to be Devyded amongst them And of this my last will & testament I make & ordayne John BEARDE my sonne myne executor. And nycolas BEARDE of kynder my brother myne overseere, trustinge he will see the equall division of my goodes amongst my children to the health of my soule [Syn] ottiwelli BEARDE

A true Inventory of the goodes of ottiwell BEARDE of kynder in the county of Derby Deceased, pryced and valued by John DANDE of the Blackshawe and ottiwell FERNELIGHE of the Laneheade withe same county [ ] the xxvith Day of march in the xlith yeare of the raiyne of our Soverayne Ladye Elizabeth that nowe is anno do 1599

In the name of god Amen: October the fourth 1663: I Robert BEARD off Cloughouses in the parish of Glossop & Countie of Derby yeoma: beinge Sicke in body butt of Sound & pfect memory praysed be god for the same: doe ordaine & make this my Last will & testamt: in maner & forme followinge first & principally I Comitt & Comend my soule into the hands of Allmightye god my maker hopinge and faithfully trustinge Through the mercie & merritts of Jesus Chryst my redeemer to be made one of the number of his elect & hopeing to live with him in Eternall glorie And for my body I Comitt unto the Earth ffrom whence it Came to be buried in the Chapell Church of Hefeld

And as touchinge my worldly estate wherein god hath blessed mee with I Give & bequeath as followeth Imprms I give & bequeath unto Robert BEARD my son one Close or pcell of ground lyinge in Chinley Called the Red myres: Ite I give unto Elizabeth BEARD & Mary BEARD my daughters either of them Threescore & fyve pounds to be pd within two years next after my decease Ite I give unto Elizabeth & Mary either of them furniture for a bedd & unto Elizabeth one of the best Cow I have & unto Mary a litle Cofer that weare her mother Ite I give & bequeath unto An HEWARD my daughter twenty pounds to be payd within two years next after my decease Ite I give unto Robert BEARD son of James BEARD Ten pounds t be payd unto him when he shall Accomplish the age of twenty & one yeares & to be taught the trade of a woolen webster by the executor or his Assignes Ite I give unto Thomas BEARD James BEARD Mary BEARD & Elizabeth BEARD Children of James BEARD to every one ten shillings to be payd unto them within three yeares next after my decease Ite I give unto Samuell HEWARD John HEWARD & Robert HEWARD Children of John HEWARD my son in law every one of them ten shillings to be payd unto them within foure yeares next after my decease

Ite I give & bequeath unto Thomas BEARD my son one Close Called the Ashen Cloughead being one debidion Lyinge in Chinley holding the same in lease ffrom Mr BRADSHAW Ite I give unto my son Thomas BEARD two Children either Ten shillings Ite I give unto Thomas BEARD my son two Closes Called the Whyte rakes & the barne standinge under Chinley Bower Ite I give unto Elizabeth HALLOM weife of Antonie HALLOM ten shillings Ite I give unto An HOLLINGWORTH wife of Robert HOLLINGWORTH ten shillings these to be payd within two yeares next after my decease:

Ite I give unto Mary ROWBOTHAM fyve shillings Ite I give unto Raph KINDER son of An KINDER six shillings eight pence Lastly I give & bequeath unto Thomas BEARD my son all the rest of my estate I have in the world as goods Chattells Chattells And I doe hearby make & ordayne Thomas Beard my sole executor hee discharginge & payinge as is hearin mentioned & discharginge my funerall expences And I doo hearby make & ordayne Robert BEARD my son & John HEWARD my son in Law supervisors of this my Last will & testamt: Revokeing all former wills hopinge they will see it performed to the health of my soule: In withness hearoff I have hear unto sett my hand and seale the day & yeare first above written:

Witnesses hearoff: William BEARD his marke; Thomas BEARD his marke

A true & pfect Inventorie of all the goods Cattells & Chattels of Robert BEARD of Clough houses Late deceased Praysed the day & yeare abovesayd by us whose names are hear[ ] subscribed as followeth

Not transcribed, valued @ £146-10-8 by Tho BEARD Thomas HADFEILLD Thomas ROLLINSON John HEIWARD

In the Name of God Amen this Twenty Sixth of Aprill Anno Dony 1731 I Robert BEARD of Heafield in the Parrish of Glossop and County of Derby, being Sick in Body but of good & perfect memory, thanks be to Almighty God, and Calling to Remembrance ye uncertain Estate of this transitory life and yt all flesh must yield unto death, when it shall please god to call do make & declare this my last will & testament in manner & form following. first being penetent & Sorry for all my Sins, most humbly desireing forgiveness for ye Same, I Commend my Soul unto Almighty God, my Saviour and redeemer, in whom & be whose meritts I trust & believe assuredly to be Saved, and to have full remission of all my Sins, and to inheritt ye Kingdom of heaven and my Body I Commit to ye Earth to be decently buryed at ye disretion of my Executors hereafter named, and as touching Such worldly Goods as it hath pleased God to bestow upon me , I give & dispose of ye Same in manner and form following Impr my will and mind is yt all my due debts funerall Expences and Charges of this my Last Will and Testament be first paid and discharged forth of my personal Estate. Item I give unto my Loveing wife Elizabeth all my house and Lands Lying at Jumble together with all my household goods as they now Stand dureing her Naturall Life if She So long Continue unmarried, and power to dispose of ye Said household Goods as She Shall think fitt, but whenever She Shall happen to marry again, my will and mind is yt She Shall resign up ye Lands together with ye Goods, and Shall have five pounds a year dureing her Naturall Llife, Item I give unto ye hands of my Executors hereafter named, All my Lands my Lands att Smithfould and Chinley moor together with my personal Estate for ye use of my two daughters Mary & Elizabeth for ye bringing up of them, untill Such times, as my younger daughter Elizabeth Shall attaine unto ye age of twenty one years, then to be equally divided amongst them, but if it happens yt my wife shall be with Child at ye time of my decease and shall have a Son, I give all my Lands to him when he shall attaine ye Age of twenty one years, together with my personall Estate, paying unto my two daughters each of them one hundred pounds, and if it happen yt either of my daughters shall dye before they attaine the Age of twenty one years, and their be no issue male Lawfully beggotten, then I give all my Estate to the Survivor of them, but if it happen yt all my Children Shall dye before they attaine to ye Age of twenty one years, Then I give all my lands together with ye one halfe of my personal Estate, yt shall be at that time unto my Nephew Anthony BOWDON and to his heires forever, Item I give ye other halfe of my personal Estate unto my Loveing wife if She be then Liveing And if it happen yt my children Shall all dye and yt my Estate fall into ye possession of Anthony BOWDON or his heires, my will is yt he pay unto ye Children of my Sister Ann COOPER as many as Shall be then Liveing each of them ye Sume of five pounds, and to John HARROP daughter Mary ye Sume of five pounds, and to Sarah WATTERHOUSE ye Sume of five pounds. Lastly I do nominate and appoint my Nephew Anthony BOWDON & my Loveing Wife Elizabeth BEARD to be Executors of this my Last will and Testament, revoaking and makeing void all former Wills & Testatments by me heretofore made and do own this to be my Last Will and Testatment, In Wittness whereof I have hereunto putt my hand and Seal the day and year above written.

Sealed Signed published and declared by the testator to be His Last Will and Testament: In presense of.

A true & perfect Inventory of all the Goods & Chattels of Rob BEARD of Jumble in the Parish of Glossop & County of Derby Yeoman deceased taken & Apprizd ye 15th May 1731

(not transcribed, valued @ £67=9=8 by John MARRIOTT & Anthony RADCLIFFE)

Witnesses: Wm Wardlow HOWARD of Norfolk St. Surgeon; Geo SIDDAL; Samuel HADFIELD

In the name of God Amen I John BENNETT the elder of Chinleyend in the parish of Glossopp and County of derby yeoman beinge indeferent in health of body and of sound and perfect mind and memory (praised be god for the same) yet knowing that death is certaine and the time when most uncertaine doe ordaine and make this my last Will and Testament in manner and forme following and principally I comend my soul into the mersifull hands of allmighty god my Creator humbly hopeing through the meritorious death of Jesus Christ my only Saviour to receive full and free pardon of all my sins and my body I comitt to the earth to be decently interred att the discreation of my executors herein after nominated and for the disposition of all such Temporall estate as it hath pleased god of his goodness (far above my desearts) to be bestowe upon me I give and devise the same in manor and forme following and first my Will and mind is that all my debts and funeral Charges and expences shall be payed and defrayed by mine executors forth of my personall estate Itm I give and bequeath all my lands and Tenements situate lyeing and being within the parish of Glossopp above said unto John BENNETT my son and to his heires for ever and asignes Item I give and bequeath all my leases farmes Tenements with all my tytle and Tennant right there of unto my said son John BENNETT and also I give and bequeath unto my said son John BENNETT all my quick goods (excepting a third part of the Sheep) and all my husbandry wares and too of the best beds with beding belonging to them too of the best brass pans and the fire iron and all aboute the fire with in the mantell bree and also the Tabell in the house and the Cupboard and the meale arkes

Itm I give and bequeath unto my said son John BENNETT the sum of fifty pounds to be payed him within one whole yeare after my decease and also my will and mind is that my executors heare after nominated shall within one Whole yeare after my decease pay unto my son in law William BENNETT and John BENNETT my kinsman of Whitehoughed the sum of too hundred pounds for the onely use and on the behalfe of my said son John BENNETT and I do desire them to ware the said sum of too hundred pounds on land that hee may have the rent of the lands or hire it forth upon interest that he may have the interest of the aforesaid sum of too hundred pounds yearely and every yeare for the time and tearme of his naturall life exept they soo meet to pay it him into his owne hands at any time dureing his naturally life which I leave to theire discretion and if they do not pay him the Whole sum of too hundred pounds in his lifetime my will is that he dispose of it att his death to whom hee pleaseth Itm I give unto my daughter Ann BENNETT the sum of one hundred and seaventy pounds to be payed her within one Whole yeare after my decease Itm I give unto my daughter Sarah BENNETT the sum of too hundred and twenty pounds Shee to receive the same within one Whole yeare after my decease Itm I give unto my daughter Elizabeth GARNETT of one hundred pounds to be payed her att the end of one Whole yeare after my decease if either the said Elizabeth GARNETT or Childe of hers be then living but if neither her nor Childe of hers be then living at the end of one whole yeare nor the said hundred pound be not payde then I give to my soninlaw Edmund GARNETT the one halfe of the hundred pound be not payde and the other halfe of the hundred pound to be equally devided amongst my executors heare after named provided the said Edward GARNETT be then living at the end of one whole yeare after my decease Itm I give to my kinsman John OLLIVER and his Children the sum of eight pounds and too pounds that hee oweth mee Itm I give to my Brother Edwards Children Robert Ralph Elizabeth Hannah and Alice BENNETT every one five shillings Itm I give to my Brother Thomas BENNETT Children every one five shillings and to John BENNETT of Silkehill Children five shillings a peece to Ann BENNETT of Whitehoughead five shillings to my grand daughter Katherine BENNETT five shillings to Mary the Wife of Thomas BOWER five shillings to Elizabeth the daughter of Ralph BENNETT five shillings Itm all the rest and residue of my goods Cattell and Chattells moveable and imoveable and not hearein before bequeathed I give unto my son John BENNETT my daughter Ann BENNETT and my daughter Sarah BENNETT equally to be devided Amongst them share and share like and I desire my soninlaw William BENNETTand my kinsman John BENNETT of Whitehoughed to be aideing and assisting to my Children in the execution of this my last Will and Testament and lastly I doe nominate Constitute and ordaine my son John BENNETT my daughter Ann BENNETT and my daughter Sarah BENNETT Joynt executors of this my last Will and Testament and doe heareby disanull and make voyde all former Wills be mee at any time heare to fore made and declare this to be my last Will and Testament in Witness where of I the above said John BENNETT the Testator have here unto put my hand and seale the Twenteeth day of october anoqe dom 1702.

Sealed Signed published and declared by John BENNETT the Testator to be his last Will and Testament in the presense of

A True & pfect Inventory singular of the goods Cattel & Chattels moveable & Imoveable of John BENNETT ye Elder of Chinleyend in the Parrish of Glossope & County of Derby Yeom late deceased Praised & valued the Tenth day of ffebruary Ano Domni 1702/3 by John OLLIVER senior George KYRKE John BENNETT & Christopher BENNETT

In the Name of God Amen I John BOOTH of Kinder in the Parish of Glossop and County of Derby being weak of Body But of a sound & pfect mind & memory praise be therefore given to Almighty God do make and ordaine this my present Last Will and Testament in Manner and forme ffollowing (that is to say) ffirst & principally I comend my soul into the hands of Almighty God hopeing through the merits Death & passion of my saviour Jesus Christ to have full & free pardon and forgiveness of all my sins and to inheritt everlasting Life: And my Body I committ to the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named: And as touching such temporall Estates as it hath pleased Almighty God to bestow upon me I give and dispose thereof as ffolloweth Imprimis I will that all my Debts ffunerall Expenses and Harriotts be paid and discharged out of my personall Estate Item I give and bequeath all my Lands in Kinder unto my wife untill my son Thomas shall attaine the age of one & twenty years in trust nevertheless that she shall keep and mentaine my two Children sufficiently according to their quallity Untill they shall attaine the Age of one and twenty years, if she my sd wife happen so long to live and keep her selfe Unmarried Butt if she happen to marry from that time that she shall Marry another Husband to have no parte of my [ ] reall or personall save twenty pounds and her Dower And after my son Thomas comes to the Age of one & twenty years my wife then Unmarried not haveing dureing the sd terme contracted matrimony with another Husband I give and bequeath one Moity of all my Lands in Kinder to my sd wife dureing her life or second marriage which shall first happen Butt after her second marriage she is to have onely her sd Legacie of twenty pounds and her Dower Item I give & bequeath to my son Thomas the other moity of said Lands in Kinder when he shall attaine the Age of one & twenty years if my said wife be then alive and Unmarried to a second Husband Butt from the time of this Mother’s second Marriage then two thirds of my sd Lands And from my wifes Death all my said Lands Unto my said son Thomas and his Heires forever Chargeable never the less with the sume of Sixty pounds to his Sister Elizabeth when she shall attaine the Age of one & twenty Years Butt if my said wife happen to dye near this time or before my sd son dome to Age then my said son to pay out of my Lands Unto my Daughter Elizabeth the sume of one Hundred pounds when she shall attaine the Age of one twenty years Item I give unto my Daughter Elizabeth all my personall Estate after my Debts & ffunerall Expenses are discharged Except to my wife as before mentioned Together with the Sd sume of sixty pounds or an hundred pounds charged on my said Lands according to the Limitations before mentioned And if my said son happen to dye before he attaine the Age of one& twenty years not haveing Lawfull Issue then I give & bequeath all my sd Lands Unto my Daughter Elizabeth and her Heires for Ever And if both my sd children happen to dye before they attaine the Age of one & twenty years I give & bequeath out of my sd lands and to be charged Upon the same the sume of twenty pounds apiece to every Child my ffather in law John FROGATT shall then have Liveing And Unto every Child my Uncle ffrancis GEE shall have then Liveing the sume of tenn pounds apeede to be charged on my said Lands as aforesd And the remainder of my said Lands Unto my two sisters and their Heires for Ever Item I make Constitute and Ordaine my wife Ellen BOOTH my ffatherinlaw John FFROGATT and my Uncle ffrancis GEE Executors of this my Last will and Testament hopeing they will performe the trust reposed in them Revoking all other wills heretofore by me made Wittness my hand ye 12th day of August Anno Dom 1721

Sealed Signed and published as the Last will & Testament of the Testator in the presence of

Memorandum that the word have in the Ninth line in the second page And John FFROGATT in the same line was Interlined before the sealing hereof

Request to administer his estate registered by Hannah BOOTH widow & relict on 10 September 1811; Oath sworn 28 Sep 1811

Obligation signed by Hannah BOOTH and supported by Jeremiah HOLLINGWORTH, farmer & Edward J PICKFORD, innkeeper

Obligation signed by Rebecca BOOTH and supported by Charles BOOTH, cordwainer & Joseph OATES, auctioneer

In the name of God Amen, the seventeenth day of August in the year of our Lord God 1721 in the eight year of the reign of our most Sovereign Lord King George the first king of England Scotland France & Ireland king Defender of the faith. I Mary BOOTH being of sound memory & understanding blessed be God for it knowing my turn to be upon

I commit my soul into the hands of almighty God earth short & uncertaine, I desire if the Lord permit that my body may be interred in the Chappel of Hayfield, to be buried after the Christian burial Inprimis I give & bequeathe unto my Sister Margaret BOOTH the sum of fourscoure pounds, Item I give & bequeathe unto my Mother Ann MARRIOTT the sum of forty pounds to bring me out with it & to pay all these Legacies too, Item I give & bequeath to the school of Hayfield the sum of four pounds accordingly as Thomas MARRIOTT & Henry BOOTH shall think fit to be pay’d, Item I give leave & bequeath to my Brother John’s Children either of them five shillings

Item I leave Thomas MARRIOTT & Henry BOOTH to be Executors for this my last will & testament In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed

A true and perfect Inventory of all such goods and debts oweing as Mary BOOTH of Kinder in the parrish of Glossopp and County of Derby spinster dyed possessed of then vallued and apprized by us whose names are here unto subscribed viz.

In the name of god amen, I Thomas BOOTH of Kinder in ye parrish of Glossopp and County of Derby Yeoman being under some paine of body but of sound and perfect memory praysed be God for the same doo make and ordaine this my last will and Testament in manner and forme following viz: first I Committ my Sole into ye hands of Allmighty God my Creator Hopeing through ye merrits of his blesed son to receive pardon for all my sins and my body to be buryed in decent manner att ye: discression of my Executors heare after named And for such temporall Goodes God hath intrusted me with my will and mind is as ffolloweth. Imprimis itt is my will and mind that my funerall Expenses and debts if Any such therebe be paid forth of my p:sonall Estate. Item it is my will and mind that whereas all my land in Lanckishire was sel[led] upon my Heir before Marriage Now it is my full will and mind that if it shall please god my Wife shall be Conceived and bringe forth a second son, that then such second son shall have all my reall Estate with such limittations as are hereafter Expressed That is to say, if it please god my Wife be conceived of a second son that then such second son shall be chargeable with and shall pay to my Daughter or Daughters the sume of one Hundred pounds when shee shall attaine y: age of one and Twenty yeares And to my son John y: sume of Twenty pounds at such time as my second son if such be shall attaine y: Age of one and Twenty years Item it is my full will and mind That if it please god my son John shall fall Heyre to all my reall Estate That then and in such Case He shall be chargeable with and shall pay unto my Daughter or Daughters y: sume of One Hundred and Twenty pounds as y: shall attaine age of one and twenty yeares to be Equally devided And it is my Will and mind that my well beloved uncle George BOOTH of Wolley and my Brother Henry BOOTH of Charlsworth be my Sole Executors of this my last will and Testament revoking all others In Wittness whereof I have here unto set my hand and seall the twenty ninth day of June Anno Domini: 1705

Thomas WATERHOUSE; Elizabeth WATERHOUSE her marke; John HIDE

The condition names his children as: John BOOTH, Mary BOOTH and Margarett BOOTH

This is the last Will and Testament of me Thomas BOOTH of Kinder in the Parish of Glossop in the County of Derby Gentleman, first I Give and Devise unto my Dear wife Elizabeth and her Assigns for and during the term of her natural life the House Garden and premises I now occupy with the outhousing and room to lay Hay in the Barn and standing for a Cow in the Shippen and the round meadow with liberty to get Fire wood in the Bank at Kinder aforesaid And also one clear annuity or yearly rent or sum of Seventy pounds to be paid to her by four equal quarterly payments in the year the first payment thereof to be made at the end of twenty days next after my decease with a proportionate part of such annuity for any time les than a quarter of any day of payment next preceding her death And which said annuity or yearly sum I do hereby charge upon and direct to be issuing and payable from the remaining part of my Estate (not devised to my said wife for life aforesaid) in Kinder aforesaid And I do hereby declare my will and mind to be that if the said annuity shall happen to be in arrear and unpaid for the space of Seventy days next after any quarterly day of payment then and in such Case from time to time it shall and may be lawful for my said wife and her assigns to enter into and upon the remaining part of my said Estate (not devised to my said wife for life as aforesaid) in Kinder aforesaid or any part thereof and to distain for the recovery of the said annuity as shall be so in arrear or any part thereof and the incidental costs and charges in the like manner as is usual in Cases of Distress for rent service in arrear I Give and Devise all and every my Messuages Cottages Lands tenements rents and hereditaments situate in Kinder aforesaid (so subject and chargeable as aforesaid) and in Chadderton or elsewhere in the County of Lancaster of what tenure nature or kind soever the same or any of them respectively are or be with their and every of their rights members and appurtenances unto my two Sons in Law and Executors hereinafter name the Reverend John LINGARD and Thomas WATERHOUSE their Executors Administrators and Assigns for the term of 99 years to comence and begin from the day of my death Upon Trust that they the said John LINGARD and Thomas WATERHOUSE or the survivor of them his Executors or administrators do and shall by mortgage thereof or of a competent part thereof do and shall pay for all or any part of the said term of ninety nine years borrow and take up at interest such sum or sums of money as [ ] or [ ] and suficient for the payment of all unjust debts funeral expenses and the Probate of this my will And Subject to the interest thereof do and shall pay apply and dispose of the present clear yearly rents thereof ( not including the mines or Timber therein) during such part of the said term of ninety nine years as my said wife shall happen to live in manner following, that is to say One third part thereof unto my Daughter Mary wife of John BAYLEY One other third part thereof unto my Daughter Ellen the wife of the said Thomas WATERHOUSE And the remaining one third part thereof unto my Daughter [ ] the wife of John SIMPSON And [crease in original] shall [ ] to die in the life time of my said wife leaving issue Child or Children I direct and order the part of such of them so dying to be continued and paid to such her or their Child or Children And in case any of them shall happen to die without leaving issue Child or Children I direct and order the part of such of them so dying without issue to be continued and paid to the survivors or survivor and to the issue of such of them as shall or may be dead leaving issue such issue taking only amongst them the part that such parent would have taken if living And upon further trust that they the said John LINGARD and Thomas WATERHOUSE and the survivor of them his Executors or Administrators do and shall from and imediately after the death of my said wife by with and out of the rents issues and profits of my said Estate in Kinder pay unto my said Daughter Mary and her assigns for and during the term of her natural life one clear annuity or rent of [ teen] pounds and ten shillings and for her own sole and separate use and disposal exclusive of the said John BAILEY or of any other Husband or Husbands with whom she shall intermarry and wherewith he or they or any of them shall not in anywise intermeddle neither shall the same or any part thereof be subject or liable to his their or any of their debts control engagements but that the receipt or receipts of my said Daughter Mary alone shall be effectual or sufficient discharge or discharges for the same or for such part or parts thereof as shall be therein respectively acknowledged and expressed to be received And in either manner or by demise sale or Mortgage thereof or of a competent part thereof for all or any part of the said term of ninety nine years as they in their discretion shall think fit levy and raise or borrow and take up at interest the sum of one hundred pounds and pay the same unto my Grandson Daniel BOOTH son of my said Daughter [ ] and also from imediately after the death of my said Daughter Mary the further sum of sixty pounds and pay and apply the same unto my Grandson Daniel BOOTH Provided always and I do hereby order and direct that in Case the said several sums of one hundred pounds and sixty pounds respectively or either of them so directed to be paid to my said Grandson Daniel BOOTH as aforesaid shall happen to be behind and unpaid by the space of three months next after they or either of them shall respectively become due under and by virtue of this my will Being first lawfully demanded then and so often it shall and may be lawful to and for my said Grandson Daniel BOOTH or his assigns into and upon my said Estate in Kinder aforesaid and unto every or any part thereof to enter and distrain for the same or for such part thereof as shall be then due and the distress and distresses then and there found to detain keep sell and dispose of for the raising the said several sums of one hundred pounds and sixty pounds or such of them or such part or parts of them or either of them as shall be so due and unpaid together with the reasonable costs and charges attending such distress and sale rendering the overplus if any there be to the then owner thereof any thing in this my will contained or any Law usage or custom to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding And so subject and chargeable I Give and Devise the whole of my said Estate in Kinder unto my said Daughter Ellen and her assigns for and during the term of her natural life without impeachment of or for any manner of waste and from and imediately after her death unto and to the use of all and every or such one or more of the Children of my said Daughter Ellen born or hereafter to be born in such parts shares and proportions manner and form as my said Daughter Ellen notwithstanding her Coverture and whether she shall be sole or married by any her Deed or Deeds in writing to be by her duly signed sealed and delivered in the presence of and attested by two or more credible witnesses or by her last will and Testament in writing or any writing proporting her last will and Testament to be by her signed sealed and published in the presence of and attested by three or more credible witnesses shall direct limit give devise or appoint the same and in default of such direction limitation gift devise or appointment I Give and Devise the same unto the eldest son of my said Daughter Ellen by her present husband the said Thomas WATERHOUSE his heirs and assigns for ever And upon further trust that they said John LINGARD and Thomas WATERHOUSE and the Survivor of them his Executors or administrators do and shall from and imediately after the death of my [wife] will and out of the [crease in original] of my said Estate in Chadderton aforesaid or elsewhere in the said County of Lancaster pay unto my said Daughter Mary and her assigns for and during so long and such part of the said term of ninety nine years as she shall happen to live One other clear annuity or rent of Thirteen pounds and ten shillings to and for her own sole and separate use and disposal exclusive of the said John BAILEY or any other husband or husbands with whom she shall intermarry and wherewith neither or any of them shall not in anywise intermeddle neither shall the same or any part thereof be subject or liable to his their or any of their debts control management or engagements but that the receipt and receipts of my said Daughter Mary above shall be effectual sufficient discharge or discharges for the same or for such part or parts thereof as shall be therein respectively acknowledged and expressed to be received And so subject and chargeable I Give and Devise the whole of my said Estate in Chadderton aforesaid or elsewhere in the said County of Lancaster unto my said Daughter Betty and her assigns for and during the term of her natural life without impeachment of or for any manner of waste and from and imediately after her death I Give and Devise the same unto and to the use of and every or any such one or more of the Children of my said Daughter Betty born or hereafter to be born in such parts shares and proportions manner and form as my said Daughter Betty notwithstanding her coverture and whether she shall be sole or married by [ ] her Deed or Deeds in writing to be by her duly executed in the presence of an attested by two or more credible witnesses or by her last will and Testament in writing or any writing purporting her last will and Testament to be by her duly signed [deed] and published in the presence of and attested by three or more credible witnesses shall direct limit give devise or appoint the same And in default of such direction limitation gift devise or appointment I Give and Devise the same unto the Eldest son of my said Daughter Betty by her present husband the said John LINGARD his heirs and assigns for ever And as for and concerning all the rest residue and remainder of my Estate and Effects of what and every nature or kind soever or whersoever I Give and Devise the same unto my said wife her Executors Administrators and assigns And I do declare my will and mind to be that the said annuity and provision hereinbefore devised and bequeathed is and for the benefit of my said wife are by me intended to be in lieu and satisfaction of her Dower or thirds at Common Law Provided always and [ ] my will and mind is that it shall and may be lawful to and for my said Trustees and Executors and the survivor of them his Executors and administrators to reimburse and satisfy themselves and [ ] of them by with and out of the said [ ] Estate all such costs charges [ ] which they or either of any of them shall or may [ ] or be [ ] unto for or by reason or means of the trusts hereby in them reposed or any thing relating thereto And that [ ] [ ] shall not by answerable or accountable for any [ ] than shall actually come to their hands respectively nor for any involuntary loss or misfortune which shall or may happen to the said trust estate nor shall the [ ] them be answerable or accountable for the acts receipts neglects [ ] misappropriations or non applications of the other of them But each of them only for his own respective wilful acts receipts neglects and defaults And lastly I nominate [ ] and appoint the said John LINGARD and Thomas WATERHOUSE Trustees and Executors hereof and do hereby revoke all former wills by me made and declare this to by my last In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal [ ] thirteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety six.

Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the above named Testator Thomas BOOTH as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request and in his presence and in the presence of one another have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses to attest the execution hereof

I Thomas BOOTH of Kinder in the parish of Glossop in the County Derby Yeoman being advanced in years but of sound and perfect memory (blessed be God) Do make and publish this my Codicil to my last Will and Testament bearing date the thirteenth day of February in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety six. Whereas in my said Will I did nominated and constitute my Sons in Law John LINGARD and Thomas WATERHOUSE Trustees and Executors thereof And my Son in Law John LINGARD is now departed this Life, I therefore do hereby nominate and appoint my Daughter Betty LINGARD and my Son in Law Thomas WATERHOUSE jointly to be Executrix and Executor of my said last Will and Testament and all the Legacies and Bequests in my said Will I hereby do Ratify and confirm. In Witness whereof I have heretofore set my Hand and Seal this twelfth day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred.

Signed Sealed published and declared by the above named Thomas BOOTH as and for a Codicil to his last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who in his presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our Names as Witnesses

In the Name of God Amen I Anthony BOWEDEN of the Cliffe in Mellor in the parish of Glossop and County of Derby Yeoman beeing Indisposed as to my Bodily health Yet of sound and perfect minde & memory praised been God almighty for the same Yet knowing that all flesh is but Dust and that in the [ ] of Life Wee are in Death Doo therefore make and ordaine this my present last Will & Testament in manner and forme following That is to say ffirst and principally I comend my soule into the hands of God who gave it hopeing in & through the meritorious Death and passion of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to have full and free pardon and forgiveness of all my sinns and to Inheritt Everlasting Life and bee made partaker with his Holy Elect in his heavenly Kingdom My Body I Comitt to the Earth to bee decently Interred at the Discretion of my Executor herein after named And as touching the Disposition of all such Temporall Estate as it hath pleased Almighty God to bestowe on mee I Give and Dispose thereof as followeth First I will that all my Debts funerall Expenses and the Charges of the probate of this my last Will and testament shall bee ffirst payd and Discharged fourth of my whole personall Estate. Item I Give devise & Bequeath all my Comon Grounds in Whitle Hamel in Bowden Midlecale and in the parish of Glossop in the said County of Derby (now in my possession) unto my Brother Thomas BOWDEN and his heirs for ever. Item I Doo further give and Bequeath to my said Brother Thomas BOWDEN the sume of fforty pounds of Lawfull Money of Great Brittain And the Bed whereon I usually lye with all the Beding and ffurniture thereunto Belonging as it now Stands Together with my Coffer and all my Wearing Apparell. Item I Give and Bequeath to Anne Wife of William WAGSTAFFE the sume of Ten pounds And all my Leasehold goods (Excepting the Cl[ ]) Item I Give and Bequeath to my Neice Elizabeth the Wife of John WAGSTAFFE the sume of ffive shillings Item I Give and Bequeath to my Sister Elizabeth the Wife of Joseph WOOD of the Southhouse Ten Shillings Item I Give and Bequeath to my Nephews William HEGGINBOTHOM and Samuel HEGGINBOTHOM each of them ffive Shillings Item I Give and Bequeath to my Nephews Anthony BOWDEN [ ] William HEGGINBOTHOM each ff[ ] each of them ffive shillings apeice Item I Give and Bequeath to my Cousen Joan HAIGH the Sume of fforty Shillings. All the rest and [residue] of my Goods Chattells rights Creditts and personall Estate Whatsoever I Doo hereby Give Devise and Bequeath unto Samuel BOWDEN son of my Brother Samuel BOWDEN. Item it is my Will and Mind that my Executor shall bee at Liberty to pay the said Legacies at any time within the space of ffour years next after my Decease And Lastly I Doo hereby make Constitute and appoint my said Loveing Brother Samuel BOWDEN Sole Executor of this my Last Will and Testatment And I Do hereby revoke Dissannull & Utterly make void all former Wills and Testaments by mee heretofore made And in Testimony that this is my Last Will and Testament I have hereunto put my hand and Seal this Eleaventh day of May in the Tenth Year of the Raigne of our most Gracious Soveraigne Lady Anne by the grace of god Queen of Great Brittain ffrance and Ireland

Sealed Signed published and Declared to bee the Last Will & Testament of the above named Testator, in the presence of us

A True and perfect Inventory of all the Goods and Chattells of Anthony BOWDEN late of Cliffe in Mellor in the Parish of Glossop & County of Derby Yeoman Deceased valued and Appraised (by us whose names are hereunder written this Twelfth day of June in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seaven hundred & Eleaven as followeth, viz.

In the name of God Amen I Anthony BOWDEN of Mellor in the parish of Glossop and County of Derby Husbandman being weak of Body but sound of mind and Memory having a desire and do dispose of all my goods Cattle and personal Estate in manner and form following – Inprimis it is my desire that my Body be decently Buried and all my Debts and funeral Expense be first paid Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Elizabeth the sum of one Shilling Item I give and bequeath to my Son Thomas the sum of one Shilling Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Ann the sum of one Shilling Item I give and bequeath to my Son James the sum of one Shilling Item I give and bequeath to my son Jonathan the sum of one Shilling Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Mary the sum of one Shilling and Lastly I give and bequeath the Remainder of my Effects goods and Cattle to my Loving Wife Esther and to her disposal and so Appoint her my whole Executrix and do appoint this my last will and Testament made this 20 of December 1761 and have put my hand and Seal

A True and Perfect Inventory of all the Goods, Cattle Chattels and Credits of Anthony BOWDEN of Mellor in the Parish of Glossop and County of Derby Husbandman late Deceased.

Witness our Hands, this Twenty Sixt day of December in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and Sixty one. Valued in all at Eighteen pounds three shillings

Whereas Anthony BOWDEN late of Mellor in the parish of Glossop in the County of Derby and Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry Cotton Manufacturer Deceased died upwards of fourteen days ago Intestate a Widower leaving his oldest son John BOWDEN in his Minority to wit of the age of Nineteen years but under the age of Twenty one and therefore incapable of taking out Letters of Administration of the Personal Estate of the said deceased And Whereas the said John BOWDEN hath under his hand and Seal duly elected and made choice of his friend Ralph BRIDGE of Marple in the County of Chester [ ] Manufacturer to be his Guardian and Curator of all intents and purposed in the law Ecclesiastical but more especially for the purpose of taking out Letters of Administration of the Personal Estate of the said Anthony BOWDEN deceased for his use and behoof and during his Minority Now Know all Men by these Presents that I the said Ralph BRIDGE have accepted and by these precepts do accept the said Office for the purposes aforesaid And that this my acceptance and choice may have its due affect I do hereby appoint William MOTT and John MOTT Notaries Publick and Procurators General of the Lord Bishop Consistory Court of Lichfield [ ] and severally my Pro[ ] to appear before the Reverend and Worshipful William Vyse Doctor of Law Chancellor of the Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry his Surrogate or other competent Judge to pray and procure this my Proxy of acceptation to be admitted and enacted and the Guardianship Assigned and Administration Decreed accordingly And what my said Proctors or either of them shall lawfully do in the [ ] I do hereby promise to ratify and confirm In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal Dated the Eighteenth day of April in the year of our Lord 1808

This is the last Will and Testament of me George BOWDEN of Church Street, Glossop in the County of Derby, Farm Labourer. I nominate and appoint my Brother John Wood BOWDEN of Norfolk Street in Glossop in the County of Derby, Relieving Officer, and my Brother in Law Joseph Wood BRADBURY of Hollingworth in the Parish of Mottram in Longdendale in the County of Chester, Furniture Dealer, Executors of this my Will. I give devise and bequeathe all my Real and Personal Estate of what nature of kind soever unto my brother the said John Wood BOWDEN and my sister Elizabeth the Wife of the said Joseph Wood BRADBURY and their respective heirs executors, administrators and assigns according to the value and quality thereof in equal shares as tenants in common. In witness whereof I have herunto set my hand this twentieth day of October One Thousand eight hundred and seventy one.

Signed by the said testator as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us present at the same time who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses - Henry CONSTERDINE 41 Norfolk Street, Glossop and Edwin WRIGHT 3 Fitzalan Street, Glossop.

Proved at Derby the thirteenth day of July 1874 by the Oaths of John Wood BOWDEN the brother, and Joseph Wood BRADBURY the Executors to whom Administration was granted.

The Testator George BOWDEN was late of Glossop in the County of Derby, Farm Labourer and died on the 26th day of March 1874 at Glossop aforesaid.

In the name of god amen I Issabell BOWDEN of the haigh within Bowden Midlecale in the county of Deby widdow being in good health of body and of sound and perfect minde and memory praise be therefore given to allmighty god doe make and ordaine this my psent last will and testament in manner and forme followeing (that is to say) ffirst & principally I comend my soule into the hands_^^{of god my creator
hopeing through the meritts and mediation}_^ of my saviour Jesus Christe to have full and free pardon and forgiveness of all my sinnes and to inheritte everlasting life and my bodie I committe to the earth to bee decently buryed at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named and as touching the disposition of all such temporall Estate as it hath pleased god to estwoe upon my I give and dispose thereof as followeth ffirst it is my will and mynd that all my debts and my funerall charges shall be paid and discharged Itm I give unto my sonne Thomas BOWDEN the sume of ffive pounds in money and unto my Daughter Anne the now wife of William BRADOCK the like sume of ffive pounds and unto my Daughter Elizabeth the now wife of William HEGINBOTHOM the like sume of ffive pounds the aforesaid Legacies to be paid within twelve monthes next after my decease and all the rest residue and remainder of all my goods chattelles and psonall estate whatsoever I doe give and bequeath unto my two sonnes Anthony BOWDEN and Samuell BOWDEN equally to be devyded betwixt them and I make constitute and appoynt the said Anthony and Samuell BOWDEN Executors of this my last will and testam. hereby revoking dissannulling and makeing voyd all former wills and testamts. by me formerly made In witness whereof I the said Issabell BOWDEN have hereunto sett my hand and seale the last day of June in the xxxvith yeare of the raigne of our Sovaryne Lord Charles the second by the grace of god king of England & And in the yeare of our Lord god one thousand six hundred Eighty and foure/

Signed Sealed and published for the last will & testament of the above named Issabell BOWDEN

in the presence of Edmond CLAYTON; John CLAYTON; James BOWDEN

In the Name of God Amen the eight and twentieth day of Aprill in the yeare of our lord one Thousand Six hundred Eighty and Two I James BOWDEN of Haigh in Bowden Midlecale within the parish of Glossop and County of Darby yeoman being amongst many other causes moved with the consideracons of the fraylty and uncertainety of the lives of all people in generall and more pticularly of mine owne life whereby I am admonished to make my selfe readye asswell in the preparacon of my soule to god as by the disposition of my temporall estate in this world doe in good health of bodie and in my perfect and sound memorye and understanding make ordaine and declare this my last will and testament in manner and forme followeing (that is to say) first and principally I bequeath and render my soule unto my Lord God and creator hopeing through the meritts death and passion of my Saviour Jesus Christ to have full and free pardon and forgivenesse of all my sins and to inherit everlasting life and my bodye I comitte to the Earth to bee decently buryed by my Executors hereafternamed And as touching the disposition of all such temporall estate as it hath pleased allmighty god to bestowe upon mee I doe hereby publishe expresse and declare my full minde will and intenson in that behalfe as followeth And first it is my will and minde that all such debts as of right or conscience I shall happen to owe unto any person or persons at the tyme of my decease bee duely and truely dischardged and paid by my said Executors out of my personall estate goods and chattells and after my said debts paid (if any such shall bee) and my funerall expenses and the chardges of the probate of this my will deducted I doe give devise and bequeath all the residue and remainder of my personall Estate goods and chattells whatsoever unto my two daughters Elizabeth and Mary and such other daughters younger son and sons as I was fortune to have at my decease equally to be devided betwixt or amongst them And I doe further will and appoynt that my brothers Anthony BOWDEN and Samuel BOWDEN shall have the tuition of my said two daughters and of all other my Children untill they shall [ ]=ly attaine the age of one and twentye yeares and the custodye employment and government of their Estates and portons dureing their respective minorityes And whereas in and by one Indenture bearing date the Five and Twentyeth day of June in the Five and Twentyeth yeare of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Kind Charles the Second that now is over England & made between mee the said James BOWDEN of the one part and John SYKE son of Nicholas SYKE of Bowden Midlecale aforesaid yeoman and the said Anthony BOWDEN my brother of the other part (there is amongst other things) a certaine provisoe agreement Libertye or favor referred unto for mee the said James BOWDEN by my last will or testament in case I shall have any issue male begotten upon the bodye of Elizabeth SYKE my then intended and now wife to chardge all and singular the messuages tenement and premises in the said Indenture [ ] and comprised or any part or parcell thereof ([ ]=ing onely such parts and parcells thereof as are herein lymitted in Joynture to and for the said Elizabeth my wife dureing the continuance of her Estate therein) with the payment of any sume or sumes of money not exceeding in the whole the sumes of Two hundred pounds to or for the use or [ ] of any person or persons for any intents or purposes whatsoever And there is alsoe another provisoe agreement Liberty or power referred unto and for mee the said James BOWDEN in and [ ] the same Indenture that If I shall happen to bee deceased without and issue male then it shall and may bee Lawfull to and for mee the said James BOWDEN by my last will and testament to chardge all and sungular the said premises or any part or parcell thereof (Excepte as aforesaide) with the payment of any sume or sumes of money intended [ ] the [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] whole to or for the use or benefit of any person or persons or for any use intent or purpose [ ] The same severall sumes of money to bee payable by such anuall rent or otherwise [ ] such manner as to use shall seeme meete As in and by the said Indenture [ ] [them] [unto] being had and made it doth an may more fully and at lardge appeare Now I the said James BOWDEN [inundoing] and resolving to use and exercise the said liberty powers and authority referred and agreed to bee unto mee by the said Indenture doe by this my present last will and testament in pursuance of the said power and authority and of every or any other power or authority to use in that behalfe by the said Indenture given or reserved declare expresse and publishe my minde will and intencon to bee and doe lymitt appoynt and chardge in that behalfe as followeth (that is to say) that in case I shall happen to be deceased without any issue male by mee lawfully begotten and liveing at or after the tyme of my death and that my personall estate goods and chattells shall not extend in value to satisfye and dischardge all my such debts then and in such case it is my will and minde and I doe hereby lymitt Chardge directe and appoynt that soe much money as together with the money to bee made by sale of my said personall estate shall bee sufficient to satisfye and dischardge my said debts shall with all convenient speed after my decease bee raise and levyed out or and by the issues and profitts of the said messuage tenement and premises excepte as in the said Indenture is Excepted and shall bee paid and payable to my Executors as the same can bee raised by them to bee employed for the purpose aforesaid provided that the sume soe to be raise for the payment of my debts doe not exceed the sume of ffoure hundred pounds but in case I shall have issue male begotten on the bodye of the said Elizabeth my now wife then it is my will and minde and I doe by this my present will and testament chardge all and singular the said messuage tenement and premises in the same Indenture [ ] excepte as is therein excepted with the payment of the full and cleare sume of Three hundred pounds of good and lawfull money of England unto the said Anthony BOWDEN and Samuell BOWDEN my Executors hereafter named The sume to bee issueing goeing and payable to them out of the premises excepte as aforesaid imediately after my decease for and dureing soe long tyme and untill that the said sume of Three hundred pounds shall bee fully and clearly raise received levyed and taken out of by or with the cleare issues and proffits thereof excepte as aforesaid or shall be otherwise satisfyed and paid unto my said Executors And as touching the said sume of Three hundred pounds it is my will and minde and I doe hereby direct and appointe that my said Executors shall employe soe much thereof as shall fall short of my personall estate for the satisfaction and dischardge of my said debts if such occasion bee And that the residue and remainder of the said sume of Three hundred pounds shall bee disposed employed or putt forth by my sad Executors at Interest or otherwise for the prese[ ]ment equall benefitte and advantage of all my Children other then my oldest son who is to have or expect noe part or porton thereof provyded allwayes and it is my will and minde that if any of My said Children shall happen to bee deceased not haveing been marryed before such tyme as hee or shee shall have attained to the age of one and Twenty yeares then and in such case the share part or proton of the said sume of Three hundred pounds or other legacy hereby given or appoynted to be paid unto him or her soe dying unmarryed as aforesaid shall imediately after his or her death remaine and bee unto the other of my said younger children surviving equally pportonally amongst them And Lastly I doe nominate constitute & appoynt myu said Brothers Anthony BOWDEN and Samuell BOWDEN executors of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills & testaments by mee heretofore made or declared In witness whereof I have hereunto set my had and seal the and yeare first above written.

In the name of god Amen the xxv day of Aprill in the xxxvi yeare of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lady Elizabeth that now is I John BAWDON of the Aspenshawe in the county of Derby [being] sicke in body, but in mynde of good and perfect remembrance praysed be god knowinge the certenty of Death, and the uncerten tye of the houre and tyme thereof doe make this my last will and testament in maner And forme followinge first I comitt my soule to almighty god my maker, trustinge through the meryts of Christs passion to be one of gods elect and my body to be buryed in the church of Glossop where I am a parishonere. Item whereas I have taken by lease of Indenture to me and myne assignes of Richarde HAYES and margret his wife one farm called Oxe hey lyinge and beinge in the parishe of Glossopp the sayde farme I give and assigne to Alles BOWDON my wife and to her assignes for and Dureinge all the tearme of yeares yet to come contayned in the lease of the Demised premises Item I give and assigne to Alles BOWDON my sayde wife her assignes all my interest and tytle of the thyrde part of a chase called the Great Aspenshawe, Duringe the tearme of yeares con tayned in a lease, taken of me Rowland GYERof Hassopp and others Item I give and bequeath to Robert HAFIELD of the nether cliffe the yonger, iiij£ Item I give and bequeath to Alles HADFIELD of the nether cliffe my sister my great pann & to John HADFIELD her sonn my great pott and to [ ] of her thre Daughters viz viii£ Item I give to Ottiwell BRAMALL of the thornesetfieldes the yonger xxs Item I give to John BRAMALLbrother to the sayde Ottiwell xiis iiijd Item I give to Anne BRAMALL and Elizabeth BRAMALL systers to the sayd Ottiwell and John ether of them xs Item I give to five children of Peter Haughe of Lyme to whom I stand uncle [ ] of them viz viiid Item I give to Margret RYDGWAY iiis vid if she remain with my wife her mother Dureing her mothers lyfe if not her mother to bestowe some what uppon her according to her discretion Item I give to Thomas BEARDE of the Phosyde xs Item I give to Raphe GARRAT and Nicholas BEARDE of the Ohosyde ether of them xiid Item I give to Robert RYDGWAY xs Item I give to Margret RYDGWAY Daughter of the sayde Robert one lamb the rest of my goods after my funerall expences and Legacies contayned in this my lat will Discharged I give to Alles BOWDEN my sayde wife And of this my last will and testament I make and ordayne Mr Thomas RAWLINSON of the Highgate to whom I give xs And alles BOWDON my sayde wife myne executors, and Raphe GARRAGE, Nicholas BEARD, Thomas BEARDE and Robert RYDGWAY myne overseers, trusting the will see this my last will in all poyntes Discharge to the health of my soule: and all the wills executors & overseers by here before made I utterly disanull and this to stand in effect

Theise wittnesses Gualther NORMANSELL; Ottiwell BRAMALL; John HADFEELD

A true Inventory of all the goods and cattles of John BOWDON of the Asphenshawe lately deceased moveable and imovable pryced and valued by four honest men, viz Ottiwell FERNELYHE Raphe ARNFILDE Ottiwell GARRAT and Richarde WARRINGTON the thyrd day of October Anno do 1594

Inprimis two oxe foure putin

vi£

Item foure kyne

viii£

Item three twynters

v£

Item foure A[ ]kes

iiij£

Item foure claves

liijs iiijd

Item one olde horse

xxvis viiid

Item in olde sheepe

xxxv £

Item in Lambes

iii£ vis viiid

Item in corne

vi£

Item in hay

iiij£

Item in meale and mault

xs

Item in beddinge

v£

Item in brasse and pewter

iiij £

Item starks & one wyndeinge cloth

xiiis iiijd

Item all husbandry ware

xxvis viiid

Item for arkes and coffers

xxs

Item all hustment of houshould

xs

Item for h[ ] and ch[ ]

xxs

Item two scoyne

xxvis viid

Item in Hennes & pullyne

iis

Item his purse and apparell

xxiiis iiijd

Suma totalis

lxxxxii £ viiis vijd

This is the last Will and Testament of me John Wood BOWDEN of Fern House, Howard Street, Glossop in the County of Derby late relieving officer. I appoint my daughter Elizabeth GARSIDE the wife of John GARSIDE of Fern House aforesaid, my friend George HADFIELD Master of the Union Workhouse, Crosland Moor, Huddersfield in the County of York and my friend Harry BROADHURST, Bank Manager of Henry Street, Glossop in the County of Derby Executrix and Executors of this my Will. And I bequeathe to each of them the sum of five pounds for their services free from duty. I direct them to pay all my just debts personal funeral and testamentary expenses as soon as convenient after my decease. I give and bequeath all my household furniture and effects in Fern House and premises adjoining and owned by me to my said daughter Elizabeth GARSIDE absolutely I also give devise and bequeath to my said daughter Elizabeth GARSIDE all the residue and remainder of my estate consisting of my leasehold house and premises in Howard Street my leasehold houses in Norfolk Street and Fitzalan Street all situate in Glossop aforesaid including all my ready money moneys invested in shares mortgages and in any other way upon trust to secure the rents and profits insuing therefrom during her life subject nevertheless to her paying regularly all charges ensuing against my estate and keeping all my leasehold House and Premises in good ? able repair And on the death of my said daughter Elizabeth GARSIDE I give devise and bequeath all my said residuary leasehold and personal estate then remaining to her surviving children in equal shares share and share alike as tenants in common their several heirs executors administrators and assigns Provided also And I hereby declare that if any of my said grandchildren shall be under the age of twenty one years at the death of my said daughter Elizabeth GARSIDE then I direct that the interest accruing from such share or shares shall be used in paying for the maintenance clothing ad education of such child or children until her or she arrive at such age And in the meantime I authorise my Executrix and Executors for the time being of this my will to release or otherwise change my investments or continue the same for so long as they shall think it to be for the benefit and advantage of my estate the investments of and securities for monies existing at my death or any one or more of them respectively but all bonuses or other accretions upon or to any shares or other investments of money forming part of my personal estate for the time being shall be considered as corpus or capital and not as income And shall therefore form part of and be added to my general residuary personal estate And lastly I revoke all former Wills made by me and declare this to be my last Will and Testament In witness whereof I the said John Wood BOWDEN have hereunto set my hand and subscribed my name this sixteenth day of February One Thousand nine hundred and nine.

Signed by the said John Wood BOWDEN the testator as and for his last and only Will and Testament in the joint presence of us who at his request in his presence and in presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.

John WARRINGTON, Workhouse Master Glossop; Ellis SIDEBOTTOM, Relieving Officer, 67 Norfolk Street, Glossop

On the 16th day of August 1913 Probate of this Will was granted at Derby to Elizabeth GARSIDE and Harry BROADHURST the surviving Executors.

In the name of god Amen the Eleventh day of August in the Second year of the Reign of our sovereign Lady Anne (by the Grace of God) now Queen of Engd Scld ffrance & Ired Defender of the ffaith yr Anno dom 1703 I Samuel BOWDEN of Newmill within the pish of Glossopp in the County of Derby yeoman being aged & Infirme in Body but of sound & disposing memory praised be God for the same Doo ordaine & make this my Last Will & Testament in writeing in maner & forme following (that is to say ffirst principally I comitt my soul into the hands of Allmighty God my Creator hopeing in & through the Meritts or Jesus Christ my alone Saviour & redeemer to obtaine ffree pardon & remision of all my sinnes and to bee made ptaker of Life Everlastinge And my Body I Comitt to the Earth from whense it was taken to be decently Interred at the Discreton of my Executrix herein after named And as touching such worldly Estate as the Lord in mercy hath bestowed upon mee, I Dispose thereof in maner and fform following (that is to say ffirst my will & mind is that all such due Debts as I shall happen to owe and my ffunerall Expenses shall bee discharged forth of my psonall Estate Item I Give and Devise unto Sarah my now Loveing Wife All the rents Issues & pfitts of my sevrall Messuages or dwelling houses Lands Tenements & hereditaments whatsovever within [ ] of their appurtenances Situate Lying & being at Newmill aforesaid and at a certaine place within Whitle Hamblett in the sd pish of Glossopp comonly called the Beardhough or elsewhere within the said Hamblet To have [Rceive] and take the said Rents Issues & pfitts dureing the minority of Anthony BOWDEN my son & Heir & untill my said son or other Lawful Issue of my Body shall or otherwise might have Attained to the Age of one & twenty yeares or untill the second Marriage of the said Sarah whether shall soon or happen. In Trust [ ] upon the [ ] following that is to say That she the sd Sarah shall forth of the said rents & monies & yearly pfitts of the pmisses maintaine & bring up as well Anthony BOWDEN my said sonn as alsoo any other child or children begotten by me upon the Body of the sd Sarah untill my Heir shall Attaine such age of one & Twenty years as aforesaid. Item it is my will & mind that all my Household Goods & Implemt of Household whatsoever which at the time of my death shall stand remaine & bee in my dwelling house at Newmill aforesd shall be pserved to and for the use of such my sd Heir untill he shall come to such sd age and in the meantime my Wife to have the use of them In [case] she shall continue sole & unmarried But in case my said wife shall happen to marry that then & from thenceforth and in such case it is my will & mind and I doo Give & Devise unto her the sd Sarah & unto her Assigns the Annual rent or yearly sume of Twelve pounds of Lawfull money of England to become Issuable & payable out of my said Messuages & Lands hereditaments & pmisses for & dureing the tearme of her naturall Life in [ ] & [ ] satis [ ] of her Dower & [Tithe] Dower & not otherwise The said yearly rent of Twelve pounds to be pd unto the sd Sarah my said wife or unto her Assigns by my nest & Imediate Heir or by such other pson or psons unto whom the [ ] & Inheritance of the pmisses shall app[ ] and belong on the yearly ff[ ] of the Annunciation of the Blessed Lady Mary the virgin & the [ ] of St Michael the Arch Angell by Even & equall portions the ffirst paymt to commence & begin on such of the sd ffeasts as shall first & next happen after such her second Marriage or my sd son Anthony or other Lawfull Heir of my Body begotten upon the Body of the sd Sarah shall or might have attained the Age of one & twenty yeares as aforesd Yet Nevertheless it is my Will & mind that my said Wife shall have & Injoy to her owne use & behoofe the aforesd Messuage or dwelling house att New Mill wth Liberty & wayes & other necessary conveniences for the occupation thereof & of the appurtences thereunto belonging dureing her Widdowhood onely & noe Longer.

Item I Give and devise all my said Messuages Lands Tenements hereditaments & pmisses wth the appurtenances unto the sd Anthony my sd son and to the Heires his Body Lawfully Issuing and for [default] of such Issue then to the use & behoofe of any second or other son of me the said Saml BOWDEN Lawfully begotten or to bee begotten and to the Heires of the Body or Bodyes of such second or other son or sones lawfully Issueing and for default of such Issue then to the use & behoofe of any daughter or daughters of me the said Saml begotten or to bee begotten upon the Body of the said Sarah my sd Wife and borne at the time of my death or within due time after and to the Heires of the Body or or Bodyes of such daughter or daughters Lawfully Issueinge And for default of such Issue Then as for touching & concerning all that my sd Messuage or Tenemt Lands hereditaments & pmisses situate Lying & being at Beardhough aforesd wth the appurtenances unto & to the use & behoofe of Samuel BOWDEN son & Heir Apparent of Saml BOWDEN of the Cliffe wthn Mellor in the sd pish of Glossopp & County of Derby yeom & to His Heires & Assignes for Ever upon condition nevertheless that [ ] the Saml BOWDEN his Heires and Assignes or some of them shall & doe well & truly pay or cause to bee paid unto the children sons and daughters of William TURNER of Di[ssop] in the County of Chester husbandman & to the survivor or survivors of them or unto their his or her Assignes the sume of one hundred pounds of Lawfull money of Engd within the space of one whole yeare [ ]after the sd Messuage & Lands last mentioned shall devolve upon him the sd Saml BOWDEN his Heires or Assigns by the Limitatons aforesd equally to be devided amongst them And as Touching & concerning the sd Messuage or dwelling house wth the Dyehouse & [ ] the Buildings & hereditaments wth the appurtenances thereunto belonginge after the Limita[ ] of the Estate use & uses thereof determined as aforesd To the use & behoofe of Anthony BOWDEN son & Heir of James BOWDEN late of Haigh in the sd pish of Glossop Yoem [ ] & to the right Heir of the sd Anthony for Ever Item I Give & bequeath the [ ] interest & yearly profitts of all my Goods Creditts Cattells & Chattells of what nature or quality Soever unto Sarah my sd Wife untill my sd Son Anthony shall accomplish the age of one and twenty years in case my sd wife shall soe long Continue in the state of Widowhood & not otherwise [ ] if that she will Improve & Imploy the same to the use & benefitt of my sd son Anthony my will & mind is that the sd Sarah my wife shall & doo well & truly pay over & transferr unto my sd son at the Attainmt: of such his sd Age or at the time of her sound Marriage whether shall sooner happen all & [ ] my sd Goods Creditts & Chattells whatsoever or together wth the Improvemt thereof In case noe other child or children Lawfully begotten by me upon the body of the said Sarah shall begotten then Liveing but in the case there shall happen to bee any same young child or children then Liveing That they & in such [ ] sd Sarah shall sati[ ] & pay outt of such goods Creditts & psonalls to such child if but one the sume of three hundred pounds of Lawfull money of England if more than one the like sume equally to be devided between them Item It is further my Will & mind that in case my said son Anthony shall happen to depart this life before his haveing accomplished the Age of one & twenty years or bee [ ] in Marriage & shall Leave noe such surviving Brother or Sister as aforesd nor any Issue of his owne Body Lawfully begotten & then Liveing That then & in such case the sd Sarah my sd wife shall as Legacy & bequest by[ ] Devise well & truly pay or cause to bee paid the severall & [ ] sumes of money herein after named that is to say To Elizabeth BOWDEN and Hannah BOWDEN daughtrs of the Deced: James BOWDEN the sume of thirty pounds of lawfull money of England and to Anne Daughter of Samuel BOWDEN before named the sume of thirty pounds of Like lawfull money of England And unto Anthony BOWDEN son of the sd Deced: James BOWDEN the sume of one hundred pounds of Like Lawful money of England. And unto the before named Samuel BOWDEN son of the said Samuel BOWDEN of the Cliffe the sume of ffour hundred pounds of Like Lawfull money of England to bee paid to the respective sons before named within the space of one whole year next after the decease of mf the sd Anthony BOWDEN dying in his minority & Leaveing noe surviving Brother or Sister nor Lawfull Issue of his owne Body as aforesaid Item it is my Will & mind & I doe Appoynt the said Sarah my said Wife to have the Tuition as well of the said Anthony BOWDEN my sd Son and Heir as alsoo of any other young Child or Children of me the sd Saml: Bowden begotten upon the Body of the said Sarah wch shall or may bee borne at or in due time after my decease in case she the said Sarah shall continue in the state of Widowhood & not otherwise Item it is my Will & mind and I doe further appoynt & nominate the said Sarah my said Wife the sole Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament hopeing she will faithfully pform the same Item it is my Will and mind that in case my said Wife shall happen to Marry after my decease that then she shall take out of my Househould Goods before Limited [ ] to her dureing her Widdowhood one Bedd wth furniture for her owne uses notwithstanding any devise herein to the contrary And Lastly I doe hereby [ ]trate & mke void all formr Wills by me heretofore made & I doo declare this to bee my Last Will & Testament In

Wittness whereof I have hereunto putt my hand & seal the day & year ffirst within written.

Sealed signed published & declared by the Testator for & [ ] his Last Will & Testament In psence of

Grandchildren - children of son George BOWDEN- Hannah; Fanny; Samuel; George; Martha

Grandchildren - children of daughter Mary HOLLINGWORTH - John; George; Betty; Sally/Sarah

His interest and rights in Heath, owned by Henry HOWARD Esq., he leaves to son Samuel & daughter Martha as tenants

Heath owned by Bernard Edward HOWARD Esq. Brother James to have the interest in it.

In the name of god amen the tenthe day of may in the yeare of our lord god 16[23] I Thomas BOWDEN of the Banke In the pishe of Glossopp and Countie of Derbie beinge of pfct memorie God Bethanked, Do Institute ordayne Declare and make this my last will and testament in manner and forme following: first I give and bequeith my soule to almighti god my maker trusting through the Death of Jesus Christ my Saviour to Be one of his Elect and Chosen and to live with him in glorie and my Bodie to Be Buried in the Chappell of Heafeld and as for my worldly goods I bequeith them as followe the Inprimis I give and bequeith unto Robert BEARDE of Clough houses xs Ite I give unto John BEARDE of kinder hed xs Ite I give unto Raphe BEARDE Brother to the sayd John xxs and all my tentors It I give unto Thomas DOWNES of nether spinner bothome xs Ite I give unto James BOWDEN my servant xijd Ite I give and bequeith unto everie Child which I am godfather unto each of them vjd Ite I institute and make Elizabeth my wife to Bee my true and lawfull Executor of this my last will and testament and to Bee supervisors of this same I desire my wellbeloved Brother in lawe Richard SILVESTER and Robart BEARD trustinge the will see this my will fulfilled in all things as my trust is in them

Debt owinge unto me are these

.

Debtes wch of I owe are theese

.

Inprimis Margaret [ANDREWS]

iij£

Inprimis Elen BOWDEN

v£

Ite Robert BEARD of heafeld

iij£

Ite George [L]IDDIAT

iiij£ iijs vjd

Ite Willyam BEARD his sone

xxs

Ite henerie BOUTH de Charlesworth

xl viijs vjd

Ite John BENNET of Whitfeld

xvjs

Ite Anne WHYTE

xls

Ite George BEARDE

xs

Ite John WARRINTON

xvjs

Ite Thomas BOWDEN de [   pleand]

iiijs

Ite Elen BENNET of litle heafeld

xxxvijs

Ite Godfrey BEARD

xs

-

-

Ite Thurston PLATS

viijs

-

-

Ite Ottiwell DOWNES

vijs iijd

-

-

Ite Raphe CROWTHER

xxs

-

-

Ite Edmond HAUGHE de whitfeld

xijs iiijd

-

-

Ite Thomas WHYTE

xvijs vjd

-

-

Ite Adam EYRE

vjs

-

-

Ite frances EYRE my land lorde

xxixs

-

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A true and [ ] Inventorie of all the goods and Chattells movable and unmovable of Thomas Bowden of the Banke within the Countie of Darbie and pishe of Glossoppe Desessed presed and comprysed by theese psons Raphe HYDE Christopher BENNET Robert HADFELD & Edward DOWNES

This is the last Will and Testament of me Thomas Swindells BOWDEN of Wellgate, Glossop in the County of Derby, Chartered Accountant. I appoint my sons William James BOWDEN of Norfolk Street, Glossop aforesaid Physician and surgeon and George BOWDEN of Wellgate aforesaid Accountant and my daughter Elizabeth Shepley CHARLESWORTH (the wife of Henry CHARLESWORTH, Building Surveyor) Martha HUNTER (the wife of Harold Walkington HUNTER, Bank Cashier) and Sarah Rebekah BOWDEN spinster (Hereinafter called my Trustees) to be the Executors and Trustees of this my Will. I give devise and bequeath unto my Trustees all the real and personal estate and effects of or to which I shall be possessed or entitled or over which at the time of my decease I may have a power of appointment or disposition upon trust that they shall sell call in and convert so much thereof as shall not consist of money and out of the moneys of which I shall be possessed at the time of my death shall pay my funeral and testamentary expenses and debts and shall stand possessed of the trust moneys which shall remain after such payments on trust to pay and divide the same equally to and amongst such of my children as shall be living at the time of my decease and the issue of such of them as shall be dead such issue nevertheless to take only the share to which his her or their deceased parent would have been entitled if living. I declare that any moneys requiring investment hereunder may pending the final and ultimate distribution and division of my said estate and effects be invested in or upon any of the public stock funds or securities of the United Kingdom or on mortgage of freehold copyhold or leasehold estates in England or Wales or upon the Bonds Debentures or Debenture Stock of any Railway Canal or Dock Company in England authorized by Special Act of Parliament or with any Municipal Corporation or Urban District council with liberty for my trustees at their discretion to vary such investments into or for others at the description contemplated by this trust. And lastly I revoke all former Wills by me made. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this twenty seventh day of February One thousand nine hundred and fourteen.

Signed by the said Thomas Swindells BOWDEN as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us both being present at the same time who at his request in his presence and in hte presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.

George H WILSON, Solicitor Glossop; Cyril S ROWBOTTOM, his Clerk

On the 8th day of November 1915 probate of this Will was granted at Derby to William James BOWDEN, George BOWDEN, Elizabeth Shepley CHARLESWORTH, Martha HUNTER and Sarah Rebekah BOWDEN the Executors.

In the name of God Amen I Edward BOWRE the Elder of Knightwicke in the pishe of Glossop & Countie of Derbie yeoman beinge infirme & weake in bodie, but of good & sound memory praised by God therefore, beinge desirous to settle the estate both reall & personell the Lord hath lent me to precent discontents [ ] [ ] at [ ] amongst my ffreinds & relacons doe therefore deliberately & [ ] make & ordayne this my last will & testament in maner & forme [ ] hereafter followinge & first I comitt my soule into the hands of the [ ] blessed Trinity ffather sonn & Holy Ghost trustinge for pdon of all my sinnes & salvacon of my soule in the onely meritts of my blessed Lord & saviour Jesus Christ & desire that my body [ ] be interred in decent & christin[ ] at the discrecon of ffrends & my executrix herein hereafter nom[ ] & appointed & of my goods Chattells lands & estate both reall & psonell I dispose as herein hereafter is lymitted & appointed And first of all it is my mynde & will & I doe herein appoint that all my debts & funerall expences be forthwith after my decease payd out of my whole estate Itm I give unto my lovinge wife Elizabeth one Arke standing in my [ ] the halfe of my husbandry waer & all my goods & chattells wheresoe[ver] in whose hands soe the same shalbe found Itm I give leave & bequeath the other halfe of my husbandrie wear unto my oldest sone John BOWER Itm I give unto John HAIGE my sone in law twelve pence Itm I give leave & bequeath unto my said lovinge wife Elizabeth all the Lands I have in possession at Knightwicke afforesaid for & duringe her naturall life onely & in full recompence of her dower tythe or dower & joynture out of my said Land Itm I give leave & bequeath unto Edward BOWER my seacond sone the house I now doe now inhabitt in & the Chest before the doore of my said dwellinge house after the deceasse of my said wife to him & his heires for ever so the said Edward my sone & his heires paying in unto his other brother John BOWER & his heirs twelve pence p anu in stead of all Rents & Harriotts & it is my will that if so the said Edward my seacond sone die without any issue of his body lawfully begotten then Thomas BOWER my third sone & his heires shall have & enjoye the said dwellinge house to him & his heires for ever Itm I give leave & bequeath unto the same Edward BOWER m seacond sone sixteene pounds & to Barbarah BOWDON my daughter one & twentie pounds & Thomas BOWER my sone one & twentie pounds & to Raphe BOWER & Andrew BOWER my sones alsoe to to either of them One & twenty pounds All wch said sumes I appoint them & any of them & the survivors of them to have receive & [ ] & [ ] the [ ] of my said Lands at Knightwicke & till they & any of them have & receive the said s[ ] s[ ] to hould have occupy possesse & [ ] All my said Lands at Knightwicke afforesaid & after the sumes are received & hadd I give my said Lands at Knightwicke to my sone John BOWER my said oldest sone to him & his heires [ ] not hinderinge or molestinge my other children in occupation of the said lands untill that sumes of money & any of them bee received & hadd out of the pfitts of the said Lands Itm for that Leasse wch I have of Tythe Corne I assigne the one halfe to my wife & the other halfe to myne oldest sone [ ] equally payinge the Rent betwixt them Lastly I doe hereby constitute ordayne & appoint my said wife Elizabeth BOWER to be the sole & onely executrix of this my last will & testament In wittness thereof the said Edward BOWER the older & testator have hereunto sett my hand & seale the third daie of March in the thirtie fourth yeare of the Raigne of our most gracious Soveraign Lord Charles the seacond by ye grace of god kinge of Enland Scotland ffrance & Ireland Kinge defender of the faith

Read & Pronounced to be last will & testament of the said Edward BOWER the older in the psence of the [next two lines illegible} the older wittnesse our hands

A true and pfect inventorie of all the goods Cattels and Chatts And debts of Edward BOWER senior late of Knightwig in the parrish of Glossop and County of darby yeoman deceased vlaued and prized by John HIBBERT John WYLD Edward BOWER April the twelfth day in the yeare of our Lord god one thousand six hundred Eighty and three. (not transcribed, valued @ £45-3-6)

In the Name of God Amen I George BOWER of Aspinshaw in the parish of of Glossop in the County of Derby Gentleman, being of sound mind and perfect Mind and Memory (Praised be God) but Considering the Uncertainty of this Morale Life do make publish and declare this my Last Will and Testament in manner herein after mentioned Where as I have severale Years ago Absolutely Conveyed my Real Estate unto my Son Buckley BOWER and his heirs and part of my personal Estate But as Concerning such part of my personal Estate which I am now possessed off or any ways intitled unto I dispose thereof in manner following And first I order that all my Debts and funerale Expenses be paid and discharged And then I Give unto my Daughter Elizabeth BUCKLEY the Sum of One hundred pounds to be paid to her at the end of Twelve Months next after my Decease Also I Give unto my Faithfull Servant Rachel FORSTER the Sum of Ten pounds to be paid her at the end of Three Months next after my Decease. And as Concerning the residue and remainder of my personal Estate I Give and Bequeath the same unto my Son Buckley BOWER and appoint him sole Executor hereof Revoking all former Wills by me at any Time heretofore made. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Sett my Hand and Seal this ffifth day of April in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Seven hundred and ffifty Three

Sealed Signed published and declared by the above named George BOWER the Testator as and for his Last Will and Testament in the Sight and presence of us who have Subscribed our Names and Witnesses to the due Execution hereof in the Sight and presence of the said Testator

n the name of god Amen the fifth day of August Anno dom one thousand six hundred ninety & ffive I John BOWER of Tortopp in the parrish of Glossop & County of Derby Chapman being in perfect mind & memory praised be the lord for the same knowing that death is most Certaine, but the houre thereof most uncertaine doe therefore make publicke & declare this my last will & testament in manner & forme ffollowinge ffirst & most principally I Comand my Soul into the hands of allmighty god my creator & my Body I comit to the Earth where of it was first fashioned to be buried at the discretion of my Executors herein hereafter named: And as touching all my whole Estate Both Reall & personall my mind & will is that my debts & ffunerall Expences Shall be satisfied & payed forth of the same. ffirst it is my will and mind and I doe give leave & bequeath All my Land which I purchased of Thomas EYRE Esq:, unto my father Edward BOWER. And to my Brother Thomas BOWER to be Equally divided betweene them. I say I give it them & their heires for ever And all my Lands: in Whytle Hamblet I give leave & bequeath unto my father Edward BOWER & my brother Thomas BOWER I say I give it them & their heires for Ever. Item I leave & bequeath unto my father Edward BOWER & to my brother Thomas BOWER all my Cattells & Chattels Bills Bonds debts debtbooks writteings whatsoever belong ing or appertaining to me the testator In whose hands or possession the same shall remane or be found. Item it is my will & mind & I doe give leave & bequeath unto my loving Child Sarah BOWER the Sume of Two hundred pounds of currant money Item it is my will & mind & I doe leave & bequeath unto my loving Childe Hannah BOWER the Sume of two hundred pounds of Currant English money to be paid to them the Sd Sarah & Hannah abovenamed within three yeares next Ensueing at after my Decease That is eyther Childe two hundred pound to be payed forth of my whole Estate by mine Executors herein hereafternamed, Item I give leave & bequeath unto my uncle Thomas BOWER ten pounds of Currant money to be payd as my Executors shall see Convenient & Cause & according to Executors discretion. Item I give leave & bequeath unto Jeremiah TURNER my man five pounds of Currant money. Item I give leave & bequeath unto Elizabeth HIBBERT my Sister five pounds of Currant money Item I give & bequeath unto my man John CHERRY of Macclesfield the sume of ten pounds Item I give & bequeath unto Margaret WORSLEY fortey ginnes also it is my mind that al the rest And remainder of my goods cattell and Chattels besides discharging all my lagacis and debts I give And bequeath unto Susannah BOWER & Mary BOWER my loveing Sisters to be equaley devided betwixt them also I doe leave Edward BOWER my father And Thomas BOWER my Brother executors off this my last will And testament Revokeing all former wills by me made in wittness were of I the saide John BOWER the testator have here unto put my seale the fifth day of August the year 1695

Signed sealed published & declared by the above named John BOWER the testator for this last will & testamt in the psence of us

Ralph ASHENHURST; John GREAVES; Robert HOLLIWELL; John CARRINGTON

A true and pfect Inventory of all & singular the Goods Credits & Cattells of John BOWER Late of Torrtop in the parish of Glossopp in the County of Derby Woolen draper Apprized by us whose names are subscribed the Thirteenth day of August Ano Don 1695

(not transcribed, valued by John WATERHOUSE, Ralph CLAYTON & Rayly BOWDON)

In the name of God Amen I Thomas BOWER of Tortop in the parish of Glossop in the County of Derby Yeoman under some paine of body but perfect and sound mind & memory praised be God for the same do make this my Last Wiil and Testament In manner and forme following Imprs I Humbly Comend my soule into the Hands of God that gave itt And my Body to the Grave to be there interred according to the discretion of my Executrix and Executor hereafter named and as touching such temporall Estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with my will and mind is that all my Just Debts & ffunerall Expences with the probate of this my Last Will and all Incident Charges touching the same shall be paid & discharged forth of my p:sonall Estate And as for and Conserning all the rest residue and remainder of my Estate both reall and p:sonall I give Devise and bequeath of as followeth And Whereas I have severall Estates of Land Lyeing in Bowden Middlecale in the parish of Glossop and County of Derby I give and bequeath unto my son John BOWER all my Houseing and Land lyeing in Whitle Hamlet Hee Yeilding and paying as ffolloweth the Scarret Lease, the Walkmill, the paper Mill, and Encrochment And all that Mortgage Lyeing at Eves Knowle, And halfe of Heafield Corne Mill, and all my Houses and housing Gardens and orchards Lyeing in Heafield as aforesaid Likewise one Intack Lyeing in Chinle with all and every of their appurtenances unto him and his Heirs forever at after my sister Mary Decease it is my Will and mind that my Loveing wife Sarah have the Little House and Garden & the sume of ten pounds yearly during her Life to be paid unto Her out of the Issues and profits of the afforementioned Estate & In part of her Joynture I give devise and bequeath unto my Sonn George BOWRE all my Estate Lyeing at Bruckhouses, and Dan Heys both in the possession of George HADFIELD And Tom HEYS and all that ffee farme Land which my ffatherinlaw George YEAVELY purchased of Thomas EYRE Esq with all the enchrocments belonging to them with all & every of their appurtenances unto him and his heires forever. Onely this exception he paying unto his Mother yearly and every year during her naturall Life the sume of Tenn pounds per annum out of the rents Issues and profits of the last mentioned Estates, and allowing her the Kitchin and the Chamber over itt during her naturall Life in part of her Joynture as aforesaid And further the Kitchin and Chamber over it before mentioned are to be putt in repair by my Executrix and Executor here after named. Item I give and bequeath unto my sonn Yeavely BOWRE all my Land at Lanehead in Great hamlet which I purchased of John BUCKLEY and all the ffee farme land thereunto belonging, And all my Land lyeing att Hollingworth head now in the possession of John HYDE with all & every of its appurtenances unto him and his Heires forever. I Likewise give him my Moiety of Knars Lease for him to Enter upon the Last mentioned Estates when he attains unto the age of won and twenty years and the Issues and profits their of to be raised & Improved for his use by my Executrix and Executor until that time Excepting Tenn pounds per annum which is to be raised and paid unto his Mother during the terme of her Naturall Life out of the rents and profits of the Estates last mentioned in part of her Joynture as aforesaid And if it happen that my sonn Yeavely depart this Life before hee attaine the age of won and Twenty years then it is my will and mind and I give and bequeath all the Last mentioned Estates to be Equally divided betwixt my two sons John BOWER and George BOWRE and unto their Heirs forever. the true intent and meaning of the aforesaid Close in this my will is that it shall goe Equally betwixt them in Case Either of them dye the survivor shall have noe Advantage for it shall goe Equall at after his death to his Heires if he Leave any. They paying unto their Mother Tenn pounds per annum yearly & every year during the time of her naturall Life In Lue of her Joynture and in full Satisfaction of her Dower at Comon Law, And Likewise they paying unto their sister Ann BOWRE the Sume of Two Hundred pounds at twelve months End next after my sonn Yeavely BOWRE decease Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Ann BOWRE the Sume of ffive Hundred pounds of Lawfull money to be raised and paid of my p:sonall Estate unto her with twelve months next after my Decease by my Executrix and Executor here after named And Lastly all the rest residue and remainder of my p:sonall Estate that are not before bequeathed It is my will and mind that at after all my Just debts Legacies and bequests are all paid and discharge My Loveing Wife My sonn John BOWRE and my son George BOWRE shall have the residue of my p-sonall Estate Equally amongst them three share and share alike I Nominate Constitute and appoint my Loveing wife Sarah and my Brother George BOWRE Executrix and Executor my true and sole Executrix and Executor of this my last will and testament In witness where of I have here unto putt my hand and seall this Twenty Eight day of May in the Third year of our Soveraigne Lord George the Second King of Great Brittaine Anno Domin: 1730:

Signed Sealed Declared and published as and for the Last will and Testament of the above said Testator Thomas BOWER in the psence of us who have subscribed our names as Witnesess thereof in the said testators p:sence And these words in the fifteenth Line was all put in before the Sealing & delivery & publishing of this will `

and afterwards this sealed and published as & for ye last will of ye testator Tho BOWER

A true Inventory of all the goods Credits and Cattles of Tho BOWER of Tortop in the parish of Glossop in the County of Derby Woollen Draper Deceased apprized by us whose names are hereunto Subscribed the day and year first above written

(Not transcribed valued @ £2280=09=0 by Edward DRINKWATER, Joseph HIBBERT & Hen KYRKE)

In The name of god Amen the twenty second day of Aprill And in the yeare of account: 1702 I Ann BOYER of the Tortop in thee parrish of glossop & County of darby: Widdow considereing the Cartainty of death & the uncartainty of the time when, doe Constitute ordaine & make this my present Last will and testament in for as ffolloweth And first & principally I comite & command my soule & spirit into the hands of Allmighty god my Creatour truly hopeing through his mercy & the merits of our Lord Jesus Christ to receive forgiveness & pardon for all my sines & to In Joy peace & phylycity for my soule with him forever, And my Body I doe Comit to the Earth to be decently buryed in the grave yard Att the Slackhall Att The discretion of my Executours here in after named as for all my worldly Estate & doe give and dispose of it as followeth Imprimis It is my will And mind that all my funarall Expences and Charges And all Such debets as any bee, as of right I doe then owe unto any person shall be first paid & discharged out of my whole Estate by my Executoures Item I give And bequeath unto my son in law Randulfe HIBBERT the sum of one shilling Item I give & bequeath unto my three daughters namely Elezabeth HIBBERT Susanna And Mary BOYER Every one of them the sum of twenty pounds apiece Item I give & bequeath unto Every Child to whome I am grand mother the sum of two shillings Six pence And to John HIBBERT son to Randulfe And Elezebeth HIBBERT above & beside two shillings Six pence the sum of two pounds Those legicese above mentioned to become due & payable by Executours to the persons above named or to theire Assignes with in the Space of two years next Immediately in sueing after my Death

And from & after the paying and discharging of the sevarall sums above mentioned respectisely I doe hereby Im power and Authorrise my son Thomas BOYER Att the sight of two honest neightbours to take for him selfe out of my Estate to the value and worth of sisteene pounds & Execpt that his Brother george have done or then doe give and resine unto his said Brother Thomas his right title and interest that hee hath in the ould house and housing Situate & Standing Att the Tortop, but If my son george doe resine and give his right And title aforesaid to his Brother, then it is my will and mind that the said Sum of the Sisteen pounds to be null and voide And I doe then give and bequeath all the remaineing part and residue of my Estate What soever, Equally to my two Sones Thomas and george BOYER I say to be devided betwixt them, And lastly I doe hereby appoint constitute ordaine and make my two Sones Thomas BOYER and george BOYER Executours of this my last will And Testament have by disireing that noo difference nor Contest may be or Arise About any thing here in by mee given bequeathed or least but that It may be Constructed and adjudged and taken to be According to the Circumstancese of my will, hereby Revocking and dissanulling all former and other will or wills by mee made here to fore Ratifieing and Confirming this to be my Last will and Testament In Wittness where of I the Said Ann BOYER have here unto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written

Sealed Signed published and declared to be the Last will and Testament of the with in named Ann BOYER in the presents of us

A true and pfect Inventory of the goods Creditts And Chattels of Ann BOYER Late of Tortop in the parish of glossop in the County of derby Widdow deceised & Apprized by us whose names are Subscibed the 10th day off Aprill Ano Dom 1703 as followeth

(not transcribed, valued @ £95-10-0 by Jeremiah TURNAR & Peter WOOD)

Ralph BOYER of the Lower House at Knightwick, Glossop p.: 5 May 1725

In the Name of God Amen. The Twenty Seaventh day of February in the Eleventh year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord George by the grace of God King of Great Britain France and Ireland defender of the Faith Anno Dom. 1724. I Ralph BOYER of The lower house at Knight wick within the Parish of Glossoppe and County of Derby Yeoman, being Aged and weak of Body but of Good and perfect Memory, for which I heartily Thank and prais Almighty God, Do Constitute Ordain and make this Testament Containing my Last Will in manner and forme following, First and prinsi pally I give and bequeath my soule into the hands of Almighty God my Heavenly Creator and Maker trusting in and though the merits of Christ his Death and passion to be one of his Elect and Chosen people And my Body to the Earth from whence it came to be buried in due and decent Manner at the discression of my Executors hereafter herein mention’d and for such worldly Goods and Estate as it hath pleased God of his mercy to Endow me with all my minde and will is as here after followeth. First my minde and will is that all my Debts and Funeral expences Shall be discharged and paid out of my Personal Estate and if that falls short of discharging them, it is then my minde and will that the be discharged yearly until my son Thomas Attains unto the Age of Twenty one years out of all my Lands in such sort as is here after by me Appointed.

Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my Dear and loving Wife Mary BOYER one Halfe of All my Lands for and during her natural life if she keeps herselfe unmarried, with liberty to live in the Chamber over the new Stable paying Twenty five Shillings yearly until my son Thomas is Twenty one years of Age towards the discharging my Debts and funerall expences if my personal Estate falls shorte of paying them, but in case sge us Married again, then it is my minde and will, that she shall only have Four pounds paid her yearly at two equall payments (Viz) forty shillings within Twenty days after every Eleventh day of November and Forty shillings within Twenty days after every Twenty fifth day of March so long as As (sic) she shall live. And I do farterh give and bequeath unto my said Wife, One Cow, and one Bed with all the furniture belonging to it, as it now stands inthe Parlor where I now live, to be disposed of as to her shall seem meet and convenient.

Item I give and Bequeath unto my Dear and only Son Thomas BOYER one halfe of all my Lands untill he shall be Twenty one years of Age to maintain him with, only with this limitatian what Twenty five shillings go out of it yearly towards the dischargeing my Furnerall expences and my Debts if my personal Estate falls shorte of doing it.

Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Dear Daughter Sarah BOYER Forty pounds to be paid her by My son Thomas within one year after he Attains to the Age of Twenty one Years and for default of his payment of it, It is my Minde and Will that my said Daughter shall enter upon one halfe of all my Lands and the same to hold and peaceably posses and Injoy until she is fully discharged and paid the 40 above mention’d, and my said Daughter shall have liberty to live in the Chamber over the new Stable Joyntly with her Mother as long as she is unmarried, and if she departs this life before my son is Twenty one years of Age, and she hath been Married and leaves one Child or Children behind her, I Bequeath the fforty pounds above to her Issue

Itm I give and Bequeath to my Dear Daughter Mary HIBBERT one Shilling to be paid her within one Month after My Death

Itm I Give and bequeath unto my Dear son Thomas Boyer All my Land and Reall Estate within the Kingdom of Great Britain when he shall attain to the age of Twenty one years to him and to his Heirs for Ever, but in case my said son depart this life in his minority, I then give and bequeath unto my Daughter Mary HIBBERT and to the Heirs of her Body all My Lands and Reall Estate paying to Her Mother the sum of Fifty Pounds within Two years after my Death, and also paying to my Daughter Sarah One Hundred pounds within one year after the Death of my said son, And of this my last will and Testament I Make my Dear wife Mary BOYER, and my son ThomasBOYER my Executors, And I Appoint Randle HIBBERT of Whitle, and John WARRINGTON of Hage-fold Yeomen. Trustees, to see that this my will is fulfilled and Executed, and I require and charge my Executors to make their Accompl. to them every year till my son is Twenty one years of Age, And to this my Last will and Testament, Renounsing all former wills made by me, I have put my Hand and Seale the Day and year above written.

Signed Sealed and published to be the last will of Ralph BOYER the words, (one Child or) being first interlined in the presence of.

A true and perfect Inventory of all the goods Chattels and Cattell as did Lately belonge and appertaine unto Ralph BOWRE of Whitle Hamlett in the parrish of Glossopp and County of Derby Clothier Lately deceased Vallued and prized the sixteenth day of march Anno Dom: 1724/5 by Thomas BOWRE & Thomas BOOTH as ffolloweth.

In the name of God Amen, The second day of ffebruary in the second year of the Raigne of our Soveraigne Lord & Lady William & Mary (by the grace of God) of [ ] Anno domi 1690 I Edmund BRADBURY of Bankhead within the parish of Glossop in ye County of Derby Gent being sick & weake in Body but of sound & pfect mind & memory prayse bee given to God for ye same Doe ordaine & make this my Last Will & Testament in writinge and manor & forme followinge (That is to say) first & principally I comitt my soul into the handes of Allmighty God my Creator hopeing through the meritts of Jesus Christ my Alone saviour & Redeemer to receive free pardon & remission of all my sinnes, And to bee made ptaker of Life Everlastinge and my Body I Comitt to the Earth from whence it was taken to bee decently Interred att the discreson of my Exe: herein after named And as touching such worldly Effect[ ] the Lord in mercy hath bestowed upon me I Dispose thereof in manor & fforme following that is to say ffirst My will &mind is that my due Debts & ffunerall expences shall be satisfyed & payd out of my whole Estate, Item I Give & bequeath unto Margarett my now Loveinge Wife One Bed with furniture, One Cowe & one Chair And one Coffer att her owne [ ] & house Item My will & mind is that Ellen BRADBURY my Mother shall be maintained provided for with [ ] =alls Was[ ] & Lodginge, Apell & other mess[ ]yes duringe her naturall Life and at her decease shall bee decently Interred att the costes & charges of my Exor: out of my psonall Estate psuant to an Agreemt: Lately made with my Mother, Item I Give & devise unto my younger Children sones & daughters All that Cottages house Gardens & Cote with the appurtenances now in the possession of Catherine KNIGHTLY to have & to hould the same unto my sd younger Children the survivor and survivors of them & their his or her Assignes dureing the naturall Life of Nicholas BRADBURY my Brother And from After his decease I Give devise the same to [ ] appurtenances unto Robert BRADBURY my sonn their his heires & assignes forever Item I Give Devise All that my messuage or dwelling houses buildings Gardens Crofts yt Bankside thereunto belonginge situate Lyeinge being at [ ] in the parish of Glossop with the appurtenances unto & to thereof all & every my sd younger Children and the survivor & survivors of them duringe their & his & her virginity And from [ ] their being severally pferred in marriage or being otherwise disposed of into [ ]rades or Imployment or rel[ ]ative deathes [ ] shall first happen Then to th[ ] & [ ] of my sonn Robert his Heires & Assines for ever, Item I Give & Bequeath unto my sonn Robert All that Beadstead or frame Table & Seileing in the Chamber over the parlor or my dwelling house att Bankhead aforesd And Garner in my Barne att Bankhead aforesd, Item All the residue & remainder of my Househould Goods Instruments of Husbandrie Stock of Cattell sume & sumes of money due & oweing or which may become due unto me from my sonn Robert or other pson or psones wtsoever and all other my Goodes & Chattells psonall wtsoever I Give & bequeath unto all & every my [ ] Children sonnes & daughters their survivor & survivors of them equally to be devided amongst them To [ ] Imployed for those of my sd Children toward their [education] [ ] by Margarett my [ ] Loveinge wife & my Exec: the survivors of them untill they shall [ ] =ly Accomplish the age one & twenty yeares or be pferred in marriage [ ] soone happen, yett my will & mind is that if my [ ] shall [ ] aforesd before the same shall become [ ] (last four lines are illegible on the microfilm copy)

In the name of god amen the 14 daye of the monhte of July in the yeare of our Lord god a thousand fyve hundrethe thre schore and 14 I Nicholas BRADBURIE of Ollersett in the countye of Derby gentleman sick in body but of good and perfect remembrance (laud and prayse be geven to almyghtyie god make my Testament conteyninge herein my Last will in maner and forme folowinge, That is to say I geve and bequeathe my soule to almyghtie god my maker and Redemer and my body to be buried in the Churche or Chapell at Disley by the Lycence of the Right worshipfull Sir Peter Leghe knyght Item I will and my mynde is that all such debtes as I doe owe to any person or persons be well and truly payde by my executors hereafter namede or appoynted of my whole goodes/ And my debts being payed of my whole goods I will that the rest of all my goodes, Catell and debtes be devyded into thre equall partes or porcions, one to my selfe to discharge my furnealls, the Seconde to my wyf, and the third to my children to be equally devyded amoungst them/ And my funeralls beinge discharged I geve the rest of my part To John and Thurstan BRYDBURYE sonnes of Lorance BRADBURIE deceased, and to John SENGLETON and Jane SENGLETON childeren to John SENGLETON to be equally devyded amoungest them by the discretion of my sonne Robert. Item I geve graunte and assigne to Jane my dauther fouryte markes of Lawfull Monye of England to be payde yerelye to the hands of Raphe MELLOR by the hands of Robert BRADBURIE my sonne and heyre in maner and form folowinge that is to witt yearly £3 6s. 8d. at the feastes and dayes accustomed untell the said Some of fourtie Markes be to the sayd Rapohe his executores or Assiges to the use and behoufe of the said Jane well and truly contended and payde out of one Milne commonly called the newe Mylne as at Large apperethe by one wiringe Indented had and made betwine Me The sayd nycholas of thonepart And the sayde Robert BRIDBURIE of thoderparty beringe the date the second day of Februarie in the Sixtenthe yeare of the Raigne of our Soverigne Lady Elyzabethe by the grace of god of England France and Ire Land Quene deffender of the faithe [Rent] of £3 6s. 8d. by yearly ishuinge and going out of the said Newe Milne as is or shall fortune and unpayde over the sayde fourtye Markes to my younger sonnes as my executores and oversiers thinke most [ ] and the same to be receved by my executors accordinge to the true meanying of the said writinge indented./ Item I will and my mynd is and I doe geve, grante and assigne to John BRADBURIE thelder Nycholas BRYDBURIE Edmunde BRYDBURY and John BRADBURIE my sonnes [all] and every such and those Meassuage, Landes, tenemente and hereditamentes Together with all suche writinge Indented, To have and to hould the same to them and there assignes accordinge to the trewe intent and meanynge of the same writinge indented. Item I ordayne make and constitute Chatheren my wyf and the sayd John thelder my true and Lawfull Executores of this my present will and Testament upon condicion the sayd Catharen and John wilbe and stand bounden either to other before the probation of this my present wyll by their sufficient writinge Obligatorie in the some of thre hundreth pounds that the nor ether of them shall [in] any maner Release or discharge to any person or persons or doe any act or thinge, but that this present will shall and my be performed in all cause with effect/ And if the sayd Catharen or John doe denye to be stand boundon in maner and forme aforesayd, Then I will and my mynd is That suche persons so denyinge shall [not] have any estate, title or interest by this my will to be my executores, but that thoder person shall and may be my sole executor or executrixe of this my present will and Testament/ And I ordayne and authoryse the right worshipfull Ser Peter LIGHE knyght and John WARREN Esquyer supervisors of the same to see the same performed in all respectes with effect./ The persons whose names be subscribed beinge required to be witnesses In witnesse whereof hereunto I have sett my hand and Seale./// witnes william BEARD gentleman, Raphe MELLOR, [william] KEYECH: and others

In the name of God Amen The ninth day of november in the ffourth year of the Raigne of our soveraigne Lord King George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britton Anno Domin 1730: I Robert BRADBURY of Could Harbor within the parish of Glossopp in the County of Derby Husband man being sick and weak of Body but of sound and perfect mind and memory prais be given to God ffor the same, doe ordain and make this my Last will & Testament in writing in maner and fforme ffollowing, That is to say ffirst and principally I commit my soul into the Handes of Almighty god my Creator hopeing through the merrits of Jesus Christ my alone Saviour Redeemer & to receive ffree pardon and remission of all my sins and to be made partaker of Life Everlasting and my Body I committ to the earth ffrom whento it was taken to be decently Intered at the discresion of my Executor and Executrix hereafter named and as Touching such worldly estate as the Lord in mercy hath bestowed upon me, I despose thereof in maner and fforme ffollowing that is to say ffirst my will & mind is that my due Debts ffunerall Expenses and probitt be all discharged and paid out of my Estate by my Executor and Executrix hereafter named, Likewise I give unto Mary MASON my grandaughter now Liveing with me the sume of twenty shillings ffirst out of my Estate, after the above said charges are discharged, and then my will and mind is that the remainder of my Estate whatever that is to say all bonds bills Debts dues demands due or becoming due, as also all boar sheep househould goods husbandry wares or any thing else that is dispossed of, my will and mid is that my son Robert BRADBURY my daughter Ann TEALIER Mary MASON my daughter and Ellen BRADBURY my daughter and my daughter Sarah STAFFORD shall have every one of them an equall proportion of my Estate be it more or less after all charges are paid of and the twenty shillings before mentioned to my grandaughter Mary MASON Im I doe constitute and appoint my Cozen Thomas BRADBURY of Heafield and my Daughter Ellen BRADBURY Executor and Executrix of this my Last will and Testament Revoking all other made by me In wittness whereof I have here unto put my hand and sial the day and year ffirst above written

Sealed Signed and declared by the Testator as his Last will and Testament In presence of

Robert BRADBURY; Daniel BRADBURY; Mary RADCLIFFE; Thomas BRADBURY

In the name of god Amen [ blacked out the] raigne of our Soveraigne Lady Elizabeth that nowe is Anno dom 1591 I Thomas BRADBURYof kynder & countie of Derby sicke in body but in mynde of good and perfect remembrance [praysed] god knowinge the certanty of death and the uncertanty of the houre and tyme thereof do make this my last will in maner and forme followinge first I commend my soule to almighty god my maker, trusting through the merits of Christe passion to be one of gods Elect and my body to be buryed in the church of Glossop where I am a parishoner. Item I will that all such Debtes and Du[rg]es as I owe of right and conscience to any person or persons and my funerall expences be well and truly contented and payde of my whole goods.

Item I give and assynge to Lawrence BRADBURY my brother & to his assigns the reversion of a meadowe called Cleaton meadow set lyinge and beinge in the foesyde hamlet for and duringe all my tearme of years therein

Item I give and assign to Anthony CLEATON the reversion of a parcell of ground called the woode set lyinge and beinge in kynder the sayde Anthony repayinge for the same to Christopher BENNET of kynder xviiis, the [ ] of the [ ] to Elizabeth BRADBURY unto whome I [ ande] uncle. Item I give and bequeath to Robert BRADBURY my nephew & to Alles his wife xls. And of this my last will and testament I make and ordayne Thomas MARRYOTT and Christopher BENNETT myne exeutors and Lawrance BRADBURY my brother myne overseer, trusting he will see this my last will in all paymtes discharged to the health of my soule.

Theise wittnesses William BRADBURY; Edwarde BENNET; Gualther NORMANSELL

A true Inventorie of all the goods and chattels of Thomas BRADBURY of kynder latly Deceased prysed and valued by John KYNDER Edwarde DOWNES John DEWSNAPP and william MELLER the xvith Day of November in the xxxiii th yeare of the rayne of our Soveraigne Lady Elizabeth that nowe is Anno do 1591

Inprimis the reversion of a peece of medowe grounde

xviis iiijd

Item in kyne

iii£ xiiis iiijd

Item one cowe & ii heffers

xls

Item one olde mare & a sadle

vis viiid

Item xx wad[    ]

vi£ xiiis iiijd

Item v other Sheepe

xxvis viiid

Item v hogges

xvis viiiid

Item vi arkes

xxs

Item his apparell

vis viiid

Item in beddinge

xxvis viiid

Item in brasse and pewter

xls

Item pl[   ]rous spade and mattocke

vis

Item hay

xxxiiis iiijd

Item maner & a[    ]

iiis iiijd

Item peates or fuell

vis viiid

Item on Swyne

xs

Item [ ]venware and other Implements of housenth[   ]

vis viiid

Suma totalis

xxiij£ iiijs iiijd

In the name of God amen the sixt day of January in the Third yeare of the Reigne of our Soveraigne Lord James the second By the grace of God of England Scotland france And Ireland king defender of the faithe & Ano: domi 1687 I Thomas BRADBURY of Stubes in the parish of Glossop & County of derby yeoman being But weake in Body But in good And perfect Remembrance praised god for the same but not knowing How soone the Lord my call for mee forth of this present world doe therefore order ordaine And make this my Last will and testament in maner And forme following And first I comit my solle in to the Hands of All mighty God my savuer And Redeemer trusting through the meritts & mercy of Jesus Christ to have All my sines pardoned And for given And my Body to the Earth to bee decently Buryed Att the discresion of my Executors After named And for what worldly Estate it hate pleased god to Lend mee I give And dispose of as followeth First its my will And mind that my debts And funeral Expenses Bee paid And discharged forth of my whole goods Item I give unto Ann my wife the one Halfe of my Land And Housing for the time of her naturall Life in Lew of her [ oynted] or dower And then to my sone Edmund BRADBURY And his Heires for ever provided never the Les And it is my will And mind that my son Edmund BRADBURY now his Heires shall not Enter on the other Halfe of my Land And Housing until the first And twentith day of month next Ensowing After my decease And then to him And his Heires for ever Item it is my will And mind that she the saide Ann my wife shall Have the Charge of my Houshould goods for soe Long time As she shall Happen to Live provided that she noe wages give now dispose of And of them from my Executors After named Item I give unto Ann my wife that Bed that she useth to lei in And also one Cow Item I give unto Edmund BRADBURY my sone the table in the House And the meel Arke

Item I give to Elizabeth BRADBURY my daughter that Bead that she useth to lye in And it is my will And mind that Edmund BRADBURY my sone shall pay or cause to bee well And Truly Contented satisfied And paid the sume of Eight pounds of Lawful money of England with [it] And my sone Edmund BRADBURY Stand Bound for with Robert BRADBURYmy sone in two obligations [ ] ensowing sumes of Eight pounds [ fold in original ] After my decease in Lew of his Child part[ ] And Also I give unto the said Robert my sone All my wearing Cloathes And it is my will And mind that Thomas BRADBURY And Mary BRADBURY And Elizabeth BRADBURY my sone And daughters shall have [ ] over House that my sone Edmund BRADBURY doth now inhabit and dwell in After the decease of Ann my wiff for their use soe Longe as she shall neither marry nor [miscary] provided And it is my will And mind that the shall not sell it [ ] And upon or [ ] Item I give to Thomas BRADBURY And Mary BRADBURY my son And Daughter All the rest And residue of my goods Cattells And Chattells not formerly by mee disposed or Bequeathed To Bee Equallly divided Betwixt them And I also order ordayne And make the said Thomas BRADBURY And Mary BRADBURY my sone and daughter my wholle And Lawful Executors of this my present And last will and testament Hoping the will perform the truth reposed in them And I doo Heareby revoke All former willes By mee made in Witnes wheare of I have a Heare unto put my hand And seal the day And yeare first Above written.

wittnessess to this myLast will & testament Robert COTTRELL; Wm ANDREW

A true furent arie of all the goods Cattells & Chattells of James BREARLEY late of Bugsworth Deceased prysed the daye & yeare abovesaid By James CARRINGTON of Bugsworth, James CARRINGTON of Chinley houses, and Thomas BOWDON, as followeth.

Fuit Adio Bonoru que funut Jacobi BREARLY inp Dun vixit pod do Glossopp def relict eiusd defnuit [ ]oui:d Mr Roberto CRYER vicario de Glossop et Richardo FFRYER Curate de Heyfeild cour: et di[ ]

In the name of god Amen ye xvjth of November Anno domini 1613 I James BREARLEY of Bugsworth sicke in bodie but of good and perfect Remembrance praised be god for the same doe ordayne Constitute and make this my Last will & Testament in manner & forme followinge ffirst I give & bequeath my soule into the hands of Almightie god my maker trustinge By the death and passion of Jesus Christe to Be one of the Number of his Electe and Chosen Children and my body to the Earth to be buryed in the pish church yard Chappellefrith and for my worldly goods as followeth ffirst I give and bequeath to James BREARLEY my Eldest sonne and to Anne my wyfe one Chattel or Lease for Certayne yeares yet in being of two Intackes lying in Menstonefeeld als Chinles wch I have of Mr ffrancis BRADSHAWE of Bradshawe Esquier Item It is my will that if my sayde wyfe happen to dye before the tearme therof be vur[ ]upp then my sone James to have the rest of the tearme Item whereas I payde a fyne or Income to James CARRINGTON of Bugsworth yeoman beinge the summe of fyve pounds for the house where in I now dwell [ her] premises orchards & Gardins belonginge to the same for Certaine yeares as yet in beeinge It ys my will that my sayde sonne James shall have them duringe the tearme that I have payde for Bareinge that it is my will and mynd that if my said wyfe Can not be Content to dwell wth my said sone James that then she shall to have halfe the premises orchards & Gardins beinge Equally devyded by the Supervisors of this my Last will or the more part of them she payinge and discharginge halfe the Rents and duties belonginge there unto And if it happen my wyfe to dy before the said tearme bee vur[ ]upp and unspent then it ys my will and mynd that my sonne James shall paye to my Sonne Larence and my daughter Grace for soe [whatever] [goods] shall bee vur[ ]upp at the dye of the death of my sayde wyfe ijs iiijd [ ] apeace of Currant money at one [ ie] payment Item I give and bequeath to my Landlord James CARRINGTON tenn shillings Item I give to my Sonne George BREARLEY of Darbie and to his wyfe either of them vs Item I give to my Daughter Joane vs: Item I give to everie Grandchilde that I have ishu Item it is my wyll that after my debts paid my Legacies and ffunerall expences discharged of my whollgoods the rest of my goods to be Equally devyded amongst my wyff and sonne James Larance and George and of this my Last will and Testament I doe Nominate and appoynt my sonne James and Larance Executors: And James CARRINGTON Robert CARRINGTON George BREARLEY Thomas WATTERHOUSE and Ottwell WATERHOUSE Supervisors In wittness of James CARRINGTON Robert CARRINGTON

A true Inventorie of all the goods and Chattles of James BREARLEY of Bugsworth late deceased praysed by [ ] us James CARRINGTON of Bugsworth Robert CARRINGTON of Chinleehouse and Thomas BODIN of the Cote bancke xxixth daye of december Anno domini 1613

This is the last Will and Testament of me Daniel BRIERLEYof Mellor in the county of Derby Yeoman made and published in manner and form following that is to say First I order and direct all my Just debts and funeral and Testamentary charges and expenses to be paid and discharged by my Executrix and executor herein after named out of my Estate and Effects I give and devise all and every my freeholdland leasehold messuages and Tenements lands [mills] rents and hereditaments and personal Estate whatsoever situate lying and being in Mellor aforesaid or elsewhere with in England unto my dear Daughter Elizabeth BRIERLEY and my Son Samuel BRIERLEY their heirs [ ] administrators or [assigns] forever or according to the nature of the [said] [devised] premises respectively upon the truth and to and for the intents and purposes herein after declared covering the same that is to say, Upon trust that they the said Elizabeth BRIERLEY and Samuel BRIERLEY and the survivor of them his or her heirs executors or administrators shall and do with all convenient speed after my decease by public auction or [private] contract absolutely sell convey and dispose of the said premises either together or in parcels and lots for the best true and most money that at the time of such sale or sales can be reasonably had or gotten for the same And it is my will and mind and I do hereby order and direct that the receipt or receipts of my said Trustees or the survivor of them her or his executors or administrators shall be a sufficient discharge or sufficient discharges to the purchaser or purchasers of the said hereditaments and premises for his her or their purchase money or purchase monies or for as much thing as shall be by such receipt or receipts expressed to be relative And that after such receipt or receipts shall be given such purchaser or purchasers and his her and their heirs executors and administrators shall not be coerced to see to the application of the money for which such receipt or receipts shall be given in or liable to answer for any unapplication or unapplications thereafter shall be from thenceforth wholly discharged therefrom And as to for and concerning the monies to be [used] by such sale or sales as aforesaid and from all other my Estate and Effects Upon trust that they my said Trustees and the survivor of them his or heir executors or administrators shall and as stand possessed thereof to and for the several uses and intents and purposes herein after declared that is to say Upon trust to put place and [ ] out at Interest during so long time of the natural life of my said [wife] as she shall continue my widow the sum of five hundred pounds part thereof and from time to time call [ ] and express the same at [the rest of this line is dark and illegible] and apply the Interest and produce thereof when and as the same shall be waived into the proper hands of my said wife for and towards the maintanance (sic) and support and from and after her decease then to call in the said sum of five hundred pounds and pay and apply the same in the manner herein after mentioned concerning the residue of the said Trust monies and as to for and concerning the residue of the monies to be raised by such sale or sales as aforesaid and as to all other my estate and effects upon trust that they my said Trustees and the survivor of them her or his executors or administrators shall and do pay the same unto all and every my Children equally to be divided amongst them share and share alike when and as they shall severally attain the age of twenty one years Provided allways (sic) that in case any of my said Children shall happen to die either in my life time or after my decease and before their shares shall become payable and shall leave lawful Issue him her or them surviving Then I give and bequeath the part or share of such of them so dying to such to which their respective parent would have been entitled [ ] But in case any of my said Children shall happen so to die without leaving lawful Issue or leaving such all of whom shall die under the age of twenty one years Then I give and bequeath the part or share of such of them so dying to and amongst the Survivors of them and the Issue of Such of them as may be dead leaving issue such Issue respectively taking only amongst them the part or share parts or shares of such accruing parts or shares which their parent or respective parents would have taken of living And I do hereby declare my will and mind to be that the provision by me made for my said wife shall be in lieu bar and full satisfaction of all dower or [ ] as at common law which she can or may claim out of my real estates And I nominate constitute and appoint my said Daughter Elizabeth BRIERLEY and Samuel BRIERLEY Executrix and Executor of this my will and I do hereby declare it to be my will and mind that their her and his heirs executors and administrators shall and my from time to time by and out of the monies and premises which by virtue of this my will or the trusts hereby in them reposed shall come to them or any of the [interline illegible] hands all such costs charges damages and expenses which they or all such sum or sums of money as they or any of them shall reasonably deserve to have for their her or his care time and [ ] in or about the execution of the trusts hereby in them reposed And that they or either of them shall not be answerable or [ ] for more monies or effects than what they shall [ dark ] receive or shall cause their respective hands by [ dark ] of my will [ ] shall the one of them be answerable [ dark ] [ ] other of them or [ ] heirs executors administrators [ dark ] payments and or defaults of the [ dark ] but each of them for her and his [ dark and illegible ] [ ] deeds and defaults only nor shall they or either be answerable or accountable for any loss or damage which may happen in placing out any of the monies aforesaid upon any securities or otherwise nor for any other loss or damage which may happen in the execution of any of the trusts aforesaid without their heir or his wilful (sic) neglect or default And lastly I do hereby revoke all former and other will and wills by me at any time heretofore made In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the Twenty fifth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fourteen

Signed sealed published and declared by the said Daniel BRIERLEY the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses to attest the due execution thereof

In the name of God Amen the thirteenth daie of ffebruary in the yeare of our Lord God 1682 I James BRIERLEY of Bugsworth in the pishe of Glossopp and Countie of Derbie Shooemaker beinge aged & infirme in bodie but of good and sound memorie praised be god therefore knowinge my tyme here uppon earth to be both short & uncertaine & beinge very desireous to sittle the temporall Estate of Goods & Chattells which the Lord hath given unto me for as is possible theremight arise noe difference about the same amongst my kinfolke & relations after my deceasse Doe therefore deliberately make publish & declare this my last will & testament in maner & forme followinge And first I comitt & comend my soule into the hands of allmighty god my most mercifull ffather trustinge onelie in the merritts of Jesus Christ his blessed & onely sone & my blessed Lord & onely saviour for pdon of my sins & salvation of my soule in his eternall kingdome of glory & my bodie I comitt to the earth from whence it was taken to be buried at or in the Church of Chappel in Lee ffrith & of my goods & chattels I dispose as followeth Inprimis it is my mynde & will That all the goods & howsehold [ ] (exccptinge one Bedd) wch I have in my new dwellinge howse situate at Bugsworth afforesaid bee & Remayne unto Joyce my wife Laurence my sone & Anne my daughter to be equally divided amongst them three & as for my debt booke & the same Bedd before excepted I will [ ] to my daughter Marie & furnish it as I thinke fitt in my life tyme if the Lord permit I give leave & bequeath to Joyce my said wife Laurence my sone & Annie my daughter Twentie pound which is now in the hands of one Thomas LOWE of [Edall] in the said Countie of Derbie Itm I give leave & bequeath unto my said wife Joyce Laurence my sone & Anne my daughter All my quicke Goods savinge foure Oxen wch if I dispose not of them in my lifetyme I then give leave & bequeath unto my three daughters which I hadd by my first wife Itm I give leave & bequeath unto my oldest sone James BRIRELEY ffyve shillings Itm I give leave & bequeath unto my daughter Dorothy Thirtie pounds whereof Tenn pounds is in the hands of Thomas EYRE of Swallowhouses and other Tenn pounds in the hands of Thomas WATERHOUSE of Heyfield & the third Ten pounds in the hands of Robert THORNILL of Castleton Itm I give leave & bequeath to my daughter Marie thirtie pounds whereof seaventeene pounds is in the hands of Grace WARDE of Bownsyde widdow and three pounds in the hands of Samuell BEARD of Whytle & tenn pounds wch in the hands of Joseph BENNET of Coatebancke in Bugsworth Itm I give leave & bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Tenn pounds wch is in the hands of Edward KIRKE of Whytehough Itm I give leave & bequeath unto John [ROADER] foure pounds in the hands of Robert LOMAS of Bradshaw Edge in the pish of Chappell in Lee ffirth Itm concerninge all the rest residue & remainder of all my goods Cattells & Chattells wheresoever they maie bee found I give leave & bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth & lastlie I ordayne constitute & appoint my said wife Joyce BRIRELEY my said sone Laurence to be Executors of this my last will & testament wch in wittnesse whereof I the said James BRIRELEY thelder have hereunto sett my hand & seale the daie & yeare first above written

Read & pnounced to be the last will & testament of him the said James BRIRELEY in the psence of

Elizabeth HOBSON her mk; Henery BARDSLEY; Sa: BARDLSEY [eldr]

A true and perfect Inventory Singular of all the goods Cattels and Chattels moveable and imooveable of James BREIRLEY of Bugsworth late deceased praised and valued the third day of November in the present yeare 1683 By Robert CARRINGTON John OLLIVER Samuell BOWDEN and John BENNETT as followeth (not transcribed, valued @ 221-07-02)

Dau Allis MOXONS children namely Jabus; Thomas; Benjimin; Joseph; Abraham and Sarah MOXON

Witnesses: Joseph BROADBENT of Top of the Hill, Hadfield, farmer; James LEE of Hadfield, wood turner

This is the last Will and Testament of me John BROCKLEHURST of the Piece within the Hamlet of Owlerset in the parish of Glossop in the county of Derby yeoman made and published in manner and form following that is to say, First I will and direct that all my just debts and funeral and testamentary charges and expences be paid and discharged by my Executors herein after named out of my estate and effects I give and devise unto my daughter Betty BROCKLEHURST and her assigns for and during the term of her natural life the clear yearly sum of one pound of lawful British money I also give and devise unto my daughter Nancy BROCKLEHURST and her assigns for and during the term of her natural life the clear yearly sum of two pounds of like Money; the same several yearly sums to be paid and payable by two equal half yearly payments in the year, that is to say, on every the twenty fourth day of June and twenty fifth day of December the first payment thereof respectively to be made on such of the said days as shall first and next happen after my decease I give and bequeath unto my son John BROCKLEHURST the sum of forty pounds of like money the same to be paid to him when, and in case he shall return to England I give and bequeath unto my son James BROCKLEHURST the sum of fifty pounds of like money (which is payable to him under or by virtue of the Settlement made by me on my marriage with my present wife) to be paid to him when he shall attain the age of twenty one years all which said several annuities or yearly sums and legacies I do hereby charge upon my Estate in Raworth herein after devised to my son Joseph BROCKLEHURSTand I do hereby give unto my said daughters Betty and Nancy respectively and their respective assigns such and the like powers of distress and sale on the premises charged with the said annuities, when the same or either of them shall be in arrear and are by law provided for the recovery of rent in arrear And , charged and clearable with the said annuities and powers of distress and sale, with the said legacies, with the payment of the yearly sum of ten pounds settled on my present wife on my intermarriage with her, for her life, or until she shall marry again after my decease, and also further chargeable as herein after mentioned I give and devise all that my messuage or dwelling house with the lands and hereditaments thereunto belonging situate lying and being in Raworth in the parish of Glossop aforesaid now in the possession of James HADFIELD his assigns or under tenants unto my said son Joseph BROCKLEHURST his heirs and assigns for eve I give and bequeath the sum of two hundred pounds unto my brother in law James HADFIELD of Raworth aforesaid Gentleman and John HADFIELD son of the said James HADFIELD their executors and administrators Upon trust that they the said James HADFIELD and John HADFIELD or the survivor of them or the executors or administrators of such survivor shall and do put place and continue the same out at interest, and from time to time remove and replace the same on eligible security of lands or buildings until my said son James shall attain his age of twenty one years, in case he shall live to attain that age, and the yearly interest ariving (sic) there from pay and apply in manner following, that is to say, the sum of one pound of lawful British money part thereof unto my sister Mary and her assigns as the interest of a certain sum of twenty pounds left to her my late father and payable to her children at her decease and as to the remainder thereof In trust to pay and apply the same in and towards the maintenance education and bringing up or placing out apprentice of my said son James until he shall attain the said age twenty one years ^{and as and when my said son}^James^{shall attain the age of twenty one years}_^Then upon further trust to call in the monies so to be placed out at interest as aforesaid and pay the same to him his executors administrators or assigns But in case my said son James shall depart this life before he shall attain the age of twenty one years leaving lawful issue him surviving Then I give and bequeath the same to such issue equally share and share alike and to their respective executors administrators and assigns Provided always and it is my will and mind that in case my said son James shall happen to depart this life before he shall attain the said age of twenty one years and without leaving any lawful issue him surviving Then upon trust that they my said executors and the survivor of them his executors or administrators and shall put place and continue the said sum of two hundred pounds out at interest on such like Security and pay and apply the interest thereof, when and as they shall see most proper and necessary, unto my said daughter Nancy BROCKLEHURST for and during the term of her natural life and from and immediately after her decease to call in the same and pay and apply one hundred and fifty pounds, part thereof, unto my then living child or children and the issue of such of them as shall or may be then dead leaving issue such issue taking only among them the part or share parts or shares that his her or their deceased parent or parents would have taken if living and the remainder thereof to sink into my residuary effects for the benefit of my dear wife Mary BROCKLEHURST and it is my will and mind that from and after the attainment of age or death of my said son James he my said son Joseph his heirs and assigns shall and do pay unto my said sister Mary and her assigns the yearly interest of the said sum of twenty pounds for and during the term of her natural life and such and the like days and times as the same as now payable by me and from and after her decease shall and do pay and apply the same sum of twenty pounds to and amongst her children in like manner as the same was by my said father directed to be paid and I do hereby charge my said estate in Raworth so devised to my said son Joseph to and with the payment of the same and the interest thereof from the time last aforesaid the same to be recoverable in like manner as rent in arrear All the rest residue and remainder of my estate and effects whatsoever and where soever I give and bequeath unto my said wife her executors administrators and assigns and I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint the said James HADFIELD and John HADFIELD executors of this my last will and testament And do declare my will and mind to be that it shall and may be lawful to and for my said trustees and executors or the survivor of them to deduct retain to and reimburse themselves and himself all such loss costs charges and expences which he or they shall or may pay bear sustain or be put unto in or about the execution of this my will or the trusts hereby in them reposed together with a reasonable allowance for their and his care time and trouble in about or concerning the same And also that they the said James HADFIELD and John HADFIELD their executors or administrators shall not be answerable or accountable for any more of the aforesaid trust monies and promises than they shall actually receive or shall come to their respective hands by virtue of this my will nor with or for any loss which shall happen thereto axcept (sic) such loss shall be occasioned by or through their or his wilful neglect or default nor shall the one of them be answerable or accountable for the acts deeds receipts disbursements or defaults of the other of them but each of them only with his own acts deeds receipts disbursements and defaults And lastly I do hereby revoke all former and other will and wills by my at any time heretofore made and declare this only to by my last In witness whereof the said John BROCKLEHURST, the testator, have hereunto set my hand and seal this Ninth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen.

Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said John BROCKLEHURST as and for his last will and Testament in the presence of us, who, at his request, in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our Names as witnesses to attest the due Execution thereof

In the name of God amen the fourth day of June in the eight year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God over Great Britain, France and Ireland King Defender of the faith and so forth and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty eight , I Joseph BROCKLEHURST of Rayworth in the parish of Glossop and County of Derby Yoeman being advanced in years but of sound mind and a disposing understanding (Praised be God for the same), do hereby publish express and declare my last Will and Testament in manner and form following (that is to say) I will direct and appoint that all my just debts funeral expenses and the charge of the probate and execution hereof be paid discharged out of my whole estate by my executors hereinafter named, and I hereby give leave devise and bequeath unto my son Joseph BROCKLEHURST his heirs and assignes for ever all that my Messuage Tenements Herediments and premises situate lying in Rayworth now in my own possession with every its rights member and appertences, on condition he pay unto my sons and daughters hereafter mentioned the respective legacies or sums of money hereafter specified in 12 months next after my decease (that is to say)

To my son George twenty pounds [towards the debt]. To my son Edward ten pounds. To my daughter Alice five pound and to my daughter Elizabeth five pound. And it is my will and mind and I hereby order direct and appoint that my two sons Joseph and John shall take due and proper care of their Mother for and during her natural life, and I hereby nominate and appoint my said two sons Joseph and John BROCKLEHURST executors of this my last will and testament hoping and confiding in them that they will take case to see that these things be done and performed according to this my will and mind and as I have put and placed my trust and confidence in them hereby revoking and making void all former Wills, Testaments Legacies and bequests and this to be taken for and as my last Will & Testament and none other, In writings whereof I the said Joseph BROCKLEHURST testator, have hereunto put my hand and seal the day and year first before written.

Signed sealed & delivered Published expressed and Declared for and as the last Will & Testament of the said Joseph BROCKLEHURST testator in the presence Of us who subscribed our names as Witnesses thereof in the presence of The said testator -

Joseph BROCKLEHURST blacksmith of Hayfield, Whitebottom: 14 February 1793

This is the last Will and Testament of me Joseph BROCKLEHURST of Hayfield in the parish of Glossop in the County of Derby, Blacksmith.

First I will that all my just Debts, Funeral and all other inevitable Expenses be paid and discharged. I give devise and bequeath unto my Son John all my Estate in Rowarth (now in the possession of John HADFIELD as Tenant) and to his Heirs and Assigns forever, chargeable with the payment of the following legacies. I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Betty the sum of twenty pounds. I Give and Bequeath unto my Son William the sum of thirty pounds. I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Mary the interest of twenty pounds to be paid her yearly during her natural life, and after her decease I Give and Bequeath the said twenty pounds unto all the Children Born of the Body of my said Daughter Mary to be equally divided among them as they shall attain unto the Age of twenty-one years. I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Nancy the sum of ten pounds – which said sums amount to eighty pounds and I will they be paid from off my Estate in Rowarth by my Son John as directed in two years after my decease.

I Give and Bequeath all the working tools used in and belonging to the Smithy unto my Sons John and Joseph to be equally divided between them, and my will and mind is that my Son John shall have free liberty to work in the Smithy himself as long as he pleases to work, and to have a Servant or an Apprentice to assist him provided my Sons John and Joseph cannot agree to work jointly together as they now do. I Give and Devise the said Smithy and Buildings adjoining and belonging unto it unto my Son Joseph his Heirs and Assigns forever.

I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Clarindah the Rents, Issues and profits of my House at Fishers-Bridge where she now dwells during her natural life, and after her Decease I Give and devise the said Dwelling-house unto the children Born of the Body of my said Daughter Clarindah to be equally divided amongst them share and share alike. And all the Rents, Issues and profits of all my real and personal Estate whatsoever (not herein Given and bequeathed by me) I Give and Bequeath unto my loving Wife Betty for her maintenance and support, and towards paying off what Money I now justly owe during the term of her natural life or she contracts Matrimony which shall happen first; And after the decease of my said Wife Betty or She be Married again, I Give Devise and Bequeath all my real and personal Estates whatsoever and wheresoever unto my Sons John, Joseph, William and James and to my Daughters Betty, Mary, Sarah, Nancy and Clarindah to be equally divided amongst them share and share alike. And if any of the Persons unto whom I have herein Given and Bequeathed any Legacy sum or sums of Money shall be displeased and shall cause my Executors hereafter named to have any unnecessary trouble concerning this my last Will, then I Give and Bequeath unto such person or persons the sum of five Shillings in lieu of their Legacy sum or sums of Money herein given unto them and no more.

And I do hereby constitute and appoint my loving Wife Betty and my Son John Executrix and Executor of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former and other Wills by me at any time heretofore made, and do declare this only to be my last Will and Testament.

In Witness whereof I the said Joseph BROCKLEHURST the Testator have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the first day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety one.

Signed Sealed published and declared By the within named Joseph BROCKLEHURST The Testator and for his last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who in His presence, and at his request, and in The presence of each other have subscribed Our Names as Witnesses

This the last Will and Testament of me Mary BROCKLEHURST of the Pieces within the Hamlet of Ollerset in the parish of Glossop in the County of Derby Widow made and duly published this Twenty ninth day of March in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and thirty three in manner following that is to say I will and direct that all my just debts funeral expenses and the charges of the Probate of this my will be in the first place paid by and out of my estate and effects by my Executrix and Executors hereinafter named and Subject thento under and by virtue of a power given to me in a certain Indenture or Deed of Settlement bearing date the Twenty ninth day of July One thousand eight hundred and one and made previous to my Marriage with my late Husband John BROCKLEHURST deceased and of all other Powers and authorities me thereunto enabling by this my last well and testament executed and published by in the presence of the two or more Credible witnesses whose names are intended to be endorsed hereon as witnesses to my having signed the same Do direct limit give dispose and appoint All the estate and effects of what nature or kind soever which I have power to appoint and dispose of under the said deed unto my Daughter Mary DEWSNAP her executors administrators and assigns to and for her own propertense and benefit absolutely but subject and chargeable as in the said Deed of Settlement is mentioned I Give devise and bequeath unto the said Mary DEWSNAP all the rest residue and remainder of my real and personal estate and effects whatsoever and wheresoever the same may be situate lying or being and which I have power to dispose of by this my will To hold unto and to the use of her the said Mary DEWSNAP her heirs executors administrators and assigns absolutely for ever or for and during all such other estate term or interest I may happen to have therein And I do hereby declare that in case my said Daughter Mary DESNAP shall happen to Marry then from and immediately after such marriage shall have been duly had and solemnised I charge and make chargeable all and singular my real and Personal estate so given devised and bequeathed to her by this my said will with the sum of Two hundred Pounds to be paid by my said Daughter to my son James BROCKLEHURST his Executors or Administrators at the end and expiration of four years next after such Marriage of my said Daughter shall have been solemnised as aforesaid And I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said Daughter Mary DEWSNAP Executrix and my nephew John HADFIELD of Rowarth in the said Parish of Glossop and also Joseph HALL of Ollerset aforesaid Executors of this my will hereby revoking and making void all former and other will and wills by me at any time heretofore made I declare this only to by my last will and Testament In witness whereof I the said Mary BROCKLEHURST the Testatrix have hereunto set and put my had and seal the day and year first before written.

Signed sealed published and declared by the said Mary BROCKLEHURST the Testatrix as and for her last will and testamentin the presence of us who at her request in the presence and in the Presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses to attest the same

The Last will & Testament; of the late Decessed Robte: BRIRELEY: of Bugsworth; uttered and delivered to James BRIRELEY: his Brother; & Robte: CARINGETON: of Bugsworth aforesaid; the: 28th day of August: 66: in wordes as ffolloweth;

Inpr: Itt was his will, mynd, & intent; That elen his then wyef should bee soole Executrix;

Item: Itt was ffruther his will, mynde, & intent That evrie one of his Children should have Tenn pounds; when they & everie of them shall, & maryi & as they shall accomplish the Severall ages; of one & Twentie yeares

Item; Itt was ffurther his will, mynde, & intent; That ffower of his Children should have ffortie poundes amongst them: Remayninge, & beinge in the handes of James CARINGETON of Buggsworth; & William BEARD of Thonsule vill & That is to saie; twentie pounde in the handes; of James CARINGETON aforesaid; Tenne poundes; in the handes, of William BEARD aforesaide; And yf Itt happen; that any of them doe depte this lyef before shee shall accomplish the Age of One, & Twentie yeares; the same Tenne poundes to bee Equally dyvyded amongst the rest; & that the same Elen To have the disposeinge; & puttinge forth of the same in liewe of theire mayntenance;

Item: Itt was ffurther his will, mynde; & intent; That the saide Elen; & Margaret his daughter should have the house Equally dyvyded betwixt them; wth out distirbeinge, either, other; & that the same Elen; should have the government, & disposinge of the same; untill such tyme as the same Margaret shall, & may, attoynd, & Come unto the Age of One & Twentie yeares;

Fuit probaro test: Nuncupativi Roberti BRYERLEY [ ] pod de Glossopp [ ] Ellene BRYERLEY relict des: Tuico Margareta, Sara, Emotta, Gracia et Ellianora BRYERLEY Filiaru des Executrici prd.

Sb: dca Ellenia BRYERLEY de Bugsworth in Com derbia vid et Dom. Jo: SANDIFORD vic. de Glossopp Johan COPPI Surrogat

In the Name of God Amen the Eighth day of October in the year of our Lord God One Thousand Seaven Hundred Twenty and Two I Edmund BUCKLEY of Aspinshaw in the parish of Glossop and County of Darby Yeoman Being Aged and infirm in Body But of Sound and perfect memory Blessed be God for the Same and knowing the uncertainty of this Transitory Life and that all flesh is but Dust and that in the midst of Life wee are in Death and Being minded as much as in mee Lyeth to preferre peace and unity Amongst my Relations after my Decease Do therefore make this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following That is to Say first and principally I commend my Soul in to the hands of almighty God who gave it and to his Blessed Son my Saviour Jesus Christ hoping in and by his meritorious Death and passion to have full and free pardon and forgiveness of all my Sins and to inherit Everlasting Life and to be made partaker with his holy Elect in his heavenly Kingdom and my Body I commit to the Earth to be decently Buried at the Discretion of my Executor herein after named and Concerning the Disposition of the all Such worldly Estate as it hath pleased Almighty God in his great goodness to Bless mee with all I Give Devise and Bequeath the Same in manor following And I Do hereby Give and Devise unto my Daughter Elizabeth the wife of George BOWER and the heirs of her Body all those new purchased lands called Blakhall ffields and Bankhead peeces to Defend and go to her Issue in the Same mannor as all the [ ] lands at Aspinshaw by the Settlement thereof are Limited to [ ] And I hereby Give and Devise unto my Daughter Elizabeth BOWER the sume of Ten pounds of Lawfull money of Great Britain And I hereby give and Devise unto my Son in law John CARRIGNTON the Sume of One Hundred and twenty pounds of Lawfull money at Six months after my Deceas And I Do hereby Give and Devise unto Elizabeth BOWER my grand Daughter the Sume of five pounds of Lawfull money when shee attains the Age of twenty and One years And I Do hereby give and Devise unto Samuel BUCKLEY my grand Son the Sume of Two Hundred pounds of Lawfull money and the Same to be improved By my Executor for his advantage untill hee shall attain to the age of Twenty and one Years And I also give and Devise unto the Said Daniel BUCKLEY and his heirs for Ever all my housing and Lands called Bradenleach Tenement in Bowden midlecale in the County of Darby now in the possession of Edward HOYD and to Enter at my Deceas and it is my will that my Son in law John CARRINGTON shall after my deceas take the tuition and care of the Education of my grandson Daniel BUCKLEY and to be paid Reasonable for his trouble concerning him and to Receive the Rents Bradenleach Tenement towards the montaining and [ ] [ ] said grandson in his minority and what falls short thereof By the Rent of Bradenleach to Receive from Executor out to the profits of the Two hundred pounds to him given and I Do hereby give and Devise unto James BUCKLEY William BUCKLEY Mary BUCKLEY and Sarah BUCKLEY Sons and Daughters of William BUCKLEY Late of New Thame Deceased the Sume of Twenty pounds of Lawfull money Equally to be devided amongst them as they Succesily Shall attain to the age of One and Twenty Years I give and Devise unto Isaack LEES Son of Thomas LEES of Swaincroft Twenty Shillings And it is my will and I Do hereby give in Trust to the uses hereafter Limited, unto George BWER of Aspinshaw Thomas GODWORTH of Raworth and Joseph HIBBERT of Whitle The Sume of forty pounds upon Special Trust and Confidence That they the Said Trustees and their Successors for Ever Shall and will Improve the Sume and the profitts thereof yearly to Lay out in Clothing with Two Letters E: and B: or for [ rming] of the poor within the Liberties of Thorset Beard Whitle and Oulersett at the Discretion of the Said Trustees and their Successors who Shall by them be Elected and Chosen Trustees to Succeed them for Ever So always as the person unto whom the hous and Lands att Aspinshaw Shall Com may for Ever be admited and Chosen to be one of the Three Trustees for the uses aforesaid and commence twelve months after my Deceas and So to continue for Ever and it is my will and I Do hereby Give and Devise unto James BUCKLEY my grand Son one Chest with what is Therein which was his mothers when hee Shall attain the age of one and Twenty years and the said Chest to Stand at Aspinshaw untill that Time But if my said grand Son happen to diey in his minority Then I give the Said Chest with what is There in unto my Two grand Children Buckley BOWER and Elizabeth BOWER Equally Between them and it is my will That after my funerall Expenses probate of this my Last will and all other Eclesiastical Duties paid and Discharged Then hereby I Give and Devise all the Rest Remainder and Residue of all my goods Chattels Rights Credits houshould goods husbandrie ware money jewels plate and personal Estate Whatsoever (not by mee heretofore given) unto my son in Law George BOWER and Last I Do hereby nominate and appoint my son in Law George BOWER of Aspinshaw Sole and Whole Executor of this my Last Will and Testament hopeing hee will see the Same Duly Executed as my Trust is in him Reposed and I Do hereby Revoke Disanul and Utterly make all former wills By mee heretofore made and in Testimony That this is my Last Will and Testament I have hereunto Sett my hand and Seall this Tenth Day of October in the year of our Lord god 1722

Sealled Signed Published and Declared to be the Last Will and Testament of Edmund BUCKLEY in the presence of us who as witnesses hereof Subscribed our names in the presence of the Testator

In the name of God Amen the Eight & twentieth day of December in the yeare of o’r Lord God according to the Account now used in England one thousand six hundred ffife & eight I James CARRINGTON of Bugsworth in the parrish of Glossop & Countie of Derbie yeoman Sound in body & pfect in mynd & memorie praised be Allmightie God for the same yet knowing the certantie of Death and the tyme when being uncertaine doe ordaine Constitute & make this my last will & Testament in manner & forme following Viz ffirst I Commend my Soule into the hands of Allmightie God my Creator & to Jesus Christ my redeemer by & through whose merritts I trust to be made partaker of Everlasting life & Glory in his heavenly Kingdome And my Body to be Buried where my Ancestors have formerly beene interred And for my temporall & worldly Estate I give devise & bequeath ad hereafter followeth Inpris my mynd & will is that all such debts & duties which of right I owe to any pson or psons be will & truly Contented & payed out of my whole Goods by my Executo’r hereafter named Itm I Give & bequeath unto Mary my wife a Third part of all my Goods Cattells & chattels whatsoever Itm I Give & bequeath unto Douglas CARRINGTON my daughter in lawe fforttie shillings Itm I give & bequeath unto James CARRINGTON my nephew the sone of James CARRINGTON late deceased three bedstids & one Chist standing in the Chamber where I doe use to ly two Tables standing I the house, one Chist standing at the head of the staires, one Sleepeing fflatt standing in the Rill, one Garnor which I have lent to my sonne Edward WRIGHT one pare of shod ware wheeles one Swine tub of stod standing in the bank side of the house, one Brasse pott, one little Brasse pan & two pewter Chargers, Itm I give & bequeath unto William CARRINGTON my nephew And Elnor Mary & Douglas CARRINGTON his sisters to [ ]die one of them ffive poundes Itm I give & bequeath unto the said William CARRINGTON my nephew one booke called a Treatise of Conversion together with his former legacies. Itm I give & bequeath unto my sonne Edward WRIGHT tenn poundes Itm I give & bequeath unto my sonne in lawe Hugh TAYLOR ffifteene poundes. Itm I give and bequeath unto Mr William BAGSHAWE Minister at Glossope Twentie shillings Itm I give & bequeath unto Thomas MELLOR the elder of New Milne on doublet on payer of Breaches & on Jumpcoate Itm after my Debts payed my legacies in this my present Testamt pformed & my furnerall expences Discharged out of my whole Goods All the rest of my Goods Cattells & Chattells whatsoever I wholly Give & bequeath unto my sonne John CARRINGTON Itm I ordaine Constitute & make the said John CARRINGTON my sonne the sole & lawfull Executor of this my last will & Testament hopeing hee will pforme the same according to the true meaning hereof & my trust reposed in him In witness whereof I the said James Carrington have hereunto [ ] my last will Published & Sealed the day & yeare ffirst above written

A true & pfect Inventorie of all the goods Cattells & Chattels of James CARRINGTON late of Bugsworth in the Countie of Derbie yeomn deceased Taken prizsed & valued by Edward WRIGHT of horwich William NORTON of Stadon yeome and Robert BREARELEYof Bugsworth aforesaid Shoemaker the 18th day of December in the yeare of the Lord God 1661 as here after followeth viz.

In the Name of God Amen This Twenty Ninth day of June Anno Domini 1728 I William CARRINGTON the Elder of Ashen Clough In the Parrish of Glossop and County of Derby Yeom being by weakly as to my Body but of Sound mind and perfect Understanding and calling to mind the certainty of Death And the uncertainty of the time when it may please Allmighty to translate me home, and being desirous with good [Herech ] to Set my house in order before I dye, do Settle my Worldly affaires in manner and fforme ffollowing ffirst Commending my soul in the hands of Allmighty God my Creator Redeemer and Sanctifier hopeing through the prevailing Meritts of Jesus Christ to receive full and free pardon and remission of all my Sins and to receive Everlasting Life: And my Body I Commit to the Earth from whence it Came to be decently interred att the discretion of My Executor hereafter Named And as touching such Worldly goods Cattle and Chattels Moveable and immoveable Household goods and implements of Household Husbandry Wares Leases and all other whatsoever I Give and dispose thereof as ffolloweth ffirst my Will and mind is that all my Just debts ffunerall expences and Charges about the probate of this my Will be ffirst paid and discharged forth of my personall Estate So far as itt shall extend save only some few Legacyes hereafter Bequeathed Item I give and Bequeath unto my loveing Wife Mary CARRINGTON that Bedd wee usually lye in with Bedding to make it up a Compleat bed, her Chests one little coffer, with all her linnin therein, her Chair, and one twigg Chair her Bible and Mr BURKETTs exposition of the New Testament, Two pewter Dishes, one deep one and another that is not So deep, halfe a dozen of Trenchers, and halfe a dozen of Spoons, and Two Ewes, and keeping for the same Summer and Twinter, the little Arke in the Chamber I give her and power to dispose of the same (Save only the said little Arke and the twigg Chair), and my will is that my son William CARRINGTON his heires and assignes shall find his Mother with dry ffuel what shall have occasion to use for the terme of her Naturall life, Item I give and Bequeath unto my son John CARRINGTON one shilling, and to Sarah his wife likewise one shilling. Item I Give and Bequeath unto Robert CARRINGTON my sonn likewise One Shilling, and unto John CARRINGTON, and Mary CARRINGTON his Daughter, each of them halfe a Crown, and to Esther his Wife One Shilling. Item I Give and Bequeath unto Joshua CARRINGTON my Son One Shilling, to Ann his wife One Shilling, and to my Three Grand Children, (viz.) Mary Joseph and William CARRINGTON each of them halfe a Crown, Item I Give and Bequeath unto Cornelius CARRINGTON my Son One Shilling And my will is that he shall have liberty to work in the Shopp Chamber, and to lodge in the dwelling house so long as he shall keep himself Single and Unmarried Item I Give and Bequeath unto William RADCLIFFE my Son in law One Shilling, and unto Mary his Wife One Shilling, Item I Give and Bequeath unto Ann CARRINGTON, my Daughter One Shilling, unto John OVEN the like Sume of One Shilling. Item my will and mind is that my Sonn William CARRINGTON do give and allow unto his Brother Joshua CARRINGTON the quantity of Tenn loads of Coals yearly and every year before each Christmas he paying the work in wages dureing the Continuance of terme of the Coalmines. Item all the rest residue and remainder of my whole personall Estate goods Cattle and Chattells Household Goods and implements of Houshold Except what I have allready disposed of Husbandry Wares and all other whatsoever. Leases about the Coalmines, Commons Stonebreaks, togather with my title and interest of and unto a Certaine Cottage lyeing in the Highgate lane in the possession of one John BENNETT, I Give divise and bequeath the same to my Sonn William CARRINGTON and his Assignes, makeing him the said William CARRINGTON my full and sole Executor of this my present last will and Testament, hopeing he will Confidentially discharge the trust herein reposed in him revokeing all fformer Wills and Testatments by me heretofore made Confirming this as my present last Will and Testatment In Wittness whereof I have hereunto putt my hand and Seal the day and year ffirst above written.

Sealed Signed published and declared to be the Testators last Will and Testament In presence of us

A true and perfect Inventory of all & Singular ye the goods Cattle & Chattels of William CARRINGTON of Ashton Clough in the parrish of Glossop & County of Derby Husbandman late deceased prised & valued ye day & year abovesd By James CARRINGTON & Cristopher BENNETT as followeth: (not transcribed, valued @ £153-11-0)

In the name of God Amen, The thirtieth day of November in the twentieth year of the reigne of our Souvraigne Lord Charles the Second by the grace of god King of England Scotland ffrance & Ireland deffender of the faith [ ] Anno. dom 1668 I Edmond CLAYTON of Strindes in the County of Darby gentleman. being aged & weak of body but of good & perfect memory praysed be god for the same doo constitute ordaine & make this testament & testimony herein my last will in manner & forme following: first & principally I give & bequeath my soule into the hands of Almighty God my heavenly Creator & maker trusting [ ] & through the merites of Christ the Death & passion to be one of his elect & chosen people, And my body to the earth from whenst it came to be buried in due & decent manner att the discretion of my ffriends & my [Executor] hereinafter named: And for such worldly goods & estate as god of his mercy hath endowed mee withall my minde & will is as hereafter followeth first my minde & will is that my debts if any such be funeral expenses shall be payde out of & from my whole estate,

I give & bequeath unto Edward CLAYTON my Naturall brother twenty pounds of Lawful English money to be payde yearely & yeare by yeare for & dureing his Naturall life unto him, Ten pounds att Six monthes and Imediately [ensueing] next after my decease, And ten pounds att twelve monthes end Imediately next ensueing after my decease, and soo [successively] to Continue by even & equal portions to be payd out of my Lands & Tenements by my [executor] hereafter named

I give & bequeath unto two of my brothers William daughters either of them fforty shillings: It. I give & bequeath unto three daughters of my brother Edward CLAYTON which he had by his first wife fforty shillings A piece I give & bequeath unto three daughters of my sister Ann to each of them fforty shillings A piece; It. I give unto Thomas CLAYTON of the fforrest fforty shillings; It. my will & minde is that every such servant or servants that doth live with me at my decease shall have their whole years wages payde them.

I give unto Anthony STAFFORD of the Shaw in the County of Darby gentleman All my Lands & Tenements att Strindes & also where within the Kingdom of England to him & to his heires for ever:

I give unto the sd Anthony STAFFORD all my goods Cattlells & Chattells paying such Legacies as are formerly herein sett downe & specified; And I doo appointe & make the sd Anthony STAFFORD my sole Executor to apointe & performe the last will & testament according to the trust I [ ] in him Renouncing all other wills & Testaments by me formerly made In wittnesse whereof to this my present Last will & testament I have set to my hand & seale the day & yeare first above written; 1668

In the Name of God Amen the three and twenty[est] day of Aprill in the yeare of our Lord God accordinge to the computation of the Church of England One Thousand Six hundred Sixty and one I Francis CLAYTON of Stryndes in the County of Derby gentleman beinge in good and perfect remembrance thanks bee given unto allmighty God for the same knowinge that nothinge is more certain than death nor anythinge more uncertain than the hour thereof not minded therefore to dye intestate but willinge rather after the good Example of the good Kinge [Erechias] to sett my house in order doo therefore make and ordaine this my last Will and Testament in manner and forme followinge ffirst and [ ] principally I commend my soule into the hande of Allmighty God my maker and creatour And for my body I comend the same unto the Earth wherefore it was first fashioned to be decently buryed in the Church at Disley in the parish of Stockport and County of Chester in such seemly manner as agreeth with my quality and condition at the discretion of my Executour herein after named [unfa dly] belonginge that the same at the last day shall rise againe a glorious and immortal bodye and bee made partaker with the Saintes and Electe in the Kingdom of Heaven as my trust And undoubted beleife in the behalfe is And for and concerning my worldly Estate which God hath endowed me with in this life I give and bequeathe the same as followeth ffirst my will and mind is that my funerall Expenses be discharged and paid forth of all my goods Alsoe I give and bequeathe unto Joyce my now lovinge wife one Third parte of all my househould goods whatsoever standinge and beinge within my dwelling house called Stryndes aforesaid (Except Two of the best Tables Two of the best paire of Bedsteade One greate Arke One great Brasn pott One Silver Bowle One Dish called a Mazar One greate [ eepinge] Keare Standing in the Barne) all which I heave as [hyreloomes] to my house to be disposed of as hereafter followeth Alsoe I give and bequeathe unto my said Wife One Third parte of all my goods cattells and chattells (Except before excepted) after my debts and funerall expenses be discharged Alsoe I give and bequeathe unto Anthony STAFFORD of the Shawe in the said County of Derbye yoeman his heyres and assignes for ever One close or parsell of land comonly called or known by the name of the Kersheefe Nooke lyinge and beinge upon the right hand the foote Way leading from Shawe Marsh to the Stone Crosse upon Mellor Ward in the said County of Derbye Also I give and bequeathe unto my sonne in Lawe Edward KELSALL and his wife Winifrith to either of them Tenne shillinges of lawfull money of England Alsoe I give and bequeathe unto Thomas CLAYTON also [Pas ] my reputed sonne the sume of five poundes of lawful money of England Alsoe I give and bequeathe unto Alexander SCOOFEILD youngest sonne of Ann SCOOFEILD of Heafield in the County of Derbye Widdow the sunne of Tenne [ ] shillings per annum to beginne imediately after the decease of me the said ffrancis CLAYTON And to be paid to him the said Alexander till he attaine the Age of one and Twenty yeares And when he hath attained unto the aforesaid age of one and Twenty yeares Then I gibe and bequeathe unto him the same Alexander the sumy of ffive pounds to bind him an apprentice with Alsoe I gibe and bequeath unto Two Daughters of my Brother William the summe of Tenne shillings a peece of lawful money of England Alsoe I gibe and bequeathe unto my Sister Anne Daughters Barbara and Jane the sume of Tenne shillings a peece of lawful money of England Alsoe I give and bequeathe unto my brother Edward CLAYTON the sume of ffourty shillings of lawful money of England to be paid to him the said Edward within one whole yeare next after my Decease Alsoe I give and bequeathe to my brother Edward three children the sume of Tenne shillings a peece of lawful money of England Alsoe my will and mind is and I give and bequeathe unto my brother Edmund CLAYTON All the rest and residue of my lands and Tenements what soever not formerly herein given or disposed of lyinge and beinge in the said County of Derby or [ ] where to him the said Edmund CLAYTON his heyres and assigns for ever And all my goods Chattells and cattells whatsoever Except such parts thereof as I have formerly herein of hereby given and bequeathed, hee the said Edmund payinge fourthe of my said lands and [ ] tenements and forth of the same goods Cattells and Chattells my funerall expenses and all my debtes and legacies And if it happen that my saide goods cattells and chattells will not soe farre extend and reacheas to pay and discharge all my debts legacies and funerall expenses Then my will and mind is and I doo declare and appoint that my said Brother Edmund shall make the same forth out of some parte of such of my said lands and Tenements as I have by this my last will given him the same Edmund by sellinge some parts thereof or otherwise by setting and lettinge of the same or any such last mentioned part thereof as aforesaid at the election and [ ] of him the same Edmund And of this my last Will and Testament I doo ordaine and make my saide Brother Edmund CLAYTON my full sole and perfect Executor [hopinge] him to execute this my last will and Testament as my trust in him [ ] [reposed] and all former wills hereto fore by me at any time made I doo hereby revoke frustrate anni[ ]late and in a [ ] in the law to all [ ] and purpose whatsoever In wittnes whereof I the said ffrancis CLAYTON have hereunto putt my hand and seale the day and yeare first abovewritten One Thousand Six hundred Sixty one

In the name of god Amen the ffoureth Daye of Februarie I the yeare of the Rayne of our Soveraigne Lord James by the grace of god kinge of England ffrance & Ireland & the Second and of Scotland the thirtieth Eight & according to the Computation of the [ ] of England Anno Don one thousand six hundred and ffyve I Laurence CLEATON of Kynder sicke in bodie but sound in soule & of pfecte mynde & remembrance thanks be geven to god, knowinge nothinge more certeyne then deathe wither anny thinge more uncerteyne then the houer of Death doe Constitute & ordayne this my testament contayninge therein my last will wherein ffirste I Commend my soule to Almightie god my maker to Jesu Chryste my redeemer hopinge & trustinge throughe his meritts & mediation & thoroughe faith in his Blood to inioy the [felisitie] & Blisse of Heaven in the Communion of Saynts and angells and my bodie I commend to the ground to bee buried in the pishe Church of Glossoppe. And for my worldly goods my will & minde ys as followeth ffirst my will and mind ys that all my Debts Funerall expenses & other necessaries bee & shalbe discharged of my wholl goods by my Executors hereafter named. Itm my will & mynd ys that all my Debts funerall expenses & other necessaries,,,, susteyned in or aboute the same beinge discharged of my wholl goods then the resedewe of all my goods moveable & ymmoveable quicke & Dead & other Demands un[ ] I give & bequeathe to Ellin my wyfe and to my thrie younger Children Anne Thomas & George CLEATON towarde there Education filiations & Children pte Itm my will & mynde ys that Ellin my sayd wyfe shall mayntanye susteyne & keepe my sayd younger Children with meate Drinke apparell & other necessaries untill they youngest chylde shall & might accomplishe the age of xxi yeares and then my will & mynde ys that they remeynes of the sayd goods yssues & proffitts of all my grounds I nowe possesse bee & shalbee then equally devided amongst my sayd wyfe & thrie younger Children Anne Thomas & George. Itm my will & mind ys that the yearely benifitt proffitt & commoditie of all such parts & pcells of lande as shall happen & fall to mee or my hayres further then I nowe possesse shall & may,,, [redonnde] remayne & bee to the best benifitt of my younger Children the same to bee to that and occupied ymployed at the discresion of my supvisors heare after named untill Robt CLEATON myne Eldest sone shall or might accomplishe the age of xxi years Itm my will & mynde ys that my sayd eldest sonne Robert bee honestly brought upp with meate Drinke apparell & lodginge & other necessaries for lerninge untill hee accomplishe the age of xxi years by Ellin my sayd wyfe Itm my will & mynd ys that Robert my sayd eldest sonne & heyre shall towards the preferment & benifitt of his sayd sister & tow younger brother Thomas and George content yeald & give to my sayd Children Sixscore pounds of lawfull English mony within the space of six wholl yeares next after the sayd Robert shall or might accomplishe the age of xxi years to [ ] everye yeare xxth pounds att the feast day of St Michall thearchangell & soe consequently everie Michalls daye till the whole some of sixscore pounds bee payd & the sayd six years expired provided that my sayd sonne Robert shall give unto my sayd doughter Anne ffortie pounds the tow firste years & the other fforescore pounds to bee payd as before lymited to my sones Thomas and George equally att every daye of payment ether Tenn pounds. Itm yt is my will & mynd that if it happen ether of my sayd sonnes [ ]este this lyfe before the come to maridge that then [ ] pte of his sayd goods soe dying shall bee & remeyne to Anne my sayd doughter & thother to his other brother Itm yt is my will & myde that if my eldest sonne Robert During his noneage shall shewe him selfe [ ] and Dewtifull to his monther kynd & naturall to his sister & brother & howse & Re[verent] to all men that then my supvisors att theire discretion shall mitigate more or lesse of fortie pounds of the sayd sixscore pounds at the Discretion of the [ ] pte of them Item I make constitute & ordayne Ellin CLEATON my sayd wyfe sole Executrix of this my last will to execute pforme & Doe all things hearin Contayned accordinge to the trewe intent & meaning heare of & of mee the testator according to my trust in her reposed Itm my [ ] ys that Thomas BOWDEN gent James CARRINGTON of Buggesworth yom Thomas BOWDEN of Heafeeld yom Thomas EARE of the Swallowehouses yom & John COTRILL my brother in lawe shallbe supvisors of this my last will to sie all things hearein contayned executed & done accordinge to the true meaninge of this my last will In wittness Where of I the sayd testator have put my hande the daye & yeare above written: by mee Lawrance CLAYTON these beinge wittness [ ]: SMITHE Willm ROBINSON Robert CLEATON wth others

Debts wch I owe

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Inprimis I owe to Robt MOSLEYE

xiil-vjs as my Bill Doth & may appeare

It Willm BRADBURIE & I doe equally owe to Willm COTRILL

xil as by our bill doth & may appere

Itm to Robert CARRINGTON o f Chinley Houses

xl xvijs iiij d to bee payd as followeth the one halfe the forweth day of July & thother halfe att Michalmas next ensewinge

Itm to Edward HAIGHE

iijl xvjs as by my deed in writinge dothe & may appeare

Itm to Jhon MELLOR of little Longsor

iiijl to be payd the twenty day of July next

Itm to Jhon HALL of alport

ijl xiijs iiijd

Itm to Cristopher YELLOT

xis

Itm to Willm ROBINSON

xxjs

Itm to Willm ROWBOTHAM

vss or therabouts

Itm to my brother in lawe Thomas EARE

xxis

Itm to Christopher BOWDEN

xs

Debts oweinge to me

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Inprimis Andrewe BOWDEN oweth to mee

vl xvijs ijj d dew at the assumption of St marii the vergin next ensuwinge

Itm Jhon HADFILD of the birch Hall

iiijs ijd

It Renold ROWBOTHOM

iiijs xd

It Edward DOWNES of Kynder

iiijs iid

Orlanda otherwise Orlando COOK farmer & stone mason of All Mens Heath, Glossop p.: 1866

Executors: Son Mark COOPER, warp dresser of Newton, Mottram in Longdendale; John DEARNALEY, schoolmaster of Whitfield

Executors: Wife Hannah COOPER; Thomas ROWBOTHAM, husbandman of Lane Head, Glossop p.

Appeared Personally Elizabeth COOPER of Stirrup in Ludworth in the parish of Glossop in the County of Derby widow the party applying for Letters of Administration of the Estate and Effects of the said James COOPER late of the parish of Glossop in the County of Derby aforesaid Farmer Deceased, and made Oath that the Estate and Effects of the said Deceased, for, or in respect of which, the said Letters of Administration are to be granted, exclusive of what the said deceased may have been possessed of, or entitled to, as a Trustee for any other person or persons, and not beneficially but including the Leasehold Estate or Estates for Years of the deceased, if any, whether absolute or determinable on Lives, and without deducting any thing on account of the Debts, due and owing from the said deceased, are under the value of Two hundred Pounds, to the best of this Deponent`s knowledge, information and belief.

Sworn on the 21st day of March 1820 before me Samuel GRUNDY Commissioner

Know all Men by these presents that We Elizabeth COOPER of Stirrup in Ludworth in the parish of Glossop in the County of Derby widow & Ralph HUDSON of Ludworth aforesaid Farmer & Robert HIGGINBOTHAM of Rowarth in the parish of Glossop aforesaid Farmer are held and firmly bound unto Edmund OUTRAM Doctor in Divinity Vicar General of the Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry in the Sum of Four Hundred pounds etc. etc..

On a separate sheet the Oath shows that James COOPER died on 20th Dec 1819

In the name of God Amen I John COWPER of Whitfield in the parish of Glossopp & County of Derby Yeoman being out of health, but of sound memory & perfect understanding do make & ordain this to be my last Will & Testament in manner & form following

First I order my just Debts, funeral expences & Charges of the Probat of this my last Will to be paid & discharged out of my Personal Estate & as to my Burial I referr the same to the prudence & Discretion of my Executours hereafter named, & recommend my soul into the hands of God who gave it. And as for such worldly estate as the Almighty has been pleasd to bestow upon me I dispose thereof as follows. I give & bequeath unto Thomas son of Matthew COWPER five shillings to be paid by my Executours. Also I give unto my son John COWPER thirteen pounds. Also I give unto my son Thomas COWPER twenty pounds. Also I give unto my Son-in-Law John HADFIELD four pounds. all which Legacies are to be paid within twelve months after my decease, out of my Personal estate. And it is my will & mind that if any of my Children dye before their Legacies become due, that then their said Legacy shall go to their Child or Children. Also I give unto my son Thomas COWPER the Press for Cloaths which stands in the Chamber. Also I give unto my Daughter Sarah BRAY her Mothers Desk. Also I give unto Mary HADFIELD a little Chest of her Mothers. Also I give & bequeath unto my son John COWPER all that Houseing & Land that one Ralph CROWTHER formerly Leased now scituate, lyeing & being in Stockport, the aforesaid Land being excepted in his Brother Matthews Deed; He the said John COWPER his Heirs or Assignes, paying his Brother Matthew COWPER Heirs or Assignes Yearly & every Year for ever the sum of one shilling at or upon the eleventh Day of November as the same shall become payable Also I give & bequeath all my Houseing & Land lyeing & being in Whitfield unto my loving Wife during the time of her Natural Life; she paying Yearly & every Year the sum of two pounds to my son Joseph COWPER his Heirs or Assignes at or upon the eleventh day of November as the same shall become due. Likewise I give & bequeath unto my loving wife all my Personalty except what is before disposed of, but in case she removes & has a mind to go live with any of her Children, that then it shall be Lawful for my son Joseph COWPER immediately to enter upon & take possession of the said Housing & Land before mentioned lyeing in Whitfield & she my loving wife to have no Liberty to Sell or sett any part thereof, It is Likewise my Will & mind that my son Joseph COWPER pay to my Son-in-Law Nicholas BRAY twenty Pounds which I Charge upon the Land in Whitfield, & that he pay the said sum of twenty pounds within twelve months after my decease And at the decease of my Loving Wife I Give & bequeath all my Housing & Land scituate & Lyeing in Whitfield & where I now live unto my son Joseph COWPER. I also give unto my son Thomas COWPER all land scituate & lyeing on Stockport Moor, with all & every of it Appurtenances, but if it happen that my son Thomas COWPER has a mind to sell the above said Land it is my mind that his Brother Matthew COWPER or his Heirs have the first refuse of it paying an honest & valuable consideration for it. It is further my will that my Wife have the disposal of all my Linnon to give the same when & to whom she will think fitt. I also give my Bible & Clock to my Heir. It is further my Will & mind that if my wife survive me that the remaining part of my Personal estate Goods Cattle & Chattels that is over & above paying my Funeral expences Debts & Legacies as before mentioned in my will, that she shall enjoy the same & have the use & benefitt of it, & them, during her natural Life, and at her death it is my will & mind that her Funeral expences be all paid out of that remaining part of my said personal estate. And then I give & bequeath all the rest residue & remainder of my Personal Estate Goods Cattle & Chattels to be equally divided amongst my five Children John, Joseph , Thomas, Sarah & Mary COWPER at the decease of the longer liver of me & my wife & after the expences paid as before orderd. Lastly I give one guinea to Wm GODDARD Vicar of Glossopp to Preach my funeral sermon. And it is my desire that my two sons Joseph & Thomas COWPER assist & do what they can for their Mother whilst she lives. And I do hereby Nominate Constitute & Appoint my two sons Joseph COWPER & Thomas COWPER Executors of this my last will & Testament not doubting but they will truly fulfill the same as my trust is in them. In Witness I the said John COWPER the Testator have hereunto sett my Hand & seal & published this as my last Will & Testament the twenty second day of May in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven Hundred & forty nine.

Signed sealed Published & declared by the Testator to be his last Will & Testament

In the presence of: Wm GODDARD Vicar of Glossopp; Charles GARLICK; Thomas GARLICK

A true & perfect Inventory of of all the Goods Chattels & Cattle belonging to John COWPER of Whitfield in the parish of Glossopp & County of Derby deceased taken & appraised by us whose names are hereunto subscribed the 24th day of March 1749/50

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   £    s    d

Imp/ Purse & Apparel1

7    0    0

A large Bible & Clock

3    0    0

Two cows

6    0    0

A cupboard & table

   0 15    0

Two coach chairs 15s 12 chairs 10s

1    5    0

One Fire Iron tongs, 3 bread Irons Fire Shovel & Brigg

0 15    0

One little Fire Iron, smoothing Iron Clever two Hand hooks & Spittle one frying pan

   0    3    0

One Warming Pan a skellet a brass pan a brass pott & saucepan one Lead, Lead weight & Mustard Ball

0 15    0

8 Pewter Dishes one Tankard 1 Cup 4 porringers, Spoons

0 14    0

Books & Linnen Meal Cheese & Bacon

4 17    0

One Bedsted & Bedding & a little Cupboard ith Parlour

1    8    0

One Bedsted & bedding in the long Chamber

2 10    0

One Press

1 10    0

A Long table & one little oval table ith parlor Chamber

0 17    0

One bed & bedding ith Chamber over House

1    5    0

One meal ark 8s one Chest 10s one little chest 6s one Desk 5s one Box 1s ith same Chamber

1 10    0

One Cheese Tubb 5s one kimlin 2s Cheese fatts & other wooden ware 5s & one cheese press 3s

0 15    0

One little Ark in the Porch 1s 2 Iron potts 2s a Glass case two fall tables 2s a kneading trough 1s

0    6    0

One Shovel Mattock & Bill & Dock fork & Ax

0    3    0

One Stock of Bees at Thomas COWPERS

0 10    0

Huslement

0    5    0

.

46    3    0

In Bills

88    2    0

.

134 5    0

In the name of God Amen I John COOPER of Stirrup in the Parish of Glossop & County of Derby Yeoman Being Weak of Body but of Perfect & Sound memory Praised be God do make & ordain this to be my Last Will and Testament in Mannor and form following

First I order my just Debts Funeral Expences & the Expence of the Probat of this my Last Will and Testament to be paid and Discharged out of my Personal Estate and as to my Burial I refer the same to the Prudence and Discretion of my wife & Executors hereafter named and recomend my Soul unto the Hands of God who gave it and as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it has Pleased the Almighty to Bless me with in this Life I give demiss and Dispose of the same in the Following Manner and Form

First I give to my Loveing Wife five Pounds to be paid by my Executors Also I give to my daughter Sarah COOPER my Clock which stands in the Parlor

Item I give and bequeath unto my son James COOPER all my Houseing and Land Lying in Stockport in the County Palitine of Chester to Enter upon it Emediately after my Disceas Paying to my Loveing Wife his Mother five Pounds a Year to be Paid to her Quarterly at four Equal Payments Dureing the time of her Natural Life.

Item I give unto my Loveing Wife the Farm I now Hold at Stirrup in the Parish of Glossop & County of Derby under His grace the Duke of Norfolk to hold for three years after my Deceas Paying the Rent as it Shall be com Due and at the End of the Sd three years I give it unto my son James COOPER His Heirs or Assigns to Enter upon and take possession of the Farm afore-said and it is my Will and Miend that her my Loveing Wife has five Beast to hold in her tuishtion (sic) During the time she is to hold the Farm and then I leave them to be Equally Devided amongst my three Daughters Martha HAGUE Mary HOWARD & Ester TAYLOR

Item I also give her my Loveing wife all my Husbandry Gear the Meal Ark in the House & the ark in the Barn to hold for three years and then I give them to my son James COOPER Also I give unto my Daughter Martha HAGUE Sixteen Pounds Also I give unto my Son in law John HOWARD Ten Pounds Also I give unto my Daughter Ester TAYLOR Fifteen Pounds Also I give unto my Son in Law John BOTTOMLY Twenty Pounds Also I give unto my daughter Sarah COOPER Fifty Pounds These Legacies are all to be Paid in Twelve Months after my Disceas out of my Personal Estate and if any of these my children that are to Receive these Legacies above Mentioned Shall Dey before their Legacies com due it is my will & mind that it goes to their Child or Children

Item I also give to my Loveing wife Sarah COOPER and to my Daughter Sarah COOPER all my Household Goods Excepting the above mentioned to be Equally Devided Betwixt them after the above Legacies are Paid & Discharged I give to my Daughter Ann BOTTAMLEY five Pounds to be paid out of the Remaining Part that is over & above Paying the above Legacies all the Reversion that Remains when the above Legacies are Paid I Leave to be Equally Devided amongst my three Daughters Martha HAGUE Mary HOWARD and Ester TAYLOR and I do hereby Nomenate Constitute and Appoint my son James COOPER & Joseph COOPER of Dinting in the Parish & County above said Executors of this my Last Will and Testament not Doubting but the will truly Fulfill the same as my trust is in them In witness I the said John COOPER the Testator have hereunto Sett my Hand and Seal this Twenty Sixt Day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty Nine.

Signed Sealed Published & Declared by the Testator to be his Last Will and Testament in the Presence of Thomas HARRISON (x); Jas STANNEY; James TAYLOR

A true & Perfect Inventory of all the goods Chattel Chattels and Credites of John COOPER of Stirrup in the Parish of Glossop and County of Derby Late Disceast Taken Valued and apprised this 17th Day of November 1769 by us

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£    s    d

Item In Purs and Apparril

8    0    0

Goods in the House Fire Iorn Shovel & toungs 2 Bread Ions

0 10    0

Brigs Chaveing dish Ballis Spit gobuts & Driping pan

0    5    0

Frying pan and Spittel and a Long Table

0    6    0

Couch Chear & Cushin Cubert & fall table warming pan

0 19    0

9 peuter Dishes ten plats a peuter Cup & Shelf

1 13    8

Nine Chares Round table Stool and Salt pey

0    8    6

In Books

0    2    0

Goods in the Parlor Clock & Case and two Chises

3    3    0

3 pare of sheets & a Single one & 2 Boulster Casees

0 18    0

Stand Bed & Beding ten chares and a table

3    4    0

Goods in the Little Parlor 1 Bed & Beding & a chare

1 10    0

In the Buterreys 3 Chesfuts an ark & a Bras pan

0 18    0

A parcil of pots & Bottels and a tin oven

0    6    0

In the Kitchen 2 Iorn pots a Cettel and Chees press

0 11    6

2 churns Iorning tub and other woodden ware

0 10    0

Goods in the Chambers 95 cheeses and an ark

17 15    0

3 Beds and Beding a Bedstid and a form

4    5    0

In Hay Corn and other grane one ark and 2 tubs

33 17    0

2 Horses 49 sheep and all the Husbandry gear

23    9    6

7 milch cows 2 twinters 2 yearlinks and a Swine

45    5    0

In Bonds Bills and other Securities

154 8    0

In ..... Debts & all other things not Namd as huselments

0 10    0

Total

302 14   2

This is the Last Will and Testament of me Joseph COWPER of Dinting in the Parish of Glossop and County of Derby, Yeoman. Being out of health but of sound memory and perfect Understanding Blessed be God for it. Do this fourthteenth day of June in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Four Make this my Last will and Testament as follows. And first it is my will and mind that all my Just Debts, funeral Expences and the Probate of this my will be paid and discharged out of my Personal Estate by my Executors here after named after which I will and leave to my Beloved wife my free-hold Estate during the Term of her natural life Paying to my son James COWPER yearly and Every Year Two pounds and five shillings the five shillings to discharge the land tax, also I give to my said wife Two Cows one Bedstead and Bedding for two Beds the Little Chest and all the linen within it and the Corner Cupboard with all the furniture belonging to it also I give to my loving wife those goods in my house at Land that is one Square Oak table one Oak chear one fire iron and Tonges one bed-stead one cheese press and one Cup-board in the Dineing room at Dinting. I also give to my wife Ten Pounds of a Legacy left by her mother Likewise I give my son James COWPER all my freehold lands after the Decease of my said wife him paying Forty Pounds to my youngest children Deborah ROWBOTHAM Sarah GARLICK Joseph COWPER George COWPER Betty SHEPHERD Martha HADFIELD and Nancy HOWARD Together with Twenty Pounds of my personal Estate to be paid them in Twelve Months after the decease of my said wife, at the Decease of me Joseph COWPER the above said Sixty pounds I put into the hands of my Executors untill the Decease of my said wife to be put out to Intrest by my Executuors and it is my will and mind for my said Executors to pay Two pounds five shillings Intrest if they keep it in their hands yearly. Also I give to my son George COWPER one Cow one Horse on Cart and wheels and one Large Ark, Also I Leave my farm in Semondly and Dinting which I hold under the Duke of Norfolk to my son George COWPER paying the Annual Rent of Thirty three pounds yearly Also I leave my farm in Ludworth which I hold under the Duke of Norfolk to my son Joseph COWPER paying the Annual sum of Thirteen pounds yearly. Also the Remainder of my personal Estate Goods and Chattles I give to my seven younger children Deborah Rowbotham Sarah GARLICK Joseph COWPER George COWPER Betty SHEPHERD Martha HADFIELD and Nancy HOWARD to be Equally devided amongst them share and share alike; or sold and the Money to Equally devided amongst them. Also it is my will and mind that my said wife shall have her goods and Chattles kept by my Executors for her funeral Expences. And it is my will and mind that my Executors chuse two Honest men to take a true Estimate or Valuation of all my personal Estate within five days time after my decease. Lastly I do Nominate and appoint my sons Joseph COWPER and George COWPER joint Executors of this my last Will and Testament hopeing they will Lovingly and Quitely (?) perform the trust I Repose in them In witness whereof I the said Joseph COWPER the Testator have here unto set my hand and Seal the day and year first above written.

Sealed, Signed, published and declared by the within named Joseph COOPER the Testator in presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our names at his request and in presence of each other

A true and perfect Inventory of the goods Cattle and Chattles of Joseph COOPER of Dinting in the Parish of Glossop and County of Derby Deceased aprissed and valued by us whose names are here under written this 11th Day of July in the year of our Lord 1774

In the name of God Amen I Mathew COOPER of Chalsworth in the parish of Glossop in the county of Derby being sick & weak but of perfect mind & memory praised be God therefore yet not knowing how soone it may please God to call for me being sencible of the frailty of human nature have thought fitt to dispose of all such Temporal Es(t)ate as it pleased Allmighty God to bestow upon me Therefore I do make this and ordain it to be my Last Will and Testament in Manor and form following first I will that all my Just Debts funerall Expenses charges of of (sic) probat hearof be fully paid and discharged.

Allso I give and Devise unto my well beloved wife Ann COOPER and her Asignes During her Widdowhood the mesuage & Dwelling house with its Apurtenances situate in or neare the Hillgate in Stocport in the county of Chester and the medow there unto belonging now in holding of Joseph BARLOWS holding and from and after her second marriage my will is that her right to the said pmises shall cease for in such case I will an Anuity or or (sic) yearly payment of fourty shillings to be paid her out of the Rents and profits arising out of the said premises every year During her natural Life to be paid her at Two Equall payments the first payment to be within six calendar months after my Decease and from and Imediately after second marrige (subject to the said Anuity) or death which shall first Happen Allso I give and devise unto my Eldest son Thomas COOPER the Close or Parcell of Land called the Long Shut which I am in present possion of to Enter upon it Imediatly after my Decease. And allso from and Imediatly after my father and mother their severall deceases I do devise and give all other Lands Hereditments and premises att Stockport aforesaid wherto I am intitled on Reversion or Remaned (?) or Expectant on their deaths unto my said Eldest son Thomas and his Asigns Subject and Liable (Subject and Liable after the death of the survivor of my said father and mother to the payment of these respective sums here after mentioned that is to say I will that he my eldest son Thomas pay to my second son Benjamin COOPER the sum of thirty pounds att the Death of the survivor of my said father and mother Allso I will that he the said Thomas COOPPER my Eldest son pay unto my Daughter Ann the sum of Twenty pounds att the time aforesaid allso I will that my Daughter Ann have four pounds paid her out of the first years rent of my wifes Anuity Allso I will my son Thomas COOPPER pay unto my daughter Abigal the sum of Thirty pounds att the Time Aforesaid Allso I give unto my Loving wife Ann COOPER one Bed furnished redy with all sorts of Bed Cloths redy for Lying in her chest one Table with a Drawer in, the Round Ashe stook one Brass Kettle one chaire. And as for my Leasehold Estate in Chalsworth I give and Bequeathe the same to my Two sons Thomas and Mathew equally Between them their Heirs Executors Administrators or Asignes During the Term in the originall Lease to Injoy as Tenants in Comon Allso I give unto my son Benjamin one Paire of Bed Stocks and my Top Coate. and all the rest of my Goods Chattles and Aparel and money and Cattel and Personall Estate of what kind and nature so ever I Give and Bequeath unto my well beloved son Mathew COOPPER he being subject and Liable to pay my funerall Expenses and charges of Probat heareof out of the said Personall Estate Allso I do hearby nominate and Apoint My well beloved wife and my son Benjamin COOPPER to be the sole Executors of this my last Will and Testament and I do hearby frustrate and make void all other Bequests will or wills by me formerly made Ratifeing Confirming and declaring this and none other to be my Last Will and Testament as witness my hand and seale this fourteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred fourteen

Be it known to Any whom it may concern that it is my mind who am the testator that if it so Happen that Benjamin my second son or my Daughter An or my Daughter Abigal Dye without Ishue before the said money become Due and payable that then that shall be Paid to the other Two that remaine but if it so Happen that if any of the above said three do die leaveing child or children then such child or children shall enjoy the part of money left to their Deceased parent and to that child or children the money when due shall become payable.

Sealed Published and declared as and for the last will and testament of the above said Mathew COOPER the testator in presence of us: James ASHTON; Thomas DAWSON; Cha: GARSIDE

A True and perfect Inventory of all and Singular the goods Chattels and Cattel of Matthew COOPER of Chalsworth in the Parish of Glossop and County of Derby and Dioces of Litchfield Yeoman Late deceased Prized and Valued the Twenty Seventh of August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred fourty and five by us whose names are here Under Written as Followeth

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£    s    d

First his Purse and Aparel

05   00    0

Goods in the house one fire Iron and Clock and all other goods in the house

02 15    0

Goods in the Parlour one Bed and all other things in the Parlour

02 15    0

Goods in the Chamber one Bed one Chest etc

02 15    0

Goods in the Little Chamber one Bed etc.

01 10    0

Goods in the Kitchen Cheese Press and Dresser etc

00 18    0

Husbandry Ware one cask and all other Husbandry Ware

03 00    0

The Huslement

00 02    6

Cattel one Mare one Gelding

02 10    0

Six Milch Kine

15 00    0

One Feeding Cow

02 00    0

Four Young Beasts

05 00    0

Three Calves

01 10    0

One Hog

00 15    0

Sum Total

45 00    6

In the Name of God Amen I Thomas COOPER of Dinting in the Parish of Glossopp and County of Derby Yeoman being weak of Body but sound in mind and of Perfect understanding, do hereby make and declare this my Last Will and Testament, in mannor and form following, first I Order and Direct my Just Debts, Furanal Expences and the Charge of the Probate, of this my last Will, to be first Paid & Discharged out of my Personall Estate, & as to my Buriall, I Refer the same to the Prudence and Discretion of my Executor, herein after named, Item I give and bequeath unto my Son John COOPER, the sum of five Shillings, Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Catherine wife of Joseph GARLICK of Padfield, the sum of five Shillings, Item I do give and bequeath unto my Daughter Esther Wife of Jno STAFFORD the Sum of Twenty Pound, which said sum of Twenty Pound and the before mentioned Legacys I order to be Paid out of My Personal Estate, Item I do give and bequeath unto my Loving Wife Martha COOPER all my Free Hold estate lying on Stockport Moor, near Himshaw Gate, during the time of her natural Life, & at her Disceace I give and Bequeath the before mentioned Estate unto my son John COOPER or his Heirs etc. paying to my Daughter Esther Wife of John STAFFORD, the Sum of Ten Pounds and for Want of Payment, of the aforesaid Ten Pounds to be made by my son John COOPER, or his Heirs, it is my Will and Mind that my Daughter, Esther, shall Enter upon the said Estate, and hold the same till such time as she Has rec^d her Leagicy, And if it Happens that my Daughter Esther Dyes before her Mother, And Leave any Child or Children, It is my Will and mind that the Child or Children have the Leagicy, All the residue and remainder of my Goods Chattles and Cattle of What Kind or Nature so Ever not herein before mentioned, And also the Teniment which I hold under his Grace the Duke of Norfolk I give and Bequeath unto my Loving Wife Martha COOPER and my son Wm COOPER equally betwixt them but if it Happen that my Wife Martha COOPER be married again that then And in such case it is my Will and Mind that my son William COOPER has all her share of the before mentioned Chattles and Cattle and she has nothing but the Freehold Estate during her natural life, It is also my Will and mind that at my Wife Martha COOPERS Death if she Happens not to Marry again that my son William COOPER has all her share of the before mentioned Teniment and Chattles of what kind or nature so ever, And Lastly I do nominate and appoint my Nephew James COOPER son of Joseph COOPER of Dinting to be Executor of this my last Will and Testament. And I do revoke all former Will by me heretofore made In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this fifth Day of May 1763

Sealed signed and Declared to be the Last Will of the before mentioned Thomas COOPER

Let a probate be made to James COOPER sole Executor Having been sworn before me Thos WHITE Sur.

A true and perfect Inventory of the Goods Chattles & Cattles of Thomas COOPER of Dinting in the Parish of Glossop & County of Derby Deceased. Aprised & valued by us whose names are here under written this Second Day of August 1764

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£    s    d

Goods in the House; his purse & Apparel

16    0    0

the fire iron toungs poker Suffel & Briyds

0 12    0

one Clock & Case 2 Couch chairs 3 tables

3    0    0

one Cubboard 5 Chairs 4 Stools 1 Salt pye

0    5    0

one Malter & pestel 1 Cheese toster 4 Candlesticks

0    2    0

one Spite & Goberts 1 Smoothing iron & heaters

0    3    0

two Looking glasses & a parcel of Books

1 19    0

one Warming pan 1 Chafing dish two Bread irons & hand hooks

0    9    0

A parcel of puter 1 frieing pan & knives & forks 0 17    0

0 17    0

Goods in the parlor one Bed & Beding & 1 press

3    0    0

one fire grate & 3 chairs

0    5    0

Goods in Buttrey 1 Ark & bacon & other things within

1    0    0

one Barrel & bottles all the Basons 1 Stound & some pots

0 11    0

4 Weels 2 Churns 2 keels 1 Large tub 1 mustard ball

0 18    0

Goods in Upper Chamber 1 Bed & Beding 2 tables 1 Cofer & wheat

1 19    0

1 Cheese cratch & a parcel of Cheeses Cheese fats trenchers pots

4    5    6

Goods in the midle Chamber 1 bed & beding 1 womans table

1 12    0

1 Meal ark & meal a parcel of Sacks a pair of Weigh & Weights

2 12    0

Goods in Lower Chamber 1 bed & beding 1 Coach chair 1 chist

2 10    0

1 Cofer Wheat 1 desk 3 chairs 1 mug pot honey wool & 2 weights

1    8    0

Goods in Citchin 3 iron pots 1 Brass pan 2 kettles 1 Sose pan & Ladle

0 18    0

A parcel of piggins & siffs 1 tub & cheese press

0 18    0

8 Cows 3 twinters 2 yearlings & 3 calves

35    4    0

2 Mares 1 Swine Some sheep Some hens & Cocks

12    0    0

Cart & Wheels 1 plow harrow & a parcel of hey

2 10    0

1 Mattock & Suffle 1 half strike & Ridles

0    3    6

2 pack Sadles 1 Hackney Sadle 1 pillion & 2 collors

1    8    0

1 Cart sadle & Breech garth 2 pair of chains

0    7    0

1 Bridle 2 halters 2 Wontows & 3 pair of halms

0    2    4

in Book Debts

6    0    0

in Huslement

0    1    4

Total

102 19 8

In the name of god amen the first day of february in the yeare of our Lord god 1649 I Thomas COTTRELL of Southhead in the Countie of Derbie & pish of Glossoppe yeom beinge sicke in body but of good & pfect memorie praised bee god, doo Constitute ordaine & make this my Last will & testatment in manner & forme followinge first I Bequeath & give my soule unto the hands of allmightie god my maker hopeinge in & through the merits of his soone Jesus Christ to Become one of his elect at the generall day of Judgment & my body to the earth to become buried in the Chappell Church of Hayfeild, And for my worldly goods as followeth Viz first my will & mind is that my funerall expenses & Church Rights to be paid out of my whole goods, Ite my will is that my soone Robert COTTRELL shall have & enjoy all my Lands when hee shall acomplish the age of one & twentie yeares hee payinge & discharging such severall sumes of monie to his Brother Thomas COTTRELL & his two sisters Jane COTTRELL & Mary COTTRELL as shall Bee herafter expressed that is to say eight pounds yearly to Thomas COTTRELL during his naturall Life & to pay to his two sisters Jane COTTRELL & Mary COTTRELL ether of them three score pounds a peece when hee shall acomplish the age of one & twentie yeares, And further my will & mind is that if it shall please god to call for ether of my Daughters before my sonne Robert COTTRELL shall acomplish the age of one & twentie yeares that then hee shall pay to that Daughter livinge one hundred pounds. Ite my will & mind is that if my sonne Robert COTTRELL doo not pay or secure these somes aforesaid to my other Children that the I give full power to my executors to sell or set any pte of my Lands for the dischargmt of the Legasies given Before By mee Thomas COTTRELL, Ite I give to my sister Barbarie COTTRELL five pounds to Bee paid at the end of ten yeares after my death Ite I give to my sister Elizabeth COTTRELL foure pounds to Bee paid to her at the end of foureteene yeares after my death, And if it please god to Call for any one of them Before the time wherin it is to Be paid that then those ar (sic) that living shall have the aforesaid mencioned somes equally devided, And further more my will & mind is that if my goods will not extend to pay my debts that then my executors shall have power to pay them forth of my Lands, And I doo Constitute ordayne & make Edward LINGARD & Charles LINGARD my executors & all Be gardians for my Children & to see everie thing discharged & done accordinge to the true meaninge & intent herof

Imprimis

£. s. d.

to Willm BARBER

20-0-0

to John BENNET

10-0-0

to John HYDE

5-0-0

to Tho: MARRIOT

5-0-0

to Robert EAYRE

10-0-0 & fortie shillings

to Petre COFF

10-0-0

to Charles KYRKE

3-14-4

to Tho: GEE wife

0-13-0

to Charles HADFEILD

0-7-0

to Alles BRADBURY

1-5-0

to Tho: BRADBURY senior

0-13-0

to Georg LINGARD

0-3-6

to widdow DEWSNOPPE

5-10-0

to Elizabeth SMITH

15-0-0

to Edmund BRADBURY

0-15-0

to Mrs COTTRELL

2-15-0

to Elizabeth SMITH

0-5-0

to Tho: CLEATON

0-15-0

to Robert COTTRELL

0-15-0

In the name of God Amen the seaventh day of September in the sixteenth yeare of the Raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles the Second by the grace of God of England Scotland ffrance & Ireland King defender of the faith [ ] Amiogr Dom 1664 I John DAND of Blackshaw in the county of Derby yeoman being sick in body but of pfect mynd and memory doo Constitute ordayne and make this my Last Will And Testament in Manner and forme ffollowinge And first of all I do surrender up and bequeath my soule into the hands of Almighty God my Creator and redeemer humbly beseeching the Lord att my departure home to receive it into his glory and my body I bequeath to be buried in decent maner within the Chancell att Heafeld as neare to my Grandfathers buring place as Cann bee as my Executrix hereafter named shall think fitt And as four my worldly goods Cattells Chattells and debts I give them in maner ffollwing and ffirst my will and mynd is that my funerall expences and all my detts shalbee payd out of my wholl goods by Executrix hereafter named and I doo give and bequeath unto John COTTERELL my nefew sonn of Thomas COTTERELL of Knowle [ ] Tenn pound Ite I doo give and bequeath to Sara COTTERELL syster of the aforesaid John COTTERELL the sume of Tenn pound Ite I doo give and bequeath unto John HYDE of Bulshaw my loving neighbor & frend Thre pounds and the silver spoune wch hath an J and an H upon if And all the rest and residue of my unbequeathed goods Cattells Chattells and Detts I doo give leave and bequeath unto Jone DAND my loving Wiffe and to Sara HEGINBOTHAM my daughter Wiff of Mr William HEGINBOTHAM to be Equally devyded beetween them and John (fold in original) Make Constitute and ordayne Jone DAND my Loving Wiffe my trust [ ] and lawfull Executrix of this my last Will and Testament hoping she will pforme the trust reposed in her and Last of all I doo hereby make Constitute & ordayne John HYDE of Bulshaw my loving neighbor & frend Overseer of this my last Will & Testament hoping hee will doo his best indevor to see this my Last Will & Testament pformed In Wittness of these psons where names or markes as Witnesses are hereunto subscrybed I doo with my owne hand Ratifie and conforme this psent writing to be my [ ] Will and Testament

A true and perfect Inventorie mad the [ ] day of October 1664 of all the goodes Catteles and chattells als deptes of John DAND of Blackshaw lately deseased praised by us Robert BRADBURIE Thomas LOMAS Gharles LINGARD, Henrie KERKE Robert SLACKE and John HYDE

In the name of god amen the syxtyne daye of august in the year of our lord god a thousand fyve hundreth three scor & seventyne. I Anges DANDE widowe late wyfe of John DANDE of the lane heade being in good and pfytt remembrance do ordaynt and make this my psent testa and last will after this maner & forme followig, first I bequeathe my soule to god almightie and to all the Holy companye of heaven and my body to be buryed In the pish Church of all Saynts at Glossoppe

Item I bequeathe to William PLATTES heir of the Parke halle one sylver Salte pcell gylte to remeyne to his heirs lawfully, begotten for ever To that he do not sell nor parte then pcell of his lands which his Elders hadd in possission and on standyng Cuppe and one beede under the [greise] with all thyngs theirunto belonging, Ite I bequeathe to Agnes PLATTS Daughter of Raphe xx£ & I will that whosoevr hath the keepynge of the sayd Agnes & her goods shall Enter to bonds to my Executors that yf the sayd Agnes Dye without marrage that the sayd xx£ shall remayne uppon Thurston PLATTS her brother & Elizabeth her syster, Ite I bequeathe to every god child xijd Item I bequeathe to Thurston PLATTS xx s and to William PLATTS xls being sonnes of Willia PLATTS my brother, Item I bequeathe unto Willia MELLOR my servant on bedd with a matresse and other thyngs therto belonginge and iij£ vjs viijd so that he will tarry with me unto the tyme of me death and when this my psent Testament is fulfylled my Debtes payde and all funerall Coostes dyscharged I bequeathe the reste of all my goods herin not bequeathed, reserved such bequeathes as shalbe beueathed herafter unto mayster Larent STAFFORD and [ ]ntger DOWNES whom I make my lawfull Executors these beinge wyttnes and records Guye SELVESTER Curat Otewell FERNELEY and Willia MELLOR with others

This is the true Inventory of all the goodes and cattell both movable and immovable of Agnes DANDE of the lane heade wydowe within the pershe of Glossopp and countie of Darbie lately Deceased, prysed be William BEARD y Raphe BREADLY Thomas HEWARD Otewell FERNELEY

Witnesses: John LORD, auctioneer of Glossop; Joe FRANCE, grocer of High Street, West Glossop

This is the last Will and Testament of me Eli DENTON the Elder of Glossop in the County of Derby formerly a Shopkeeper but now out of business I bequeath unto my daughter Amelia BOOTH all my household furniture plate linen china books pictures and articles of domestic use and ornament absolutely. I devise and bequeath all the residue of my estate property and effects whatsoever and wheresoever and whether real or personal unto my sons Richard DENTON and Eli DENTON the younger and my said daughter Amelia BOOTH Upon trust that they or the survivors or survivor of them or the heirs executors or administrators of such survivor (hereinafter called my Trustees or trustee) shall sell collect or otherwise convert into money all such parts thereof as shall not consist of ready money And shall out of the monies to arise from such sale collection and conversion and the money of which I shall be possessed at my death pay my funeral and testamentary expenses and debts And shall hold the residue of the said monies in trust for all my children or any my child who being sons or a son shall attain the age of twenty one years or being daughters or a daughter shall attain that age or shall marry and if more than one in equal shares And I declare that the shares bequeathed to my daughters shall be for their separate use respectively independently of any husband or husbands and that their respective receipts alone shall be sufficient discharges I appoint my said sons Richard DENTON and Eli DENTON the younger and my said daughter Amelia BOOTH Executors of this my Will in Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this fifth day of September One thousand eight hundred and eighty eight

Signed by the said Eli DENTON the Elder as his last Will in the presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses - Jno HIBBERT Solicitor Hyde - Arthur MOORE his clerk.

On the 10th day of March 1894 probate of this Will was granted to Richard DENTON Eli DENTON the younger and Amelia BOOTH (Wife of Samuel BOOTH) the Executors. Be it known that the date hereunder written, the last Will and Testament of Eli DENTON the Elder of No. 108 St Mary's Road Glossop in the County of Derby deceased, who died on the 21st day of February 1894 at No. 108 St Marys Road aforesaid was proved and registered in the Principal Probate Registry of Her Majesty's High Court of Justice, and that administration of the personal estate of the said deceased was granted by the aforesaid Court to Richard DENTON of No. 26 Thorpe Street Glossop in the County of Derby, Weaver in a cotton Mill, Eli DENTON the younger of no. 125 Victoria Street Glossop aforesaid, weaver in a cotton mill the sons and Amelia BOOTH (wife of Samuel BOOTH) of no. 108 St Marys Road Glossop aforesaid the daughter of the deceased the Executors named in the said Will they having been first sworn well and faithfully to administer the same. Dated the 10th day of March 1894. Gross value of Personal Estate £490-6-4

I Eli DENTON of Britannia Inn High Street West, Glossop in the County of Derby Beerhouse keeper hereby revoke all former Wills and Testamentary Instruments heretofore executed by me and declare this to be my last Will. I appoint my wife Nancy DENTON, my son Joseph DENTON and my Daughter Gertrude DENTON (hereafter called "my trustees") to be the Executors and Trustees of this my Will. I give devise and bequeath all my real and personal estate unto and to the use of my trustees upon trust that my Trustees shall (except as to all articles of domestic or household use belonging to me) sell, call in and convert into money the same or such parts thereof as shall not consist of money and to that they shall have the fullest power and discretion to postpone the sale, calling in and conversion of the whole or any part or parts of the said premises including leasehold property during such period as they shall think proper without being responsible for any loss and shall with and out of the moneys produced by such sale, calling in and conversion and with and out of any ready money pay my funeral and testamentary expenses and debts and shall at the discretion of my Trustees, invest the residue of the said moneys in or upon any of the stocks finds and securities hereinafter authorised for investment of trust funds. And shall stand possessed of the said articles of domestic or household use and of the said residuary trust moneys and the investments for the time being representing the same upon the trusts following that is to say In trust to permit my said wife to have the use and enjoyment of the said articles of domestic or household use and to pay to her the income arising from the said residuary trust moneys and the investments for the time being representing the same during her life and from and after her decease. I direct that my Trustees shall stand possessed of the said articles of domestic or househould use In trust for my said daughter Gertrude DENTON absolutely and as to the said residuary trust moneys and the investment for the time being representing the same (hereafter called the residuary trust fund) In trust for such of my children, as shall be living at my decease and shall then have attained or shall afterwards attain the age of twenty one years or being a daughter shall have married before that age, if more than one, in equal shares but so that such shares shall be deemed to be vested at my death but shall not be payable at the death of my said wife. Provided always that if any child of mine shall die in my lifetime leaving a child or children, who shall survive me and being a son or sons shall attain the age of twenty one years or being a daughter or daughters shall attain that age or marry under that age, then and in every such case the last mentioned child or children shall take (and if more than one equally between them) the share which his her or their parent would have taken of and in the residuary trust fund if such parent had survived me and attained the age of twenty one years. I declare that my trustees may with the consent in writing of my said wife during her widowhood and afterwards at their own discretion raise any part or parts not exceeding together one? of the expectant? or vested share of any child or grandchild of mine under this my Will and apply the same for his or her advancement? or benefit as my Trustees shall think fit. I declare that all monies forming part of my estate or otherwise coming to the hands of my Trustees ? any of the trusts or powers of this my Will and requiring investment may be invested by my Trustees at their discretion in or upon any of the investments authorised by law in the case of trust moneys or in or upon any leasehold or chattel ? securities in England or Wales and not elsewhere or in or upon the stocks bonds? mortgages or securities of any Municipality County Council Public Body of Local Authority in the United Kingdom and my Trustees may from time to time alter vary or transpose such investments for or into others of my nature hereinbefore authorised as my Trustees shall think proper. In witness whereof I have herunto set my hand this sixth day of October One Thousand Nine Hundred and Eight.

Signed by the said Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us present at the same time who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses. G H Eaton JONES, Solicitor, Glossop. Mr E PLATT, Clerk to Messrs ELLISON & JONES, Solicitors Glossop.

On the 11th day of January 1922 Probate of this Will was granted at Derby to Nancy DENTON, Joseph DENTON and Gertrude HAND the Executors. I certify this to be a true copy.

Cousins John HADFIELD of Rowarth, cotton manufacturer; Thomas DEWSNAP of Sheffield, gent; James ROBERTS Cutler of Sheffield

Executors: Joseph HALL of Ollerset, yeoman (died before Probate); Robert COLLIER of New Mills, pattern drawer

Daughter Mary HOLLINGWORTH wife of John HOLLINGWORTH yeoman of Chisworth - she is left his lands at Diglands

Daughter Lettice HIBBERT wife of John HIBBERT - to administer Hallwalls with sister Mary until her son is of age.

Grandson John HOLLINGWORTH son of daughter Mary - to have Diglands when Mary dies. John junior to share £86 among his siblings not named.

Grandson John HIBBERT son of daughter Lettice - to have the lands at Hallwalls in Bowden Middlecale when he is 21.

£54 pounds he has given to John HOLLINGWORTH over time the said John to distributs amongst his children.

Inventory 8 May 1749. Appraisers: Robert BOCKING; Joseph BEARD; Thomas BRADDOCK

In the name of God amen the tenth day of July in the year of our lord god one Thousand Six Hundred and fiftie I Robert Eyre of Swallowhouseyes sicke in body but in good and perfect Remembrance prayes bee given to god for it I doe Constitute ordaine and make this my present will and Testament in manner and forme as followeth that is to say first I offer and bequeth my sole to Allmighty god my Creator and maker trusting through the merites of his sone Jesus Christ and his presious blod sheding and to bee one of the number of the Elect and my body to bee buried within the Chapell of Heafelde and that my funerall Expences and such detes as of Right I owe to any man bee discharged out of my whole goodes Ittem I leave Assigne and bequeth to Cathern EYRE my wife all my goods quick and deade whatsoever or detes that are oweing unto mee Shee the same Cathern EYRE bringing up my Children in the feare of god and of this my last will I ordaine and make Cathern my said wife my true and lawfull Executor Trusting shee will fullfile and Accomplish this my last will and Testament for my soles health with the oversight of Thomas MARIOTT my brotherinlawe these beeing witnesseyes

An Invintary of the goods and Catteles which was Robert EYRE decesed August the tenth 1650

(not transcribed, valued @ £50-12-2 by Edmund BRADBURY, John HADFELDE & Thomas MARIOTT)

In the name of God amen the twentieth day of January in the yeare of our lord god one thousand six hundreth and Twentie I Roger EIRE of the Swallowhouses in the parishe of Glossop & the County derb yowman sicke in body but in good & pfect remembrance thankes be unto God for it doe ordayne and make this my last will and Testament in namer & forme folowinge ffirst I give and bequeth my soule to almighty god my maker & redemer & my body to be buried in the Church at Heaffeild Item for my wordly goods I give as herafter [ ]olonats ffirst I give & bequeath to ffranc EIRE my Brother one pcell of land called the primrosbothom to him & his heires for ever. Item I give & bequath to Mary EIRE als JOODRELL my reputed chyld thirty & two pounds & my best coffer & one [qwat] pane one paire of Cawbard to be paid & delivered as hereafter foloweth that is to say the Coffer the pane & the Cawbard to be delivered by myne Executors to Ami JOODRELL mother of the said Chyld within one fourtnight after my death to the use of the saide Chyld & for the xxxij£ to be paid to my myne Executors at or upon the ffeast day of St James thapostle next after the saide Mary EIRE als JOODRELL be accomplish the full age of xxj yeares of she be then alive if it fortune the sayd Mary EIRE als JODRELL to dye before she come to the said age of xxj yeares then my will is that she shalbe brought honestly fourth by myne Executors & then my will is that the said xxxij£ wh shee should have had shalbe as herafter folweth first my Exeutors shall pay whn six monthes after the death of the said Chyld to my brother Lawrance FFIDLER five pounds & my will is that my brother Adam shall have tenn pounds of that mony and my brother ffranc the residue of it Item my will is that Ann JOODRELL mother to the said Chyld shall have the bringinge up of the said Chyld soe longe as she doth kepe her sole & unmarried or ether wayes Miscary by gettinge of a bastard by any man whatsoever & that she shall have paid yearly unto her three pounds foure shillinge by myne Executors for the said Chylde kepeinge as herafter foloweth that is to say at six monthes and after my death xxxijs at the twelve monthes and after my deathe other xxxijs & soe fowarde to be payde yearly unto her Item my will is that if the saide Ann JODRELL fortune after to marry or otherwise Miscary as afforesaid Contrary to this true meaneinge that then my will is that Mary EIRE als JOODRELL shalbe maintained & kept by myne Executors & have the same maintenance Item I give & bequeath to Ann JOODRELL to make that mony wh I owe unto her iiij£ vijs viijd to be paid whin one month after my death unto her Item I give & bequeath to my brother Lawrance FFIDLER viij£ & one Cowe he hath of myne Item I give & bequeath to my brother Adam EIRE xx£ Item I give & bequeath to my brother ffranc EIRE iij£ vjs viijd Item I give & bequeath to Mary BOWNE my sister xxs Item I give & bequeath to Elizabeth BENNET my sister five shilling Item I give unto my brother Thomas my sisters [child] & my sister Ann to every one of them xijd Item I give unto my Cozin Elizabeth EIRE xijd Item I give unto my Cozin Roger CHOWE xijd Item I give unto Ann BOWDEN daughter of Thomas BOWDEN one of the best ewe lambes that shall come of my ewes to be delivered unto her at Midsomer Item I will & require & constitute & make my two brothers Adam EIRE & ffranc EIRE my true & lawfull Executors to this my last will hopeing they will pforme the same accordinge as I repose trust in them Item I will & request George BEARDE & Thomas BEARDE to be everseers of this my last will Item I give unto Robt BENNET my godch xijd

A true Inventory of all the goods & Chatle of Roger EIRE deceased as it was prized & valued by Godfrey BOWDEN & Thomas BOWDEN the day & yeare abovesaid

Witnesses: Randolph FRITH, Roman Catholic Priest of Stockport; Wm Wardlow HOWARD, surgeon of Glossop

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. I Charles FIELDING of Whitfield in the Parish of Glossop in the County of Derby Yeoman being weak in the body but of sound mind memory and understanding do make this my last Will and Testament in manner following First I order and direct that all my just debts funeral and Testamentary expences be paid as soon as conveniently can be after my death and I give and bequeath the sum of ten pounds unto my daughter Betty TAYLOR of Stockport Widow to be paid her in such way and manner as my Executor and Executrix herein after named may see proper and all other leasehold and personal estate whatsoever and wheresoever and not herein before disposed of It is my mind the same shall be occupied and enjoyed by my loving wife Ann FIELDING during her natural life or so long as she shall continue my widow but no longer and if I should happen to die before taking or leasing my Farm again I do authorise my Executor and Executrix or the Survivor of them to contract for the same for the benefit of my said wife and family and that it is my mind that an inventory of all my household goods and furniture cows and farming utensils shall be taken immediately after my death and that my said wife shall keep up such stock of cattle (or so many as the ground will keep after being taken again) and she shall also keep whole and entire all my household good and furniture and at the death of my said wife or marriage it is then my mind that all my leasehold estate ( or by any other way of holding) Household Goods Cows or any other kind of cattle hay corn and potatoes either growing or being upon the premises (then in my said wife's occupation) shall be valued by two disinterested persons and after such valuation (first deducting reasonable expences) I give and bequeath the same unto all my children (except to my said daughter Betty) in manner following First it is my mind that my daughter Mary the wife of Joseph COOPER shall have the house in which they now live and the garden occupied therewith and the house in which I now dwell together with the farm and outbuildings I give and bequeath to my two sons Joseph and William FIELDING in equal shares and the same shall be divided and separated at their joint expence and if the valuation of the said house and garden left unto my said daughter Mary and of the said other house and farm should exceed any of their respective share or legacies that they and each of them shall pay the surplus into my Executor or Executrix names or to the survivor of them and I do give each and every of my children the preference to take any thing or part of my household furniture and farming stock paying for the same according to the valuation thereof and the remainder thereof I order and direct my Executor and Executrix or the survivor of them to sell and dispose of in such way and manner as he or she may see proper and in case my said wife should marry again I order and direct that the sum of eighty pounds (arising from the sale with part of any other money to make up the said sum of eighty pounds) shall be put out upon some good security and the interest thereof as the same shall become due shall be received by my said wife during her natural life and the overplus money (if any) shall be divided amongst all my children in equal shares (except to my said daughter Betty) and if one or more of them should not be of age to receive the same it is my mind that such share or shares legacy or legacies shall be placed out upon some good security or securities until such child or children shall attain the age of twenty one years and the interest arising therefrom shall be received and paid towards the clothing and maintenance of any such child But if my daughter Esther should happen to fall sick or be anywise incapacitated to earn her livelihood before the receipt of her legacy it is my mind that she shall have so much thereof (over and above the interest) as shall relieve her in such sickness and if any of my children who may be under age should happen to die before the receipt of his or her legacy leaving no lawful issue that the share of him her or them so dying shall be divided in equal shares amongst the survivors or to the lawful representative or representatives of such as may be dead and the said sum of eighty pounds which may be secured out on my said wife's account (in case she marries again) shall at her death be divided in like manner as aforesaid and I give and devise my two sittings in the Base Pew upon the Old Loft in the Parish Church of Glossop aforesaid to my said son Joseph his Heirs and assigns for ever and also my two other sittings in a certain pew upon the new loft in the said Church unto my said son William his Heirs and Assigns for ever and it is also my mind that in case either my said son Joseph or my said son William or both of them should refuse or object to enter upon the premises bequeathed unto them jointly as aforesaid or after having entered thereunto and any thing going wrong with them or either of them so as to be under the obligation of parting with the same or any part thereof that the said Joseph COOPER or some own Brother or Sister shall have the preference to take either of their respective shares or any part thereof at a fair valuation in case it cannot be otherwise agreed upon betwext themselves and it is my mind that my said wife and such of my children who are unmarried do live together so long as she continues my widow and Lastly I do nominate constitute and appoint the said Joseph COOPER and my said wife Ann FIELDING Executor and Executrix of this my last Will and Testament hereby working and making void any former Will by me heretoforemade In Witness whereof I have unto this my last Will and Testament set my hand and seal this eighth day of January One Thousand Eight Hundred and Nineteen.

Signed sealed published and declared to be the last Will and Testament of the within written Testator in the presence of us who in his presence and at his request have subscribed our names as witnesses seven interlineations being first made. (signed) Charles FIELDING, John BENNETT, John DEARNALEY

the five children of my niece Jane BARDSLEY - namely John, James, Sarah, Hannah and Ellen.

In the name of God Amen I John FFROGATT of Park Hall in the parrish of Glossop & County of derby Yeoman being something out of health of Bodey but of sound & perfect Mind & Memory praised be Almighty God for the same do make & Ordaine to Writing this my last Will and Testament which I do in Maner & forme following hoping through ye Merits Death & passion of my Saviour Jesus Christ to have pardon & forgiveness of all my Sins and to Inherit Everlasting Life and my Bodey I Comitt to the Earthe to be Decently Buryed att the Discresion of my Executor hereafter Named As for and Conserning the Dispossision of all such Temporall Estate as it hath pleased Almighty God to bestowe upon me

I Give & bequeathe thereof as ffollowes ffirst my Will and Mind is yt all my Just Debts which I shall owe att my Deathe the Charge of my ffunerall and ye Expence of my Executor in ye Probat be paid & discharged & taken out of my whole Estate I Give & bequeath unto my Granson John FFROGATT One hundred pounds And Likewise I give & bequeath unto him my sd Granson John FFROGATT all that my Copeyhould Estate att Jowhole (in ye sd parish and County above mentioned) and all Its Appurtenances for to Enter upon & Receive when he shall Attaine his full Age of Twenty One years I Give and bequeathe unto my Nephew James ARMSTRONG Twenty pounds I Give & bequeathe unto my housekeeper Jane HIGENGBOTHAM Ten pounds I give & bequeath unto Susana DEWSNAPE Ten Shillings I Give & bequeath unto my Sone Tho FFROGATT my Estate Called Ridge:topp with all It’s Appurtenances Near Heafield (in the parish & County aforesaid) upon Condition that he doth within six Months after my Decease Transfer & Conveay unto John FFOX of Edale that Estate which I sould to the said John FFOX And if he Refuse to transfer & Conveay ye sd Estate as aforesaid then I Give & bequeathe my sd Estate Called Ridge:topp to my Executor hereafter Named & to his heirs forever I Give & bequeathe unto my Sone Tho Children Twenty pounds which my sone Thomas Oweth me to be Disposed off amongst them att the Discression of my Executor hereafter Named I Give & bequeath unto my Sone Tho FFROGATT all my goods att Ridge topp which he hath now in his possession I Give & bequeathe unto my Granson Tho BOOTHE Sixty pounds

I Give & bequeath unto my Sone in law William GODDARD Viccor of Glossop and to his heirs forever my Estate Called Park:hall where I now Live And the Ould house and all there Appurtenances thereunto belonging And Likewise I Give unto my sone in Law ye sd William GODDARD all my househould goods Chattels Cattels personal Estate & Effects whatsoever the are (performing this my last Will) And Lastly I do make Ordaine Constitute & Appoint my son in Lawe the sd William GODDARD whole & Soule Executor of this my last Will and Testament and do hereby Revoake disanule & make Voyde all other Will or Wills by mee att any time heretofore mae In Wittness whereof I have hereunto Sett my hand & Seale this Seventeenth day of October One Thousand Seven hundred Thirty & Nine.

Signed Sealed published and Declared to be ye last Will of the above mentioned John FFROGATT in the psents off

A true and perfect Inventory of all the goods Chattels and Cattle belonging to Mr John FROGATT of Parkhall in the Parish of Glossop and County of Derby deceased seen taken apprised by us whose Names are hereunto Subscribed this twenty ninth day of October 1739.

(not transcribed, valued @ £272-16-8 by John WAGSTAFFE & Geo HIGENBOTTAM)

Daus Maria wife of Geo KAY now in America; Ann wife of Richard PRESTON; Eliza wife of Joseph CROSSLEY

Witnesses: Thomas Michael ELLISON Solicitor of Glossop; Robert PLATT his clerk

In the Name of God Amen This Eleventh day of September 1723. I ffrancis GEE of Kinder in the Parrish of Glossop in the County of Derby yeomd. Being but weakly as to my Body but of Sound mind and perfect Memory Praise be therefore given to Almighty God, and knowing the Certainty of Death but the uncertainty of this present life and being willing to leave my house in order and to settle my worldly Estate so as peace and unity may remain Amongst my Children & relations after my decease, Do make this my last Will and Testament in manner following ffirst I Committ my soul into the hands of Almighty God hopeing through the Death and Merritts of Jesus Christ my Saviour and Redeemer to obtain remission of the sin and eternal life. And my Body I Committ to the Earth to be decently buried att the discression of my Executors hereafter named. And as to my worldly Estate I dispose thereof as ffolloweth Inprimis I will that all my due debts funnerall Expenses and Charges of the probate of this my last Will be first discharged and paid forth of my personall Estate. Item I give devise & bequeath unto my Eldest Son Ralph GEE, All my Messuage housing Lands and tenements Lying in Kinder aforesaid or els where as well my New lands as my Antient Estate, with all their appurtenances To hold to my said Son Ralph GEE his heirs and assigns for ever Uppon this Condition and Consideration never-the less that my said son Ralph GEE his heirs and assignes or some of them do and shall forth of the same, pay or Cause to be paid unto his Sisters and Brothers these several Sumes of Money, and in such manner following viz. unto Sarah his Sister the sume of Sixty pounds of lawfull money at the end of two years [ ] after my decease. And unto Ann his Sister the sume of Sixty pounds within the space of ffour Years next as for my decease. And unto John his Brother the like sume of Sixty pounds of lawful money when he shall have attained to the age of One and twenty Years, And unto his Brother Daniel the sume of Sixty pounds of like lawful money when he shall likewise have attained to the same age of One and twenty Years. And it is my will and mind also that my said Younger Children (viz.) Sarah, Ann, John, and Daniel Shall all of them have liberty to the New Building both parlor and Chamber over the same, to Come to, or dwell in whilst they shall Keep themselves single and Unmarried Item I give unto my said Son Ralph Gee, the Bed stead in the Parlour above, one table also and two fforms. And Dishboard and one great Chest in the dwelling house, and the ffire Iron there, one meal arke in the Chamber over the house And one garner att the Over Barn which I order to stand as Reire Coombs, Item I likewise give and bequeath unto my said Sone Ralph GEE the one half of my quick Goods and cattle, and all my Husbandry Wares, Item I give & bequeath unto my two Daughters Sarah and Ann One Box which was their Grandmothers Standing upon the Cup board in the House with the Linnens that are therein Item my will and mind is that the rest of my Household Goods not as yet dis-posed of be equally divided amongst my ffive Children Share and Share alike. Item I give and bequeath unto my ffour younger Children the other half of my quick Goods and Cattle. And as touching all my Moneys whether ready Money, Money att Interest howsoever I give and Bequeath the same to All my said Children Sonns or daughter to be equally divided amongst them. And Lastly I do make Ordaine Constitute and appoint my well beloved Sonn John GEE, and my Loveing Kinsman ffrancis GEE of Chinley my full and Joynt Executors of this my last Will and Testament hopeing they will faithfully perform the trust I have herein [reposed] in them And I desire that Brotherly love and Unity may remaine amongst my Beloved Children revoking all other and formr Wills by me heretofore made, publishing this and none other to be my Will and Testament. In Wittness whereof I the said ffrancis GEE have hereunto putt my hand and seal the day and Year ffirst above written.

Sealed, Signed published and declared by the Testator to be his last Will and Testament. In the presence of us, who likewise Subscribed our Names in the Sight and presence of the Testator.

This is the last will and testament of me Isaac GEE of Hattersley in the parish of Mottram-in-Longdendale in the County of Chester Innkeeper In the first place I will order and direct all my just debts funeral Expenses and the charges of the probate of this my will to be paid by my Daughters out of the business funds and Effects hereinafter given to them and as to for and concerning my Leasehold House Farm and premises at Marple Bridge in the parish of Glossop in the County of Derby I give and bequeath the sole and exclusive use possession and occupation thereof unto my my Daughters Betty, Susannah and Emy and the Household Furniture (save and except the pieces of Furniture hereinafter specifically bequeathed Implements of Trade and Husbandry goods and Effects thereon so long as they shall remain single and unmarried they taking especial care of the said House and premises Household furniture implements of Trade and Husbandry goods and Effects and committing or suffering no wilful waste or destruction therein And also I give and bequeath unto my said Daughters’ Betty, Susannah and Emy all that my Trade or Business now carried on on (sic) the said premises at Marple Bridge aforesaid and for the better enabling them successfully to conduct and carry of the said business I do give and bequeath unto them my said Daughters all my Stock and Book and other profits and advantages appertaining thereto so long as they shall remain single and unmarried as aforesaid they my said Daughters keeping up the said Stock and not suffering the same to diminish or decrease to the intent that they may render and give up the said Stock in the same or as good a condition as that in which they received it to my said Executors at the time and in the manner hereinafter mentioned and my will and mind is and I do order and direct my said Daughters jointly to conduct and carry on the said Trade or Business t the end and intent that they may comfortably maintain and support themselves on the said premises and provide an habitation and Asylum for themselves and for my Grandchildren the Sons and Daughters of Richard MIDDLETON late of Marple Bridge aforesaid deceased to whose care kindness and protection I commit and commend

them my said Grandchildren And I do will order and direct my said Daughters out of the profits of the said House Farm premises and Business and the rents and profits hereinafter for that purpose given to them to maintain and support and in a suitable and proper manner to educate and instruct my said Grandchildren until the youngest of them my said Grandchildren shall attain the age of fourteen years And I do will order and direct my said Daughters Betty, Susannah, and Emy jointly to conduct and carry on the said Trade or Business as aforesaid conformably to this my will and in all respects in Execution thereof until they or any of them shall happen to marry and then that the said Trade or Business be conducted and carried on as aforetime by such of them as shall remain single and unmarried and that all such of them as shall remain to marry as aforesaid shall forthwith quit and leave the said House and premises and their right of habitation and residence therein and also all their right and Interest in the said Trade or Business shall thereon immediately cease and determine and so long as my said Daughters or any one of them shall remain single and unmarried as aforesaid they or she so remaining single and unmarried shall peaceably and quietly Have hold use occupy possess and enjoy the said House Farm premises and Trade or Business upon the Terms to the Ends and intents and for the purposes aforesaid and I do order and direct my said Executors immediately after my decease to make or cause to be made an Inventory or valuation of my said Household Furniture Stock in Trade and Effects hereinbefore given to my said Daughters And I do further will order and direct my said Daughters when the last of them shall happen to marry or died unmarried to render and give up to my said Executors the possession of the said House farm and premises And also the said Furniture implements of Trade and Husbandry And also the said Stock in Trade in the same or as good an condition as when they received the same to be by them my said Executors disposed of in the manner hereinafter mentioned And I also give and bequeath unto my Daughter Betty my Oak Writing desk in my House at Marple Bridge aforesaid And to my Daughter Susannah I give and bequeath my silver Watch And also I give and bequeath to my Daughter Emy

my Bedstead and hangings Bed and Bedding Standing in the chamber over the Shop in my said House at Marple Bridge aforesaid And my will is that all and every sum and sums of Money which my said Daughters shall save and acquire in the said Trade or Business Over and besides their expenditure shall be and remain to them as their own separate and private property and to be enjoyed by them as such And as to my House Cottage and premises situate in Hattersley aforesaid which I hold by virtue of a Leas for Three lives under the Earl of Stanford and Warrington I do order and direct my said Executors to collect and receive the rents and profits thereof and of all other my Leasehold Houses and premises not in the actual possession and occupation of my said daughters and to pay the said rents and profits over unto my said Daughter for the better enabling them to accomplish and effect the end intents and purposes aforesaid And since I have already so largely and so liberally contributed t the advancement and support of my sons I hop and trust that they will not attribute the foregoing dispositions to any undue or improper partiality to my said Daughters And I do charge and enjoin my said Sons to withdraw themselves from my said Daughters and leave them in the quiet peaceable and undisturbed possession and enjoyment of the said House farm premises and Business And Whereas I am entitled to a share or shares in the Building Society or Club held at the House of Thomas TAYLOR known by the Sign of the Norfolk Arms in Marple Bridge aforesaid now I do will order and direct my said Executors when they shall have obtained said share or shares to pay and apply the amount thereof in and towards renewing the lives n the Lease of my said House Cottage and premises situate in Hattersley aforesaid And as soon as all my said Daughters shall have married or those remaining unmarried shall have died then upon either of the said event whichever of them shall firs happen I do will order and direct my said Executors by public Auction or by private contract absolutely to sell and dispose of all my Estate and Interest in the said House farm and premises at Marple Bridge aforesaid And also all my Estate in my said Household goods furniture chattels Estate and Effects whatsoever for the most Money

and best price that can or may be fairly had or gotten for the same And the clear fund arising form the said sale of the said premises Effects (after paying and discharging all the costs and expenses attending thereon) I will order and direct to be divided into seven equal parts or shares One part or share whereof I give and bequeath unto my son Joseph GEE or his lawful representatives Another part or share thereof I give and bequeath unto my son Henry GEE or his lawful representatives Another part or share thereof I give and bequeath unto my son Thomas GEE or his lawful representatives Another part or share thereof I give and bequeath unto my son Daniel GEE or his lawful representatives Another part or share thereof I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Betty GEE or her lawful representatives Another part share or thereof I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Susannah GEE or her lawful representatives and the other part or share thereof I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Emy GEE or her lawful representatives And if my son Henry who is one of the Executors appointed in and by the will of the said Richard MIDDLETON deceased and ought therefore to act as a parent and guardian to my said Grandchildren shall make any wilful waste or the property given to my said Grandchildren by the said will of the said Richard MIDDLETON then and in that case I will order and direct my said Executors on full proof and conviction thereof to deduct from the legacy hereinbefore given to my said Son Henry so much and such a sum of Money as will make up the deficiency occasioned by his wilful waste and to pay the same to my said Grandchildren in such shares and proportions as will make up their respective losses and deficiencies occasioned thereby And it is my will that if any of the said legatees shall be dissatisfied this my will and cause any disturbance to my Executors touching the Execution thereof that then and in such case I hereby will order and direct that each Legatee causing such disturbance be paid One shilling only and that every other devise or Legacy hereinbefore given to him her or them shall be lost and forfeited to the others and other of them anything hereinbefore contained to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding And lastly I nominate constitute and appoint my said Daughters Betty GEE and Emy GEE and my friend Samuel Cooper BLORE of Mottram aforesaid Tinner and Brasier Executors

of this my last will and Testament hereby revoking all former will and wills by me heretofore made and I declare this only to by my last will and testament In witness whereof I have to this my last will and testament contained on five sheets of paper set my hand and seal (To wit) my Hand to the Bottom of the four first sheets and my hand and seal to this last sheet of paper this nineteenth day of June in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight Hundred and twenty four

Signed sealed published and declared by the said Isaac GEE the Testator to by his last will and testament in the presence of us who in his presence and in the presence of each other and at his request have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses

Whereas I Isaac GEE late of Hattersley in the parish of Mottram in Longdendale in the County of Chester but now of Marple Bridge in the County of Derby Shopkeeper do make and publish this as a Codicil to my last Will and Testament dated the nineteenth day of June one thousand eight hundred and twenty four And whereas in and by my said Will I have given and bequeathed the sole and exclusive use possession and occupation of all that my Leasehold House farm and premises at Marple Bridge aforesaid unto my Daughters Betty, Susannah and Emy and the Household furniture (Save and Except the pieces of furniture thereinafter Specifically bequeathed) Implements of Trade and Husbandry goods and Effects thereon so long as they should remain single and unmarried they taking especial care of the said House and premises Household Furniture Implements of Trade and Husbandry Goods and Effects and committing or Suffering no wilful waste or destruction therein I also gave and bequeathed

into my Daughters Betty Susannah and Emy All that my Trade or Business now carried on , on the said premises at Marple Bridge aforesaid and for the better enabling them Successfully to conduct and carry on the said premises I gave and bequeathed unto them my said Daughters, All my stock and Book and other Debts now belonging to the said Trade or Business and all other profits and advantages appertaining thereto so long as they should remain single and unmarried as thereinbefore mentioned they my said Daughters keeping up the said Stock and not suffering the same to diminish or decrease to the intent that they might [ ] and give up the said Stock in the same or as good a condition as that in which they received it to my said Executors at the time and in the manner thereafter mentioned and after ordering and directing my said daughters jointly to carry on the said Trade or Business to the intent that they maintain and support themselves on the said premises and provide an habitation for my Grandchildren the Sons and Daughters of Richard MIDDLETON late of Marple Bridge aforesaid deceased to whose care kindness and protection I commit and comment them my said Grandchildren in and to maintain and support my said Grandchildren until the younger of them my said Grandchildren should attain the age of fourteen years I ordered and directed my said Executors immediately after my decease to make or cause to be made an Inventory or valuation of my said Household furniture Stock in trade and Effects thereinbefore given to my said Daughters And I did in and by my said Will further order and direct my said Daughters when the last of them should happen to marry or die unmarried to render and give up to my said Executors the possession of the said House farm and premises and also the said Stock in Trade in the same or as good a condition as when they received the same to be by them my said Executors disposed of in the manner therein after mentioned and after several specific Bequests I ordered and directed my said Executors to collect and receive the Rents and profits of my House Cottage and premises situate in Hattersley aforesaid which I held by virtue of a Lease for three Lives under the Earl of Stanford and Warrington and also to collect and receive the Rents and profits of All other my Leasehold Houses and premises not in the actual possession and occupation of my said Daughters for the better enabling them to accomplish and effect the ends intents and purpose therein mentioned And after stating my being entitled to a Share or Shares in the Building Society or Club held at the House of Thomas TAYLOR Known by the sign of the Norfolk Arms in Marple Bridge aforesaid I did will order and direct that my said Executors when they should have obtained the said share or shares to pay and apply the amount thereof in and towards renewing the Lives in the Lease of my said House Cottage and premises situate in Hattersley aforesaid and as soon as all my said Daughters should have Married or those remaining unmarried should have died then upon

either of the said Events whichever of them should first happen I did will order and direct my said Executors by Public auction or by Private Contact absolutely to sell and dispose of all my Estate and Interest in the said House Farm and premises at Marple Bridge aforesaid And also all my Estate and interest in my said House Cottage and premises in Hattersley aforesaid And also all my Household goods furniture Chattels Estate and Effects whatsoever for the most money that could or might be had or gotten for the Same And the clear fund arising from the said Sale of the said premises and Effects (after paying and discharging all the Costs and Expenses attending thereon) I ordered and directed to be divided into Seven equal parts or shares and to be divided in the manner therein more particularly mentioned that is of my said son Henry who is on the Executors appointed in and by the Will of the said Richard MIDDLETON deceased and ought therefore to not as a parent and Guardian to my said Grandchildren should make any wilful waste of the property given to my said Grandchildren by the said will of the said Richard MIDDLETON then and in such case I ordered and directed my said Executors on full proof and conviction thereof to deduct from the Legacy thereinbefore given to my said Son Henry so much and such a sum of Money as will make up the deficiency in the said property so given to my said Grandchildren occasioned by his wilful waste and to pay the same to my said Grandchildren in such shares and proportions s will make up their respective losses and deficiencies occasioned thereby And it was my will that if any of the Legatees of my said Will should be dissatisfied with my said will and cause any disturbance to my said Executors touching the Execution thereof that then and in such case I did thereby will and order that each legatee causing such disturbance be paid one shilling and that every other devise or legacy thereinbefore given to him her or them should be lost and forfeited to the others and other of them And I did thereby nominate constitute and appoint my said Daughters Betty GEE and Emy GEE and my friend Samuel Cooper BLORE of Mottram aforesaid Tinner and Brazier Executors of my said Will Now I do hereby revoke the appointment of my Daughters Betty GEE and Emy GEE and Samuel Cooper BLORE as Executors to my said Will and in lieu thereof I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said Daughters Betty GEE and Emy GEE and Richard MANN of Marple within the said County of Chester Schoolmaster Executors thereof And I do hereby will and direct my said Executors to give unto my son Henry GEE pecuniary allowance to arise and be paid from and out of my said Stock and Trade of Five pounds And I do hereby ratify and confirm my said Will in all Respects Except as the same is altered by this my Codicil thereto In witness whereof I have to this Codicil to my last Will and Testament contained on three sheets of Paper set my Hand & seal (To wit) my Hand to the bottom of the two first sheets and my Hand and Seal to this last Sheet of paper this twenty fourth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven

Signed sealed published and declared by the said Isaac GEE the Testator as and for a Codicil to his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in the presence and in the presence of each other and at his request have hereunto subscribed our Names as Witnesses

In the name of god Amen The 10 day of february in the second yeare of the Raignes of our most Gracious Lord and Lady Kinge William and Queen Mary over England Scotland ffrance and Ireland defenders of the faith It. I Robert GEE of Chynley in the prish of Clossope and County of Derby yeoman being Syke and weake in body but sound and pfect in mynde praised be God for the same: yet knowing the certainety of Death but the hourer and tyme to be uncertayne I doo ordaine constitute and make this my last will and testament in manor and forme following: ffirst I commit my sould to Allmighty god my Creator and to Jesus Christ my redeemer trusting by the me rite of Jesus Christ to be one of the number of his elect and Chosen Children: And my body to the earth from whence it came: And as concerning my worldly estate which the Lord of his Infinite [ ] hath lent me I Give and bequeath as followeth: Inprimis my will and mind is that all my just debts I owe shall happen to owe to any manor or person be paid and discharged next and immedately after my funerall expenses be paid and discharged: Item I give and bequeath unto Ann my loveing wife one paire of bedstocks with sufficient bedding to furnish the same with: Item I give and bequeath unto George GEE my son the sume of foure pounds Item I give and bequeath unto Saray GODDART my daughter ffive shillings Item I give and bequeath unto Marie OLLIVER my daughter the sume of five shillings Item I give and bequeath unto ffrancis GEE my son all the rest of my goods Chattels and Cattlels whereever the are to be found And I doo ordaine constitute and make ffrancis GEE my son my true and law full executor of this my last will and testament nothing doubting but he will performe the trust in him reposed with in six monthes after my decease And I doo hearby revoake disanull all former and other wills and testaments whatsoever in wittness where of I have heare unto set my hand and seale of this my last will and testament the day and yeare first above written

Ssigned and sealed in the psence of ffrancis ASHTON; Thomas MOULT; Thomas GEE

A true and pfect inventory of al the goods Cattells and Chattels of Robeart Gee of Chinley in the parish of Glossope and County of Derby yeoman late: deceased praised and valued by us whose names are heareunder written:

By Raphe GEE, John OLLIVER, Thomas MELLOR, Nicolas GODDARD and Thomas GEE

In the name of god amen I margret GODDARD of the Phosyde within the Countie of Darbie and pishe of Glosoppe spinster Sicke in bodie but in mynd of good and pfct memorie god be Thanked Doo institute ordayne and make this my last will and testament in manner and forme followinge first I Comend and bequeath my soule to almightie god my maker trusting through the Death of Jesus Christ my only Saviour to be one of his elect and Chosen and to live with him in glorie and my bodie to be buryed in the Chapell of Heafeld & as for my worldly goods I bequeath them as followeth

Imprimis my will is that my Executor shall bring mee home of my owne goods in a godly and decent manner giving to Everie one both pore and Rich each of them ijd Ite I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth ROLLINSONE my mother xxs Ite I give unto Dorrithie BENNET my Gowne Ite I give unto Dorrithie HEWARD one [s to] of aparrell except hosen and shomes Ite I give unto Thomas ROLLINSONE one ewe sheepe Ite the Rest of all my goods I give unto [crease in original] whome I institute and make Executor of this my last will and testament

A true Inventorie of all the goods movable and immovable of margret GODDARD deceased praysed and comprised by us George TYNKER and Robert BEARD

In the name of God Amen, I George GREEN of Chinley in the parish of Glossop and County of Derby (yeoman) being of sound memory and good understanding do make and declare this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following. First it is my will and mind that all such just debts as I shall happen to owe at the time of my Decease (if any such their (sic) happen to be) that the same be discharged and paid out of my personall Estate by my Executors, together with my funerall Expenses and the charge of the probate of this my Last Will. And as for and concerning all the rest of my goods chattels and personal Estate after my Debts and Funeral Expenses, I give and devise the same in manner following. First I will and appoint that the Legacies by me hereafter given and devised be taken out of my personall Estate so far as the same will extend unto. And first I give and bequeath unto my loveing wife Mary GREEN Ten pounds, And also One compleat bed that we commonly lye in. One chest, Two Cows which she shall chuse, One Mare that I bought of Joshua LINGARD, Six Ewe and Six Ewe Sharsheep (?) to her and her heirs for ever. Also I give unto her further All my Old Lands Lying at Clough head, and also all that Houseing and Lands, commonly called Gees, and which now John LOMAS holds, with the Whitknow Meadow, Lingard Marsh, Two Mosley Marshes, Hollindole (?) Carrington Aire and Liberty to lay her Corn att Miln-field Barn., the further shippon att Chinley End, and Liberty to lay her hay in the Barn. Also the New End of my house at Chinley End and such goods as are in it to use all these dureing her naturall Life, And from and after her decease I give and bequeath the same to my nephew John TAYLOR to him and his heirs for ever. Also I give and bequeath unto my neice Jane TAYLOR Eighty pounds, Also I give to my kinsman Isaac HARRISON the sume of Ten pounds and to his two sisters Rachel and Mary each five pounds. Also I give unto Jonathan HARRISON Five pounds and to his son Thomas five pounds. Also I give to my kinsman John VERNON of Sparrow pitt Five pounds and to his brother Enock VERNON five pounds. Also I give to my kinsman Job GREEN Forty pounds, and to his son Job Two pounds and to his brothers and sisters Ten shillings. Also I give unto Mary BURS Ten shillings and to her son Richard PALFRIMAN Ten pounds and to each of his Brothers and Sisters Ten shillings, Also I give to my kinsman Enock LOMAS One Hundred Pounds and to each of his children Ten shillings, Also I give to George LOMAS Ten pounds, Also I give to my servant Joseph DEWSNAP One pound. Also I give unto Rodger HODKINSON Two pounds and to his son Job One pound. Also I give and bequeath and order to be paid yearly for ever unto such Schoolmaster as shall teach a Gramer School in the now School house in Chinley Ten shillings a year the same to be paid the first payment on St Thomas day next after my decease, and I charge the same to be paid off that my land commonly called Common Pitts, Also I give to my kinswoman Elizabeth FORD Twenty shillings. Also I give to Peter KYRK of Whithough Tweny shillings. Also I give to Thomas SHALLCROSS Two pounds. Also I give to Joseph LINGARD`s children John and Alice each Ten shillings. Also I give to Stephen BEALOTT the younger Ten shillings, And Lastly I give and bequeath unto my nephew John TAYLOR all my Houseing and lands lyeing in Chinley togeather with my new land at Clough head and my share of New Land in Kinder and the remaining part of my personall estate not before disposed off (Excepting) Ten pounds which I give and bequeath unto Joseph LINGARD my Brother in Law. And I do nominate and appoint my Brother Joseph LINGARD and my nephew John TAYLOR to be executors of this my last Will and Testament. In wittness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seal this twenty eight day of May 1750

Sealed signed published and declared by the Testator to be his last Will and Testament

Chesterfield 27th April 1757 Let probate of this will be granted to Joseph LINGARD & John TAYLOR the executors. Thos WHITE Sur.

This is the last Will and Testament of me Hugh GREEN of Glossop in the county of Derby Beerhouse keeper, I direct my Executors hereinafter named to permit my dear wife Sarah GREEN during her life or widowhood to have the use and enjoyment of all my household goods and furniture, plate, linen, china, beds bedding books and pictures and after her death or second marriage I bequeath the same unto my children or the Survivors or Survivor of them. I bequeath all the residue of my personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever unto my son John GREEN and my Brother in Law John BARKER of Stockport, painter upon Trust that they or the survivor of them or the Executors or administrators of such survivor hereinafter called the Trustees or Trustee shall as soon as conveniently may be after my death sell call in and convert into money such part of my said personal Estate hereby bequeathed to them as shall not consist of money And I declare that the said Trustees or Trustee shall by and out of the monies to arise from such sale calling in and conversion into money and the money of which I shall be possessed at the time of my death pay my debts and funeral and Testamentary Expenses and shall invest the residue of the said money in the names or name of the said Trustees or Trustee in or upon any of the public stocks or Funds of Great Brittain or upon Government or real securities in England with power for the said Trustees or Trustee to vary the said stocks funds or securities at their or his discretion and I declare that the said Trustees or Trustee shall pay the annual Income of the said Trust funds to my said wife during her left time or widowhood, and after her death or widowhood, shall hold the said Trust premises in Trust, for all my children or the survivor or survivors of them. And I hereby appoint my said wife during her widowhood Guardian of my children during their respective minorities. I hereby devise and bequeath all Estates vested in me as Trustee or Mortgagee unto to (sic) the said John GREEN and John BARKER their heirs Executors and Administrators subject to the Equities affecting the same respectively. And I hereby appoint the said John GREEN and John BARKER to be Executors of this my Will and I authorize the acting Executors or Executor, for the time being of this my will, to satisfy any Debts claimed to be owing by me or my Estate, and any liabilities to which I or my Estate may be alleged to be subject upon any Evidence they or he shall think proper and to accept any composition or security for any Debt and to allow such time for payment (Either with or without taking security) as to the said acting Executors or Executor, shall feel fit and also to compromise or submit to arbitration and settle all accounts and matters belonging or relating to my estate and generally to act in regard thereto, as they or he shall deem expedient without being responsible for any loss occasioned thereby And I hereby declare that the Receipts or Receipt in writing of the Trustees or Trustee for the time being acting in the execution of any of the Trusts hereof for any monies funds or securities which may be paid or transferred to them or him in persuance hereof or of any of the trusts hereof shall effectually discharge the person or persons paying or transferring the same therefrom and from being concerned to see to the application or nonapplication thereof. And I hereby declare that if the said Trustees hereby appointed or either of them or any Trustee or Trustees to be appointed as hereinafter is provided shall die or be desirous of being discharged or refuse or become incapable to act then and so often the said Trustees or Trustee (and for this purpose any retiring Trustee shall be considered a Trustee) may appoint any other person or persons to be a Trustee or Trustees in the place of the Trustee or Trustees so dying or desiring to be discharged or refusing or becoming incapable to act and upon every such appointment the said Trust premises shall be so transferred that the same may become vested in the new Trustee or Trustees Jointly with the surviving or continuing Trustee or Trustees or solely as the case may require and every such new Trustee shall (both before and after the said Trust premises shall have become so vested) have the same powers authorities and discretion as if he had been thereby originally appointed a Trustee. And I declare that the Trustee or Trustees for the time being of this my will shall be chargeable only with such monies as they or he respectively shall actually receive and shall not be answerable the one for the other of them nor for any Banker Broker or other person in whose hands any of the Trust monies shall be placed nor for the Insufficiency of any Stocks Funds or Securities nor for Involuntary losses and may reimburse themselves or himself all expenses in or about the execution of the aforesaid Trusts. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this Eight day of September One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty Five

Signed published and declared by the said Testator Hugh GREEN as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us, who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses. John KELLY; Michael ELLIS

Appeared Personally John BARKER of Stockport in the county of Chester, Painter and John GREEN of Bingley in the county of York, Surgeon the Executors named in the Will and Testament of the said Hugh GREEN late of Glossop in the County of Derby, Beerhouse Keeper Deceased who died on or about the sixth day of October One Thousand Eight Hundred and fifty five and made Oath, that the Estate and Effects of the said Deceased for, or in respect of which, a Probate of the said Will is to be granted exclusive of what the said Deceased may have been possessed of, or entitled to, as a Trustee for any other person or persons, and not beneficially but including the Leasehold Estate or Estates for years of the Deceased, if any, whether absolute or determinable on Lives, and without deducting anything on account of the Debts due and owing from the said Deceased, are under the value of One thousand Pounds, to the best of these Deponent`s knowledge, information, and belief.

Sworn on the twenty seventh day of Nov. 1855 John GREEN, John BARKER Before me John TEAGUE Commissioner

There are two further sheets one of which forms an affidavit whereby John BARKER and John GREEN swear to confirm that the Will is that of Hugh GREEN; that his estate is worth less than £1000 & that he died 6 Oct 1855. The other confirms the granting of Probate.

William GREENE of Knightweeke in Bowden township, Glossop p. Inventory : 1592/3

Mentions John MOORE; John HIGINBOTHAM; Edmond WYLDE; Randulph HIBERT; Robert COTTRELL with Appraisers Anthonie STAFFORD; Godfray HYDE & Rodger HOLLINGWORTHE

In the name of god Amen I Joane HAIGE of Cliffe in Melor within parish of glossop spinster being weake in body but of sound and perfect memory and being desirous to settell things in order which the lord hath bestowed upon: me doo make this my last will & testament in manner & forme followinge ffirst it is my will & mind that ffurneral expenses be payd out of my personable estate the Rest and Remandar I bequath as ffolloweth Item I leave and bequeath to my Brother [Ja ] HAIGH of Fo:hole fforty shillings item I leave and bequath to my sister Izab[ ] [BRILE] fforty shillings, item I leave and bequeath [ ] unto Ann BOWDEN of Cliffe widdow twenty shillings item I leave and bequeath unto Samiuel BOWDEN of Cliffe twenty shillings Item I leave and bequeath unto Ann WAGSTAFFof Cliffe twenty shillings item I leave and be queath unto Elizabeth ROYLEY and barbary HAIGH daughter of James HAIGH of mos[ley] Botham tenn shillings a peace Item I leave and bequeath unto Mary BODEN daughter of Samiuel BODDEN ffive shillings: item I leave & bequeath unto willm WAGSTAF and Elizabeth WAGSTAF five Shillings a peace item I leave to Mary ROWBOTHAM of [mille] banke ffive shilling item I leave and bequeath unto Elizbeth ROYLE and barbary HAIGH of mouse[le]Botham all my Clothes and wearing Aparrill Both linen and woolin to be Equaley devided betwixt them item I leave and bequeath unto James unto James HAIGH of mouse[le] botham all the Rest Residue and Remeandar of my personal estate what soever I dysposed of item it is my will and mind that if any [legacies] mentioned in this will within one yeare next in [ ] after my decease: it is my will and mind that legacy or legacies be Equaley devided amongst John HAIGE of mousebotham and john HAIGE of mar[pull]and John HADFIELD of smythy lane

Lastley I Constitute nominate and a poynt James HAIGH of Mousey Botham to be onley sole executor of this my last will and testament revoakeing all other wills hoping hee will [Faith]ffalley and truly discharge the trust Reposed in him [according] to the trust intent and meaneing heare of In witnes whereof I have hereunto Affixed my hand and seale this twenty eight day of ffebruary anno domeny 1722

Sined seled and delivered in the presence of us Robert STAFORD; Edw. CLAYTON

This is the Last Will and Testament of me Adelaide Ann HALL of Moorlands within Birch Vale in the County of Derby Spinster I revoke all prior Wills and Codicils I appoint my sisters Lucy Jane HALL and Hannah HALL to be the trustees and Executors of this my Will I bequeath to my nephew Thomas Shuttleworth Sterndale BRADLEY the son of my deceased sister Marina Ashton BRADLEY if he shall attain the age of twenty one years a legacy of One thousand five hundred pounds free from legacy duty And I declare that if at my decease the said Thomas Shuttleworth Sterndale BRADLEY shall be under the age of twenty one years then my said trustees hereinafter named or the survivor of them or other the trustees or trustee for the time being of this my Will (hereinafter called my trustees or trustee) shall retain the said legacy and invest the same in the name or names of my trustees or trustee in some or one of the modes of investment hereinafter authorized with liberty from time to time to vary the said investments into or for others of the same or a like nature and shall apply the whole or such part as they or them shall think fit of the income of the same legacy or the investments thereof for or towards the maintenance or education of the said Thomas Shuttleworth Sterndale BRADLEY until the same legacy shall become vested or he shall previously die And shall during such suspense of absolute vesting as aforesaid invest the surplus (if any) of the said income and the resulting income thereof so as to accumulate at compound interest to the intent that such accumulation may be added to the principal of the said legacy and follow the destination thereof with liberty nevertheless for my trustees or trustee to resort to the accumulations of any preceeding year or years and to apply the same for or towards the maintenance or education of the said Thomas Shuttleworth Sterndale BRADLEY And I declare that my trustees or trustee may at any time or times raise any part or parts not exceeding a moiety of the presumptive legacy of the said Thomas Shuttleworth Sterndale BRADLEY and apply the same for his preferment advancement or benefit as my trustees or trustee shall think fit And I declare that if the said legacy hereinbefore bequeathed shall fail to become absolutely vested in the said Thomas Shuttleworth Sterndale BRADLEY under this my Will the same legacy and the accumulations thereof and the investments presenting the same or such part thereof as shall not have been applied for the advancement of the said Thomas Shuttleworth Sterndale BRADLEY during minority as aforesaid shall fall into and form part of my residuary estate Thereas under the Will of my uncle Levi HALL late of Ravensleach within Ollerset in the parish of Glossop in the County of Derby Coal Proprietor dated the eighth day of June one thousand eight hundred and sixty seven and proved at the District Registry of Derby attached to Her Majesty’s Court of Probate I have a general power of appointing by Will or share of the residuary estate of my said uncle Now in exercise of the said power and of every other power or authority now or at the time of my decease hereunto enabling me I appoint the said share unto my sisters Lucy Jane and Hannah Upon trust to sell such parts thereof as shall not consist of money and to collect and get in the remainder thereof And to stand and be possessed of the money to arise therefrom Upon trust as to one equal third part thereof for the said Lucy Jane HALL absolutely As to another equal third part thereof for the said Hannah HALL absolutely And as to the remaining equal third par thereof for my sister Eliza BRIDGE absolutely I demise all that my undivided moiety of and in all that messuage or dwellinghouse with the appurtenances situate at Ollerset in the County of Derby and purchased by me and my said sister Hannah as tenants in common from Mr. James BENNETT unto my said sister Hannah for her sole and separate use absolutely And as to all the residue of my estate and effects both real and personal I devise and bequeath the same unto and to the use of my trustees or trustee their heirs executors administrators and assigns Upon trust to sell my residuary real estate and to call in and convert into money my residuary personal estate and after payment thereout of my funeral and testamentary expenses and debts to hold the same upon trust as to one equal third part or share thereof for my said sister Lucy Jane absolutely As to another third part or share thereof for my said sister Hannah absolutely And as to the remaining third part of share thereof Upon trust to invest the same as hereinafter directed and to pay the annual income thereof unto my said sister Eliza BRIDGE during her life and after her death In trust for them the said Lucy Jane Hall and Hannah HALL absolutely as tenants in common I empower the trustees or trustee for the time being of this my Will at their discretion to continue all or any part of my personal estate in the sale or upon the investments in or upon which the same shall be at the time of my decease however doubtful or hazardous or limited the description or nature of the property or investment may be or otherwise to call in and compel payment or sill or dispose of the same and to convert and invest the moneys to be thereby raised and all other moneys to be from time to time received by them under the trust or powers herein declared and contained in their names in some one or more of the parliamentary stocks of funds of Great Britain or at interest upon any real securities in England or Wales and not elsewhere or upon the debentures or other securities or on mortgage of the stock or shares of any Corporation aggregate or chartered Company in Great Britain at the times of the investments thereon respectively paying dividends or all shares therein or upon any securities authorised by Act of Parliament to be from time to time altered [ ] transposed for or into other stocks funds or securities of the nature or kind aforesaid as my trustees shall think proper In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this fourth day of November one thousand eight hundred and ninety Adelaide Ann HALL

Signed by the said Adelaide Ann HALL the testatrix as and for her last Will and testament in the presence of us present at the same time who in her presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses Charles F. JOHNSON Solicitor Stockport Mary REED Housemaid Morlands BirchVale

On the 14th August 1891 Probate of this Will was granted to Lucy Jane HALL and Hannah HALL Spinsters the Executrixes.

This is the last Will and Testament of me Amos HALL of Phoeside in the Parish of Hayfield in the County of Derby late a Coal Proprietor. I appoint my dear wife Elizabeth HALL and my Friend Charles BRADBURY Junior of New Mills in the said County of Derby Iron and Brass Founder trustees Executrix and Executors of this my Will. I give to my said Wife during her life All my real estate which consists of a Freehold House and Land situate at Phoeside aforesaid in my own occupation And I Bequeath unto my said wife during her life the use of my household furniture and the annual increase of all my personal estate, and subject as aforesaid I devise and bequeath All the real and personal estate to which I shall be entitled at my death unto my said Trustees their heirs executors and administrators according to the value and quality thereof. In Trust for my children Joseph HALL William HALL and John Morton HALL in equal shares as Tenants in common, and in case any of them my said children Joseph HALL, William HALL and John Morton HALL shall happen to die under the age of twenty one years then I give the share or shares intended for such child or children so dying to the survivor or survivors of them my said children who shall live to attain the said age: I hereby declare that the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of my Will do and shall after the death of my said Wife and during the respective minorities of my said children pay and apply the whole or such part as such Trustees or Trustee shall think fit of the annual increase of the share or respective shares to which any of my said children shall for the time being be entitled in expectancy under the Trusts hereinbefore declared for or towards the maintenance or education of such children respectively until his or their expectant shares shall become vested and payable And I hereby further declare that it shall and may be lawful for my said Wife during her natural life to nominate and appoint anyone or more fit person or persons to be a Trustee or Trustees of this my Will in addition to and in conjunction with herself and the said Charles BRADBURY and in addition to or in conjunction with the person or persons who shall be for the time being the Trustee or Trustees of this my Will And that if my said Wife and the said Charles BRADBURY or any Trustee or Trustees appointed as hereinbefore and hereinafter provided shall die or be abroad or desire to be discharged or refuse or become incapable to act, then and in every such case it shall be lawful for my said wife and after her death for the surviving or continuing Trustee or Trustees for the time being and for this purpose every refusing or returning Trustee shall if willing to act in the execution of this pro[ ] be considered a continuing Trustee or for the [ ] Executor or executors administrator or administrators of the last surviving or continuing Trustee to appoint a new Trustee or new Trustees in the place of the Trustee or Trustees so dying or being abroad or desiring to be discharged or refusing or becoming incapable to act as aforesaid. And upon every or any such appointment the number of Trustees may be augmented or reduced and upon every appointment of a Trustee or Trustees hereinbefore provided for all the Trust Estate then vested in the Trustees or Trustee for the time being or in the heirs executors or administrators of the last surviving or continuing Trustee or Trustees shall be so conveyed assigned and transferred that the same may be vested in the surviving or continuing Trustee or Trustees jointly with such new Trustee or Trustees or in such new Trustee or Trustees solely as the case may require and every new Trustee appointed as aforesaid may as well before as after the said trust premises (if any) shall have been so vested as aforesaid act and assist in the Execution of the Trusts and powers of this my will as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes as if he had been hereby constituted a Trustee. Provided always and I hereby further declare that every Trustee for the time being of my will shall be respectively chargeable only for such monies as he shall respectively actually receive notwithstanding his or their signing any receipt for the sake of conformity and shall be answerable and accountable only for his own acts receipts neglects or defaults and not for those of the other Trustees nor for any Banker Broker or other person with whom or into whose hands any trusts monies may come nor for any loss unless the same shall happen through his own Willful default and also that every said Trustee for the time being may reimburse himself or pay and discharge out of the Trusts premises all expenses incurred in or about the Execution of the trusts or powers of this my Will. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this twenty first day of June One thousand eight hundred and fifty eight

Signed by the said Amos HALL as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us present at the same time who at his request in his presence and in the presence of Each other have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses

William BROADHURST Calico Printer Birch Vale Hayfield Derbyshire; Miles BRACEWELL, Manager, Birch Vale Hayfield Derbyshire

On the ninth day of December 1858 the Will of Amos HALL late of Phoeside in the Parish of Hayfield in the County of Derby late a Coal Proprietor, deceased, was proved by the Oaths of Elizabeth HALL Widow and Relict of the deceased, and Charles BRADBURY the younger the Executors named therein having been first sworn duly to administer

Effects under £1500 Probate extracted by Henry Thomas DURNBOW Solicitor Ashton under Lyne

This is the last Will and Testament of me Elijah HALL of Ravensleach within Ollerset in the Parish of Glossop in the County of Derby Coal Proprietor I give all my real and personal estate of whatever nature or kind or wheresoever situate unto Joseph BRADDOCK of Bugsworth and Henry BARBER of New Mills Upon trust that they allow my Wife Mary HALL to have the use and benefit of all my Household Furniture so that the same shall be kept as a home for my children that are unmarried and for my Daughter Eliza and her child or children I hereby direct that my business of a Coal Proprietor shall by carried on by my Trustees upon the same principal where the same is now carried on, under the sole management of my said Trustees And I here by authorize them to perform all such acts respecting my said business as I myself could have done if living without being responsible for any loss that may be therein incurred And I hereby direct that my son shall be employed in the management of my said business And I hereby authorize my said Trustees to increase abridge or wholly to discontinue my said business in case the same seems likely to prove an unprofitable concern as my said Trustees may consider most advantageous I also direct that all sales and taxes whatsoever payable in respect of the premises whereon my said business shall be carried on or upon the profits of my said Trust shall be charged to the account of the said business and that the nett profits thereof shall be applied as follows that is to say the sum of Sixty pounds per annum shall be paid to my wife Mary HALL and the remaining parts of the profits after paying all expenses shall be divided amongst my children share and share alike for their own absolute use and benefit and without the control of any husband or if any of them be dead then upon trust for any child or children that they may leave, but so that the children of a deceased child shall only take the share to which their parent would have been entitled to if living I hereby order that the share of those children who are under twenty one years of age shall be applied toward their maintenance and education I also further order and direct that if my said Trustees sell and dispose of my Collieries or any share or shares in the same or any other part of my property that the produce arising from such sale or sales shall be divided to and amongst my children equally share and share alike for their own use and benefit and without the control of any husband or if any of them be dead then his her or their share shall go to such child or children as they may leave, but so that the children of a deceased child shall only take the share to which their parent would have been entitled to if living

I appoint my said friends Joseph BRADDOCK and Henry BARBER executors and also Trustees of this my Will with full power to compound and compromise debts and, claims and settle my accounts and affairs and to give receipts for money paid or accounted for to my estate by purchasers or otherwise who shall be exonerated by such receipts from all liability in respect of the application of the money An I direct that so far as concerns the Trusteeship vested in my executors that vacancies occurring therein from death in my lifetime or otherwise from disclaimer or incapacity shall from time to time be supplied by the surviving Trustee for the time being or in none such, then by the disclaiming or [ ] Trustee or if also none such by the executors or administrators of the last decease Trustee And I declare that my said Trustee shall be chargeable only to the extent of his or their respective receipts and be exempt from responsibility for involuntary losses and be entitled to retain all disbursements and expenses incident to the trust of this my Will I hereby revoke all other Wills by me made and declare this to be my last Will and Testament In witness whereof I the said Testator have hereunto set my hand this eighteenth day of November one thousand and eight hundred and sixty six

Elijah HALL ------ Signed by the said Testator Elijah HALL as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us present at the same time who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses

Levi HALL, Ravensleach, Ollerset, Coal Proprietor; Henry BARBER, New Mills, Bank Manager

Proved at Derby the seventh day of June 1867 by the oaths of Joseph CARRINGTON/ in the will written Joseph BRADDOCK and Henry BARBER the Executors to whom administration was granted

The Testator Elijah HALL was late of Ravensleach within Ollerset in the parish of Glossop in the County of Derby Coal Proprietor, and died on the nineteenth day of November 1866 at Ravensleach aforesaid

This is the last Will and Testament of one Elijah HALL of Birch View near Hayfield in the County of Derby Colliery Manager whereof I appoint my dear Wife Margaret and my Friend Joseph Carrington BRADDOCK of the Haugh within Bugsworth in the County of Derby Executors and I devise them all estates vested in one as Trustee or Mortgagee subject to the trusts and equities affecting the same respectively I give devise and bequeath all other my real and personal estate over which I have any disposing power unto my said Wife Margaret and the said Joseph Carrington BRADDOCK absolutely Upon trust to pay to or otherwise to permit and suffer my said Wife to receive and take the rents and annual income thereof for her life provided she no long continues my Widow and from and after her decease or marrying again whichever event shall first happen Upon trust to sell get in and convert into money my said rent and personal estate and to stand possessed of the net produce thereof after payment of all expenses attending such Sale getting in and conversion Upon trust for my Child if only one or all my Children if more than one in equal shares and so that the interest of a Son or Sons shall be absolutely vested at the age of twenty one years and of a daughter or daughters at that age or marriage whether the preceding trust in favour of any said Wife shall be determined or not and so that the share or shares both Original and securing of a Son or Sons dying under the age of twenty one years and of a daughter or daughters dying under that age without having been married shall accrue to the others or other of my Children if more than on an equal shares and be vested as aforesaid But if no child of mine being a Son shall attain the age of twenty one years or being a daughter shall attain that age or be married Then upon trust for such person or persons as at the time of the decease or marriage of my said Wife whichever shall first happen would be my next of kin and entitled to my personal Estate under the Statutes for the distribution of the personal Estate of intestate if I were to die at that time intestate and without ever having been married such persons if more than one to take distributively according to the said statutes I empower the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of this my Will to postpone for so long as any Child of mine being a Son shall be under the age of twenty one years or being a daughter shall be under that age without having been married the sale getting in and conversion of my real and personal estate or any part or parts thereof respectively I empower my Trustees to compound or allow time or accept security real or personal for the payment of debts owing to my estate and to adjust by arbitration or otherwise disputes in relation thereto or in relation to debts or demands against my estates And I revoke all former Wills In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand to this my Will contained on this and the two preceding sheets of paper this twenty eighth day of March one thousand eight hundred and seventy three

Signed by the said Elijah HALL as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us together present at the same time who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as attesting Witnesses Tho. D. GOODMAN Solicitor, Chapel en le Frith R. WALTON his Clerk

Provident Derby the seventh day of February 1876 by the Oaths of Margaret HALL, Widow, the Relict, and Joseph Carrington BRADDOCK the Executors to whom Administration was granted.

The Testator Elijah HALL was late of Birch Views near Hayfield in the County of Derby Colliery Manager, and died on the fifth day of November 1875 at birch View aforesaid

Personal Estate under £2000 Extracted by W & F.W. JOHNSON, Solicitors, Stockport

A true And [perffectt] inventory off all ye goods Cattells And Chattells with wear yd goods Cattells & Chattells Debtes off widdow hall deceased praysed by – Tho: WATTERHOUSE George WARDE Edmund BRADBURY and Wm ANDREWE

Impremis

£ s d

her purse & Aparell

0-10-0

Idem one [R]arron heaffor

1-12-0

Idem 3 sheepe

0- 6-0

Idem in woll & yorne

1-14-0

Idem in Bed stock & Beding And in Linine & wollen

0-10-0

Idem one Chist

0-10-0

Idem in Coffers & Arkes

0-3-4

Idem in wooden ware within ye house

0-2-6

Idem in Iron ware

0-3-4

Idem in pewter & brass And one Lead

0-3-0

Idem Boards Stowled And Quishand

0-1-4

Idem in hay And Straw

0-10-0

Idem in hussellment in the house

0-2-6

debts owing to ye testator

11-0-0

sume

19-8-8

Tho: WATTERHOUSE his marke; George WARD; Edmund BRADBURY; Wm ANDREWE

This is the last Will and Testament of me George HALL of Kinder Husbandman in the Parish of Glossop and County of Derby unto which said will I appoint my nephew Thomas HALL of Kinder aforesaid and Thomas GEE of the same Place joint Executors of this my last will and I do give all my Personal Estate into the Hands in trust to and for the Uses hereafter mentioned First to pay all my just Debts and Funeral Expenses Then I give and bequeath unto my nephews at Stones-House in Kinder aforesaid Thomas HALL Joseph HALL John HALL Micah HALL Samuel HALL and William HALL each the sum of Six Pounds to be paid them as they shall attain unto the age of twenty one years and the Interest arising from the above sums to be paid to them each separately yearly and every year until they attain the age of twenty one years which said Legacies I order to be paid out of the money I now have out as Interest in the Hands of William LINE Sixty Pounds Thomas WATERHOUSE of Kinder Sixteen Pounds in the Hands of James FOGG of Stockport wheelright Sixteen Pounds in the Hands of Charles HOLT of Bullock smithy weaver Ten Pounds ten shillings and in the Hands of Edward REDFERN of of Hayfield Nine Pounds which said sums I order my Executor to call in immediately after my Decease and place out upon good security and the Reversion not before disposed of the Interest of which to be applied yearly and every year to the Clothing of a few Poor Children in the Town of Hayfield at the Discretion of my Executors and the Survivors of them their Heirs and Assigns for ever and I order my Brother in law John WATERHOUSE to [ ] to my Executors all the Promisory Notes for the above sums which are now in his Custody and I hereby revoke all former wills by me or any Time heretofore made as [ ] [ ][ ]this [ ] Day of August one thousand eight hundred [ ]

Administration - In the Bishops Court of Lichfield In the Goods of Hannah HALL, Deceased

Appeared Personally Amos HALL of Wragg Hollin in Hayfield in the Parish of Glossop in the County of Derby Coal Miner the party applying for Letters of Administration of the Estate and Effects of the said Hannah HALL late of Wragg Hollin in Hayfield in the County of Derby Deceased, who died on or about the thirtieth day of April One Thousand Eight Hundred and forty eight and made oath, that the Estate and Effects of the said Deceased, for, or in respect of which , the said Letters of Administration are to be granted exclusive of what the said Deceased may have been possessed of, or entitled to ,as a Trustee for any person or persons, and not beneficially but including the Leasehold Estate or Estates for years of the Deceased, if any, whether absolute or determinable on Lives, and without deducting anything on account of the Debts, due and owing from the said Deceased, are under the value of One hundred Pounds, to the best of this Deponent’s knowledge, information and belief.

Sworn on the 16th day of October 1851 before me George HALL Surrogate

I HANNAH HALL of Morlands Birch Vale in the county of Derby spinster hereby revoke all wills codicils and testamentary dispositions heretofore made by me and declare this to be my last and only will I appoint my sister Lucy Jane HALL of Morlands Birch Vale aforesaid spinster my nephew Levi Joseph HALL of the same place colliery proprietor and Arthur BARBER of Chapel en le Frith in the said county of Derby Bank clerk EXECUTRIX AND EXECUTORS and trustees of this my will and I declare that they and the survivor of them and the executors and administrators of such survivor and the other trustees or trustee fro the time being of this my will are hereinafter called and included in the expression “my trustees” Whereas under and by virtue of the will dated the eight day of June one thousand eight hundred and seventy two in the Derby District Registry of Her Majesty’s Court of Probate of my late uncle Levi HALL certain trust funds and property representing the share which I as one of the children of Elijah HALL the late brother of the said Levi HALL became entitled to in the residuary real and personal estate of the said Levi HALL are vested in the trustees of the said Will In trust to pay the income thereof to me for my separate use during my life and after my death Upon trust as I shall by will whether covert or sole or being unmarried by deed appoint Now In exercise of the said power for this purpose given to me by the said will and of every or any other power me hereunto enabling I do hereby direct and appoint that the trustees or trustee of the said will of Levi HALL shall as soon as may be after my decease transfer assign and pay over the trust funds and property over which I have a general power of appointment as aforesaid to my trustees And I direct that my trustees shall out of the said trust funds and property set apart and appropriate a sum of one thousand five hundred pounds and shall invest the same in the names or under the legal control of my trustees in or upon any of the investments hereinafter authorised with power for them from time to time to vary or transpose such investments or any of them into or for any other or others of any nature hereby authorised at their discretion and shall hold such investments Upon trust to pay the income thereof unto my nephew Thomas Shuttleworth Sterndale BRADLEY during his life and after his death I direct my said trustees to stand possessed of the said sum of one thousand five hundred pounds In trust for such children of the said Thomas Shuttleworth Sterndale BRADLEY as being sons attain the age of twenty one years or being daughters attain that age or marry under that age in equal shares and if there shall be only one such child the whole to go to that one child And I declare that if no child or the said Thomas Shuttleworth Sterndale BRADLEY shall live to attain a vested interest in the said legacy the same shall fall into my residuary estate And I direct my trustees to hold the residue of the trust funds and property over which I have a general power of appointment under the said will of my uncle Levi HALL after setting apart and appropriating the sum of one thousand five hundred pounds as hereinbefore directed And after paying a legacy of one thousand pounds to my sister Eliza BRIDGE to whom I hereby bequeath the same for her separate use and a legacy of one thousand pounds to my sister Lucy Jane HALL to whom I also hereby bequeath the same Upon the trusts and subject to the powers and provisions hereinafter declared in relation to my general residuary real and personal estate I devise and bequeath all my real estate of every tenure and all my personal estate and effects whatsoever and wheresoever not otherwise disposed of by this my will or and codicil hereto unto and to the use of my trustees hereinbefore named their heirs executors and administrators respectively according to the nature thereof Upon trust that my trustees shall sell call in collect and convert into money the said real and personal estate at such time or times and in such manner as they shall think proper but as to reversionary property not until it falls into possession unless it shall appear to my trustees that an earlier sale would be beneficial and so that they shall have the fullest power and discretion to postpone the sale calling in or conversion of the whole or any part or parts of the said premises (including leaseholds or other property of a terminable or wearing out nature) during such period as they shall think proper without being responsible for loss An I direct that all the net rents profits and income arising from my estate real or personal hereinbefore directed to be sold called in and converted in whatsoever condition or state of investment the same may be and whether consisting of investments of an authorised character or not or whether of a permanent or a terminable and wearing out nature shall until such sale calling in or conversion and as well during the first year after my death as afterwards be applied as if the same were income arising from the proceeds but of the sale calling in or conversion thereof or the investments of such proceeds but that no reversion or other property not actually producing income shall be treated as producing income for the purposes of this my will And that notwithstanding any postponement of conversion of my real estate hereinbefore directed to be converted the same shall for the purpose of transmission be considered as converted into money from the time of my death And I direct that my trustees shall out of the moneys to arise from the sale calling in and conversion of or forming part of my said real and personal estate pay my funeral and testamentary expenses and the legacies bequeathed by this my will or any codicil hereto and the legacy duty thereon but so that all legacies shall be paid primarily out of my personal estate And shall invest the residue of the said moneys in the names or under the legal control of my trustees in or upon any of the public stocks or funds or government securities of the United Kingdom or India or any colony or dependency of the United Kingdom or any foreign governments or state or in or upon any freehold copyhold leasehold or chattel real securities (but as to leasehold or chattel real securities only when held for a term of years whereof at least sixty years shall be unexpired at the time of investment) in England or Wales but not in Ireland or in or upon the stocks funds shares debentures debenture stock mortgages or securities of any corporation company or public body or authority municipal local commercial or otherwise in the United Kingdom or any colony or dependency of the United Kingdom and may at discretion vary or transpose such investments into or for others of any nature hereinbefore authorised And shall pay the income of the said investments (hereinafter call the “residuary trust funds” unto and equally between my sisters Eliza BRIDGE and Lucy Jane HALL for their respective separate use during their joint lives end so that during coverture they shall not have power to anticipate the same And from and after the death of such one of them my said sisters as shall first die shall pay the income of the said residuary trust funds to the survivor of them during the residue of her life for her separate use and so that during coverture they shall not have power to anticipate the same and from and after the death of the survivor of them my said sisters I direct my trustees to hold the said residuary trust funds and the income thereof in trust for all or any nephews and nieces (being children of a brother and sisters of mine) who shall be living at the death of such last survivor and the children or child then living of any then deceased nephew or niece of mine (being a child of a brother or sister of mine) in equal shares And so that children of any deceased nephew or niece of mine shall take equally between them only the share which their parent would have taken had he or she survived the survivor of them my said sisters Eliza BRIDGE and Lucy Jane HALL And I hereby further authorise and empower my trustees in case they in their absolute and uncontrolled discretion shall think fit to continue for the benefit of my estate for such period or respective periods as they shall think expedient and business or businesses in which I may be engaged or interested at the time of my decease whether alone or in partnership with the said Lucy Jane HALL and Levi HALL or any other person or persons and in the latter case whether such continuance shall be required by the terms of any articles or agreement of partnership which may be subsisting at my decease or no And to enter into any new arrangement or agreement from time to time with any partner or partners in relation to any such business either by way of substitution for any arrangement or agreement subsisting at my death or otherwise and to take any partner or partners or additional partner or partners into any such business and from time to time to alter or vary any arrangement or agreement under which such business may be carried on or the nature of the business as my trustees may think fit And also to employ or leave in any such business the capital or share of capital belonging to me which shall be employed or engaged therein at my decease And also if they shall at any time think fit any further part of my estate beyond the amount of such capital whether they shall be personally engaged in carrying on the said business alone or in partnership or not and so that in the latter event the sum so left in the said business shall be on the footing of a loan to the persons or persons carrying on the said business either with or without security (at the discretion of my trustees) and upon the terms of recieveing either a fixed rate of interest or a rate of interest varying with or dep[endent] upon the profits of the said business or otherwise And I declare that my trustees shall be entitled to be indemnified in the fullest manner out of my estate in respect of all losses and liabilities which may be sustained or incurred in carrying on or otherwise in relation to any such business as aforesaid or the employment of loan of any part of my estate inor to such business And I also empower my trustees to purchase the share or shares of any partner or partners (whether in partnership with me at my death or subsequently admitted) in any such business as aforesaid upon such terms as they shall think proper the share or shares so purchased to be held upon the same trusts and with the same powers as the share or shares previously belonging to my estate in such business And I further declare that in case my trustees shall at any time or times be engaged in any such business as aforesaid in conjunction with any partner or partners such trustees may leave the entire management of such business to such other partner or partners as shall not be concerned to interfere therein or be in any wise responsible for not interfering therein it being my intention that my trustees may be enabled by leaving the management of such business in the hands of such partner or partners to free themselves of himself from the necessity of in anywise attending to such business further than requiring such partner or partners once in every year to state an account of profit or loss but without any obligation upon my trustees to examine into the securacy of such account and my trustees may in case they or he shall think proper leave the entire management of any such business or share of a business to any manager or managers and may give to such manager or managers such power or authorities as may be deemed expedient And I further declare that in case either of the said trustees for the time being shall be unwilling to engage in any such business as aforesaid on account of the responsibility which he or she may incur thereby such trustee may allow his or her co trustee or co trustees to engage in or to become a partner or partners in such business and alone to act in relation to the trusts of this my will so far as relates to the continuance of such business And in pursuance of the power reserved to me by the articles of partnership now subsisting between me and the sad Lucy Jane HALL and Levi Joseph HALL I hereby nominate the said Lucy Jane HALL to succeed to my share in the business of the said partnership for the purposes of this my will but in case of her death or her refusal to accept that position then I nominate the said Levi Joseph HALL to succeed to my share in the said partnership for purposes of this my will And I hereby declare that all profits or shares of profits or interest which my trustees or either of them shall derive or receive from such business as aforesaid shall be for all the purposes of this my will considered annual income and shall be applied accordingly And I further declare that my trustees in case they shall discontinue or withdraw from any such business or businesses as aforesaid or shall dispose of the same or my share or interest therein may make all such arrangements and agreements in relation thereto as they shall think desirable and in particular may leave to any agent partner or other person the collection of and outstanding debts of the concern and my give such time as my trustees shall think proper for payment by any partner or partners or purchaser or purchasers of any sum or sums owing or payable to my estate and that either with or without taking security and general may make all arrangements in anywise in relation to the premises as fully and absolutely to all intents and purposes as they could do if they were acting on their own account and I expressly declare that in case a company whether with limited or unlimited liability shall be formed to taking over continuing and working the business of the said partnership between me and the said Lucy Jane HALL and Levi Joseph HALL or any other business or businesses or purchasing the property assets or capital embarked therein and the goodwill thereof or any part thereof my trustees may sell the said business or businesses property assets and goodwill or any part thereof to such company in consideration wholly or in part of the ordinary shares therein wholly or partially paid up or wholly or in part of debentures debenture stock or bonds or preference shares of such company and as to the balance in cash payable immediately or by any installments with or without security and may enter into such other arrangement for effectuating or in connection with any such company as aforesaid for the sale or transfer of the said business or businesses and the assets thereof to the company as formed or otherwise in relation to the said company whether before or after the incorporation thereof as my trustees in their absolute discretion shall thin fit and so that all such contracts or arrangements which may be made or entered into by my trustees shall be valid and effectual notwithstanding that the said Lucy Jane HALL and Levi Joseph HALL or either of them or any other trustees or trustee for the time being of this my will may be a promotee or promoter of the company or intended company or may be interested or concern therein or intended so to be as a share holder director manager auditor secretary or in any other character or capacity And I hereby further declare that the sale or transfer of the said business or businesses and the assets thereof to the said company may if deemed necessary or expedient be effectuated by my executors in that character in which case they shall have all such and the like powers and authorities in relation thereto as are hereinbefore given to my trustees And I declare that all shares bonds debentures debenture stock and moneys which may be received as the consideration for the sale and transfer of the said business or businesses and the assets thereof or any part thereof to such company as aforesaid shall be vested in and held by my trustees upon the trusts hereinbefore declared of and concerning my residuary estate and the investments and promises representing the same And I hereby declare that my executors or trustees for the time being shall not be bound in any case to act personally but shall be at full liberty to employ a solicitor accountant or any other agent to transact all or any business of whatsoever nature required to be done in the premises including the receipt and payment of money and shall be entitled to be allowed and be paid all charges and expenses so incurred I authorise my trustees to determine whether any moneys are to be considered as capital or income and whether any expenses outgoings or other payments ought to be paid out of capital or income and how valuations are to be made or value determined for the purpose of any case or allotment appropriation or otherwise and to apportion blended trust funds and to determine all questions and matters of doubt arising in the execution of the trusts of this my will or any codicil hereto And I declare that every such determination whether made upon a question actually raised or implied in the acts of proceedings of my trustees shall be conclusive and binding on all persons interested under this my will or and codicil hereto IN WITNESS whereof I the said Hannah HALL have to this my last and only will contained in this and the five preceding sheets of paper set my hand this nineteenth day of June one thousand nine hundred and one – HANNAH HALL

Signed and declared by the said Hannah HALL the testatrix as and for her last and only will in the presence of us present at the same time who in her presence at her request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses – CHARLES F JOHNSON – Solicitor Stockport – J M PURSSGLOVE – High Street New Mills

THIS IS A CODICIL to the last will and testament of me HANNAH HALL which will bears even date with this codicil I declare and direct my trustees to stand possessed of the share of my niece Mary PEARSON formerly Mary BRADLEY in my residuary trust funds Upon trust to invest the same in the names and under the legal control of my trustees in or upon any of the investments authorised by my said will with power for them form time to time to vary or transpose such investments or any of them into or for any other or others or any such nature therebuy authorised at their discretion And shall hold such investment up on trust to pay the income thereof to my said niece during her life and after her death I direct my said trustees to stand possessed of the said share in trust for such children of the said Mary PEARSON as being sons attain the age of twenty one years or being daughters attain that age or marry under that age in equal shares and if there shall be only one such child the whole to go to that one child And I declare that if no child oif the said Mary PEARSON shall live to attain a vested interest in the said legacy the same shall fall into my residuary estate And in all other respects I confirm my said will IN WITNESS whereof I the said Hannah HALL have to this codicil to my last will and testament set my hand this nineteenth day of June one thousand nine hundred and one – HANNAH HALL – Signed and declared by the said Hannah HALL the testatrix as and for a codicil to her last will and testament in the presence of us present at the same time in her presence at her request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses the alteration against which we have placed our initials having been previously made – CHARLES F JOHNSON – Solicitor Stockport – J M PURSSGLOVE – High Street New Mills.

ON the 26th day of August 1924. Administration (with will and codicil) was granted to Frank Hall TURNER and Leonard Cecil TURNER the lawful nephews and as such two of the residuary legatees named in the said will.

mentions "owing to depression of leasehold property owing to the cotton famine" he has rendered assistance to his son in law.

In the Name of God Amen I John HALL the Elder of Stubs in the parish of Glossop & County of Derby Yeoman being [something] out of Health of Body but of Sound & perfect Mind memory & understanding Do hereby make publish & declare this my last Will & Testament in Manner & form following First my Will & mind is that all such Just Debts as I shall owe at my Death the Charge of my Funeral & the Expense of the probate of this my last Will be paid by my Executor hereafter named and taken out of my Whole Estate boath Real & personal, As for & Concerning all that my Copyhold Estate Lands & premises at Stubs aforesaid which I have Lately Surrendered for and to the use of my last Will & Testament, I do hereby give devise & bequeath unto my Son John HALL his Heirs & Assigns for ever all that my said Copyhold Estate Lands & premises Situate Lying Standing & being at neare The Stubs aforesaid and now in my possession, Also I give and Bequeath unto my said Son John HALL his Heirs & Assigns for ever all [ ] my farm lands Lying & being next adjoining to my said Copyhold lands at Stubs aforesaid, And also I give to my Son John HALL all that my now inclosed lands in the Gladdins near to the Stubs aforesaid, Likewise also I give unto my said Son John HALL all my Household Goods husbandry Wairs Goods Chatels, Cattles and Effects whatsoever [ ] [Enter] upon all that I have herein before given him at my Decease Except those things herein after named which it is my Will & Mind that my Wife Ann shall have to use during Her life and the Little House at Stubs aforesaid to Dwell in during her Life Also it is my Will & Mind that my said Wife Ann have our Bead, one Coffer and Som other Nessary Goods to use in the said Little House during Her Life and at Her Decease my said Son John Shall have them all again It is my Further Will and mind that my Son John HALL his Heirs or Assigns do & shall pay unto my said Wife Ann the sum of fifteen shillings a Quarter during Her Natural Life or so long as she shall happen to Live which said Sum of Money to be paid of my said Estate at Stubs by the Occupyor thereof in full Satisfaction to my said Wife of Her thirds or any other Claimer or demand whatsoever But if She my said Wife Ann doth refuse to [ ] to this my last Will and Except of the same as above mentioned in full satisfaction as aforesaid Then my Will & Mind is that she shall have one shilling and no more, I give to my Son Thomas HALL twenty shillings to be paid him within twelve months next after my Decease, It is also my will and mind that from & imediately after the Death and Decease of my said Wife Ann My Said Son John HALL shall pay unto my son Thomas HALL if he be then Living twenty shillings A Year during his life, I give unto my Nephew Thomas HALL Five pounds and to his Sister Lydia HALL Fifty shillings to be paid to them if they be Living twelve Months next after the Decease of y said Wife Ann , Lastly I do make Nominate Constitute & Appoint my Said Son John HALL whole & Sole Executor of this my last Will & Testament In witness whereof I have hereunto Sett my hand and Seal this 13 day of April One Thousand and seven Hundred & Sixtyone

Sealed Signed published and declared for and as the [ ] of the Testator inhis Mark & Seal the presence of

BE IT KNOWN, that at the date hereunder written, Letters of Administration of the personal Estate of John HALL of Moor Lodge Ollerset near New Mills in the county of Derby Farmer deceased, who died on the 7th day of January 1896, at Moor Lodge aforesaid intestate, were granted by Her Majesty’s High Court of Justice at the Principal Registry of the Probate Division thereof to Ann HALL of Moor Lodge aforesaid the lawful Widow and Relict of the said intestate, she having been first sworn well and faithfully to administer the same.

Admon of unadministered Estate issued Oct:1901 Dated the 23rd day of March 1896

BE IT KNOWN that John HALL of Moor Lodge Ollerset Near New Mills in the County of Derby Farmer died on the 7th day of January 1896 at Moor Lodge aforesaid intestate

And that in the month of March 1896 Letters of Administration of the personal estate of the said intestate were granted at the Principal Probate Registry to Ann HALL his lawful Widow and Relict who died on the 16th day of September 1901, leaving part thereof unadministered.

AND BE IT FURTHER KNOWN that at the date hereunder written Letters of Administration of the unadministered personal estate of the said intestate were granted by Her Majesty’s High Court of Justice at the Principal Probate Registry thereof to William HALL of Hollinhurst Farm New Mills aforesaid Farmer the natural and lawful son and one of the next of kin

This is the Last Will and Testament of me Joseph HALL of Ollersett in the Parish of Glossop in the County of Derby Coal Dealer made this thirteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and forty tow as follows I direct all my just debts funeral and Testamentary Expenses to be paid out of my personal estate I give and bequeath my best Clock in a Mahogany case unto my daughter Mary Wife of James LOWE I gibe and bequeath unto my daughter Martha the bed and bedding on which I usually lie. Also the Chest of Drawers which were her late Mother’s before her Marriage I give and bequeath the residue and remainder of my household goods and furniture plate china books pictures linen beds and bedding unto my sons Levi HALL and Amos HALL. I give and devise all that my freehold plot of land called Raghollin-piece with the appurtenances situate in Phoside Hamlet unto and to the uses of my son Amos HALL his heirs and assigns forever subject to the payment of the two several Legacies hereinafter mentioned namely the sum of twenty pounds unto my daughter Mary Wife of James LOWE and Also the sum of twenty pounds to my daughter Martha the said sum of twenty pounds to be paid to my said Daughters within six months of my decease.

I give and bequeath unto my two daughters aforesaid the sum of Two hundred pounds each such respective sums of two hundred pounds to be paid out of my Money in Trade and my Interest in the Coalmines hereinafter named. One moiety of the above named sum to be paid to each of my said daughters Mary and Martha within six months after my decease and the remaining moiety to be paid to my said daughters in three years after my Decease together with two and a half year’s Banker’s Interest on the same. If either or both of my said daughters shall die before the receipt of the above named Legacy or Legacies leaving a Child or Children then in such case My Executors hereinafter named shall apply the said unpaid legacy or legacies in the Education and Maintenance of such Child or Children and should any part of such legacy remain unapplied then I order and direct that such remaining part shall be divided among such children aforesaid share and share alike upon their attaining the age of twenty one years respectively and should only one child survive to the age aforesaid then such surviving Child shall receive the whole of the said Legacy which may be unexpended in the Education and Maintenance of such Child when it shall have arrived at the age of twenty one years but Provided no Child should survive to the age of twenty one years and any part of the aforementioned Legacy or Legacies shall remain unexpended at the death of such Child – or remain unpaid at the death of either or both of my said Daughters and they leave no issue then in such case one half of the unexpended or unpaid Legacy or Legacies shall be paid to the surviving husband or husbands (provided there be such) of my said Daughters – I give and bequeath to each of my said Daughters one Load of house-coals weekly each load to weigh not less than three hundred weight and to be delivered to each of my said Daughters or to their respective Orders at the Pits Bank free from all charges whatsoever during the Term of my Lease or Interest in the mines hereinafter named. I give devise and Bequeath all my estate and interest in the Coalmines I am now working in the Hamlets of Bugsworth, Beard and Ollerset together with the gins rails fixtures implements and apparatus belonging thereto and also all my horses and cows (subject to the Legacies and bequest to my said Daughters) farming stock and implements of husbandry. And also all the residue and remainder of all my real leasehold and personal Estates whatsoever and wheresoever not hereinbefore divided and bequeathed unto and to the use of my sons Levi HALL, Amos HALL and Elijah HALL their Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns forever or for and during all my estate and interest therein and according to the natures thereof respectively as tenants in common. I give and devise all Mortgage and trust estates that may be vested in me unto the said Levi HALL and Elijah HALL and the survivor of them his heirs executors administrators and assigns subject to the trusts and equities affecting the same respectively and the money due to me on any such mortgage to be considered as part of my personal estate I declare the receipt of the said Levi HALL and Elijah HALL and the survivor of them under this my Will shall effectually discharge the person paying the same from all liability to see to the application thereof I exempt each of my said Executors from all liability to losses occuring without his own will full default and I authorize him to retain and allow to his coexecutor all expenses incidental to the said executorship with a reasonable allowance for his loss of time and trouble

And Lastly I appoint the said Levi HALL and Elijah HALL Executors of this my Will and I revoke all former Wills by me heresofar made In Witness whereof I the said Joseph HALL the Testator have hereunto set my hand the day and year first before written.

This Will was signed on the day of the date hereof by the said Joseph HALL the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us the undersigned Witnesses each of us being in the presence and in the presence of each other at the same time and as such witnesses we attest and subscribe the Will in the presence of the Testator and of each other.

This the last Will and Testament of me Levi HALL of Ravensleach within Ollerset in the Parish of Glossop in the County of Derby Coal Proprietor I direct all my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses to be Paid and discharged out of my Personal Estate I appoint Henry BARBER of New Mills in the County of Derby Clerk of the Board of Guardians for the Hayfield Union and Joseph Carrington BRADDOCK of the Hough within Bugsworth in the County of Derby [ ] Trustees and Executors of this my Will I bequeath to such of the Children of my late Brother Elijah HALL who May be living at my decease the sum of Fifty Pounds And I direct that the legacy of such of the said Children of my said late Brother as are females shall be paid into her own proper hands and her receipt alone shall notwithstanding Coventure be a sufficient discharge for the same I bequeath unto Hannah Rigby HALL the daughter of my late sister Martha RIGBY the sum of Fifty pounds the same to be paid into her own proper hands and her receipt alone shall notwithstanding Coventure be a sufficient discharge for the same I bequeath to each of my three Nephews namely Joseph HALL William HALL and John Morton HALL the Sons of my late Brother Amos HALL the sum of Fifty pounds And I declare that the legacies so given to the Sons of my late Brother Amos HALL shall not in any way [ ] or affect their right and interest under an Agreement [ ] the twentieth day of May One thousand eight hundred and fifty eight and made between the said Amos HALL of the first part Joseph HALL William HALL and John Morton HALL of the second part and myself and Elijah HALL of the third part And I direct that the whole of the said legacies hereinbefore bequeathed by me shall be paid to the several parties entitled thereto at the end of twelve Calendar Months next after my decease free of legacy duty or other expenses I direct my said Trustees and Executors the said Henry BARBER and Joseph Carrington BRADDOCK or the survivor of them or the Executors administrators or assigns of such survivor within a year from my decease to invest the sum of Four hundred and fifty pounds in their or his name or names in the Parliamentary stocks or public funds of Great Britain or at interest on Government or [ ] securities in England or in such other securities as they may think proper In Trust to pay the income arising therefrom into the proper hands of my Sister Mary LOWE during her natural life whose receipt alone notwithstanding her coventure shall be a sufficient discharge for the same And from and immediately after her decease I direct that my said Trustees or Trustee shall stand possessed of the said Trust moneys stocks funds and securities and the interest dividends and annual produce thereof in trust for such one or more of the Children of my said sister Mary LOWE who shall be living at her decease And for such issue then living of any one or more of the Children of my said sister Mary LOWE who may then be decease as shall either before or after the decease of my said Sister attain the age of twenty one years or marry as tenants in common in a course of distribution for [ ] and [ ] [ ] [ ] and so that the issue of any deceased Child my take by way of substitution the share or respective shares only which the parent or respective Parents would if living have taken I Give devise and bequeath unto my Trustees the said Henry BARBER and Joseph Carrington BRADDOCK All their several Leasehold Messuages or Dwellinghouses purchased by me from the Trustees of the late John William B[ ] situate in [ ] Cum Whaley in the County of Chester And also all their several Leasehold Messuages or Dwellinghouses purchased by me [ ] from the Trustees and Executors of the late John HOPWOOD and situate in Thornset in the County of Derby And also all that Messuage or Dwellinghouse with the Butcher Shop in the Occupation of Thomas HARRISON And also the Messuage or Dwellinghouse occupied as a Public House and known by the name of the P[ ] Arms Together with the Wheelright’s Shop and Blacksmith’s Shop adjoining and which said last mentioned Premises are also situate in Thornset aforesaid to hold the same several Premises with their actual and reputed appurtenances unto the said Henry BARBER and Joseph Carrington BRADDOCK their heirs executors administrators and assigns according to the nature and quality thereof In Trust that they my said Trustees or the Survivor of them or the heirs executors administrators or assigns or such survivor do and shall set let and manage the same hereditament during the time they shall carry on my trade or business of a Coal Proprietor as hereinafter mentioned and apply the whole or such Part of the rents issues and Profits thereof as they in their discretion shall think proper and or such shares and Proportions as they shall think Proper in the maintenance and support of my sister in law Mary HALL the Widow of my late Brother Elijah HALL and also in the maintenance education and support of such of the Children of my said late Brother Elijah as shall be males be under the age of twenty one years and being females of such of them as shall for the time being be unmarried or Widows or being married shall be living separate and apart from her or their husbands And from and immediately after my said Trustees shall cease to carry on my said Trade or business of a Coal Proprietor I direct that my said Trustees shall stand possessed of my said hereinbefore mentioned hereditament and Premises Upon trust that they or the survivors of them or the executors administrators or assigns of such survivor do and shall absolutely sell and dispose of the said several hereditaments and Premises either entirely and altogether or in Parcels by Public Auction or Private Contract and do and shall enter into and [ ] all such Contracts Covenants Assignments and assurements in relation thereto which to my said Trustees or Trustee shall seem reasonable And as to the money to arise and be made from such sale or sales after deducting thereout the Costs and Expenses of attending the same I direct the same to form part of my residuary Personal Estate I Give devise and bequeath all my real and personal Estate not otherwise disposed of by my Will unto and to the use of my said Trustees their heirs executors administrators and assigns In Trust to sell at such terms as they shall think proper either by Public Auction or by Private Contract my said real Estate and as to my Personal Estate to Sell and Convert into money such part thereof as is not or at anytime or times shall not under the trusts of this my Will be employed in my business of a Coal Proprietor with power for that Purpose to make or enter into special agreement or Conditions and to buy in any Property at any sale and to [ ] or vary the terms of any Contract relating thereto And to invest the Proceeds thereof And also the rents issues and Profits or my residuary real and Personal Estate until such sale and Conversion as aforesaid on Government Parliamentary or real securities in England or Wales or such other securities as they may think Proper And to be possessed of such stocks funds and securities as last aforesaid upon the trusts which may attach or my general residuary personal Estate I authorize my said Trustees or Trustee either to discontinue or carry on my business as a Coal Proprietor at their or his discretion until the corporation of the Leases now in force respecting the same with Power to employ a Manager or Managers and other Assistants under their or his general Contract And I authorize and empower my said Trustees or Trustee to receive out of my residuary personal Estate or to [ ] at their or his own discretion the Amount of Capital to be employed thereon And I direct that so long as my said business as a Coal Proprietor shall be carried on by my said Trustees or Trustee the Clear Profit thereof shall form Part of my residuary Estate And as soon as the same business shall be discontinued I direct my said Trustees or Trustee to transfer my residuary Estate unto such Child or Children and more remote issue of my said late brother Elijah as shall then be living and shall then be of age of twenty one years or married or shall thereafter attain such age or marry if more than one in equal shares but or as not to include the issue of any issue of my said late brother Elijah then living and so that the Child or Children of any deceased Child or Grandchild of my said late Brother Elijah shall take only such share as his her or then present would have taken if being but I Give the share of each daughter of my said late Brother Elijah to my said trustees or Trustee In Trust to pay her the income thereof for her separate and indiscernable use during her life And after her decease to be possessed of the Capital thereof Upon trust as she shall by Will whether married or sole or being unmarried by deed appoint And in default of Appointment In Trust for such her Child or Children or shall attain the age of twenty one years or marry if more than one in equal shares And in default of such Children In Trust for such person or persons as would be entitled thereto of the same were her Personal Estate and she had died without leaving a husband I give devise and bequeath unto the said Henry BARBER and Joseph Carrington BRADDOCK their heirs executors administrators and assigns All the Estates which at the time of my decease shall be vested in me upon and Trust or by Way of Mortgage Subject to the several trusts and equities affecting the same respectively I Authorize my said Trustees or Trustee in their or his absolute discretion to pay satisfy Compound or take security for release [ ] suspend or refer to arbitration any sums of money rent debts account claims and demands whatsoever which may be mine to or from or be claimed or made on behalf of or from or against my Real or Personal Estate in such manner and upon such evidence as they or he shall think of it whether the same be legally enforceable or not And also from time to time to vary the securities upon which any trust funds under my Will may be invested And I declare that no Trustee of my Will shall be answerable for any Contractor or for any Banker Broker or other Agent or for any money which he shall not actually receive or for involuntary loss And I especially declare that no Trustee of my Will shall be liable or answerable for any losses happing to my Estate in Consequence of carrying on my said Trade or business of a Coal Proprietor And that each Trustee may [ ] and allow to his [ ] out of any moneys which may come to his hands all expenses to be incurred in the Execution of the trusts of this my Will And that every trustee may Change a conservable amount for his loss of time and trouble in carrying on my said Trade as a Coal Proprietor or in respect or the trusts of this my Will And I revoke all former Wills made by me at any time heretofore In Witness whereof I have at the bottom of the four preceding sheets of this my Will the whole whereof is contained in five sheets of Paper and also to this fifth and last Sheet at the foot or end of this my Will set my hand this eighth day of June and on the Year of One thousand eight hundred and sixty seven.

The writing contained in this and the four Preceding sheets of Paper was signed by the witness named Levi HALL the Testator as such for his Will in the presence of us Present at the same time who in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto set our names as Witnesses the Words “or by private Contract” having been first [ ] over the ninth line from the bottom of the third Page

This is a Codicil to the last Will and Testament of me Levi HALL of Ravensleach within Ollerset in the Parish of Glossop in the County of Derby Coal Proprietor which Will bears date the eighth day of June one thousand eight hundred and sixty seven Whereas I have heretofore carried on my business as a Colliery Proprietor with my late brother Elijah HALL and since his decease with his Executors and Trustees Now on my decease I order and direct my Trustees so far as they are able to do to make out a full statement of account between my Estate and the Estate of my said late Brother Elijah and to pay over to the estate of my said late Brother any balance which may be then found to be due from me at my decease or from my Estate at the time where such account shall be so made out And I declare that such balance shall be considered as a debt due from my Estate to the Estate of my said late brother And I declare that the account so made out or assented to by my said Trustees shall be binding on all persons beneficially interested under my Will And I declare that any Legator or other Person taking any interest under the Will of my said late Brother who shall make any objection to such account or decline to release the trustees of my said late brother in respect thereof and who shall be entitled to my legacy estate or interest under my Will and the bequest of such Legacy estate or interest contained in my said Will shall be considered as revoked on any such Legate declining to [ ] such release after being requested by the said Trustees of my said Late Brother so to do. And I conform my said Will in all other respects In Witness whereof I hereinto set my hand this twelfth day of June One thousand eight hundred and seventy one Levi HALL

signed by the said Levi HALL as a for a Codicil to his last Will and Testament in the Presence of us present at the same time who in his presence and in the Presence of each other have hereunder subscribed our names as Witness

This is a second Codicil to the last Will and Testament of me Levi HALL of Ravensleach within Ollerset in the Parish of Glossop in the County of Derby Coal Proprietor which Will date the eighth day of June One thousand eight hundred and sixty seven Whereas I have recently commence building a Messuage or Dwelling with suitable outbuildings in a certain Close of Land belonging to me adjoining the Old Road leading from the Grouse Inn to Barnesfold in the Hamlet of Phoside in the Parish of Glossop aforesaid Now I hereby empower and direct the trustees of my said Will out of my Personal Estate to complete and finish the said dwellinghouse and its apputenances in case the same shall be incomplete and unfinished at the time of my decease And I devise the said Messuage or dwellinghouse or dwellinghouses and close of Land of which the same stands unto my said trustees upon trust to permit and allow my sister in law Mary HALL the Widow of my Late Brother Elijah HALL and her unmarried daughters to have the absolute use and enjoyment thereof for and during the natural life of her my said Sister in law And from and after her decease in case any two of the her daughters are then sole and unmarried and shall desire to reside in the said dwellinghouse then the same with it appurtenances shall be held in trust for such of the daughters of my said sister in law as shall be then unmarried and shall desire to reside therein but if all my said nieces the daughters of my said sister in law marry except one or being unmarried shall all refuse or all except one refuse to occupy the said dwellinghouse Then I order and direct that the said Messuage or dwellinghouse with its appurtenances and the Close of Land in which the same stands shall be sold either by Public Auction or Private Contract and the money arising therefrom to form part of my residuary Personal Estate And in all other respects I conform my said Will and first Codicil thereto In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this sixteenth day of March in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy two Levi HALL Signed by the said Levi HALL as and for a Codicil to his last Will and Testament in the Presence of us present at the same time who in his presence in the presence of each other have hereunder subscribed our names as Witness F.W. JOHNSON, Solicitor Stockport J. E JONES, Surgeon Chapel en le Frith

Proved in Derby with two Codicils the 22nd day of October 1872 by the Oath of Henry BARBER one of the Executors named in the Will to whom Administration was granted, power being reserved of making the like Grant to Joseph Carrington BRADDOCK the other Executor named in the said Will

The testator Levi HALL was late of Ravensleach, within Ollerset, in the parish of Glossop in the County of Derby Coal Proprietor, and died on the 1st day of April 1872, at Ravensleach aforesaid.

Effects under £14,000 Extracted by W. & F. W. JOHNSON, Solicitors, Stockport.

THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of me LEVI JOSEPH HALL of Butley Cottage Prestbury in the County of Chester Retired Colliery Proprietor I appoint my friend Arthur BARBER of Spring Bank New Mills in the County of Derby Retired Bank Manager to be the EXECUTOR of this my will and I give to him in case he shall prove my will the sum of fifty pounds (free from legacy duty) in the event of the said Arthur BARBER predeceasing me or declining to act as such executor as aforesaid I appoint the Public Trustee to be the EXECUTOR of this my will Whereas my dear step mother Margaret HALL being otherwise amply provided for is not in need of any financial assistance from me but I desire in this my will to express in some small way my sincere love and affection for her and I therefore bequeath to her the sum of one hundred pounds (free from legacy duty) I devise and bequeath the remainder of my estate of whatever nature or description the same may consist and wheresoever situate after payment of my funeral and testamentary expenses and debts to my sister Martha Edith LOMAS the wife of John Thomas LOMAS of Butley Cottage Prestbury aforesaid and my half sister Mary Esther HALL of Llannerch Ellesmere Road Colwyn Bay in equal shares absolutely Provided however and I declare that if either of my said residuary legatees shall predecease me then the survivor shall take the whole of my residuary estate absolutely Lastly I revoke all former wills and testamentary dispositions made by my IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand to this my will the seventh day of October one thousand nine hundred and twenty five – L J HALL – Signed and declared by the testator Levi Joseph HALL as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us present at the same time who in the presence at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnessess – J SUMNER POLLITT Solicitor New Mills - CARRIE VOUSDEN his Clerk

BE IT KNOWN that Levi Joseph HALL of Butley Cottage Prestbury County of Chester died there on the 19th day of January 1930

AND BE IT FURTHER KNOWN that at the date hereunder written the last Will and Testament of the said deceased was proved and registered in the Principle Probate Registry of His Majesty’s High Court of Justice, and that administration of all the estate which by law devolves to and vests in the personal representative of the said deceased was granted by the aforesaid Court to Arthur BARBER of Spring Bank New Mills County of Derby Retired Bank Manager the Sole Executor named in the said Will Res[ ]

Dated 12th day of April 1930 Gross value of Estate £11959-7-8 Net value of Personal Estate £9578-16-10

I LUCY JANE HALL of Morlands Birch Vale in the County of Derby Spinster hereby revoke all wills codicils and testamentary dispositions heretofore made by me and declare this to be my last and only will I appoint my nephew Levi Joseph HALL of Morlands Birch Vale aforesaid Colliery Proprietor and Arthur BARBER of Chapel en le Frith in the said County of Derby Bank Clerk EXECUTORS and also TRUSTEES of this my will and I declare that they and the survivor of them and the executors and administrators of such survivor and the other trustees or trustee for the time being of this my will are hereinafter called and included in the expression “my trustees” Whereas under and by virtue of the will dated the eighth day of June one thousand eight hundred and sixty seven and proved on the twenty second day of October one thousand eight hundred and seventy two in the Derby District Registry of Her late Majesty’s Court of Probate of my late uncle Levi HALL certain trust funds and property representing the share which I as one of the children of Elijah HALL the late brother of the said Levi HALL became entitled to in the residuary real and personal estate of the said Levi HALL are vested in the trustees of the said will In trust to pay the income thereof to me for my separate use during my life and after my death Upon trust as I shall by will whether convert or sale or being unmarried by deed appoint Now in exercise of the said power for this purpose given to me by the said will and of every of any other power me hereunto I do hereby direct and appoint that the trustees or trustee of the said will of Levi HALL shall as soon as may be after my decease transfer assign and pay over the trust funds and property over which I have a general power of appointment as aforesaid to my trustees And I direct that my trustees shall hold the said trust funds and property after paying a legacy of one thousand pounds to my sister Eliza BRIDGE to Whom I hereby bequeath the same for her separate use and a legacy of one thousand pounds to my sister Hannah Hall to whom I also hereby bequeath the same Upon the trusts and subject to the powers and provisions hereinafter declared in relation to my general residuary real and personal estate I devise and bequeath all my real estate of every tenure and all my personal estate and effects whatsoever and wheresoever not otherwise disposed of by this my will or any codicil hereto unto and to the use of my trustees according to the nature thereof Upon trust that my trustees shall sell call in collect and convert into money the said real and personal estate at such time or times and in such manner as they shall think proper but as to reversionary property not until it falls into possession unless it shall appear to my trustees that an earlier sale would be beneficial and so that they shall have the fullest power and discretion to postpone the sale calling in or conversion of the whole or any part or parts of the said premises (including leaseholds or other property of a terminable or wearing out nature) during such period as they shall think proper without being responsible for loss And I direct that all the net rents profits and income arising from my estate real or personal hereinbefore directed to be sold called in and converted in whatsoever condition or state of investment the same may be and whether consisting of investments of an authorised character or not and whether or not and of a permanent or a terminable and wearing out nature shall until such sale calling in or conversion and as well during the first year after my death as afterwards be applied as if the same were income arising from the proceeds of the sale calling in or conversion thereof or the investments of such proceeds but that no reversion or other property not actually producing income shall be treated as producing income for the purposes of this my will And that notwithstanding any postponement of conversion of my real estate hereinbefore directed to be converted the same shall for the purpose of transmission be considered as converted into money from the time of my death And I direct that my trustees shall out of the money to arise from the sale calling in and conversion of or forming part of my said real and personal estate pay my funeral and testamentary expenses and the legacies bequeathed by this my will or any codicil hereto and the legacy duty thereon but so that all legacies shall be paid primarily out of my personal estate And shall invest the residue of the said moneys in the names or under the legal control of my trustees in or upon any of the public stocks or funds or Government securities of the United Kingdom or India or any Colony Dependency or the United Kingdom or any Foreign Government or State or in or upon freehold copyhold leasehold or chattel real properties (but as to leasehold or chattel real securities only when held for a term of years whereof at least sixty years shall be unexpired at the time of investment) in England or Wales but not in Ireland or in or upon stocks funds shares debentures debenture stock mortgagees or securities or any corporation company or public body or authority municipal local commercial or otherwise in the United Kingdom or any Colony or Dependency of the United Kingdom and may at discretion vary or transpose such investments into or for others of any nature hereinbefore authorised And shall pay the income of the said investments (hereinafter called the “residuary trust funds”) unto and equally between my sisters Eliza BRIDGE and Hannah HALL for their respective separate use during their joint lives and so that during coverture they shall not have power to anticipate the same And from and after the death of such of them my said sisters as shall first die shall pay the income of the said residuary trust funds to the survivor of them during the residue of her life for her separate use and so that during coverture they shall not have power to anticipate the same And from and after the death of the survivor of them my said sisters I direct my trustees to hold the said residuary trust funds and the income thereof In trust for all or any my nephews and nieces (being children of a brother and sister of mine) who shall be living at the death of such last survivor and the children or child then living if any then deceased nephew or niece of mine (being a child of a brother or sister of mine) in equal shares And so that children of any decease nephew or niece of mine shall take equally between them only the share which their parent would have taken had he or she survive the survivor of them my said sisters Eliza BRIDGE and Hannah HALL I declare and direct my trustees to stand possessed of the share of my niece Mary PEARSON formerly Mary BRADLEY in my residuary trust funds Upon trust to invest the same in the names or under the legal control of my trustees in or upon any of the investments hereinbefore authorised with power for them from time to time to vary or transpose such investments or any of them into or for any other or others of any nature hereby authorised at their discretion And shall hold such investments Upon trust to pay the income thereof to my said niece during her life and after her death I direct my trustees to stand possessed of the said share In trust for such children of my said niece as being sons attain the age of twenty one years or being daughters attain the age or marry under that age in equal shares and if there shall be only one such child the whole to go to that one child And I declare that if no child of my said niece shall live to attain a vested interest in the said share the same shall fall into my residuary estate And I hereby declare that my executors or trustees for the time being shall not be bound in any case to act personally but shall be at full liberty to employ a Solicitor accountant or any other Agent to transact all or any business of whatsoever nature required to be done under the trusts of this my will including the receipt and payment of money and shall be entitled to be allowed and be paid all charges and expenses so incurred I authorise my trustees to determine whether any moneys are to be considered as capital or income and whether any expenses outgoings or other payments ought to be paid out of capital or income and how valuations are to made or value determined for the purpose of any case of allotment appropriation or otherwise and to apportion blended trust funds and to determine all questions and matters of doubt arising in the execution of the trusts of this my will or any codicil hereto And I declare that every such determination whether made upon a question actually raised or implied in the acts or proceedings of my trustee shall be conclusive and binding on all persons interested under this my will or any codicil hereto IN WITNESS whereof I the said Lucy Jane HALL have to this my last will and testament contained in this and the two preceding sheets of paper set my hand this twenty fifth day of January one thousand nine hundred and four – LUCY JANE HALL – Signed by the testatrix Lucy Jane HALL as and for her last will and testament in the presence of us present at the same time who at her request in her presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our name as witnesses – HENRY BARBER New Mills Bank Manager – FRANK THORNLEY Poplar Grove Compstall Nr Stockport Bank Clerk

LUCY JANE HALL of Morlands Birch Vale in the County of Derby Spinster which will bears date the twenty fifth day of January one thousand nine hundred and four I give to each of my sisters Martha TURNER and Maria PEARSON a legacy of one hundred pounds and to Arthur BARBER named in m said will a legacy of fifty pounds Whereas by my said will I have devised a bequeathed all my real estate of every tenure and all personal estate and effects whatsoever and wheresoever not otherwise disposed of by my said will or any codicil thereto unto and to the use of my trustees named in my said will according to the nature thereof Upon certain trusts in my said will mentioned Now I revoke the said devise and bequest so far as regards my messuages or dwellinghouse with the appurtenances belonging thereto situate in Chapel Street New Mills in the County of Derby And I devise and bequeath the same messuages or dwellinghouses with their appurtenances unto my nephew Levi Joseph HALL absolutely And I declare that if any person shall without the consent in writing of my executors which it shall be in their uncontrolled discretion to give or refuse dispute the validity of or shall refuse to confirm my said will or this or any other codicil thereto if required so to do by my executors such person shall forfeit all benefits by my said will or by this or any other codicil thereto given to him or her and the same not being residuary or a share of residue shall fall into my residuary estate or being residuary or a share of residue shall go to the other person or persons entitled to such residue as if the person incurring such forfeiture had not been included in the residuary gift And in all other respects I confirm my said will IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand this seventeenth day of January one thousand nine hundred and six – LUCY JANE HALL – Signed by the testatrix in the presence of us both present at the same time who in her presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses - GEORGE EAGLE Surveyor 37 Brown Street Manchester – HENRY BARBER Bank Manager New Mills

On the 27th day of October 1906 Probate of this will and codicil was granted to Levi Joseph HALL and Arthur BARBER the Executors

In the name of God Amen: I Mary HALL of High-Gate near Hayfield in the Parish of Glossop being of sound mind, but weak in Body, Do make this my last will and Testament in the manner following, revoking and rendering null and void all other will or wills by me made, - That is to say I give and bequeath to my son Samuel of High-gate aforesaid my Bed and Bedding; and also it is my will and request that all my just Debts and Funeral Expenses and Charges of moving this my last will and Testament be paid as soon as may be after my Decease out of and from my other personal Property – And I also give and bequeath to my son Thomas HALL of Hill-House, and to my son Joseph HALL of Nether Hey in the Parish of Glossop and also I give and bequeath to my son John HALL of Far-Phoside, to my son Micah HALL of Lane Head in the Parish of Glossop and also to my son William HALL now residing in London and my son Samuel HALL of High-gate aforesaid all my other personal Property, not before disposed of, share and share alike to each and every of them his equal Part – And I do appoint and constitute my Sister Dolly STANSFIELD and my son Micah HALL of Lane Head aforesaid to be my Executors of this my will and testament, and I do give full Power and Authority to my Executors to demand and obtain the Notes and Papers as securities of my Money from the Person who holds the same to enable them to call in any Money as soon as may be after my Decease and I do order and appoint these my Executors do use the same for the Purposes aforesaid That is to say in paying all my just Debts and distributing the surplus if any, in equal Shares to my forementioned Sons, Share and Share alike In witness whereof I the said Mary HALL the Testator have to this my last will and Testament set my Hand and Seal this the twenty 4th day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty two

Signed sealed delivered published and declared Mary HALL the testator as and for her last will[ ] and [ ] us who in her sight and [ ] [ ] in the presence of each other [ ] witnesses

This the last Will and Testament of me Micah HALL of Hill House Kinder in the Parish of Glossop in the County of Derby Farmer who being weak in health but of sound and disposing mind, memory, and under standing praised be God for the same, do make, publish, and declare the same in manner following (that is to say) First I order and direct all my just debts, funeral expenses and the charges of proving this my Will be paid and discharged by my Executors hereinafter named as soon after my decease as conveniently may be. I give and bequeath unto my loving Wife Ellen HALL for and during the term of her natural life or till she marries again but not otherwise The use and enjoyment of my Household Goods, Furniture, Plate, Linen, China, Beds and Bedding and other Household Effects together with all my Farming Stock, Horses, Cattle, Carts, Gears, Harness, Ploughs, Implements and Utensils in the and about my Farm on which I now reside or on which I shall or may be at the time of my decease and also all rents, Interests and Profits arising out of or from my real and personal Estates of whatsoever nature and kind and wheresoever me same may be and from and after the death of my said Wife Ellen HALL or her second marriage which ever shall first happen Then I give and bequeath unto my Son Isaac HALL my Freehold Land in Phoside Hamlet called or known by the name of the Higher and Lower Acres to him his heirs and assigns absolutely for ever. I also give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary the wife of Mr John MARRIOTT of Upper House Kinder the sum of One hundred and forty pounds. And all the rest residue and remainder of my Estate whether Real or Personal I give and bequeath unto my said children Isaac HALL and Mary Wife of John MARRIOTT to them and their heirs absolutely for ever in equal proportions share and share alike and I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint Mr Amos HALL of Raghollin in Phoside in the Parish of Glossop aforesaid Coal Merchant and Mr Levi HALL of Ravensleach, Ollersett in the Parish of Glossop aforesaid and the survivor of their Executors and Executor of this my last Will and Testament and hereby revoking and making void all former Wills by me at any time heretofore made I declare this to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said Micah HALL the Testator have to this my last Will and Testament contained in these two sheets of paper that is to say my hand to and at the bottom of the first foregoing sheet and my hand and seal to this second and last sheet this seventeenth day of May One thousand eight hundred and forty seven

Signed, Sealed, Published and declared by the said Micah HALL the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request and in the presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses there of Wm ADAMSON; William PIGG

In the Name of God Amen. This fifth day of Aprill Anno Dony 1731. I Thomas HALL of Stones House in the parrish of Glossopp and County of Derby. Being but sick & weak to my Body but of Sound mind & perfect understanding, praised be Almighty God for ye same and Calling to mind ye Certainty of death, but the uncertainty of the time when it shall please God to call for me, Do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following. First being penitient and Sorry for all my Sins, most humbly desiring forgiveness for ye Same. I commend my Soul into ye hands of Almighty God, my Saviour & Redeemer in whom I trust and hope to be Saved, and to have full remission of all my Sins and to inheritt ye Kingdom of heaven, and my Body I Committ to ye earth to be decently buried at ye discretion of my Executors hereafter named, And as touching Such worldly goods as it hath pleased God to bestow upon me far above my deserts, I give and dispose thereof in maner and form following, first my will is yt all my due debts, funerall expenses & Charges of this my Last Will and Testament to first be paid & discharged forth of my personal Estate. Item I Give and bequeath unto my Son Thomas HALL one pair of Looms with all my Gear thereunto belonging together with one Chest in ye House, Item I give unto my daughter in law Jane HALL Ten Shillings. Item I Give unto my Grandson Thomas HALL John HALLs Son the sume of forty Shillings. Item I Give unto my Son John HALLs Children Thomas John Samuel and Martha each of them, one Ewe and a Lamb, Item I Give unto my Son Thomas HALLs Children Mary Martha Thomas & Jane each of them One Ewe & a Lamb. Item I Give unto my daughter Mary HADFIELDs Children Martha Thomas Mary & William each of them one Ewe and a Lamb. Item I Give unto Mary BARNS five Shillings & Lastly all ye rest residue and Remainder of my personal Estate my goods Chattels & Cattle as well within ye House as without I Give ye Same to be equally divided Among my Children John HALL, Thomas HALL and Mary HADFIELD each of them Share and Share alike. Lastly I do nominate and appoint my Son Thomas HALL and my loveing friend Ralph GEE to be Executors of this my Last Will and Testament, Revoking all other wills by me heretofore made declaring this to be my Last Will and Testament. In Wittness wherof I have hereunto putt my hand and Seal the day and year first above written.

memorandum of the Words personal Estate and ye word year were interlined before ye Sealing of these present.

Sealed Signed published and declared by ye testator to be his Last Will and Testament In the presence of us

A true and perfect Inventory of all ye Goods Chattles and Cattle of Thomas HALL of Stoneshouse Aprized and Valued by John KINDER & John GEE This 13 day of Aprill 1731

Ipms

£   s   d

His purse and apparell1

04-12-00

In Meal & Barley

03-00-06

One Meal Ark & Old Cofer

00-14-00

Debts in Country

31-09-10

In Cattle

09-18-00

In Sheep

07-06-00

In Hay

00-10-00

One Old mare

01-01-00

House

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Goods in ye house Chamber

00-03-04

One pair of Looms & Gear belonging

01-00-02

One Chest. One Little Table & form, 2 Chairs, & Stools

00-12-06

in Wooden Ware

00-09-10

in pewter & Brass

00-06-03

in iron Goods

00-08-05

in [Cheese]

00-02-00

in Bed Stocks & Beding

01-01-06

in Wool & Wollen Cloath & yarn

01-19-06

One Little table 2 Cofers 1 Ark

00-06-02

in Linnen

00-15-00

in Husbandry Ware

00-11-02

in pottr & Bottles

00-02-00

Huslements

00-01-06

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£76-10-06

In the Name of God Amen I Thomas HALL of Stones House within the Hamlet of Kinder in the Parish of Glossop in the County of Derby Yeoman being of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding, praised be Almighty God for the same Do make publish and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say first I will and direct that all my just debts the expenses of my ffuneral and the charges of the attending the probate of this my will be in first place fully paid satisfied and discharged by my executors herein after named out of my personal estate other than and except my leasehold estate hereafter mentioned and my wearing apparel An after my said just debts ffunerall expenses and charges of the probate hereof shall be fully paid and satisfied by and out of any personal estate as aforesaid Item I give and bequeath all the residue and remainder of my personal estate whatsoever and wheresoever other than and except my said leasehold estate and wearing apparel unto my son Thomas HALL his heirs and assigns forever I give devise and bequeath unto Jane my dear and loving wife for and during the term of her natural life one annuity or yearly part of six pounds of lawful money of Great Britain for and in liste and bar of her dower and hinds at the common law the some annuity to be free and clear of and from all Parliamentary and other taxes reprises and deductions whatsoever and to be issuing and payable and paid out of and charged and chargeable upon all and singular my messuages lands tenements and hereditaments whatsoever as well as ffreehold as leasehold And I also give devise and bequeath unto my sone George HALL for and during the term of his natural life one annuity or yearly rent of forty shillings of lawful money of Great Britain free and clear of and from all Parliamentary and other taxes reprises and deductions whatsoever to be also issuing and payable and paid out of and charge and chargeable upon all and singular my said messuages lands tenements and hereditaments whatsoever as well ffreehold and leasehold both the said annuities or yearly rents of six pounds and fforty shillings to be paid yearly and every year to my said wife and my said sone George HALL severally and respectively during their respective natural lives at the ffourmost usual ffeasts of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Saint John the Baptist Saint Michael the Archangel and the Nativity of our Saviour by even and equal portions without any deduction or abatement whatsoever the first payments of the said several annuities of six pounds and fforty shillings or my part or parts thereof respectively shall happen to be in arrear and unpaid by or for the space of twenty days near after my of the said days or times whereon or whereat the same respectively are above appointed to be paid and shall be come payable according to the tenor and true meaning of this my will that then and so often as the same annuities or either of them shall be respectively so in arrear or any part or parts of them or either of them it shall and maybe lawful to and for my said wife and my said son George HALL respectively and their respective assigns into and upon the same messuages lands tenements and hereditaments as well ffreehold as leasehold so charged unto the said several annuities or yearly rents and into and upon and after any part or parts thereof to enter and distain and the goods and chattles then and there found to take lead drive carry away or sell and dispose of as in case of distress for rent reserved upon any lease demised contract until all [ ] of the said annuities charged of such distress shall be fully paid and satisfied unto my said wife and sone George and the assigns respectively And I further will and direct that in case the said annuities or yearly rents neither of them or any part or parts of them or either of them shall be in arrears by the space of fforty days next after my of the said days and times whereat or whereon the same are respectively herein before limited and appointed to be paid it shall and may be lawful to and for my said wife and my said son George and their assigns respectively when and soafter as their said several annuities shall respectively happen to be in arrear as last aforesaid into and upon the said messuage lands tenements and hereditaments as well ffreehold as leasehold charged with the said several annuities or yearly rents as aforesaid or any of such messuages lands tenements hereditaments or any part or parts of them to enter and the rents issues and profits thereof to receive and take to and for their respective use and uses untill not only all such arrearages and all damages costs and charges to be sustained or occasioned thereby or in or touching the entering or obtaining the profession or receipt of the rents and profits of the sume promises but also all or somuch of the said several annuities or yearly rents as shall become payable during the continuance of every or any such profession or receipt of the rents and profits of the sume promises shall be fully satisfied and paid to my said wife and said son George and their assigns respectively I give and bequeath unto my said son George HALL all my clothes and wearing apparel whatsoever I also give and bequeath unto my said son George HALL the sum of fifteen pounds of lawful money of Great Britain to be paid to him his executors administrators and assigns at the end of twelve calendar months next after my decease I also give and bequeath unto my daughter Jane the wife of James BUCKLEY the sum of thirty pounds of like money to be paid to her executors administrators and assigns at the end of twelve calendar months next after my decease I also give and bequeath unto my daughter Martha HALL the sum of thirty pounds of like money to be paid to her her executors administrators and assigns at the end of twelve calendar months next after my decease I also give and bequeath unto my son John HALL the sum of twenty five pounds of like money to be paid to him his executors administrators and assigns at the end of twelve calendar months next after my decease I also give and bequeath unto my daughter Sarah the wife of John REFEARN the sum of ten pounds of like money to be paid her her executors administrators and assigns at the end of twelve calendar months next after my decease And I also give and bequeath unto my daughter Anne the wife of John WATERHOUSE the sum of ten pounds of like money to be paid her her executors administrators and assigns at the end of twelve calendar months next after my decease All which said several legacies or sums of fifteen pounds thirty pounds thirty pounds twenty five pounds ten pounds and ten pounds by me herein before given and bequeathed to my said son George HALL my daughter Jane my daughter Martha my son John HALL my daughter Sarah and my daughter Anne respectively as aforesaid It is my will and mind shall be paid and satisfied by and out of my ffreehold and leasehold estates and no other ffund whatsoever and for that end and purpose I hereby give and demise and bequeath unto my nephews Thomas OLIVER the younger of Longnor in the parish of Alstonfield in the county of Stafford Grocer and George OLIVER of Brown Edge in the parish of Alstonfield aforesaid yeoman their heirs executors administrators and assigns according to the nature and quality thereof respectively all and every my ffreehold and leasehold messuages lands tenements and hereditaments with their and every of their rights members and appurtenances and all my estate and estates rights title interest and property therein or thereto but subject and [ ] and without prejudice to the said two several annuities of six pounds and forty shillings by my said wife and son George respectively and the [ ] and powers above hereby given and granted for recovering and securing the same upon trust and confidence never thereof in them the said Thomas OLIVER and George OLIVER reposed and to the interest and purpose that immediately from and after the said several last abovementioned legacies or sums of money shall become due and payable as aforesaid they the said Thomas OLIVER and George OLIVER and the survivor of them or the heirs executors administrators and assigns of the survivor of them do and shall by sale or mortgage sales or mortgages of the said ffreehold and leasehold tenements so to them committed as aforesaid or any part or parts thereof and by and out of the rents and profits of the same premises until such sale or mortgage sales or mortgage or by all or any of the said ways or means or by any other ways or means whatsoever raise and levy the same several legacies and sums of money together with lawful interest for the same respectively from the time of their becoming due or payable as aforesaid and shall pay over the same to such persons respectively as shall be by law intitled to receive the same in discharge of the said several legacies provided always and it is my will and mind that in case my Eldest son Thomas HALL his heirs executors administrators and assigns do and shall well and truly pay or cause to be paid the same six above mentioned several legacies or sums of fifteen pounds thirty pounds thirty pounds twenty five pounds ten pounds and ten pounds and every of them to such persons respectively as by the tenor of this my will shall be lawfully thereunto entitled and at such time as in my same will is limitted and appointed for payment thereof or in case the said Thomas OLIVER and George OLIVER or the survivor of them his heirs executors administrators or assigns shall by all or any of the said ways or means raise and levy the said several six above mentioned legacies or sums of money that then and in other of the said cases they the said Thomas OLIVER and George OLIVER or the survivor of them his heirs executors administrators or assigns shall recovery release surrender and assign over the said promises so to them limitted or somuch thereof shall then remain unsold or undisposed of to my said Eldest son Thomas HALL his heirs executors administrators and assigns according to the nature and quality of the same estates respectively And I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint the said Thomas OLIVER and George OLIVER Joint Executors in Trust of this my Last Will and Testament And I do hereby provide and declare that the said Thomas OLIVER and George OLIVER their heirs executors administrators and assigns or any of them shall not be answerable accountable one for another or for any separate act receipt payment or default one of another and that neither they not any of them shall be answerable for or bear the loss of any part of my personal estate or of any rents or profits of my said ffreehold and leasehold estates or either of them which shall or may happen without the wilful or gross neglect or default of them some or one of them and that in case of such wilful or gross neglect or default the person or persons only who shall be guilty thereof shall suffer thereby and that the said Thomas OLIVER and George OLIVER and the survivor of them his heirs executors administrators and assigns and every of them shall have and be paid and my in the first place deduct and retain from time to time forth and out of my money which shall or may come to their either or any of their hands under or by virtue of this my will a by reason or means of the promises in any wise howsoever Not only all such sums of money costs charges or damages and expenses as they or either or any of them shall or may pay loan expend sustain or be part unto in or above or touching or concerning the execution of this my last will and testament in any wise howsoever But also the sum of one guinea a piece by way of acknowledgement for and in recompence of and for their trouble they shall undergo and be at in or about the same And I do hereby expressly and to all intents and purposes revoke and make void all former wills and testaments by me made and declare this to be my last will and testament I witness whereof I the said Thomas HALL the testator have to this my last will and testament contained in four sheets of paper to every one of the three first sheets thereof sett my hand and to the ffourth and last sheet thereof sett my hand and seal the twenty eighth day of ffebruary in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy one.

Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the said Thomas HALL the Testator as and for his Last Will and Testament in thePresence of Us who at his request and in his Presence and In the Presence of one another have Subscribed our Names

The [ ] my Son Thomas HALL his Heirs and Assigns for ever being first wroteupon a [ ]

Memorandum that the day and yeare abovesaid William HALL of ffullwood in the pish of Shefeild and County of yorke yeoman: being weake and Sickly in body but of good and pfect Remembrance, whoo being desirous to settle his Estate upon his wife and Children did Dictate and Declare unto John REVELL of Whiteleywood his last will and Testament: and willed the said John REVELL to putt the same in wryting in manner and forme following, (That is to say) ffirst his will was, that his funerall Expences and Lawfull Debts should be paid forth of his whole goods, Item that Easter his wife should have the third parte of all his goods then remaining and his two children the other two parts: Item that his Messuage or Tenements lands and hereditaments att ffullwood should be equally divided amongst his children Item that his wife and Children should have the Lords land or ffarme then in his occupation equally amongst them, soo long as his wife kept her sole and unmarryed and in case she happen to marry any man after his death, That then and from thence forth, all the Tytle of tennant right, of all such Lords ffarme as aforesaid to be and remaine whole unto his children: And hee appointed the said Easter his wife sole Executrix of this his last will and testament, as also his Cozen Thomas WATTERHOUSE, and John BENNETT his brother in Law to be Supvisors hereof Witnesse hereof John REVELL.

Will of Wright HALL made this twentieth day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & eighty four this is the last will and testament of me Wright HALL of Hayfield in the County of Derby labourer. I give devise & bequeath all the [real] personal estate of which I shall be promised or entitled at the time of my decease unto my wife Sarah HALL absolutely. I appoint my wife executor and Mr Tom BOWDEN of Little Hayfield [ ] executor of this my will I revoke all previous wills by me at any time hereafter made in witness here unto I [hereby] [set] my hand this twentieth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & eighty four (AD 1884)

Signed by the said Wright HALL Testator in our presence when in his presence and in the presence of each other at the same time [do] subscribe our names as witnesses

Witnesses Ricketts Raymond RICKETTS vicar of Hayfield; Tom BOWDEN

Proved at Derby the twelfth day of November 1884 By the oaths of Sarah HALL widow the [relict] and Tom BOWDEN executor to whom administration was granted

The testator Wright HALL [ ] [ ] in the County of Derby labourer and died on the 20th September 1884 [ ] [ ] Hayfield aforementioned gross [ ] of personal estate £37 – 4s – 6d

Nephews Eli HADFIELD of Littlemoor; Thomas ROWBOTTOM of Tintwistle Ches.

In the Name of God Amen I John HARROP of Thornsett in the parish of Glossop and County of Derby Yeoman being Weak of Bodey but of Sound and perfect mind memory and understanding Do hereby make publish and declare this my last Will and Testament in Manner and form following. First my Will and Mind is that all such Just Debts as I shall owe at my Death together with the Charge of my ffuneral and the Expense of the probate of this my last Will be paid and discharged out of my Whole Estate I give Devise and bequeath unto my Granson Joshua GREGORY his Heirs & Assigns for ever all my Freehold Estate Lands & premises at & near Thornset and also I give and bequeath unto my said Granson Joshua GREGORY all my new Inclosed lands in Cownedge all which are in the parish and County before mentioned with their and Every of their Appurtenances, Also I give & bequeath to my said Granson Joshua GREGORY all my Household Goods, Husbandry Waires goods, Chattles & Cattles whatsoever he paying and discharging all my Just Debts and this my last Will, I give and Bequeath unto my two Grandaughters Bettey WIOTT and Ellen TAYLOR Either of them thirty pound a peice to be paid to them one Year next after my decease by my said Granson Joshua GREGORY, I give and bequeath to my Great Grandaughter Mary DRINKWATER ten pounds to be paid her two years next after my Decease by my said Granson Joshua GREGORY, I give Devise and bequeath unto my Granson James GREGORY his Heirs and Assigns for Ever all my Houses and outhouses Land and premises lying Standing and being in & near Heafield in the parish and County before Mentioned And Lastly I do hereby make nominate Constitute and Appoint my said Granson Joshua GREGORY and my Nephew Thomas COOPER Executors of this my last Will and Testament Revoking & makeing voide all other Will or Wills by me heretofore made, In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and Seal this fifteenth day of July one Thousand seven Hundred seventy Eight.

Signed Sealed published & declared for and as the last Will & Testament of the Testator in the presents off.

In the name of god amen. the third day of July in the yeare of our lord god 1560 I Richard HALL of the pish of Sheffeld wholle in bodie and in good and pfecte remembrance do make and ordayne this my last will and testament in maner and forme followinge ffyrst I comend my soull to god almyghtie my maker and redemer trustinge that by the merits of christs passion and by his precious bloode sheddyinge to be one of the member of them that shalbe saved Item I will that my goods shalbe devided into thre equall pts. Ye fyrst to my self and an other to my wyfe and the third pte to my children ffyrst I wilbe honestly brought furthe of myne owne pte and the rest of my pte shalbe devided into thre pts wherreth Hugh my sone shall have two of the pts and my thre doughters Jone Eliz. and alice shall have the third pte amongst them [ ] that my wyf shall have my best horse during her lyf and then to gyve hym to my two sones Richard HALL and Edward HALL. also my wyf shall have all the pffett of the bees to her owne use also I will that Richard HALL my sone shall have my wholle farme and tenement with the licence of the lord and yf he dye without yssue then I will tha Edward HALL my sone shall have yt. and that they shall se to the bringinge up of Hughe HALL my sone unto he be of distracon, and then to have his goods to his owne use also I bequeathe to lawrance HALL and anne HALL my sone children either of them an Ewe and a lambe to praye for me [ ] alwayes that yf my wyf marrye agayne then to avoyd my farme and tenement The residew of all my goods moveable and unmoveable I bequeathe to alice my wyf and my children as is aforesaid

Item I do make alice my wyf and Richard my sone my full and lawfull executors of this my last will and testament the Supvisors thereof Richard GRAVE and lawrance HALL thes beying witnes Robt SCHOFELD Thomas BEYGHTON nichs MARTON with others......... (the remainder of the will is written in Latin)

In the Name of God Amen I Joseph HEGINBOTHAM of Longlee in the Great Hamlet, in the Parish of Glossop, in the County of Derby, Farmer, being weak of Body but of perfect, sound and disposing, Mind, Memory and Understanding, Praised be God for the same do make and declare this my last Will and Testament in Manner and Form following My Soul I commit into the Hands of Almighty God hoping for Salvation by his Mercy in and through the Merits and Mediation of Jesus Christ only And my Body I commit to the Earth, to be interred decently at the Discretion of my Wife and Executors herein after mentioned. And as to my temporal or worldly Estate and Effects real and personal I give, devise, bequeath and dispose of in the following Manner First I will direct and positively order that all my just Debts, funeral Expenses, [ ] and the Charges of and attending the Probate and Execution of this my last will and Testament shall be paid or otherwise discharged out off my Personal Estate and Effects immediately after the Time of my Death I give and bequeath all my coarse waring Apparel, or such as I wear commonly upon working Days only (but not my best waring Apparel, or such as I wear commonly upon Sundays and Holy days) unto my present Servant Man John BEARD to have and receive them immediately after the Time of my Death. And I do hereby give devise and bequeath unto my Wife Mary HEGINBOTHAM the Interest of all my House now or hereafter to be out at Interest, and the Use and Enjoyment of all m Stock of Cattle, Horses, Sheep and every other living Animal of mine at my Death and also the use and Enjoyment of all my Household goods, Fixtures, Furniture Husbandry Wares, utensils or Implements of what Kind or Nature soever and manner and the [ ] if any of my leasehold Messuage Tenements or Farm where I now live and hold for the Number of years by lease to come and unexpired at the Time of my Death Subject nevertheless to pay the rents and [ ] the Covenants mentioned in my Lease of the said Farm for and towards the Costs and Charge of the Care Nurture Maintenance Sustentation Education and decent bringing up of all my Children begotten or to be begotten by me upon the Body of my Wife during their respective Minorities and also for her decent Support in Life to have the use of the same from the Time of my Death unto the Time of her Death or Marriage whether shall first happen and the Surplus (if any) to preserve for the Benefit of my Children But if my said Wife Mary HEGINBOTHAM shall happen to intermarry with some other Person after my Death she shall upon the Day of such Marriage quit the government of all my Children and the said annual Legacy or use of all my Personal Estate and Effects so bequeathed and limited shall then cease, d[ ] and end and in [ ] thereof, in such Case, I then give and bequeath unto my said Wife the sum of five Shillings only and no more, and which shall be in Lieu, Satisfaction and full Discharge of my Rights Liste and Claim of Dower or one thirds at Common Law. And when my said Wife dies or marries again after my Death whether shall first happen them my will and Mind is that my Executors or the Survivor of them do and shall for thwith advertize [expose] to sale and absolutely sell and dispose of all and singular my said then living Stock of Cattle, Horses, Sheep and every other then living Animal of mine, my Hay, corn, Household goods, Fixtures, Furniture, and Husbandry Implements of what Kind or Nature soever and then wheresoever for the best Price and most Money that can then be had or got for the same. And when all my personal Estate and Effects is reduced into Money or Securities for Money as aforesaid then if my youngest then living child be a son and is twenty one years of Age or if a Daughter and be twenty on years of Age or married in such Case I then give and bequeath all my then Personal Estate and Effects whatever and wherever unto all my then living Children Part and Share alike if more than one. Farther My will and Mind is that when any of the live Stock of Cattle, Horses, Sheep, & [ ] die or is sold after my Death, then shall my said Wife replace others in their Stead, and she shall keep up a full Stock for my said Farm from the Time of my Death unto the Time appointed to be sold as aforesaid And my Executors Herein after mentioned shall immediately after my Death take an Inventory of all my Effects, and so continually that this my will shall be fulfilled according to my Mind in every Punctilio. But if when the Sale of my Personal Estate and Effects take place as aforesaid, and my youngest then living Child be a Son and is not twenty one years of Age, or if such be a Daughter and is neither twenty one years old nor married, Then in such Case my Will and Mind is that my Executors herein after mentioned of the Survivor of them shall them put all my Money out to Interest from such Time of Sale to the Time that my youngest Child if a son be twenty one years of Age, or is such be a Daughter and be twenty one years or married, and the annual Interest thence arising to pay and apply towards defraying the Expense of the costs and Charges of the Care Nurture Maintenance, Sustenation , Education and bringing up my five now living Children decently, namely Elizabeth, Mary, Robert, Samuel, Thomas and every other child which shall be begotten by me upon the Body of my said wife Mary HEGINBOTHAM and born either in my Life time or she being pregnant with at the Time of my Death and born after that Time But if the annual Interest of all my personal Estates reduced into Money by Sales as aforesaid by found too little in such Case for the expenses above mentioned during such Interval, then shall my Executors herein after mentioned take such additional Supplies or Sums of Money out off my Principal or Stock of my them Cash as will make up the deficiency to answer the Purposes aforesaid. And when my youngest living Child, if a son be twenty one years of Age, or if such be a Daughter and be twenty one years old or married whether shall first happen after the Death or Marriage of my said Wife as aforesaid in such Case, I then give and bequeath all my then personal Estate and Effects whatever unto all my then living Children Part and Share alike, if more than one. Which shall be so divided and paid to them as soon as it can be collected and received by my Executors hereinafter mentioned. Provided always nevertheless, and it is my will and Mind that if any of the said Legatees shall not be contented with the Provision by me hereby made for him her or them, but shall raise commence or begin any action or Suit in Common Law, Court of Equity, or otherwise against my Executors herein after mentioned, or one against another, in such Case each one of them who shall prove so litigious or troublesome by so doing such shall forfeit and loose all his her or their Share of my said Estate and Effects hereby given, devised and bequeathed to him, her or them respectively, and in Lieu thereof each such shall have only the sum of one shilling paid to him or her out off it, and no more and the rest and Residue thereof shall go and be divided equally amongst the rest of the Legatees according to the Discretion of my Executors herein mentioned: Anything therein before contained to the contrary hereof notwithstanding. And Lastly, I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my Brother in law Joseph BROCKLEHURSTof the Town of hayfield, Blacksmith and John SAXTON of Great Hamlet aforesaid, Farmer to be Executors of this my last will and Testament. And I do hereby allow unto my said Executors all reasonable Wages and Expenses for the trouble they happen to be at in doing the Business which my said Executorship shall require. And it is my will and Meaning that my said Executors either of them shall not be liable to answer or make good any Loss or Losses that shall or may happen to my real or Personal Estate and Effects in the fulfilment and Execution of the said Executorship by me reposed in them: unless the same shall appear to happen by or through their or either of their wilful Neglect or Default Nor shall either of my said Executors be answerable or accountable for the Acts, Deeds, Receipts and Disbursements of the either of them, each of them shall be answerable and accountable for his own separate Acts, Deeds, Receipts and Disbursements And I hereby revoke and make void all and any other wills at anytime heretofore by me made and do declare this to by my last will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said Joseph HEGINBOTHAM have hereto set my hand and [ ] [ ] this [ ] day of February in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and ninety four.

Signed, sealed declared and published by the within named Joseph HEGINBOTHAM the Testator, as and for his last will and Testament, in the Presence of us, who, at his Request, and in his Presence have subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto

In the Name of God Amen this Twenty fifth day of January 1741/2 I Ellen HESKEY of Waterside being weak of Body but of Sound mind and perfect memory (praise be given to Almighty God for the Same) do make and ordaine this my last will & Testament in Manner ffollowing ffirst I Commend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God my Redeemer hopeing to Receive full pardon of all my Sins and my Body I Committ to the Earth to be decently buryed at the discretion of my Executors hereafter Named. And it is my Will and mind that all my Just Debts and ffuneral Expences be ffirst paid and charged out of my personall Estate

Item I give to my Son in law Thomas GODARD the sum of Two Shillings and Six pence and to his wife Two Shillings and Six pence and to each of his Children Two Shillings and Six pence. Item I give to my Daughter Elizabeth GODARD one Chest Standing in the Chamber with all the Close that are in itt. One Bed as it Now Stands made up, one Seat One Long table in the house. Item all the rest residue and remainder of my personall Estate Goods & Chattells I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Mary BENNETTs Children to be equally Divided amongst them Share and Share alike. and I do Nominate and appoint John HESKEY and James CARRINGTON to be my Excutors of this my Last Will & Testament revoaking all former Wills by me Heretofore made as Wittness my hand & Seal.

Sealed Signed published and Declared by the Testatrix to be her last Will and Testament

In the Sight and presence of us Christopher BENNET; Catherine C POTT; Wm CARRINGTON

A true & perfect Inventory of all & singular the Goods & personal Estate of Ellen HESKEY late of the pish of Glossop in the County of Derby Deced

(not transcribed, valued @ £17-0-0 by Ed: DRINKWATER & Wm CARRINGTON)

In the name of God Amen: The Second Day of August in the yeare of oure Lord God one Thousande Six Hundred and Nineteene. And in the yeare of the raigne of our [So ] Lorde Kinge James of Englande [ ] the Sebenteenth. And of Scottlande The Three & [ ]. I Henry HEWARDE of Roworthe in the Countie of Derbie yoman Sicke in bodie but of good And perfecte Remembrance praysede be God therefore: Do constitute ordayne and make this my Last Will and Testament in Manner and fforme ffolowinge: that is to witt: ffirst I comende my Soule in to the hands of Allmightie God my maker: And to Jesus Chryste my Sabior and Redemer by whose [ ] bloude I [asuridly] trust to be sabede: And my bodye to be buried in the [ he] Churche of Glossopp And for the dispossinge of my worldly goods I gibe as ffolloweth to witt: I give and bequeathe to [ ] one of my children Thomas HEWARD my oldest son onely [ex ] the some of [ii] shillings [eight] pence: Item I give to [everie] chylde that I am grandfather unto two shillings. Item it is my will that all my debts and funerall expences shall be [Dischargede] out of my whole goods: Item it is my will also that all my debts beinge paid and funerall expences [Dischargede] then all the rest of my goods cattels and chattels moveable and unmoveable I give and bequeath to Barbara my loving wyef & Thomas HEWARD my Sonn and here [aparante] to be equallie debydede betweene them: Item I give to [everie] one I [stande] godfather unto twelve pence: [ ] Henry STAFFORDE – sii Robert ROWBOTHAM – sii James ALLEYNE – sii Elizabeth BRAMALL– sii Henry MELLOR – sii Gilbert HIBERTE sii Item I give unto my two Daughters Elizabeth HEWARDE & Margarett GODDARD to [ether] of them A bedde such to be as John STAFFORDE of the Shawe yoman John STAFFORDE his brother & Thomas WALKLATE or two of them shall thinke to be decente and fittinge. Item I give to Margarett HOUFFE two shillings: Item I give to Robert HEWARD my Serbante one shipe. Item I ordayne and Apoynt Barbara HEWARD my welbeloved wyef & Thomas HEWARD my Sonn and here Appont my true and lawfull Executors Reposinge my Truste in them to see my will [hereformede] These beinge wittnesses Thomas HEWARD: John HEWARD and John BEARDE.

In the Name of god Amen the Twenty ninth day of december Ano Domini 1716. I Randle HIBBERT of Whytle in the parish of Glossop and County of Darbi yeoman being sicke of body but of perfect memorye blessed be god for the same doe make and ordaine this my Last will and testament revockeing all other in maner and form following first I bequeath my soule into the hand of almighty god my maker hopeing through ye meretorious death and passion of Jesus Christ my onely Saveour and redeemer to receive free pardon of all my Sins and as for my body to be buried in a Cristian maner Item it is my will that my detbs and funarall expences be paid Item I give and bequeath unto my dauter Ann BEARD Six pounds of british mony Item I give and bequeath unto my dauter Susanah HIBBERT fieftey three pounds of brittish mony Item I give and bequeath unto every child I am Granfather to two Shilling Six pence apiece with [secade] Leagicis to be pad out of my Estate by my executors hereafter named att one wole year after my desease Item I give unto Samuell BENETT ten Shilling and all the Rest and Remainder of my wole estate beside paying my detbs and Leagices I give and bequeath unto my Son Randle HIBBERTT and my Son John HIBBERTT to be equally devided betwixt them Lastly I ordaine and appoint my beloved Son Randle HIBBERTT and my brother in Law Thomas BOWER executors of this my Last will and testament hopeing the will accomplish the same faithfully in wittnesse here of I have hereunto sett my hand and seale the day and year first above written in wittnes of thes whose names and here under subscribed Randle HIBBERT

Joseph HIBBERT; Edward SHARTT marke; Ann HIBBERT her marke

A true and perfect Inventory of the goods Cattells & Chattells as did Lately belong and apertaine unto Randle HIBBERTT of Whitle in the parish of Glossopp and County of Derby Yeoman Lately deceased valued and prised the fifteenth day of January Ann. Dom 1716: by George BOWER and Joseph HIBBERTT, as followeth

Which Day appeared personally Robert HIGENBOTHAM and alleged that Margaret HIGENBOTHAM late of Longley in the Parish of Glossop in the County of Derby and Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry Widow deceased being Sick after last Sickness whereof she died, did on Saturday the Twenty fourth Day of July 1773, whilst she was of Sound and Disposing Mind and Memory make her Will nuncupatively or by word of Mouth but thereof named no creator and whereas the said Robert HIGENBOTHAM is the natural and lawful Son of the sd Deceased and the Residuary Legatee named in her said will, Wherefore he prayed Letters of Administration with her said Nuncupative & Will annexed, which the Surrogate on his giving [Security] and [ ] the usual [Bar] committed to him accordingly He being sworn before me Tho WHITE Sur.

Be it Remembered that on Saturday the twenty fourth day of July in the Year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred Seventy three Margaret HIGENBOTHAM of Glossop in the County of Derby Widow deceased, being Sick of her last Sickness of which she died the Tuesday following did at the House where she lodged & boarded when she was of sound & disposing mind memory declared & nuncupate before [ ] witnesses her last will & testament nuncupative or by word of mouth in the following words or to the like [ ] to wit, I give to Ann HIGENBOTHAM the Daughter of my Son Robert HIGENBOTHAM five pounds & I give to Joseph HIGENBOTHAM son of Robert HIGENBOTHAM five pounds I give five pounds to be equally divided between Elizabeth HIGENBOTHAM & Mary BRADBURY my Grandchildren What remains I give my son Robert HIGENBOTHAM

In the Name of God Amen I George HIGENBOTTAM of Birch Hall in the parish of Glossop and County of Derby Yeoman being somting out of Health of Bodey but of Sound and perfect Mind Memory and Understanding Do hereby Make publish and declare this my last Will and Testament in Manner and form following, First my Will and Mind is that all such Just Debts as I shall owe at my Death together with the Charge of my ffuneral and the Expenses of the probat of this my last Will be paid out of my Estate by my Executors hereafter Named, I give and bequeath unto my Wife Mary to dispose of at her Will and plesure all that my farm Called Smithfield & the new piece on Chinley Moore in John STANDLEY possession and also my Houses Land & Houseing in & at Heafield in Wm BAIEN possession all which are in the parish & County before mentioned Also I give her one Cow she to Chuse and the Househould Goods which I had with her and one Half of all the rest of my Househould Goods And all that Money out at Interest with Joshua MARRIOTT & John KINDER, All which said Lands premises Goods and Money above mentioned I give to my said Wife Mary in full sattisfaction of all manner of Right thirds Dower of Claime whatsoever which she might or Could Lawfully Claime to any part of any of Estates Real or personal whatsoever, But if she my said Wife Mary doth not Accept of what I have herin before given her in full Sattisfaction for all Manner of Right thirds Dower or Claime whatsoever to Any part of all my Estates Real or personal [Elsen] I give to her my said Wife Mary five shillings and no More

And then I give Devise & bequeath unto my Nephew Mathew RAWLENSON of Stockport all that my said Estates Called Smithfield the New piece the House in Heafield Land & premises aforesaid Goods and Money herein before by me given her I give the same unto him my said Nephew Mathew RAWLENSON and to the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten for Ever and for want of such Issue I give and bequeath the same to Charles the son of James HIGENBOTTAM of Manchester & his Heirs for Ever, Also I give Devise & bequeath unto my said Nephew Mathew RAWLENSON of Stockport and his Heirs Lawfully begotten for Ever all that my Real and personal Estate at Birch Hall Afforsaid whatsoever Now in my possession and my Tenant Joseph MUCHEL, he paying & discharging all the Legacys herein Mentioned and performing this my last Will, And for want of Lawfull Issue of my said Nephew Mathew RAWLENSON, Then I give devise and bequeath unto George HIGENNBOTTAM the Son of James HIGENBOTTAM of Manchester plasterer my Couzon, All that my said Estate at Birchhall Afforesaid Land & premises I give to him the George HIGENBOTTAM and his Heirs and Assigns for Ever, I give to my Nephew Thomas RAWLESON of Stockport the A Yearly sum of Six pounds a Year to be paid to him half Yearly during his Life out of my said Estate at Birch hall, I give to my half Sister Ann LOMAS ten shillings a Year during he Life.

I give to my Executors John KINDER and Thomas WATERHOUSE Either of them five pounds a piece, And it is my Will and Mind and I do hereby order direct and Appoint my Executor John KINDER and after his Death his son John or his Heirs to take at my Decease and Keep in his or their own possession all my Deeds & Writing Relating to all my said Estate whatsoever and all other my writings and shew them to no person whatsoever before my said Nephew Mathew RAWLENSON Heire of his Body Attains his or her Age of twenty one Years and then deliver them to his said Heir, And if it should so happen that he have no such Issue he the said John KINDER my said Executor or his Son John (if his ffather be Dead) or his Heirs shall and do keep all my said Writings afforsesaid in his or their Custoty and hands untill my said Nephew Mathew RAWLENSON shall happen to Dye without Issue and then Deliver them unto the said George HIGENBOTTAM of Manchester before Named or the Heirs of his Body if he be not then Liveing, If any person or persons herein Mentioned shall Comense any Law against my said Executor or Executors or their Heirs touching or Concerning my said Executor Keeping my said Deeds & writings or touching or Concerning my said Estates or Any Matter or thing herein Mentioned, It is my Will and mind and I do hereby give to my said Executor & Executors and their Heirs full power and Lawfull Authority as Much as if I was then Liveing and could have had my self for to Set or Mortgage any or all my said Estates or Sell my [ ] coming thereon for to Direct discharge all Manner of Cost Charges or trouble whatsoever which Either of my said Executors or their Heirs shall or may be put to or be at touching or Concerning my said Estates or this my last Will or any thing relating thereto, Anything herein before Contained or Mentioned to the Contray thereof in any wise notwithstanding, Likewise it is my Will and Mind that if any person or persons herin Named be not content and satisfyed with what I have herein Left & given him or her their Legacy shall go to and Amongst such other Legutys as are Content & sattisfyed and I give them that make any disturbance or give my Executors any trouble one shilling Each and no More, And Lastly I do make Nominate Constitute and Appointe John KINDER the Elder of Hillhouse and Thomas WATERHOUSE of Sudehill in Heafield boath in the parish and County before Mentioned Executors of this my last Will Wrot with my Own hand, In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this fourteenth day of November One Thousand seven hundred and seventy Six.

Signed Sealed published and Declared for and as the last Will of the Testator who Wrot his Name in the presents of Us, Witneses hereto and in the presents of Each of Us

Witnesses: John TEAGUE of Whitfield Parsonage; Mary WATERHOUSE of Norfolk St., Glossop widow

In the Name of God Amen I Joseph HIGENBOTTOM of Longlea in the Parish of Glossop in the County of Derby Yeoman: being of Sound Mind and Disposing Memory Praised be God for the same Do make Publish and Declare this for and as my last Will and Testament in manner following First I commend my Soul to God who Gave it My Body to the Earth to be Decently Buried at the Discretion of my Executor hereafter Named And as to my Worldly Estates Dispose thereof as followeth. It is my Will and Mind and I Do hereby Direct and Appoint that all my just Debts and funeral Expenses be first and principally paid and Discharged out of my Personal Estate by my Executors hereafter Named

Item: I Give Leave and Bequeath unto my Son Samuel HIGENBOTTAM the House in which he now Inhabits or Liveth in or is in his possession Standing lying and being at Mellor Moor and in Mellor in the County of Derby for and During the term of his Natural Life and no longer But with this Limitation for him the said Samuel HIGGNBOTTOM to have no Power [ ] or Interest to Sell Discharge or [ ] [ ] the same to any person or persons whatsoever And also I give Leave and Bequeath unto my said Son Samuel HIGENBOTTOM the Sum of Sixty pounds of English Money to be paid to him within the first next twelve months after my Decease

Item: I Give Leave and Bequeath unto my Son Robert HIGENBOTTOM the Sum of Forty Pounds to be paid to him by my Executors within the first next twelve Months after my Decease I Give Leave and bequeath unto my Daughter Martha WOOD Wife of Robert WOOD of Whitfield the Sum of Forty Pounds to be paid to her by my Executors with the first next Twelve Months after my Decease Item I Give Leave and Bequeath unto my Daughter Mary BRADBURY the Wife of John BRADBURY of Thorset Hamlet the Sum of Sixty Pounds to be paid to her by my Executors within the first next twelve Months after my Decease: Item: I Give Leave and Bequeath unto the Children of my Daughter Margret FIELDEND Deceased who was Wife of John FIELDEND of Edale (Viz) to Joseph FIELDEND, Ann: William and Elizabeth to each and to every of them the Sum of Twenty Pounds apiece the same to be paid to each and every one of them Severally and Respectively as he she or they severally and Respectively attain unto the Age of Twenty One Years by my Executors. But if any of them shall happen to Dye before the time of Receiving their aforesaid Legacie then such his or her part or share to be Equally Divided amongst and Between such of the aforesaid Children as shall Respectively Attain to the Age of Twenty one Years Share and Share alike And also the Annual Interest of the aforesaid Legacy of Eighty Pounds or what Money is raised therefrom to be paid Yearly by my Executors unto the said John FIELDEND their father toward their Mantainance Education and bringing up untill such time as the Aforesaid Children shall arrive at the aforesaid age or Time of Receiving their Aforesaid Legacy. Item: I Give Leave and Bequeath unto my now Loving Wife Margret if she Survive me all that my Housing situated standing and being at Moor end in Mellor in the County of Derby aforesaid with all their Appurtenances which said Houses are in the Possession or Ocupation of William CHATTERTON and Margret GODDARD as tenants thereof for and During the Term of her Natural Life And likewise the Else of all my Houshold Goods and Furniture together with the Remainder of all my Chattels and [ ] as she shall Occasionaly Require whatsoever I Dye possessed of for and During the Term of her Natural Life And then and after her Decease I Do hereby Give Leave and Bequeath unto my Daughter Mary BRADBURY all that my aforesaid Housing at Moorend which are now in the Possession of the said William CHATTERTON and Margret GODDARD and formly Thomas JANDY together with the House in which my Son Samuel HIGENBOTTOM now liveth from and after his Decease as aforesaid for and During her Natural Life And them from and after her Decease. I Do hereby Give Devise and Bequeath all the aforesaid Housing together with the said House that is now in the possession of my Son Samuel HIGENBOTTOM and from and after his Decease. I Give and Devise all the aforesaid Houses to my Grand Son Joseph BRADBURY Son of my aforesaid Daughter Mary BRADBURY to him his Heirs and Assigns for ever. Item: I also Give Leave and bequeath unto my said Daughter Mary BRADBURY after my now Wifes Decease One Bed with the Furniture thereunto belonging Standing in the Chamber. And also a Clock: Item I Give Leave and Bequeath after my said Wifes Decease Unto my Grandson Joseph FIELDEND One Bed with the ffurniture thereunto belonging Standing in the Parlour Item: I Give Leave and Bequeath after my now Wifes Decease Unto my Grand Daughter Ann FIELDEND One Chest

And all the Rest Residue and Remainder of my Personalty Goods [ ] and Effect not herein by me Particularly Disposed of It is my Will and Mind And I Give Leave and Bequeath the same to my Loving Wife Margret and the same leave wholly at her Disposing And Lastly I Do hereby Constitute Nominate and Appoint My Son Robert HIGENBOTTOM and my son in law John BRADBURY aforesaid joint Executors of this my last Will and Testament hereby Revoking all former Wills by me made

In Witness whereof I the said Joseph HIGENBOTTOM have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the Thirtieth Day of December in the Ninth Year of King George the third [ ] in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Sixty Eight.

Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the above Named Joseph HIGENBOTTOM to be his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto Subscribed our Names as Witnesses in the same Room and in the Presence of the said Testator who to this my last Will and Testament Consisting of these sheets of Paper to the two first I have set my hand to this third and last I have set my hand and Seal in the presence of the Witnesses who have hereunto Set their hands in the presence of one another

(Attached inventory appraised by John OLLERENSHAW and James NEEDHAM on 28 April 1772 and valued @ £327-12-4)

Grandchildren Ann; Charles; John and Richard - children of my deceased daughter Elizabeth wife of Thomas NEWTON

This is the Last Will and Testament of me Robert HIGINBOTHAM of Lower hall within Mellor in the parish of Glossop in the county of Derby Yeoman First I Give and bequeath unto my Grand Daughter Hannah BROCKLEHURST my Chest standing in the House where I now dwell and one Bed and the Bed Cloaths belonging thereto standing in the Chamber over the said House I give and bequeath unto my Grandson Robert Son of my late son Joseph HIGINBOTHAM deceased my Writing desk and all my wearing Apparel, to have and receive the said several Bequests immediately after my decease. And as for and concerning All other my Goods Cattle Chattels personal estate and effects whatsoever I give and bequeath the same unto my two Sons in law Thomas HOWARD of Gortwood within Brimmington in the County of Chester Manufacturer and Joseph BROCKLEHURST of Heafield in the Parish of Glossop aforesaid Blacksmith (who are also my Executors and Trustee herein after named) their Executors and administrators Upon Trust to the sell and convert the same into money and stand ad be possessed thereof to and for such and the like uses intents and purposes as are herein mentioned and expressed of and concerning the income to [ ] [ ] the [ ] of any and [ ] hereinafter devised In trust to be sold as hereinafter mentioned I give and Devise All [ ] [ ] Freehold estate of P[ ] called Lower hall situate lying and being in Mellor aforesaid with every of its rights [ ] and appurtenances now or late in the several tenures holdings or occupation of myself and John HANDFORD and which I lately purchased from John SH[ ] And all my Estate Rights [ ] in Interest possession property claim and dividend whatsoever of in or to the said [ ] to the use of the said Thomas HOWARD and Joseph BROCKLEHURST their heirs and assigns for ever Upon trust that they the said Thomas HOWARD and Joseph BROCKLEHURST and the Survivors of them his Executors or Administrators do and shall so soon as conveniently may be after my decease sell and absolutely dispose by Public Auction of all and singular my said freehold premises as they or he may think proper at and for the best price and prices and most money that can or may be had or obtained for the same And I do hereby devise declare and direct that the Conveyance and Conveyances Assurance and Assurances to by made and executed by the said Thomas HOWARD and Joseph BROCKLEHURST or the Survivor of them his Executors or Administrators of all or any part of my said Real Estate hereby to them in Trust as aforesaid shall be a good and effectual Conveyance and Conveyances Assurance and Assurances in the law to the person or persons purchasing the same his her or their Heirs and Assigns And that the receipt or receipts of my said Trustees or the Survivor of them his Executors or Administrators shall be a sufficient discharge to the Purchaser or Purchasers his her or their heirs or assigns for so much Purchase money for which such receipt or receipts shall be given and that after such Receipt or Receipts for the whole of the Purchase money such Purchaser or Purchasers his her or their Heirs and Assigns shall not be bound to [ ] to the Application of the Purchase money or my part thereof or in any wise liable to the unapplication or [ ] application thereof And also that the said Thomas HOWARD and Joseph BROCKLEHURST and the Survivor of them his Executors and Administrators shall stand and be possessed of and interested in the monies to arise from the sale of and to be made from all my real and personal estate and Effects hereinbefore devised and bequeathed to them as aforesaid and the rents issues profits and proceeds of my said real personal Estate in the mean time until such sale or sales shall be made Subject to the payment of my debts funeral and testamentary charges and the costs charges and allowances of and for the carrying of the Trust of this my will into Execution Upon the several trusts and to and for the several intents and purposes hereinafter expressed of and concerning the same that is to say Upon Trust in the first place to pay thereout unto my Daughter Ann Wife of John STAFFORD the sum of Twenty pounds And also to put and place thereout the sum of One hundred pounds an interest upon good and sufficient Security either real or personal as they in their discretion shall think fit and the [ ] interest and produce thereof pay into the proper hands of my said Daughter Ann wife of John STAFFORD during her natural life whom receipt alone shall from time to time be a sufficient discharge to my executors paying the same notwithstanding her Coverture and from and after the Death of my said Daughter Ann to call in and pay the said sum of One hundred Pounds with the interest thereof from her death until payment thereof unto and equally amongst all and every her Children which shall be living at the time of her decease An also to pay thereout unto my Daughter Elizabeth Wife of the said Thomas HOWARD the sum of Two hundred Pounds Unto my Grandson Thomas and my Grand daughter Elizabeth Mary and Martha the Son and Daughters of my late Daughter Martha Wife of John MOSLEY the sum of Fifty pounds each Unto my Daughter Mary wife of the said Joseph BROCKLEHURST the sum of five hundred pounds Unto my Grandsons John Anthony and Robert and my Grand daughter Hannah the sons and daughter of my late Daughter Alice wife of Anthony BOWDEN the sum of Fifty pounds each to be paid to them especially when and as they shall severally attain their Ages of Twenty one years and in the mean time I direct and order my said Trustees and Executors to put and place out the same at interest upon good and sufficient security either Real or Personal with the use Approbation of my Son in law the said Anthony BOWDEN if living and the [ ] interest arises therefrom to pay and I hereby Give the same to him for and toward their respective Maintenance [ ] that if any of my said last named Grand children shall happen [ ] [ ] the age of twenty one years and without leaving lawful Issue I Give the legacy or legacies of such of them so dying to the Survivor or Survivors of them and the Issue of such of them as shall or may be [ ] leaving Issue [ ] Issue [ ] only [ ] them if more than one the part or share that such deceased Parents or Parents would have taken in living Unto my Grandson Joseph HANDFORD Son of my late Daughter Hannah the Sum of Five hundred pounds to be paid to him on his attaining the Age of Twenty one years And I do hereby Order and Direct my said Executors and the Survivor of them his Executors or Administrators to put and place out the same Five hundred pounds legacy of my said Grandson Joseph HANDFORD upon some good and sufficient Security or Securities in their joint names or in the names of the Survivor of them his executors or administrators and the yearly interest arising therefrom until he shall attain the age of Fourteen years pay unto John HANDFORD his father for and towards his maintenance education and bringing up and from after his attaining his said age of Fourteen years then that they my said Trustees and Executors do and shall pay my said Grandson the said Joseph HANFORD the said yearly interest until he shall attain his said age of Twenty one years and [ ] [ ] direct and order that his receipt for the same shall be a sufficient discharge to my Executors notwithstanding his infancy And in case of the death of my said Grandson Joseph HANDFORD under his age of Twenty one years and without leaving lawful issue I direct and order his said legacy of Two hundred Pounds to be paid to the Survivor of my said Legatees and the issue of such of them as shall or [ ] be dead [ ] issue such issue taking only [ ] them, if more than one, the part that such deceased Parent would respectively have taken if living the same to be paid in the proportion of and according to the [ ] of their respect Legacies herein before mentioned Unto my Grandsons Robert Samuel and Thomas and my Grand daughters Elizabeth and Mary the other sons and daughters of my said late Son Joseph HIGINBOTHAM the sum of One hundred pounds each And unto my Grandson James LONGSON the sum of Ten pounds which said several and respective sums or Legacies as are not hereby directed to be placed out at interest I do hereby direct and order to be paid to the respective legatees and such as are directed to be placed out at interest to be so placed out at the end of Twelve months next after my decease and that the receipt of my said Grandson James LONGSON for his said legacy shall be a sufficient discharge to my Executor notwithstanding he may then be under his Age of Twenty one years And from and after payment of the said several and respective legacies and payments I Give and Bequeath all the then residue and remainder of the said Money unto my said Daughters Ann Elizabeth and Mary to be equally divided amongst them share and share alike and to their respective Executors Administrators and Assigns Provided always [ ] and it is my will and mind and I do hereby Order that if any of them said Legatees shall give or cause any unnecessary trouble to my said Executors at any time or shall [ ] or bring any Action or Suit in law or equity or otherwise against them such Legatee or Legatees by so doing shall forfeit all his her or their said legacy or legacies under this my will and have the sum of One shilling and no more paid to him her or them in lieu thereof and the rest and residue of such legacy or legacies as the Case my happen shall go and be equally paid amongst the others of the said legatees in proportion and in addition to their former legacies any thing herein before contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding And I do hereby constitute and appoint the said Thomas HOWARD and Joseph BROCKLEHURST Trustees and Executors hereof hereby revoking all former wills by me made and declaring this to be my last And I hereby direct that my Trustees & Executors shall and lawfully may retain to themselves all reasonable costs charges and expenses which they shall or may be put unto for or my reason or on account of the execution of the Trusts hereby in them reposed And that they shall not be Answerable or Accountable for any more of the Trust monies than shall actually come to their respective hands nor be liable to any loss which my happen by placing out ant interest any monies necessary to be put out at interest [ ] any of the trusts hereby vested in them so as the same be so placed out as hereby directed or any other loss which shall happen without their wilful neglect or default nor shall the one of them be answerable or accountable for the other of them nor for the heirs executors administrators acts and deeds of the other of them but each of them for his own acts deeds payments receipts disbursements neglects and defaults only In Witness whereof I the said Robert HIGINBOTHAM the Testator have hereunto set my hand and seal the first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six.

Signed Sealed Published by the above named Testator Robert HIGINBOTHAM as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at Robert HEGINBOTHAM his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses to attest the due Execution thereof

Witnesses: Thomas ATKIN of Littlemoor Glossop, Ind Minister; George HEYS

In the name of God Amen the fifth daye of Marche Anno Domini 1618 I Ann HOLINGWORTH of Chisworth in the County of Derby widow being sick in bodie but of good and pfect Remembrance God be thanked doe ordeine constitute and make this my last will & testament in manner & forme following. Viz. First I give and bequeath my soule into the hands of the Almighty God and my bodie to be buried in the Parish Church of Glossopp.

It. I give & bequeath unto Thomas BEELEY brother unto William BEELEY five shillings It. I give and bequeath unto Raphe BOUTHE 15s It. I give & bequeath unto three children of Thomas MOSELEY 15s It. I give and bequeath unto Anne BEELEY one payre of sheets one blankett one coverlett 2 chayrs one leave? 4 spoones & one heifer when she is readie to take the bull. It. I give & bequeath unto s........ children of Thomas COLIARE everie one of them 4d and to eight of his children ................................................................. eight of John HEGINBOTHAMs children everie one of them 4d It. I give and bequeath unto Anne HOBSON One peire of sheets & 4s of money and (several words crossed through) after my debts & funerall expenses are being payde the rest of my goods cattell & chattell I give Ass...... & bequeath unto William BEELEY of Chalsworth my nephew with the ............. of an Assignement? which was made for ...... of years to my ... by my late husband William HOLINGWORTH as by the same Assignement doth apeare and I doe hearby make the said William BEELEY my true & lawfull executor hopeing he will perform this my last will. These being wittneses:

A true and pfect Inventerie of all the goods cattell & chattell movable and unmovable of Anne HOLINGWORTH late of Chisworth in the County of Derbye deceased preaysd the 10th daye of Marche in the year of our Lo. God 1618 by Edward BOWRE; Charles BOUTHE; Frances BRIDGE & Raph BOUTHE

Imprimis her purse and aparell

vii£

It. ii kyne? and two calves

vi£

It. in hay

xiiis iiiid

It. pewter and Brasse

xxxs

It. 4 leades

xiiis iiiid

It. 2 arks iii chists

xiiis

It. in meale & malte

xiiis iiiid

It. in Bedding

xxs

It. in lineans

xxs

It. wooden ware

xiiis 4d

It. bowls bedstocke & one dishboard

xs

It. Irone ware

iis

It. one pcell of ...... rather the clough .... which was Assigned to her viz? or for late pay.... for ........................................

xxiiii£

It. hempe & yarne

vis viiid

It. C.....

iis

Sum

xliiii£ xviis

In the name of God Amen I Elizabeth HOLLINGWORTH of Mosey Lee in the parrishe of Glossop & County of Derby Widdow being in weake health of body but of sound of perfect mind & memory praise be therefore given to Almighty god doe make & ordaine this my present last Will & Testamtt. In manner & forme following (that is to say) First and principally I commend my soule into the Hands of Almight God hopeing through the merits death & passion of of my saviour Jesus Christ to have full & free pardon & forgiveness of all my sins and to inheritt everlasting life And my body I committ to the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named. And as touching this disposition of all such temporall Estate as it hath pleased Almighty God to bestowe upon mee I give & dispose thereof as followeth. First I Will that my debts Funerall expenses & the charges of the probate of this my last Will & Testamtt bee paid and discharged. Item I give & bequeath unto Annah wife of Joshua NEWTON in Glossopp & Martha now wife of John VERNON in Symondly & Margarett now wife of Ottiwell Wood of Arnicroft (All within the parrishe of Glossopp aforesaid & County of Derby being sisters to William HOLLINGWORTH my Husband late deceased) [buried 2 Dec 1693 at Glossop] the sume of one shilling to each of them to be paid by my Exectrs within twelve months next after my decease. Item My will & mind is that my sonn William HOLLINGWORTH shall have & enjoy the messuages or favour at Mosey Lee aforesaid when he shall attaine to the age of one & twenty yeares being soe bequeathed to him by my sd deceased Husband in his last will and Testamtt. And that he be maintained in the meane time out of the profitts of the said farme. And I doe also give unto my sd sonn William HOLLINGWORTH all the rest & residue of my personal estate goods & chattells wtever when he doth attain to the sd Age of one & twenty yeares. Item. My Will is is that if in case the sd William HOLLINGWORTH my sonn shall happen to dye before he attaine to the sd age of one & twenty yeares then & in such case I doe hereby give & bequeath the sd farme together with all the reversion of all my Estate goods and chattells aforesd unto my Loveing Brother William BARBER of Torside in the parrishe of Glossop & county of Derby aforesd. And I doe hereby constitute make ordaine & appoint him the sd Wm BARBER my Broth full & sole Exectr of this my sd last will & testamtt. And I do hereby revoke disanull & make void all former wills & testamtts by mee heretofore made. In Witnesse whereof I the sd Elizabeth HOLLINGWORTH to this my last will and testamtt have sett my Hand & seale this twelfth day of July Anno &ldots;......... 1695.

Ann MELLOR wife of Thomas; Robert BOOTHAM?; Barbarie HOLLINWORTH wife of William

Inventory 27 Jan 1624/5 Appraisers: William HAGE; Thomas SMITHE; Thomas TAILOR; Robert BRIDGE

mentions: Elizabeth WILSON late of Simmonley; William HOLLINGWORTH brother

In the name of God Amen I George HOLLINGWORTH of Mosilee in the parish of Glossopp in the County of Derby yeoman beinge sick in body but in good & perfect memorie praise bee given to god for the same I doe make and ordaine this my last will and testament in manner and forme following viz: First I give and bequeath principally my soule into the hands of Almighty god my Creator hopeing through the merits of my Saviour Jesus Christ to have full pardon of all my sins & to Inherit eternal life, and comit my body to the earth to be buried at the discresion of my frends in Christian manner & at the discresion of my executrix hereafter named; And for the dispositid? of my outward estate I give and dispose of in manner and forme followinge. First it is my will & mind that my debts and funeral expenses bee discharged & paid, and then I give & bequeath & it is my mind & will that William HOLLINGWORTH my natural Brother shall quietly enjoy the Tenement at Mosilee accordinge as is expressed in one Indenture of Assignment, Item I give & bequeath to the same William HOLLINGWORTH my brother all my husbandrie geare after the decease of my executrix and one bed stead standinge in the chamber; and likewise five shillings;

Item I give every child that hee hath five shillings savinge Anne to whom I give & bequeath fortie shillings; Item I give & bequeath to my Brother Rodger & to his children Tenn pounds, Item to my sister Elizabeth one cow Item to Elizabeth BRAMHALL one pound. Item to Joseph KENION tenn shillings Item to Ann EYER five shillings Item to every godchild Twelfe pence a peece And all the rest of my estate and husbandrie I give & bequeath to my executrix Anne my wife hopein? she will performe this my last will & testament

In witness hereunto I have put to my hand & seale the tenth day of Aprill in the twentie fifth yeare of his Majesties Reigne & in the yeare of our Lord 1673.

A true & perfect Inventory Invented of all the goods Cattells Chattells of George HOLLINGWORTH of Mossilees in the parish of Glossopp & County of Derby lately Deceased, Taken by us whose names are hereunto subscribed ....................... 1673

.

£ s d

Imprimis wee praysed his purse & apparrell

02 00 00

Item wooll & woollen yarne

02 00 00

Item in beds & bedding

02 10 00

Item in Arks coffers & tables

02 00 00

Item in pewter & brasse

01 00 00

Item 2 leads

00 06 00

Item in wooden ware chairs & stooles

00 13 04

Item in bees & bacon butter & cheese

00 10 00

Item in ironware belonging to the fire with other huzlements & things within the house

00 06 08

Item in ploughs carts teames harrowes plough irons wheeles & all other husbandry ware

00 13 04

Item one yoake of oxen

05 00 00

Item 3 kine 1 heifer 1 stirke

07 00 00

Item 1 mare 2 pack sadles & gares & 1 Hackney sadle

03 00 00

Item in sheepe

10 00 00

Item in Corne

01 16 00

Item the moietie or one halfe of the tenement at Mosseelees held by Lease in being about 16 yeares of terme

10 00 00

Item two stockes of Beds

00 10 00

Item one Turnell

00 08 00

Item a Lease of words five yeares yet in being of a Close called the Bent Meadow

05 00 00

Item more upon lease

04 00 00

Item Bills & Bonds

25 00 00

Item more upon Bond

05 00 00

Totall

69 00 00

Thomas HARRISON; Nicholas CHALSWORTH; Robert SHEPLEY; Nich: LINGARD

In the name of God Amen, I Jacob HOLLINGWORTH of Whitfield in the Parish of Glossop in the County of derby, Stonemason, being weak in body, but of sound disposing mind and memory (blessed be God for the same) do make this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following: I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Grace HOLLINGWORTH all the right title and interest of and in all that house being situate at Fieldhead within Whitfield aforesaid now in the occupation of George BOWDEN together with the residue of all Effects, Monies, Furniture, Farming Stock, Book debts and properties belonging to me at my decease of whatsoever nature or kind the same may be after payment and discharge of all my just debts and funeral and testamentary expenses And also I do nominate constitute and appoint my said wife Grace HOLLINGWORTH sole trustee and Executrix of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking and making void any other will by me heretofore made. In Witness whereof I have unto this my last Will and Testament set my hand and seal this eighteenth day of July one thousand eight hundred and forty five.

Signed sealed published and declared to be the Last Will and Testament of the within written Testator in the presence of us who at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses John BALL; John BENNETT

On which day MOTT exhibited as Proctor and made himself party for Grace HOLLINGWORTH widow And alledged that Jacob HOLLINGWORTH late of Whitfield in the parish of Glossop in the County of Derby and Diocese of Lichfield Stone Mason deceased duly made and executed his last Will and Testament in writing and thereof appointed his said party sole Executrix Whereof he prayed the Probate of the same to be committed and granted to his said party, and also a Commission for administering to her the usual Oath of Executrix directed to Matthew FREEMAN & Clerks jointly and severally

Appeared Personally Grace HOLLINGWORTH of Whitfield in the Parish of Glossop in the County of Derby Farmer the sole Executrix named in the last will and Testament of the said Jacob HOLLINGWORTH late of Whitfield in the Parish of Glossop in the County of Derby Stone Mason Deceased who died on our about the twenty fifth day of January One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty six and made Oath (etc. etc.) are under the value of one hundred pounds to the best of this Deponent`s knowledge, information and belief. Sworn on the Sixteenth day of February 1846 before me, Matthw FREEMAN X the mark of Grace HOLLINGWORTH

In the name of God amen the Twenty Seventh day of December in the Eight year of King George the Seconds Reigne over Great Brittain & so forth And in the Year of our Lord Christ One thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty Four. I Jeremiah HOLLINWORTH of Chisworth in the Parish of Glossopp and County of Derby, Yeoman being aged but of a sound mind and a disposeing understanding (Praised be God for the same) do make ordaine & Declare this my last Will & Testament in manner and forme following (Omitting all formall ceremoniall & usuall forms of words commonly compris`d in Wills touching and concerning a future state which are of no advantage to the Testator nor the essentiall part of a Will). And as concerning my worldly estate which it hath pleased God to bestow upon me I do hereby Express and Declare my full Mind will and Intention in that behalf as followeth, And First I will Direct and Appoint that all my Just Debts funerall expenses and the charge of the Probate & Execution hereof be paid and Discharged out of my whole Estate by my Executors hereinafter named, Item I Give leave Devise and bequeath unto my Eldest son John HOLLINWORTH his Exec[utors] & Admin[istrators] & Assigns the moiety of the Messuage Tenement Land & premises Situate Lyeing and being in Chisworth afore[said] now in the possession of the s[ai]d John HOLLINWORTH or his Assigns during the Residue and remainder of my terme and Estate therein Upon condition that he the s[ai]d John HOLLINWORTH or his Assigns pay unto the s[ai]d Testator the yearly sume of Eight pound of Lawfull money of Great Brittaine for Three Years to be accounted from the Date hereof As also one halfe of the Leys and Lords Rent, Item I Give Leave Devise & bequeath Unto my younger son W[illia]m HOLLINWORTH all that my Messuage Tenement Lands Hereditaments and premises with the Appurtenances called and known by the name of the Lower House in the Woodseats for and during the Remainder of the terme of years mentioned in the originall Lease of the said premises As also the sume of Twenty pounds of Lawfull money of this Realme to be paid him in 6 months next after my Decease by my Executors hereinafter named Item I Give Leave and bequeath unto my Two youngest Daughters Jane and Mary Either of them One Hundred Pound to be paid them in manner following (That is to say) it is my will and mind and I do herby order my Executors hereinafter named to putt out and Employ the Last mentioned Legacies at interest and pay the same to my said daughters when they arrive at the age of twenty one years And it is my will & mind that my Exec[utors] shall lay the s[ai]d hundred pounds for their use as they shall see fitt And if Either ofmy said Daughters Jane or Mary happen to Dye before they Attaine the age afore[said]I do hereby order and Direct my Executors hereinafter named to Divide her or their Legacie so dyeing amongst all my children as shall be then living share and share alike Item I give Leave and bequeath unto my now Loving Wife Jane - the other moiety of the Messuage Tenament & premise in Chisworth aforesaid I now hold and Enjoy for & During the terme of her natural life in case the terme in Leases so long continue for & in lieu of her Dower & ..... at Common Law & in case she soley continues sole & unmaried & Undeted? of an unchast and Incontinent life but if she either marry or miscarry it is my will and mind she remove from the said premises and I order my son John to pay her six pound a year during the terme of her naturall life as aforesaid in full of her Dower & Bequeath Item I give unto my younger son William HOLLINWORTH above mentioned a Bed to be Delivered unto him by my Executors hereinafter named within six months next after my Decease Item all the rest residue & remainder of my Goods Cattells Chattells and Credits in whose Hands Custody & possession the same or any part thereof can shall or may be found within the Realme of Great Brittaine, after the payment all my just debts Legacies Generall Expenses and the charge of the probate & Execution hereof I give leave and bequeath amongst all my children as shall be then Living share & share alike to be divide amongst `em after my wives decease or marriage And Lastly I nominate and appoint my said Eldest son John HOLLINWORTH and my now Loving wife Jane Executor and Executrix of this my last Will and Testament (only if my said wife happen to marry againe I appoint my son in law John SHEPLEY of Hyde in the County of Chester yeoman to be Executor in her stead & place) Hoping and confiding in them that they take care to see that these things be done & performed according to my will & mind & as I have putt and placed my trust & confidence in them, hereby Revoking & makeing void all former & other wills Testaments Legacies & bequests and this to be taken for and as my Last Will & Testament & none other, In Witness whereof I have hereunto putt my Hand & Seal the day & year first within written.

Signed Sealed published Expressed & Declared for & as the last Will & Testament of the said Jeremiah HOLLINWORTH Testator In the presence of us who subscribed our names as Witnesses thereof in the presence of & in the same room with the sd Testator

November 1st 1738 A true and perfect Inventary of all the Goods Cattells Chattells and Effects of Jeremiah HOLLINWORTH of Chisworth in the parish of Glossopp and County of Darby, late Deceased, Yeoman which were Appraised and Valued by Us whose Names are here unto subscribed the day and year above writen as followeth.

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    £     s     d

First:   In Purse and Apparrell

    52   00   00

In the House

   .

In one fire Iron and 2 pair of Tongs and fire Shovel

    00   14   00

In one brass pan and Skelet and Possnet

    00   08   00

In one pair of Hand hooks Chafing Dish and dripping pan and some other odd things there

    00   02   00

In one Salt pye, 4 chairs and 5 stools

    00   02   00

In the Pewter Shelf 8 Dishes, 2 Plates, 4 Pottengers and some other small pewter

    00   10   00

In one Cupboard

    00   06   00

In Two Tables and fourms

    00   12   00

In Two coach chairs

    00   14   00

In Wooden Ware In 3 Cheese tubbs one Washing tubb, one Churn 6 Cheese press and 7 Piggons, 4 Bowls 6 Basons

    01   10   00

In one Clock

    01   01   00

In one Dish Board

    00   01   06

In the Parlour

.

In one Rugg one Blanket and 2 Chaff bolsters and one Feather bolster and a Chaf Bed and hangings

    00   12   00

In one Table 3 Buffets and 4 Chairs a Cloath press and a Box

    00   10   06

In a fire pan and Backstone

    00   02   00

In the Little Parlour

.

In one Bedstocks a Coverlidd, 2 Blankits, a chafe bed a chaff bolster a feather Bolster and a feather pillow

    00   10   00

In one Table a Stool

    00   02   06

Chamber over little Parlour

.

In one Pair of Bedstocks and Bedding

    00   10  00

In one Coffer a little Table a Swine Turnell and Dalion

    00   04   00

In 3 Rogers one Gauage, 3 chissels etc.

    00   03   00

Chamber over Great Parlour

.

In one Bed and Bedding to it

    03   00   00

In one other Bed and Bedding to it (that is) Bed stocks and blew hangings a rugg, 2 blankets a feather Bed, a Chaf Bed a feather Bolster and a Chaf one

    02   10   00

In two Coffers, a little Coffer a tresl and 2 ceil`d chairs

    00   10   00

In a piece of White Leather

    00   01   06

The Chamber over the House

.

In one Meal Ark

    00   04   00

In one other Meal Ark and 13 Cheese Breads, Weighs, Weigh-Ceane a Counter

    00   11   06

In 3 hundred of Cheese

    02   08   00

In the Kitchen

.

In one Cheespress, Kneading Turnell and Mooding Board

    00   10   00

In one Mattock 2 Axes a Great Hammer a Crocks etc.

    00   04   00

In the Barn

   .

In Corn and Hay

    10   00   00

In two pair of Chains, 4 Swingle trees and 1/2 of a Collar and Share, one pair of fore Geers and some halms

    00   08   00

In two Arks and half a phan, a half hoop, 6 Pitch forks, a Shickle etc

    00   04   04

Carthouse

    .

In one pair of Shod Wheels, half of the Cart Chest and half a Plough

    01   15   00

In two Harrows

    00   04   06

In four Cows

    12   10   00

In two Heifers

    06   10   00

In two Twinters and two Calves

    04   10   00

In one Colt

    03   10   00

In one Mare

    04   15   00

In one Swine

    01   05   00

In Money oweing upon Bond

   119  00   00

In Money owing by Bill

   100   12  00

In Money owing upon Single Contract

    05   04   00

In more money Oweing

    00   06   00

In more Money owing by MortGuage

    10   00   00

In the moiety of Chisworth Tenement

    40  00  00

And Woodseats Tenement

    25   00   00

In all other things not Named or forgotten as Husslements

    00   05   00

Sum of the Inventory

   414   02   10

In two Bills more

     12   00   00

True Inventory

   426   02  10

In the name of God Amen I John HOLLINWORTH in Chisworth in the Parish of Glossop and County of Derby Yeoman being but weak of Body but of sound and perfect mind and memory praised be God for the same and knowing my frail and mortal State I am minded to Order and Dispose of such worldly Estate as it hath pleased God in his mercy to bless me with I shall Dispose thereof as followeth Omitting Old Ceremonies Sometimes used in this form Imprimis I will that my Due Debts and Funeral Expenses be paid and Discharged and the Charge of the Probate and Execution hereof be paid and Discharged out of my Estate by my Executors hereinafter named Item I give and bequeath unto my son John HOLLINGWORTH all my Land in Marple with all the Appurtenances there unto belonging known by the names of Hollings and Lee Cate now or lately in the Occupation of Joseph ALIN and Henry OLIVER to Enter upon at my Decease paying to my Daughter Mary STOCKPORT one Hundred Pounds to be paid her at twelve months end after my Decease to be equally Divided among her children as they come to the age of twenty one years or when she shall think most proper and in the meantime the Interest for her own use Item I Give unto my Daughter Mary STOCKPORT the Chest in the Chamber with square pannels also my will and pleasure is that my son John HOLLINWORTH pay to my wife Mary HOLLINWORTH two pounds and Ten Shillings a Year Yearly and every year During her life (out) of the Land in Marple Except she Marry Item I Give and bequeath unto my Daughter Mary STOCKPORT one Hundred Pounds for the use of her children as the other before mentioned to be paid her by my son John HOLLINWORTH when he Enters upon the Diglands upon this term that She and her Husband if living then or others whom it may concern give unto my son John HOLLINWORTH a Quitance and full Discharge of a Legacy left her by her Granfather John DOWNS in his Will Item I Give unto my wife Mary HOLLINWORTH all such Household Goods that I am in possession of that she shall chuse and think proper for her own use during her life Except she marry but at her marriage or Death I will that they return back again to my son John HOLLINGWORTH to whom I Give all the rest and Residue of my Goods and Chattels and Personal Estate of what nature or kind soever the same shall be and I do Constitute and Ordain Mary HOLLINWORTH Executrix and John HOLLINWORTH Executors of this my last will and Testament where unto I have set my hand and Seal this fourteenth Day of April in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty Four

Signed Sealed and published in presence of Thomas STORER; Margreat BEARD; Joseph TURNER

Let a Probate of this will be granted to Mary HOLLINGWORTH, widow & John HOLLINGWORTH the Executors hereof Being duly sworn before me

An Inventory of all the Goods Chattels and Effects of John HOLLINGWORTH Late of Chisworth in the parish of Glossop and in the County of Darby Yeoman Deceased. Taken and apprised the 24 Day of December 1764 by us whose names are underwritten

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£ s d

Purs and Apparel

10 00 00

Clock

03 00 00

Dresser and Pewter

03 00 00

Fire Iron Griddel and all Iron Things belonging the fire

01 15 00

Warming pan and ovel Tabel

00 13 06

Coach Chire Long Table and forms

01 14 00

A Bedstead in the Great parlor and Beding belonging

03 00 00

Two Bedsteads in the Little parlor and Beding Belonging

05 02 00

A Bedstead in the Chamber with all its Furniture

05 00 00

All other Linen

03 10 00

Three Chesses Desk and Cupboard & Arks

03 17 06

Chairs

01 00 00

Fore Cofors 2 Arks & other Wooden ware in the Chamber

02 12 00

One Hundred of Chese

01 06 00

Coate Cloth

01 00 00

Bottles pots & Trenchers

00 15 00

Salt pey mortter 2 Spits Bellows & Smoothing Iron

00 10 00

White plates and Bowls

00 04 00

Books

00 04 00

Wooden Ware in the Chitchen

01 15 00

Brass pans & pots

01 10 00

Iron pots

00 03 00

Cheese press

00 06 00

Three Sacks Garner & pan

00 08 00

Weighes and Weights

00 08 00

Mattock Crow Shoe Ax Saw Stone Hammer

00 10 00

Horse Gears

01 00 00

Hackney Sadle

00 05 00

Fore Harrows

00 16 00

Hay

04 00 00

Corn

11 00 00

Hustlements

00 10 00

One Mare

03 05 00

Milk Beasts

15 10 00

Yong Beasts

06 10 00

Monney Due upon Bonds

180 00 00

Monney Due upon Bils

85 02 00

A watch

02 00 00

The Sum of the Inventory

361 01 00

(I leave) son Thomas all my housing and ground which I hold by lease under the Duke of Norfolk. During the term of this lease Thomas is to pay daughters Betty BUSICK; Nanny COOPER & George HOLLINGWORTH `son of my daughter Jane HOLLINGWORTH deceased` 20/- during the 12 months after the decease of his father, If Thomas neglects to pay then the money is to come from his tenement which he has already given Thomas. The rent of the estate is to be shared by all

On a separate sheet of paper an oath signed by Ann COOPER of Geamsley dau of John HOLLINGWORTH of Glossop, late deceased renouncing any title to John HOLLINGWORTH`s Goods and Chattels (Presumably this is daughter Nanny)

In the name of God Amen I John HOLLINGWORTH of Simondly in the parrish of Glossop & County of Derby Husbandman am weak of Body but of Sound Memory & perfect understanding praised be God for it; Do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament in mannor & form following; I first of all order my just Debts Funeral Expences & Charges of the Probate of this my last Will for to be first paid & discharged out of my personalty & as to my Burial I Refer the same to the prudence & discretion of my Executors hereafter named & as to such worldly Estate as the Almighty has been pleased to bestow upon me I dispose therefore as follows

I first give and Bequeath unto my Sister Bettey FIRTH wife of Luke FIRTH two shillings; Item I give my wife Alice HOLLINGWORTH liberty to take what she thinks proper of my Household Goods for to make necessary use of dureing her natural life & at her decease it is my will & mind that the said Goods shall be disposed of as I shall hereafter mention And further it is my Will & mind that all my other Effects are sould & the money put out to Intrest And then I give & Bequeath unto my wife Alice HOLLINGWORTH all the Intrest which can be reased there from towards her maintenance & what it falls short of maintaining her it is my will and mind that she is maintained out of the principal stock of my money and when she dies I order her to be decently Buried out of the remaining part of my Effects; And further all the Remaining part of my Effects after my wife decease which is left undisposed of I then give and Bequeath to & amongst these persons hereafter named jointly amongst them which are Daniel WHITEHEAD at Woodhead Allen HOLLINGWORTH of Melton John MELLOR of Marsden Luke MARSDIN of Marsden Mary SHAW wife of Joshua SHAW of Marsdin & Henry TEALOR of Simondly Equally to be devided amongst them share & share alike.

And Lastly I do hereby nominate Constitute & apoint my Wife Alice HOLLINGWORTH & my nephew Daniel WHITEHEAD of Woodhead to be my Executors of this my last Will & Testament & I do Revoke Disanul & make Voide all other Will or Wills by me heretofore made & declare this to be my last Will in Witt(ness) hereof I have set my hand & seal this Eight day of September in the year of Our Lord 1773.

Sealed signed published & Declared by the Testator to be his last Will & Testament in the presence of us

A True and Perfect Inventory of the Goods Cattle and Chattles of John HOLLINGWORTH of Simondly in the parish of Glossop and County of Derby Deceased Aprised and valued by us whose names are hereunto subscribed this 15th day of November 1773

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£    s    d

His purse and apparel

07 16 00

Goods in the House a Clock and Case a table a Chist

01 15 00

A Stand A Coach Chair .. Chairs & one Barrel

00 15 00

A fire iron toungs & fire shovel a Bread Iron brigs three legs

00 10 08

Three iron pots a Chaffing dish & a smoothing iron

00 03 09

A Frieing a Cubboard a Salt pie Soase pan a table

00 03 10

A Brass pan 11 trenchers a meal bowl a Cheese fat a Sife

00 12 08

A Stool a pair of pinsons a piggin a tin oven a tea kettle

00 04 00

Cheese toaster pots & plates a keeing Board & 3 Boards puter and four plats

00 14 06

Goods in the Kitchin a Cheese press a Churn & 2 tubs

00 15 00

An Ark a table a pair of weights a pair of Weeding ......

00 14 04

A basket a hey knife and two keels

00 02 06

Goods in the Buttrey 4 Boards a box 3 plancks pots & Bottles

00 08 00

Four piggins a Bason

00 02 00

Goods in the Chamber over House two Beds w Beding

05 10 00

2 tables 3 Reels a Cofer a Cheese cratch a hackney sadle

00 10 06

Horse gairs a parcel of Rakes and pickforks

00 06 06

Goods in the other Chamber a Chist a Bed with Beding

01 15 00

A parcel of Cheese 2 muck forks a Steaning Rake

02 04 00

A plow 2 Milch Cows a parcel of Hey

13 14 06

In Bills & Bonds and money oweing

142 03 00

In Huslement

00 02 00

Total

183 08 03

John HOLLINGWORTH died Intestate. Letters of Administration taken out by Mary HOLLINGWORTH relict of John HOLLINGWORTH who died 17 Feb 1835. Commission and Bond executed 5 Jun 1835. Admon extracted 29 Jun 1835.

In the Bishop`s Court of Lichfield In the Goods of John HOLLINGWORTH deceased .

Appeared personally Mary HOLLINGWORTH of Glossop in the county of Derby widow of the above deceased the party applying for Letters of Administration of the Estate and Effects of the said John HOLLINGWORTH late of Glossop in the county of Derby, Yeoman Deceased, and made oath, that the Estate and Effects of the said Deceased, for, or in respect of which, the said Letters of Administration are to be granted, exclusive of what the said deceased may have been possessed of, or entitled to, as a Trustee for any other person or persons and not beneficially, but including the Leasehold Estate or Estates for Years of the deceased, if any, whether absolute or determinable on Lives, and without deducting anything on account of the Debts, due and owing from the said deceased, are under the value of Three Hundred Pounds, to the best of this Deponent`s knowledge, information and belief.

The details read “&ldots;&ldots;&ldots;that we Mary HOLLINGWORTH of Glossop in the county of Derby, widow; Benjamin GREEN of Chorlton in the parish of Manchester, Yeoman and Samuel GREEN of Manchester, Calico Printer Esq., are held and firmly bound unto James Thomas LAW clerk&ldots;&ldots;&ldots;.. in the some of £600 &ldots;&ldots;&ldots;&ldots;&ldots; to be paid unto the said &ldots;&ldots;&ldots;&ldots; 5th June 1835.”

Sworn on the fifth day of June 1835 (by) Mary HOLLINGWORTH before me Mattw FREEMAN

In the Name of God Amen I John HOLLINGWORTH of Whitfield in the Parish of Glossop in the County of Derby Stone Mason being weak in body but of sound disposing mind and memory (blessed be God for the same) Do make this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following First I Give and bequeath unto my daughter Grace HOLLINGWORTH the Right Title and Interest of and in all that House in which I now live being situate at Fieldheads within Whitfield aforesaid I also give unto her my Mahogany Chest of Drawers to have at the time of my death I Give and bequeath unto my son Jacob HOLLINGWORTH all the right title and interest of and all that house now in his own occupation and being situate as aforesaid I Give and bequeath unto my daughter Nancy the wife of James WOOD all right title and Interest of and in all that double house now in the occupation of Jane HOLLINGWORTH and Joseph BROOKS being situate as aforesaid I Give and bequeath unto my son Thomas HOLLINGWORTH all right title and interest of and in all that double South West end house (now unoccupied) being as aforesaid And I also give and bequeath unto my four above named children the Garden on the back part of the aforesaid houses in four equal shares severally to enter unto and upon at the time of my death free from the payment of any part of the chief rent charged upon the field on which the said Houses are erected I Give devise and bequeath all the right title and interest of and in all that House and Pig Cote standing and being erected upon my Freehold land at Fieldheads aforesaid and also that other unfinished building at the North East end thereof together with the Land from the fence wall in front thereof thirteen yards or thereabouts in breadth extending back to be square with the outside of the said Pig Cote on the North West side thereof unto my daughter Betty the wife of Jeremiah BUCKLEY Her Heirs and Assigns to enter upon at the time of my death free from the payment of any chief or ground rent and it is my mind and I order and direct that the said double houses shall immediately after my death be made into single ones and the small kitchens attached thereto shall be taken down And after my death it is my will and mind that each and every of my four first named children shall commence paying a yearly rental of the sum of five pounds for their respective houses and premises whether tenanted or untenanted into the hands of my Executors hereinafter named and the same to be paid by four equal and even payments in every year and it is my mind that my said daughter Betty her Heirs or Assigns in respect of her bequest as aforesaid shall pay a yearly rental of the sum of two pounds ten shillings in like manner and I authorise my Executors to set the meadow to some proper person for such reasonable rent as may be agreed upon and immediately after my death it is my mind that all my Household good and furniture not herein before disposed of and the money arising from such sale after the payment of the expences thereof and also from the receipts of the before mentioned rents I authorise my Executors to appropriate in the discharge of all my just debts funeral and testamentary expences in altering the said houses and in payment of the following Legacies Viz. I Give and bequeath the sum of forty pounds to my six Grandchildren being the children of my late son John and my daughter Mary both deceased in equal shares as they respectively attain the age of twenty one years or as soon as the money can be raised to pay the same after all my debts are paid and discharged and that the oldest of them shall have the priority of the receipt thereof But if any of my said Grandchildren should happen to die before the receipt of his or her legacy leaving no lawful issue such share of anyone so dying shall be divided amongst the survivors share and share alike But in case any of them should happen to die leaving any lawful issue then such issue shall have his or her parent`s share so dying but if more than one lawful child then such share shall be equally divided amongst all the children of such deceased parents I give and bequeath the sum of ten pounds out of the receipt of my rents as soon as the same can be raised in equal shares to my son in law Joseph ROBINSON and my daughter in law Jane HOLLINGWORTH but not to be paid them before the legacies of such of my said six Grandchildren as are of age And it is my mind that after my said double houses are altered and made into single ones my said daughter Betty her Heirs or Assigns shall have all the spare stone on and about the premises And it is my mind that my said daughter Betty her Heirs or Assigns shall not erect or fix any kind of building at the North east end of her devised premises nor do any other act or deed to lessen or obstruct the road leading into the meadow neither shall my said son Thomas HOLLINGWORTH his Executors Administrators or Assigns do any thing of the like nature at the Gable of his House to obstruct or injure such road I Give devise and bequeath a joint and equal right title and interest to all my said children their Heirs and Assigns of and in all that plot or parcel of Land and necessary erected thereon lying and being on the North West side of the House and premises devised to my said daughter Betty her Heirs and Assigns being of the same breadth and extending across the occupation road and it is my mind that all my said children shall have an equal right and privilege to the well and the road leading thereunto and after the payment of all my just debts and legacies as before mentioned Then I give devise and bequeath all that my land both Leasehold and Freehold lying and being at Fieldheads aforesaid unto my said son Jacob HOLLINGWORTH John BENNETT and Isaac LINNEY their Executors Administrators and Assigns upon this special trust and confidence that is to say that they my said Trustees or the survivors or survivor of them shall sell and dispose thereof for the best price that can be obtained for the same either by auction or by private contract and I do authorise and empower my said Trustees or the survivors or survivor of them or the Executors or Administrators of such survivor to convey and assure the same to any person or persons becoming the purchaser or purchasers thereof and the receipt of such purchase money from the hands of my said Trustees or the survivors or survivor of them or from the hands of the Executors or Administrators of such survivor shall be a sufficient discharge without the Purchaser or Purchasers seeing to the application or non-application thereof and after the receipt of such sale money and after the discharge of the expences thereof I order and direct that my said Trustees or the survivors or survivor of them or the Executors or Administrators of such survivor to divide the remaining sum arising there from together with the residue and remainder of my estate and effect of what nature or kind the same may be to and amongst all my said five children share and share alike But if any of my said children should be behind and in arrear with their respective rents such arrears (if any) shall be detained and stoped out of his or her share so neglecting to pay such rent And Lastly I do nominate constitute and appoint my said son Jacob HOLLINGWORTH John BENNETT and Isaac LINNEY Trustees and Executors of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking and making void any other Will by me heretofore made In Witness whereof I have unto this my last Will and Testament set my hand seal this twenty first day of June one Thousand eight Hundred and thirty eight

Signed sealed published and declared to be the last Will and Testament of the within written Testator in the presence of us who at his request and in his presence have subscribed our names as Witnesses eleven interlineations and two erasures being first made

In the Bishops Court of Lichfield In the Goods of John HOLLINGWORTH (Stone Mason) deceased

Appeared personally Jacob HOLLINGWORTH, Stone Mason, John BENNETT, Yeoman, and Isaac LINNEY, Cotton Spinner all of Whitfield in the parish of Glossop in the County of Derby etc. etc.

Estate under the value of £450 Sworn on the 11 March 1839 Probate granted 16 March 1839

In the name of God Amen the Second day of December In the fifteenth year of the Raigne of our soveraigne Lord James by the grace of God of England, France and Ireland Kinge defender of the faithe etc. And of Scotland the one and fiftieth Anno Dm 1618 I Margret HOLINWORTH of Chisworth In the pish of Glossopp and county of Derby widdowe sicke in bodie but in good and pfecte remembrance to Almighty God The Lord be thanked for it. Doe constitute ordayne and make this my last Will and Testamt in manner and forme followinge First I bequeath my Soule unto the hands of Almighty God who is my maker and redeemer And my body to be buried in the pish church of Glossopp Amongst my Ancestors (?) &ldots;. And that my funeral expenses and Debtes of right I owe to any may be discharged of my whole goods. Item my will is that my Daughter Ellin goods is to be taken up of the whole goods Accordinge to my husband`s Will. Item I give unto my daughter Ellin HOLLINWORTH xxs Item I give unto my daughter Elizabeth the wife of Nicholas CLARKE &ldots;. Item I give unto my daughter Margery the wife of Willm HAGE xxs Item I give unto my daughter Margret the wife of Arther BEWFILL xxs Item I give unto my sonne Robtes daughter a Hogge? Item I give unto William HAGES children three of the three .... and two of them two hogs Item I give unto Roger HOLINWORTH every one of them a hogge. Item I give unto Arther BEWFILL sonne a hogge Item I give unto Gefry BRAMALL a hogge Item I give unto my son William HOLLINWORTH two hey? children two hogs Item I doe give unto my sonne William the residue of my goods leaving him my lawfull Executor trustinge he will fulfil this my present will and testamt for my soul health wth the oversighte of Thomas SMITH and Willm HOLLINWORTH of Chaterton Lane

These beinge witnesses James WARHURSTE; William HAGE; Henry WARHURSTE

A True & Lawful Inventory of all the Goods & Cattel of Margret HOLLINWORTH of Moorfield widow &ldots;. By us James WARHURSTE; Thomas TAILIOR; Robert BRIDGE & Thomas BOOTH The Sixe and Twentieth day of Maye Anno Domini 1623

Sons: John HOLLINGWORTH deceased; James HOLLINGWORTH; Edward HOLLINGWORTH deceased; Reginald HOLLINGWORTH

Inventory 19 Jan 1688/9 Appraisers: Henry HYDE; Thomas WALKLATE; William BOYER

Robert her elder son `who is incapacitated in body to be maintained by my heirs as long as they enjoy the farm I now possess.` If any heirs marry and sell up the stock then the proceeds are to be shared between them.

Executors: William HOLLINGWORTH her younger son & Elizabeth HOLLINGWORTH her daughter.

Probate was given to Robert! HOLLINGWORTH and Elizabeth HOLLINGWORTH

Inventory 23 Oct 1756 total £70.10. 2. Appraisers John HALL; Robert NEWTON

In the name of god Amen, the Seaventeenth Day of December in the eighteenth year of the reigne of our soveraigne Lord Charles the second by the grace of god of England Scotland France and Ireland King Defender of the fayth & Anno Dom: 1666, I Reignald HOLLINGWORTH of Glossopp in the countie of Darby yeoman, being aged and weake of body but of good and pfect memory praysed bee god for the same do arayne constitute and make this Testament ..... ..... here in my Last Will, in manner and forme followinge First I give and bequeath my soule into the hands of Almighty god my heavenly Creator, and maker, trusting onely in and Through the meritts of Christ his death and passion to bee one of the number of his elect & chosen people and my body to the earth from whence itt came to bee buried in due and decent manner att or by the discretion of my ..... and my executor hereafter named. And ...... my temporall goods that god of his mercy has endowed mee ... all my .... ... will is as hereafter....

First my mind and will is that my debts and funerall expenses and heriott Land all ... ... bee payd out of my whole estate soe I give ... Richard HARDY my son in law; twelve pounds It. I give ... Thomas HARDY and Gerry HARDY sons of the aforesaid Richard ether of them twelve ounds It: I give unto John SLATER another son in law twelve pounds It. I do give and bequeath unto Jane now wyfe unto the sd John SLATER twelve pounds It. I doe give and bequeath unto William SLATER and John SLATER sons of the aforesaid John SLATER ether of them xii pounds It. I give unto Elizabeth SLATER A daughter of the aforesaid John SLATER three sheepe, It. I give and bequeath unto Thomas HOLLINGWORTH John HOLLINGWORTH and Jane HOLLINGWORTH two sons and one daughter of my son Thomas HOLLINGWORTH every one of them twelve pounds It. I do give and bequeath unto Thomas HOLLINGWORTH my son theise parcells of ground herein hereafter mentioned with the marled pearth? the wood and the moytie and one halfe of the great meadow And all the rest of my goods and cattells, quicke and dead moveable and immovable and all the tythes of corne and grayne growing and .... out of and from my sd messuage I give and bequeath unto my wyfe Elizabeth HOLLINGWORTH and to her own sole and proper use and to her ..... And also I do give and bequeath unto sayd Elizabeth now my wyfe the sd parcel of land hereafter named during her naturall Lyfe that is to say The Flatt Hose the ..othwart Hose, the litle meadow or the meadow head the one halfe of the great meadow which is formerly herein mentioned It. I doe appoynt and make Elizabeth my now wyfe my sole executrix to execute and as for my this my Last Will and testament as and ... trust I repose in her In witnesse whereof to this my psent Last will and testament renouncing all former wills I have sett my hand and seale the day and yeare first above written December the 17th

The true and lawfull Inventarey of all the goods & Chatelles both moveable and immoveable of Regnald HOLINGWORTH of Glossop in the Countey of Darbey yoman Desiesed praiesed by Thomas NEWTON Edward HADFEILD Nicklos DOXON William ALLEN of the same Glossopp and Countey of Darbey yoman the twenteth seventh Daie of December in the eighttenth yeare of the Raigne of our Sovringe lord Kinge Charles the second by the grace of good Kinge of England Scotland France and Ireland Deffender of the faith Anno Dom 1666

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   £    s    d

   In primes his porse and appell and gerdell

   00 13 04

It: one cowe and 1 sterke and 1 calfe and one horse

05 08 06

It: seventeen sheepe

03 00 00

It: in corne and hey

02 00 00

It: in 6 ould Arks

01 00 00

It: in bedstockes and bedinge

00 10 00

It: in meale and buter

00 06 00

It: in chise

00 01 00

It: in woll and yarn

01 10 00

It: halfe of the ground in Regard the ould womans work and hath put her life in itt

02 00 00

It: in peuter and brasse

00 13 04

It: in gripes tonges Radkentrie and Iron ware and woden ware and all other impellmentes in the house

00 06 08

Debts of the testator owinge

.

to Nicholos DOXON of Glossop

   07 10 00

to John HADFEIL of Padfeild

01 00 00

to Edward MOREHOUSE of Glossopp

00 03 00

to Robert BRAMALL of Glossopp

00 04 00

to John SLATER of Shelldon

01 00 00

to Will OXLEY of Glossop

   00 04 00

.

27 16 04

Thomas NEWTON (his mark); Edward HADFEILD (his mark); William ALLEN; Nicklos DOXON (his mark)

To Sarah his wife £4.pa to be paid in two equal amounts. This will reduce to £3 if she re-marries. This is to be paid by his son John HOLYNGWORTH. Sarah can have the house and its goods if she wants them.

Everything else to his only son John HOLINGWORTH of Tintwistle in the parish of Mottrom

Wife & daughter Luce to enjoy the tenement with the consent of the Honourable Gilbert the earl of Shrewsburie

Executors: Robert BOOTH; Bartholomew HEGGINBOTHOME; George BOOTH; Thomas SMITH

Appraisers: Barthomomew HEGGINBOTHOME; Robart ROOBOTHOME; Thomas SMITH; Otiwell MOSLEY

In the name of God Amen the xxvjth day of August Anno Domini 1613 and in the yeare of the Raigne of our sovrgne Lord James Kinge of England, France and Ireland the Eleventh & of Scotland the Seaven & fortith: I Rodger HOLLINGWORTHE of Chatterton Lane in Mellor in the County of Derby, husbandman being sicke in bodie, but of good & pfect Remembrance, the Lord I give him hartie thankes for it, do ordaine Constitute & make this my Last Will & Testament in manner & form followinge, First I do give & bequeath my soule into the hands of Almightie God my onely maker saviour & Redeemer, And my bodie to be buried in the Chappell of Mellor, In full assurance of a joyful resurrection at the generall day of Judgement. And for the Disposeinge of my worldlie goods, I do give & bequeath them as followeth: Item It is my will that my Debts Legacies, & funerall expences, shall be paied & discharged out of my whole goods. Item it is my will that my sonn William HOLLINGWORTH shall have & occupie my messuages and Tenements lyeing & beinge in Mellor & Symonthe, dureinge their sevall tearmes, to him & to his Assignes, Excepted alwaies that it is my will, that William JACKSON my son in law shall have & occupye to him & to his Assignes Two Closes called by the names of Crowacars & Rishie Dole scituate & lying in Symonthe during my tearme & time in them: Item it is my will that William JACKSON, shall have the sum of Three poundes in full Recompence & satisfaction of his wifes Childs pt and portion. Item I do give & bequeath to Roberte HOLLINGWORTH my sonn Tenn shillinges in full satisfaction of his Child`s pt & portion. Item I do give unto my son In lawe Thomas MELLOR, Tenn shillinges in full satisfaction of his wifes Childs pt & portion. Item I do give to every child that I am grandfather unto one sheepe. Item I do give to Margrett JACKSON one heyffor, Item it is my will that after my Debts & Legacies be paied & discharged that Joane my wife shall be maintained & kept wth meate, drink & Lodgeinge & Convenient app[ar]ell during her natural life, If she do please to accept thereof, at her son William HOLLINGWORTH hands, & also the Sum of Fortie shillings yearley for & towards her maintenance. Provided alwaies that if she do refuse, to accept of such maintenance. Then my will & minde is that she shall have & Receive the Sum of five Pounds yearley during her said life, in full Recompence of her Third pt of all my goods & tenements aforesaid. Item I do give unto my said wife the best bed & one arke standing in the plor where I do lye. Item it is my will that after my Debts & Legacies be paied & dcharged as aforesaid hen the residew of all my Goods, Cattels & Chattels, & debts I do give & bequeath to William HOLLINGWORTH my sonn:

Item I do make Constitute & ordaine the said William HOLLINGWORTH my sonn my true & Lawfull executor of this my Last Will & Testament, trustinge he will do & pforme all thinges wch are Contained in this my last will & testament Item I do ordaine Constitute & make Thomas COTTRELL & Ottiwell WOOD ovseers of this my said will trustinge the will see all things done & pformed in my will as my trust is in them

A True and pfecte Inventorie of all the Goods and Chattells Late of Rodger HOLLINWORTHE of Chatterton Lane wth Mellor Lately deaceassed wthin the Countie of Darbie [insert – husbandman] valew & praised by Thomas SMITH; Anthonie RADCLIFFE; Thomas WALKELATE [insert - & Gilbert CHATTER TON], thje vijth day of Februarie Anno Dom 1620 as followethe:

Imprimis 4 Oxon & 4 steares

£22

Item 4 Kyne

£08

Item 3 Twinter Heaffors

£05

Item other younge Cattell

£05

Item 2 horses

£06

Item Three & fiftie sheepe younge & ould

£12

Item 2 swyne

£01-13-04

Item yoakes ploughes, harrowes, Carts wheles & other Iorn ware belonginge to husbandry

£03-14-00

Item Boardes, bedstookes, arkes, Coffers, Stooles, Chears a dishborde a garner & all other wooden ware & garthed ware in the house

£07

Item Pewter & brasse, 2 Litle leades, dishes, spounes bassens, a spininge whele & sives

£02-06-08

Item Beddinge, 2 board Clothes, seckes, a window shette & all other nap[er]y ware

£06-14-00

Item Beiffe, & backon, butter & Cheise

£02-16-00

Item 4 geise, 1 Cock, 1 Capon, 3 hens, 2 Ducks & a drake

£00-07-04

Item his purse & app[ar]ell

£01-13-04

Item Corne and haye

£22

Sum[ma] [total]is

£104-05-08

Witnesses: Thomas WALKLATE; Thomas SMITH; William HOLLINWORTH of Chaterton Lane; Edward WOOD; Raph FEARNELEY

Inventory 4 Feb 1616/17 Appraisers Nicholas ROBINSONN; William HOLLINWORTH; Thomas WALKLATE; Raph FEARNELEY

Children of son in law Charles GARLICK: Charles GARLICK; Granddaughter Elizabeth ......

Admon: mentions: Son John HOLLINGWORTH, farmer of Glossop; George BOWYER, farmer of Hollingworth Bank, Chs; Anna BAGSHAW of Glossop.

In the name of god Amen I William HOLLINGWORTH of the Mosilee in the parish of Glossopp & in the Countie of Derbie husbandman being in perfect health strength & memorie doe ordaine & make this my last will & testament in manner & forme followinge

First I give & bequeath my soule into the hands of god my Saviour hopeinge through the merits of Jesus Christ my Redeemer to have free pardon of all my sins and my body to the Earth to bee buried in decent manner at the discresion of my Executrix hereafter named as for my Temporall estate I dispose of it as follows viz.

Imprimis I give and bequeath unto Ellen HOLLINGWORTH Ann HOLLINGWORTH Martha HOLLINGWORTH & unto Margaret HOLLINGWORTH my daughters fortie shillings apeece

Item I give and bequeath unto Ann HOLLINGWORTH my now wife all my estate goods Chattells and Cattells to so enjoy and dispose of at her owne power and discresion.

Item I give and bequeath unto Ann ROBBINSON & Ellen ROBBINSON one ewe Lambe it to be kept on the ground until it bee two or three

Item I give and bequeath unto Thomas HOLLINGWORTH sonne of Rodger one shillinge and to William ROBBINSON sonne of Robert of Chunall one shillinge

And unto this my last will & Testament I doe ordaine Ann my wife my sole executrix hopeing she will faithfully execute & discharge this my last will and testament And to this will ..... .... cheif ...... have set to their hands the third day of June in the yeare of our Lord 1675

A true & perfect Inventorie of what goods William HOLLINGWORTH dyed posesed of upon Fryday the fourth Day of June in the yeare of our Lord 1675

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  £    s    d

Imprimis his purse and Aparell

  01 10 00

It. The peece of the Tenement whereon wee now live

10 00 00

Item two beds

01 10 00

Item Arkes Coofers & one table

01 00 00

Item Pewter and Brasse

01 00 00

Item Chaires stooles & husslements

00 06 08

Item Wooll

02 10 00

Item One Mare

03 00 00

Item one Cow

03 00 00

Item Two Stearkes

03 00 00

Item one calfe three hogges & paire of hives of Bees

01 00 00

Item Ould hay and ....

00 05 00

Item owing upon Bond

07 00 00

Item in Meale

00 06 08

Item one Load of Ashes? and two geese

00 06 00

Sume viz

35 17 08

Then there was owinge to the Testator

10 00 00

Soe there remaines by deduction the just sume upon the Inventorie of

25 17 08

William ROBBINSON (his mark); Robert SHEPLEY (his mark); John DEWSSNAPP; Tho: BOOTH

In the name of god, Amen: I William HOLINGWORTH in the parish of Glossopp and County of Derbie yeaoman, being viseted with sickenesse and weakness of Body, but of sound and pfect mind and memory, praise be therefore given to Almighty God, Do make and ordain this my present Last Will and Testament, In manor and form following (That is to say) first and principally I commend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God, Hoping through the merits Death and passion of my Saviour Jesus Christ, to have full and free pardon and forgiveness of all my sins and to Inherit everlasting Life: and my Body I commit to the Earth To be Decently buried att the discretion of my Executors hearafter named; And as Touching the disposition of all such Temporall Estate as it hath pleased Almighty God to Bestow upon me I give and dispose thereof as Followeth; First, I will That my Debts and funeral charges shall be paid & Discharged.

Item I will that my two children, my son William & my daughter Ann be brought up att the Discretion of my Executors until they come to be 21 years of age and then for my son William HOLINGWORTH to enter upon the farm; and for my psonall estate to be equally devided betwixt my Loveing and Lawfull son William HOLINGWORTH and his Lawfull and Loveing Mother my wife Elizabeth; Item I will that my son William HOLINGWORTH pay to his Mother Elizabeth £3 a year yearly year by year soe long as she continues in my name but if she change her co(n)dition and be maried to Another Husband then I will that my son William HOLLINGWORTH pay to his Mother Elizabeth but £2 A year soe Long as she liveth; Item I will that if my daughter Ann HOLINGWORTH continue till she be 21 years of Age that then my Executors pay to Her £10 of Lawfull money of England and itt to be raised of the farm before my son William doe enter thereon. Item I doe institute and ordaine my Loveing and Lawfull wife Elizabeth and my Brother in Law William BARBER of Torside in the parish aforesaid and county of Derbie full and sole Executors of this my Last Will and Testament; And I doe hereby revoke, disanul and make void all former wills and Testaments by me heretofore made; In witness whereof I the said William HOLINGWORTH to this my Last Will and Testament have set my hand and seale in the yeare of our Lord god 1693

Witnesses: James HADFIELD; William DEAWSNAP (his mark); Joshua NEWTON (his mark); James HADFIELD (different signature that first one)

A true and perfect Inventory of all the goods & chatelles both moveable and unmoveable of William HOLINGWORTH of Moseleey in the parish of Glossopp and County of Derbie yeoman Late Deceased priesed by William DEAUSSNAP of Knoulebrooke and James HADFIELD & Joshua NEWTON both of Glossopp in the County of Derbie yeomans the third day of December in the fifth yeare of the raigne of our Sovarynds Lord and Lady Kinge William & Queen Mary by the Grace of god of England Scotland France and Ireland defenders of the faith Anno Dom:1693

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    £    s    d

Imp His purse and Apparell

01 10 00

It: One cowe, 1 sterke 2 Calfes

05 00 00

It: Fourty sheep

07 00 00

It: in corn & Hay

03 00 00

It: for what ground he hath in posession & Revarsion

20 00 00

It: One Ark and Garner & 2 Coffers

01 00 00

It: in Bedstockes and Bedinge

01 00 00

It: in puter and Bras 1 Iron pot 1 Lead

00 06 08

It: one Table and Form and chairs

   00 10 00

It: one Chimnill with other wooden ware & Ticknall pots

   00 02 06

It: for Buter & Cheese

00 03 00

It: for one cart 1 pair of wheels & axes & matock

   00 05 00

It: one fire Iron one pair of Tongs with all other Huselment

00 04 00

The Sum

40 01 02

William DEAUSNAP (his marke); James HADFIELD; Joshua NEWTON (his marke)

.

£ s d

In Purse and apparel

06.10.00

In the chamber 1 bed; 1 ark; 1 cofer

01.10.00

1 table; 1 ark; 1 cofer

00.05.00

In the parlour 1 bed; 1 table; 6 chairs

01.02.00

In the house 1 dresser and all upon it

01.06.00

1 table; 1 couch chair; 6 chairs

01.11.00

Two tables

00.02.06

3 hurrits

00.02.06

1 Mare and all Gears

05.07.06

2 cows

06.10.00

2 bullocks

05.07.06

2 bullocks more

04.12.06

1 heifer

02.12.06

2 sterks

02.07.06

92 wethers all 6/-

27.12.00

104 ewes all 5/-

26.00.00

2 rams

01.10.00

Hussement

00.12.06

Total

108.00.01

Know all men by these present that Mr John HIGGINBOTHAM of the parish of Glossop in the county of Derby Yeom. William JACKSON of Lichfield Close yeom. and John do (JACKSON) are held and firmly bound unto Richard SMALBROKE Doctor of Law Chancellor of the Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry in the sum of one hundred pounds of good and lawful money of Great Britain to be paid unto the said Richard SMALBROKE or to his certain Attorney his Executors Administrators or Assigns To which payment well and truly to be made Do oblige ourselves and each of us by himself for the whole our and each of our heirs Executors and Administrators firmly by these presents sealed with our seals dated the seventeenth day of October in the seventh year of the reign of our sovereign Lord George the third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the faith and so forth And in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixth Seven.

The Condition of this obligation is such That if Mary HIGGINBOTHAM wife of the above bounden John HIGGINBOTHAM Administrator of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of William HOLLINGWORTH late of the parish of Glossop etc. etc.

At ....... the seventeenth day of October 1767 before the ...Thomas GROVE Surrogate

On which day appeared personally Mary HIGGINBOTHAM and alleged that William HOLLINGWORTH late of the parish of Charlesworth in the parish of Glossop in the county of Derby and within the division of Lichfield & Coventry Deceased died intestate upwards of fourteen days ago and that she is the natural & lawful sister of the said deceased and the person to whom Letters of Administration did of right belong wherefore she prayed Letters of Administration of all and singular the Goods and personal Estate of the said deceased to be granted to her which the surrogate on her giving good security and taking the usual oath committed to her accordingly she being sworn before me. Thomas GROVE Surrogate

In the Name of God Amen I John JACKSON of Ludworth in the parish of Glossop in the County of Derby Yeoman who being somewhat indisposed as to Bodily Health but of sound and disposing Mind and Memory (praised be God for the same) Do make and publish this Last Will and Testament in manner and form following (That is to say) I Do hereby Order Direct and Appoint that all my Just and Lawful Debts which shall be owing by me at the time of my Decease, my ffuneral Expenses and the Charge of the Probate and Execution of this my Last Will and Testament shall be first and Principally paid and Discharged out of my whole and personal Estate by my Executors hereafter named

I Give and Bequeath unto my Sister Mary KENWORTHY wife of William KENWORTHY of Ludworth aforesaid the Sum of on Guinea at the time of my Decease, And the further Sum of ffive pounds of Lawful Brittish Money or annuity or clear Yearly Rent Charge I Give and Devise unto my said Sister Mary KENWORTHY and her Assigns to and for her own seperate use notwithstanding her Executor to be paid to her Yearly at four Equal payments for and During the Term of her natural Life by my Executors at or on the feast days of the Annunciation of the Beloved Virgin Mary the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, the feast of St. Michael the Archangel and the Nativity of our Lord Christ in every year by even and Equal portions, the first payment thereof to be maid at such of the said ffeast Days, as shall first most happen after my Death, And I Give and Devise unto my Brotherinlaw William KENWORTHY of Ludworth aforesaid his heirs and assigns for ever All that my Right Title property use and Interest of that Cottage or Dwelling House together with all its Rights members and Appurtenances thereunto belonging, situate lying and being at Brown-brow in Beard hamlet in ye said County of Derby

I Give and Bequeath unto my Couzon James BERRET of Pointon in the county of Chester Five pounds and unto his three Sons John James and Joseph Five pounds a piece, And I Give to his Sister Sarah BARRET the Sum of Five pounds, I Give and Bequeath unto Martha HEATHCOTE of Ludworth in the County of Derby Widow the Sum of Five pounds, all which said Legacys to be paid to the Respective Legatees by my Executors within Twelve Months after my Decease Then I Give and Bequeath unto my Neice Sarah HYDE Wife of Ralph HYDE of Ludworth in the said County of Derby the Sum of one hundred pounds to be paid to her and her representative within Twelve Months after my Decease also I Give to the said Sarah HYDE the Interest of Four hundred to be paid her Yearly untill such time as her Younger Child shall Attain the age Twenty one Years, I Give and Bequeath unto my said Neice Sarah HYDE’s Children their issue or Representatives the Sum of two hundred pounds to be Equally Divided and paid amongst them at such time as the Younger shall Attain twenty one Years, And if any of the said Sarah HYDE’s children shall happen to Dye before either of the said Several times of Receiving the aforesaid Legacy or Legacies and Shall Leave Issue such Issue shall be hereby Entitled to Receive their fathers or Mothers Share or Shares Also I Give the Interest of two hundred pounds unto my said Neice Sarah HYDE from such time as her Youngest Child shall Attain twenty one Years for and During all the time of her Natural Life and from and after her Decease I Give the said Sum of two hundred pound to be Divided at the Discretion of my Executors Amongst the said Sarah HYDEs Children and for want of any of them to their Issue as aforesaid and in such proportion as nearly to make the Eldest Share or parts Equivilant with the Youngest of the said Children from twenty one Years. Then I Give and Bequeath unto my Neice Mary BENNIT wife of Barrdle BENNIT of Ludworth in the said County of Derby the Sum of One hundred pounds to be paid to her and her Representatives within Twelve months after my Decease Also I Give the Interest of four hundred pounds unto my Neice Mary BENNIT for and During such time as her Youngest Child shall Attain to twenty one Years I Give and Bequeath unto my said Neice Mary BENNITs Children and their Issue or Representatives to be Divided and paid amongst them at the Discretion of my Executors the Sum of two hundred pounds at such time as the Youngest of the said Children shall Attain to twenty one Years of age Also I Give the Interest of two hundred pounds unto my said Neice Mary BENNIT from such time as her Youngest Child Attain twenty one Years for and During the time of her Natural Life And from and after her Decease I Give the said Sum of two hundred pounds to be divided at the Discretion of my Executors amongst the said Mary BENNIT’s Children and for want of any of their Issue and in such proportion as nearly to make the Eldest Share or part Equivalent with the Youngest of the said Children And if any of the said Children of Mary BENNIT shall happen to Die or Cease issue before either of the said Several times of Receiving the aforesaid Legacies such Issue shall be Entitled to their father or Mother’s Share or Shares Also in case the said Sarah HYDE shall Dye without Issue I Give the said Sum of four hundred pounds at her Decease to Mary BENNIT and her Issue and for want of her and her Issue to the said James BARRET and his Issue. Also in case the said (the said) Mary BENNIT shall Dye without Issue I Give the said Sum of four hundred pounds at her Decease to Sarah HYDE and her Children and for want of her and for want of her and her Issue to James BARRET and his Issue And all the Rest and Remainder of my Personalty and Effects I Dye possessed of I Give to the Children of my Neices Sarah HYDE and Mary BENNIT at the Discretion of my Executors and at such time as they shall think most proper And it is my Will and Mind that if any of the Legatees herein before named shall our out of any Letigious pretences whatsoever Give any trouble by Law to my Executors in such case I order my said Executors to pay him her or them so offending in the premises one shilling only, in full Barr Discharge and Exclusion of the Legacy or Legacies herein otherwise Given And Lastly I hereby Nominate Constitute and Appoint William CHATTERTON of Marple in the County of Chester and my Nephew Ralph HYDE aforesaid to be Executors of this my Last Will and Testament Hoping they will fulfill the Trusts hereby in the Reposed. And I hereby Revoke and make void all other and former wills and Testaments by me heretofore made. And I Do ratifye and confirm this as my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said John JACKSON the Testator have to this my last Will and Testament Set my Hand and Seal this Tenth Day of August in the Year of our Lord Christ one Thousand Seven hundred and Seventy two and in the Twelth Year of the Reign of the King George the Third.

Signed Sealed published and Declared by the said Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence and at his Request and in the presence of one another have Subscribed our Names and Witness thereto before & Signing and Sealing The said John JACKSON Do hereby Give my Household furniture and Apparrel to my Neices Sarah HYDE and Mary BENNIT to be Equally divided between them at my Decease in the presence of these Witnesses

A True and Perfect Inventory of all the Household Goods furniture Chattels and Credits of John JACKSON of Ludworth in the County of Derby Late Deceased as [Lately] Valued and Appraised this 11 Day of Septem: 1778

In the name of God a men the xiij day of November in the year of our Lord god 1600 I Thomas JACKSON of Mellor wythin the parish of Glossopp and County of darby Sharman Sick in body but of p(er)fect mynd and memory for dread of naturall death that is certain do ordayne declare and make thys my p(er)sonal will & testament in maner and fform ffolowing that ys to wytt ffirst I gyve and bequeath my soul to almighty God my maker saviour and Redemer trusting through the meritts of his pasion and p(re)cious bloud sheding to be one of the number of his elect and also my body to be buryed in the Chappell Churchyard of meller also it ys my will that my house and ground wheer I now dwell shall remayn to my son Raph JACKSON wyth the lycens of my good meystres meystres STAFFORD of the Bothomes Hall also it ys my wyll that my sayd son Raph JACKSON shall keep Ellyn JACKSON my wyffe wyth of his [ ] costs and charge wyth house meyt drink, remedy, ffyr wood and other necessaries to her belonging for and during her natural lyfe Itm it ys my wyll that after I am fourth brought my detts payd and all ffunerall and other expenses clerly dyscharged ffynished and done that thos the rest of all my sayd goodes remaying as well [moveable] as [immoveable] together wyth all the detts owing unto me of any p(er)son and p(er)sons I ffreely gyve and bequeath unto my afsayd son Raph JACKSON I make the sayd Raph JACKSON my son my full and lawfull executor to see that thys my sayd wyll be ful fulled these being wytnes of this my sayd wyll John WYLSON and Ellyn JACKSON wyth others

The true Inventorie of all the goods & Cattells moveable & immoveable of Thomas JACKSON of Mellor Deceased prised & valued by [Thomas] RADCLYFF Wilm RADCLYFF Thomas ROBOTHOM Willm JACKSON the xxi daie of november Ano Regn Regine Elyzabeth [ ] [ ] quarto

In the name of god Amen the xxi day of marche in the yeare of our lord god one thousande six hundred thirtie six I Thomas JACKSONN of lillibanke in the countie of Derbie & prshe of Glopp, husbandman being sicke in bodye but in pfect mynd and memorie (I prayse god for it) for feare of naturall deathe wch is certaine doe ordaine, Declare & make, thys my last will & testament in manor and forme following to witt first I geeve and bequeathe my soule into the hands of allmighty god my master, and to Jesus Christ my redeemer trusting through the merits of his most bitter deathe and passion and through his innocent blood sheeding to be one of the members of his elect, and my bodye to be buried in the churchyard of mellor and for the disposing of my temporall goods

first it is my will that my wyfe dorthe JACKSONN shall have and or enjoy the one halfe of my p(art) of ground in tarden and of the [ ] ground during her lyfe or so longe as the terme continueth and by son William JACKSONN the other halfe. Ite I geeve to John BRADDOCK my sonne in law & to his wyfe Isabell one tr[ ] hefer in [ ] & full satisfaction of my portion or th[ ] L of my goods [ ] they might [ ] or [ ] after my discease. Ite I geve to [ ] wm BRADDOCK & to his sister marie ether of them an ewe. Item I geeve to my sister Ellen WYLD xis xid

Ite I geve to gilbert CHARLTON and to his children toowe heaps of mele Ite I geve to Alice godchild xiid also it is my will that after I am forth brought my debts payd, funerall, legacies and expences finished and discharged of my whole goods that she my wyfe dorthe shall have athird p(art) of all my housing tenemet & goods and my sonne William the rest yealding and paying ratable p(or)tions of rents & duties belonging unto it. Also it is my will that my sonne William shall pay or cause to be payed to his sister Alis JACKSONN the some of fiftie pounds of good and lawfull english money when she dothe acco(m)pl(i)sh the age of toowe and twentie years. [ ]will[ ] in the yeare of our lord god one thousand six hundred thirtie neene and an orderly [Bed] [suche] a one as is now at my house Also I make my sonne Wm JACKSONNE my true and lawfull executor to see this my will be fulfilled.

These being wittnes John BOOTH X his marke; Wm STONES X ; Edmund WYLD X his marke

A true & pfect inventory of ye goods cattels & chattells of William JACKSON of longhurst lane in Mellor in ye Parrish of Glossopp & County of Derbie made & Apprized ye 11th day of October in ye yeare of our Lord god 1686 in ye [ ] yeare of our Soveragne lord King James ye 2nd by us whose names are heare in subscribed

Imp Two cowes one heffer & two Calfes att

10-00-00

One mare & one coult att

04-00-00

One swine att

01-00-00

One Tenement in Ludworth att

03-00-00

Three beds & beding att

02-00-00

In Linens

00-10-00

In sheepe

03-00-00

In corne & heay

06-00-00

One cupboard & dishboard

00-13-00

In coffers or Chests

00-10-00

In Tables Chears & Stouls

01-00-00

In Brass & pewter

01-00-00

In wooden ware & hine ware

00-06-00

In Iron ware

00-10-00

Two Leades att

00-05-00

In purse & Apparell

05-00-00

Whole sum

38-13-04

Robert JAQUES (of Offerton) – from bond his marke; William THAILOR [Charker] his marke

The Last Will and Testament of ye aforesaid William JACKSON is as ffolloweth only in [if] House of his well beloved wife Imp I give & bequeath unto my wife all my goods [ ] & dead [Cattels] & Chattells fo ye mayntayning of her & bringing up on my children discharging my debt & funeral expenses

In the name of God amen the second day of March in the Eighteenth Year of King George the Seconds Reign by ye Grace of God our Great & So Forth Defender of the ffaith And in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and ffourty ffour come ffive I William JACKSON of Millbrow within Ludworth in the parish of Glossop and County of Derby Slator being Sick and Weake of Body but of a Sound Mind and a Disposing Understanding (Praised be God for the Same) Doo make publish Express and Declare this my last Will and Testament in Manner and fforme ffollowing (Omitting all fformal Ceremonial and Usual fforms of Words Comonly Comprised in Wills touching and Concerning a ffuture State Which are of no advantage to the Testator nor the Essential part of a Will) And as for and Concerning my Worldly Estate Which it hath pleased God to bestow upon my I hereby Express and declare my full Will Mind and Intention in that behalfe as ffolloweth And ffirst I will Direct and Appoint that all my just Debts ffunerall Expenses And the Charges of the Probate and Executing hereof be ffirst and principally paid and Discharged out of my Whole Estate by my Executor herein after Named, Also I Give leave and Bequeath Unto John KENERALY my Sister Marys Son the Sume of Twenty pounds to be paid him by my Executor hereafter Named When he Attains Twenty One Years of Age And to Sarah KENERLY Daughter to my Sister Mary the Sume of Twenty pounds to be paid her When she Attains the Age of Twenty one Years or happens to Marry Which Shall ffirst happen, And to the Child my Sister Mary goes [Enseint] with or Pregnant off the like Sume of Ten pounds to be pd by Executor When him or her Arives at ye Age aforsd And it is my Will and Mind that if any of the above Legatees dye before him her or them arives at ye age aforsd his her or their Legacie or Legacies Shall be Equally divided Amongst the Remainder of my of my Sister Marys Children Share and Share alike And I also give my said Sister Mary Twenty Shillings 12 Months after my Decease And it is my ffurther will and Mind that in case my Sd Sister Mary KERERALY be left Widow I hereby give Devise and bequeath unto her for and duringe her Natural life One of the Houses in Mellor I hold in Lease Under Thomas CHETAM of Mellor aforsd Esq. Whether or Which of these Two Dwellings my Brother John thinks proper for her & her Children to Dwell in during her life as aforesd And all the rest residue and Remainder of my Leasehold Cottages Mortgages Bonds Bills Household Goods Cattles Chattells and personal Estate Whatsoever in Whose hands Custody or possession the same or any part thereof shall can or may be found I hereby Give leave Devise and bequeath unto my Brother John JACKSON his heirs and assigns for Ever, And Lastly I Constitute Nominate and appoint my said Brother John JACKSON full and Sole Executor of this my last Will & Testament hopeing and Confiding in him that he will take care to see that these things be done & performed according to this my will & Mind & as I have putt & planed my whole trust & Confidence in him hereby revoking & making void all fformer or other Wills Testaments Legacies & bequests and this to be taken for & as my last Will & Testament & none other In Witness Whereof I the sd Wm JACKSON Testator have hereunto put my hand & seal the day & year ffirst Within Written

signed Sealed published Expressed and Declared for and as ye last Will and Testament of ye sd Wm JACKSON Testator in the presence of us Who Subscribed our Names as Witnessess thereof in the presence of & in the same room with the sd Testator (The word bequeath between the Seventy fourth ye Seventy fifth line on ye 1 Side being ffirst Interline)

Rev Tho ATKIN of Littlemoor,Glossop; Rev Samuel CLARKSON of Broughton nr Salford

Witnesses: J.B.BRACKENBURY Solr of Manchester; J.D.BARRY; Edward LEWIS made 1836

In the name of God Amen the twenty seven day of August Anno dom 1713 I Godfry KINDER of Crowder in the pish of Glossop & County of Derbie yeoman, being of pfect Memorye Blessed be God for the same doe Make & Ordaine this my Last will & testement revoking all other in Maner & form following. first I bequeth my Soule into the hands of Allmighty God my Maker hopeing through the Meretorious death & passion of Jesus Christ my onely Saveour & Redeemer to receve full pardon of my sins, And as for my body to be buried in a Christian Maner. Item I leave Margaret my wife all my personall Estate, & all my land for the time & tearme of twelve years from the day of my death upon Condition that she shall pay my debts & funerall Expences. And to John KINDER & William KINDER my two oldest sons either of them one shilling And to Ralph KINDER my other son five shillings. Item I give my daughter Elizebeth KINDER And to her heres & Assines for ever all my Lands to enter on the one halfe at the end of the tearme afore said, And on the other half at the decease of my wife upon Condition that she pay to Hellen KINDER my daughter ten pounds when shee comes to the age of twenty three years. And Lastly I Ordaine and apoint Margrett KINDER my beloved wife sole Executrix of this my Last will & Testament in Witness where of I have here unto sett my hand And Seale the day And year A bove written & in the psence of these whose names are here under written

An inventory of the goods Chattells and Cattells of Godfred KINDER in the pish of Glossop & County of Derbie yeoman deceased. veiwd and praised September the second Anno doni 1713 by us whose names are under written

In the name of god Amen I John KINDER of Kinder in the parish of Glossop and Countie of Darbi husbandman not sound in bodie but in perfect memori do ordaine and make this my laste will and testament in maner and forme followinge First I commend [my] [soule] into the hands of almightie god my [Creator] hoppinge [ ] [ ] of Jesus Christe my redeemer to have full pardon of all my [sins] and everlastinge life and my bodie to the [earth] to be buryed [christian] buriall And for concerninge my temporall estate my [mynde] and will is that my Deptes and funeral expenses be [oute] of whole goods

I give and bequeathe to my Brother in lawe Thomas WAREHURST of Glossop in the Countie of Darbie linen webster all my whole goods Deptes [ ] or [ ] all whatsoever can be [found] belonging to me the said John KINDER he payinge and [discharging] such legacies as here after I shall appointe

Yt to Robert BEARDE the sone of John BERD of Kinder one little [keadle] pan

Yt to Elizabeth KINDER of Kinder ye wife of Joh KINDER five shilling

Yt I do make by brother in lawe Thomas WAREHURST of Glossop my soule executor of this my last wille and testamente giving and bequeathinge to him all the reste of my goods and Chattles whatsoevernot formerlie bequeathed to him his executors administrators or assignes to this my laste will and testamente I [have]here unto [put] hand and seale the tenthe daye of January in anno dom 1648

Sealed and Signed in the presence of Thomas HODKINSON; William OFFENTON

A true and perfect inventori of all the goods of John KINDER of Kinder in the parish of Glossop and Countie of Darbi husbandman [Deceased] praised and valued the xxixth of january in anno dom 1648 by William BARBERof Heathe; Heneri HARROP; James HALLE

In the name of God Amen. I John KINDER of Hill House in Kinder Hamlet in the parish of Glossop and County of Derby Yeoman being sick and weak in Body but of sound & perfect mind memory and understanding do Make an publish this my Last Will and Testament in Manner and form following; ffirst I commend my Soule to almighty God my Creator hoping through my Saviour Jesus Christ to have pardon and forgiveness of all my sins and to inherit Everlasting Life, And my Body I Comitt to the Earth to be Buryed at the discression of my Executor hereafter Named, And as to the disposition of all such Temporal Estates it hath pleased Allmighty God to bestow upon my I give and dispose thereof as ffollows, ffirst my Will and Mind is that all such Just Debts as I shall owe at my Death together with the Charge of the probate of this my last Will be paid and taken out of my whole Estate, I give devise and bequeath unto my Son John KINDER his Heirs and Assigns for Ever all my ffreehold Estates Lands & premises whatsoever Lying & being in Kinder Hamlet afforesaid, And Likewise I give to my sd Son John KINDER all my personal Estate Goods & Chattles whatsoever Except one Bead & one Chist [ ] my sd Son John KINDER paying all the Legacyes herein Mentioned and performing this my Last Will, I give to my Wife Mary one Chist and one Bead in the Chamber over the parlor, And five pounds A year (to be paid by my sd Son John) in full sattisfaction of her Thirds & Dower which she might by law have or Claime of or to any of my Estates in Kinder Hamlet afforesd: And it is my Will and Mind that if my Wife Mary doth not Accept of the said five pounds A Year in full satisfaction of all demands whatsoever which she might have or Claime to Any part of my Estates in Kinder aforesaid that she shall have the Afforementioned Chist and no more, I Likewise give to my Wife Mary the parlor and Chamber over it to Dwell and Inhabit in during her Life or so long as She Continues unmarried and Accepts of the said five pounds A year and no Longer, I Give to my Daughter Elizabeth Twenty pounds, I Give to my Daughter Mary Twenty pounds, I Give to my Son Ralph twenty pounds, I Give to my Son Nicolas twenty pounds, I Give to my Daughter Ann twenty pounds, And I Give to my Son Joseph twenty pounds to be paid to Each of them when they shall Attain their Ages of Twenty one Years, And it is my Will and Mind that my said Son John KINDER shall Maintain & provide for all my Younger Children Afforementioned with Meat Drink Washing & Lodging until they shall Attain their Age of twenty one Years, and teach all of them to Read in the Bible att his own and his Mothers discression, And Lastly I do make Ordain Constitute and Appoint my sd Son John KINDER and my Wife Mary my Executor & Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament In Wittness whereof I have hereunto Sett my hand and Seal this Twenty seventh day of August 1748

In the Name of God Amen I Joseph KINDER of Higatehead in the parish of Glossop & County of Derby being in Reasonable Good health of Body and of Sound & perfect mind memory & understanding do make and Ordaine to Writing this my last Will & Testament in manner & form following

First my Will and minde is that all such Just Debts as I shall owe at my Death be paid I Give Devise & Bequeath unto my Loveing Wife Martha KINDER all that my Messuage and Dwellinghouse wherein I now Live at Higatehead aforesd with al its Appurtenances, to dispose of at her own discression, I give to as many of my Cuzon Ralph KINDER lat of Heafield Children as shall be living twelve months after my Decease five shillings Each of them, I give to my Cuzon William BENNETT lat of Kettlesom one shilling, And to his Sister Mary and her three Daughters (which she had by her first Husband) Each of them five shillings if they be alive twelve months after my decease, Also I give to his Sister Martha one shilling, I Give to George HIGENBOTTAM of Heafield and his Wife Mary Each of them five shillings I give to George BOWDEN ye Elder of Laneside one Guinnea If any of the Legatees above Mentioned happen to Depart this Life before twelve months after my Decease it is my Will & minde that my Wife shall not pay that or those Legacys to their Heirs, All the Rest residue & remainder of all my personal Estate & Effects whatsoever I give to my Wife Martha and I do nominate & Appoint my sd Wife Martha Whole & Sole Executor of this my Last Will and Testament And I desire the said George HIGENBOTTAM and ye sd George BOWDEN will Assist & direct In Wittness whereof I have hereunto Sett my hand & Seal this 11th Day of January One thousand Seven hundred & fifty three

In the Name of God Amen I Martha KINDER of Highgatehead in the parish of Glossop & County of Derby Widow being in Reasonable Good Health of Body and of Sound and Perfect Mind Memory & understanding Do hereby make publish & declare this my last Will & Testament in Manner and fform ffollowing. ffirst my Will & Mind is that all such just debts as I shall owe at my Death together with the Charge of my ffuneral and all other Charges Insident to this my last Will be paid and discharged by my Executor and taken out of my Estate, I Give devise & bequeath unto my Nephew William BARBER the younger of Kinder and his Heirs for Ever all that my Dwelling House wherein I now Live and the Gardens and all other the Appurtenances thereunto belonging Likewise I give unto him my Coach Chaire my Cubbord the Bead in the parlor and Beading to it and five pounds in Money Likewise I give unto him one Halfe of my Husbands Close and the other Halfe of all my Husbands Close I give to John STANSBY, I give to my Neices Sarah & Martha BARBER and Margret STANSBY Each of them ffive pounds, I give to my Nephews Thomas & George BOWDEN of Laneside Either of them [five] pounds, I give to George HIGENBOTTAM of Heafield and his Wife Mary Either of them ffifty shillings, I Give to my Brother John WATERHOUSE five shillings, I Give to my Nephew Samuel WATERHOUSE five shillings, I Give to George HADFIELD of Heafield Clother Clother (sic) five shillings. I Give to Joseph KINDER of Heafield Clother five shillings and I Give unto his Brother Samuel and his Sister Mary Each of them one shilling, I Give to the Rev: Mr BADILEY one Guinea for to preach my ffuneral Sermon, I Give to my Neices Sarah & Martha BARBER and Margret STANSBY all my Wering Appariell and all my Linnen whatsoever to be by my Executors Equally devided to and amongst them Share & Share alike, Likewise I give unto Martha BARBER my Chest which I Bought of my Brother Samuel, I give to my Executors George higenbottam & George BOWDEN Either of them two Guineas all which said Legacys herein by me given it is my Will & Mind that they shall be paid by my Executors within on year next after my Decease or as soon after as my Executors Conveniantly can, all the rest residue & and remainder of all my personal Estate & Effects whatsoever (if any) which is not herein before disposed oft, I do hereby give unto my Sisters Children Mary BARBER & Susanah BOWDEN to be Equally devided to so many of them as shall be Liveing at my decease share & Share alike, And Lastly I do make ordain Constitute and Appoint the before Named George HIGENBOTTAM o f Heafield, and George BOWDEN of Laneside the Elder Executors of this my Last Will & Testament, In Witness whereof I have hereunto Sett my hand & Seal this Twentyth day of April One Thousand seven Hundred & Sixtyone.

Sealed Signed published and declared for and as the last Will of the Testator in the presents of her

A True and perfect Inventory of al & Singular the Goods Chattles personal Estate & Effects which Martha KINDER late of Higatehead in the parish of Glossop & County of Derby Dyed possessed of Vallued & Praised this 29 of Sept 1762

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£ s d

Her purse and Appariel

20-14-00

One ffire Iron tonngs & other Iron things

00-02-06

10 Chaires & A Stoole

00-02-00

One Chest and a Cubord

00-09-00

One Coach Chaire & a Little coffer

00-07-06

6 pewter Dishes 4 plates 12 spoones

00-05-00

An Old Table a Stoole and 2 Coffers

00-04-00

4 Small Pinns and A Warmeing Pann

00-03-00

An Old Bead & Bead close

00-10-00

Three Old Chairs and A Stoole

00-02-00

A Bead and Beading

00-10-00

An Old Arke A Coffer & A Stoole

00-05-00

Potts and Hustlement

00-05-00

In Debts owe

71-00-00

In all

99-06-00

Vallued and praised by us the day & year abovesaid as witness our hands John ALLEN; Tho WATERHOUSE

In the Name of God Amen I Nicholas KINDER of Kinderhead in the parish of Glossop in the county of Derby Yeoman being very old infirm in body, But of sound mind & understanding, praised be almighty God for the same, Doe make & publish this my last Will & Testament in maner & forme following, and first & principally I bequeath my soul into the hands of Almighty God, hopeing that the merritts & Intercession of my Blessed redeemer Jesus Christ to receive pardon for all my Sins And my body I desire may be decently buried at the discreson of my Exctor hereafter named and as touching my worldly estate so it hath pleased almighty God to bestow upon me I give the same in maner following (that is to say) In the first place I will that all my debts & funeral charges be first discharged out of my reall & personall estate, Item, I give & discharge unto Phillipp KINDER my Nephew the sume of fforty pounds upon this Condition & not otherwise that he pay to my Exctor hereafter named the sume of seaventy four pounds that he now owes me, Or in default of payment of the sd sume stated in the line above to my executor hereafter named, John [ ] wholly [ ] draw & like away the sd Legacy of fforty pounds, & hereby give & devise to the sd Phillipp on shilling in full of the before devise of fforty pounds Item I give & bequeath unto my Nephew Jno KINDER, All my messuages Land tenements & hereditaments whatsoever & wheresoever that I now [soived] & possess off [ ] in the Kingdom of Great Brittain To Hold to the sd Jno KINDER his heires & assigns forever Upon Condition, that he the sd Jno KINDER his heires do [ ] or [ ] [ ] or some of them doo pay the sume of fforty pounds out of the same in manner following (to witt) unto his brother & my Nephew Ralph KINDER the sume of Twenty pounds parte of the sd fforty pounds, & the remaining Twenty pounds unto Elizabeth SHIRT wife of Saml SHIRTof Hayfield Blacksmith [ ] sd last Sumes I will that the sume be paid [with] in Twelve months after my death, Item I give unto Elizabeth ANDREW of Howlane ffive shillings, And unto Sarah PADLEY wife of Wm PADLEY near Handley ffive shillings Item I give unto Ralph KINDER my Nephew of Whitle Hamblett ffive shillings and unto his two sisters Elizabeth & Ellen KINDER each of them ffive shillings, and unto Margarett BATE their mother one shilling, Item I give & bequeath unto the servants of the sd Phillipp KINDER my Nephew every one of them twelve pence apiece, Item all the rest residue & remainder of my Reall & personall estate which [ ] and wheresoever, I give to my sd Nephew Jno KINDER whom I hereby nominate & appoint to sole & only exctor of this my Last Will & Testament revoaking, & disannulling all former Wills herebefore made, And I desire my said Exctor, If he thinks [ ] to give to the sd Phillipp KINDER one [arke] [which] I bought at the Spray house, and one other arke standing in his owne chamber & one Coiled chaire in his house In Wittness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seale this Twenty fourth day of November 1726.

Sealed Signed published& declared to be the last Will & Testament of the Testator Nich. KINDER in the presence of us who in the presence of the sd Testator have his covenent sett our hands as Wittnessess hereto

In the name of God Amen I Phillip KINDER of Kinder in the Parish of Glossop & County of Derby Yeoman being out of Health of Body But of sound & perfect mind & memory, prayse be therefore given to Almighty God for the same do Make & Ordaine to writing this my Last Will & Testament in Manner & Forme Following (that is to say) First & principally I Commend my Soule in the hands of Almighty God, Hoping through ye Death of my Saviour Jesus Christ to have Full & Free pardon & Forgiveness of all my Sins, and to Inherit Everlasting Life And my Bodey I Committ to the Earth to be Decently Buryed att ye Discression of my Executors hereafter Named And as touching the disposing of all such Temporal Estate as it Hath Pleased Allmighty God to Bestow upon Mee I give and Dispose thereof as Followeth, First It is my Will & mind that all my just Debts which I do owe att my Death together with the Charge of my Executors in ye Probat And all other Reasonable charges in there Execution & performance of this my Last Will be Paid and discharged & Likewise taken out of my whole Estate, I Give Bequeath unto my Deare & Loving Wife Mary Six pounds A yeare during her Natural Life or so Longe as she shall Happen to Live, I give unto my younger Son John, one Hundred & twenty pounds to be paid to him when he shall Attaine His full age of Twenty & one years. I give to my Daughter Mary One Hundred Pounds to be paid to Her when my Son Phillipe shall Attain his full age of Twenty one Years, I give to my Daughter Hellen One Hundred pounds to be paid her when my sone Phillip shall Attaine his Full age of Twenty one Years And so Long as my Daughters or Either of them shall think proper that their portions afforesd shall be in the hands of my sone Phillipe after they are due to them they shall have Each of them foure pounds a Year no more for the Intrest of the same, And it is my Will & minde that if any of my three younger Children shall Happen to Depart this Life before their portions are due as afforesd And Leave no issue Lawfully begotten of their Bodey or Bodeys that Any such portion or portions shall be disposed off Twenty pounds apeise to the younger Children & Remainder to the Eldest sone Phillipe, And Likewise it is my Will & Minde that all my three younger Children before mentioned Shall Work for my sone Phillipe and be mentained with all Necessary Meat Drink Lodging & Close att ye Discression of my Executors hereafter Named until my son Phillipe shall attain his Full age of Twenty one Years, I give to Each of my three Younger Children a Bead att the discression of my Executors, All the rest of residue & Remainder of my Real & personal Effects Houshould Goods Chattels Cattels and Effects whatsoever they Are (over & besides the paying these Legacies before mentoned and all other Charges in & About ye Execution of this my Last Will) I give & bequeath unto my Eldest son Phillip KINDER and his Heirs for Ever. And Lastly I do make ordaine Constitute & Appoint Saml MARRIOTT and John KINDER boath of Hill house in the sd Parish of Glossop & County of Derby Yeomens Executors of this my Last Will and do revoke disannul & make Void all former Will or Wills by me att any time heretofore made, In witness whereof I Have herunto sett my Hand & Seale this Twenty ninth day of June of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty & Eight

Signed Sealed published and Declared in the presence of Thomas MARRIOTT; Ralph KINDER; Geo. HIGENBOTTAM

This is the Last will and Testament of me Philip KINDER of Bridgeholm Green in Chinley within the Parrish of Glossop and County of Derby Yeoman being of sound disposing mind memory and understanding (Praised be God for the same) made in manner and form ffollowing. First it is my mind and will that all my Just debts ffuneral Expences and the Charges Attending the Probate and Execution of this my last will be paid and discharge by my Daughter Racheal MARCHINGTON wife of Thomas MARCHINGTON of and from my Estate called Kinder Head in Kinder within the Parish and County Aforesd I give and bequeath to my Loving wife Sarah KINDER all my Personal Estate of what kind soever or where soever the same may be found to use or dispose of as she shall think Proper. I Also Give and bequeath to my Loving wife Aforsd all the rents and Proffits that do or may Arise of and from that my Estate Lying in Edall. And also of and from all my Land and tenement Lying in Chinley Aforesd. dureing her natural Life and after her decease I Give the said Lands to my Daughter Racheal MARCHINGTON to her and her heirs for ever but if it shall so happen that my said Daughter shall die before her said Husband Thomas MARCHINGTON and he shall marry Again Then it is my mind and will that the said Lands Shall go to my Grandaughter Elizabeth Kinder MARCHINGTON to her and her heirs for ever I further Leave to my Loving wife Aforesd the yearly Sum of Five Pounds of Lawfull money of Great Brittain to be paid her yearly and Every year during her Natural Life of and from that my Estate Lying in Kinder Aforesd by my Daughter Aforesd the first Payment to commence and become due and Payable Six months after my decease. After the Payment of all my Just debts funeral Expences Gifts Legacies and bequests above mentioned I do hereby Give devise and bequeath unto my Daughter Racheal MARCHINGTON wife of Thomas MARCHINGTON aforesd all that my Estate both freehold and fee ffarm Lying in Kinder and known by the name of Kinder Head aforesd which said Estate I Give and bequeath to the said Racheal MARCHINGTON to her and her heirs for ever She Paying the ffive Pounds a year as before mentioned Lastly I do hereby nominate constitute and Appoint my Loving wife Sarah KINDER my Friend John CARRINGTON of Ashton Clough and my Son in Law Thomas MARCHINGTON Joint Executors of this my last will and Testament And revokeing all other will or wills and Testament In Witness whereof I the said Philip KINDER the testator have put my hand and Seal this twenty second day of January in the year of Our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Eight

Sealed Signed Published and Declared by the within named testator to be his Last will and Testament in the Sight and in the presence of us as witnesses William SUTCLIFF; Joseph OLIVER; Samuel CHETHAM

In the Name of God Amen I Ralph KINDER of Hill house in the parish of Glossop & County of Derby Yeoman being in Reasonable Good Health of Body and of perfect Mind Memory & understanding Do hereby make publish & Ordain to Writing this my Last Will and Testament in Manner and form following (to witt) First I commend my Soul to Allmighty God my Creator hopeing through my Saviour Jesus Christ to have pardon and forgiveness of all my Sins and to Inherit Everlasting Life, And my Body I Committ to the Earth to be decently Buryed at the Discression of my Executors hereafter Named, And as for & Concerning all my Temporal Estate I give and dispose thereof as follows, My Will & mind is that all Such Just Debts as I shall owe as my Death together with the Charge of my funeral and the Expense of the probatt of this my last Will be paid and taken out of my Whole Estate I give Devise & bequeath unto my Nephew Ralph KINDER his Heirs & Assigns for Ever all that my freehold Estate at Neitherhey now in the possession of my Tenant Lawrence CHATTERTON in the parish & County before mentioned to Enter upon the same at my Decease he paying those four Legacieys next after mentioned, I give and bequeath unto Mary, Nicholas, Ann and Joseph Sons & Daughters of my Brother John KINDER late of Hill house aforesaid Each of them forty pounds apiece to be paid to Each of them within twelve months next after my Decease by my said Nephew Ralph KINDER out of my Estate Called the Neither Hey aforesaid, And if he doth refuse or neglect to pay the same according to this my Will & Mind, then I give and bequeath my said Estate Called the Neitherhey aforesaid to my Nephew John KINDER his Heirs and Assigns for Ever he or they paying these Legacies before mentioned and also paying unto my said Nephew Ralph KINDER or his Heirs the sum of forty pounds on Demand, I give and bequeath unto Phillip KINDER my Nephew his Brother John KINDER, Ann WOOD, Mary ROWBOTHAM & Ellen HALL their Sisters, my Niece Elizabeth BOOTH Each of them ten pounds a piece to be paid by my Nephew John KINDER in full Discharged and Sattisfaction to me for all the Money he owes me upon Any Account whatsoever within twelve Months next after my Decease, I give to Ellen BRADBURY one Shilling, If any one of the Leguteys above mentioned be not Content with his or her Legacy herein before by me given then it is my Will and mind that they shall have Each one shilling and no more, All the Rest residue and Remainder of all my personal Estate and Effects whatsoever which is not herein by me disposed of, I give & bequeath unto my Nephews John and Ralph KINDER aforesaid to be Equally divided between them Share and Share alike, Lastly I do Make Nominate Constitute and Appoint My said Nephews John and Ralph KINDER of Hill house aforesaid Joynt Executors of this my Last Will and Testament Revoaking and making voyde all former Will or Wills by me at anytime heretofore made and I declare this to be my last Will and none other. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Sett my Hand and Seal this third day of June in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and sixty two.

Sealed Signed published and declared by the Testator to be his Last Will and Testament in the presents of

In the name of God Amen this fourth day of August in the third year of the reign of our sovn Lord King Georg Anno Dom 1716 I Ann KYRK of Sherracks in the parish of Glossop & County of Derby widow being in health of body and of sound & perfect mind & memory blessed be Almighty God do make ordain this my last will & Testmt in manor and form following. ffirst I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God my Creator hoping through the only merits of Jesus Christ my Redeemer to be partaker of life everlasting And my body to the earth to be decently interred at the discretion of my Executor hereafter named And as for such worldly estate as God in mercy hath intrusted mee with I give & dispose thereof as followeth imp: after my debts are paid & funeral charges I give devise and bequeath unto Dorothy KYRK my Neece: All that pt and pcel of Land lying in Chinly which I lately purchased of Mr John BARBAR to have & to Hold to her her heirs and Assigns for ever (desireing that if at any time hereafter she have a mind to sell itt my brother in law Jno KYRK may have the refusal of it before any other) with this proviso that she pay unto so many of Joseph BAGSHAWs children as shall be living at my decease the sev’ll sumes of fourty shillings a piece as they shall attain the sev’ll ages of one & twenty years itm: I give to the sd Dorothy one bedstead in the parlour with the hangings ffeatherbed, one bolster two pillows two pair of sheets & ev’y thing els necessary to the furnishing up of a bed, together with my chest a little wheel one larg pewter dish one brass pann & my best suit of Aparel itm: I give & bequeath to my sister in law Ann LINGARD And to her children John Charls Nichlolas Georg Ann Hellen & Dorothy the sume of twenty pounds to be equally divided amongst them itm: I give & bequeath to my brother John LINGARD & to his children Joshua John Charls Nicholas Joseph & Mary the like sume of twenty pounds to be divided equally amongst them And to my sd Nephew John LINGARD I give the further sume of five pounds itm: I give & bequeath to Sarah BROOM my Neece the sume of fifteen pounds And one suit of Aparell one ffeather bed one chaff bed one bolster two pair of sheets three blankets & the [residat] coffer itm: I give to my Neece Mary the wife of John KYRK & her children the sume of Tenn pounds to be equally divided amongst them and the further sume of five pounds to Charls her son itm: I give to Charls LINGARD of Milntown my Nephew the sume of five pounds itm: I give to my Neece Mary JACKSON fifty shillings itm I give to my Neece Ann DOAN fifty shillings itm I give to my Nephew Thomas KYRK half a guinny itm: I give to my Neece Ann KENYON five shillings And to her sister Grace one shilling itm: I give to Mr CLEGG half a guinny itm I give to my brothers in law John & Samuel KYRK & to my sister in law Ann WARD & to the children of my brother in law Robt KYRK deceased All those goods at Sherracks which I did not bring with mee thither but were my late husbands & not by mee disposed on before to be divided equally amongst them the children of Robt KYRK to have only one pt amongst them as if their father had been living itm: I give to my Nephew Samuel KYRK one larg bible itm: I give to my Neece Ann RIDGWAY one box in the parlour & one Muslin hankerchiff the remainder of my cloths not disposed on before I give to Dorothy KYRK my Neece to Mary the wife of John KYRK & to my Neece Sarah BROOM equally amongst them itm: All the rest & residue of my peraonall estate not disposed on before I will that it may be divided into four equall parts & those I give & bequeath unto Ann RIDGWAYs children one part to Mary the wife of John KYRK & her children another part to my Neece Dorothy KYRK a third part And to Sarah BROOM and her children a fourth part And I do constitute and appoint my Nephew John LINGARD son of my brother John LINGARD my sole Executor not doubting but he will faithfully discharge the trust I repose in him And I do hereby revoke disanull & make void All other Wills legacys and bequests by mee heretofore made or given In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & seal the day & year first above written.

Sealed signed & decalred to be the testatours last will and according to her mind those words in the 29th line being first interlined viz to Dorothy KYRK my Neece & In psence off

A true & perfect inventory of all the goods & Chattels of Ann KYRK of Shireoaks in the parish of Glossop & County of Derby widow taken & aprized by us whose names are hereunto subscribed the fifth day of June Annoq Dom 1718.

(not transcribed, valued @ £188-18-9 by Tho: KYRK his mark, Ja: RIDGWAY & Jno KYRK)

In the name of God Amen I John KIRK of Shireoaks in in (sic) the Parish of Glosop & County of Derby being weak of Body but of perfect mind & memory blessed be God do make and ordain this my last Will & Testament this twenty fifth day of April in the eighteenth year of the Reign King George the second in the year of our lord one Thousand seven hundred forty five in manner & form following: First I committ my Soul into the hands of God hopeing for everlasting life through the merits of his son Jesus Christ & my body I commit to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executor hereafter named: And as to my temporal estate & worldly goods I disposed of in the following manner Viz: First my will & mind is that my Debts & ffuneral expences be paid out of my whole estate Item I give to my loveing wife three pounds a year which said [ al] sum I charge to m be paid out of a piece of land I bought of John HADFIELD of Milnetown called Ladyshaw like wise I give to her a Cow & a Bed her to chuse which she pleaseth it I give to my Daughter Grace LINGARD forty pounds item I give to my Daughter Ann WATERHOUSE the sume of twenty pounds which with twenty pounds that I have heretofore given her make the forty pounds to be paid to therin by ten pounds a year my daughter Grace LINGARD receiveing the first ten pounds a year after my decease item I give to my Granchildren as many as are born at my decease twenty shillings apiece to be paid all the aforesaid Legacies by my executor hereafter named all the rest and residue of my estate of what nature and kind so ever I give to my son Charles KIRK And of this my last will & Testament I constitute & appoint my son Charles KIRK to be sole executor and I do hereby revoak disanull & make void all former wills & Testaments by me heretoformade in witness thereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the day and year above sd.

A true and perfectInventory of all the Goods Cattle & Chattels of John KIRK of Shireoaks late deceased Appraised &valued this Samuel KYRKE; George KYRKE; Samuel KYRKE jun.; George WARD (not transcribed, valued @ £173-07-2)

This the Last will and testament of me Mary KYRK Widdow of Shiroak in the parish of Glossop & County of Derby: First My will and mind is that all my Debts and funeral expences be paid and discharged out of My estate: [Next] I give and bequeath to my daughter Anne WATERHOUSE all my household goods and wearing apparrel except as shall be hereafter excepted but to my Bead and all my beading I give to my grandaughter Anne WATERHOUSE And My Red [quilting d] I give to My grandaughter Mary KIRK Likewise I give I give my aforesaid grandaughter Mary KIRK the sum of three pounds of Lawfull Brittish Money Next I give and bequeath to My grandson John LINGARD the sum of ten shillings Next I give and bequeath to Sarah MASON the sum of [ ] Shillings: And all the rest Residue and remainder of My estate Real or personal whatsoever I give and bequeath to my grandchildren the Children of Thomas and Ann WATERHOUSE to be equally Devided amongst so many of them or the Heirs of their bodies as Shall be then living: And Lastly I Nominate and apoynt My Son in law Thomas WATERHOUSE My Executor of this my last Will and Testament And declare this to be my last Will and Testament and do hereby revoak all former Wills hereto fore Maid by Me in Witness Whereof I set My hand and seal this Therteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred fifty and four

A True and perfect Inventory of all and Singular the Goods Chattles and Creditts of Mary KYRK Late of Shireoaks in the parish of Glossop & County of Derby Vallued and praised by George HIGENBOTTAM and Thomas WATERHOUSE the younger this tenth day of June 1757

In the Name of God Amen I Ottiwell KYRKE of Souidhill in Heyfeild in the Parrish of Glossop & County of Derby Yeoman being but weake & infirme in body but of sound mind perfect Memory Praise be Therefore given unto Allmighty God for the same do make & ordaine this my present last Will Testament in manner & forme ffollowing (that is to say) first & principally I Comend my Soul into the hands of Allmighty God hopeing that through the meritts Death & passion of my Saviour Jesus Christ, to have full and free pardon and forgiveness of all my sins & to inherit everlasting life, and my Body I Comitt to the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named. And as touching the disposition of all such temporal Estate as it hat pleased Allmighty god far above my deserts to bestow upon me, I give & dispose thereof as followeth: First I will that all my due debts ffuneral Expenses & Charges about the Probate of my Will be first paid & discharged forth of my whole Estate. Item I give devise & bequeath All that my Messuage House Outhousing Barns, Stables ffolds Backsides Lands and Tenements whatsoever lyinge & being att or near unto Heyfeild in the Parrish of Glossope & County of Derby aforesd with all & every their appurtenances what soever unto My Nephew Robert KYRKE (Sonn of Nicholas KIRKE my Brother) to hold unto the said Robert KIRKE his heirs & Assigns forever uppon Condition Nevertheless & uppon especiall trust & Confidence reposed in him That he the said Robert KIRKE his heirs Executors Administrators or Assigns shall forth of the same well & faithfully pay & discharge all such sume & sumes of Money as is by my herein bequeathed unto such person & persons & att such time & times as is by me herein & hereafter specyfyed & declared (That is to say) I give & Bequeath unto my Loveing Brother Nicholas KIRKE the yearly rent or Sume of Two pounds of lawfull Money of Great Brittain to be paid yearly for the terme of his Natural life the first payment to begin the end of one whole year next after my decease Item I give & Bequeath unto Grace CRESSWELL my sister the Sume of Tenn Pounds of lawfull Brittish Money at the end of one whole year next after my decease Item I give & Bequeath unto John KIRKE my Brother the Sume of ffifty shillings and unto Alice KIRKE his wife the Sume of tenn shillings att the end of two whole years next after my decease Item I give & Bequeath unto my Brother in lw. James CARRINGTON one Book called the Saints Everlasting rest published by Mr BAXTER Item I give and Bequeath unto Elizabeth CARRINGTON my sister in law the sume of Tenn pounds of lawfull Brittish Money att the end of two whole years next after my decease. Item I give & bequeath unto Mary WOOD of Little Hucklow the Sume of Three pounds of lawfull Brittish Money at the end of One whole year next after my decease Item I give & bequeath unto Ann BRADBURY Sister to the said Mary WOOD the Sume of Two Pounds of like lawfull Money at the end of one whole year next after my decease Item I give and bequeath unto Samuel KIRKE my Nephew Son of John KIRKE my Brother the Sume of Three pounds of like lawfull Money at the end of two whole years next after my decease. Item I give and Bequeath unto John SHORE the Sume of Tenn Shillings of like lawfull money at the end of Two whole years next after my decease Item I give & Bequeath unto James SHORE the Sume of ffour pounds of like lawfull Money att the end of one whole year next after my decease and the Sume of Six pounds more to be paid by fforty shillings a year for the space of three years the first yearly paymnt to commence & begin at the end of two whole years next after my decease Item I give and Bequeath unto Joseph SHORE the Sume of Three pounds of like lawfull Money at the end of two whole years next after my decease Item I give & bequeath unto Mary and Ann SHORE each of them the Sume of Three pounds of like lawfull money at the end of two whole years after my decease Item. I give and bequeath unto Mary SHORE daughter of James SHORE aforesd the Sume of Three pounds of like lawfull money at the end of two whole years next after my decease. Item I give and Bequeath unto Sarah WOOLEY (wife of Joseph WOOLEY near Mottram) the Sume of Two pounds of like lawfull Money at the end of two whole years next after my decease Item I give and Bequeath unto David HARROP the Sume of Tenn Shillings of like lawfull Money at the end of two whole years next after my decease. Item all the rest residue and remainder of my Whole Estate, Household Stuffs, Goods & Chattels whatsoever, not before Bequeathed I give & Bequeath unto My Nephew Robert KIRKE Son of Nicholas KIRKE my sd Brother and do make him the said Robert KIRKE my full & Sole Executor of this my last will & Testament hopeing he will well and faithfully perform & full fill the trust I have herein reposed in him. And I desire that my body may be Buried, at of in the Chappell in Edall as near unto my Ancestors as conveniently may be, and I do likewise order my Executor to pay into the hands of the Overseers of the poor in Bowden Midlecale (or one of them) the Sume of fforty shillings to be by them distributed amongst the poor in Boden Midlecale at the discretion of William CARRINGTON of Ashton Clough within the space of two Months next after my decease: And the like Sume of fforty shillings to the poor within Edall to be paid into the hands of the Overseers of the poor within Edall and to be distributed to the poor within Edall att the discretion of my Brother John KIRKE within the space of two Months next after my decease. Item I give unto Thomas MARRIOTT & Elizabeth his wife either of them the Sume of tenn shillings within the space of two years next after my decease anything herein contained already Notwithstanding. And I do hereby disannull and make void all former & other will & testaments by me heretofore made In Witness whereof I the said Ottiwell KYRKE to this my last will & Testament my hand & seal have putt this twenty first day of January Anno Domi 1708. It is also my will & mind that my Executor Shall pay unto my loveing freind William CARRINGTON aforesd the sume of twenty shillings.

(memorand that those two words in the thirteenth line (viz) forever & those other words (viz) were interlined before the sealing & delivery of those present

Sealed Signed published and declared to by my last will and Testament in the presence of

[ ] SLACK; James ROLLINSON; William CARRINGTON; ASH.

In the name of god Ame the Nynth day of March in Ano dmi 1635 I Thomas KYRKE of Sherockes sicke in bodie but of sound & pfect memorie (praysed be god the therefore) And knowinge death to bee the end & way decreed for all flesh And the tyme thereof to be uncertaine beeinge onely in the hands & disposition of the Almightie And therefore unknowne to man doo therefore ordaine to make this my last will & Testament in manner & forme folowinge; And first I surrender my soule into the hands of Almightie god my maker to Jesus Christ my redeemer And to the Holy Ghost my Sanctifyer hopinge in him And trustinge through faith in the blood of Christ And by his bitter passion & blood sheeding on the Crosse for my sinnes to bee one of his Elect And to be come a Joyful soule att the day of my resurrection And my mynd is that my bodie bee decentlie Interred in the Chappell Church nere where my frends weare laid: And for the disposition of my worldlie goods ffirst my will & mynd is that my funeral expences, hariot, Church rights & debts bee first paid out of my whole goods And because my goods will not ffetch forth to pay the same I doe hereby give unto my Executors here after nominated on close called the Hollin Close situate in Crowdenlee Booth in Edall And one pcell of land wch I hadd of William ANDREWE in Exchange situate in the Herbage of Chinley &lyeth on a palce called outh heade Ridge And to bee sould to pay my debts withal: And if it bee soe that my said debts extend further then my goods & those pcels of land will discharge & pay Then I doe hereby give full power & libertie to my executors to sett or sell soe much more of my lands in the Herbage of Chinley as will fully pay the residue of my debts if any such bee And next I doe give unto Any my wife such pt of m lands as the ffeeffeed stand seized of for her life in the deed of foeffment att or about the day our Intermarriage Item I doe give my Executors one Close called the Homeclose att the Morehay backe & one pcell of land Adjoyninge t the same close wch is not got Inclosed Contayneinge by estimacon one Acre & a halfe out of wch Close & pcell of land my said Executors shall pay five pounds a yeare yearely unto Robert my sonne during his naturall life All the ffeast of Pentecost the ffirst payment whereof to commence & beginn at such feastday of Pentecost as shall first happen next after my decease And for default of payment of the said some of five pounds & owe pt & pcell thereof att any of the dayes of payment wherin it ought to bee paid or wch Twentie dayes after Then my will is That my said sonne Robt KYRKE shall Enter and occupaye Uppon the said Close & pcell of land to his owne Use dureinge his naturall life: And then my will is when as my debts are fully of that [ ] pcell of Land in Robert my sons [ ] his annuitie out of paid, I doe hereby give unto my Executors full power to sell the Remainder ^ [ cion] of all my lands in Chinley to bringe Up and pay unto Nicholas KYRKE Ann KYRKE Ellen KYRKE & Elizabeth KYRKE my Children such Equall portions as the said lands sould for And to bee paid unto them whenas they shall sevallie Accomplish the sevall ages of Twentye & one yeares a peece probyded alwais & it is my will that whenas my Executors shall passé away the said land by sale That Thomas KYRDE my Eldest sonne shall have the refusal of the same And have Twentye pounds Abated that an other man will give for the same: And lastlie I doe give unto Thomas KYRKE my eldest sonne All my Messuage house & Ancient lands wch is called Shereockes And my will is That he enter upon the one halfe of the same beeinge Equallie devyded into Two pts Att ye feast of the Anunciation of our blessed ladie St Marie the Virgin next after my decease hee the said Thomas payinge five pounds a yeare yearlie out of the same unto Elizabeth (sic) KIRKE Ann KYRKE Ellen Kyrke & Elizabeth (sic) KYRKE my Children to bee equalie devided amongst them The first payment wherof to commence & begin att such feast daies of St Michaell Tharchangell & Thanuntiacon of blessed Marie the Virgin as shall first happen after my said sonne Thomas doe enger upon the said moitie or halfe pt of my said lands the wch said yearly payment of five pounds is to have Continuance unto my said Children until the some of one hundred markes bee fully satisfied & paid And for default of payment of the said some of five pounds or any pt thereof att any of the daies of payment wherin it is appointed or ought to bee payd by said sonn Thomas my will is that my Executors hereafter nominated shall enter of the said moitie or halfe pte of my said lands wch shall be devyded to my said sonn Thomas & shall have hould & occupaye the same until the said Annuitie or yearelie some of five pounds wch Arrearesyes be fully satisfied & paid for ye life of the said Nicholas KYRKE ann KYRKE Ellen KYRKE & Elizabeth KYRKE my children And then I doe ordaine Constitute & Appoynt Ann KYRKE my wife & Robert KYRKE my brother my true & lawfull Executors revokeinge all former wills by mee made Trustinge they will Execute & pforme this my will accordinge the trust wch I repose in them In Wittness whereof I the said Thomas KYRKE the Testator hereunto as unto my owne act & deed have sett my hand & seale the day & yeare first above written.

Sealed signed & declared in the presence of Thomas BARBER; Robt WOOD; Raphe CRESSWELL

A true & pfect Inventorie Indeinted of all the Goods Cattells & Chattells of Thomas KIRKE of Shireockes late deceased & made the xvij day of June in the yeare above [ ] prised by us viz George THORNELL; Nicholas BAGSHAWE; Edward LINGARD & John SHIRE as followeth: (not transcribed)

In the name of god Amen the sixteenth day of Januari in the seventeenth yeare of the Raigne of our Soveraigne lord the kinge & in the year of our lord god one thousand six hundred sixtie & five I Thomas KYRKE of Shearoakes I the pishe of Glossoppe & Countie of Derbie yeoman sick in body but of sound & pfecte memorie praised bee god therefore, Doe make this my last will & Testament in manner & forme followinge & first I Comit my soule into the hands of Almightie god who Created mee to Jesus Christ who sanctified & Redeemed me trusting through faith in Christ to bee one of his elect at that great day when all shall apeare before him And for the disposinge of my outward effect first my will & mynd is that my funeral expenses & Church Rights bee paid out of my whole goods & then I give unto Ann my wife the moitie or one halfe of all my anchient land & housinge at Shearoakes for & during he naturall lyfe shee keepinge her selfe sole & unmaried, And if shee marie then shee to have a third part of the aforesaid land and houses & I give unto my executor herafter named full power & authoritie to set or sell any part or all my land in mainstonefeild alls Chinley & I give my executor full power to set the moitie or one halfe of my anchient land & housing at Shearoakes for & during the tearme of fortie yeares next after my Decease to pay & discharge all such legacies debts & portions as shall become due to bee paid by, him, And first I give to my daughter Elizabeth twentie pounds to bee paid her within one yeare & a halfe next after my decease Ite I give unto Robert KYRKE my son tenn pounds to bee paid him within two yeares & a halfe next after my decease as alsoe I give him the use of one little house Called the oven house duringe his mothers life, It I give unto Ottwell KYRKE my sonn tenn pounds to bee paid him within three yeares & a half next after my decease, It I give unto Dorithy KYRKE my daughter tenn pounds to bee paid her wihin foure yeares & a half next after my decease, It I give unto John KYRKE my son tenn pounds to bee paid him within five years & a half next after my decease moreover I give unto Elizabeth KYRKE my daughter tenn pounds to bee paid her within six yeares & a half after my decease Ite I give unto Robert Kyrke my sonn tenn pounds to bee paid him within seaven years & a half next after my decease Ite I give unto Ottwell KYRKE my sonn tenn pounds to bee paid him within eight years & a half next after my decease Ite I give to Dorithy KYRKE my daughter tenn pounds t be paid her within neene yeares & a half next after my decease, It I give unto John KYRKE my sonn tenn pounds to bee paid him within tenn yeares & a half next after my decease, Ite I give unto Robert KYRKE tenn pounds to bee paid him within seaven yeare & a half next after my decease, Ite I give unto Ottwell KYRKE my sonn tenn pounds to bee paid him within twelve yeares & a half next after my decease, Ite I give unto Dorithy KYRKE my daughter tenn pounds to bee paid her within thirteen yeares & a half next afte my decease Ite I give unto John KYRKE my sonn tenn pounds to bee paid him within fourteene yeares & a half next after my decease, And my will & mynd is that if any of my Children dy before such time as they are to Receive theire aforesaid portions that then that portion to bee paid to theire Children if any theire bee & for want of such I [ ] then that part or portion to bee equally devided amongst those then livinge And I give unto my wife Anne one seeled Bed standing in the parlor with Close to furnish it withal It I give unto Thomas KYRKE my sonn two arkes in the barne one meale arke one cofer & one [corn]mill in the parlor Conditionaly that my wife Ann KYRKE may enjoy the halfe of them duringe her naturall life Ite I give unto my executor five shillings Ite I give unto John KYRKE my sonn the best ewe I have I doo Constitute & apoynt [Nath ] SHORE of Crodinleebooth yeoman my sole executor

A true and parfect Inventorie Invented of all the goods Cattell and Chatells of Thomas KYRKE of Shireoaks Yoema lately decease, had and made the second Day of March in anno Dom 1667 praysed by us Robert KIRKE; Nicholas CRESSWELL; Charles KIRKE & Charles ASHTON

In the name of God Amen the six & twentieth day of December In the third yeare of the Raigne of our Soveraigne Lord and Lady William & Mary By the grace of God of England Scotland ffrance and Ireland, King and Queene Defenders of the ffaith &c Anoq Dom 1691 I Thomas KIRKE of Shireoakes in the pish of Glossop in the County of Derby yeoman being weake of Body, but of sound & pfect mind & memory praise be given to Almighty god do make & ordaine this my last will & Testament in manner & forme following (that is to saie) ffirst & principally I Comend my soule into the hands of Almighty God my Creator hoping through the merits Death & passion of my Saviour Jesus Christ to have full pardon and forgivenesse of all my sins and to inherit everlasting life And my Body I comitt to the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executrix hereafter named And touching my worldly estate both real & psonall I dispose thereof as followeth ffirst I will that my debts & funeral charges be paid & discharged And for the true pformance thereof ffirst I give & bequeath all my goods & cattells & all my psonall estate unto Dorothy my loving wife towards the payment of Debts & further to Enable her to pay them all I give and devise all those two Closes peeces & pcells of land meadow & pasture with the apputences and which are situate lyeing & being within the herbage of Mainestonefield als Chinley in the pish and county aforesaid & called & knowne by the names of the slow Close & [ ]nier greene with one Barne thereon Standing unto Dorothy KIRKE my said wife her heires & assignes for ever And I further give & devise all my Messuage & Tenement called Shireoakes & all the lands & housing to the same belonging for & during & until my Son Thomas shall or otherwise might attayne to the age of Eight & twenty yeares for the educating & upbringing of my children or such & so many of them as will be guided by her And from & after such tyme Then my will & mind is that the same the one halfe for her life as in leiu of her Joynture And then my will & mind is that my son Thomas KIRKE for [Their & Respect] of all my antient Lands & Estate that he pay to his brother John KIRKE & the rest of his sisters thirty pounds a peece by ten pounds a yeare yearely In manner & forme following (that is to saie) To my daughter Ann KIRKE the sume of Ten pounds when he shall attaine the age of nine & twenty yeares if she the said Ann or any issue of her body be then living & to pay his brother John the sume of Tenn pounds when he the said Thomas shall attaine the age of Thirty yeares if he the said John or his issue be then living & so then next to Ann his sister each other yeare & John his brother in like manner until their pcons be paid if also they or his or her issue be then living And then yearely to pay to his foure sisters Ellen Mary Dorothy & Sarah ten pounds yearely by their turnes until their pcons be paid (as aforesaid) if they & she respectively & their issue be then living at the tyme oft paymt of their [such intended] filial pcons Conditionally as aforesaid, hereby desireing im son Thomas when he comes to age to give & as his act & deed seale bonds to his fellowes for y paymt of the same In witnesse whereof I the said Thomas KIRKE have hereby made my said wife Executrix of this my last will & likewise have hereunto putt my hand & seale the day & yeare first above written.

Sealed Signed published & declared for & as his last will in the psence of usTestator the word (my) being first such [ ]

Charles KIRKE [se]; John LINGARD; Thomas KIRKE [ ] his marke; John KIRKE; Charles KYRKE jun; Nich: LINGARD

An Inventory of all the Goods & Cattells of Thomas KIRKE late of Shireoakes in the pish of Glossopp (deced) ye ninth day of ffebruary Anno Dom 1691 praised by us whose names are hereafter subscribed

(not transcribed, valued @ £67-13-4 by Charles KIRKE Sen.; Charles KIRKE jun.; John KIRKE & Nich: LINGARD)

Witnesses: Henry SLATER of Lancaster, publican; William MITCHELL, schoolmaster

In the Name of God. Amen. I John KYRK of Chinley in the parrish of Glossop being weak of Body but of Sound memory (Thanks be to God for the Same) do make and Ordaine this my Last Will and Testament in Manner and fform ffollowing. ffirst I Commend my Soul into the hands of Almighty god my Saviour and Redeemer in whom I trust to be Saved and my Body I Committ to the Earth to be decently Buryed at the discretion of my Executor hereafter Named. And as touching Such Worldly Estate as it has pleased God to bestow upon me, I give and bequeath the Same in Manner ffollowing. ffirst it is my Will and mind yt All my Just Debts and ffurneral Expenses and Charges of the probate of this my Last Will be ffirst paid and discharged out of my personal Estate. Item I give and bequeath unto my Sister Mary KINDERs Children each the Sume of five pounds a peice. to be paid in Six Months time and putt to Intrest for them, Item I give and bequeath unto my Sister Sarah SWANs Children each the Sume of ffive pounds a peice to be paid in Six Months time and to be putt Out to Intrest for them. Item all the Rest residue and remainder of my personal Estate I give and bequeath unto my Brother Thomas and my Brother Ralph KYRK to be equally divided betwixt them Share and Share alike. Lastly I do Nominate and Appoint my Brother Thomas KYRK to be my Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament hopeing he will perform the trust reposed in him. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Sett my hand and Seal this Twenty Eight day of October 1748

Sealed Signed published and declared by the Testator to be his last Will and Testament who subscribed his name in the Sight and presence of us.

IN the name of God amen ye xiiijth daie of June Ano Dni 1589 I Charles Kyrke of ye Sheroakes sicke in bodie but of pfect remembrance praised be God doe make this my last will & testament In maner & forme following ffirst I comment my soule unto ye hands of almightie God my maker & redeemer confirminge through the merites of Christes passion to be one of Gods elect: my bodie to ye earthe to be buried in ye Chancell of the Church of ye Chappell in le frithe & all my goods to ye world as hereafter followethe. I will yt all suche debtes & duties as I owe of right to anie pson or psons be well & truelie paid by mine exectr Hereafter named of my whole goods Alsoe my will is yt John SHEPLEY & Elsabeth SHEPLEY [ ] CRESWELL Raphe CRESWELL & Anne CRESWELL Grace KIRKE & Elsabeth KYRKE & my childrens children aforsd & everie one an Ewe lambe or ijs wthin one yeare after my decease. Alsoe I make an assignement of ye lease wch I have of ye tithe of the right honrable George Earle of Shrewsburie unto my sone Charles, & my will is yt said Charles shall p[ ] Elsabeth his mother to enioy the Commoditie of the moytie or one halfe of it so longe as shea shall have ye comoditie of ye one halfe of the farme accordinge to yt proviso wch shea hath And after my debtes paid my funerall expenses pformed of my whole goodes & the above paid legacies discharghed then my will is that ye residue of my goodes Cattals & debtes be equallie devided in two eqall ptes, whereof there halfe is by my former deed geeven to my said sone Charles & his assignes: And thother halfe I gyve to Elsabeth now my wife, & my two daughters Elsabeth & Anne to be devyded amonge them three. Also Raphe CRESWELL & Grace his wife Richard SHEPLEY & Jane his wife have had all I promised them or anie of the. Also in this my last will & testament I make Elsabeth my wife & Charles my sone mine exer: Overseers hereof Anthonie BARBAR thelder, & George MELLOR, Clarke. Witnesses hereof John LINGARD, Willim OLIVER, Raphe CRESWELL & Thomas KYRKE wth others

A true an pfect Inventorie of all the goods & cattals yt were Charles KIRKs of ye Sherookes wthin ye pishe of Glossop latelie deceased Vd mad & prised by Us: Anthonie BARBAR thelder: John CARENTON de Blakbrooke: Willim OLIVER de Ringsworthe: Thomas KIRKE de Shereookes: & Raphe CRESWELL de ma[branse] the v daie of June Ano Doni 1589. (not transcribed)

In the name of god amen ye fourth day of martch in the yeare our lord god 1701 I Charles KYRKE of Shireoakes in the parish of Glossop & County of Derby yeoman being sick in body but of sound & perfect mind & memory thanks be given to god almighty therefore & Calling to mind the mortality of my body & that it’s apouynted for all men once to dye & ye tyme thereof uncertayne Doe make & ordayne this my present last will & testament (in manner & forme following (that is to say) first & principally I give my sole into the hands of almighty god who gave it me hopeing through the merits death & passion to blame fule remission & pardon for all my sins & for my body I Comend it to ye earth to be dencently buryed att ye Discression of my Executor herein after named & as touching such worldy estate wherewith it hath pleased god to bless me in this life I give Divise bequeath & Dyspose the Same in manner & forme following, first I give & bequeath unto Ann KYRKE my loveing wife two Cows at her one choyse the bed in ye parlor wth ye bedding & hanging belonging to it All the linen within ye whole house one chest & A box wch were her owne one broad peece of Gold tenn Ewes out of my sheep at her one choice to dispose on at her one discresssion: & further I give unto my saide wife all the Rest & Residue of my household goods to use & enjoy Dureing her naturall life And then at her decease to be equally divided Amongst Robert KYRKE, John KYRKE, Samuel KYRKE ann WARD my brethren & sister Item my will & mind is that all my just Debts funeral & Expenses & the pbat of my will be payd out of ye rest of my Quick goods & husbandry ware & what Remaineth further of ye said Goods as overpluss of defraying my Debts funeral Charges & pbat of my will together with A peece of Land in Chinley called ye littlefield & the lower Greene my will & mind is & I give Divise & bequeath out of ye Same as followeth to my brother Robert KYRKE Tenn pounds To my brother John KYRKE tenn pounds to my brother Samuel KYRKE ten pounds, to my sister Ann WARD tenn pounds & to my god daughter Grace WARD twenty Shillings to be payd to them within the space of two years next after my decease Item I give & bequeath unto my Loveing wife all my mealle malt wheat [flesimeat] butter Cheese Sal[ ] & all my provision within ye said house Item I give Devise & bequeath unto my two brothers John KYRKE & Samuell KYRKE A peece or parcel of Land Lying at ye Royth torr in the Chappell parish wch my father purchased of Mr BAGSHAW to them & theire heyres for ever Item I give unto my Brother Robert KYRKEthe Smithy in chinley which he now worketh in wch ye apurtenances to it belonging to him & his heyres for ever & lastly I give Bequeath & Devise all ye Rest of my whole Estate both personall & reall which is yet unbequeathed (excepting ye great bible to my wife Dureing her life) my messuage house Lands tenements & hereditaments to my Brother George KYRKE & his heyres for ever And I doo here in Constitute ordayne & appoynt my said Brother George KYRKE the sole Executor of this my last will & testament hopeing he will faithfully perform & execute ye same according to the trust I doo repose in him And I doo hereby revoke all other former wills & testaments by me at any tyme heretofore made & doo Ratify Confirme this & none other to be my Last will & testament in wittness whereof I have here unto set my hand & seale ye day & yeare first above written

I doo desire my Brother George KYRKE to permit my loveing wife Ann KYRKE to live in the house she know [ ] in Dureing her widdow hood

Signed Sealed published pronounced & Declared as his Last will & testament in the presence of

A true and perfect Inventory of all the Goods Cattells & Chattels of Charles KYRKE of Shireoakes in the parrish of Glossop & County of Derby yeoman lately Deceased taken Ballued & Apprised by us whose names are hereunto subscribed ye tenth day of March Ano 1701 by William CARRINGTON, John LINGARD, James CARRINGTON & Edward ASHTON

In the name of God amen the xviijth daie of Maie Ano Dom 1589 I Ottiwell KYRKE of ye sherookes [ ] pfect [ ] & remembrance praysed be god doe make this my last will and testament In maner & forme followinge ffirst I comend my soule unto the handes of almightie god my maker & redeemer trustinge through the merites of Christes passion to be one of Gods elect and my bodie to ye erth to be buried in ye Churche of Chappell in le frith and all my goodes to ye world as hereafter followethe I will yt all suche debtes & duties as I owe of right to anie pson or psons be well & truelie paid by myne exer: hereafter named of my whole goodes Item my will is yt the right worshippefull Mr LIGHE my good Maister & lande lord have an angell or xs Item my yonge in his forme & heire after xs Item my will is Robart my sone have xv£ if my sonne Thomas KYRKE [ ]the me wthin halfe a yeare after my decease, and other xx£ to be taken up of my whole goodes and given unto him by myne exer hereafter named wthin two yeares after my decease, and alsoe all suche sheepe as I have to ye halves wth Margret MELLOR late wife of Thomas MELLOR of Edall Item my will is Joane COTTRELL my daughter have xxs & her husband other xxs and her seven childen viz Ane, Elsabeth, Ales, Thomas, Margret, ffrances & Robart, have eche of them vjs viijd apeece. Item I gyve & bequeathe unto Anne BARBAR my daughter xxs & for husband xxs & to her fyve children viz Raphe, Ellis, Marie, Gyles & Dyonis vjs viijd apeece Itm to Marie HALL ye daughter of Henrie HALL vjs viijd Item I gyve & bequeath unto Elsabeth KYRKE ye daughter of Thomas KYRKE my sone vjs viijd and Thomas KYRKE her brother vjs viijd Item my will is yt Margret my wife, and Thomas my sonne have halfe & halfe of all this messuage as tenement of yt [ ] wth thapptenance in as ample maner as I now occupye it dureing her lyfe if my tearme last soe longe And Robart my sone ye same halfe wch shea had one [ ] yeare longer If he be unmarried & tarie wth his sayd mother dureinge her lyfe. I assigne unto my said wyfe Mgret & my said sone Thomas to enioy & occupie all ye premisses equallie betwixt them soe longe as shea keepes her sole & unmarried and agree together and after her death all ye primesses whollie unto my said sone Thomas except before [ ] Item Imake an assignement of yt lease wch I have of ye right honorible George Earle of Shrewsburie unto my said sonne Thomas and my will is yt he ye said Thomas shall suffer Margrit his said mother & Robart his brother to enioy ye comoditie of it soe longe as he shall have ye commoditie of ye farme accordinge to there porcions of ground wch they occupye wth him Ite I make an assignement of those two leases wch I have from Edward BARBAR latelie departed and Richard his sonne of three severall peeces of ground unto my said wyfe and my tow sonnes Thomas & Robart to have them and ye pfrites yt come thereof equallie amonge them dureinge all ye years unexpryred whyle ye can agree together and when anie division is then [ ] ye premisses to my said sone Robart alone Ite my will is yt after my debtes be paid my funerall expences prformed and these my legacies & bequeathes discharged of my whole goodes I will yt all my goodes cattals & debtes should be devided into three equall ptes whereof one I bequeath unto margret my said wife A second part unto Thomas KYRKE my sone and a third pt unto my said sonne Robart KYRKE Alsoe my will is yt everye godchild yt I have have vjd apeece wch are these viz John KYRKE de malcafs, Edward MELLOR de Bongse, William LINGARD Robart CARNETON de Rings[ ] Henrie CLARKE Ane KYRKE de wyte[hou]ghe Also whereas I have made an assignement of ye Sherookes in this my last will unto my said wyfe Margret & my said sone Thomas to enioy & occupye all ye pmisses in maner & forme aforesaid now my will is yt in division of ye Houses shea shall [ ] to her selfe ye fyve house ye chamber & ye [butterin] & touchinge ye ground taken of Thomas PURSGLOVE I will ye my said wyfe & my two sonnes shall paie for ye same of ye whole goodes & have it whyle they can agree together then if anie devision happen Robert shall repaie unto Thomas for his pt as it lyes in & have it And if Robert be mynded to leave it, Thomas shall repaie as it lyes in to Robart & have ye farme

Alsoe concerninge ye ground wch I have taken in Edall wch was Thomas SHEARES farme I assigne it to Mrgret my said wife & my two sonnes Thomas & Robt to have it & ye pf[ ] yt com hereof equallie amonge them dureinge all ye yeares yet unexpyred whyle ye can agree together and when anie division is then all ye prmissis to my said sonne Robt alone repayinge to Thomas his brother vj£ xiijs iiijd Alsoe my will si yt margrett my said wyfe & my said two sonnes Thomas & Robrt shall occupye & enioy ye Bradworthmedow all ye [ ] yet unexpyred in the same Item my will is yt my said wyfe Margret & my said two sonnes Thomas & Robrt bee myne exers; to see this my sast will & testament to be executed & pformed, And I humblie desire the right worshippfull Thomas LIGHE Esquire my welbeloved Mr and my two sonnes in law Robt COTTRELL & Jiles BARBAR to be ovseers hereof These beinge witnesses John CARENTONof ye Blakbrooke Robrt CARENTON & George MELLOR ye wryter wth others.

Debtes owing unto me

.

Inprimis Lawrance KYRKE of Inoyn[ ] Beside one halfe heepe of meale & one heepe of man[     ] for b[      ]

xxs

Ite Richard BRAMMALL Inprimis nothinge If I maid have my bargaine kept me of them

xxijs

Ite William BRAMMALL

iijs viijd

Ite Robert COTTRELL

iiij£ xvjs 8d

Ite Robart BAWDEON of ye swallowhouse

ixs

Ite Thomas MELLOR

ij£ vs

Ite the exetr or Administrators of widow RADCLIFFE

Ite Richard & [     ] SIMISTER

vijs

[      ] william RADCLIFFE

vjs viijd

Ite Edward BAWDON of the Brownside

xiijs

Ite James RAWLINSON of the Higate gent

vijs

Ite [         ] BRADSHAWE gent

xiijs viiijd

Ite [      ] [     ] for & [    ] of one [         ] Esq J[ ]

Ite Thomas KYRKE my sone      forgiven [    ] the [      ] iiijs

xv£

Ite Edward LINGARD of ye Will   & halfe a lease of

xs

Ite Edward DOWNES of [      ]

ixs xd

Ite Homfrey ROBENSON

xxvjs 8d

Ite Ellis BARBAR

iiij£

Ite William [         ]

xxxijs

Ite Anthonie BARBAR yonger

xs

Ite Raphe CRESWELL

xs

Ite Vid Willis REDFEARNE [       ]

xijs

Ite Ite John REFEARNE

iij£ vs

Ite Edward SHORE banks

viijs

Ite the exer or administrators of Johh KYRKE

iijs vjd

Ite John HADFEILD of ye parke house

ijs

Ite Thomas G[         ]

v£ xvjs

Ite Lawrence HALL & Thomas HALL

iiijs

Ite [               ] ROBENSON

xvs vjd

Ite Thomas WILLSON

iiijs

Ite Godfrey ALLEN

ijs

Ite the exer or administrators of Otiwill REDFEARNE

xviijs viiijd

In the name of God Amen the tenth of March in the year of our Lord god one Thousand Seven hundred and fourty one, I Robert KYRKE of Shudhill in the parish of Glossop and county of Derby yeoman being Sick and weak of body but of perfect minde and memory thanks be given unto God for the Same. Doe make and ordain this my last will and testament in manor and forme following Viz, That is to Say principally and first of all I recommend my Soul into the hands of God that gave it. And for my Body I recommend it to the earth to be buried in a Christian like and decent maner at the discrestion of my Executors hereafter named nothing Excepting but at the generally resurrection I shall receive the Same again by the mighty power of God And touching all my worldly Estate. I give and devise and dispose of the Same in the following maner and forme Viz ffirst of all my mynde and will is that all my Just depts by me oweing my funeral Exspence Charges of the probit Court and all Leagcies hereby and herein given and bequeathed by will and truely paid by my Executors out of all my Real and personal Estate. Excepting my Estate in Chinley which had by my wife before my heirs hereafter named Shall Come into possession of any of my Estate Item I give and bequeath unto my dearly beloved wife all that is my Estate in Chinley _^^{with
all it appurtnances}_^ by my wife Dorrothy KYRKE to her and her heirs for Ever and to dispose of by her will at or before her death at her own pleasure. Item I give to my beloved wife all that is my Estate at Shudhill with all it appurtenances thereunto belonging during her natural life after my depts are paid and discharged

Item I give to my loveing wife all these goods as they Stand which She Brought with her to the Shudhill Standing in the Parlour below the lower flower. Item I give to my Said wife one Cubord one Couch Chair both in the house. I give her one seald bed and furniture Standing in the Chamber over the parlor above the House. Item I give to Ralph BOCKING of hope and Cristifer BOCKING Sons of Christofer BOCKING of hope in the parish and County aforesaid Each of them the Sume of ten pounds of lawfull money of England. Item I give to my Sister Alice BOWDEN Sum of two pounds If She be alive when my heir Comes to the Estate he is to pay her. Item I give unto all that Can be found alive that Iam [ ] uncle unto Each of them the Sume of twenty Shillings to be paid by my Heir when and as Soon as he Shall enter upon my Estate at Shud hill. Item after all my depts funeral Exspences and all other Charges paid

I give and bequeath to my loveing wife Dorrothy KYRKE all that is my messuage house lands goods and Chattles whatsoever with them and every of their appurtnances thereunto belonging dureing her Natural Life. Item after my wifes death and decease I give devise and bequeath unto John KYRKE of London son of my Brother John KYRKE all my messuage House Lands teniments and heriditiments with all is appurtnances whatsoever thereunto belonging lieing & being at Shudhill aforesaid to him and his male Heirs for ever but If in Case John KYRKE dies without male Heirs Then I give al my Estate at Shudhill aforesaid to his Brother Joseph KYRKE to him and his heirs for ever always provided that they and Ever of them discharge and indemnifie my Executors from all Charges incumbrances what soever as Counsill well learned in the Law Shall advise Concerning their Executorships and I doe hereby make Constitute and appoint My Loveing wife Dorothy KYRKE and Charles KYRKE of Sherrockes Son of John KYRKE in the parish and County aforesaid and Ralph BOCKING of Hope Sone of Christofer BOCKING in the parish of Hope and County aforesaid Joynt Executors of this my last will and testament. and I doe utterly revoke and disanull all other wills and testaments Ratifieing and Confirming this and no other to by my last will and testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal the day and year first above writen

Sealed Signed publish pronounced and declared by the said testator as his last will and testament in the presence of us the Subscriber Viz

A true Inventory of all the Goods Cattles and Credits of Robert KYRKE of Shudhill in the Parish of Glossop in the County of Derby Yeoman deceased Appraised by us whose names are hereunto Subscribed the day and Year above written

(not transcribed, valued @ £78=17=9 by Thomas MARRIOTT, John WATERHOUSE and Hen KYRKE)

In the Name of God Amen. This twenty third day of November Anno Dominj 1723. I Thomas KYRKE of Shire Oakes in the parrish of Glossop in the County of Derby Yeom. being but weakly as to my Body, but of Sound mind & perfect understanding praise be therefore given to Allmighty God for the same And Knowing the uncertainty of the life on Earth & being desirous to sett things in order, do make this my last Will & Testament in manner & forme following. ffirst & principally I Commend my Soul to Almighty God my Creator assuredly beleiveing that I shall receive full pardon & remission of all my sins & be saved through the meritts of my Blessed Saviour & Redeemer Christ Jesus, And my body to the Earth from whence it came to be buried in Such decent & Christian Manner as to my Executors hereafter named shall be thought meet, And as touching such Worldly Estate as the Lord in mercy hath lent me my will and meaning is the same shall be imployed & bestowed as hereafter by this my will expressed, And ffirst I do revoke renounce frustrate & make void all former wills by me made & declared & appoint as this my last Will. ffirst I will that all my due debts ffunerall expences and Charges of the Probate of this my will be first paid & discharged forth of my whole personal Estate. Item, I give divise & bequeath unto Thomas KYRKE my Son his heires and Assignes for Ever. All That and those my Messuage Lands and tenemnt. with the Appurtenances Situate lyeing & being in Chinley Als Mainstonefield, and likewise within the Hamlett of Brownsyde oxels where within the Parrish of Glossop & County of Derby aforsd. when he shall Attaine the Age of One and twenty yeares _^^{Save
only what I have allready Settled on my loveing Wife as her Joynture} ^{for
her life}_^upon this Condition Nevertheless that my Said Son Thomas KYRKE his heires & Assignes do and shall forth of that part which shall Come into his possession when he shall have attained to the age aforsd. raise & pay forth of the Yearly issues & proffitts thereof unto his sisters & Brothers these Severall sume & sumes of Money in manner following (viz) unto his Sister Mary KYRKE the sume of Sixty pounds, & unto Sarah his sister the Sume of Thirty pounds to be paid by Tenn pounds a Year, Mary to receive her first paymnt. within the space of Six Months next after he shall come to possess his Estate and Sarah to have & receive her first paymnt. or Sume of Tenn pounds att the next years and then following & so to be paid time for time, Yearly, untill My daughter Mary shall have received the abovesd, Sume of Sixty pounds, & my daughter Sarah her Sume of Thirty pounds in manner aforsd. Item my will is That my Son John KYRKE shall be brought Up a Scholar if he be inclined there to, and what Moneys shall be laid out about his Learning shall be accounted as part of his porcon, which I order to be the Sume of Sixty pounds, and my Will is that in Case he be brought up a Scholar, that my Son shall pay him tenn pounds part of his porcon when my sd Son John shall Attaine to the Age of One & twenty Years, And in Case my said Son John shall not be brought up a Scholar, then my Will is that he shall be putt forth as an Apprentice to Such Trade as my Executors shall think fitt, and my Will is that he shall have & receive the sume of Sixty pounds att Such times & in Such manner as is herafter mentioned Item I give and Bequeath unto my youngest Son Ralph KYRKE the like sume of Sixty pounds, and to put forth an Apprentice to Such trade as my Executors shall think fitt, and my will is that my Son John (in Case he be not brought up a Scholar) shall have Tenn pounds of his sd porcon of Sixty pounds, when he shall be loose from his Apprenticeshipe and that my Sonn Ralph KYRKE shall receive the like sume of Tenn pounds of his sd porcon of Sixty pounds when he shall be loose from his said Apprenticeshipe, and that what Moneys shall remaine behind & unpaid of their porcons shall be paid by tenn pounds a Year in Course as abovesaid, beginning with the first the ffirst year next after my said Daughters shall have received theirs And my will is that in Case any on My sd Younger Children shall happen to dye before their respective Legacy or Legacyes shall become due, that what remaines shall be equally distributed Amongst all my Children that shall survive. Item I give and Bequeath unto the Rev: Mr James CLEGG the Sume of Tenn shillings. Item my will & mind is that Martha my said Loveing Wife shall have & receive all the issues proffitts & benifitts of my Lands tenement & premisses, untill my said sonn Thomas KYRKE shall have attained to the Age of One & twenty Years, And I do likewise give and Bequeath unto Martha my said Loveing wife, all my whole personall Estate, Goods Cattle & Chattels household Goods husbandry wares ready Money and Money att interest, she Maintaineing all my sd Children as well my Eldest as all the rest of his ffellows with meat drink lodgeing washing & Clothing suitable to their degree & calling untill they shall have attained to their severall and respective Ages of One & twenty. And Lastly I do Order and Appoint my Said Loveing Wife Martha KYRKE and my loveing Kinsman Joshua LINGARD of Slackhouse my full and Joynt Executors of this my last will & Testament. In Witness where of I the said Thomas KYRKE have hereunto putt my hand & seal the day & year first above written,

Sealed signed published and declared to be the Testators last will & Testament In the presence of us, who subscribed our Names in the Sight & presence of the Testator

A true and perfect Inventory of all & singular the Goods Cattle & Chattels moveable & immoveable of Thomas KYRKE of Shire Oaks in the Parrish of Glossop & County of Derby. late dcd prised & valued the Twenty Sixth day of November Anno Dominj 1723. By Thomas WATERHOUSE of [ ] hurst and John WATERHOUSE his Brother as follo[ ] (not transcribed, valued @ £150=17=3)

In the name of God Amen I Edward LEGH of Parkehall in the County of Derby gent being in pfect health yet of good & sound remembrance doo make this my last will & testament in manner following ffirst & principally I comend my soul to God trusting through the merritts of Jesus Christ to receive remission of all my Sins & everlasting salvation and as for my worldly estate I dispose of as following Imprimis I give & dispose of all my estate reall & psonall to my Executrix hereafter named & authoritie to let sell or otherwise dispose of all my lands & tenents goods & chattles for the payment of all my just debts & furnerall expences and will being to be buried decently according to my qualitie & at the discretion of my Executrix hereafternamed & that my debts be [ ] paid, Itm I doo give & devise All my Messuages lands tenents & hereditaments of what kind or nature soever & all my lands in possession or reversion & all that moytie of Hayfield Mill wth their & evry of their appurtenances to Anne my loveing wife for & dureing the terme of her naturall life & her heires for ever, Itm I give & devise to my said loveing wife the use interest & increase of all that sume of five hundred pounds given to me by the last will & Testament of Thomas LEGH Esqr my late ffather deceased for & durening the terme of the naturall life of my said wife & after her decease I give the sume to Anne my daughter till she shall attaine the age of one & twentie yeares or have issue of her body lawfully begotten & afterwards I give the said five hundred pounds to the said Anne my daughter for ever But it is shall happen that my said daughter dye before she attaine her said age & leave noo issue of her body then I give the said five hundred pounds after my said death to my two neices Mary LEGH the daughter of Richard LEGH of High-Legh Esqr & Elizabeth the daughter of Thomas ASHTON Esqr deceased to be equally divided between them but if one of them happen to dye before their same full [ ] I give the said five hundred pounds to the survivor of them Itm I give all my psonall estate goods & chattles to my said wife after my debts & funerall discharged And my will is that there be noo dole given at my funeral but in lieu thereof I give five pounds to be distributed by the Overseers of the poore to the poor of Bowden Midlecale within tenn dayes after my decease, Item I doo hereby revoke all former wills by me made I doo declare this tobe my last will In intereste whereof I have hereunto put my hand & seale the seven & twentieth day of July in the third yeare of the reigne of our Soveraigne Lord & Lady King William & Queene Mary of England Annog doni 1691

Witnesses: John TEAGUE of Whitfield Parsonage; Edmund BUCKLEY of Glossop, coal dealer

In the Name of God Amen I John LINGARD of Slack & being in good health of Body and of Sound and of Perfect mind and memory praise be therefore given to Almighty God do make & ordain this my present last will & Testament in manner & forme following yt is to say ffirst & principally Commend my soul into ye hands of Almighty God hoping through the merits death & passion of my Saviour Jesus Christ to have full & free pardon & forgiveness of all my sins & to inherit everlasting life & my body I Commit to ye Earth to be decently buried at the discresion of my Executurs hereafter named & as touching ye disposition of all such Temperal Estate as it has pleased Almighty God to bestow upon me I give & dispose thereof as followeth First I will that my Debts & ffuneral Charges shall be paid & discharged Item give unto my loveing wife halfe of the old lands at Slacke exceping Dakins & I give her halfe of southhead in stoal clif for her life Item I give her one of the best beds in ye parlor and beding to it which she pleases Item give her two Cowes which she will Chouse and I give her ten of the best ewes Itome I give her eny goods that are usefull in ye house that are mine for her life Item I give unto my son Joshua LINGARD all ye old lands at Slack excepting Dakins field I give ye field of South head in Hea and halfe of Commineing which belonge to it for ever Item I give my son Joshua LINGARD one mare Item I give to my son John LINGARD Harkham Emlands & intack & miltowne Croft & end neighbourshipp belonging to it to him his heirs & Assignes for ever Item I give him fourcore pounds Item I give to my son Charles LINGARD all ye lands at Dakins which was purchased of Mr BARBER and Dakinfields acar Hollow Shaw which was purchased of Thomas TOMLINSON & William GRANT Item I give to my son Nicholas LINGARD ye sume of fourcoure pounds all ye lands at hollow shaw to him & his heires & assigns for ever and one neighborshipp yt belongeth to it Item I give to my son Joseph LINGARD all that at one house & Croft at Chappell to him his heirs & Assigns for ever Item I give my son Joseph LINGARD the Baile which lies upon a morgaige Item I give him more ye sume of forty pounds; Item I give to my daughter Ann BEALOT ye sume of ffifty pounds & hir children ten shillings a peice Item I give to my daughter Mary LINGARD ye sume of & Sixfore pounds Item I give unto Esther SHIRT ye sume ffive pound I give to Sarah SHIRT ye sume of ffive pounds Item I order to my son John LINGARD ye sume of ten pound ye first year Item I give to my son Charles LINGARD ye sume of ten pounds ye second year Item I give to my son Nicholas LINGARD ye sume of ten pounds ye third year Item I give to my son Joseph LINGARD ye sume of ten pounds a year it being ye fort year till fourcore pounds be paid Item I make my son Charles LINGARD and Nicholas LINGARD sole Executor all ye rest residue of my personal estate goods & Chattels what soever I do give & queath unto my loveing & here above named Sole Executors of this my last will and testament and I desire that my Body may be buried at the descretion of my Executors I do hereby revoke disanul & make void all former wills & testament by me heretofore made May the Second 1718 In witness my hand

Witness our hands Thomas ROADS; Joseph LINGARD; Charles LINGARD

A true and perfect Inventory of al the goods Cattle and Chattels moveable and inmoveable of John LINGARD ye Elder of Slackhouse in the Parrish of Glossop & County of Derby yeom late decd Prised and Valued by us whose names are hereunto subscribed this twentieth day of Aprill 1719

Son John LINGARD to have Houses & Buildings in Chappell Mill Town [Chapel Milton] - except one house with land called Haxon with all the new land lying upon Bodenhead Moor.

Executors: Kinsman George HADFIELD of Clayton Hall; John SHIRT of Bowden Head

I Ralph LOMAS of New Smithy, Chinley in the Parish of Glossop, in the County of Derby, Retired Farmer hereby revoke all former Wills and Testamentary dispositions made by me and declare this to be my last Will and Testament. I appoint my dear wife Lois LOMAS, my nephew William Howe LOMAS and my wife`s nephew William Marshall LONGDEN hereinafter called `my Trustees` to be the Executors and Trustees hereof I give devise and bequeath all my real and personal Estate to my Trustees Upon Trust in the first place, to pay thereout my funeral and Testamentary expenses and debts and subject to such payments to permit my said wife to have the use and enjoyment of all such parts thereof as shall not yield income And to pay the income or annual produce of each part or parts of my said Estate as shall yield income Unto or permit the same to be received by my said wife during her life And from and after her decease I direct my said Trustees to sell call in and convert into money the whole of my said real and personal Estate or such part or parts thereof as shall not consist of money except the following articles namely my piano my writing desk and book case combined and also all the articles given to me by the Trustees of the Wesleyan Chapel at Chinley aforesaid and to stand possessed of the net proceeds of the said sale and conversion and of my ready money (hereinafter called "my residuary Estate") and of the said articles In Trust as to Two hundred pounds part of the said moneys and as to the said articles for Morley LONGDON (the son of my wife`s nephew John Isaac LONGDON) on his attaining the age of twenty one years which said sum of Two hundred pounds and said articles I herby bequeath to the said Morley LONGDEN on his attaining that age (free of legacy duty) but if the said Morley LONGDEN shall die under the age of twenty one years then I direct that the said sum and the said articles shall fall into and become part of my residuary estate And I direct my Trustees to stand possessed of the remainder of my residuary Estate In Trust to pay and divide the same equally between and amongst my nephews and nieces and the nephews and nieces of my present wife the said Lois LOMAS (except John Isaac LONGDEN) who shall then be living and the issue of such of them (including the issue of the said John Isaac LONGDEN other than the said Morley LONGDEN) as shall then be dead or who may have died previous to the making of this my Will such issue nevertheless taking their parents share only And I declare that it is my desire that the said Morley LONGDEN shall reside with my said wife during his minority In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this twenty first day of July One thousand eight hundred and ninety two

Signed and acknowledged by the said Ralph LOMAS the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us, present at the same time, who at his request in his presence, and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses. Jno B BOYCOTT Solicitor Chapel en le Frith; Wm Braylesford BUNTING, Solicitor with him

Proved at Derby the 7th day of April 1893 by the oaths of Lois LOMAS Widow, the Relict, William Howe LOMAS the nephew, and William Marshall LONGDEN (nephew of the said Lois LOMAS) the Executors to whom Administration was granted.

The Testator Ralph LOMAS was late of New Smithy Chinley in the Parish of Glossop, in the County of Derby and died on the 22nd day of July 1892 at New Smithy Chinley aforesaid.

Gross value of Personal Estate £1154.16 5. Extracted by the Executors in person

This is the last Will of me Robert LOMAS of Shire Oaks in the Hamlet of Brown side in the Parish of Glossop in the County of Derby Farmer I appoint my brother Ralph LOMAS and my brother in law William HOWE (hereinafter called "my trustees") to be the executors and trustees of this my Will I devise and bequeath all my real and personal, estate whatsoever and wheresoever unto my trustees upon trust to pay thereout my funeral and testamentary expenses and debts and subject to such payment to permit and suffer my dear wife Mary LOMAS to have the use and enjoyment of all such parts of my said estate as shall not yield income and to pay the income or annual produce of all such parts of my said estate as shall yield income unto or permit the same to be received by my said wife as long as she shall continue my widow and after her death or marriage again I devise and bequeath my said real and personal estate and every part thereof unto my two children Sarah LOMAS and William Howe LOMAS in equal shares as tenants in common if living at the time of the death or marriage again of my said wife and the issue of either of them as shall be dead (such issue nevertheless taking only the share which their deceased parent would have been entitled to if living) to and for their own use and benefit absolutely And I declare that the share of any and every female under this my will shall be for her sole and separate use and entirely free from marital control And I revoke all other Wills In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this twenty eighth day of January one thousand eight hundred and eight five.

Signed and acknowledged by the said Robert LOMAS as his will in the presence of us present at the same time who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses this will having been first read over and fully explained to the said Robert LOMAS who appeared perfectly to understand the same and made his mark thereto in our presence Thomas W POTTS Clerk with Messrs Bennett Boycott & Orme Solicitors Chapel en le frith; Isaac COOPER Farmer Shire Oaks

Proved at Derby the 24th day of June 1885 by the Oaths of Ralph LOMAS the Brother and William HOWE the Executors to whom administration was granted

The testator Robert LOMAS was late of Shire Oaks in the Hamlet of Brownside in the Parish of Glossop in the County of Derby Farmer & died on the 31st day of March 1885 at Shire Oaks aforesaid

Gross value of Personal Estate £295. 1. 0 Extracted by Bennett Boycott & Orme Solicitors Chapel en le Frith

I Thomas LOMAS of Shire Oaks in Brownside in the Parish of Glossop in the County of Derby, Farmer being of sound and disposing mind, memory, and understanding, praised be God for the same, do hereby make this my Last Will and Testament, in manner and form following.

First of all I do hereby order and direct that all my just Debts, Funeral Expenses, Testamentary Charges, and Probate of this my Last Will and Testament, be fully paid, and discharged by my Executors, herein after named out of my Real and Personal Estate.

I do herby give and Bequeath unto my children Thomas LOMAS, James LOMAS, William LOMAS, John LOMAS, Robert LOMAS, Miriam COLLIER and Martha HIGGINBOTHAM the whole of my Real and Personal Estate, that I may Die possessed of as follows.

I Give, Devise, and Bequeath to my son Thomas LOMAS, the Leasehold Estate called Needhams tenement, situate in Macclesfield Forest, during his natural life At his Decease my Will and mind is and I do hereby direct that the rent of the said Needhams Tenement shall descend, and be yearly divided amongst the rest of my children, then living, or to their lawful issue, share and share alike. And further I do herby order and direct that my Freehold House, situate in Buxton, in the county of Derby, at my decease or soon as convenient. shall be sold to make my children equal, to what my son William and my Daughter Miriam have had, And I do hereby order and direct, that Robert COLLIER shall receive all and every thing that would be due to my Daughter Miriam, had she been living, for the bringing up and Education of her children

I Give, Devise, and Bequeath, unto my children hereafter named, my Freehold Estate called Marsh Green (namely) William LOMAS John LOMAS, James LOMAS, Robert LOMAS Miriam COLLIER and Martha HIGGENBOTHAM to receive the rents, issues and profits thereof, equally, amongst them yearly but should they agree to have it sold, it shall be so and the signatures of them severally shall be a good and sufficient title to the purchaser or purchasers of each of their respective share therein.

And I do herby give my Executors full power and authority to sell and receive and give receipts for the purchase money arising from the sale, or sales, of all or any part of my Real and personal Estate, and to convey, assume, and assign and to sign, seal, and execute, all such Deed or Deeds, and assurances in the law, as shall be needful and effectual for the conveying, assigning and assuming the same to any purchaser or purchaser thereof.

And should any of my children live upon or occupy the said Needhams Tenement before my Decease, and be in arrears of rent, or money laid out for them to stock the said Tenement on or otherwise out of my Property, the same shall be deducted from their share or Legacy otherwise due unto them.

And should any of my children die before the division takes place, leaving no issue, such share or shares shall go and descend to my children then living or their issue share and share alike.

And I do herby nominate, constitute and appoint my four sons Robert LOMAS, John LOMAS, Wm LOMAS and Jas LOMAS & John BRADDOCK School Master, all of Chapel en le frith in the County of Derby Executors of this my Last Will and Testament

And I do declare this to be my Last Will and Testament, herby revoking all former Will or Wills at any time by me heretofore made in Witness whereof I the said Thomas LOMAS the Testator have hereunto set my hand and seal Dated the sixteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred, and Forty three.

Signed, Sealed, Published and declared by the said testator, Thomas LOMAS, as and for his Last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request, in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names, as witnesses to the same.

In the name of god Amen The xxiiii y daye of December Anno Don 160[9] in the viith yeare of the rainge of our Sovereinge Lord James kinge of England france & Ireland And of Scotland the xliiith: I Thomas MARRIOTT of Kinder in the Countie of Darbie & parish of Glossopp yeoman sicke in bodie but in minde of good & pfect remembrance praysed be god knowinge the Certaintie of death & the uncertaintie of the howere time thereof do make this my last will & testament in maner and forme followinge first I comit my soule to almightie my maker trustinge throughe the merrits of Christ his passion to be one of gods elect and my bodie to be buried in the church of Glossopp Item whereas my Cosin Thomas MARRYOTT of Kinder is indebted to me fiftie poundes as in Certaine bills, it doth & may appeare fourtie poundes thereof I do give to my cosine Thomas MARRYOTT of waches the other Ten poundes shall be towards the Discharginge of Legacies herein contained: Item I do give to a Daughter of Thomas MARRYOTT of wache iiis iiij d. It y do give to five Children of Thomas MARRIATTof wache each of them xxs item y do give to the Children of Richard MARRYOTT of ye haughe in ye parish of [Romarshe] each of them xxs Item y do give to my sister SHAWE xs And to foure of her children is witt Robert, William Thomas and Ann SHAWE each of them xjs viijd Item y do give to the sonn of John MARRIOT of Ughill my great Pot Item y do give to rest of my god children xijs Item y do give to Emmot KINDER a Pewter dishe The rest of of all my goods unbequeathed after my funnerall expenses be discharged y give and bequeath to Thomas MARRYOTT of wach whom y make executor of this my last will and testament , And John DEWSNAPPE mine old fra[ ] whom y do give xijs

Witnesses: John KINDER; William BEARD & Gualther NORMESELL

In the name of god amen the 5 day of May 174 according to the computation of the church of England i Joshua MARIOT of Kinder in boden medelcail in the parish of glossop and County of Darby yoman being of perfect and remembrance prais be god do mak and ordain this my last will and testament in manor and forme following

First i bequeath my Soul in to the hands of almighty god my [ ] or hoping that through the meret torious death and pasion of jesus christ my only savor and redemor to [ ] free pardon and forgiveness of all my sions and as for my body to be buried in christian burial at the descretion of my extor and her after named as

Item I give unto my sun John MARIAT the sum of 16 pound as Childes part [ ] in the [ ] [ ] haveing had that i [ ]him be fore

Item i give unto my dautor An the sum of 40 pound to be paied 2 years after the dat he of

Item i give unto my sun Joshua the sum of 40 pound to be paied when he become [ ] of his [aprenteship]

Item i give unto my sun Samuell the sum of 40 pound to be paid when hee come to 21 yeares of age

Item i give unto my dautor mary the sum of 40 pounds when she cometh to the Age of 22 years

Item i leave unto mary my wif the [ ] half of my Land and two [ ] [ ] [ ] of [ ] Live and the [ ] half of my goods at her [ ] poting only what wory i have ofirmbond or [ ] [ ] shee shall have nothing to do with

Item All the rest of my Leses Landes [ ] and goodes whatsoever i give unto Thomas my Eldest sun and to his Heirs for ever upon condisian that he shall pay All my detes funeral & expenses and Legacies and make him soll Exetor of this my Last Will and Testament re voking all oter wills and testaments

Item it is mh will and miend and it is a [grcdon] be for the [ ] of this p[ ] by my wif mary and my Son [ ] [ ]that the shall montan the yonger Children till the [ ]ther portions the being obediant and doing ther word in wtnes wherof i hav put my hand and seal the day and yer first above written

John ROBINSON; Philip KINDER; Joshua MARRYOT; Jhn HAIGHE

And further It is my will and be for the [siling] and delouvry of this pr[ ] that if any of my yonger Children dy be for the reseve ther porcian that the[ ] that shall be de vided eualy a mongt them only the [ ] shall bring them forth out of ther porsion.

In the Name of God Amen I Elizabeth MARRIOTT of Heafield In the Parish of Glossop and County of Derby Widdow and relict of Thomas MARRIOTT of Heathfield deceased, being indisposed of body but of sound and perfect mind, yet not knowing the day of my dysolution doo make ordaine constitute and appoint this my last Will and Testament first I comend my soule into the hands of allmighty God my Creator hopeing to receive full pardon of all my sins through Jesus Christ my blessed Saviour and redeemer and my body to the earth to be buryed in decent and Christian like manner at the discretion of my executor herein hereafter named, And as touching such worldly substance it hath pleased the Lord to bestow upon me I doo give devise and bequeath as follo

Impremis I doo give and devise bequeath to my two sisters Sarah BOWER and Dorothy SLACK either of them A [ opter] piece of gould and either of them a large silver Spoone, Item I doo give and bequeath to Ann BOWER my neice at Tor top fifty pounds to be paid or [ ] to be paid within one year next Insueinge after my decease and [ ] one Chest of drawers at Heathfield one Silver Cup with two handles one gould ringe one new Chase and Scarfe and one little silver Spoon Item I doo devise and bequeath unto the Sd Ann BOWER a new Coffey pot and mill with all materials belonging to it Item I doo devise and bequeath unto one of my Brother inlaw Thomas BOWERs’ sonn a brass pot and a Chest that is to say to that said sonn to Thomas BOWER the father doth give and bequeath the estate of Inher[itance] neare Heathfield called Brookehouses Item I doo devise and bequeath unto my two neices Elizabeth and Dorothy SLACK to either of them ten pounds apeice to be paid within one year after my decease and that my executor will see the money let out for their use untill the sd sisters can give the executor a discharge for the same or the fathers discharge in trust for them for the sd legacies Item I doo give and devise unto my Neice Ann SLACK ten pounds to be paid within one year after my decease and also my white poplin gon[ ] and black silk peticoate. Item I give to John MARRIOTT one cow at Heathfield Item I doo devise and give unto my two sisters Sarah BOWER and Dorothy SLACK all my wearing apparell and all my househould goods (except what is heretofore given in this will) equally devided betwixt them. Item I doo devise and bequeath unto Thomas SORRER of [Cort ] my brother inlaw all my redy money debts of what kind or nature soever what is ever and above payinge and discharging all legacies heretofore given in this will and dischargeing funeral expenses and pbate of Will Lastly I Constitute Nominate and appoint Thomas BOWER of Tortop to be onely Executor of this my last Will and Testatment hopeinge he will faithfully and truly discharge the trust reposed on him accordinge to the true Intent and meaninge hereof In Wittness I have here unto affixed my hand and seale this twenty fourth day of January 1728.9

Signed Sealed and declared by the testator with the words fifty pounds being Interlined before in presence of us

An Inventory of all the Goods Chattles and Credits of Elizabeth MARRIOTT Widdow and Relict of Thomas MARRIOTT deceased in the Parish of Glossop and County of Derby praised the 29th day of March one thousand seaven hundred and twenty nine.

In the Name of God Amen I John MARRIOTT of Heafield in the parish of Glossop and County of Derby Yeoman being out of Health of Body but of Sound and perfect Mind memory and understanding Do Make publish and declare this my last Will and Testament in Manner and fform following (to witt) First it is my Will and mind that all such Just Debts as I shall owe at my Death together with the Expenses of my ffuneral and all other Charges in the Execution of this my Last Will be paid out of my Estate. It is my Will and [mide] and I do hereby direct and Appoint that my Loveing Wife Elizabeth MARRIOTT have full power of all my Estate during her Life if she keep her in my name and unmarried but if she marry again I Leave her Eight pounds a year during her Natural Life out of my Mortgages and personalty but till such time as she is married again I Leave her in full power of all I have Lands & personalty to pay the Legacys herein mentioned and to bring up my Children as she thinks ffitt untill they come to their several ages of Twenty one years I Give and bequeath unto my daughter Sarah MARRIOTT the sum of Too hundred pounds to be paid to her out of my personalty when she shall attain the age of Twenty one years and then she shall montain her self out of it, Also I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Anne MARRIOTT the sume of Two hundred pounds to be paid to her out of my personalty whe she shall attaine her Age of Twenty one years and then she shall montaine her self out of it, Also I give & bequeath unto my Daughter ffanney MARRIOTT the Sum of Too hundred pounds to be paid to her out of my personalty when she shall Attaine her Age of Twenty one years and then she shall montaine her selfe out of it. I give unto Mary BOOTH and Elizabeth BADILEY my Stepdaughters Each of them one Guinne, I give to my Cuzon Samuel MARRIOTTof Heafield Ten shillings A year during his Life, Also it is my Will and mind that my said Wife Elizabeth MARRIOTT shall have the Remainder of all my Real and personal Estate when she hath payed the Legacys above mentioned to Montaine her self of and to dispose of to pay my Children above Named at her discression for so long time as she doth Live and Continue unmarried and my widow, And at her Decease my Will & minde is that all the rest residue and Remainder of all my Estate before mentioned shall be Equally devided amongst my said Children Share and Share alike, And if any of my said Children should happen to Dye before they attaine their said Ages of Twentyone Years or before my said Wife & Leave a Childe or Children that Childe or Children shall have their mothers portion herein by me given unto them And whenever my said Wife Elizabeth MARRIOTT shall happen to depart this Life or Marry Again, it is My Will and mind and I do hereby Authorize and appoint my Neighbor George HIGENBOTTAM of Heafield yeoman (if he be then alive) to take care of all my said Children and my Real and personal Estates that that they be Applyed to and for the use and bennefitt of my said Children Sarah Anne & ffanney , and if my said Wife Elizabeth MARRIOTT and George HIGENBOTTAM Aforesaid should happen to be dead before my said Children Attaines their several Ages of Twentyone year it is my Will and mind that Robert SLACK of Little Heafield and John BOOTH of Harlesworth do take care that this my last Will be frulfilled and performed, And Lastly I do nominate Constitute and Appoint my Loving Wife Elizabeth MARRIOTT and my said Neighbor George HIGENBOTTAM to be my Executrix and Executor of this my last Will and Testamen And I do hereby revoke and make voide all former Will or Wills be me at anytim heretofore made In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and Seal this Eleventh day of October One Thousand seven Hundred and fiftyone.

Sealed Signed published and declared as and for the Last Will of the Testator in the presents of Us

A True and perfect Inventory of all and Singular the Goods Chattles and Effects which John MARRIOTT Late of Heafield in the parish of Glossop and County of Derby Dyed possessed of Vallued & praised this third day of January One Thousand seven hundred & fifty three

(not transcribed, valued @ £942=9=8, by Tho: BENNETT and William BREDBURY)

In the name of god Amen I Samuel MARRIOTT of Hillhouse in Kinder in the parish of Glossop & County of Derby being out of Health of Body but of Sound & perfect Mind Memory and understanding do Make ordain publish & declare this my last Will & Testament in Manner & form ffollowing, First I recomend my Soul for Almighty God my Creator hopeing through my Saviour jesus Christ to have pardon & forgiveness of all my sins and my body I comitt to the Earth to be decently Buryed at the discresion of my Executor hereafter Named and as to the disposition of all of Worly goods I give and dispose thereof as follows ffirst my will & Mind is that all such Just Debts as I shall owe at my death together with the Chare of my ffuneral & the Expenses of the probatt be paid and taken out of my Whole Estate, I give Devise & bequeath unto my only Son Samuel MARRIOTT his Heirs & Assigns for Ever all those my ffreehold & feefarm Lands premises Hereditements & Appurtenances whatsoever thereunto belonging Situate Lying Standing & being in Kinder afforesaid now in my possession and my tenants William BARBER And also I give & bequeath unto my said only Son Samuel MARRIOTT all my Household Goods Chattles Chattes personal Estate & Effects whatsoever or wheresoever the same is or may be found Except one Bead & Bead close to it in the parlor which I give to my Wife Ann, And it is my Will and Mind that so long as my said Wife Ann and my said Son Samuel MARRIOTT shall agree to Live together she shall have Necessary Meat & Close but no More, But if the cannot Agree to Live together Then my son Samuel MARRIOTT shall pay to my said Wife Ann five pounds a year during Her Life in full sattisfaction for Her Thirds or any other Claim or demand whatsoever and she shall have a Convenient House allowed for Her to Dwell in at the Hillhouse aforesaid during Her Life, I give to my Wifes Daughters Mary, Ann, Elizabeth & Ellen Each of them one Guinea to be pay to them within twelve Month next after my Decease, and it is my Will & Mind that John BENNETT doth Live along with my son and my Wife as Long as they can Agree to Live together and Work for Meat and Close, It is my Will that If my said Son Samuel MARRIOTT should happen to Depart this Life before he Attains the Age of twenty one Years and have no Issue nor a Wife Then I give & bequeath all my Real Estate in Kinder before Mentioned unto my Nephew William MARRIOTT of Stockport upon this Condition that he the said Wm MARRIOTT do pay unto my Nephew Joshua MARRIOTT of Kinder and my Wife An within twelve Months next after the Decease of my said Son Samuel MARRIOTT the sum of five Hundred pounds And I do Authorize & desire my said Nephew Joshua MARRIOTT of Kinder aforesaid and my Wife Ann for to pay & Discharge all my Just Debts And whatever their shall then Remain of the said ffive Hundred pounds (which they are to receive from my said nephew William MARRIOTT as afforesaid ) And also of my personal Estate whatsoever I do hereby Authorize & desire that my Nephew Joshua MARRIOTT of Kinder & my Wife Ann to give and dispose thereof to and Amongst my relations at their discresion, and Lastly I do Make ordain Constitute and Appoint my Nephew Joshua MARRIOTT of Kinder afforesaid and my said Only Son Samuel MARRIOTT and My said Wife Ann Executors and Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have thereunto Sett my hand and Seal this twenty second day of March One Thousand and seven hundred & sixty

Memorandum that the words in the first page (And my Tenant William BARBER) and the word in the second page (nor a Wife) was Interlined And afterwards this Will was Sealed signed published & declared for and as the Last Will of the Testator in the presents of.

A True and perfect Inventory of all and Singular the Goods Chattels and personall Estate which Samuel Marriott Late of Hillhouse in Kinder in the parish of Glossop & County of Derby Yeoman Dyed possessed of Vallued and praised this Ninth day of June one thousand seven hundre & sixty

(not transcribed, valued @ £272=15=0 by Thos: MARRIOTT and John KINDER)

In the name of God amen the fifth day of January in the yeare of our Lord God one Thousand Six Hundred and eighteen I Thomas MARRIOTT of Kinder sicke in body but good and perfect Remembrance praysed be given to god for it do Constitute ordayne and make this my last will & Testament in manner & fforme ffollowinge that is to witt ffirst I offer and bequeath my Soule to allmighty god my Creator and maker Trustinge through the Merritts of gods Sonn Jesus Christ and his ptious & bloode Sheedinge to be one of the number of his Electe and my bodye to be buried in the Earth & chapell of Hayfield and that my ffunerall expenses and sure Debts as of Right I owe to any man be discharged of my whole goods Item I leabe assign and bequeath to Margarett MARRIOTE my wyef the thirde part of all my Lands duringe her Lyfe And I give her the third pte of all my [ ]ods Leases & Tackes of ground the payinge the third part of all such Severall Rente as are due or payable for or oute of the same Leases: Item I gibe assign and bequeathe to Thomas MARRIOTT my yonger Sonn the two parts of all my Leases and Cattles of ground duringe all the Tearm tonteymode in my Several Leases he the same Thomas payinge therfore the Twoo parts of all such Rente as are payable for the same Item: I give and bequeath to Margarett MARRIOTT my daughter the two pts of all my goods & catels excepte the two parts of all my husbandry ware and one Table in the house on arke at ughill & one arke in Kinder the which I give to John my sonn Item it is my will that Margarett my wyef shall our of the two parts of all my land in Kinder toward the education and bringinge upp of my three children till the come to the full age of xxi yeares: and shall have the Tuition of my Children and ther portions till the come to there severall ages of xxi yeares if the said Margret my wyef keep her selfe sole and unmarried And if she Mary then it is my will that my Executors hereafter named shall occupy the saide two parts of my Lands in Kinder toward the bringinge upp of my Children and shall have the Tuition of my Children and there portions till the come to there said ages of one & twentie yeares And that the said Margrett my wyef duringe her widowhode And after her second Marriage then my Executors shall putt forth the goods of my Children Respectivelie for there benefitt till the come to the age of xxi years: And shall keepe my two sones to the Schole till the cann wryte & Reade: And as for my yonger sonn Thomas doth accomplish the age of xxi yeares Then my will is that my Executors hereafter named shall Imploy the benefite of the Thirde part of all my Land in Kinder for the Tyme and Tearme of Twelve yeares then next comming towarde the preferment of my Two yonger Children Thomas & Margrett and untill the heve Received the whole some of four score pounds equally to be devyded between them And if it please god to call for ether of my two children Thomas or Margret then my will is that her pte [deceasede] shalbe equally devyded between John my Sonn [ ] Survyvor of them: And it is my will that if my sonn John do truly pay or Satisfy the said sum of ffour scour pounds to my two Children Thomas & Margarett that then he shall Injoy my whole land And of this my last will I ordayne and make Edward ADAMSON and John SHAW And John MARIOTE the yongest my Nephew my true and lawfull Executors trustinge the will ffulfill and Accomplish that my psent will & Testamente for my Soules Health with the oversight of John MARIOT my brother Robert RIDGWAY & Stiven BARBER my brother in law These being wittnesses Raph FFEARNELY & Charles HADFIELD & Edward DOWNES the yonger:

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ffirst to John MARRIOTE my brother

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In the Name of God Amen The Thirty ffirst day of August in the second year of the Reigne of our most gratious sovereign Lord King George the second by the Grace of God of great Brittaine & King defender of the ffaith ano domi one thousand seven hundred twenty eight I Thomas MARRIOTT of Sudehill in the parish of Glossop & County of Derby Yeoman being Aged & infirm in body butt of sound mind & perfect understanding blessed be God for the same & knowing that all flesh is but dust & in the midst of Life weeard in death & being mindfull as much as in me Lyeth to sett my House in order before itt shall please God to Call for me forth of this mortall Life and the better presentation of peace & unity amongst my relations & friends after my decease doo make & ordaine this my Last will & testament as followeth That is to say: ffirst and principally I command my soul into the Hands of almighty God who gave it me and of his son Jesus Christ my Redeemer Hoping through the meritorious death and passion to receive full & free pardon & forgiveness of all my sins & to inheritt everlasting Life & to be made portaker with his Holy Host in his Hevenly Kingdom & my body I commit to the earth from whom itt was taken to be decently interred att the discretion of my Executor hereafter named and as touching the disposition of all such Temporall Estate as it hath pleased god to bestow upon me I give & devise the same as ffolloweth Item I will that all my Just debts & funeral expenses & charges about the probate of this my will be first discharged forth of my personall estate Item my will and mind is that all such goods as are now next mentioned viz. In the ffire House The great table and the [ffar ] and feeling belonging to it The [ovill] table, four seeld Chairs, the seat, a Little salt box & in the nook, the ffire Iron and grate under itt, the musket Three puter dishes, a pair of Brass Cales, along board over the window In the parlour one pair of Bedstocks & Curtains, and Cubbord att the Beds foote: one Chair att the bedside, one Table and fforme: one Chair under the window, In the Chamber over the parlour one Bed standing to the North side; Two Chests of either side one Trunk, In the House Chamber Two Beds standing on the west side of the Chamber the one is a trindle bed; one great Cofar on the north side of the Chamber, one Cofer that Samuel Lays his Close in and a Counter a little Chest standing betwixt the Counter & the Cofar. In the Kitchen the great Brass pan, one brass pott, one Cresitt, one Cheesepress. In the drinke house and turmill In the Kitchen Chamber one bed att the stayarshead, Three old Arkes, and a wheat Cofar In the Barne Two Arks, one pair of Cart wools, all those shall remain as they are as Heirs Looms after my decease and not any of them to be sold or remooved. Item It is my will and mind that my Loveing Wife shall have a Cow which she shall make a choyse of, on Chest of drawers standing in the parlor Chamber, one Chest in the parlor two Little Chairs att the bed foot, one warming pan, one brass pott, two puter dishes in the parlor, ffour sett [quoishins], one brass candlestick, one Halfe dozon of troni[tiars], on Halfe dozon of potty pans, and soures one smoothin Iron & what belongs to itt, one silvar Cup, two silvar spoons, Halfe a dozon of puter plates, one other Lesser brass pott, one bo & in the parlor, one stands one Close stoole, Coffy mill, one possitt Cup of puter having two Handles to; one other small Cup, one Looking Glass, one Grid Iron, one Chamber pott, one desk bound with Iron, Three Blankets one new Quilt and I give Her all my Linnen Excepting every Bed and pair of Sheets, and all such other beding as were her [ ] and House hould goods before Marriage or that first came from Her ffathers House all which said goods I freely give her to dispose of the same as she shall think fitt, And itt is my will & mind that my Loveing wife have the Hundred pounds which her ffather Left her that is in Thomas BORDS hand at Tortopp to dispose of as she thinke fitt, Item I give & bequeath unto my Loveing Wife Elizabeth thirty pounds to be paid to her att six months and next after my decease if she be then liveing, ffurther itt is my will & mind that my said Loveing wife shall have and enjoy the parlor with the Bedstock and Curtains And Likewise one halfe of the Chamber over the parlor, and the Bed which standeth north west and the Coffar att the bedside to make use of and all the goods in the parlor to stand for her to make use of as she shall have occasion for during the time of her naturall Life. Together with the west and of the uppermost Bay in the Barne to Lay her ffuell or other nessasaryes in, and one Halfe of the House Garden Liberty of the premises for what ffirewood she hath occation to burn and I give her Liberty to make use of both the Beds before mentioned and the Bed in the parlor to make as she hath amind and att her decease leaving the Little Trunk att the bedside in the parlor she is to have during the time of her Life Item itt is my will and mind that my Heere paye unto my Loveing wife Every year during the time of her Naturall Life on Halfe Load of meal And as for my nephew John MARRIOTT son of my Late brother John MARRIOTT I give and bequeath to him in the ffirehouse one Clok and Case , one Long [P ], one warming pan, Item In the House Chamber one Bed and bedding belonging to itt, standing on the Eastside of the Chamber, and a Chest and a Longe Coffer and a Little arke, all standing att the said beds-foote, one new ffeather bed, Item In the Chamber over the parlor one Bed made up Compleat withe beding belonging to itt, Two seeled Chaires in the same Roome. Item In the parlor The Cubbord standing att the window, Two puter Dishes; Item in the Kitchin the Lesser Brasspan, Item in the Kitchin Chamber one new Arke and a Little coffer att the Chamber door and Bed that standeth att the new House; Item: one Table att Thomas BARNS in Kinder, Item one oake standing in the side of the pingle, all these good above mentioned I freely give unto my nephew John MARRIOTT.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my Brother Benjamin MARRIOTT the sume of Twenty shillings a year yearly during the time of his naturall Life to be paid yearly by my Executor and my will and mind is if the Children of my Brother Benjamin MARRIOTT, viz. Elizabeth Anna, ffrances, Sarah, John and Thomas such of them as shall be Liveing and doo willingly Joyne in an equall proportion and with another in Maintaining & Keeping their said ffather Benjamin MARRIOTT with meat drinke washing and Lodging and Clothing suteable to his degree during the tearme of his naturall Life as hee shall require that then and in such Case my Executor shall pay unto such of them as shall bee Joynd Each of them who shall bee Joyne the sume of Ten pounds apeece att two years and after my decease that is to as many as shall be then Liveing, but if in Case any of them shall att any time or times refuse soe to Joyne in an equall proportion he or she who shall soo refuse I doo order and appoint my Executor to pay unto such person or persons onely twelve pence and noo more, but if there ffather Live till there Legacies be due they shall receive no Legacie till they give good security to my Executor that they will maintain there said ffather during the time of his naturall Life.

Item: I give and bequeath to my Brother Joshua MARRIOTT Children that is to say: John Joshua Samuel and Mary Each of them the sume of Ten pounds apeece if to as many of them as shall be Liveing att two years and next after my decease Item I give and bequeath unto my late Brother Samuel MARRIOTT Children viz. Samuel twenty pounds to his sistar Ann Ten pounds if they be Liveing att tow years and next after my decease, Item. I give and bequeath unto the children of my late Brother John MARRIOTT viz. Sarah & Easter ether of them the sume of Ten pounds apeece if the be liveing att two years and next after my decease Item: I give & bequeath unto my sistar Margaret BRADBURY Children viz. Thomas and Ellin ether of them Ten pounds apeece and to Edmund Wife Six poundes but for him to have nothing to doo with itt, if they be Liveing att two years and next after my decease Item I give & bequeath unto my sistar Ann BRADBURY Children to Robert Six pounds and unto Ann, Mary, Sarah & Ellin every one of them Ten poundes apeece if the be Livening at two years and next after my decease, Item I give & bequeath unto my sistar Sarah son John BENNETT att Bakewell the sume of Seven poundes if he be Liveing att two years and next after my decease, Item. I give & bequeath unto my sistar Mary MORTON son Daniel Seven poundes if he be Liveing att two years and next after my decease; Item. I give & bequeath unto my nephew Thomas MARRIOTT in Kinder two sons Thomas and Joshua ether of them the sume of Seven poundes apeece if they be Liveing att two years and next after my decease, Item: I give & bequeath unto Ann SHORE & Ann HARROP ether of them Twenty shillings apeece if they Live here att my decease And I Loane to Mr HOLT one Guinne of gold to preach a sermon att my buriall if he continue in his place till that time all which bequests & legacies whose time of payment is not herein Limmitted I doo order & appoint to be paid by my Executor att the end of two whole years next after my decease to such of my Legaties as shall be then Liveing respectively att such Certaine place or places as my Executor shall nominate order & appoint they and every of them upon such there receipt giveing & executing att the same time att each of there one respective proper Charges such releases or discharges ether single by themselves or Joyntly with one another as Counsel learned in the law shall in that Case direct my Executor.

Item: It is my will & mind that my Nephew John MARRIOTT son of my Late Brother John MARRIOTT shall have & enjoy my new House att the Little Bridge during the time of his naturall Life but neither to Gett itt now or moove a great distance from itt Butt he shall live att itt himselfe or who he pleaseth to live with him for his life Married or single or to sett his goods in itt paying to my Heires twelve pence a year all the time he enjoyes itt.

Item: And as for and conserning my ffreehold Land in the Great Hamliit and my Coppyhold Land in the Phoreside Hamlett together with my part of the mill and Kill. Item I give and Bequeath to my Nephew Thomas MARRIOTT in Kinder son of my Late Brother Joshua MARRIOTT att my decease paying or causing to be paid to my Nephew John MARRIOTT sonn of my late Brother John MARRIOTT one hundred and fforty poundes of Lawfull Money of Great Brittain within the space of two years next after my decease The one Halfe which is three score and Ten poundes I order & appoint to be paid att one years end next after my decease unto my Executor or his assignes, and the Latter Moiety being three score and ten poundes att Two Years and next after my decease which said sume of one Hundred and fforty pounds I order and appoint to be paid att two payments to my Nephew John MARRIOTT Sonn of my Late brother John MARRIOTT or unto his Assigns by my Nephew Thomas MARRIOTT son of my late Brother Joshua MARRIOTT or by his Heires or Assignes att the times before mentioned.

Item. It is also my will & mind that my Heire pay unto my Loveing Wife the yearly rent which was settled before marriage, Item as for and conserning the same part of Common groundes formerly purchased Lying within great Hamlitt and Kinder Hamlitt being Likewise of the Kings part Item, My will and mind is that such of my Heires as shall inherritt my Ancient estate at Heafield shall have Liberty to Enclose and fence in soo much of the Kings part of Commons ether within great Hamlitt or Kinder Hamlitt as shall be equall to that Case which my Kinsman John WATERHOUSE of Heafield hath lately enclosed adjoyning to his Ancient Land quantity of acces or what Compasitt is soo much to be taken in where my Heire thinks convenient and I doo further except one parcell of Common ground Lying in Kinder Called the Nabbrons which is all ready in Lease to my nephew John MARRIOTT Item. I give and bequeath one other Cartaine peece of Common Land or wast grounds Lyeing in Kinder also adjoyning to the Lower end of A Cartaine place called the Yeild Heys and soo and wayes to Booth Lane end to my nephew John MARRIOTT sonn of my late brother John MARRIOTT and his Heires forever. Item I give and bequeath unto my Nephew Thomas MARRIOTT my Heire and parcell of Common ground enclosed Lyeing & Joyning to the furnass worke and John BRADDOCK field Head to him and his Heires forever.

Item: and as for the rest and residue of all my part and share of the Kings part of Common or Wast ground within Great Hamlitt and Kinder or not allready disposed of I give and bequeath one moiety or halfe thereof unto my said nephew John MARRIOTT son of my late Brother John MARRIOTT, And as for the other part or moiety or halfe part t the rest, I give and bequeath unto my Nephew Thomas MARRIOTT sonn of my late Brother Joshua MARRIOTT to them both and their Heires respectively forever paying there equal proportion of mooring measuring fencing or any Layes or taxations whatsoever or rents or any in Cumberance of any suits or trobles to Joyne equally soo longe as itts undivided, Item as for the rest of my Household goods that are not mentioned before nor disposed of and my Husbandry wares all my Hay and corne and quick goods that are not disposed of and given in my Lifetime which shall be my owne att my decease itt is my will and mind that all such goods be divided as equally as they can betwixt my nephew Thomas MARRIOTT son of my late brother Joshua MARRIOTT and my Nephew John MARRIOTT sonn of my Late brother John MARRIOTT such goods to be divided betwixt them two equally.

Item: as for all the rest of my personall estate; all my Bills bonds Mortgages Money in hand or out of hand att Interest all moneys whatsooever paying the Legacies which ether are or shall be afterwards mentioned by mee and Lastly I doo nominate Constitute and ordaine him the said John MARRIOTT sonn of my Late brother John MARRIOTT my full and sole Executor of this my present Last will and Testament: revoking all other former wills by mee att any time made In witness whereof I the said Thomas MARRIOTT the Testator have sett my Hand and seale the day and year ffirst above written.

Signed sealed declared & published as and for the Last will and testament of the above named Thomas MARRIOTT the testator in the presence of us who subscribed our names as Witnesses thereof in the said Testators presence

A true and perfect Inventory of all the goods Chattels and Credits of Thomas MARRIOT Late of Heafield in the parish of Glossop and County of Derby Yoaman deseased Aprized and valued by us whose names are subscribed hereafter the eight day of Jenuary 1728

(not transcribed, valued @ 444£:19s:06d by John WATERHOUSE, Thomas BRADBURY and Tho BOWER)

In the Name of God Amen I Thomas MARRIOTT of Heafield in the parish of Glossop and County of Derby Yeoman being in Good health of Body and of Sound and perfect Mind and Memory praysed be Allmighty God fo the same I do make and Ordaine to writing this my Last Will and Testament in Manner and fforme ffollowing (to witt) First I recomend my Soul into the Hands of Allmighty God my Creator hopeing through my Saviour Jesus Christ to have pardon and forgiveness of all my Sins And my Body I Comitt to the Earth to be decently Buryed at the discression of my Sons Thomas and Joshua MARRIOTT and at an Equal Charge between them boath And as to my Temporal Estate I give & dispose thereof as ffollows My Will and minde is that all such Just Debts as I shall owe at my Death together with the Charge of my ffuneral and the Expense of the probatt be paid and taken out of my Estate by my Sons Thomas and Joshua at an Equall Charge between them boath: I Give and bequeath unto my Son Thomas MARRIOTT my Two Meadows Called the Bents near Swallowhouses And a ffield Call the Stoneshead Croft together with all those Cottidges thereunto belonging in the Phoside Hamlet, Also I give to my Son Thomas all my Timber Growing upon his Estate at Suoidhill, and I give to him my part of Heafield Mill with It’s Appurtenances and all my Right and property in or to that House where Margret & Mary HANFORD now Liveth And all other Right and Title property Claime and demand whatsoever I have at Heafield afforesaid I give to my son Thomas and his Heirs forever I Give and bequeath unto my Son Joshua MARRIOTT his Heirs and Assigns for Ever All those my Freehold ffeefarm and Incroachment Estates Lying and being in Kinder in the parish & County afforesaid and all the Appurtenances thereunto belonging now in the possession of my said Son Joshua Also I give to my sd Son Joshua MARRIOTT all the Rest Residue and Remainder of all my Household Goods Husbandry Waire and all my Chattles Cattles personal Estate and Effects whatsoever which is not herein before disposed of he paying the Legacies hereafter mentioned (viz.) I give to my Brother Samuel MARRIOTT ten shillings, I give to Mary FFOGG one Guinea Lastly I do make ordaine Constistute and Appoint my sd Brother Samuel MARRIOTT to be my Executor of this my last Will and Testament and I do hereby Revoake disannull and make Voyde all former Will or Wills by me at Any time heretofore Made In Witness whereof I have hereunto Sett My hand and Seal this Eighteenth day of February One thousand seven hundred and Fifty.

Signed Sealed published and declared to be the Last Will of the Testator in the presents of

A True and perfect Inventory of all and Singular the Goods and personal Estate which Thomas MARRIOTT late of Heafield in the parish of Glossop & County of Derby yeoman dyed possesed of

Vallued and praised this 4th day of May one Thousand Seven Hundred and ffifty three.

In the name of god Amen the one and twentieth day of September in the yeare of our lord god one thousand Six hundred Sixty & Sevin I Thomas MARRYOT of Heyfield with the parish of Glossopp & county of Derby yeoman being sicke & weake in bodie but of good & perfect remembrance prayses be god for the same Doo ordayne constitute & make this my last will & Testament in manner & fforme ffollowing: ffirst principally I comend my soule into the hand of god my maker hoping through the merritte of Jesus Christ to bee [ ] & portake of life everlasting And my body I comend to the earth [to be conveniently] Buryed at the discression of my Executor hereafter named, And as touching my worldly estate of goodes Chattells land & [ ] & other herditament as it hath pleased god of his goodness to blesse mee withall my will & mind is they shall be Discharged of & given as ffolloweth, And ffirst my will & minde is that my due debts & ffunerall expenses shall bee payed & discharged out of my whole goods [ Credditts] & Chattells and after the same bee paid & discharged then [ ] will & minde is that Elizabeth my now wife shall have one equall third part out of all the remainder of my land goodes & Chattell & in full satisfaction of her right & [ ] And the other two partes of my aforesayd goodes & Chattells I Doo give & bequeath equally to be devided amongst all my Children (my two eldest sones Thomas and Joseph and my daughter Margaret wife of Edmund BRADBURY excepted) And as [ ] my messuages Houses landes [ ] & tenamente my will & minde is ffirst that the aforesayd Thomas MARRYOTT my eldest sonne shall have & possess to him & his [ ] All that my now messuage or tenement situate & beinge in Heyfield abovesayd with all Houses Buildinge land as tenants herdiment and appurtenamce to the same belonginge, to [enter] upon & enjoy [modiably] from & after the death of Elizabeth my aforesayd wife the same landes & messuage beinge her right & dowrie during her life, and beinge convayed & selled by [ ] of [ ] to the same and other [ ] therein contayned & expressed Also I Doo give & bequeath unto the aforesayd Thomas MARRYOTT my sonne & to his heyres & assignes for ever All that Closse or parcell of land called litle[Tonfield] which I heretofore Bought & purchased off & from one Samuell SMYTH to enter upon & enjoy[ ] sayd Closse & parsell of land imoviable from & after my Decease likewise I Doo give Devise and bequeath unto ye same Thomas MARRYOTT my sayd eldest Sonne all that my messuage or tenement call by the name of [YealdHouse] with all other Houses Buildings orchards [yondes] [gear landes tenements Commons [ ] & the appurtenance to ye same belonging and which I heretofore purchase of & from on e John KINDER to enter upon & enjoy the same to him & his heyres & assignes for ever upon condicon [ ] with provison That Hee the same Thomas MARRYOTT my sonne or his [ ] heyre or heyres well & [ ] pay or cause to be payd unto Samuell MARRIOTT John MARRYOTT & Benjamin MARRYOTT my three sons and unto Mary MARTYOTT Ann MARRYOTT & Sara MARRYOTT my three youngest Daughters or unto my lawfull [ ] of their [ crease in original ] to [ ] and to be made at and whole [ ] and next after my Decease and if [ ] sonnes or sayd th[ ] youngest Daughters Doo Dye & depart this life before Hee Shee or they have & leave [ ] lawfull of their bodyes then it is my will & mind that the part & p[ ] of him or her soo Dying shall bee devided equally amongst the rest And whereas by the sayd [ ] of Covenant it is probided & [ ] That my heir shall [ ] pay & satisfy unto his younger Brothers & Sisters the Sume of one Hundred & Twenty pounds at the Decease of the [ ][ ] of mee the sayd Thomas MARRYOTT the Testator & of Elizabeth my wife and when hee shall enter upon & enjoy my sayd messuage landes & tenament in Heyfield abovementioned my will & minde herein is that the sayd one Hundred & twenty pound be payd unto my sayd three sons Samuel John & Benjamin & unto my sayd Daughters Mary Ann & Sara or unto any lawfull assie of their bodies equally amongst them to bee devyded, And as touching my messuage Houses land & tenement & other herditament Situate & being in Kinder or being heretofore purchased & [ ] to fforme off & from one John DOWNES & Edward DOWNES of Kinder aforesayd called Downesland my will & minde is and I doo give devise & bequeath the aforesayd messuage Houses landes & tenements & ye milles lastly mentined call Downes land with all my right & tytle there[ ] to the [ ] of the aforesayd Joseph MARRYOTT my Second Sonne & his heires & assigens for ever upon condition and [ ] that the sayd Joseph MARRYOTT or his [ ] heyres or heyres [ ] [ ] & [ ] pay or cause to be payd unto Samuell John & Benjamin MARRYOTT my sayd three youngest sonnes and unto Mary Ann & Sara MARRYOTT my sayd three youngest Daughters or to any lawfull issue of their sevall bodyes equally amongst them the summe of one Hundred & twenty pounds by twenty pound a yeare the ffirst pay[ ] thereof to begin at one whole year and next after my Decease And soe to [ ] [ ] yearly untill ye aforesayd Summe of one Hundred & twenty pounds be payd & discharged as aforesyd, And if it soe ffall out if any of my sayd youngest sonnes or daughters lastly mentioned doo depart this life before Hee Shee or they have received their share & part of the sayd 120£ and leave noe issue lawfull of their bodyes then it my will & mind that the part & protion of any soe Dyeing shall bee devyded amongst the [ ] of them [ ] I give my daughter Margaret vjs And I ordayne & constitute my wife Elizabeth & my son Thomas Executors of this my last will and testament and I apoint and make my brother John MARRYOTT & my to kinsman Thomas WATERHOUSE & Thomas EYRE witnesses thereof

Sealed published & declared by the testator for & as his last will & testament in presence of

Thomas EYRE; Edmund BRADBURY; William BEARD; [ ] HADFIELD; [ ] [ ]; Raph WATERHOUSE

The Inventorie of the goods Credditts and Cattells of Thomas MARRYOT Late of Heifeild Within the parish of Clossopp & Countye of Derbie [ ] [ ] Prysed by John MARRYOT Thomas WATERHOUSE Thomas EYRE & Edmund BRADBURY, the 11th Day of October In Anno Don 1667: as ffolloweth: (not transcribed, valued @ £114:0:5)

In the Name of God Amen, the ffourteenthe day of December in the yeare of our Lord 1649 I George MELLOR of little heffeild in the County of Darby husbandman Sick in body but in good and pfect Remembrance praysed be God for it do Constitute ordeyne and make this my last will and Testamente in maner & forme ffollowinge, This is to witt, first I offer and bequeath my Soule to Almighti god my Creator and maker, trustinge throughe the merritts of His Son Jesus Christe and His precious bloud sheedinge to be one of the Number of His Electe, And my body to be buried within the Chappell of Heffeild in a decente and Christian lyke manner, And that my funeral expences and such detts as of Right I owe to any man be discharged of my whole goods, Item I give to mergrett BRAMALL wyfe of Edward BRAMALL Tenn shillings That she owethe to me, And I give to each one of Her foure Children fyve Shillings, Item I give to Thomas MELLOR husband to Dorothie ARMFEILD ffyve shillings, Item I give to Elline BODILL widow fyve shillings Item I give to ffrancis MELLOR son of Thomas MELLOR ffyve shillings Item I give to William MELLOR brother to the said ffrancis ffyve shillings, Item I give to Jane MELLOR of weeknorhurst fyve shillings, Item I give to Edward MELLOR her brother ffyve shillings, Item I give to Edward MELLOR son of William MELLOR ffyve shillings, Item I give to william MELLOR his sonn fyve shillings And I give to Rachard MELLOR brother to the said william ffyve shillings, And I give to margrethe there sister fyve shillings, Item I give to Henry MELLOR of Roowarth tenn shillings, Item I give to Elizabeth MELLOR daughter of Henry MELLOR xs, Item I give to Thomas WATERHOUSE Tenn shillings Item I give to Raphe PLATTS Tenn shillings, Item I give to Elline MELLOR my servante All the rest & Residue of my goods Cattells and Chattells, And my Tack of ground I give to the said Elline MELLOR my servante, Item I ordeyne and make the said Elline MELLOR my servante my lawfull and sole Executrix trustinge she will this my will, with the oversighte of Thomas WATERHOUSE and Raphe PLATTS, In wittnes whereof I have hereunto putt my hande the daye and yeare first above written

[ ] witnesses hereof Thomas WATERHOUSE; Raphe PLATTS in [ ] & [ ] R; Raphe FFERNELEY

A true and pfecte Inventorie of all such goods & Cattels as weare the goods and Cattels of George MELLOR of little hefield deceased, praysed by Thomas SLACKE Thomas WATERHOUS & Raph PALTTS the Eight day of Januarie Anno dni 1649 (not transcribed, valued @ £21-18-10)

This is the last Will and Testament of me James MIDDLETON of Bank Head Farm in Thornsett in the Parish of Glossop in the County of Derby Farmer I will and direct that all my just debts funeral and testamentary expences shall be paid by my Executor and Executrix hereinafter named out of my personal estate and effects as soon after my decease as conveniently may be And subject thereto I give devise and bequeath all my household goods and furniture agricultural produce ffarming Stock (live and dead) impliments of husbandry chattles and effects in or upon the House and ffarm I now hold at Bank Head aforesaid at the time of my decease unto my Son James MIDDLETON and my Daughter Mary the wife of Thomas WARDLE of Birch Hall in Hayfield in the said County of Derby ffarmer Upon Trust that they my said Trustees do and shall so soon after my decease as conveniently may be absolutely sell and dispose of the same either by public auction or private Contract as to them shall seem most proper And I will and direct that they my said Trustees shall pay and deside the money and produce arising by the means aforesaid unto and equally between and amongst all my several Sons and Daughters namely, Hannah BOWDEN, late the Wife of John BOWDEN, deceased, Thomas MIDDLETON, the said Mary WARDLE, Rosa the wife of John HATTON, Rachel the wife of Henry JONES the said James MIDDLETON William MIDDLETON, (who left England about eighteen years since, and went to Spain or other foreign Country, and has not been heard of since) and my Daughter Phoebe, the wife of John FFROST, now in America to be equally divided between them share and share alike And I will and direct that if my said Son William Middleton shall not return to England in seven years next after my decease his share of the said last mentioned money and effects shall go and be paid to my said Son James MIDDLETON or his legal Representatives

And I give devise and bequeath all those my Leasehold Cottages or Dwellinghouses with the appurtenances thereunto belonging situate at Thornsett aforesaid and now in the occupation of Rachal YATES and Barnett HEWITT unto my said Trustees the said James MIDDLETON and Mary WARDLE Upon Trust that they my said

Trustees their executors and administrators do and shall for the space of seven Years from the time of my decease keep them in repair and receive the rents and profits thereof and pay and divide the same between and amongst all my said Several Sons and Daughters share and share alike And at the expiration of the said term of Seven years then upon Trust that they my said Trustees then executors and administrators do and shall sell and absolutely dispose of my said Cottages or Dwellinghouses and Premises and the residue of my real and personal estate and effects (if any) either by public auction or private contract and pay and divide the same and all monies arising therefrom unto and equally between and amongst my said several Sons and daughters share and share alike And if any of my said Sons and Daughters shall depart this life before he she or they shall have been paid his her or their share or shares of him her or them so dying shall be paid to the Survivor or Survivors of them then living and be equally divided between and amongst them share and share alike And I will and declare that the receipt or receipts of my said trustees their executors or administrators shall be good and sufficient discharge and discharges to my purchaser or purchaser or other person or persons paying money under this my Will who shall not be answerable or accountable for the loss misapplication or nonapplication of the same but shall be wholly exempt therefrom And in case my said Son William MIDDLETON shall not return to England in seven years from my decease then his share in the last mentioned monies rents and effects shall be paid and divided amongst my said several Sons and daughters or such of them as shall be then living and I nominate and appoint my said Son James MIDDLETON and my said Daughter Mary WARDLE Executor and Executrix of this my Will In Witness whereof I the said James MIDDLETON have hereunto set my name this Ninth day of April the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty three

Signed and published by the said Testator James MIDDLETON who have to this my last Will and Testament set my hand in the presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses

In the Name of God amen I Richard MIDDLETON of Brock with in Chinley and in the parish of Glossop in the County of Derby Glaser being of sound disposing Mind Memory and Understanding praised be God Do Make Ordain and appint this my Last will and Testament in Manner And form following that is to say ffirst and principally I resine my soul in to the hands of Almighty God my Creator hopeing for a blessed Immortality through the Merits of My blessed Saviour Jesus Christ and my Body I desire to be decently buried at the at the (sic) discretion of my Executors After Nameed Concerning my Debts ffunerall expences and the Charges Attending the Execution of this my will I hearby direct to be paid out of my wole Real and personal Estate after the payment of my Just Debts I give and Bequeath Unto my Loveing wife Leah MIDDLETON for and During the term of her Natural Life all the House and housing shippon shops and stabel to gether with the Milton Croft and Likewise the Househould goods as the stand with the shop tools to ffollow of the traid as we now do with the assistans of my two Sons Thos and William MIDDLETON Dureing her Natral Life likewise I give to Leah my Loveing wife one bed and beding to dispose on as she shall think proper to gether with two Bonds I give devise and Bequeath to my eldist son Richd MIDDLETON the dwelling house at Brock I now live in together to gether (sic) with the gardin at Uper end of the House to the Box Tree and the Closedge and from the gardin wall Down in the yard five yard broad from the Box Tree to the yard down to gether with the shop Chamber and the stabel and stabel yard Chamber to him and his Heirs for ever I likewise give and Bequeath unto my two sons Thos and William MIDDLETON the remaining part of the old Jordin above the Box Tree and All the remaining part of the yard Below the five yards at the Close edge to gether with the shippon Chamber Over it and the Cart House and Cart House Chamber And all the Bildins that shall be thereon at my Decease together with any Timber or Joys or Boards there belonging to gether with the letel shop I give to Thos MIDDLETON and William MIDDLETON them the third Heirs for ever Likewise I give to my Son Richd MIDDLETON one third part of Milton Croft together with half a Neber Ship Lying on Brock and I give to Thos MIDDLETON one Third part of Milton Croft together with on quarter of a Nebership and my Son William MIDDLETON I give one third part of Milton Croft with one quarter of a Nepership being in the wole a Nebership purchesed by me from Charles LINGARD [ ] FFERNELEY George BOWDEN of Br[ ] House [ ] give to [ ] A[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] William MIDDLETON [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] Dwell belonging to [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] to them and there Heirs forever

(note: the bottom five lines of this page are extremely dark and hard to read)

and as to my glasing tools I give to my two sons Thomas and William MIDDLETON to devid as the can best agree and my will and mind is that my son Richard MIDDLETON pay to My Daughter Margret NALL the sum of twenty pounds and my son Thos MIDDLETON to pay to his sister the sum of fiften pounds and that my son William pay or Cause to be paid to his sister Margret NALL the sum of fiften pounds all wich payments the bemaid with in one wole year After the death of my said wife Leah MIDDLETON and I do heareby nominate Constitute and appoint my said wife Leah MIDDLETON executrix and my son William MIDDLETON my executor of this my last will and Revokeing all other will or wills by me heare to fore maid I declare this to be my last will and Testament to wich I have set my hand and Seal this eightteent day of May and in theare of our Lord one thousand seven Hundred and eighty two

Signed Sealed Published and declared by the said Richd MIDDLETON the Testator in the presence of us as Witnesses and at the request of the Testator Joseph SHIRT; Samuell SHIRT

This the last will and Testament of me Richard MIDDLETON of Breck in the Parish of Glossop in the county of Derby Plummer and Glazier made and published in manner following, that is to say, I Give and bequeath unto my Wife Anne MIDDLETON The monies that way belong to use under the will of the late Mr KIRK of Martinside to and for her own use I Give devise and bequeath my Plumming Shop at Breck and aforesaid with all Tools and pipe molds thereto belonging to all my sons that follow plumming and Glazing To hold to their heirs executors administrators and assigns for ever as Tenants in common and not as joint Tenants I Give devise and bequeath unto my said wife and her assigns for and during the time of her natural life in Case she shall so long continue my widow and unmarried All the rest residue and remainder of my Real and Personal estate and effects of what and every nature and kind soever or wheresoever Subject to the payment out of my said Personal estate of All my just debts (except my Mortgage debt of Two hundred pounds and the interest thereof to John MITCHELL of [Aule] and in the Township of Stockport in the county of Chester Doctor of Physick) and funeral and testamentary charges, And subject to the payment out of the rents and profits of my said real estate of the yearly interest of the said Two hundred pounds to the said Doctor MITCHELL and she my said wife during such her life or widowhood forever for and bringing up my sons Thomas and Robert until they shall severally attain their respective ages of twenty one years and in case of the death or second marriage of my said wife which shall first happen in case the same shall so happen during the infancy of my said sons Thomas and Robert or either of them Then I Give devise and bequeath the aforesaid premises unto my Brother Thomas MIDDLETON and my son Richard MIDDLETON who are also my Executors herein after named In trust to apply the rents and interest thereof or a sufficient part thereof during [ ] their Infancy in the providing for and bringing them up and the Surplus if any to be considered as part of my personal estate and from and after the death or second marriage of my said Wife which shall in first happen [ ] the bringing up of my said sons Thomas and Robert as aforesaid subject thereto I Give and devise my said real estate (dark and illegible) Heirs and assigns for ever All the (dark and illegible) I Give and devise unto my son Henry MIDDLETON (dark and illegible) the housing and Gardens that I have at (the last three lines of this page are dark and illegible)

his heirs and assigns for ever all the Old house I now live in the little shop and part of the Shop Chamber to the Cousile (Castle?) Beau with the Upper Garden to the Box Tree the lower Garden, and the other half of the Milton croft Subject and Chargeable to and with the payment of the sum of Twenty pounds which I Give and bequeath unto my said son Henry MIDDLETON at the end of twelve months next after he shall come into possession thereof, And also to and with the payment of the other One hundred pounds and interest to the said Doctor MITCHELL in discharge of his said Mortgage I Give and devise unto my Son John MIDDLETON his heirs and assigns for ever the house with the other part of the Shop Chamber from the Cousile Beau and Gardens, lying at the Backside of the house, and to go within four feet of the [Cloather] hedge belonging to the Old house. I Give and devise unto my son William MIDDLETON his heirs and assigns for ever the middle house that Thomas FORD now lives in, with one half the Garden from the Backside to the Smithy field wall I Give and devise to my said Son Thomas MIDDLETON his heirs and assigns for ever, the house that John FORD now lives in, with the Garden that is now let along with it, I Give and devise unto my said Son Robert MIDDLETON his heirs and assigns for ever the Brick house with the other side of the Garden adjoining to my said Son William MIDDLETONs side thereof, And Subject as aforesaid. I Give and bequeath my personal estate and effects and Stock as follows, I give and bequeath my farm which I hold by lease under Mr BAGSHAW unto my said sons John MIDDLETON, William MIDDLETON, Thomas MIDDLETON and Robert MIDDLETON their executors administrators and assigns as tenants in common Unto my Daughter Leah FOX Twenty Pounds and to my Daughter Sarah SHIRT Twenty pounds And the residue thereof I Give and bequeath unto and equally amongst all my Children, to be shared and divided with all due convenient speed after the death or second marriage of my said Wife which shall first happen, and bringing up of my Sons Thomas MIDDLETON and Robert MIDDLETON as aforesaid And Lastly I nominate and make my said Brother Thomas MIDDLETONand my said Son Richard MIDDLETON Joint Executors of this my will hereby revoking all former and other will and wills by me heretofore made and do declare this to be my last In witness whereof I the said Richard MIDDLETON the testator leave hereunto set my hand and seal the ninth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six.

The attached oath names his executors as Richard MIDDLETON and Thomas MIDDLETON. The oath also lists Richard’s death date as 1 Dec 1806, with the probate granted 30 April 1807.

In the name of God Amen I Richard MIDDLETON of Ludworth in the parish of Glossop in the county of Derby Glazier being of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner following, that is to say, First I order and direct all my just debts, including my mortgage debt, and funeral and testamentary charges and expences to be paid and discharged by my executors hereinafter named out of my estate and effects as soon as conveniently can be after my decease I give and bequeath unto my daughter Jane my bed and bedding thereto whereon I usually sleep, by hair trunk, my corner cupboard, my looking glass in my bedroom, one bird box containing a wild pigeon and also my smallest bird box containing a king fisher I give and bequeath unto my daughter Ann my card table, my oak chest, by bed standing in the little front room of the dwellinghouse where I now reside, and bedding thereto, my bird box containing a grouse, partridge and another bird box containing an owl I give and bequeath unto my son Isaac my clock I give and bequeath unto my son Richard my chest of drawers with the desk and I give and bequeath unto my son William m watch and also my other chest of drawers I give and bequeath all the rest residue and remainder of my household goods and furniture, stock in trade, ready money, outstanding debts, chattels personal estate and effects whatsoever and wheresoever unto my father in law Isaac GEE of Hattersley in the county of Chester publican my brother John MIDDLETON of Chinley (Breck End as named in the oath) in the said county of Derby Glazier, my brother in law Nathan FOX of Stockport in the said county of Chester publican and my brother in law Henry GEE of Ludworth aforesaid Shopkeeper their executors administrators and assigns upon trust that they or the survivors or survivors of them or the executors or administrators of such survivor do and shall with all convenient speed after my decease call in and compel payment of all such part of my personal state as shall consist of money and at interest and in outstanding debts or otherwise and do and shall sell and dispose of and convert into money such part or parts thereof as shall not consist And I do will and direct that it shall be lawful for m said executor and the survivors or survivor of them and the executors or administrators of such survivor to compromise or compound any sum of sums of money owing to me at the time of my decease and to adjust settle and compromise all or any in accounts which at the time of my decease shall be depending between me and any other person or persons whomsoever And I do further will and direct that my said executors and the survivors or survivors of them and the executors or administrators of such survivor shall stand and be possessed of the money to arise and be made from all my said personal estate and effects hereinbefore given and bequeathed to them as aforesaid Upon trust in the first place to pay and discharge all my just debts including my mortgage debt and funeral and testamentary charges and expences and in case there shall be any overplus money Then upon trust to first place and continue the same out at interest in their own names on good real or personal security or securities as they or the survivors or survivor of them or the executors or administrators of such survivor shall think proper until my youngest child shall attain the age of twenty one years and pay apply and dispose of the yearly interest to arise therefrom in the maintenance education and bringing up of all and every my children until they shall severally attain the age of twenty one years and from and after the attaining of my youngest child to the age of twenty one years Then upon trust to call in the said moneys (if any) so to be placed out at interest and stand and be possessed thereof upon and for the trusts intents and purposes hereinafter expressed concerning the same And I do hereby give devise and bequeath unto the said Isaac GEE, John MIDDLETON, Nathan FOX and Henry GEE their heirs executors administrators and assigns All and every my freehold and leasehold messuage or dwellinghouses lands tenements rents hereditaments and premises whatsoever and wheresoever with their appurtenances To hold the same premises into the said Isaac GEE John MIDDLETON, Nathan FOX and Henry GEE their heirs executors administrators and assigns according to the respective nature and qualities thereof Upon trust that they or the survivors or survivor of the or the executors or administrators of such survivor do and shall devise lease set or let the same to any person or persons who shall be willing to become lessee or tenents thereof for any term or years not excluding the attainment of my younger child to

the age of twenty one years as the best yearly rent that can be reasonably gotten for the same And do and shall pay [ ] and dispose of the rents and profits to arise therefrom in the maintenance education and bringing up of all and every my children until they shall severally attain the age of twenty one years and so soon as conveniently can be after my youngest child shall have attained the age of twenty one years Their upon trust that they my said trustees and the survivors or survivor of them or the executors or administrators of such survivor do and shall sell and absolutely dispose of all my said freehold and leasehold hereditaments and premises either together or in lots by public auction or private contract as they or he may think proper at and for the best price or prices and most money that can be reasonably had and obtained for the same and do and shall stand and be possessed of the money which shall arise from such sales upon and for the trusts intents and purposes hereinafter expressed concerning the same And I do will and direct that they my said trustees and the survivors or survivor of them or the executors or administrators of such survivor do and shall stand and be possessed of and interested in the said monies (if any) so to be place out at interest as aforesaid and also the money to arise for the sale of my said freehold and leasehold hereditaments and premises hereinbefore given and devised to them In trust to be sold as aforesaid and the rents issues interest and produce of the said money (if any) so to be placed out at interest as aforesaid and the said freehold and leasehold hereditaments and premises in the mean time and until such sale or sales shall be compleated upon trust to pay and divide the same unto and equally amongst all and every my children share and share alike provided always and it is my will and mind that in case any of my children shall happen to depart this life before his her or their part or share parts or shares shall become payable and shall leave lawful issue him her or them surviving then I give and bequeath the part or share parts or shares of such of them so dying unto and equally amongst such his her or their respective issue share and share alike if more than one and if but one then to such one and to his her or their own use And in case of the death of any of my said children before his her or their part or share parts or share shall become payable and shall leave no lawful issue him her or their surviving or leaving such and all of the shall depart this life under the age of twenty one years and without leaving lawful issue Then I give and bequeath as well the original part or share parts or shares of such of them so dying as the part or share parts or shares which shall have survived to them respectively by virtue of this present proviso unto and equally amongst all and every my then surviving children and the issue of such of them as may be dead leaving issue such issue taking only amongst them the part or share parts or shares thereof to which their parent or respective parents would have been entitled if living provided also and it is my further will and mind that it shall and may be lawful to and for my said trustee and the survivors or survivor of them or the executors or administrators of such survivor to pay lay out and expend in the apprenticing or other preferment in life of any of my said children any part or parts of the said share or shares of the said child or children not exceeding the sum of ten pounds which sum or sums shall be allowed in their accounts with such child or children or the persons otherwise interested therein provided further and it is also my will and mind that in case the interest of the said money (if any) so to be placed out a interest as aforesaid and also the rents and profits of my said freehold and leasehold hereditaments and premises shall by insufficient for the maintenance education and bringing up of my said children until they shall severally attain the age of twenty one years Or in case my said trustees or the survivors or survivor of them or the executors or administrators of such survivor shall find it necessary to call in the said money (if any) to be placed out at interest and to make sale and dispose of my said freehold and leasehold hereditaments and premises for the purpose of raising the money so to be by them paid laid out or expensed in the apprenticing or other preferment of my said children Then and in such case I do will and direct that my said trustees and the survivors or survivor of them or the executors or administrators of such survivor do and shall at such time or several times as they or he shall think necessary and proper call in and compel payment of all or any part of the said money (if any) so to be place out at interest as aforesaid and also to make sale and disposed of all or any part of all or a sufficient part or parts of the money to arise therefrom in the maintenance education and bringing up of all and every my children until they shall severally

attain the age of twenty one years or in the apprenticing or other preferment of my said children as aforesaid and I do declare that the receipt or receipts of my trustees or trustee for the time being acting in the execution of the trust hereby created shall be a good and sufficient discharge and good and sufficient discharges to the purchaser or purchasers of all or any part of my said freehold and leasehold hereditaments and premises for so much of his her or their purchase monies as shall be therein expressed to have been recieved and that such purchaser or purchasers shall not afterwords be answerable or accountable for any loss misapplication or nonapplication of such purchase monies so to be received or any part thereof And I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint the said Isaac GEE, John MIDDLETON, Nathan FOX and Henry GEE executors of this my will and I do also appoint them guardians of my children during their respective minorities And I do will and direct that it shall and may be lawful to and for my said trustees or any of them or their or any of their heirs executors or administrators to deduct or retain to themselves and himself all such loss costs charge damages and expences as they or any of them shall or may sustain bear expend or be put unto or reasonably deserve for their or any of their care time and trouble in an about the execution of this my will and that none of them shall be answerable or accountable for any more of the aforesaid trusts monies and premises than they shall respectively receive or shall come to their respective hands by virtue of this my will nor with or for any loss which shall happen to the said trust estate and premises except the same shall be occasioned by or through their respective wilful neglect or default nor shall the one of them be answerable or accountable for the others or other of them or for the heirs executors administrators acts deeds or defaults or the others or other of them but each of them for himself his heirs executors administrators acts deeds and defaults only And Lastly I do hereby revoke all former and other will and wills by ma at any time heretofore made and do declare this to be my last will and testatment In witness whereof I the said Richard MIDDLETON the testator have hereunto set my hand and seal this thirteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one.

Signed sealed published and declared by the said Richard MIDDLETON the testator and for his last will and testament in the presence of us who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses so attest the due execution thereof

Cha: HALMSLEY Solicitor Marple; William MIDDLETON; Jonathan DOCKER

Inventory 7 Jan 1631/2 Appraisers: Robert RIDGWAY; George RAWLINSON; John RIDGWAY; Robert BEARD

Inventory 2 Dec 1647 Appraisers: William MOREHOUSE; George CHALSWORTH; James CHALSWORTH

Probate granted to widow of John - Easter/Hester MOOREHOUSE of Glossop p, John THORNELEY of Stockport p.; Isaac SPRAGG

Allice MOREHOUSE widow of Simondly; her son John MOREHOUSE; her daughters Mary MOREHOUSE & Ann MOREHOUSE

Inventory 30 Apr 1731 Appraisers: James HAIGH; Robert LINE; Willm DUSNOP

Inventory 29 Oct 1633 Appraisers: Robert RIDGWAY; John RIDGWAY; Edward DOWNES; Robert BEARD

Inventory only 1 Oct 1640 Appraisers Robert RIDGWAY; Nicholas WARRINGTON

I Emanuel MOULT of Strines within Marple in the Parish of Stockport in the County of Chester, Yeoman do hereby revoke all Wills Codicils and other Testamentary dispositions made by me at any time heretofore and declare this to be my last Will and Testament I give and devise to my dear Wife Fanny MOULT and her assigns for her life All that my Messuage or Dwellinghouse with the garden and appurtenances thereto belonging situate at Brookbottom in the Hamlet of Whitle in the parish of Glossop and County of Derby as the same is now in the occupation of Jane HOWARD as my Tenant I give and bequeath all my Household goods Beds and Bedding plate China glass Linen books prints pictures Wines Liquors and all my Household furniture of every description, and also my cow if I shall happen to have one at my death Unto my said Wife Fanny absolutely I devise all those my Houses and premises situate in Mottram Street in Stockport in the said County of Chester and my Shop and premises situate in Lower Hillgate in Stockport aforesaid now in the occupation of Mr George CUPPLEDITCH, Tailor, with their respective appurtenances Unto and to the Use of my said Wife Fanny MOULT and her assigns during her natural life I give and bequeath to my said Wife Fanny MOULT a Legacy of Twenty pounds which I charge on my Estate called Moult House Estate and direct to be paid immediately after my decease by my Son James MOULT I give and bequeath to my said Wife Fanny an Annuity of Thirty pounds to be payable during her life half yearly on Every the twenty fifth day of March and Twenty ninth day of September, the first payments thereof to be made on Such of the said days as shall first happen after my decease And I charge and make chargeable all that my Estate situate in Marple aforesaid called Moult House Estate with full power for my said Wife to distrain for the same as in the Case of Rent in Arrear I devise my Estate in Mellor called the Higher Cliff my Estate in Rowarth in the occupation of Sarah FERNLEY and Charles HADFIELD, my Estate in Edale call Cartledge and my two Messuges in Tideswell with all my Common Rights there all in the County of Derby with their respective appurtenances To the Uses following, that is to say, To the Use of my Son William Jackson MOULT and his assigns during his natural life without Impeachment of waste and from and after his decease to the Use of all and Every the Children of my said Son William Jackson MOULT to be divided between or among them if more than one in Equal Shares as Tenants in Common and to their Several and respective heirs and assigns for Ever and if all such Children but one shall depart this life without Issue or there shall be but one Child then to the Use of that one remaining or only Child his or her heirs and assigns I devise all those my four new Messuages or Dwellinghouses lately Erected by me upon part of my Estate at Windlehurst within Marple in the Several occupations of my Son Emauel Downes MOULT Edward JACKSON, George OLDFIELD and Stephen SHAW Together with all the Gardens occupied therewith and also Together with the Right or Privilege to the Road made therefrom to a Spring of Water i the other part of my Estate at Windlehurst as aforesaid hereinafter devised to my Son John Ashbrook MOULT and the Use of the same Spring and also the right or privilege to the Sewer running under the said premises into a pit part of the Windlehurst Estate And also All those my two Closes or fields Situate near Marple Church in Marple aforesaid one in the occupation of Thomas DIXON and the other in the occupation of Hannah GEE And also All that my Mine or Vein of blacklead Ore in Borrowdale in the County of Cumberland with their appurtenances To the Uses following, that is to say, To the Use of my Son Emanuel Downes MOULT and his assigns during his natural life without Impeachment or waste and from and after his decease To the Use of all and Every the Children of my said Son Emanuel Downes MOULT to be divided between or among them if more than one in Equal shares as Tenants in Common and to their Several and respective heirs and assigns for Ever And if all such Children but one shall depart this life without Issue or there shall be but one Such Child Then to the Use of that one remaining or only Child his or her heirs and assigns I devise all my Estate at Windlehurst aforesaid (Except the said four newly Erected Messuages or Dwellinghouses and Gardens devised to my said Son Emanuel Downes MOULTand the said Rights or privilege of road to the said Spring or Water and to the Use of the same Spring and the Sewer as hereinbefore mentioned for my said Son Emanuel Downes MOULT, and also Except a plot of Land part of the said Estate and hereinafter more particularly described in the devise thereof to my Son Thomas MOULT) subject to a sum of One thousand pounds due and owing upon Mortgage of the same or of some part thereof and the Interest thereof Unto and to the Use of my Son John Ashbrook MOULT his heirs and assigns absolutely I devise my House Shop and premises in Middle Hillgate in Stockport aforesaid in the occupation of Miles SLATER and also my Houses and Premises in Jackson’s Alley including any share therein I may purchase before my death with their respective appurtenance, To the Uses following that is to say, To the Use of my Daughter Mary Ann ETCHELLS the Wife of James ETCHELLS and her assigns during her life for her Sole and Separate uses independent of the Control debts or interference of her present or any future husband and from and after her decease To the Use of all and Every the Children of my said Daughter to be divided between or among them if more that one in Equal shares as Tenants in Common and to their Several and respective heirs and assigns and if all such Children but one shall depart this Life without Issue or there shall be but one such Child Then to the Use of that one remaining or only Child his or her heirs and assigns And in case of the death of all such children without Issue To the Use of my Sons William Jackson, Emanuel Downes, John Ashbrook, Thomas and James their heirs and assigns as Tenants in Common I devise All that plot of Land (part of a certain field called the Croft situate at Windlehurst aforesaid hereinbefore devised to my Son John Ashbrook MOULT) bounded on the Northerly Side thereof being Twenty yards in length or thereabouts to the Center of the Watercourse by part of the said field called the Croft, on the Easterly Side thereof being twenty four yards and two feet in length or in thereabouts by a certain Watercouse, on the Southerly Side thereof being twenty four yards and two feet in length or thereabouts by the Highway leading from Marple to High Lane, and on the Weaterly side thereof being twenty yards in length or thereabouts by the other part of the said fields called the Croft and containing in the whole four hundred and ninety nine Square yards of land or Ground or thereabouts be the same more or less Together with all those Six Messuages or Dwellinghouses now standing and being on the said plot of Land Unto and to the Use of my said Son Thomas MOULT his heirs and assigns absolutely I devise all that my Estate in Chinley in the Parish of Glossop aforesaid called Chinley Head in the occupation of Henry HAWFORTH and his Wife And my Several Undivided fifth parts or shares of Several Estates in Chinley aforesaid in the occupations of Joseph BARNES William MOTTRAM and Isaac WATERHOUSE To the Uses following, that is to say, To the Use of my Son Thomas MOULT and his assigns during his natural life without Impeachment of waste and from and after his decease To the Use of all and Every the Children of my said Son Thomas MOULT to be divided between or among them if more than one in Equal shares as Tenants in Common and to their several and respective heirs and assigns and if all Such Children but one shall depart this life without Issue or there shall be but one such Child then to the use of that one remaining or only Child his or her heirs and assigns I give and bequeath the sum of Two Hundred pounds owing to me on Bond by my Son William Jackson MOULT absolutely I devise all that my Public House Known by the Sign of the Fox and my three Cottages situate in the Hamlet of Whitle aforesaid called Moult House Estate (Subject to and charged with the said Annuity to my said Wife and the said Legacy of Twenty pounds) And also All my Messuages and premises situate at Brookbottom in the County of Derby lately purchased by from the Devises of the late Mr Thomas HOWARD to the Uses following, that is to say, To the Use of my Son James MOULT and his assigns during his life without Impeachment of wast and from and after his Decease To the Use of all and Every the Children of my said Son James MOULT to be divided between or among them if more than one in Equal shares as Tenants in Common and to their several and respective heirs and assigns And if all such Children but one shall depart this life without Issue or there shall be but one Such Child Then to the Use of that one remaining or only Child his or her heirs and assigns And all other Rest Residue and Remainder of my Real and Personal and other Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever and of what nature or kindsoever of which I shall be seized possessed or Entitled at the time of my decease (Subject to the payment of all my Debts Except the said Mortgate Debt of One thousand pounds and Interest and also subject to the payment of my funeral and Testamentary Expense) I give and devise and bequeath unto my two Sons Thomas MOULT and James MOULT their heirs Executors administrators and assigns absolutely Equally between them as Tenants in Common and not as Joint Tenants I nominate and appoint my said Wife and my said Sons Thomas MOULT and James MOULT Executors of this my will I devise unto the said Thomas MOULT and James MOULT their heirs and assigns All the Lands and hereditaments vested in me as Trustee in Fee or Mortgage in Fee To hold the same unto and to the Use of them the said Thomas MOULT and James MOULT their heirs and assigns upon and subject to the several trusts and Equities affecting the same Lands and hereditaments respectively And I direct and declare that my said Executors shall be charged and chargeable only with such Monies as they respectively shall actually receive by virtue of this my Will notwithstanding their Joining in any Receipt or other act for the sake of conformity only and shall not be answerable for any Banker Broker or other person with whom or in whose hands any of my Monies shall be placed for Safe Custody or otherwise Nor for any loss or damage which may happen in the Executing of this my Will or in relation thereunto unless the same shall happen by or through their his or her own wilful default And also that it shall be lawful for the said Executors respectively by and out of the Monies which shall come to their his or her hands respectively to retain or allow to Each other all costs charges damages and Expences which they respectively shall sustain or Expend in or about the Execution of this my Will or in relation thereto In Witness whereof I the said Emanuel MOULT have to this my last Will and Testament contained in Six sheets of paper set my Hand and Seal in manner following, that is to say, my Hand to the five preceding Sheets and my Hand and Seal to this Sixth and last Sheet this first day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and fifty four.

Signed sealed and acknowledged by the said Emanuel MOULT as his will, in the presence of us, present at the same time, and who, in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our Names as Witnesses.

This is a Codicil to the last Will and Testament of me Emanuel MOULT of Stines within Marple in the Parish of Stockport in the County of Chester Yeoman, which Will bears date the first day of September in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and fifty four Whereas by my said will I have made certain devises and bequests to my dear Wife Fanny MOULT Now I do hereby declare that such devises and bequests therein made to her shall be accepted by her in full satisfaction of her Claim to dower and free bench out of my Real Estate of which I have been, or now am, or shall be Seized and confirm my said Will in other respects In Witness where I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this Tenth day of January in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and fifty five.

Signed sealed and acknowledged by the said Emanuel MOULT as a Codicil to his last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, present at the Same time, who at his request in the presence and in the presence of Each other have Subscribed our Names as Witnesses

In the name of god Amen, the thirtithe day of November, in the yeare of our Lord God on thousand sixe hundred sixtie & eight. I John MOULT of Muckes meadowes in Chinley in the pish of Glossopp & in the Countie of Derbie, Husbandman, aged and weake in bodie but sound and perfect in memorie thankes bee given to Almightie God and therefore knoweinge the certaintie of Death, but the tyme & hower thereof to bee most Uncertaine doe ordaine constitute & make this my last Will & Testament in manner & forme followeinge, ffirst I Commit my soule to almightie god my Creator, and to Jesus Christ my redeemer by whose meritts I trust to have eternall lyfe and my bodie to bee buried in the Churchyard of the Chappell in Ley ffrith in the place where my ancestors formerly have been laid And as Concerneinge my worldly estate I dispose as followeth: Imprimis I give & bequeath unto William MOULT my brother one shilling Ite, I give & bequeath unto John MOULT my god son one shillinge, Ite, I give to John GODDARD the son of John GODDARD of Chinley And my god son one shillinge, Ite all the rest of my goods Chattells & Chattells money househould stuffe bedds & beddinge and all my husbandrie ware & goods whatsoever unbequeathed I give & bequeath unto Grace MOULT my wyfe & unto James LOWE whom I am uncle unto equallie divided betwixte them, saveinge that my do debts legasies, & funerall expenses shall be paid & discharged out of my whole goods by the said James LOWE whom I make my sole executor of this my last will & testament Hopeinge that hee will pforme the same accordinge to the true Intent & meaninge of the same & of the trust in him reposed, And doe hereby revoake, refuse all other Wills & testaments giftes, bequeathes & legasies whatsoever by mee heretofore made willed given or re required In witness whereof I the said John MOULT hereunto have put my hand & seale as my last Will & testament, the day & yeare first above written.

Sealed signed & delivered acknowledged & consented unto by the said John MOULT as his last will & testament in the psence of John MOULT

In the name of God Amen the Eighteenth day of May In the first Year of the Raign of our moste Gracious soveraigne Lord William over England Scotland ffrance & Ireland Kinge Defender of the faith & Ano Dom 1689 I John MOULT of Hough hill in the parrish of Stockport & in the Countie of Chester Yeoman being Sick & weak in body but of Sound & pfect memory praised be God for the same & calling to rememberance the uncertaine estate of this transitory life & that all flesh must yeild unto Death when it shall please God to call Doe make & constitute ordaine & declare this my last will & Testament in manner & forme following revoking & annulling by these prcents all & every Testatment & Testaments Will & Wills heretofore by me made & declared ether by word or my writing & it to be taken onely for my last Will & Testament & none other And [ ] being penitant & sorry from the bottom of [ ] heart for my Sins past moste humbly desireing forgivenesse for the same I Give & com[ ] unto allmighty god my Saviour & redeemer in whom & by the merrite of Jesus Crist [ ] assuredly to be Saved & to have full remission and forgiveness of all my sins & that my Soul with my Body at the generall day of resurection shall arise againe with Joy & through the merrits of Christs death & passion possesse & inherit the Kingdom of heaven prpared for his elect & chosen & my body to be buried in such place where it shall please my Executor hereafter named to appoint and now for the settling of my Temporall estates & Such goods Chattels & Depts as it hat pleased God far above my deserts to bestow upon my I Doe order give & dispose the same in manner & form following (that is to say) first I will that all those Depts & Duties as I owe in right to any manner of pson or psons whatsoever Shall be will & truly Sattisfied & paid or ordained to be paid by my Executrix hereafter named within conveniant time after my Deceise Item after my depts & funerall expences soe taken out I give and bequeath unto Barbara my Daughter two parts of the best of all my goods Chattels & Depts and it is my will & minde that the same be improved for her untill shee Ataine the Age of one and Twenty years And that she be brought upp and maintained of the Intrest of the same untill she ataine one and Twenty years of Age but if She Shall Dye & depart before she attaine one & Twenty years of Age and unmaried I Give & bequeath the one halfe thereof unto all the children of Thomas MOULT my sonn which he now hath or Shall have by Sara his now Wife equally to be devoyeded amongst them as the Shall attaine the Severall Ages of one & twenty years Item I Give and bequeath the other Chattels & Depts which are oweing me which are desperatt unto Katherine my Wife & of this my last Will & Testament I doe nominate & appoint Katherine MOULT my loveing Wife sole Executrix of this my last Will hopeing that she will pform & fulfill the Same according to my trust reposed in her.

Sealed published and Declared to be the last will and Testament of the abovesaid John MOULT in the psence of us

In the Name of God Amen I John MOULT of Chinley in the County of Derby Yeoman being advanced in Years but in perfect Memory and Understanding do make this my last Will and testament in manner following, ffirst my Will is that all my just Debts funerall Charges and the probate of this my Will be first paid and Decharged Item I give and bequeath unto my loveing Wife Susanna MOULT the sume of ten pounds to be paid her imediately after my decease, Item I give leave and bequeath unto my said Wife ten pounds a Year Yearly and every Year for and dureing her naturall life at two equal payment to comence at such of the said feast days as shall first happen after my decease and Chargable of and from all my lands in Chinley, Item I give leave and bequeath unto my said wife the further sume of ten pounds a Yeare for and dureing her naturall life (free from Taxes) payable at the days and times aforesaid of and from all my lands in Hollingworth in the parish of Mottram in Longden Dale in the County of Chester, And if default be made in payment of the said Annuities or rent charges or either of them on either of the days aforesaid I give her full power to Destrain for the Same together with full costs of Distress, I also leave and bequeath unto my said wife So long as She Continues unmarried and for her Use and no other my parlour at Chinley Naze with all the goods and furniture that Usually Stand therein together with the Chest of Drawers in the house Chamber with full and free Ingress Egress and regress to and from the said parlour, Item I give and bequeath to my oldest Son Emanuel MOULT All my Messuages lands and tenements in Chinley aforesaid for and dureing the terme of his naturall life and after his Decease To the Use and behoofe of Such Son or Sons Daughter or Daughters Grandson or Grandsons Grandaughter or Grandaughters of him the said Emanuel MOULT as he the said Emanuel MOULT Shall by any Deed or Will duly executed direct limit or Appoint And for want of such Son or Sons Daughter or Daughters or Grand Children of the said Emanuel MOULT To the Use and behoofe of my Son William MOULT his heires and Assignes forever, Item I give and bequeath to my Son William MOULT All that my Messuage and tenement in Hollingworth aforesaid for and dureing the tenure of his naturall life and after his Decease To the Use and behoofe of Such Son or Sons Daughter or Daughters Grandson or Grandsons Grandaughter or Grandaughters of him the said William MOULT To the Use and behoofe of my Son Emanuel MOULT his heires and Assigns forever Item I give and bequeath to my Son William MOULT his heirs and Assigns All that my Leasehold tenement in Newton in the parish of Mottram which I hold by Lease under Sir William Dukenfield DANIEL Baronet Deceased Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Susanna FFOX her heires and Assigns forever All my houseing and Lands in Manchester in the County of Lancaster, Item I give unto the said Susanna FFOX the Sume of One hundred and twenty pounds to be paid of and from my personall estate within One Year after my decease Item all the rest of my personall estate of what nature or kind Soever I give and bequeath unto my Sone Emanuel MOULT And Lastly I do hereby Nominate and Appoint my two Sons Emanuel MOULT and William MOULT Joynt Executors of this my last Will and testament In Witness Whereof I the said John MOULT have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this Twentieth day of ffebruary 1767

Sealed Signed published and declared for and as the last Will and testament of John MOULT in the presence of

Hellenn HOLLINWORTH; Frances ROSSINGTON; Alis HOLLINWORTH

In the Name of God Ament I John MOULT Junior of Chinley in the Parrish of Glossop and County of Derby (Yeoman) being Weak of Body But of Sound Memory thanks be to God And Calling to Mind the Certainty of Death And the Uncertainty of the time When it shall please Allmighty god to Call for me Do make And Ordain this My Last Will And Testament in Manner Following First I Comend My Soul into the hands of Almighty God My Saviour and Redeemer in Whom I hope to be Saved and to have Pardon and forgiveness of all my Sins Through the Blood of Christ and My Body I Comitt to the Earth to be Decently Buried att the Discretion of My Executor hear after Named And as touching my Worldly Estate and Goods, I Give and bequeath the same As follows, First it is My Will and Mind that all my Just Debts Funerall Expenses and Charge of Probat of this my Last will be Paid and Discharged Out of My Personall Estate and Allso I Give Leave and Bequeath Unto my Brother Emanuell MOULT All that my Share of An Estate Lying and being in Mellor Called Clife and his heirs and Assignes for Ever he Paying from that Estate the Sum of Fifty pounds unto my Brother William MOULT Twelf months After my Decease Allso I Give and Leave Unto my Brother Emanuell MOULT All that my Share of An Estate being in Rowarth he Paying Unto My sister Susanna FOX the Sum of Fifty Pounds Twelfe Months After my Decease, And Lastly I Do Nominate and Appoint my Brother Emanuell MOULT to be My Sole Executor of this my Last Will and Testament Hopeing he will Perform The Trust Reposed in him in Wittness Whereof I have Sett my Hand and Seale the Fift of February in 1767

Sealed Signed published and Declared by the Testator to be his Last Will and Testament Who Subscribed his name in the Sight and Presence of us George KELSALL; John MOULT; Mary BROCKLEHURST their Marks

In the Name of God amen the Nynteenth day of June in the yeare of our Lord god one Thousand Sixe Hundred and Sisty and Sixe I Thomas MOULT of under Chynley Naze in the pish of Glossop in the County of Derbie yeoman aged & weake in body but sound & pfect in mynd & memory Thanks be given to Almighty God therefore yet knowing & considering the certaynty of death but the tyme & hourer though to be most uncertayne doe ordayne constitute & make this my last will & testament in manner & forme followinge ffirst I comitt my soule to Almighty god my Creator & to Jesus Christ my redeemer by whose merrits I trust he gave eternall live & my body to be buried in the pish Church of Chappell in le ffrith in the said County in or as noow (sic) as conveniently may bee the buriall plase (sic) of my Ancestors And as concerning my worldly estate I dispose of as followth ffirst I give and bequeath unto Barbara MOULT daughter of my son Thomas MOULT the sume of ten shillings of currt English money Itm I give & bequeath to my son Robte MOULT one meale arke standing in the old milke house, one bed sted wherein I now use to lye at [ ] & the some of ten shillings of currt English money Itm I give & bequeath unto the therd sone of the said Robte MOULT & to his daughter each of them the sume of Twenty pounds of currt English money & it is my will & mynd that the same shall be Imployed & put forth for their use benefit & advantage within one year next after my decease at the sight & discretion of my executor hereafter named of Nicholas BAGSHAWE & Georg MORTON dureing the tyme of their minorities & to be paid unto them with such benefit & advantage as shall thereof be made & raise when they shall [ ] & accomplish the age of one & twenty yeares & that if one of them soe happen to dy before the accomplishmt of their said sevrall ages then the survivor or survivors of them to have the pte & porcons of the them deceased Itm I give & bequeath to Thomas GEE & Anne [ ] sone & daughter of Thomas GEE taylor of Lidyate [ ] of them the sume of ten shillings Itm I give & bequeath unto my two daughters Elizabeth BOWDEN & Bridgett WINTERBOTHOME the sume of ten shillings a peece & to Mary CARRINGTON Elizabeth CARRINGTON & Grace CARRINGTON daughters of William CARRINGTON late of Chynley house deceased [ ] [ ] sume of [ ] shillings a peece Itm I leave as [hene] loomes in the messuage house at Eccles [ nd] gardner one Table wth the fframes standing in the said house a table in the lower plor wth the forme & frames wth sume belongings one dyhbord in the said house Itm I give & bequeath to Thomas GEE taylor of Lidyate aforesaid to Thomas HARRISON & Robte HID son each of them the some of twelve pence a peece. Itm after yt my debts legacies & funerall expenses bee paid discharged & dedicated out of the whole Then all the rest of my goods cattells & chattels whatsover unbequeathed I give & bequeath to John MOULT my son Itm I ordayne constitute & make this said John MOULT my son sole executor to this my last will and testamt: hopeing yt he will pforme the same according to the trust in him reposed & the true meaninge thereof: and doe hereby revoke anull refuse disclayme & make voide & frustrate all former & other wills testaments gifts bequeathes and legacies whatsoever by mee heretofore made given willed or acquired In witnesse whereof I the said Thomas MOULT hereto [ ] put my hand and seale the daie & yeare first above writen

Sealed Signed read & published acknowledged & consented unto in the psence of us

In the Name of god Amen the Ninteenth day of Decem in the year of our Lord one thousand Seaven hundred and twenty I Thomas MOULT now att Ould Hall in the parrish of Motteram and in the County of Chester Yeoman being weake of body but of Sound & perfect Memory praised be god for the Same do make ordain & publish this my last Will and Testament In manor & form following first I give & bequeath my Soul into the hands of Allmighty god my Creator hopeing by the Merrits of Jesus Christ my Redeemer to have pardon for all my Sins & to be maid one of his elect and chosen & my body I comitt to the earth to be buried in Such due and desent manor in the parrish Church of Motteram att the discresion of my Executor herein after named and for the worly estate which god in mercy hath bestowed upon me my will & mind is that itt be disposed of as followeth first itt is my will and mind that all my depts & funerall expences & the probat of this my last will & testament be paid discharged out of my moneys good & chattels Item I give & bequeath unto (sic) my Son John my cofer Standing in the house in Chinley Item I give & bequeath unto my Dautor in law Susanna the Sum of ten shillings Item I give and bequeath unto my granson Thomas MOULT the bedstid being in the hous in chinley It I allso give & bequeath unto my Son John all my wearing aparill he paying out of them twenty shillings to my Son Thomas Item I give unto my Son Thomas the Sum of ten shillings It I give unto my Dauterinlaw Elizabeth the Sum of ten shillings It I give unto my grandauter Ann the Sum of ten Shillings It I give & bequeath all the rest of my moneys goods & depts oweing unto mee from any one my Son Inlaw Higham HOLLINGWORTH & do hereby renounce & make voide all former wills by mee maid & I do apoint my Son in law Higham HOLLINGWORTH to be my Executor of this my last will & testament In Wittness whereof I have hereunto put my hand & Seall the day & year first above written

Sealed signed published and declared to be the Last will and Testament of the above Wittness of named Testator in the presents of us

A True & perfect Inventory of all the Goods and Chattels of Thomas MOULT of Hollingworth late deceased praised & valued thiis second day of February in ye year of our Lord God on Thousand Seven hundred and twenty by us whose hands are hereunto subscribed as followeth

In the Name of god Amen I Thomas MOULD of Lane end in the Parrish of Glossop in the County of Derby Yeom This thirteenth day of August 1722. Being Aged & in infirme in Body, but of good Understanding Blessed be God for the Same do make & declare my last will and Testament in manner following, and First I will that all Such debts as I shall Owe at the time of my decease shall be discharged & paid by my Executor out of my Goods Cattles & Chattels personall to together also with my funeral Expences & the Charges of the Probate & executon of this my last Will And as touching my ffuneral I desire it may be performed in Such solemnity as my Executor shall think most decent And as touching all the residue of my goods Chattels personal after my debts & ffuneralls I give & devise the same in manner following First I will & appoint that the Legacies hereafter by me devised & given (excepting Such as are to be paid yearly) be taken out of the residue of my goods, Moneys & Chattels believing at the time of my decease Item I give & devise unto Elizabeth FFORD my Kinswoman the sume of Twenty shillings in case she be liveing att my decease. Item I give & devise unto John VERNON of Sparrowpitt (my Nephew) the sume of ffive pounds in case he be liveing at my decease item I give & devise unto Enock VERNON his Brother the sume of Eight pounds in case he be liveing at my decease Item I give & devise unto his sister Hannah the sume of Twenty shillings in case she be liveing att my decease. Item I give unto John BENNETT my Step Son One Shilling. Item I give & devise unto his Sister Ellen GASKELL One Shilling Item I give & devise unto each of the Children of John GREEN whom I am Uncle unto as shall be liveing att my decease Twenty Shillings a peice. Item I give & devise unto each Brother & Sister of Henry COOK of Withinlake as Shall be liveing at the time of my decease Tenn Shillings a peice. Item I give & devise unto John COOPER (son of Edward COOPER) the sume of ffour pounds in case there be so much remaining upon Account of the sume of ffive pounds which I formerly received from Henry KIRKE otherwise So much only as shall appear not to have been imployed by me already for his use. Item I give & devise unto each of the Children of William BRUNDRETH (whom I am Uncle unto) that shall be liveing at my decease Twelve pence a peice. Item I give & devise unto each of the Children of Joseph BRAMALL begotten of the Body of Ellen his late wife (who was my Kinswoman) which shall be liveing at the time of my decease twelve pence a peice. Item I give & devise unto a son of Mary GREEN (Sister of Thomas GREEN late of Chinley) the sume of Three pounds if he be liveing at my decease. Item I give & devise unto Phebe GREEN sister of George GREEN the sume of Twenty pounds to be paid her in ten Years by fforty Shillings a year if she so long live the first payment to begin when She shall have attained to the age of Twenty years and So to Continue yearly untill she shall have received the full sume of Twenty Pounds if she so long happen to live. Item I give & devise unto Ann LINGARD of Litton my Kinswoman the sume of Tweny Shillings if She be liveing att my decease. And as touching the time of the payment of all and every the Legacye or Legacies herein & hereby before devised (whose time of payment is not Allready limitted) my will is that my Executors shall have Six Months time for the payment thereof. And in case my Goods & chattels personal shall happen to fall short of discharge ing my ffunerall Debts & Legacies before given & devised, then I order & appoint my Executors hereafter Named to take the issues and proffetts of all that my Messuage and Tenement with the lands & hereditamtents thereunto belonging situate at Lane end in Chinley aforesaid which I give unto them in trust till they shall have thereout raise & taken so much Money as will be necessary to Sattisfye such of so much of the Legacyes hereing given & devised as my Estate personall shall fall short to raise pay & discharge & to make up the deficiency thereof. And as for and concerning all those my Messuages Lands tenements and heredidtaments lyeing & being at Cloughhead in Phoside Hamlett Together with those my other Messuages & Tenements with the lands & hereditaments thereunto belonging situate lyeing & being att the laneends Milnffields & Moseley Barn, with the Power Stone Bridge Meadow together also with the Marshes (one of which is so charged in & of my personall Estate as aforesd) Togather also with all other my Messuages Lands tenements & hereditament lyeing and being in Chinley aforesaid, as will those which I formerly purchased of George GEE as what I lately bought of John BENNETT lyeing att the Comon pitts, or as where withing the Parrish of Glossop aforesaid, in whose tenure holding or occupacon the same mow are, or may be att the time of my decease: I give grant and devise the same and every of the them, and all my Estate and Estates right Interest or tythes therein and in every of them to George GREEN aforesaid and his heires and Assignes for Ever. Subject Nevertheless to the payment of the Anuall & yearly Sume of Tenn Shillings, which Said sume I give & devise unto the Reverd Mr James CLEGG to be paid to him yearly for the Terme of the Naturall Life in Case he Continue to Preach att our Chapel in Chinley So long & our Liberty be Continued. And I do further give & devise the like Sume of Tenn Shillings to be paid Yearly for Ever unto Such School master or Mistress as shall teach School in the School House in Chinley for the time being, as well such as shall teach Incipients, as a Grammar School Both of which Said payment I do Order to be raised and paid Yearly out of & from That my Messuage lands & tenements: lyeing att the Common pitts aforesd. the ffirst payment to be made at the end of one whole Year next after my decease. And it is my will & mind also that he the said George GREEN shall bring or cause to be brought Up Phebe GREEN his sd Sister with Sufficient Maintenance Meat Drink Lodging Washing Clothing & Learning suitable to her degree untill she shall have attained to the Age of One & twenty Years. And as for & Concerning all that Messuage & tenement with the lands thereunto belonging at Within Lake, late in the possession of John DIXON, wherein I have an Estate or tithe for the residue of a terme of Ninety Years, or Some other long terme of Years determinable upon the death of the Survivor or James COOKE & Richard OLLIVER being now the two Surviving Lives Named in a Lease thereof made by the Said John DIXON, and one Mr SLACKE to me I give & devise the same to George GREEN aforesd. (in case my Now wife Surviveing) for & dureing So long time of the said terme that shall be to Come at my decease (determinable on the death of the Survivor of the said James COOKE & Richard OLLIVER) as Elizabeth my now wife shall happen to live and from & imediately after the Survivor or her & me I give Assign & devise the same unto the said George GREEN & Henry COOKE of Within lake aforesd. & their Assignes Joyntly betwixt them equally to be divided for and dureing all the rest & residue of the said terme as shall be therein then to Come & unexpired, Subject to the rents & services payable by the aforesaid Lease. And it is further my Will that my Executors Shall likewise pay unto the said Henry COOKE the sume of tenn pounds in case my said wife shall happen to out live the terme aforesd. if he be then liveing. And as for and Concerning that Messuage tenement lyeing near Chinley end Leased or ffarmed of Mr BRADSHAWE not before mentioned or intended togather also with a Certaine Lease of Article wherein I am Joyned with others in takeing & ffarming the tythe of Corn in Chinley for some terme of years yet to Come, I do give Assign & devise all my right tythe & Interest of & in every of them unto the said George GREEN & his Assignes Subject to the rents & services therein made payable. Item I give & bequeath unto Elizabeth my now loveing Wife the sume of One Shilling to be paid her within One Month next after my decease in full of all Claimes to my Estate reall or personall, other then what I have hereto fore settled upon her, which is very Ample for her support & Lively hood. Item all the rest & residue of my whole Estate reall or personall, I give & devise the same unto George GREEN aforesaid, save only that I give unto my loveing ffreinds Christopher BENNETT of Haugh and ffrancis GEE in Chinley each of them the sume of Three pound. Nominateing and appointing them the said Christopher BENNETT & ffrancis GEE my full & Joynt Executors of this my last will & Testament revokeing all former wills by me heretofore made. And Lastly I do appoint & authorise my loveing ffreind William CARRINGTON the elder of Ashen Clough to be Overseer of this my last Will, hereby impowering him to call my Executors to an Account at any time or times on behalf of my said heire George GREEN & to adjust & determine Matters amongst them, As well touching any Interest of Money, as any Matter or thing they may be Concerned in as he shall see Cause to the best of his Knowledge. In Wittness whereof I the said Thomas MOULT the Testator, have hereunto putt my hand & seal the day & year first above written.

Sealed Signed published and declared by the Testator to be his last Will and Testament in presence of Us who have Subscribed our Names in the presence of the Testator

William BENNET; William CARRINGTON; John BAUDON; William CARRINGTON junr

In the name of God Amen, I William MOULTE of Chinley and in the pish of Glossopp in the County of Derby yeoman being sicke in Body but of sound & pfect Memory thanks be to Almighty God & calling to Remembrance the uncertaine Estate of this Transitory life & that all fflesh must yeild unto Death & when it shall please God to call, I do make Constitute Ordaine & Declare this my last Will & Testament in manner & forme ffollowing Revokeing & makeing void be these presents all & every Testament & Testaments in Will and Wills heretofore by me made & declared either by word or wryting & this is to be taken onely for my last Will & Testament & none other and first being penitent & sorry from the bottome of my heart for my sins past most humbly disireing forgivenesse for the same I give & Comitt my soule unto Almighty god my Saviour & Redeemer in whom & by the merrits of Jesus Christ I trust & beleeve assuredly to bee saved & to have full and ffree remission of my sins & that my Soule with my body at the generall day of Resurrection shall rise againe with joy & through the merritts of Christs death and passion possesse & inheritt the Kingdome of Heaven prepared for his Elect & chosen & my body to be buried in such place where it shall please my Executors hereafter named to appoint. And now for the setleing of my temporall Estate and such goods Chattells Cattells & Creditts as it hath please God farr above my deserts to bestow upon me I do order give & dispose the same in manner & forme following that is to saie ffirst I will that all those debts and dueties as I owe in right or Concience to any manner of person or persons whatsoever shall well & truly be coutented & paid within Convenient tyme after my decease by my Executrix hereafter named Item whereas by an Agreemt had & made with my son Thomas he is bound to pay to my assignes the sume of Thirty pounds within a reasonable tyme after the decease of me & Hellen my wife I do hereby give & bequeath unto Ellen OULDFIELD my daughter out of the said sume of Thirty pounds ffifteene pounds thereof & the other ffifteene pounds I give and bequeath unto my daughter Anne BRUNDRETH Item I haveing promised Edward COOKE my son in law tenne pounds to be paid on the ffoure and twentieth day of June next comeing upon Condition that he estate his son Henry in the one halfe of his [ffavine] so soone as he attained the age of One & twenty yeares & after his Death settle him in the whole I will the same sume of Tenne to be paid accordingly Item I will that my Son Thomas may have equall usage of all my Husbandry ware with his Mother dureing her nrall life, And after her decease I give the said Husbandry ware to my son Thomas Item I give to my son Thomas one Chest in the house and the bedstocks he now lyes in Item I give to my daughter Hellen OULDFIELD two pounds Item I give to my daughter Anne BRUNDRETH two pounds, Item I give to my daughter Margarett GREENE One pound Item I give to my Grandchild Thomas GREEN pound Item I give to my Daughter Elizabeth COOKE, One shilling And as for the Rest & Residue of all my goods Chattells & Cattells & Credits whatsoever after my debts & ffunerall Expenses be paid & discharged I give & bequeath & bequeath the same and every part and pcell thereof to Hellen my Loveing wife whom I do make Constitute & appoint Sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament hopeing that she will pforme the trust I repose in her In witnesse whereof It he said William MOULTE the Testator have hereunto putt my hand & seale this seaven & twentieth Day of August In the three & thirtieth yeare of the Raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles the second By the grace of God of England Scotland ffrance and Ireland King Defender of the ffaith Ano dom 1681.

Sealed signed published and decalred by the above named Testator for & as his last Will & Testament, In the prsence of us

This is the Last Will and Testiment of me Benjaman OLLERENSHAW of New Mills in the parish of Glossop and County of Derby shoemaker First I order and direct that all my just debts and Testamentary charges be paid and discharged by my executers hereinafter mentioned

I give and bequeth unto Robt HADFIELD of Whitle in the parish of Glossop aforesaid schoolmaster and my Brother Philip OLLERENSHAW of Lee Head in the parish of Hope in the said county of Derby, farmer Who are allso my executers herein after mentioned there executers administerators and asigns all and every my estate and efects whatsoever and wheresoever with all and every of their rights members and apurtenances Upon Trust to permit and sufer my Wife Elen to receive and enjoy the rising profits of all my aforesaid property subject to the payment of the Intrest of the Mortagage that is upon the house I now live in and the Cheif rent that is belonging to the premises to be paid unto her half yearly dewring the term of her natural life but should those rising profits not be sufficient for her maintenance I give unto my said Executers and the surviver of them his Executers or administerators full power and athority to advance and pay to her such other sum or sums of money as he or the shall think nesisary for that purpose and do direct and order that their direction therein shall not be called in question but that the same and the moneys to be paid in pursiance thereof shall be alowed to them in there accounts with and by my Legatees herein after named and from and after the deseas of my said wife I order and direct my said Executers or the Surviver of them or the Executers or administerators of such surviver do aploy the remainder of the rising profits in bringing up Grace my late daughter Hannah`s girl untill she arives at the age of fourteen years and when Grace my daughter Hanahs said girl has ataind the age of fourteen years then it is my will and mind that house garden and premises be let and the profits arising therefrom to be untill there be a sufficiency and be aplied in payind of the aforesaid mortygage and all other debts that are upon the said property if aney the cheif rent onely excepted then it is my further will and mind that whole of the rising profits be divided equaly betwen my two Daughters namely Nancy & Mary the wife of John HAWKARD of New Mills aforesaid share and share alike my daughter Mary to receive her own share herself and nether present nor fewter husband to have aney intermedling with it but for her sole and separate use onely and if she should hapen to die then to her children or child if aney share and share alike but if she should have no child then in such case I give and bequeth all my property of what nature or kind soever or wheresoever to my Daughter Nancy for ever subject to the aforesaid cheif rent but if Nancy should hapen to die then it is my Will and mind that my late Daughter Hannah`s two children namely Joseph & Grace to have it equaly devided betwen them share and share alike but if one of them should hapen to die then I give the whole unto the other for ever all witch said anewaty and Legasys I give and bequeth to my Wife Daughters and Grand childeren respectively and I do hereby nominate constitute and apoint the said Robert HADFIELD and Philip OLLERENSHAW Executers hereof and do declare my will and mind to be that it shall and may be lawful to and for them and the Surviver of them and the Executers and Administerators of such Surviver in the first place by and out of the moneys and premises respectively comeing to their hands to deduct and reemburse to him and themselves respectfuly all such costs and loses charges damages and expenses as the or aney of them shall sustain suspend or be put to in or about the execution of this my last will or if the Trusts hereby in them reposed or anything relating thereto together with a reasonable alowance for their trouble any thing herein before contained to the contrary not withstanding and my will further is and I do hereby declare that my said Executers or ether of them their of ether of their executors or administrators shall not be charged or chargable with or acountable for more of the aforesaid monies and premises that he or the shall actualy receive or shal come to his or their respective hands by virtue of this my will nor with or for aney loss witch shall hapen without their respective willful neglect or default nor the one of them for the other of them or the acts deeds disbursments receipts or defaults of the other of them and Lastly I do hereby revoke all former and other will and wills by me at aney time heretofore made in Whitnes whereof I the said Benjaman OLLERENSHAW Testator have hereunto set my Hands and Seals the fiveteenth day of November in the year of our Lord 1821

Signed sealed published and declared by the above named Testator Benjaman OLLERENSHAW as and for his last will and Testiment in the preasance of us who at his request in his presance and in the presance of each other have subscribed our names as witness to atest the dew execution thereof

I Benjaman OLLERENSHAW of New Mils in the Parish of Glossop in the County of Derby, shoemaker do add this Codical to my will namely I constitute nominate and apoint Mr Jonathan THORNILL of Stockport carrier to be my Executer with Robert HADFIELD and Philip OLLERENSHAW who are nominated in my will he to have equal powers and authority with them in the execution thereof aproveing of and confirming everything mentioned in my will witch is dated the 15th Novr 1821 and to witch I have set my hand and seal I allso hereunto set my Hand and Seal the eleventh day of December 1821

Proved 8th June 1822 on the oaths of Robert HADFIELD and Philip OLLERENSHAW two of the executers power being reserved for Jonathan THORNILL the other Executer to prove in like maner

In the name of God Amen The Thertyth day of October in the Twentith yeare of the Raigne of our Souvraigne lord Charles by the grace of God of England Scotland ffrance & Ireland Kinge deffender of the faith: &c I William OLLIV`R of Chinley in the pish of Glossopp & Countie of darbie husbandman, Syke in bodie but of Good & pfect memory praised be God, doe Ordaine & make this my last will & Testament in manor & forme followinge:

first I Comitt my Soule into the hands of Almightie God hopeing Through the merits of Jesus Christ my Redeemer to be made ptaker of Everlastinge lyfe & I Comend my body to the Earth whereof it was made. Then for my worldly goods my will & mynd is that they shall paye my depts. and if the will not extend soe ffarr as to discharge then my mynde is that the residue shall be paid forth of my land; It my will & mynde is that after my depts. beene paid my lans shalbe Equally devided Amongst my five Children, Elline, Grace, Thomas, Ann & Mary for ever (Savinge & Exceptinge) that if my Son Thomas doe paye to to every of my foure daughters Tenn pounds apiece when as he shall accomplish the age of Twenty foure yeares; Then my will & mynde is that he shall enioy all my whole lands for ever. And if it please God that any of my daughters dept this lyfe before my son Attaine the age of Twenty foure yeares; then my will is that those daughters then liveinge shall have the said forty pounds equally devided Amongst them: I doe therefore ordaine Constitute & apoynt John OLLIVER, james OLLIVER & Charles LINGARD my true lawfull executors of this my last will & Testement trustinge they will pforme the trust I Repose in them In witness wherof I have herunto put my hand & seale the day & yeare Above written

A true & pfect Inventory Indented & prysed the 14th day of November Ano Dni 1644 by us whose names are Subscrybed

(not transcribed, valued @ £10-5-10 by Robert CARINGTON, Randle BENET, John ASHTON & Humphrey [DOWNES])

In the name of God Amen The seaven and twentieth Day of March In the ffoure and thritieth yeare of the Raigne of our most gracious Soveraigne Lord Charles the Second by the grace of God of England Scotland ffrance and Ireland King defender of the ffaith &c. And in the yeare of our Lord God One thousand sixe hundred Eighty and two I Alexander PLATT of Heyfield in the Parish of Glosopp in the County of Derby gentl do Ordaine and make this my last Will and Testament in wryting as ffirst I bequeath my Soule to Almighty God my Creator and to Jesus Christ my Redeemer & the Holy Ghost my Sanctifier three persons & but one God from the beginning Everlasting ffaithfully believing through the merrits of Jesus Christ my onely Saviour and Redeemer to bee one of the number of his Elect Saints, And I bequeath my body to the Earth whence it was to be decently Interred at and by the discretion of my Executrixe hereafter named, And for my reall and personall estate I dispose thereof as ffollowes ffirst I give unto my Loveing wife that sume onely (by reason that wh[ ] sould an Estate to Thomas LEIGH Esqr ) I did then putt out for her use to [ fold in original ] hundred pounds which shee desired and did willingly accep of in full satisfaccon of all such Thirds or other Rights which shee could in any wise clayme or expect out of my estat other Reall or personall after my decese, And it is my will that as for my wifes Death the said One hundred pounds or so much thereof as shall remaine besides her necessary maintenance, In case the Interest will not maintayne her shall bee given equally among all my ffive Daughters according to the trust I repose in my said wife and in the said Henry BRADSHAW and William SHERD, Item I give to William PLATT my son the sume of One shilling, I haveing formerly [ ] the sume of ffifty pounds as a Just provision for him, he being sometimes troubled with Insanity of mind But my will is that after the Death of my said Son if he dye without wife and without Issue of his Body lawfully begotten That then the said ffifty pounds shall bee equally divided amongst my ffive Daughters according to the Condicon of the bond which I entred into of the said Thomas LEGH Esqr for secureing the said ffifty pounds for my said sons maintenance Item I give to my Daughter Sarah One shilling to bee paid her by my Executrix hereafter named, Item I give to my daughter Esther ffive shillings a yeare for seaven yeares, yearly to bee paid her by my Executrix, Incase her husband do not come & live with her, The first payment to begin the ffive and twentieth day of December next after my decease Item I give unto my Loveing wife all my Dwelling House & all Outhousinge & Garden with the appurtenances belonging & all my Household stuffe long as shee shall remaine a widdow, Item I give unto my Daughter Mary MARTIN one shillinge Item I give unto my Daughter Susannah the sume of Thirty pounds to be paid her my Tenne pounds a yeare the first payment to begin upon the ffive & twentieth day of December next after my decease, and alsoe the [S]eyld Bed in the Outward Chamber with the ffeather Bed Bolster two pillowes and two pillow biers a paire of Sheets two blanketts and the Red Rugg thereunto belonging Item I give unto my Daughter Susannah the lesser [S]eyld table standing in my dwelling house, One [selyed] Chaire, The [ ] soiled [ ] [ ] in the parlour my Deske the one of the Livery Cubborde my little Trunck that I bought of John MELLOR the soiled Stoole One little [ ] with a cover upon [ ] [ ] [ ] And I do first appoint that my Daughter Susannah shall have House roome in my House [ ] keepe her unmarried Item from and after my wifes decease Then I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Martha & the heyres of her body lawfully begotten & to be begotten All dwelling House [ ] [ ] standing & being in Heyfield aforesaid & all my Outhousing and Buildings Gardens and Backsides thereunto belonging & all my Lands & Tenements what soever in Heyfield aforesaid with their & [ ] of their Rights members and appurtenances excepting the [ ] of House rooms for my Daughter Susannah in the same Dwelling house while shee keeps her unmarried, & alsoe all my goods not herein bequeathed & given to Susannah but for want of Issue of my said Daughter Martha Then I give & bequeath the same dwelling house & Outhousing and Buildings to the same belonging with the gardens back[ ] lande tenemts & prmisses herein before mentioned unto my Daughter Susannah her heyres & assigns for ever & alsoe all my goods in the manner herein formerly given to my Daughter Martha & the heires of her body the same goods for want of issue of the said Martha I give unto my Daughter Susannah her heires & assigns forever. Item I do Ordaine, & nominate appoint & make my said Loveing wife Margaret PLATT sole Executrixe of this my last will & Testament hopeing that she will faithfully performe the same desireing my son in Law Nicholas WATERHOUSE to bee aiding & asisting to my said wife in & about the due Execution of this my last will & Testament and for his paynes & Legacied I give unto him my best suit of Apparrell viz One Dublett on payre of breeches one Coate one paire of silke stockings if hee according to my desire bee aiding & asisting to my said wife but if hee refuse so to doo then the same Legacie to cease & in liew thereof I give him One Shilling, but if hee aide my wife the to have his Legacie wth my Sword & belt, hereby revokeing all forme wills by my made & published & declare this to be my onely Last will & Testament & none other, In witnesse whereof I the said Alexander PLATT the Testator have hereunto putt my hand and seale the day and year above written.

Sealed signed Published & declared by the said Alex: PLATT Testator for and as his last will & Testament In the pcense of us.

Thomas WATERHOUSE; Thomas ROLLINSON; Barnabas BAILEY; Nich: LINGARD

Daughters Mary PLATT; Maria WOOLLEY; Sally WINTERBOTTOM; Nancy ROLLEY; Jane wife of William BARKER

Occupiers John SIDEBOTTOM; Betty SMETHERS; Nancy SUTCLIFFE and Sarah THORNTON

In the name of God amen the ffyve and Twenteeth day of July In the yeare of our Lord God 1649 I Thurston PLATTS of Little Hefielde in the County of Darby beinge weake in Body butt in good and pfecte Remembrance, thanks be given to God And Dreedinge the uncertayne houre of Death Do Constitute and ordeyne and make this my last will and Testament in maner and forme followinge Viz, ffirst I offer and Bequeath my Soule to Almightie god my Creator and maker trustinge through the Merritts of his Sonn Jesus Christ and his precious Bloud sheedinge to be one of the Number of his Electe, And my Body to Be Buried within the Chappell of Heffeild in a decente and Chrshanlyke maner And that my funeral expence shallbe discharged out of the whole of my goods

Item I give to Mary TRICKITTE my daughter wife of Lawrence TRICKITT Tenn shillings Item I give to Elizabeth PLATTS my daughter Ten pounds Item I give to Margrett PLATTS my Daughter Tenn pounds, And one Beddvizt one Chaffe Bedd one new Coverlett two blankets one payre of Sheets one payre of Bedstockes one Boulster and a pillow Item I give to Esther PLATTS my daughter Tenn pounds Item I give to Thomas PLATTS my sonn six pence And it is my will that all theis Summs of money shall be payd to them By my Executor hereafter named within one yeare next after my Decease Item I give to Rodger TRICKITT my granchylde fortie shillings to Be payd to him By my Executor hereafter named when he doth Ateyne to the Age of xxiij years, And if Raphe my sonn And the saide Rodger TRICKITT my granchyld cann agree to live longer together I give him xxs more to Be payde to him By my Executor hereafter named when he dothe accomplish the age of [ffyve] and Twenty years if the said Rodger be then dwellinge with the saide Ralphe my sonn And all the Rest of my unbequeathed goods and Chattles not above formerly given I give leave and Bequeath to Raphe PLATTS my Sonn And I do ordeyne and make the said Raphe PLATTS my sonn my lawffull and sole Executor Trustinge he will discharge and accomplish this my will as I trust he will doe In wittnes whereof I the sayd Thurston PLATTS have hereunto putt my hande the daye and yeare ffirst above written

In the name of God Amen: I Gilbert RADCLYFFE of Mellor in the pish of Glossop and county of Darby Innkeeper, beinge sick in body but of sound and perfect memory blessed be god therefore; Doo make this my Last Will and Testament in Manner and fforme ffollowinge, Revokeinge and Disanullinge all former wills by mee heretofore made: That is to say; ffirst and principally I give and bequeath my Soule into the hands of Almighty God my maker and Redeemer; And my body to be buryed within the Chappell of Mellor; And after my Debts paid And ffunerall Expences Discharged And ffirst of all I Doo give and bequeath unto my Lovinge wyfe Mary RADCLYFFE all the Inhouse or househould Goods within the now Dwellinge house of me the said Gilbert RADCLYFFE (Except the virginalls): Also give to my Daughter Mary RADCLYFFE the virginalls and ffive pounds in Moneys out of the rest of my goods which are not alredy Disposed of; Also I give and bequeath to my Sonn Gilbert RADCLYFFE ffive pounds in moneys, one Desk, and all my Husbandry wares; Also my minde and will is; that my Debts & ffunerall Expences shall goe forthe of my Goods not as yett Disposed of; And for all the rest residue and remainder of my goods and Chattells whatsoever; I doo Give and bequeath unto my Lovinge wyfe Mary RADCLYFFE Gilbert RADCLYFFE my Sonn, Mary RADCLYFFE my Daughter, and Ann RADCLYFFE my Daughter to bee Equally Devyded amongst them within the space of Six Months after it shall come to my Executors hands hereafter named; And my Executor to put the same forth for their severall uses, untill they shall severally Accomplish the Age of one & twentie yeares; Also my minde and will is, That Mr Anthony STAFFORD James CHEETHAM and my Executors hereafter named shall have full power to Lay out my said Sonn Gilbert RADCLYFFE part (for his use) as they or any two of them shall see Cause; And if it shall happen that one or more of my Said three Children Shall Dye Before they shall accomplish the age of one and twentie yeares and shall leave not Issue behind them; That then his or theyre part Shallbe Equally Devyded to my wyffe, And to the remainder of my Children which Shalbe then livinge; And I doo make Ordaine Constitute and appoint my welbeloved wyfe Mary RADCLYFFE sole Exeutrix of this my last will and Testament; And lastly I doe desire my trusty and welbeloved ffriends Anthony STAFFORD gentleman And James CHEETHAM yeoman to bee overseers of this my Last will and Testament hopeinge that they will see the same performed: In witness whereof I have hereunto put my hand and Seale the third day of March In the Three and thirtieth yeare of the Raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles the Second by the Grace of God King of England, Scottland ffrance and Ireland Deffendour of the ffaith And in the yeare of our Lord god 1680

Signed Sealed and Delivered in the psence of Gilbert RADCLIFFE; Margrett HIBBERT her mrke; Tim: RADCLYFFE

A true and perfect Inventory of all the Goods, Chattells and Chattells of the Late deceased Gilbert RADCLYFFE at Mellor in the County of Darby Innkeeper Accordinge are the weys apprised the Sixteenth day of Aprill in the yeare of our Lord god 1681 by us whose names are hereunto subscribed as followeth: viz

(Inventory not transcribed but valued at £587 11 05 by Anthony STAFFORD, James CHEETHAM, Thomas RADCLYFFE and Timothy RADCLYFFE)

This is ye Last will & testament of Thomas RADCLIFE of Mellor who departed this Life ye twenty day of February Anno dom 1662 as it will appeare by ye Testimony of Gibbert RADCLIFE and his wife yt ye said Thomas Severall tymes in his life tyme & Especially Aboute may ye Last past did say yt when he dyed little Mary RADCLIFE Daughter of Gibbert RADCLIFE should have ye great coffer in ye house &Two 5 shillinge peeces of silver & to Mary Gibborts wife he gave all ye Cheeses in his house & all ye firewood & Coles & after his Debts & funerall Expences Discharged hee gave all ye Rest of his goods quicke & dead moveable & unmoveable whatsoever unto his Reputed sonn William RADCLIFE alias ELSON

This is a true coppy of ye will of Thomas RADCLYFE wittnes my hand Adin FFROGATT

A true Coppy of the Inventory of all ye goods Cattles & Chattels of Tho: RADCLIFFE late of Mellor deseased Vallued & prised by Mr Trist. STAFFORD Antho: STAFFORD Henry STAFFORD & Anthony OLERINSHAWE may 6 An do 1663

It. in debts due by specialty as ffolloweth

£ s d

Inpr: Robt RADCLIFFE by bond

03-00-00

It. Peeter HAMBLETON & robt RADCLIFFE by bond

03-09-00

It. Edward WRIGHT of Offerton gent by Bill

02-12-00

It. Robt RADCLIFFE by bond

01-10-00

It. Will TURNER by bond

02-00-00

It. Ottiwel WOODSON by bond

05-12-00

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17-03-00

It moneyes due to the Testator without specialty as ffolloweth

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Inpr. Randuplh ASHENHURST Esq

02-00-00

Gilbert RADCLYFFE butcher

00-12-00

debts oweing by the Testator

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to John [ ]OOME

01-10-00

to John ETHCOLS

00-04-06

Tristram STAFFORD; Anthony STAFFORD; Henry `X` STAFFORD; Anthony A OLLERINSHOWE

A true and fixt Inventory of all the goods, Cattels & Chattels of John RONDELS of Strindes in the County of Darby husbantman, Valued & prised ye 19th Day of May Anno Domi 1680 by Nicholas WARRINGTON, & James RIDGWAY As ffolloweth

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£    s   d

Impr His purse & Apparrell

04-00-00

It: In Cattell att the tyme

16-05-00

It: Two coffers & a peare of bedstockes

00-10-00

It: In beding

00-10-00

It: In Lyneins

00-09 00

It: a peece of a [would] Arke

00-02-00

It: In Brase

00-05-04

It: In irone ware

00-02-00

It: In poultrey

00-01-04

It: Oweing him by Spechallty

05-18-00

Depts oweing without Spechallty

£    s   d

It: ffrancis CLAYTON

00-06-00

It: James ROLLINSON

01-00-00

It: John BENITT

00 16 0

It: the same John in yorne

00-04-00

It: John GODERT

00-15-00

It: Widow HEGGINBOTHOM

00-06-00

It: William BRELSFORTH

00-06-04

It: Robert MASON desprate

00-05-00

It: Garvase HAGE desprate

00-02-06

It: Robert HIGGINBOTHOM desprate

00-01-04

It: Shee that was widow CLAYTON desprate

00-01-08

It: Mary MELLAR desprate

00-00-11

It: Myles WILSON desprate

00-00-10

It: William SMITH desprate

00-00-06

It: William STAFFORD

00 6 00

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53-03-00

Debts oweing by John RONDELS before his Death

[4]3 3 0

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£    s d

Unto James RIDGWAY junior

03-03-04

Unto Anthony STAFFORD

00-05-02

In the name of god Amen March the xxviijth In the yeare of the raigne of our sovraigtie James by the grace of god of England ffrance & Ireland King defender of the faith or the one and Twentieth and of Scotland the six and ffithith I Robert RAWLINSON of the Birch Hall in the County of Derbie yeoman being sicke of body but of good and pfect memory thankes be given to god do constitute and ordaine this my Last Will and Testament in manner and forme following viz I give and bequeath my soule in to the hands of Almighty god my master and redeemer and my body to be buryed in the parish Church of Glossopp after a th[ ] [ ] manner Item my debts & funerall expences discharged out of my whole goods I give and bequeath unto William ARMEFEILD my best suite of apparell Item I give to William ROWBOTHAM my second suite apparell Item I give to Thomas TATTON my third suite of apparell Item I give to William BENNET iijs iiijd It I give Catherine BRADBURY Six shillings eight pence It I give to Elizabeth BEARD three shillings foure pence It I give unto the five children of Robert BEARD of the [Phoside] xvis viijd to be equally divided amongst them It I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth JOHNSON the Sume of five pounds if she be now living and if shee be deceased my will is that the said five pounds shalbe equally divided amongst William ROWBOTHAM John ROWBOTHAM and Catherine BEARD brothers and sister to the said Elizabeth It my will is that Agnes ARMEFEILD shalbe maintained by Ellen RAWLINSON my wife and Mary RAWLINSON my daughter wth meat drinke and apparell during her naturall life It I give unto every godchild Twelve pence It I give and bequeath unto Ellen RAWLINSON my wife aforesaid the third part of all my goods and Chattells and I give unto the said Ellen the third part of all my lands during her naturall life: And the Residue and remainder of all my goods Chattells and Lands not before bequeathed I give and bequeath unto Mary RAWLINSON my daughter and I Constitute and ordaine Mary RAWLINSON my daughter aforesaid my sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament and I nominate and Appoynt Edward MOOREHOUSE and William RAWLINSON gentlemen overseers of this my last will and I give unto the said Edward MOOREHOUSE and William RAWLINSON either of them three shillings foure pence hoping they will see this my Last will well and truly performed according to the Repose I put in them

M(emo) That in or about the month of April Anno 1647 Anne RIDGE of Heyfeild in the County of Derby widow being of pfect mynd and memory declared her Last Will and Testment by word of mouth in manner and forme following viz That in regard German BOWDEN of Heyfeild aforesd had maynteyned & kept her the sayd Anne she gave unto the sayd German BOWDON all her estate reall & psonall whatsoever in the prn & witnes of us

A true & pfect Inventory of the goods of Anne Ridge of Heyfeild widow prized by Thomas Bowdon & Edward Tomlinson as followth

Robert RIDGE of Heyfield & late of the city of London : Ad: 23 June 1636

A true Inventory of all the goods Chattels of Robert RIDGE Late of Heyfield in the Countie of Derbie deceased praysed & prized by Edmund BRADBURY and Thomas BEARD the xxth Day of June 1636 as followeth viz

Memoranda that in or about the month of July Anno Dmi 1631 John RIDGEWAY late of the Parish of Glossop deceased, made and declared this last will and testament by word of mouth (being in perfect memory) in the presence of George RIDGEWAY and other credible witnesses as followeth:

You know that at the day of my marriage Ellin my wife was inffeofed in the half of my living in an assignment which her father hath in keeping. And it is my mind and will that so it shall be whether she marry or no. And for my children my goods I would have my wife to have the disposing of them for long as she keeps herself in my name but if she marries then it is my mind that my four younger children shall have my goods equally divided among them to be paid so soon as she shall marry amongst my four said children as much as the shall extend unto being praised. And for my son Tristram I would have him to live with his mother as a child until such times as she shall find one out to help to take his living for his own and his mothers good.

Latin at bottom of page names children as being: Tristram; John; Elizabeth; James and Jane RIDGEWAY

In the name of God Amen the Seaventeeth day of October, 1637, I John RIDGWAY of Aspinshaw in the County of Darby yoman beinge sicke in body but of good and perffect Remembrance (Thanks be given to god) Do Constitute ordayne and and (sic) make this my last will and Testament in manner and fforme ffollowinge viz ffirst I offer bequeath & Comend my Soule into the Hands of Almightie God my maker trustinge by the merritts and mercie of Christ Jessus my Saviour and Redeemer to be one of the Number of his Ellecte And my Body I comitte to the earthe ffrom whence it was taken to be buried after a decente and Christian manner in the chappell of Heyffeilde if god shall so appoynte Item my ffunerall expences and detts which of Righte I owe beinge discharged out of all my goods I give and bequeath unto everie one of my god children the some of six pence Item I do hereby assygne & sett over unto Margrett RIDGWAY my wife the Lease of Assignment of the Incrochment in Mr BROGRAVES Grante Item my mynde and will is That Robert RIDGWAY my brother shall Have and every the baye of buildings called the workhouse adjoyninge to the peate house ffor and dureing his Natturall life keeping himself soley and unmarried Item my mynd and will is that John RIDGWAY James RIDGWAY Raphe RIDGWAY Elizabeth RIDGWAY Ellen RIDGWAY & Alice RIDGWAY my sons and daughters shall have an enjoy convenient & Sufficient Roomth ffor the placeinge and settinge for everie one of them a bedd and a Chest or Arke in the parlour Chamber and out Iloc adjoyninge to the house in the occupation of Robert RIDGWAY my ffather and shall occupy the said house in Common amongst them ffrom and after the decease of Robert RIDGWAY & Elizabeth RIDGWAY my ffather and mother and Margrett RIDGWAY my wife ffor and duringe so longe tyme of the naturall lyves of everie one of them as he she or they shall keepe them selves sole and unmarried Item I give and bequeath unto Margarett RIDGWAY my said wife the Rest and Residue of all my goods cattells and chattells unbequeathed & I constitute and make the same Margarett RIDGWAY my wiffe & Robert RIDGWAY my sonn Executors of this my last will and Testament and I nominate and appounte William ANDREW my uncle and John COWPER my brother in lawe overseers of this my saide hoppinge they will see every therein pformed according to the Repose and trust I putt in them

In wittnes of Richard FFRYER; James RIDGWAY; Edward HYDE his H mrke

A true and pfect Inventorie of of (sic) all such goods and Cattells as of late weare the goods and Cattells of John RIDGWAY deceassed praysed and vallued by Robert RIDGWAY Raphe HYDE William ANDREW and Raphe FFERLEY the xxvth day of November 1637 valued at £66 0 10

An inventorie taken the 7th day of July 1649 by Robt BRADBURIE gentl: Robet EYRE yeoman: Tho: BOWDEN wethercoats yeoman: John HYDE Boulshawe yoman all within Bowden Midlecale Glossopp pish & county of Derb of all the goods & cattells; & chattells that [ pshe] did belong unto Robt RIDGEWAYE, late of Swallowhouses deceased not medlinge with any thing at all in the house but that wch bellonged to himselfe: & of his owne bringinge to the house: & buyinge; sum yt weare maryed to Ann EYRE widdow; also lately deceased, viz as ffolloweth

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£ s d

Imprimis One baye nagg valued to

04-00-00

Itm One old graye mayer

02-10-00

Itm One Cowe & a Calfe

05-13-04

Itm One chasse bedd a boulster a covlett 2 blanketts his ffather gave him when he weare newe maried with one litle skellett hee bought himself all valued to

00-14-00

Itm a paire of bedstockes prized to

00-02-00

Itm one Carv[ ]ievalued to

00-05-00

Itm on fryen pan bought by him

00-02-06

Itm odd wooden ware & hussellment prized to

00-02-06

Itm Corne on the ground now sowen

01-02-06

Itm an old hackney sadle & Bridle prized to

00-02-06

Lastlye his purse & apell prized to

01-00-00

sum tot.

15-13-04

By us Robt: BRADBURIE; Robert EYRE; Tho: BOWDEN mk TB; John HYDE

George ROBERTS schoolmaster late of Whitfield, Glossop p., but now of Woolley - proved Chester 1804

George ROBERTS made several minor alterations and a few interlineations, indicated here by / at start and finish. Most of these he also carefully authorised in the left margin, indicated here by // at start and finish.

He deleted a few words, indicated by xx. There is one ambiguous overwritten word possibly intended as a deletion, indicated here by [ ].

His nephew John ATHERTON is almost certainly a great-nephew, the grandson of George’s sister Hannah KERSHAW.

The personal details of the three witnesses, after their signatures, appear to be in the testator’s handwriting.

The paragraph breaks are artificial, in the interests of the modern reader. Any changes to the original spelling or punctuation are unintentional.

I George ROBERTS late of Whitfield in the parish of Glossop in the County of Derby but now of Woolley in the Township of Hollingworth in the County of Chester Schoolmaster being weak in body but of sound mind memory and understanding (praised be God for the same) and being desirous to settle my Worldly affairs while I have strength and capacity so to do Do make and publish this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking and making void all former Wills by me at any time heretofore made. And first and Principally I commit my Soul into the Hands of my Creator who gave it and my Body to the earth to be interred at the discretion of my Executors herein after named and as to such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to entrust me I dispose of the same as follows

First I will and Order that all persons to whom I am justly indebted at the time of my decease be honestly and punctually paid

I Give and Devise to my dear and only brother Samuel ROBERTS his Heirs and Assigns forever All those my Lands Tenements and Hereditaments with the appurtenances situate in Saddleworth in the County of York (late a part of Oxhey) now in the Tenure holding and occupation of One William HIGGINBOTTOM and one Joseph SCHOLFIELD or their undertenants and heretofore let to them or agreed //R// so to be (in two lots) for the term of One Thousand Years /wanting one/ and my mind and Will is that my said Brother enters upon the Rents from the first rent day next after my decease but not to be entitled to any rent due and owing on the day of entrance. I also Give and Devise to my said Brother Samuel ROBERTS his Heirs and Assigns forever All and singular my uninclosed shares or parts (Four in number) of and in Castleshaw Common situate lying and being in Saddleworth aforesaid containing by estimation Sixteen Acres and Twenty Seven Perches of the large Cheshire measure And it is my mind and Will that my said Brother pays the expence of registering the before mentioned Estates and Lands in the register Office in Wakefield which it will be necessary for him to do immediately after my decease I also Give and Bequeath to my said brother Samuel ROBERTS my Library of Books the Cupboard in which I put them and my Silver Watch

I Give and Bequeath to my Niece the daughter of my late deceased brother William ROBERTS the sum of Two Hundred Pounds to be paid her any time within Three Years next after my decease with Interest from that time until paid I Give and Bequeath //altered by me G:Roberts// to my dear Sister Rachel MASSEY the sum of Three Hundred xx xx xx Pounds to be paid her any time in Three Years next after my decease with Interest yearly from my death until paid But if the Interest thereof is not sufficient for my said Sister and her Husband during the said /Three years/ in that case my Will is that my Executors do pay her or him such part of the said Legacy as she or he stands in need of I Give and Bequeath to my said Sister my Bible I Give to my Brotherlaw [sic] William MASSEY my wearing apparrel (my Linen excepted) I Likewise forgive him whatever he may stand indebted to me at the time of my decease. I Give and bequeath to Ellen BUCKLEY of Highstone the yearly Annuity or Sum of Ten Pounds during her natural Life to be paid her yearly The first Payment thereof to be made at the End of twelve Months next after my decease I Give and bequeath to her Son and daughter William and Hannah BUCKLEY each the Sum of One Hundred Pounds to be paid them severally at their xx Mother’s death. //Interlined by Geo Roberts// /But if it happen that either of them die before their Mother then the Legacy of them dying to be paid to their Mother/ I Likewise Give to Ellen BUCKLEY the Bedstead and Bedclothes which belong the same which are now in Woolley

I Give and Bequeath to Joshua son of Joshua ROBERTS of Deepclough the Sum of Ten Guineas to be paid him when he attains the age of Twenty One years I Give and bequeath to Thomas ROBERTS the Sum of Seven Guineas to James ROBERTS the Sum of Nine Guineas to their Sisters Betty BOOTH and Martha DEARNALEY I Give the Sum of Ten Guineas each, these Legacies I order to be paid at the end of twelve months after my decease I forgive Thomas ROBERTS and James ROBERTS what they severally stand indebted to me. I Give and Bequeath to Mary WOOD daughter of my late Brother in law //R// John BUCKLEY the Sum of Five Guineas to be /paid/ her at the end of twelve months after my decease. I Give to John MARSDEN the Sum of Three Guineas

I Give and Bequeath to my Nephew John KERSHAW and my Worthy Friend George HADFIELD of Simondley their Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns forever and the Schoolmaster of Whitfield School for the time being All that my Subscription of Twenty five Pounds which I lately Subscribed to the Tur/n/pike road now making between Glossop and Marple bridge and Woolley bridge Upon Trust that they the said John KERSHAW and George HADFIELD their Heirs Executors Administrators or Assigns or some of them and the Schoolmaster of Whitfield School for the time being do and shall yearly forever upon the Third Sabbath day in every month of May cause and procure a Sermon to be preached against the vile abominable wicked and unchristian like Practice of Nations making War for which yearly Sermon They or some of them are to pay out of the Interest of the said Subscription Money the yearly Sum of One Guinea and the remainder of the said Interest (if any) is to go to defray incidental charges attending the same The first Sermon to be preached in Glossop Church upon the day appointed the first month of May next after my decease the second in Tintwistle Chapel the Third in Mottram Church and the fourth in Charlesworth Chapel by the respective Clergymen and Ministers of those Churches and Chapels for the Time being and so on in regular Rotation in each Church and Chapel forever And if at any time hereafter any of the Clergymen or Ministers of the said Churches and Chapels should delight more in War and Bloodshed than in the mild peaceable doctrines of Christianity so as to refuse to preach the said Sermon in that Case I hereby declare it to be my Will that such Clergyman or Minister be passed by until a man of more Religion and Humanity succeeds in his place And my Will is that previous Notice be given of such Sermon two Weeks before the day in each Church and Chapel

Upon the express Condition of the true payment of the Sum of //R// Four Hundred and Eighty /Pounds/ Sterling to my Executors herein after Named in manner as herein Ordered I Give and Devise to my Nephew William KERSHAW his Heirs and Assigns forever All that my undivided Moiety or equal half part of the Mill or Factory with the appurtenances situate at Charlestown in Whitfield aforesaid Also all those my pieces and parcels of Land called the Garden adjoining the Little Moor and the Stone Pit Dole at the Field Heads Both which were late the property of one Thomas HARRISON.

I give to my Nephew John KERSHAW all my Apparatus for Levelling and my Mathematical Instruments

And upon the Express Condition of the due payment of the Sum of Nine Hundred and Twenty Pounds sterling to my Executors herein after named in manner herein after directed I Give and Devise to my Nephews John KERSHAW James KERSHAW William KERSHAW and John ATHERTON All that Freehold Estate with all and singular its rights members and appurtenances situate at Hurst in Whitfield aforesaid which I lately purchased of one John FIELDING To hold to them their Heirs and Assigns forever as Tenants in Common and not as Joint Tenants I also Give and Bequeath all my Tenant right of and in the Messuage and Lands which I hold under Bernard Edward HOWARD Esquire at Hurst aforesaid to my said Nephews And I hereby subject and charge the said Leasehold and Freehold Premises to and with the Payment of the said Sum of Nine Hundred and Twenty Pounds accordingly And it is my Will and I hereby declare and order that my said Nephew John ATHERTON his Heirs and Assigns shall and do have and hold the fourth share and Interest of and in the Factory or Mill with its appurtenances Given and Bequeathed to him by his late Father and lately erected upon the said Freehold Estate together with his share and Interest in the aforesaid premises Subject to and upon the express terms and Conditions to all intents and purposes as mentioned declared and expressed of and concerning the said Factory or Mill in and by the last Will and Testament of his Father Robert ATHERTON deceased and upon none other Terms whatsoever

And my Will and mind is and I hereby order that all my Just debts Funeral and other expences the Legacies Interest for the same and Annuity herein before mentioned and Given be paid and discharged [all] as they shall separately become due and payable out of the said Sums of Four Hundred and eighty pounds and Nine Hundred and Twenty pounds to be paid by my Nephews as aforesaid And my Will and order is that they duly pay the same at such times and in such Sums as it shall be wanted for that purpose and also that they pay Interest for the same Sums or any part thereof from my death until the whole be paid

And all Money owing me on Mortgage Bond Note or Book debts and Household Goods and Furniture and //R// the Remainder of the said /two/ Sums after /Payment/ as aforesaid and all the rest residue and Remainder of my estate and effects of every description and not herein before given and disposed of I Give and Bequeath the same to my dear Sister Hannah KERSHAW absolutely.

And lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my said Brother Samuel ROBERTS my Brotherinlaw[sic] Samuel KERSHAW my said Nephew John KERSHAW Executors of this my last Will and Testament written with my own Hand

In Witness whereof I have hereunto put my Hand and Seal the Third day of December in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Three –

Signed sealed published and declared xx as and for the last Will and Testament of me Geo. ROBERTS (two Interlineations being first by me made) In the presence of –

William GARLICK, Son of William GARLICK late of Whitfield Shopkeeper

The fifth day of November, 1804, Samuel ROBERTS, Samuel KERSHAW, and John KERSHAW, the Executors within named were sworn in common form before me

Witnesses: Wm ROBINSON of Whitfield; Geo GOLDSMITH of Littlemoor Will made 1859

Witnesses: William HUNT, surgeon of Glossop; James Roberts JAGGER, joiner of Stalybridge later of Tintwistle

Daughters Sarah; Hannah wife of Henry JAMES; Margaret wife of John DOWNES of Glossop

mentions: Nephew John ROBINSON " my watch which formerly belonged to his father"

Betty wife of Thomas FROGGATT tailor; Rosannah wife of Thomas HOWBROOK cordwainer

niece Mary dec. formerly wife of Geo BENNETT; niece Ann dec. formerly wife of Joseph WALTON

John WILLIAMSON; Wm WILLIAMSON; James WILLIAMSON; George and Betty WILLIAMSON

In the name of god amen the xviijth day of December 1623 I willm ROBINSONof the Blackshawe in the pishe of glossoppe and Countie of Darbie sicke in bodie but in good and pfect Remembrance thankes be to god theirfore doo Constitute and make this my last will and Testament in forme as hereafter doth followe viz first I give and bequeth my soule into the hands of almightie god my saviour and Redeemer causinge by the merites of his bludie death and passion to be one of the member of those that shalbe saved and my bodie to be buried in the hyghe Church yord of Glossoppe when it shall please god to seperate my soule and bodie assunder and for the discharginge of my temporall goods my will and mynd ys that Anne ROBINSON my wyfe shalbe my Executrix and have all my whole goods movable and unmovable Chatteles and Catteles whatsoever faringe that I give and bequeth unto Elizabeth ROBINSON the daughter of John ROBINSON my brother one ewe and also I will that Anne my wyfe shall give and Assigne all her whole Interest and estate that she hath or maye have at her deathe in my Cottage house and truste at the nooke lyinge and beinge in copyfold hurst and in my Intacke lyinge at the blackshawe in glossoppe unto thaforesayd Elizabeth ROBINSON yt the sayd Elizabeth be the livinge also I will Anne ROBINSON my wyfe that yf it be her so mynd for to set and let that house and grounde or_^ ^{cannot
read the interline text}_^ [ ] beinge at the blackshawe and to [go] awaye from it that shee shall set and let the sayd house and grounde unto Oliver DEARNLIE of the blackshawe yf the sayd Oliver will give unto her the sayd Anne as much as an other man will doo for the same witnesses to this my Last will and testament Robart HAIGHE and Oliver DEARNLIE of the blackshaw

A true and pfect Inventorie of all the goodes and Catteles of Willia ROBINSON of the Blackshaw waller deceassed psed the xviith daye of December by John ROBINSON Tho YEVLIE Robert HAIGHE and Oliver DEARNLIE (not transcribed, valued @ xvij£-0-vjd)

William ROBOTHAM of Moreside (Barnes Fold): Heafield: 15 June 1630

In the name of god Amen: August the xxvixth 1629 I William ROWBOTHAM of Moreside in the County of Derbie husbandman being of good pfect remembrance thankes be given to god do constitute & make this my Last Will & Testament in manner & forme following: Imprs I bequeath my soule unto the hands of almighty god my maker & redeemer & my body to be buried in the Chappell of Heyfeild It my will is that Elizabeth my wife during her naturall shalbe mayntained out of all my whole goods moveable or immouvable & from & after the decease of the sayd Elizabeth ROWBOTHAM my wife then the residue and reamanyder of all my goods I give & bequeath unto Margaret ROWBOTHAM & Elizabeth ROWBOTHAM my two daughters at the discreation of Robert BEARD John ROWBOTHAM & Raphe BENNET my brother & brothers in law to be devided betwixt the and I ordaine and make John ROWBOTHAM & Raphe BENNET aforesaid my true & lawfull executors and I nominate the sayd Robert BEARD to by my overseer hopeing he will see every thing executed according to the trust I repose in him

A true inventorie of all the goods movable & unmovable of William ROWBOTHAM [ ] praysed by Thomas HADFELD Edmond BARNES & Robt BEARD

William ROWBOTHAM als HEGINBOTHAM of High gate, Glossop p.: 22 November 1632

In the name of god Amen the therteenth day of (sic) in the the yeare of our lord god 1632 I Willyam ROWBOTHAM alis HEGINBOTHAM of highgate Sicke in Body but in good and pfect Rememberance god be thanked Doo Constitue ordayne and make this my last will and Testament in manner and forme followinge that is to wit first I offer and bequeith my soule to allmightie god my Creator and maker trusting through the merits of his sone Jesus Christ And his precious blood sheeding to be one of the members of his Elect and my bodye to be Buried within the Chapell of heafeld and as touching my worldly goods I bequeith them as followeth Imprimis I give & Bequeith unto Thomas ROWBOTHAM of the Hall [ ] my Best glooves and gyrdle Ite I give and bequeith unto Willyam ROWBOTHAM of London sone to the sayd Thomas a two and twentie shillinge peese of gold Ite I give to his Brother Robert ROWBOTHAM the some of v£ Ite I give to their sister Elizabeth the wife of George COWPER fortie shillings Ite I give unto Raphe ROWBOTHAM my Brother xijd Ite I give unto Anne ROWBOTHAM my syster xijd Ite my will is that my Executor shall give twentie shillings the first new years day after my decease to be delt to the pore of the midlecale at the descretion of the overseeres of the pore and Churchwardens and in lyke manner other twentie shillings the second newyeares day after Ite I give unto Katheren BRIDBURIE my Bedde which I lye in and Bedstockes my litle Coffer and my litle Arkes and all my linnins for Bed and Backe all that I have and it is my will that the shall be delivered to the sayd Katherin Imediatly after my decease It I give unto the sayd Katherin BRIDBURIE xxxixs which John KINDER oeth and xxj pounds of Blankit woll Ite I give unto Elizabeth WARINTON vs Ite I give unto Kathrin BRIDBURIE twentie shillings to bee [paed] [ ] Reparill for Elin WARRINTON and margret WARINTON Ite I give unto Willyam BEARD of Kinder and his wife either of them vs Ite I give unto Katherin SMITH Daughter of Thomas SMITH a litle arke which standeth at Suidhill and a arke and [ ] or money to [ ] boye one Ite I give unto Willym GLADWEN amaclko Ite I give unto Willym BENNET and his wife iijs the owe mee Ite I give unto Raphe BENNET and his wife either of them xijd Ite my will is that my executor shall give iijs iiijd to the Ringers That my will is that of the inhabitance of the Chappell of Heafeld please to bye a fourth Bell then my Executor shall paye toward the sayd bell the some of fortie shillings Imediately after it be Brought to the Church Ite I give unto Raphe MELLER of Cloughhead a [gidile] Ite I give unto Thomas WHYTLE one shus[ ] Ite I give unto Henerie MELLOR one payre of stockings Ite I give unto Reginald ROWBOTHAM a Dublit agorken and apere of Briches and my worst hatt Ite I give unto Thomas BEARD and Willyam BEARD sonns of Willyam BEARD of Kinder either of them iijs iiijd

Ite I constitute and apoynt Raphe ROWBOTHAM of Cooms hill my Chosen to bee my true and lawfull Executor of this my last will and Testament and to bee supervisors of the same I desire my well beloved Raphe BENET and Robart BEARD of Clough houses trustinge the will see this my will fullfiled in althins and the Rest of all my goods [ ] I give to my Executor Raphe ROWBOTHAM

I true and pfect Inventorie of all the goods and Cattels moveable and unmoveable of Willyam ROWBOTHAM of highgate alis HEGINBOTHAM within the pish of Glossop and Countie of Derbye lately decease presd and [ ] by these Robert RIDGWAY Thomas BRIDBURIE & Robert BEARD

Inprimis his purse girdle and aparell [ ]

xiijs iijd

Ite two kyne

v£

Ite two oxen

iiij£ ij s

Ite neentyne sheepe

iiij£

Ite Bedinge and one payre of Bedsted

xliijs iiijd

Ite in linins

xs

Ite in woll

xxs

Ite two Chists and on litle Arke

xvjs

Ite on scollet

xijd

Ite in Iyron Ware

xijd

Ite owinge by Frances EYRE

x£

Ite owinge by Robert CLETON

ix£ iiijs

Ite owinge by Raphe WALKLAT

x£ xciijs iiijd

Ite owinge by Willyam STONES

ix£ xs

Ite owinge by Raphe TAYLOR & Robert TAYLOR the some of

x£

Ite Thomas ROWBOTHAM

viij£

some totalis as

foure score and fyve pounds xjs iiijd

In the name of god Amen the ffourteenth daie of March Anno Domini 1634 I Ellen ROWLANDSON widow beinge sick in bodie but of good and perfect remembrance prased be god for the same doo ordaine Constitute and make this my last Will and Testament in maner and form followinge and first I comend my soule into the hands of Almightie god my maker trustinge by the meritts of Jesus Chryst to bee one of the number of his Elect and chosen Children and my bodie I comend to the Earth to bee buried within the Chappell of Heathfield And for my worldly goods as followeth In primis I give and bequeath unto Anne MOREHOUSE my Grandchyld Twentie Markes when she shall accomplish the age of one and twentie yeares and bee then in full lyfe: Item I give and bequeath unto Marie MOREHOUSE one other of my grandchildren Twentie Marks when she shall accomplish the age of one and Twentie yeares and bee then in full lyfe: Item I give and bequeath unto Sarah MOREHOUSE one other of my grandchildren Twentie Markes when she shall accomplish the age of one and twentie yeares and bee then in full lyfe: Item I give and bequeath unto Robartt ARNFIELD my brother Three pounds within one whole yeare next after my decease: Item I give and bequeath unto Robartt ARNFIELD my Nephew thirtie shillings and to Elizabeth his sister other thirtie shillings within one whole yeare next after my decease: Item I give and bequeath unto my sister Elizabeth GLADWIN ffortie shillings within one whole yeare next after my decease: Ite I give and bequeath unto Ann HADFIELD my Neece three pounds within one whole yeare next after my decease : Ite I give and bequeath unto the said Anne HADFIELD one fether bedd: Ite I give and bequeath unto John HADFIELD of litle Ridge ffyve Marks: Ite I give and bequeath unto Ellen BEARD of Cloughhouse ffortie shillings and a gonone within one whole yeare next after my decease Ite I give unto my Cosin Thomas BOWDON ten shillings within one whole yeare next after my decease: Item I give unto John ROWBOTHOM vjs viijd Ite I give unto everie one of my god children vijd apeece Ite I give unto Robartt BEARD of Clough house ffyve Marks: _^^{within one whole yeare
next after my decease}_^ Item I give and bequeath unto George ROWLINSON xxs within one whole yeare next after my decease: Ite it is my will that after my debts paid and furnall expenses discharged out of my whole goods all the rest of my goods Cattells and Chattells whatsoever shalbe and remaine unto Ottiwell ARNFIELD my brother whome I make Executor: It I doo revoke and disanull all former wills and testaments heretofore by mee made and doo by these presents publish and declare this to bee my last will and testament these being wittnesses

Robartt HADFIELD of litle ridge his mark H; Nicholas HADFIELD laborer his mark N; Elizabeth BOWDON widow her mark X; Thomas BOWDON

A true Inventarie of all the goods Cattells and Chattells of Ellen ROWLINSONof Birch hall late in the parish of Glossopp widow deceased prysed the daie and yeare abovesaid by ffrancysse EYRE of Heathfield James CARRINGTO of Chynleyhouses and Thomas BOWDON of Cotebancke as followeth (not transcribed valued at £59-10-5)

In the name of God amen The ffyve and Twentieth day of October In the yeare of our Lord God one Thousand Six Hundrede ffortie Nyne I George ROWLINSON of Phosyde in the pish of Glossopp and County of Derby weak in body but in good & pfect Remembrance prease be to God for it Do Constitute ordeyne and make this my last will and Testament in Manner and forme folowinge viz first I offer and bequeath my soule to Almightie God my Creator and maker Trusting through the merritts of his sonn Jesus Chryste and his precious bloud sheedinge to be one of the Number of his Electe And my body to be buried in the pochial Chappell of Hefeilde in a decente Christianlyke manner And that my funeral expences & hariots shalbe discharged out of the whole of my goods Item I leave and bequeath to Elizabeth ROLLINSON my wife The Thirde pte of all my Lands in Phosyde hamlett And the Third pte of all my lands in Chinleys als manystonfeilde for and duringe her naturall lyfe for and in Recompence of her dower of & in my farme lands And I leave and bequeath to Elizabeth my said wife The Third parte of my housing and fformes for and dureinge her naturall lyfe & if my term therin so longe continues and Indure Item I give and bequeath to Thomas ROLLINSON my son the two partes of all my lands in Phosyde hamlett & the Two partes of all my lands in Chinleys als maynstonefeild Imediatly after my decease And also I give to the said Thomas ROLLINSON my son the other Third parte of all my lands in Chinley & Phosyde hamlett Imediatly after the decease of Elizabeth my wife for and during his naturall lyfe and I give by this my last will ffull power to Thomas ROLLINSON my sonn to make any woman or wyfe whom he shall lawfully Mary my dower out of such lands as he shalbe in actuall posession of Soe that it doo not exceed the halfe of all my lands for her naturall lyfe only and for not longer or greater Estate Item I give to Thomas ROLLINSON my sonn The Two partes of all my housing and ffarme at Phosyde duringe the lyfe natuall of Elizabeth my wife & if the Tearme therein so longe continues And from and after the decease of Elizabeth my wife Then I leave and assign all my housinge and ffarme to Thomas ROLLINSON my Sonn for and during all the Rest of his said Tearme then to come and not expyred And ffrom and after the decease off Thomas ROLLINSON my sonn I give leave and bequeath All my said Lands in Chinleys and Phosyde hamlett To the heires of the body of Thomas ROLLINSON my son lawfully begotten and to be begotten And if my sonn Thomas happen to be deceased without any issue of his body lawffully begotten Then I give all my lands in Phosyde hamlett and Chinleys To Mary ROLLINSON my Daughter and her heires for Ever (The dowers formerly limitted for such tyme as the same is limitted to wyfe or wifes as afforsaid and not otherwyse excepted) And it is my will that my wyf shall occupy The third parte of my Tack of ground at birche hall duringe her naturall lyfe if it will be for longe obtened And the other two partes I leave Thomas ROLLINSON my sonn And also the Remaynder after the decease of Elizabeth my wyfe Item I give and bequeath to Thomas ROLLINSON my sonn one garner one maulte Arke one Desk the Table in the house one payre of bedstedd and bedding be longing to it And the Two partes of all my husbandrie ware and tooles bellonginge to husbandrie both Iron ware and woden (sic) ware and wooden husbandry ware And I give to the same Elizabeth my wife The Third parte of all my goods Cattells Chattels and househould stuff for her Reasonable dower terme And all the Rest and residue of my unbequeathed goods Cattels Chattels Detts and househoulde stuff I give and bequeath to Mary ROLLINSON my daughter Item I ordaine and make Elizabeth my wife and Mary ROLLINSON my daughter my true and [lawfull] Executrixes trusting the will fulfill & accomplish this my last will as I hoope the will doo In wittness whereof I have hereby putt my hand and seale the day and year first above written

In the Name of God Amen I Adam SLACK of Kettleshulme in the parish of priest bury in the County of Chester Yeoman being Some what advanced in Years but of Sound and perfect memory blesed be god for the Same do this Tweny fierst day of June in the year of our lord one Thousend Seven hundred Seventy one make and or dain this my last Will and Testement in manner following fierst, it is my will and miend that all my Just depts funarel Expences Hareot and probit of this my Last Will and Testement be paid and discharged out of my personel astate and then I give to my loveing Wife Ten pounds a Year to be paid her by my Son Adam SLACK at Such times and and (sic) upon Such days of payment as are mentioned in a certin In denture Bearing date the Ninetenth day of my in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and fifty three allso I give to my wife fifteen pounds in mony to be paid her by my Exacutors Emadeatly after my death allso I give to my wife that Bedstid and Beding and all the furniture belonging to it Standing in the Chamber over the parlor allso I give to my Loveing wife the use of all my Househould goods or as many as She Shall think She has acation for Endureing her Life makeing no waist thereof and I give to my wife my Cow and what provetion Remaining in the house after my death and I give to my Loveing wife that Cofer Standing in the Chamber over the Butterey and after my Wifes deseas I give to my Doughter Elizabeth that Bedstid and Beding and what furneture belongs to at with Two pare of Sheets along with it Standing in the Chamber over the House to gather with the Chist of Drawers Standing in the same rooms allso I give to my Doughter Elizabeth all that my Tenement which Thou by Leas under John DICKINSON of Taxall Comonly known or Called by the name of Knipe togather with all the Clear profits thearof allso I give I give (sic) to my Doughter Elizabeth five pound to be paid her in a month time after my deseas by my Exacutors Hear after named allso I give to my Son Abraham SLACK Ten pounds and to his wife Twenty Shillings allso I give to my Son Thomas SLACK Ten pounds and to his wife Twenty Shillings allso I give to my Son George SLACK Ten pounds and to his wife Twenty Shiilings allso I give to my Doughter Mary BROCKLEHURST Ten pounds and to be put out at Interest by my Exacutors and the Interest to be paid to my Doughter Mary so long as She lives to boy her pins with and after her death the ten pounds to be aquilly devided amongst her Children or as She Shall direct allso I give to my Doughter Sarahs Children Seventy five pounds to be aquilly devided amongst them when the youngest Comes to fifteen years of age and then their Resepts to be my Exacutors discharge allso I give to my Soninlaw John BROUGH ten Shillings allso I give to my Soninlaw Joseph BROCKLEHURST ten Shillings and to be paid out by my Exacutors in Some Soart of Wareing apparill for him allso I give to my Doughterinlaw Anne SLACK Twenty Shillings allso I give ten Shillings to the poor Househoulders in Kettleshulme allso I give to my Nephew Hannery HOWARD ten Shilling and after my Just depts funarel Expences and Legasis hearin before metioned are paid and discharge all the Rest and Resadue of all my goods Chattles and personel astate whatesoevar I give to my Son Adam SLACK and I do Constatute and Opoynt my Son Adam SLACK and Hennery HOWARD my Nephew to be my Exacutors of this my Last will and Testement in Trust for the intents and purposes in this my last Will Contained In witness Whearof I the Said Adam SLACK have to this my Last Will and Testement Set my Hand and Seal the day and Year above Ritten

Signed Sealed and Ecknoledged by the Said Adam Slack and as his last Will and Testement in the prasece of us

Nieces: Harriett Ann KERSHAW; Mary, Elizabeth and Sarah BURTON; Laura PLATT

Nephews: James KERSHAW; John Kershaw PLATT; William Kershaw BURTON; Edward BURTON

J W J WESTON Solicitor of Macclesfield; J E TAYLOR Clerk to Mr WESTON made 1855

The Condicon of this obligacon is such That if the above bounden Dorothy SLACK Wid. Relict Admrix of John SLACK dd To Whome the Tuicon Educacon of Anne Dorothy Thomas & Mary SLACK natural & lawfull Children of the sd deceased being in their minority is by the above named Wm: WALMSLEY Esq comitted, & granted do & shall wel & Sufficiently educate foster & bringing the sd Children with sufficient & convenient meat drink & Lodging & Apparel meet & decent for their Estates & callings dureing their minority and do alsoe wel & truely pay or cause to be paid unto the sd Children when they shall accomplish their lawfull age or otherwise at such time as by Law the same shall be due unto them all such sume or sumes of money porcon of goods debts & Chattles of the sd decd as by reason of his death are or shall be due or belonging to and lastly do & shall upon his own proper cost & charges save defend & keep harmless the sd Wm: WALMSLEY Esq. & all other officers & ministers whatsoever in this behalf authorized for comitting & granting the sd Lces or Tuicon Then this obligation to be voyd or else to remain & be in full power force & vertue

Sealed & delivered, In the presence of: John DEWSNAP; R RIDER Jun NP

A true and perfect Inventory of all Singular the Goods Cattle & Chattel Moveable & Inmoveable of John SLAKE lat of Chownall in the Parish of Glossop & County of Derby decd Prised & Valued the 15th day of April Anoq Dom 1709 By William CARRINGTON, Robert SLACK & John MORTON as followeth. (not transcribed, valued @ £242=6=3)

In the name of God Amen: I Nicholas SLACK of Kettleshulme in the parish of Presbury and County of Chester Yeoman; being far advanced in age; and altho but weak of body yet of sound mind and perfect understanding praised be God for the same doe make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and forme following, and I resigne my soul to Allmighty God trusting by his Mercy and through the alowe Merrits of Jesus Christ my Redeemer to obtain remission of all my sins and to be received an Inheritor of the Kingdom of Heaven; and my body I commit to the earth to be decently interred at the discretion of my Executor hereafter named; and concerning my temporal Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me far above my deserts and which at my death shall not by me be otherwise disposed of and settled, I dispose thereof as followeth; and first it is my will and mind and I doe direct and appoint that my ffruneral expences Harriot probate of this my last will, and all such debts as I shall Justly Owe at my decease shall be paid and discharged out of my personall estate, and after my decease I give unto my Loveing Wife Mary SLACK all that and those my Messuage Lands and Hereditaments with their appurtenances called the Brookhouse Situate lying and being in Kettleshulme aforsd and where I now dwell, for and dureing all the terme and time her Naturall life; if she soe long live a widow and of a Chast conversation, and Alsoe I give to my Wife Mary SLACK the annuall or yearly pension of twenty Shillings to be paid Yearly and every Year out of or from that my Messuage Lands or Tenement which hold by Lease from and under John SHALLCROSS Armig: Situate lying and being in Taxal in the County of Chester Called the Knipe to be payd by my Son Adam SLACK hereafter named, during all the terme and time of her Natural life, if she soe long live a Widow and of a Chast conversation, but if after my death she happen to intermarry with any Other person or to be detected of incontenemy in either of the said cases and immediately after either of the said cases shall happen, I doe declare and direct and I doe give unto My sd Wife Mary SLACK only the Sume of ffour pounds Yearly and every year Issuing and payable out of and from my sd Lands tenements and Messuage the Brookhouse and upon default and failure of the payment and discharging of the said Yearly and clear sume of ffour pounds as her dowry Yearly to be made as is herein before by me limitted and appointed, I will and direct that my Sd Wife Mary SLACK or her assignes shall and may soe often and upon every such default or neglect of payment of the sd summe and dowry of ffour pounds; enter in , unto, and upon that my sd: Messuage Lands tenements & premisses the Brookhouse and the same every part thereof to have use occupy and enjoy and all the clear Issues and proffits thereof to her and themselves to take and receive Yearly and every year, and soe often and for soe long a time, as she the said Mary Slack or her assignes shall have had taken and received the sd: Yearly clear sume of ffour pounds and all the arrearages thereof if any over and above all costs & reprizes and I doe direct and devise that if my sd Wife Mary SLACK shall after my death Intermarry with any other person or be detected of incontenemy in either or the sd cases and immediately after either of the shall happen that my sd Wife Mary SLACK shall leave and remove out of and from my said Lands Messuage and premisses the Brookhouse and from every part thereof And I give and devise after my death all that my Messuage Lands tenements & hereditaments with all and every of their appurtenances the Brookhouse (subject nevertheless the provission thereout & therefrom by me made for my sd Wife Mary SLACK & for her charged as aforesd) unto Adam SLACK my son his heirs and assignes for ever. And I give unto my sd Wife Mary SLACK one bedstead and beding sufficient for one bed the bedstead standing in the Chamber over the house And I will that she have the Use of the Coffer in the Chamber over the house, And I further direct and it is my will and mind that if my said Wife Mary SLACK be minded to continue a housekeeper that my Executors to this My Last will shall lend her as many of My household goods for her Natural life as she shall occasion for that purpose keeping her self chast and unmarryed, And I give unto My sd wife Mary SLACK One Cow and three pounds, And I doe direct appoint and declare that the provission herein & hereby by me made and given unto my Sd Wife Mary SLACK and is in lieu Stead and discharge of all other her right title Claim & Intrest thereunto or out of all my Lands Tenements Personall Estate whereof or whereunto I shall dye possessed or Intituled to, and I doe desire and enjoyn her with two Months after My decease to seal and execute such release or reasonable Instrument for discharging and extinguishing all her right, title Claim, and Intrest thereunto and every part thereof as my Executors shall be advised tender or require, And I give unto my Sonne Thomas Slack all that Messuage and Tenement with the Lands & hereditaments with their appurtenances which I hold by Lease from and under James Earl of Derby situate lying and being at Dunge in Kettleshulme aforesd; togather with all my right and Intrest therein and to the same and every part thereof, and my Lease for the same and all my terme & time thereon, And to him My Sonne Thomas SLACK I give tenn pounds to be paid unto him out of my personall Estate by my Executors: And after my death I give unto My Sonne Adam SLACK all that my Messuage Lands Tenements & Hereditaments with their appurtenances, which I hold by Lease from and under John SHALLCROSS Armig: called the Knipe situate lying and being in Taxall in the County of Chester togather with my Lease for the same and my whole property and Intrest therein; he my sonn Adam SLACK paying unto my sd Wife Mary SLACK the annual or yearly pension of twenty shillings yearly and every year during all the terme and time of her Natural life as abovesaid out of or from the aforesd premisses called the Knipe, And after my death I give unto my Sonne Adam SLACK that my Bedstead the table with fforms thereunto belonging standing in the new Parlour at Dunge aforesd: And to My Sonn Thomas SLACK I give all the remainder of my household goods which are at Dunge aforesd: And I give and devise after my death all that My Messuage and Tenement at Horridge in the County of Derby which I hold by Lease from and under John SHALLCROSS Armig: unto my sd Sonne Adam SLACK during my lease thereof togather with my whole property and Intrest therein, And I give to Robert WILSON my soninlaw twenty Shillings and to Rebecca his now wife Nine pounds and to their Children twenty pounds to be devided amongst them share and share alike, And I give to Henry HEWARD my Soninlaw twenty shillings and to Emme his now wife Nine pounds, And I give to John SHIRD My soninlaw twenty shillings and to Hannah his now Wife Nine pounds, And I give to Joseph SHIRD My soninlaw twenty shillings and to Hellen his Now Wife Nine pounds, and I give to Nicholas KIRK my Grandson Tenn pounds And I give to Elizabeth SLACK my daughterinlaw twenty shillings, And to Alice SLACK my daughterinlaw I give twenty shillings And to My Grandson Adam SLACK I give my Chest, And to John SLACK & Thomas SLACK my Nephews of Blakeley in the parish of Prestbury aforesd: either of them twenty Shillings and My best wareing apparel Equally to be devided between them And I give to Edmund POTTS my soninlaw twenty shillings and to the Children that he had and now hath by Anne his Wife late deceased Nine pounds Equally to be devided amongst them share and share alike, And I give to ffrancis JACKSON of Ranow My Nephew tenn shillings, And to Leonard LOW heretofore my servant I give tenn shillings, And to Anne HOW my servant I give tenn Shillings, And to Mary ALSINAN of Kettleshulme aforesd: I give three shillings, And to each poor person that shall come to my ffuneral two pence And My Will and Mind is and I further direct & devise that the Legacies and every one of them herein and hereby by me given shall be taken construed, and in Use to be and Applied for and for the proper sole Use, power and disposition, of all & every the respective Legatees herein mentioned, And to and for no other use intent or purpose whatsoever (any law or statute that now is, or shall be hereafter made or enacted to the contrary thereof notwithstanding) and I Will & devise that my Executors shall pay and discharge all the Legacies herein before by me given, in Moneys immediately after the space or time of one whole year next ensuing after such time as my sd: Wife Mary SLACK doe and shall have sealed and executed a discharge or reasonable Instrument for discharging & extinguishing all her right title, Claim and Intrest in, unto or out of my other estate whatsoever, as before by me directed, and not before such time, And I doe direct that if either My Wife Mary SLACK or any other Legatee or Legatees, herein before Mentioned or expressed shall in any wise or at any time Molest trouble vex disturb or commence any suit in law against my Executors, I doe then direct and devise that both my Wife Mary SLACK and alsoe every other Legatee herein and heretofore Nominated & expressed shall bear an Equal share in proportion to their respective Legacies in the defence of my Executors Against all and every such persons Legatee or Legatees that shall soe Molest trouble or disturb them, And I doe direct and devise that the Legacies herein by me given to the herein respective Legatees, are intended in lieu stead and discharge, of all other their respective title Claim Intrest unto or out of all my Lands Tenements personall Estate whatsoever whereof or whereunto I shall dye possessed or intituled to, and I doe desire and enjoyn the said Legatees in like manner as my sd: Wife is herein before by me desired and enjoyned, to seal & execute at such time as they or any of them shall receive his her or their respective Legacies (subject always to the limitation & Condition herein before Mentioned) such releases or reasonable Instruments, as well for the dischargeing and extinguishing their respective Right, title, Claims & Intrest thereunto or any part thereof, as alsoe not Molest trouble Vex or disturb or commence any suit in law against my Executors in any wise or at any time hereafter under any pretence thereunto or any part thereof, as my Executors shall be advised tender or require, And I doe further will order declare direct & devise that if anyone or more of the said Legatees shall refuse or deny to seal and execute such a discharge or Instrument at such time and upon such conditions as is herein before by me expressed, limitted, and appointed insuch case I give to every such Legatee that shall deny so to doe the sume of twlve pence in lieu stead, and discharge of their respective Legacies herein given and expressed (anything to the contrary thereof herein before Mentioned or expressed notwithstanding), And Lastly after my debts ffunerall expences and Legacies shall be paid and discharged, and this my last will fullfilled and discharged, I give and devise all the then residue and remainder of all my Goods Chattles Cattle and Personall Estate whatsoever unto my said sonne Adam SLACK And of this my last Will I doe Constitute and appoint my said Sonne Adam SLACK and my soninlaw Edmund POTTS Executors hoping they will truly performe the same as my trust is in them, And I doe hereby revoke all other Wills by my heretofore made and declare this to be my last will and Testament In Wittness whereof I the Testator have hereunto put my hand and seal vicessimo octo die Julii anno Regin Regis Georgii sicundi uri Brittaine magna & Cot: Anno Domini 1727

Signed Sealed & Published by the Sd Testator NIcholas SLACK in the presence & Audience of

A true & perfect Inventory of all the Goods Cattle & Chattels & Credits of Nicholas SLACK of Ketleshulme late deceased valued and apprized by Thomas POTTS & Robert POTTS this twenty seventh Day of February Anno Domini 1727

In the name of god amen in the yeare of oure lord god 1556 & in the one & twentye day of maye I Rycherd SLACK beyng seke in body feryng natirall deth do make my wyll in maner & forme here folowyng ffyrst I beqweathe my soule to almyghty god & to oure lady saint mare & my Body to be buryed wt in the [ ] church yard of the chappell le frythe Itm ys my wyll yt Ellen my wyff shall have the house wt the [ ] yt be longeth unto yt durying her naturall lyff with the lycense of the landlord & Aft her deth to remane to whych of my chyldren yt pleaseth hym best Itm I gyff to Ellen my wyff all the [ ] wt in my house & also I gyve her three of my best kye & too sterks wt [K]ij shepe & the reyssedue off my goods yt ys my wyll shall be devyded amongst my [ ] & I do make Ellen my wyff my lawfull exsequtor to fullfell thys my last wyll & testement theys beyng wytnes & records JahnKYRKE esq & Richard SHOWRE & Thomas BAWDON of ye Brownsyd wt others

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In the Name of God, Amen. this Eighteenth day of March Anno Dony 1730/31 I Robert SLACK of little Heafield in ye parrish of Glossop and County of Derby Yeom. being but Sick and weak as to my Body but of Sound mind & perfect understanding praised be Almighty God. for ye Same, and as touching Such worldly goods & Estate as it hath pleased Almighty God, to bestow upon me, I Give and dispose thereof as follows, first my will & mind is yt all my due debts, funeral Expences & Charges about ye probate of this my last will and testament, be first paid and discharged forth of my personal Estate, Item I give and bequeath unto my loveing wife Dorathy SLACK ye Sume of Ten pounds yearly, So long as She Keeps herselfe unmaryed, but if She happen to marry again eight pounds a year, ye one halfe to be paid at ye feast of St Michael & ye other halfe att Lady day, Itm I give unto my daughter Ann WATTERHOUSE ye sume of One hundred and twenty pounds, when She Shall attaine ye Age of One and twenty years, in ye mean while my mind is yt She Shall receive ye interest of ye Said hundred and twenty pounds and if She happen to dye before She Shall attaine ye Age of One and twenty years, & leave any issue, her said portion to be divided equally amongst her Children, Item I give unto my 2 daughters Elizabeth & Dorothy SLACK each of them ye Sume of One hundred & twenty pounds to be paid them when they Shall attaine ye Age of twenty one years, Itm I give unto my daughter Mary SLACK ye Sume of One hundred & thirty pounds, when She Shall attaine ye Age of One and twenty years, Itm I give unto my daughter Ann, One Chest of drawers, to Elizabeth one Statue, and to my daughter Dorathy her mothers SLACK each of them ye Sume of One pound One Shilling. Itm I give unto my Son in law John WATTERHOUSE ye Sume of five pounds to be paid at my decease, Itm I give unto my Apprentice John HANFORD tow Ewes provided he Stay his Apprentiship, Over and above his Healthe. Item I give and bequeath unto my son Robert SLACK when he shall attaine ye Age of One and twenty years, All my whole Estate of lands Goods Chattles & Cattle paying all my Just debts funeral Expences Harriotts and Legacies before given & bequeathed, and it is my will and mind yt if any of my Said Children Shall happen to dye before they Shall attaine ye Age of One & twenty years and Leave no issue lawfully begotten, yt their Said portions Shall be equally divided amongst ye rest of my Said Children. further my will & mind is yt All my Children Shall be brought up with meat drink washing Cloathing & Lodging at ye discretion of my Executors Out of my whole estate, both personal & real, and if it happen yt their be any overplus of ye profitts of my estate, when my son Robert Shall attaine ye Age of one and twenty years, over and above paying my debts, Legcies & bringing up of my Children. I give power to my Executors to dispose of ye Same amongst my Children as they Shall think proper. Lastly I do nominate and appoint my loveing wife Dorathy SLACK Thomas SLACK & my Brother John SLACK to be executors of this my last will and testament Revokeing and making void all former Wills & testaments by heretofore made, Confirming this to be my last will & Testament. In Wittness whereof I have herunto Sett my hand & Seal ye day & year above Written.

Sealed Signed published & declared by ye testator to be his last will & testament in ye Sight & presence of us.

A true and perfect Inventory of All ye Goods Cattle and Chattles of Robert SLACK of Little Heafield Aprized and Valued by Mr John FROGGATT Thomas BRADBURY and William CARRINGTON this 27 day of March 1731. (not transcribed, valued @ £568=06=6 )

This is the last Will and Testament of me Robert SLACK the Elder of Little Hayfield in the parish of Glossop and County of Derby Yeoman first I order and direct all my just Debts to be paid and discharged by my son Robert SLACK (and do charge my real and personal Estate and Effects hereinafter given and devised to him with the payment thereof) and my funeral and Testamentary charges by my Executors hereinafter named out of my other Effects I give devise and bequeath unto my dear Wife and her Assigns for and during the Term of her natural Life any such on of my Dwellinghouses situate in the Clough as she may chuse and also the several Annuities hereinafter mentioned (making together the annual sum of fifty pounds) that is to say One Annuity or clear yearly Rent to charge or sum of Twenty pounds to be issuing and payable out of and from the Hereditaments hereinafter devised to my son Robert SLACK and one other Annuity or clear yearly Rent charge or sum of Thirty pounds to be issuing and payable out of and from the Hereditaments hereinafter devised to my sons John SLACK and Thomas SLACK by two half yearly payments respectively on every the tenth day of May and Eleventh day of November in each year the first payment thereof respectively to be made on the first of those days happening after my decease and to continue so payable during the natural Life of her my said Wife And in Case of default of payment (besides other Remedies) to be recoverable by distress and Sale in like manner as Rent in arrear And I give and bequeath unto my said Wife all my Household Goods and ffurniture and all Debts which may be owing to me at the time of my decease (except those owing for Leather) and all other my personal property and Effects whatsoever not by me otherwise disposed of absolutely and to be willed or disposed of as she may think proper. I give and devise unto my son Robert SLACK and to his Heirs and Assigns fro ever (Subject and charged as herein mentioned) all that and those my Estate or Estates and premises at Lower Bank and Upper Bank with the round Meadow and Heyde Crofts and all the Buildings privileges and Appurtenances whatsoever thereunto respectively belonging And I give and bequeath unto him my said son Robert all and every the Rents which at the Time of my decease may be owing to me and standing in my books being simple Contracts for the Sale of Leather only. I give and devise unto my Daughter Ann STEEL and unto my Daughter Grace MARRIOTT equally between them share and share alike and their Heirs and Assigns for ever as Tenants in Common and not as joint Tenants all my Estate and Buildings situate and being at of near Stockport and in the County of Chester And I do hereby will direct and provide that it shall and may be lawful to and for them my said Daughters respectively notwithstanding their Coverture and they are hereby authorized and empowered from time to time and at all times after my decease freely and absolutely to dispose of all or any of the said premises so given to her or them respectively at their will and pleasure by Deed or Will or otherwise without the Control of any person or persons and as fully and amply as if they respectively were sole and unmarried I give devise and bequeath unto my two sons John SLACK and Thomas SLACK and to their Heirs and Assigns for ever as Tenants in Common and not as joint Tenants ((Subject and charged as herein mentioned) All those my Estates at Little Hayfield and Allothy as now joined together with all my Buildings factories Common Rights and privileges whatsoever belonging the same Estates And all those my three Dwellinghouses situate at the Townend in Chapel en le Frith in the said County of Derby And I direct that [ ] of my said sons John or Thomas shall wish a conveyance of the whole of the said premises so devised to them as aforesaid to one of them, he shall mention and specify to the other of them in writing a sum of Money and shall at the option of the other of them either pay such Sum to the other of them for the Moiety of the said premises devised to the other or upon such sum being tendered to him shall convey to the other of them his Moiety thereof And the other of them shall accept or pay such sum accordingly and on refusal by either of the other shall be entitled to the whole of the same premises but my said two sons John and Thomas shall duly pay the said Annuity of thirty pounds whilst seized as Tenants in Common but not afterwards and the said premises charge therewith shall remain so vested in them until the decease of my said Wife And I give unto my said sons John and Thomas all my Stock of Cattle ffarming Stock and Husbandry Geer (except [ ]) And I give unto my said son Thomas all my Stock of Sheep And whereas I have given Security with my sons and sons in Law for Money borrowed and I hereby direct and provide that in case my Heirs or Executors shall be required and shall actually pay any sum or sums of Money or Expenses by or in Consequence of my having so become surety such of my Heirs or Executors shall witness and until fully repaid or reimbursed have power and authority to raise and reimburse themselves respectively all such Sum and Sums of Money and Expenses by Sale of a sufficient part of the Estate and Effects hereby given to or in ffavor of the person or persons or of the Wife or [ ] of such person or persons on whose Account such Sum or Sums shall have been paid and all Expenses incident thereto and all necessary parties interested in such Estates and Effects respectively under this my Will shall join and concur in effecting such Sale or Sales any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding And I give and bequeath unto all my children and sons in Law and Daughters in Law all such Sum and Sums of Money and Effects as I now have given and at the time of my decease may have given or advanced to them respectively or as they may owe me (except for Rent) and direct that no one or more of them shall be required to repay to my Estate any such Sum or Sums And I recommend all my Devises and Legatees not to be discontent with the provisions hereby made for them and my will is that in Case any of them shall cause any unnecessary quarrel or Suit at Law or unnecessary Trouble each of them so offending shall forfeit the Sum of One hundred pounds to the person or persons to or against whom such Suit or Suits or Trouble shall be caused or given And I further direct that my Executors hereafter named shall not nor shall any of them be answerable or accountable for the other or others of them or the Receipts Neglects or Defaults of the others of them nor with or for any Loss which may happen to my said property or Effects except through their or his own wilful Defaults but shall be entitled to deduct and retain from and out of the Trust Monies and Effects which may come to their Hands and reimburse to each other all such Costs charges and Expenses as they or any of them shall or may incur or by put unto in or about the execution or this my will And I hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said Wife, Thomas SLACK of Macclesfield in the said County of Chester Surgeon and John GEE of Kinder in the said County of Derby farmer joint Executors of this my last Will and Testament (hereby revoking all others) hoping they will see the same performs In Witness whereof I the said Robert SLACK the Testator have to this my last will and Testament set my Hand and Seal that is to say my Hand to the three preceding Sheets and my Hand and Sal to this fourth and last Sheet the thirty first day of March in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and Twenty one

The writing contained in this and the three preceding Sheets of paper hereunto [ ] was signed Sealed delivered published and declared by the above named Robert SLACK the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the Sight and presence of us who in his Sights and presence and at his request and in the sight and presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our Names as Witnesses (an Erazure being first made in the Eighth Line from the bottom of the Second Sheet of paper an Inter line also first made above the Nineteenth Line in the third sheet of paper)

I Robert SLACK the Testator within named in that my last will & Testament did give and bequeath to my Daughter Grace MARRIOTTand to my Daughter Ann a certain Freehold Estate Land & Hereditaments therein more particularly SLACK the Testator, do by this my first codicil to my last Will & Testament hereby revoke that part of my said will which bequeathed to my said Daughter Ann a moiety of the beforementioned Freehold Estate Lands and Hereditaments and by Virtue of this my said Codicil I do give and bequeath the said moiety of the said Lands & Hereditements so situate as aforesaid to my Son in Law Thomas STEEL the Husband of my said Daughter Ann free from all Incumberances whatsoever save and except a fair and equitable proportion of a cheif rent reserved and made payable out of the said Freehold Land and Hereditaments to the Heirs of the DUKINFIELD Family to [ ] sale and re[ ] use and [ crease in the original ] Will or otherwise as he shall after my demise think fit and I hereby direct my Executors named in my said last will and Testatment to give quiet and peaceable possession of the said Freehold Lands and Hereditaments unto the said Thomas STEEL and the said Grace MARRIOTT immediately after my Decease and I further direct that in case either my said Daughter Grace or my said Son in Law Thomas STEEL shall wish a conveyance of the whole of the said Premises Lands and Hereditaments so devised to them as aforesaid to one of them he or she shall mention and specify to the other of them either pay such sum to the other of them or upon such sum of Money being tenedered to him or her shall convey to the other of them his or her Moiety thereof and the other of them shall accept or pay such sum accordingly and in refusal by either the other shall be entitled to the whole of the said freehold Land and Hereditaments As Witness my Hand and Seal this Ninth day of July in the [year ] [ ] One thousand eight Hundred and twenty one

The writing contained in this sheet of paper was signed, sealed, and delivered, published and declared by the abovementioned Robert SLACK in the sights and presence of us who in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses

Thomas STEEL Jun; Samuel [MARRIOTT]; Brad[ ] HIGGINBOTHAM

In the name of god Amen the xixth daye of Aprill in the yeare of o[ur] Lorde god 1591 I Godfrey SLACKE of the preshe of Glossopp and countie derbe Weke in bodie but sounde in myned & of good and pfecte Remembrance prayse be to god almeightie make Herin my last will and testamt in man and fforme followinge: ffirst I bequeth my soule to god almeigthie my maker savior and Redemr and my bodie to be buried in the church yarde of chapell le fryth, Itm I do geve and bequeth unto my brother Thomas SLACKE xx sheepe in whethers sheepe so many as I have and to ffell & make ffourth the score in other sheepe at the dyscretion of my syster Elizabeth SLACKE. Itm I do bequeth to lytell Henry SLACKE an ewe lambe. Itm my will ys that after my ffunerall expenses, my dower and legacies beinge payed and dyscharged of my whole goods, my syster Elizabeth shall have the Restidew of my goods Itm my will ys that my said syster shall have all my Houses lands & grounds wth my Reights tythe terme and interest in the Harbage of Chynley wth all and syngle ther apprtence to have and to holde occupie and [quyetley] to injoye ffor and duringe her naturall lyfe In as large beneficall and ample in an as I have now the same. And after the decease of my said syster Eliz: my will ys that all my said Houses lands & grounds wth all my Reight tytle terme and Interest of the said Harbage of Chynley wth all and everie comoditie or [ fytt] belonging or in any wyse appertaninge unto the premysses or to any pte ther of I do geve and bequeth them and eberie pte and pcell therof to my said brother Thomas SLACKE his heires & assignes for ever in as large benificall and ample in an as I now injoye & occupie the same. Itm I do apointe my welbeloved syster Elizabeth SLACKE to be myne executor to execute pforme and ffulfill this my last will and testamt accordinge to the true meaning ther of as my ffull trust ys in her. And to be supervisor hereof I desyre my welbeloved cosen Richard BLYTHE

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A true and pfect Inventorie of the goods & cattels wch were Godfre SLACKEs of the Brownsyde wthin the pish of Glossopp and countie of derbe late deceased prysed by Richard BOWDEN Richard HARFORD and George REDFEARNE the first day of June in the year of o[ur] lord god 1591 (inventory not transcribed)

Mdum That upon or about the thirtith day of October in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand six hundred sixty six Mary SLACKE late of Macclesfield in the County of Chester [hyr] being weake & infirme of body and sicke of the sickness wherof shee dyed but of sound and pfect memory and being minded to settle her estate did make and declare her last will & testamt in words only without writing to the offert following, viz It was her will and mind and shee did give and bequeath unto her unkle Jasper MOTTERSHED the sume of twenty pounds, And the rest residue and remainder of her goods chattells and debts shee gave and bequeathed to her mother Mary HUNTs frends & relations, wher most need is at the discretion of the Exec. hereafter named after the death of the sayd Mary HUNT, and in the interim the interest and mor[ ] of the monyes due unto her shee gave and bequeathed unto her sayd mother Mary HUNT during her lyfe, and shee constituted named and appoynted her unkle Richard MOTTERSHED and her Cozen Adam MOTTERHEAD Executors of this her last will and testamt, which words or words to the effect shee uttered and declared with an intent that they should stand for and bee her last will and testamt in the psence & hearing of credible witnesses & shortly after departed this lyfe.

A true and perfect inventory of the Goods Chattels & Debts of Mary SLACK late of Macclesfield in the County of Cheshire deceased taken the First day of December in ye year of our lord GOD 1666.

In the name of god Amen the jxth day of Januarie in the yeare of our lord god 1621: I Nicholas SLACKE of the Brownsyde sicke in bodie but of pfect memorie (praysed bee god therefore) doe ordayne to my last will & Testament in maner & forme following: ffirst I give & bequeath my soule to almightie god my maker to Jesus Christ my redeemer & to the holy ghost my sanctifier trustinge that faith in the bloode of Christ to become a joyfull soule at the day of my resurrection And my will is that my bodie shalbee buried in the Chappell church And for the disposition of my worldlie goods, ffirst my will & mynd is That my funeral expences hariot debts & Churchrights shalbee truly paid out of my whole goods. Item I give unto William SLACKE my grandchild tenn shillings in money & also I give unto the said William two sheepe or vjs viijd in money at the choise of the said William: Item I give unto Thomas SLACKE Elizabeth SLACK Nicholas SLACKE & Robert SLACKE my grandchildren to evry one of them two sheep a peec or six shillings viijd a peec at the choise of my sone William Item I give unto Emme SLACKE my daughter in law two sheepe or vjs viijd at the choise of the said Emme Item I give unto unto (sic) my sonne William SLACKE my best Arke wch standeth in the parlor Item I give unto Marie SLACKE my grandchilde [ ] two sheepe or vjs viijd in money at her choyse whether shee will have Item my will is that Parnell my wife shall have accordinge to the custome of the cuntry the third pte of all my fleetinge goods & the third pt of my lands: And I Nicholas desire my wife Parnell to take five pounds in money yearly of my sonns William during her lyfe in lue & recompensation of the said third part of my lands Item all the residue of of (sic) all my goods, debts Chattels & Chattels whatsoever are unbequeathed & not given I doe hereby give unto Thomas SLACKE my sone whom I ordeyne, constitute, & appoint to bee my true & lawfull executor trustinge that hee will pforme this my will accordinge to my true intent In witness wherof I the said Nicholas SLACKE the testator hereunto have set my hand & seale the day & yeare first above written I desire my brother Robert SLACKE & Georg WARD to bee ovseers to this my will

Sealed signed & declared in the psenc of Antonie WARD his mke as witnes; Raphe CRESSWELL; R MAS[ ]

A true & pfect Inventorie of all the goods & Cattels of Nicholas SLACKE of the Brownsyde late deceased had & made the xxijth of aprill in Ano dni 1625: prysed by us vz: Charles KYRKE Thomas KYRKE Robt SLACK & Raphe CRESSWELL as followeth:

In the Name of god Amen. I Philip slacke the elder of Macclesfield County of Chester yeoman do make my last will and testament In manner following An first commend my soul to Almighty god trusting in an through the merits and [ ] of Christ my Saviour to obtaine pardon & remission of all my sins and everlasting life and for my estate I dispose thereof as followeth viz whereas att the Halmot of the Mannor and Forrest of Macclesfield in the County of Chester holden at Macclesfield the thirteenth day of December in the twenty first yeare of the raigne of King Charles the second over England I the said Philip SLACKE and Elizabeth my wife by surrender according to the custom of the said Mannor & Forrest did surrender or cause to surrender & conveyed all my copyhold messuage cottages tenements lands meadows pastures hereditaments situate lying and being in Sutton or elsewhere within the said Mannor or fforest of Macclesfield unto Joseph STONEHEWER and James HIGGINBOTHAM of Sutton aforesaid yeoman their heirs & assigns to the use & behoofe of me the said Philip SLACKE and my assigns for and during the term of my naturall Life and after my decease then to such uses intents and purposes and with and under such limitations condicons as & provisos as I the said Philip SLACKE by my last will in writing or by any other my writing to bee sealed in the presence of two [ ] witnesses should limitt expresse or appoint commend by the said surrender remaining amongst the Court Rolls and Rewards of the said [ ] & fforrest whereunto I referre more att large appoineth Now I do hereby declare and express the uses of the said surrender and doo limit devise and dispose of the said Coppyhold pmisses in manner following That is to say I doe give devise limit and appoint the annuall rent charge or yearly sume of Eight pounds of Lawfull miney of England to bee yearly paid and payable unto the rents issues and profits of all that my coppyhold messuages and tenement in Sutton aforesaid comonly called Purfry house and the lands and hereditaments thereunto belonging unto Thomas SLACKE my younger son and his assigns for and dureing all the time and term of his naturall life all andupon the yearly ffeast dayes or times of the Birth of our Saviour Christ the Annunciacon of the blessed [Virgin] Mary the Nativity of St John Baptist and St Michael theArchangell by equall portions the first payment thereof to bee made att such of the said Feasts as shall first happen after my decease and I do devise and appoint that my Executors hereafter named shall and may receive lay out imploy and dispose of the yearly Rent or Sume of Eight pounds for the use and maintenance of my sec’d son Thomas as they in their discretion shall think most fitt and convenient And I doe devise and appoint that the said Joseph STONEHEWER & James HIGGINBOTHAM and their heirs and all and every other person and persons and his and their heirs who have any Estate interest in the said messuage tenement & prmisses or my parte thereof in trust for mee the said Phillip SLACKE shall stand and bee seised of and in the same to therso intent and purpose that the said yearly Rent or sume of eight pounds shall bee duely paid or in default thereof raised and taken up out of the issues and profitts of the said prmises soe therewith charges as aforesaid by my said trustees or their heires maned above all just charges damages & reprises Also I give devise and appoint the aforesaid messuages and tenements soe charged as aforesaid and all my other coppyhold messuages Cottages Lands Tenements and hereditaments in Sutton aforesaid or elsewhere within the said Mannor and fforrest of Macclesfield unto & to the use of my eldest son Philip SLACKE his heirs & assigns for ever Also it is my mind & intent and I doe devise and appoint that my debts funerall expenses & necessary charges of my Extors shall be paid and discharged out of my out of my personal estate And that all the rest & residue of my goods Chattels and personall estate shall bee employed and disposed of by Exctors hereafter named to the best advantage they can and that the Interest and product thereof shall bee by them paid or employed to and for the use and maintenance of my daughter Mary SLACKE for & dureing the term of three years next after my decease And after the end of the said three years I give and bequeath all the rest & residue of my said personall Estate to the said Mary my daughter for her own use And I do hereby nominate & appoint my trusty & well beloved friends Richard JACKSON of Congleton Co. Chester chapman James HIGGINBOTHAM of Bollington In the said County Yeoman & Huigh HORDERN the elder of Prestbury in the said county Yeoman Executors of this my last Will & Testament and I do hereby revoke all other Wills legacies bequests by me in any wise made or given, Dated 22.Oct.2.King William & Queen Mary Anno Dni 1690.

Signed sealed &c In the presence of Jo. HUGHTON; Thomas DAMPORT; Thomas HILL

In the Name of God Amen. This thirty first day of May 170l I Robert SLACK the younger of Little Heyfield in the parish of Glossop and County of Derby Yeoman being Sick & Weak of body but sound and perfect mind & memory do make and ordane this my last Will and Testament in manner & fform following ffirst it is my will & mind yt all my lawful debts and ffuneral expenses be discharged forth of my personal estate Item I give & bequeath unto Willlam SLACKE my second son the sum of thirty pounds when he shall attaine the age or twenty one years Item I give and bequeath unto my third son John SLACKE the sum of 60 (pounds) when he shall attaine the age or twenty one years item I give and bequeath unto my three daughters Anne Elizabeth and Mary SLACK to each the sum of fforty pounds to 'be paid when they shall attaine unto the sevll ages of twenty one years Item it is my will and mind that if any of my above said younger children shall dye before they attaine the age or twenty one years that then such sume or sumes as are above bequeathed shall be equally distributed amongst the rest of my children Item I give & bequeath unto my loveinge wife Mary SLACK my best bed & one chest Item it Is my will and mind that all my said children shall be brought and maintained with meat drink lodging and washing out of my whole estate untill they shall attaine their severall ages of twenty one years Item I give and bequeath unto my eldest son Robert SLACK all my messuages lands & tenements lyeing and being within the said parish or Glossop and County of Derby unto him his heirs and assigns for ever Item It is my will and mind that all the rest and residue or my psonall estate (if any such be) Shall be distributed equally amongst my said younger children And lastly I do Ordaine Constitute and Appoint my son Robert SLACK and my brother John SLACK Joynt Executors of this my last Will & Testament hopeing they will discharge faithfully the trust herein reposed in them & I do revoke renounce disannull all former Wills and Testaments by me att any time herebefore made In witness whereof I have here onto putt my hand and seal the day and year ffirst above written Anni Dom 1701

Bond for the education & maintenance or William, John, Elizabeth & Mary SLACKE, the children of Testator being minors 12 Nov 1701

Inventory 20.June 1701 by John HADFIELD; John HYDE & William CARRINGTON - £154. 3. 0.

In the Name of God Amen This twenty ffourth day of December 1713. I Robert SLACKE the Eldest of Little Heafield in the Parrish of Glossop and County of Derby Yeom. Being Aged and infirme in Body but of sound and perfect Memory Praised be God for the same, and knowing the Certainty of Death and the uncertainty of the time when In obedience to the command of God and the example of the good King Hezechiah am minded to set my house in order and to settle my affairs in this world and to that end do Constitute make and ordaine this my last Will and Testamt in manner and form following ffirst, and principally I commend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God my Creator, and to Jesus Christ to receive full pardon of all my Sins and to be made heire of Everlasting Life and an Inheritor of his Heavenly Kingdom, and my Body to the Earth from whence it was taken to be decently interred att, or in the Parochial Chappel at Heyfield as near unto the place where my late loveing wife Ann SLACKE was interred as will Conveniency may be, And for that Worldly Estate which the Lord in mercy far above my deserts hath bestowed upon my I dispose of the same as ffolloweth. First my will and mind is that all my Lawfull debts wch of right I owe unto any man, with all my ffuneral Charges and expences shall be ffirst paid and discharged forth of my whole Estate. And whereas by Certaine Articles of Agreemt Indented bearing date on or about the twenty ffifth day of October Anno Domny 1684. made or mentioned to be made By and Between me the said Robert SLACK on the one part and Robert SLACK my late Son now dcd of the other part I the said Robert SLACK for divers Consideracons therein mentioned, Did grant all my Lands at Little Heafield, and Chinley als Mainstonefield, or els where in the said County of Derby unto my said Son his heires and Assignes for ever, part of the Consideracons of which said Grant were and are particularly menconed and expresses in and by the said Articles to be That I the said Robert SLACK should not only have and receive twelve pounds per Annu. during my life, Charged upon Certaine parcels of Land of the said granted premissess, But likewise had power to Charge my said Sonn his heires Executors and Administrators, with the payment of the Sume of ffifty pounds of lawfull Money after my decease to such person or persons, as by my last will and Testament or any other writeing to be by my executed under my hand and Seal I should direct [ ]att and appoint, As by relacon had to the said Articles may more fully and at large appear And whereas the said sume of twelve pounds p Annu. has for severall years Since my said Sons decease been unpaid and is now in Arrear for the space of Seven years or upwards which in the whole amounts to the Sume of ffifty six pound, It is my will and mind and I do therefore by this my last will and Testamt in pursuance of my power and as far as in me lyes give and devise all my right & interest of in & unto such arrearages of the said twelve pounds p Annu. as abovesaid as shall happen at my decease to be in Arrear & unpaid together with the said Sume of ffifty pounds Chargable as aforesaid unto Robert SLACK my Nephew upon Condicon Nevertheless that Hee the said Robert SLACK do and shall well and faithfully pay and discharge forth of the same such Legacys & Sumes of Money as are herein and hereafter mencond (viz) unto Elizabeth MORTON my Daughter the sume of Tenn Shillings within the space of one year next after my decease, unto Ann HADFIELD my Daughter the Sume of Tenn pounds, within within (sic) the space of one year next after my decease, And unto Mary CARRINGTON my Daughter the like Sume of Tenn pounds to be paid likewise within the Space of One year next after my decease unto Dorathy SLACK my Daughter in law at Chunall the Sume of ffive Shillings unto Dorathy SLACK my daughter in lw. at little Heafield the Sume of ffive shillings, unto William SLACK my Grandson the Sume of ffive Shillings unto John SLACK his Brother the Sume of ffive Shillings unto Ann FFOX my Grand daughter the Sume of ffive pounds when she shall have attained the Age of One and twenty years and shall be living at the time of my decease. Likewise unto Mary SLACK my Grand daughter the like Sume of ffive pounds in case she be living at the time of my decease, and shall attain to the like Age of one and twenty years and likewise unto Elizabeth SLACK my Grand daughter the like Sume of ffive pounds, if she shall attaine to the like Age of One and twenty years, and shall be living at the time of my decease Item I do bequeath unto every one of my Grandchildn excepting such as are already menconed the Sume of tenn Shillings a piece to be paid within the space of one year next after my decease. Item all the rest residue and remainder of my whole Estate, Goods and Chattels whatsoever, ready Money Money at Interest and Creditts whatsoever after the aforesaid Sumes & Legacies are discharged I give and Bequeath the same unto my said Nephew Robert SLACK (excepting only one Guiney of Lawfull Money which I give unto my Sonn in law William CARRINGTON whom I desire to be aiding & assisting, to my said Nephew Robert SLACK in the promises) hereby Constituteing Ordaineing & appointing him my said Nephew Robert SLACK my full and Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament, hopeing he will faithfully performe and discharge the trust I have hereby reposed in him revoaking all former Wills and Testaments by me heretofore made, and do declare this to by my last Will and Testamt In witness whereof I the said Robert SLACK the Testator my hand & seal have hereunto putt the day and year ffirst above written.

Sealed Signed published and declared to be the Testators last Will and Testament In presence of

Samuel MALLAR; Joseph BRAMALL his marke; Mary DIDSBURY her marke

A true and perfect Inventory of all & singul. the goods Cattle & Chattels moveable & imoveable of Robert SLACK the elder of Little Heafield in the Parrish of Glossop & County of Derby late dcd this 29th day of May Anoq Domini 1714 As followeth

In the name of God Amen I Thomas SLACK of Kettleshulme in the County of Chester Yeoman being but weak of body but of Sound and perfect mind and Memory praised be God for the Same, do make and ordain this my last Will and testament in Manner and form following first and principally I recommend my Soul in the hands of Almighty god who gave it, trusting by his Mercy and in and through the alone Merritts of Jesus Christ my only Saviour and redeemer to obtain remission of all my Sins and Inherit everlasting life, And my body I commit to the Earth to be decently Interred at the discretion of my Executors hereinafter named, And as touching my temporal Estate I dispose thereof as followeth

ffirst I will and direct that all my Debts ffuneral Expences herriots and probate of this my last Will shall be paid and Discharged out of my personal Estates so far as the Same shall advance And after my Death I give unto my Sons John SLACK and Robert SLACK such part of my household goods (not accounting to above the Value of Twenty Shillings apiece) as they are minded to Chuse the Eldest to Chuse first Also I give unto my Son Robert SLACK Thirty pounds And to his Daughter Elisabeth SLACK I give Ten pounds And to my daughterinlaw Rebeccah SLACK I give two Shillings And to my Granddaughter Susannah SLACK Daughter of my Son Thomas SLACK I give ffifty pounds And I give unto the Clergyman who shall preach my ffurneral Sermon on Guinea provided always and my Will and mind is that he shall preach from the sixth and seventh Verses of the Hundred and sixteenth psalm, Also I give unto my Brother Adam SLACK one Guinea And to my Son Robert SLACK before named I give one Guinea Also I give to each poor person who shall come to my ffuneral two pence apiece with some Bread all which Legacies I Will and Devise shall be paid out of that remaining part of my personal Estate (which is not herein before by otherwise Directed and given) and if my personal Estate shall not be Sufficient to pay the said Legacies herein before by me given and bequeathed I then Will and Devise that so much Money as my personal Estate falls short of paying the aforesaid Legacies shall be paid out of and from that my Messuage Lands and Tenement and Dunge in Kettleshulme aforesaid and Todscliffe in Rainow both in the County of Chester aforesaid And I do hereby Give and Devise all that my Messuage and Tenement at Dunge aforesaid together with the Todscliffe in Rainow before named unto my Executors hereinafter named, in trust for and during the Terme and until Such time as my Executors shall have raised and taken up so much Money as my personal Estate falls short of paying and Discharging all the Legacies and other ffuneral Expences herein before by me given in this my last Will and Testament over and above all costs and Charges (If the terme which I have in the Same Shall so long continue) And I give unto James KELSHAW of Kettleshulme aforesaid the Sum of one pound and Nineteene Shillings a year to be paid unto him out of and from those my Messuage Lands and Tenement at Dunge and Todscliffe aforesaid for and during all the term and time of his Natural life (if my terme therein Shall so long continue) Which Said Sum I will and Devise Shall be paid unto the Said James KELSHAW yearly by two equal portions the first payment thereof to be made within the Space of Six months next after my Death, And after all my Debts Legacies and other expences Shall be paid and Discharged I do hereby Will order and direct that my Executors hereinafter named Shall have full power to Set or Lett all that and those my Messuage Lands and Tenement at Dunge and that parcel of Lnd call’d todscliffe aforesaid unto Some good Sufficient Tenant or Tenants (They taking care always the Housing is not abused or let down nor the Lands impoverished) for and during all my terme title and Interest therein my Said Executors always rendering Yearly and every all the clear Issues Rents and profitts ariseing therefrom unto my Son John SLACK So long as my Lease or Leases Shall last and continue for the Same Also I give unto my Son John SLACK all my Tenant right in and to all and every those my Messuage Lands and Tenements before named (subject nevertheless to the Annuity herein before by me given to James KELSHAW as aforesaid) And I further Will Order and direct that the Sum of fifty pounds herein before by me given unto my Granddaughter Susannah SLACK Shall be reposited in trust in the hands of my Executors to be put out at Interest or otherwise Imployed at the discretion of my Executors towards her Maintenance or bringing up until She Shall attain unto the full age of fourteen Years at which time I Will and Direct my Executors Shall pay unto the Said Susannah SLACK such part of the Said Sum of ffifty pounds or and Interest thereof as shall then be in their hands and her receipt Shall be their discharge but if it so happen the said Susannah SLACK Depart this life before She shall attain unto the full age of fourteen years I then give and Devise so much of the Said Sum of ffifty pound as shall rest or be in the hands of my Executors unto my Son John SLACK his Hiers and Assigns And I further declare that if any of the Legatees or Devisees herein before named Shall not be content with what is hereby bequeathed to him her or them But Shall bring any Action or Suite in Law or equity against my Executors hereinafter named or against the other Legatees or Devisees for any other greater Legacie Devise or bequest than is or are herein or hereby before given Devised or bequeathed unto him her or them respectively, That then and from thenceforth such Legacie or Legacies Devise or Devises of the Legatee or Legatees Divisee or Devisees so contending or Suing shall cease be void and forfeited and then Such forfeit Legacie or Legacies Devise or Devises Shall go and be divided and I do hereby give and Devise the same to such of the Said Legatees or Devisees as shall rest content or Satisfied with the Legacie share or proportion hereby severally allowed and given him, her or them (anything herein before contained to the contrary notwithstanding) And in lieu thereof I give to every Such contending Legatees or Devisees on Shilling and no more And lastly I do hereby Nominate Constitute and appoint my Brother Adam SLACK and my Son Robert SLACK Executors of this my last Will and Testament hopeing that they Will faithfully and honestly discharge the trust hereby in them reposed In Witness whereof I Thomas Slack the Testator have hereunto Set my hand and Seal (hereby revokeing all former Wills by my heretofore made and Declare this to be my last Will and testament) the Twenty eighth day of December in the Twenty eighth year of King George the Second’s Reign And in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and ffifty four

Signed Seal’d published and declared by the above named Thomas SLACK the Testator to be his last Will and Testament the word (yearly) being first Interlin’d In presence of us

Thomas SLACK; Frances COTTREILL; Peter COTTARALL; John PICKFORD

THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of me THOMAS SLACKE of Slacke Hall in the parish of Chapel-en-le-Frith in the county of Derby Esquire Doctor of Medicine whereof I appoint my friends The Reverend William Slack BARNES of Alderley in the county of Chester Clerk in Holy Orders Samuel NEEDHAM of Rushop in the parish of Chapel-en-le-Frith aforesaid Gentleman Charles LINGARD of Chapel-en-le-Frith aforesaid Gentleman and the Reverend James William BENSON of Chinley Parsonage in the parish of Glossop Trustees and EXECUTORS I devise all estates vested in me as trustee or mortgage To such uses as the trustees or trustee for the time being of this my will shall before the expiration of twenty one years from the death of the survivor of the trustees named in my will appoint by deed and in default of appointment and subject thereto To the use of the said William Slack BARNES Samuel NEEDHAM Charles LINGARD and James William BENSON and their heirs as joint tenants for the estates which I have therein Upon and subject to the trusts and equities affecting the same respectively I direct all my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses to be paid out of my residuary personal estate I bequeath to the said Samuel NEEDHAM Charles LINGARD and James William BENSON the sum of one hundred pounds each and request them to accept the same as some acknowledgment of the trouble they will be put to as my executors I bequeath all my Anatomical preparations now or late in the possession of my friend Frederick LALLEMAND of Macclesfield Surgeon to the trustees of the Macclesfield Infirmary for the use and benefit of that Institution I bequeath to my servant Sarah LOMAS in case she shall continue in my service until my death an annuity or yearly sum of forty pounds for her life payable quarterly the first payment thereof to be made to her at the expiration of three calendar months from my death And I direct my executors as soon as conveniently may be after my decease to set apart and invest a principal sum sufficient by means of the dividends thereof to answer the said annuity and in the meantime to pay the same out of my residuary personal estate such principal sum upon the death of the said Sarah LOMAS to be dealt with as part of my said residuary personal estate And I direct that a proportionate part of the said annuity shall be payable from the last quarterly payment to the day of the death of the said Sarah LOMAS I bequeath to the said William Slack BARNES all my household stores and provisions goods and chattels and effects (except such of them as are hereinafter bequeathed as heirlooms ) for his own use absolutely subject to the conditions hereinafter contained respecting his taking my surname of "Slacke" I devise all that my building and property known as the Town Hall situate in Chapel-en-le-Frith aforesaid with the land and purtenances thereto belonging unto the said William Slack BARNES Samuel NEEDHAM Charles LINGARD and James William BENSON for their own use and benefit absolutely as joint tenants for all my estate and interest therein I devise all my messuages lands hereditaments and estate at Slacke Hall in the several occupations of myself Jonathan SMITH and George COOPER my estate at Maglow in the occupation of William LOMAS and my two small farms at Stoneyford now or late in the several occupations of George HADFIELD and George SHIRT all in the parish of Chapel-en-le-Frith in the county of Derby with the rights easements and appurtenants thereto respectively belonging And the several Chief rents payable from and charged upon lands and other hereditaments in the parishes of Chapel-en-le-Frith and Glossop in the county of Derby now or late in the several occupations of John MIDDLETON John BENNETT Surgeon and _____________ HANDFORD and all my reversions and remainders if any of an in the same lands and hereditaments And all other my freehold and copyhold messuages lands tenements and hereditaments (if any) whatsoever and wheresoever not hereinbefore devised unto the said William Slack BARNES (son of my late friend and relation John BARNES Surgeon) for his life for his own use without impeachment of waste and after his decease unto the first and every other son successively of the said William Slack BARNES in remainder one after another and the heirs male of the body of each such son every elder son and the heirs male of his body taking before every younger son and the heirs male of his body and on failure of such issue unto my friend Titus Hibbert WARE of Southport in the county of Lancaster Esquire Barrister-at-Law his heirs and assigns for ever Provided always that every person having a surname different from the surname hereinafter required to be used who shall be entitled as tenant for life or in tail under the limitations hereinbefore contained shall as to every such tenant within twelve calendar months after he shall become entitled in possession if of the age of twenty one years or if not within twelve calendar months after attaining that age assume and use my surname of "Slacke" either alone or in addition to his usual surname (but so that the name of "Slacke" shall be the last and principal name) and shall thenceforth continue on all occasions to use such surname of "Slacke" And that every person becoming entitled as aforesaid but being excluded by reason of his already bearing the surname of "Slacke" from the operation of the requisitions aforesaid shall continue the use of such surname on all occasions And that in case of neglect or refusal to comply with all or any of the requisitions of this proviso the estate or estates hereinbefore limited for the life of the person or as the case may be the estate tail hereby limited to the person or ancestor of the person who shall be guilty of such neglect shall cease and the subsequent limitations be accelerated yet so that if any estate limited to the issue of the said William Slack BARNES shall be contingent when his life estate shall cease a limitation Unto and to the use of the said Samuel NEEDHAM Charles LINGARD and James William BENSON their executors and administrators shall spring up and immediately precede the estate in contingency Upon trust to preserve the same but to permit the rents and profits to be received and enjoyed by the person or persons for the time being entitled to the first vested remainder therein I declare it to be my wish that when and in case the ultimate limitation of my said freehold and copyhold hereditaments to the said Titus Hibbert WARE his heirs and assigns shall take effect in possession he and they will assume and use my surname of "Slacke" but I do not intend this expression of my wishes to be deemed binding upon him and them either at law or in equity I direct that the Library of Books with the book-cases and appendages the pictures and framed prints and other articles of vertu which at my decease shall be in or about or belonging to my Mansion House of Slacke Hall in which I now reside and all my plate and jewels there and elsewhere shall be annexed to the same Mansion House as heirlooms to be enjoyed by the person or persons for the time being beneficially entitled to the same Mansion House under the limitations hereinbefore contained but so that such heirlooms shall be subject to an executory limitation over on the death of any tenant in tail under the age of twenty one years without leaving issue in tail living at his death to or in favour of the person or persons entitled under the subsequent limitations according to the tenor of such limitations And I direct my executors within three calendar months after my death to case an Inventory to be made of the said heirlooms and place one copy of such Inventory signed by them and by the person then entitled to the enjoyment of the said heirlooms among the Muniments of Title to my said Mansion House to be kept therewith and keep another copy so signed in their possession And whereas by an Indenture of Deed of Gift dated on or about the third day of April one thousand eight hundred and seventy one I have conveyed and transferred all my beneficial estate and interest whether vested or contingent in the residue of the real and personal estate to which I am now or may hereafter become entitled under or by virtue of the Will and Codicils of my late dear brother John SLACK unto his widow and relict Eliza SLACK her heirs executors administrators and assigns subject to my contingent estate for my life therein Now I do hereby confirm the said Deed in every respect and for the better confirmation thereof I give devise and bequeath to my said sister in law Eliza SLACK for her own absolute use and benefit all my beneficial estate and interest whether present or future vested or contingent under the said will and codicils of my said late brother John SLACK I give devise and bequeath all the residue and remainder of my real and personal estate unto the said William Slack BARNES Samuel NEEDHAM Charles LINGARD and James William BENSON their heirs executors administrators and assigns according to the several natures and qualities thereof respectively Upon trust as soon as conveniently may be after my decease to sell get in and convert the same into money and after payment thereout of all the expenses attending such sale getting in and conversion and of my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses Upon trust to pay thereout or out of such parts thereof as may lawfully be applied thereto the following legacies or sums of money namely To the trustees of the Chapel or Meeting House of Protestant Congregational Dissenters situate in Chinley in the county of Derby aforesaid of which the said Reverend James William BENSON at the date of this my will is Minister the sum of two thousand pounds for the repairs support and endowment of such Chapel such sum to be invested and from time to time reinvested by the trustees for the time being of the said Chapel upon securities now of hereafter for the time being allowed by law for the investment of Religious or Charitable Trusts Funds and the annual income thereof applied in the first place towards keeping the said Chapel and the Graveyard thereto belonging with the gates and fences thereof in good and substantial repair order and condition having especial regard to the repair cleaning and painting of the Tombs and Tombstones of my late brother John and of my father and mother in the said Graveyard and in the next place towards the increase of the stipend of the Minister of such Chapel for the time being To the trustees of the Macclesfield Infirmary for its endowment the sum of one thousand pounds To my old Friend and Clerk to me as a Justice of the Peace William BENNETT of Chapel-en-le-Frith aforesaid Solicitor the sum of one hundred pounds and to my executors the said William Slack BARNES Samuel NEEDHAM Charles LINGARD and James William BENSON the sum of five hundred pounds for the enlargement and improvement of the aforesaid Town Hall situate at Chapel-en-le-Frith And upon trust to pay the residue of the said net moneys to arise from the sale getting in and conversion of my said residuary real and personal estates Unto the said William Slack BARNES Titus Hibbert WARE and Byron SIMPSON (son of Robert SIMPSON late of Alderley aforesaid but now of Southport in the county of Lancaster Esquire) or such one or two of them as shall be living at my death to be divided between and amongst them if more than one in equal shares I direct that the aforesaid pecuniary legacies and residue (except the legacies to the said Samuel NEEDHAM Charles LINGARD and James William BENSON) shall not be considered due or payable until four years from my death but may all or any of them be paid earlier at the absolute discretion of my executors when they deem such payment convenient to my estate but I direct that the said legacies and residue shall be respectively vested in the several persons entitled thereto immediately upon my death and that the legacies shall carry interest at four pounds per centum per annum from the expiration of one year after my decease I also direct that the legacies hereinbefore bequeathed for religious or charitable purposes shall be paid exclusively out of such part of my personal estate as may be lawfully appropriated to such purposes and preferably to any other payment thereout and that the respective receipts of the major part of the trustees for the time being of the said Chapel in Chinley also of the major part of the trustees for the time being of the said Macclesfield Infirmary shall be good and sufficient discharges to my executors paying the same for the respective legacies hereinbefore bequeathed to the trustees of such Chapel and Infirmary respectively I also direct that the legacy duty and all the expenses incident to all the legacies as well specific as pecuniary and the said annuity bequeathed by this my will shall be paid by my trustees and executors out of the moneys to arise from the same getting in and conversion of my residuary estate in order that the respective charities and legatees may receive the benefit of my bequests without deduction I also direct my executors to retain the legacy of two thousand pounds hereinbefore bequeathed to the trustees of the said Chapel in Chinley in their own hands for so long after the expiration of one year from my death as shall be necessary to enable them by means of the income thereof to pay for the erections of a new Tombstone to the memory of my father and mother and a new Scotch rough wall set in lime mortar in lieu of the present fence round the Graveyard of the said Chapel And I also direct that if at my death or when the said legacy of two thousand pounds hereinbefore bequeathed to the trustees of the said Chapel in Chinley shall become payable the number of such trustees for the time being acting shall be less than five or being of that number they or the majority of them shall not in the opinion of the acting executors or executor of this my will be of good character and substantial means of which my said executors or executor shall be the absolute judges my said executors or executor shall have power to with-hold the payment of the said legacy to the trustees and to retain such legacy and invest the same in their own names or name and apply the income thereof in manner hereinbefore mentioned I declare that the trustees or trustee for the time being of this my will shall have a discretionary power to postpone for a period of four years after they shall have become entitled in possession to any part or parts thereof respectively the sale getting in and conversion of any part of my residuary estate but the same shall in equity be deemed converted into money from the time of my death and shall be subject to the trusts hereinbefore contained concerning the moneys to arise therefrom as aforesaid and be accordingly descendable or transmissible as personal estate I empower my said trustees or trustee to compound or allow time for the payment of any debt or debts due to my estate and to satisfy all demands against my estate which they or he may deem just whether supported by strictly legal evidence or not and to settle all accounts between me and any person or persons on such terms as my said trustees or trustee shall in their or his discretion think expedient and to refer any matters in difference to arbitration I hereby also direct and declare that if any person or persons claiming any property devised or bequeathed by this my will shall dispute the validity of this my will or of any devise bequest or other disposition herein or in any codicil hereto contained or if any such person or persons shall refuse to confirm this my will so far as he and they can and to do and execute all or any such acts deeds and things as of such person or persons can be reasonably required for the fully and perfectly carrying into effect all or any of the dispositions of this my will or if any proceedings shall at any time be taken with the consent or connivance of any such person or persons by means or in consequence of which any estate or interest could be in any way attainable by him or them or in his or their right of larger extent or value than is by this my will given to him or them or those through whom he or they claim and such proceedings shall not be formally and at once disavowed stayed or resisted by such person or persons to the full extent of his or their power so to do then and in any such case all the devises bequests and benefits hereinbefore contained to or in favour of or devolving upon such person or persons or any of them shall cease and be void to all intents and purposes whatsoever and are hereby revoked accordingly And ( in the event lastly hereinbefore contemplated ) as to all the property hereinbefore devised and bequeathed to or in favour of or devolving upon such person or persons as aforesaid and so forfeited and revoked as aforesaid I give over devise and bequeath the same property unto and for the benefit of the person or persons who would have been entitled thereto under this my will in case the person or persons whose devises bequests and benefits are revoked as aforesaid had died in my lifetime And in case of the forfeiture of the residue of the net moneys to arise from the sale getting in and conversion of my residuary real and personal estates hereinbefore bequeathed by all of them the said William Slack BARNES Titus Hibbert WARE and Byron SIMPSON or by all such of them as shall survive me Then and in such case I bequeath the same residue unto George LALLEMAND son of the said Frederick LALLEMAND absolutely for his own use and benefit And lastly I revoke all former wills IN WITNESS whereof I have signed my name to this my will contained on this and the six preceding sheets of paper this eighth day of March one thousand eight hundred and seventy eight - THOMAS SLACKE - SIGNED by the said Thomas SLACKE as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us together present at the same time who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as attesting witnesses - JONATHAN SMITH Farmer Slacke Hall - GEORGE COOPER Farmer Slacke Hall

THIS IS A CODICIL to the last will and testament of me THOMAS SLACKE of Slacke Hall in the parish of Chapel-en-le-Frith in the county of Derby Esquire Doctor of Medicine and which will bears date on the eighth day of March one thousand eight hundred and seventy eight Whereas I have by my said will made the Reverend William Slack BARNES Titus Hibbert WARE and Byron SIMPSON my residuary legatees Now I do declare this to be a Codicil to my said will and do hereby make and add my sister in law Eliza SLACK of Bowdon Hall in the said parish of Chapel-en-le-Frith the widow of my late brother John SLACK a Residuary Legatee along with an in addition to the said William Slack BARNES Titus Hibbert WARE and Byron SIMPSON And I hereby give and bequeath unto her a share of my said residuary estate accordingly so that wherever the said William Slack BARNES Titus Hibbert WARE and Byron SIMPSON are named in my said will as Residuary Legatees I will desire and direct my said will to be read as if the said Eliza SLACKs name appeared there and were added and written along with the said William Slack BARNES Titus Hibbert WARE and Byron SIMPSON and construed accordingly And in all other respects I ratify and confirm my said will IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand this twentieth day of June one thousand eight hundred and seventy eight - THOMAS SLACKE - SIGNED and acknowledged by the said Thomas SLACKE as and for a codicil to his last will and testament in the presence of us being present at the same time who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses - JONATHAN SMITH Farmer Slacke Hall - GEORGE COOPER Farmer Slacke Hall -

A true and pfecte Inventorie of the goods and Cattels of Willm SLACKE of the Brownsyde wthin the pryshe of Glossop and Countie of Derbe late Deceased prysed by Richard BOWDON Humfre SLACKE and Charles ASHETON made the therd day of marche in the xxxvth yere of the Reigne of or sovreign lady Elizabeth by the grac of god of England ffranc and Ireland Quene defend’r of the ffayth an dm 1592

Inprimus his aparell wth his pors[      ]

xijs

Itm ij Bollocks [           ]

iiijl xiijs iiijd

Itm ij twenter bollocks

xliijs iiijd

Itm v kyne

vijl vjs viiijd

Itm ij hewffors

iiij markes

Itm iij calfes

xxxiijs iiijd

Itm one old mare

xxs

Itm one folie

xxiijs iiijd

Itm xl whet[     ] & cwos

xiijl

Itm xiiij hogges & ij lytell shepe

lviijs viijd

Itm in beddynge

xxxs

Itm in meals & malte

iijs iiijd

Itm in [        ] & [     ] [       ]

xs

Itm iij sackes & a wendocloth

iiijs

Itm in puter & brasse

xiijs iiijd

Itm woden ware as lomes frames poles dysches & other impemte of wodde

iijs

Itm one ploughe on w[   ] one par[ ] then yokes wth other implemte of wod belongynge to husbandry

vjs

Itm [ ]well

xijd

Itm iij Hammes & a pork

xvjd

Itm mayner

xijd

Itm corne

xxxs

Itm haye

xxs

Itm arkes

xxs

soma

xliij£ vs iiijd

ffirst hee doth give all his lands and Tenements in Darbishire to Willia SLACKE his eldest sone and to his heires reserving to Emme his wife her dower forth of the same, It his minde is that Thomas SLACKE & Rob:t SLACKE his sones shall have his tenement and grounds in Wildeborerclough thus devided between them viz the old house one yorde and a garden & two Coats standing neare there unto and all the grounds by him there [inclosed] since the making of his lease therof from the Counte of Darbie the said Thomas duringe the whole terme, And the new [Howse] & barne and all the ref[one] of the said tenement & grounds in Wildboarclough to the said Robert during all the terme, and soo declared the use to bee of the Deede wch hee hath made of the said tenement & grounds And for the grounds latelie [inclosed] And by him [purchased] of Mr M[EYRE] and of Mr SMOLSON hee [declares] the wch of the Surrender formerlie passed by him therof to bee that, his sone Phillipp SLACKE shall have the same to him and his heires for ever, reserving to his wife her dower and reserving the tearme unto Tho: SHAWE, Willia SHAWE & Tho HADFEELD wch hee hath made unto from thereof, And it is his Mynde that wch yearlie period of the rent of xxij£ payable by them for the same shall be from henceforth during their tearme therein paid and given to his said sone Willia and the residue of the said rent hee doth bequeath to the said Phillip

And for the ancyent tenement in Sutton wch hee houlds by Surrender for terme of three lyves of Mr M[EYRE] & the grounds wch hee bought of John BRODHURST of Lee hee declare the wch of the Surrender by him therof formerlie passed to be that Adam his sone shall have & [enjoy] the same during the severall termes therof, and the tennant right therof alsoe his house in Macclefeld wth the apprtences hee doth also bequeath & devise unto Nicholas his sone and his heires and doth also give to Nicholas xxi£ yearlie for fewer seven yeares now next [ int] forth of the rent [ ] xxxxij£ payable to him for the tenemts and gounds in Wildeboreclough wch hee hath sett to Edmund SHRIGLEY for a terme of yeares, the residue & remander of the said rent he doth give to the said Thomas & Robrt his sones to be equallie devided between them Itm hee doth also geve and bequeath unto the said Nicholas his sone xxj£ in moeney Itm his funerall expenses discharged, a full third pte of all other his goods Cattells and Chattells into three parts devided he doth give to Emme his wiefe and the residue unto Emm SLACKE, Elsabeth SLACKE & Marie SLACKE his daughters And doth make Robte YEAVLEY Gen and Arnold DEANE his executors.

Witnesses hereas Willia BURGES; Randle BARLOW; Thomas JOLLIE

Memorand that the said William SLACKE beinge in pfect Sence And memory [ ] making of his Last Will above written within the month of June 1631 thereabouts did by way of Coddicill in worde wth writtinge declare yt was his will & mind And he did give & bequeath unto Robt YEAVELY gent & Arnold DEANE his executors before named the sume of x£ in money to be equally devided betwixt them in y psence of Randle BARLOW & Emme SLACKE the testators relict.

In the name of God Amen the fourth day of May Anno Dni 1640 Ammoqh King Caroli Anglie & xvi: I Willm SLACK of Brownesyde in the pish of Glossop and Countie of Derbie yeoman, sick in bodie, but sound of memory (praised be God) Doo make constitute & declare this my last will & Testamt in maner & forme hereafter following first and principally I comment and comitt my soule into the hands of Jisus Christ my Saviour & redeemer faithfully trusting by the merrits of his most pretious blood sheedinge to be made one of the number of his ellect & Chosen and by bodie to be buryed in the Church yard of Chappell en le ffrith: Item whereas I gave this pnte day made & exe[ ] for the wrytinge Indentord to Thomas SLACKE & Raphe ANDREW as ffiofees intrust to [ ] uses [ ] [ ] use or lymmitacon therin was & is to such [ ] [ ] uses as I by my will in wrytinge should happen to designe lymmit & appoynt

My will is and I doo hereby Deviswill lymitt desyne & appoynt the one halfe of my lands to be imployed to payment of my debts And unto my loveinge wyfe the other halfe of all my lands shee keepinge my Sonne & heire to Schoole & wth meate, Drinke lodginge & all necessaries untill the other halfe shall happen to be free from the Charge and paymt of such my Debts as shall happen to be really & truly to be payd out of the said of her halfe And after the lands are free from payment of such of my debts my will is that my wyfe have the one halfe of all my lands Duringe soe longe time of hir life she shall happen to keepe hir selfe chast & unmarried And after hir second marriage or [ ] marriage she to have but the third pte of my lands Duringe hir life: And my [ ] to hir the residue, And my will is that my Debts shall be [ ] out of my goods if the goods will extend that ffarr And the over plus (if any be) my wife to have And the third pte [ ] my land the other tow pts the [ ] of Itm That whereas there is a Certon Rent Charge of iiij£ paid for Certaine yeares to Robert DALE of fflagge to be Issued [ ] forth of the [ ] if any may happen heareafter to be Claimed her share to and of the same then my will is that there shall [ ]more Rent as she shall Clayme be Charges upon the lower Classe that soe the whole rent of iiij£ And may be yearly made upp Item, my will is that if my wife & my sonne Cannot Agree to live together then that Robert SLACKE my great uncle & Edward HADFEILD of Chappell mill (as his Gardians) shall take my said land & the pffitts of the halfe of my Lands (or soe much thereof as shall then be free ffrom my debts and other charges) And wth the same shall keepe my said [ ] [ ] And withall [ ] untill he be of the Age of Sixteene Yeares And then my [ ] to hand the other halfe keep mye her [ ] unmarryed as Affore said Item [ ] is and I give to my Executor ffourtie shillings to be paid to him by Willm my sonne [ ] out years After hee Attayne the full Age of xxi yeares Item I doo make [constitute &] ordaine Thomas SLACKE my uncle to bee sole Executor of this my Last will & Testament and my Afforesaid great uncle Robert SLACKE and Edward HADFEILD to be overseers of the same: And Lastlie I revoke and disanull All ffromer Wills by mee fformerly made In Wittnesse whereof I have hereunto putt my hand And seale the day And Year ffirst Above Written

Sealed and declared in the presence of Samuell BAR[LOW]; Arnould LYRKE his marke

Wit That my will and mynd not whithstanding Anie & lause to the conterary ffeoffment shall entre that if Willm SLACKE my sone dye at Anie time [Not ] Issue male of his body lawfullie begotten, That them the within named same Jane [ ] my loveing wiefe shall nave And enjoy ffor torme of hir life the one halfe of all my Lands tenemts hereditamts wthout And Exception to be hers or taken to either marriage or [ ]marriage. In all things els I do [still] ratify this my will wthin [ ] said And [ ] what soe and is [Conterary] to this and limittacon In witness whereof I have hereunto made my make wth my one hand

In the name of God Amen the ffirst day of January in the Three and Twentieth yeare of the Raigne of our soveraigne Lord Charles the second by the grace of God Kinge of England Scotland ffrance and Ireland defender of the faith & Amog dom 1671 I William SLACKE of Little Heafeild in the County of Darby Husbandman beinge Weak of body but in perfect disposing mynd and memory praysed Be God for it Doe Constitute ordayne and Make this my Last Will and Testament in manner and forme followinge: And first and principally I doe surrender upp and bequeath my soule into the hands of almightie god my Creator and redeemer Humbly beseechinge the Lord at my departure heare to receive it into his glory And my body I bequeath to the earth to be buried in decent Manner: And as touchinge my worldly goods I doe dispose of the same in manner and forme followinge: And first my will and mynd is that my funerall expences and such debts as of right I owe to any person shalbe payd out of my whole goods: ffirst I give and bequeath to John SLACKE my brother Thirtie pounds of lawfull money of England to be payd within one whole yeare after my death Ite I give and bequeath to Nicholas SLACK my brother Thirtie pounds of lawfull money of England to be payd within one yeare after my death Ite I give and bequeath to Adam SLACKE my brother Thirtie pounds of lawfull money of England to be payd within one yeare after my death Ite I give and bequeath to Mary JACKSON wife of Edward JACKSON my syster Twentie pounds of lawfull money of England to be payd withbin one yeare after my death Ite I give and bequeath to Ellizabeth POTT wife of Robert POTT my syster Twentie pounds of lawfull money of England to be payd within one yeare after my death Ite I give and bequeath to Ellin HAIGH wife of Richard HAIGE my syster Twentie pounds of lawfull money of England to be payd within one yeare after my death Ite I give and bequeath to Ann SLACKE wife of Robert SLACKE of Little Heafeild my syster in law ffourteene pounds of lawfull money of England to be payd within one yeare after my death Ite I give and bequeath to Ellizabeth MORTON wife of John MORTON my neece six pounds of lawfull money of England to be payd within one yeare after my death Ite I give and bequeath to Mary SLACK daughter of Robert SLACK of Little Heafeild my god daughter ffyftie pounds of good and lawfull money of England and my will and mynd is that my Executor hereafter named shall Imploy the said ffyftie pounds for the best profitt and Advancement of Her the said Mary SLACK untill she doth accomplishe the age of one and Twentie yeares and then my Executor to pay the said ffyftie pounds and the proffitts there of unto the said Mary SLACK if she be then liveing but if it happen the said Mary SLACK to depart this life before shee doe ataine the age of one and Twentie yeares leaveing noe Issue of her body lawfully begotten liveing Then my will and mynd is that my Executor shall pay the said ffyftie pounds and the profitts thereof to John SLACKE Ann SLACKE and Ellin SLACK brother and systers of her the said Mary SLACK to be equaly devided amongst them or to which of them shalbe then liveing Ite I give and bequeath to John SLACKE Ann SLACKE and Ellin SLACKE sonn and daughters of Robert SLACKE my brother every one of them ffyve shillings Ite I give to ffrancis JACKSON sonn of Edward JACKSON ffyve shillings Ite I give to Mary ROE my goddaughter Two shillings six pence Ite I give to Grace PICKFORD Two shillings six pence Ite I give to Edward GERMON my god sonn Two shillings six pence Ite I give to Robert SLACKE my nephew my coffer Ite all the rest and recidue of my goods Cattles and debts I give and bequeath to Robert SLACK my brother Ite I doe Constitute ordeyne and Make Robert SLACKE my brother sole Executor of this my last will and Testament hopeing hee will performe the same And I doe hereby Revocke all former wills and Testaments heretofore by mee made In Testimony whereof that this is my last will and Testament I have hereunto put my hand and seale the day and yeare above written:

Sealed Signed and published in the psence of John RIDGEWAY his marke JR; Ann SLACK her marke A; John HYDE

In the Name of God Amen the ffifteenth day of September In the yeare of our Lord: 1640 I Thomas SMITH of Heffeild in the County of Darby yoman Sicke in Body but in good and pfecte Rememberance prayse be given God for it Do Constitute and ordayne and make This my last Will and Testamente in Manner and fforme followinge (That is to witt) ffirst I offer and bequeathe my Soule to Almightie God my Creator and maker, Trustinge through the Merritts of his Sonne Jessus Chryste and his precious bloulde sheedinge to be one of the Number of his Electe: And my Body to be buried within the Chappell of Heffeilde In a Decente and Christianlyke manner And that my ffunerall expences and such detts as of Righte I owe to any man be Discharged of in whole goods Item I give to Thomas EYRE my grandchylde ffiftie pounds and my longe Coffer And I give to Robert EYRE my grandchylde the lyke Sume of ffiftie pounds and my shorte Coffer The same hundred pounds to be putt fforthe for there best advantage by my Executrix hereafter named (at and by the discretion of my lovinge ffrende Raphe FFERNELEY and Thomas MARIOTE my soninlawe) Item it is my mynd & will That margrett my wife shall have the possession use and [enioyinge] of all my househould stuff dureinge her naturall lyfe And if Thomas MARRIOTE my Soninlawe do pay to my grandchildren Thomas EYRE and Roberte EYRE the Sume of Six pounds of lawfull Englishe money within one yeare next after my decease Then it is my will that the Said Thomas MARIOTE my Sonninlawe Imediately after the decease of Margrett my wyfe shall have use and Inioy all my said househould stuff to him his Executors or assignes to his and their own proper use and behoufe Provyded that if the said Thomas MARIOTE my soninlawe Do make Defaulte in payment of the said Sume of Six pounds or any parte there of to my said grandchildren within one yeare nexte after my decease as aforesaid Then I give and bequeathe the half of my househoulde stuff to Elizabeth MARIOTE my Daughter And the other half to my two grandchildren Thomas EYRE & Roberte EYRE equally to be Devyded bettwene them And it is my ffull mynd and will That if ether of my two grandchildren Thomas EYRE and Roberte EYRE Do Dye before he terne to the Age of xxi yeares That such Chylde or children as my daughter Kathern EYRE shall have of her body lawfully begotten [insience] and hereafter to be borne shall have all his parte of goods deceased And for defaulte of such Issue Then it is my ffull mynde and will That the Survyvor of them the said Thomas EYRE and Roberte EYRE my grandchildren shall have and Inioy all his parte of goods that is Deceased Item I give and bequeathe to my grandchyld John SMITHE of Chappell in Leefrithe the sume of Tenn pounds And I give to Katherine SMITH his sister 3£-6s-8d And it is my will that if the said John SMITHE [   ] and Katheren SMITH my grandchildren do procure such and so many sufficiente _^^{my
[      ] [     ]
[    ] sufficiente} _^to be boundon for them in the sume of ffortie markes That they the said John and Katheren shall give there acquitances suficiente in the lawe to my Exeutrix hereafte named when the Accomplish their sevrall ages of xxi yeares (within thr yeares nexte after my decease it is my will after such securatie given as aforesaid) That my Executrix hereafter named shall pay to the said John SMITH and Katheren SMITH the said sevrall sumes of 10£ and 3£-6s-8d At the End of the said Three yeares next after my decease _^ ^{I give
to Katheren Eyre my naturall daughter twelve pence in satisfacon of
her childs pte}_^ Item I give to Thomas MARIOTE my grandchylde xls to be payd to him within one yeare next after my decease Item it is my will that the poore at my decease shall have two pence a peece Item I give to Edward SMITH my godsonn viijs Item I give to James ROWBOTHAM xs Item I give to Raphe FFERNELEY vi s viijd And to Thomas MARIOTE my soninlawe vjs viijd And all the Rest and Residue of my unbequeathed goods Tackes of ground Cattells Chattells and detts I give Assign leave and Bequeath to Margrett SMITHE my wife Item I Do Constitute ordayne and make the said Margrett SMITHE my wyf my lawffull and soley Executrix of this my last Will and Testamente And I Desyre my lovinge ffrende Raphe FFERNELEY and Thomas MARIOTE my soninlaw to be oversiers of this my will And I give them ffull power and Authoritie to take my said Executrix to Accounpte that she performe this my last will ffor my Soules health according to the Repose and trust I putt in her and them In wittnes whereof I the said Thomas SMITH have hereunto putt my hand and seale the day and yeare ffirst above written.

In the name of God amen I Richard SILVESTER of Thornesettbanck doo make & ordayne this my testament & last will as followeth Imprimis my soule to God & my goods to the world as ensueth viz ffirst I devise bequeath & assigne to Edward DOWNES my grandchild my ffarme wherin I dwell during all the tearme therin yt hee pay xls yearely to his brother & sister during tenn yeares after my death if the tearme so longe endure Item I geve him the husbandry wares & the meale Arke & the Arke att banckhead & a payre of beadstocks and bedd Item I geve to Katherine BEARD twenty nobles & to have house rome while shee lyeth unmarryed if she [ ] last so long

And I devise my Executors to appoynte see pe[ ] & say grasse for the money att[ ] able p[ ] for and [ ] & as now & convenyent as may be my desire is yt Margrett my grandchild lyve wh her att discreton of my Executors she be of free age Item I geve to them any of my godchildren xijd a peece Item all the rest of my goods I give to be devided beteewne them as DOWNES my grandchild & [ ] Margrett Provyded all wayes that my executors devide therof to the said Margrett p[ ] the best bedd & the grate pan and to the said Thomas the best grate Coffer And notwithstanding any clause or bequest above said I doo hereby grant power to my executors enlarge or abridge or alter any thinge in their disorations shall soever fitt & m[ ]full And I make & ordayne William HYDE of new myll Edward DOWNES of Banckhead & Richard SILVESTER of Beard executors of this my testament & last will In wittness of wch things I have hereto put my marke

A true and pfect Inventorie of all the goods Cattells Chattells & debts of Richard SILVESTER late of Thornesettbancke deceased prised vie[ ] & valued by Willm HYDE of Newmyll John HIBBERT of Whytle, Edward DOWNES of Banckhead & Nicholas WARRINGTON of Thornesettbank aforesaid Yeomen the xxjth daie of July Anno dn 1640 Annoq [ ] Daridei gra Anglie & xvjthe as followeth (valued @ lxij£ xiijs iiijd)

Witnesses: Thomas Michael ELLISON Solr of Glossop; John W BOWDEN of Glossop

Robert THORNELEY grocr & corn dealer of Charlestown Road, Freetown, Whitfield, Glossop p.:1864

Witnesses: George BRADBURY, farmer; Robert BRAMHALL; Anthony HIGGINBOTTOM

Witnesses: Wm MITCHELL, schoolmaster; Francis BOWDEN, tailor of Old Glossop

This is the last Will and Testament of me James THORPE of Hague Bar in the Hamlet of Whitle in the County of Derby Yeoman who make and publish the same in manner and form following that is to say, First I order and direct all any just debts funeral and testamentary charges and Expenses to be paid and discharged by my Executors hereinafter named out of my personal estate.

I give and bequeath the use and enjoyment of all my household goods and furniture plate Linen and china unto my Wife for her life. And from and immediately after her decease I direct the same to be sold by my Executors hereinafter named and the money arising therefrom paid and applied as part of the residue of my personal estate. I give and bequeath All the rest residue and remainder of my personal estate and effects of what nature or kind soever (Except Leasehold estates) unto my son John and my son in Law Ralph BOOTH of Chisworth in the County of Derby Shopkeeper their Executors administrators and assigns Upon the Trusts following that is to say Upon Trust that they my said Trustees or the survivor of them or the heirs Executors administrators or assigns of such survivor do and shall with all convenient speed after my decease call in sell and convert unto money so much thereof as shall be saleable and called get in and receive the residue thereof or continue the same in its actual state of investment and layout and invest the money to be received as aforesaid in their or his name or names in the purchase of a competent share of competent shares of the parliamentary stocks or public funds of Great Britain or at interest on Government or real securities and do and shall form time to time alter and vary the said funds and securities for others of a like nature as they shall think proper. And do and shall pay the interest dividends and annual produce of the said invested Trust Moneys funds and securities unto or [ ] my Wife to receive the same for and during her life. And from and immediately after her decease the said Trust Moneys stocks and securities and the interest dividends and annual produce thereof shall remain and be upon the Trusts herein after declared the same. I give devise and bequeath unto my said son John and the said Ralph BOOTH their heirs Executors administrators and assigns All my freehold Leasehold copyhold and real estates messuages Lands Tenements and hereditaments wheresoever situate with their rights privileges and appurtenances according to the nature and tenure of the same premises. Upon the Trusts hereinafter mentioned that is to say, Upon trust to pay the rents issues and profits of the same unto or permit the same to be received by my said Wife during her life. And after her decease upon trust that they the said Trustees or Trustee for the time being of my Will do and shall at such time or times and when and as they or he shall think proper absolutely sell and dispose of all my said freehold Leasehold copyhold and real estates by public auction or private contract to any person or persons willing to purchase the same and for such price or prices as the said Trustees or Trustee shall seem reasonable and for promoting and facilitating such sale or sales do and shall enter into make and Execute all such contracts, conveyances, assurances, acts and deeds as the said Trustee shall think proper. And I declare that my said Trustees or Trustee shall stand and be possessed of and interested in the money to arise from the sale or sales hereinbefore directed to be made of my real and leasehold estates and also in the moneys to arise and be produced from my personal estates and the stocks funds and securities in which the same may have been invested pursuant to the trusts aforesaid from and after the decease of my said Wife Upon Trust that they the said Trustees or Trustee do and shall for the purpose of making a just and equal distribution of my estate and effects amongst my children, add to the amount arising from the several ways and means aforesaid the sum of One hundred and fifty eight pounds which I have heretofore advanced to or for the benefit of my son_^^{Thomas the sum
of One hundred and eighty pounds which I have heretofore advanced to
or for the benefit of my son}_^Joseph the sum of One hundred pounds which I have heretofore advanced to or for the benefit of my daughter Jane the sum of One hundred and fifty four pounds eighteen shillings which I have heretofore advanced to or for the benefit of my son William the sum of One hundred and eighty six pounds twelve shillings and six pence which I have heretofore advanced to or for the benefit of my son James and the sum of Seventy two pounds six shillings and eight pence which I have heretofore advanced to or for the benefit of my said son John and then divide the same into eight equal parts or shares one of such parts or shares after deducting thereout the sum of One hundred and fifty eight pounds I hereby bequeath unto my said son Thomas another of such parts or shares after deducting thereout the said sum of One hundred and eighty eight pounds. I hereby bequeath unto my said son Joseph Another of such parts or shares after deducting thereout the said sum of One hundred pounds I hereby bequeath unto my said daughter Jane Another of such parts or shares after deducting thereout the said sum of One hundred and fifty four pounds eighteen shillings I hereby bequeath unto my said son William another of such parts or shares after deducting thereout the said sum of One hundred and eighty six pounds twelve shillings and six pence I hereby bequeath unto my said son James Another of such parts or shares after deducting thereout the said sum of Seventy two pounds six shillings and Eight pence I hereby bequeath unto my said son John as to another of such parts or shares after paying thereout the sum of Nineteen pounds nineteen shillings which I hereby give and bequeath to my grand daughter Hannah MELLOR the sum of Nineteen pounds nineteen shillings which I hereby give and bequeath to my grand daughter Mary MELLOR and the sum of Nineteen pounds nineteen shillings which I hereby give and bequeath unto my grand daughter Jane Ann HIBBERT I direct my said Trustees or Trustee for the time being of this my Will to invest the residue of such shares in the purchase of parliamentary stocks or public funds of Great Britain or at interest on Government or real securities. And from time to time to alter and vary the same at their or his discretion into other stocks funds of securities of the like nature. And to pay the interest and dividends thereof to my grandson Joseph MELLOR for and during the term of his natural life And I direct that my said Grandson shall not have the power to deprive himself of the benefit thereof by Mortgage charge other mode of anticipation. And from and after the decease of my said grandson I direct that my said Trustees shall stand and be possessed of the said stocks funds and securities In Trust for such of my sons and daughters as shall by living at the death of my said Grandson and the children of such of my said sons and daughters as are more or may then be deceased (except the children of my late daughter Elizabeth namely the said Hannah MELLOR, Mary MELLOR and Jane Ann HIBBERT who are not to take any interest therein) such children taking amongst them the part or share parts or shares only to which their parent or respective parents would have been entitled if living And as to the remaining part or share I hereby direct my said Trustees or Trustee for the time being of this my Will during the life of my daughter Ann to invest the same in the purchase of parliamentary stocks or public funds of Great Britain or at interest on Government or real securities and from time to time to alter and vary the same at their or his discretion into other stocks funds or securities of the like nature and to pay apply and dispose of the interest dividends and annual produce of such share to such person or persons only and for such intents and purposes only as my said daughter Ann whether [covert] or sole as if married as if she were sole and unmarried shall from time to time by my writing or writings signed by her own hand direct or appoint and in default of such direction or appointment into the proper hands of my said daughter Ann for her sole and separate use and benefit Exclusively of her present or any future husband whom she may marry and without being in anywise subject to his debts contract interference of engagements. And the receipt or receipts of my said daughter or of such person or persons as she shall from time to time direct or appoint to receive the said interest dividends and annual produce or any part thereof shall whether she shall be covert or sole be an effectual discharge or effectual discharges for the money therein mentioned and acknowledged to the be received. And after the decease of any said daughter Ann the said stocks funds and securities in which the said share shall be invested shall remain and be In Trust for all and every the children and Child of my said daughter Ann who being a son or sons shall respectively attain the age of twenty one years _^^{or
being a daughter or daughters shall respectively attain the age of
twenty one years}_^ or marry under that age with the consent of her or their parent or parents or guardian or guardians for the time being and to be divided between or amongst such children if more than one in equal shares as tenants in common And if there shall be but one child the whole shall be In Trust for that one or only child And if there shall be no such child then it trust for such of my sons and daughters as shall be living at the death of my said daughter Ann, and such failure of issue as aforesaid and the children of such of my said sons and daughters are now or may then be deceased (except my said three grandchildren the said Hannah MELLOR, Mary MELLOR and Jane Ann HIBBERT, who are not to take my interest therein) such children taking amongst them the part or share parts or shares only to which their parents or respective parents would have been entitled if living. I authorize my said Trustees or Trustee for the time being of this my Will in their or his discretion to apply for the maintenance and education of any minor who for the time being shall be actually or presumptively entitled under my Will or any Codicil thereto to any Legacy or portion or any share estate or interest of or in any personal estate or money to arise from the sale of real estate or to pay to any parent or guardian of any such minor for such purpose all or any of the income from such legacy portion share estate or interest. I give devise and bequeath unto my said son John and the said Ralph BOOTH their heirs executors administrators and assigns all estates which at the time of my decease shall be vested in me upon Trust or by way of Mortgage [ ] to the several Trusts and equities affecting the same respectively. And I declare that the receipts in writing of the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of my Will for any money payable them or him under the Trust hereof shall effectually discharge the person or persons to when the same shall be given his her, or their heirs executors administrators and assigns from all liability in respect of the application of the moneys therein respectively mentioned to be received. And in case my said Trustees herein named or any future Trustees or Trustee of this my Will shall die or be desirous of being discharged from or refuse or become incapable to act in the Trusts hereof then and in any such case it shall be lawful for the surviving or continuing Trustees or Trustee for the time being or the Executors or administrators of the last surviving trustee for the time being by any writing under his or their hand or hands to appoint any other person or persons to be a trustee or trustees in the place of the Trustee or Trustees so dying or desiring to be discharged or refusing or becoming incapable as aforesaid and thereupon all any said trust estates and premises shall be conveyed assigned, and transferred so that the same shall be effectually vested in the surviving trustee or trustees and such new Trustee or Trustees or in such new Trustee or Trustees only as the case may be upon the same Trusts and with all the same powers and authorities as the Trustees herein named could or might have held the same if then living and continuing to act in the Trusts hereby in them deposed. And I declare that the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of this my Will shall not be liable to answer or make good any losses that shall happen in the Execution of the Trusts mentioned in this my Will unless the same shall happen by or through their or his wilful neglect or default nor shall either or any of them my said Trustees be answerable or accountable for the acts deeds receipts and disbursements of the other of them but each of them shall be answerable only for his own separate acts, deeds, receipts and disbursements. And I do hereby direct that my said Trustees shall and may pay and reimburse themselves and himself out of this my estate all reasonable and necessary costs charges and Expenses whatsoever which they or either or any of them shall or may bear pay be put unto or sustain in or about the execution of this my Will or the Trusts hereby in them reposed. And Lastly I hereby nominate and appoint my said son John and the the said Ralph BOOTH Executors of this my Will and I hereby revoke all former and other Wills by me at any time heretofore made and declare this to be my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I the said James THORPE the Testator have at the bottom of these five preceding sheets of this my Will the whole whereof is contained in six sheets of paper and also to this sixth and last sheet at the foot and end of this my Will set my hand this ninth day of May in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty

The writing contained in this and the five preceding sheets of paper was signed by the above named James THORPE the Testator as and for his Will in the presence of us present at the same time, who in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto set our names as witnesses thereto.

Francis William JOHNSON solicitor of Marple; Joseph GARRETT Dentist of Hague Bar

On the twenty sixth day of September 1860 the Will of James THORPE late of Hague Bar in the Hamlet of Whitle in the Parish of Glossop in the County of Derby Yeoman deceased was proved by the oaths of John THORPE the son and Ralph BOOTH the Executors named in the said Will having bee first sworn duly to administer Effects under £450

Probate Extracted by W & F W Johnson, Solicitors Stockport. I certify the above to be true copy this 4th day of October 1860

This is the last Will and Testament of me James THORPE the elder of Hague Fold Farm in the hamlet of Whitle in the County Derby Farmer I give devise and bequeath unto my Son James THORPE the younger all the real and personal estate goods stock in trade chattels and effects which I may die possessed of for his own use absolutely And I appoint the said James THORPE the younger sole Executor of this my Will And I hereby revoke all other Wills heretofore made by me Given under my hand this twenty fifth day of May One thousand eight hundred and ninety six.

Signed by the said James THORPE the Elder in our presence who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses

Randolph C TAYLOR, The Elms, 37 Didsbury Road, Heaton Norris; Herbert CLARKSON, 22 Haddon Street, Gorton Manchester

On the 27th day of September 1901 Probate of this Will was granted at Derby to James THORPE I certify this to be a true copy

This is the last Will and Testament of me John THORPE of Disley in the County of Chester Assistant Overseer who make and publish the same in manner and form following that is to say First I order and direct all my just debts funeral and testamentary charges and expenses to be paid and discharged by my Executors hereinafter named out of my personal estate I order and direct my said Executors to permit my Wife the use of all my household goods and furniture linen china etc etc for the term of her natural life and all the rest residue and remainder of my real and personal estate effects of whatever nature or kind soever or wheresoever situate including Freehold Leasehold or Copyhold Money and all securities for Money or other property unto my Sons George THORPE and John Edward THORPE Schoolmasters their heirs or assigns Upon the trusts following that is to say Upon trust that they my said Trustees their executors or assigns do and shall after my decease collect al rents and income of every description and after deducting the cost of all necessary repairs rents rates taxes insurance and the cost of the collection of the said rents and income to pay the balance of such income to my Wife so long as she shall live And immediately after her decease I order and direct my said executors or assigns to sell all my personal and real estate either by public auction or private contract and convert into money all securities which I may die possessed of and divide the same into six equal shares or parts one such share to be paid to each of my children namely George, Mary Elizabeth, John Edward, James and Frances and the remaining or sixth share to my two Grandchildren Lilian May and Harry WILLIAMS the children of my Daughter Jane Ann now deceased to be equally divided betwixt them but with respect to the sum of Forty five pounds which I have already advanced to Ralph Worthington WILLIAMS the husband of my Daughter Jane Ann I order and direct my Trustees their executors or assigns to deduct the said sum of Forty five pounds from the said share of my said Grandchildren Lilian May and Harry WILLIAMS should any of my said children die before attaining the age of twenty one years then the share or shares of the child or children so dying shall be equally divided amongst the survivors and of either of my said Grandchildren should die before attaining the age of twenty one years my surviving sons and Daughters shall receive such share equally or share and share alike And I order and direct that my said Trustees shall and may reimburse themselves out of my estate all reasonable and necessary cost charges and expenses whatever they shall or may bear pay be put unto or sustain in or about the execution of this my Will or the trusts therein reposed And I hereby exonerate my said Trustees from any loss he or they may sustain in carrying out this my Will And lastly I nominate and appoint my two Sons George THORPE and John Edward THORPE Executors of this my Will and Testament and declare this to be my Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said John THORPE the Testator have at the foot of this my Will and of the three preceeding sheets of paper set my hand this seventeenth day of February in the year One thousand eight hundred and seventy seven

Signed by the said Testator John THORPE as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us present and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as attesting Witnesses thereto

Witnesses James TURNER Architect & Surveyor New Mills; James THORPE Farmer Whitle

Proved at Chester the 21st day of July 1883 by the Oaths of George Thorpe and John Edward Thorpe the Sons the Executors to whom Administration was granted The Testator John Thorpe was late of Disley in the County of Chester Assistant Overseer and died on the 29th day of June 1883 at Disley aforesaid Gross amount £119-1-7 Including Leaseholds

Messr JOHNSON & JOHNSON Solicitors Stockport; Charles T. W. PARRY District Registar

In the name of God Amen I Mary TRICKETT of Ringstones in the parrish of Glossop of Derby gentlewoman being in good health of Body and of a sound and perfect mind and memory praise be therefore given to Allmighty god doe make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and forme following That is to say ffirst and principally I Comend my soul in to the hands of Allmithyt God hoping through the meritts [ ] and passion of my Blessed Saviour Jesus Christ to have full and free pardon of all my sins and to inheritt Everlasting Life and my Body I Comitt to the Earth to be decently Buried att the discretion of my Exeutors hereafter named And as touching all such temporall Estates as it hath [ ] god to bestow upon me I give and dispose thereof as followeth

And ffirst I will that all my debts herriotts and ffunerall Charges be all paid and discharged Item I give unto my two Executors hereafter named the sume of Two hundred pounds of lawfull moneys of England to be Equally devided betixt them And one hundred and [ ]ffore pounds to be laid out att my Buriall as they shall think fitt Item I give unto my Cousin Samuell TRICKETT Clerk the sume of ffive shillings Item I give unto John WATERHOUSE of Heyfield if them in my service the sume of Twenty pounds Item I give unto Joseph HADFIELD my old servant the sume of ten pounds Item I give unto William WARD in or near Heyfield the sume of ffive pounds Item I give unto Samuel SMITH sone of John SMITH of Openshaw in the parrish of Manchester the sume of Twenty pounds and t Mary sister of the said Samuell SMITH if married I give the sume of Thirty pounds And my will and mind is that all the above mentioned debts herriotts ffunerall Charges Bequests and Legacies by me given or intended to be herein and hereby given be [ ] raised and paid by mine Executors of all those messuages Lands Tenements and hereditements such belong to me and which shall be mine Executors to receive all the Rents and profitts thereof till they have received and discharged all the above mentioned funerall Expences Legacies and Bequests And after the same are discharged and my Executors hereafter named are paid for the trouble and charges they may undergoe in the Execution of this my Will & Testament I give grant and Bequeath all my Messuage Buildings Lands and hereditaments with their appurtnances situate and being [ ]ailsworth in the parrish of Manchester and County of Lancaster lately in the occupancy of John PENDLETON to my Cousins Samuell TAYLOR Clerk Joseph TAYLOR Edward TAYLOR and Elizabeth wife of Thomas HOPE of Bradford Children of my unkle Edmund TAYLOR and to James LEES of Denton and George his Brother and to my Cousin Mary wife of Richard TAYLOR of London daughter of my unkle Roger TAYLOR to be equally devided amongst them or amongst as manny of them as shall be them Liveing part and part alike Item All my Land in Hilltop in the parrish of Chapell in Le ffrith and County of derby I give unto my Cousin Mark TRICKETT James BUCKLEY of B[ecome] houses in Cheshire Thomas GODDARD of Raworth John WATERHOUSE of Heyfield and their heirs for ever the rents and proffitts thereof by them to be laid out and imployed yearly for ever for the reliefe and use of the poor of Bowden Middlecale in the County of Derby That is to say for Cloathing or keeping [ ] [ ] [ ] or otherwise as they shall see [ ] [ ] [ ] wife of James BUCKLEY of Become houses in the parrish of Chester and to her heirs for ever Those my Lands Raworth and [ ]otham as now usually called with all buildings and appurtnances thereto belonging And I will and ordain that she or her heres pay of the said lands the sume of Twenty pounds to my Cousin Mary BOOTH of Denton within the term or time of twelve months after Entrance into the possession of the same Estate Item An annuall Rent of ffour pounds to my Cousin Mary wife of Robert [ ]WRIGHT dureing her naturall Life And about one year after her decease Twenty pounds to be equally devided amongst her Children Item An yearly rent of Three pounds to my Cousin Catherine wife of John HOBSON of Levenshulme in the parrish of Manchester to be paid yearly to her or her Assigne all the Terme and time of her naturall Life and after her decease the sume of Twenty pounds to John HOBSON her sone which shall be due to him Twelve months after his mothers decease Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Executors hereafter named during their naturall Life the Annual Rent of Ten pounds due to me from Mrs CHAMPION in the parrish of Hope to be [ ] equally devided betwixt them ande they shall Lay Claim to and enjoy the same imediately after my decease and the survivor of [ ] shall have the whole forementioned sume of Ten pounds yearly dureing all the term and Time of her naturall Life And after [ ] decease of both those my Executors or Executrixes I will that the aforesd Annual Rent be given to my Cousin Mary daughter of the [ ] BUCKLEY of Become Houses and her heirs for ever Item my old Lands att Ringstones att Hollins in Hope gate and about the Heton both ffreehold and Coppyhold Together with all other my Lands Tenements and Hereditaments Buildings and Appurtances which are not otherwise Bequeathed and Disposed of I give grand and Bequeath unto my Cousin Mark TRICKETT of Ridgetop and his hiers foreever And I will and appoint that he or his heirs pay of the said Lands as ffollows That is to Say the sume of ffifty pounds to my Cousin John CARRINGTON dureing his naturall Life and Twelve months after his decease Twenty pounds to his Children to be Equally devided amongst them Item An annuall Rent of ffour pounds to my Cousin Elizabeth wife of ffrancis BARBER dureing all the term and time of her naturall Life and one year after her decease Twenty pounds to her Children to be equally devided amongst them Item to Martha BEARD sister to Samuell BEARD of the Hollins Ten shillings yearly dureing her Life And Lastly I Will and order that my personall Estate as moneys goods and Chattells be laid out towards the discharge of ffunerall Expences Except my wearing apparell and Linnins which I leave to the [ ] of my Cousin Roberta SIDEBOTHAM and Mary SMITH if then my Maid or whoever shall be then my maid servant whom I nominate Constitute and ordain Executors or Executrixes of this my last will and testament hopeing they will faithfully fullfill the same Item I doe hereby revoke disanull and make void all former wills and Testatments by me heretofore made or supposed to be made In Witnesse whereof the said Mary TRICKETT to this my last Will and testament have sett my hand and seal the seaventh day of Aprill Anno Regno Regine Anne [ ] maque Brittaine et decimo Anno Dom 1712 Mary TRICKETT Signed Sealed published and declared by the said Mary TRICKETT as her last will and tesatment in the psence of James CROSSLAND William HARDING Ann CARR Ezra GARSTON

A True and perfect Inventory of all the goods Chattels and Effects of Mary TRICKETT deceased That Remained att Ringstones within the parrish of Glossop & County of Derby or Else where within the Dioces of Litchfield and Coventry that she was any ways possessed of or Intituted unto att her Decease Appraised & Vallued the Sixth day of October 1716

Frederick TURNER draper of Birch Vale, Glossop p.: 29 September 1884

This is the last Will and Testament of me Frederick TURNER of Birch Vale in the County of Derby Draper I appoint my dear wife Ruth Amelia sole Executrix and Trustee of this my will I give devise and bequeath the whole of my real and personal property whatsoever and wheresoever to my said wife Ruth Amelia during her life and after her death then I give the same to my son Frederick Elijah Arthur I devise and bequeath all estates vested in me as trustee or mortgagee unto my said trustee but subject to the trusts and equities affecting the same respectively In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this twelfth day of July one thousand eight hundred and eighty three

Signed by the above named Frederick TURNER the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us both being present at the same time who in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses

Geo Lingard VAUGHN Solicitor Stockport; John E PURVIS Clerk with Mr G. L. VAUGHN Solicitor Stockport

Proved at Derby the twentyninth day of September 1884 by the Oath of Ruth Comelia TURNER, Widow, the Relict, the sole Executor to whom administration was granted

The Testator Frederick TURNER was late of Spring Villa within Birch Vale in the County of Derby and died on the 16th day of April 1884 at Spring Villa, Birch Vale aforesaid

Wife Sarah TURNER to have all property at Harrop Edge, Mottram p. now held by John MARSLAND

Daughter Betty BIBBY wife of Thomas to have Newhouse, Mattley, Mottram p. now occupied by Thomas OLDHAM

Friends: Henry KELSALL, gentleman of Hollingworth; George ROBERTS, yeoman of Whitfield, Glossop p.

Executors & Trustees: Peter TURNER; William TURNER; Henry KELSALL; George ROBERTS

Inventory 11 Jul 1729 Appraisers: George BOYER; John HAIGHE; Samuell SICKES

Lorence? CHATTERTON & William CHATTERTON of Mellor sons of sister Elizabeth

Inventory of Debtors: 7 Dec 1631 Appraisers: William GAYTSKILL; Ri: SHUEKER

Debts owed to the deceased by: Mr Francis CLAYTON; Mr Edm. CLAYTON; Raphe HYDE; John STAFFORD; John BOWER senior; John BOWER junior; Robert ARMEFEILD; George BRYEREY?: Edm. SMYTH Senior; Edm. SMYTH junior; John WILDE; Ottiwell BOWDON; John PLATT; Will. DOWNES; Peter HAIGH; Randle HYDE; Mr Edm. BRADBURY senior; Mary MELLOR; Tho. BRADBURY; Edward MOREHOUSE & Geo. MILNER; Ottiw. BARNES; Wil. HARRISON; Nich. WILKINSON; Raph HOLLINSON; Ott. ARMEFEILD; Hellen PLATT; Geo. KINDER; Bar. BRADDOCKE; Mr Will. PLATTS; Henry KIRKE; An KIRKE his mother; Edm. MELLOR; John SMITH; Robte TUNSTEDD junior; Mr. Geo. BOWDON jun.; Robte BRADLEY; Alice SMITH & Mr BROWNE; Geo. KIRKE son of Peter; Henry REDFEARNE; Joan KIRKE; Mr HAUGH; Will. SWINDELLS; Tho. BAGSHAW; Mr Nic. BROWNE senior of Marple; John LINGARD; Anth. CROSLEY; John SHAWCROSS of Horredge; John SPENCR; Mr Rich. HILL; Mr COSTONTINE; Randle BENNETT; Pet. WILD; Tho. BOWDON of Cotebanke; John JACKSON; Will. HEGGINBOTHOM; Rich. STANLEY; Widow MOORE; Margery WIGGIN; Lawr. MOORE; Mr John SHERTE; Franc. COTTRELL; Rob. BLACKWALL; Raph BLACKWALL; Ed. WILDE; Geo. JODRELL; Joan ETCHELLS; Henr. CROSLEY; Anth. HYDE; Mrs ASHENHURST; Mr Randle ASHENHURST; Will. LEADBEATER; Pears GAYTSKILL; John GAYTSKILL; Mrs Amy ASHENHURST; Mrs Katherin YEARDLEY; John TAYLOR; Tho. CLAYTON of Kinder; John POWNALL; Lawr. POWNALL; Raph WYLDE

Inventory of Goods 28 Dec 1631 Appraisers: Raphe ASHENHURST gentleman; Willm BENNETT yeoman; John GAITSKILL & Willm GAISTKILL bachelors?

The Inventorie of all the goods & Chattels wch late weare the goods & Chattels of Edward WARDE of the pish of Glossop & in the countie of Derbie late deceased; praysed by Henrie KYRKE of ye Courses Thomas KYRKE of Sherocks Robt CARENTON of Courses & Richard BOWDON of Brownesyde, the first day of June in ye xxxvi yeare of ye Raigne of our sovaigne Ladie Elizabeth by ye grace of God of England ffrance & Ireland Queen defender of ye fayth 1594

Imprinis on mare

x£ js viijd

It ij kyne wth calves

iij£

It one barren Heyfer

xxxs

It iij litle calves

xxxs

It xxj ewes wth lambes

vij£ vijs

It xiij Hoggs & seaven sher shipp

v£

It iiij kames

xxvjs viijd

It iiij A[ ]es bare clipped

xiijs iiijd

It xij stryke of oles

xiijs

It hey

xs

It salt flesse

xiijs

It grease

ijs

It one planghe, one garro[ ], ij [   ] ij axes one spade one mattocke, one gate spayde & other litle husbandrie th[   ]

xs

It seede sower [     ] field

.

It his appell[     ] & s[     ]

.

It ij codlets vi blankets [ ] of sheets ij pillowes

xxxvs

It ij litle kettles ij pewter [ ]hes, one dashon and other woodden Stuffe

vijs

It his sister Margrett oweth h[   ]

x£ijs

It in stones & worke

xs

Suma

£33 15s 8d

Dets wch the said Edward did owe

.

Impr to his brother George WARD

v£

It to his sister An

xi£

It to his brother Anthonie

iij£ iijd

It to his brother Henrie

xxxviijs iijd

It to ye sayd Anthonie & Henrie

xxvjs viijd

It to Anthonie & Henrie

iij£

It to his sister Ellen

iij£ iijd

It to his mother

xijs

It to his mother

xjs ijd

It to his sister Ellen

vs

It to George YEAVELEY

vjs viijd

It to George YEAVELEY for ye beast & gate in Chinley & a h[       ]

xs

Suma

xxx£ xs iijd

In the name of God Amen this twelft day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seaven hundred & five I George WARD of Brownside in the parish of Glossop & County of Derby yeoman being weak in body but of sound & perfect mind & memory blessed to Almighty God do make & ordain this my last will & testament in maner &form following viz: ffirst I comend my soul into the hands of almighy God my Creator hoping through the meritts of Jesus Christ my Redeemer to be made partaker of life everlasting & my body I commit to the earth from whence it came to be decently interred at the last day; and as for such worldly estate as God Almighty hath entrusted mee with I give & dispose of it as followeth Imp: I will that all my just & reall debts & funerall expenses be paid forth of my whole estate; I give & bequeath to Ann my loving wife one third part of my reall estate during the terme of her natuall life in full recompence of her dower & joyned which she might clayme at comon law and after her dicease I give devise & bequeath the same to my son & Heir Anthony WARD & to his Heirs for ever Itm All remainder of my estate lands housing tenements goods cattell & chattells whatsoever I have within this kingdom of England I give devise & bequeath to my sd son Anthony WARD & his Heirs for ever upon condition that he pay all my just debts & funerall expenses as aforesd & [ ] wise the severall legacys hereafter mentioned viz: I give & bequeath to my two sons Jno & Henry the severall sumes of Tenn pounds a peice to be pd out of my whole estate (not given to my wife as joynture) when they shall attain the sevrall ages of fourteen years towards putting them forth aprentices, Itm I give to my son Georg & to my daughters Grace & Ann the sevrall sumes of Tenn pounds a peice to be paid within one whole year after my Lov wifes decease, Itm I give to my daughters Mary & Hellen the severall sumes of fifteen pounds a peice to be paid them in two whole years after my wifes dicease Itm I give to my sons John & Henry aforsd the further funds of five pounds a peice to be pd them in three years after my sd Loving wife decease, and for want of payment of all or any the sums aforsd at the time of them as shall to then unpd shall enter upon my reall estate & the same ocupy possess & enjoy untill such times as there legacys above [ ] [ ] be paid, And if any of my said children hapen to dye before his her or their legacys become due leaving no lawfull issue behind them then it is my further mind & will that their legacys so dying shall be equally divided amongst my surviving children, Lastly it is my mind & will that all any my younger children shall have the benefitt of the Little house at Brownside to live in rent free during their naturall lives after my wifes decease, if they [keep] them selves unmaryed, And of this my last will & testament I make ordain my eldest son Anthony WARD sole Executor & do hereby revoke & disanull all former wills by me at any time heretofore mayde & desire my Brother Anthony WARD & Brother in Law Gerg KYRKE & Robert KYRKE to see to the execution thereof In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & seal the day & year first above mentioned

As a codicil to my last will & testament within mentioned & before the sealing thereof It is my mind that all my younger Children shall have liberty to [ ]every one of them six sheep upon the Comon Land lately purchased form Mr EYR or Charli LINGARD by mee, provided they be their own The within mentioned will & the Codicil above was sealed signed published & declared to be the last & will & testament of Georg WARD

In the Name of God, Amen. I George WARD the older of Brownside in the parish of Glossop and County of Derby Yeoman being Weak in Body but of sound Memory (Blessed be God) Do this Twentieth day of June in the Year of our Lord 1751 make & publish this my last Will & Testament in manner ffollowing (that is to say) ffirst I will & desire that my Body may be decently Interred at Chappel-in-le-frith as near my Ancestors as may be, Also I will that all my just Debts ffuneral Expences & probate of this my Will be paid & discharged out of my whole Estate Real & personal by my Executors hereafter named; Also It is my Will & mind and I do hereby give devise & bequeath unto my loving Wife Elizabeth WARD the Use of the lower Parlour & Chamber over it, the House where my Mother lived in and the little Cellar, together with keeping for a Horse & a Cow at Brownside dureing her life, Also I give & bequeath unto my sd loveing Wife Two pair of Bedstocks Two ffeather Beds & Bolsters together with Linnen & other Bed Cloths sufficient to make up Two Beds, And likewise the Use of such Household goods as she shall have necessary occasion for dureing her Life as aforesd, Also I give & bequeath to my son Anthony WARD the sum of Ten pounds; Also I give devise & bequeath to my son John WARD the sum of Thirty pounds to be paid him by my son George to buy Materials with for his Trade or business so soon as he shall think proper to set up for himself, And liberty to ffall Timber for Planks & Boards necessary for his business together with the Use of the Old Shop & Chamber over it to ffollow his Trade dureing his life, with liberty to lay his ffuel in the ffold convenient for him, Also It is my Will that those Two Houses at Milton shall be repaired And the Rents & profits thereof my Son Thomas shall have dureing his life to buy him Hose & Sheers, And that likewise my son George shall find & provide for him Sufficient & wholesome Meat Drink Apparel Washing & Lodgeing dureing his Natural life, Also I give & bequeath to my sd Son Thomas a Chist which stands in the little parlour, And the sum of Ten pounds when he attains the age of Twenty One Years; Also all the rest residue & remainder of my whole Estate Real & personal whatsoever & wheresoever I give devise & bequeath the same to my oldest son George his Heirs & Assigns for ever, And I do hereby make & ordain my sons George WARD & Anthony WARD joint Executors of this my last Will, and I make my Brother Henry WARD & my Kinsmen Mr Samuel KIRK of Whitehough & George KIRK of Whiteknowl overseers of this my Will to take care & see the same performed according to my true Intent & meaning; In wittness whereof I the sd George WARD have to this my last Will & Testament Sett my Hand & Seal the day & Year above written

Signed Sealed & declared by the sd George WARD as, and for his last Will & Testament; In the presence of us, who were present at the signing & sealing thereof and subscribed our Names as Wittnesses in his presence.

A True Inventory of all the goods Cattle & Chattles of George WARD late of Brownside in the parish of Glossop deceased, Prized by us whose names are hereunto subscribed this 23 day of July 1751

(not transcribed, valued @ £162-1-4 by James RIDGWAY & John LINGARD)

This is the Last Will and Testament of me Ellen WATERHOUSE Wife of Thomas WATERHOUSE Junior of Booth in Kinder in the parish of Glossop and County of Derby I Give and Bequeath unto my Husband Thomas WATERHOUSE Jun. during his natural life all that House Garden and Premises now occupied by my mother Elizabeth BOOTH Widow of my late Father Thomas BOOTH of Booth aforsd. Deceased likewise I Give unto my sd Husband Thomas WATERHOUSE Jun. aforsd. liberty to cut down and fall or cause to be cut down and fallen what wood or Timber he pleases in any part of my Estate at Booth in Kinder aforsd. during his natural life I Give unto my Daughters Mary WATERHOUSE and Leah WATERHOUSE the Dwelling House Garden and a Garden situate lying and being at the South end of the Barn now in the present occupation of my Husband Thomas WATERHOUSE Jun and the usual Road into the Cellar with the privileges of Laying Their Coals and B[ ] in the usual place which my Husband and me occupy with the privilege of laying their Cloths on the usual Hedge also to bring water from the Back Door or through the Loby or to bring Water from the Well in the Croft or newfoily may require also the privilege to get fire Wood for their own use in that part of my Estate called the Bank, also the liberty of Keeping a few Hens to go in and about the fold with the liberty of the usual Hen Cote also to have occupy possess and enjoy that part of my Estate called the round meadow and the Summering of one Cow to go on my Estate in Kinder aforsd. paying the sum of Two pounds for the sd Cows Summering Yearly and [ ] year of either the occupier or his heirs or assigns [ ] to let a Cow [ ] the before mentioned conditions then it is my mind and will that my to Daughters before mentioned have that part of my Estate aforsd. call the Long Wall [ ] for the purpose of summering a Cow and also to have liberty to lay their Hay in the same Building which my Husband and me occupy at present, all the before mentioned privileges to have Occupy possess and enjoy during their natural lives or the natural life of the survivor of them provided they or either of them continue unmarried but no longer, but not to sell or let the whole or any part thereof without the consent of my Son Thomas WATERHOUSE Jun first had and obtained in writing for that purpose: I Give and Bequeath to my Son John WATERHOUSE the sum of Fifty pounds, I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Ann HOWARD the sum of Fifty pounds, I Give and Bequeath to my Son Samuel WATERHOUSE the Sum of Fifty pounds, I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Ellen MARRIOTT the sum of Fifty Pounds: I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Mary WATERHOUSE aforsd. the Sum of Fifty pounds, I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Leah Waterhouse aforsd. the Sum of Fifty pounds: the aforsd. Legacies or sums of money to be paid by my son Thomas WATERHOUSE Jun at the end of Twelve Months next after the decease of my Mother Elizabeth BOOTH aforsd. should my sd Son Thomas WATERHOUSE Jun Refuse to pay the aforsd. Legacies or Sums of money or any part thereof it is then my mind and will and I order and appoint my Executors hereafter named to enter upon that part of my Estate called or knowingly name or names of the Far [Dobs] and Holdwell Hob and the same to [ ] the best advantage and money (after all the [ ] Minding the [ ] thereof to paid) to be equally divided amongst my six children before mentioned in Lieu of the aforsd. Legacies to them before Bequeathed, should any of the aforementioned Legatees Die leaving no Child nor Children before the said Legacy or Sum of money becomes Due then it is my mind and will that their said Legacy or Sum of money be equally divided amongst the survivors: Further it is my mind and will that my Estate in Kinder aforesaid be inherited and taken possession of by my Son Thomas WATERHOUSE Jun aforsd. his heirs or assigns he fulfilling this my Will and the Will of my late Father Thomas BOOTH Decease Lastly I make and constitute and ordain my Husband Thomas WATERHOUSE and my Son John WATERHOUSE to be the Executors of this my Last Will and Testament and hereby revoking all former Wills by me at any time made I declare this to be my Last Will and Testament consisting of one sheet of paper three sides only partly written, In Witness whereof I the said Ellen WATERHOUSE the Testatrix of this my last Will and Testament have set my Hand and Seal The Seventh Day of April One Thousand eight Hundred & Twelve

Sealed signed published and declared by the said Testatrix as and for her last will and testament in the presence of us who at her request and in her presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses hereunto the Day and Year above written

Let a Probate of this Will be given to Thomas WATERHOUSE of Kinder and John WATERHOUSE of Phoside, both within the Parish of Glossop in the County of Derby, Farmers the joint Executors mentioned in the said Will They being Duly sworn this Tenth Day of July 1813, that the deceased’s personal Estate is not of the Value of 5£’s

In dei noie Amen the xxiith day of October in the yeire of oure lorde god a thousand fyve hundred fiftie and Syxe I George WATERHOUSSE of the pishe of Glossop wythin the towneship of Bawdon in the Countie of Darby sicke in body & of good & pfecte mynd & memorie (lawded be god) make my testament contayininge therin my last wyll in manr & forme folowinge: ffirst I comend my soule to almightie god to be associate wyth the blessed copany of heaven & my body I comitt to Christen buriall wythin the church yard of Glossop beforsaid Also I geve & bequeythe xxs to be bestowed upon oote meale & be distributed amonge poore folks at the dyrecons of my executors Also I geve & bequeyth all the rest & remaynder of my goods ( my debts payed & my funerall expenses made) unto my mayster Raufe BRADLEY & his wyfe to distribute amonge theere daughter pvided always that Allice BRADLEY ther daughter have x£ s more than eny one of her sisters Also I ordeyne & make Robert RATCLYFF pson of [Chetyll] & my seid Mr Raufe BRADLEY executors of this my last wyll to see the same trulie executed as I trust therin These beyinge wittnesses Wyllm [BYRCHYNHAUGH] Raufe KYNDER & Hugh FFOWLE [ ] & [oyrs]

Imprimis John DOWNES of Taxal gen[ ] & John GOSLINGE of Choldhousse grounds

x£ s

It Agnes DOWNES wyfe to ye Saml DOWNES of lente money

vs

It Elyn SHEPLEY my sister of [Chunau]

viijs viijd

It Cateran GOSLYNGE wyfe to ye same John GOSLYNGE

xiijs iiijd

It Wyllm ROOBOTHM of Stryndes [ ] this is true dett oghinge unto me as I wyll answere at the day of Judgemente.

xvijd

It Thoms MELLOR of Mellor

xiijs iiijd

It the same Thoms due to be payed at [ ] Christmas yerlie vjs viijd tyll the holl sume befor sayd Be fullie [ ] up yt is to witt ye Sume of xxvjs viijd

xxvjs viijd

It Edward MOORE of Marple

x£ s

It Raufe SANDE of ye Towneship of Glossop

ixs

It Robert STANDLEY of Disley

xiijs iiijd

It Henry CLEATON of Haugh

xviijs iijd

It John GREENE of Bugsworthe

ijs

In the name of god. Amen. In the xv the day of June in the yeare of our Lorde god 1600. I Joan WATERHOUSE of heyfeelde in the county of Darby sicke in bodye, but in mynde of good and perfect remembrance, praysed be god, knowinge the certenty of Deathe and the uncertenty of the houre and tyme thereof Doe make this my last will and testament in maner & forme followinge. first I commit my soule to almightye god my maker, trustinge through the merits of Christ Gracpassion to Be on of gods elect and my bodye to be buryed in the church of Glossop where I am a parishnoure Item I give to Thomas WATERHOUSE my brother xiid. Item I give to Raphe WATERHOUSE my Brother xiid. Item I give to Ellen HALL my sister my best petycoate and iijs iiijd, the rest of all my goods & Debts I give & bequeath to John WATERHOUSE my brother, whom I make executour of this my last will and testament, And Thomas BOWDON of heyfeelde the elder myne overseere, trustinge he will see this my last will in all poynts Discharged, my funeral expences and legacyes beinge Discharged of my whole goodes, And all other wills exec & overseers by me heartofore made, I utterly disanull and this to stande in force

[ ] Amen Second dae may Anno doni [1561] [ ] I John WATERHOUSSE of Heaffeld in the countie of Derbie Beying of pfect memorie thanks be to god Almightie dredynge the [uncertayne] ower of death do declare pnounse Settforth & make my last wyll & testamt as well so And contanynge the dysposytyon of all my Lands As also of all my goods & cattells [ ] Ablie & [ ] all the thyngs whatsoer in manr & forme ensuyng ffyrst I the said John Bequeth my soule to god allmightie to Reste withe the Blessed Virgin Marye to [ ] also wythe the [ ] of the hoole company of Heven And my Bodye to be Buryed in the pysh church of Glossop Item I wyll that my Executor hearaft to be nomynated shall deduct & take of my hoole goods as [ ] therof as wyll pay discharge all my detts furnerall expences [ ] wt all such charge as maye hear after hap to Be and concernynge the p[ ] & paymente of this my last will And [ ] it ys my will & mynde that my Sone nycholas WATERHOUSSE shall Immedeately ffrom my decease have & to hold to hym the sayd nyclas & his heyres forever all my lands & Tenmnts wych I the sayd John have now in the Ralm of England to gyther wt all my goods takynge farmes pledgs [ ] cattells & all other moveable & Immoveable goods of what kynde soer the Be of and in whose hand soer the be under uppon the condycyons ensuynge is to wytt, ffyrste I wyll that the sayd nyclas hys heyres & Assygnes wtin the tyme & space of tow yeares in ptte followynge my decease pay & gyve to my son Thomas & his Assignes xvj£ xiijs iiijd of lawfull Englishe money and & besyde all hys chylds pt wych he herto affsd hath had of my goods to [ ] Apptaynge after my decease And also I the said John do by this my said last wyll fforever gyve & Bequethe the said Thomas all suche detts as he the said Thomas doth owe unto me the said John and also I wyll that the said nyclas hys heyres & assygnes shall wtin the said tow yeares in ptte After my sayd decease pay & giffe to my dougtter Angnes & her chyldren iiij pounds of lawffull money And I the sayd John do forever gyffe Bequethe to Ottwell ANDREW my sonne in lawe all suche detts as he doth owe me the sayd John WATRHOUSSE Also yt ys my pnall wyll & mynde that the said nychlas hys heyres assignes shall wtin the said tyme & space of tow yeares in ptte ensuynge my said decease give & pay to my doughter Elizabeth & her chyldren vj marks of Lawfull money also it ys my wyll & mynde that all my wylles herto affsd by me the said John made and hearafter to be made this my sayd [ ] wyll except shall voyd & of [ ] and to the [ ] pformacyon herof I ordein & make the sayd nycholas sone and Ottwell ARNEFELD of the sayd Heyfeld True & lawfull [ ] & [ ] Itm I gyff & bequethe to evry chyld wyche I am grandffather unto my [ ] chyldren to [ ] And unto [ ] grandffather unto xxs And to [ ] godchylde xxs Thes wyttnesses Rychard [ ] Thomas ARMEFELD wt others.

Inprimis Raffe FFERNELLIE de Banckehousses

xlijs

Itm Robertt BRADBURYE de Kynder

vs

Itm John HOLYNWORTHE de Chesworthe

iij£ sv iijs

Itm Thomas BAWDEN de sudyyhill

xvs xd

Itm John BAWDEN de Suydyhill

iij£xs

Itm the wyffe of Henry SARLOWE & his chyldren

xxxs

Itm Thoms RAWLYNSON de Highgatte

x£ xs xjd

Itm the executors of nychls WHYTHURSTE

vijs

Itm Thoms WATERHOUSE de Haslenhurste

xxjs xd

Itm the exeutors of Thomas ARMEFELD

viijs

Itm Robt BAWDEN de Laneside

iijs xd

Itm ye executors of John WARYNGTON de newmylne

x

Itm Rych BRAMALL de Thornsettfelds

iiijs

Itm Nychls BRADBURYE of Ollersett

iijs iiijd

Itm Willm ROBOTHAM de Strynds

xs

Itm Roger SMYTHE alias WHITTELL

vijs vd

Itm Willm JACSON de Coldeharbor

vs

Itm the executors of Robertt H[      ]SON

Itm [   ] HADFFELD de netherclyffe

iijs iiijd

Itm Ottwell FFERNELEY

xvs iiijd

Itm [      ] BAWDEN de Swallowhousses

iijs

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In the name of god Amen the xxijth of August the yeare of our lord god 1610 I John WATERHOUSE of heafeild thelder beinge of whole mind & in good & perfect remembrance laude & praise be unto almightyie god make & ordaine this my present testament concerninge herin my last will in maner & forme followinge that is to say first I Commend my soule unto Almighty god my maker & redeemer & my body to buryed in the parishe church of Glossop and I bequeath towards the [Casinge] of both at heafeild viz Item I will that all my debts & duties as I owe of Right or of Conference to any person or persons be well & truly Contented & payde by myne executors herafter named or els ordained for so to be payde without any delay or contradiction Item I bequeath unto Otwell WATERHOUSE als SLAKE all such debts as are to me oweinge or otherwise apertaininge unto me by Edward DOWNES of Kinder thelder & John DOWNES sone the saide Edwarde & Robt BEARD of Southhead in kinder afforesaide & by his persent I make him my assigne of one lease or [ten]ement wch I and Thomas BEARD of [Adlen ton] in the Countye of Chester have of John DOWNES Item I give & bequeath unto James BREARLEY lawrence BREARLEY George BREARLEY Joan BREARLEY & Grace BREARLEY my nephewes every one forty shillings Item I bequeath xxs unto Nicholas WATERHOUSE my unkle Item I bequeath unto Thomas WATERHOUSE John WATERHOUSE Robt WATERHOUSE Elsabeth WATERHOUSE margret WATERHOUSE my Brother Thomas children every one xxs Item I bequeath unto Thomas WATERHOUSE als LORTE xxx£ the use whereof shalbe payde toward his bringinge up duringe his non age by my executors when he shall accomplish the age of one & twenty yeares he to have the wholl sume of thirty pounds & if it please Ann LORTE his mother to make him her heire I will that my executors shall pay him tenn pounds mor & the use therof likewise after she hath made him her heire & if it shall please god the said Thomas WATERHOUSE als LORTE shall dye god forbide before he accomplishe the age of xxi yeares my will is that Ann LORTE his mother if she be alive shall have tenn pounds of the same & the remainder to be and remagne to Otwell WATERHOUSE als SLAKE Item I bequeath unto Otwell WATERHOUSE my brother xls Item I bequeath unto lawrence WILKINSON Thomas WILKINSON Nicholas WILKINSON John WILKINSON & Margreat WILKINSON every one iiijd Item I bequeath unto Thomas WATERHOUSE my brother xls & my will is that Otwell WATERHOUSE my brother & Otwell WATERHOUSE als SLAKE or their Assigns shall have the bringinge up of my said son Thomas WATERHOUSE als LORTE unless his mother doo make him her heire wch if she doo then my will is that she shall have him to governe & have the use of the wholl fforty ponds duringe his nonage Item I give & bequeath unto James BREARLEY thelder & to Ann BREARLEY his wife ether of them xxs Item I bequeath unto Ann WATERHOUSE my brothers wife xxs And likewise my will is that after my debts payd my legacies discharged & funerall expences that all the remainder of my goods if ther be any to remaine to Otwell WATERHOUSE als SLAKE And of this my [will] and testament I make & ordaine Otwell WATERHOUSE my brother & Otwell WATERHOUSE als SLAKE my Executors And of the Execution of the same I make & ordaine John BENNETT of the banke & Nicholas WILKINSON overseers givinge ether of them ijs for their paines herin And I utterly revouke & adnulle all & every other former testament will legacies bequests Executors & overseers by me any wise before this time made named willed & bequeathed

Debts oweinge to me JohnWATERHOUSE

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Item Edward DOWNES senior

xxij£ js

Imprimis Omphrey BRADBURY

x£ iiijs

Item Robt BEARD de southhead

iiij£ viijs

Item Thomas DOWNES

iij£ vjs

Item Edmunde BRADBURY

xj£ ijs vjd

Item Robt RIDGWAY

iij£ vjs

Item Robt RIDGE

xix£ xixs

Item John BENNET

viij£

Item John KINDER

xiiij£ xs

Item Thomas SMITH

x£ xs

Item ffrancis HOULTE

xv£ viijs

Item Thomas EIRE & Adame

iiij£ viijs

Item John BARBER

iiij£ viijs

Item the same Adame EIRE

iij£

Item Edwarde BARBER

xxs

Item the same Adame EIRE

iij£ vjs

Item will BEARD thelder

xxijs

Item the same Adame EIRE

iij£ vjs

Item John BENNETT

xxs

Item the same Adam & nicholas WILKINSON

xxs

Item Grace BREARLEY

xiiij£

Item Thomas BENISON

iij£ vjs

Item Thomas YEARVELEY & ffrance EIRE

iij£ viijs

Item Georg HADFEILD

v£ xs

Item John DOWNES of kinder

xls

Item the same John

xvs

Item the same John

xxxs

Item the same John

xxx£

In the Name of God Amen The Seventeenth Day of April one Thousand Seven hundred and Forty Seven I John WATERHOUSE of Higatehead in the parish of Glossop and County of Derby being weak in Body but of perfect mind and memory blessed be God for the same Do make and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner and form follwing that is to say I give and bequeath to my eldest son Thomas WATERHOUSE the sum of Forty pounds I also give unto my second son Ralph WATERHOUSE the sum of Ten pounds I also give and bequeath unto my third and youngest son John WATERHOUSE the sum of Twenty five pounds It is likewise my Will and mind that the Reverend Mr BADILEY shall preach my Funeral Sermon if he be then living and shall have one Guinea for the same I also give and bequeath unto Ann WATERHOUSE the Daughter of my eldest son one Chist marked I.H. 1687. Lastly it is my will and mind that my son John shall be sole Executor of this my last will and Testamt and shall have power and authority to Bury me after my Decease as he in his own Discretion shall think most meet and proper for one of my station and for which Burial charges & Expences I will and order him the sum of Twenty pounds and if it happen that there shall remain any part of the said Twenty pounds after all my Funeral Expences are fully and clearly quit and dischargd then it is my will and mind that such overplus or remainder shall be equally divided amongst my son Thomas Children my son Ralph Children and my son Johns Child and each Child to have share and share alike and one as much as another of the said remainder of the said Twenty pounds which I do hereby allow to my son John my Exe[cu]tor for and towards the defraying and discharginng my Funeral Expences if any remaind[er] shall happen to be left imediatly after my said Funeral expences are dischargd All which Legacies or sums of money hereby bequeathed are to be paid and discharged out of a Bond of Seventy pounds from my son Thomas WATERHOUSE and a Bill of twenty five pounds of and from my son John WATERHOUSE whom I do apoint my sole Ex[ecu]tor of this my last Will and Testam[en]t as above hereby revoaking all all [sic] former Wills by me made In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written

Note The three first Legacies to my son Tho[ma]s Ralph and John I will to be paid quit and dischargd at twelve Months after my Decease and if any of my said three sons shall raise any disturbance suits or trouble as concerning their respective Legaces then it is my Will and mind that such son or sons shall lose [th]e benefit of his or their before mentiond sums or Legacys and shall be quit and dischargd at the end of twelve Months with one shilling

Signed sealed and declared by the above named John WATERHOUSE to be his last Will and Testam[en]t in the presence of the Testator

A true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the goods Chattels and Credits of John WATERHOUSE late of Highgate Head in the parish of Glossop and County of Derby Yeoman Deceased taken and apprized the fourteenth day of May 1747 by us whose Names are und[e]r written

In the Name of God Amen I John WATERHOUSE the Elder of Ravenslach in the parish of Glossop & County of Derby Yeoman being somthing out of Health of Body but of sound & perfect mind Memory and understanding do hereby make publish & declare this my last Will & Testament in Manner and fform following ffirst my Will and mind is that all such just Debts as I shall own at my Death the Charge of my ffuneral and the Expence of the Probatt of this my last Will be paid by my Executrix hereafter Named, I Give Devise and bequeath unto my Loveing Wife Ann all my personal Estate Goods Chattles and Effects whatsoever or Wheresoever the same is can or may be found to dispose of at her discression And Lastly I do make Ordain Constitute and Appoint my my (sic) Loveing Wife Ann Whole and Sole Executrix of this my Last Will and Testatment In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & sel this sixth day of May 1768.

Signed Sealed published and declared for and as the last Will of the Testator in the presents off

A True and perfect Inventory of all and Singular the goods & Chattles which John WATERHOUSE late of Smithfoald in the parish of Glossop & County of Derby Dyed [ ] of Vallued & praised this

(not transcribed, valued @ £98-5-0 by Edmund BRADBURY and Wm BRADBURY)

I John WATERHOUSE of Highgatehead in the Parish of Glossop and county of Derby yeoman, being advanced in years but of sound and perfect memory (Blessed be God) Do make publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament in manner and form following.~

First I will that all my just Debts Funeral and other inevitable Expenses be first paid and Discharged out of my Personal Estate by my Executors hereafter named. ~ I give and bequeath unto my loving wife Mary One Bed and Bed-Clothes standing in the Chamber, One Corner Cupboard and what is in it standing in the Parlour, One Dresser standing in the House and what is in it, One Desk in the Chamber, One Clock and a Tea Table ~ I also Give and Bequeath unto my said Wife One Cow and keeping for her Summer and Winter upon my Estate at Highgatehead, and the house where I Dwell and the use of the Household Goods during her Natural Life, And after her Death I Devise and Bequeath the said House, Household Goods and Cowkeeping unto my Nephew Thomas WATERHOUSE my Executor hereafter Named and to his Heirs and Assigns forever.~ I also Give and Bequeath unto my said Wife Mary the Interest of One Hundred and Sixty Pounds during her Natural Life, in lieu nevertheless of her Dowry which she might claim on demand from or on any part of my Real or Personal Estate at any time hereafter.~ I also Give and Bequeath unto my said Wife Mary the sum of Forty Shillings a Year to be paid her Half-Yearly during her Natural Life by my Executor Thomas WATERHOUSE hereafter named from off my Real Estate (namely) On the Eleventh Day of November and the First Day of May by Equal portions, The first payment to be paid her on such of the aforesaid Days as shall first happen after my Decease. ~ I further also Give and Bequeath unto said Wife Mary (if she does not Marry again after my Decease) the sum of One Hundred and Twenty Pounds to Give and Dispose off by Will at her Death as she shall think proper but if my said Wife Mary happens to Marry again after my Decease, Then I will and Order that the last Legacy of One Hundred and Twenty pounds Given by me to my said Wife Mary be Void and of none effect, And I do hereby Give and Bequeath unto my said Wife Mary the sum of Fifty Pounds and no more.~ But if it should happen that my said Wife Mary shall not choose to Acquiess agree and abide by this my last Will, or shall claim or demand her Dowry or any part thereoff from off any part of my Estate or shall at any time hereafter refuse to sign a Release to quit her Dowry if thereunto required by my Executors; Then I do hereby make all the former Legacies or Sums of Money given unto my said Wife Mary Void and of none Effect, And I do hereby Give unto my said Wife Mary the sum of five Shillings and no more. ~ I Give and Devise unto John WATERHOUSE son of my nephew Thomas WATERHOUSE of Shudehill all my Copyhold Land and Housing whatsoever and wheresoever, To hold to him the said John WATERHOUSE his Heirs and Assigns forever. ~ I Give and Bequeath unto John and Samuel Sons of my Brother Thomas WATERHOUSE to either of them the sum of Twenty Pounds apiece. ~ I Give and Bequeath unto John, Elizabeth, Samuel and George, Sons and Daughter of John KINDER to each of them the sum of five pounds apiece. ~ I Give and Bequeath unto Thomas Joseph Mary and William Sons and Daughter of my late Brother Ralph WATERHOUSE Deceased to each of them the sum of five pounds apiece, which said Legacies to my Nephews and Nieces I will they be paid out of my Personal Estate One Year after my Decease to as many of them as have attained unto the Age of Twenty One Years, and to those that are under that age to be paid to them as they shall attain unto the Age of Twenty One Years And if any One or more of my Nephews or Nieces be not content and pleased or use any Words to cause my Executors hereafter Named to have any Trouble concerning their Legacy or Legacies Sum or Sums of Money herein before given and Bequeathed by me, Then I do hereby Give and Bequeath unto such Nephew or Nephews Niece or Nieces the sum of One Shilling apiece in lieu of their Legacy or Legacies, Sum or Sums of Money herein before Given and Bequeathed by me and no more.~

I Give and Bequeath unto my son Ralph the sum of Forty pounds to be put to Interest for his use, and to Bury him when he shall depart this Life at the Discretion of my Executors, and the remainder if any shall be I Give and Bequeath unto Thomas WATERHOUSE my Executor ~ I also Give and Bequeath unto my Son Ralph one Cow called Lilly One bed and Bed-Clothes standing in the Parlour, One Chest standing in the Chamber, One Chair and all my Wearing Apparel. ~ I Give Devise and Bequeath unto my Nephew Thomas WATERHOUSE Son of my Brother Thomas WATERHOUSE all the rest residue and remainder of my Real and Personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever, To hold to him the said Thomas WATERHOUSE his Heirs and Assigns forever, Charged and Chargeable nevertheless with the payments of all the said Legacies or Sums of Money herein before Given and Bequeathed by me, And also finding and providing for my Son Ralph sufficient Maintenance and Clothing during his Natural Life. ~ And I do hereby Nominate and Appoint my Nephew Thomas WATERHOUSE (Son of my Brother Thomas WATERHOUSE) and my Kinsman John KINDER the Older of Hillhouse Executors of this my last Will, hereby revoking all former Wills by me heretofore made. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the sixth day of September in the Year of our Lord One Thousand seven Hundred and Eighty two ~

Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the within Named John WATERHOUSE the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us, who in his presence and at his Request and in the presence of each other have subscribed our Names as Witnesses.

Let Probate be Granted to Thomas WATERHOUSE and John KINDER the Older the Executors.

I John WATERHOUSE now or late of Highgatehead within Phoside Hamlet in the Parish of Glossop in the County of Derby Yeoman do make this my last Will and Testament in manner following to wit Whereas I am seized of a Copyhold Estate of Inheritance of and in a Closed Field in Phoside Hamlet aforesaid commonly called the Over Field as the same is now divided into two Closes in the several Tenures holding or Occupation of John BROCKLEHURST and Daniel BARBOR with its rights members and Appurtenances And whereas I am seized in Fee Simple of and in [dioers] Freehold and Fee [Farm] Messuages Closes Lands and Hereditaments situate standing lying and being in Phoside Hamlet aforesaid now in the respective Tenures holdings or Occupation of Samuel NIELD John WALKER Martha WATERHOUSE William WATERHOUSE with their respective rights members and Appurtenances Now the I said John WATERHOUSE do hereby give Devise bequeath limitt direct and appoint all and singular my said Freehold and Fee Farm Copyhold Messuages or Dwellinghouses and Tenements Closes Lands and Hereditaments situate standing lying and being in Phoside Hamlet aforesaid or elsewhere in the said County of Derby with their and every of their respective rights members and Appurtenances And also all other my Real Estate whatsoever and wheresoever And also all my personal Estate and Effects of what kind or nature soever unto William FOX of Edall in the said County of Derby Gentleman and Joseph GARLICK of [ ]in the parish of Glossop aforesaid Chapman their Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns forever In trust and to the Intent that they the said William FOX and Joseph GARLICK or the Survivor of them or the Heirs Executors or Administrators of such Survivor do and shall with all convenient speed after my Decease Sell Convey and Absolutely dispose of all such my Freehold Fee Farm and Copyhold Estates And also all such my Real and Personal Estate and Effects for the best Price and most Money that can or may be had and obtained for the same And likewise do and shall collect what is due and owing to me and pay and apply the Money arising from such my Estate and Effects in the Payment of my Debts Funeral Expenses the Charges of the Probate hereof and a Legacy of Five Pounds to my Sister Elizabeth And upon trust and to this further Intent and Purpose that they the said William FOX and Joseph GARLICK and the Survivor of them and the Heir Executors and Administrators of such Survivor do and shall place out and continue the remainder of such Money upon one or more [ ] Security or Securities and do and shall apply the Interest thereof and the Rents and Profits of my said Estates until sold in the Maintenance and Education of my Brother Ralph WATERHOUSE until he shall attain the Age of twentyone years and then I do hereby Order and direct my said Trustees and Executors to pay out of such residuum Money the following Legacies to wit, unto my Sister Mary the Sum of Ten Pounds unto my said Sister Elizabeth the further Sum of five Pounds and unto my Sister Ann the Sum of Ten Pounds and the rest, residue and remainder of such residuum Money I Order and direct my said Trustees and Executors to pay the same unto the said Ralph WATERHOUSE to and for his own Use Benefit and Behoof Provided and it is my Will and Mind that when any Person or Persons shall become a Purchaser or Purchasers of all or any part of my said Messuages Tenements Lands Hereditaments and Premises herein before mentioned and directed to be sold and disposed of as aforesaid the Receipt or Receipts of them the said William FOX and Joseph GARLICK or the Survivor of them his Heirs Executors Administrators or Assigns shall be a good and sufficient Discharge to such Purchaser or Purchasers for his Her or their Purchase Money or for such Part or Parts thereof as shall be expensed in any Conveyance or Conveyances to be received by them or any of the respectively And that from and after such Receipt orReceipts shall be given the Purchaser or Puchasers of my said Messugaes Tenenments Lands Hereditaments and Premises or any Part of Parts thereof shall not be concerned to see to the application of the Purchase Money for which such Receipt or Receipts shall be given nor liable to answer for the Misapplication or Nonapplication thereof but shall be wholly discharged therefrom and that every such Conveyance or Conveyances so to be executed by my said Trustees as aforesaid shall be Valid and Effectual in the Law to all Intents and Purposes respecting the Title of the said Premises as without the Conjunction of the said Ralph WATERHOUSE who will be my Heir at Law in Case he shall survive me Provided also and it is my further Will and Mind and I do hereby discharge and appoint that the said William FOX and Joseph GARLICK and the Survivors of them his Heirs Executors and Administrators shall and may from time to time deduct and retain out of the Money so to be raised as aforesaid All such Sum and Sums of Money Costs Charges and Expenses which they or any of them shall pay layout, Expend or be put unto in or about the Trust and Executorship hereby in them reposed or by reason or means of any Act matter or thing which shall or may be done or happen in or about the Execution hereof And particularly that my said Trustees and the Survivor of them his Heirs Executors and Administrators shall and may make a reasonable Charge for their loss of Time as well as for their Expenses and it is my further Will and Mind that my said Trustees and the Survivor of them his Heirs Executors and Administrators shall not be chargeable or accountable for more Money than they or any of the shall receive in the Execution of the Trusts aforesaid nor shall any of them be chargeable with or answerable for the Acts Receipts or Defaults of the other of them but each of them for himself and for his won Acts receipts or Defaults (if any be) And lastly I do hereby Nominate Constitute and Appoint the said William FOX and Joseph GARLICK Executors of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former Wills by me at any Time heretofore made In Witness whereof I the said John WATERHOUSE the Testator have hereunto set and put my Hand and Seal this eleventh Day of July in the Year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and ninety one

Signed Sealed published and declared by the within named John WATERHOUSE the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the Sight and Presence of us whose Names are hereunto subscribed as Witnesses to the due Execution hereof and who subscribed our Hands in the Presence of the said Testator and of each other and the Word Copyhold being first interlined between the second and third Lines of the before written Will and the Words Fee Farm being also first interlined

In the Name of God Amen. The Last Will and Testament of John WATERHOUSE of Fishers House in the hamlet of Phoside in the Chapelry of Hayfield in the Parish of Glossop in the County of Derby, Blacksmith.

I John WATERHOUSE of Hayfield aforesaid being of sound mind, memory and understanding, do make and declare this to be my last Will and Testament. First I order and direct that all my just debts, Funeral expenses and the expenses of [juring] this my last Will and Testament be first paid and discharged. I give and bequeath my Dwelling House with all that plot or parcel of land at which it is built with Garden and Office thereto belonging or adjoining, being a Leasehold estate, held on a lien from John WHITE Esqr. Originally of the term 999 years and containing 252 yards of land or therebouts to my dear Wife Hannah should she survive me for the term of her natural life for her sole use and benefit [ ] at her decease I will and direct that it shall go to and become the property of my son John, on condition that he shall pay off and discharge the sum of Forty Pounds now owing on the said Premises. I give and bequeath my other Leasehold property and Estate, consisting of three Cottage Houses, one Cow House, offices, Gardens and whatsoever appurt[ ] unto it or them, consisting of 252 yards of land also held on Lean originally for the term of 999 years from John WHITE Esquire, also to my Wife Hannah should she survive me for the term of her natural life, and then at her decease I will and direct that this second Lease with all the Property thereon be sold by my Executor hereafter named and appointed, but not till after my youngest child has arrived at the age of Twenty one years when the said second Leasehold Property, exclusive of my beforementioned first Leasehold Property and Dwelling House, shall be sold to the best advantage and the proceeds thereof I will and direct shall be equally divided amongst all my other, Children, in equal shares and proportions that is to say to my son Charles, and daughters Mary, Tabitha, Hannah, Grace, Ann, Elizabeth and Emma. I also give to my Executor hereafter named full power to make a Title to and to sell and dispose of the said second Leasehold Property and Cottages. As it respects my Business and Trade as a Blacksmith, it is my wish will and meaning that the said Business shall be carried on and conducted after my decease by my son John, but under the direction and con[ ] of my Wife should she survive me, and that she, my said Wife, shall have full power and authority over the said Business and shall be [ ] of all and singular the stock in trade, tools, utensils and implements, and that she shall [ ], receive and draw all the proceeds and profits arising from the said Business, she providing for my Son John and my or his apprentice all reasonable [ ] Lodging, Clothing and Maintenance, but not any regular or stipulated wages, except such Pocket Money or Cash as she may deem expedient. I further order and direct that should she think fit to decline carrying on the said business, or not [ ] the same profitable or should it become burdensome or troublesome to my said Wife, she may at anytime she thinks fit give up the said business with all belonging thereto my Son John for his sole benefit

I further will and direct that all my Farming Stock, Cattle, and Live and each Stock of whatever sort or Kind, with any interest or advantage arising out of any Tenancy of land be the property of my Wife and that she carry on the said Farm for her own use and benefit so long as she may think profitable or advantageous, and that she may five up and dispose of the said Stock Cattle or Farm whenever she wishes to do so. And the proceeds of the same Farming Stock or Farm when and if disposed of I will and direct that she my said wife may and shall appropriate to her own use and benefit, and for the maintenance and support of such of my children as may then be living and residing with her. All my Household Furniture of whatsoever Kind I leave entirely & wholly to my dear Wife except the old Family Clock with chimes, which I give & bequeath at my wife’s decease to my Son John. And such part of my Furniture as my Wife may [ ] or think superfluous she may give and distribute the same at her discretion to any of my Children when she may think [ ] deserving or who will in her opinion take the best care of it, and at her decease I order and direct my executor to divide the whole of my Furniture equally share and share alike among all my children. I also order and direct that should any of my children depart this life before such or any distribution of my Property takes place their, his or her children shall be entitled to their Father’s or Mother’s shares, to be divided equally amongst such children, provided such children be born in wedlock. The two vaults and burial places in Hayfield Church Vault with the Tomb Stones and right Sepulture I have to my son John reserving for me and my wife the right of burial therein. I hereby appoint and nominate James KINDER of Shire Oaks of the hamlet of Brownside in the Township of Chinley in the Parish of Glossop my sole executor of this my last Will and Testament and I further will and direct that all his just and reasonable expenses be paid him out of my Estate and Property, so far as the same shall be legally incurred in executing this my Will And should any of my Children annoy, threat or unnecessarily trouble my said Executor in the discharge of his duty and by any unnecessary litigation put him on my Estate to any cost or charge I direct that such child, son or daughter shall have deducted from his or her share all such cost or charge incurred. I further nominate and appoint Joseph BRADBURY of Coldwell Clough in Kinder in the Parish of Glossop in the County of Derby Trustee for my Wife and Children to assist and advise with my Executor, my wife and Children and to see and take care that my Executor performs and duly executes his duty and that he my said Executor or his heirs performs all the directions of this my last Will and Testament.

In Witness to the Truth of these directions I John WATERHOUSE have hereunto set my hand and seal and hereby disclose this to by my last Will and Testament this fourteenth day of October in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty One.

Signed, Sealed, Published and declared in the presence of John WATERHOUSE the Testator, who in his presence, in the presence of each other, and at his request have affixed our hands as Witnesses.

In the Name of god Amen, Anno Dom 1573 The xix daye of November in the xvj year of the Reign of our sovraign Ladie Elizabeth by the grace of god of England ffrance Ireland queen deffdr of the faithe I NycholasWATRHOUSSE of Sprahousse in Heiffeld Sycke in Bodye hoole of mynde dreadynge the unctin houre of deyth do Ordane & make this my will & Testament in manr & fforme followynge ffyrst I gyfe & bequeath my Soole unto god Allmygthie and my Bodie to Buryed in the pysh church of all hallowes of glossopp whch I am a personer in suche A conveniente place as shalbe thought meate & [Con ] By my Executors & Supervisors undr wrytten Also I wyll that the pson or vicar have thre d [ ] after my Deythe Also I wyll & bequeth To Katheryn WATRHOUSSE my welbeloved wyffe my housse the wych I nowe dwell in wt all Lands wch Belonge unto the same durynge the Lyve of the same Katheryn Also I wyll that the said Katheryn my wyffe shall have all my goods & [ ]s of grounds durynge her Lyffe and the said Katheryn [key]pynge my ffyve chyldren togyther wt meate drynke and apell intyll suche tyme as the yongeste chylde Be of the age of xxj yeres ffulln Thes Be the names of the chyldren Thoms WATRHOUSSE John WATRHOUSSE Rauffe WATRHOUSSE Jone WATRHOUSSE and Helen WATRHOUSSE my said wyff pformynge all thynge as heareafter followynge That is to wytte my wyffe paynge my detts & Legaces pformynge [ ] to Thoms WATRHOUSSE my Eldyste sone after his mothers deithe my housse & grond that I nowe dwellin to hym & his heres for ever And also the same Thoms to have syxe ponds xiijs iiijd of [ ] mony to putte upe after wt all and hys mother to keepe hym wt meate dryncke & apell durynge his mothers Lyff & to doe his mothers worke and Also hys mother to gyve to the said Thoms [T]en hoge Lambs that is to wytte the Best Brasse potts the Best pann the Best Bede wt all nessaries Belongynge unto the same and of all thynges Belongynge unto husbanddrye to have the Best pte Ham the Best Arke at the house [ ] [ ] to have vj£ xiijs iiijd to putt upe A stable wt all when He shall come to his ffull age of xxj Also I gyve unto John WATRHOUSSE my Sone & his heres ffor ever my tenement in Heyffeilde wt the appurtenance Caulled [ bothomshousse] nowe Beynge in the occupacyon of John BOWDEN of Heyffelde to take ytt when ytt shall fall after the yongest chylde shall come unto his age of xxj yeres also I gyve unto Rauffe WATRHOUSSE my tenement Lyinge in Bowdenlane now the countie of Derby to have to the said Rauphe & his heres ffor ever & also the Said Rauffe to have too Cottages in Heyffelde & kyndr Bancke also I gyve to the said Rauphe Syxe ponds xiijs iiijd of [ ] mony to be paide unto the said Rauffe when he shall come to hs ffull age of xxj yeres Also I gyve & bequeth unto Johan WATTRHOUSSE And Ellin WATRHOUSSE my too daughters eyther of them threscore ponds of [ ] mony to Be paid unto eyther of them when the shall come to ther ffull age of xxj yeres [Ey] ther [ ] after the said xxj yeares at the syghte of thre ffrends and Bothe the said too daughters to Be [ ] Bothe Bede & Ban[ ] of there ffathers goods Also yt is my wyll that yf god do viseytt wt deythe any of my said daughters or Sonnes Then it shalle at the pleasure of my wytffe ether Landes & goods Also I wyll that Elizabeth ARNEFFELDE wy[ ] That After his terme endid yf she [ ] for the [ ] it to occupie wch plasse shall have one [ ] caulled the Hollyngeworth C[ ] ^ payinge xs [ ] wethe houssynge no other houssynge nowe and A[ ] nowe in the occupacion of the said Elizabeth And of this my last wyll & Testament I ordane & make my lawffull & true executors Katheryn my trustie & welbeloved wyffe And Thoms WATRHOUSSE my Eldeste Sone And of this my said said wyll & testamente I ordeyne & make the supervisors herof Thoms RAWLYNSON the yonger Robertt ARMEFFELDE of Brodsworthe & Rauffe BRADLEY of the haighe And I gyffe to evry of them xs apece to se that this my wyll Be pformed in all Causys as my syngular confydence & truste is in thym Thes wyttnes Ottywell FFERNYLEYOttywell ANDREW of gybhey Rauffe HYDE of Bulshawe & Thoms ARMEFFELDE of Heyfild wt others

detts wych the said Nycolas do owe

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[         ] BRAMALL of thornesett

xxvjs viijd

Inprimis Rauffe BRADLEY

xls xj

Nycolas KYNDR

.

Itm to ottewell BAWDON of Heyffeld

xliijs iiijd

John DOWNES of Kydr

xxvs

to Thoms WATRHOUSSE my Brother

xxxiijs iiijd

Rauffe MELLER of All[    ]

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It to mr DEWSNAPE

xiijs iijd

John Bawden of Heyffeld[   ]

iij£ vjs viijd

It Crystoffer G[      ]

iiijs iiijd

Sy[ ] HARYSON of chunall

ijs

Itm John SHERTE of Bowdenhede

iiij£ xvs iiijd

John ARMEFFYLDE & his wyffe

vij vd

It Rychard BLACKWALL the yonger

vs

The wyffe of Wm HADFELD & Roberte her sone

vijs vjd

Charles KYRKE of Bowdenhede

xxxs

Ottewell FFERNLEY

xxxijs

[     ] Rauffe FERNELEY

xiiijs iijd

in [ ] [ ] STAFFORDE

v[ ]

Robert YEVELEY

xxvjs viijd

Thomas [ ]OWBE[ ]

vjs viijd

Itm Hughe WARYNGTON

vjs

v[ ] [   ] ROBOTHM

iiijs viijd

Itm [ ] Lawrence STAFFORD & leonard SHALLCROSSE [cutoff]

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In the name of God Amen the Seaven & Twenteeth day of September In the yeare of our Lorde God 1632 I Ottiwell WATTERHOUSE of Lanesyde in Ollersett in the County of Darby Sicke in Body but in good & pfecte Remembrance, prayse be given to God ffor it Do Constitute ordayne and make this my last will and Testament in manner and fforme ffollowinge, That is to wett, ffirst I offer and bequeath my Soule to Allmighty god my Creator and maker trustinge through the merritts of his Sonn Jesus Christ and his precious bloud sheeding to be one of the Number of his Electe And my body to be buried within the Chappell of Heaffeilde And that my ffunerall Expences and such detts as of Right I owe to any man be discharged of my whole goods: Item I give and bequeath to James BRIERLEY my Nephew xxs Item I give to Eme BRIERLEY his wyfe xxs Item I give to Laurence BRIERLEY xxs Item I give to Grace BRIERLEY his sister xxs Item I give to Joane KERKE my Neece vis viijd Item I give to James BRIERLEY the yonger Robert BRIERLEY Ann BRIERLEY Amy: BRIERLEY Elizabeth BRIERLEY & Mary BRIERLEY Sonns and daughters of James BRIERLEY my nephew every one of them vjs viijd Item I give and bequeath to Thomas WATTERHOUSE of Hassell Hurste my nephew xxs And I give to Ann WATTERHOUSE his wife xs Item I give to Thomas WATTERHOUSE the yonger Margrett WATTERHOUSE Dorothie WATTERHOUSE and Joane WATERHOUSE Son and daughters of Thomas WATTERHOUSE my nephew evrie one of them xxs Item I give to Robert WATTERHOUSE my nephew iijs iiijd Item I give to John CRESSWELL vjs And I give to margrett CRESSWELL his wiff vjs Item I give to every one of theire Children iijs iiijd Item I give to Thomas BENNETT vs And to Ann BENNETT his wiff vs And I give to there two Children ether of them ijs Item I give to Joane ANDREW wiff of William ANDREW my master xs Item I give t Ellin ANDREW my god daughter xs Item I give to Mary ANDREW her sister xs Item I give to Alis ANDREW xs Item I give to Raphe ANDREW William ANDREW the yonger & John ANDREW Sonns of William ANDREW of Lanesyde evrie one of them xs Item I give to Ellin BENNETT widow late wiff of Alexander BENNETT vjs viijd And I give to every of her children ijs Item I give to Elizabeth RIDGWAY wiff of Robert RIDGWAY of Aspinshawe vjs viijd Item I give to margrett HYDE wiff of Raph HYDE of bulshaw vjs viijd Item I give to Elizabeth FFERNELEY wiff of Thomas FFERNELY vjs viijd And to evrie one of her Children ijs Item I give to Elizabeth BRADBURY wyf of Robert BRADBURY of Stubbs vs Item I give to Raphe JACKSON vs And to Margrett JACKESON his wiff vs Item I give to Raph FFERNELEY iijs iiijd Item I give to Robert BEARD of Drumblecloughe xxs And I give to Elizabeth BEARD wif of the said Robert xs and to every one of there children ijs vid, And all the Rest and Residue of m unbequeathed goods & detts I give to William ANDREW my master, Item I ordeyne and make the same William ANDREW my lawfull and sole Executor trustinge he will ffullfill and accomplish this my last will and Testament ffor my Soules Healthe with the oversight of Thomas WATERHOUSE of Hassle Hurst my nephew and Robert BEARD of drumbleclough In wittness where of I have here unto putt my Hande the day & yeare first above writen

And Hereby I disanull nighllat and Make voyde all fformer wills by me hertofore made & ordeyned

In the name of god Amen the xixth dae of Januarie Ano Dony 1601 Ano Regine Elizabeth Quadrag osimo Quarto (44th): I Raphe Waterhouse of Heyfeild in the Countie of Derbie Being sicke in Bodie, but in mynde Good & pfecte remembrance praysed be god knowinge the [Certeyntie] of death & uncerteyntie of the houre & time therof Doe make this my last will & Testamt in manr & forme ffollo inge: ffirst I comitt my soule to Allmythie god my maker trustinge through the merits of C[hrists] passion to be one of gods electe & my bodie to be buried in the Church of Glossopp where I am [parish]ner Itm I geve to Thomas WATERHOUSE my brother & to his heires for ever all my houses in Heyfeild [ ] Apptenences: And allsoe all my houses & grounds in kinder bancke wth all A[comodities] to them belong inge: Allsoe I geve to my said brother Thomas the some of xiij£ vjs viijd of lawfull money of England to be treulie paid unto hym or his assignes att the nexte [midsomr] after my decease: Allsoe I geve to my said brother Thomas xxvj sheepe Itm I geve to John WATERHOUSE my brother & to his heires for ever All my houses landes sett lyinge & beinge in Bowdonheade wth all Comodities pfitts & easements to them belongeinge wth all & single their Apprtenances Itm I geve to Lawrence HALL of ffullwoode* my brother in lawe the sume of xvij£ of lawfull money of England to be well & treulie paid him or his Assignes wtin the space of xij monethes next after my decease upon the condicon that the said Lawrence HALL shall assine his towe sones Lawrance HALL & Edwarde HALL of all his lands in Yorkeshire or elleswhere, when the space of xij monethes next after my decease: wch thinge yf He refuse to doe my will is that the said xvij£ shalbe delivered to some faithfull & trustie frende to the onelie use & behalf of the said towe sones Lawrence & Edwarde: Itm I geve to Mr Gualter NORMANSELL vs Itm I geve to Raphe ARMEFEILD a sone of Raphe ARMEFEILD of Heyfeild one yewe houge_^^{Itm I geve to}^Raphe^PLATTS^{sone of Thurston platts of little Heyfeild a yewe houge}_^Itm I geve to Raphe BRADBURIE of Heyfeild ijs vjd The rest of all my goods (after my funerall expences & the legacies herincontayned) be discharged of my whole goods by my bretheren Thomas & John shalle devided Betwixt my said brothers Thomas & John whom I do make them my Executors of this my last will & Testamt & Thomas HEWARDE of Raworth the yonger & Thomas BAWDON of Heyfield the older my ov’rseers to them I geve either of them vs in token of my good will trustinge they will see this my last will in poynts discharged to the health of my soule

Atrewe Inventorie of all the goodes of Raphe WATERHOUSE of Heyfeilde latelie deceased prised & valued by Robte RIDWAIE Thomas SMITH, Godphreye BOWDEN Willm HYDE the ffirst daie of ffebruarie Ano Donj 1601

*FULWOOD, a hamlet in the township of Upper Hallam, and parish of Sheffield, 3 miles SW. of Sheffield."

"FULWOOD BOOTH, and FULWOOD HEAD, 2 houses in the township of Upper Hallam, and parish of Sheffield, 4 miles SW. of Sheffield."

In the name of God Amen The Nineteenth day of June in the Six and Thirtyeth year of the Raigne of our most Gracious Soverngue Lord Charles the Second over England Kind Defender of the ffaith Anoq Dominy 1684 I Ralph WATERHOUSE of Haslehurst in the parish of Glossop in the County of Derby husbandman being weak in body but of sound & perfect mind and memory Prayse be given to God for ye same Doe make Constitute ordayne and declare this my Last Will and Testament in maner and forme folowing And ffirst being penitent and sorry from the bottom of my heart for my sins far most humbly desyreing fforgivenesse for the same I Give and Comitt my Soul into the handes of Allmighty God my Creator in whom and by the meritts of Jesus Christ my Alone Saviour and Redeemer I trust and stedfastly Believe to receive full remission & forgivenesse of all my sines and to be made Pertaker of Life Everlasting And my Body I Comitt to the earth from whence it was taken to be decently Interred at the Discrecon of my Executor hereafter named, and as touching such worldly Estate as the Lord in mercy hath Intrusted me withall I doe order Give and dispose the same in maner and form following (That is to say) ffirst my will & mynd is that my due debts and ffunerall Expences shall be satisfyed out of my whole Estate Item I Give and Bequeath unto John WATERHOUSE (son of John WATERHOUSE of Sprayhouse in the County Aforesaid my Brother) the sume of ffive pounds of Lawfull money of England. Item I Give and Bequeath unto Joan RIDGWAY of Brotherhey in the pish of Glossop my sister the sume of Twenty Shillings of Like lawfull money. Item I Give and Bequeath unto Grace (Daughter of Martha LOMAS of the parish of Chappelinlefrith in the Sd County of Derby my Syster Deceased) the Like Sume of Twenty Shillings. Item I Give and Bequeath unto Mary wife of Thomas WATERHOUSE my Brother of the Sd pish of Glossop One Shilling And unto Thomas WATERHOUSE (Son & Heir of Thomas WATERHOUSE my Sd Brother) the Sume of ffive Shillings of like Lawfull money of England in token of my Love to them and in the Leiu of their whole Right and Tithe out of my whole Estate, Item All the Rest Residue and Remainder of all and Singular my Goodes & Creditts and Chattells of what nature kind or Quality soever the same be I Give and Bequeath unto Nicholas WATERHOUSE of Heafield in the Sd parish of Glossop Brother and unto all and every such younger Child & Children (Sons & Daughters of Thomas WATERHOUSE my Sd Eldest Brother) as shall be Liveing at the tyme of my Death Equally to be devided between ye Sd Nicholas WATERHOUSE and the Sd Child or Children, And if the Sd Nicholas WATERHOUSE shall hereafter happen to depart this Life before he shall have Received & had the Moitye & one halfe part of my Goodes Creditts and Chattells soe given and Bequeathed to him as Afforesd That then and in such case my Will and mynd is that such Moitye and Halfe part shall decend Remaine and be t the onely use and behoofe of such child or Children sons & Daughters of the Sd Nicholas WATERHOUSE my Brother as shall be Liveing at or After my death Equally to be devided amongst them, And Lastly I doe Constitute Ordayne and Apoynt the Sd Nicholas WATERHOUSE my Brother the sole Executor of this my Last will and Testament hopeing he will ffaithfully pforme and Execute the same And I doe hereby frustrate & disanull and make void all former Wills by me made And declare this to be my Last Will and Testament In Wittnesse whereof I have hereunto subscribed my hand and seal the day and year ffirst above Written.

A True & perfect Inventory of all & singular ye Goodes Creditts & Chattells of Raph WATERHOUSE Late of Hasslehurst within the parish of Glossop in ye County of Derbye Husbandman deceased prized by Thomas ROLLINSON, John WATERHOUSE & Willm BENETT the seventeenth day of Octob: Ano Doni 1684 (not transcribed, valued @ £94=15=04)

In the Name of god Amen the 3rd day of November and in the yere of our lorde god[ ] [ ] I Thomas WATERHOUSE of the Hasselynhurst Sycke In bodye and pfect mynde & remembrance thanks be to god make my last wyll & testament in maner & forme folowynge fyrst I be queyth my soule to Almighty god hath [ ] [ ] hys [ ] blode and my bodye to be buryed in the pych churche of All[ ] at glosoppe [ ] my gudds to the worlde as hee [ ] [ ] folows yt ys to wytt I wyll yt all my detts legacys &my funerall be dyscharged and payd of my hole gudds & then I wyll that ye reste of my gudds be devyded and they to paye my detts & brynge me honestlye [home] Also I gyve to my brother Ottewell iiijd Also I wyll yt Margrett my wyffe shall have the whole pte of all my land & houses and also I wyll yt my sone Thomas WATERHOUSE shall have the In heretance of all mh lands as I & my elders have had and also I wyll that Thomas my sone hys heres executors adminystators or assygens do paye to my two yonger sonns John & Ottewell or theyr assygnes of [ ] owne proper [ ] to eyther to them xl of lawfull money of England In full canten[ ] and paymet of ther chylds pte to be at the ar[ ] in vj yeres ye nexte ensuynge after my deth yt ys to [ ] at the feaste of All Saynts the [ ] shalbe In the yere of our lorde god ij lx & xvj to eyther of them xxxiijs iiijd [ ] and also to paye v yeres the next ensuynge ye date herof at the sayde feaste of All Saynts to my sonns John & Ottewell to eyther of them every yere xxxiijs iiijd In full payemt of eyther or them the sayd paement to be payd att the [ ] yf yt be lawffullye [ ] Also I con[ ] order & make my true & lawfull executors my brother Ottewell WATERHOUSE & Thomas my sone to performe thys my laste wyll & testament as they wyll answer after god and also I make my supervysors my brother in lawe Wyllm HYDE preest and Margrett my wyffe These beynge wyttenes Thomas ROLYNSON & Wyllm BRYGGS wt other

detts whyche bye owynge unto me In prmis my father [ ] Dowar [ ade] of me all my wyffes weddynge clowthys

In the name of god Amen the seaven and twentyth daye of Januarie One thousand Sixe hundred twentie ffoure I Thomas WATERHOUSE the elder of Hassellhurst in the Countie of Darbie yeoman being Sicke in bodie but of good and perfect remembrance laude and praise be given unto Almightie god, Doe Constitute and ordaine this my last will and testament in manner an fforme ffollowing That is to say, ffirst I Commend and Comitt my soule into the handes of Almightie god my maker and Ptector and my bodie to be buried after a Christian maner within the Chappell of Heyffeilde

Ite my debts and funerall expences discharged, I give and bequeath unto Margarett WATERHOUSE Daughter of Thomas WATERHOUSE my eldest Sonne An ewe and a lambe, Ite I give unto the children of John CRESWELL and Thomas BENNETT my Sonnes in lawe everie of them twelve pence, Ite I give unto Thomas BENNETT afore said And to Ann his wife sixe shillings eight pence in liewe and ffull satisfaccon of her or their childs pte or other Demandes, Ite I give and bequeath unto Robt GREENSMITH and to Elizabeth his wife Twelve pence, in liewe and ffull satisfaccon of her or their childs pte or porcon or other Demandes except the Sume of ffoure poundes wich I owe and Do stand Indebted unto the said Robert GREENSMITH and to Elizabeth his wife, Item I give and bequeath unto Ann WATERHOUSE my wife And to Robert WATERHOUSE my Sonne all the rest and remainder of all my goods & cattels aswell imoveable as immoveable to bee equally Devided between them, And my will is That the said Ann WATERHOUSE my wife And Robert WATERHOUSE my Sonne shall be executors of this my last will and Testament, And I nominate and appoint Thomas WATERHOUSE my sonne and William BEARD Overseers of this my last will in hope they will see yt pformed according to the trust and repose I putt in them

These being witnesses Richard FFRYER; William BEARDE; Raphe MELLOR

A true Inventorie of all goods Chattels and Cattels moveable and Immoveable of Thomas WATERHOUSE of Haslehurst in the pish of Glossop and Countie of Darbie yeoman Deceased as they are praysed and valued the daye and yeare above said by William RALINSON of the Highgate in the pish & Countie afore said gentleman, And Thomas WATERHOUSE of the Sprayhouse yeoman And Henery MELLOER and Thomas MELLER of the Townend in the pish of Chappell in Leyffrith and Countie afore said yeoman:

In the Name of God Amen The Two & Twenteeth day of July In the yeare of our Lord God 1627 I Thomas WATERHOUSE of Spray House Sicke in body but in good & pfecte Remembrance prayse be to God ffor it do Constitute ordayne and make this my last will & Testament in Manner and fforme ffollowinge, viz

ffirst I offer and bequeath my soule to Allmightie god my Creator and maker trustinge through the merritts of his sonn Jesus Christ and his pcous bloude sheedinge to be one of the number of his electe and my body to be buried within the pish Church of Glossopp & that my ffunerall expences and such detts as of Righte I owe to any man be discharged of my whole goods Item I give and bequeath to Thomas WATTERHOUSE my Eldest sonn that heffer wch he hath of myne, Item I give to Ann WATERHOUSE my daughter of Hassellhurst on Cowstirke in Edall, Item I give to william HALE my nephew one Cowcalfe, And it is my will that Ann my wyf shall winter it, if he dwell still with with (sic) my wyf and Children Item I give to Raph FFERNELEY vs Item I ordayne and make Ann WATTERHOUSE my wyf my lawffull Executor trusting she will full fill and Accomplish this my last will & Testament for my Soules Healthe with the oversyghte of Thomas WATERHOUSE my Sonn & Thomas WATERHOUSE my Cossin of Hefeilde this beinge wittnesses Raphe FFERNELEY & william HALE

A true and pfect Inventory of all such goods & Chattells as of late were the goods & Chattells of Thomas Waterhouse deceased praised by Raphe ffearneley Richard Yeavely & Raphe ffrost ye 25th day of ffebruary (1632)

Debts wch the decedant did owe

.

To James STOTT

10-10-00

It to Anne WATERHOUSE

14-00-00

It to John BEARD

10-00-00

It to Thomas BOWDON

10-00-00

It to Margrett BOWDON

10-00-00

It to Raphe FFROST

10-00-00

It to Alise ANDREW

03-10-00

It to Mary HYDE

03-00-00

It to Thomas CLEYTON

05-00-00

It to Katherine BRADBURY

05-00-00

It to William HALL

02-00-00

It to Dorothy WRAGG

02-00-00

It to Thurston ROARK

01-16-00

It to Joane HYDE

00-08-00

Summa

87-04-00

Margaret his relict; Radulphus WATERHOUSE – administrator; ffrancis: CARRINGTON Curroyate

In the Name of god Amen the seaventinth day of January in the Twelst yeare of our soveraign Lord Charles the Second one thousand sixe hundred and sixtie I Thomas WATERHOUSE of Hasslehurst in the pish of Glossop and County of derbie yeoman being in pfect memory and remembrance praysed be god for it doe Constitute ordaine and make this my last will and testament in maner and fforme following ffirst I bequeath my soule in to the hands of allmighty god my maker and Creator hoping that through the meritoriouse death and pasion of Jesus Christ my onely saviour and redimer to receive ffree pardon and forgivenes of all my sinnes and as for my body to be buryed in Christian bury all at the discrescon of my Execut[ ] here[after] nominated Item I give unto Jone WATERHOUSE my daughter twentie pounds with in one yeare nixt after my decease Item I give unto John WATERHOUSE my sonne twentie pounds to be pead with in two years next after my decease Item I give unto Mary WATERHOUSE my doughter twentie pounds the same to be pead with in Three yeares next after my decease Item I give and bequeath unto Niccolas WATERHOUSE my sonne Twentie pounds to bee pead within ffoure yeares nixt after my decease Item I give and bequeath unto Raph WATERHOUSE my sonne Twentie pounds to be pead with in ffive yeares next after my decease Item I give unto Martha WATERHOUSE my doughter twentie pounds to be pead with in sixe yeares next after my decease Item it is my will and mind that if any of my Children dye before there portions Cum to be due that thin it shal returne to Thomas WATERHOUSE my Eldest sonne [crease in original] one bedhilling and one Cow [stearke] the same to be keept till [ ] day Itm I give unto Margreat my doughter one shilling due and satisfaction of her marriage portion Item All rest my houses lands and goods whatsoever I give unto Thomas WATERHOUSE my Eldest sonne ffor ever upon condicon that hee shall pay all my debts and legacies and I ordaine and make Thomas WATERHOUSE my Eldest sonne my sole Ex[ ] of this my last will and Testament trusting he will ffull and accomplish this my last will and Testament for my soules health revockeing all other wiles and Testaments whatsoever

In witnes whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal they day and yeare ffirst above written

A true and pfect Inventorie and [ ]mation of All such goods and chattells as of late where goods and Cattels of Thomas WATTERHOUSE of hasselehurst lately deceased praysed and vallued by Thomas WATERHOUSE of Sprayhouse Thomas WATERHOUSE of Heaffeild John WATERHOUSE of Whitffeild and Raph WATERHOUSE of Symonley the Ninth day of ffebruary in Anno domini 1660 (Inventory not transcribed, £50 11s 8d)

An Inventory of all and Singular the goods and Chattels of Thomas WATERHOUS of heafield in the parish of Glossop and County of Derby Yeoman lately deceased taken valued and apprised by us whose names are hearunto subscribed as followeth

Note: the attached bond and obligation names his son as Benjamin WATERHOUSE and is signed by Benjamin WATERHOUSE Yeoman, [William] BOOTH Yeoman and Edward DRINKWATER Clothmaker.

In the name of God amen I Thomas WATERHOUSE Senior of Haselhurst in the parish of Glossop and county of Derby yeoman being aged and something indisposed in body but of sound and perfect mind and memory praised be God for the same but calling to mind the uncertainty of this life do make and ordaine this my last will and testament in manner and fforme ffollowing Imprs: I Humbly Commend my Soul in the Hands of God that gave it. And I bequeath my body the Earth to be therein Interred according to the discretion of my Executrix and Executor hereafter named, And as touching that Temporall Estate where with it hath pleased God to bless me with my will and mind is that my debts Legacyes and funerall Expences together with the Charge of the probate of this my will and all Incident Charges touching the same shall be first and deducted out of my personall Estate; and as to all the rest residue and remainder of my Estate I give and devise the same as ffolloweth

Item. I give and bequeath unto my Sonn Thomas WATERHOUSE ffive shillings. Item I give and bequeath unto my Loveing wife Elizabeth three pounds of Lawfull money out of my personall Estate Item all the rest residue and remainder of my personall Estate Goods Cattell and Chattells whatsoever that is not yet disposed of by me it is my will and mind I give and devise the same to be Equally divided into three Equall parts, That is to my wife: my sonn Samuel, and my daughter Mary, with this further Exception, it is my will that my Loveing wife shall ffirst take up what Household goods she hath mind of and then all the rest of my personall Estate is to be divided as aforesaid.

Item further also it is my will and mind that whatever my wife shall happen to dye possessed of Ether in goods, or silver the same be divided Equally betwixt my Sonn Samuel and my daughter Mary, And if it happen so that Ether my Sonn Samuel or my daughter Mary dye and leave Ether Child or Children behind them that child or Children shall have one halfe of what their Grandmother dyes possessed of as afforesaid And Lastly I do hereby nominate Constitute and appoint my Loveing Wife and my Sonn Samuel Sole Executrix and Executor of this my last will and Testament: revokeing all former will and will by me at any time heretofore made And I do hereby declare this to be my last will and testament: In witness whereof I have here unto putt my hand and seale the Thirtieth day of January Anno Dom: 1732

Signed sealed declared and published as and for the last will and testament of the above named Thomas WATERHOUSE in the p:sence of us who subscribed our names as witnesses thereof in the said testators p:sence

A true & perfect Inventory of all such Goods Chattle, & Cattels as Thomas WATERHOUSE of Haselhurst senr. dyed possessed of viewed & apprised by us this 13th Day of Febry Anno Dom 1732:3

At Lichfield the ffourth day of January in the year of our Lord 1752: Before the Revd Tho: WHITE Clerk Master of Arts Surregate &c.

On which day appeared personally Elizabeth WATERHOUSE and Alledged that Thomas WATERHOUSE late of the parish of Glossop in the County of Derby and Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry Yeoman deceased died upwards of Ten days Ago intestate and the she is the Widow Relict of the said deceased and the person to whom Letters of Administration do of Right belong Wherefore she prayed Letters of Administration of all and Singular the Goods of the said deceased to be granted to her which the Surrogate on her giveing good Security and taking the Usual Oath Comitted to her Accordingly but not to pass the Seal till this ffourteen days are Expired

Note: the attached bond and obligation names Elizabeth WATERHOUSE the Widow and Relict of Thomas WATERHOUSE late of the parish of Glossop Yeoman, and is signed by Elizabeth WATERHOUSE Widow, John ROBINSON Yeoman and Joseph HEGINBOTTOM of Stockport co. Chester Weaver

"my illegitimate son William of Esther ARMFIELD?, spinster of Free Town, Glossop

Friends Joseph GARSIDE of Lees Hall, farmer; William WILSON of Lower Whitfield paper maker

Witnesses: Joseph HIGGINBOTTOM overlooker, of Whitfield, Glossop; Charles HIGGINBOTTOM overlooker of Whitfield ,Glossop

This will is very difficult to read and I would advise anyone with an interest in it to obtain a copy. There will almost certainly be errors in what I have gleaned here.

Nycholas BRADBURY of Ollersett; his brother Ralphe BRADBURY; Robert CLEYTON of Byrde?; Thomas BRADBURY of Eym?; Thomas WHYTTYLL; Ambrose WHYTTYLL; Ottiwell WHYTTYLL; Edmund NUTWALL?; William NUTWALL? son of Edmund; Thomas BENNETT of the .....banke; Robert HADFYLDE of Heyfyld; Wylliam DALVYS?; Nycholas GODDART; Radulphe BEARDE; Wylliam BENNETT of the Wath?; Radulphe HALL & his wyfe; Wife of Edmund BEKE?; John BEARDE; Rychard SHOTON.? & his wife; Peter HADFYLDE of The Rydge; Ottywell ANDREW? of Gybe Heye; Wyfe of Thomas BOWDON; Robert BERARD; Guy HYBBART; Nycholas RATCLYFFE; Randall HYDE of Heyfylde; Rychard BRAMALL of the same place; John BEARDE of the Hyghe Gate

Nycholas BRADBURY of Ollersett; Radulfe BRADBURY of Ollersett; Robert CLEYTON; Thomas BRADBURY of Byerd? Thomas WHYTTYLL; Ambros WHYTTYLL; Ottywell WHYTTYLL; Edmunde NUTALL?; Wylliam NUTALL?; Thomas BENNETT; Robert HADFYLD; Wylliam DALVIS?; Nycolas GODDARTT; Ralphe BEARD; Wylliam BENNETT; Ralphe HYLL & his wife; .......... BEARDE of Aspyn?; the wyfe of Edmund BEK; John BEARDE; Rychard SHOW (Shaw?); Peter HADFYLDE; Ottiwell ANDRWE?; Ottywell WHYTTYLL my brother; Thomas BOWDON of the Owler; Robert BEARDE; Guy HYBBART; Rychard BEARDE & his wyfe.

In the name of god Amen the ffythe day of October Anno Doni 1648 I Thomas WHYTTLE of Hyghgate in thepish of Glossope and Countye of Darbye husbandman sicke in bodie but being in good and perfect Remembrancethankes Begiven unto allmightie god for it doe Constitute ordayne & make this my last will & teastament inmanner and fforme followinge first I offer and Bequeath my soule into the handes of almightie god my Creator and maker trusting through the merrits and mercies of Jesus Christ and his gracious blood sheedingto be one of the number of his elect, And my bodie to be buried in the Chappell Church of Heyffeild after a decent and Christianlike manner if god prmitts And as ffor all my worldlie goods I give leave and bequeath them as ffolloweth viz. ffirst my will and mynd is that Thomas WHYTTLE my sone shall have All my housinge and land hee paying therffore unto Robert WHYTTLE William WHYTTLE George WHYTTLE and Marie WHYTTLE my Sonnes and Daughter unto everie one of them Thirteen pounds six shillings Eight pence Item I give and bequeath unto Katherin BARBAR my daughter twelve pence Item I give and bequeath unto Grace BARBAR and Elizabeth BARBAR my grandchildren to either of them Tenn shillings Item I give unto Elizabeth WYLD als WHYTTLE my grandchyld twenty shillings Item I give unto Marie WHYTTLE my daughter my bed such I nowe lye upon Item I give unto William WHYTTLE and George WHYTTLE two beds standing in the Chamber Item I give unto Robert WHYTTLE my sonne one whit dublet one gray Jerkin and a gray payre of breaches and I give unto George WHYTTLE my sonne one blewe payre of breaches Item I give unto William WHYTTLE my sonne my Cote Item I give unto Georg my sonne and Marie my daughter halfe a stone of broken woole Item my will is that after my ffunerall expences be paid and all such debtes as of right I owe to anie one Be paid out of my whole goods That then all the rest and residue of my unbequeathed goods Chattels Chattels and debtes moveable And immoveable I give leave and bequeath unto George WHYTTLE my sonne and this my last will and teastament I ordayne and make George WHYTTLE my sone my true and lawfull executor and I nominate and apointe Rolland BARBAR my sonne in lawe and William WHYTTLE my sonne to be ovseers here of to see all things herein pfformed as my repose in the is:

Item my will is that my sonne Thomas Whyttle shall enter upon the said house & land at the 25th day of March next after my decease, and shall pay mysaid ffoure Children Robert WHYTTLEe William WHYTTLE George WHYTTLE and Marie WHYTTLE ther portions wtin ffoure yeares next after my decease paying everie yeare an equall fourth pte equallie to be devide amongst them

Rowland BARBAR; Thomas WATERHOUSE; Raphe BENNETT; John CRESSWELL

A true Inventorie of all goods [torn and missing] debts wch were lately the goods Cattel and debts of Thomas WHYTTLE of Hygate decease as prayesd and valued the ffyfteenth daye of October 1648 by Thomas WATERHOUSE of Haslehurste Thomas BRADBURIE of Kinder and Raphe BENNETT of Stonshead in the Countye of Darbie yeomen

In the name of god amen I Nicolas WILKINSON of Heafeild in the Parish of Glossop and Counte ofDarby [Coulteslor] Sick in body but in good and perfect memory prased be god forit I doe ordene and make this my last will and Testament in maner and forme following first I doe bequeath my soule to allmighty god my maker trusting Through the merits and death of his Son Jesus Christ to be one off his Chosin Eleght and my body to beered att heafeild and for my my worldly Estate in maner following first I levefe and bequeth to my mother sixe shiling and the house wheare she liveth duering her naturall liufe

Item to my sistern Elizabeth sixe shiling and to her sonn that I am godfather unto eghtine pence and all the rest of her Children twelfe pence Item to my brod[erlo] George ROLLINSON one shilling and to his sonne Thomas one shilling sixe pence and all the rest of his Children Twelfe pence and allso I give to my broderlo George my best white stalkings Item to John LIN[ ] a[ ]eare of briccese Cloth and to his wife one shilling and to my Broder Thomas sonne Thomas one shilling

Item I give to my broderlo Thomas CLEAYTON one shilling one dublet one Reare of Brichose Item to [ ] broder reare of brichose one dublett one hatt one peare of stalkings which is my best sutt Item the best Ewe bustone Item to dorothe HADFEILD my god Child one shilling Item I doe give and bequeth unto my wife all the rest of my unbequethed goods and Chattells for ever to [ ] and discharge all my detts and funerall expenses and legeses Item it is my mind and will that my wife shall have and Enioye all the premis and Tenements which I have in lease to make her best profits and to despose of att her will and ps[ ] for the time and tearme of Twelth years and if it shoald please god that my wife should outleave [ ] Twelthe years to have it the terme s[ ] Tenn yeares which I doe bequeath to my brother Thomas WILKINSON and will all the Tenetsright thearto belonging and if it should please god that my brother should dye then it is my will that [ ] CLEAYTON sonne of Thomas CLEATONN shall have and enioye these [Ten] yeares and Tenetsright Item Dorothe HADFIELD one shilling to which I sett my hand and seale the daye and yeare above written Item I make my wife my whole exsecutor and I desire Ralph MELLOR and George HADFEILD to be my overseors of this last will and testement trusting the will [ ] their best and [ ] to si my will fullfilled

wittness of George HADFEILD; Raphe MELLOR; Thomas TH HADFEILD marke

A true Invintory taken of the goods and Caltells of Niclase WILKINSON desecsed by us whose names are heareunder written the tentt daye of march 1658

(valued at £15 1 2 by Raphe MELLER, Ricard BRADBURE, George ROWLINSON and George HADFEILD)

I John WOOD of Glossop in the county of Derby Farmer do make and publish this my last will and Testament in the manner following that is to say First it is my will and mind that all my Just Debts the expences of my Funeral and the Charges of the probate and other charges and expences attending the execution of this my will be paid out of my personal Estate and Effects I Give and Bequeath unto my great Nephew Joseph WYATT of Blackshaw all my Farm or Tenement which I hold by Lease under Bernard HOWARD Esq. at Blackshaw upon condition that he shall pay unto the said Bernard HOWARD or his agent the yearly rent or sum of Pounds by two equal payments with all paroical and other Taxes that are or may be imposed upon by Government or other ways during the Term unexpired Also Forty weather sheep Forty Ewes and Twenty Lambs Two Feather Beds Two pair of Bed stocks and bedding One Oak Chest One Dressing Table Four Chairs with rush bottoms Six silver tea spoons the Corner Cupboard and all that it contains belonging to me One Tea Table One Couch chair and cushion One eight days Clock and Case One Looking Glass One Weather Glass One Brass Kettle one cow One Cart One Horse and all my Horse gearing I Give and Bequeath unto my Nephew James WYATT the House that he now lives in at Glossop Cross with the House that Robert BENNETT now lives in and all my Farm and Houses at Glossop with all its rights which I hold by Lease under Bernard HOWARD Esq. upon Condition that he pays unto the said Bernard HOWARD the yearly rent or sum of Pounds by two equal payments with all paroical and other Taxes that are or may be imposed upon by Government or otherways during the said term unexpired also One Feather Bed One pair of Bed stocks And the reversion or remaining part of my Property not disposed of after the payment of my Just Debts and Funeral expences I Give and Bequeath to my Nephew John WOOD of Cote Cordwainer John WOOD of Glossop Clothier Jonathan WOOD Labourer George WOOD Cordwainer Mary wife of William JOHNSON Sarah wife of John HADFIELD Dolly wife of Joseph WINTERBOTTOM Hannah WYATT John WYATT Betty WYATT and James WYATT to be equally divided among them and their heirs share and share alike and it is my will and mind that my Nephew James WYATT shall receive the Legacies of his Children who are minors and his discharge shall be sufficient for my Executors which he shall pay to his Children as they attain the age of Twentyone years All Legacies shall be paid as soon as the property can be converted into money and accompts settled And if any of my Legatees be dissatisfied with his her or their Legacy I order my Executors to pay them the sum of one shilling and no more and his her or their share or shares to be equally divided among those that are satisfied And I nominate Constitute and appoint my Great Nephew Joseph WYATT and Joseph FIELDING executors of this my last will and Testament revoking all former wills by me made In Testimony hereof I have unto set my Hand and Seal this Thirtieth Day of May One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifteen.

Signed Sealed and declared to be the last will and Testament of me John WOOD of Glossop in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses in his presence and in the presence of each other: Aaron HOWARD; Nathan DERWENT his mark; Robert BENNETT

Probate granted to Joseph WYATT of Glossop, Farmer and Joseph FIELDING of Glossop, Schoolmaster on 18th March 1816

Whereas Jonathan WOOD late of Glossop in the county of Derby Labourer sometime about Seven years ago Dyed intestate without makeing any Will and left his Widdow Mary WOOD and Seven children, to witt, John WOOD his eldest son Jonas WOOD Joseph WOOD Nathan WOOD Elizabeth WOOD Hannah WOOD and William WOOD his Sons and Daughters And Whereas the said Mary WOOD since the death of the said Jonathan WOOD her late husband hath intermarried with one John HAMSHAW late of Tintwistle in the parish of Mottram in Longden Dale in the county of Chester Woolen Clothier and the said Joseph HAMSHAW nor Mary his now wife nor any other person whatsoever have not at any time heretofore taken Letters of Administrations to the goods and chattells rights and credits and personall estate of the said Jonathan WOOD Deceased Now know all men by these presents that he the said Joseph HAMSHAW and Mary his wife (which Mary was Widow and Relict of the said Jonathan WOOD deceased) for diverse Good causes and valuable considerations them hereunto moveing have and either of them hath Remised Released Renounced and forever quitt claimed and confirmed and by these presents Do and either of them doth Remise Release Renounce and forever Quitt claime and confirme unto the said John WOOD eldest son of the said Jonathan WOOD All their right tytle Interest property claime and Demand which they or either of them now have or at any time heretofore have had either in Law or equity of in and to the right of Administration to the goods and chattells rights and credits and personal estate of the said Jonathan WOOD Deceased And the said Joseph HAMSHAW and Mary his wife do hereby covenant promise and Agree to and with the said John WOOD his heires Exectrs and Admstrs that they will at any time hereafter on request made by the said John WOOD make any further or other Release or Renounceation for the further corroboration or confirmation hereof In Wittnesse whereof the said Joseph HAMSHAW and Mary his wife have hereunto set their hands and seals this fifteenth day of February in the Year of our Lord 1757

Witnesses: Gilbert HARDCASTLE; M NEWTON clerks to ROBERTS Solr 59 Princess St. Manchester. Made 1861

This is the last Will and Testament of me Ralph WOOD of Broadstone in Ludworth in the Parish of Glossop in the County of Derby Blacksmith, First I Give and Devise unto my Eldest Son John WOOD All that my freehold Estate of Inheritance formerly called the Blacksmith farm situate at Hollywoodend within Mellor in the said County now in the possession of my said Son John with the House now in the possession of Joseph ASHTON with all & every of its Rights members and Appurtenances (Except thereout All that my Cotton Factory with its privilidges of Waters dams and Ways and the House and Garden now in possession of my Son Samuel) To hold the same premisses (Except as is before Excepted) unto my said Son John his Heirs and Assigns for Ever Charged and Chargeable nevertheless to and with the payment of the full and just Sum of Four hundred and fifty Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain unto my Executors hereinafter named within twelve months next after my decease, In Trust for the purposes herein after Expressed and declared. I also Give and Devise unto my Son Samuel the House and Garden now in his possession with all its Rights members and Appurtenances To hold the same unto my said Son Samuel WOOD his Heirs and Assigns for Ever Charged and Chargeable nevertheless to and with the payment of the full and just Sum of Sixty pounds of like lawful money of Great Britain unto my Executors herein after named within within twelve Months next after my Decease In Trust for the purposes hereinafter Expressed and Declared. Then I Give and Devise unto my two Eldest Sons, John WOOD and Samuel WOOD All that my Cotton Mill or Factory now in their possession with all the Rights members and Appurtenances Ways Waters and Dams Equally to be Divided between them my said two Sons John and Samuel their Heirs and Assigns as Tenants in common and not as Jointenants, To hold to them their Heirs and Assigns severally for ever, as tenants in Common and not as Jointenants, Charged and Chargeable nevertheless and with the full and just sum of what and so much Money as two Indifferent persons (to be Ellected named and chosen by and between my said Executors and my other sons and daughters) shall honestly and fairly Judge Value and Determine the same to be worth the same Sum and Valuation to be paid unto my Executors hereinafter named within twelve months next after my decease subject in the mean time to the yearly rent heretofore paid, until the payment thereof, In Trust for the payment and for such purposes as are hereinafter Expressed and declared, I Give and Bequeath unto my loving wife Mary WOOD the use and Enjoyment of such of my Household Goods and furniture as she shall make choice of not exceeding in Value the sum of Twenty pounds during her life and at her decease, I Give the same Goods equally amongst all my sons and daughters, also my Will and Mind is that my said wife shall have the parlour at Broadstone to live in if she shall think proper during the continuance of the Lease now in being, and continues my Widow I also Give Devise and Bequeath unto my son James All that my Leasehold Farm and Tenement at Broadstone aforesaid (Except as is before Excepted) together with the Smithy at Hollywoodend, now in my possession with all their several rights members and Appurtenances To hold the same unto my said Son James his Executors Administrators and Assigns for and during the Continuance of the Lease now in being, by which I hold the same from under Bernard HOWARD Esqr. together with the Tenant Right thereof and all my Several Interest therein Charged and Chargeable nevertheless to and with the payment of the full and just Sum of Six Pounds for every Year then remaining in the Lease to be Calculated from my decease to the expiration or end thereof to be paid by my said Son James unto my Executors herein after named within twelve months next after my decease In Trust for the purposes hereafter Expressed and Declared, I Give and Bequeath unto my three daughters Betty DAWSON Wife of Robert DAWSON of Stirrup in Ludworth, Martha HYDE wife of Ralph HYDE, of Hollywoodend in Mellor aforesaid, and Mary HYDE Wife of William HYDE of Millbrow in Ludworth aforesaid, each a Feather Bed

It is my Will and Mind that each of my aforesaid Sons shall be Subject to the payment of the Rents of their respective Premisses from the Time of their Entrance to their Charge being Paid thereon And as for and Concerning the said several Sums of Four Hundred and fifty Pounds and Sixty Pounds, the Money arising from the Sale of my Cotton Mill or Factory, and also the Money arising from my Leasehold Farm and Smithy, Together with all such Money as shall arise from the Sale of my Goods, Household Furniture, Cattle, Chattels, Implements in Husbandry Smithy Utensils, Bills, Bonds, Debts, Securities for Money, And all other my Real and Personal Estate, and Effects of what nature and kind whatsoever and wheresoever not herein disposed of by me, I do hereby order and Direct the same be Applied and disposed of by my Executors in the payment of my just Debts Funeral Expenses, reasonable Charges of the Probate and Execution of this my Will

Then I Give and Bequeath thereout unto my two Youngest Sons William and Robert each the sum of Twenty pounds to be paid at my Decease, I also Give and Bequeath unto my said Wife and her Assigns the sum of Five pounds to be paid her imediately after my decease And all the rest residue and remainder thereof to be put and placed out at Interest upon good Securities for and during the life of my Wife, I Give and Bequeath thereout of such Yearly Interest unto my said wife and her Assigns the clear Yearly Annuity or rent charge of Twenty pounds to be paid to my said wife and her Assigns Yearly on every the Twenty fifth day of March and the Eleventh day of November by equal Portions Yearly during the Term of her natural Life the first payment thereof to be made upon such of the said rent days as shall first and next happen after my decease, Also my Will and Mind is that my Granddaughter Hannah WOOD daughter of Mary HYDE be brought up and maintained out of my Property And I also Give and Bequeath unto my said Granddaughter Hannah WOOD the sum of Ten Pounds to be paid at the age of Twenty One Years. Then I Give Leave and Bequeath one equal Ninth part or share of such Yearly Interest then remaining unto the Two Children of my late daughter Hannah DAWSON deceased during the Life of my Wife, and my Will and Mind is, if need be, that they are further Supported out of the Principal, or their Mother’s Share, hereinafter left or given to them, And I also hereby Order and Direct my Executors herein after named to Divide Yearly all the Remainder of the Interest arising yearly from their Trust Estate during the Life of my Wife (over and above her Annuity and the heretofore bequests given by me thereout And Apply and Divide and pay the same unto and amongst all my said Sons and Daughters equally Share and Share alike

Then as for and Concerning the said several Sums of Four hundred and fifty pounds and Sixty pounds the sum of Money arising from the sale of my Cotton Mill or Factory the Money arising from my Leasehold Farm and Smithy And also the Money arising from my household Goods and Furniture with such as my Wife used, Cattle, Chattells and all other real and personal Estate and Effects, whatsoever and wheresover not herein disposed of, from and immediately after the Decease of my Wife My Will and Mind is that the same be equally divided into Nine equal shares, or parts. I Give and Bequeath one equal Ninth Share or part thereof unto the two Children of my late daughter Hannah DAWSON or so much as remains thereof after their bringing up equally between them Share and Share alike, and if either of them shall happen to die before payment thereof the whole Share or part to be paid to the Survivour

Then I Give and Bequeath the Remaining Eight Shares or Parts equally unto and amongst all and every my sons and daughters now living Namely John, Samuel, James, William and Robert, Betty or Elizabeth Wife of Robert DAWSON Mary Wife of William HYDE, Martha Wife of Ralph HYDE Equally to be divided and paid imediately after my Wife’s decease, but if any of my sons or daughters shall happen to be then dead, leaving Child or Children such his her or their father or Mother’s share or shares part or parts so dying shall go unto and be paid unto and amongst the Child or Children of such of my said sons or daughter as shall happen to be then dead. And Lastly I do hereby Nominate Constitute and Appoint my hereby before named three Eldest Sons John WOOD, Samuel WOOD and James WOOD Trustees and Executors hereof hereby revoking and making void all former and other Wills by me heretofore made, and Declare this to be my Last. In Witness whereof I the said Ralph WOOD the Testator have hereunto sett my hand and seal the Twenty seventh dau of June in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and Nine

Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the said Ralph WOOD the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his Request and in his presence, and in the presence of one another have subscribed our our Names at Witnesses to Attest the due Execution hereof

Daus: Mary wife of Thos HAMPSON; Ann Elizabeth; Harriet wife of Tom HIGGINBOTTOM

In the name of God Amen the Nyneteenth day of Auguste in the yeare of our lord god on Thousand Six hundred Sixe I Elline YEAVELEY of Brockehouses widowe late wyef of Roberte YEAVELEY deceased Sicke in bodye but in pfect mynd and memory prayessed be god for it doo Constitute ordayne and make this my psent will & Testament in maner And fforme ffolowinge that is to say ffirst I offer and bequeath my Soule to Almightie god my Creator and makere Trustinge through the meritts of his son Jesus Christ his psious bloode & Body to be on of the Member of his Elect & my body to be buried wthn the pish Church of Glossopp

Item I will leave and devyse to my son Thurston PLATS & ffrancis EYRE my soninlawe on s[ ] the mothers on paym the [ ] of [ ] & my best hatte to be taken upp of the whole of my goods to discharge my funerall Expenses And such Dettes as of Right I owe to Any man And if there be Any [overplus] left after my forth bringing & Dettes discharged then my ffull mynd is that it be equally debyded between them

Item I give and bequeath to Thomas YEAVELEY my Sonn a browne hefer And the half of my corne now growing And on greate Arke turmell and the dishboarde and A dypor board that in ffull satisfacon of his Childes pte or porton

Itm I give & bequeath to Thurston PLATS my son a browne cow called by the Name of [Nutu] and the half of my hontinge s[ ] on great pott that Reareth uppon the disboarde and on Matresse wch I lye one on Coverlet two blanketts two tear a [ ] sheetes and on ben[ ] & the Halfe of on & twentie shepe my bowth cloth gowne and on New pewter dishe and the best [ ] and on little Ark & that tyth Corne that groweth on his fforme in satisfacon of his Chyldes pte or pton

I give and bequeath to my daughter Ann SMITH wyef of John SMITH Six sheepe whereof son to be Ewes & tree lambes and A branded Calf and my best peticote in fful satisfacon of her Chyldes pte or porton

Itm I give and bequeath to Ann PLATS my daughter a blacke Cowe called [ ernold] thre Ewes one workeday hatte lyned with velvett and A peticote with blacke fringe in satisfacion of her Chyldes porcon

Itm I give and bequeath to Elizabeth BRADBURY my daughter wyef of Robert BRADBURY my better [ ] [ ] in ffull Satisfacon of her Chyldes pte or porcon

Itm I give and bequeath to Raph Robinson als YEAVELEY two Ewes & two lambes in satisfacon his Chyldes pte & pton

Itm I give & bequeath to my Cossin William PLATS a Choffer & to my Cossen Hester his wyef my velvet [ ]ssell

Itm I give & bequeath to Margaret BOWDEN my serbant two Ewes and my workedaye gowne & litle under peticot

Itm I give & bequeath to my daughter Marye EYRE wyef of ffrancis EYRE on Core called blackwall and on Calfe called Silk and the halve of on and twentye sheeppe and my best gowne A fetherbed and on pott and the Halfe of my Corne pr[ ]inge the halfe of my houldinge [ ] and my tythe Corne at Christover BENNETTE and my haye now gotten on mantle Arke and the other of my Silber sponnes my Rydinge sadle and my Cloake with all the Rest and Residue of my unbequeathed goods of what kynde [ ] or qualitie soever the be of I leave and bequeath to my saide daughter Marye In satisfacon of her Cyldes parte or porcon

Item I make my lawfull Executor Thurston PLATS my sone & ffrancis EYRE my soninlawe trustinge the will ffullfill and Acomplish this my last will and Testament for my soules health wth the oversight of William PLATS & John DANDE these beinge witnesses Ottiwell FFERNELEY & Raph FFEARNELEY wth others

A true and pfecte Inventory of all the goods & Chattels of Elline YEAVELEY widow lately deceased moveable and Inmoveable quicke and deade praysed and valued by these men whose names are Heareunder written viz William PLATTS John DANDE Anthony BOWDEN & Raph FFEARNELEY the xiij day of October 1606

In the name of god Amen, The xix Day of June in the yeare of our lord god 1599 I George YEAVELYE of the Brookhouses in the county of Derby yeoman Sicke in bodye, but in mynde of good & pfect remembrance (praysed be god) knowing the certenty of Death, and the [ ] of the same & tyme thereof Doe make thys my last will and tistament in maner & form following first & principally I comitt my soule to Almghty god my maker, trusting through the merits of Christs passion to be one of gods elect and my bodye to be buryed in the Church of Glossopp where I am a [ ] Item my will is that Immediatly after my Decease, Elizabeth YEAVELY my well beloved wife shall have & enjoy the worthe or one halfe of my land & houses that I nowe owninge for and duringe her naturall life keepinge her unmarryed and bringinge upp my children with meate, drink, lodginge, and apparell, untill the accomplishe the age of xxi yeares, the other halfe, my will is that Thomas YEAVELY my brother shall have & enjoye he Doringe or hareafter followeth Also I give to Elizabeth my forsyde wife the [ ] or one halfe of my goods corne and grasse the other halfe, I give to my children that nowe I have or hereafter may have by best bed clothe the table in the house and my best pott [ ] to myn there And if my sayde wife marye, then she to have but thyrd of my same landes & houses & the halfe of my goods, the rest give to my Brother Thomas & he of speciall[trust] to bringe upp my children as beforesayde, and truly to pay them the halfe of my sayde goodes, when the accomplish the age of xxi yeares. And if god call for my wife before she marye I of speciall trust & confidence to comitt my children to my brother Thomas to be brought upp as Before expressed. Item my will is that my brother Thomas shall have my best coffer he payinge to my wife & children for vis viiid provyded alwayes that if it pleaseyed I have a sonn by Elizabeth my wife my will is that all my Landes and houses tenement to hym his heeres for ever after the Decease of my wife he payinge to my daughters forty poundes apiece when the accomplish the age of xxi yeares And for want of sonne all my land & houses after the decease of my wife to re meane to my brother Thomas & his heires for ever In consideration he or his heire shall truly paye to my two Daughters Elizabeth & Marye ether of them an Innuity pounds of Lawfull mony of England when the shall accomplish the age of xxi yeares and if I have noe daughters then these wch of them to have but fourscore poundes of like English monye when the shall accomplish the sayde age Itm my will is that my brother Thomas before he enter uppon any of my Lnds or goodes shall sufficiently assure my Daughters for the true payment of the sayde Summes at the sight and discretion of Ottiwell MELLOR my fatherinlawe & my uncles Thomas & Richard YEAVLY and if my Brother Thomas fale my Daughters in payment then my lands & houses to remeane to Thomas YEAVLY myne uncle & to his heers for ever he or his heeres payminge my Daughters as beforesayde Also if my Brother Thomas pay then accordinge to my will & here meaninge and then dye without male of his bodye lawfully begotten my will is that myne uncle Thomas or his hears shall repaye to the assignes of my brother Thomas [farming] goodes as he in trust shall have hande forthe to my Daughters or sisters & then my uncle Thomas & his heers male to have my landes as beforesayde And for want of my uncle Thomas & his heers male my landes & houses remeane to myne uncle Richard YEAVELY & to his heers male for ever heer his heers payment as before mentioned And if these or their heers refuse he sayde payment then I give my lands & houses to my Daughters & there heers for ever. Item my will is that myne heere shall Discharge my [ ] will as concerninge Anne & Marye my sisters And of this my last will & testament I make & ordayne my welbeloved wife Thomas my brother & Thomas myne uncle myne excr And Ottiwell MELLOR my fatherinlawe & Richard myne uncle myne overseers trusting he will see this my last voice in all point Discharged to the halthe of my soule these wittnesses

In the name of god Amen: The eighteenth day of September In the yeare of our lord god one thousand six hundred sixtie and ffive, I Richard YEVELEYof the Brookhouses in the Countie of Derbie yeoman being weake and sickely, but in pfect mynd and good memory, praised be god, doo make and declare this my last will and Testament in maner and forme following, ffirst I comend my Soule into the hands of Almightie god my maker, hopeing by the meritts of Jesus Christ my saviour to obtaine everlasting life, And I comitt my body to the earth of wch it was made in hope of a joyfull resurection at the last day: And for my worldly estate both in lands and goods I give devise and bequeath as followeth:

ffirst I give devise & bequeath all my messuage houses buildings lands tenements [ ] and hereditaments with their & every of Ahe[ ] appurteneances situate lying and being in the parish of Glossopp in the said Countie of Derbie, unto Elizabeth my wife for & during the terme of Seaven yeares next and imediately after my Decease she the said Elizabeth paying & satisfying my debts, ffunerall expenses, and also three partes a peace to every poore pson that shall [ ] to my ffunerall, And further the maintaining and bringing up my sonne George YEVELEY and my daughter Elin with meate & drinke lodging apparell and all other necessaries ffitting their wants & [ ]allings, durring the said tearme, And after the said terme of Seaven yeares, then my will and mind is and I give and bequeath one third part of all my said messuagess houses lands & pmisses unto the said Elizabeth my wife for & Durring her naturall lyfe in full satisfaction of her Dowr out of my said Messuages houses lands goods [ ] and pmisses, also I give devise and bequeath all the other Two parts of the said Messuages Cottages houses lands [ ] hereditaments and pmisses, and also the said third part after the death of my sayd wife for[ ]ly given and bequeathed unto her for ever Dowr with [ ] and every of their appurtenances unto my said sonne George and to the heires of his body lawfully begotten to be begotten, [ ]the said George YEVELEY paying and discharging unto Elizabeth my said wife the Summe of Eightie pounds of lawfull money of England within Two yeares next after the and [ ] of the said seaven yeares, And in case the said George doo not [ ]out and pay the said eightie pounds within the tyme aforesd, Then my will & mind is that ye said Elizabeth my wife shall enter into ye said Two parts of my said messuages houses [ ] hereditaments pmisses given unto ye said George my sonne as aforesaid and [ ] [ ] & take the rents issues & profitts thereof and of every part thereof untill such tyme as [ ] Elizabeth hath received permi[ ] and had the said eightie pounds of lawfull money out of the said issues rents & profitts, and in case the said Elizabeth doth dye and depart this lyfe before she hath recieved the said eightie pounds as aforesaid then my will and mind is that the executor or assignes of the said Elizabeth shall enter into all the said Messuages lands pmisses, and receive & take ye said issues [ ] thereof untill the said eightie pounds & the arr[ ] thereof be fully paid &discharged, The said eightie pounds to be imployed to or fourthe use of the said Elin my Daughter or to [ ] other use uses and behoofes as she the said Elizabeth shall by her last will & Testament in the psence of two or more credible wittnesses lymitt declare & appoint hopeing & being very [ ] out that if my said daughter Elin Doo or shall De[ ] or [ ] her selfe Dutifully & obediently unto Elizabeth her said mother and be Counselled & [ ] by her in her marriage That then the said Elizabeth her said mother will give bestow & bequeath the said eightie pounds, and [ ] the benefitt and Improvement as shall be made thereof upon her the said Elin at such tyme and tymes as she the said Elizabeth shall thinke the same to be most for here benefitt and advantage In regard [ ] she the said Elin receives noo gift or legacie by this my last will & Testament in Satisfaction of her childs part of my goods Cattells and Chattells Item my will and mind is that if the said George YEVELEY my sonne doo dye and depart this life not having issue of his body lawfully begotten, Then I give devise and bequeath all my said messuages cottages houses buildings land tenements [ ] ments hereditaments & pmisses, with thier every of their appurtenances unto the said Ellin my daughter and to her heires for ever after the Death of Elizabeth my said wife respectively Itm my will and mind is that Elizabeth y wife shall have the usuage and occupation of all my househouldstuffe and husbandrie ware for and durring the tearme of Seaven yeares next & imediatelie after my decease, and the usuage and occupation of one third part of the said housefould stuffe & husbandrie ware durring her naturall life, And after the end of the said seaven yeares Then I give & bequeath Two third parts of the same husbandrie wares & househouldstuffe unto my said George after the decease of Elizabeth his said mother, Itm my will and mind is that George Yeveley my son shall have the two third parts of all such liveing and quick goods that shall remayne after my debts & funerall expenses be discharged at the end of Seaven yeares next after my decease, And the other third part thereof I give & bequeath unto my said wife, The rest of all my goods Canttells & Chattells not formerly bequeathed, I give the same unto Elizabeth my said wife, And I ordayne & constitute and appoint the Elizabeth my sayd loveing wife as executor of this my last will & testament to [ ] & pforme the same according to my trust reposed in her, And I doo hereby revoke and disanull all former wills by me at anytime herebefore made.

Wd that the last will & testament of ye said Richard YEVELEY the Testator was sealed signed published & declared by [ ] to be his last will & Testament in the psence of us

A true pfect Inventory of all the goods Cattells Chattells debts wh were the goods Cattells Chattells Debts of Richard YEAVELEY of Brookhouses yeoman lately deceased praysed by Thomas FFERNELEY Robert SLACK and John HYDE

Thomas FFERNELEY his marke TF; Robert SLACK his marke R; John HYDE

In the name of God Amen the xij daye of March in the yeare of our lord god 1584. I Robert YEAVLEY of the Brookhouse & in the Countie of Darbie yeoman, sick in bodie, sound of mynd and of pfect memorie [ ] and praysed be to almightie god During the certayne tyme of Death [naturall] Doe make and ordayne my Last will and Testament in maner and form followinge, ffirst & principally I doe geeve and bequeath my soule to almightie god my maker savior redeemer trustinge assur[ity] by his merits and passion to be one of his elect Children in the kingdom of Heaven, And my bodie to be buried in the Churche of Glossop where I am pishnor in [ ] [co tment] [ ] as shalle thought meet by my executors, Also I doe bequeth and freely geeve to George YEAVLEY my [eldr] sonn one messuage or Tenement called Brookhouse in the countie afr said wch I doe now Dwell upon to have and to hould to him his heares [ ] [ ] And to enter upon in when he comethe to the Lawfull age of xxi yeares And unto that tyme my my beloved wyff and Children shall occupye and have it she beinge [her] sole and unmarried And when my said sonn George hathe accomplished and come to the age afr said that then my will mind is that Ellyn my wyff shall have the thirde part of the said messuage called [ ]house & during her Lyff kepinge my name Also I geeve and bequeath to my said sonne George one messuage called [Bowden]head in Chappel beinge situate Lyinge and beinge in Kinder in the Countie aforsaid to have and to hould to him and his heeres for ever now in the occupation of John FERNE or his assygnes Also I Bequeath and [ ] geeve to my said sonn George one close called T[ ]feild within [Thy ] situate Lyinge and beinge in the parishe of Glossopp and in the countie afr said in the occupation of John ARMFEILD in consideration of the [pmisses] my full mynd and will is that George my sonn shall [ nelye] pay unto my two daughters Ann and Marie ether of them x£ when the doe accomplish and come to the age of xxi yeares, Also I doe geeve and assygne the moitie of one half of one messuage or tenement in Brownsyde and in the countie afr said wch I bought of John LEIGHE of A[rdise] in the countie of Chester & Thomas YEAVELEY my Brother & is to his heeres for ever Also I bequeath and do freely geeve to my Sonn Thomas YEAVELEY one Messuage or Tenement within Chapple[ ] called Clough house [ ] Lyinge and beinge in the parishe of Glossop in the countie afr said and now in the occupation of Nicholas BEARD or his assyges to have and hould the said messuage within Chappel[ ] to the same Thomas to him and his heares for ever Also I doe ordayne constitute and appoynt my wellbeloved in xx Ellen my wyff and George my sonn my true and Lawfull executors trustinge that the will execute and accomplish this my Last will and Testament for my soules [healthe] And I doe make the S[upvyser] here of my [right] [worshipfull] [Mr] ffr[ancis] LEEKE esquyre trustinge that he will sie this my will [executed] And I doe re[quest] and desyre him to [stand] [good] [Master] to my wyff and Children Theis beinge witness & George YEAVELEY [sen] Willm [RIDGE] Thomas YEAVELEY, Raphe OLLEREN[SHAWE], Nicholas ASSHE[ ], And if any thing be omitted in this my Last will and Testament my will and Mynd is that it shalbe amended and ordered at the [sight] of my [worshipfull] [Master] [Mr] [LEEKE] and the witness here of accordinge as afr said [ ] heare of [ ] more I geave and Bequeath to my sonn George my oft B[ead] wth all [furniture] [their] to Belonginge and my [order] meat B[ord] wth the [ ] & my coffer & my [ ] pott [ ] be [delivered] to him when he cometh to xxi yeares of age

Also my Debts beinge pd & funerll expenses discharged my will is that Ellyn my wyff Thomas my sonn Ann and Marie my daughters shall have the rest of any goods.

Debts wch I doe owe

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Debts owinge unto me

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Imprimis to George YEAVLY my brother vicar of Glossopp

xxj£ if he saye I do

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Imprimis francis D[    ] [    ]

vj£ due to be payd at the of his marriage or [    ] owe him any more I [besect   ] soe geeve it oneat the daye of his Death [      ] ffull [       ] the [     ] in [    ] of Barn[ ] [       ]

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Itm to my brother Thomas YEAVLY

xx£

Itm Willm BRAMALL

x£

Itm to Willm BEARD

vj£ xiijs iiijd

Itm George [       ] junr

xxs

Itm to Bryan [GEASIER]

xviijs xiijd

Itm the said George wch I have borowed of my [      ]

xs

Itm to the wyff of Ottiwell [BOWDEN]

xxs

Itm Nicholas BOOTH

xs

Itm to Raphe HYDE

xiiijs

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Itm to Ottiwell FEARNELYE

vijs xiijd

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Itm to Robert HADFEILD [taylior]

xiijs

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Itm to [Henrie] MELLER for a [Hatt]

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Itm to Ale[ ] POTT

xijs

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Itm to Thomas BOWDEN of B[anke] pr [ne] paid & [    ] [   ] of [     ]

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Itm to Thomas BOOTH [   ]

ijs iiijd

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Itm to [Mr] LOWE of [               ]

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Itm Thomas BOOTH (bottom cutoff)

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In the name of God Amen the Twenty eyght day of October in the yeare of our Lord god one Thousand sixe hundred sixtie Two I Thomas YEAVELIE of Bruckhouses in the County of Darby yeoman being sicke in body but in good and pfect memarie prayse be given to god for it I doo Constitute ordayne and make this my last will and Testament in mannor and forme followinge first I offer and bequeath my soule to Allmighty god my creator and redeemer trustinge through the Merritts of Jesus Christ to be one of the Number of his elect & my body to the earth to be buried within the Chappell of Heafield in a Christian and decent mannor and that my ffunerall expences and such debts as of Right I owe to any man be discharged out of my whole goods And for my worldly goods I give then as followeth Imprimis I doo give and bequeath unto Mary YEAVELEY my daughter the sume of Twelve pounds to be payd unto her when she doth Accomplish the age of Twentie and one yeares yf shee the same Mary be then livinge And I doo leave and appoint that my executrix hereafter named shall muntayne and keepe the same Mary YEAVELIE my daughter with Meate Drink Apparell and lodging & some [le ing] until shee the said Mary Doo Accomplish the age of Twentie one years

Ite I doo give and bequeath unto the same Mary My daughter all such goods as were given unto me the said Thomas YEAVELIE by George YEAVELIE Deceased Ite I doo give leave and bequeath all the rest and residue of my unbequeathed goods Cattells & Chattells and Debts unto Elizabeth YEAVELIE my wife And I doo also ordayne and make the same Elizabeth YEAVELIE my wife my sole executrix of this my last will & Testament hoping shee will pforme this my last will and I doo also ordayne and make Thomas FFERNELIE of Lanehead and John HYDE of Bulshaw overseers of this my last will and Testament hoping that the will doo their best indevor to see this my will pformed In wittnes whereof I have hereunto put my hand and seale the day and yeare above written

Sealed and declared in the psence of John HYDE; Ottiwell FFEARNELY

A true and pfect Inventory of all the goods Cattells Chattells & debts wch were the goods Cattells Chattells & debts of Thomas YEAVELEY lately deceased praysed the first day of June Anno Dom 1663 by Thomas FFERNELEY JohnHYDE & Lawrence BENNETT

Imps Her purse and apparrell	20:00:00
Item debts oweing to the testator	.
oweing by James BRADDOCK by an Assignment	30:00:00
oweing by John NORBURY upon bond	20:00:00
oweing by James BUCKLEYupon a bill	30:00:00
oweing by James BUCKLEY of Chatherton upon bill	10:00:00
oweing by John WRIGLEY of Cromton upon a bill	10:00:00
totl	120:00:00

Debtes owinge to my the sayd John are theise	.
Godfrey GARRANT	xls
Ottiwell BEARDE of kynder	viiis
Howard MELLORof Bawdon and Bartholemew WHARMBY of the Longhurst layne	xxs iid
William GARLICKE of the phorde	xis
The sayde Bartholemew WHARMBY	xiis
The sayde Bartholemew WHARMBY	iis iid
Ottiwell BEARDE of the Blakehall	vs vid
Suma Debitern	iiij£ xviis xd

Debita que mihi debentur	.
Imprimis Edward HYDE	36s 4d
John WARRENTON of the newe Milne	.
debita que debeo	.
Imprimis to Laurance BRIDBURIE and Thomas BRIDBURYE	28s
Itme to Alexander LOWE	3s
to william WARRINGTON of the Newe	15s
George BIRCH of Manchester	3s 6d
John BRIDBURIE of the Spynnerbotham	.
Richard COLSELL	.

Debtes that I owe are theise	.	Debt owinge to me
Inprimis to Elizabeth BRADBURY my nyce	viii£ xs	William BRAMMALL de Thornsetfeeldes	viiis vd
Item to Lawrence BRADBURY my brother	xxvs viiid	-	-
Item to Robert COTTERELL	xiiis iiijd	-	-
Item to Thomas MARRYOTT	viis ijd	-	-
Suma Debitorn	x£ xvis iid	-	-

.	£ s d
In primis his Apparell, purse, & girdle	03-06-08
Ite one Table standing in the parlor	00-08-00
Ite one Bedstid	00-13-04
Ite two Chists	00-16-00
Ite Eleven Ewes, one tup, & foure hoggs	03-12-00
Su tot	08-16-00

Detts wyche I do owe	.	Detts owyge unto my guy ARNEFELD
inprimis Rauffe ARNEFELD my sonne	xls	Inprimis Thomas BAWDON of Suydyhyll	Lijs
-	-	Itm the wyffe of Robert H[ ]SON of [ ]wnall	ij£ xijs
-	-	Itm Robertt MELLOR of Whyttfeld	xxxis
-	-	Itm Rauffe MELLOR Lolayhton	viijs viijd
-	-	Itm Robertt BAWDON of Swallowhouss	xs
-	-	Itm Ottiwell BAWDON of Kynder	xiijs
-	-	Itm Nycholas WATERHOUSSE of Spreyhousse	xxxiijs iiijd
-	-	Itm John BAWDON sone Rauff BAWDON	xiiijd
-	-	Itm Edwarde CLITON of Kynder	iijs iiijd

Imprs	£ s d
Itm purse Apparell saddle & Bridle	02=00=00
It Two [ ] [ ] Two Chaires Nine Cushions six stooles a ffire Iron & Tonges	01=02=06
It One [ ]: furniture at Stones House in the plor	01=03=00
It Twenty Three Stones of Wool One Stone of yarn Some Lames wool & other Loopwool	11=01=00
It One Bed with furniture in the Chamber	00=12=00
It One Bed w: furniture & one Arke and a Cofer	01=03=00
It Pewter and Brasse	00=14=00
It In Earthen &Wood vessells	01=05=00
It In Butter & Cheese	01=00=00
It In Loose Boards and Husbandry Ware	01=10=00
It Three Cowes, 1 Heifer 2 Strikes and three young [ lees]	18=10=00
It In sheep	33=04=06
It One [ ld] Mare	00=01=06
It All other Hustlement in & about the House	00=10=00
Summa tot	74=06=06

Inprimis in kyne	vi£
Item xvii Sheepe	iii£ vis viiid
Item in Beddinge	xiiis iiijd
Item in brase & pewter	xxs
Item an arke	vis viiid
Item his purse girdle & apparell	xiis iiijd
Summa totalis	xii£

Inprimis two oxe foure putin	vi£
Item foure kyne	viii£
Item three twynters	v£
Item foure A[ ]kes	iiij£
Item foure claves	liijs iiijd
Item one olde horse	xxvis viiid
Item in olde sheepe	xxxv £
Item in Lambes	iii£ vis viiid
Item in corne	vi£
Item in hay	iiij£
Item in meale and mault	xs
Item in beddinge	v£
Item in brasse and pewter	iiij £
Item starks & one wyndeinge cloth	xiiis iiijd
Item all husbandry ware	xxvis viiid
Item for arkes and coffers	xxs
Item all hustment of houshould	xs
Item for h[ ] and ch[ ]	xxs
Item two scoyne	xxvis viid
Item in Hennes & pullyne	iis
Item his purse and apparell	xxiiis iiijd
Suma totalis	lxxxxii £ viiis vijd

Debt owinge unto me are these	.	Debtes wch of I owe are theese	.
Inprimis Margaret [ANDREWS]	iij£	Inprimis Elen BOWDEN	v£
Ite Robert BEARD of heafeld	iij£	Ite George [L]IDDIAT	iiij£ iijs vjd
Ite Willyam BEARD his sone	xxs	Ite henerie BOUTH de Charlesworth	xl viijs vjd
Ite John BENNET of Whitfeld	xvjs	Ite Anne WHYTE	xls
Ite George BEARDE	xs	Ite John WARRINTON	xvjs
Ite Thomas BOWDEN de [ pleand]	iiijs	Ite Elen BENNET of litle heafeld	xxxvijs
Ite Godfrey BEARD	xs	-	-
Ite Thurston PLATS	viijs	-	-
Ite Ottiwell DOWNES	vijs iijd	-	-
Ite Raphe CROWTHER	xxs	-	-
Ite Edmond HAUGHE de whitfeld	xijs iiijd	-	-
Ite Thomas WHYTE	xvijs vjd	-	-
Ite Adam EYRE	vjs	-	-
Ite frances EYRE my land lorde	xxixs	-	-

Inprimis the reversion of a peece of medowe grounde	xviis iiijd
Item in kyne	iii£ xiiis iiijd
Item one cowe & ii heffers	xls
Item one olde mare & a sadle	vis viiid
Item xx wad[ ]	vi£ xiiis iiijd
Item v other Sheepe	xxvis viiid
Item v hogges	xvis viiiid
Item vi arkes	xxs
Item his apparell	vis viiid
Item in beddinge	xxvis viiid
Item in brasse and pewter	xls
Item pl[ ]rous spade and mattocke	vis
Item hay	xxxiiis iiijd
Item maner & a[ ]	iiis iiijd
Item peates or fuell	vis viiid
Item on Swyne	xs
Item [ ]venware and other Implements of housenth[ ]	vis viiid
Suma totalis	xxiij£ iiijs iiijd

Debts wch I owe	.
Inprimis I owe to Robt MOSLEYE	xiil-vjs as my Bill Doth & may appeare
It Willm BRADBURIE & I doe equally owe to Willm COTRILL	xil as by our bill doth & may appere
Itm to Robert CARRINGTON o f Chinley Houses	xl xvijs iiij d to bee payd as followeth the one halfe the forweth day of July & thother halfe att Michalmas next ensewinge
Itm to Edward HAIGHE	iijl xvjs as by my deed in writinge dothe & may appeare
Itm to Jhon MELLOR of little Longsor	iiijl to be payd the twenty day of July next
Itm to Jhon HALL of alport	ijl xiijs iiijd
Itm to Cristopher YELLOT	xis
Itm to Willm ROBINSON	xxjs
Itm to Willm ROWBOTHAM	vss or therabouts
Itm to my brother in lawe Thomas EARE	xxis
Itm to Christopher BOWDEN	xs
Debts oweinge to me	.
Inprimis Andrewe BOWDEN oweth to mee	vl xvijs ijj d dew at the assumption of St marii the vergin next ensuwinge
Itm Jhon HADFILD of the birch Hall	iiijs ijd
It Renold ROWBOTHOM	iiijs xd
It Edward DOWNES of Kynder	iiijs iid

.	£ s d
Imp/ Purse & Apparel1	7 0 0
A large Bible & Clock	3 0 0
Two cows	6 0 0
A cupboard & table	0 15 0
Two coach chairs 15s 12 chairs 10s	1 5 0
One Fire Iron tongs, 3 bread Irons Fire Shovel & Brigg	0 15 0
One little Fire Iron, smoothing Iron Clever two Hand hooks & Spittle one frying pan	0 3 0
One Warming Pan a skellet a brass pan a brass pott & saucepan one Lead, Lead weight & Mustard Ball	0 15 0
8 Pewter Dishes one Tankard 1 Cup 4 porringers, Spoons	0 14 0
Books & Linnen Meal Cheese & Bacon	4 17 0
One Bedsted & Bedding & a little Cupboard ith Parlour	1 8 0
One Bedsted & bedding in the long Chamber	2 10 0
One Press	1 10 0
A Long table & one little oval table ith parlor Chamber	0 17 0
One bed & bedding ith Chamber over House	1 5 0
One meal ark 8s one Chest 10s one little chest 6s one Desk 5s one Box 1s ith same Chamber	1 10 0
One Cheese Tubb 5s one kimlin 2s Cheese fatts & other wooden ware 5s & one cheese press 3s	0 15 0
One little Ark in the Porch 1s 2 Iron potts 2s a Glass case two fall tables 2s a kneading trough 1s	0 6 0
One Shovel Mattock & Bill & Dock fork & Ax	0 3 0
One Stock of Bees at Thomas COWPERS	0 10 0
Huslement	0 5 0
.	46 3 0
In Bills	88 2 0
.	134 5 0

.	£ s d
Item In Purs and Apparril	8 0 0
Goods in the House Fire Iorn Shovel & toungs 2 Bread Ions	0 10 0
Brigs Chaveing dish Ballis Spit gobuts & Driping pan	0 5 0
Frying pan and Spittel and a Long Table	0 6 0
Couch Chear & Cushin Cubert & fall table warming pan	0 19 0
9 peuter Dishes ten plats a peuter Cup & Shelf	1 13 8
Nine Chares Round table Stool and Salt pey	0 8 6
In Books	0 2 0
Goods in the Parlor Clock & Case and two Chises	3 3 0
3 pare of sheets & a Single one & 2 Boulster Casees	0 18 0
Stand Bed & Beding ten chares and a table	3 4 0
Goods in the Little Parlor 1 Bed & Beding & a chare	1 10 0
In the Buterreys 3 Chesfuts an ark & a Bras pan	0 18 0
A parcil of pots & Bottels and a tin oven	0 6 0
In the Kitchen 2 Iorn pots a Cettel and Chees press	0 11 6
2 churns Iorning tub and other woodden ware	0 10 0
Goods in the Chambers 95 cheeses and an ark	17 15 0
3 Beds and Beding a Bedstid and a form	4 5 0
In Hay Corn and other grane one ark and 2 tubs	33 17 0
2 Horses 49 sheep and all the Husbandry gear	23 9 6
7 milch cows 2 twinters 2 yearlinks and a Swine	45 5 0
In Bonds Bills and other Securities	154 8 0
In ..... Debts & all other things not Namd as huselments	0 10 0
Total	302 14 2

.	£ s d
His purse and Aparrel	2 2 0
in Household goods	8 12 0
in Cattle	7 0 0
in Husbandry gair	1 2 0
in Huslement	0 2 0
Total	18 18 0

Detes owig to mee	£ s d
Elizabeth FREYRE	21 0 0
John HADFELD	11 0 0
Robert HOLE	2 0 0
and Thomas Atiwell WOODE	1 10 0
Thomas HINCHLIF and Raph PLATES	1 3 0

.	£ s d
First his Purse and Aparel	05 00 0
Goods in the house one fire Iron and Clock and all other goods in the house	02 15 0
Goods in the Parlour one Bed and all other things in the Parlour	02 15 0
Goods in the Chamber one Bed one Chest etc	02 15 0
Goods in the Little Chamber one Bed etc.	01 10 0
Goods in the Kitchen Cheese Press and Dresser etc	00 18 0
Husbandry Ware one cask and all other Husbandry Ware	03 00 0
The Huslement	00 02 6
Cattel one Mare one Gelding	02 10 0
Six Milch Kine	15 00 0
One Feeding Cow	02 00 0
Four Young Beasts	05 00 0
Three Calves	01 10 0
One Hog	00 15 0
Sum Total	45 00 6

.	£ s d
Goods in the House; his purse & Apparel	16 0 0
the fire iron toungs poker Suffel & Briyds	0 12 0
one Clock & Case 2 Couch chairs 3 tables	3 0 0
one Cubboard 5 Chairs 4 Stools 1 Salt pye	0 5 0
one Malter & pestel 1 Cheese toster 4 Candlesticks	0 2 0
one Spite & Goberts 1 Smoothing iron & heaters	0 3 0
two Looking glasses & a parcel of Books	1 19 0
one Warming pan 1 Chafing dish two Bread irons & hand hooks	0 9 0
A parcel of puter 1 frieing pan & knives & forks 0 17 0	0 17 0
Goods in the parlor one Bed & Beding & 1 press	3 0 0
one fire grate & 3 chairs	0 5 0
Goods in Buttrey 1 Ark & bacon & other things within	1 0 0
one Barrel & bottles all the Basons 1 Stound & some pots	0 11 0
4 Weels 2 Churns 2 keels 1 Large tub 1 mustard ball	0 18 0
Goods in Upper Chamber 1 Bed & Beding 2 tables 1 Cofer & wheat	1 19 0
1 Cheese cratch & a parcel of Cheeses Cheese fats trenchers pots	4 5 6
Goods in the midle Chamber 1 bed & beding 1 womans table	1 12 0
1 Meal ark & meal a parcel of Sacks a pair of Weigh & Weights	2 12 0
Goods in Lower Chamber 1 bed & beding 1 Coach chair 1 chist	2 10 0
1 Cofer Wheat 1 desk 3 chairs 1 mug pot honey wool & 2 weights	1 8 0
Goods in Citchin 3 iron pots 1 Brass pan 2 kettles 1 Sose pan & Ladle	0 18 0
A parcel of piggins & siffs 1 tub & cheese press	0 18 0
8 Cows 3 twinters 2 yearlings & 3 calves	35 4 0
2 Mares 1 Swine Some sheep Some hens & Cocks	12 0 0
Cart & Wheels 1 plow harrow & a parcel of hey	2 10 0
1 Mattock & Suffle 1 half strike & Ridles	0 3 6
2 pack Sadles 1 Hackney Sadle 1 pillion & 2 collors	1 8 0
1 Cart sadle & Breech garth 2 pair of chains	0 7 0
1 Bridle 2 halters 2 Wontows & 3 pair of halms	0 2 4
in Book Debts	6 0 0
in Huslement	0 1 4
Total	102 19 8

Imprimis	£. s. d.
to Willm BARBER	20-0-0
to John BENNET	10-0-0
to John HYDE	5-0-0
to Tho: MARRIOT	5-0-0
to Robert EAYRE	10-0-0 & fortie shillings
to Petre COFF	10-0-0
to Charles KYRKE	3-14-4
to Tho: GEE wife	0-13-0
to Charles HADFEILD	0-7-0
to Alles BRADBURY	1-5-0
to Tho: BRADBURY senior	0-13-0
to Georg LINGARD	0-3-6
to widdow DEWSNOPPE	5-10-0
to Elizabeth SMITH	15-0-0
to Edmund BRADBURY	0-15-0
to Mrs COTTRELL	2-15-0
to Elizabeth SMITH	0-5-0
to Tho: CLEATON	0-15-0
to Robert COTTRELL	0-15-0

Debtes Ownig unto mee	.	Debtes that I do owe	.
Inprimis Mr Willa BEARD	foure pones of lent money and xvjs unpayd being pcell of the payr of tow stnors	Inprimis to John HOLLENWORTH iij bushell of ootes	the payr viij O a bushell
Ite John HOLLENWORTH of Cheseworht	iiij£ xviijs	-	-
Ite the sayd John	lviijs iiijd	-	-
It the sayd John for fyve wothers	xvs	-	-
Ite Thurston PLATTS	xls which I forgyve him	-	-

Detes that I doe owe	£ s d
to Anthony HOLE	20 0 0
to grace MARIOTT	10 0 0
to Raph ARMEFELD	10 0 0
to Elizabeth PLATES	10 0 0
to Ales ROWBOTHOM	1 10 0
to george MELLOR	3 0 0

Inprimis his purse & girdle	xs
Item his aparell	xxxs
Item ten ewe [s ]	liijs iiijd
Item foure heaffers	viij£
Item tow kine	vj£
Item fourty [ ] shepe	xij£
Item one lease p[ ]c	xiij£ vjs viijd
Item another lease	xxvjs viijd
Item debtes oweing by ffranc EIRE	xij£
Item be Robt CHOWE	xj£
Item by Thomas EIRE	xv£
Item by Andrew BOWNE	v£
tot	87£-6s-8d

Imprimis hir purse and aparell	iiij£
Ite in linin Cloth	xvijs
Ite two arkes and two Chistes	xxxs
Ite three payre of bedstockes	vjs viijd
Ite one Chandler	xvd
Ite one ewe	vs
Ite owinge by Thomas WATERHOUSE of Sprayhouse and Thomas WATERHOUSE of haslehurst	x£ xvs vijd
Ite owinge by Thomas WHYTLE	vj£ ixs vijd
ite owinge by my stepfather	xxs
Ite owinge by anne BARNES	xxd
Ite Elizabeth [MELLNOR]	xviijd
Somma totalis	£25 - 08s - 8d

Impremis	£ s d
her purse & Aparell	0-10-0
Idem one [R]arron heaffor	1-12-0
Idem 3 sheepe	0- 6-0
Idem in woll & yorne	1-14-0
Idem in Bed stock & Beding And in Linine & wollen	0-10-0
Idem one Chist	0-10-0
Idem in Coffers & Arkes	0-3-4
Idem in wooden ware within ye house	0-2-6
Idem in Iron ware	0-3-4
Idem in pewter & brass And one Lead	0-3-0
Idem Boards Stowled And Quishand	0-1-4
Idem in hay And Straw	0-10-0
Idem in hussellment in the house	0-2-6
debts owing to ye testator	11-0-0
sume	19-8-8

Ipms	£ s d
His purse and apparell1	04-12-00
In Meal & Barley	03-00-06
One Meal Ark & Old Cofer	00-14-00
Debts in Country	31-09-10
In Cattle	09-18-00
In Sheep	07-06-00
In Hay	00-10-00
One Old mare	01-01-00
House	.
Goods in ye house Chamber	00-03-04
One pair of Looms & Gear belonging	01-00-02
One Chest. One Little Table & form, 2 Chairs, & Stools	00-12-06
in Wooden Ware	00-09-10
in pewter & Brass	00-06-03
in iron Goods	00-08-05
in [Cheese]	00-02-00
in Bed Stocks & Beding	01-01-06
in Wool & Wollen Cloath & yarn	01-19-06
One Little table 2 Cofers 1 Ark	00-06-02
in Linnen	00-15-00
in Husbandry Ware	00-11-02
in pottr & Bottles	00-02-00
Huslements	00-01-06
.	£76-10-06

Impr His purse and apparel	05-00-00
It In Househould goods	02-00-00
It Two mares and two Cows	10-05-00
It In Hay	01-05-00
It In Cloth	20-00-00
It In Wooll	41-10-00
It In Woollen Yarne	02-04-00
It Matarealls belonging to the Woollen trade	11-05-00
It All other Husslements what soever	00-10-00
Debts oweing to the party deceased from severall persons by Speciallties & without	189-06-00
tot.	283-05-00

Imprimis her purse and aparell	vii£
It. ii kyne? and two calves	vi£
It. in hay	xiiis iiiid
It. pewter and Brasse	xxxs
It. 4 leades	xiiis iiiid
It. 2 arks iii chists	xiiis
It. in meale & malte	xiiis iiiid
It. in Bedding	xxs
It. in lineans	xxs
It. wooden ware	xiiis 4d
It. bowls bedstocke & one dishboard	xs
It. Irone ware	iis
It. one pcell of ...... rather the clough .... which was Assigned to her viz? or for late pay.... for ........................................	xxiiii£
It. hempe & yarne	vis viiid
It. C.....	iis
Sum	xliiii£ xviis

.	£ s d
Imprimis wee praysed his purse & apparrell	02 00 00
Item wooll & woollen yarne	02 00 00
Item in beds & bedding	02 10 00
Item in Arks coffers & tables	02 00 00
Item in pewter & brasse	01 00 00
Item 2 leads	00 06 00
Item in wooden ware chairs & stooles	00 13 04
Item in bees & bacon butter & cheese	00 10 00
Item in ironware belonging to the fire with other huzlements & things within the house	00 06 08
Item in ploughs carts teames harrowes plough irons wheeles & all other husbandry ware	00 13 04
Item one yoake of oxen	05 00 00
Item 3 kine 1 heifer 1 stirke	07 00 00
Item 1 mare 2 pack sadles & gares & 1 Hackney sadle	03 00 00
Item in sheepe	10 00 00
Item in Corne	01 16 00
Item the moietie or one halfe of the tenement at Mosseelees held by Lease in being about 16 yeares of terme	10 00 00
Item two stockes of Beds	00 10 00
Item one Turnell	00 08 00
Item a Lease of words five yeares yet in being of a Close called the Bent Meadow	05 00 00
Item more upon lease	04 00 00
Item Bills & Bonds	25 00 00
Item more upon Bond	05 00 00
Totall	69 00 00

.	£ s d
First: In Purse and Apparrell	52 00 00
In the House	.
In one fire Iron and 2 pair of Tongs and fire Shovel	00 14 00
In one brass pan and Skelet and Possnet	00 08 00
In one pair of Hand hooks Chafing Dish and dripping pan and some other odd things there	00 02 00
In one Salt pye, 4 chairs and 5 stools	00 02 00
In the Pewter Shelf 8 Dishes, 2 Plates, 4 Pottengers and some other small pewter	00 10 00
In one Cupboard	00 06 00
In Two Tables and fourms	00 12 00
In Two coach chairs	00 14 00
In Wooden Ware In 3 Cheese tubbs one Washing tubb, one Churn 6 Cheese press and 7 Piggons, 4 Bowls 6 Basons	01 10 00
In one Clock	01 01 00
In one Dish Board	00 01 06
In the Parlour	.
In one Rugg one Blanket and 2 Chaff bolsters and one Feather bolster and a Chaf Bed and hangings	00 12 00
In one Table 3 Buffets and 4 Chairs a Cloath press and a Box	00 10 06
In a fire pan and Backstone	00 02 00
In the Little Parlour	.
In one Bedstocks a Coverlidd, 2 Blankits, a chafe bed a chaff bolster a feather Bolster and a feather pillow	00 10 00
In one Table a Stool	00 02 06
Chamber over little Parlour	.
In one Pair of Bedstocks and Bedding	00 10 00
In one Coffer a little Table a Swine Turnell and Dalion	00 04 00
In 3 Rogers one Gauage, 3 chissels etc.	00 03 00
Chamber over Great Parlour	.
In one Bed and Bedding to it	03 00 00
In one other Bed and Bedding to it (that is) Bed stocks and blew hangings a rugg, 2 blankets a feather Bed, a Chaf Bed a feather Bolster and a Chaf one	02 10 00
In two Coffers, a little Coffer a tresl and 2 ceil`d chairs	00 10 00
In a piece of White Leather	00 01 06
The Chamber over the House	.
In one Meal Ark	00 04 00
In one other Meal Ark and 13 Cheese Breads, Weighs, Weigh-Ceane a Counter	00 11 06
In 3 hundred of Cheese	02 08 00
In the Kitchen	.
In one Cheespress, Kneading Turnell and Mooding Board	00 10 00
In one Mattock 2 Axes a Great Hammer a Crocks etc.	00 04 00
In the Barn	.
In Corn and Hay	10 00 00
In two pair of Chains, 4 Swingle trees and 1/2 of a Collar and Share, one pair of fore Geers and some halms	00 08 00
In two Arks and half a phan, a half hoop, 6 Pitch forks, a Shickle etc	00 04 04
Carthouse	.
In one pair of Shod Wheels, half of the Cart Chest and half a Plough	01 15 00
In two Harrows	00 04 06
In four Cows	12 10 00
In two Heifers	06 10 00
In two Twinters and two Calves	04 10 00
In one Colt	03 10 00
In one Mare	04 15 00
In one Swine	01 05 00
In Money oweing upon Bond	119 00 00
In Money owing by Bill	100 12 00
In Money owing upon Single Contract	05 04 00
In more money Oweing	00 06 00
In more Money owing by MortGuage	10 00 00
In the moiety of Chisworth Tenement	40 00 00
And Woodseats Tenement	25 00 00
In all other things not Named or forgotten as Husslements	00 05 00
Sum of the Inventory	414 02 10
In two Bills more	12 00 00
True Inventory	426 02 10

.	£ s d
Purs and Apparel	10 00 00
Clock	03 00 00
Dresser and Pewter	03 00 00
Fire Iron Griddel and all Iron Things belonging the fire	01 15 00
Warming pan and ovel Tabel	00 13 06
Coach Chire Long Table and forms	01 14 00
A Bedstead in the Great parlor and Beding belonging	03 00 00
Two Bedsteads in the Little parlor and Beding Belonging	05 02 00
A Bedstead in the Chamber with all its Furniture	05 00 00
All other Linen	03 10 00
Three Chesses Desk and Cupboard & Arks	03 17 06
Chairs	01 00 00
Fore Cofors 2 Arks & other Wooden ware in the Chamber	02 12 00
One Hundred of Chese	01 06 00
Coate Cloth	01 00 00
Bottles pots & Trenchers	00 15 00
Salt pey mortter 2 Spits Bellows & Smoothing Iron	00 10 00
White plates and Bowls	00 04 00
Books	00 04 00
Wooden Ware in the Chitchen	01 15 00
Brass pans & pots	01 10 00
Iron pots	00 03 00
Cheese press	00 06 00
Three Sacks Garner & pan	00 08 00
Weighes and Weights	00 08 00
Mattock Crow Shoe Ax Saw Stone Hammer	00 10 00
Horse Gears	01 00 00
Hackney Sadle	00 05 00
Fore Harrows	00 16 00
Hay	04 00 00
Corn	11 00 00
Hustlements	00 10 00
One Mare	03 05 00
Milk Beasts	15 10 00
Yong Beasts	06 10 00
Monney Due upon Bonds	180 00 00
Monney Due upon Bils	85 02 00
A watch	02 00 00
The Sum of the Inventory	361 01 00

.	£ s d
His purse and apparel	07 16 00
Goods in the House a Clock and Case a table a Chist	01 15 00
A Stand A Coach Chair .. Chairs & one Barrel	00 15 00
A fire iron toungs & fire shovel a Bread Iron brigs three legs	00 10 08
Three iron pots a Chaffing dish & a smoothing iron	00 03 09
A Frieing a Cubboard a Salt pie Soase pan a table	00 03 10
A Brass pan 11 trenchers a meal bowl a Cheese fat a Sife	00 12 08
A Stool a pair of pinsons a piggin a tin oven a tea kettle	00 04 00
Cheese toaster pots & plates a keeing Board & 3 Boards puter and four plats	00 14 06
Goods in the Kitchin a Cheese press a Churn & 2 tubs	00 15 00
An Ark a table a pair of weights a pair of Weeding ......	00 14 04
A basket a hey knife and two keels	00 02 06
Goods in the Buttrey 4 Boards a box 3 plancks pots & Bottles	00 08 00
Four piggins a Bason	00 02 00
Goods in the Chamber over House two Beds w Beding	05 10 00
2 tables 3 Reels a Cofer a Cheese cratch a hackney sadle	00 10 06
Horse gairs a parcel of Rakes and pickforks	00 06 06
Goods in the other Chamber a Chist a Bed with Beding	01 15 00
A parcel of Cheese 2 muck forks a Steaning Rake	02 04 00
A plow 2 Milch Cows a parcel of Hey	13 14 06
In Bills & Bonds and money oweing	142 03 00
In Huslement	00 02 00
Total	183 08 03

Item her Purse and Aparell	xxs
Item In Bedding & In Item Twelfe yeards of .......	viii£ iiis
Item In Arkes cofers ploughes harrowes and wodden ware	v£ xiiis
Item In Leades Bras Pewter & Dishboard ware	xls
Item In meate & Pultre Fleshe	xls
Item In Tongues ...... .....& all other Iron Ware for that use	iiis viiid
Sum Total	xviii£ xiis

.	£ s d
In primes his porse and appell and gerdell	00 13 04
It: one cowe and 1 sterke and 1 calfe and one horse	05 08 06
It: seventeen sheepe	03 00 00
It: in corne and hey	02 00 00
It: in 6 ould Arks	01 00 00
It: in bedstockes and bedinge	00 10 00
It: in meale and buter	00 06 00
It: in chise	00 01 00
It: in woll and yarn	01 10 00
It: halfe of the ground in Regard the ould womans work and hath put her life in itt	02 00 00
It: in peuter and brasse	00 13 04
It: in gripes tonges Radkentrie and Iron ware and woden ware and all other impellmentes in the house	00 06 08
Debts of the testator owinge	.
to Nicholos DOXON of Glossop	07 10 00
to John HADFEIL of Padfeild	01 00 00
to Edward MOREHOUSE of Glossopp	00 03 00
to Robert BRAMALL of Glossopp	00 04 00
to John SLATER of Shelldon	01 00 00
to Will OXLEY of Glossop	00 04 00
.	27 16 04

Debts wch I do owe as followeth	.
Imprimis to Raphe MELLOR of the pirle sech	£08-16s-00d
Item to John CARRINGTON	£05-06s-08d
Item to John BRAMHALL	£01-14s-00d
Item to my son William HOLLINGWORTH	£01-18s-04d
Item to George NEWTON of Stopport	£00-14s-00d
Item to William SWINDELS of Stopport	£00-12s-00d
Item to Richard DERRY	£03-00-00
Sum[ma] [total]is	£22-11s-00d

Imprimis 4 Oxon & 4 steares	£22
Item 4 Kyne	£08
Item 3 Twinter Heaffors	£05
Item other younge Cattell	£05
Item 2 horses	£06
Item Three & fiftie sheepe younge & ould	£12
Item 2 swyne	£01-13-04
Item yoakes ploughes, harrowes, Carts wheles & other Iorn ware belonginge to husbandry	£03-14-00
Item Boardes, bedstookes, arkes, Coffers, Stooles, Chears a dishborde a garner & all other wooden ware & garthed ware in the house	£07
Item Pewter & brasse, 2 Litle leades, dishes, spounes bassens, a spininge whele & sives	£02-06-08
Item Beddinge, 2 board Clothes, seckes, a window shette & all other nap[er]y ware	£06-14-00
Item Beiffe, & backon, butter & Cheise	£02-16-00
Item 4 geise, 1 Cock, 1 Capon, 3 hens, 2 Ducks & a drake	£00-07-04
Item his purse & app[ar]ell	£01-13-04
Item Corne and haye	£22
Sum[ma] [total]is	£104-05-08

.	£ s d
Imprimis his purse and Aparell	01 10 00
It. The peece of the Tenement whereon wee now live	10 00 00
Item two beds	01 10 00
Item Arkes Coofers & one table	01 00 00
Item Pewter and Brasse	01 00 00
Item Chaires stooles & husslements	00 06 08
Item Wooll	02 10 00
Item One Mare	03 00 00
Item one Cow	03 00 00
Item Two Stearkes	03 00 00
Item one calfe three hogges & paire of hives of Bees	01 00 00
Item Ould hay and ....	00 05 00
Item owing upon Bond	07 00 00
Item in Meale	00 06 08
Item one Load of Ashes? and two geese	00 06 00
Sume viz	35 17 08
Then there was owinge to the Testator	10 00 00
Soe there remaines by deduction the just sume upon the Inventorie of	25 17 08