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EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Contents John Simpson of Easington, 1615 Matthew Atkinson of Haswell Grange, 1554 Henry Todd of Horden, yeoman, 1615 Adam Thornbeck of Great Haswell, 1555 Richard Storie of Shotton, yeoman, 1616 Richard Paxton of Easington, 1560 Thomas Young of Edderdackers, 1616 Richard Kerston of Hawthorne, husbandman, 1563 Nicholas Burdon of Eyeington, 1619 William Bee of Hawthorne, husbandman, 1563 Topp Heath of Little Eden, Easington, 1620 John Winshop of Hawthorne, husbandman, 1563 John Herrinson of Horden, yeoman, 1621 Robert Robinson of Easington, husbandman, 1563 Christopher Young of Edderdakers, 1623 John Winship, senior, of Hawthorne, 1563 Henry Anderson of Haswell, esq., 1626 Ralph Emmerson of Shotton, 1567 Richard Dune of Easington, 1626 Margaret Eggleston of Haswell Grange, widow, 1567 Richard Whyte of Hawthorne, 1627 William Eggleston of Haswell Grange, yeoman, 1567 Christopher Robinson of Easington, yeoman, 1627 William Coulson of Hawthorne, 1573 Percivell Wilbourne of Shotton, 1629 Richard Paxton of Easington, 1575 Lancelot Wilkinson of Horden, yeoman, 1629 Agnes Parkinson of Easington, widow, 1575 Robert Paxton of Easington, yeoman, 1630 Gawan Thurlebecke of Haswell, husbandman, 1579 Philip Richardson of Shotton, 1630 Christopher Paxton of Shotton, 1581 Elizabeth Smyth of Little Eden, widow, 1632 William Browne of Shotton, 1582 John Lynn of Shotton, yeoman, 1632 Ellin Arkinson of Haswell, widow, 1586 William Ingleby of Great Haswell, yeoman, 1632 Leonard Trollop of Eden Dean, 1586 Thomas Marshall of Hawthorn, yeoman, 1634 James Paxton of Easington, husbandman, 1587 William Newby of Little Haswell, 1635 George Wardell of Easington, yeoman, 1587 Abraham Robinson of Easington, clerk, 1636 Robert Sharpe, 1587 Edward Taylor of Haswell Grange, gentleman, 1637 George Robinson of Hawthorne, yeoman, 1588 Thomas Burdon of Shotton, yeoman, 1637 Richard Reed of Shotton, 1590 Thomas Ayre of Easington, yeoman, 1637 John Skott of Hawthorne, 1592 Frances Shepperd of Haswell, 1638 Robert Cotsworth of Little Eden, yeoman, 1593 Annas Burdon of Shotton, 1638 John Kereston of Hawthorn, 1596 Gabriel Robinson of Easington, 1642 Richard Conyers, esquire, of Horden, 1596 Gilbert Paxton of Easington, yeoman, 1645 John Robinson of Hawthorn, cooteman, 1597 George Paxton of Little Thorpe, 1645 Jane Hedworth of Horden, 1602 Richard Walker of Little Thorpe, 1646 John Jurdeson of Easington, 1603 Isabell Thompson of Shotton, 1646 Robert Coward of Hordon, Easington, 1605 Christopher Shacklock of Great Haswell, 1646 William Mavyn of Easington, 1605 Robert Etherington of Edderdacres. 1647 Eobert Young of Edderdackers, gentleman, 1606 Thomas Robinson of Hawthorn, yeoman, 1649 Elizabeth Robinson of Hawthorne, 1606 John Thompson of Easington, yeoman, 1653 William Hill of Shotton, husbandman, 1607 Anne Young of Ether Dakers, widow, 1654 Christopher Conyers of Horden, esquire, 1608 Edward Burden of Easington, 1657 Mathew Hayeson of Easington, husbandman, 1608 Nicholas Bordone of Shotton, 1660 Edmond Paxton of Easington, yeoman, 1609 Miles White of Hawthorne, yeoman, 1661 Robert Jurdeson the younger, of Shotton, 1611 Nicholas Heath the elder of Little Eden, 1662 Thomas Lighton of Easington, 1611 Richard Read of Shotton, yeoman, 1662 Robert Jordison of Shotton, 1612 Robert Jameson of Easington, yeoman, 1662 EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 William Wardale of Easington, yeoman, 1663 John Shadforth of Hawthrone, yeoman, 1664 Richard Foster of Easington, yeoman, 1665 Thomas Midford of Pesspool, esq., 1666 Anthony Byars of Shotton, 1668 Robert Smith of Hordon, yeoman, 1668 William Watson of Easington, 1669 William Robson of Pespoole, 1670 Thomas Robinson of Hawthorne, 1677 William Young of Etherdakers, yeoman, 1679 Thomas Robinson of Hawthorne, yeoman, 1681 Cuthbert Jourdison of Hawthorne, yeoman, 1681 William Jurdeson of Thorpe, 1681 Thomas Sharpe of Hawthorn, 1681 George Woolfe of Hawthorne, Easington, 1682 Thomas Howson of Shotton, 1682 Thomas Stothard of Shotton, yeoman, 1684 George Robinson of Easington, 1684 George Wardell of Hawthorne, gentleman, 1685 Robert Leighton of Shotton, 1685 Edward Newbie of Easington, yeoman, 1685 William Wood of Easington, 1686 Richard Rawling of Little Thorpe, yeoman, 1687 William Rutter of Thorpe, 1688 George Richardson of Shotton, 1689 Thomas Paxton of Easington, yeoman, 1689 Anne Paxton of Easington, widow, 1690 Mathew Craggs of Hastings House, 1692 George Jurdeson of Shotton, yeoman, 1693 Elizabeth Knaggs of Low Efferdakers, widow, 1694 Alice Leighton of the Low Hills, Shotton, widow, 1695 Ralph Loftus of Little Eden, 1697 Richard Lightfoot of Easington, 1699 Richard Jurdeson of Easington, yeoman, 1700 EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Matthew Atkinson of Haswell Grange, 1554 Adam Thornbeck of Great Haswell, 1555 In the nayme of God, Amen, the xijth day of Novembre in the yere of our Lord God, a thowsand, fyve hundrethe, fyftie and foure, I, In the nayme of God, amen, the xijth of June 1555, I, Adam Thrnbecke Mathew Atkinson of Hashewell Grainge within the parishe of of the greter Hasslewell within the parisshe of Esington, hole of Esington, hole of mynd and good remembrance thoughe presentlie mynde & gud remembrance thoughe presentlye seke in bodye, make seke in bodie, maike this my last will and testament in manner and this my last will & testament in manner & form folowing. Ffirst, I form folowinge. Ffirst, I bequethe my soule to almightie God, our bequethe my soole unto God omnipotent with all holye companye of Ladie Saynte Marie and to all the holie company of heven, my bodie heaven, and my bodye to be buried in the chechyarde off Esington, to be buried within the paishe church of Esington before the blissed with soole masse & diregues be torn for my soole with the mynister roode with soule masse, durge and other exequies to be sunge by the thereoff. ltem, I geve unto my two children, William Thirnbecke & ministers of the sm? with my mortuaryes due and accustomed. Item, Agnes, for their childs portions unto either of them, 1 cowe & fowre I gyve to the blissed sacramente for tiethes forgotten, vs. Item, unto the yewes with their lames valewed to iijli' viijs and unto my son William churche worke xiijs iiijd. Item, I gyve to the poore foure markes wherof all my defensible araye, that is to saye, 1 cote of plate with my sword twentye shillings to be distributed this present weke. Item, I gyve to & bucler valuwed unto x'' all the which parsell which the said William my naturall father, John Atkinson, vjli xiijs iiijd. Item, I gyve to my thre I give thorder & governance of my mother-in-lawe, Janet Wrey, bretherine, (that is to saye) Myles Atkinson, Christofer & Thomas, to dwelying at Wedifeld within the parisshe of Witten of Wear yff she every of theym, lxvjs viijd. Item, I gyve to my half-suster unmarried, will take hym. ltem, I geve the said Agnes Thirnbecke 1 kettle, price xxxiijs iiijd. Item, to James Atkinson xls and a qwye with calf. Item, to viijs vjd , the which fornaymed parcels, with the said Agnes, I put unto my suster, Alice Crosbye, Ixvjs viijd. Item, to Elisabethe Sugeswicke, thorder & tuetion off my naturall father, Gawdry Thirnbecke. And in xxs. Item, to my nephew, Urbane Atkinson, Cs. Item,to Alice Thomson defawtt of thone childe, the portion to go to the other lyvyng childe. xijs. Item, to Katherye Atkinson, xxvjs viijd, with a qof God,wye. And in deffawt of bothe to come unto Margery my wyff. The rest of Item, to the wif of parson? viijs. Also, where one maister Smythe of my goods not beqwest, bothe movable & not movable, my detts paid thexchequer at London haith heretofore troubled me for certeyn & funerall expenses distharged, I geve unto my wiff Margerye whome sommes of moneye which (as he saethe) I should have received of I make my sole executre to occupye & dispose as she shall seme hym to thuse of Rauff, laite erle of Westmorland, which somes of convenyent. Witnesse of the sayme, William Rawe, John Galland, money here I take upon my conscience at this my last will making, I Edward Cocke & Robert Holme, with others. never received one peny, nether for my lord ne any other as theis witnesses folowing will recorde. The rest of my goods un bequest, Richard Paxton of Easington, 1560 both moveable and immoveable, my detts paid and my funerall expenses discharged, I gyve unto my wif, Margaret Atkinson, whom I th make my sole executrix, to occupie and dispose as she shall deame In the name of God, amen, the xv day of Septembre in the yere of our lord God, a thousand, ffye hundrethe and iij score, I, Richard convenyent for the welthe of my soule. Also I doe maike Mr doctor Paxton of Esingtone, holl of mynd and of good remembrance, thancks Bennett, Mr Robert Bennett and Mr Parkinson of Esington, be to God, make this my last will and testamente in forme and supervisors of this my last will and testament, to se the same mannner ffollowinge, ffyrst, I geve and bequith my soule to God accomplished and performed in every condicione. Witnesses herof, almightie and to our ladie, Saynct Marie and to all [torn] of heven and Mr doctor Bennett, Mr Robert Bennett , Mr Parkinson, Edward my bodie to be bured within Esington parishe churche torn duetes Beckmoore and Robert Holme with others. therto belonging. And I make my wife and torn executors and Latin follows. administers of my goodes, moveable and [torn] and dispose the same to the honor of [faded and torn] and there proffet. Recordes herof, George [faded and torn] Crystophore Paxtone, Richard Paxton Register of Wills, I, f.3 EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Item, paid for iiij men’s dinners that were the prasers Richard Kerston of Hawthorne, husbandman, 1563 of the goods, two sundry days for ther costs 5s 0d Item, to the priste for writing 2s 0d The inventory of all the goods and cattell of Richard Kerston, Item, for iij stones of iron 5s 0d Husbandman, lait of Hawghthorne, deceased, prased by four Item, for his lawstone and for his wive’s 6s 8d Honest men, viz., William Colson, George Robinson, Richard Item, for coles 5s 0d Wolf and John Robinson, the vijth of Maij, anno domini 1563 Item, to Mr Mawde for a mortuary 10s 0d Item, for iij bushels of ry 12s 0d li s d In primis, vj oxen 6 4s 0d Summa vij xiij iiij li s d Item, ij kye and ij calves 2 5s 0d Remanith clere xxx xviij vj Item, xij ewes & xij lambes 1 13s 4d Register of Wills, II, f.87 verso. Item, vij wedder shepe 1 6s 8d Item, ten geld sheape 1 0s 0d William Bee of Hawthorne, husbandman, 1563 Item, a maire 19s 0d Item, viij akers of hard corne and eight akers of ware corne 6 3s 0d In dei nomine, amen, the 16 day of July in the yerar sic of our lord Item, iij akers of waire corne 13s 4d God, 1563, and the fift yeare of the reigne of our soveraigne Lady, Item, plowge and plowge geare, wayne and wayne geare 1 8s 0d Elizabthe, by the grace of God quene of England, France and Ireland, Item, muke and maner 8s 0d defender of the faithe, I, William Bee, husbandman, of Haughton sic, Item, all maner of things within the heck of the howshold being hole of my mynd and in good memory, laud be God, make and gear and stuffe and clothes with ijs in his purse 5 10s 0d ordayne this my present testament, conteining therin my last will, in maner and forme as folowithe, fist, I bequithe and recommend my Detts owing to laite soule to almightie God and my body to be buried in the parishe Richard Kerston churche of Esington. Item, I bequithe to George Be, my brother’s eldest sonn, of sic kowe of the best with two yowes. Item, I geve and Item, in hole 15 8s 0d bequith to my sonn, John Bee, my farmold, liing and being in Wherof is in John Robinson’s hand of Stranton Hawthorne, he for to have and to inoye it as sone as he shall come to that he could not getten, xls the age of xxj years, my wiffe being full ruler and overseer of the said And of a souldyer that went awaye xlvjs viijd farmold until that time come, my wiff also beinge ? of the said howse And so remanithe xjli xs jd afterwards as long as she shall kepp hir wedowe. The residew of all my goods, moveable and unmoveable, I geve and bequithe to my wife Detts of the abovesaid lait and children, whome I maik my full executors, paing all my debts and Richard Kerston also legacs out of the said goods, thes men being witnesses, George Robinson, John Scott, George Paxton, John Robinson and John Large, In primis, paid to Jenken Robinson 1 0s 0d Clarke. Item, paid to Sir Richard Foster 17s 0d Item, paid to the smith for work 2s 0d This ys the inventarie of all the goods, moveable Item, for an oxe that was bought 1 10s 0d & unmoveable of William Bee of Hawthorne, praised by Item, paid for his burial and funeral 13s 4d thes iiij men, John Scott, George Robinson, Thomas Item, to John Kerston of lent money 13s 4d Robinson, John Robinson Item, for a beast gait in Dawldon park 4s 0d Item, for a letter of administracion, for an obligation In primis, five draught oxen 5 10s 0d and witnessing & writing the inentaries twise over 8s 0d Item, foure hagg oxen 4 0s 0d EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Item, thre kye 3 6s 8d being witnesses, Richard Jordeson, George Robeson, John Kerstone, Item, thre hagg kye & a calfe 2 15s 0d Thomas Robinson, William Dand, John Large, Clarke. Item, two meyres & a phillie 3 0s 0d Item, xiiijth sheipe 2 15s 6d This is the inventory of all the goods, Item, a gylt, ij pigs, eight gese 7s 8d moveable and unmoveable, of John Item, xvjth dule acres of corne 16 0s 0d Winshopp of Hawthorne, prased by thes Item, plough, pleughe geare, wayne & waine geare 1 11s 4d four men, George Robinson, William All household stuffe 3 15s 6d Robinson, John Kerston & Thomas Robinson

Debts which the said William Bee owethe In primis, eight drawght oxen 10 13s 4d Item, two hagg oxen and tow stirks 4 6s 8d In primis, to Thomas Hull of Newton 3 6s 8d Item, another cowe and a strike 1 6s 8d Item, to John Todd of Hawthorne 1 6s 8d Item, two mears 2 13s 4d Item, to George Paxton of Esington 3 0s 4d Item, twelve old sheap & vij lames 1 6s 8d Item, to William Paxton 9s 0d Item, x doble akers of corne 10 0s 0d Item, to Mr Conyers 6s 0d Item, pleughe and plewe geare, wayne and also wayne geare 1 6s 8d Item, Thomas Burstall 1s 1d Item, all manner of howsold stuffe 5 0s 0d Summa totalis xxxiijli xiijs Register of Wills, II, ff.42, 92 Debts owing to the said John Winshopp John Winshop of Hawthorne, husbandman, 1563 In primis, Richard Phussell 1 7s 2d In dei nomine, Amen, the second day of August, the yere of our lord Item, William Jefferson of Hauthorne 6s 8d God, 1563, and the fift yere of the reigne of our soveraigne lady, Item, John Robinson of Hauthorne 2 8s 4d Elizabeth, queen , I, John Winshop, husbandman, of Hawthorne in the Item, John Jackson of Esington 2 3s 4d county of Durham, being of hole mynd and good memery, lawd and Item, William Watson of Esington 1 13s 4d praise be to God, maks and ordeyne this my present testamentn Item, John Burdon of Esington 13s 4d conteining therin my last will in maner and forme as folowithe, first, I Item, William Claxton of Esington 3s 4d bequithe and recommend my soule to almightie God and my body to Item, Ralf Pasmore of Hauthorne 2s 8d be buried in the middest of the churche yard of Esington. Item, I Item, Richard Buttery of Durham 2s 8d bequithe to John Woffe, ny wife’s brother, a canvese cott and my best Item, Christofer Hall of Durham 3s 4d jacket butt one. Item, I bequithe to my brother, William Winshopp, a russet jacket with a ledder cott. Item, I bequithe to my sonn,William Debts which John Winshopp owithe Winshopp, my best mear and my best oxe with plowghe and plowghe geare, wayne and wayne geare and also part of my rament. Item, I In primis, to John Simson of Esington 13s 4d bequithe iijs iiijd to be distributed amongst the poore and impotent Item, to William Philpe of Ludworthe 1 6s 4d people. Item, I bequithe to my brother, William Winshopp, one oxe Item, to Sir Robert Foster 3s 7d strike and to Richard Jorddison, my cosing, an angell of gold, to the Item, for the reparacion of the howse 2 0s 0d intent that they towe may taike upon them the overseing of this my Item, for the farme 1 0s 0d present testament. The residew of all my goods, moveable and unmoveable, I geve to my wiffe & my children, my wiffe being full Summa totalis xlli xijs viijd executour, paing all detts and legacs for the of the said goods. Thes Register of Wills, II, f.94 EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Item, j olde cupstole 16s 0d Item, j olde chare 2d Robert Robinson of Easington, husbandman, 1563 Item, ij potts & one yettlyng 4s 0d Item, ij dublers 1s 0d Item, j basing 1s 8d In dei nomine, amen, the xxvth day of September, the yere of our lord Item, a lytell cupboard 1s 0d God, 1563, and the xvjsic yeare of the raynge of our soverraynge Item, ij chests & ij tubs 1s 6d laydie, Elizabethe, by the grace of God queen of England, France and Item, ij coverletts & j blanket 3s 4d Ireland, defender of the faithe &c., I, Robert Robinson of Esington, s d housbandman, being of hole minde and in good memorie, lawded be Suma xvj x God, make and ordayne this my present testament, conteyninge therin my last will, in maner & furme as folowethe, ffirst, I bequiethe & In cattell recommend my soule to almightie God and my bodie to be buryed in Item, on oxe price 1 0s 0d the mydest of the churche yearde of Esington. Item, I bequiethe to Item, j cowe price 14s 4d Georg Robinson, my sonne, a cowe & an acre of land in everye feld. Item, iij yowes & ij lames 6s 0d Item, I bequiethe to my sonne xxxiijs iiijd with a lode of wheat & a Suma xls iiijd lode of ottes. Item, I bequiethe to my two doughters, that is to say, to Phillis Robinson and Isabell Robinson, ixli vjs viijd with all the housold Debita quod debet stowffe equally to be devided betwexte them two. Item, I bequiethe to Inprimis, for house ferme 1 3s 0d my sonne, Christofor Robinson, a cowpe wayne & a plowght, with Item, in funner expences 10s 0d two sommes and two yokes. Item, I bequiethe to Agnes Warden & Item, to Isabell Wolfe 6s 8d Jennatt Warden two yowes betwixt them two. Item, I bequiethe a Item, William Wolfe 1s 0d busshell of wheat to be geven amonge the pore people. The residew of Item, John Kirston 2s 0d my goods, movable and unmovable, I and sic bequiethe to my sonne, Item, Buttre’s wife 6s 8d William Robison, whom I make my full executor, paying all detts and Item, Elen Packe 7s 1d legaces outt of the said goods. Thes being witnesses, William Warden, Item, for reparation of his house 14s 4d William Foster & John Large, Clarke. Suma iijli ixs Register of Wills, II, f.102. Sic est suma totalist, debitis deductis iijli ixs xd Register of Wills, II, f.104 John Winship, senior, of Hawthorne, 1563

Inventarium omnorum et singulorum bonorum Johannis Whinshope, Ralph Emmerson of Shotton, 1567 senoris, de Hawthorne, appreiatum tertio Octobris, 1563, In die domine, I, Rauffe Emmerson of Shotton, of good and perfect per iiijor viros fide dignos, videlicet George Claxton, memorie makes this William Colson, Richard Kirton, George Robinson my last will & testement in maner & forme followying. ffyrst & Inprimis, l threve, prece 2 10s 0d principalli, I doe bequeath my sowie unto allmighty God, my creator Item, xij threve bige, price 12s 0d & redimer & my bodie to be buried within the parysh church yard of Item, xij threve peese 6s 8d Staindrop, with my mortuaries etc to be done according unto the Item, thirtye threve otts 13s 4d custom of the lawe. ffirst, I bequeath unto my sonne Rauffe, a Suma iiijli ijs gimmer, and also to my dowghter, Margare, a cow & a gymer & to my sonn, Bartholomew, a gymer. Item, my mynd & wyll is that John Howsold stufe Fedderston ,my father in law, shall have my dowghter Margaret hyr Item, j iron chimlaye 2s 8d childe's portion and Cuthbert Park of Langton shall have my Item, j caiser & on Stole 2d EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 dowghter, Jane, & hyr childe's portion and John Emmerson for to have Walche, vs. Item, to every one of Mr Bennet’s servants, ijs. Also I geve William my sonne his childe's portion & also Thomas [?] will is that to Jennet Eglestone one cowe, one calf and tenn shepe and to every Jaine my wyff shall have my two young childer and their childes' one of my servants, xijd. Also I geve to Thomas Widdowson and his portions & also Thomas Navell shall have my sonne, Bartholomew, & sone one why and iiij ewes. Also I geve to Jann Hall a riall and one his child's portion. Also, if it will please my lord of hys honor & bowell of wheate. Also I geve to John Swalwell the eliter, vs. Also I s d goodnes that Jane, my wyff, & Bartholomew, my eldest sonne, for to geve to Roland Shafto, v . Also I geve to Jennett Emerson, xij . Also I s d s occupy the ferming equalie betwixt them, & then if it shall please God geve to my ante Browen, iij iiij . Also I geve toJennat Coltman, iij d s d that my wyfe shall marrye, then my said sonne, Bartholomew, to enter iiij , and to my brother Thomas wife, vj viij . Also I geve to my s d into thole leving if it shall plese my lord thus. My detts & legeses brother John’s wife, vj viij . Also I geve to my brother, Thomas Crippe xxs. Also I geve to to poore of Esington parishe, xxs, and to the payed & discherged, I do make my six childer for to be my executors s of all my goodes, quicke & deade forth. I desyer Thomas Navell & poore of Pittington parishe, v . Also I geve to every child that I christened, xijd. Also I geve to Sir HAlso I geve to James Perkinson, vs John Feddeston for to be my supervisors of this my last will & and to his wife, vs. Also I geve to Dame Bentley and hir daughter one testement that they shall see all thes things forth be done for the boule of wheate and parteclothes. Also I geve to to my sister Tripp profett of my wyff & childer. and her daughters my rament, to be devided amongst them as it shall Wittnesses herof, Francis Brakinberry, clerico, Thomas Nevell, John plese Mr William Bennett, doctor, at his discretion, according to ther Langstrawe, John Bailles. demeners. Also I geve to Mr viccar of Pittington, vjs viijd. The residew of all my goods, my detts paid, legacs and funerals discharged, I geve Margaret Eggleston of Haswell Grange, widow, 1567 to my espiciall frend, William Bennett, doctor, whom I do make my hole executour, he to dispose them to the honour of God and helth of In dei nomine, Amen, the xxvth day of Jun in the yere of our lord God, my soule and thes to be supervisours of this my last will and 1567, I, Mergrett Eglestone of Haswell Grange in the perishe of testament, William Thomson, clerk, and John Swelwell, witnesses of Esington, widow, hole of mynd and of perfect memorie, thanks be to this my last will and testament, Robert Murray, vicar of Pittington, God, maks this my last will and testament in maner and forme William Thomson, Clarke, and John Swalwell. following, first, I bequithe my soule unto almightie God, my redeemer Register of Wills, III, ff.12verso to 13. and savior, and I will that my body be buried within the churche of Esington, what time it shall please Him to call me to his mercy. Also I geve and bequithe to my sister, Elizabeth Cripp, two kye, thre whyes, one chalder of wheate, one chalder of haver and one quarter of peas, William Eggleston of Haswell Grange, yeoman, 1567 and to hir children three-score shepe with thre oxen and one kowe. Also I geve to my brother, Thomas Browen, two kie, two calves, two In dei nomine, Amen, the xxiij day of Marche, Anno domini, 1567, & oxen, iij quarters of wheat, one chaldron of haver and one quarter of in the ix yere of the reigne of our soveraigne ladie, Elizabeth, by the peas, and to him and his children xxxtie sheape. Also I geve to my grac of God queen of England, Franc & Ireland, defender of the faith brother, John Browen, twenty sheap, one oxe, one whye, and to every &c., I, William Egleston of Hauswell Grainge, of the pariche of one of his children, five sheap. Also I geve to Robert sister tenn shepe. Esington in the of the countie of Durham, yoman, ske in bodie yet of Also I geve to Elizabethe Eglestone five shepe. Also I geve to Thomas good & perfett remembranc, thanks be unto God, do ordene & mak Lawson thre shepe. Also I geve to Eleoner Clement foure shepe. Also this my last will & testament in maner & furme following. Ffirst, I I geve to Jennet Backus, vjs viijd. Also I geve to Ralf Foster five shepe. geve my soul unto almightie Gpd, by whome only I trust to be saved, Also I geve Esabell, his sister, vjs viijd. Also I geve to Francs Litster’s & my bodie to be buried in the church of Esington aforesaid. Also I wife, vjs viijd. Also I geve to John Dixon one kowe and one calfe. Also geve & bequieth unto my wellbeloved brother, Christofer Egleston of I geve toThomas Dixon, my godson, an old ryall. Also I geve Hunstanworth, a farmehold in the occupacion of Steven Egleston, his toThomas Potts one kowe that was his owen. Also I geve to Thomas brother. Further, I geve & bequieth unto the said Christofer Egleston, Potts the younger, vijs, and other vijs I was intedded to hime. Also I my brother, the gyft of the parsonage of Hunstanworth. Also I geve geve to William Thomson, clark, an old noble. Also I geve to John unto Steven Egleston & Thomas Egleston , his brother Christofer’s sone, after the dethe of my welbeloved wyf, Margaret Egleston, a EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 peace of ground called Sled Medowes. Further, I geve & bequieth Item, j arke & a flanders chist 5s 0d unto my welbeloved brother, Steven Egleston, the farmehold of Item, iij quartersw of haver malt 1 4s 0d Knewlston, in the occupacion of Nicholas Dixon, for the holle yeres Item, one prese for clothes 5s 0d of the lease. Further, I geve unto Felope Jenninge, the lease of a Suma vijli ixs iiijd farmehold lying inb the said Knewlston, nowe being in his owne occupacion. Also I geve & bequieth unto my brother sone, William The parlor Egleston, the farmhold which the said William haith nowe in his owne Inprimis, j stand bed, a fether bed, a bowster, a cood, occupacon, during the yeres of the said lease. Also more I geve & a pare of shets, a pare of blankets, a coverlet, a bequiethe unto my brother, Steven Egleston, the farmehold for the covering lined & ther courtines with jerns? 2 0s 0d yeres of the lease nowe in the occupacon of Georg Dunne. Further, I Item, ij counters, iij chists, ij chares & iij quishines 13s 4d will that the said Christofer Egleston shall helpe or causse to be Summa liijs iiijd helpen, his brother Steven, to the making of a new stane house. Also I geve & bequiethe unto my brother, Richard Egleston, a peac of grase The hall house ground called towne greene with the house that the said Richard Inprimis, ij tables & ij furmes 8s 0d dwells nowe in for his lyfe. Also I geve & bequiethe to the pore of Esington parishes, xxs. Also more I geve & bequiethe to the pore of Item, ij almeres 15s 0d Hunstanworthe parishe, xxs. More I geve to the pore of Pittington, Item, a lytle peac of silver parcell gilt 1 0s 0d vs.Further, I geve & bequiethe unto my brother, Richard Egleston, x Item, j lytle salt doble gilt 10s 0d yewes & ij kye. Also more I geve & bequiethe untp Thomas Browne, Item, iij spones with knoppes of our lady & v vj yewes & a yong cow, provided always I mak myne executors thes with lyons parcell gilt 1 10s 0d persones following. First, Imak my welbeloved wyf, Margaret Item, iiij brase potts & ij posnets 1 0s 0d Egleston, Christofer Egleston, Steven Egleston & John Browne, thes Item, vij dublers, xj dishes, viij pottingers, vij iiij, to be my full & lawfull executors. Last of all, I mak my sawcers, ij salts, j potle pott, a quarte pott, welbeloved frend, Mr doctor Bennet, to be the supervisor of this my a pynt pot & a gill pot 1 5s 0d last will & testament, to se all things performed according to the same. Item, ij brase basines, vij candilsticks, ij brase Witnesses & records att the making of this will & testament, William brase lavers, a scumer & a chafin dish 8s 0d Bennet, Rowland Shafto, John Swalwell, Edward Wryter & Phillope Item, ij table cloths & ix table napkins 5s 0d Parkinson. Item, j iron chymnay, a reconcruk, a pare & a pare of tongs 9s 0d Item, ij spets & a broling iron 1s 0d Item, fleshe in the backes 2 0s 0d The invitory of all the goods & cattells lait William Egleston’s Summa xxxiijs iiijd of Haswell Graing, deceased, praised the iij day of Aprill anno domini 1567 by iiij indeferent persons, that is, Nicolas Cocksonne, Owt houses, the barne & in the felds Rolland Shafto, John Swalwell & Georg Taylor, as folowith Item, xvj oxen & j stott 32 6s 8d Item, vij kye new calved & ther calves 9 6s 8d the chamber over the parlor Item, iiij kye with ther stirks 5 6s 8d Inprimis, ther is purse, is girdle & mony 12s 0d Item,vj other kye & a bull 6 13s 4d Item, ij dubletts, ij pare hose, ij jackketts, a clok & Item, vj spaved calves 2 0s 0d other his apparell 3 6s 8d Item, xij stotts & whyes & j yong bull 12 0s 0d Item, bedding ther, ij bedsteds, mattresses, shets, Item, x twinters 6 13s 4d pillowes, blankets, coverlets & j covering Item, iiijxxxj wethers & tupes 18 4s 0d unlyned 1 6s 8d Item, waynes & wayne gere, plewghes & Item, j danse chist, iij lyne shets, iij straken shets & plewgh gere with yoks & temes 3 0s 0d a towell 10s 0d Item, v score yewes & ther lames 18 6s 8d EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Item, xxxvj geld yewes 5 8s 0d Item, for making the said grainge tenantable in Item, xij gemers & ther lames 2 4s 0d reparacions 3 16s 8d Item, xvij gemers without lames 2 11s 0d Item, to the procter of Esington 13s 4d Item, vj ille hogs 4s 0d Item, to the vicar of Pittington 4s 6d Item, iij meires, ij foles & a filly 5 0s 0d Item, to Mr John Lampton 3s 4d Item, iij stakes in the garth of whet & pese 10 5s 0d Item, to Sr John Blyth prieste upon an obligacon 1 0s 0d Item, xx thrave of whet in the barne berryed Item, to Thomas Potts of Newcastell 1 13s 4d & unbyried 2 0s 0d Summa xxxli viijs 10d Item, half a chader of otts in the barne baired 10s 8d Summa totalis deductis deducands ccxxiijli iijs ijd Item, xj swine & ij pigs 2 4s 0d Register of Wills, III, ff. 69-70verso Item, xxxij doble acres of whet & haver one the ground 21 6s 8d William Coulson of Hawthorne, 1573 Summa clxvli xs viijd In dei nomine, Amen, 1573 the xxjrh daye of December, I, William Hunstainworthe Coulson of Hawthorne, sicke in bodye but whole in mynde do make Inprimis, ther iiij oxen 4 0s 0d this my last will and testament as foloweth. Ffirste, I bequeathe my Item, ij kye & ther calves 2 13s 4d soule to almightie God, hopinge to be saved by Jesus Christe, and my Item, ij twinter stotts 1 0s 0d bodye to be buried in Esington church yearthe as my executors will. Item, vj yewes & lames 1 2s 0d ffirste, I give to my wyfe all my goods within the house, the hole Item, ij wethers 8s 0d farmehoulde with the lease, viij oxen, twoo ploughes & twoo waynes Item, xxxix dynmoths & gemers 5 16s 0d with all the furnture therto belonginge, all come that groweth on the Item, iiijxx & vj hoggs 11 2s 0d farmehould both in the garthe and in the barne, twoe stotts in Daldon, Item, j cawdron 5s 0d iiij kyen, halfe of my sheape yonge and oulde, twoo meares, one white Item, ix thrave of ry in the barne 18s 0d and a bawson. Item, I give to Henrie Punder iiij lams on Myddle Item, ij acres of rye one the ground 6s 8d Harrowe law, twoe riggs, above hoopiall, sowen with wheat, iiij riggs Item, iij hyves of bees 1 0s 0d at Graye Stones and twoo riggs, goinge over Battie lawe, sowen with Summa xxviijli xjs haver, to have these for the firste croppe, one rigge of wheat lyinge on Greme law by este Sowledge. Also all my title and right of twoo Detts owing unto hyme at the oure of his deth houses and one coterighte. Item, I give unto John Punder one ewe and Inprimis, Robert Chamber of Gatished & is partener one lambe and one bushell of wheat after the croppe. Item, I geve to for stotts 19 0s 0d Agnes Wray vijli. Item, I give to Thomas Coulsone one ewe and one Item, John Dixon for iiij stotts 8 13s 4d lambe. Item, I geve to Roberte Coulson ij ewes & ij lambes. Item, I Item, Thomas Potts of Newcastell ij stotts 4 0s 0d geve to wedow Simpson one rigge of wheat nearest the southe on Item, the said Robert Chamber for iij oxen 4 13s 4d Bradlaye letche. Item, I geve to William Wray, yonger, one fillie foole Item, William Shadfurth of Shereburne for and ij stotts. Item, to William Wraye, eldest, a cowe and to his wife a stott 1 16s 8d one whye. Item, I geve to Elizabethe Jenkinson one ewe and a lambe. Summa xxxviijli iijs iiijd Of this my last will and testamente I make executors Magdalen, my Summa totalis ccliijli xijs wife, and William Wraye, hyr sonne, to whome I geve the reste of my goods. In witness whearof, George Robingson, Thomas Robinson, Funeral expences & dets which he ought Richard Woofe, John Robinson and Richard Jackeson. Inprimis, his funeral expenc 9 13s 10d Register of wills, IV, f.90v. Item, ther half yeres rent of Haswell Granng 11 0s 9d Item, ij hole yeres rent for the tythe 2 13s 4d EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 James Paxton & Thomas his brother

Inprimis, eyght oxen 17 0s 0d Item, fowre kye 5 0s 0d Richard Paxton of Easington, 1575 Item, iij stotts of iiij yeares olde 6 0s 0d Item, iiij stotts of iij yeares olde 3 0s 0d In dei nomine, Amen, anno domini 1574, the 27 day of Februarye, I, Item, three whyes 2 13s 4d Richard Paxton of Esington, seeke in bodye but hoole in mynde, doe Item, two styrkes 13s 4d make this my last will and testamente as foloweth. First, I bequeath Item, three mayres 3 6s 8d my soule into the hands of almightie God, hopinge to be saved by Item, three stages 4 0s 0d Jesus Christ, and my bodie to be buried in Easington church earth 1 as Item, xx ewes & xx lambes 3 6s 8d my executors will. First, I gyve to the poore iiis 4d. seven words Item, x wethers 1 13s 4d deleted Item, I gyve my eldest sonne, Christofer Paxton, ploughe and Item, x hoggs & two tupes 1 4s 0d wayne,2 geare belonginge to them and one bay younge horse or Item, one sow & two hogges, 10s 0d stagge. Item, I gyve to Thomas, my sonne, the bay mayre stagge. Item, ij geese, one stegge & ix mallards 4s 0d Item, to Edmonde3 another stagge and I gyve to Annas and Mergret, Item, xij hens & one cocke 3s 4d my daughters, 2 whyes goinge in Hordon close. Item, I gyve to Item, xiiij double acres 14 0s 0d Mergerie one other whye. Item, I gyve to my 3 yongest4 sons 3 yonge Item, in malte corne 2 0s 0d stotts. Item, I gyve to my wyfe5 3 yonger stotts. Item, I gyve to Annas6 Item, ploughe, wayne, coupe and that apperteynth to them 1 6s 8d on branded styrke. Item, I gyve to Margret another styrke. Item, 7to Margerie on yonge calfe. Item, I gyve to John Paxton, shomaker8, 20s. Goods within the house Item, to my syster's son and daughter 2 ewes & 39 lambes. Item, I Inprimis, ij ammeries & one call 13s 4d gyve to my brother Thomas' boyes, evrie one, on gymmer lambe. Item, one meate boorde, ij fourmes and one chayre 1s 8d Item, to my brother James' children10 evrie one, one gymmer lambe. Item, vj brasse potts, one caldron, two kettels & two pans 1 6s 8d Of this my last will & testamente I make 11my wife & all my children Item, xx peec of pewder, iiij salts and v candelsticks & executors to whom I gyve the rest of my goods, and also make my one fryin pan 13s 4d brothers, Thomas & James12, supervisors. In witnes herof Richard Item, one arke, one flanders chest and iij lyttle chests 6s 8d Jacson, John Johnson, Thomas Paxton13 with others14. Item, iij sackes, one wyndyn cloth 5s 0d 1. register copy says “yearde”. 2. register copy adds “and”. 3. Item, one payre of bedd stocks, v codds, v blankets, vij register copy adds “my sonne”. 4. register copy omits “yongest”. 5. coverlets, xj happens 1 16s 8d register copy adds “Annes”. 6. register copy adds “my doughter”. 7. Item, two payre of lynnyn shetes and three payre of register copy adds “I geve”. 8. register copy says “cordiner”. 9. harden shetes and v codd pellebers, two table clothes register copy says “twoo”. 10. register copy says “boyes”. 11. and three towels 1 0s 0d register copy adds “Agnes”. 12. register copy says”bretheringe” Item, one jacket, one doublet and one payre of hose after James.13. register copy adds “ Jhonson”. 13. register copy & one hatt 6s 8d adds “Christopher Paxtonjur, Margrett Paxtonjur. Item, reckencrokes, potclipes and tonngs 1s 8d

An inventorie of all the goods Summa totalis £72 13s 0d moveable and unmoveable of Another copy of the will only in Register of Wills, iv, f.54. Richard Paxton of Esington, the viij day of Apryll, anno domini 1575, prayed by Phillip Parkynson, Agnes Parkinson of Easington, widow, 1575 William Foster, Christofer Paxton and EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 In the name of God, Amen, the xiijth day of December 1573, anno my last will and testament. In witnesse whereof I, the said Agnes regni Elizabethe regine &c., decimosext, I, Agnes Parkinson of Parkinson, to this my present last will & testament, have sett my Easington in the county of Durham, wydowe, of perffitt mynde and hande & seale the day & yere ffirst above writtten. memory, do make my last will and testament in manner and forme mark and seal ffollowing. Ffyrst, I commytt my soule unto almightie God and my body to be buryed in the queare of the church of Easington afforesaid. Signed and sealed in the presence of us ltem, I gyve unto my sone, Phillipp Parkinson, a fawie table in the William Browne hall and lang settle with a bedd in the same interlined there and the John Stowt beste ffether bedd and bedstocks and all things to the same best DPRI/1/1574/P1/1; Register copy belonging, ltem, I give & bequeath unto my sone-in-lawe, George Robinson of Hawthorne, xs for a token, and I give unto his wiffe a Gawan Thurlebecke of Haswell, husbandman, 1579 silver spone & the least of my ffower latton basings and a laver and a candlestike interlined. And I give and bequeath unto my fower In the name of God, amen, the xxixtie day of Septembre, anno domini daughters, viz., Isabell the wiffe of Christofer Robinson, Margaret the 1579, I, Gawdyon Thirlebecke of Haswell within the parish of wife of Christofer Heighington, Dorathie the wiffe of Roger Hall and Easington & in the countye of Durham, husbandman, hole of mynde Margerie the wife of the said George Robinson, all my apparell, as and perfytt in remembrance, prayse be to God, make this my last will well lynyn as wollen, and the same to be equally devided emongs & testament in manner & fourme folowinge, ffyrst, I bequith my soule them. Also I give unto every of my said daughters, a silver spone of unto the mercye of God & my bodie to be buryed in the parish the lightest and smalest of value. ltem, I give unto my daughter Agnes, churche yeard of Easynton. Item, I bequithe to John Thurlebecke, my my son Phillip's wiffe, my best latten basyn with a laver and two of son, my lease taken of Sr John Wyddrington for xxjtie yeres and my best candlesticks & a twylt towell to be the second interlined. And Thomas, my sonne, to gain his levinge one the said farmhold & his I gyve unto the said Christofer Robinson wiff & Roger Hall wiffe, goods I entend to leve hym, upholdinge of the same duringe the said eyther of them a latten basyn, a laver interlined and a candlesticke. lease, always provided that my wyffe & the rest of my children have And I give unto the said George Robinson his wife a candlestick their levinge of the farmholde so longe as she dothe kepe hir wedo & deleted Christofer Robinson's wiffe a bede of clothes, viz., a mattress, tell the tyme that the yongest of my said children come to the aidg of ij blanketts, a pare of lynyn shetts & a pare of harden shets, a happen xxjti yeares. Item, I bequythe to my wyffe thre kie & x yowes in full and a coverlett, ij codds, ij codwayrs of the best I have. ltem, I gyve unto my said daughter, the wiffe of Christofer Robinson, one oxe and satysfaccionn of all hir porcion of my goods. Item, I bequithe to my a cowe. And I gyve unto the same, my daughter Robinson, a payre of sonne, William, two yowes & one stagge. Item, I bequithe to Agnes, silver crokes in ffull recompence & satisfacion of hir child's porcion, my daughter, & margerett, my daughter, one why & five yowes, ltem, I gyve unto my said daughter Margaret, the wiffe of Christofer equallye to be devided betwine them. Item, my mynd & will is that Heighington, a bedde of clothes, a cowe, ij pillybers & ij codds of the my sonne Adam’s childrin have the goods that I am charged with th meanest sort interlined & ffyve yewes. ltem, I gyve unto my cosen, which is their childs porcion, that is, xviij shepe, thre bests & one Barbarey Lambert, the some of vili xiijs iiijd. ltem, I gyve unto my caldronn. Item, I will that my wyffe & all my children gotten of her aunt, Dorathie Watson, iij yewes. And I give unto Roger Hall, bodye have all that the hushold goods within the house, to be equallye Christofer Robinson and Thomas Lambert, my sones-in-lawe, every of devided amonge them. Item, I bequithe to my said sone, John theym, iijs iiijd. ltem, 1 gyve unto my sone, William Parkinson, xs for a Thurlebeck, three oxen & one mayre to occupye withall. Item, I token. ltem, I gyve unto my cosen, Ellyn Heighington, one yonge bequithe to my said sonnne, Thomas, thre oxen & one mayre, whie interlinedand unto georg Hall, my cosen, xiid. ltem, I give unto lyckwyse plughe & plughe gear, wayne & wayne gear, this to be my cosen, Thomas Stott, ffyve shillings. ltem, I gyve unto Elizabeth equallye devided between the said John and Thomas, my sonnes. Robinson, the daughter of Christofer Robinson, one yewe. And all the Item, I will that the corne in the barne, staggarthe & in the feild be residewe of my goods and cattells, as well moveable as unmoveable, I equallye devided amonge them all afore named, that is, my wyffe & gyve, will and bequeath unto my said sone, Phillip Parkinson, to his my five children. The rysedue of my goods, my debts paid & funerall owne proper use interlined, whome I make my full executor of this expences maid, I bequithe to John & Thomas, my sonnes, whom I EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 make my full executors ioyntlye togyther. Morover, I will that Item, to Mark Hall for bygge 12s 9d Nycholas Halle & Christofor Wilkynson be the supervisors of this my Item, vij boules of corne, malt and groates 3 6s 8d last will, havyinge for their paynes, ether of them, a yowe & a lambe. Item, to Roger Richardson of Newcastle 4s 0d Thes beinge witnesses, William Jennyson, Roland Shafteye, Nycholas Item, to Mr Riddell for yron 7s 4d Hawle, Christofor Wilkinsonjur, Thomas Watsonjur, & Robert Graye Item, for sessment 7s 0d with others. Item, to Christofer Wardell 1s 5d Register of Wills, I, f.69v. Item, to George Wardell 2s 0d Item, to Thomas Lyghton 10s 0d Christopher Paxton of Shotton, 1581 Item, Whittsontyde rente 1 2s 2d Suma totalis £17 18s 0d In dei nomine, Amen, Anno Domini 1580, the xxvth of March, I, Witnesses hereof, James Paxton, John Paxton, John Sympson, James Christofer Paxton of Esington, sick in body but whole in mynd doe Bee, Richard Jacson with others make this my last will and testament as followeth, first, I bequeath my soule into the hands of almightie God, hoping to be saved by Jesus An inventory of all the goods moveable Christ and my body to be buryed in Esington church earth. First, I and unmovable of Christofer Paxton of give unto my sonne, Christofer Paxton, the house on the middle raw Esington, late deceased, praysed by theis and the lande belonging to yt. Item, I doe gyve to my wyfe and John, foure men, Georg Wardell, William my eldest sonne, the lease of the demayne. Item, I doe gyve to John ffoster, Christofer Wardell and James th Paxton, my eldest sonne, all my wayne, plouhes and all things that Paxton the xvj day of May, 1581 belongeth to them and all wood geare aboute the house. Item, I doe gyve to Edmonde Paxton, my sonne, in evrie severall feilde one rude Imprimis, vj oxen 9 0s 0d of land, during my wyve’s life. Item, I will that my syster, Jenet Item, one cowe and one styrke 1 10s 0d Paxton, shall have houserowme in the house so long as she lyveth and Item, two old mares and one stag 2 6s 8d that for rament yerely vs and as for her child’s portion, I have fully Item, one sowe and three shootts 12s 0d payd it alreadye to hyr hands. Item, I have alreadye fully payd my Item, xiij double acres of corne 13 0s 0d sonne, James Paxton, his childe’s portion, item, that Thomas Lyghton Item, one almery, one caule, one counter, one chayre shall sow the next croppe of corne (both with wheat and otts and that and one bourde 10s 0d all his soile be ledd to the mayntenance of this farmholde and that Item, v pewder vessel, one bason, three potts, two pans after the sayd croppe he peaceabley departe without he agree further & frying panne and one candlestick 14s 0d with my wife. Item, I doe gyve to Doritie Paxton, my daughter, one Item, one cowp wayne, one longe wayne, iiij sowmes, counter in the hall. Of this my last wyll and testament, I doe make my two plowghes & yron yoks 1 3s 8d executors Elsebeth Paxton, my wife, and John Paxton, my sonne to Item, a recken croke, yron chimney, tongues and speatt 2s 6d whome I gyve the rest of my goods. Item, three hens, one goose & goslings 1s 8d Suma tota £29 0s 6d Debts that I owe Debts that I owe Inprimis, to Mychaell Calverley 5 0s 0d Item, to Mr Mychael Calverley 5 0s 0d Item, to Thomas Lyghton 1 11s 0d Item, to Thomas Lyghton 1 11s 0d Item,to Mr Bellsis for one oxe 2 5s 0d Item, to Richard Smyth, tayler 1 7s 8d Item, to Richard Smyth, tayler 1 7s 8d Item, to Mr Bellogs for one ox 2 5s 0d Item, to James Bee 15s 0d Item, to James Bee 15s 0d Item, to John Kerston for one boule of peese 6s 0d Item, to John Kyrston for one boule of peese 6s 0d Item, Marke Hall for bygg 12s 9d EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Item, vij boules of corne & malt groates 3 6s 8d payment of certen severall rent chargs, either of them, viijli by yere Item, to Roger Richaaradson of Newcastle 4s 0d severallie to be payd furth of their severall ffermeholds, lands and Item, to Mr Ryddell for yron 7s 4d grounds interlined of Amerston and Elstobb afforesaid, for and during Item, for sessments 7s 0d the terme of xxj yeres. Item, I further will that Barbarey, my wife, Item, to Christofer Wardell 1s 5d shall have the occupacion of certen lands and tenements latelie being Item, to George Wardell 2s 0d in the tenure and occupacion of one George Hargill of Hutton Item, to Thomas Lyghton 10s 0d afforesaid interlined during her liffe. And, after her decease, my Item, Whytsontyde rente 1 2s 2d whole interest which I have in the said fermehold shall remayne and Suma totalis £17 18s come to the hands and occupancion of my said daughter Anne. Item, I give further to every of my said three daughters severally, the severall William Browne of Shotton, 1582 summes of tenn pounds to be taken by way of legacy over and beside the said severall summes of fower score pounds hereby lymitted to be The xxiijth of May 1581, in the xxiijth yere of the reigne of our payd to them as is afforesaid. Item, I give to William Johnson, my sovereigne lady, Elizabeth &c. sister sonne, five pounds, five ewes, fyve lambes, one yonge quye of ij In the name of God, Amen, I, William Browne of Shotton in the yeres olde and one bay fillye. Item, I give to Mr Thomas Calverley, countie of Durham, being of perfect mynde, do make this my last will my master, my white meare. Item, I give to my mistress, one old and testament in maner and forme following, ffirst, I commend my angel. Item, I give to John Calverley and Barbary Calverley their sowle to the hands of Almightie God, my saviour and redemer Christ children, either of them, xs. Item, I give to my mother, one olde angell. Jesus by the onlie meritts of whose death and passion, I trust to be Item, I give to every other the residue of the children of my saved. Item, I give to every of the poorest householders within the two sisters, Agnes and Jane, every of them severally, one shepe. Item, parish of Esington, severally interlined, iiijd in money. Item, I will that I give to my uncle, John Wrightson, vjs viijd. Item, I give to my aunte for and towardes the preferment of lsabell Browne, myne eldest Agnes, sometymes the wife onesic one Raphe Pereson, vjs viijd. Item, I daughter, there shalbe, yerelie, during the terme of theise eight yeres give to George Wardell, xs. Item, I give to Richard Jackson, clerke nowe next ensewinge interlined, payd and levyed, the summe of xli, to curate of Esington, xs. Item, I give to my cosen, Thomas Browne, my be payd yerelie by thands of John ffrancklyn of Amerston and yonge gray meare. Item, I give to my said cosen Thomas deleted I William Williamson of Elstobb untill the summe of fower score give to my trusty frends, Mr Anthony Welbery and to my said cosen pounds be payd. And, after the levying and payment of the same Thomas Browne deleted, either of them severally, two olde angells summe of fower score pounds as is aforesaid, then I will that there and I do hereby ordeyne and do hartely pray and desier them, the said shalbe hadd, receyved and taken, the summe of iiijxxli more for and to Mr Anthony Welbery and my cosin Thomas Browne, not onlie the use of Elizabeth Browne, my second daughter to be, likewise, for interlined to be the supervisors of this my last will but also to have a and during the terme of other eight yeres then next ensewing respect and regard to the bringing upp of my said three daughters, interlined, yerelie payd by the hands of the said John ffranckleyn and with the govemement of them and the saife keeping of their parts, William Williamson. And, I further will that after the payment of the porcions and legacyes geven unto them, my said children interlined as said severrall summes of fower score pounds, the summe of xxxli is afforesaid, as I especially trust they will do. And, I do make the shalbe hadd and receyved and taken for and to the use of Anne executors of this my last will and testament, my said three daughters, Browne, my youngest daughter, to be, likewise, payd by the hand of Isabell Browne, Elizabeth Browne interlined and Anne Browne unto the said John ffranckleyn and William Williamson, theire executors or whome I give the rest of my goodes. assignes. And, I further will that the summe of vjli yerely shalbe hadd, These being witnesses receyved and taken by Barbarey, my wife, for and to her onely use Richard Jacson towards the brynging upp of my said three daughters and to be yerelie John Readhead and Thomas Browne. payd to her by the hands of the said John ffranckleyn and William Williamson, who stand charged and severally bounden to me for the An inventorie of all the goods movable and unmoveable ofWilliam EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Browne, late of Shotton, deceased, Item, blanketts & clothes for iiijor beids 1 10s 0d praysed by George Wardell, George Item, tubbes & wodden vessel 10s 0d Robinson, Christofer Wardell and John Item, sacks and poks 5s 0d Readhead, the vijth day of June Item, iiijor coverlidds, ij payer blanketts, iij codds & Anno Domini 1582 as followeth one carpett clothe 1 13s 4d Item, all the corne on the ground 13 6s 8d Imprimis, in gold and money 32 4s 6d Item, in debts as appereth by his booke 17 8s 4d Item, xj kyne 13 6s 8d Item, in old money 2 10s 0d Item, fower stotts 4 13s 4d Summa toatlis.£137 15s 10d Item, fower stirks 2 0s 0d Item, one quye 10s 0d Ellin Atkinson of Haswell, widow, 1586 Item, iij quyes 1 13s 4d Item, two calves 6s 8d Anno Domini, 1586, regni Elizabethae, 28 Junij, derimo tertio Item, xviij wethers with woll 4 10s 0d In the name of God, Amen, I, Ellin Atcheson of Haswell in the parrish Item, xxxv ewes & lambes with ther woll 42 15s 0d of Easington, widow, sick in body but whole in minde and perfit in Item, xij geld gimbers with there woll 2 0s 0d memorie, make this my last will and testament in manner and forme Item, vij shorne gimbers 16s 6d following, first, I bequeath my soule into the hands of almighty God Item, iij rames or tuppes 10s 0d who gave it & hoping to be saved by the death and passion of Jesus Item, one nagg and one meare 3 13s 4d Criste and my goods I deleted body to the church earth and my goods Item, one bay filly 1 6s 8d I give and bestow as hereafter followeth. Imprimis, I give to my Item, ij other meares 6 0s 0d daughter Agnes a yoke of oxen called Brock and Spenser. Item, I give Item, one sowe and ij hoggs 14s 0d to my sonn William a yoke of oxen called Mark and Thuler. Item, I Item, ij ploughes, iij stengs & v plougheads 7s 0d give to my daughter Isabell the thirde yoke of oxen. Item, I give to my Item, ij payer of stengs, v axeltrees & bourds 6s 8d sonn William the young bay mare. Item, I give to my daughter Agnes Item, ij payer of harrowes 8s 0d the young dun mare. Item, I give to my daughter Isabell the gray mare. Item, v yoks whereof iiijor have yrons 2s 8d Item, I give the four kine to my two daughters, to either of them two. Item, bourds and cowpe waine sales? 9s 0d Item, I give to my sonn William the two young quies. Item, I give the Item, iiijor yron muckforks 3s 0d thre calfes to my thre children, to everie one, one. Item, I give to my Item, wheat and hay in stack 6 0s 0d sonn William all the ploughs and plough geere and all the waynes and Item, ij ladders 2s 6d wain gear. Item, I give to my daughter Agnes xxx sheepe. Item, I give Item, ij bee hyves 8s 0d to my daughter Isabel xxx sheepe. Item, to my sonn William I give the Item, in yron geare for husbandry 6s 8d xvj sheepe that remaine. Item,I give to my two daughters all the Item, ij sythes 2s 0d houshold stuff within the heck to be equallie divided betwen them Item, potts, pannes and fyery vessel 1 0s 0d two. Item, I give the cropp on the earth to be equallie divided by the Item, all pewter vessell & candlesticks 1 3s 0d bushell among my thre children. Item, the lviijs which William Person Item, spitt, chimney, reckoncroke flia? pann clippes 10s 0d of Durham, butcher, oweth unto me, I give to my thre children to be Item, ij cubbourds 1 6s 8d equally divided among them. Item, I give to my sonn William, the Item, ij tables, formes, ij chaires in the hall 14s 0d sowe, the other two swine with the gese, and the pullon I give to my Item, v payer of bedstocks 13s 4d two daughters to be equallie divided between them. Item, I will that xs Item, chiste and one arke 10s 0d taken out of the whole be given to the poore of the parrish of Item, ix payer lynnen shets & harden, vij towels, xxx Easington. Of this my last will and testament I make my two napkins & all other lynnen geare 2 10s 0d daughters thre children, William deleted Agnes and Isabelle ioint Item, iiijor mattresses 1 0s 0d executors. EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 my Mistress Troulloppe tyll she come to xviij yeres of age. Item, I doe By me Richard Bubworth, curate of Easington gyve Alse Willyamson aforesayd, one kettell and one cawle, this, (the first of two copies of this will, making corrections embodied in likewise, to be in the custodie of my wife tyll she be of the age the second which also names two witnesses, Thomas Paxton and aforesayd. Item, I doe gyve and bequeathe unto my wife all my rents Robert Anderson. There is a third copy in Register of Wills) and interlined lands in Barwicke dureinge hyr naturall life, she payinge unto my sonne, Anthonie Troulloppe, xxvjs viijd yerelye at the An inventorie of all the goods and cattell of Ellin Hecheson ffeasts ofWhitsontyde and ffeast of Saynte Martyn by equall porcions Widow, late of great Haswell within the parrish of dureinge hyr lyfe and then, the rents and interlined lands I doe gyve to Easington, deceased, praysed by these four men my sonne Anthonie Trolloppe and, for lacke of heyres male of his whose names hereafter follow, vidlz., Cuthbert bodie, lawfullie begotten interlined, I doe gyve yt to my Master of Burnop, Henrie Bee, Robert Anderson, William Thomley and to Mr ffrancys, his sonne, for ever. And yf the sayd Hurde, the eleventh day of Julie, Anno Domini, 1586. Anthonie, my sonne, have daughters and no sonnes, that then the sayd rents and interlined land in Barwicke to be thers nyne yeres onely to Imprimis, sixe oxen 16 0s 0d have ther porcions. Item, the rest of my goods, the legacies and Item, foure kine 6 0s 0d funerall expenses discharged, I doe gyve Item, two whies 2 0s 0d unto my wife, Anne Trolloppe and Anthonye Trolloppe my sonne to Item, lviijth olde sheepe 9 0s 0d be equally deleted all my goods torn, both moveable and unmoveable, Item, xx lambes 1 3s 4d to be equallie torn them. Item, I doe gyve unto Alse Willyamson torn Item, the standing corne in the field 16 0s 0d after my wiv's lyfe off this my last torn doe make my sole executors Item, three mares 6 0s 0d torn Anthonye Trolloppe torn my goods tornley xs whom I desyre to Item, three calves 12s 0d be torn will and testament. Item, three swine 11s 0d Item, wayne and waynegeare with plough and plough geare 1 3s 4d Witnesses Item, all the household stuff within the heck. 6 13s 4d Bryn Lam torn Gibson Suma totalis lxvli xiijs torn Cottsworth torn Applebe and Leonard Trollop of Eden Dean, 1586 torn Jacson, clerk

In the Name of God, Amen, Anno Domini 1586, the xxth day of An inventorie of all the goods moveable and ffebrurarie, I, Leonarde Throulloppe of Eden Deane within the parishe unmoveable of Leonard Trolloppe, late of of Esington, seeke in bodye but whole in mynde, thanks be unto God, Eden Dean, deceased, within the parish of Esington, doe make this my last will and testament as followeth. ffirst, I praysed by these foure men, Mr Robert Younge, bequeath my soule into the hands of Almightie God, hopeinge to be John Readhead, William Burstall and Robarte saved by Jhesus Christ, and my bodye to be buryed in Esington Cottsworth, the ix day of March, Anno Domini 1586 church. Inprimis, I doe gyve to the poore of the parishe wherein I dwell, vjs viijd. Item, I doe gyve to Alse Willyamson, my daughter's Imprimis, two kye 4 0s 0d daughter, two kye, the one called Souseo and the other Riggie, and Item, viij shepe hoggs 1 6s 8d also I doe gyve the sayd Alse, viij shepe, the said kyne and shepe to Item, one caule 6s 8d remayne in my wive's hande tyll the sayd Alse come to xviij yeres of Item, one kettell 6s 8d age. Item, I gyve to Jane Willyamson, my daughter's daughter, one Item, one yron chimney 10s 0d whye styrck which is yonge and branded, this to be in the custodie of Item, one branded calfe for a wenche 10s 0d Item, foure kye 8 0s 0d EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Item, one old branded cowe 1 0s 0d James Paxton of Easington, husbandman, 1587 Item, foure calves 1 6s 8d Item, xxxjtie shepe 6 0s 0d In the name of God, Amen, I, James Paxton of Easington within the Item, two cobbards 2 0s 0d countie palatine of Durham, husbandman, sick in bodie but whole in Item, one counter, one boorde & two forms 6s 8d minde and of perfit memorie, make this my last will and testament in Item, xiij peeces of pewder & iiij sawcers 10s 0d fourme following. Ffirst, I commend my soule into the hands of Item, foure candlesticks 2s 0d almightie God, assuring myselfe to be saved by the death and merits Item, one pewder pott 4d of Jesus Christ and my bodie I committ to the earth and my goods I Item, two brasse potts 6s 8d give and dispose as hereafter followeth. Imprimis, I give to my sonne, Item, two kettells, ij pans, j fish scummer 1 0s 0d Edmond Paxton, the lease of my farmehold. Item, I give to my saide Item, v tubs, ij kitts, iiij skeels, xx bouls, xj chese[?] sonne, Edmond Paxton, the lease which I tooke of John Paxton. Item, and one swall with all other wood whatsoever 1 0s 0d I give to my saide sonne, Edmond Paxton, a yoke of my best oxen Item, v bee hyves 1 0s 0d with all my ploughes and plough geare, waynes and wayne greare and Item, iiij payre of lynnyinge sheets, vj pillowes, [?] all other implements of husbandrie thereto belonging. Item, I give to table napkins and xj harden sheets 1 2s 0d my two daughters, Annes and Margerie Paxton, all the household Item, iij bourdcloths and ij towels 4s 0d stufe within the hecke, two bedds with the furniture excepted which I Item, two stone of lynt spunn and not spunne 10s 0d give to my two sonnes, Edmond and Robart Paxton. Item,I give to my Item, iiij sacks and two pooks 4s 0d wive's sonne, Robart Paxton, x1s besides his childe's portion which is Item, three heckles, iij seaves, one temps 1s 8d viili. Item, I give to my sonne, Edmond Paxton, the iron chimney with Item, iiij payre of bed stockes 10s 0d the bushell and pecke. Item, I give to my nephew, John Paxton, xxs Item, his apparel 1 10s 0d and a bushell of pease and to either of his two daughters a lambe. Item, one fetherbedd and boulster 1 0s 0d Item, I release John Paxton of the eleven shillings which he oweth me. Item, two mattresses, j boulster, iij codds 10s 0d Item, I give to everie one of my sister Paxton's foure children, which Item, iij coverletts, [?] happens, iij blankets 10s 0d are unmarried, an ewe. Item, I give to my brother Thomas his two Item, one old wynding cloth & ij old chests 1s 0d sonnes, which are unmarried, ij ewes. Item, I give to William Woofe, Item, two geese, iiij henns, one cocke 3s 4d my sister's sonne, an ewe. Item, I give to the poore of the parish of Item, ix quussens 2s 6d Easington xxs. All my goods unsett and unbequeathed, I give Item, one axe, one recken croke, tongues, two racks unto my three children, Edmond, Annes and Margerie Paxton, to be and speett 2s 0d equallie devided among them, and of this my last will I make them Item, one sowe 5s 0d three ioynt executors. Item, my will is that my two daughters, Annes Summa totalis [?] and Margerie Paxton, shall keepe house together with my sonne Edmond Paxton, during the space of three whole yeeres or longer as Item, one pare of cart wheeles 3s 4d they cann agree. Item, two ladders [?] A note of debts Debts that the testator doth owe Imprimis, Raulfe Applebie oweth me liiis iiijd. Imprimis, to Alse Willyamson [?] Item, Richard Woofe of Hawthorne oweth me xls to be payde att coverlett which is worth [?] candlemas next. Item, for one stone of lynt [?] Summa totalis xxviijs iiijd Of this my last will, I make Robart fferrow of ffishborne, supervisor, DPRI/1/1586/T2/1-[?]. and I give unto him xs. EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Per me Richardus Bubworth, ecclesiae Easingtonianae ministrum John Simpson mark Summa totalis cxxxili ijs xd Christopher Paxton mark DPRI/1/1587/P6/1-2 Thoma Paxton mark George Wardell of Easington, yeoman, 1587 A trew inventorie of all the goods and cattel, (check the original for the lost edge) moveable and unmoveable, of James Paxton of Easington within the countie of Dur- In the name of God, amen, the sixt daie of September in the nyne and ham, husbandman lately deceased, praysed twentie yeare of the reigne of our sovereigne ladie, queene Elizabeth, by these foure men, vidz., Georg Warden, I, George Wardell of Easington in the countie of Dureham, yeoman, Georg Robinson, John Robinson and John beinge of whole minde and in good and perfitt remembrance (praise Simpson, the xxijth of August, anno domini be unto almightie God) make and ordeyne this my last will and 1587 testament in maner and forme followeinge. ffirste, I commende my Imprimis, six oxen 20 0s 0d sowle unto almightie God, my make and redemer, and my bodie to be Item, two fatt oxen 4 6s 8d buryed in the parish churche of Brancepeth. Item, I will that all such Item, foure kine 6 0s 0d poore people within Easington as are indebted unto me, not haveinge Item, two quies and two yonge stotts 4 10s 0d in goods to the valewe of fortie shillings, shall not be chardged by my Item, five calves 1 16s 8d executoors for the paymente of there debts unto me. Item, I give and Item,two oxen given to his sonne, Edmond Paxton, bequieth unto the poor people remay ning and dwellinge within s by legacie 9 0s 0d Easington, xl in monie or els come to the valewe thereof. Item, I give Item, foure horses 5 10s 0d and bequieth unto my Master, Thomas Calveerley, esquier, and my mistress, his wife, twentie markes, desyreinge my said master to se Item, fourtie old sheepe 6 0s 0d this my will executed and performed accordinge to the trew meaninge Item, twenty lambes 1 5s 4d and intent thereof. Item, I give and bequieth unto John Calverley, Item, the hay 4 10s 0d Tobie Calverley and Barbara Calverley, to everie of them twentie Item, waynes and wayne geare, ploughes and plough shillings. Item, I give and bequieth unto Isabell Paxton, one spanged geare, with all implements of husbandry whie, and likewise to Elizabeth Paxton, one broked whiey. Item, I thereto belonging 11 0s 0d give to my brother, Richard Wardell, all my apparrell. Likewise, I Item, the corne upon the grounde 33 0s 0d forgive and acquite the said Richard of all such debts as he oweth unto Item, two leases given by legacie unto his sonne, me. Item, I give unto my said brother, Richarde Wardell, xls in monie Edmond Paxton 12 0s 0d or els one cowe and one horse, either of them to the valewe of xl s. Item, three swine 10s 0d Item, I give unto my sister, Dioness Littlefaire, one lease of sex acres Item, three geese 2s 0d of arable lande and pasture for two beasts in the towne feilds and in a Item, eight henns and a cock 2s 6d close of pasture at Easington aforesaid, called the Skottielawe close, Item, an iron chimney, with a bushell, a peck, a spit maide to me by blank for the terme of certaine yeares yett to come and a payre of tongues, given to his sonne, and unexpired. Item, I give unto Anthonie Littlefaire, fyve pounds. Edmond, by legacie 6s 8d Item, I give unto Margaret and Elizabeth Littlefaire, eyther of them, a Item, one bedd of clothes given to Robart Paxton by whie stirke of the greatest. Item, I give unto William Pickerill one legacie 13s 8d whie stirke and sex woll shepe, one clotheinge of white and reade Item, one bedd of clothes given to Edmond Paxton by russett. Item, I give unto George Haisand, George Jackson, George legacie 13s 8d Wardell and George Paxton, my godsonnes, evrie of them, one ewe Item, all the household stuff within the heck, given by and a lambe. Item, I give unto Agnes Twedele one bushell of pease legacie unto his two daughters, Annes and Margerie 8 0s 0d and one bushell of wheate, to be delivered unto hir by my executors Item, his apparrell and furniture belonging to his back 1 10s 0d yearelie dureinge hir life; and and also one fudder or waine loade of EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 cooles to be delivered by my executors at hir house, dureing hir life above written. Sealed in the presence of us, William Calverley, Roger yearelie. Item, I give and bequeth unto Margarett, my wife, and hir Wrightson, Oswold Richeson, James Bryan & Thomas Rainton. assigns, all my whole interest and terme of yeares yet to come of and in one tenement or farmhold with thappurtenances, lyeinge on the A codicill maide by George Wardell of Easington which he willed to south rowe in Easington, laite in the tenour or occupacion of one be annexed to his last will and testament. George Paxton, deceased, provided alwaies the said Margarett and hir assignes shall paie the filiall porcions which are dew to be paied unto I will that if Jane Wardell, alias Jackson, dye before she come to the Isabell Paxton & Elizabeth Paxton, hir daughters, when they or eyther aige of one and twentie yeares or att any tyme after, without issue of of them shall lawfullie demand the same. And if the said Margarett hir bodie lawfullie begotten, then I will, nominate and appointe that refuse to content and paie the saime as aforesaid, then I bequieth my Christjofer Paxton shall make an estaite, accordeinge to the custome whole interest and terme of yeares yet to come of and in the said of the halmott courte, of and upon one messuaige and husbandlande & tenement, with thappurtenances, unto Jane Wardell, alias Jackson, my one acre of lande with a cottaige and other fower acres of lande, daughter baise begotten, the said Jaine paieinge unto the said Isabell called Swarden peece, to Thomas Calverley of Littleburne, esquire, and Elizabeth, their said severall parts and porcione at such tyme as and his sequeles in iure. Witnesses hereof William Calverley, Roger the same shalbe lawfullie demanded. Item, I give and bequieth unto Wrightson and Oswold Richeson. the said Jane Wardell, alias, Jackson all of my estaite and title of and in my demeane lande belongeinge unto Tweddell farme. And likewyse In dei nomine, Amen, and latin follows all my estate and interest of the demaine which belongeth to the same DPRI/1/1587/W3/2 fyne on the south raw, latelie in the tenour of wedow Tweddle. Item, I will and by this my present testament declare, nominate and Robert Sharp, 1587 appoint that Christjofer Paxton, his heires, executors and assigns, shall at all tyme and tymes hereafter upon request and demande maide unto The inventorie of all the goods hym by Jane Wardell, alias Jackson, my daughter, baise & cattell of Robarte Sharpe, begotten, assur, surrender and yeild upp his whole estate, title, clame late deceased, praysed by John interest and demande, accordinge to the custome of the halmott courts ffoster, William Read & John of and upon one messuaige and husbandlande, with thappertenances, Sharpe, the vijth day of in Easington. And also one acre of land, with a cottaige, and fower Marche, Anno Domini, 1587 other acres of lande called Swarden peece, lyeinge and beinge within the towne feilds of Esington, to the said Jane Wardell, alias Jackson, Imprimis, foure key, tow wheies & one calfe 8 3s 4d and hir squeles, in iure. Item, I give and bequieth unto my wife and my daughter, Jane, ioyntlie all my interest and terme of yeares of and Item, tow meres 3 6s 8d in Haswell Grainge. And all the rest of my goodes, moveable and Item, twentie sheipe 3 6s 8d unmoveable, my funerall expenses, legacies and debts dischardged, I Item, all the smythie gre 1 10s 0d wholie give to my said daughter, Jane Wardell alias Jackson, whom I Item, all thinges above the hecke 2 0s 0d li S d make whole executrix of this my last will and testament. Item, I make Somme is xviij vj viij my Master Thomas Calverley, esquire, and Isabell, his wife, my mistress, supervisors of this my last will and testamente, whom I Deats which I doe owe request to take upon them the order andgovernment of the said Jane Imprimis, to Rychard, my sonne 13s 0d Wardell, alias Jackson, and of all such goods, lands & tenements as to Item, to William, my sonne 1 5s 0d hir belongeth as executrix or otherwyse by force of this my last will Somma totalis xvjli vijs viijd and testament untill such tyme as she shall come to the aige of one and DPRI/1/1587/S6/2 twentie yeares or els be maryed. In witness hereof to this my present will and testament, I have sette my hande and seale, the day and yeare George Robinson of Hawthorne, yeoman, 1588 EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 In the name of God, Amen, the xxiijth day of June in the yeare of our of my goods. Witnesses hereof John Burdon, John Reedhead and Lord God, a thowsand, five hundred, fower score and five, I, George Richard Jacson. Robinson of Hawthorne in the parish of Easington in the county of Durham, yeoman, of perfecte remembrannce, thankes be to God, An inventory of all the goods moveable and make this my last will and testamente in manner and forme unmoveable of Richard Reed of Shotton followeinge. ffirst, I bequeath my soule into the handes of Almightie late deceased, praysed by these foure men, God, my maker, hopeing to be saved by the meritts of Jesus Christe, John Burdon, George Tompson, Richard my redemer and saviour, and my body to be buryed in the parishe Jurdeson and Richard Jacson, the xij th day churche of Esington. Item, I give and bequeath unto my daughter, of August, Anno domini 1590, as followeth Agnes Jurdeson, vjli xiijs iiijd, in full satysfaction of her child's portion. ffirst, vj oxen 11 0s 0d Item, I give and bequeath unto Ellen Jurdeson, the wife of William Item, three oxen 5 0s 0d Jurdeson, vjli xiijs iiijd, and to be paid to them both so soune as Item, two kye and two styrks 3 6s 8d conventlie my executors may paie them. Item, I give and bequeath Item, three kye 3 0s 0d unto Phillip Jurdeson and Michaell Jurdeson, to either of them, fyve Item, three calves 12s 0d markes and to be paid when they shalbe of lawfull yeares. The rest of Item, three mares, one foole 3 6s 8d all my goodes, moveable and unmoveable, my debtes and funeralls Item, xij sheep, foure lambes 1 13s 4d discharged, I give and bequeath unto my welbeloved wife, Mergerie Item, one longe wayne, one coupe wayne, two payre of Robinson, and my loveinge sonne, James Robinson, whom I make my wheeles, vij soomes, vij yokes, geared ploughe and full and sole executors of this my last will and testamente. therto belonginge 4 0s 0d Witnesses hereof; William Draver, William Shipperde, Thomas Item, one oxe harrowe and foure horse harrowes 12s 0d Robinson Item, xviij double acres of corne 18 0s 0d DPRI/1/1588/R6/1 Item, all the furniture within the howse and chamber 1 0s 0d Item, one cocke and vij hennes 2s 8d Richard Reed of Shotton, 1590 Item, xvj geese 8s 0d Item, one sowe & three shootts 10s 0d In the name of God amen, anno domini 1590, the xxixth of Julie, I, The totall sume £52 11s 4d Richard Reed of Shotton, seke in bodye but whole in mynde, doe DPRI/1/1590/RS/1-2 make this my last will and testament as followeth. First, I bequeath my soule into the hands of almightie God, hoping to be saved by Jesus John Skott of Hawthorne, 1592 Christ and my bodye to be buried in Esington church earth. I doe gyve unto the poore of the parishe xs. Item, I doe gyve unto Anthony In the name of God, Amen, the xxth daie of Marche in the yeare of our Reed, my sonne, one oxe called Lustie and one taggs cowe. Item, I Lorde God, 1590, I, John Skott of Hawthorne in the parishe of doe gyve unto my sonne William Reed one oxe called Snappe and one Eassington, seeke in bodie but hole of mynde and of good and dunn cowe. Item, I doe gyve unto my sonne Robarte Reed one oxe perfecte remembrannce, thankes be unto Almightie God, do ordaine called torn and one black cowe. Item, I doe gyve forever deleted unto and make this my laste will and testamente in maner and fourme my sayd sonnes, William Reed and Robart Reed, my ffreehold lande followinge. ffirste, to Jesus Christe, my maker & redemer, by whome which I bought to be equallie devided betwixt them, to them and their I trust to be savide and I will that my bodye be buryed within my heirs forever. Item, I doe gyve my daughter, Mergery Mylburne, one parishe churche of Eassington. Item, I do geve & bequeathe in legacie, caldron and two ewes to her two daughters. Of this my last will and the lease of my farmholde unto my loveinge wyfe, Margere Skotte, testament I doe make my executors Richard Reed, Anthony Reed, and to my sonne, William Skotte, together and to the longer lyver of William Reed and Robarte Reed, my sonnes, to whom I gyve the rest eyther of them two, and if my wyfe dye before my said sonne, then I geve my said lease to my sonne and to those whome shalbe appointed EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 his governor or tutor, if he have not his speache and discretion to Item, v yewes and v lambes 1 13s 4s guyde him selfe, & and this to be done by the consent of these my Item, iiij hogg shepe 1 5s 0d supervisors. And for defalte of bothe my wyfe & my sonne leavinge Item, v regald shepe 16s 0d this mortall lyfe without any will makeinge, then I will my saide lease Item, one soowe and ij young swine 12s 0d to come unto all my children beinge then lyvinge and unmaryed and Item, ij bee hyves 5s 8d they to pay & discharge all things whiche my wyfe and my sonne Item, corne thresht and unthresht 10 13s 4d shall then forton to be indebted and owinge, and every one of my Item, all the corne on the grounde, wynter & waire 20 0s 0d children then lyvinge to agree together, without any suite or troublinge Item, waine and waine gear, pleuinghe & plewe geare, with one a nother in the lawe or other wayes duringe the tyme of my said old wood that is about the house 3 0s 0d lease & to behave them selfes honestly to all good neighboures. Item, Item, all his apparrell 10s 0d I do geve in legacie and beside theire portyons to every one of my thre Item, one Iron chimney with recone croke, rackes and spittes 5s 0d daughters, that is to say, Maudelaine, Marye and Margreat Skotte, Item, pottes, kettles, pannes & all fyer vessell 1 6s 8d fforty shillings.. Item, I do geve unto Ellinor Foster, wyfe unto James Item, x peece of puther, ij puther saltes and ij candlesticks 10s 0d Foster, xxvjs. viijd. Item, I do geve unto Christofer Bee, the sonne of Item, ij ambres and one cawell 16s 0d Rycharde Bee of Harte, a yewe & a lambe or eles in mony, fyve Item, one counter & ij boourdes with formes, stoles & shillings. Item, I do geve unto Margreate Rychardeson, the daughter one chaire 6s 8d of Thomas Rychardson of Nether Throston, a yewe & a lambe or eles ltem, iiij chistes 10s 0d in mony, fyve shillings. The residewe of all my goodes moveable and Item, one fether beed, iiij fether codes, one coverlett and immovable, my debtes and legacies paid and my funerall expenses vj happins 1 0s 0d discharged, I do geve Margere Skott, my wyfe, & William Skotte, my Item, iij lynning shetes, iij strakin shets, iij harden shetes, sonne, whome I do ordaine and make full and hole executors of this iiij cod wares & one bordeclothe 16s 0d my last will & testament, concludid & ordained without any any Item, ij iron grapes, shovells, spaids & wombles 4s 0d assent or consent of any person or persons save my selfe onelye; and Item, ix hennes, ij cokes & one capon 3s 4d of this my last will aforesaid, I do ordaine & make supervisors, the Item, one goose & one gander 2s 6d worshipfull Mr Rychard Conyers of Horden, esquire & Mr Christofer Item, a windinge clothe, ij sookes & v pockes 10s 0d Conyers, his sonne, bothe my good masters, and for there great paines Item, v bordes 1s 0d & travell therein, I do geve eyther of them, for a token, xs. Wittnesses Item, all the windinge geare 1s 0d hereof, Thomas Robinson, thelder, James Robinson, John Ranoldson Item, iij standing beedes 6s 8d and John Wilkinson. Item, one masking tube with skelles, bowles & all other wood vessel 10s 0d The inventory of all the goods and chattels Sowme £65 13s 2d movable and unmovable of John Skottes of Debts that he doth owe Hawthome, laite deceased, praysed by Imprimis, to Rychard Conyers 22 13s 4d fower men, vidilicet, Thomas Robinson thelder, Item, to Robert Fell 1 6s 8d John Robinson, James Robinson and John Item, to Rychard Shacklock 18s 0d Raynoldson, the 22 daie of Aprill, Anno domini 1592 Item, for servants wages 1 16s 6d Anno regni Elizabethae the 34 Item, his funerall expenses, his laire stall & his mortuarij 2 0s 0d 34 14s 6d Imprimis, fower oxen 10 0s 0d Debtes owen unto him Item, fyve kye and one calf 8 0s 0d Item, of John Wilson of Durham, butcher 1 0s 0d Item, iij whyes and one stott 3 6s 8d DPRI/1/1592/S4/1-2 Item, iiij calfes 1 6s 8d Item, ij mares and one stage 4 9s 9d EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50

In the name of God, Amen, the ninthe day of Julie, Anno Domini 1594, I, John Kereston of Hawthorne in the parish of Easington, Robert Cotsworth of Little Eden, yeoman, 1593 beinge sick in bodye and of perfect remembrance, praised be God and so forth, I doe make this my last will and testament in maner and In Dei nomine, Amen, 1592, the xvj day of Januarj, I, Robert forme followinge: ffirst, I commend my soule unto Jesus Christ and Cotsworth of Little Eden in the countie of Durham, yeoman, seke in my bodie to be buried within my paryshe churche aforesaid with all bodie but whole in mynd, doe make this my last will and testament as suche dueties to be paied therefor that ought of right, according to followeth. First, I bequeath my soule into the hands of Almightie God, God's lawes and the Queene's majestie’s. Item, I give and bequeath hoping to be saved by Jesus Christ, and my bodie to be buried in unto Robert Keirston, my sonne, the whole interest, occupacion, title Esington church earth. First, I gyve to the poore of the parishe, vs. and terme of yeres that is yet to come in one half farmehold, which Item, I doe gyve to my wyf, Alse Cotsworth, my mare and v s in gold. farmehold I and my uncle, John ffoster, hold togither of the Item, I doe gyve unto my sonne, ffrancis Cotsworth, xli. Item, I doe to worshipfull Mr ffrancis Radclyfe, Esquire, in Hawthorne aforesaide, my sonne, John Cotsworth, xli. Item, I doe gyve to my brother Thomas to be and stand for his whole child’s porcion of my saide good and Cotsworth, one word whye that came from Ffroston, the most part chattells. Item, I give and bequeathe likewise unto my sonne, Thomas of my apparell. Item, I doe gyve unto my syster, Alse Cotsworth, one Kereston, for his whole childe's porcion of my saide goods and cowe called Spence and the stirke that is with her. Item, I doe gyve chattels, eight pounds. Item, I give unto Christofor, my sonne, for his unto my master, ffrancis Trolloppe, xs, to be good unto my wife and whole childe's portion of my saide goodes and chattells, the summe of children. Item, I doe gyve unto my good Mistris Trolloppe half a eight poundes. Item, I give unto Richard Kereston, my sonne, for his gallon of hony. Item, I doe gyve unto John Trolloppe, my master's whole childe's portion of my said goodes and chattells, the some of sonne, and ffrancis, his daughter, eyther of them, one gymmer lambe eight poundes. Item, I give and bequeathe unto my daughter, Betteras at the Whitsontide next after my death. Item, I doe gyve unto Robart Kereston, to her whole childe's porcion of my saide goods and Clarke of Lomley, my cosen, and Christofer Paxton of Esington, x s chattels, all such houshold stuffe, bedding and other thinges within the betwixt them whom I make supravisors of this my last will and house and chamber whatsoever. Item, I give and bequeathe unto my testament. And also, I constitute and appoynte the sayd Robart and sonne, William Kereston, in legacie, one cowpe waine, one longe Christofer, tutors and gardens for my children and to have the waine, being called two goeing waines, and one goeing pleughe and educacion of them and there porcions duringe there minoritie yf my he the saide William Kereston to paie unto his sister, Betteras, att wife marrie without there consents and where they mislik. Item, I suche tyme as she shall accomplishe xxjth yeres of age or be married, gyve unto Richard Jacksonne, clark, xs for his paynes to be taken in the summe of fforty shillings. Item, I give and bequeathe unto my helping of my wife and children. Item, I commytt my two children, saide sonne, William, one load of wheat and one load of otts and he, ffrancis and John Cotsworth, to the government & education of my the saide William, to paie and deliver for that same corne unto his wife so longe as my supravisors shall like of yt. The residue of my brother, Richard, one quarter of wheat and one quarter of otts at suche goods not bequeathed, my debts payd and funerall expenses tyme as he shall come to xxj yeres of age. Item, I give and bequeathe discharged, I doe whollie gyve unto my two sonnes, ffrancis and John unto my said daughter foure ewes and one yoke of oxen, servant and Cotsworth, whom I make, constitute and appoynte sole executors of brand. Item, I give unto my sonne, Richard, in legacy, one baie fillie this my last will and testament. And I do charge my said executors to stagg. Item, I give unto my brother, Thomas Kereston, one read oxe pay all my debts, legacies & funerall expensesinterlined. stirk and I give likewise unto my said brother's wife one gymer hogg. Witnesses hereof And I give unto John Kereston and Margaret Kereston, my said Christofer Paxton and Richard Jacson brother's children, either of them, a gimmer shepe hogg. Item, I give in DPRI/1/1593/C7/1 legacie unto my sonne, Christofer Kereston, one gimmer hogg. Item, I give unto Robert Kereston, my brother, one bushell of wheat and one John Kereston of Hawthorne, 1596 bushell of pease. Now, lastlie, I make and ordeine my three sonnes, vidzt., Thomas, Christofer and Richard, my whole and full executors EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 of this my saide last will and testament and my brother, Thomas Item, sommes, a coulter, a shakell, a ledder, two shoules Kereston, my unckle, John fforster, and John Renoldson the a mucke forke & a corne forkes 6s 8d supervisors of the same and for theire paines taken, everie of them xijd Item, an ox harow & three horse harowes 13s 4d a peece. Item, I give unto my saide brother one little graie mare and he Item, all bordes and wodden stuff 13s 4d to discharge and paie all other suche debts owing to himself and not Item, straw 5s 0d expressed in this my saide will. In witness whereof I have set to my Item, cooles 5s 0d hand to this my saide will in this presence of these witnesses, Thomas Prised & valued by us whose names Robinson the younger, John foster, John Renoldson, Thomas are subscribed, vizt., John Robinson elder, Kereston, William Thompson, with others. James Robinson, Robart Wray and Willyam Draver A True Inventorie of all the goodes and cattle, The whole somm of this inventorie is £79 3s 2d as well movable as unmovable, of John Kearston of Hawthorne, late deceased Debts to be taiken oute of the whole somm, vizt., Item, to one Raph Younge, Durham 1 0s 0d Goodes within the house Item, to John Burdon of Shotton 4 6s 8d Inprimis, a cubborde 1 13s 8d Item, to Shaklooke of Morton 3 3s 4d Item, foure brase poots & a cawdron 1 0s 0d Item, Mr Radclyfes rente 8s 4d Item, xij peace of pewder, two candlesticks and a salte 5s 0d Item, to Richard Donn 1 0s 0d Item, a cawell, one old ammeri, two skeales, foure tubes Item, to John Pattison of Strannton 12s 0d with other wodden vessel 1 0s 0d Item, to Robart Atcheson for a load of ry 11s 0d Item, two beds with the bede clothes 1 0s 0d Item, a table borde, recken crokes, tongues, spete, iron The childrens porcions bares with other small things 5s 0d To Thomas Kirston 8 0s 0d Item, a stone of wooull 6s 0d Item, to Christopher for his porcion 8 0s 0d Item, three pounde of lyne 1s 6d Item, to Richard for his porcion 8 0s 0d Item, painted clothes 2s 0d Item, to Betteres for her portion 13 16s 6d Item, a jacke and a clooke 10s 0d To Robart Kerston for his portion 13 0s 0d Item, a jerkine, a dublate, bruches, shoes, a steall The whole somm of the childrens portions is £51 16s 6d cape and a bill 13s 4d Geven by leggacie to Richard Kearston 2 13s 4d Goodes & cattle withoute the house To Bettres Kearston for waines & ploughes 2 0s 0d Inprimis, six oxen 17 0s 0d DPRI/1/1596/K3/ Item, a cow and a calf 1 13s 4d Item, a read stote 1 0s 0d Richard Conyers, of Horden, Esquire, 1596 Item, two meares 4 13s 4d Item, a filly cowllored bay 1 6s 8d A true inventorye of all the good Item, xiij olde shepe & two lambes 3 10s 0d moveable and unmovable of RIchard Item, xviij dubble acars of corne 24 0s 0d Conyers, Esquier, of Hordone, late Item, a leace of Mr Radclyf 14 0s 0d deceased, praysed by these foure Item, a longe waine, a colpe waine, a pleugh with men, Mr James Bainbridge, Christofer irons belonginge, three waine ropes, three yokes, Wardell, James Jurdesone and three sommes, a shakell 2 0s 0d William Jurdesone Item, two waines more 1 0s 0d EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Item, I geve & bequeath unto the poure of the same parishe five Imprimis, one chaine of goulde and one tablit of goulde 21 0s 0d shillings to bee distributed by my executors att the time of my buriall. Item, foure horses, two graye and two blacke 16 0s 0d Allsoe, I geve & bequeath unto my tow bretherin, Robert Robinson & George Robinson, al my lands, tenements and hereditament Debtes owen unto the sayde whatsoever in Hawthorne aforsayd, and unto the heires mayles of ther Richarde Conyers as fowloweth two bodyes lawfullye begotten & to bee begotten, providede alwayes and my full mynd & intent ys that my brother Thomas Robinson shall Imprimis, owen by Mr John Trolupe of Thornley, Esquier, 60 0s 0d have, occupie & enioye all the sayd lands, tenements & hereditaments and to be payid yearly xxxli in Hawthorne aforsayd duringe his naturalle lyef withowte any Item, Mr Raiphe Conyers of Latone for a debte upon his eviction, trouble or molestation of my forsayd bretherin, Robert & Brother, Mathew Conyers, deseased, the some of 40 0s 0d George Robinson, or any other persone or persones. Item, I geve and A desperit debte, not knowinge whether it shall be bequeath unto my thre bretherin, Robert, George & Thomas Robinson, gotten or not one flanders chest, another great chest with a counter. And I doe mor Item, monye lent to Mr Thomas Bainbridge of Wheatlye geve unto my sayd brother, Thomas Robinson, one stone trowgh Hill 10 0s 0d beinge at my dwelling howse in Hawthorne aforsayd. Item, I geve & Item, lent to Phillipe Welbery of Nesbit 2 0s 0d bequeath unto Alison Raynaldson, wyef of John Raynaldson, my Item, lent to Symond Welberye of Nesbit 11s 0d brasse potte. Item, I geve and bequeath unto Margarett Draver, wyef Item, lent to John Hedworth of Harrowtone for a horsse 4 0s 0d of William Draver, one wodden chaire. Item, I geve and bequeathe all Item, lent to Robart Younge of Aderdakers 1 1s 0d the rest of my howshold stuffe & uttensell of howse, beinge within of Item, lent to John Awall of Durham 10s 0d my sayd howse in Hawthorne aforsayd, unto Isabell Robinson, Item, lent to Edwarde Hodgson of Durham 10s 0d daughter of my sayd brother Robert Item, George Middeltone for a horsse 7 0s 0d Robinson. Item, I geve mor unto the sayd Isabell one yonge black Item, George Brantingam 1 0s 0d cowe and my read whye. Item, I geve & bequeathe unto my sayd Item, Charles Viccars, Clarke 2 0s 0d bretherin, Robert, George and Thomas Robinson & toe the sayd Isabell Robinson aforsayd, all my corne now sowinge & growing James Baynbrige uppon my grounde in Hawthorne aforsayd. Item, I geve & bequeath Christofer Wardelle, his marke unto George Robinson, sonne of the sayd Robert Robinson my James Jurdeson, his marke brother, my gray naige. Item, I geve & bequeath unto Margrett Wylde William Jurdesone, his marke my blake whye of one yeare olde. Item, I geve & bequeath unto DPRI/1/1596/C5/1 Robert Wraye, sonne unto Robert Wraye thelder in Hawthorne aforsayd, one gemmer hoge. Item, I geve & bequeathe unto John John Robinson of Hawthorn, cooteman, 1597 Raynaldson, sonne to John Raynaldson thelder, one yowe & a lambe. Item, I geve & bequeath unto William Robinson, sonne of the sayd In the name of God, Amen, the xvth day of ffebruarie, 1596, I, John Robert Robinson, one oxe sturke of a yeare ould. And lastlye, I make Robinson of Hawthorne within the county of Durisme, yeoman, my forsayd bretherin, Robert, George & Thomas Robinson, my sole beinge sicke in bodye yett of good & perfecte remembranc, laude & executors of this my last will & testament, unto whome I doe alsoe praise bee unto God therfore, doe make this my last will and testament geve & bequeathe all other goods & chattells whatsoever herein befor in manner and forme folowinge. Ffirst, I geve & bequeath my soule note bequeathd, my debtes, funerall & legassies beinge first unto the almightie God, my lord & saviour, Christ Jhesue, trusting to dischardged, payd & delivered fourthwithe after my deceasee, toe bee bee saved by his death and passion. And my body toe bee buried equalie devidede amongste my sayd executors. In wyttnesse wherof, I, within my parishe church of Essenton, yealding & paying theruntoe the sayd John Robinson, have hereuntoe subscribed my marke, in the all such duties as I doe owe or which are unto the same belonging. presence of these wyttnesses whose names are heare under written. John Robinson, his marke EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Wyttnesses hereof Item, I give & bequeath unto my doughter, Elizabeth ffenwike, one John Pattinson featherbed with all the stuffe thereunto belonging which I lent unto the Robert Wray said doughter & now is in the possession of the said Elizabeth, and John Raynaldson one cupp of silver (called my[?] cup). Item, I give to my Thomas Robinson with others grandchildren, Ann Conyers & Issabell Conyers, to either of them, one silver peece guilt. I give to the said Ann & Issabell Conyers, A true inventorye of al the goodds twooe kye betwixt them. Item, I give to my sonne, John Hedworth of and cattall of Jhon Robinson of the Deanerie of Chester, twentie pounds & a litle gold ring with Hawthorne in the parishe of Esington maiden's head on. Item, I give & bequeath to my doughter [torn] in the county palatine of Durham, Margerie Constable, one featherbed & bedsteed w[i]th the curtaynes cooteman late deceased, priced & tester & the furniture therupon, as it now standeth in the parlor at by three indifferent men, Richard Saltwell Side and one white silver peece [-—ine] & twooe white silver Foster, William Draver, Jhon Rainson spoones playne. Item, I give to my doughter, Margret Creswell, tenn ffebruary 19 Anno domini 1596 poundes and my best gowne but one, & one kirtle of wrought taffitie. Item, I give & bequeath unto my son[n]es in law, that is, to wit, to Imprimis, his apparel! 1 10s 0d Thomas Bainbrig, Christopher Conyers, James Constabell, George s Item, his beddinge 3 0s 0d ffenwicke, to everie of them, one spur ryall, which is xv in gold, a Item, al the woodd geare in the howse & chamber 1 10s 0d pece. Item, I give & bequeath unto the poore of the parish of Item, al the metall, pewder, brasse with ketle & other Gatesyde, fortie shilings & unto the pore folks of the parish of Chester lyke implements 2 0s 0d in the street, fortie shilings. Item, I give unto John Blackwood of s Item, hey 1 0s 0d Bishop Aukland, one spur ryall, that is, a xv pece in gold. Item, I give Item, wheat, otes and pease 2 6s 8d & bequeath to my servant, George Wheden, twentie shillings. Item, I Item, two acres of wheat in the feyld 1 10s 0d give and bequeath unto sutch houshold servants as doe serve me [torn] Item, woodd geare without the howse 6s 8d one whole yere wages. Item, my further will is that sex pore women Item, three kye, three stirkes & twoo whees 9 0s 0d have sex black gownes & twooe of my serving men have, either of Item, one nagg 2 0s 0d them, one blacke coate &, my mind is that ther shall be noe more Item, one ew, one hogge 6s 0d blacks bestowed. Item, I give and bequeath unto my daughter, Issabell Sum £24 9s 4d Hedworth, all the rest of my goods & chattells, reall & personall, DPRI/1/1597/R9/1-2 apparell, houshold stuffe, utensyles & [creased ] whatsoever (not before or hereafter by me in this my will disposed on ). And I doe iur Jane Hedworth of Horden, 1602 make and constitute my said daughter, Issabell Hedworth , my full & sole executor of this my last will & testament. Item, for the continuance of peace and [? ] amongst my children and for the In the name of God, Amen, I, Jane Hedworth of Horden, late wife of avoyding of all sutes & contention, my intent, will and mind is further, John Hedworth of Hamerton, esquier, within the countie of Durham, that everie of my said children [torn] ther with, their husbands & alsoe deceased, doe make my last will & testament in man[n]er & fourme my son, John Hedworth, shall, upon the resceit of their severall following. In primis, I commend my soule into the hands of Almightie legacies, make one generall acquittance unto Issabell Hedworth, my God, my creator & redemer & my bodie to be buried in the parish executor, of all portions, detts & demands whatsoever against her as church of Chester besides my husband. Inprimis, I give & bequeath my executor, & my will is that all my children doe hold themselves [torn] Katherine Bainbrig, one featherbed with all the furniture content with their legacies without any further claime or challenge. therupon & the bedsteed which standeth in the high chamber at And, if any of my said children or their husbands doe make any Saltwell Syde and twooe silver spannes that are plaine without further claime to any of my goods (contrary to this my will) or doe knopps. refuse to make sutch generall acquittance as aforesaid, then my will EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 and mind is, that sutch person or persons so clayming any further Item, three forkes, two grapes, one fowe, two portions or refusing to make sutch acquittance as aforesaid, shall take shelves, one muck hacke 2s 0d noe benefit or advantage of this my will and shall be as if he, or they, Item, xiij duble acres of wheate and wairecorne 20 0s 0d had never been named in this my will. Item, I give & bequeath to my sister, Clare Hedworth, one black clooth gowne & a plaine taffitie Goodes within the house kirtle. (deleted "in witnesse") Item, I give and bequeath unto my [torn] Item, in the seate house, a cawell, one ambrie with a tenn poundes. In witnesse whereof, hereunto I have sett to my hand spence 1 6s 8d and seale, dated the sextenth daye of Januarie in the foure & fortieth Item, two kettles, one panne 13s 4d yeer of the reigne of our Sovereigne Ladie, Elizabeth, by the grace of Item, three brasse pottes, one iron pott 1 0s 0d God, Quene of England, ffrance & Ireland, Defender of the Faith etc. Item, all the pewther and candlestickes 10s 0d Jane Hedworth [marked with a capital H or, possibly, a double I]] Item, the longe settle, the bordes, the chaire, the seal counter with all the fformes and stoolles 13s 4d Sealed & witnessed in the presence of us Item, three chistes 3s 0d Christofer Conyersiur Item, vj mealles, one flackett, two chesfattes, iij John Blackwoodiur skeelles with dishes, trenchers and spoones 3a 4d John Merrimaniur Item, sewes, ridles, tempses, seives, skeppes and hopper 1s 8d James Jurdeson of Easington, 1603 Item, one chimney, one racking crooke, one paire of tonges and a speite 5s 0d Item, two bedsteedes 3s 4s An Inventorie of all the goodes, moveable & unmoveable, Item, iij lynn sheetes, v harden sheetes, iij towelles, of James Jurdeson of Easington, had and taken the xvjth two codwaires, three fether coddes 1 0s 0d daie of Maie, Anno Domini 1603, praised by William Jurdeson Item, two coverlettes, two happinges, one blanckett 6s 8d William Shepperd, George fforster and Christofer Item, one mattresse 6s 8d Paxton Item, one servannt’s bedd, one wynnowinge cloth, Imprimis, iiijor oxen 11 0s 0d three pookes and a sacke 5s 0d Item, iiijor kyen and a calf 7 0s 0d Item, two maires 6 0s 0d His apparrell Item, iij swyne 12s 0d Item, three dublettes, two paire of britchesse, three Item, xiiij old sheep and vj lambes 4 0s 0d coattes, two jacketts, two paire of stockinges, Item, two ploughes 6s 0d one paire of bootes, one paire of shooes, one Item, one ox harrowe, two horse harrowes 12s 0d jacke, one bowe, a quyver with arrowes, a Item, wheate unberryed 1 0s 0d sworde, a dagger with all the furniture for Item, one iron bounde waine with all that his body 2 0s 0d belongeth thereto 2 0s 0d Item, his lease of his ffarme 6 13s 4d Item, one longe waine with wheelles, one coope Item, in money in the house for one ox which was waine without wheelles 1 0s 0d Solde 3 7s 8d Item, v soomes of iron, two shackles, a coulter, a Summa totalis £74 2s 0d socke, one ax with all the rest of the iron stuffe, vj geared yookes with iron 1 0s 0d What debtes he did owe Item, vj axeltrees, two paire of stinges, with ij nailles 7s 0d Imprimis, to Robert Teasdall 5 5s 4d Item, v plough heades, one mold borde, two laddirs Item, to Percivell Milburne 3 5s 0d with all thother woode 4s 0d Item, to John Gibson 4 18s 0d EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Item, to Richard Dune 2 8s 0d Domini 1605: Richard Harryson Item, to Robert Porratt 3 1s 4d Parcy ffawe, William Colman Item, to Robert Jurdeson for rente 2 6s 8d and Nicholas Bacon, as followeth Item, to Thomas Sharp 4 0s 0d first, vij peece of pewder 4s 0d Item, owinge to blank for iron 5s 0d Item, old bars, one iron pott broken, one brasse Item, owinge to the Byshopp 1 4s 4d candelstick, & broken tongues 1s 0d Item, one stone troughe 1s 0d Summa totalis debitorum £26 13s 8d Item, one old cubbord and a bord 2s 0d Summa totalis, debitis deductis £47 6s 6d Item, his apparrell 2s 8d DPRI/1/1603/J8/1 Item, two peece of new clothe 4s 4d Item, one ewe and one hogge 10s 0d Robert Coward of Hordon, Easington, 1605 Item, hay 13s 4d Item, one old sithe 8d In the name of God, amen, the xxvjth day of November, anno domini Item, one payre of shoes 2s 0d 1605, I, Robert Coward of Hordon, sicke in body but of perfect Sume total £2 1s 0d remembrance, thanks be to God, doe make this my last will and testament in maner & forme followinge, first, I committ my soule to Debts owinge to the testator almightie God and my body to be buried in the churcheard of Inprimis, Richard Reed 1 14a 8d Esington. First, I doe gyve unto my brother, John Coward, xxs. The Item, William Lynley 13s 0d residue of my goods not bequeathed, my debtes payed and my funerall Item, Anthony Wile 1 0s 0d expenses discharged, I doe give unto my uncle, William Item, William Colman 1 8s 8d Thirnbeckeiuratus, whome I make sole and onelie executor of this my Item, Mr John Welbery 1 7s 0d last will and testament. Item, by the sayd Mr Welbery 6s 9d Sume total £6 10s 1d Debts owinge to me are these First, Richard Reed 1 14s 8d Debts that the testator oweth Item, Anthony Willy 1 0s 0d First, to Mr John Welbery 1 8s 0d Item, William Lynley 13s 0d Item, to widow Tweddell 2s 0d Item, William Colman 1 8s 8d The funerall expenses 11s 0d Item, Mr John Welbery 1 7s 0d Item, to widow Person 1s 3d Item, by the sayed Mr Welberye 6s 9d Item, to William Linley 2s 5d Summe totalis £6 10s 1d Sume total 37s.4d Witnesses hereof Summa de claro, debitis solutis £6 13s 9d Richard Harrison DPRI/1/1605/C6/1-2 Henry Huntley John Dixon iuratus William Mavyn of Easington, 1605 Edward Newton Richard Massam Memorandum, that William Mavyn of Esington, seeke in body but of wi th others perfect remembrance, the fourth daye of Maye, Anno domini, 1605, An inventory of all the goods moveable did legate and bequeath his goods nuncupativelie as followeth, first, and unmoveable of Robert Coward, he gave onto Margaret Mavyn, his brother's daughter, one ewe and deceased, praysed by these foure one lambe. Item, he gave to Anne Hutson one ewe and one lambe. men, the viijth of December, Anno EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Item, he gave to Ann North one payre of nether stocks and one payre them a yowe and a lambe. Item, I give to my dawghter, Barbarie of shoes. Item, he give unto Christofer Hasen one doublett one jerken, Younge alias Reade, hir sonne Thomas Reade, a yowe and a lambe. one payre of leatherne breecher and a cappe. The rest of his goods, not Item, I give to my sonne Thomas Younge his dawghtere Ellinore bequeathed and given, he gave to his Master George Hasen, under Younge a yowe and a lambe. Item, all the reste of my goodes, whom he sayd had gayned and gotten the same. And hereupon his moveable and unmoveable, my debtes, Master dyd putt hym in mynde of his brother, Oswold Mavyn, & other legaces and funerall expenses dischargede, I give and bequeathe them his frends, what he woold bestowe & gyve to them for he was lothe to to my dawghtere, Agnes Younge, whome I make my full and solle come or be in trouble, the sayd William Mavyn answered that he had executrixe of this my laste wille & testamente. Wittnesses hereof, none of his father's goode but his other brethren & that they neded Christofer Younge, Thomas Younge and George Shadfourthe with none of his goods & therefore he wold gyve them nothinge. others.

Witnesses hereof, Gilbert Paxton, An inventarie of all the goods, chattelles & Anne Dunne and Anne Hutson, with others creadittes of Roberte Younge of Ederdackers in the p[ar]ishe of Easingetone, of latte deceassed, An Inventory of all the goods moveable praissed by fowre honeste men, vidzt, Christofer and unmoveable of William Mavyn, Richardesonne, George Tompsonne, Christofer late of Esington, deceased, prysed Paxtone & Cuthberte Gellsonne, the xijth by these foure men, Christofer Paxton, daye of Jannuarie, anno domini 1606 Edmond Paxton, John Burdon Imprimis, fowre kyne praysed to 8 0s 0d and Gilbert Paxton, the xxiiijth Item, thre younge stirkes 3 6s 8d daye of Maye, Anno Domini, 1605. Item, thre calves 1 11s 0d Item, thirtene owlde sheepe 3 11s 8d First, his apparell 4s 0d Item, aleaven hogges 2 3s 0d Item, two kye and one calfe 3 6s 8d Item, one meare 2 13s 4d Item, ix ewes, viij lambes & fyve hoggs 3 2s 8d Item, come in the garthe 1 8s 0d Summe total £6 13s 4d Item, haye in the garthe 1 16s 8d DPRI/1/1605/M1/2-3, inventory indented Item, corne groweinge one the grounde 2 13s 4d Item, towe swine 6s 8d Robert Young of Edderdackers, gentleman, 1606 Item, towe bee hives 10s 0d Item, 2 bacon flickess, a warmeinge pane, a tinne cottell In the name of God, amen, the sixte daye of Januarie, anno domini & a maskin fatte 8s 0d 1605, I, Roberte Younge of Ederedackers in the countie of Durham, Item, plowes & plowe geare, waine & waine geare 1 2s 0d gentleman and of the parishe of Easingetone, beinge sicke in bodye Item, tow chares, a basinge & a ewere & all the reste of but wholle in mynde and of perficte memorie, praises be given to the pewdere 1 8s 0d allmightie God, doe make this my laste will & testamente in mannere Item, an almerie 16s 0d and forme followeinge. ffirste, I committe my sowie unto the Item, tow pottes, one caldrone & iij pannes 14s 0d merciefull protecksione of allmightie God, my maker & onlye Item, all the bedinge with the furniture thereto belongeinge 1 16s 0d reademere, and my bodye to be buriede in the queare of the saide Item, all the lynnen, sheattes & table clothes 6s 8d parishe church of Easingetone. Item, I give to my sonnes, Christofer Item, one arcke, towe bedsteades, 2 tubbes, one chiste, and Thomas Younge, eyther of theme a paire of lynnen sheattes. Item, 3 seaves, a hopper & a pecke 16s 0d I give to Roberte Younge, sone of Christofer Younge, one irone Item, towe chaires, sixe quishions & a bracke 4s 6d chimneye, a yowe and a lambe. Ltem, I give to Agnes Younge & Item, one irone chimneye 5s 0d Issabell Younge, dawghters to the said Christofer Younge, eyther of Item, a paire of broylinge irones & a speate, a recken crocke EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 & a pare of rackes 2s 4d the goods moveable & unmoveable, whatsoever she had, to one Item, a chirne, 3 skealles, 8 mealles, 4 cheasefattes, a stande, Marmaduke Horsele, her sister’s sonn & that she wold make him full a barrell, a table & a buffett forme & a butter kytte 11s 0d executor of her last will & testament, witnesses present att the making of the said will, James Robinsoniur, Allic Hazoniur and Robert Summa [no entry] Marshal1.

Debtes owen by the testator An inventory of all suche goods & chattels Imprimis, to Christofer Younge 1 11s 6d as Elizabeth Robinson of Hawthorne in the Item, to one of Shottone 1 0s 0d countie of Durham, wedow, died possesed of, Item, to Agnes Younge 6s 8d valued by Roger Walker, Richard Shaklocke, Item, the rente dewe at the Ladye Daye 1 9s 1d James Robinson & William Draner, September 8, Item, servantes waiges dew at Candelmas 9s 8d 1606 Item, disburssed to the poore & about his funerall 1 13s 0d Inprimis, five oxen 18 0s 0d Item, oweinge to George Shadfourthe 1 13s 4d Item, five kine & tow wheies 16 0s 0d Item, five stirks 3 6s 8d Summa vijli xixs xjd Item, tower mares & one foale 8 0s 0d Item, xxix ould sheepe 7 0s 0d Item, xiij lambes 1 13s 4d Legaces Item, ploughe geare & waine geare 6 6s 8d Imprimis, to Roberte Younge a yowe & a lambe & one Item, xij double acres of corne in the ground 24 0s 0d iron chimneye 10s 8d Item, ould corne in the garthe 4 0s 0d Item, to Agnes Younge a yowe and a lambe 5s 8d Item, hay 3 6s 8d Item, to Issabell Younge a yowe & a lambe 5s 8d Item, eight hives of bees 16s 0d Item, to Thomas Reade a yowe & a lambe 5s 8d Item, beddinge, brasse & peuter with other Item, to Ellinore Younge a yowe & a lambe 5s 8d houshould stuffe 13 6s 8d Item, to my sonnes Christofer & Thomas Younge, eyther Item, butter & cheese 1 0s 0d of them a pare of lynnen sheattes 16s 0d Item, tow swine hogges 15s 0d Item, hens, dukes & geese 1 0s 0d Summa xlixs iiijd Item, the lease of one farme in Hawthorne 3 6s 8d Item, fower stottes & one cowe 10 13s 8d The totalle some, debtes & legaces deducted 26 13s 6d Item, fouer pasture gates on Esington Lea taken DPRI/I/1606/Y1/1-2 of Roger Walker 2 13s 4d Item, one close, towe pasture gates & sixe acres of Elizabeth Robinson of Hawthorne, 1606 arable land taken of John Robinson 4 13s 4d Item, in gould & monis 22 6s 0d Memerandurn, that in or about the beginninge of August 1606 last, Summa £252 4s 0d Elizabeth Robinson, late of Hawthorne within the paryshe of Easington, deceased, beinge then somewhat sick in body yet of perfect Debtes due to the testator mynd & memorie, did noncupatively, by word of mouth, declare her Inprimis, by Roger Walker 6 10s 0d last will & testament before these witnesses here underwritten as Item, by Mr Christofer Conyers of Horden 1 6s 8d followeth, vidzt, one Robert Marshall asking the said Elizabeth Item, by ould mistris Conyers 10s 0d Robinson to whom she wold dispose her goods and make her Item, by Mr Conyers his first wife 2 0s 0d executor, the said Elizabeth Robinson then said that she wold give all Item, by Richard Reade 2 0s 0d EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Item, by James Robinson 16s 0d helpe my sayd sonne to maynteyne the farmold & so that none do him Item, by wedow Scott of Hawthorne 11s 0d wronge. Item, by Mr Thomas Blakestone 1 3s 0d Item, by Antonie Robinson 4s 8d Wittnesses hereof Item, by wedowe Kinge 3s 0d Richard Reed, mark Item, by wedow Currie 10 0s 0d John Hetherington, marke Summa £25 4s 4d William Wilkinson clerk

Debtes due by the testator An Inventorie of all the goodes and Chattels of William Inprimis, to Mr Ratcliffe 1 15s 0d Item, to Mr Frelippe 4 0s 0d Hill of the parish of Easington, Item, for tythes 13s 4d deceased, praised by iiijor indifferent Item, to the clenser 4 0s 0d and honest men, John Readhead, Item, for decipher] her will George Paxton, Robert Jurdeson, Item, spent in her business & her keep 4 13s 4d Richard Shaudforth, the xvjth used during her shuttings omission daie of Julie, 1607. DPRI/1/1606/R8/1-2 Inprimis, viij acre of corne 5 0s 0d William Hill of Shotton, husbandman, 1607 Item, two cubbordes and two chistes 1 6s 8d Item, one brass kettle and one pann 4s 0d In the name of God, Amen, the seaventh day of Aprill in the year of Item, a chimmey, a recken crooke, a speite, and our Lord God, 1602, I, William hill of Shotton within the county of a paire of tonnges 4s 0d Durhame, husbandman, sike in body but whole in mynd & of good Item, iij grapes, two iron fforkes and a bill staffe 2s 0d and perfect remembrance, praysed be God, do make this my last will Item, two fformes 1s 0d & testament in maner & forme following. First, I give my soule into Item, one cheesbord, one iron fforke 6d the hands of Almightie God, my maker & redemer, and my body to be Item, one stande, one wood fflackett 6d buryed in the parish churchyard of Easington. Item, I give and bequith Item, one candlestick, one salte 6d by legacie unto my sonne, William Hill, all that my right, title, lease Item, one pecke, one earthen 5d and terme of years which I have in Shotton aforesayd of the grant of Item, one cubborde 1 0s 0d the right reverend father, Tobie, Lord bishop of Durham. Item, I give to my five daughters all the insight gear I have, equally to be devided Some of all the goodes viijli amongest them. And I give & bequeth to them, likewise, to be paid them by my sayd sonne, William, out of my sayd farmold, viijli, that Debts which the said William Hill oweth ys every of them xls in foure yeares next after the mariage of my sayd Item, to Percivell Milburne 2 10s 0d sonne William and a crop word that ys, every year xls to be payd to Item, to Widdow Easterby of Hutton 1 0s 0d one or other of them as they shall have neid thereof till yt be all payd. Item, to George Thompson of Shotton 1 0s 0d The rest of my goods moveable and unmoveable that is my wayne & Item, to William Read of Shotton 1 0s 0d plough geare, my debts payd &c. interlined I give and bequith to my Item, to Anthonie Read 15s 0d said sonne whome I mak sole executor of this my last will and Item, to Thomas Todd of Eden 4s 8d testament. This onely and alwayes excepted that my wife, his mother, Item, to Raph ffarrow 19s 0d after my decease have a competent fynding in and about my sayd Item, to Richard ffletcher of Durham 12s 0d farmhold during her lyffe. And I make Richard Rand supervisor of Item, to Richard Read of Shotton for a stone of wooll 7s 0d this my will & tutor and governor of my said sonn, trusting he will Somme of all the debtes viijli vijs vjd EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 DPRI/1/1607/H9/1-2 ltem, iij calves 2 6s 8d ltem, one sorrale geldin Christopher Conyers of Horden, esquire, 1608 ltem, one yonge gray geldinge ltem, one twinter blacke coltt stag September 12 1608 ltem, one big gray ambling mayr In the name of God, amen, I, Christopher Conyers of Horden in the ltem, one littell old white mayr 23 0s 0d countie of Durham, esquire, doe make & ordeine this my last will and line deleted testament in manner & forme following, inprimis, I comend my soule ltem, in swyen, one sewe, iij hoggs, one brawnt, ij pigs 2 10s 0d unto almighty God, my creator & redemer & preserver & will that my ltem guayese, ij old ewes. one stegg & viij young ewes 11 bodie bee buried under the blew marble stone before the Church line deleted porche dore att Esington. Item, I give unto my son, John Conyers, one guilded salte with the cover and my signet. Item,I give unto my Hushold stuffe in the hall daughter, Francis Conyers, wife to the sayde John, one silver peece, Imprimis, ij longe ocke selings for seatts about the hall haveing the Madens Head graven in it, & one pare of virginals. Item, I Item, one drawinge taible nye the fyer give unto Marie Conyers, my yongest daughter, one wind milne neere Item, one longe shovell, gratt taible with the fraime Esington, comonly called Esington Milne, with the lease & all other ltem, one taible for servants with ij forms joining to it my clame, interest and title thereto belonging. Item, I give unto my line deleted brother, John Hedworth his wife, one angell in gould. Item, I give unto Item, iij buffett stooles, iij illegible seats a peace my brother, John Catherike his wife, one angell in gould. ltem one longe forme an empty space equivalent to about fifteen lines occurs here ltem one short bord for a lyvere taible Item, one skuttel of illegible All the rest of my goods, moveable and unmoveable, my debts, Item, iij halberts legacies & funeral expences discharged, I give unto my three Item, ij precks, one spear and one halffe long daughters, Anne, Isabell and Marie Conyers, whome I make ioynte ltem one latten candilstick executors of this my last will & testament whereof I also appoint my ltem one oken portal 3 10s brothren, John Cathericke & Cuthebert Conyers, gentlemen, supervisors, desiringe them to see the same faithfully executed and to In the parler either of them, I give ten shillings, provided that I give unto my sayd ltem, one lundon bedsted with teaster, vallence and yongest daughter, Marie Conyers, the sayde wind milne in curtings of grene say with a featherbed and consideration of ten pound given unto her by her grandmother which I mattresse, pair of blanketts, one bolster, one received to despose of to her use. pillowe, ij coverletts and an oversay coverlet 7 Christopher Conyers ltem, one taible with leaves Witnesses to this will ltem, one longe buffett stooll Abraham Robinson, clerk ltem, ij three-seat buffett stooles John Dixon, his mark.e ltem, v buffett stooles ltem, one leveray taible 8 Octobris 1608 Two lines in Latin ltem, one pair of vergennales line deleted An inventory of all the goods, movable ltem ij cubberts and unmovable, lait Christofer Conyers of line deleted Horden, deceased, taiken this xxiiijth of September ltem, one long settell bedsted Imprimis, viij oxen 37 0s 0d ltem, one chair ltem, x kyene 24 10s 0d ltem, one longe taible clothe of blew EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 ltem, one clothe for the counter of black & blew ltem, one yeaillegible wain Item, viij quishions wherof three nedell worke ltem, ij pepper boxes ltem, one pair of swifts for wydening silk ltem, one toestinge ierand of silver with a brassell rodd ltem, another paire of illegible ltem, one black lantheran 4s 0d ltem, ij cubbert clothes ltem, in Richard Haryson’s hands ltem, one basket for a swifte ltem, one counter ltem, one wannded illegible ltem, one wheall bedd ltem, iij ierand barrs with a pair of tongues ltem, one longe taible ltem ij pickters ltem, iij shelves 4s 0d ltem, illegible littell cubbert clothes 5 10 ltem, one pair of seasers In the woodhouse ltem. one littell marker for illegible of brasse ltem, ij counters and ij sillegibles ltem, 8 shelves ltem, ij boltts and ij shaickels ltem, one hand baskett ltem, ij pair of lin pillegiblees & one pair of almers ltem, one large graite ltem, xij ierand sewennts ltem, vij wanded glasse bottels ltem one hay spaid ltem, ij ston bottles 2s 6d ltem, ij loose crutches ltem, iiij venis drinking glasses ltem, ij axes ltem, v bottell glasses ltem, iij ierand forks Item, v conservay glasses ltem, vjj raickes Item, ij greene potts ltem, one matthack ltem, ij heavye muggs ltem, ij shod shuvels and ij unshod ltem, one littell gilted glasse with a cova ltem, one syethe ltem, one pair of fyre graites ltem, ij shod muckfoyks ltem, iij glasse plaitts ltem, ij ierand graippes ltem, ij wudd flanders beacers ltem, one muckhack ltem, iij drinking cupps and a possett cupp ltem, viij draught yocks and iij hed yocke geare ltem, one pair of pepper whaits 5s 0d ltem, xv oxen bowes ltem, one kristing wheell ltem, one pair of waine ropes ltem, ix gengerbred pillegible ltem, ij illegibleocke crutchs ltem, one pair of brase wyghts and one pound weight of brasse ltem, iij plewes ltem, ij old hatt killegible ltem, iij longe waines, ij with wheels ltem, one ston illegible with a illegible ltem, coupe waines with wheals ltem, one littell cubbert clothe with a frindge of white and black ltem, iij pair of askel nailes ltem, one pair of gold waights ltem, xvij ierand straicks & vj score nailes ltem, pair of wullen shears 6s 8d ltem, iij bowels of ierand and the ierand of an old clock ltem, xj yeards of harden & iiij clewes of harden yearne 8s 0d ltem, vj pair of new coupe wain stings in the ltem, one paire of plait sleives & a capp 2s 0d ltem, one illegible paire lent to Robert Smithe ltem, pairt of a gaillegible of steel 6d ltem, ix more plew beames ltem, one littell bell of brasse 4d ltem, ij pair of coupe waine overings more ltem, one littell flanders painted bell ltem, ij oxe harrowes and iij horse harrows tothed with ierand ltem, one other illegible painted buckett ltem, one clethe bord and a shillegiblet coillegibleinge ltem, one draw-boxe for spice ltem, xj new akseltres EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 ltem, ij pair of coupwaine soels & one vering in the barne ltem, one bird caige ltem, xxij mold buerds ltem, iij shelves ltem, xj hedds for plewes ltem, one stawcke for an hand baysing ltem, ij pair taible tressels ltem, one pair of ganntries ltem, one choppinge taible ltem, one long settell ltem, j bedd hedd and the feett of a standing bedd ltem, vij carved bords for a bedd ltem, other old wood that was of old building ltem, one wanded creddell ltem, one frame for a chese trowe ltem, ij pair of gawnwindels ? ltem, one candell caice ltem, one lampe of candell broches ltem, vj load of the slaites ltem, ij pair of littell stocks for a chamber ltem, xiij plewe ltem, one brasse tare pott with a trawling? ierand 10s 0d ltem, one waine blaid in Henry Todd's hand 12 17s 5d In the buttree On the saw hall ltem, in plait, one geltt saltt with the Stafford knott ltem, xiij peces of timber wood 1 0s 0d ltem, one other saltt of selver with a trencher saltt and a pepper boxe all in one In the court ltem, an other silver trencher saltt ltem, one grendston and one rinnge bell 5s 6d ltem, one boell of silver with the maidens heed ltem, coels in the coeall hall 1 6s 0d ltem, one other great silver boell ltem, in the bee garthe iij winter stooles 1 0s 0d ltem, one silver cupp for wyene ltem, one beaker of silver In the lyme house ltem, xv silver spoones ltem, the lyme ther 5 0s 0d ltem, one golde ringe, a plaine hoope which ever he wore him scelf ltem, one leace of the wyend mill of Essington 10 0s 0d Item, one cubbert ltem, one great bread arck? In the stillinge house ltem, ocke cubbert and a littell old cubbet ltem, one bedsted with iij curtings red & yellow ltem, 8 shelves ltem, one old illegible bed, carpet clothe, one fether ltem, one glasse caige bedd on it, one blankett & ij happes and bolster ltem, iij dossen of tewcers? and one pillowe ltem, ij hoggheds and iij halfe hogheds for bear ltem, one littell taible ltem, iij wooden dublers for bear droppings ltem, one cheste ltem, one wanded mawnd ltem, one still of tinn 1 4s 0d ltem, ij maunds for eggs ltem, one long wanded mawnd for carryeing candels In the low house ltem, ij pair of gantres for barrels ltem, iij beaffe taibles and ij lesser ltem, one longe forme and other lesser ltem, one butter kitt ltem, one buffett stooll ltem, iij emptye beehives ltem, one butter kitt with a cover ltem, one counter with iij leaves ltem, iiij formes ltem, ij firkings ltem, iij drinking glasses 1 4s 5d ltem, one great maund ltem, one taible In the chamber over the parler EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 ltem, ij standing beds and a whelle bedd with curtings of yeallowe woolling Item, one bedsted with valence and curtings of ltem, one fether bed and mattresse, one pair of blanketts, yellowe woollinge 1 0s 0d iij coverings, ij bolsters and one pillowe of the bedsted Item, one fether bedd of it and a matres, iij bolster, next the fyer 4 0s 0d one pillowe, iij happings, one pair of blankets ltem, the other standinge bedd and mattresse, one fether and one covering of yellow wolling 3 0s 0d bedd, one pair of blanketts, one bolster, one pillowe, Item, one wheell bed with a fether bedd on it, ij iij happings 3 10s 0d happings, one pair of blancketts, one bolster ltem, on the wheelbedd, one fether bedd, one pair of blanketts, and one pillowe 1 13s 4d one bolster, one pillow and ij coverlets 2 6s 8d Item, one presser 1 3s 4d ltem, one fower square taible ltem, one cubbert 3s 4d ltem, one counter with iij leeves ltem, one littell taible 3s 4d ltem, iiij lowe wedemens stolles Item, iij chaires 3s 0d ltem, iij ierand barres in the chimlay Item, iij wainscott coffers 6s 0d ltem, one pair of tongues Item, ij flanders chests 6s 8d ltem, one great presser ltem, ij littell buffett stooles and one greater ltem, one old counter (line missed off bottom of photocopy) 1s 4d ltem, one chair of ashe wood ltem, one glass coffer with v glasses in it 10s 0d ltem, one wanded chair ltem, one turned boxe for starche 4d ltem, one wanded screene ltem, old hangings about the chamber with ltem, one nedell worke taible clothe for the square taible some pickters and scutchenes 5s 0d ltem, one other for the counter ltem, one littell taible clothe of stannell? ltem, one longe taible clothe of yeallow & greene ltem, one cubbert clothe of blew & white darnex 3s 0d ltem, one short one of yellow & greene ltem, in linning yearne some ij yards 3s 0d ltem, one windowe quishing of vellett ltem, one other cubbert cloth of blew & white frindges 2s 0d ltem, one quishing of illegible for a windowe ltem, ij nedell work quishings His apparell ltem, more ij pillowes ltem, one clothe gowne ltem, one old chaire 3 18s 0d ltem, one blacke chamlett gown ltem, one black brodclothe clocke In the chamber next to it ltem, one satten dublett ltem, one pair of blacke vellett breches Item, one longe taible with a frame ltem, one gold ring with seal of his armes Item, one fraime belonging it ltem, ij pair of Spanishe lether showes Item, one bedsted with a woodde teaster ltem, ij pair of worsted stockings Item, silke vallance and curtings to it ltem, one pair of white wulling knitt stockings 9 6s 8d More to it, one mattres, one fether bedd, one pair of ltem, one vayswall? blanketts, iij coverings, one bolster and one pillowe ltem, iij ierand barrs in the chimnay Item, one presser bedsted Iem, one pair of tonges 2s 0d Item, one wanded screene Item, iij wanded baskets 2 17s 4d In the ?strye ltem, one stand bedd with a tester of red & yellow In his owene chamber with a fether bedd EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 ltem, one pair of blanketts In the bruing house ltem, one bolster and ij happings 1 0s 0d ltem, one brewinge leed ltem, on a low bedd for servants wheron theris a mattresse, ltem, one masking fatt one pair of blanketts, ij happins, one bolster 13s 0d ltem, one stone trowe ltem, an other bedsted wheron is an old fether bedd and ltem, one great ark one old happin 3s 0d ltem, one great bourd Item, iij barrs of ierand in the chimeley ltem, ij boards covers for the leade Item, one chest ltem, one buckett and a fonnell ltem, one old truncke 1 0s 0d ltem, ij washing toublers ltem, one presser ltem, one coupp for carryeing ltem, ij corsletts the one blacke ltem, iij waine blades ltem, iiij cotts of plaite 2 10s 0d ltem, iij long styes ltem, one littell cubbert ltem, one great ierand brandrethe 3 3s 4d ltem, v firdailes ltem, iij heckyls In the kitchinge ltem, ij clock bags 5s 0d ltem, iiij great brasse potts 2 13s 4d ltem, iij stell capps 3s 0d ltem, iiij littell potts & a possett 1 10s 0d ltem, iiij great panes 16s 0d In the clossett ltem, iij littell panes 1s 6d ltem, one leverye taible ltem, one old brasse pott ltem, one glasse kaitge for glasses ltem, one ierand kettell 2s 0d ltem, one cubbert 13s 4d ltem, one brasse morter and a pestill ltem, one flanders chist ltem, ij great cawdrons 1 6s 8d ltem, one da?yt chest ltem, ij great bottils 1 0s 0d Item, one fourme ltem, one cawell cubbert 5s 0d ltem, one desk 13s 4d ltem, ij taibels 12s 0d ltem, one fower foled stooll ltem, iij shelves 1s 0d ltem, one flower firkine 6s 0d ltem, ij littell trenshers 4d ltem, one ierand chimley with iij illegible& gallabacks In the conting house ltem, ij pair of ierand racks ltem, v hogesheds and ij halfe hogeshels ltem, one pair of tongues and an ierand pan 1 0s 0d ltem, one great counting trowe ltem, v pair of pott culpps 2s 0d ltem, one couler ltem, x spits 10s 0d ltem, one grelinge fatt ltem, ij dripping panes 16s 0d ltem, one brecke for bread ltem, one puder laddell ltem, iij secks, one bushel pocke & a halfe bushel ltem, ij pair of broyling ierands ltem, one stout/tent? clothe ltem, one pair of egg ierands ltem, one straw skeppe ltem, one ierand baister and a fleshe crucke 10s 0d ltem, one livinge barr toubbe ltem, one scone frame and a ridell ltem, one open hogeshed to put chessell in ltem, one old chair ltem, one pair of granikers ltem, one buffett stooll ltem, ij ssoes 1 9s 8d ltem, one pair stone musterd whernes 2s 0d ltem, one chopping knife, one shredding knyffe and EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 iij lesser knyves 1s 8d ltem, one great chest with ij bedds and locks ltem, one fryeinge panne 1s 0d ltem, one other longe chist ltem, iij ierand wedges and a pair of pincers 2s 0d ltem, ij henn panniers 1 2s 0d ltem, ij fyshe scummers of brasse ltem, one chaiffing dysh of brasse 2s 0d In the henn house ltem, one caice of gilt pistolls ltem, one henn cawell, one rack, one caipon and iij hennes 2s 6d ltem, j musket, one foling pece, one pece, one kallever 1 13s 4d In the kill ltem, one great illegible

In the milke house In the cheise chamber ltem, xiiij boels ltem, ij great fleacks for dryeing of chese ltem, ij churnes ltem, ij woollinge spinninge wholes ltem, ij butter kitts with covers ltem, one littell taible for otemeall ltem, one stand ltem, barrell illegible of severall sort ltem, iiij milk skeels 11s 0d ltem, a webalcke and scailes 6s 8d ltem, xij shelves ltem, all the corne in the barne and stackgarthe, ltem, one kitt for ottemeall winter and ware 24 0s 0d ltem, bords ltem, all the hay 20 0s 0d ltem, one mugg for creame marginal note, 289li 10s 3d ltem, xij chesfatts and one stacker 6s 8d ltem, ij relinge? pannes Christofer Richardson mark ltem, one pair of gantries William Sharpe ltem, one flower firkine John Mereman ltem, one sieve and a creaming dishe Henery Todd mark ltem, one butter cupp 1s 0d the following five lines deleted In the cappe house Serten stuffe lent to Harresone ltem, one henn cawell Item, one candle ltem, one shelfe Item, one wheall bedd ltem, one ambre for vessel! Item, one long table ltem, one choppin board Item, iij shelves ltem, one vinygar bottell and a musterd boxe ltem, one stone trowe for stping of fyshe The detts which he owethe ltem, one roling pinn 3s 0d Imprimis, Sr Raphe Lawson for one halfe year’s rent nowe at martinmas 15 0s 0d In the lantheye chamber ltem, to Thomas Denton for one other halffe years rent 10 0s 0d ltem, one stand bedd with a fether bedd, one bolster, ltem, to Lyonell Wheststone 14 0s 0d one pair of blanketts and iij happiness 1 0s 0d ltem, to George Foster of Essington 20 0s 0d ltem, an other bedsted with a matresse, one pair of ltem, to John illegible 11 14s blanketts, ij codds and ij happiness ltem, all other small detts and servants waiges 10 0s 0d ltem, an other stand bedd with a mattresse, one blanket ij codds and ij happines Credetts EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Imprimis, Efferand Weetherington, knyeght, in part of onnckle, my beste britches. Item, I give unto Richarde Hayesone, my a house price 5 0s 0d brother, a busshell of wheat and the leadinge of a ffuther of coulles Mr Thomas Bainbrigg of Wheatlay Hall 40 0s 0d yearlie duringe his life naturall. The reste of my goods, moveable and DPRI/1/1608/C10/1-6 unmoveable, my debts, legaces and funerall expences dischargede, I give to Issabell, my wife, and William Hayesone, my brother, whom I Mathew Hayeson of Easington, husbandman, 1608 make joyntelye executors of this my laste will & testamente.

In the name of God, amen, the eight and twentethe daye of December Wittnesses hereof, Abraham Robinsone, clarke, George Wardell, in the yeare of our Lorde God, 1607, I, Matthewe Hayesone of the Christofer Paxtone, George Paxtone & Gylberte Paxtone with others. towne & parishe of Easingtone in the countie of Durham, husbandman, beinge of good & perfect memorie, God be praysed for An inventarie of all suche goods & chattelles as it, doe make & ordaine this my laste will and testamente in manner Matthewe Hayesone dyed possessed of, vewed and and forme ffolloweinge. Ffirste, I comitt my sowle to allmightie, God valewed by George Fostere, Gylberte Paxton, my creatore, preservere and redeamer, and my bodie to be buried in John Ranesone & George Wardell, the xxjth the churche yearde of Easingtone aforesaide. Item, I give to James daye of Januarie 1607, as ffollowethe. Hayesone, my unckle, one yeare in the cotte howse and garthe which he nowe dwellethe in & occupiethe, more then those yeares which he Imprimis, sixe oxen praissed to 20 0s 0d and I did agre upon, if he survive the expiracion of the said yeares, Item, thre kine and a calfe 6 0s 0d provided that he have not that yeare the occupacion of the thre roode Item, sixe younge beastes 5 6s 8d of lande in the fealde which he nowe occupiethe & muste occupie to Item, one meare and a horse 4 13s 4d the end of the yeares agreed upon by us. Item, I will that if Isabell Item, tenn sheape 2 0s 0d Hayeson, my wife, be with childe, be it man childe or woman childe, Item, fowre swine 12s 0d that she and it have and enioye the ffarme and leasse which I nowe Item, all the wheate in the bame and stackgarthe, dwell upon, in this manner, to witte, if it be a man childe, that when he and dressed wheate 5 5s 0d commithe to the age of twentie and one yeares, he shall have the one Item, thre lode of bige 1 4s 0d halfe of the farme & my wife the other halfe dureinge hir life. If it be a Item, all the otes and pease 6 0s 0d woman childe, that then Issabell, my wife, shall have the wholle farme Item, wheate and rye sowne one the ground 10 0s 0d till she come to the age of twentie & one yeares and the halfe thereof Item, the lease of the farme 30 0s 0d dureing hir life naturall. Item, I will that if Issabell, my wife, have no Item, plowghe and plowe geare, waine and waine geare 7 0s 0d childe by me, that then William Hayesone, my brother, have paid unto Item, all the househoulde stufe & bedinge 4 0s 0d him twentie markes in moneye, tow brasse pottes, thre pewtere Item, his apparrelle 1 0s 0d platters and one candelsticke & a counter, which are his ffiliall Summa bonorum Ciiijli js porcione given by his father. If he cannot enioye the one halfe of the farme, then besides that twentie Debtes owne by the testatore markes, his porcion, I give unto him, the said William Hayesone, Imprimis, to Roberte Pemberton to be paide thre poundes ffortie markes more. Item, I will that if my wife, Issabell Hayeson, be by yeare 14 0s 0d not with childe, that then she and William Hayeson, my brother, have Item, owen to William Geffersone 4 13s 4d my farme devided betwene them and the surviver of them and there Item, to Christofer Bee 7s 0d executors to have the wholle ffarme, provided that if William Item, owne to Roberte Jurdesone 1 13s 4d Hayesone be admitted joynte executore with Issabell, my wife, that Item, owne to Richarde Dunne 1 4s 2d then he shall clearlye renounce the said porcion and legacie. Item, I Item, to Rauphe Relfe 13s 4d give unto him my beste clooke. Item, I give unto James Hayeson, my Item, to Rauphe Raintone, his servante 12s 5d Item, to his made servante 3s 9d EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 with shall enter as ys aforsayd, shall educate and bryng upe the Summa debitorum xxiiijli 7s 5d residew of my sayd children theyreupon untyll they successyvelye, one after another, shall marye or accomplysshe the full age of xxjth Debtes owne to him years. Item, I geyve and bequythe unto my three children, Robert, Owne to him by James Shadfourthe 10 0s 0d Margarett and Anne Paxton, everye of them, xvli. Item, I gevye and bequythe unto Robert Paxton, my brother of the half- bloode, xiijs iiijd Summa declareo, debitis deductis lxxviijli xiijs 7d to be payd unto hym yearlye fourth of my sayd messuage and DPRI/1/1608/H6/1-3 tenement, by the occupyers theyrof for the tyme being, for and during all the years which shall be to come in my sayd lease yf he so long shall lyve. hower of my deathe marginal note Item, I geyve and Edmond Paxton of Easington, yeoman, 1609 bequythe unto my cozen, John Paxton of Lyttle Thropp, a busshell of wheate. Item, I geyve and bequythe unto my syster, Margerye, hyr In the name of God, Amen, the sixt daye of Januarye, anno domini children, everye of them, a gymmer lambe. Item, I geyve and 1608, I, Edmonde Paxton of Easington in the countie of Durham, bequythe unto Barbarye and Anne Jackson, the chyldren of Jaymes yeoman, whole of mynde and of good & perfytt memorye, thancks be Jackson and Allizan his wyfe, my syster of the halfe-bloode, to God theyrfore, doe make this my last wyll and testament in manor eyther of them, a gymmer lambe. The resydew of my goods, and forme following. Fyrste, I bequythe my soule into the hands of movyable and unmovyable, my debts and legaces payde and funeralls almyghtye God and my bodye to be buryed within my paryssh deducted, I geyve and bequythe unto my wife, Aylce Paxton, and my churche of Easington aforsayde, as nyghe unto my late father, Jaymes eldest sonne, Jaymes Paxton, who I ordayne and make joynt executors Paxton, as convenyenlye maye be. Item, I geyve and bequythe unto of this my last wyll and testamente. And my wyll ys that the sayd the poore of the parysshe of Easington aforsayde, xiijs iiijd, to be Aylce, my wife, shall have the tuyssion, educacion and governemente distributed amongeste them at the discrecion of my executors. Item, of all my chuldren and theyre filliall portions untyll sutche tyme as my wyll ys that my wife, Aylce Paxton shall have thoccupation, they syccessyvlye, one after another, shall marye or accomplysshe the yssues & profytts of my messuage & tenemente in Easington, wth all full age of xxjth years, yf she so long shall lyve and contynew a & singuler thappurtenances towards the education of my children wyddowe. And fynallye, I mayke supervysor of this my last wyll and untyll sutche tyme as they successyvelye, one after another, shall testamente my trustye and welbeloved uncle, Robert Farrowe thelder marye or accomplysshe the full age of xxjth years yf she, the sayde of Fyssheborne, to see this my last wyll and testamente executed and Aylce so long shall lyve and contynew a wyddow, and yf she shall my chyldren put to good reseyte as my truste ys in hym. And I geyve departe frome this mortal! lyfe or marye agayne before my sayd and bequythe unto hym, xs and his charge to be borne when he shall chyldren shall successyvelye, one after another, marye or goe or ryde abowte the supplement of the same. Wytnesse of this my accomplysshe the sayd age of xxjth years, then my wyll ys that Jaymes last wyll and testamente, Robert Farrowe thelder, Mychaell Farrowe, Paxton, my eldest sonne, shall have, occupye and enjoye my sayd John Paxton. messuage and tenamente, with all and singular thappurtenances togeyther with my lease which I have of the same and yf he shalbe An inventorye of all the goods and chattells movyable and departed frome this mortall lyfe before unmovyable which latelye dyd apperteyne unto Edmonde Paxton, late the maryage or death of the sayd Aylce, my wyfe, then my wyll ys of Easington, deceassed, prized the 27th day of June, 1609, by Roger Walker, that my seconde sonne, Robert Paxton, shall have, occupye and enjoye George Foster, Christofer Paxton and John Raynoldson as followyth. my sayd messuage and tenemente, with all and singuler thappurtenances, togeyther with my sayd lease after the death or lmprimis, 10 oxen price 40 0s 0d maryage of the sayd Aylce, my wyfe, provyded alwayes that yf eyther ltem, 9 kyne price 16 0s 0d of my sayd sonns shall enter unto my sayd messuage and tenemente ltem, 4 stotts price 5 13s 4d before my yongest daughter, Anne Paxton, shall (or myghte yf she ltem, 8 younge beasts price 13 6s 8d lyve) accomplysshe the full age of xxjth years, then my wyll ys that he ltem, 5 styrks price 3 0s 0d EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 ltem, 42 shorne sheape price 8 0s 0d ltem, to Ann Paxton, his syster, a parcell of hyr ltem, 13 lambes price 1 1s 8d fyllyall porcion 26 0s 0d ltem, 3 mares, 2 coltstaggs and one fillye stagg price 9 10s 0d His halfe year’s rents dew at the Feast of Penticost last 7 17s 4d ltem, one swyne hogg, one sowe and 2 pyggs price 16s 0d ltem, the reparations of the howses 4 0s 0d ltem one brodgoose, one stegg, 4 young gease ltem, to hys brother, Robert Paxton, for his wags 1 0s 0d & 4 ducks price 5s 0d ltem, to William Jeyfreyson 2 0s 0d ltem, 7 henns and one cocke price 3s 0d ltem, his funerals 13s 4d ltem, corne in the stack yarthe price 3 6s 8d ltem, his mortuarye 10s 0d ltem, 18 duble acres of corne growing upon the ltem, hys layrestale 3s 4d gronde price 30 0s 0d ltem the probate of the testament, the tuyssion and ltem, plowhes and plowhe geare, waynes and wayne other chargs theyrunto incident 2 0s 0d geare and all other implements of husbandrye Summa debitorum defuncti 44 4s 0d price 9 0s 0d Summa declaro debitis deductis 146 12s 4d ltem, certayne parcells of new implements of DPRI/1/1609/P1/1-2 husbandrye price 13s 4d ltem, one kylne hayre price 13s 4d Robert Jurdeson, the younger, of Shotton, 1611 ltem, two cupbords, one spence, one presse and one cawell price 4 0s 0d An Inventorie of all the goodes, moveable and ltem, all the brasse and pewther viz., potts, panns, unmovable which was dewe unto Robert candlesticks, dublers & all other implements Jurdeson of Shotton, the younger, lait deceased, and howshould stouf in the hall howse price 4 10s 0d praised by these men, Robert Jurdeson the ltem, the bedstocks, chysts and all other implements elder, Richard Read, John Edrington. and howshoulde stufe in the two chambers price 1 0s 0d George Paxton, the younger, Aprill 30th, 1611 ltem, all the bedding and napperye price 3 11s 0d ltem, the woole price 13s 4d Inprimis, one cowe 1 13s 4d ltem, the lease of the fermhoulde price 20 0s 0d Item, one meare 1 10s 0d ltem, hys apparell and furnyture for servyce in his Item, two sheep hogges 5s 0d majestyes warrs price 1 13s 4d Item, the corne 17s 0d ltem, monye in hys poursse 4 0s 0d Item, his apparel Summa bonorum 180 16s 8d Some £4 13s 4d

Debts owen to the testator The debts which is owen to him Rychard Maltlande of Shaldfourth, mylner, for a Inprimis, Anthonie Byers 10 0s 0d gelding for the which he ys to enter bond Item, Richard Jurdeson 18s 0d to paye the 3 day of May next 4 0s 0d Item, George Hewetson 1 16s 8d Nycholesse Mallance to be payde the fyrst day of May next 1 14s 0d Item, William Clark 1 9s 4d Andrewe Corrye of Durham for a bowle of wheate 14s 0d Item, the foresaid Richard Jurdeson more for sheep 3 0s 0d William Gawdye for mallet 3 12s 0d Suma £16 14s 0d Summa debitorum 10 0s 0d Summa totalis bonorum et debitorum £21 7s 4d Summa bonorum cum debitorum 190 16s 8d The debts which he did owe Item, to Robert Jordeson the elder 2 4s 0d Item, the ffunerall expenses 1 0s 0d Debts owne by the testator Item, to the foresaid Robert Jordeson 1 0s 0d EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Somme £4 4s 0d bodie be buried within Esington churche. Item, I give to Richard Summa de claro, debitis deductis £17 3s 6d Jordison of Shotton five poundes. Item, I give to Margorie Jordison, DPRI/1/1611/J5/2 my daughter, one Sparn riall in gould. Item, I give to William Jordison ,my brother, 20s. Item, I give to Michael Jordison Thomas Lighton of Easington, 1611 20s. Item, I give to Meriall Chilton wife of Christofer, my son-in- lawe, 20s. Item, I give to Margret Emerson, wife of Godfrey my son- In the name of God, Amen, the xxiijth day of Apryll, Anno Domini, in- lawe, 20s. Item, I give to John Emerson, son of Godfreye, three 1611, I, Thomas Lighton of Esington, seeke in body but whole in gimer lambes. Item, I give to Jane Emerson one lambe. Item, I give to mynde, doe make this my last will and testament as followeth. First, I Thomas Nicholson one gimmer. Item, I give to George Jordesons commyt my soule into the hands of Almightie God, hopinge to be children, eche of them, a lambe. Item, I give to Robert Sudwicke, son saved by Jesus Christ, and my bodie to be buried in Esington church of Philip, tow gimmers. Item, I give to Meriall Emerson, daughter of earth. I doe gyve unto my wife, Margery Lighton, all my goods and Godfrey, one black whie which is nowe pastured on Shotton moore. cattell, moveable and unmoveable whatsoever I have and I doe make Item, I give to Christofer Jordison, my brother William’s son, 20s. my sayd wyf, Margery Lighton, sole executrix of this my last and Item,I give to Margorie Jordison, my sayde brother William daughter, testamente, my detts payed & funerall expenses discharged. Winesses 20s. Item, I give to the sayd Christofer & Margerie Jordison, eche of hereof, William Jurdeson, Christjofer Paxton, Raphe Hawks and Peter them, towe lambes pastured on Hardwicke moore. Item, I give to Jacson. Margret crossed out John & Margret Jordison, children of Michaell of Esington, eche of them, tow lambes pastured on Hardwicke moore. 27 July 1611 Item, I give to An Richardson one blacke whie pastured on Shotton moore. Item, I give to Richard Jordison, his fower children eche of An inventory of all the goods moveable and them, one lambe. Item, I give to Phillip Richardson one bawson or unmoveable of Thomas of Esington, deceased, white-faced filly. Item, I give to Hellen Jordison, wife of William my praysed by these two honest men, Christofer Paxton brother, one ewe. Item, I give to An Jordison, wife of Richard, one and George Wardell, the xxvth of Julie, Anno Domini, 1611 ewe. Item, I give to Phillip Sudwicke 20s. Item, I give to eche of Philip Sudwicke his daughters 20s. Item, I give to Anthonie First, two kye and one styrke 4 10s 0d Biars 20s. Item,I give to Anthonie Biers his children 5s. Item, I give to Item, three shepe and two lambs 1 8s 0d William Biars his children 5s. Item, I give to the Item, sowen corne 1 0s 0d poore of Shotton 6s 8d. The rest of my goods, moveable & Item, houshold stuffe 1 10s 0d unmoveable, my debtes, legaces & funerall expenses discharged, I Item, one calfe, his apparell & a bee hyve 10s 0d give & bequeathe to Margerie Jordison, my daughter, whome I make & ordeine sole executor of this my last will & testament. Sume total £8 18s 0d Debtes due by the Testator DPRI/1/1611/L6/1-2 To John Dobson 5 0s 0d To Anthonie Watson 2 13s 4d Robert Jordison of Shotton, 1612 To William Stoddarte 8 12s 0d To Wedow Archer 3 6s 0d September 18: Anno Domini 1612 To Thomas Nicholson 2 0s 0d In the name of God, I, Robert Jordison of Shotton in Esington perishe To Thomas Burden 6s 0d in the countie of Durham, beinge of good & perfect memorie, God’s To George Pearson of Durham 4s 0d name bee praysed, doe make & ordeine this my last will & testament To Adam Blaxton 6s 6d in manner & forme followinge. Inprimis, I comend my soule to To William Watson 18s 0d Almightie God, my creator, redemer & preserver, & will that my To James Hall 7s 0d To Richard Jordison 1 6s 8d EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 To Parcivall Milborne 10s 0d I give to John Simpson, Edmond Simpson's son, my lease with all the To Robert Errington 4s 0d interest save one halfe acre of arable land in every feilde & one coate righ right upon the common moore, which I give unto Henry Simpson, An inventorie of all suche goods & cattels as my youngest son, for payinge twelve pounds to John Simpson, Robert Jordison of Shotton of Esington parishe within the Edmond Simpson's son. Item, I give unto John Simpson, one cowe, countie of Durham died possessed of, vewed & valued one foale & one ewe & to Margret Simpson, Edmond Simpson's by George Paxton, Thomas Burden, John Burden daughter, one cowe & one ewe. Item, I give unto my son, Henry & John Edderington, prisers of the sayde goods Simpson, tow kine & one horse & all the crop upon the ground & in October 7 Anno Domini 1612 my garthe & all the haye & strawe. Item, I give to Henry Simpson's Imprimis, sixe oxen 32 0s 0d three daughters, all the houshoud stuffe with in the hecke & everie of Item, seven kine 18 0s 0d them, one ewe. Of this my last will &testament, I make Henry Item, fouer whies & one stott 7 0s 0d Simpson, executor. Witnesses hereof, William Jordisoniuratus, Item, 16 calves 6 16s 8d Christofer Paxton, Robert Skurfeildiuratus, Item, 27 ould sheepe 6 15s 0d Edmond Simpson's marke. Item, 12 sheepe hogges 1 13s 0d John Simpson mark Item, tow stagges or younge horses 4 0s 0d Item, one gray mare 2 13s 4d Debtes due by the testator Item, one sowe & tow pygges 10s 0d To Henry Simpson 1 12s 0d Item, corne in the stackgarthe 20 0s 0d Item, plough & ploughe gere, waine & waine gere 7 4s 6d An inventorie of all suche goods Item, in monie 1 0s 0d & chatles as John Simpson, late of Item, his apparel with his furniture 1 13s 4d Esington, died possessed of, vewed & val- Item, salte butter 6s 0d ued by Christofer Paxton, William Jordison, Item, his pullen 3s 4d John Bemouldson & Richard Woolfe Item, the lease of his parte of Hardwicke 2 10s 0d 13 November 1615 Item, the lease of his land in Esington 6 13s 4d Item, for corne to bee lefte by William Jordison at the Harde corne 2 18s 0d end of his lease 2 0s 0d one horse 2 0s 0d Item, towe saddels 6s 0d fouer sheepe 17s 0d Item, haye & coales 3 0s 0d towe kine 3 15s 0d Item, houshould stuffe 13 17s 4d An amrie, a cowell & 3 chestes 18s 0d Item, debtes due to the testator 44 9s 0d wood vessell 2s 0d Summa £182 10s 10d peuter & brasse 1 0s 0d DPRI/1/1612/J5/1,3 beddinge, linings & apparrell 1 6s 8d iron implements 2s 6d John Simpson of Easington, 1615 Somme £12 19s 2d

In Dei nomine, Amen, Anno Dominj, 1615, the first day of January, I, John Simpson of Esington, sicke in bodie but whole in minde, doe Debts due by the testator make this my laste will & testament as ffollowethe. Firste, I bequeathe To Henry Simpson 1 12s 0d my soule into the hands of Allmightie God, hopinge to be saved by DPRI/1/1615/S13/1-2 Jesus Christ, & my bodie to be buried in Esington church yarde. First, Henry Todd of Horden, yeoman, 1615 EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Item, bedds, bedinge & lininge 14 0s 0d 10,0ctober 1615 Item, deleted Item, line 1 2s 0d In the name of God, Amen, I Henry Tod of Horden in the countie of Item, brasse & pewter vessels 4 6s 8d Durham, yeoman, sicke in bodie yet of good & perfect memorie Item, three cupboards 2 4s 0d (God's name be prateed for it ), doe make & ordeine this, my last will Item, deleted & testament, in manner & forme followinge. Inprimis, I committ my Item, table, & counters & other housould stuffe 1 14s 0d soule to Almightie God, my maker, redemer & preserver & will that Item, a chimney & other iron implements 12s 0d my bodie be buried in the chancell att Esington. Item, I give unto my Item, wood vessell 2 6s 8d daughter Isabell Tod, 20li. Item, I give unto my sayde daughter, Isabell Item, butter & cheese 1 0s 0d Tod, one copper cettell & one feather bed, with furniture thereto Item, sackes & pookes 8s 0d belonginge. Item, I give unto Richard Rowle a grey coulte foale. Item, Item, his apparell & his purse 4 0s 0d I give unto Susan Haysen one whie calfe. Item, I give unto Ralphe Item, the lease of a farm in Throston 26 13s 4d Tod a blacke oxe calfe. Item, I give unto Rouland Harrison one whie Item,the winter eatage of the ground 38 0s 0d calfe. Item, I give unto everie of my servants nowe beinge, 12d. The Item, corne sowne & to sowe 42 0s 0d rest of my goods, movable & ummovable, my debts, legaces and funerall expences discharged, I give unto Margret Tod, my wife, & Debts due to the testator Isabell Tod, my daughter, whome I make ioynte executors of this my Inprimis, by Ralphe Tod ofThroston 26 13s 4s last will & testament. In witnes whereof I have set to my hand this Item, by William Gaudis alias Thirlbecke 5s 6d tenthe daye of October,1615. Item, by John Pope 5s 0d Item, by John Dixon 4s 0d Wittneses of this will Item, by Mistris Hedworthe 13s 0d Abraham Robinsoniur, clarke Henry Tod, his marke Item, by Richard Harrison 4s 2d Richard Harrisoniur Item, Henry Farrowe 3s 0d William Boore Item, by William Lighton 2s 0d Nicholas Stodderte Item, by Richard Haysen 2s 8d Richard Roowlliur Item, by William Hall 2s 8d Item, by Thomas Aplebie 1s 5d An inventory of all suche goods & chattels as Henry Item, by Isabell Dixon 3s 0d Tod of Horden in the parrishe of Esington, died possessed of, vewed & valewed by Christofer Richardson, Thomas Younge & Christofer Suma debitorum £29 0s 4d Younge & George Jackson, 7 December, 1615. Summa totalis bonorumet debitorum£383 10s 4d Inprimis, towe stotes & three quies 8 10s 0d Debts due by the testator Item, twelve stirkes 14 10s 0d Imprimis, to Mr Conyers 7 10s 0d Item, horses, mares & foales 22 13s 4d Item, to Richard Roule 28 13s 4d Item, eight oxen 27 0s 0d Item, to Susan Haysen 22 13s 4d Item, 29 kine & one bull 70 0s 0d Item, to Robert Dobson 1 17s 0d Item, 14 calves, yeare old 8 6s 8d Item, to Mathew Curye 3 6s 8d Item, 30 sheepe 9 10s 0d Item), servantes'wages 1 3s 4d Item, 8 swine 2 10s 0d Item, to Mr Conyers for Whitsontide rent 70 0s 0d Item, pullen 10s 0d Item, for the ffunerals of the said deceased Item, all corne & haye 49 13s 4d and to the poore & his lare stall 1 3s 8d Item, pwlowesic, plowegeare, wane & wane geare 3 0s 0d Item, for his mortuarie 10s 0d EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Item, to the curate for makinge & writing Item, William Robinson of Blackhurworth was owen him 1 7s 0d the will & inventories no entry Item, Percyvell Rey of Castle Eden is owen him 6 5s 8d Item, for the fees of the court to all the officers Item, John ffarrow of Shotton is owen him 3 3s 4d for the provinge of the will and the Item, Edward Highley of Castle Eden is owen him 4 0s 0d tuicion of lsabell Todd & a proctor ffee 1 17s 8d Item, Percivell Rey of Castle Eden is owen him 2 9s 0d Item, for the wedow and her witneses and suerties charges 5s 0d Item, John Pemberton is owen him 13s 0d Soma totallis £20 19s 8d Summa £139 1s 8d Besides for makeinge & writinge the will Debts which this testator did owe at his death & inventaries to the curatt Imprimis, to his sister Julian 6 13s 4d DPRI/1/1615/T6/1-3 Item, to Parcivell Rey 1 3s 4d Item, to John Clark 5s 0d Item, his funerall expences and church deuties 16s 0d Richard Storie of Shotton, yeoman, 1616 Some is £8 17s 8d DPRI/1/1616/S19/1-2 Memorandum that Richard Storie of Shotton in the parish of Esington in the countie of Durham, yeoman, the nyne and twentie day of Thomas Young of Edderdakers, 1616 September, Anno Domini 1616, being sick in bodie but of whole and perfect remembrance, thankes be to God Almightie, did nuncupativlie, An inventarie of all suche goods & chattelles, by word of mouthe, make and declare his last will and testament, in moveable & unmoveable, as Thomas Younge of Edder- maner and forme following, Imprimis, he did give his soule to dackers, late deceased, dyed possessed of & praysed the Almightie God and his bodie to be buried in Esington church yeard. xxviiijth daye of October, 1616, by honest neighbers, Item, he did give to his brother, William Storie, fortie shillings. Item, vidzt., Roberte Pembertone, Nicholes Briges, Christjofer he did give to a childe of his said brother's that he did christen xx s. Younge, ffranncis Tyndell & George Shadfourthe Item, he did give to another child of his brother's which was last as ffollowethe. begotten, xxs. Item, he did give to his mother, fortie shillings. Item, he did give to a child of Robart Gibson's of Ederdakers vs which was Imprimis, sixe oxen price 20 0s 0d owen him. All the rest of his goods, moveable and unmoveables, his Item, xixten kyne & [a bull stirke deleted] 40 0s 0d legacies and funerall expenses paid and discharged, he did give to his Item, ix younge beastes 13 0s 0d hissic sister, Julian Storie whom he maid sole executrix of his said Item, tow whye stirkes 2 0s 0d will and testament. Item, sixe horsses & meares 10 0s 0d Witnesses hearof Item, thre score & three ould sheepe 21 0s 0d John Clarkeiur Item, fiftye hogges 8 6s 8d Thomas Byersiur Item, six swine 2 0s 0d Raph ffarrowiur Item, thre score & fourten thrave of wheat & rye 14 16s 0d Item, fortye five thraves of bigge 6 11s 8d An inventorie maid the twentie day of Item, fyftie thre busshell of bigg 9 14s 4d November, 1616, of all such goodes and cattell, Item, twelve score thraves of ottes 24 0s 0d credits and debts as Richard Storie of Shotton Item, xxij busshell of wheat & tow busshell or rye 16 0s 0d in the parish of Esington, died possessed upon, as follows. Item, all the haye 8 0s 0d Item, plowghe & plowegeare, waine & waine geare Imprimis, Georg Jackson of Esington ys owen him 2 0s 0d Item, William Robinson of Esington is owen him 1 0s 0d EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 & all the things belonginge to ther husbandrye 6 0s 0d Item, other tymber woode abowte the howse 1 0s 0d S[um]ma de claro debittis deductis cxiijli ijs viijd Item, the windodothe, sackes & other implements DPRI/1/1616/Y2/1-2 for windoweinge 10s 0d Item, one kyllne hayre 5s 0d Nicholas Burdon of Eyeington, 1619 Item, all the howseholde stufe within the forehowse 7 0s 0d Item, in the loft above the forehowe 6 0s 0d Memorandum that Nicholas Burdon of Eyeington being of the age of Item, in the chamber, one olde presser 6s 8d xiiijo years and a quarter, being sick but of perfect mynd and memory, Item, all the milke vessell & other stufe in the kytchin 2 0s 0d did about a fortnight after Lammese last past, anno 1618, make and Item, towe bee hives 10s 0d declare his last will and testament nuncupatively and by words in Item, all the pultreye 13s 4d effect as followeth, vidt, he did give and bequeath to Elizabeth and Item, in butter & cheasse 2 0s 0d Alice Burdon, his sisters, ether of them, xli & to James Burdon and Item, his apperrell & other furniture 10 0s 0d Christofer Burdon, his brethren, ether of them, £5 a peace and to William Burdon, another of his brethren, iijli vjs viijd and the rest of his Summa ccxxxijli iijs viijd porcion, being vjli xiijs iiijd he did give unto Jennet Burdon, his mother, and John Burdon, his eldest brother, and being asked what he Debtes owene to the saide deceassed would give to Ellinor, his sister that was married, he said he would not Inprimis, by Rauphe Eden 11 0s 0d give hir anything but if it should please God she should have a chyld, Item, by John Allensone of Crawcroke 8s 0d he willed that his brothersic, Jennet Burdon, should give to it xxs and Item, by Rauphe Newbye 10s 0d the same to be put into the keeping of William Watson of Item, by George Halle 1 0s 0d Eyeington,to goe forward till that chyld should be of yeers. Wytnesse. S[um]ma xijli xviijs George Jackson Christofer Bee S[um]ma totall[is]ccxlvli js 8d William Watson DPRI/1/1619/B10/1 Debtes owinge by the said deceassed Imprimis, to Roberte Hedleye 30 0s 0d Topp Heath of Little Eden, Easington, 1620 Item, to Percivell Mylburne 11 0s 0d Item, to Will[ia]m Reade 6 8s 0d The true & perfecte inventory of such goods of my sonne Item, to Will[ia]m Stodderte 5 10s 0d Topp Heath, deceased, that he died possessed of Item, to Allisson Buckles 1 0s 0d which came to my hands, to the uttermosi of my knowledg, Item, to Jane Thompsone 1 0s 0d taken the 20 day of May, Anno Domini 1620 Item, to Nicholes Brigges 14 11s 0d Item, to Christofer Younge 2 0s 0d Imprimis, his apparell & money in his purse 6 13s 8d Item, for the corne lande at Kasleadon for one yeare Item, a graye meare valued at 5 0s 0d to end at Saint Helinmes next 26 0s 0d Item, certaine bookes valued at 13s 4d Item, for the rent of Halles ffarme for on yeare 8 10s 0d Item, a rydinge sadle with furniture 6s 8d Item, for the halfe cropp of halles ffarme 11 10s 0d Item, a trunck & a deske 5s 0d Item, for the rent of the halfe Northe More 7 0s 0d Item, a bedsteade with curtins of grene saye 2 0s 0d Item, owinge to Nicholes Wriller 3 10s 0d Item, a sworde & a belte 10s 0d ? 15 8s 8d S[um]ma debitorum cxxvijli xixs EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Debts owinge by the deceased make sole executors of this my last will and testament, in presentes of these witnesses, viz: Richerd Massam, William Hunter. Imprimis, to Robert Harte of Thorpe per bonde 12 12s 0d Item, to Robert Ridlington ofHartlepoole per bonde 10 10s 0d The inventorie of his goods Item, to George Martin 2 0s 0d Item, to Mister John Kinge 2 0s 0d Debts owen Item, to John Kinge of Woollenstone per bonde 5 0s 0d Ralph Smith of Seaton Carew 10 0s 0d Item, for funerall chargs 4 5s 0d Thomas Johnson of Seaton 1 0s 0d Item, charg aboute thadministration & a commisshon to the judg 6s 10d Received in money owing to the deceased 34 0s 0d And to the register 5s 4d Item, to Mr John Heath of Kepier per bonde 2 0s 0d Summa totalis £45 0s 0d 38 19s 2d DPRI/1/1621/H1/1-2 DPRI/1/1627/H5/1 Christopher Young of Etherdacres, 1623 John Herrinson of Horden, yeoman, 1621 In the name of God, amen, the xxvijth of November, Anno Domini In the name of God, Amen, the first day of May 1620, I, John 1623, I, Christofer Young of Etherdacres in the countie of Durham, Herrinson of Hordon in the countie of Durham, yeoman, being sicke yeoman, being sicke in bodie but of perfect remembrance, thankes be in bodie but of good and perfect remembrance, thankes be to to God therfor, doe make this my last will & testament in manner & allmightie God for it, doe make this my last will and testament in forme following. Imprimis, I committ & commend my soule into the manner and forme following. First, I give and committ my soule to hand of Allmightie God, my maker & redemer, by whose mirritts I almightie God and my bodie to be buried in my parish church yearde trust to be saved, & my bodie to be buried in Easington church & my of Esington. ltem, I give unto Richard Herrison of Hordon and unto goods to be disbursed as hearafter shall follow. Imprimis, I give to the Bettrice, his wife, to either of them, xls. ltem, I give unto Isable and poore of Easington parrish, xiijs iiijd. Item, I give to my daughter, Agnes Herrinson, daughters of Richerd Herrinson, xxs a peace. ltem, I Isabell Young, threskore & tenn pounds & a bride wayne worth give unto Richard Herrinson, sonne of the saide Richerd Herrinson, twentie poundes to be paid at the day of her maryage, all which xls. ltem, I give unto Christopher Herrinson of Kibbelsworth and unto porcion is to be paid fourth of my goodes & debts which is owne me. Elizabeth, his wife, and unto Roger Herrinson & Ales Herrinson, Item, I give to my sonne, William Young, threskore poundes. Item, I s sonne and daughter of the said Christopher Herrinson xl in forme give to my sonne, Christopher Young, thre skore poundes which six s following, that is to saide xx unto Christopher Herrinson & the other skore poundes is to be paid when they come to lawfull yeares or s xx to be devided between Elizabeth, his wife, and their twoo children. sowner if they stand nead of it by my eldest sonne, Robert Young. I give unto George Herrinson of Ceaton Carew xlibra. ltem, I give unto libra Item, all the rest of my goodes, howses, cattle, landes & all things else John Herrinson, sonne of Christopher Herrinson iiij . Item, I give which is mine I give to my wife & my eldest sonne, Robert Young, all unto Richerd Richerdson, the sonne of Rowland Richerdson, vlibra. charges being paid & legaces discharged, and after my wife’s decease ltem, I give unto John Herrison of Durham, sonne of George all her halfe of my land & goodes to come to my said sonne, Robert Herrinson, xls of which xls I give xxs unto Beatrice, his wife. ltem, I Young, or to his heires ir assignes. And them two doo I make give unto the twoo sonnes of Richard Herrinson of ffullwell xs a peace. ltem, I give unto the poore of Esington parish xs and unto the executors together of this my last will & testament, witnes my hand poore of Stranton parish other xs. ltem, all my goodes, moveable and the day & yeare above written. unmoveable, not given nor bequeathed, my debts and funerall Christopher Young, marke [marked with a symbol] expences being discharged, I give and bequeath unto Richerd Witnesses hearof Herrinson of Horden and George Herrinson of Ceaton Carew whom I Anthonie Young, marke [marked with a vertical line] Percevell Wilbourne, marke [marked with an oblique line] EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Item, xxtie piece of pewter, xiiijtene sawcers, fower pewter [Latin follows] candlesticks, fower salts, one pewter quart pott 1 10s 0d Item, three brasse potts, two brasse candlesticks, one An Inventorie of the goods moveable and little brasse morter 1 0s 0d unmoveable of Christopher Younge of Item, two little kettles & five pannes 15s 0d Edderdakers, deceased, taken the ffirst day of December,1623, by Percivell Wilbourne, Item, his purse & apparrell 3 6s 8d William Hirdman, Anthorie Younge and Item, fower coverletts & one carpett 1 0s 0d Richard Read the younger as followeth Item, eight happings 1 0s 0d Item, two paire of blancketts 12s 0d Inprimis, thirtie thraves of wheate & rye in the Item, one feather bedd, one feather bolster and tenn codds 2 0s 0d stack garth 3 0s 0d Item, one mattresse 6s 0d Item, xxtie thraves of oates 2 10s 0d Item, fower paire of lynnen sheets with a frindge for a Item, foure acres of grene corne newly sowen, white bedd 1 12s 0d being wheate & rye 4 0s 0d Item, two paire of straking sheets & fower paire of Item, three stacks of hay 7 10s 0d harden sheets 15s 0d Item, six oxen & two stotts 18 0s 0d Item, six lynnen pillowbeers 8s 0d ltem, xiijtene kyne 22 0s 0d Item, two lynnen table clothes & one strakinge table clothe 6s Item, fower stirks 3 0s 0d 0d Item, nyne calves 4 0s 0d Item, fower long towels 4s 0d Item, foure score ole sheep & fowertene hoggs 15 0s 0d Item, one dozen of table napkins 6s 0d Item, two mares & two stags 7 0s 0d Item, three stone of lyne spunn & unspunn 19s 0d Item, three coope waynes, two long wayne, with three Item, one iron chimney, one paire of barres, two spitts, paire of wheeles 3 0s 0d two racken crokes, [torn] paire of tonges, Item, fyve draught yoakes 3s 4d one frying pan & two shedding knives 10s 0d Item, three ploughes, fower solmes with sock & Culter 13s 4d Item, one cocke & two hens 1s 0d Item, two paire of old siles, three paire of stings, a Item, xij geese 8s 0d paire of coope wayne soles 10s 0d Summa cxiijli xs Item, three cubbords & one little cawell 3 0s 0d Item, three little tables, two frames, one olde counter Debts owne to the deceased and three little furmes 14s 0d Item, two chayres & ffive buffett stooles 5s 0d Richard Clewghe of Winlaton [no entry] Item, one arke 6s 8d Nicholas Swinburne of Winlaton 5 13s 4d Item, two brewing tubbs, one barrell & three stands 4s 0d William Redhead of Chester in the Street 8 15s 4d Item, five skeeles, milke bowles, chesffatts &c. 5s 0d Elizabeth Trotter of Winlaton 2 12s 4d Item, two chirnes 2s 0d John Readhead of Shotton 6 10s 0d Item, one knopp tubb & two butter kitts 2s 0d Richard Meaburne & Robert Meaburne of Shaldforth 2 0s 0d Item, fower leven tubbs 2s 0d Anthony Byers of Shotton 1 13s 4d Bryan ffrizell of Coreforth 1 0s 0d Item, fower stand beddsteeds & one trinle bedd 1 0s 0d Christopher Whelden of Crawes house 1 3s 8d Item, fower olde chists 4s 0d Phillipp Gibson of Durham 5 8s 4d George fforest of Edderdackers 2 3s 9d EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Thomas Currye of Swalwell 1 0s 0d followeth, v[i]zt., Thomas Richardson of Castle Eden 9s 0d Nicholas Hall of Winlaton 4 6s 8d lmprimis for the funerall expense of the said deceased, chargs Margaret Pickering of the same 10s 0d aboute the apprizeing of his goods, probate of his testament and William Gawdie of Easington 2 13s 4d tuiciones of his children to the somme of [No entry] Ann Harrison of Huton Moore 6 0s 0d Henry Patteson of Swalwelle 6 0s 0d Debts owing by the said deceased at the tyme and that tyme paid and discharged by this accomptant to the parties Summa ljli xixs jd undernamed as followeth, vizt., Summa totalis clxvli ixs jd Imprimis, to Mr Christopher Midforth by bond 53 6s 8d Percival Wilburne, sigmum [marked with a horizontal line] Item, to Richard Stobbart by bond 65 15s 8d Willim Hirdman, sigmum [marked with a symbol] Item, to Mr Richardson by bond 115 0s 0d Anthonie Young's marke [marked with a vertical line] Item, to Mr John Maunton by bond 310 0s 0d Richard Read’s marke [marked with two parallel vertical lines] Item, to George Hodgshon and Thomas Turner by bond 16 0s 0d DPRI/I/1623/Y1/1, 3-4 Item, to Mr Thomas Sutton of London 53 15s 0d Item, to William, Lord Bishopp of Durham by bill 26 0s 0d Henry Anderson of Haswell, esq., 1626 Item, to Mr Boules of London by bond 117 0s 0d Item, to Mr Francis Anderson by bond 47 18s 0d A just, true and perfect accounte of the execucion of the last will and Item, to Thomas Crawforth by bill 5 0s 0d testament of Henry Anderson of Haswell in the county of Durham, esq., made Item, to Mr Richardson by bond 16 0s 0d and exhibited by Sir Henry Anderson of the aforesaid county, knight, executor Item, to Mr Thomas Hearon 127 2s 1d of the said last will and testament of his said father, deceased, as followeth Item, to the workemen of St Lawrence 77 18s 0d under protestacion to add, subtract to or from the said account or to reforme Item, to Ann, laytte wife of Bartram Anderson, upon foure bonds120 0s 0d the same hereafter as he shalbe further or better enformed or may come to his Item, to Mrs Midforth 110 0s 0d knowledge. Item, to the Lord Russell since the death of the testator, paid by this accomptant 1650 0s Imprimis, the said accomptant by way of accounte only doth 0d charge himseife with the p[er]sonall estate of the said deceased Item, to Mr Deareham by bond 200 0s 0d as the same is comprized and sett downe in an inventary thereof Item, to Nicholas Cole 12 0s 0d with a surplusage or additament to the same inventory exhibited Item, to William Blithman 30 0s 0d unto this court by this accomptant amounting to the som[m]e of 2589 2s 4d Item, to Mrs Carr of Durham 27 0s 0d Item, to the Lady ffoster 100 0s 0d But this accomptant doth not charge himselfe with certaine Item, to seaven of the testators children for their porciones debts supposed to be owing to the said deceased, vizt., given by the testator in his testament, in toto 1800 0s to Mrs Lewes and John Raine mencioned in the addition 0d to the said inventary but desireth to be discharged thereof for that they were not nor could not be recovered by this Som[m]e totall of these debts accomptant to the som[m]e of 50 0s 0d and disbursements over and besides li s d Out of which first great somme this accomptant desireth the fun[er]all is 5129 6 5 to be allowed and discharged of these debts and necessary and lawfull disbursements by him paid and defrayed as Et sic computat computand et allocat allocand, this accomptant hath paid and discharged debts &c. more than the value EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 of all the deceased’s estate, his funeralle not therein being my sisster Anne Ruter's sonne, & to George Paxton of Esington, accompted, to the som[m]e of [No entry] he marriing my syster's daughter, being my frind that I make most ackount one therefore. I doe constitute & appointe the foresaid George This accomptant hath also paid and discharged diverse and Rutter & George Paxton my whole executores of this my last will & sundry other debts owing by the said deceased without tetamente. In witness wherof, specialities but knowne to be very due to diverse persons William Fletcher specified and putt downe in particular in the inventory Christofer Robinson exhibited unto this court to which this party referreth Richard ffoster. himselfe which last debts said to amount to the somme of 190 4s 2d A tme & perficte inventorie of all the goods & chattelles, moveable & unmoveable, of Richard Dunes of Esington, [Latin follows] late deseased, praised by Christopofer Paxton, George Warden, DPRI/1/1626/A1-2 Robert Paxton & Richard ffoster, the fourth daye of August 1626. Richard Dune of Easington, 1626 Imprimus, tow kine, praised at 5 0s 0d In the name of God, Amen, the thirtie daye of Maie, one thousand, Item, tow whyes, praised at 5 0s 0d sixe hundereth, twentie & syx, I, Richard Dune of Esington within the Item, fortie old sheepe 13 0s 0d countie of Durham, being secke of bodye but of a sounde & perfict Item, one score of lambes 4 0s 0d memorie, thankes be to God thereof, doe make this my last will and Item, old hey & new hey 3 10s 0d testament, the daye and yeare first above written, in manner & forme Item, for stro 9s 0d followeing. I give & bequieth my soule into the hands of the ever Item, tow arkes, tow ledders & other implementes 13s 4d liveing God, my creator & merceifulle father, hopeing that he will Item, the crope on the earth 14 0s 0d receave me into his ever lasting kingdome as an inheritor thereof for Item, a musket bandalerie & murrain, with all that ever, through the merits of Jesus Christe, his onely begotten sonne & belonging to hir 1 0s 0d my onely medyator and redemer. I give and bequeith my body to the Item, his appriell & his purse 3 6s 8d grounde in hope that it shall rise again, at the last daye, to etemall lyfe through the poore of the Holye Ghost, my present comforter, and that Debtes due unto Richard Dune it shalbe decentlye buried in Esington churchyard, nere my ancestors. I give and bequeith unto my sysster, Isabell Robinson, late wife of Item, Raiphe Parken 9 0s 0d Umpherye Robinson, five pounds & I give and bequieth unto Margrat Item, Richard White 5 0s 0d Taller, wife to William Taller, five pounds & to hir childrens, five Item, Anthony Robinson 3 0s 0d pounds, to be equally divided amongest them, this Margrat Taller Item, Richard ffoster 30 7s 0d beinge my syster daughter. I give & bequaith unto John Foggat of Item, Christofer Robinson 10 0s 0d Esington, five pounds. I give & bequieth unto Isable Corble, being my Item, William Fletcher 8 0s 0d servant & hath taken much paines about me, xls. I give & bequieth Item, Gilbart Paxton 2 3s 4d unto Ane, daughter of Thomas Ullae, being my sisster's sonne’s Edward Hutson 5s 0d daughter, xxs. I give unto Richard ffoster children of Esington, xxs. I Geoorge Wattson 12s 0d give & bequieth unto Robart Paxton of Esington, the elder, five Lorance Huntter 5s 0d pounds. I give & bequieth unto George Rutter's daughter, Myrrill Rutter, xxs. I give & bequieth unto George Paxton's sonne, John Legeses given by the said Richard Dune Paxton, 10s. All the rest of my goods & chattlles, my debts paide, my Item, Isable Robinson 5 0s 0d funeralle expenses deduced, I give & bequieth unto George Rutter, Item, John Foggitt 5 0s 0d Item, Robart Paxton 5 0s 0d EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Item, William Taller's wife, 5li & his children, 5li 5 sic 0d will that my wife, Marye Whyte, doe finde William Scott, her brother, Item, Isable Corble 2 0s 0d with meate, drinke & doathing dureing her naturall liffe, and after her Richard ffoster 1 0s 0d decease, if the said William survive her, then I will that my sonne Merrialle Rutter 1 0s 0d Myles doe paye unto the said William Scott ffortie shillings yearly Thomas Ullae's daughter 1 0s 0d dureing the life of the said William. Ittem, I give unto the poore his finerall exspences 3 15s 10d twentie shillings. Ittem I give to my brother Meriman's three children, Luke Furth. 10s 0d to each of them, a gimber hogg. Ittem, the rest of my goods, my debts, DPRI/1/1626/D1/1-2 legacies & funerall expences discharged, I give to my wife, Maryeiuratas Whyte & my sonne Mylesreser Whyte & Anne & Elizabeth, my Richard Whyte of Hawthorne, 1627 daughters, whom I make my joint executors of this my last will & testament. Januarie the 29th, annoque domini 1626 Debts dew by the testator. In the name of God amen, I, Richard Whyte of Hawthorne, beinge, Imprimis, to Mr Abraham Robinson of Esington, clake, seventeene God's name be praised for it, (of good & perfect memorie), doe make pounds. Ittem, to Richard Rowie of Lytle Thorpe, tenn pounds. Ittem & ordaine this my last will & testament in manner and forme as to William Smithe of Pittington, three pounds. Ittem, to William foloweth, viz., imprimis, I commend my soule to Almightie God, my Jefferson of Esington, tenn pounds. Ittem, to William Sharpe of most gratious saviour, and will that my bodie be buried in the Hesleden, five pounds. Ittem, to Nicholas Shadford of Hawthorne, churchyard at Esington. Ittem, I will that my brother-in-lawe, five pounds, foure shillings & sixpence. Christofer Armstronge, in full satisfaction of all reckonings betwene Richard Whyte mark him & mee, shall have two third partes of my farme in Hawthorn torn Sealed & signed in the presence of us iuratus the space & terme of eight yeares, begininge the first day of Maye Abraham Robinson , clarke iuratus which shalbe in the torn of our Lord, 1627, accordinge to a lease of Nicholas Shadforth the said 2 partes for 12 yeares bearinge date the first of May, 1623. Anthonye Robsinson, his mark Ittem I give unto my two daughters, Anne & Elizabeth, the close Robert Meriman, his marke called Milbank Close and a pasture gate and a halfe in the coopes Robert Tonge which belonged sometime to Marmaduke Highfield, untill my sonne, Myles Whyte, shall give unto my two said daughters, fifftie pounds. An inventorie of such goods & chattles Ittem I give unto eyther of my said daughters, Anne & Elizabeth, for as Richard White of Hawthorne, latly their filliall portions, fortie pounds, to be paid by my sonne Myles deceased, died possessed of, vewed and Whyte, if he be maried before them, to be paid by him in this manner, valued by William Sharpe, Christofer viz., twentie pounds at the daie of the mariage of eyther of them, and Armstronge, Roberte fforster and th tenn pounds that time twelfmonth and other tenn pounds half-a-yeare Nicholas Shadforth, 10 of Februarie, after that. But if my said sonne do not marie in the meanetime, I will 1626 that the said fortie pounds to eyther of them be not paied unto my said Imprimis, seaven kyne and six calves 24 10s 0d daughters untill my brother Armstrong's time in the farme be fully Item, one whie and fyve stirkes 7 0s 0d expired, which will be about eight yeares hence, and then my sonne Item, foure horses and mares and a foale 8 0s 0d Myles, at the expiration of the said eight yeares, shall paye unto eyther Item, thirtie ewes & hoggs 10 0s 0d of my said daughters, twentie pounds, and other twentie pounds to Item, fyve swine 1 0s 0d eyther of them, that time twelve month. Ittem, I give to eyther of my Item, the corne in the barne and staggeth 4 0s 0d daughters a fourth part of all my household stuffe at the day of the Item, the corne on the earth 1 6s 8d mariage of eyther of them, & the other halfe therof to be devided Item, waine & waine greare, plough and plough geare 4 0s 0d equally betweene them at the death of my wife, Marie Whyte. Ittem, I Item, the cupbords and a spence 3 6s 8d Item, the brasse & pewter 6 0s 0d EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Item, beds and beddinge 8 0s 0d and p[er]fect memorie, God be thanked for it, doe make & ordaine this Item, 5 chistes 1 0s 0d my last will and testament in manner & forme following, vizt., I Item, tables & stooles & formes and quishions 1 6s 8d comend my soule unto the Almightie God, my redemer and will that Item, two chimnes & three spitts, two rackencrookes my bodie be buried in Esington churchyard. Ittem, I give to my wiffe, & tonges 1 6s 8d Meriall Robinson, the lease of my ffarme in Esington during the time Item, a winoweing cloth, sacks & pockes, sives of her widowhood and if she marie again to any other man, my will is & riddles 10s 0d that my sonne, George Robinson, shall have my said lease. Ittem, I Item, skeeles, mells & braninge trough, with dishes give & bequeath unto eyther of my two [said deleted] daughters, & trenchers 5s 0d Isabell & Anne, twentie markes in moenye. Ittem, my will is that my Item, hay forkes, g……s & f…s, spades & shovels 5s 0d lease shalbe renewed out of all my goods & chattells in generall. Item, yarne, geese & pullen 1 10s 0d Ittem, I will that my two younger sonnes' partes of goods & chattells Item, all his leases 28 0s 0d shall, by my wiffe & William Robinson, my brother, or their assignes, Item, his purse & apparel 3 6s 8d be put forth for the best benefite of my two sonnes, Thomas & Nicholas, untill they come to the age of twentie & one yeares &, in the Summa totalis £114 13s 4d meanetime, in regard my said two sonnes doe paye their parte out of my goods & chattells, towards the renewing of the lease, my will & Debts oweing by the deceased desire is that they shall have their education, meate, drinke & Imprimis, to Mr Abraham Robinson of Easington, Clarke 17 0s 0d cloathinge out of my said ffarme, Item, to Richard Rowie of Litlethorp 10 0s 0d hopinge, my two said sonnes, when it shall please God to enable them Item, to William Smith of Pittington 3 0s 0d to worke, that then they will doe what lyeth in them for the benefite of Item, to William Jefferson of Esington 10 0s 0d the ffarme, unlesse the [sic] take any other course of liffe upon them. Item, to William Sharpe of Hesledon 5 0s 0d Ittem, all the rest of my goods & chattells, my rents paid, my ffunerall Item, to Nicholas Shadforth of Hawthorne 5 4s 6d expences deducted, my wive's third sett forth unto hir out of my goods Item, to Williamm Newbye 2 14s 8d & chattells, I give & bequeath unto my five children, George Item, more owing to Mr Abraham Robinson aforesaid 1 15s 0d Robinson, Thomas Robinson, Nicholas Robinson, Isabell Robinson & Item, his funerall expences, money given to the poore, Anne Robinson & I doe constitute & appointe these my five children, mortuarie &c. 3 10s 0d joint executors of this my last will & testament. Ittem, I give & bequeath to Isabell Mason, twentie shillings. Ittem, to Ales Yeilder, Summa debitorum £58 3s 10d twentie shillings & to her two children, eyther of them, a gimber lambe. Ittem, I give to Margerie Woolffe, twentie shillings & to her Item, the charges of probat of will & testament, two children, either, a gimber lambe. Ittem, to each of William Mason bondsmen, witnesses &c. no entry six children a gimber lambe. Ittem, to George Jordeson's three children, each, a gimber lambe. Ittem, I give to William Jordeson's Summa de claro besides the charges of will provinge £56 9s 2d sonne of Newcastle, a gimber lambe. Ittem, to William Robinson two DPRI/1/1627/W3/1-2 sones, each, a gimber lambe. Ittem, to the poore, twentie shillings. Ittem, I give to my brother Robert's sonne a gimber lambe. Witnesses Christopher Robinson of Easington, yeoman, 1627 heereof, Richard ffoster, William Robinson [Robert Robinson deleted], Robert Tongue & Abraha[m] Robinson, clarke. ffebruarie the twelfth, Anno Domini 1626 Abraham Robinson, clarkiur [full name signed] Robert Tongeiur [full name signed] In the name of God, Amen, I, Christoffer Robinson of Esington within the countie of Durham, yeoman, being sicke in bodie but of a good Debts due to the testator Impr[imis], Robert Robinson 3 0s 0d EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Ittem, Edward Hudson 2 12s 10d Ittem, Richard Harison 1 0s 0d Ittem, Mr Mettforth's man 12s 0d Ittem, Mr Nicholas Heath de Eden, junior 10 0s 0d Ittem, John Rogerson 8 0s 0d Ittem, Robert Driden ofWhicham 11s 0d Percivell Wilbourne of Shotton, 1629 Ittem, Henrye Babington 3s 6d It[e]m, to Mr Nicholas Heath de Eden, junior 5s 0d In the name of God, Amen, I, Percyvell Wilbourne of Shotton, sicke and craised in body but in good and perfect remembrance, laud and praise be unto Almightie God, my only maker, savour and redemour, An inventorie of all suche goods & chattels as Christofer Robinson doe make this my last will and testament in manner and forme of Easington, lately diseased, died possessed of, vewed ffollowing. ffirst, I commend my soule to the Almighty God in whose & valued by George Wardell, Richard Walker, Christofer Paxton & mercy I hop to be saved, and my body to be buried in Easington li Christofer Bee, 28 Marche 1627 churchyeard. Item, I give unto my wiff, Dorothy Wilbourne, xx . Item, Imprimis, sixe stotes 18 6s 8d I give unto my wiff Dorothy the easter halfe of the newe house of Item, fourteene kine 37 6s 8d Humble Knowle. Item, I charge my sonn, John Wilbourne, to fynd his Item, towe whies, one of them with calfe 4 6s 8d mother, meat, drinke and apparill soe long as she shall live. Item, I li Item, foure stirkes 4 0s 0d give unto my daughter Barbary Thompson x . deleted Item, I give Item, eleven calves 7 6s 8d unto my daughter’s children ffifty poundes and that money to goe Item, towe buls & a branded stirke 4 13s 4d forward to the use and profitt of my daughter’s children till they come Item, thirtie & three ewes & lames 13 4s 0d at age, at the discretion of Christopher Richardson, John Thompson, Item, thirtie & three ewes without lames 9 0s 0d John ffoster and John …… deleted. Item, I give unto my sonne Item, thirtie weathers & tuppes 6 13s 4d Edward Wilbourne, one hundred and ten pounds in regard of his Item, fourtie & nine sheepe hogges 13 0s 0d portion. Item, I give unto Christofer Jerdison, my wive's sonn, ffower Item, five kine & calves 13 6s 8d pounds. Item, I give unto Anne Jerdison, my wive's daughter, other Item, eight oxen 39 0s 0d fower pounds. Item, I give unto my ffirst wive's children, everie one Item, fouer mares 8 13s 4d of them, ffiveten shillinges apece. Item, I give unto my brother, John Item, tow stagges & towe foales 6 0s 0d Wilbourne, fforty shillinges. Item, I give unto my said brother, John Item, come in the stackgarthe 7 0s 0d Wilbourne, halfe my clothes, saving my clockes. Item, I give unto my Item, haye in the stackgarthe 1 10s 0d sister, Jaynat Smyth, fforty shillinges of lawfull Englishe mones. Item, Item, the crop upon the ground in Esington towne feilds & I give unto my sister husband, William Smith, the other halfe of my Pespoole fields 25 0s 0d clothes, saving the clockes. Item, I give unto the poore in the parish of s Item, plough & plough geare, wanes & wane gere 8 0s 0d Easington xx . Item, I give unto the poore of the parish of Trymdon, Item, timber 13s 0d other twentie shillinges. If the Lord will that I shall dy and from this Item, his purse & apparrell 2 0s 0d wretched world depart, this wicked world I doe leave withall my last Item, an amris & cauwell & other woodden vessell 2 0s 0d will and hart. In witnes whereof I have to this, my last will and th Item, brasse & pewder vessell 3 6s 8d testament, sett to my hand and seale the xx daie of June in the ffist Item, beddings & bedcloathes 2 0s 0d yeare of the reigne of our souveraigne lord, Charles, by the grace of Item, tow bed steades 4s 0d God, of England, Scotland, ffrance and Ireland, King, Defender of the ffaith, Anno Domini 1629. Summa totalis [no entry] DPRI/1/1627/R9/1-2 And I, Percyvell Wilbourne, before the ensealinge hereof, doe make my son, John Wilbourne, whole executor and to see that these portion EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 and legacies be paied and dischardged that then repeated over, he did desire the said Sir John Conyers to put it in his signum Percyvell Wilbourne writinge at that instant which was doun to the effect as followeth: ffirst, I give unto Elizabethe Pattison, daughter of Margarett Pattison, Sealed and delivered in the thirtie pounds for her portion which I desire Sir John Conyers, presence of us barronett, to stay in his hand, fourthe of the hundred pounds I am to John Liddell mark receive of him at Lammas, and that he will be pleased to continue it in Richard Liddell iuratus his hand for her use, paying the concederation yerely thereof unto George Grahame of Horden ffor her maintenance, who I do desire to My mening is that this will shall stand & be good but that my mening keepe her during her noneage for my mind is that, my brother William is to give my sonne, Edward, fifty poundes more then is within the shall not have the bringing on her upe nor have her education and my will to make him eight score whereof I give him forty poundes nowe mind further is that after it shall please God the said Elizabethe and the sixe score that is remaineing to be in John Wilbourne hand, his Pattison shall accomplishe the age of tenn yeres, that then she shall brother's hand, & to give him vij poundes in the yeare during his life maintain her self by her survice and all the use of the thirtie pounds and if it please God that the said Edward shall have any children, that shall be reserved to her portion untill such time as she may lawfully every one of these children shall have five poundes a peace after dispose of it and, if she shall happen to die or she can dispose thereof, Edward desese. Item, I give unto Barbary Thompson hir childerren then the said moneyes to discend upon my brother William Wilkinson thre score poundes amonges them. Item, I give unto my wife all my and my brother is to give her all maintenance untill Martinmas next househould stufe and, for my armore, I give unto my sone John and otherwise to receive after the rate of 40s a yere for her maintenance this I make to inlarge my will a for going. In witness whereof I set my deleted unto George Graime in respect he hathe received mony all hand & marke the sixt dave of March 1630. ready for her maintenance. I give and bequeathe unto John Wilkinson, Parsevell Wilboume his mark my brother William's sonn, 10li. More 1 give unto Jane, William his daughter, 10li. I give to 8 children I christened every one, 5s, 2li. I give Wittnes, Christofer Richardson juratus to George Graime of Horden, 2li. I give unto Margrett Halcote, jli. I John Tomson his marke juratus give to Margarett Boyes, 2li. I give Elizabethe Marshall, 10s and I give Mary Halliday, her daughter, 10s, jli. And my will concerning my Memorandum that the witnesses of this codicill affirmeth that the funerall is that every aged poore shall, at my burial, receaive every testator caused the fower lynes in the will rated, to be soe rated by the one, 2d and the younger poore, jd a peace and the neighbours shall directions of this the said testator att the makeinge of the codicill. have entertenment with plentie at Easington after a neighbourly DPRI/1/1629/W manner and for the discharge thereof, I do allowe fburteene pounds and if any thinge do remaine it shall be to the benefitt of my executor Lancelot Wilkinson of Horden, yeoman, 1629 who I do ordaine to be my brother William Wilkinson of this my last will and testament. Memorandum, that Lancelott Wilkinson of Horden, yeamonn, deceased, who died the nine and twentie day of Januarye last, 1629, Wittnes whereof beinge sicke and weake in body but of a perfect mind and memorie, John Conyeres did, the day before his death, desire to speake with Sir John Conyers, baronet, who no souner came unto him but he told him he did much Debts owing unto the testator desire to make his last will and testament that ever he entended to Sir John Conyers, barronett as last part of payment make in this life, unto which words the said Sir John Conyers maid for my beasts due at Lammas next 100 0s 0d answere that he hard he was not unprovided of a will already maid by Mr Nicholas Heathe for 3 swine already due 1 5s 0d Mr Robinson, unto which the said Lancelot Wilkinson replyed he had John Pope 3s 0d burned it and nowe he wold relaite his last will which, having once Bartholomew Starne 2s 6d 101 10s 6d EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Item, two kine and a calfe 4 6s 8d Debts owing by the testator Item, the hay 6s 8d William Stoddart upon bond 10 16s 0d Item, one mare 2 0s 0d To Sir John Conyers upon? reconinge for beast gates Item, two hens 8d

John Conyeres Summa totallis 22 8s 8d

The inventory of all the goods & chattels Debtes oweing to the testator mouveable & inmouveable of Lancelott Inprimis, by Sir John Coniers, baronet, upon bond 100 0s 0d Wilkinson of Horden in the parish of Easington in the county of Durham, Thomas Paxton yeoman, praised by Thomas Paxton & George Paxton, his marke George Paxton of Little Thorpe, George George Grame, his marke Grame, Robert Atkinson of Horden, all Robert Atkinson, his marke within the parish of Easington in the coun- DPRI/1/1629/W10/1-4 -tie of Durham, yeomen, this first day of ffebruary, Anno Domini 1629. Robert Paxton of Easington, 1630

Inprimis, his purse valued to 1 10s 4d In the name of God amen, I, Robart Paxton of Easington in the county Item, all his clothes, linnen and wollen belonging of Durham, yeoman, sicke in body but of good and perfect memorie, to his backe or bodily wearing 3 0s 0d God be praised, doe make & ordaine this my last will and testament as Item, for his linnen & harden sheets with other followeth. Inprimis I comend my soule unto Almighty God, my linnen 1 4s 0d creator, preserver and redeemer, and will that my body be buried in Item, for sword & belt 3s 4d Easington church yard. Item, I will that my farme on the South Row in Item, all his bedding 3 5s 0d Easington and all my goods and chatteles be sold and all my debtes Item, two yards of new kersie 3s 4d being discharged therewith, the remainder I dispose of in this maner: I Item, fower pound of linnen yame & fower of give to Jane Gorn, my daughter, for her filiall porcion iijli vjs and viijd. harden yame 5s 6d ltem, I give to Alice, my wife, a cow at her owne choise. Ltem, I give Item, for a cubbard & spence 2 15s 0d to my sonne, Christofer, my young blacke mare. The rest of my goods, Item, two chaires 1s 0d moveable and unmoveable, my debtes, legacies and funerall expences Item, thre bedsteads 1 0s 0d discharged, I give to my sonnes Christofer, James and Richard whom Item, fower chests 8s 0d I make ioint executors of this my last will and testament, which Item, a wollen wheele 6d executorshipp I will shall stand for there porc[i]ons. In witnes wherof Item, a table and two stooles 4s 0d I have sett my hande hereunto, this xxiiijth of ffebruarie anno domini Item, all the pewter vessell 6s 8d 1629. Witnesses of this will, Abraham Robinson, Richard Foster, Item, all the wodden vessell 6s 8d Thomas Paxton. Item, all the brasse vessell 12s 0d Item, a hopper and a basket 8d Item, 1 pokes and 2 seckes 1s 0d A true inventorie Item, all the iron stuffe 3s 4d of all the goodes and Item, waine ropes 6d chattells of Robart Itejm, a saddle 6d Paxton of Easington Item, bourds and other wood geare 3s 4d EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 within the countie of Item, I give to my sonne Thomas [in lega torn]sie 2 0s 0d Durham, yeoman, late Item, I give to my sonne Gorge [in legasie torn] 2 0s 0d deceased, praised the Item, I give to my sonne Phillop in legasie 2 0s 0d ffowerth day of March, Item, I give to my daughter Margate in legasie 2 0s 0d one thousand, sixe hundreth, twentie seaven, Item, I give all the rest of my goodes, moveable & unmoveable, [to by Richard Walker, George my wife & my sonne John whom I make sole exsecators of this my Wardell, Thomas Paxton last will and testament deleted] and Robert Jameson as Item, I give my wife & rest of my childeren all the rest of my goods, hereafter followeth moveable and unmoveable, my detes, legasie & funeralle expens discargges. I do make my wife & my eldest sonne John whome I maik Imprimis, fower oxen & one stot praised att 11 6s 8d my sole executors of this my last will and testement. Item, fower kine and two whies praised at 12 6s 8d Item, two calves praised att 15s 0d Dettes owing by the testator Item, one horse and one mare praised att 2 6s 8d Item, corne in the garth praised att 2 0s 0d Imprimis owing to William Stoderte 20 0s 0d Item, ffower swine praised att 1 0s 0d Item, owing to Parservell Welbourne 10 0s 0d Item, one hay stacke praised att 2 0s 0d Item, owing to Gorg Tomson 8 0s 0d Item, the cropp on the ground praised att 20 0s 0d Item, owing to Robarte Dobson 4 0s 0d Item, the plow geare and waine geare praised att 1 10s 0d Item, owing to Phillope Clark 2 10s 0d Item, one litle cupbord with some other implements praised att 10s 0d Item, Christofer Heryson 2 10s 0d Item, his purse and apparell praised at 10s 0d Item, owing to Christofer Stodarte 1 0s 0d Item, his lease on the Southerowe praised at 110 0s 0d Item, owing to Jane Emersone 21 0s 0d Item, three load of otes praised att 1 4s 0d Item, owing for bushope rent 13s 4d Summa totalis 165 9s 0d Item, owing for tind [?] rent 18s 0d Item, owing for writing of lease 3 0s 0d Concordat hec copia cum original per nos Thomas Paxtoniur [full name signed] Mungo Scott [other text] John Tomsoniur [marked with a symbol] Rich[ard] Newhouse [other text] DPRI/1/1630/P2/1-2 An inventory of all the [goods and ch torn]attells movable and unmoveable of Ph[illip Rich torn]ardson of Shotton Philip Richardson of Shotton, 1630 & in the parrish of Easi[ngton torn] dissesed, praised by foure indifferent m[en torn] November viiij 1630 In the name of God [Amen, I, Phillipp Richardson torn] of Shotton John Tomson, Thomas [torn], sicke in [body torn] but in good [and perfect memorie,? torn]thankes Richard Jurdeson, James Byers be to God, doe make my last will[and testament in torn] manner and forme following, first, I give [my soule torn] to almighty God my Imprimise, foure oxen 12 0s 0d maker & redemer & [my bodie to be buried torn] within my parrish Item, iij stottes 5 6s 8d church yarde of [Easington? torn] Item, v keye, one quye & one stu[rk torn 9 6s 8d Item, tow calfes 13s 4d Imprimise, I give to my eldest sonn [John torn] legasie 2 0s 0d Item, ix old shepe & vj hoges 3 10s 0d Item, I give to my sonne Richard [in legasie torn] 2 0s 0d Item, a horse & a mare 3 6s 8d Item, a sewe & a pige 13s 4d EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Item, fourty threaves of wheat & rey 10 0s 0d the paresh of Easington the some of xxs to be distrebuted at the Item, otes & pease 4 0s 0d descretion of my executrix and her husband. Item, I give and bequeath Item, wheat & rey sowne one grond 6 0s 0d unto Henry Croone, my godsonne, the sume of xli at xxj yers of age. Item, haye 3 0s 0d Item, I give and bequeath unto my grandchild, Roger Heath, sonne of Item, long waines & cop waines with axiltres & stinges at 4 13s 4d Nicholas Heath of Litle Eden, the some of one hundreth pounds to be Item, one oxe harrow, a paire of horse harrows 8s 0d paid when he shall accomplish the age of xxjtie yeares in case hee soo Item, two plowes with a pair of irones 5s 0d long live, the same to remain in the hands of his father & mother Item, foure yokes, three somes, two shakles, a pair of hors geare 11s 0d during his minoritie without making any allowance for the same. Item, Item, a sholle, a spad, one mucke hacke & two fowe 3s 0d I geve and bequeath to my grandchild, Elizabeth Heath, daughter of Item, his purse & apparrell 1 0s 0d the saide Nicalas Heath, the some of fiftie pounds to be paid unto her Item, a cubbard & one cawell 1 6s 8d when she shall accomplesh the age of xxjtie yeares or be married, by Item, pewder vessell 1 0s 0d and with the consent of her parents without any alowance for the Item, two kettell & two pottes 1 0s 0d same. Item, I give unto her, the said Elizabeth Heath, one fetherbed Item, wod vessell with seves & riddell hopper 10s 0d with bolster, pillowes and all other things belonging the furniture of a Item, three kistes 3s 4d bed. Item, I give and bequeath unto Margret Heath, another of my Item, waines, ropes & two irones forkes 2s 0d sone's daughters, the some of xxxli [twentie pounds in National Item, two beds & one presser 10s 0d Archives copy] & to Kathrine Heath, her sester, the some of xxxli to be Item, coverlides, hapen & blankets 1 6s 8d paid unto them when they shall accomplesh the age of xxi yeares or Item, one matteres & v codes 1 0s 0d bee married, without any allowance for the same. Item, I give and Item, one table, one chare, two chesbres 3s 0d bequeath to Nicholas Heath, there brother, my grandchild, the some of Item, a pair of bares, a spate, a reckon croke, a frying pane 5s 0d xxxli to be paid unto him when he shall accompleshe the age of xxi Item, one arke & a riding sadle 4s 0d yeares without any alowance for the same. Item, I give unto Franses Item, foure paire of line sheats, iij paire of harden, tow table Heath, my god-daughter and grandchild, another of the daughters, the cose, ij pellebers 1 10s 0d some of xxli, a fetherbed, bolster & furneture belonging there unto Item, a bead, one cote 2s 0d when shee shall accompleshe the age of xxjtie yeares or to be paid unto Item, a case for two lines 30 0s 0d her at her marege, by and with the consent of her parence. Item, I give DPRI/1630/R4/1-2 and bequeath to my worthie kind ffrend Mrs [P]eacocke, one gold ring with death’s hed upon it. Item,I give and bequeath unto my [kinde] Elizabeth Smyth of Little Eden, widow, 1632 frend [MrsAnne Newhouse, wife of Mr Richard Newhouse, for a remembrance to weare for my] sake, xxxs in a reng. Item, I give and In the name of God amen, I, Elizabeth Smyth, of late of the cetie of bequeath to Mr Richard Nuhouse, my loving & kind frend, to were in s Durham and nowe of Litle Eden, widdow, being sicke and weake in a ringe for my sake, xx . Item, I give and bequeath to my servant, s body yet of good and perfete remembrance, thankes be geven to Issabell Hodgshon, the some of xx . All the rest of my goods and almightie God, doo make and ordaine this my last will and testament chattels whatsoever, my funerale being descharged, I geve & bequeath in maner and forme ffolloing, first and prencirpally, I committ my to my daughter, Elizabeth Heath, wiffe unto Mr Nicholas Heath, soule to Almightie God, my maker and redeemer, in full assurance of whome I make my executrix of this my last will & testament. And I a ioyfull reserrecction at the day of iudgement, and my body to bee make & ordaine my sonn in law, Mr Nicales Heath of Litle Eden, my hurried in the parish church of St Marrie's within the South Bayley, in supavisor hereof, in witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & r the Citty of Durham, as neare unto my late husband as conveniently seale, the 20th of March, 1631 [in the presence of M Nicholas Heath, may be. Item, I give and dispose to the poorest inhabitants of that Richard Redhead]. parish the some of xxs to be destributed by the discretion of my ES seal executrix and her husband. Item, I give and bequeath to the poore of Seld in the presence of us Nicales Heath EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Christopher Humble, the mark of John Hixon, marke Richard Redhead mark John Farelesse [ Text in italics supplies torn and missing material in Durham copy from the National Archives copy] Shotton, primo Maij DPRI/1/1632/S13/1; another copy in National Archives, Prob 11/161 An inventorie of all the goods & chattels, moveable and unmoveable, belonging unto John Lynn, late John Lynn of Shotton, yeoman, 1632 of Shotton deceased, apprised by Richard Butler, James Jordan, John Cowling & Thomas Storye as followeth In the name of God, Amen, xixth day of Aprill, anno domini 1632, I, John Lynn of Shotton in the county of Durham, yeoman being sicke in lmprimis, xij oxen 56 0s 0d body but in whole and perfect memorie, thanks be to God, doe make ltem, xxix kyne & one bull 93 0s 0d and ordaine this my last will and testament in manner and ltem, xxij stotts 60 0s 0d forme following. ffirst, I committ and comend my soule into the hands ltem, viij stotts & six whies 23 10s 0d of Almightie God, my creator, and his sonne, Jesus Christ, my ltem, xx yeare old calves 21 10s 0d redemer, hopeing assuredly to be saved by his death and merritts ltem, one yong bull 1 10s 0d alone, and by a true and lively faith in him and by no other meanes, ltem, ix mares and ij horses 26 13s 4d and I will that my body be buryed within my parish churchyard of ltem, five fillies & five yeare old fooles 22 0s 0d Sedgfeild so neare unto my brother, William Lynn, as conveniently ltem, one gray fillye, 3 yeares old, given by legacie unto may be. And touching such wordly estate of goods and chattells as it Robert Lynn 3 0s 0d hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to bestow upon me, I ltem, one gray horse given by legacie unto William Lynn 11 0s 0d doe hereby dispose as followeth. ffirst, I doe give and bequeath unto ltem, 180 ewes with lambes 86 0s 0d my sonnes, William, Richard and Robert, and to my daughters, Ann ltem, 180 hoggs 68 0s 0d and Mary, unto everie of them, the summe of one hundreth pounds for ltem, xlij shering wethers 20 0s 0d their filiall and child’s porcions. ltem, I doe give and bequeath unto ltem, ix tupps 4 0s 0d my sonne, William, my best gray gelding. ltem I doe give and ltem, xxix fatt wethers 20 0s 0d bequeath unto my sonne, Robert, my best yong gray mare. ltem, I doe ltem 4 swyne 2 13s 4d give and bequeath unto my brother, Robert Lynn, tenn shillings and to ltem, corne in the barne & staggard 35 0s 0d my brother, Richard Lynn, tenn shillings for tokens. ltem, I doe give ltem, corne groweing on the ground 60 0s 0d unto Elizabeth Lynn, xs, to Ellin Lynn, xs, and to Jone Lynn, xs. ltem, I ltem, ploughes & waines with furniture thereunto doe give unto Christofer Hixon, xxs, to Edward Hixon, xxs. ltem, I doe belongeing 9 0s 0d give unto Elizabeth Hixon, Margaret Hixon and Margerie Hixon, to everie of them, one bushell of wheate. ltem, the residue of all my ltem, in the hall house, two cubbards 3 13s 0d goods, moveable and unmoveable, my depts, legacies and funerall ltem, 3 other cubbards expenses being deducted, I doe give and bequeath unto my loveing ltem, brasse & puder 8 0s 0d wife, Elizabeth Lynn, and my sonne, William Lynn, whome I make ltem, bedding & furniture thereunto belonging with and ordaine the sole executors of this my last will and testament. In chiste & stooles 3 0s 0d witnesse whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name the daie & ltem, bedsteades & tables 15 0s 0d yeare above written. ltem, milke bowles, skeles with other furniture belonging Johne Lynn, signum unto milknesse 2 10s 0d In the presence of us. ltem, spitts & racks with such other like necessaries 10s 0d Richard Butler ltem, beefe & bacon with other provision for the house 4 0s 0d ltem, one musket 10s 0d EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 ltem, tableclothes, napkins & other lining 6 10s 0d and if shee marry without consent then my will is that shee have eight ltem, his purse & his apparel 20 0s 0d score pounds and the lease to goe to the rest of her sisters. And my ltem, moneyes oweing unto him 55 0s 0d will is that my third daughter Isabell shall have my lease of Flemin DPRI/1/1632/L5/1,3 field if she marry with consent as aforesayd, but if she marry without consent of her mother and 2 uncles, my will is that shee shall have eight score pounds and the lease to be divided amongst her sisters and William Ingleby of Great Haswell, yeoman, 1632 my fourth daughter to have the close I bought of John Bell and an hundred pounds. Item, my will is that none of my daughters shall have any benefitt of my leases till they come to the age of eighteen yeers. In the name of God, amen, June the five and twentieth, anno domini Item, my will is that my daughters shall live with my wife till they 1632 and the eighth yeere of the reigne of our soveraigne lord, come to age to chose their guardian and that each of my children shall Charles, by the grace of God, King of Great Brittaine, France and have five pounds a yeer for their education. Item, my will is that my Ireland, defender of the faith etc., I, William Ingleby of Great Haswell fourth daughter Anne and that daughter my wife shall beare mee shall in the county pallatine of Durham, yeoman, being visitted with have their portions made up three hundred pounds a yeare a peece. sickness but of good and perfect memory (praised be God) doe Item, I give and bequeath to my nephew, John Ingleby, twenty constitute and make this my last will and testament in manner and shillings. Item, I give and bequeath to Mungay Burne fourty shillings. forme following, revokeing thereby in law and in deede all my former Item, I give to each of my three men servants a noble. Item, I give to wills and testaments whatsoever. Imprimis, I commend my soule into Christopher Richardson of Shotton tenne shillings, to George Wardell the hands of Almighty God my maker, hopeing assuredly through the of Easington tenne shillings and to Thomas Sharpe tenne shillings, onely meritts of Christ, my saviour and redeemer, to be made partaker whom I make overseers of this my will. Item, I desire my brother in of life everlasting, and my body to the ground whereof it is made to be law, Richard Thursby, and my brother, John Ingleby, to see this my interred in Easington churchyarde. Item, I give to the stock of the will performed and my will is that each of them shall have four poore of the parish of Easington five pounds. Item, I give to my wife, pounds. Item, my will is that out of my lands, rents and goods, Elizabeth Ingleby, five pounds for a legacy. Item, whereas my wife is moveable and unmoveable, my yongest children that have no leases now with child, my will is that if it be a man child he shall have my shall have their portions to be made equall with those that have the lease of the Moore-house and halfe of a farme in Rainton when he leases, if the goods will amount to so much. Item, I make my wife, cometh to the age of eighteene yeares. Item, I give to the sayd Elizabeth Ingleby, sole executrix of this my last will and testament, in manchild an hundred pounds when he cometh to the sayd age. Item, I wittness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand the day and yeere give to my daughter, Margrett Ingleby, eight score pounds and if shee above written in the p[re]sence of us. shall marry with the consent of her mother and my brother in law William Ingleby, his marke [marked with a symbol] Richard Thursby and my brother John Ingleby, I give her the lease of Christofer Richardson [full name signed] Flemin field. Item, I give and bequeath to my second daughter, for her George Wardell [full name signed] portion, seaven score pounds. Item, I give to my third daughter Isabell Richard Thursbyiur [full name signed] six score pounds. Item, I give and bequeath to my fourth daughter Thomas Sharpeiur [full name signed] Anne four score pounds and the close I bought of John Bell in Rainton. Item, if my wife shall beare mee now a daughter I give and Julij xixth 1632 A trew inventory of all the goods & chattels bequeath to the sayd daughter six score pounds and then my will is of William Ingleby late of Great Haswell, that my oldest daughter Margrett shall have my lease of the deceased, in the countye of Durham, yeoman, with Moorehouse, provided always if shee marry with the consent of her their severall prices as they were apprised mother and her 2 uncles aforesayd. And if shee doe not marry with by Christofer Richeson, William Hirdman, George their consent, I give her eight score pounds and my lease to goe to the Wardale & Robert Dixon in the said countye, yeomen, rest of her sisters. And my will is that my second daughter] Elizabeth the day & yeare abovesaid. shall have my lease in Rainton if she marry with consent as aforesaid, EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Imprimis, in ready money & bonds 210 0s 0d two sherdin knives, a smoothinge iron & two reckin Item, his apparell 6 13s 4d crookes, two morters & two pestells 1 0s 0d Item, a beddsteed, mattres, ffeatherbed, one boulster & two Item, a presse, a liivery cuberd, a chare & two chists, a glasse pillowes, one paire of blancketts, 2 happins & coverlid case 3 10s 0d with curteynes & vallence in the forehouse 4 0s 0d A cuberd & a cawell 2 10s 0d Item, a beddsteed, mattres, ffeathebed, one boulster & two Item, one table & a forme, three chaires and eight stooles 2 0s 0d pillowes, one paire of blancketts, two happins, a Item, two cubberds & a table att Moore house 4 0s 0d coverlidd with curteynes & vallence in the Item, all the wod vessell, 3 dosen of trenchers 2 6s 8d chamber over the house 3 6s 8d Item, a muskitt & bandelere & fowelinge peece 1 10s 0d Item, a bedsteed, mattres, ffeatherbedd, one boulster, two Item, plow & plowe geere, waine & waine geere 12 10s 0d pillowes, one paire of blancketts, two happins & a Item, all the poletrey 6s 8d coverlett in the chamber over the parler 1 13s 4d Item, two whit stackes & two oate stackes 15 0s 0d Item, a truckelbedd, a featherbedd, mattres, a paire of Item, eight [loade? creased ] of oates in the howse 3 4s 0d blancketts, a bowster, 2 pillowes, 2 happins, on Item, all the mradow hay & strawe with the profitt coverlett in the forehouse 1 0s 0d of the falloes 26 6s 8d Item, the servants’ bedds, two mattresses, two bowsters, Item, come on the grounde, seaventeene ackers of wheat, two paire of blancketts, fower happins 1 0s 0d rye & bigg & xiiijtene ackers of oats 60 0s 0d Item, the men servants’ bedd 13s 4d Item, butter, cheese 2 10s 0d Item, more beddinge in a presse, five happins, two Item, sixtene [illegible, creased] one cowe & three stotts coverletts, two carpetts, a feathered ticke, a bowster in Flemin field 70 0s 0d & curtaynes [illegible 6 13s 4d Item, twentye kyne & two whyes 52 0s 0d Item, a dosen & a halfe of cushons 1 10s 0d Item, foure [illegible, creased ] there 12 0s 0d Item, sixe paire of linninge sheats, sixe paire of pillowbers 3 0s 0d Item, twenty oxen in Falloe field 63 6s 8d Item, a dosen & a halfe of harden sheates, two paire of Item, fower stotts there 12 0s 0d Pillowbers 3 12s 0d Item, eight stotts there 30 0s 0d Item, two linn table cloathes 8s 0d Item, twelve oxen there 57 0s 0d Item, three dosen of napkins 1 16s 0d Item, seaventeene kyne & a bull 53 0s 0d Item, two shorte course table cloathes & sixe course napkins 3s 4d Item, fower two yeare ould beasts & a quye 6 13s 4d Item, thirtye yards of lynninge cloath 1 10s 0d Item, five calves 2 10s 0d Item, fiftye two yards of harden cloath 1 5s 0d Item, tenn runts in Deadman Dailes 36 13s 4d Item, sixe lynn towells 6s 0d Item, yewes two hundred & twelve tuppes 86 0s 0d Item, Fower dosen & fower pece of pewter, a dosen sawcers, Item, weathers & dimmons, 287 130 0s 0d a dosen porindgers, five flagin potts, a pynt pott, three Item, yewes & rigelts, 38 9 10s 0d pewter and seaven brasse candlestickes Item, lammes, 135 27 0s 0d An ewer, fower double salte sellers, fower pewter cupps, Item, three mares & a fole & a crucke horse 12 0s 0d thre chamber potts, a tynne botle & a cadle pott 4 2s 0d Item, a stande horse 4 10s 0d Item, a silver bowle & halfe a dosen of spoones 4 0s 0d Item, a blacke horse 6 0s 0d Item, sixe brasse potts at Moore houses 1 0s 0d Item, a gray mare, a bay mare, a sorreld mare & her stagg 15 0s 0d Item, three kettles, two fishe pannes, three iron potts, one Item, fower swine 2 13s 4d little brasse pott & a skellett, five little pannes 3 0s 0d Item, one blacke courlt & a bay filley 7 10s 0d Item, three iron chimneyes, two spitts, one paire of rackes, Item, the lease of Mare House 400 0s 0d two dripin pannes, two paire of tonges, a fire shovell, Item, the lease att Raynton called Pitt field 100 0s 0d two laddles, a chafin dishe, two paire of broylinge irons, Item, the lease of fflemin field 100 0s 0d EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 John ffosteriur The total som[m]e is 1106 3s Thomas Thompson's mark 4d Robert Sharpeiur

Debts owinge by the deceased, funerall charges, expences, An inventorie of all the goods and chattle moveable and legasies & other dybursements 205 3s 4d immoveable of Thomas Marshall of Hawthorne in the countie of Durham, yeoman late deseased, valued and prized by ffoure sufficient Sic rest 902 7s 4d men whose nams are underwritten, March the 28th, anno Caroli 10, vijo Octobris, 1636 Anno Domini 1634 Exhibitum fuit hui[ ] inventory per Elizabetham, executricem &c. DPRI/1/1632/I1/1-3 lmprimis, sex kin and foure calves 16 0s 0d ltem, two quies and foure yeare ould calves 7 10s 0d Thomas Marshall of Hawthorn, yeoman, 1634 ltem, on mare 3 10s 0d ltem, on and twentie ewes and lambs 8 10s 0d In the name of God, Amen, I, Thomas Marshall of Hawthorne in the Itjem, ten sheap-hogs and on ram 2 18s 8d countie of Durham, yeoman, being sick of bodye but in good and ltem, two acres of corne growing on the earth and on perfect memorie, thanks be to allmightie God, doe make my last will of wheat and on of ware corne 2 13s 4d and testiment in manner and forme following. ffirst I bequeath my ltem, corne in the barne with hay and straw 1 10s 0d soule to allmightie God, my maker, hopeing to be saved throughe the !tem, on swine 1 0s 0d mirits of his sonne, my saviour Jesus Christ, and my body to be buried ltem, bras and puther together with a presse 1 13s 4d in my parish church yeard of Easington nere the east end of the ltem, on bed and beding 2 0s 0d church. ltem, new linin and harden unused 3 0s 0d Legacies by the testator. ltem, thre pare of sheats 1 0s 0d lmprimis, I give unto my eldest daughter, Isable, one of my best ewes ltem, thre chests and all other wooden vessel 13s 4d and lambs, and likwisse to my second daughter, Margaritt, I give ltem, all the poultre 1s 0d another of my best ewes and lambs. ltem, his purse and his apparell 1 13s 4d Suma tottallis is 53 13s 0d The rest of all my goods, moveable and immouveable, my debts, legacies and ffunerall expences descharged, I give and bequeth to Debts the testator oweth Isable and Margarit, my daughters, and I doe constitute and appoynt lmprimis, to Thomas Herrysone 28 0s 0d Elizabeth Marshall, my wife, executor of this my last will and ltem, to Thomas Sharpe 3 10s 0d testiment. ltem, to Thomas ffoster 2 0s 0d ltem, his Whitsontid rents 2 2s 9d Debts the testator oweth ltem, his tith rent 13s 4d lmprimis, to Thomas Herrysonn of Readmarshall 28 0s 0d ltem, his ffunerall expences & to the poore of the parish 1 12s 0d ltem, to Thomas Sharpe of Hawthorne 3 10s 0d ltem to Thomas ffoster of Hesselden 2 0s 0d Some of debts is £37 18s 1d Sum remaineing is £16 5s 11d In wittness wherof, to this my last will and testament, I have sette my hand Prisers’ names and seale, this 13th day of March, anno 1633 Willam Sharpe Thomas Marshall's mark and seal Robert ffoster's mark Witnesses Thomas Sharpe William Pattson's mark EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 DPRI/1/1634/M3/1,3 A note of the debts of the forsaid William Newby deceased William Newby of Little Haswell, 1635 Imprimis, to Robert Chilton 20 0s 0d June the 16th, 1635 Item, to Thomas Thursby 13 10s 0d Item, to Mr Robinson 10 0s 0d A true Innvitory of all the goods of William Newby Item, to John Foster 4 6s 8d of Little Haswell in the parish of Easington, deceased the 13th Item, to Thomas Shephard 4 0s 0d day of this present moneth. Item, to John Martiell 3 0s 0d Item, to Isable Barcas 3 0s 0d Imprimis, his purse and his apperrell 3 6s 8d Item, to John Rutter 1 10s 0d Two stotts and thre whyes at xxxiijs iiijd a beast 8 6s 8d Item, for the funerall 5 0s 0d Two yeare old stirkes at xviijs a beast 1 16s 0d Soma totalis 64 6s 8d Thirtene key at iijli a cow 39 0s 0d DPRI/1635/N1/2 Two oxen for draft 10 10s 0d Two mares 9 0s 0d Abraham Robinson of Easington, clerk, 1636 Eighty nine shepe at eight shillins a sheepe 35 12s 0d The cropp of come one the ground 30 0s 0d In the name of god amen, I, Abraham Robinson of Easington in the For the plough geare and waine geare 2 10s 0d countie Durham, clerke, sick in bodie but of good perfect memorie, Houshold stuffe, two cubberts in the hall 2 0s 0d God’s name be praised for it, do mak and appoynt this my last will Twenty pewder dublers with other puder plate 2 0s 0d and testament, as followeth. Beding, thre coverlids 1 10s 0d Seaven happens 1 15s 0d Imprimis, I comend my soull to my most mercifull redeimer and will Thre matterisses 1 10s 0d that my bodie be buried at Easington church. Item, I give unto my Two paire of blanket 1 0s 0d wyfe, Elizabeth Robinson, so long as she remaines my widow; my A boulster with foure pillowes 15s 8d farme in Littill Thorp, near Easington, and my two fynnes or Two calderans 13s 4d coppiholds in Easington, to enjoy and bestow the benefit of the same Five panes 10s 0d towarde her owne maintance and the maintance of my three naturall One iron pott with a brasse pott 10s 0d children, Elizabeth Robinson, Gabriell Robinson and Mildred Thre bed steeds 10s 0d Robinson, and encreasse of their portiones untill my two daughters be A table in the hall with seats 10s 0d married and my sonne, Gabriell, be of the age of on and twentie A longsettle in the hall 4s 0d yeires, and then my wife Elizabeth to have her thirds of the farme, Two chares with thre joynt stooles 5s 0d during the rest of hir life naturall, and the said farme and coppiholds to Soma totalis 153 16s 4d come entirelie unto my said son Gabriell, provyded that my son Gabriell be maintained out of the revenewes of the premisses till he be Valued by us whose names of the age of on and twentie yeires, and my two daughters, Elizabeth is hereunto written and Mildred, untill they be maried or capabill of their portiones; and Robart Chilton [full name signed] in caise my said son, Gabriell, die unmaried or without heyre, that John Gibson, his marke [marked with a symbol] then the said farme and two coppiholds do discend and be divyded George Burdon, his marke [marked with a symbol] equallie betweine his two sisters, Elizabeth and Mildred, and their John Scurfeild [full name signed] heires. Item, I give unto Elizabeth Robinson, my eldest daughter, for her full filiall portion, the summe of on hundereth and twentie pounds, EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 to be payed unto her within halfe on yeir after her lawfull mariag. Imprimis, sex kyne 16 10s 0d Item, I give unto my daughter, Mildred, for her full filiall portione, the Item, on keiping calfe 10s 0d sume of fourscoar pounds, to be payed unto her within halfe an yeir Item, two meires and on horse 2 16s 0d after her lawfull mariage, and fourtie pounds mor to be payed unto her Item, four wedder sheip 1 8s 0d within two yeirs after that. Item, I will that all my housholde stuffe be Item, eight ackers of wheat and eight ackers of warr corne 16 0s 0d divided betweine my wyfe and my two daughters Elizabeth and Item, wheat in the hous, worth 2 0s 0d Mildred. Item, I give unto my son, Gabriell, all my bookes. Item, I Item, of cupboards, tables, chests, chaires, bedding, naperie will that my wife and my son Gabriell be ffynned in the coppihold of and other furnitorie to the value of 40 0s 0d Easington holden of the Bishop of Durham so soon as may be. Item, I Item, his apparrell and purse 10 0s 0d give unto the poore of Easington parish, twentie shillings. The rest of Item, wood about the hous 1 0s 0d my goods, moveablle and immoveablle, my debts, legacies and Item, two capones, fyve hennes and a cock 5s 0d funerall expensses discharged, I give unto my wife Elizabeth and my Item, an gander, a gous and nyne gaislings 4s 0d thrie childr, Elizabeth, Gabriell and Mildred, whom I mak joynt Item, books to the value of 10. 0s 0d executores of this my last will and testament. In witnes whereof, I have set to my hand and seall the first day of Aprill on thousand, sex George Wardell hundred, thirtie sex. Richard Walker Abraham Robinson [full name signed and seal attached] Thomas Paxton DPRI/1/1636/R8/1-3 Witnesses of this will John Hood, witnes Edward Taylor of Haswell Grange, gentleman, 1636 Richard Walker [Both these names in the same hand as the will] Memorandum, that in the month of March, Anno domini, 1636, upon Debts due to the testator or about the xvjth daie of the said moneth in the yeare aforesaid, Imprimi, Mr Nicolas Heath of Eden, elder, four scoarpounds 80 0s 0d Edward Taylor of Haswell Grange in the parishe of Easington and Item, Mr Thomas Nicolson of Hartinpooll, sixtein pounds 16 0s 0d dyoces of Durham, gentleman, being sicke in bodie but of good and Item, William Harrison of Pittington Halgarth, four pounds 4 0s 0d perfect memorie, and advised by Robert Chilton, his neare neighbour, Item, Cuthbert and Robert Jurdeson of Hauthorne, fyve pounds 5 0s 0d to make his will, did, in the presence of the said Robert Chilton and Item, Williame Newbie and John Newbie, ten pounds 10 0s 0d Robert Taylor, likewise his neighbour and some others thear present, Item, John Foster and Nicolas Shadforth, fourteine pounds 14 0s 0d with full purpose and desire to make his will (as the witnesses there Item, Richard Walker, ten pounds 10 0s 0d present conceived) make and declare his last will nuncupatively, by Item, Thomas Robinson of Hawthorne and James worde of mouth, in manner and forme following, or in wordes tending Robinson, ten pounds 10 0s 0d to the like effect, vizt, all the goodes and chattels moveable and Item, George Paxton, eightein shillings 18s 0d unmoveable whatsoever, which I he then interlined had or did belong Item, Henrie Farrow, twentie shillings 1 0s 0d unto him me deleted, I give he did interlined legate and bequeath unto Item, John Foggoat, twentie shillings 1 0s 0d Anne, his his wife, who had forsaken all her freindes in marryeing Item, Elizabeth Kell, ten shillings 10s 0d with him, not doubting but she would prove a loveing mother to his Item, John Poap, fyve shillings 5s 0d children. Witnesses hereof, Robert Chiltoniur, Robert Tayleriur and Item, William Bouer, sex shillings, eight pence 6s 8d others. Item, John Newbie, sex shillings, eight pence 6s 8d A true and perfect inventory of all the goods and chattels moveable An inventerie of all the goods and chattell, moveablle and immoveable, and and unmoveable of Edward Taylor of Haswell Grange, late deceased, houshold stuife of Abraham Robinson, deceased praised the 27 of March by Robert Rutter, Richard ffoster, Robert EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Chilton and John ffoster, viz., as followeth, anno domini, 1637. Inprimis, 3 oxen praised at 12 0s 0d 15th of May 1637 Item, 6 kine praised at 12 0s 0d In the name of God, Amen, I, Thomas Burdon of Shotton of the Item, 3 twinter calves and 2 yeare old ones 4 0s 0d parrish of Easington, yeoman, beinge sicke of body yet of perfect Item, 14 sheepe hoggs praised at 4 2s 0d memorie, thankes be to Almightie God, do constitute & ordaine this Item, one gray horse and one browne mare praised at 4 0s 0d my last will & testament. First, I give & bequeath my soule unto Item, one gander & 2 geese praised at 4s 0d Almightie, my maker & redeemer, & my body to be buried in the Item, one turky cocke and a turky henne 3s 0d churchyard of Easington. ffirst I give to my foure daughters by legacie Item, the croppe sowen upon the earth praised at 4 0s 0d the third part of my goods, that is, to witt, to Anne Burdon, Tomeson Item, the seed sowen at Woodston house 5 16s 0d Burdon, Aylce Burdon & Merrill Burdon. Next, I give unto my wife, Item, 2 cubboardes, one towel, 8 buffet stooles & 2 tables 2 10s 0d Aylce Burdon, hir due parte, & the rest of my goods, both moveable & Item, one trunke and one chest praised at 2s 6d immoveable, I give unto my sonne Nicholas Burdon, Anne Burdon, Item, 2 drinkeing jugges 6d Tomeson Burdon, Aylce Burdon, Merrill Burdon, my foure daughters, Item, one standing bed and one trinell bed praised at 6s 8d to be divided amongnst them. Also I make my wife, Aylce Burdon, Item, 2 feather beds, 2 bolsters, 4 feather cods and 2 paire my full & sole executor of this my last will & testament. of blankets praised at 2 0s 0d Debtes owen to the testator. Item, 3 coverlets, one carpet and 4 happings 1 6s 8d lmprimis, Katherine Sheraton, now the wife of Item, 7 cushions praised at 5s 0d Miles White for clothes, petticotes, wastecote Item, 3 paire of sheets, 2 paire of pillows, 3 towels, 3 lin with laces 2 3s 4d table cloathes, one dozen and a halfe of napkins 2 0s 0d William Tomson of Hawthorne oweth to the testator Item, on fowling peece praised at 10s 0d the sume of 30 0s 0d Item, peuter and brasse praised at 2 0s 0d William Cadwell of Sunderland, for a bacon flitch Item, the wood vessell as churnes, pales, bowles, cheswarts John Garfoote of Windgate Grange oweth for a whey at 2 creame mugs, 2 stands praised at 10s 0d Whitsuntide next 2 12s 8d Item, 2 axes & one spaid praised at 2s 0d Phillip Tweddell of Windgate for a cow to be payd at For plough geare & waine geare praised at 1 0s 0d Martinmas next 3 0s 0d Item, one paire of iron barres, 2 spits, one rackencrooke and Guyan Ridley for a cow to be payd at Martimas & one tongues with other implements 10s 0d come a twvelmoneth 3 1s 0d 2 butter baskets praised at 8d John Watson of Munkehesledon 1 0s 0d Item, 7 yeards of hardne and 4 pound of woollen yearne. 5s 6d Item, John Trowlop, esquire, of Thornley oweth to the Item, his purse and apparell praised at 3 0s 0d testator the sume of a C & ten poundes as appereth by bond 110 0s 0d Summe totall is 62 14s 6d Item, my sonne, Nicholas Burdon, oweth 5 0s 0d Samuell Bell of Hetton 6s 4d whereof oweing by the deceased 33 17s 4d Richard ffoster Debtes oweinge by the testator Robert Rutter Ffirst, to Robert Etherington 6s 2d John ffoster Robert Chilton, his marke Thomas Burdon DPRI/1/1637/T1/1,3 Wittnesses of this testament iuratus Thomas Burdon of Shotton, yeoman, 1637 Christofer Richardson George Burde iuratus marke EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Richard Juredeson marke Richard Belt John Midford Clement Calvret DPRI/1/1637/B12/1 Richard Ayre

An inventorie of the all the goods & chattles moveable and unmoveable of Thomas Ayre, late of Easington, deceased, apprized the 15th day of January, 1637, by Gilbert Thomas Ayre of Easington, yeoman, 1637 Paxton, Georg Paxton, John Jurdeson and Henry Clarke. In the name of God, Amen, I, Thomas Ayre of Easeington in the countie of Durham, yeoman, weeke in body but strong in mind & of a Imprimis, his purse and apparel 2 10s 0d sound, perfect & disposeing memorie, God's name be praised for it, Item, for bedding 1 0s 0d doe constitute, ordaine and make this my last will & testament in Item, for two bed steeds 8s 0d manner & forme followeing. First, with a fre & willing hart, I render Item, for 4 chists 1 0s 0d & give into the hands of my lord & creator my spirit which, of his Item, for wooden vessel 1 0s 0d fatherly goodnesse, he hath given me, nothing doubteing, but that of Item, for 2 cubboardes 4 0s 0d his fatherly goodnesse & infinite mercies, set forthe in the blode of his Item, for a table 12s 0d welbeloved sonne Crist Jesus, our onely saviour & redemer, he will Item, for 5 buffett stooles & chares 7s 0d receive my soule into his glory & place it amongst the heavenly angells & blessed saints. And, I will that my body be buried in Item, for 4 quishans 2s 0d Easeington church or church yard or other parishe church or church Item, for 11 puter dishes 1 15s 0d yard, within which parishe it shall please God to make separacion Item, for a quart pott and a flagen 4s 0d betwixt my body & soule. Item, I give and bequeath unto Alice my Item, for 5 candlesticks 7s 6d wife in full of what she may or can pretend to have for her widdow Item, for a salt seller & a flowre pott 2s 0d right, the somme of threescore pounds oflawfull mony of England or Item, for a pewter beaker & a boule 1s 6d other goods or chattells in satisfaction of the same. And, as for my two Item, for 2 cettles & 3 panns 1 6s 0d children, Ann & Elizabeth Ayre, in respect they are infants & of Item, for 2 brass potts 18s 0d tender yeares, and alsoe presumeing that my father, Robert Ayre, Item, for a frying pann 2s 0d would have assigned over the farme in Easeington, on which I now Item, for a brush 8d live & remaine, if I should have been likely to have lived any tyme but Item, for a speate 1s 6d now not in my dispoicion, I doe therefore require & humbly pray my Item, for a grate 4d said father, Robert Ayre, to take my said daughters, Ann & Elizabeth, Item, for one pare of barrs 8s 0d into his care & custody, to se them brought up in good nurture & in Item, for a rackencrooke 2s 0d the feare of God, and to give them such competent porcions as to him Item, for a paire of tongs 6d shall seeme fitt, either in his life tyme or by his last will, if it shall Item, for one paire of sheetes 4s 0d please God to call him before they be disposed of. The rest of my Item, for a codd and a winding cloath 3s 0d goods, moveable & unmoveable, my debts, legacies & funerall Item, for a happin 3s 0d expenses discharged, I give unto my father, Robert Ayre, whom I IteJm, for a spining wheele 1s 5d make sole executor of this my last will & testament. In wittnesse Item, for a hopper, 12d, seaves & riddles, 12d, 2s 0d th whereof, I have set to my hand & seale this xvj of September Anno Item, for a peck and a haife peck 1s 0d Domini 1637. Item, for 4 oxen 17 0s 0d Thomas Ayre seal Item, for 3 cowes deleted kine 8 6s 8d Witnes hereof Item, for 3 calves 1 13s 4d EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Itjem, for a horse and a mare 6 0s 0d praedicti defuncti, Tho Ayre, per Robertum Ayre Item, for 2 paire of linn wheeles, one paire of wollen wheles 5 6s 8d product et iurat Item, 2 coupe waines, a long waine & axletree & 2 axle nailes 7 10s 0d Item, 2 paire of stings, 3 axle nailes & an axle tree 10s 0d 1. Iprimis, interrogetur eorum quilibet( expeito prius et pena Item, for 2 plough beames 2s 8d testis falsidici) cui parti partium magis favet et cui conferet victoriam Item, for a plough 8s 0d in had causa si in sua potestate esset eandem conferre; et interrogetur Item, for an oxe harrow & 2 horse harrowes 12s 0d eorum quilibet con et div de quolibet. Item, 2 somes. a boult & a shackle 4s 0d Item, 3 pokes 3s 4d 2. Item, interrogetur quilibet testis quo loco quo die qua parte dies Item, 2 grapes and a forke 2s 8d conditum fuerit huoi di testament et an sit doctus vel instructus vel Item, a paire of pincheres and a spaide 1s 0d informat quid ac qualiter diceret vel dependret in hac causa. Et a quo vel quibus ac quasndo vel quomodo fiat ut . Item, for 2 axes 1s 2d Item, for a saddle 1s 0d 3. Item, who wrote the said pretended testament, whether did the Item, for the corne in the garthe & the straw 10 0s 0d testator dictate the same verbatim as it is now published, was not the Itemm for one loade of wheate 1 0s 0d will brought readie written to the testator or did he give short notes of Item, for the cropp on the earth 20 0s 0d the substance and give order that it should be drawne up into forme, if Item, for hay & straw in the barne 3 0s 0d yea, is this will be the same in substance with the said noates and where be the said notes. Et fiat ut supra. Henery Clarke, his marke John Jurdeson, his marke 4. Item, whether did not the testator say he would further consider of George Paxton, his marke the said will and that he might thinke of some thing else than was Gilbert Paxton, his marke there expressed or alter some things that were allready disposed of. If so, what were those things that he would alter and whether did he alter Debts oweing by the testator them before he died. to John Pope 3 15s 0d to Edward Burden 3 0s 0d 5. Item, interrogetur cor quilibet de vera cause scientiae suae de to Mary Dawson 3 0s 0d causa ac dep mis sue dep m . Et fiat ut supra. to William Wilson 1 0s 0d DPRI/1/1637/A10/1, 3-4 arrearages for sessments during the testator's life tyme 8s 0d for one man's wage 9s 0d Frances Shepperd of Haswell, 1638 for funerall expences 2 11s 0d for the probat of the will & tuition of the children 1 12s 10d May the 12. 1638 Item, to Edward ffell 2 4s 0d I, ffrances Shepperd of Haswell, sicke in bodye but yet sound in mind Item, to Margarett Gowland 2 0s 0d and of perfect memorie, godes name be praised, doE thus utter my Item, for a horse to the executor 2 10s 0d mynde willing all whome it shall concerne, upon God’s blessing & Item, to Mister John Wisk for physick 7s 0d myne, to be content thearewith I leave.. Imprimis, I give to my sonne Item, payde since to the chancellor and Mr Newhouse Thomas his five children, ffrances Shepperd, Thomas Sheppard, John and others for proveing of the will in formall juris 1 13s 0d Shepperd, Joane Shepperd, Alse Shepperd, fifty shillinges equally to be devieded. To my daughter Allison hir eldest sonne, John Jackson, 2li. To hir other children, Alsibath Jackson, Grace Jackson, Nickeles Jackson, Alse ffoster, wife to William ffoster, forty shillings equelly Interrogia ministrat et per parte Aliciae to be devided. To Elsibath Robson, wife to Georg Robeson of Ayre, viduae, contra omnes et singulos testes EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Halthorne, 20s. All the rest of my goods moveabel and unmoveable, unto me by my father, Tommas Burden, his last will & testement by my debts, legaties and funerall expences being discharged, I give to legasie or by my chaild part or by any way or menes may fall dew my daughter Allison Jackson whome I make executor of this my last unto me. In witnes wherof she haith set to hir hand and mark, the day will & testament. and yeare above written. ffrances shepperd, the marke of Anas hir marke Burden Witnesses In witness wherof we Robert Rutter have set to ther handes iuratus Raiph Bartill mark Christofer Richardson iuratus Raiph Newbie Richard Jurdeson John Potter An inventary of the goods of DPRI/1/1638/B11/1 ffrances Sheppard, late of Hall Haswell, deceased. Gabriel Robinson of Easington, 1642 Imprimis, a bond date? to the said deceased by Richard Walker 13 0s 0d In the name of God, Amen, I, Gabriell Robinson of Easington in the Item, the reversacon of a lease for a yeare & a halfe county of Durham, being sicke in body but of perfect minde and att xls per annum 3 0s 0d memory, praised be God therefore, doe make this my last will and Item, his apparell 5s 0d testament in manner and fourme following, ffirst, I bequeath my soule 16 5s 0d into the hands of Almighty God and my body to be buried within the DPRI/1/1638/S5/1-2 chancell of the parish church of Easington. Item, I give unto the poore of the parish of Easington aforesaid, the summ of three pounds, to be Annas Burdon of Shotton, 1638 disposed of at the discretion of my executor [hereafter named almost illegible]. Item, I give and bequeath unto my brother in law, William Johnston, clerke, the bigger deske standing in my study at Easington In the name of Gode Amen, I, Annas Burdon of Shotton within the parrish of Essington, sicke in body but in good and parfite and I give my lesser deske to my couzin, Michaell Walker. Item, [I remembarrance, thankes be to God, I do maike this my last wille and give almost illegible] unto Anne Johnston, daughter of the said testament in maner & form following. First, I give and bequeath my William Johnston [illegible] bowle. Item, I give unto Jane Car, ten sole into the handes of allmighty God, my maker and redemare, and shillings. Item, I give unto Robert Tong, one cloath coat. Item, I give my body to be buryed within my parrish church yard of Essington, the and bequeath unto the aforesaid William Johnston, all my books xxxiiij day, June 1638. which were given unto me in legacy by the late, faithfull preacher of God's word, Mr John Rudd, for which bookes the said William Imprimis, I give & beque unto Tommeson Burden in legasie, sixlibra Johnston, clerke, is to pay the summe of fourty pounds, for satisfying xiijs. Iitem, I give unto Alese Burden in legase, sixlibra xiijs iiijd. Iitem, of my debts, legacies and funerall expences which, being fully I give to Meroll Burden in legacie, sixlibra xiijs iiijd. Iiteme, I give unto discharged, the remainder of the said fourty pounds, if any be, as also Elezabeth Stodder, wife to William Stadder, vli & one chist. Iitem, I the rest of my goods and chattells, as namely bills, bonds, debts, duties give unto William Stodder's sone one yowe & a lame in legasy. Item, I or other specialties whatsoever, I give and bequeath unto my two will that Richard Jurdeson shall be paid for my table which comes to sisters, Elizabeth, now wife of the said William Johnston, clerke, and xxxijs. Item, my will is that the mony which I have given to my three to Mildred Robinson, equally to be divided betwixt them. And I doe sisters by legasie is to remaine in my brother Nicollas Burdon hand till hereby constitute and appoint the said William Johnston, clerke, to be they come to xxi yeares or els be married and he to pay them use for full and sole executor of this my last will and testament. In witnessing it, acording to the statut. Item, all the rest of my goods, whereof, I have hereunto sett my hand and seale the fourth day of moable & unmoable, I give unto my brother Nicollas Burden whom I December, Anno regni regis Caroli nunc Angliae etc. xvij, Anno maik my exsecutor of this my last will and testement which is dew Domini 1641. EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Gabrjell Robinson [full name signed, and sealed] my last will & testament in manner and forme following, that is to Read, published and declared say, first and principally, I commend and commit my soule into the in the presence of hands of almighty God, my maker, hoping assuredly by the death & George Robinson [full name signed] passion of my saviour, Jesus Christ, to have life everlasting & my Marmaduke Peart [full name signed] body I commend to the earth from whence it came & the same to be buried within the parish church yard of Easington afforsaid. Item, I An inventory of the goods that appertained to Gabrill Robinson give & bequeath unto the poore of the parish of Easington the ssomme Of Esington, late deceased, taken by Mr Thomas Nicholson of of ffourtie shillings. Item, my will & and minde is, soe long as my Hartinpoole in the county of Durham, marchant, and Richard Walker executor pleaseth, to keepe the aforesaid ssomme of fforty shillings in Of Littlethorpe of the said county, the six day of July, Anno D[om]ini 1642 their hands to pay at Christinmas tern poore widows of Easington, each of them foure pence, for the use of it, & my minde is when they Imprimis, a library of bookes that was left unto the deceased by please to pay in the sume to the church stocke of Easington. Item, my his uncle, Mr John Rudd, valued at 40 0s 0d minde & will further is that my wife Elinor shall have & inioye all my Item, one silver bowie, valued at 1 10s 0d lands, tenements, hereditaments whatsoever lying & being in the Item, two deskes, valued at 13s 4d towne territories and fields of Easington soe long as she is my widow Item, bookes belonging to him by his father, valued at 5 0s 0d and unmarried. Item, my will & minde further is if my wife Elinor Item, his bedding, valued at 1 10s 0d marie, then to have yerly during her life naturall sseven pounds paid, Item, his cloathes, valued at 3 0s 0d that is to say, three pounds tenn shillings to be paid out of the lease for Item, his trunke, valued at 3s 4d lives & likewise thre pounds tenn shillings out of the lease for Item, due to him upon by a bond by Mr Spencer, disperate debt 10 0s 0d yenaces{?], the one halfe at Penticost & the other halfe at St Martin Itejm], due to him by his uncle North by legacie 7 0s 0d the Bishopp in winter by even & equall proportions. Item, my will & minde is that my daughter, Elinor Watson, shall have & inioye all my Summe 68 16s 8d lands, tenements hereditaments whatsoever lying & being in the towne fields and territories of Easington, belonging to a lease for Debts owing by the testator years, to enter upon the afforesaid lease for yeares as soon as my wife Elinor doth marie, paying yearly unto my wife Elinor the ssome of Imprimis, owing to William North of Sheephall in the three pounds tenn shillings as above saide. But & if my wife Einior county of Hartfordshire, the summe of 20 0s 0d remaine my widow until her death soe long to inioye the afforsaid Item, owing in Cambredge 17s 0d lease for years, without Item, owing to his uncle John Walker 3 12s 0d interruption of my daughter Einior or any other claiming any right by Item, for funerall expences 7 0s 0d or from her. Item, that my will & minde is that my daughter, Elizabeth Paxton, shall have & inioye all my lands, tenaments & hereditaments Thomas Nicholson [full name signed] whatsoever lying and being in the towne fields & territories of Richard Walker [full name signed] Easington, belonging to a lease ffor thre lives and to enter upon the DPRI/1/1642/R5/1,3 afforsaid lease for lives as soone as she shall marie, if that she marrie with her mother's consent but & if she shall marie without her Gilbert Paxton of Easington, yeoman, 1645 mother's consent, not to enter unpon the afforesaid lease till her mother' s death. Item, I give & bequeath unto my daughter, Elizabeth In the name of God, Amen, the twentie seaventh day of ffeburarie, Paxton, one third part of all my goods and chattels moveable and Anno Regni Regis Carolis, &c. viginto, Anno Domini 1644, I, Gilbert immoveable. Item, I give and bequeath unto my George Paxton's eight Paxton of Easington in the countie of Durham, yeoman, sick in bodie children, ech of them, ffive shillings. Item, I give and bequeath unto butt of good & perfect remembrance, praised be God, doe make this my brother Edward Paxton’s six children, ech of them, ffive shillings. Item, my will and minde further is that my brother, Edward Paxton, EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 shal have the acker of land he now inioyeth, ffree wrought in the tourse of husbandry. Item, I give and bequeath unto my daughter's In the forehouse Elinor's ssone, William Watson, one mull eared stage. Item, my will & Item, eighteen puter platers, one morter, two brasse minde further is that my brother, George Paxton, shall have one halfe candlestickes, four puter candlesticks, thre salt acker of land in ech of the thre ffields during his life naturall out of the sallers, one fflaggon potte, one quart potte, one lease ffor yeers and his heirs and executors to take up & carie away chamber potte 1 8s 0d their new[?] growing croppe after my brother's death. All the rest of my goods & chattles, whatsoeve, movable and unmoveable, my debts, In the chamber legacies and ffunerall expences paid & discharge, I give and bequeath Item, one bedsteed, one ffeatherbed, one bolster, unto my wife, Elinor Paxton and my daughter, Elizabeth Paxton, ffive pillowes, two coverlids, ffour happings, whom I make and ordaine executors of this my last will and testament, thre pair of linne sheets, thre pair of harden revoking and fforsaking all former wills by me fformerly made. In sheets, one rugge 5 0s 0d witness hereof, I have hereunto sett my hand and sseall this twentie seaventh day of ffebrarie, anno Domini 1644 . Debts owing to the testator Gilbert Paxton, his mark [marked with a symbol] Imprimis, John Briggnell of Lampton 23 0s 0d Witnesses hereof, Item, Robert Renardson 10d Christopher Bee, his mark, [marked with a symbol] Michaell Bryan [full name signed] Debts owed by the testator Richard Rawlin [full name signed] Imprimis, his fflmerall expences 5 6s 8d Item, bishoppe's rents 3 16s 5d A true imventorie of the goods & chattells Item, sservant wages 2 9s 4d of Gilbert Paxton of Easington who deceased the Ittem, tithe rent [no entry] ssix & twentie day of March, Anno Domini 1645 Ittem, to Richard ffoster of Easington ffor a yoake of oxen 7 16s 8d Cristopher Bee, his mark [marked with a symbol] Imprimis, his purse & apparell 2 0s 0d Georg Bordon, his mark [marked with a symbol] Item, eight oxen 24 0s 0d Richard Ralling [full name signed] Item, nine kye 15 0s 0d Michaell Bryan [full name signed] Item, a white mare and a stone colt and a ffillie 4 0s 0d DPRI/1/1645/P3/1-3 Item, corne in the barne, thrashed & unthrashed 4 0s 0d Item, the croppe on the ground 40 0s 0d George Paxton of Little Thorpe, 1645 Item, wood in the hay barne 1 10s 0d Item, plough & plough gear, waine & waine gear with A true inventorie of all the goods & chattelles of George other imployments belonging to husbandrie 6 13s 4d Paxton; of Little Thorpe, late deceased, praised the 5t daye of Item, a lease for yeares 40 0s 0d Maie 1645 by Symond Lackenbie, Christopher Bee, henry Clarke and John Jurdeson, viz. as hereafter followeth. In the fforehouse Item, one cubborde & a presse & a table & a frame & Inprimis, eight oxen & one blacke whye praised at 27 0s 0d a chaire, thre bufforde stooles & a furme 3 0s 0d Item, 7 kine & 5 calves praised at 18 0s 0d Item, tubbes, skeels & bowles with other Item, 8 acres & a halfe of whete land & as much warecorne wooden imploym[en]ts 10s 0d land at Thorpe 24 0s 0d Item, one kettle, one potte, thre panns, one Item, at Easington 2 acre of whete land & 5 acre of dreeping pan, one pair of barrs, a porre warecorneland 9 0s 0d & a pair of tongs, one speet & a reckencroke 1 0s 0d EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Item, corne in the stagarth & corne in the barne praised at 8 0s 0d Item, to Christopher Paxton 12s 0d Item, peese in the garner praised 1 12s 0d Debt which the deceased did owe 77 0s 0d Item, on little Gallaway mare 1 6s 8d 113 3s 4d Item, plowe geere & waine geere 4 10s 0d The debt deducted there remains 36 3s 4d Item, one cubbord in the hall praised at 1 10s 0d Symon Lakenbie [full name signed] Item, one buffett form, one table, 2 buffett stoles & on Richard ffoster [full name signed] glasscase; item, 2 olde chares, 3 skeels, one cradle, John Jurdeson, his mark [marked with a capital “T”] 3 canes & one picher pott 16s 0d Christopher Bee [marked with two vertical lines] Item, 7 booles, 8 dishes, one chime, one kitt to put butter in 11s 0d Hennery Clarke [marked with three vertical lines] Item, in the parlor, one bedsted with tubes & other things DPRI/1/1645/P2/1 praised at 1 0s 0d Item, 3 foues, 2 grapes, 3 forkes, two spads & on shoule, Richard Walker of Littlethorpe, yeoman, 1646 one axe & one muckhack 8s 0d Item, in the loft, 2 bedsteeds & in the low rome, wood geer 2 5s 0d In the name of God, amen, I, Richard Walker of Litle Thorpe in the Item, 2 coverlids, 3 happines, 2 shetts & 4 sakes & pookes 1 0s 0d county of Durhame, yeoman, being sicke in bodye but of a sound Item, 13 peace of puder, 3 candlesteckes, 1 chamberpott, mynde, doe make this my last will and testament in manner following. 2 pint potts & one quart pott, 3 flowre potts 1 4s 0d First, I bequeath my soule into the hands of Jesus Christ, my Item, one brasse pott, 1 ireone pott, 2 frying panes, one redeemer, and desire my body to be buried in the church of Easington. little pane 9s 0d Item, I give to my sonne, Michae; Walker, my farme in Litle Thorpe, Item, one pare of bares with reckencrooke, toonges & speet with all other my lands and houses their, as also the halfe of my stocke & one firdall 4s 0d of goods. Item, I give unto my sonne, John Walker, for his filiall Item, 6 quissions, one goosse & one henn 6s 0d portion, the summe of foure hundreth pounds or my lands of Litle Item, 3 looggs or peaces of wood lieing in the streat 13s 0d Eden when he shall come to the age of one and twentithe yeares and Debts oweing the deceased, Richard Thomson, 4li 6s 8d, till then my will is that my sonne, Michael Walker, shall injoy the John Brignell, 5li 2s 0d 9 8s 8d profits of the said lands, he allowing to my sonne John sufficient Some totalle is 113 3s 4d maintenance during his minoritie and at full age my sonne, John Walker, shall enter upon the foresaid lands of Eden or shall receive for Debts oweing by the deceased the same from my sonne Michael the foresaid sum of foure hundred Imprimis to Margaratt Robinson 20 0s 0d pounds. Item, I give to my daughter, Ann Burne, ten pounds. Item, I Item, to Helin Paxton, widow 10 0s 0d give to my [sic] sonne, Anthony Burne, two blacke stottes. Item, I Item, to wedow Herreson 14 0s 0d give to my grandchildren, John and Michael Burnes, ten pounds. The Item, to George Paxton 4 0s 0d rest of my goods and chattels whatsoever, my debts and funerall Item, to Margarat ffoster of Durham 5 15s 0d expenses being discharged, I give to Elizabeth Walker, my wife, and Item, to Thomas Whelden 4 0s 0d to John Walker, my sonne, to be equally divided betweene them Item, to John Lambert 4 0s 0d whom I appoint to be executors of this my will and testament. In Item, to wedow Patteson 2 0s 0d witnessing whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seale, at Litle Item, to Anthony Taller 2 0s 0d Thorpe, the first of July, Anno 1644. Item, to William Paxton 1 0s 0d Richard Walker [full name signed and sealed] Item, to Hellin Paxton the wife of Gilbert Paxton 1 16s 0d Signed and sealed in the presence of Item, to George Wardlle 2 13s 4d William Johnston [full name signed] Item, to Elsabeth Wardell 7s 6d John Jurdison, his marke [marked with a symbol] Item, to Mr Thomas Nickolson 1 10s 0d Item, to Thomas Catehesson of Kirklie 3 6s 8d EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 A true inventorie of all the goods & chattells of Richard Walker of Litle Thorpe, laite deceased, prised the twentifift In the buttere & chiching of September 1644, by William Younge, Thomas Lighton, Item, bowles, tubs, stands, one ould cupbord, two ould John Jurdeson & Richard ffoster as hereafter followeth cawels with other smale emplements 1 10s 0d Item, in the garding, fower bee hives 1 10s 0d Inprimis, his purse & apparell prised at 5 0s 0d Item, one lease houlding of the Deane & Chapter 16 0s 0d Item, alsoe 200 threves of wheate prised at 2s 6d per Item, one steepeleade & an ould sile-hare prised 2 10s 0d threves, in his own stacyard & barne 25 0s 0d Item, in the same stacyard, 20 threves of big prised at 3 6s 8d Disparate debts oweing to Item, 100 threves of oates in the same stacyarde at 6 13s 4d the desseased as foloweth Item, pesse in the same stacyard prised at 4 0s 0d Item, by Thomas Reed of Harte 27 0s 0d Item, hay in the same stacyard & of the same ffarme 8 0s 0d Item, by Richard Mullins of Hart and John Wilson Item, 12 kine & a bull pris[ed] att 21 13s 4d of Lumley Castle 7 5s 0d Item, plow and plow geare, waine & waine gearit 13 6s 8d Item, by Captain Robert Sharpe of Hawthorne 5 5s 0d Item, 14 sheepe prised at 3 10s 0d Item, by Mr. George Lecke, curate to D[ ], clarcke 1 3s 0d Item, 8 oxen prised at 23 0s 0d DPRI/1/1646/W1/1-3 Item, one ould gray mare prised at 1 0s 0d Item, two oxen & two stotts & two calves 12 0s 0d Item, corne att Eden feilds pris[ed] att 10 0s 0d Item, hay att Eden feilds pris[ed] att 2 6s 8d Isabell Thompson of Shotton, 1646 In the haule hose Item, 2 cubbords, 2 tables, 2 chares, 3 buffett stowles and In the name of God, Amen, I, Isabell Thompson of Shotton in the one buffett forme 3 0s 0d parrish of Easington, being sicke in bodie but whole & perfect in Item, one pair of iron bares, 2 recon croukes, one fier remembrannce, praised be unto all mightie God, as concerning here shovell, a pare oftonges, a pare of iron rackes, one my last will and testament in maner and forme as followeth. First, I spett, one pare of broyling irons 13a 4d commend my soule unto the hands of all mightie God, my maker & Item, two potts, 5 candlestickes, 10 puter platens, one redemer, and my body to be buried in Easiington churchyarde. quart pott, one bowle, one morter & a pestle, six Imprimius, I bequeath & give unto my eldest brother, George quissions, with other smale emplements 3s 0d Shadforth, one oxe & a gray meare. I give unto my brother, Richard Shadforth, two oxen, one meare price in money, a coole waine and the In the parlor geare belonging to it. Item, I give to my two youngest sisters, Barbarie Item, two bedstedes, one leveracobert, two chares Shadforth & Alise Shadforth, 3 kye and all my houshold geare except and one trinell bed 1 0s 0d one bedd and a desk. I give the desk bedd deleted to Robert Harrison, Item, two fether beds, 3 coverlids, 5 happings, 5 coarse my brother-in-law, & the bed desk deleted to my sister, Margett shets, 10 fether cods 3 10s 0d Harrison, & I give unto my father, one oxe. Debtes oweing unto me, John ffarrowe, twentie shillings, I give to my father. Thomas Reed, In the two upper roumes thirtie five shillings tenn pennce, I give to my father. Witnesses to the Item, two chares, one stand bed, 2 trinell beds, one chist, said, one table & a carpett cloth, scepes, shering,[illegible] Isabell Thompson, marke sives w[i]th other smale emplements 1 10s 0d Robert Jurdison uratus mark Item, thre coverlids, two materisses, two pare of shets John Nelson & 4 fether cods 1 0s 0d EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 George Shadforth mark wife and child. In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my DPRI/1/1638/B11/1 hand this 13th of January 1646. Christopher Shacklock of Great Haswell, 1646 Signed in the presence of us Christopher Shacklock George Ridley his mark In the Name of god Amen I Christopher Shacklock of Great haswell John Shacklock sick in body but Christopher Shacklock his mark perfect in memorie thanks be to god do make this my last will and testament in A trew and perfect inventorie of all the goods and chatles of Christofore manner and forme following ffirst I give and bequeath my soule unto Shacklocke of Great Haswell, deceased, praised by foure honest men chosen almighty go my for that purpose, vizt., William Shipperdson, John Gregson, Robert Rutter and Saviour and Redeemer in and through whose blood I hope to be saved Raph Bartell, the 21th Januarij, anno domini, 1646 and my body to the grave. Imprimis I give to my brother Richard Shaddock thre Imprimis, 22 kyne and a bull, prased at 80 0s 0d pounds for a legacie Ite, 2 quies and a stot 7 10s 0d I give to John Shacklock my brother Richard sonne eight pounds for a Item, 4 yeare old stirkes 4 0s 0d legacie I give Item, 3 calves 2 0s 0d to my brother Mark Shacklock ffortie shillings my legacie and to Item, 85 olde sheep, ewes and wethers 53 2s 6d everie one of his Item, 35 hoggs 15 0s 0d three children thirty shillings a peece. I give to my aunt Margaret Item, one mare 1 10s 0d Ridley a quy of 2 Item, 3 swyne 1 6s 8d years old I give to Margaret Shacklock my wyve's sister twenty Item, 2 geese 5 hens & a cocke 8s 0d shillings . I givae to Item, hay of the ground 6 0s 0d Richard Shacklock my wife's brother ten shillings that whaereas It Item, 2 cubords, a table, 2 stoles, 2 chares & a form hath pleased god in the forehouse 2 10s 0d that my wife being now with child that if her saye child shall live a Item, puther in the house 1 0s 0d yeare after birth I Item, brasse vessele 1 13s 4d give unto the said Child thre sorce pounds for a porcion and it it please Item, iron implements 6s 8d god it dye Item, lyning and harden cloathes 2 10s 0d within a yeare then I give and bequeath to my said wife Thirty pounds Item, the bed and bedstees in the inner chamber 2 10s 0d of the said Item, 3 chests, a table & a spinning wheele 10s 0d money and I give to everyone of my brother Mark's Children now Item, a bed in the midle chamber and the furniture 10s 0d living fower pounds a peece and Eighteen pounds to John Shacklock Item, 2 coverlids, 2 blankets & curtans 1 13s 4d my brother Richard's sonne I Item, 22 cheeses 1 13s 4d givae to the poor of this parish forty shillings and I make my loving Item, wood vessell about the house 1 10s 0d wife Jane Item, 6 qushions 3s 0d Shacklock sole executrix of this my last will and testament and I give Item, 12 ponnes of linning and harden yame 12s 0d unto her all my Item, a cheese press & 2 spining weeles, with other goods moveable and immovable the legacies discharged And I make wood utences about the house 5s 6d my uncle George Item, his purse and apparrell 5 0s 0d Ridley of Durham supervisor of this my same will and ffeosie In trust The total sume 194 4s 2d for my same William Shipperdson, John Gregson, Robert Rutter EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Raph Bartell, his marke Martij 250 Anno Domini 1648 DPR1/1/1646/S3/1-3 Item, in ready monies in the house att the time of the death Robert Etherington of Edderdacres, 1647 of the said Robert Etherington 68 0s 0d.

Aprill the 23th, 1646 Which said summe the widdow and administratrix of the deceased’s goods, An inventorie of all the goods movable and unmovable of Robert Etherington came of her owne accord & desired it might be added unto the inventary, of Ederdacre, deceased, praysed by foure indifferent and honest men (viz) being formerly concealed by reason of the danger and troubles of the times. John Thompson, Richard Read and William Watson of Shotton, and Elizabeth Etherington, signum [marked with a cross] Thomas Sigswicke of Castleden, yeoman, as ffolloweth Attestatur per hos ffideiussor eius Imprimis, thirteene kine and weyes, jli 15s 6d a beast 23 1s 6d Edwardi Newby signum [ marked with a capital E] Item, three yeare olde calves, 13s 4d a calfe 2 0s 0d Ralph Newbie [full name signed] " tenn old sheape and foure lambes, 4li 4 0s 0d " one maire, two pounds and 10s 2 10s 0d Summa totalis omnium et singlorum 143 6s 10d " his purse and apparrell, ffortie shillings 2 0s 0d DPRI/1/1647/E4/1-2 " three cubords and one cawell, 3li- 3 0s 0d " one chiste 6s, seaven pewter dublers, 2 candlstickes, Thomas Robinson of Hawthorn, yeoman, 1649 one salt, three little sawcers, one pewter boule 12s 18s 0d " an old table, two cheasbords and a chaire, 2s, one In the name of God amen, I, Thomas Robinson of Hawthorne in the brasse potte with an old kettle, a frying pan, barres, countie of Durham, yeoman, being sick of bodye but of good and tongs and reckon crookes, 12s 14s 0d perfect memorie (thanks be to God for it) doe make my last will and " milke boules, cheasefatts, a sincker and trainchers, 4s 4s 0d testament in maner and forme followeing. First, I bequeath my soule " three stands, two skeles, a kitt and a knopp tubb, one to Almightie God, my maker, hopeing to be saved by the miritts and levien tubb and one coffer, 10s, an iron soame, a rope, passion of Jesus Christ, my only saviour and redemer, and my body to an axe & a spad, 4s.4d 14s 4d be interred in the churchyard of Easington, my parish church, nere the " two old chistes and one chease prese, 4s 4s 0d east end of th said church. Lmprimis, I give to the poore of Easington " one bedd steede, one curne, forkes and other impliments,11s 11s 0d parish to be added to the church stock fortie shillings by legacie. Item, " on bill belonging to William Brasse, 11li, in readie money, 22li 33 0s I give to my eldest sonne, Michael Robinson, on bay gelding or ten 0d pounds by legacie. Item, I give my younger sonne, Abraham " desperate debts, Cuthbert Walker, jli 6s, weadow Robinson, ten pounds by legacie. Item, I give to my wife, Ellen Shiphird, jli 4s 2 10s 0d Robinson, on of my best kine to chuse on where she pleaseth by Summ 75 6s 10d legacie. The rest of all my goods, moveable and immoveable, my John Thompson, his mark [marked with a symbol] debts, legacies and funeral! Expences discharged, I give and bequeath Richard Read [full name signed] to Abraham Robinson, my younger sonne, whome I make sole Thomas Sigswick [full name signed] executor of this my last will and testament, provided allwayes that if it William Watson, his mark [marked with a symbol happen my said wife, Ellen Robinson, to be with child and the said child to live, then the said child to be joynt executor with my said xxvto Martij Anno Domini 1648 sonne Abraham. And I do constitute and appoynt my beloved wife, Quo die comparuit personaliter Elizabetha Etherington, vidua, uxor nuper et Ellen Robinson, supervisor of this my last will and testament and tutor administratix dicti defuncti et exhibuit hanc schedulam extendenta ad suma for my children. In witness wherof I have set to my hand and seale 68li 0 0, quam petijt recepi et admitti et huic inventorium annecti this 15°th of June, anno 1647. Thomas Robinson, marke [marked with a symbol and sealed] EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Witness Item, all the poultrij 10s 0d Thomas Taylor [full name signed] Item, his purse and apperrell 5 0s 0d Richard ffosteriur [full name signed] 173 12s 0d Robert Sharpe [full name signed, with an illegible abbreviation] Prizers names Robert Sharpe [full name signed] Execuc[o] comisse Abrahamo Robinson et Janae posthum et filia dicti Richard ffoster [full name signed] defuncti coexecutoribus Nicholas Shadforth [full name signed] Thomas Sharp [full name signed] A true inventorie of all [th]e goods DPRI/1/1649/R3/1,3 & chattles moveable and immoveable, of Thomas Robinson of Hawthorne in the countie John Thompson of Easington, yeoman, 1653 of Durham, yeoman, late deceassed, valued and prized by us whose names are under- In the name of God, amen, I, John Thompson of Shotton in the parish witten this 27th day of September, 1647 of Easington in the county of Durham, yeoman, being sick in body but of good and perfect memory, thankes be to God, doe make this my lmprimis, 3 oxen 18 10s 0d last will and testament in manner and forme followeing. ffirst of all I Item, 4 kine and 2 quies 20 10s 0d committ and commend my soule into the hands of Almighty God my Item, 3 year ould quies 5 0s 0d maker, hopeing assuredly through the onely merits of Jesus Christe, Item, 17ten ould sheap & 13ten lambs 13 5s 6d my saviour, to be made partaker of life everlasting, and my body to be Item, on bay gelding 7 13s 4d buried in the church yard att Easington. Alsoe I give and bequeathe Item, on draught horse & a stagg 6 6s 8d unto my daughter, Elizabeth Thompson, the summe of thirty pounds, Item, on calfe 13s 4d and to my other daughter, Anne Thompson, the like summe of thirty Item, all the come and hay 57 6s 10d pounds. And to either of my said daughters I give and bequeathe the Item, on sue and 5 piggs 1 13s 0d summe of seaventy pounds apeice for and in lieu of their filial! and Item, 4 bee hives 2 0s 0d child's porcion, provided that they and either of them doe marry with Item, 2 cubbords, i table, 1 chare, a spence, 2 formes the good will and likeing of their mother, Babara Thompson, & a trunke bed in the forehouse 6 3s 4d otherwise they are to have their legacies onely. Alsoe I give and Item, in the chamber below, 1 bedstead, 1 chest and a counter 2 0s 0d bequeathe unto my wife, Barbara Thompson, all my freehold lands in Item, in the chamber above, on bedsteed, 1 boulster, Shotton soe long as she shall continue my widow. And if that she shall 2 pellowes, 4 bed covers, 2 payre of valances happen to marry, then she is have but onely her thirds. And my will with hangers, 2 carpitts, 6 quissions, 1 table, and minde is that my said wife shall, out of the rents, issues and 2 chists, 2 chares, 4 stooles, 1 levery cubbord profits of my my said lands dureing all the time that she shall enioy and bason & ewer 10 0s 0d the same, pay unto my eldest sonne, George Thompson, for and Item, in the chamber over the forehouse, a trunck bed, towards his maintenance after he shall attaine his full age a spenning wheale and a cradle 10s 0d oftwentyoneyeares,the summe of tenn pounds yearely, att the feasts of Item, 4 payre of sheats, 12 napkins & 6 pellowes 3 0s 0d Pentecost and St Martin the Bishopp in Winter, by equall porcions. Item, all the pewter and brass 3 10s 0d Alsoe I give and bequeathe unto my sonne John Thompson, his heirs Item, 2 payre of iron grartes, 1 payre of tonges, friing & assignes for ever, immediately from and after the death or pan, rick crook with other implements 1 0s 0d intermarriage of my said wife which shall first happen, my house Item, skeels, tubs, boules and other wudden vessel 1 0s 0dl which William Appleby doth now dwell in, and my house that Item, ploughs and plough geare, waines and waine Nicholas Usher doth now dwell in, and the one halfe of my freehold geare with forkes 7 0s 0d land in Shotton aforesaid. And last of all, I doe constitute, ordaine and Item, esh wood unwroughte with a payre of new silles 1 0s 0d appoint my said wife, Barbara Thompson, to be full and sole executrix EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 of this my last will and testament. And I doe hereby revoake and The eighteenth day of January in the year of our Lord 1654, English adnull all and every other former will and testament by me in any wise style, a commission issued forth unto William Younge, cozen to the before this time made. In witnes whereof, I have hereunto sett my deceased principal! and residuary [illegible] named in the nuncupative hand and seale the ninetenth day of May in the yeare of our Lord one will of Anne Younge, late of Ether Dakers deceased, to administer thousand, six hundred, ffifty three. John Thompson, his marke. with the said nuncupative will annexed, all and singular the goods, Signed, sealed and declared by the said John Thompson to be his last chattells and debts of the said deceased, hee being by vertue of a will and testament in the presence of John Richardson, Edward commission first sworne truly to administer the same accordinge to Newby, Michael Brian. the tenor and effect of the said will there beinge no executor or executrix named therein. This will was proved att Westminster before the judges for probate of Register of wills, National Archives, Prob11/243 wills and graunting of administracions, the eight and twentieth day of July in the yeare of our Lord God one, thousand, six hundred, ffifty Edward Burdon of Easington, 1657 three by the oathe of Barbara Thompson, the relict of the said deceased and sole executrix named in the said will, to whome was Memorandum that on or about the tenth day of the month of August In committed administracion of all and singular the goodes, chattells and the yeare of our Lord God, One thousand, six hundred, ffiftie and debts of the said deceased, she being by vertue of a commission first seav, Edward Burdon, late of Easington in the countie of Durham, sworne truely to administer. deceased whilest hee lived and was of perfect mynde and memory and Register of wills, National Archives, Prob11/226. haveinge an intent to make his will and dispose of his estate, by word of mouth did speake and utter theese words following or the like effect (to witt) I give and bequeath to my sonne, ffrancis Burdon, ffoure Anne Young of Ether Dakers, widow, 1654 score pounds. I give unto my brother, George Burdon, tenne pounds in William Wardell’s hands. I give unto eyther of my two sisters now Memorandum, that on or about the eighteenth day of October in the living, ffive pounds a peece. I give unto Robert Paxton, Thomas yeare of our Lord God 1654, Anne Younge, late of Ether Dakers in Paxton 's brother, and to his sister Alice, ffive pounds a peece. I make the county of Durham, widdowe, deceased,, beinge sicke of body but and ordaine ffrancis Burdon, my sonne sole executor and doe of a sound & perfect memory and understandinge, and havinge a nominate, constitute and appointe my loveing ffrein, Richard fforster, serious intencion and setled resolucion to make and declare her last tutor and guardian for my said sonne ffrancis, which words, or the like will and testament, did, in the presence of credible witnesses heerafter in effect, hee, the said deceased, spake and uttered with an intent the named, nuncupatively and by word of mouth make and declare the same should stand and bee as and for his laste will and testament. In same in manner and forme followinge, or in words tendinge to their the presence and heareinge of divers credible witnessed, witnesses like effect, vizt: I doe gyve, leave and bequeath all my goods and thereof Robert Sharpe, John Jackson, his marke. estate or all that whatsoever I have unto my loving cozen, William Younge, meaninge William Younge of Ether Dakers aforesaid in the This will was proved att London before the judges for probate of wills county aforesaid, savinge some small matter or guift which I will bee and grauntinge adminstration, lawfully authorized, the sixteenth day given unto or bestowed upon Mary Sparke her childe, meaninge the of September in the yeare of our Lord, One thousand, six hundred, childe of Mary Sparke, a small token of remembrance by and att the ffifty and seaven by the oath Riachard fforster, testamentary curator discrecion of my said lovinge cozen, William Younge, or shee the said and guardian of ffrancis Burdon, the sonne and sole executor named in deceased used, uttered and declared wordes of the like effect with a the said will of William Burdon, deceas, to administer all and singuler full intencion that the same should stand and bee for and as her last the goods, chattells and debts of the said deceased, for and dureing the will and testament, in the presence and hearinge of credible witnesses. minority and nonage of the said mino to whom administration of all Elizabeth Paxton, her marke, Alice Newby, her marke. and singuler the goodes, chattells and debts of the said deceased was EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 committed, hee being ffirst by commission sworne truly to administer Item, I give to the power of the parish of Easington to be added to the the same. church stock thre pounds, the consideracon yearly to be given to the National Archives, Prob11/267. poore of Hawthorn. Item, I give to Matthew White, my second sonn, the water milne and bancks thereto belonging and two closes called Nicholas Bordone of Shotton, 1660 the milne closes butting on the north on the strate leading from Hathorne to Durham, on the south on the hallfeild and the east A true invytory of goodes and chattles of Nickkolas Bordone Sunderland streat, and west on Richard and Robert Davyson, Of Shotton, latte desease, in yeare 1660 containing by estamacon twelve acres, more or less, to him and his heires for ever, dureing the ...... of a lease for on thousand yeare Inprimis, his purse and apparall 1 9s 6d betwen George and William Wardell on the on parte and me, the said Item, a horse and a cowe 3 13s 4d Milles White, on the other parte, as by the said lease more att large Item, on coubert and that belongs to the head of it, may appere. I give the said Matthew White forty pounds in currant 5 puder dishes, 2 saltes, one flaging pot, 1 mony of England and all this for his filiall porcon to be paid when he tone, one pueder boule, one quart pote, one shall come to the yeares of on & twentie. Item, I give to Catheron chamber pote, one canddelsticke 1 6s 8d White, my daughter, thre score pounds of lawuall money of England Item, 5 miclke boules, one chease fate, one buter for her filiall porcon, to be paid att mariage or when she shall come to cite, one flackate, 9 tranchers, 7 dishes, one the years of twenty and on. Item, I give to ffrances White, another of quart cane, one cupe, 6 spunes 4s 8d my daughters, thre score pounds of like lawfull English money, to be Item, tow pare shites, 3 coverings, 4 codes, 3 payed att mariag or when she shall come to the age of twenty and on. pillowes, 1 bordcloth 19s 0d Item, I give to Martin White, my eldest sonn ,all my plough gere and Item, tow bedes, one chist, one cirne, three stands waine gere by legacy. The rest of all my goods mouvable and one barell, towe skeales 12s 0d imouvable, my debt, legacies, porcons and funerall expences Item, one table and a frame, one chare 6s 8d discharged, I give to Elizabeth White, my wife, who I make sole Item, one brasse cettell, two ioreone potes, one brasse pane 15s 0d executrix of this my last will and testament and tutor for my children. Item, one paire of ireone bares, one recking croke, one pare In witness whereof, to this my last will and testement, I have sett to of tonges. 4s 0d my hand and seale the ninth day of ffebruary, 1658. 9 5s 10d Milles White, seal Thomas Houson, his marke [marked with a symbol] Witness William Appleby [full name signed] Robert Sharpe Leatt Burdone, weadoe, her marke [marked with a symbol] Nicholas Wudds, mark DPRI/1/1660/B1 DPRI/I/1661/W17/1

Miles White of Hawthorne, yeoman, 1661 Richard Read of Shotton, yeoman, 1662

In the name of God, Amen, I, Milles White of Hawthorne in the In the name of God, amen county of Durham, yeoman, being sick in body but of good and I, Richard Read of Shotton in the county of Durham, yeoman, being perfect memorie, prased be God, doe make this my last will and sicke of body but of perfect memory, praised be almighty God, doe testament in manner following, first, I bequeth my soule to almighty her make my last will & testemente in manner and forme fforme God, my maker, hopeing to be saved through the miretts of Jesus following. Imprimis, I bequeath my soule to almighty God and my Christ, my redeemer, and my body to be interred in the church yeard body to theburied in deleted dust. Item, I give to the poore, thirteene of Easington. shillings, fowr pence, to be distributed at my buriall. Item, I give to my sonne, James Read, five pounds, and to my sonne, Thomas Read, twenty shillings and to my sonne, Richard Read, twenty shillings and EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 makes them joynte executors of this my last will and testemente and, three table clothes, three yards of harden, ten yards having heard it read and consedered of it, I have sealed it and of woollen cloath 2 5s 0d subscribed it this eleveanth day of September, 1662. Item, seven tubs, three skeps one hopper, one voyder 9s 6d Item, one wineding cloath, six sackes & pokes, with seves Richard Read, his marke seal and riddles 5s 0d William Youngiurat Item, brasse and puter 4 16s 10d Robert Leighton Item, brue vessell and milke vessel, one glasse case, cannes and other implements 1 10s 0d A true inventory of all the goodes & chattles, Item, gease and other pultery 6s 0d both moveable & immoveable, of Richarde Item, sadles with an old arke and other implements 9s 0d Reads of Shotton, deceased the 19th day of Item, money in the house 2 19s 6d September and prised the 26th of September 1662 by fowre sufficient, honest men, Debts oweing to the testator namely, William young, William Watson, Imprimis, Thomas Read of ffishburne 20 0s 0d William Read & Robert Leighton as ffolloweth Item, Robert Read of Durham 7 0s 0d Item, Richard Read of Mordon 4 10s 0d Imprimis, his purse & apparel 2 10s 0d Item, Richard Robinson of Sunderland 1 13s 4d Item, fowr oxen 23 0s 0d totall 264 11s 8d Item, fowrteene kine 46 0s 0d Item, sixty sheepe 18 0s 0d Debtes oweing by the testator Item, nine swine 2 5s 0d Imprimis, William Read of Durham, one bond 103 10s 0d Item, six horse & mares and one foale 18 6s 8d Item, William Moore of Sherington, one bond 41 12s 0d Item, the cropp of corne 65 0s 0d Item, Mary Atkinson of Biddick, one bonde 20 8s 0d Item, the hay 12 0s 0d Item, Charles Thompson of Sunderland, one bonde 20 8s 0d Item, the winter eatage at Crowes house 5 0s 0d Item, Raiph Hedley of Durham, one bonde 21 10s 0d Item, plow & plow geare, waine and waine geare 11 5s 10d Item, John Sharpe 1 7s 0d Item, land to be sowne at Crowes house 3 0s 0d Item, Richard Jackson 12s 0d Item, Crowes house rent 36 0s 0d Item, in the forehouse, two cubarts 2 spences & on Item, Bushopp rent 15s 10d hurle bed, one table & one frame, one furme, one Item, tith rente 9s 6d chist, one chaire, 6 stooles, 1 long sittle, one dreeping Item, John Marr of Hardwicke 13s 0d pan, one frying pan, with other implements, with 8 Item, Robert Young of Newcastle 1 10s 0d quistions and one bedding of cloath 6 3s 0d totall 259 3s 4d Item, in the parler, one leavey cubbart, one table with William Young Frame, one chaire 15s 0d William Watson Item, in the chamber over the parler, two beds with bed Robert Leighton cloathes, one table with frames 1 12s 0d DPRI/1/1662/R4/1,2 Item, in the chamber over the forehouse, one bedsteed with bed cloathes, one presse, one table with frame, Nicholas Heath the elder of Little Eden, 1662 three spinning wheales, two paire of wooll cards, on chist, two timees, with other implements in In the name of God, amen, the first day of July in the yeare of our that roomr. 3 10s 0d Lord God, 1659, I, Nicholas Heath of Little Eden, the elder, being Item, five sheets, six pillows, thre towels, ii table napkins, weake in body yet of perfect & good memory (I praise my God for it) EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 doe constitute & make this my last will & testament in manner & executrix of this my last will and testament, desireing my welbeloved forme following, ffirst and above all, I commend & committ my soule friends, Richard ffoster of Easington, George Jurdeson of Little Eden into the handes of Almighty God, my creator & maker, assureing and Robert Sharpe of Hawthorne, to be supervisors of this my last will myselfe that through faith in the merittes and mercyes of Jesus Christ, & testament, and to be aiding & assisting to my wife in the due his onely sonne & my onely saviour, to obtein salvacion without any performance thereof as my trust is in them reposed, to whome I give trust and confidence in my selfe. And for my body, my minde & will twenty shillinges as a token of my love amongst them. In testimony is be decently buried where my executrix thinkes most fitting, when it whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & seale the day and yeare shall please God to call me to his mercy. As for all my landes and abovesaid. Read, signed, sealed and acknowledged to be his last will worldly goodes which God hath endued me withall, my minde & will & testament, in the presence of Robert Newhouse, publique notary, is as followeth, ffirst I give, legate & bequeath my capitall mesuage Richard Newhouse, George Kirkeby younger. and tenement, togeather with all other my landes and tenements lyeing Concordat haec copia una cum & being at Little Eden in the county of Durham, with their & every of originali epr per me Robert their appertenances unto my dearely beloved wife, Elizabeth Heath, Newhouse, egrarium dureing her life naturall (the satisfying and dischargeing all my debtes that I really owe unto anybody out of the issues & profittes of my The 26th day of November, anno domini 1662, landes as they shall arise and become due unto her after my death). Thomas Heath, sonne of the said Nicholas Heath, Item, I give, legate & bequeath unto Thomas Heath, my sonne, the received from the handes of Robert Newhouse, summe of twenty poundes per annum forth of my landes at Little Eden register, the originall will of his said late ffather to be paid unto him halfe yearely, that is to say, at Whitsontide, at deceased at the probate thereof. Martinmasse, by eaven & equall porcions, whether shall first happen after my death and the same to be duly paid by my executrix dureing May 17 his life naturall, in full satsfacion of his filiall and childe's part & 1660 porcion. ltem, I give & bequeath unto my daughter, Katherine, the A true & perfect schedule of the goods & chattells moveable and immo- summe of five poundes per annum forth of my landes at Little Eden, veable late of Mr Nicholas Heath of Little Eden, deceased, praised by to be paid unto her yearely, dureing her life naturall, by my executrix four men the day & year abovesaid as followeth in full satisfacion of her filiall childe's part & porcion. Item, I give, legate & bequeath unto my daughter, Elizabeth Waddell, the summe Imprimis, in the hall one drawing table, one chest valeued att 11s 0d of tenn poundes for a legacye, to be paid by my executrix. Item, I In the parler, one drawing table valewed att 2 0s 0d give, legate & bequeath unto Archbald Waddell, my grandchilde, the ltem, two livery cupbords, two chairs, 7 could stools att 1 8s 0d summe of ffifty poundes when he shall attaine to the age of xxjty In the closet, one old chest valewed att 1s 0d yeares, to be paid by my executrix out of my landes at Little Eden In the parler, one clock with strings & plumbs att 1 3s 4d aforesaid. Item, my will & minde further is that after the death & In the closet, one iron way bank & one heckle att 1s 4d decease of my loveing wife, Elizabeth Heath, and after all my debtes In the kitchen, one tempsis, five shelves, 2 chesbords at 6s 0d & legacyes be fully satisfyed & paid, that then all my landes and One table 6d tenements in Little Eden whatsoever shall come and discend unto my One trough stone, a long settle bed, a salt it, 3 speets at 11s 0d grand childe, Nicholas Heath, sonne of my sonne, Thomas Heath, and In the little roome & in the great chamber, ne bedsted at 1 13s 4d to the heires of his body lawfully begotten forever. And faileing the Two livery cupbords 18s 0d heires of his body lawfully begotten, then to the next heires of me, the One rund table & one pres at 1 4s 0d said Nicholas Heath, forever. Item, I give, legate & bequeath unto my Two wainscot chests 12s 0d sister Burnell fforty shillinges to buy her a ring in token of In the chamber over the parler,one bedsted, one livry remembrance of my love towardes her. All the rest of my goodes, cupbord, one chest, 4 sheets, one chair 1 18s 0d moveable & immoveable, whatsoever I give, legate & bequeath unto One ffetherbed, one mat, two blankits, one rugge, one Elizabeth Heath, my loveing wife, whome I make my full & sole coverlid, one boulster, 2 down pillows, 5 curtains EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 & vallance at 3 10s 0d In the kitchin chamber, one cupbord, on bedsteed, Robert Jameson of Easington, yeoman, 1662 4 curtains, 2 fetherbeds, 2 boulsters, on flock boulstr, 2 old coverlids, one blankit 5 10s 0d In Dei nomine, Amen, whereas I, Robert Jameson of Easington in the The hall bars & kitchin bars at 12s 0d countye of Durham, yeoman, being sicke and crasye in body yet of The 2 little chamber bars, the great chamber bars good & perfect remembrance, praise be to almightye God, doe make, & the parler with 2 pair of tongs & rand iron 10s 0d constitute & doe ordaine this to be my last will & testament in manner In the closet in the garret, one table, 3 shelves 1s 6d & forme as followeth, the 13th day of March in the fourteenth yeare of In the yallow chamber, 3 chairs, one wool wheele 3s 0d the raigne interlined of our soveraigne lord, Charles the second, King Two kurnes, one milk syle 5s 0d of England &c., Anno Domini 1661. Imprimis, I doe give & bequeath Six empty kasks, one off basket 3s 0d my soule into the hands ofAllmightye God, my most gratious & One peck, one half peck 1s 0d mercyefull maker & creator, nothing doubting but, in & through the 3 milk bowls, 8 chesswayts & one sinker 2s 0d meritts & mediation of Jesus Christ, my most gratious & mercyfull One little tub & one skele 6d redeemer, he will take it & receive it to his mercye. Also, I bequeath One dryer for corn, one Flanders chest & one hamper my body to the earth to be buryed in the church at Easington, in full & with 12 curtain rods 9s 6d assured hope of resurection. And, as for my worldly goods, I doe give In the study, one table, 9 shelves, one Flanders chest, on & bequeath as followeth. Item, I doe give & bequeath to my daughter, old chest with one pair of garden sheeres 8s 0d Elizabeth Smyth, her heires & assignes, the south house & garthe in In the middle garret, one old bedsted with cords 8s 0d Clappersgate in Easington aforesaid for ever. Also, I give & bequeath In the great garret: one bedsted, one trunk bound with iron, to my said daughter Elizabeth, the summe of twentye pounds in the one wainscot chest with other lumber 18s 0d yeare to be payde to her or her assignes at Martinmase & Penticost by In the garner, one table leaf with 2 iron feet, 6 dales, one equall proporcions & soe halfe-yearely every yeare for and dureing wainscot door, 2 old axes, 2 hammers, one markin the tearme of her life naturall, to be payde out of my lands at iron, one hay spade, one sick, one iron gavelet, 6 hoops Easington. I also give & bequeath to my said daughter, twentye for tubs 11s 0d pounds to be payd at my death or within sixe monethe next after. Item, In the larder, one siling board, on chest, 2 shelves, a brake, I doe give & bequeath my grand child, Elizabeth Smyth, my one cask 12s 0d daughter's her eldest daughter, all my lands, houses & tenement in On great bowl 5s 0d Readmarshall, after my death, to enter upon when she shall attaine to In the milkhouse, one syling board, 14 shelves, one chesspress 10s 0d the age of eightene yeares, together with all the rents & profitts which In the brewhouse: one brewlead, 4 tubs & a seall, a pair of shall issue & arise interlinedforth of the said lands after my death, to gantres, on bench 3 6s 8d be payd & accompted unto her untill she shall accomplishe the said In tongs chamber, one bedsted, on trunk wth other lumber 1s 0d age. Also, I doe give & bequeath to my said grandchild, Elizabeth In barn, one pair of bound wheeles, one pair stings, one Smyth, one hundred pounds in money to be payde her when she shall axletree, 2 ploughs, one ox harrow, 2 hors harrows, on ship attaine the said age of eightene yeares, together with a read rugg & yard, & a peece of oak, one chesebough, one gate 3 0s 0d bedding which I have, one chest, a paire of barrs & a paire of tonges. I One little dunnad 2 13s 4d doe give to my said grandchild or otherwise if she shalbe lawfully Ln the barn, 18 thrave of wheat at 2 10s 0d marryed, my will is that she enter one the abovesaid profitts before the 38 18s 0d said age. Item, I doe give & bequeath to Jane Smyth, my daughter Elizabeth Smyth her third daughter, the summe of three hundred George Jurdeson pounds, to be payde to her when she shall attaine to the age of John Jurdeson eighteen yeares or otherwise shalbe lawfully marryed, together with William Bee one chest at Easington. Item, I doe give & bequeath to Ann Smyth, my DPRI/1/H11/1-2 daughter Elizabeth her fourth daughter, the summe of two hundred EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 pounds to be payde her when she shall attaine to the age of eightene An inventorie of all the goods & chattells, mouveable & immouveable of yeare or otherwise shalbe lawfully marryed. Item, I doe give & Robert Jameson, late of Eassington in the countye of Durham, yeoman, bequeath to Dorithye Smythe, my daughter Elizabeth her fifth deceased, apprized & set down by foure men, viz: John Humble, John Welsh, daughter, the summe of two hundred pounds, to be payde her when Henry Willyamson & John Mitcheson, the 13th day of October, Anno domini she shall attaine to the age of eightene yeares or otherwise shalbe 1662 lawfully marryed. Item, I doe give & bequeath thone halfe of all the usse & intrest of all the abovesaid summes to each particeler child, her lmprimis, the purse & apparell of the deceased 5 0s 0d part to goe forward to be an augmentacion to her porcion. And if any ltem, a read rugg with some other bedding 1 0s 0d of these four children dye, that her porcion shalbe divided amongst the ltem, two chests, a paire of barrs, a paire of tongs with some rest, my will is. Item, I doe give to my sister Ann Atkinson, the other iron implements 8s 0d summe of fortye shillings with my best cloathes to her husband. And Summa 6 8s 0d to each of my said sister Atkinson's foure children, twentye shillings a peece, to be payd at my death or within sixe monthes after. Item, I doe John Humblle give to William Chilton & to Robert Chilton, my sister Marye her two John Welsh sons, twenty shillings apeece, to be payd them at my death or within Henry Williamson sixe monethes after. Item, I give to my brother Richard Jameson, his John Mitcheson daughter, twentye shillings, to be payd at my death or within six moneths after. Item, I doe give to be bestowed one my fflmerall Debts owen to the deceassed expences, twentye pounds. Also, I give to the poore people of by these followeing Easington towne, ffortye shillings, to the poore people of Shotton, lmprimis, Mr John Brignell 108 0s 0d twentye shillings and to thother poore people which cometh in ltem, John Watson 129 12s 0d communion, two penc apeece. Item, I give & bequeath to Widow Jane ltem, William Mallam 108 0s 0d ffroud, her bond at my death which is seaven pounds, eleven shillings, ltem, William Chilton 80 0s 0d eight pence. Itjem, I give & bequeath to Margret Smyth, my daughter's ltem, John Twentieman 21 12s 0d second daughter, three pounds, to be payd at my death or within sixe ltem, Margaret Smyth, widow 114 0s 0d moneths after. Item, I doe give & bequeath to my brother, Richard ltem, Robert Sharpe 54 9s 9d Jameson, & to my daughter, Elizabeth Smythe, the other halfe of all ltem, Ellener Watson, widow 43 4s 0d the usse & intrest, to be equally divided interlined, untill the children ltem, Richard Bee 32 8s 9d above mencioned shall accomplish the age abovesaid or otherwise ltem, Thomas Todd 43 4s 0d shalbe lawfully marryed, which two, my brother Richard & my ltem, Thomas Paxston 21 12s 0d daughter Elizabeth Smyth, I doe make to be sole interlined executors ltem, William Chipchasse 21 12s 0d to this my last will & testament duely executed. In wittnesse hearof, I ltem, John Hixson 11 17s 8d have heareunto set my hand & fixed my seall, the day & yeare first ltem, Richard Clarke 21 12s 0d above ltem, William Davyson 10 16s 0d written. ltem, John Pattyson 10 16s 0d Robert Jameson, his marke ltem, John Jackson 10 16s 0d ltem, William Stoddart 4 0s 0d Signed & sealed in the presence of ltem, John Hixson & William Stoddart 7 0s 0d John Humble iurat ltem, John ffoster 3 5s 0d William Mitcheson ltem, Richard Welsh 2 4s 0d John Mitcheson iurat ltem, James Denton 2 10s 0d ltem, William Wardaille 1 0s 0d ltem, Nicholas Emmerson 17s 0d EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Summa 864 17s 2d Debts owed by the deceased ltem, more owen to the deceased due upon bond from one To George Robinson 6 12s 9d Thomas Simpson the summe of 5 6s 0d To Edward Paxton 10 0s 0d DPRI/1/1662/J5/2 To Richard Rawlin 6 16s 8d To Mr Willyam Midford 4 0s 0d William Wardale of Easington, yeoman, 1663 To Mr Thomas Cradock 2 2s 6d To Henry Smith 1 10s 0d The inventorye of all the goods and chattells, moveable and To ffrancis fell & Alis Potts 11 0s 0d immoveable, of George deleted Willyam Wardayle, late of Easington in the To Mr ffarrow if it appeare due 5 0s 0d county of Durham, yeoman, deceased, prised the eight day of Aprill, annoque To George Wardale 5 1s 10d domini, 1663, by us Richard Braidley, Christopher Richardson, senior, and More for the suite 2 5s 0d Thomas Robinson, Richard Draver, in manner & forme following To George Wardale which he paid to Mr Shadforth 5 0s 0d To George Wardale & Christopher Wardale if due 20 0s 0d Inprimis, his apparell and purse 21 0s 0d To Robert, George, Thomas & Eli Hippell 41 0s 0d Item, a nag and two mares 5 0s 0d To Eli Hippell for a cowe 4 0s 0d Item, two oxen 10 0s 0d 124 8s 9d Item, five kine 11 0s 0d DPRI/1/1663/W7/1 Item, five stirks 6 0s 0d Item, sixe calves 2 0s 0d John Shadforth of Hathron, yeoman, 1664 Item, a sowe and thre pigs 16s 0d Item, eight sheepe 2 5s 0d December the first, 1663. Item, nine acres of wheate & about twelve acres In the name of God, Aman, I, John Shadforth of Hathron in the county of pease & oats 26 0s 0d of Durham, yeoman, being wake in bodie but of good and perfickt Item, plow geare and waine geare 1 0s 0d memorie, prased be to all mighty God, doe make my last will and Item, halfe the rate of one cupboard 10s 0d testament in forme as foloweth. Imprimis, first, I give my sole unto an old chirne, a stand, and an old barrel 3s 4d God who gave it and second my bodie to bured at the churchyard at The hay is included in the mouveable goods Dalton and thirdly I dispose of my goods as foroweth. Item, secondly, 66 14s 4d I give unto my eldest daughter, Margrat, ten pound for a lagese out of my movabell goods to goe forward for hir behalfe. Item, and thirdly I Given under our hands the day and yeare above said give unto my loving wife the third part of all my land goods during hir Richard Braidley life naturall. Item, and 41y, my will is that the tow part of my land shall Richard ffoster go for the bringen up of my thre children during there minoritie. Item, Thomas Robinson and fiftly, my will is that after the death of my loving wife, that my Richard Draver thre children, Margrat, Elsibeth and Isabell shall have all my land equaly distribeted amongst them. Item, and sixtly, my will is that my Debts owed to the deceased loving wife and thre children be joynt excetores of this my last will By Mr. Anderson 64 0s 0d and testament. In witness wherunto I have set unto my hand and seale. By Mr. Henry Lampton that is to say, the heires and John Shadforth seal r executors of S Willyam Lampton deceased 00 0s 0d Witneses By the hires & executor and administrator of Thomas ffosteriur Robert WiIkinson 54 0s 0d John Marshall 218 0s 0d EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Robert Shadforthiur twentie shillings. Item, I give unto each of my brother, John ffoster's children, three shillings, foure pence. Itim, I give unto each of my January the 15th, 1663 brother, William ffoster's children, three shillings, foure pence. Item, A true inventory of all the good and chatles moveable after my debts & funerall expencs being discharged and my wife, hir and immoveable of John Shadforth of Hawthrone, lately third sett fourth, and leggacies paid, I make my sonnes, George ffoster deceased, valued and prized by us whose names are underwritten & Richard ffoster, and my daughter, Margaratt ffoster, my whole executors of this my last will & testament. In wittnes hereof I have Imprimis, five coowes and three stots 20 0s 0d hereunto sett my hand and seale the daye & yeare first above written. Item, eighteen olde sheepe, sevene sheepe hoogs 6 10s 0d Richard ffoster, seal Item, three yeare old stirks 2 5s 0d Wittnesses Item, one horse 2 13s 4d William Young Item, all the corne and hay with the crope on the ground 8 13s 4d Abraham Paxtoniur Item, two cubarts in the forehouse with pudeer, brase, Thomas ffoster one table with two formes and other smale implements 5 9s 4d Nicholas Paxtoniur Item, one bedstead in the chamber with other smale implements exepting two arkes which is heirelomes is 1 17s 0d June the 29th 1665 Item, his purse and apparall 1 10s 0d A true inventory of all the goods and chattels, moveable and The sum totall is 48 18s 0d immoveable of Richard ffoster of Easington, latly decesed, The priseres’ names vallued and prized by us whose names are hereunto Thomas ffoster subscribed. Thomas ffoster Robert Marshall Imprimis, his purse and apparel 5 0s 0d Robert Shadforth Item, eight oxen 24 0s 0d DPRI/1/1664/S2/1,3 Item, seaven kine and a bull 20 0s 0d Item, one stot, 2 yeares old, and three storks 4 10s 0d Item, ffoure calves 1 6s 8d Richard Foster of Easington, yeoman, 1665 Item, horses, mares and fooles 11 0-s 0d Item, twenty foore acres of wheate, rye and bigg 48 0s 0d In the name of God, Amen, 1655 April 23th, I, Richard Foster of Item, ffiftene acres of pease and ots 17 0s 0d Easington in the countie of Durham, yeoman, being whole & sounde Item, ploughs and plough geere, waines and waine both of body and mind, which I give my gratious God most hartie geere, with other smale things thereunto belonging 10 0s 0d thankes for it, doe make this my last will & testament as followeth. First, I bequeathe my soule into the hands of Almightie God, hopeing In the hall to be saved by the mirites of Jesus Christ, my redeemer, and my body Item, beding and one bedstead 1 10s 0d to be buryed in Easington church earth. I give & bequeath unto the Item, one table, one carpit, one forme, one chare poore of Esington parish, twenty shillings. Item, I give unto my wife, one quision 10s 0d Isable ffoster, the best cowe which I gave in token of my love. I give Item, a cubart, a spence and one glase case 3 0s 0d unto my sonne, George ffoster, thirtie pounds. I give unto George Item, putter dishes, ten, three salts, two books, Robinson or to his wife, my daughter Elizabeth Robinson, tenn one candilsticke with other smale things 1 10s 0d pounds. Item, I give unto Christofer Robinson, sonne of my sonne-in- Item, three pannes, one ketle, one pot, a speete, law George Robinson, twenty shillings. Item, I give unto Christofer a paire of tonges, a ricke crooke with other Hendry, sonne of Cuthbert Hendry, twentie shillings. Item, I give smale things thereunto belonging 16s 0d Richard Robinson, sonne of Thomas Robinson, my sonne-in-law, Itjem, all the wooden vessel 14s 0d EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Item, three table cloaths, thertene table napkins, Also, I give unto the said Thomas, all my mony yearely due from two pare of lining sheets, two paire of harden Georg Richardson & Robert Byers of Shotton as may appear by a sheets, six pillyvers, one towel 2 5s 0d statute, marchant and defezance. Also, I give unto the said Thomas Midford, three hundred pounds due to me from Robert Johnson of In the parler Newcastle, alderman, as by a statute marchant and defezance may Item, one table, foore buffat stules, three chares appeare. To my sone, Christopher Midford, I give and bequeath all my one forme, foure quisions, one chist, one trunke, lands in Pittington mannor and one hundred and fifty pounds in mony. one bible with other booke 1 7s 4d To my daughter, Ann Ingleby, I give one hundred pound and will that Item, one bed for a sarvant 10s 0d the remainder of her portion (being twenty pounds), be duely paid her. To my daughter, Mary Tonstall, I give three hundred pounds. To Item, in the uper roume, one table, one carpit, one bed Elizabeth Buttler, my grandchild, I give one hundred pounds, to be and bedstead, one chist and one chare 2 0s 0d payed at her marriage or when she shall be twenty and one years old and if the said Elizabeth shall dye before either of these tearmes, that The sume is £154 19s 0d then the mony shall return to my executor. To my sister,Allis Clavering, I give five marks yearely, to be paid her out of my land at The prizer's names Hutton aforesaid for her naturall lyfe and further doe will that her Thomas ffoster annuety of twenty nobles, given her by my brother Christopher Cuthbert Hendry Midford of Hulam, esquire, be duely paid her out of the same land in George Paxton Hutton Henry aforesaid, according as it hath been paid her. To Ann John Jackson, his marke Thursby, now with me at Pespool, I give ten pounds. To Barbara DPRI/1/1665/F10/1,3 Midford, daughter of my brother Charles Midford, I give ten pounds. I give ten pound to bye a fayre marble stone to lye upon my grave. To Thomas Midford of Pesspool, esq., 1666 my sone, William Ingleby, I give fourty shillings to buy him a ring. To my sone, William Tonstall, I give fourty shillings to buy him a gold In the name of God, Amen, I, Thomas Midford of Pespool in the ring. To William Liddall, I give six pounds if he lyve not at Peespool county of Durham, esquire, being in health of body and in perfect but if he continue at Peespool, I will that he have meat, drink and memory, thanks be to Almighty God, trusting, through the meritts of lodging during his naturall lyfe. Further, I doe make my sone, William Jesus Christ to be saved and to live in the lande of the everliving God, Midford, sole executor of this my last will, charging him to pay and doe make this my last will and testanment in manner and forme discharge all my just debts. And I doe (make deleted) give unto following. first, I give my soule into the hands of Almighty God and William Coleman, six pound, thirteen shillings and foure pence, left my body to be buried in Esington church. And, for my worldly goods, him by my brother Christopher Midford. I doe appoint Thomas I give and bequiath to my loving wife, Ellinor Midford, one third part Sanderson of Hedlihope, overseer of this my will and doe give him of my lands in Esington aforesaid for her naturall lyfe, two hundred five pounds for a token. In witnesse of those presents I have hereunto pounds in mony and a silver tankert which she brought with her at set my hand and seal this seventh day of October, one thousand, six her marriage. To my sone, William Midford, I give all my lands at hundred, fifty nine. Pespool (my wyv's joynter only excepted for her lyfe) and all my Thomas Midford seal lands in Hutton Henry called Blackly, Huddick, Herrin Meadow and Signed and sealed in the presence of the moor. Also, to the said William Midford, I give all my eightenth Georg Tonstall part of the grand leas collyery within the mannors of Whickam and Ralph Barker iurat Gatesyde, with all my part of colemines in Jesmondfeilds within the county of Northumberland. To Thomas Midford, sone to the said A note of what moneys haith been paid and discharged by William, I give all my lands in Esington, except a third parte, with the Mr. William Midford of Pespoole monys yearely due to me from Robert Paxton of Esington aforesaid. Imprimis, paid ffunerall charges 130 0s 0d EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 paid to Ellen Midford 200 0s 0d paid to Christopher Midford 150 0s 0d Anthony Byars of Shotton, 1668 paid to William Inglebye 122 0s 0d paid to William Tonstall 302 0s 0d November the 13th 1668 paid to Thomas Midford 550 0s 0d A true inventory of all the goods & chattles moveable & immoveable of paid to John Morland 6 0s 0d Anthony Byars of Shotton deseased, prised & valued by us whose names are paid to Barbary Midford & Ann Thursbye 20 0s 0d hereunder written as followeth paid to William Coleman 6 13s 4d paid to Thomas Sanderson 5 0s 0d lmprimis, his purse & apparrell 1 0s 0d paid to Elizabeth Butler 100 0s 0d Item, 28 thraves of wheate 5 0s 0d 1591 13s 4d Item, 16 akers & ½ of pease in the stacke yarde 5 10s 0d Item, 30 thraves of oates in the towne field 2 0s 0d An inventory of what goods & chatlles moveable and Item, 160 thraves of oates in the moore 12 10s 0d immoveable of Thomas Midford of Pespoole, esquire, dyed seased on Item, 12 akers & 1 rood of wheate growing upon the ground 20 0s 0d viz: Item, hay in the stacke yarde 5 0s 0d Imprimis, 6 oxen, valued worth 24 0s 0d Item, 06 oxen 18 0s 0d 6 steares 18 0s 0d Item, 09 kine 21 12s 0d 10 kyne 35 0s 0d Item, 03 whye stirkes & 2 calves 4 0s 0d 2 bulls & 1 oxe 8 0s 0d Item, 05 sheepe 1 15s 0d 3 whyes & 1 stote 10 0s 0d Item, 03 swine 1 2s 0d 7 whyes & stots yeareings 8 0s 0d Item, 01 horse & 1 mare 5 6s 0d 70 sheepe 24 10s 0d Item, 11 gease, 1 cockes, 7 hennes 10s 0d 8 horses 40 0s 0d Item, 02 cubbarts in the forehouse 2 5s 0d swine, geese and other pultery 3 0s 0d Item, 01 table & frame, with other implements of waine geare & plough geare 10 0s 0d househould stuffe 10s 0d corne, wheate, rye, bigg & oats 30 0s 0d Item, 02 stands & 2 milke pailes with other implements 9s 0d plate & househould stufe 110 0s 0d Item, 02 iron potts, 1 iron pann, 1 brasse kettle, 1 brasse pann 13s 0d 1 bond due ffrom Anthony Wilson 50 0s 0d Item, 06 puder dublers with some other implements 7s 0d 1 bond due ffrom Mr. Christopher Midford 50 0s 0d Item, 01 frying pann & 1 recking crooke with some small 1 bond ffrome Mr. Petter Sanderson 50 0s 0d implements 3s 0d 1 bond due ffrom Mr. Robert Johnson 300 0s 0d Item, 00 plough & plough geare, waine & waine geare 4 10s 0d 1 bond of John Tod 16 0s 0d Item, 00 in the parler, 1 bedd stead, 1 table, 1 chist 15s 0d 2 bonds due from Richard Reed, William Item, 00 in the chamber, 1 bedd stead, 1 table, 1 chist, 2 Reed & Robert Buckle 90 0s 0d stooles with other things 1 12s 0d 2 bonds due ffrom Robert Paxton & George Item, 02 courtaines, 1 vallance, 1 coverlidd with other things 1 14s 0d Richardson 150 0s 0d Item, 01 windeing cloath with poakes & seckes, seave the rent of the collery 180 0s 0d & riddles 10s 0d 1206 10s 0d Total is 118 13s 0d

0 29 Martij 1666 Debts owinge by the aforementioned Anthony Byars. Exhibitum fuit hoc inventarium sub protestacione deceased de addendo si causa sit DPR1/1/1666/M12/2 EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 lmprimis, to George Huntington of Castleadon 45 0s 0d a table & a chaire, two formes 2 0s 0d Item, to George Huntington for 2 yeares to come, ltem, aileven peeces of puther, five candlestickes, 11li per annum 22 0s 0d three flowre potts & two brasse candlesticks, Item, to George Huntington for 6 yeares next after, a pestle & a morter, a salt, two quishons, two 10li per annum 60 0s 0d smothing irons. 10s 0d Item, to George Huntington for 1 yeare next after that; ltem, one chest, a paire of barrs, two racking crooks, 20 pounds 20 0s 0d two paire of tonges, one fire shovell, two iron Item, to John Thompson of Shotton, yeoman 40 0s 0d potts with all other implements in the said Item, to Richard Oliver of Hart, milner 13 0s 0d foor house 10s 0d Item, to Thomas Oliver of Hart, labourer 4 6s 0d Item, to Ann Sheild of Durham, spinster 10 0s 0d In the chamber Item, to the poore of Easington parrish 10 0s 0d ltem, two stand beds with a trinnell bed with the Item, to Thomas Paxton of Easington, taylor 10 0s 0d furniture to the same belonging, one great chest Item, to John Clarke of Fattcloase 8 0s 0d & two little chests, an old cawell, a forme with all Item, to Robert Wanlas of Fatcloase house, sarvant 3 0s 0d other implements in the said roome 3 0s 0d Item, to Margaret Blainch of Shotton, spinster 3 0s 0d Item, to Cuthbart Hendry of Easington, for tyth rent 2 6s 4d In the milkhouse Item, to Edward Usher of Shotton, labourer 2 0s 0d Item, three firkins of butter, two kettles, three pans, four Item, to James Anderson of Shotton, sarvant 3 10s 0d churnes with skeeles & mealles & other milk Item, to Edward Beares of Sunderland by the Sea, kealeman 6 0s 0d vessells in the said house 4 0s 0d Item, more to John Thompson 6 0s 0d Item, funerall expences 6 0s 0d ltem, in a little roome, a servant bed with some The totall 272 9s 10d other small things 6s 8d

An imprisal made by us ltem, chesses, by our estimacion worth 2 0s 0d whose names are here unto subscribed ltem, waines & waine geare, plowes with the plowe William Young [full name signed] geare with all the furniture to the same belonging 10 0s 0d George Jurdeson [full name signed] ltem, sixe oxen 24 0s 0d Nicholas Reed [full name signed] ltem, foure oxen in the fould 16 0s 0d John Richardson [full name signed] ltem, one & twenty kine & a bull 52 0s 0d DPRI/1/1668/B18/1 ltem, eight whyes 13 6s 8d ltem, ffive calves 3 6s 8d Robert Smith of Hordon, yeoman, 1668 ltem, two mares & foles, two that is years old & one sadle mare 13 6s 8d An inventorie of all the good & chattells moveable & ltem, seaven score & twelve sheep 41 10s 0d imoveable of Robert Smith, late of Hordon in the coun- ltem, seaven swyne 2 10s 0d tye of Durham, yeoman deceased, apprissed by foure ltem, a geese & gander with other poultrye 5s 0d. men, viz., Georg Blackett, Richard Crookes, Va- ltem, corne in the barnes & stock garth 25 0s 0d lentine Smyth & John Mitcheson, the 17th day of The sume of the goods 216 11s 8d December in the yeare of our Lord, 1668. Debts owen to the deceased lmprimis, his purse & apparell 3 0s 0d ltem, owen by Mr William Bristow 20 0s 0d ltem, in the foore house, one cubbord, two cawells, ltem, owen by Thomas Coulson 1 11s 0d EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 ltem, owen by Margret Watson, widow 6 0s 0d DPRI/1/1669/W11/1 ltem, owen by the executors of Georg Haswell 9 2s 8d ltem, owen by Thomas Baylife 1 10s 0d William Robson of Pespoole,1670 ltem, owen by Edward Robinson 1 17s 6d ltem, owen by Robert Hughhall 1 19s 0d August the 29th 1670 ltem, owen by Humphrey Humble 1 15s 0d A true & perfect inventory of the goods & ltem, owen by Robert Thompson 18s 0d chattels of William Robson, late of Pespoole, deseased ltem, owen by Henry Johnson 2 5s 0d Imprimis, for foure kyne & three calfes 9 0s 0d The summe of the debts 46 18s 2d Item, for a mare & a fole and a stage 5 10s 0d Item, for a leaven oues & a lame & tenn geace 2 17s 6d Debts owen by the deceased Item, for three henes and a coke 1s 4d Owen to Sir Christofer Conyers for his Whitsuntide rent 71 10s 0d Item, for 7 paire of sheats & 10 pillowbers 3 6s 0d Owen to Ann Steward 6 0s 0d Item, for 2 table cloathes & 4 napkins & 3 linn aparans 9s 0d Item, for 20 yeards of harden cloathes & 9 smockes & 5 sharts 2 2s 0d Wittness our hands Item, for smale lining cloase & 3 paire of stockins 5s 6d George Blackett Item, for 8 hapings & 3 cuerlids & 9 feather cods 1 18s 0d Vallentine Smith Item, for 2 cafe beds & 2 paire of courtings & vallans 9s 0d Richard Crookes Item, for a 11 pettycoates & 5 wast coates 3 0s 0d John Mitcheson Item, for a rideing suite & a hatt & a paire of bodyes 8s 0d DPRI/1/1668/S16/1 Item, for 2 paire of showes 3s 0d Item, for one chist & 3 coffers & 2 preses 1 4s 0d William Watson of Easington, 1669 Item, for one bedstead, one table, 2 fourmes & 2 chares 16s 0d Item, for 3 stoules & a fur dale & 14 bowles & 6 cheswats 6s 8d A true inventory of all the goods and chattells of William Item, for 2 sadels & a pad & a fryin pan & a milke sile 7s 0d Watson, late of Easington, deceased. Item, for 3 skeles & 3 barrels & 8 dishes & a dusan trenshers 11s 0d Item, for 3 seaves & ruddels & 3 wheales & a paire of temses 10s 0d Imprimis, foure kine at 6 0s 0d Item, for 2 potes & 2 panes & a kettle & 2 paire of tongs 11s 0d Item, two acres of wheate at 2 13s 4d Item, for 2 smouthing irons & 2 reckingcrookes 3s 0d Item, for two acres of oates 1 6s 8d Item, for one speet, 2 paire ofpotclipes & a paire of tosting Item, for a cubbert & a Spence 1 0s 0d Irrons 1s 0d Item, for a bed & bedding 1 4s 0d Item, for 6 puder dishes & a dusan & a halfe of spounes, Item, for a longe settle 4s 0d one salt, too candlestickes & a sase pott & 5 canes 16s 0d Item, for a table 4s 0d Item, for a cropp of corne growing and hay 10 0s 0d Item, for a chist 3s 0d The sume in all is 44 15s 0d Item, for a washing tube 1s 0d Item, for 2 sceales 1s 4d Imprimis, debts to be payd for funerall charges and Item, for a candlesticke & a puter dish 1s 4d the rent of the land and other debts 8 3s 8d Item, for two canns 2d 25 3s 4d Item, for a pott 3s 0d John Woofe Item, for his purse & apparel 1 0s 0d John Hulerthome mark Item, for a cocke & hens 1s 6d DPRI/1/1670/R19/1 Summa totallis 14 3s 4d Margareta, vidua Thomas Robinson of Hawthorne, 1677 EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50

May the 15th, 1677 In the name of God, amen, I, William Young of Etherdakers, in the countie of Durham, in the parish of Eassington, yeoman, beinge of A true inventory of all the good and perfect minde and memorie, praised be to God for it, doe goods and chattles of illegible erasure Thomas make my last will and testement in manner and forme ffollowinge, Robinson of Hawthorne, ffirst, I commit my soule into the hand of my blessed saviour and lately deceased, valued and redeemer, Jesus Christ, through whose merits and saticefaction I hop and prized by us whose names to be saved; and my bodie to the dust. Imprimis, I give to the power of are hereunto subscribed Eassington parish twintie five pounds for ever and to be paid within halfe a yeare also after my death and to be put into the hands of such Imprimis, one cubbart 1 0s 0d as shall give suffictient securitie for it, and to be disposd of as Item, one spenc & on cawell 5s 0d ffoloweth, that is to say, the lawful! use and intrest of the same to be Item, one bedstead, one paire of courtains, one covertelt, distrubuted by the Ministers, church wardens and oversers of the four happins, one paire of blankits, one paire sheets, power of the said parish, thirtie of the powerest theire, evrie yeare at one caff bed and three pillowes, one cradle & one churne 1 10s 0d the feast of the Nativatie of our Blessed Saviour and Easter, by equall Item, one chist with lininmg deleted the clothes therein 6s 0d portions, that is to say ten shilling to the constaplerie of Shotton, ten Item, two old chists, one forme, one table with tresses 3s 6d shillings to the constaplerie of Eassington, eight shillings to the Item, the puter with two litle brasse deletedpans and constaplerie of Hathrone and two shillings to the constaplerie of one iron pott 6s 0d Heswell. Item, I give to my deare and lovinge wife all that houshold Item, the wodden vessell which is ten bowels, one washing stufe and plat with bedinge and linninge that she brought with her tub, one runlet, one cann with other smale wodden when we were married. Item, I give to my sonn, Robert Sober, ten vessel 4s 6d pounds. Item, I give to Docter Young of Newcastell ten pounds. Item, Item, one spining wheele, one pair of cours hare timsess, I give to my sister, An Reed, twintie shillings. Item, I give to my one sive and one riddle, one lader 2s 6d brother, Roger Baxton, twintie shillings. Item, I give to my sister Ogle Item, one paire of jron barrs, one reckcrook, one paire of twintie shillings. Item, I give to my sister, Dorithy Lame, twintie jron tongs, one speet, one paire of crankes, one hay shillings. Item, I give Humphra Norton twintie shillings. Item, I give spad, one axe, one hay crouke, two womels, one hand to John Wilbourne, Parsevell Wilbourne and Henrie Wilbourne that is saw with other smale wodden things in the twixdores, now with me, each of them twintie shillings a pece. Item, I give to one percell 4s 6d John Wilbourne the younger that part that I have of that ship that I Item, hersic purss and apperell 5s 0d have a bill of sale of from James Reed. Item, I give to my grand sonn, John Sober, five pounds. Item, I give to my lovinge wife and The sume is 4 7s 0d my lovinge sonn Robert Sober, eatch of them, a two and twintie The prizers' names shillings pece of gold and makes them joynt executors of this my last Thomas ffoster will and testement, and after my depts, the gifts and legases and Thomas Woofe funerall expeces be discharged, which my will is they shall have halfe Anthony Robinson a yeare for the paiment of them, and my will is that all the remainder Micheall Robinson of my bonds, monies, goods, moveable and immoveable, be equilie devided betwine my dearelie beloved wife and my sonn Robert Item, the remainder of a term for yeares belonging Sober's five children, that my daughter, Jan Sober, baire to him, that is to the deceased at Hawthorn, valued at. 20 0s 0d to say, William Sober, Jan Shipperd, Ledea Sober, Dorithy Sober and DPRI/1/1677/R11/1 An Sober, and my will is that theire parts, I meane William, Jan, Laddea, Dorithy and An Sober, that theire parts, both prinsipal and William Young of Etherdakers, yeoman, 1679 intrest, goe forward for theire use till they attaine theire age of on and EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 twintie yeares or be maried, and haveing redd it and considdered of it, Item, the pulterey 6s 0d I have sealed and subscribed it. Item, one stand bed in the parlor with a fotestep, one William Young seal ffeather bed, a caufe bed, a paire of blankets, one Witnes hearof coverlid, one ruge, tow cods & a boalster with the Richard Rawlinjurat rods & hangers belonging 3 0s 0d Humphrey Norton Item, a tabell & ffraime, joynt stowles and a chaire, there William Woods quishings & a carpet, seing glase & a silver taister 18s 0d John Wilbourne Item, one stand bed in the parler chaimber, one ffeather John Erringtonjurat bed, one caufe bed, blanket & a rug, tow cods & a Late pencil endorsement, £320 inv bowlster with rods & hangers, tow quisons 2 0s 0d DPRI/1/1679/Y3/1 Item, one litell bed stead in the middell rome with a ffeather bed & a cauf bed, there cods, one coverlid, a September 8 1679 laiying & one paire of sheats 1 0s 0d Item, one tabell & fraime, chist & fforme, tow temses, wod A true &. perfect innventory of all the good & chattels of William chaire & chaires, three coverlides, one paire of Young, late of Edderdakers in the parish of Easington & county curtines 1 0s 0d of Durham, yeoman, deceased Item, 9 yokes & sokes, windo cloth, tow pekes & ridells and seaves 1 3s 4d Imprimis, his purse & his aparrell 10 0s 0d Item, twelf bushell of masigns 1 10s 0d Imprimis, for all the said corne & big 33 0s 0d Item, twenty tow cheases 15s 0d Six cows 15 0s 0d Item, ffoure paire of line sheats, 5 paire of harden sheats, Six oxen 21 0s 0d there paire of pilevers, ffower towels, tow dosen & Six tow yeares ould 12 0s 0d eight of napkins, there tabell clothes, one pease of ffivefe storkes 4 0s 0d tikin which is 12 yards 4 10s 0d There maires & a ffole & gallaway 10 0s 0d Item, in the garet, tow chists, seaven tubs and great Item, six axeltrees, one gantye of spaikes & arke heads bowle, wolling wheale, tow line wheales, wole, & sheathes with all the remainder of wode that is cards, gimellik quishons & hamer, feathers with in the bire or stabell 1 15s 0d other implements in the garet 1 0s 0d Item, there paire of irons, bound wheales, tow cope Item, in the fore house, two cobarts, one spence & tow waynes with 3 pair of stinges, 3 long waynes tabels with ffraimes, tow bufet stowles, one forme & with six pirles & runners, aselmites & axeletrees fotstep & tow chaires 2 10s 0d & all thereunto belonging & all the ould wheales 8 0s 0d Item, twenty pease of puther, fivef puther kandell stikes, Item, tow plowes with shares, 5 somes with [word?]&. one iron, tow bras kandel stikes, six pottengers, tow shackels, 3 harrowes with horse geare & other chamber pots, puther bowls, a salt & a mustard pot, implements thereunto belonging, 5 yokes 1 15s 0d puther bottell, floggon and a pint pot 2 0s 0d Item, the nue wood & ould all lying upon the ground Item, a warming pan & a speat, five showels & tonges, and within the ffould 2 13s 4d rekincrok, tow paire of sheares, hekell & tow yam Item, tow steas 4s 0d winell stobes & a loke & cole raike 8s 0d Item, , ould irons, fforkes & showles & spaides, axes, Item, one kettell & iron pan, bras pot & there other pans matteck with raikes & waine ropes 10s 0d & other implements 1 0s 0d Item, the coles 15s 0d Item, there drink barrels, tow stands, one churn, tow Item, the swine 16s 0d tubs, ffower skeales, firkin, other tow tubes, one EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 great bowell, knoke cheas pres & other implements declared, either by word or writing, & this to be taken only for my last belonging to the kitchen 15s 0d will & testament & none other. And, first, being penitent & sorry from Item, in the man's rome, stand bed, fivef hapins, one pair the bottom of my heart for my sins past, most of blankats, fflok bed, one cod, tow chists & all other humbly desiring forgiveness for the same, I give & committ my soul implements 8s 0d unto Almighty God, my creator, in whom & by the meritts of Jesus Item, fivef trays, sixteane bowles, milk sile, tow creaming Christ I trust and believe assuredly to be saved & to have full dishes, tow sileing dishes, seaven chesfats, tow remission & forgiveness of all my sins & that my soul with my body sinkers, seaven runlets, tow kans & eight trenshers 1 0s 0d at the generall day of resurrection shall rise again with joy & through Item, one ffirkin & a halfe of butter, emty firkins 1 0s 0d [th]e meritts of Christ's death & passion possess & inheritt the Item, two earthning moges, other seaven smale earthning kingdom of heaven prepared for his elect & chosen.and my body to things in the milkis besides 3s 0d [th]e earth from whence it was taken, to be buried in such decent and Item, the mill with a house belonging with another stone Christian manner as to my executrix hereafter named shall be thought liein upon the hill, with all other implements meet & convenient. And now for the setling of my temporal! estate & belong to the said mill 100 0s 0d such goods, chattells & debts as it hath pleased God to bestow upon Item, the bakon fflikes 1 0s 0d me, I doe give, order & dispose the same in manner & form following Item, for debts owing to the deseased 1 0s 0d (that is to say), ffirst I will that all my debts & duties as I owe in right Imprimis, Mr Midford for wod 1 10s 0d or conscience to any manner of person or persons whatsoever shall be Belie Hunte 10s 0d well and truly contented and paid, or ordained to be paid within Thomas Read 31 9s 6d convenient time after my decease by my executrix hereafter named. Robert Weldon 10 8s 4d Item, I give & bequeath unto my son, Richard Adamson, one silver Mr Midford of Pesyell More 20 0s 0d spoon & one draught soame and my house in West Renton. Item, I James Read 2 10s 0d give & bequeath unto my daughter Jane one ewe. Item, I give & George Richardson off Shotton 5 0s 0d bequeath unto my daughter Alice tenn pounds, two silver spoons & The some 320 7s 6d one chest & one ewe for her portion. ltem, I give & bequeath unto my Legasies 58 0s 0d daughter Dorothy tenn pounds, one chest, one silver spoon & one ewe ffunerall expences 14 8s 0d for her portion. Item, I give & bequeath unto my daughter Mary tenn Thomas Lambe pounds, one chest, one silver spoon & one ewe for her portion. Item, Richard Reed my will & mind is that my daughter Mary her portion be paid by my Nicholas Read executrix within nine monthes after my decease & also that my George Ovington daughter Dorothye's portion be paid within one yeare & three monthes Prisers after my decease, and likewise that my daughter Alice's portion be DPRI/1/1679/Y3/1, 3-4 paid by my executrix wihin one yeare & three quarters after my decease. Item, my will & mind is that if any of my three daughters William Adamson of Hayston House, yeoman, 1681 above expressed should die before they be marryed, that her portion, so dyeing, shall be equally divided betwixt those two that are liveing, In the name of God, amen, I, William Adamson of Hayston House in & if two of my said daughters should die before they be marryed my Comitat[ ] Dunelmensis, yeoman, being sick in body but of good and will is t[hat] both their portions shall be given to her that is liveing. perfect memory, thanks be to Almighty God, and calling to Item, I give & bequeath unto my daughter Isabel! tenn pounds for her remembrance the uncertaine estate of this transitory life and that all portion. Item, forasmuch as my wife perceives herself to be with child, flesh must yield unto death when it shall please God to call, do make, if it please God to give her safe deliverance & that the child shall live, constitute, ordaine & declare this my last will & testament in manner my will & mind is that the child shall have tenn pounds for its portion. & form following, revoking & adnulling by these presents all & every Item, my will is that my daughter Isabell's portion be paid by my testament & testaments, will & wills heretofore by me made & executrix & also the child's now supposed to be in the mother's womb, EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 & if it please God either of them shall die before they be married, my In the name of God, Amen, the twentie sixth day of September, 1680. will is that the porcion of that child so dyeing shall be paid to that according the computation of the Church of England, I, Thomas child that is liveing. Item, I give & bequeath unto my wife Margarett Robinson of Hawthorne in the county of Durham, yeoman, being of all my goods & chattells, moveable and unmoveable, (excepting what perfect memory (praysed be God), do make and ordaine this my last is above expressed) with my household stuff and plow geere & waine will and testament in manner and forme followeing. First, I bequeath geere, & also make her my sole executrix & do constitute and appoint my soul into the hands of Almighty God, my maker, hopeing that, William Merryman of High Throston in the county of Durham, through the meritorious death and passion of Jesus Christ, my onely yeoman, to be supervisor of this my last will & testament & to see that saviour and redeemer, to receive free pardon and foregivenesse of all this, my will, be duely performed. In witness whereof I have hereunto my sins and, as for my body, to be buried in Easington church-yard. sett my hand & seale this ffifth day of January 1679. Ittem, I give unto my two sonnes, Richard Robinson and Martin The marke of William Adamson (marked with a cross) Robinson, all my estate of lands and goods in Hawthorne or elsewhere, whether in possession or reversion, to be equally divided Signed, sealed, published & declared betwixt them (excepting onely my houshold goods) and my son in the presence of Martin to have and to hold one full moyety of all my lands to him and his heires, for and dureing the full tearme of nine hundred, ninety and Henry Westmorland, the marke of (marked with a symbol) nine yeares, to be fully run and completed from the time of the sealing Christopher Fulthorpjur (full name signed) hereof paying therefor, unto Richard aforesaid, his naturall brother, his heires or assignes, two shillings and sixpence yearely and every yeare April! the 13, 1681 dureing the said tearme, att two equall payments, viz., att Whitsuntide and Martinmas (if the lawes of England enable me so to set and This a true inventory of the goods of William dispose of my lands). But, if my sonne Richard shall or do, by laws or Adamson, laitt of Hastens House desessed otherwayes, recover and possesse my whole estate of land (which is given in by praisement by those which have contrary to my intent and purpose herein), then the said Richard shall subscribed theire names below pay unto his brother Martin, one hundred and sixty pounds, and also, the said Richard possessing the whole estate, shall pay all my debts His purse and apperrell 1 10s 0d and all portions after mentioned. Item, I give unto my daughter 18 beefe 20 0s 0d Elizabeth, sixty pounds to be paid by her brothers, Richard and Martin 24 sheepe 7 4s 0d abovesaid, viz., by Richard, thirty pounds, and, thirtie more by Martin Waine geare, plough geare 2 6s 8d if he possesse one full moyety of my lands, according to this my will 3 horses 5 10s 0d and, if Martin cannot possesse one halfe of my lands, Richard shall The cropp in the field 16 0s 0d pay the whole summe of sixtie pounds; and, the payment by Goods in the house 3 0s 0d whomsoever, shall be in manner as followeth, tenn pounds shall be In ready money 3 0s 0d paid unto her within twelve months after my decease and fiftie pounds 58 10s 8d more at the end of three yeares after my decease. Item, I give unto my Witness our hands daughter Anne, sixty pounds to be paid by her brothers, Richard and William Erington, his marke (marked with a symbol) Martin aforesaid, viz., by Richard, thirtie pounds and thirtie more by Robbart Liddle, his marke (marked with a symbol) Martin, if he possesse one full moyety of my lands according to this John Erington (full name signed) my will and, if Martin cannot possesse one halfe of my lands, Richard DPRI/1681/A3/1-3 shall pay the whole summe of sixtie pounds and the payment by whethersoever shall be in manner as followeth, tenn pounds shall be Thomas Robinson of Hawthorne, yeoman, 1681 paid unto her within twelve months after my decease and fiftie pounds more shall be paid unto her at the end of three yeares after my decease. Item, I give unto my two daughters, Elizabeth and Anne, all EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 my houshold goods, to be equally divided betwixt them. And my will George Robinson and pleasure is that if either of my daughters shall dye unmarried Alexander Dixon, his marke. before the expiration of three yeares after my decease or, being DPRI/1/1681/R16/1, 3 married, shall dye within that time and leave no issue, then the same money which should have been due unto her if she had lived, shall be Cuthbert Jourdison of Hawthorne, yeoman, 1681 equally divided amongst her brothers and sister or those of them that shall then be liveing and the household stuffe, which should have been In the name of God, amen, the 13 day of October in the yeare of our due to her if she had lived, shall be due unto her sister that then liveth. Lord God 1680, I, Cuthbert Jourdison of Hawthorne in the county of Item, All the rest of my goods, utensills for husbandry, stock and crop, Durham, yeoman, being of perfect memory, praysed be God, make I give unto my two sonnes, Richard and Martin, and to their heires for this my last will and testament in manner and forme following. ever, upon condition that they shall pay all my debts and legacies, and Imprimis, I bequeath my soul into the hands of almighty God, hopeing make them joynt executors of this my last will and testament, through the meritts of Christ Jesus to obtaine remission of all my sins, revokeing all other wills and testaments. In wittnesse whereof, I have and my body to be buried in Easington churchyard. Ittem, I give unto hereunto set my hand and seale the day and yeare first above written. George Jourdison my grandchild, all my houses with the garth Thomas Robinson’s mark seal adjoyning to them in Hawthorne, to enter upon the same at my death Sealed and subscribed and for ever to enjoy the same to him and his heires if he live to yeares in the presence of us of one and twentie, and if he shall dye without issue before the same Thomas Sharpe time, then the same houses and garth to returne to my son Robert and George Robinson.iur his heires for ever. Ittem, I give unto George Jourdison aforesaid twentie shilling by legacy. Ittem, I give unto Ellinor Jourdison, sister of the said George, twentie shillings by legacy. Item, I give unto A true and perfect inventory of the goods and chattells of Michael Robinson, my daughter Isabel! her sonne, twentie shillings. Thomas Robinson of Hawthorne in the County of Durham, yeoman, Ittem, I give unto Robert Jourdison my naturall sonne, all my goods lately deceased, as they were found and prized by the persons whose names besides, moveable and immoveable, my stock, cropp, plough geare are underwritten. and wain geare with all my household stuffe, and all other goods and chattells whatsoever not formerly Imprimis, his purse and apparel 3 6s 8d disposed of herein, and make him sole executor of this my last will Ittem, foure oxen 8 0s 0d and testament, revokeing all others made formerly by me, he paying Ittem, two horses 8 0s 0d all my debts and legacies. In wittnesse whereof I have hereunto set my Ittem, foure cowes and one quie 8 0s 0d hand and seale the day and yeare first above written. Ittem, two young beast 1 6s 8d Ittem, plough geare and waine geare 5 0s 0d Cuthbert Jourdison’s marke Ittem, corne in the stack-yard 10 0s 0d In presence of us Item, hay 5 0s 0d Thomas Sharpe Ittem, house-hold goods 10 0s 0d William Thompsonjur Robert Christianjur, his marke Summe totall 58 13s 4d A true inventory of the goods and chattells of Cuthbert Jourdison The debts of Thomas Robinson aforesaid as they are found. of Hawthorne in the county of Durham, yeoman, lately deceased Imprimis, for funerall expences 6 16s 0d as they were found and apprised by the persons underwritten. Ittem, moneys by him borrowed and secured 21 0s 0d And also a coppy of the debts of the said Cuthbert Jourdison, and legacyes left by him Richard Robinson Imprmis, two oxen 5 5s 0d EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Ittem, two milke cowes 4 0s 0d Ittem, one gray horse 5li 0s, one gray mare 2li l0s, Legacyes left by Cuthbert aforesaid one bay mare 10s, in all 8 0s 0d lmprimis, to George Jourdison, grandchild to Cuthbert Ittem, two young steeres 1 5s 0d aforesaid 1 0s 0d Ittem, one three yeare old steere 1 17s 0d Ittem, to Ellinor Jourdison, grandchild to Cuthbert aforesaid 1 0s 0d Ittem, two yeare old quies 2 15s 0d Ittem, to Michael Robinson, grandchild to Cuthbert aforesaid 1 0s 0d Ittem, foure litle oate stackes and one wheate stacke 8 0s 0d DPRI/1/1681/J16/1-2 Ittem, foure acres of ground sowen with wheate 9 6s 8d Ittem, plough-geere and waine-geere 3 0s 0d William Jurdeson of Thorpe, 1681 Ittem, two litle hay stackes 2 0s 0d Ittem, two cubbards, three bedsteads, one table, with 16th September 1681 other wood geere 13s 4d Ittem, foure pewter dishes with brasse geere and A trew inventory of the goods and chattels, mouvable and immoveable yron geere within the house 10s 0d of William Jurdeson of Thorpe in the county of Durham, late disceased, prised Ittem, bedding and linen 1 16s 8d by us whose names are underwritten the day and yeare above Ittem, coales and old wood aboute the house 13s 4d named Summe totall 49 2s 0d Imprimis, a cropp of wheat in the staggarth prized at 4 10s 0d Item, a crop of oates and pease in the staggarth prized at 6 5s 0d The debts of Cuthbert Jourdison aforesaid were as followeth All the hay in the staggart prized at 2 10s 0d lmprimis, indedted to George Panton of Easington 12s 0d Three young beasts at 2 10s 0d Ittem, to Nicholas Story, servant to the said Cuthbert 1 14s 0d Five cowes prized at 9 10s 0d Ittem, to Elizabeth Westland, woman servant to the said Two oxen prized at 6 0s 0d Cuthbert 8s 0d Two steares and two cows prized at 8 3s 4d Ittem, to Mr Caunt, landlord to the said Cuthbert 6 7s 6d One mare and two geldings 11 10s 0d Ittem, to Thomas Welsh, landlord also to the said Cuthbert 1 4s 0d All the householde stufe 24 1s 6d Ittem, to William Kelsey of Durham 5s 0d Plough geare and waine geare 1 0s 0d Ittem, to John Etherington of Durham 4s 0d 65 19s 10d Ittem, to Anthony ffell of Dalton 4s 0d Richard Jurdeson Ittem, to John Robinson of Hawthorne 1 2s 0d Richard Crookes Ittem, to John Pattison of Easington 16s 0d Christopher Jurdeson Ittem, to Thomas Huntley of Sunderland 2s 0d Christopher Robinson Ittem, to MargarettTaylor of Weeremouth 16s 0d DPRI/1/1681/J17/1 Ittem, to Richard Kendall of Sunderland 8s 0d Ittem, to John Browne of Weeremouth 15s 0d Thomas Sharpe of Hawthorn, 1681 Ittem, to Anthony Robinson of Hawthorne 5 0s 0d Ittem, to Thomas Welsh, aforesaid, due att Whitsuntide then George Woolfe of Hawthorne, Easington, 1682 followeing 1 0s 0d Ittem, to Mr Caunt, aforesaid, to be due att Whitsuntide then September the 15th 1670 following 6 7s 6d A true and perfect inventory of goods Ittem, funerall expenses 2 10s 0d and chattels of Georg Wooife of Hathom, Ittem, demanded in the behalfe of George Jourdison and late deceased Ellinor Jourdison, grand-children to Cuthbert aforesaid 15 13s 8d Summe 46 7s 2d Imprimis, for a yooke of oxen and five kine 18 0s 0d EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Item, for two quis and fouer sturks and two calfes 9 0s 0d pillins, one glascase, one buffet stool, one table with a fram, one dish, Item, for two mares and two stags 7 0s 0d one happin. Item, I give unto my daughter, Ann Steward, 2 stand beds, Item, for forty-five sheape 3 10s 0d one payre of curtaines, one coverlid, 6 happins, one caff bed, 8 cods, Item, for plowgeere and waingeere 3 10s 0d one blanket, one fur cubbartt, one cawell, 12 pewder dishes, 2 Item, for corn and haye 14 0s 0d candlesticks, one pint pott, 2 drinking potts, 3 pots, one kettle, 2 pans, 65 0s 0d one frying pan, one payre of racks, one payre tongs, one payre of bars, Thomas Woolfe one speate, one little chaire, 2 chists, one coffer, one trow stone, one Richard Reede mark table w ith the frame, one stool, one reckincroke. Item, I give unto mv daughter, Ann Steward, !0li 0s. Item, 1 give unto Rachell, my sister’s A true and perfect inventory of the goods & chattells daughter, !0li 0s. Item, I give unto Elizabeth Wilson of Sunderland by which were & did belong unto George Woolfe, the sea, 2li 10s. And after my debts and funerall exspences be late of of Hawthorne in the parish of Easington, deceased, discharged & paid then these legacies to be paid as it accrues out of & which came to the hands & possession of Anthony the land to eviryone proportionly, Item, my houses, lands & tenements Woolfe, sonne & administrator of the goods of the I give unto Nicholas Reed and I make him sole executor of this my said deceased last will and & testament, revoking all other wills and testaments. And after funerall exspences and debts and legacies be paide, that then Inprimis, the deceased's apparel 1 0s 0d William Blanch shall and Richard Blanch, the sons of Barbry Blanch, Item, fower kine 12 0s 0d shall have & injov all the revertions of the said permisscs. Item, two quies, fower stirks & two calves 9 0s 0d In witness wherof, have here unto sett my hand and seale, the day and Item, two mares & two stags 7 0s 0d yeare first above written Item, plough geer & waine geer 3 10s 0d Thomas Hewson, seal Item, corne & hay 14 0s 0d William Pattersonjur , his mark 46 10s 0d George Humble, his mark George Jurdesonjur Anthony W olfe George Jurdeson DPRI/1/1682/W37/1-2 June the 1st , 1682 Thomas Howson of Shotton, 1682 A true and perfect inmetary of the goods and chatels which belonged to Thomas Hewson of Shotton, late deseased In the name of God Amen, the 14th of March, 1681, according to the Item, his purs and apparel 10s 0d computation of the Church of England, I, Thomas Hewson ot Shotton Item, given by legse to Barbery Blench, 2 hapins, 2 blankets, in the county of Durham, yeoman, being in. perfect memory, praised 2 sheats, one speat, one cod, one sceale 13s 4d be God, doe make and ordaine this my last will & testament in maner Item, legeses set to Rachel Blench, one cubert, 4 puther dishis, & forme following, first, I bequeath mv soule into the hands of 2 candelsticks, one beare boule, one salt, one flowerpot, Almighty God, my maker, hoopeing that the meritorious death & 2 cods, one coverlid, one lin sheat, one chare, one fether passion of Jesus Christ, my only saviour & redeemer, to receive free bed, 2 pilevers, one glascase, one bufet stoole, one table pardon & forgiveness of all my sinnes &, as for mv body, to be buried with the frame, one hapin 4 5s 0d in Christian buriall at tlie discretion of my Executors hereafter Item, legeses set to An Stuert, 2 stend beds, one pare of mentioned. Item, first, I give unto mv sister Barbry 2 happens, 2 courtms, 1 coverlid, 6 hapins, one cafbed, 8 cods, one blankets, 2 sheats and one speate, one cod, one skeale & the house for blanket, one fur cubert, one cavel, 12 puther dishis, her life. Item, I give unto her daughter Rachell one cubbartt, 4 pewder 2 candelsticks, one pint pot, 2 drinking pots, 3 pots, dishes, 2 candlestickes, one beare boule, one salt, one flower pott, 2 one kettle, 2 pans, one frying pan, one pare of racks, cods, one coverlide, one line sheate, one chaire, one ffeather beed, 2 one pare of tongs, one of bars, one speat, 2 char, 2 EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 chists, one cofer, one trowstone, one table with the fowre yokes with some old iron 4 10s 0d frame, one stoole, one recking crooke 6 5s 0d ltem, two plowes with two paire plow irons 10s 0d Item, for the housing and the land, being a lease for yeares 50 0s 0d ltem, sixteene smale furr balkes 11s 0d ltem, fowre oxen 10 0s 0d As witness our hands ltem, six kine, fowre young beasts, one mare, one George Jurdeson, Robert Jurdeson, Nicholas Reed, gelding and one bull segg and two mares 20 1s 0d William Padeson, his marke ltem, corne in the barnes, threashed and unthreashed 10 0s 0d DPRI/1/1682/H25/1,3 ltem, hay in the stackyard 6 0s 0d ltem, one paire drawers, one table & frame, one Thomas Stothard of Shotton, yeoman, 1684 pair of virgenells 2 0s 0d ltem, James Shireton ofThroston oweth the testator A trew inventory of all the goods and chattles moveable and immoveable fifty pound upon bond 50 0s 0d of Thomas Stothard of Shotton in the county of Durham, yeoman, deceased the 20th day of December, 84, and prized the 15th day Witnesses present, Richard Crookes, William Thompson, John Thompson of January, 1684, by fowr honest men vidtz., Richard Read, John DPRI/1/1684/S22/1 Thompson & Willam Thompson, all of Shotton, and Richard Crooks of Little Eaden in the county of Durham, yeoman, as ffolloweth. George Robinson of Easington, 1684 lmprimis, his purse and aparrell 1 0s 0d A true and perfectt inventory of all the goods and chattles of George Robinson ltem, one lease holden of the Bishopp Durham, of Easington, now deceased, praised by us whose names are underwritten 11 years in being. 225 0s 0d ltem, one lease for lives, two lives in being 225 0s 0d Imprimis, his purse and his apparel 2 0s 0d ltem, in the fore house, one cubbart, one table, one Item, three beds and things belonging to them 2 10s 0d long settle, one dresser with some small peases Item, two cubberts and a glass case & things of puter 2 10s 0d belonging to them 2 0s 0d ltem, in the two low roomes, two standbeds & a Item, the pewter in all 2 0s 0d hurle bed, one line wheale, one little box, one Item, foure cowes 8 0s 0d feather bed with one boulster, 3 feather cods, Item, two tables and seats belonging to them 1 0s 0d one rugg, six happings, one paire of courtings Item, two cettles, two potts and two pans and with some other small peases of bedding 2 0s 0d other iron and brass geare 2 0s 0d ltem, in the two lofts: one bed with bedcloaths there Item, two churns and two skeales and other upon, one line wheele, one riding sadle with smale wood vessel 1 0s 0d some other small implement things, as also Item, one horse 2 0s 0d one lead 2 2s 6d Item, one lease 5 0s 0d ltem, one iron pott, one kettle, one pan, two pales, one churne, 6 bowles with some other brue vessell 1 5s 0d Christopher Robinson ltem, two chists, one trunke with the linning & Richard Jurrdeson wooling therein 2 0s 6d. Chnstopher Jurrdeson ltem, one clock, one sword with 3 chaires 1 10s 0d Micheall Robinson ltem, one long waine, one coope waine, one paire of DPRI/1/1684/R19/1 wheales, one paire stings with axeltree and axell nails, one old wheale with tire thereupoon George Wardell of Hawthorne, gentleman, 1685 one oxe harrow, two horse harrows, three teemes, EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 the towne of Easington, and also, I give unto the said George, my In the name of God, Amen, I, George Wardell now of Hawthorne in sonne, all my meadow close in Easington township, commonly known the county of Durham, gentleman, being of perfect memory, praysed by the name of the broad meadowes, to him and his heires forever. be God, do make and ordaine this my last will and testament in Item, I give unto Christopher Wardell, my naturall sonne, two manner and forme followeing. Imprimis, I bequeath my soul into the shillings and sixpence. Item, All my other lands, tenements, hands of Almighty God, my maker, hopeing, through the meritorious hereditaments, goods and chattells whatsoever, I give unto John death and passion of Jesus Christ my saviour, to obtaine remission of Wardell, my naturall sonne, and John Busbie, my sonne-in-law, all my sinnes and my bodie to be buried in Christian buriall at the whome I appoint joynte executors of this my last will and testament discretion of my executors after mentioned. Item, I give unto my upon condition that they pay all my debts and legacies, revokeing all naturall sonne, John Wardell, all my land in West Moorton with all the other former wills or testaments whatsoever made by me, or any for tenements and conveniences thereunto belonging, the said John me. paying unto Jane Wardell, my wife, twelve pounds yearely and every yeare at four equall payments, viz., att the feast of Pentecost, three In wittnesse whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seale this 27 pounds, att Lammas, three pounds, att the feast of Saint Martin, three day of December in the yeare of our Lord God, one thousand, six pounds, and at the purification of the blessed virgin, three pounds, hundred, eightie and foure. yearely and these payments to take their beginning upon the first of those termes which happen to come next after my decease. And, also, Memorandum, that the words (and to his heaires forever) in the the said John Wardell paying yearly unto the poore of Sedgefield nineteenth line, and the words (lying and being in the towne of parish, twentie shillings, for the terme of eight yeares next after my Easington) in the fourtie and second line, were inserted before the decease. Item, I give unto my sonne-in- law, John Busbie, and to his sealing hereof. heires forever, all my cow-close and moore in Easington, with the George Wardell, his marke seal appurtenances and conveniences thereof, the said John Busbie paying In the presence of us unto William Adamson, my sonne-in-law, or Margarett his wife, the Thomas Sharpe summe of fourscore pounds, upon receipt whereof, the said William Christopher Wardell and Margarett or one of them, shall give sufficient security unto my Richard Wardell, his marke executors to pay unto every one of the three daughters of Martin White, my late sonne-in-law, to one after another, to witt, to Jane The inventorie of the goods and chattels of George Wardell of Hawthorne White, Margarett White and Mary White, to every of them, twentie late deceased, vewed and praised the 24th day of January as followeth, in the pounds, as the said children shall come to the yeares of twentie and yeare of our Lord, 1684/5 one. And, if it shall please God, that any one or two of these daughters dye before they attaine to the yeares of one and twentie, then the Imprimis, his purse and apparell 5 0s 0d portions or portions which should have beene paid to the deceased if two kine 4 10s 0d they had lived, shall be paid to the daughter or daughters which shall three stirkes 2 0s 0d be liveing at such time as the some should have been paid, if all and one black maire 2 5s 0d severall of those daughters had lived to the yeares of one and twentie. three sheep 15s 0d But, if it shall please God, that all these daughters dye before any one plough geere and wayne geere 3 0s 0d of them come to that age, then the whole summe which all of these one hay ruck 12 0s 0d three daughters should have had if they had lived, shall be paid unto 29 10s 0d George White, the naturall sonne of Martin White abovesaid, when the said Goerge shall come to the yeares of twentie and four yeares. Michael Robinson Item, I give unto George Wardell, my naturall sonne, all my dwelling George Wardell houses and houses of office, with all bames, stables, stackyards, folds Christhopher Wardell and other conveniences appertaining to the same, lying and being in William Adamson his marke. EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 DPRI/1/1685/W4/1,3 William Stodard, his marke DPRI/1/1685/L2 Robert Leighton of Shotton, 1685 Edward Newbie of Easington, yeoman, 1685 A true inventory of the goods and chattles of Robert Leighton of Shotton, deceased the 19th day of March In the name of God, amen, April the second, 168,.I, Edward Newbie 1685. And prized the 16th day of Aprill 1685 by of Easington in the county of Durham, yeoman, being sick of body but John Hendry, Christopher Hendry, Richard Crookes of good & perfect memory, thanks be to Almighty God, & nulling all and William Stothard, as followeth former will by me heretofore made, doe make, constitute & appoint this my last will & testament in manner & forme following (that is to lmprimis, his purse & apparel 10 0s 0d say) first, I give to my wife, five pound per annum for three years and ltem, seventeen kine & one bull 54 0s 0d a cow; and to my daughter, Alice Newbie, I give two oxen & two ltem, six oxen 24 0s 0d cowes & the old bay maire & the sturke in the banks & my wife to ltem, two steers & 2 whyes (3 yeare old), 2 steers have al the houshold stuf that she brought with her, and my daughter ltem, 3 whyes (2 yeare old), alsoe 5 that are one yeare old 25 0s 0d Alice to have all the rest of the houshold stufe but the bed in the ltem, twentie ews & lambs 6 0s 0d chamb; and to my son in law, John Hubbethorn, two shillings ltem, one mare & one gelding 8 0s 0d sixpence and to my son in law, George Lockey, two shillings sixpence ltem, seven calves 3 10s 0d and to my son in law, Robert Gifferson, two shillings sixpence and to ltem, ffour swine 1 10s 0d my sonn in law, William Atchinson, two shillings sixpence. And all ltem, the corne threshed & unthreshed 10 0s 0d the rest of my estate I give to my so, Edward Newby, whom I do ltem, six acres of wheat growing & 6 acres of bigg 20 0s 0d constitute & appoint my sole executor of this my last will and ltem, five acres of oates & 5 acres of pess growing 10 0s 0d testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seale the day & yeare above written. ltem, in the fore-house, 2 cubbarts, 13 putar dishes Edward Newby[marked with a symbol] and some other small putar, one table 3 10s 0d seal ltem, 2 firmes, 2 chairs signed, sealed ltem, in the parlour, 2 bed steads & beding belonging them, & delivered in the presence one cubbart, 5 chairs, one table, one firme, one trunke of us & frame 4 0s 0d Maurice Lisle [full name signed] Milke vessells in the milke house 2 0s 0d Thomas Melsonbe [full name signed] ltem, in the chamber above the parlour, 2 bed-steads John Wilkinson [full name signed] & beding upon them, one pannell chist, one table, Elizabeth Layes [marked with a symbol] one chaire, beding that is not upon the beds 6 0s 0d ltem, one chist of linnen in that room 4 0s 0d A true inventory of all the goods & chattels of ltem, two long waines, 2 coope wains, 2 pair of wheels, Edward Newbie of Easington in the county of 2 pair of stings, 6 teems, 4 yokes, 1 pair of horse Durham, lately deceased, as follows geer with some other implements of husbandry 7 0s 0d ltem, seven bee hives 1 15s 0d Imprimi, tenn milk cowes valued at 20 0s 0d Totall 200 5s 0d Two whyes 3 0s 0d John Hindry Four oxen & one steeath 12 0s 0d Chrystopher Hendry Five yeare old calves 3 0s 0d Richard Crookes Two maires & 6 0s 0d EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 two foales 2 0s 0d Item, ffifty two old sheep & thirty eight lambs 20 0s 0d Fifteen sheep 4 0s 0d Item, a sow & hir pigg 14s 0d Two coupwayns & one long wayn, three plowes, three yoakes, Itjem, plowes & plowgh gere, waines and waine two soames, horse geare, 1 15s 0d gere, harrows & other smale implement Three cubbards & three bedsteeds and bedding, pewter, a table things belonging to husbandry 9 0s 0d & two formes, 2 chaires 6 0s 0d Item, corne about the house, berryed & to thresh 7 0s 0d The crop 15 0s 0d Item, twenty acres of harcorne 43 6s 8d Item, fourteen acres of oates 16 6s 8d Disbursed by Edward Newbie executor Sum tottal 193 17s 4d For his funerall 5 13s 4d Witnesse our subscriptions For hay to releive the beasts 3 10s 0d George Paxton For rent 56 0s 0d Richard Rawlin To the widdow of the said Edward 15 0s 0d Richard Wilson, his marke In all 80 3s 4d Richard Crookes 72 15s 0d DPRI/11686/W25/1/ 7 8s 4d October 16th 1685 Richard Rawling of Little Thorpe, yeoman, 1687 witnesse John Hubbethorne, mark [marked with a vertical stroke] In the name of God, Amen, I, Richard Rawlin of Little Thorpe in the William Johnson, his mark [no mark] county of Durham, yeoman, being of sound and perfect minde and John Wilkinson, his mark [no mark] memory, doe make and ordaine this my last will and testament in DPRI/1/1685/N11, 3 manner ffollowing. First, I give my soule to Almighty God who gave itt, hopeing, by the merits of my lord and saviour, Jesus Christ, to William Wood of Easington, 1686 obtain full and free pardon and foregivenesse of all my sins and to . inheritt everlasting life, and my body I committ to the earth to be Aprill 27th 1686 decently buried, att the discretion of my executor hereafter named. A perfect inventory of the goods & chattells And, as touching my worldly estate, (which God hath given mee farr of William Wood of Easington late deceased, above my deserts), I give and dispose thereof as ffolloweth. First, I valued and prized by us whose names are hereunto give and devise unto my loving wife Anne, two of my best cowes and subscribed as followeth. all my household stuffe (except one beddstead, bedding and the Imprimis, his purse and apparel 3 0s 0d ffumiture standing and being in my house in Little Thorpe aforesaid Item, In the forehouse, a table, a bedd & bed cloths, wherein I lye, one table and fforme in the roome where the said bedd a cubert with some other implement, household stands), and all my close, called Lingdale scituate in Little Thorpe goods 4 0s 0d aforesaid, to hold the same close with the appurtenances to her and her Item, In the parloor, some smale household goods assignes for and during the tearme of her naturall life. And, with a bedsteed in the loft 2 0s 0d immediately from and after her death and decease, I hereby devise the Item, sixe oxen, valued 22 0s 0d same close to my son, Michael Rawling, his heires and assignes for Item, ffowerteen kine & a bull 40 0s 0d ever. And, my mind and will is, and I hereby appoint and order, that Item, ffower thre yeare olds, 3 heyfers & a steer 8 0s 0d my said son shall, from time to time, att his own costs and charges Item, ffower two yeare olds, 2 steers, 2 heyfers 5 6s 8d (soe often as there shall be occasion or necessary during my said Item, ffower yeare old stirks 2 13s 4d wife's life) renew the said lease of the said premises and that every Item, a gray gelden, 3 old mares & two ffoles 10 10s 0d new lease or leases to be renewed or taken of the premises, shall be EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 subject to, and under the power of the devise aforesaid to my said wife Richard Rawlinge as aforesaid. And, I devise unto my said son Michael, his heires and assigns, all that my close called Easington Moore adjoyning on a close Collacoe fidele facta concordat haec copia ad originali in minibus called Thorpe Moore, and all those my three acres of ground lyeing in executoris supranominat remanen executor per me. Thorpe lea adjoyning on Nicholas Paxton's lea on the west. And, I hereby devise and give unto my daughters, Anne and Margarett, one A true, full and perfect inventory of all the good and chattels, moveable hundred and eighty pounds to each of them, to be paid to them and immoveable, which Richard Rawling of Little Thorpe in the county respectively within six months after my death. And I hereby devise of Durham, yeoman, lately deceased, dyed possessed on, taken and apprised unto my daughters, Hannah and Mary, to each of them, one hundred the nineteenth day of May 1687 by fower men indifferently chosen, whose and ffifty pounds, to be paid to them att their respective ages of one names are hereunder written. and twenty yeares. And my mind and will is, and I do hereby devise and order, that my executor shall pay half yearely unto my said two Imprimis, his purse and apparel 10 0s 0d daughters, Hannah and Mary respectively, the legall interest of the Item, ten cowes and three heifers 36 0s 0d said three hundred pounds, soe bequeathed to them as aforesaid, to be Item, six oxen 24 0s 0d computed from my death and equally to be devided betwixt them Item, fforty five ewes with their lambs 15 0s 0d untill their respective legacies shall become due and payable as Item, two geldings and one mare 9 0s 0d aforesaid and that my executor shall maintain with all necessarye and Item, three calves and one swine 1 5s 0d suitable education, my two daughters, Hannah and Mary, untill their Item, plow boat and wayne boat 5 0s 0d severall marriages or ages of one and twenty yeares, whether shall Item, corne in the house 6 0s 0d ffirst happen. And my mind and will is, and I doe hereby order and Item, corne growing 40 0s 0d devise, that itt happen that if any of my said ffoure daughters shall dye Item, houshold stuffe 20 0s 0d before her or their said legacies shall be due and payable as aforesaid, Item, two bee hives 1 0s 0d that in such case, the legacie of her or them soe dying, as aforesaid, Debts oweing to the testator not yet received 550 0s 0d shall be paid and devided among such of my said daughters and my 721 5s 0d said son Michael as shall survive or overlive her or them soe dyeing. Thomas Robinson And that upon the respective payments of the respective legacies James Reed aforesaid, the said respective legatees shall give a generall release to John Robinson my executor and in default thereof, the legacie of her or them that John Watson shall refuse to give such release shall be void and I give the same to DPRI/1/1687/R4/1-3 my executor. Item, I give unto my servant Thomas Wilson, twenty shillings to be paid within one week after my death. All the rest of my William Rutter of Thorpe, 1688 goods and chattells of what kind or interlined nature soever, I give & devise the same to my said son Michael and I doe appoint and make A true inventory of the goods & chattels of William Rutter my said son, Michael, executor of this my last will and I doe hereby of Thorpe in the parish of Easington, lately deceased revoake all former & other wills by me heretofore made and doe as follows. declare this to be my last will and testament. And I doe appoint my brother-in-law, Thomas Robinson of Greatham, and my cozen, James Imprimis, his purse & his apparrell, prized at 6 8s 0d Reed of Horden, supervisors of this my last will.. In witnesse whereof Item, tenn pounds in money 10 0s 0d I have, to this my last will and testament, sett my hand and seale, the Item, a cubboard 6s 0d five and twentieth day of September in the yeare of our Lord 1686, the pewter that was upon it, at 5s 0d Annoque Regis Domini nostri Jacobi secundi nunc Angliae &c. a bedstead & cloathes upon it, at 8s 0d secundo. Signed, sealed, published and declared in the presence of us; a fir glas case & desk, at 2s 6d Ralph Gowland, John Gowland, William Spencely. an old table or leaf & a frame & a forme, at 4s 0d EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 an old chair, at 6d every former and other wills and testaments by me in any wise made a hat & a voider, at 2s 6d before this time. In wittnesse hereof I have here unto sett my hand and in all 17 16s 6d seale this twenty eight day of January, in the year of our Lord, 1689. In witnesse whereof we have hereunto George Richardson seal set our hands this 30th day of Aprill, Signed, sealed and declared Anno Domini, 1688 by the said George Richardson John Watson to be his last will and testament William Judson in the presence of John Wilkinson George Heath Wiliam Sidgwicke jur Disbursed as follows John Thompson jur ffor his buriall & funeral charges 2 12s 0d Robert Lambton jur for his house rent to Christopher Jurdison 2s 0d DPRI/1/1689/R5/1 to John Rutter his brother 10 0s 0d 13 0s 0d Thomas Paxton of Easington, yeoman, 1689

17 16s 6d A true and perfect inventory of all the goods and chattells belonging to 13 0s 0d Thomas Paxton of Easington, yeoman, late deceased, 4 16s 6d ffeburary the 26th Anno domini 1690 DPRI/1/1688/R16/1 Imprimis, for his farme of land 136 8s 4d George Richardson of Shotton, yeoman, 1689 Two kine, a calfe and a horse 8 0s 0d One bedstead & one bedding of cloaths 1 10s 0d th January the 28 , 90/89 Two chists, a frame & a forme 6s 0d I, George Richardson of Shotton of the parrish of Easington in the A table, a long settle & one cupboard 1 14s 0d ounty of Durham, yeoman, beinge sicke of body but of ffull and Two pewter dishes, one tankard & a candlestick 5s 0d perfect remembrance, thanks be unto almighty God for it, doe make A lanterne, a pott & other small utensills 8s 6d this my last will and testament in manner and forme ffollowinge. First, A pann, two skealls & one saltkitt 4s 0d I give unto my sister, Margret Iley, the summe of two pounds per All the small wooden vessell 6s 0d annum, to be paid quarterly duringe her life naturall. Allsoe, I give A pann, a woollen wheele & a trundle bed 6s 0d unto Elizabeth Clarke all the bedding att William Sigsworth's. Allsoe, A chaire, a pare of tempses & a pare of scales 2s 0d I give unto Ann Richardson one round table. Allsoe, I give unto Jane All the linnen 1 10s 0d Sigsworth the summe of two pounds. Alsoe, I give unto John His purse & apparell 1 0s 0d Thompson one ffetherbedd and beddsteed with boulster and shorte Eight bushells of wheat 1 4s 0d pillows and brown courtains, one browne rugg, one couerlidd, one In all 153 3s 10d paire of blankets with courtaine rodds, standinge in my parlor att Shotton. Alsoe, I give unto Magdalen Thompson one warminge pann. More for rents payable at Pentecost next 4 15s 0d Alsoe, I give all the rest of my houses, lands and tenaments and goods ffor wheat growning upon the store 3 5s 0d whatsoever, I give unto my brother Phillip and his sonn Thomas More for rent 4s 0d joyntly. And finaly, I doe hereby constitute, ordaine and appoint my 8 4s 0d brother Phillip and his sonn, Thomas Richardson, my sole executors of this my last will and testament, upon condition that they shall pay 840 all my debts and legacies and doe hereby revoacke and annull all and EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Apprized by us of twenty pounds of lawfull money of England, to be payd her when George Paxton, junior [full name signed] she shall attaine to the age of one & twenty yeares, with all my Christopher Robinson [full name signed] houshold stuffe and implements of houshold stuffe and twenty James Paxton, his marke [marked with a symbol] shillings yearely to be payd her untill she shall attaine to the said age Richard Smith [full name signed] of one and twenty yeares to bring her up. [I give & bequeath unto my DPRI/1/1689/P4/1 son, John Robinson, the summe of three pounds deleted] And, as to all the rest of my goods and chattells, as well real as personall, I give Anne Paxton of Easington, widow, 1690 and bequeath unto John Paxton and Thomas Paxton whom I make sole executors of this my last will and testament. In witnese whereof, I In the name of God, Amen, the sixth day of September in the yeare of have sett my hand and seale the daye & yeare first within written. our Lord God one thousand, six hundred and ninety, I, Anne Paxton of Anna Paxton, hir mark, [marked with a cross and sealed] Easington in the county of Durham, widdow, being sick & weake in body but of sound and perfect memory ( praise be given to Almighty Signed, sealed, read, published God for the same) and knowing the the [sic] uncertainty of this life on and declared in the p[re]sence of earth and being desirous to settle things in order, do make this my last Chrisopher Robinson [full name signed] will and testament in manner and forme following, that is to say. ffirst James Paxton, his marke [marked with a symbol] and principally, I commend my soul to Almighty God, my creator, Margret Reed hir marke [marked with a symbol] assuredly beleiving that I shall receive full pardon & free remission of Isabell Smith. [full name signed] all my sins and to be saved by the pretious death and meritt of my DPRI/1/1690/P8/1 blessed saviour and redeemer Christ Jesus and my body to be buried in such decent & Christian manner as to my executors, hereafter Mathew Craggs of Hastings House, yeoman, 1692 named, shall be thought meet and convenient. And, as touching such worldly estate as the Lord, in mercy, hath lent me, my will & In the name of God, Amen, I, Mathew Cragis of Hastone House in the testament is, the same shall be imployed and bestowed as hereafter by countie of Durham, yeoman, being weak in bodie, praise God, but this will is expressed. And first, I do revoke, renounce, frustrate & sound in mind and memorie, do make and constitute this my last will make voyd all wills by me formerly made and declare and appoynt & testament in manner and form as foloweth. First and formost, I will this my last will and testament. Item, as to all that my messuage, that my dets and funarall charges be pad and discharged. Item, I give tenement or ffarmeholds with the appurtenances lying in Easington unto my wiff, Ann Crages, al my houshold godes. Item, I give unto aforesaid, I devise and dispose of the same as followeth. Item, I give, my welbeloved brother, Locke Crags, all my plough gar and wain gear devise & bequeath to John Paxton, my son, all that my close called the with fomitor their unto belonging. Item, I give unto my grandchild, Cow Close, one other close called Coleman Close & all the towne Anne Greann, a why with calf. Item, I give unto my wife, Ann Crages field land with the seate house & the appurtenances to the same and my brother, Louke Crgges of Elweak, all my goddes and chatalles belonging. Item, I give, devise and bequeath to Thomas Paxton, with all my personeall estate. And, I do appoynt them, my wif An another of my sons, all that close called the Bridge Hill Close, the Crages and my brother Louk Grgs, to be my ioynt executores of all Loaneing Bume Close, Castle fford Close and my coate house and that I have, mouveable and emouveable, with all that I have in this garth in Ratton Row, lying in Easington aforesaid with the world, to be equallie devided betwixt them. Further, I doe hearby appurtenances. Item, I give unto Isaack Paxton, my son, the whole & revock all other wills and testaments by me formerlie maid. In witnes just summe of twenty eight pounds of good and lawfull money of wheareof, I put my hand and seall this thirdi day of Febreuarie in the England, to be payd to him, his executors, administrators or assignes year of our Lord, one thousand, six hundred and ninetie tow. so soon as he shall attaine the age of one & twenty yeares and also Mathew Crages, his mark [marked with a symbol and sealed] twenty shillings a yeare during the time of his apprentishipp, to find Signed, sealed & delivered in the presens of us him cloaths. Item, I give unto Anne Paxton, my daughter, the summe William Mitcheson [full name signed] EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 John Watson, his mark [marked with a symbol] Efferdakers in the county of Durham, widdow, being of perfect Thomas Arrowsmith, his mark [marked with a capital T] memory (praised bee God), doe make and ordain this my last will & William Hickson [full name signed] testament, in manner and forme following. First, I bequeath my soul Witneses into the handes of Almighty God my maker, hopeing that thorow the meritorious death and passion of Jesus Christ, my onely saviour & A true & perfect inventory of the goods & chattels of Mathew Craggs, redeemer, to receive free pardon and forgivenesse of my sins; and, as late of Hasting House, deceased, apprized by us whose names are for my body, to bee buried in Christian burial, at the discretion of my underwritten, executor hereafter nominated. Item, I give and bequeath to my eldest the 27 ffebruary 1692. sonne, John, five shillings. Item, I give and bequeath unto my eldest daughter, Margaret, five shillings. Item, to my daughter Mary, the Imprimis, his purse & apparell 10s 0d summe of five shillings. Item, I give to my daughter Elizabeth, one Six oxen 10 0s 0d coverlid, one kettle, one blankett, one little cubboard and five shillings Six cowes 8 0s 0d in silver. Item, I give and bequeath unto my yongest sonne, Henry, all Tuo maires 3 10s 0d my goodes and chattels, moveable and unmoveable, now in my Twenty two sheep 3 0s 0d possession, and likewise doe order him to pay all my legacies and doe Two calves 13s 4d make him sole executor of this my last will & testament. Come in the bame & stack yard 4 0s 0d Elizabeth Knaggs, her marke The household goods 1 10s 0d Plough geer & waine geer 1 10s 0d Sealed, signed & delivered 32 13s 4d in the presence of us Disbursed for ffunerall expences 5 15s 0d John Busby jur By us, Anthony Busby jur Thomas Arrowsmith, his marke [marked with a capital T] John Mainger, his marke Richard Harle his marke [marked with a capital R] DPRI/1/1694/K4/1 Ralph Roper, his marke [marked with a capital O] William Mitcheson [full name signed] George Jurdeson of Shotton, yeoman, 1693

These are to certifie whom it may conceme, that, I, Ann Crages of In the name of God, Amen, the twentieth eight day of July in the yeare Hastane House, widdow, am pleased that my brother. Luck Crages, of our Lord God 1693, I, George Jurdeson of Shotton in the county shall take administration. palatine of Durham, yeoman, being very sick and weak in body but of perfect memory, thanks be given unto God therefore, calling unto Wittnes my hand, Ann Crages, her mark [marked with a symbol] minde the mortality of my body & knowing that it is appointed for all men to dye, doe make & ordain this, my last will and testament, that Witnesses, is say, principally and first of all, I give and recommend my soul into Thomas Arrosmith, his mark [marked with a capital T] the hands of God that gave it and for my body I commend it to the Richard Harl, his mark [marked with a capital R] earth, to be buryed in a Christianlike and decent manner, at the DPRI/1/1692/C21/1, 3-4 descretion of my executors, nothing doubting but at the generall resurection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of Elizabeth Knaggs of Low Efferdakers, widow, 1694 God; and as touching such wordly estate where with it hath pleased God to bless me in this life, I give, devise and dispose of the same in In the name of God, Amen, August the first, 1693, according to the the following manner and form. Imprimis, I do make my son, Thomas computation of the Church of Englande, I, Elizabeth Knaggs of Low Jurdeson, to be my executors to pay all legassees whatsoever. Item, I EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 give to my son, Richard Byers, the sume of ten pounds of good & second day of May, Anno Regni Regis Jacobi secundi etc. Angliae, lawful money. Item, I give to my daughter, Mirrell Jent, widdow, the the primo. Annoque Domini 1685. sume of ten pounds of good & lawful money. Item, I give to my Alice Leighton, her marke, seal daughter, Jane Stothard, the silver plate. Item, I give to my daughter, Thomas Leighton, seal Ann Beers and her children, the summe of ten pounds to be equally John Leighton seal divided among her & children. Item, I give to my son, John Watson, Seigned and sealed in the presence of the sume of twenty shillings of good & lawfull money. Item, I give to Gabriel Swainston my son, Robert Bailes, the sume of five shillings. This is my will that Edmond Smith these legacies shall be paid within eighteene moneths after my DPRI/1/1695/L9/ decease. Ass witness my hand & seale the day & year above written. initials and seal Ralph Loftus of Little Eden, 1697 In witness deleted Sealed, signed and delivered A tme & perfect inventory of all the goods, cattle & chattells of Ralph in the presence of Loftas, late of Little Eaden in the parishe ofEasington, decased, apprised Nicholas Read the sixteenth day of June, Annoque Domini 1697, by us whose names Robert Jurdeson are underwritten. Humble lmprimis, his purse & apperell 1 2s 0d DPRI/1/1693/J8/1 Ittem, ffoure oxen 13 0s 0d Ittem}, six kine 14 8s 0d Alice Leighton of the Low Hills, Shotton, widow, 1695 Ittem}, one stot, two heifers & a bull 4 0s 0d Ittem}, two old mares & two ffoales 5 10s 0d Know all all men, by theis presents, that I, Alice Leighton of the Low Ittem}, one colt 2li, 20 sheep 6li 8 0s 0d Hills within the townshipp of Shotton in the parish of Easington and Ittem}, plow & waine geere 6 10s 0d county of Durham, widdow, late wife and relict of Robert Leighton, Ittem}, two stacks of corne in the stackyard 5 0s 0d late of the Low Hills aforesaid, yeoman, deceased, and wee, Thomas Ittem}, corne growing upon the ground & old hay 31 14s 6d Leighton and John Leighton of the same, yeomen, naturall and lawfull Ittem}, in the forehouse, a cupbord & Spence 1 0s 0d children of the said late deceased, for diverse good causes and Ittem}, foure pewter dishes 5s. & table, chaire & longsetle 4s. 9s 0d consideracions us thereunto mooveing , do hereby humbly desire that Ittem}, 6 bowles, a skeele & chume 6s 0d the Right Worshippfull the judg of the ecclesiastical court of Durham Ittem}, one bedsteed 4s., in the loft, a bed 10s. 14s 0d or his deputy, may graunt and committ administracion of all and Ittem}, a ketle, pan, trenchers, dishes & other singular the goods, chattels, rights and credits of the aforesaid implements of household stuff 1 1s 6d deceased to John Hendry of Norton in the county of Durham, Ittem}, seaven stirks att grass 7 0s 0d aforesaid, yeoman, to and for the use of us, the said Alice Leighton, Ittem}, owing by Joshua Smith for corne 4 0s 0d Thomas and John Leighton ( being all of full age) and also, to and for Ittem}, by Ralph Chilton of Renton, for oats 2 5s 0d the use of Robert Leighton and William Leighton and of Ann, Jane Ittem}, by George Wilkinson, d ? for oats 5 5s 0d and Alice Leighton, spinsters ( being all of them in their minorityes), Ittem}, small debts by severall hands 3 5s 0d late naturall and lawfull childeren also of the said deceased, according 114 10s 0d to the tenour of a monicion issuing out of the said ecclesiastical court John Thompson of Durham and lately published in the parishe church of Easington Richard Crookes aforesaid at the instance or promocion of the said John Hendry. In Anthony Craggs witness whereof wee have hereunto set our hands and seals, the DPRI/1/1697/L11/1 EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 Richard Lightfoot of Easington, 1699 In the name of God, amen, the twenty day of December in the year of our Lord God, 1694, and in the sixth year of the reign of our soverign In the name of God, Amen, I, Richard Leightfoot of Easington, Lord & Lady, King William & Queen Mary. I, Richard Jurdeson of althogh being sick of bodey yet of a sound and perfect mind and Easington in the county of Durham, yeoman, being sick & weak in memory, praise be therefore given to Almighty God, do make & body but of sound & perfect memory, (thanksbe to God) do make this ordain this my present last will & testament in manner and form my last will & testament in manner & forme following, that is to say, following (that is to say), first and principally, I commend my soul first, I bequeath my soul & spirit into the hands of Almighty God my into the hands of Almighty God hoping, through the merits, death and heavenly father, by whom of his meer & only grace, I trust to be saved pashion of my saviour, Jesus Christ, to have full & free pardon & & received into eternall rest through the death of my saviour & forgiveness of sins and to inherit everlasting life. And, as touching the redeemer, Jesus Christ, in whose precious blood, I set the whole & disposition of all such temporal! estate as it hath pleased the allmighty only hope of my salvation. My wretchfull body, in hope of a joyfull God to bestow upon me, I give and dispose thereof as followeth. Item, resurection, I commit to the earth to be buryed in such decent & I give unto my father, Richard Leightfoot, the sumne of 5 shillings. Christian manner as my executor hereafter named shall think good. Item, and to my mother Elizabeth Leightfoot, 1 guiney. Item, To my First, I will that all such debts as I owe shall be truly paid. Item, I give brother John Leightfoot, five shillings. Item, To my sister Ellenor, 2 & bequeath to Christopher Jurdeson, the second son of Christopher guineys. Item, and to my brother Simon Leighton, five shillings. Item, Jurdeson of Littlethorpe, all my lease, farmehouse, byers, stables & to William Swallwell, 1 guiney. Item, to Ann Liddell, 1 guiney. Item, barnes belonging thereunto, holding under my Lord Bishop of and that Robert Lighfoot shall have the house & all appurtaining to Durham. that tenement, after the decease of my wife Elizabeth Leightfoot and Item, I give unto the same Christoper Jurdeson the summe of forty paire of plush breeches. Item, and, if the said Elizabeth marry again pounds and all my houshold goods but what are below excepted. And and hath a child, that my brother Robert shall or cause to paid to the I give unto him all my instruments that belongs to husbandry. Item, I child, 10 pounds when he enters the house. Item, and he shall pay or give unto the poor of this cunstably of Easington the summe of ten cause to be paid to my brother, Henry Leightfoot, the sumne of five pounds. Item, the ten pounds which James Crooks owes me, I do give pounds. Item, and to Henery, the son of Simon Leightfoot, tenn five pounds of it unto his wife and 4 pounds I give unto Maugery, the pounds. Item, and to my sister Elenor, 3 guineys. Item, all the rest & wife of Nicholas Crooks, and the other twenty shillings I give to residue of my personall estate, goods & chattells whatsoever, I do give Elizabeth Jurdeson, the daughter of William Jurdeson, late of little & bequeath unto my loving wife, Elizabeth Leightfoot, full and sole thorpe. Item, I give to Richard Jurdeson, son of the aforsaid executrix of this my last will & testament. And I do here revocke, Christopher Jurdeson, the summe of twenty pounds. Item, I give to disnull, make void all former wills and testaments by me heretofore Jane Jurdeson, the daughter of the aforsaid Christoper, the summe of made. And that the said Elizabeth Leightfoot, my wife, shall have a ten pounds and likewise I give unto her the best bed which is in the part of my best cloaths which she pleaseth and my brother, Robert, the chamber above & the best cupboard. Item, the five pounds that John rest of my best cloaths, and my brother Simon, the stript cloaths, and Paxton of Easington owes me I give & bequeath it to Richard Paxton, my apprentice, William Sheepherd, the rest of my old cloaths. Witnes his eldest son. Item, I give unto George Robinson, son of Christopher whereof we set our hands Robinson of Easington, the summe of forty shillings. Item, I make and George Liddell December 16th ordein Christopher Jurdeson, senior, to be my full and only executor Ann Liddell her mark 1699 of this my last will and testament. And I doe utterly revoke all former William Sheeperd his mark wills and testaments in any wise heretofore made or declared. DPRI/I/1699/L6/1 In witness whereof I have set to my hand & seal the day & date above written. Richard Jurdeson of Easington, yeoman, 1700 Richard Jurdison [full name signed and sealled] Christopher Robinson [full name signed] Elizabeth Robinson, her mark [marked with a capital O] John Richardson, curate de Easington [full name signed] EASINGTON WILLS, 1601-50 DPRI/1/1700/J4/1

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