Will – John Rumney – 14 Mar 1694

In the name of God amen I John Rumney of the towne and County of Newcastle upon tine merchant being in health and of perfect sound and disposing mind and memory blessed be God for the same but not knowing the number of my dayes or att what time I shall be called upon to goe the way of all the earth think fitt to make this my last will and testament in manner and forme following 



Impri[mi]s I com[m]itt my Soul unto the Father of Spirits who gave it hopeing for acceptance with him upon the account of the merits of my Lord & Saviour Christ Jesus and my body I order to be buried in the parish Church of St Nicholas in Newcastle aforesaid in such manner as my Executrix hereafter named shall think fit and as to the temporall Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to intrust me I give and dispose of the same in manner and forme following 



Imprimus my ['will and' crossed out]  my mind ['and will' inserted}]is and I doe hereby order and appoint that all my just debts and all and every sum[m]e and sum[m]es of money whatsoever by me owing or due to any person or persons whatsoever shall be fully satisfied and paid 



It[e]m I give and bequeath unto my brother Samuel Rumney the sum[m]e of  one hundred pounds lawfull ['English' inserted] money for a legacy in case my said brother be living att the time of my decease but if my said brother be then dead leaving any Child or children of his body lawfully begotten then I give and bequeath the said sum[m]e of one hundred pounds unto such Child or Children of my said brother 

Item I give and bequeath unto my brother Timothy Rumney the sum[m]e of one hundred pounds Lawfull English money for a legacy in case my said brother Timothy Rumney be living att the time of my decease but if my said brother Timothy Rumney be then dead leaving any Child or Children of his body Lawfully begotten then I give and bequeath the said sum[m]e of one hundred pounds unto such Child or Children of my said brother Timoth Rumney 

It[e]m I give and bequeath unto Thomas Wasse of Newcastle aforesaid merchant the sum[m]e of twenty pounds Lawfull English money for a legacy 

It[e]m I give and bequeath unto my cosin Timothy Wright Readmarshall  <Redmarshall> in the County of Durham Gent[leman] the sum[m]e of one hundred pounds Lawfull English money for a legacy.  

Item I give ['and bequeath' crossed out] unto my aunt Ann Williamson Widdow the sum[m]e of twenty pounds Lawfull English money for a legacy 

Item I give and bequeath unto my Cosin William Williamson of St Hellen Aukland <St Helen Auckland?> in the said county of Durham Gent[leman] the sum[m]e of fifty pounds Lawfull English money for a legacy 

It[e]m I give and bequeath unto my Cosin Thomas Williamson  of Yarme in the County of York Merchant the sum[m]e of fifty pounds Lawful English money for a legacy 

It[e]m I give and bequeath unto my Cosin Timothy Williamson of Stockton in the County of Durham Gent[leman] the sum[m]e of fifty pounds Lawful English money for a legacy Item I give and bequeath unto my Cosin Hugh Nelson of Penrith in the County of Cumberland  Gent[leman] the sum[m]e of fifty pounds Lawfull English money for a legacy  And my mind and will is and thereby doe declare the said severall legacyse and sum[m]es of money above by this my last will and testament given and bequeathed unto the said Timothy Wright Ann Williamson William Williamson Thomas Williamson and Timothy Williamson Hugh  Nelson Samuell Rumney and Timothy Rumney respectively as is aforesaid shall be &  are by me intended to be in full satisacc[i]on of what the same persons or any of them may or cann respectively after my decease have clame challenge or demand forth or out of my personall Estate or any part thereof Item I give and bequeath unto Francis Johnson of Newcastle aforesaid Merchant the sum[m]e of tenn pounds Lawfull English money for a legacy Item I give and bequeath unto Robert Mitford sonn of Robert Mitford of Sighill <Seghill> in the County of Northumberland Esq the sum[m]e of tenn pounds Lawfull English money for a legacy Item I give and bequeath unto John Davison sonn of Timothy Davison of Newcastle aforesaid Esq the sum[m]e of  tenn Pounds of lawful English money for a legacy  

It[e]m I give and bequeath unto William Randell sonn of Richard Randell of the towne & County of Newcastle upon Tine bookeseller the sum[m]e of five pounds Lawful English money for a legacy 

It[e]m I give and bequeath unto my Cosin Alice Butler of Newcastle aforesaid widdow the sum[m]e of tenn pounds Lawful English money for a legacy. 

It[e]m I give and bequeath unto my Cosin Dorothy Butler daughter of the said Alice Butler widdow the sum[m]e of tenn pounds Lawfull English money for a legacy. 

It[e]m I give and bequeath unto Sir William Blackett of Newcastle aforesaid Barronett, the Lady Julian his wife the said Timothy Davison and Elizabeth his wife the said Robert Mitford and Christiana his wife Ann Simpson of Newcastle aforesaid Widdow John Wilkinson of Newcastle aforesaid Gent[leman] and Dorothy his wife respectively each of them a gold ring of the value of ['of'' inserted] twenty shillings Lawfull English money for a remembrance of me. 

It[e]m I give and bequeath unto every of the Children of the said Sir William Blackett respectively three Guineas for a tocken and my mind and will is and doe hereby order and appoint that my Executrix hereafter named hir Exec[utors[ or adm[inistrators] request to be made after my decease by my said brothers and John Edon of Newcastle upon Tine Merchant respectively shall release acquitt and discharge my said brothers Samuel and Timothy and the said John Edon severally  ['and' crossed out] and respectively and their severall and respective heirs executors and adm[ministrators] of and from all debts duetyes [duties] sum[m]e and sum[m]es of money challenge and demand whatsoever which my said executrix or hir exec[utors] or adm[inistrators] shall may or cann have challenge or demand of from or against my said brothers and the said John Edon severally and respectively their severall and respective heirs exec[utors] & <adm[inistrators]> by virtue or reason of this my last will & testament  

It[e]m I give and bequeath unto the Mayor and Burgesses of  [inserted 'the town and county of'] Newcastle  upon Tine the sum[m]e of two hundred ['pounds' crossed out]and fifty pounds lawful English money upon this trust and confidence and to the the intent and purpose that the said Mayor and Burgesses and their successors shall and will from time to time lend and putt out att interest the said sum[m]e of two hundred and fifty pounds and every or any part thereof upon such reasonable security as the said Mayor and Burgesses and their successors shall think fit and upon this further trust and confidence that the said Mayor and Burgesses and their Successors shall and will from time to time pay distribute and devide the interest money which shall be gotten for the said sum[m]e of two hundred and fifty pounds to and amongst such persons and in such manner as hereafter is menc[i]oned (that is to say) one full fifth part thereof (the whole into five parts being equally divided) unto the master ['and' crossed out] brethren and sisters of the hospitall of the holy Jesus in the manners ['of' crossed out] in Newcastle aforesaid and one other fifth part thereof (the whole into five parts being equally Divided to the poor and necessitous inhabitants within the parochiall Chapelry of St Johns in Newcastle aforesaid and one other fifth part thereof (the whole into five parts being equally devided) unto the poor and necessitous inhabitants within the parochiall Chapelry of St Andrews in Newcastle aforesaid and one other fifth part thereof (the whole into five parts being equally divided) to the poor and necessitous inhabitants within the parochiall Chapelry of All Saints in Newcastle aforesaid and the residue thereof to the poor and necessitous inhabitants within the parish of St Nicholas in Newcastle aforesaid (other than such as are inhabitants within the said Chappelryes or any of them) 

It[e]m I give and bequeath unto the Company Society or Fellowshipp of Merchants in Newcastle aforesaid the sum[m]e of one hundred pounds lawful English money to the intent that the said sum[m]e of one hundred pounds may from time to time after my decease upon reasonable security for the repayment thereof be lent by the said Company or Society to some younger trading member or brother of the said Company Society or Fellowship for any time not exceeding the terme of three years without paying any interest for the same 

It[e]m I give devise and bequeath all that my messuage Burgage [insert 'or']  Tenement with the rights members & appurten[an]eces thereof Situate Standing and being in Newcastle aforesaid in a certain Street or place now called or knowne by the name of Westgate And alsoe all that my other Mesuage tenement or Burgage  situate Standing and being in Newcastle aforesaid in a certaine street or place there called or knowne by the name of the Overdeen bridge unto my wife Isabell Rumney hir heirs and Assignes for ever. 

It[e]m I give devise and bequeath all and singular my Collyeryes Colemines seem and seems of Cole whatsover and all and singular my groves veins and mines of Lead oare and all my Estate terme for yeares interest <tennant> right ['& right' inserted] of renueall of in or unto ['all or' inserted] any Collyeryes Colemines Seame and Seames of Cole Groves  veins and mines of Lead oare Lying and being respectively within the Countyes of Durham and Cumberland  and other of them or any other place whatsoever unto my said wife Isabell Rumney hir Exec[utors] Adm[instrators] and assignes and all the residue of my goods Chattells Leases debts dutyes sum(m)e and sum(m)es of money and personall estate whatsoever my just Debts the legacys before by this my last will and testament given and bequeathed and my funeral expenses being first satisfied deducted and paid I give devise and bequeath the same unto my said wife Issabell Rumney hir Exec[utors] Adm[instrators] and assignes and I doe make constitute and appoint my said wife Issabell Rumney sole Executrix of this my last will and testament and I doe nominate and appoint the said Sir William Blackett, my brother in Law Jonathan Roddam and the said Thomas Wasse of Newcastle aforesaid Merchant to be sup(er)visors of this my last will and testament desireing them to advise and assist my said Executrix in the due performance thereof and I doe revoke and make void all former and other wills & testaments by me att any time heretofore made In Witnesse whereof I the said John Rumney have ['hereunto' inserted] sett my hand and seale the fourteenth day of March in the sixth yeare of the reigne of our Soveraigne Lord and Lady King William and Queen Mary by the Grace of God over England Scotland France and and Ireland Defender of the Faith <'xt Anno??' executed in the year >  D[o]m[ini] [of our Lord] 1693

      John Rumney

      

Signed sealed published and declared by the within named John Rumney for and as his last will and testament in the p[rec]ence of us



Joseph Barnes		John Fothergill		Jesse Jenkinson/

jurat coram N Elison <sworn before me N Ellison>



[2 Latin paragraphs to follow]



The condition of this obligat[i]on is such that whereas the originall last will & testament of John Rumney Esq late of the town & County of Newcastle upon Tyne & dioces of Durham dec[eas]ed was ordered & decreed to be delivered to the above <bounden> Isabell Rumney her heirs, Exec[utors] Adm[nistrators or Assignes or some of  them <doe> & shall upon lawfull warneing or Notice to her or them given bring in & redeliver the s[ai]d originall will of the s[ai]d John Rumney Esq (her husband) <dec[eas]ed> into the Consistory Courte of Durham <whole > <undefaced> <unaltered> and <uncancelled> as the same is all the Sealeing hereof harmeless keep the above named R. R. Father in God & his s[ai]d official & all other their officers ministers & successors by reason of the <  > then this < > Obligation to be voyd or else of full force & effort <Signat Sigillabel signed/ sealed?>

<Delib in presenitia delivered in? presented?> 



Joseph Greenvell  Isabell Rumney

John Ord

Rob[er]t Roddam

Jonathan Roddam



[On back of will]

1694 Testm[ment] Jo[hn] Rumney <Armi[g]er? Esquire?> Villa Nova Castri sup[er] Tinam

<desesi deceased?>