Will – Thomas Marshall – 15 May 1722

Testam[en]tu[m] Thome Marshall nup[er] de Walltowne in Com[itatu] Nor' Gen[enorosi] Def[unc]ti



The Will of Thomas Marshall late of Walltowne in the County of Northumberland Gentleman Deceased



In the Name of God Amen I Thomas Marshall of Walltown in the County of Northumberland Gent[leman] being firm & Sound of Body & of Good & perfect memory & Judgem[en]t (praised be God) And it being the Duty of every Christian to sett his House in Order & that the Day of a Man’s Death is as hidden as it is certaine do make & declare this my last Will & testam[en]t in writing in manner & form following to preserve peace & brotherly kindness amongst my children after my Decease & to prevent all disputes & Controversies which may happen to be or arise amongst my children touching & concerning my personall Estate & their severall parts shares & proporc[i]ons thereof whensoever it shall please God to call me assuredly hoping then for mercy & full remission of all my sins through the only merits of my Saviour & Redeemer Christ Jesus into whose hands and care I recommend my soul & my body to the Earth from whence it came to be buryed in such decent & moderate manner as by my Dear wife & my executors herein after named shall be thought fit & convenient & as for my worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God of his Bounty to bless me My Will & pleasure is that all my just Debts & funeral Expences shall be paid in the first place thereout by my Executors herein after named And I do give & bequeath unto my trusty & well beloved friends Robert Coatesforth Esq[uir]e & Tho: Coltherd of Scottby in the County of Cumberland Gent[leman] All & Singular Implem[ent]s of husbandry ready money stock of Cattell Corn & hay Bonds Bills Mortgages Judgem[en]ts & other Securities for money to me owing Leases for years & all & Singular my Goods Chattells Rights Creditts & p[er]sonall  Estate in whose hands Custody or poss[ess]ion soever and the same be & of what nature Quality or kind soever and the same is or are & to the Survivors of them the s[ai]d Robert Coatesforth & Thomas Coltherd & the Survivor of them & his executors & adm[inistrator]s upon special trust & confidence by them the s[ai]d Robert Coatesforth & the s[ai]d Thomas Coltherd & the survivor of them & his executors administrators or assigns to be sold & disposed of as soon as may be after my Decease for paying such Debts & funeral expenses & for raising of such porc[i]on & porc[i]ons for my Daughters Mary Marshall  by my first wife & Anne Marshall by my now wife & for my younger Sons & Daughters respectively & to be paid them in such manner as now or at any time hereafter shall be directed appointed or Limitted by any Deed in Writing under my hand & seal & to be for no other use intent or purpose whatsoever And it is my Will that all the lead Wainscott glass Iron=work Doors Locks & keys in & ab[ou]t my Mansion House & Messuage at Walltown afores[ai]d shall remaine & pass with the freehold of the same without any Value or price to be sett thereupon as heirlooms to my s[ai]d House & heirs for ever  Item my Will & pleasure is that my Dear wife if she shall so like of it shall have the Education of my son George Marshall & Daughter Ann together with their & either of their Annuall provisions appointed them by a certaine Deed of  Settlem[en]t under my hand & seal bearing Date on or about the second day of May 1721 during her Widowhood only & their minority at the Discretion of my Trustees & Overseers  Item I will that in case my wife shall marry or dye then my s[ai]d Loving friends Robt Coatsforth & Thomas Coulthard shall have the Education disposall & ordering of my son George Marshall & Daughter Ann Marshall with the use & interest of their porc[i]ons for their best advantage (and so of the Rest of the Children)  Item whereas I have already raised paid & satisfied to Mr John Blenkinsop of Dryburnhaugh who marryed my Daughter Jane the sume of five hundred pounds of lawfull money of Great Brittaine in parte for her marriage porc[i]on & the further sume of three hundred pounds hereafter to be paid now my Will & pleasure is that in case my said Son George shall happen to dye & all & every my son & sons lawfully begotten or to be begotten shall dye without issue Male of their or any of their respective Bodys lawfully to be begotten so that the estate & estates in tail mail limitted by such settlement as aforesaid shall cease & determine & that the said Manour messuages Lands tenements & Hereditaments with the appurtenances therein mentioned shall thereby come or descend to & upon my Issue female that then & in such case my said Daughter Jane Blenkinsop & the heirs of her body shall allow such sumes of five hundred pounds so paid & parte three hundred pounds for her marriage portion as aforesaid out of the messuages Lands tenements and Hereditaments so to come or descend to her by virtue of such set[t]lem[en]t as aforesaid & only be equall & take proportionably with my other Children & no more & that such sumes of five hundred pounds & three hundred pounds shall so descend & come to her & her heirs by virtue of such settlement or otherwise any thing hereine or in the said Deed of Settlement contained to the Contrary hereof Notwithstanding And my mind will & meaning farther is that the said Robert Coatesforth & Thomas Coltherd & the survivor of them & his exec[utor]s & adm[inistrator]s shall & will from & immediately after my Death & Decease receive & take all and every the Rents & profitts of the said estate & and in the first place shall pay & discharge thereout all such sume & sumes of money as I shall justly owe to be indebted to any person or persons whosoever Which my personall Estate shall be deficient to answer pay & discharge & afterwards for & until my said son George Marshall attaine to the age of 21 years to raise & pay to my Daughter Mary Marshall Eight hundred pounds as soon as the p[ro]fits of the s[aid] Estate will raise & <cast> the same after my just debts & funeral expenses are fully satisfied & paid & in the meane time to allow her three pounds <……> for her maintenance yearly by halfe yearly paym[e]nts until the same can be raised for her & she alsoe to be at liberty to receive yearly or half yearly all the <rente> & profits as the same become due until the Eight hundred pounds be raised & paid she giving a receipt for such sumes as she receives them & afterwards by such receipts of the profits as afores[ai]d to pay to my other Daughter Anne Marshall the sume of £800 when she shall attaine to the age of 21 years & in the meantime to pay her halfe yearly or every halfe year the sume of five pounds <..> she attaine the age of twelve yeares & from thenceforth until she attaine the s[ai]d age of one & twenty years the sume of fifteen pounds to be paid by halfe yearly paym[en]ts as afores[ai]d <of> lawfull money of Great Brittaine for her maintenance & Education for & untill the payment of such sume of Eight hundred pounds be p[ai]d as aforesaid  And shall also out of the rents issues & profitts of my said Estate Demise Lease mortgage or sale thereof or of any part thereof pay unto my said Son Geo: Marshall the sume of Tenn pounds <per year> And untill he come to & attain the age of 14 years & from & after he shall attaine to the age of 14 years of age as aforesaid from thenceforth he shall have paid him <year> or such other Sume or Sumes as my s[ai]d Trustees or the Survivor or Survivors of them shall thinke fitt or p[ro]per < > sume of fifteene pounds until he attaine the age of 21 years or marry which shall first happen And I do make constitute & appoint to be Joint Executors in trust as aforesaid of my last Will & testament my trust & well beloved friends Robt. Coatsforth and Tho: Coulthard And I do hereby Intreat all their Care & Diligence in the due performance & execution of the said Trust I leave hereby reposed in them & every of them & that they will be aiding & assisting in whatsoever they may to my said wife & Children in & about the management of their affairs & concerns And I also will that their reasonable Costs & Charges be duely answered to every one of them out of my whole Goods from time to time And if it shall happen that at any time hereafter any ambiguity doubt or Question do grow or arise by Reason of the Imperfection or defect of or in any of the Words Clauses & sentences in this my last will & testament or any other writing by me made or to be made for or concerning the settlement or Disposal of my Concerns either real or p[er]sonall to prevent all suits & charges at Law that then the further & better Explanacon interpretation & construction of the the said Doubt imperfection & ambiguity I will that my said Trustees Executors & Supervisors shall Expound explain & interpret according to their wisdoms & Discretions  And lastly I do declare this alone to be my last Will & testament And I do hereby revoke all former & other wills by me heretofore made  In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seal this 15th Day of May Anno Do[min]i 1722

As to my daughter Jane Blenkinsopps three hundred pounds the remaineing p[ar]t of her marriage porc[i]on I hereby  appointe & refer the payment thereof pursuant to the marriage articles I hereby give & bequeath unto my s[ai]d loveing wife all my s[aid] household goods & implam[en]ts of household stuffe of whatsoever nature or kinde the same <…..> of that she had before we intermarried or she since brought here to her owne <….> use & behoofe with full power to dispose of the same as she shall thinke fitt and as for all the remainder of my household goods &  implaments of household stuffe – of what nature or kinde the same I hereby give her the benefitt & advantage of makeing use of them soe long as she lives here in the house at the Walltowne But if she removes from thence then the same to be equally divided amongst her & all my Daughters share & share alike And I verily believe my s[ai]d wife is with Child or Children be the same Son or Sons Daughter or daughters if a Son I hereby give him one thousand pounds of good & lawfull money of Great Brittan if sons then the s[ai]d one thousand pounds to be equally divided amongst or betwixt them If a Daughter the sume of Eight hundred pounds of good & lawfull money of Great Brittan If daughters then the s[ai]d Eight hundred pounds to be equally divided amongst or betwixt them to be raised <&> paid by my s[ai]d trustees or the survivor or survivors of them when he she or they shall attaine the s[ai]d age of one & twenty yeares as is herein before limited & appointed & in the meantime if a son untill he attaine the age of sixteene years by halfe yearly paym[en]ts to pay him the sume of fifteene pounds for his maintenance & education untill he attaine the age of one & twenty yeares If sons then the s[ai]d one thousand pounds to be equally divided amongst or betwixt them & when they shall attaine the s[ai]d age of one & twenty yeares & in the meanetime untill they shall attaine the s[ai]d age of sixteene yeares by halfe yearly paym[en]ts to pay them the sume of twenty pounds to be equally divided betwixt & amongst them for their maintenance & education untill they attaine the s[ai]d age of one & twenty yeares  If a daughter and in the meanetime untill she attaine the age of one & twenty yeares by halfe yearly paym[en]tss to pay her the sume of tenn pounds for her maintenance & education until she attaine the s[ai]d age of one & twenty yeares  If daughters then the s[ai]d Eight hundred pounds to be equally divided amongst or betwixt when they shall attaine the s[ai]d age of one & twenty yeares & in the meanetime untill they shall attaine the s[ai]d age of one & twenty yeares by halfe yearly paym[en]ts to pay them the sume of twenty pounds to be equally divided amongst or betwixt them for their maintenance & education untill they attaine the s[ai]d age of one & twenty yeares And if any of my Children happen to dye before he she or they attaine the s[ai]d age of one & twenty yeares or marriage Then the porc[i]on or porc[i]ons of such child or children soe dyeing to be equally divided amongst the survivors or survivor of them (except my son George who is to have noe share or parte thereof) And I hereby authorize & impower my s[ai]d Trustees & the survivors & survivor of them that if it shall please God my wife to have or beare a Son or Sons & they or either of them live to the s[ai]d age of sixteene yeares to put & binde them out to an apprentice or apprentices & alsoe out of the p[ro]fits of the s[aid] premises to raise & pay an apprentice fee or apprentice fees for & bindeing them or either of them out to an apprentice or apprentices as afores[ai]d  I hereby give my wife foure of my cows such as she shall chuse & the Gray Gelding as her horse my hand & seale the day & yeare first above written



Signed Sealed published & Declared by the Testator in the presence of us whose names are hereunto subscribed



Thomas Waugh				  		Thomas Marshall his marke

Christopher Bell

William Thomson