The Will of Nicholas Hartley of Whase 1744
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In ye Name of God Amen. October ye Eight Day one Thousand
Seven hundred & forty four I Nicholas Hartley of Whase in
Eskdale in ye parish of St Bees & County of Cumberland Yeoman
at this time Beeing very weack in Body but in perfect
mind & memory Do make this my Last will & Testament
First I Bequeath my Soul to Almighty God that gave it
me & my Body to ye Ground to be Buried in Christian manr.
at ye discrition of my Executor, And as for my worldly goodes
I Give & Dispose of as foloweth
I Give unto my Son in Law William Dickinson ye Some
of Twenty Poundes, I Give unto my Daughter Mary
Hartley ye Sime of Twenty Poundes. I give unto
my Daughter Elizabeth Hartley ye Same Twenty
Pounds: I Give unto my Son Henry Hartley
ye Sime of Two Shilings & Six pence. I Give
unto my Beloved Wife Mary Hartley whom
I make my Hole & Sole Exxetor of this my Last
will & Testament all my Goods & Chattells Living
& Dead, & She is to pay all my Legacy & all y Debts
& Funel Expences as witnes my Hand
ye Said William & his wife is but to have what [I ] have got
made out Twenty Poundes
Nicholas Hartley
John Hartley
Thomas Jackson
Edward Tyson
8th May 1745
Mary Hartley Executor above named
appears personally and was sworn well and
truly to execute the will above and so forth
before me
D. Steele
Surrogate
Admonition
Know all Men by these Presents that We Mary Heartley of Whase in Eskdale in
the County of Cumberland Widow and Edward Tyson of Eskdale aforesaid Surgeon are
holden, and firmly bound unto the Right Reverend Father in God, Samuel, Lord
Bishop of Chester, in Three Hundred Pounds of good and lawful Money of Great
Britain, to be paid to the said Right Reverend Father or to his certain
Attorney, his Executors, Administrators, or Assigns; to which Payment, well and
truly to be made, We bind ourselves, and each of Us our Heirs, Executors, and
Administrators firmly by these Presents, sealed with our Seals, Dated the eighth
Day of May in the Year of our Lord One Thousand seven Hundred and forty five
The Condition of this Obligation is such, That if the above bounden Mary
Heartley shall and do well and truly execute, and perform the last Will and
Testament of Nicholas Heartley late of Whase in Eskdale aforesaid yeoman
Deceased; and do pay all his Debts and Legacys, so far as his Goods and Personal
Estate will extend, and the Law shall bind her if also she do exhibit into Court
a true and perfect Inventary of the said Deceased’s Goods and Personal Estate,
and give a true and just Accompte of her acting in the Premises, when she shall
be thereunto lawfully called; That then this Obligation to be void, or else in
Force.
Sealed and Delivered the mark of
in the presence of Mary M Heartley
Marma: Lambert Edward Tyson
Notes
1 Nicholas Hartley of Whose buried on the 11th of September 1744. CHECK REGISTER for month
2 Relationships to Nicholas Hartley mentioned in will.
Son-in-law William Dickinson Daughter Mary Hartley Elizabeth Hartley Son Henry Hartley