This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1860 Excerpt: ...his brother Elias' son, all his lands at Halifax, and his house in Berw ick. To his nephew Mark, his brother Stevin's son, two houses in Berwick, his right in the mill of Ancroft, and 100/. To his nieces, Marie Hope, Elenor Knape, and Grace Saltonstall, daughters of his said brother Stevin, 50/. each. To his niece ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1860 Excerpt: ...his brother Elias' son, all his lands at Halifax, and his house in Berw ick. To his nephew Mark, his brother Stevin's son, two houses in Berwick, his right in the mill of Ancroft, and 100/. To his nieces, Marie Hope, Elenor Knape, and Grace Saltonstall, daughters of his said brother Stevin, 50/. each. To his niece Elenor Gunter, 10/. per annum. To his niece Isabell Sheill, widow, his brother Ferdinando's daughter, 40/. To his niece Elizabeth, late wife of Cuthbcrt Armorer, and her three children, 5/. a piece. He mentions his niece Grace Croutch, William Hope, his neice, Mary Hope's son, and Susan AVarrener, his late wife's kinswoman. He makes his nephew, John Saltonstal, executor, and gives to his daughter Elizabeth, born of his first wife, his land in Northfolk. and thesse boulls of come. To my sone Ellyas, his boye and his dawghters, to eyther of them 20/. To my sone Drewry's two daughters, to either of them 20/. I wyll that my executore shall, within two yeres next after my decease, and att the discrecion of my good frendes, John "VVattman and William Keinge, and my brother Thomas Oldffelde, destribute 60/. unto and amongste such honeste persons, or their most nedfiul children and wyves, within Hallyffax vickeredge, as I did owe any theinge unto, whene I dyd leave that contrye, nottwythstandinge thatt I dyd agre wyth theme. And whereas my cossen, Gylbart Saltonstall, hath a byll of myne, yt ys well payd by two horsses he had of myne, with their furnyture, the one-half thereof, and the other half thereof I dyd paye to one Newmane, that maryed my cossen, Grace Saltonstall, who came to me at Barwick. To John Grey, of Dodengton, 20s. I forgyeve my man Smyth half that he oweth me. I wyll thatt Sir John Selbye shall have 10/. deducted of his recknenge, as...
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