Thomas Hargreaves 1686/7 Settle gent. Borthwick YAS vol 89 appx 4 Vacancy Register mf 901 May 1687
In the name of God Amen the Fowerteenth day of February in the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred eightie six I Thomas Hargreaves of Settle in the County of yorke gentleman being somewhat infirme in body but of good and perfect memory praised bee God for the same Doe make and ordayne this my last Will and testament in maner and forme following hereby revoking all former Will and wills by mee made (That is to say) First and principally I comend and comitt my soule into the mercifull hands of Almighty God my maker assuredly trusting that through the merrits of my Saviour Jesus Christ my sinns shall bee forgiven and that my Soule shall bee made partaker of everlasting happinesse in the Kingdome of heaven, and my body to bee buried in the parish Church or Churchyard of Gigleswicke at the discretion of my friends and trustees hereafter named And as to the temporall estate with which it hath pleased God to blesse mee I give and dispose as followeth And first my will and minde is that my just debts Legacys and funerall expences bee payd out of my whole estate; Item I give unto Elizabeth Hargreaves my mother thirty pounds, and twenty shillings more to by her a ring And to my brother Henry Wiglesworth Thirty pounds And whereas I have an estate at Carleton in nature of a mortgage for the payment of two hundred pounds, my will and minde is that my trustees hereafter named or any two of them shall sett and lett the same to the best advantage they can, as alsoe receive the debts due to mee for the use of my executors and pay funerall expences debts and Legacys out of the same and give an account thereof to my executors when they shall attayne theyr severall ages of twenty one years, Item I give and bequeath to John Hargreaves my nephew one moiety of the said estate at Carleton or one hundred pounds to bee payd him out of the money that shall bee payd for the redemption of the same if reddemd with Lawful interest for the same when hee attayne the age of twenty one years or soe much as the cleare yearly profitts of a moiety of the said estate will extend unto, Item I give unto Elizabeth Margaret and Jane Hargreaves my neeces the other moiety of the said estate at Carleton equally amongst them or one hundred pounds to bee payd them out of the money that shall be payd for the redemption of the same with Lawfull Interest for the same, when they attayne theyr severall ages of twenty one years or soe much as the cleare yerly profitts of a moiety of the said estate will extend unto. Item I give unto Christopher dawson(?) gen my said brother Henry Wiglesworth Richard Ellershaw Clarke and Richard Preston of Settle gents twenty five(?) shillings a piece to buy them Rings & gloves whome I nominate appoynt and desire to bee trustees to see this my Last will and testament duely and truly performed Item my will & minde is that my said trustees shall have all theyr necessary charges and expences allowd out of the Interest or meane profitts of all my estate Item I give unto my sister Margaret five pounds to buy her a gowne and a Ring, And to Roger Crumbleholme twenty shillings to buy him a ring, Item my will and minde is that if it shall happen that either the said John Hargreaves my nephew or the said Elizabeth Margaret or Jane Hargreaves my neeces shall depart this life before they attayne theyr severall ages of twenty one years that then the Legacy or Legacysof them or any of them soe dying shall goe to such of them as shall bee living equally amongst them, Item my will & minde is that my nephew John Hargreaves shall have out of my bookes such as may bee Convenientfor him whilst hee learns att schoole & as to the rest of my bookes to bee apprized, & my will and minde is that my said brother Wiglesworth shall have the choice thereof till hee have taken as many as will come to halfe the valew of the apprizement And the other halfe thereof I give to Richard Ellershaw Clerke and Richard Carr Clerke equally betwixt them, Item I give unto Robert Carr of Settle and the said Richard Carr Clerke twenty shillings a piece Item I give and bequeath unto the said John Hargreaves Elizabeth Margaretand Jane Hargreaves all the rest of my estate not herein and hereby disposed of whome I name Constitute & appoynt joynt executors of this my last will and testment In wittnesse whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale the day and year first above written
Thomas Hargraves
Sealed Sign(e)d & published
in the presence of us
Wm… Paley
… Richardson
I (?) Richardson jurat
Gigleswick modern spelling