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John Wakefield - 20th January 1735 - H035

Bland Hill, Parish of Fewston, Yeoman

To my nephew, John Wakefield, £100.

To my niece, Hannah Tennant, £100.

To my niece, Mary Greening, £100.

To my nephews, Joseph Acombe, Henry Acombe, and Quinton Acombe, £83 6s 8d each.

To my brother, Michael Wakefield, £100. Should he die before inheriting, then the same to be divided amongst his three children.

To my nephew, Thomas Wakefield, son of my brother Michael, £50.

To my niece, Mary Morret, £50.

To my niece, Maudlin Wakefield, £80, a cow, the bed she now sleeps in with the bedding [and other named items].

To my brother, Robert Wakefield, an annuity of £6 [also named items].

To my nephews, George Wakefield, Henry Wakefield, and Michael Wakefield, £50 each.

To the poor of Clifton hamlet the annual interest on £10.

To my brothers, Robert and Michael my clothes.

My copyhold buildings, at Gill in the hamlet of Clifton, Township of Timble, now occupied by Simon Moorhouse, about 1/2 acre, to my niece Maudlin.

Residue of my real and personal estate to my nephew Thomas Wakefield, son of my brother Thomas, late of Copmanthorpe, and appoint him Executor.

Witnesses : Samuel Smithson, Richard Snow

Proved 16th July 1737

 

 

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