Kettlesing, Parish of Hampsthwaite, Sieve maker

To my son William Rhodes a plot of land in Kettlesing called Parker’s Garth, chargeable with my debts and :

£2 to my daughter-in-law Eleanor Rhodes.

£2 to my granddaughter Ann Rhodes.

£2 to my daughter Hannah Hardacres.

To my daughter Alice Herrington a plot of land in Kettlesing called Lund Garth, chargeable with my funeral expenses. My son William to have right to the willows there, for the use of making sieves.

My personal estate to my son William.

I appoint my son William and my friend Thomas Ransom of Birstwith, Yeoman, as Executors.

Witnesses : Peter Earnshaw, Matthew Dobson, James Holmes

Proved 7th February 1776