Thomas Clapham of Stackhouse, Giggleswick 29 Oct 1702
Borthwick Craven deanery Ref. Bun.Jan 1702 MIC 1808
In the Name of God Amen this Twenty ninth day of October (in the) year of our Lord
one thousand seven hundred and two I Thomas Clapham of Stackhouse in the County
of yorke yeoman being sick & weak in body but of good & perfect memory praised
be God for the same do make & ordain this my last will & Testament in manner and
form following. First and principally I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty
god my Creator (hopeing & assuredly Trusting in and through the merritts and
mediation of Jesus Christ my Saviour to have pardon & remission of all my sins) And
my body to be buried in the parish Church of Gigleswick at the discretion of my
Executor hereafter named: And as for my worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God
to bless me I give & dispose thereof as follows
First I will that all my just debts funeral expences & Legacies to be paid out of my
personal Estate:
It. I give to my son Wm. Clapham his heires and Assignes all my Freehold Customary
& Lease lands within the parishes of Gigleswick and Horton: and I will & direct that
he confirm one bargain or Sale of Lands lying within the Township of Grindleton wch
I have lately made wth one Robert Robinson.
It I give unto my Loving wife Elizabeth the Summ of Ten pounds yearely & for every
year to be paid her dureing her natural life; That is to say On every Eleventh day of
November five pounds, & Every first day of (May) five pounds, The first paymt to be
due the first of those days wch shall sooneth happen after my decease; wch sd yearely
summ of Ten pounds shall by her be accepted in lieu of her Thirds or Widow right out
of my Real Estate. It I give to ye sd Elizabeth my wife the sume of One hundred
pounds to be pd her within Twelve monthes after my decease on condition she accept
the sd yearely annuity of Ten pounds in lieu of her Thirds or Widow right and not
otherwise: Nevertheless I will That she shall have the New-end of my dwellinghouse
to live in & room in the Turfe house to lay Turfe Item. I give her my Gray mare &
best Cow & one halfe of my household goods. Item I will that my son Willm. To keep
or maintain the sd. Mare wth sufficient grass in the summer & hay in the Wintertime,
for wch he shall have liberty to work her.
It. I give to my daughter Isabel Hargraves the Summ of One hundred pounds to be
paid her within Twelve months after my decease.
It. I give to my daughter Agnes Clapham the summ of four hundred pounds to be paid
her when she shall attain the age of twenty one yeares or marry:
It. I will that my Executor shall pay her ten pounds every year for her maintenance till
her four hundred pound become due: But if she shall happen to die before she attain
that age or Marry, then I will that her four hundred pounds shall be then disposed of,
that is to say one hundred pounds thereof to my Nephew John Hargraves & the
remainder to my Executor, the charges of her sickniss & funeral to be paid by the sd
John Hargraves & my Executor proportionable to ye summs due to ym (them) It: To
Nathaniel Armitstead Clo. (Clerico/clerk) I give Ten pounds It I will that the one
halfe of my daughter Agnes her annuity for maintenance be paid at the end of 6
months after my decease, & ye other halfe at the end of twelve months & so every
halfe year five pounds till \the/ four hundred pounds become due Item I make
constitute & appointe William Clapham my son Sole Executor of this my last Will &
Testament In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & Seal the day & year
above written
Sealed, signed, Published &
declard to be the last Will &
Testamt of the sd Thomas
Thomas Clapham
Clapham, in the psence of
Tho: Carr Henry Browne Richard Ellershaw jurat
Inventory 30th November 1702
A True and Perfect Inventory of all (& singular) ye Goods, Chattles & Creddits of
Thomas Clapham late Stackhouse in ye County of York yeoman deaceased t.....
Apprised ye 30th. Day of November Anno Dom: 1702 by (us) whose names under
written: The goods given in & by his Will excepted
Impr. Horse purse and Apparell
Itm. Money upon Specialty
Itm. Moneys without Specialty
Itm. 6 Oxen, 4 Stears, 7 Heffers
Itm. 3 Cows with Calves
Itm. 3 Cows in Calf
Itm. 4 Twinters, 5 Calves
Itm. 1 Mear with A foal
Itm. 1 Hog, 11 Ews, 6 Weathers
Itm. 4 Lambs
Itm. In Corn and Hay
Itm. Husbandry gear of all sorts
Household goods
Itm. Goods in ye Little Parlour
Itm. In ye Kitching Chamber
Itm. In ye Studdy Chamber
Itm. In ye Green Chamber
Itm. Two Arks
Itm. In ye New Parlour
Itm In ye Beddstead
Itm. In brass and Pewter
Itm. In Wood vessell
Itm. In Meal and Mault beef & bacon
Itm. Fire Elding
Itm. In Linnen
Itm. Dooltry (thus)
Itm. Sackes and other Hustlements
Totall is
Apprisers:-
Thomas Carr
William Whitfield
Henry Brown
John Marton
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