COOKE EDWARD 1736
Ref. Borthwick Will vol. 84 fol. 468 mic. 1004 & Inventory original
In the name of God Amen The twenty ninth
Day of September in the yeare of our Lord God One thousand seven hundred & thirty six
I Edward Cooke of Settle in the County of York Iron Monger being of perfect mind and memory
Thanks be given unto God therefore calling unto mind the mortality of my body and
knowing that it is appointed for all men once to dye do make and ordaine this my last
Will and Testament that is to say principally and first of all I give & Recommend
my Soul into the hands of God that gave it and for my Body I Recommend it to the Earth
to be buried in a Christian like and decent manner at the discretion of my Executrix
as after named nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I shall receive the .....
again by the mighty power of God And as touching such Worldly Estate wherewith it
hath pleased God to bless me in this life I give and devise and dispose of the same in
the following manner and form Imprimis I give and bequeath to Jane my dearly
beloved Wife all my Houses Barns Stables Gardens with all my Lands in the Township of
of (sic) Settle during her naturall life and after her decease I give the aforesaid Houses
and Lands to my Son Edward Cooke to him and his Heirs forever or at least for such.
term and terms of years as the Evidences ----Blank---- express whereby they were conveyed to
me Item I give to Roger Cooke my Eldest Son five pounds if he lives to demand the same
Item I give to Anthony Cooke my Son one pound and after my debts and Funeral expences
are Discharged All the rest and Remainder of my Effects then whatsoever or wheresoever
I give to my Wife And Lastly I nominate and appoint her my said Wife sole Executrix
of this my last Will and Testament And I do hereby utterly dissalow revoke &
disanull all and every other Testaments Wills and Legacies by me any ways before
this time named willed and bequeathed ratifying and confirming this and no other
to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal the day and year above written Edward Cooke – Signd seald published
pronounced and declared by the said –Blank--- as his last Will and Testament in the
presence of us the Subscribers viz. Rd. Chamberlain William Stockdale Geo: Carr
This Will passed the seal of Court the twenty sixth day of January 1736
An Inventory of the
Goods and Chattles of Edwd
Cooke of Settle late deceased
apprased by us whose Names
are hereunto Subscribed this
Second day of 10br 1736 (December)
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Imprimis His Purse and Apparell2 10 6
one Cow1 10 0
In the House Stead
one Clock Cubboard and dresser with )
half a duz. dishes and Ten plates 2 Chairs ) 3 7 6
a Table and other Odd things )
In the wash House
2 pans 4 bouls and Some od things0 13 4
In the Chamber over the House
2 Beds with Beding thereunto belonging)
one Ches and Two Chairs )4 0 0
In An other Chamber
one Bed one Table 4 Chairs2 6 8
In the House Stead
one Tosting Iron one little Spitt rack and)
two Candlesticks with other Iron things )0 10 6
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14 18 6
Rd Chamberlain
Geo: Carr