Can someone look at this please?

[HarrysMum]

Merry......you may want to run and hide....lol


Ffebruary 28 1715
In the Name of God Amen I John Askew of Bankend in ye parish
of Kirkby Irelith and County of Lancaster Yeoman being weak in body but of
perfect memory (praised be God) doe make this my last will and Testamt
in manner and form following ffirst I give my Soul to God yt gave it and
my body I commit to ye earth to be buried in just decent manner as mine
Executors hereafter named shall think fit And for my psonall estate I doe
dispose of it in manner and form following ffirst I doe give unto Jane my
wife the sum of ten pounds Alsoe I doe give unto Mathew Coward of Gonsthwaite ye
summof two pounds Alsoe I doe give unto Ann Woodburn my daughter twenty
five pounds Alsoe I doe give unto Jane Brown my grandchild fourty shillings Alsoe I doe
give unto Deborah Woodburn my grandchild fourty shillings Alsoe I give
Issabell Sawrey my daughter and to Ann Sawrey daughter of ye sd Isabell
ten pounds equally to be divided between them Alsoe I doe give unto
Elianor Kirkbank my Grandchild seven pounds Alsoe I doe give unto Margarat
Kirkbank bank my Grandchild seven pounds Alsoe I doe give unto
Thomas Woodburn my Grandchild one pound Alsoe I doe give unto John
Kirkbank my grandchild one pound Alsoe I give unto Jane Askew my
grandchild ten shillings Alsoe I doe give unto Ann Askew my grandchild
ten shillings Alsoe I doe give unto Thomas Hoy of ffarhouses two pounds
Alsoe I give unto Jane Kendalls daughter of London twenty shillings Alsoe
I give unto Jane Stereards of Skelhill twenty shillings Also I give unto
Jane Walker of Hawkeshead ten shillings Alsoe I doe give unto Allice
ye wife of Culbert Hodgson ten shillings Alsoe I doe give unto Jane ye
wife of Hugh Addison that sum of twenty pounds which she the sd Jane
stands bound by certain covenants to pay or cause to be pd unto mine
Executors Administrators or Assignes after my decease provided that
if Jane my now wife shall and may peaceably and without molestation
have and enjoy the yearly increase and Advantage of all that my Messuage
and Tenemt at Bankend now in ye possession of me ye sd John Askew
during her naturall life And if ye sd Jane my now wife being in any
wise disturbed or hindered from ye enjomt of ye sd yearly increase
and advantage of ye sd messuage and tenemt during ye time afforesd then
I doe give and bequeath ye sd sum of twenty pounds due as affords from ye sd
Jane Addison unto Jane my now wife Executors of this my last will and
Testament I doe nominate and appoint Jane (mort) my wife Roger Askew –Jurat
my son and Agnes Kirkbank –Jurat- my grandchild to whom I give all ye
rest of my psonall estate equally to be divided amongst them they paying
my debts legacys and funeral expences Suprevisors of this my last
will and Testament I doe appoint Thomas Towers of Blawith and John
Taylor of Tenterbank to which sd Suprevisors I doe give ye sum of fourty
shillings equally to be divided between them and desire them to see ye due
execution of this my last will and Testamt In witness whereof I have here
unto set my hand and seal ye day and year first above written
Saeled and declared in ye
psence of his mark



Not sure if I'm supposed to put all this up, so please take the bits down I should have here...

What I want to know is mostly the bit in red......it reads to me as though Jane Addison was the wife of Hugh Addison (which would make her possibly Jane Chippindall) but is now the wife of this John Askew.

Have I got this completely round the wrong way???

[kiterunner]

It looks to me as though they are two different Janes, Libby.

[Olde Crone]

No no no, there are two Janes - his wife Jane who is getting ten quid and this other Jane, wife of Hugh Addison, who only gets her twenty quid if she plays nicely with Jane Askew.

In fact, Jane Addison actually gets nothing, but she is let off repaying the £20 she owes the estate - as long as she is nice to Jane Askew. If she isn't, she has to repay the estate the £20 she has borrowed/owes or whatever the arrangement was, maybe a lifetime loan without interest?

OC

[HarrysMum]

Thank you.

I'm glad someone can read proper talk like.....lol

Now on to the "other" Hugh Addison.....but that will be another thread....