12 Aug 1721. WILL OF JOHN BOOTH of Kinder - Proved October 1721

IN THE NAME of God Amen I John BOOTH of Kinder in the parish of Glossop and County of Derby being weak of body but of a sound mind and memory praise be therefore given to Almighty God do make and ordain this my present Last Will and Testament AND FORM following that is to say ffirst and principally I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God hoping through the merits death and passion of my saviour Jesus Christ to have full and free pardon and forgiveness of all my sins and to inherit everlasting life

AND MY BODY I commit to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named AND AS TOUCHING such temporall estates as it hath pleased Almighty God to bestow upon me I give and dispose of thereof as followeth

IMPRIMIS I will that all my debts funeral expenses and harriotts to be paid and discharged out of my personal estate

ITEM I GIVE and bequeath all my lands in Kinder unto my [his daughter] wife until my son Thomas (age 2) shall attain the age of one and twenty years in trust nevertheless that she shall keep and maintain my Two children sufficiently according to their quality until they shall attain the age of one and twenty years, is she my said wife happen so long to live and keep herself unmarried

BUT IF SHE happen to marry from that time that she shall marry another husband to have no part of my [estate] real or personal save twenty pounds and her Dower

AND AFTER MY son Thomas (age 2) comes to the age of one and twenty years my then unmarried not having during the said term contracted matrimony with another husband

I GIVE AND bequeath one moiety [one of two parts of property] of all my lands in Kinder to my said wife during her life or second marriage which shall first happen

BUT AFTER HER second marriage she is to have only her said legacy of twenty pounds and her dower

ITEM I GIVE and bequeath to my son Thomas (age 2) the other moiety of said lands in Kinder when he shall attain the age of one and twenty years if my said wife be then alive and unmarried to a second husband.

BUT FROM THE time of his mothers' second marriage then two thirds of my said lands and from my wife's death all of my said lands unto my son Thomas and his heirs forever CHARGEABLE NEVER the less with the sum of sixty pounds to his sister Elizabeth when she shall attain the age of one and twenty years but if my said wife happen to die near this time or before my sad son dome to Age then my said son to pay out of my lands unto my daughter Elizabeth all my personal estate after my debts and funeral expenses are discharged except to my wife as before mentioned TOGETHER WITH THE said sum of sixty pounds or a hundred pounds charged on my said lands according to the limitations before mentioned

AND IF MY son happen to die before he attain the age of one and twenty years not having lawful issue then I GIVE AND bequeath all my said lands unto my daughter Elizabeth and her heirs forever

AND IF BOTH my said children happen to die before they attain the age of one and twenty years I give and bequeath out of my said lands and to be charged upon the same the sum of twenty pounds apiece to every child my ffather in law John FROGGATT shall have then living AND UNTO EVERY child my uncle ffrancis GEE (age 69) shall have then living the sum of ten pounds apiece to be charged on my said lands aforesaid

AND THE REMAINDER of my said lands unto my two sisters and their heirs forever

ITEM I MAKE constitute and ordain my wife Ellen BOOTH my father in law John FROGGATT and my uncle ffrancis GEE (age 69) Executors of this my Last Will and Testament hoping they will perform the trust in them REVOKING ALL OTHER wills heretofore by me made

WITNESS my hand ye 12th day of August Anno Dom 1721. John Booth

SIGNED SEALED PUBLISHED as the Last Will and Testament of the Testator in the presence of

Ralph Kinder Barnabas Bailey John Waterhouse

MEMORANDUM that the word have in the ninth line in the second page And John FROGGATT in the same line was Interlined before the sealing hereof.

Proved Oct 1721.

On 31 Oct 1739 John Froggatt of Shedyard and Park Hall made his will:

In the name of God Amen I John FFROGATT of Park Hall in the parrish of Glossop & County of derby Yeoman being something out of health of Bodey but of sound & perfect Mind & Memory praised be Almighty God for the same do make & Ordaine to Writing this my last Will and Testament which I do in Maner & forme following hoping through ye Merits Death & passion of my Saviour Jesus Christ to have pardon & forgiveness of all my Sins and to Inherit Everlasting Life and my Bodey I Comitt to the Earthe to be Decently Buryed att the Discresion of my Executor hereafter Named As for and Conserning the Dispossision of all such Temporall Estate as it hath pleased Almighty God to bestowe upon me.

I Give & bequeathe thereof as ffollowes ffirst my Will and Mind is yt all my Just Debts which I shall owe att my Deathe the Charge of my ffunerall and ye Expence of my Executor in ye Probat be paid & discharged & taken out of my whole Estate

I Give & bequeath unto my Granson John FFROGATT One hundred pounds

And Likewise I give & bequeath unto him my sd Granson John FFROGATT all that my Copeyhould Estate att Jowhole [Map] (in ye sd parish and County above mentioned) and all Its Appurtenances for to Enter upon & Receive when he shall Attaine his full Age of Twenty One years

I Give and bequeathe unto my Nephew James ARMSTRONG Twenty pounds

I Give & bequeathe unto my housekeeper Jane HIGENGBOTHAM Ten pounds

I give & bequeath unto Susana DEWSNAPE Ten Shillings

I Give & bequeath unto my Sone [his son] Tho FFROGATT my Estate Called Ridge:topp with all It's Appurtenances Near Heafield (in the parish & County aforesaid) upon Condition that he doth within six Months after my Decease Transfer & Conveay unto John FFOX of Edale that Estate which I sould to the said John FFOX

And if he Refuse to transfer & Conveay ye sd Estate as aforesaid then I Give & bequeathe my sd Estate Called Ridge:topp to my Executor hereafter Named & to his heirs forever

I Give & bequeathe unto my Sone Tho Children Twenty pounds which my sone Thomas Oweth me to be Disposed off amongst them att the Discression of my Executor hereafter Named

I Give & bequeath unto my Sone Tho FFROGATT all my goods att Ridge topp which he hath now in his possession

I Give & bequeathe unto my Granson Tho BOOTHE (age 20) Sixty pounds

I Give & bequeath unto my Sone in law William GODDARD Viccor of Glossop and to his heirs forever my Estate Called Park:hall [Map] where I now Live And the Ould house and all there Appurtenances thereunto belonging

And Likewise I Give unto my sone in Law ye sd William GODDARD all my househould goods Chattels Cattels personal Estate & Effects whatsoever the are (performing this my last Will)

And Lastly I do make Ordaine Constitute & Appoint my son in Lawe the sd William GODDARD whole & Soule Executor of this my last Will and Testament and do hereby Revoake disanule & make Voyde all other Will or Wills by mee att any time heretofore mae

In Wittness whereof I have hereunto Sett my hand & Seale this Seventeenth day of October One Thousand Seven hundred Thirty & Nine.

John FFROGATT his mark and Seale

Signed Sealed published and Declared to be ye last Will of the above mentioned John FFROGATT in the psents off

Joshua BAGSHAW; John HADFIELD; Geo HIGENBOTTAM

A true and perfect Inventory of all the goods Chattels and Cattle belonging to Mr John FROGATT of Parkhall in the Parish of Glossop and County of Derby deceased seen taken apprised by us whose Names are hereunto Subscribed this twenty ninth day of October 1739.

(not transcribed, valued @ £272-16-8 by John WAGSTAFFE & Geo HIGENBOTTAM)