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In the name of God Amen - I Henry Porritt now living at Warkworth Cottage in the parish of Warkworth in the County of Northumberland do hereby make this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following (revoking all former Wills ) first I leave and bequeath to my wife
Catherine Porritt all that I possess real property and personal, wheresoever and whatsomever leaving all to her entire disposal I also hereby appoint her sole Executrix to this my last Will and Testament
Henry Porritt
Signed and sealed in the presence of us as witnesses hereof this sixteenth day of June Eighteen Hundred and Fifty One Years...
Henry Henderson
John Burrell Castles
Elizabeth Smith
This Will was proved at Durham on the 18th day of April 1854 by Catharine Porritt Widow, of Warkworth Cottage in the Parish of Warkworth in the County of Northumberland the sole executrix therein named to whom Administration was granted she having been first duly sworn before the
Reverend Charles Charlton Clerk, Master of Arts, a Commisioner in this behalf lawfully appointed faithfully to execute and perform the same as usual (Effects sworn under £200)
Joseph Davison
Burrell & Son Proctors
[Testator died 21st September 1853]
An additional affidavit is attached, in which Henry Henderson, Merchant of Warkworth confirms that he witnessed the attached will.
transcript Dave King, published 18.2.2003