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Will of George Prissick of Lyth, Yorks, Gentleman.

Dated 16.10.1746, proved 14.4.1748 and 16.5.1749 at York.



In the Name of God Amen I George Prissick of Lyth in the County of York Gentleman being of sound and disposing Mind and memory (praised be God) Do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner following 

First I Give devise and bequeath unto my two dear Daughters Anne and Elizabeth Prissick the sum of Three hundred Pounds a piece payable at their respective ages of Twenty one years or days of marriage which shall first happen with Interest for the same after the rate of five pounds P Cent from the time of my decease towards their maintenance and Education and I charge all my messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments in Carlton and Stoakesley in Cleveland in the said County of York with the payment of the said two Legacys and the interest thereof and Subject to the said two Legacys and Interest and also to the moiety of an Annuity of one hundred & forty four pounds payable monthly to Mr Codrington John Prissick and Elizabeth his wife for their Lives and the life of the Survivor of them and of the moiety of One thousand pounds to be paid amongst their Children

I do hereby give devise and bequeath all my said messuages Lands Tenements Allom works and Hereditaments in Carlton and Stoakesley aforesaid unto my loving Son Edmund Prissick his Heirs and Assigns for ever

Item I give Devise and bequeath unto my said loving Son my Tan House Tan Yard work tooles and all other Implements belonging thereto in Carlton aforesaid And also all my Household Goods Linnen Woollen and Furniture of what nature or kindsoever which shall at my decease be standing or being in or upon any part of my aforesaid Estate in Carlton and Stoakesley or either of them and also all my right and Interest that I now have or hereafter shall accrue by and under a Lease Granted of the said Allom works of which there is about Thirteen years yet unexpired And also all my right and Interest of and in the Stock Tools Implements and other materials that now does or hereafter shall belong to the said Allom works

Also I give and Devise unto my Brother in Law John Dennison and to my kinsman James Flower of the Inner Temple London Gentleman All my Freehold Messuages Cottages Lands Tenements Tythes Hereditaments and premises with 
the Appurtenances scituate lying and being within the Towns Townfields Parishes Precincts or Territories of Northallerton Romanby Brompton Deaton and Scruton in the said County of York And of or in Burton Thealby Westbutterwick and Winterton in the County of Lincoln And also all other my Messuages Cottages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments whatsoever or wheresoever to me in any wise belonging or whereunto I am or at the time of my decease I shall be in anywise intituled to any Estate of Inheritance save and except my said Estates in Carlton & Stoakesley hereinbefore by me devised to my said Son as aforesaid To Hold unto them their Heirs and Assigns to the use of them their Heirs and Assigns forever In Trust nevertheless and to and for the several uses Trusts intents and purposes hereinafter mentioned and declared touching the same and to and for no other use Trust intent or purpose whatsoever

Also I give and bequeath unto the said John Dennison and James Flower and the survivor of them his Executors and Admors All my Interest and Term and Terms of years in and to all the Lands and Hereditaments I hold by Lease of the Earl of Ailesbury in the Parish of Whorlton in the said County of York And in all the Lands and Hereditaments which I hold by Lease under the Bishop of Durham in Northallerton aforesaid And also all other my Goods Chattells and Personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever (except before excepted) Nevertheless upon the several Trusts and to and for the several uses Intents and purposes hereinafter mentioned expressed and declared touching and concerning the same that is to say to the intent and purpose that they my said Trustees or the Survivor of them his Executors or Admors Do and shall with all convenient speed after my decease sell and dispose thereof for the best prices that can be gotten for the same and by and out of the money arising thereby pay and apply the same in discharging of all my just Debts Funeral Expences and the several Legacys hereinafter by me bequeathed as far as the same will extend and in case there shall be any surplus that they do and shall pay and apply the same equally between my said Son and two Daughters at their respective Ages of Twenty one years or days of marriage which shall first happen and in the mean time place out the same for his or their benefit on publick or private Security as to my said Trustees or the Survivor of them shall think fit and as to for and concerning all my said Real Estate herein before devised to my said Trustees I do hereby declare the same is so devised to them as aforesaid upon the several Trusts and to and for the several uses Intents and purposes hereinafter mentioned expressed and declared that is to say that they the said John Dennison and James Flower and the Survivor of them and the Heirs of such Survivor do and shall in the first place by and out of the Rents Issues and profits of the said messuages Lands Tyths Tenements and Hereditaments so to them devised as aforesaid or by mortgage or sale thereof or of any part thereof as to them or the Survivor of them or the Heirs of such Survivor shall seem meet raise so much money as shall be sufficient to pay and discharge And shall and do by all or any of the ways or means aforesaid pay and discharge such of my just Debts Funeral Expences and Legacys except the aforesaid two Legacys of three hundred pounds to my said Daughters Charged on the Estate devised to my said Son as aforesaid as my 
said personal Estate shall fall short of paying and Discharging and from and after payment thereof or in case my said personal estate shall be sufficient to Discharge all my just Debts Legacys and Funeral Expences except the aforesaid two Legacys of three hundred pounds to my said Daughters then upon this further Trust that they my said Trustees or the Survivor of them or the Heirs of such Survivor do and shall by all or any of the ways or means last mentioned raise and pay unto my said two Daughters the yearly Sum of Fifteen pounds a piece for their maintenance and Education until they shall respectively attain the age of Twenty one years or be marryed which shall first happen to make up their maint.... Thirty pounds a year which I will 
shall be paid Quarterly as also the Interest of their aforesaid Legacys of Three hundred pounds to such person or persons as shall maintain them by the advise and approbation of my said Trustees

And from and after payment thereof or subject to the said maintenance of Fifteen pounds a year apiece then upon this further Trust and confidence that they my said Trustees and the Survivor of them and the Heirs of such Survivor shall either Sell and Dispose of all my said Lands so to them devised as aforesaid or such part thereof as shall then remain unsold for the most money that can be gotten for the same and pay each of my said Children Edmond Anne and Elizabeth on their attaining their respective Ages of Twenty one years or days of marriage which shall first happen one equal third part of the purchase money or otherwise to apportion allot or divide all my said Freehold Estates which shall remain unsold to and amongst all my said three Children and Convey the same accordingly to them and their respective Heirs in such manner as my said Trustees or the Survivor of them or the Heirs of the Survivor shall in their Judgement and discretion think most for the benefit of my said Children or to convey all the said Estates without any such Allottment or division to and amongst my said Children to hold to them and their respective Heirs share and share alike as Tenants in Common and not as joint Tenants my said Trustees in the first place and which I do hereby Impower them to do deducting out of the Moneys for which my said Lands shall be sold All such expences Costs and Charges as they shall have been at or put unto in or about the execution of the Trust aforesaid or in case of Conveyance to my sd Children as aforesaid of the said Lands as aforesaid my will is and I do hereby Will and Order that they my said Children shall first reimburse my said Trustees such Charges Costs and Expences as aforesaid and that they my said Trustees shall not be answerable for the act or Deed of each other or for more Money than what shall come to his or their own hands or to any loss that may happen by placeing out any part of the money that shall come to their hands and that 
until Sale shall be made of my aforesaid Leasehold Estates or any of them or in Case my said Trustees shall in their Judgement think it most convenient or for the benefit of my Children to keep all or any of the said Leasehold Estates that then in either Case it shall be lawfull to and for my said Trustees and the Survivor of them from time to time to renew all or any of the Lease or Leases by which the same are held and to deduct or retain the fine or fines paid for the same and all other Expences attending the same out of the money that shall come to their or either of their hands by all or any of the ways or means aforesaid

And my further will and mind is that in Case my said Son Edmund shall depart this life before the age of Twenty one years without Issue that then the several bequests and other provisions I have before given to and provided for him shall go to and be equally divided between my said Daughters on their attaining their respective ages of Twenty One years or Days of marriage or in Case of either of their Deaths before such age or marriage then to the Survivor and to her Heirs Exors and Admors 

And my further Will and Mind is that in Case my said Son shall live to attain the Age of Twenty One years and both my said Daughters or either of them shall dye before they respectively attain Twenty one years or be marryed That then and in such 
Case I do hereby declare my will and mind to be that if either of my said Daughters shall dye before such time as aforesaid the several legacys and provisions I have herein before made for her so dying shall go to and be equally divided between my said son and surviving Daughter and in case both my said Daughters shall dye before such time as aforesaid then my further 
will and mind is that the several provisions I have before made for them shall sink into the benefit of my Estate for the benefit of my said Son to whom and to his Heirs and Exors on such contingency last mentioned I give and dispose of all my real and personal Estate after payment of my debts and Funeral Expences and the Legacys herein after by me devised and desire and 
direct my said Trustees and the Survivor of them and the Heirs of such Survivor to convey and Assign the same accordingly

And in Case all my said Children shall dye before that age of Twenty One years or be marryed then my further Will and mind is after my just Debts Legacys and Funeral Expences are fully paid That all my said Estates both Real and personal of what nature or kindsoever shall go to all the Children of my said Brother John Dennison as shall be living at the death of the 
survivor of my said three Children ....... Sons and Daughters and their respective Heirs Exors and Admors to take as tenant in Common and not as joint Tenants to whom I will and devise the same accordingly

Also I give and bequeath to my said Brother John Dennison and to the said James Flower for their care and trouble in the Execution of this my will each of them Twenty pounds

Also to my Nephew John Dennison the sum of Forty pounds to my nephew Thomas Dennison the sum of One Hundred Pounds for the good services he has done for me in Lincolnshire and to my Nieces Dorothy Dennison and Anne Dennison each of them the sum of Fifty pounds ......................................to my said Nephews and Nieces I do hereby will and order shall be paid within two years next after my decease nevertheless my mind and will is that the several bequests herein before given to my said Nephews and Nieces as aforesaid is upon this Express Condition that they do release and discharge my said Estate of and from all Claims and Demands they may have or claim thereon by and under my late Father's will or otherwise howsoever in default whereof the said Legacy or Legacys not to be paid to him or her who shall refuse to give such release or discharge as aforesaid

Also I give and bequeath to my Sister Mary Allaly Ten pounds for mourning and to my Clerk Mr James Weighill Five pounds and to my Clerk George Rayne Five pounds

And I do hereby make constitute and appoint the said John Dennison and James Flower Executors of this my will which I do hereby declare to be my last and therefore I do hereby revoak all former wills by me made

And lastly my further will and meaning is that in Case my said Son Edmund Prissick shall live to attain the age of Twenty Two years and shall be willing and desireous of giving security for the several provisions I have made and given to and for my said Daughters and to the Survivor of them as aforesaid That then on his giving such security as my aforesaid Trustees shall approve on for the securing and paying his said Sisters or the Survivor of them her or their several proportions of my Real and Personal Estate which she or they will be entitled unto by and under the several bequests aforesd my will is and I do hereby discharge my said Trustees from being Executors of this my will and do on such contingency and condition make my said Son Sole Executor of this my will and do direct and request my said Trustees and the Survivor of them to convey all my said Real Estate so devised to them as aforesaid or such part thereof as shall remain unsold unto my said Son his Heirs and Assigns or unto such other person or persons as he shall direct or appoint & that they do account with him for the Rents and profitts accrued thereby in the mean time and also for such part of my personal Estate as shall have come to their respective hands and request a probate or letters of administration with this my will annexed to be granted by the proper ordinary to my said Son on my said Trustees or the Survivor of them Signifying his or their consent thereto in writing under his or their hands and seale In Testimony whereof I have to this my last will and testament contained in three sheets of paper sett my hand and seal this sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and forty six.

signed, sealed etc........ as witnesses hereunto

Jas Manners
Geo Green of Crane Court Fleet Street London
Thos Milburn servt to Mr Prissick


BOND:

Binds...
John Dennison of Hutton Rudby in the County of York Gentleman
Edmund Prissick of Lyth in the County aforesaid Gentleman

to ensure....
the above bounden John Dennison one of the Executors named in the last Will and Testament of George Prissick late of Lyth in the Diocese of York but having Bona Notabilia Gentleman deceased do well and truly Execute and perform the said Will .......


FURTHER PROBATE, GRANTED 16 MAY 1749

Know all men by these presents that whereas George Prissick late of Lyth in the County of York Gentleman deceased did by his last Will and Testament bearing date the sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven Hundred and Forty Six constitute and appoint his Brother in Law John Dennison of Hutton Rudby in the County of York Gentleman and his kinsman James Flower of the Inner Temple London Gentleman Executors of his said Will and did in his said will declare his meaning to be that in case his son Edmund Prissick should live to attain his age of twenty two years and should be willing and desireous of giving security for the several provisions made by the said deceased and given to and for Anne Prissick and Elizabeth Prissick the daughters of the said deceased and to the survivor of them as in and by the said will is particularly given and devised that then on his giving such security as his Executors should approve on for the securing and paying his said Sisters or the survivor of them her or their several proportions of the said deceased's Real and Personal Estate which she or they will be entitled unto by and under the Several Bequests thereby before referred to That then and in such case the said deceased discharged the said John Dennison and James Flower from being Executors of his said Will and did on such Contingency and Condition make his said Son Sole Executor of his said Will and did direct and request the said John Dennison and James Flower and the Survivor of them to Convey all his Real Estate Devised to them upon Trust in and by his said Will or such part thereof as should remain unsold unto his said Son His Heirs and Assigns or unto such other person or persons as he should direct or appoint And that they do account with his said Son for the Rents and profits accrued thereby in the mean time and also for such part of his Personal Estate as shall have come to their respective hands and Request a probate or Letters of Administration with the said Will annexed to be granted by the proper Ordinary to his said 
Son on the said John Dennison and James Flower's or the Survivor of them Signifying his or their Consent thereto in writing under his or their hands and Seals as in and by the said Will reference being thereunto had more fully and at large appears

And whereas the said Edmund Prissick the Son of the said deceased hath now attained to the age of twenty two years and hath given to us the said John Dennison and James Flower such a security as we approve of for the securing and paying to his said Sisters Anne Prissick and Elizabeth Prissick or the Survivor of them the several portions which they are intitled unto out of the said deceased's Real and Personal Estate by and under the several bequests in the said Will Now Know ye that we the said John Dennison and James Flower do hereby Renounce the execution of the said Will and Administration of the goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased and do consent and desire that execution of the Will of the said deceased and Administration of the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased may be Committed and Granted to the said Edmund Prissick Son of the said deceased

And to the end that this our proxy of Renunciation may have its due effect in Law we do hereby Authorize and Impower any one of the Proctors of the Ecclesiastical Courts of his Grace the Lord Archbishop of York to appear before the Right Worshipfull William Ward Doctor of Laws Commissary and Keeper General of the Exchequer and Prerogative Court of the most Reverend Father in God Matthew by Divine Providence Lord Archbishop of York Primate of England and Metropolitan or his lawful Surrogate to exhibit this our Renunciation and pray and procure the same to be admitted and to do or cause 
to be done all and singular other acts and things needfull and necessary in and about the premisses hereby promising to Ratifye and Confirm the Same in Witness whereof we have hereunto put our hands and seals this Eighteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Forty Nine

John Dennison
Jas Flower

Sealed and Delivered in the presence of us ( by the abovenamed James Flower)
Geo Green
Thos Rowlison


BOND:

Binds...
Edmund Prissick of Lyth in the County of York Gentleman
Thomas Dennison of Normanby in the County of Lincoln Gentleman

to ensure....
the above bounden Edmund Prissick son and Executor named in the last will and testament of George Prissick late of Lyth in the Diocese of York (having bona notabilia) gentleman deceased do well and truly execute and perform the said will.....

ENDORSED:

Exon of the will of George Prissick late of Lyth (having pr..) Gent decd was granted to Edmund Prissick Gent son & Extor (John Dennison & James Flower Extors renouncing). A former probt granted 14 April 1748.


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transcript Dave King, published 4/1/2007