INVENTORY dated 25 September 1749 ……………………………………….£29 17s 0d

Appraisers: Edmund Bannister

William Mason

Jos: Heblethwaite

Exhibited 29 September 1749 by the executor Antony Mason, who affirmed &c.

WILL dated 30 July 1749

To Elizabeth my daughter now wife of Anthony Mason my real estate at Cawgill ([sic] for her life charged with the payment of the following:

To my wife Agnes £25

To my daughter Mary now the wife of Thomas Buck £4 annuity.

£100 equally amongst the children of my daughter Mary Buck to be paid to them as they severally attain the age of 21 years.

To my granddaughter Mary Buck £10 at 21 years

After the death of my daughter Elizabeth, Cowgill is to go to my grandson William Mason for ever, but still subject to all the above payments & legacies, if not already paid, together with the payments of £20 to his sister Agnes Mason, my granddaughter.

R & R to my son-in-law Anthony Mason, sole exec.

Testator signed.

Witnesses: Edmund Bannister

Richd Thistlethwt

William Mason

Probate granted 29 September 1749 after the affirmation of William Mason, one of the witnesses and Anthony Mason, the executor.