August in ye Twenty Eighth Year of our Kg Charles ye Second. & in ye Year of our
Lord God 1676 I Richard Ord Of Nether Ardley in ye Liberties of Hexham &
County of Northumberland Do make this my last Will & Testamt in manner
& form Following: First I Committ my Soul to Almighty God my Maker
& to Jesus Christ my Redeemer, upon whose meritorious Pasion & Mercy
I Do onely Relye for a Healing Medicine for all my Sores, & Do Hope
for Salvation thorough his Blood To Whom be Glory for ever & ever Amen
And my Body to be Burryed at ye discretion of my friends, leaveing
my Motherlesse ‏(& abt to be Fatherlesse)‏ Children unto ye keeping of
ye Lord: And for my Wordly Estate that hee hath Instrusted me with
here, I Do Order as Followeth: Know Yee then, that is not my
Purpose to Abbrogate or make Null, But that I do hereby Ratifie &
Confirme that Deed of Guift made in ye Year of God ‏(as I remember)‏
1662: To my father John Ord, & my Trusty Friend Wm Weldone
ye Elder of Adon Sheeles, Alexander Forster then of Over Eschells &
Richard Walton of Peacock house, & now in ye Custody & possession of
ye said Wm Weldon. Of all my Personal Estate for ye Raiseing
& Provideing of Portions to my Six Children Thomas, Richard
Margarett, Barbary, Phebe & Dorcas: And Whereas my Son
Thomas is now dead, It is my Will & Pleasure, That his Share be
equaly divided amongst ye Rest, And likewise my Daughter
Margarett being dead it is my Will & Pleasure that her share
shall be given to her Son Anthony Hedley. Yet be it known, that ye
Real intent then was at ye making of ye Said Deed, & now also
is by this my last Will & Testamt If none of my trusty friends
shall Receive any losse or pjudice by ye sd Deed or any thing therein
conteined, ‏(That is to say)‏ to be compelled by any law or
thereof to raise any sume therein menconed further then can realy
& indeed be made of ye Personal Estate, so that if my sd friends do
meet together & Divide ye said Estate in kind amongst my said Children
& putt it into good hands for their Uses & faithfully lend their best
assistance in ye same: I Do hereby Declare them freed & discharged
of any Engagemt Act or thing done or to be done in ye sd Deed, any
thing therein conteined to ye contrary notwthstanding, Also it is my Will &
pleasure that my Son Richd Ord Shall pay out of my Real Estate unto my
dear Wife Susanna ‏[???]‏ ye sume of Eight pound a Year during her nrall
life: Lastly I Do make & appoint my dear Wife Susanna & my Daughter
Barbary joint Executors of this my last will & Testamt, And likewise
I do order & appoint my trusty friend John Swinburne & my loving Brother
John Ord for to be Supvisors that this may be Executed according as I
have said In Witnesse Whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & Seale
ye day & year first above written: Signed Sealed in ye Psence of Us
John Errington, Robert Brown, Robert Readshaw
Richard Orde