LRO Preston
Ref WCW James Croasdale 1817
In the Name of God Amen
I James Croasdale of Elterwater Hall Hoop maker
being of sound mind and memory blessed be to God
for it do hereby make this my last will and
Testament in the manner and Form Following
First I recommend my soul to God who Gave it
and my Body to the earth to be decently Interred
as my Executors hereinafter named thinks most Proper
and for my worldly Estate and Effectts which I shall
be Possessed at the time of my Death I give and
bequeath the same as followeth, that is to say, To
my Brother Henry Croasdale of Elingarth Hoop
maker William Croasdale of Broughton Chairmaker
and Isaac Croasdale Ellingarth Hoop maker, all my
Estate real and Personly Bonds Notes securities etc that
I shall be possessed of to be divided equally amongst them
Share and share alike except to Jackson Croasdale of
Hawkshead and John Croasdale of Hawkshead Shoomaker
the sum of Ten Pounds sterling "each" to be Paid by my Executor
when they arrive at the Age of twenty one years if any
thing remain after all expences concerning my Effects
has been paid and I appoint my Brothers Henry
William and Isaac to be my Executors of this my
Last will and Testament Paying my Funeral and all
other expences, and do declare this to be my Last will
and Testament In Witness whireof I have hereunto set
my Hand and seal this 16th Day of October and the year
of our Lord one Thousand eight Hundred and sixteen in
the Presence of
Robert Aitken James Croasdale
Margaret Coward (Signed & Sealed)
John Grave
Separate New Page
On the ("seventh" crossed out) seventeenth day of April in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventeen this Will of
James Croasdale late of Elterwater Hall in the Parish of
Grassmere in the County of Westmoreland within
the Archdeaconry of Richmond in the Diocese of
Chester Hoop-maker, who departed this life on or about
the tenth day of december one thousand eight hundred
and Sixteen- was proved in common form and Henry
Croasdale of Elingarth in the Parish of Colton in the
County of Lancaster & Archdeaconry aforesaid Hoop-maker
one of the Executors therein named was sworn well
and faithfully to execute and perform the same amd
so forth (Power being reserved for William Croasdale of
Broughton ("in" crossed out) Chairmaker and ("Elingarth" crossed out) James sic
Croasdale of Elingarth aforesaid Hoopmaker,
two other of the Executors in the said Will named
and so forth) - and that to the best of his know
-ledge, information and belief, the whole of the
goods, chattels and credits of which the said "Testator" James
Croasdale died possessed within the Archdeaconry
aforesaid (exclusive of what the Testator might
have been possessed as a Trustee for any other
person or persons and not beneficially, and without
deducting any thing on account of the Debts due
and owing, by and from the said Testator) were
under the value of one hundred and thirty
pounds
Before me J Sunderland
Surrogate
Pending Inhibition
Written along the side against lines 15 - 22
17 April Sunderland
Jas Croasdale's Will