This is the last Will and Testament of me Joseph Brantingham of 
Iveston in the County of Durham Yeoman I give devise and bequeath all 
my Freehold Estate situate at Witton Gilbert in the County of Durham 
and also all my Copyhold Estates situate at Iveston aforesaid and at 
Stonestile in Allendale in the County of Northumberland and which said 
Copyhold Estates I have surrendered to the use of my lastWill and 
likewise all my other Estates real and personal whatsoever and 
wheresoever to my dear wife Sarah Brantingham for and during the term 
of her natural life and from and immediately after her decease I give 
devise and bequeath the said Freehold and Copyhold Estates and all 
other my real and personal Estates half my household furniture only 
excepted to my son John Brantingham now living with me at Iveston 
aforesaid to have and to hold all and every the said Freehold and 
Copyhold Estates with the appurtenances situate as aforesaid to him 
the said John Brantingham his heirs and assigns for ever subject 
nevertheless to and chargeable with the following Bequests and 
Legacies that is to say that he the said John Brantingham may sell 
and dispose of all or any part of my said real and personal Estates 
and in that case of his selling all or any part of such Estates I do 
order and direct that the Receipt or Receipts of him the said John 
Brantingham shall be a sufficient discharge to any Purchaser or 
Purchasers thereof for so much of such Purchase money as shall be 
expressed in such Receipts or Receipts (sic) to have been paid and 
that such Purchaser or Purchasers shall be from thenceforth absolutely 
discharged therefrom and shall not be answerable or accountable for 
the nonapplication or misapplication of such Purchaser money and that 
the said John Brantingham shall out of the monies arising from such 
sale or otherwise pay or cause to be paid  to my son Thomas Brantingham
the sum of one hundred pounds to my son Josua Brantingham provided he 
the said Josua shall return into thisneighbourhood and claim the same 
the Legacy or sum of Twenty Pounds to my son Hugh Brantingham the 
Legacy or sum of Fifty Pounds to my son William Brantingham the Legacy 
or sum of one hundred Pounds to my son Jacob Brantingham the Legacy or 
sum of one hundred Pounds to my son George Brantingham the Legacy or 
sum of one hundred Pounds and to my Daughter Rachel Brantingham the 
Legacy or sum of Two hundred and Fifty Pounds All which Legacies to my 
Sons and Daughter shall be paid within twelve months of the decease of 
my wife Sarah Brantingham I also give and bequeath to my daughter 
Rachel Brantingham half of my household furniture  and I do hereby 
appoint my said son John Brantingham sole Executor of this my last will
and Testament In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal 
thisfirst day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight 
hundred and eight

Joseph Brantingham

Signed sealed published and declared by the within named Joseph 
Brantingham as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of 
us who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other
have hereunto subscribed our names

Joseph Brantingham
Witnesses
Robert Summer bell
John Smith jun
Mary Brown

The 31st day of March 1812 John Smith one of the subscribing witnesses
to the within written will was sworn to the true execution thereof by 
the Testator before me   James Viner jun

I John Brantingham of Iveston in the County of Durham Blacksmith do 
solemnly sincerely and truly affirm and declare that I am one of the 
Dissenters from the Church of England commonly called Quakers and that 
I believe this paper writing contains the true last will and testament 
of Joseph Brantingham deceased and that I am the Executor therein named
and that I will well and truly xxxxxx in the sameby paying first his 
Debts and then the Legacies herein bequeathed as far as the Estate 
which shall come to my hands will thereto extend and the Law charge 
me and that I will make a true and perfect inventory and under a just 
account of my administration when I shall be thereunto by law required 
and xxxxxxx the whole of the deceased effects within the Diocese of 
Durham do not account to two hundred pounds         
John Brantingham
The 31 day of march 1812 This affirmation was made before me
Durham  James Viner jun
(Iveston on the Parish of Lanchestor)