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Margaret Broadley, of Hexham, widow, by will, dated goth Octo- 

 ber, 1693, gave io/. to the poor; the intereft to be diflributed 

 annually, nth November ; provided it was not claimed by the 

 friends of one William Wilkinfon^ within the term of feven years> 

 which it was not. 



Richard Walton, of Peacock-houfe in Hexhamfljire y by will, dated 

 1 8th April, 1695, gave 3 /. towards the having a minifter at Whit-'- 

 fcjK-chapel,' and in cafe a minifler could not be had, the intereft 

 to be diftributed to the poor in the high quarter of Hexbamjlrire. 



Henry Di'xon, of the Staples, gave 20 /. to the poor of the high, 

 low, and middle quarters of HexhamJJjire, loth October, 1700; the 

 intereft to be distributed annually at Chriftmas. 



Madam Anne Rate/if, of DHJlon, fifter to the Earl of Der-vuent- 

 ivater, by will, gave io/. per annum to 'the poor in the parifhof 

 Hexham, to be diflributed isth of June. 



Mrs. Margaret Allgoad, widow of Lancelot Allgood, of 'Neivcajlle 

 upon Tyne, attorney at law, by will, dated 8th June, 1707, gave 

 ioo/. to the poor of the town of Htxham, of which her hulband 

 was a native ; the intereft to be distributed annually on Chriftmas- 

 day, after evening fervice by the principal inhabitants, with the 

 advice of the minifter. 



Mrs. Mary Allgood, daughter of Mr. Thomas Allgood, baili/T of 

 Ilexham, by a nuncupative will, (a little before her death, which 

 happened, 5th November, 1709) gave 4.07. to the poor of the 

 town of Hexham ; the intereft whereof hath fmce been diflributed 

 amongft them. Her brother, the Rev. Mr. James Allgood, rector 



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