This is the last Will and Testament of me Dorothy Rayner now residing with my Daughter Hannah Caygill at William Gill in the Parish of Arkengarthdale in the North Riding of the County of York Widow of the late William Rayner Schoolmaster of Muker Swaledale in the said North Riding of the County of York

In manner and form following that is to say I order and direct that all my just debts funeral and Testamentary expenses be paid and satisfied by my Executrix and Executor hereinafter named as soon as conveniently may be after my decease

I give devise and bequeath all and every my Copyhold Lands Tenements and hereditaments thereunto belonging now held by me as by Copy of Court Roll No. 8 Dated the 6th of June 1855 in the Manor of Muker in Swaledale in the said North Riding of the County of York unto my daughter Hannah Caygill and her husband Joseph Caygill hereinafter appointed Executrix and Executor of this my Will Nevertheless subject to the following Order and Conditions that is to say I Order and direct that they my Executrix and Executor shall sell or dispose of the said Copyhold Lands Tenements and hereditaments either by Public Auction or Private Contract as soon as may be convenient after my decease

And I direct that out of the Money or proceeds of such Sale Thirteen pounds a year be paid to those of my Sons or Daughters with which I may have lived from the date of this my last Will to the time of my death If that event happen before I have paid off all my late husbands Debts But if I live to pay of [sic] all my late Husbands debts towards which I am now paying Ten pounds a year then the Thirteen pounds a year only to be paid until that time or the time of my death which event happens first

Also out of the proceeds of such Sale to be paid all my just debts Funeral [and] Testamentary Expenses Then the nett proceeds or money which remains after which all has been paid and satisfied as above directed To be equally divided among my Sons and Daughters share and share alike namely William Rayner John Rayner Hannah Caygill wife of Joseph Caygill Nelly Stoddart Wife of Thomas Stoddart Isabella Whitaker Wife of John Whitaker and Mary Whitaker Wife of George Whitaker their heirs and Executors share and share alike I give and bequeath to unto them as above specified that is to say the nett proceeds proceeds [sic] of the Sale of my Copyhold property after all my just debts and the Thirteen pounds a year paid to those with whom I may have lived in Consideration for my Board Lodging and attendance having been paid thereout then the amount which remains to be divided among my Sons and Daughters as before set forth in this my Will

I constitute and appoint my Daughter Hannah Caygill and her husband Joseph Caygill Executrix and Executor of this my last will and Testament written on this and the preceding Sheet of paper And lastly I hereby revoke all former wills by me heretofore made and declare this Instrument Written as above stated on this and the preceding Sheet of paper to be my last will and Testament

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and made a Mark this Twenty third day of December in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and Sixty two

Dorothy Rayner x her mark

Signed by the said Testatrix by making a Mark as her last will and Testament the contents of the same having been first read over to her and approved of by her as her last Will and Testament in the presence of us present at the same time who at her request in her presence and in the presence of each other all done at one and the same time have subscribed our names as witnesses

James W Clarkson Eskaleth Arkindale Mine Accountant
Henry Metcalfe Smithy Holme Miner