Probate copy of the will and codicil of Sir Brian Cooke, of Pontefract, bart

His body to be buried in the parish church of Arksey, near to his brother, Sir George Cooke, bart., decd; £200 to his wife, Dame Mary; coach and horses and household effects to the same for her life, then to his uncles, George Cooke, of Doncaster, esq., Alexander Cooke, of Ripon, Doctor of Physic, and John Cooke, of Doncaster, esq., in trust to the use of his daughter, Mary, and any other children to come; to the same trustees, his messuage in Pontefract (part freehold, part copyhold, part leasehold), in trust for the use of his daughter, Mary, and any other children to come; to the same trustees, all his personalty for the same trust; the same uncles made his executors.

[20th November 1756].

Codicil: provision for his wife, Dame Mary, as part of the furniture has been removed and part sold; as one trustee, Alexander Cooke, has died, and the testator wishes to appoint 2 new trustees, he appoints William Simpson, of Stainforth, esq., and Richard Frank, of Pontefract, esq., as trustees and executors; he places a charge of £30 p.a. to his wife on his alum works at Scawsby; and a charge of £400 on 4 closes in Wheatley, in trust for his daughter, Mary, and any children to come, which power of charge he has under the will of his late father, Sir Brian Cooke, bart., of 13th March 1734/5.

[3rd May 1759].