Descendants of Richard Hully who died 1702/1703

Notes

7. Francis Hully

1718/19 28 Feb - baptised at St John the Baptist church Bentham: Francis son of Francis Hully
weaver.

1741/42 Hully, Francis, of Bentham, son of Fras. - from LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE
RECORD SOCIETY Vol 87 Free Burgesses of Lancaster 668-1840.

1742 5 Jun - married at St John the Baptist church Bentham: Francis Hully & Ellin Bradley by banns.

1744 5 Feb - daughter Elizabeth baptised at St John the Baptist church Bentham: Elizabeth d. of
Frances Hully the younger.

1750 15 Oct - son Francis baptised at St John the Baptist church Bentham: Francis s.of Francis Hully
the younger.

1753 12 Jul - daughter Mary baptised at St John the Baptist church Bentham: Mary d. of Francis Hully

1756 5 Sep - daughter Anne buried at at St John the Baptist church Bentham: Anne d.of Francis Hully.

1766 26 Jan - daughter Elizabeth married at St John the Baptist church Bentham:Moses Marshal &
Elizabeth Hully (L) W: Francis Hully John Thorber. A note on one of the trees for this
family says - Adult Quaker bap. same day. ie 26 Jan 1766.

1775 10 Jun - daughter Mary married at at St John the Baptist church Bentham: John Tunstall
carpenter & Mary Hully (L) W: James Tunstall John Thornber.

1781 17 May daughter Sarah married at St John the Baptist church Bentham: John Thompson
husbdmn. & Sarah Hully (L) W: Thomas Hully Mary Tunstall Will. Dodgson. (L - by
licence; W - witness).

1793 9 Apr - made Will:
In the Name of God Amen I Frances Hully of
Lavegill in the Parish of Bentham and County of York, Do make
publch and Declare, this my last Will and Testament, In manner
and Form following, that is to say, First I give Devise and
Bequeath unto my beloved Wife Ellen So much of my Household
Furniture, as she shall think Nessessary for her own use. All the
rest residue and remainer of my Effects Both Real and Personall
of what nature or kind soever, Whatsoever or Wheresoever I give
to my Son John Hully and His Heirs Chargeing him or his heirs
with the payment of all my just Debts Funeral expences and the
Legocyes herin after mentioned. Viz I give to my beloved Wife Ellin
the Sum of Twenty Pounds. I do give to my Daughter Mary Wife of
John Tunstall and her heires the sum of One Hundred and Fifty
Pounds. I give to my Daughter Sarah Wife of JohnTomson and her
heires the Sum of One Hundred and Fifty Pounds. I give unto my
Niece Ann Wife of Robert Grime and her heires the Sum of One
Hundred and Fifty Pounds. All which sade sums I Order and
Direct shall be payed, One half at the expiration of Six the
Other half twelve Months after my Death. I also give unto my Nephew
Christopher Son of John Tomson who hath a weakness in his Sight
the Sum of Fifty Pounds to be payed him when he atains the Age of
twenty One. And lastly I nominate and apoint my Son John Hully
sole Executor of this my last Will, hereby revoking all former Wills
by me at any time made and declare this to be my last. In witness
whereof I have here unto set my hand and Seal this ninth Day of
April in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and
Ninety Three.

Sealed, Signed and Delivered in the Fran. (Seal) Hully
presence of us whose names are hereunto
subscribed as Witnesses Robert Burkit
James Tunstall
Richard Clark

1793 24 Apr - buried at St John the Baptist church Bentham: Francis Hully.

1793 31 Aug - Will proved:
31st Day of August 1793

This Will was proved in Common Form
and John Hully the Sole Executor therein named
was Sworn well and faithfully to Execute and perform
the same etc. And that the whole of the Personal
Estate of which the Testator Died possessed did not
in its real Value Amount to the Sum of
One Hundred Pounds.

before William Colton Surrogate

Ellin Bradley

1742 5 Jun - married at St John the Baptist church Bentham: Francis Hully & Ellin Bradley by banns.

1744 5 Feb - daughter Elizabeth baptised at St John the Baptist church Bentham: Elizabeth d. of
Frances Hully the younger.

1750 15 Oct - son Francis baptised at St John the Baptist church Bentham: Francis s.of Francis Hully
the younger.

1753 12 Jul - daughter Mary baptised at St John the Baptist church Bentham: Mary d. of Francis Hully

1756 5 Sep - daughter Anne buried at at St John the Baptist church Bentham: Anne d.of Francis Hully.

1766 26 Jan - daughter Elizabeth married at St John the Baptist church Bentham:Moses Marshal &
Elizabeth Hully (L) W: Francis Hully John Thorber. A note on one of the trees for this
family says - Adult Quaker bap. same day. ie 26 Jan 1766.

1775 10 Jun - daughter Mary married at at St John the Baptist church Bentham: John Tunstal
carpenter & Mary Hully (L) W: James Tunstall John Thornber.

1781 17 May daughter Sarah married at St John the Baptist church Bentham: John Thompson
husbdmn. & Sarah Hully (L) W: Thomas Hully Mary Tunstall Will. Dodgson. (L - by
licence; W - witness).

1793 9 Apr - named in husband's Will:
In the Name of God Amen I Frances Hully of
Lavegill in the Parish of Bentham and County of York, Do make
publch and Declare, this my last Will and Testament, In manner
and Form following, that is to say, First I give Devise and
Bequeath unto my beloved Wife Ellen So much of my Household
Furniture, as she shall think Nessessary for her own use. All the
rest residue and remainer of my Effects Both Real and Personall
of what nature or kind soever, Whatsoever or Wheresoever I give
to my Son John Hully and His Heirs Chargeing him or his heirs
with the payment of all my just Debts Funeral expences and the
Legocyes herin after mentioned. Viz I give to my beloved Wife Ellin
the Sum of Twenty Pounds. I do give to my Daughter Mary Wife of
John Tunstall and her heires the sum of One Hundred and Fifty
Pounds. I give to my Daughter Sarah Wife of JohnTomson and her
heires the Sum of One Hundred and Fifty Pounds. I give unto my
Niece Ann Wife of Robert Grime and her heires the Sum of One
Hundred and Fifty Pounds. All which sade sums I Order and
Direct shall be payed, One half at the expiration of Six the
Other half twelve Months after my Death. I also give unto my Nephew
Christopher Son of John Tomson who hath a weakness in his Sight
the Sum of Fifty Pounds to be payed him when he atains the Age of
twenty One. And lastly I nominate and apoint my Son John Hully
sole Executor of this my last Will, hereby revoking all former Wills
by me at any time made and declare this to be my last. In witness
whereof I have here unto set my hand and Seal this ninth Day of
April in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and
Ninety Three.

Sealed, Signed and Delivered in the Fran. (Seal) Hully
presence of us whose names are hereunto
subscribed as Witnesses Robert Burkit
James Tunstall
Richard Clark

1793 24 Apr - husband buried at St John the Baptist church Bentham: Francis Hully.

1794 14 Feb - named in Thomas Hully's Will:
I Thomas Hully of Beck-grains in Mewith in the parish
of Bentham and County of York Linen-weaver being of
sound, perfect and disposing Mind Memory and
Understanding (praised be to God for the same) do make
publish and ordain this my last Will and Testament
in manner and form following, that is to say,

In the first place I do give and bequeath unto my Sister Elizabeth
the Wife of Thomas Dowbiggin the sum of Four Pounds yearly
(being the Interest arising from One Hundred Pounds hereafter
by me given and bequeathed) to be duly paid to her by my Executor
hereafter named during the natural Life of her Husband Thomas
Dowbiggin if she happens to survive her said Husband, and also
in case she survive him the said Thomas Dowbiggin I do bequeath
the said Principal sum of One Hundred Pounds to my aforesaid
sister Elizabeth Dowbiggin to be at her Disposal if she so long
fortune to live, but in Case of her Death before him the said Thomas
Dowbiggin I do hereby postively order and direct the same
Principal Sum of One Hundred Pounds to be equally divided
amongst the Children of her (Elizabeth Dowbiggin aforesaid)
share and share alike - I do also further give and bequeath
to my Brother John Hully the Sum of Twenty Pounds - Likewise
I give and bequeath unto Ellen the Widow of Francis Hully
Deceased, and to her Son John Hully the Younger of Graystonegill
the Sum of One Pound and One Shilling Each - I also further
bequeath to Mary the Wife of John Tunstall, Sarah the Wife of
John Thompson, and Elizabeth the Wife of Moses Marshall the
Sum of One Pound and One Shilling Each - And I further give
and bequeath unto Francis the son of John Hully and Catherine
Hully his Daughter Each the Sum of One Guinea All which
said Legacies (the first only excepted) I do hereby positively
order and direct shall be paid by my Executor at the End of
Twelve Months next after my Decease All the Rest
Residue and Remainder of my personal Estate and Effects
whatsoever and wheresoever after my just Debts, said Legacies
Costs of Probat of this my last Will and Testament and
Funeral Expences be paid and discharged I do give and
bequeath to my Brother Christopher Hully of Lancaster who
I nominate constitute and appoint sole Executor of this
my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the
said Thomas Hully have hereunto set my Hand and
Seal the Fourteenth Day of February in the Year of our
Lord One Thousand seven Hundred and Ninety four.

Signed Sealed published |
and Declared by the said |
Thomas Hully as and for his | Thomas Hully (Seal)
last Will and Testament in |
the Presence of us |

Thomas Varley
Jonathan Cort Fos. 7

21. Anne Hully

Note: no baptismal record has been found for this person.
1756 5 Sep - buried at at St John the Baptist church Bentham: Anne d.of Francis Hully.

22. Sarah Hully

Note no baptismal record has been found for this person. She has been placed in this
family group because of the evidence from her marriage entry - see below. Mary was
her sister who married John Tunstall in 1775. The relationship of Thomas Hully is less
clear; he may have been an elder brother but more likely to have been a less close
relation. A Thomas Hully of Tatham, son of Francis of the same, weaver, is shown in the
184-85 list of Free Burgesses of Lancaster 1668-1840 .
1781 17 May married at St John the Baptist church Bentham: John Thompson husbdmn. & Sarah
Hully (L) W: Thomas Hully Mary Tunstall Will. Dodgson. (L - by licence; W - witness).
1793 9 Apr - named in father's Will:
In the Name of God Amen I Frances Hully of
Lavegill in the Parish of Bentham and County of York, Do make
publch and Declare, this my last Will and Testament, In manner
and Form following, that is to say, First I give Devise and
Bequeath unto my beloved Wife Ellen So much of my Household
Furniture, as she shall think Nessessary for her own use. All the
rest residue and remainer of my Effects Both Real and Personall
of what nature or kind soever, Whatsoever or Wheresoever I give
to my Son John Hully and His Heirs Chargeing him or his heirs
with the payment of all my just Debts Funeral expences and the
Legocyes herin after mentioned. Viz I give to my beloved Wife Ellin
the Sum of Twenty Pounds. I do give to my Daughter Mary Wife of
John Tunstall and her heires the sum of One Hundred and Fifty
Pounds. I give to my Daughter Sarah Wife of JohnTomson and her
heires the Sum of One Hundred and Fifty Pounds. I give unto my
Niece Ann Wife of Robert Grime and her heires the Sum of One
Hundred and Fifty Pounds. All which sade sums I Order and
Direct shall be payed, One half at the expiration of Six the
Other half twelve Months after my Death. I also give unto my Nephew
Christopher Son of John Tomson who hath a weakness in his Sight
the Sum of Fifty Pounds to be payed him when he atains the Age of
twenty One. And lastly I nominate and apoint my Son John Hully
sole Executor of this my last Will, hereby revoking all former Wills
by me at any time made and declare this to be my last. In witness
whereof I have here unto set my hand and Seal this ninth Day of
April in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and
Ninety Three.
Sealed, Signed and Delivered in the Fran. (Seal) Hully
presence of us whose names are hereunto
subscribed as Witnesses Robert Burkit
James Tunstall
Richard Clark
1794 14 Feb - named in Thomas Hully's Will:
I Thomas Hully of Beck-grains in Mewith in the parish
of Bentham and County of York Linen-weaver being of
sound, perfect and disposing Mind Memory and
Understanding (praised be to God for the same) do make
publish and ordain this my last Will and Testament
in manner and form following, that is to say,
In the first place I do give and bequeath unto my Sister Elizabeth
the Wife of Thomas Dowbiggin the sum of Four Pounds yearly
(being the Interest arising from One Hundred Pounds hereafter
by me given and bequeathed) to be duly paid to her by my Executor
hereafter named during the natural Life of her Husband Thomas
Dowbiggin if she happens to survive her said Husband, and also
in case she survive him the said Thomas Dowbiggin I do bequeath
the said Principal sum of One Hundred Pounds to my aforesaid
sister Elizabeth Dowbiggin to be at her Disposal if she so long
fortune to live, but in Case of her Death before him the said Thomas
Dowbiggin I do hereby postively order and direct the same
Principal Sum of One Hundred Pounds to be equally divided
amongst the Children of her (Elizabeth Dowbiggin aforesaid)
share and share alike - I do also further give and bequeath
to my Brother John Hully the Sum of Twenty Pounds - Likewise
I give and bequeath unto Ellen the Widow of Francis Hully
Deceased, and to her Son John Hully the Younger of Graystonegill
the Sum of One Pound and One Shilling Each - I also further
bequeath to Mary the Wife of John Tunstall, Sarah the Wife of
John Thompson, and Elizabeth the Wife of Moses Marshall the
Sum of One Pound and One Shilling Each - And I further give
and bequeath unto Francis the son of John Hully and Catherine
Hully his Daughter Each the Sum of One Guinea All which
said Legacies (the first only excepted) I do hereby positively
order and direct shall be paid by my Executor at the End of
Twelve Months next after my Decease All the Rest
Residue and Remainder of my personal Estate and Effects
whatsoever and wheresoever after my just Debts, said Legacies
Costs of Probat of this my last Will and Testament and
Funeral Expences be paid and discharged I do give and
bequeath to my Brother Christopher Hully of Lancaster who
I nominate constitute and appoint sole Executor of this
my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the
said Thomas Hully have hereunto set my Hand and
Seal the Fourteenth Day of February in the Year of our
Lord One Thousand seven Hundred and Ninety four.
Signed Sealed published |
and Declared by the said |
Thomas Hully as and for his | Thomas Hully (Seal)
last Will and Testament in |
the Presence of us |
Thomas Varley
Jonathan Cort Fos. 7

24. Mary Hully

1753 12 Jul - baptised at St John the Baptist church Bentham: Mary d. of Francis Hully
1775 10 Jun - married at at St John the Baptist church Bentham: John Tunstal carpenter & Mary Hully
(L) W: James Tunstall John Thornber.
1793 9 Apr - named in father's Will:
In the Name of God Amen I Frances Hully of
Lavegill in the Parish of Bentham and County of York, Do make
publch and Declare, this my last Will and Testament, In manner
and Form following, that is to say, First I give Devise and
Bequeath unto my beloved Wife Ellen So much of my Household
Furniture, as she shall think Nessessary for her own use. All the
rest residue and remainer of my Effects Both Real and Personall
of what nature or kind soever, Whatsoever or Wheresoever I give
to my Son John Hully and His Heirs Chargeing him or his heirs
with the payment of all my just Debts Funeral expences and the
Legocyes herin after mentioned. Viz I give to my beloved Wife Ellin
the Sum of Twenty Pounds. I do give to my Daughter Mary Wife of
John Tunstall and her heires the sum of One Hundred and Fifty
Pounds. I give to my Daughter Sarah Wife of JohnTomson and her
heires the Sum of One Hundred and Fifty Pounds. I give unto my
Niece Ann Wife of Robert Grime and her heires the Sum of One
Hundred and Fifty Pounds. All which sade sums I Order and
Direct shall be payed, One half at the expiration of Six the
Other half twelve Months after my Death. I also give unto my Nephew
Christopher Son of John Tomson who hath a weakness in his Sight
the Sum of Fifty Pounds to be payed him when he atains the Age of
twenty One. And lastly I nominate and apoint my Son John Hully
sole Executor of this my last Will, hereby revoking all former Wills
by me at any time made and declare this to be my last. In witness
whereof I have here unto set my hand and Seal this ninth Day of
April in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and
Ninety Three.
Sealed, Signed and Delivered in the Fran. (Seal) Hully
presence of us whose names are hereunto
subscribed as Witnesses Robert Burkit
James Tunstall
Richard Clark
1794 14 Feb - named in Thomas Hully's Will:
I Thomas Hully of Beck-grains in Mewith in the parish
of Bentham and County of York Linen-weaver being of
sound, perfect and disposing Mind Memory and
Understanding (praised be to God for the same) do make
publish and ordain this my last Will and Testament
in manner and form following, that is to say,
In the first place I do give and bequeath unto my Sister Elizabeth
the Wife of Thomas Dowbiggin the sum of Four Pounds yearly
(being the Interest arising from One Hundred Pounds hereafter
by me given and bequeathed) to be duly paid to her by my Executor
hereafter named during the natural Life of her Husband Thomas
Dowbiggin if she happens to survive her said Husband, and also
in case she survive him the said Thomas Dowbiggin I do bequeath
the said Principal sum of One Hundred Pounds to my aforesaid
sister Elizabeth Dowbiggin to be at her Disposal if she so long
fortune to live, but in Case of her Death before him the said Thomas
Dowbiggin I do hereby postively order and direct the same
Principal Sum of One Hundred Pounds to be equally divided
amongst the Children of her (Elizabeth Dowbiggin aforesaid)
share and share alike - I do also further give and bequeath
to my Brother John Hully the Sum of Twenty Pounds - Likewise
I give and bequeath unto Ellen the Widow of Francis Hully
Deceased, and to her Son John Hully the Younger of Graystonegill
the Sum of One Pound and One Shilling Each - I also further
bequeath to Mary the Wife of John Tunstall, Sarah the Wife of
John Thompson, and Elizabeth the Wife of Moses Marshall the
Sum of One Pound and One Shilling Each - And I further give
and bequeath unto Francis the son of John Hully and Catherine
Hully his Daughter Each the Sum of One Guinea All which
said Legacies (the first only excepted) I do hereby positively
order and direct shall be paid by my Executor at the End of
Twelve Months next after my Decease All the Rest
Residue and Remainder of my personal Estate and Effects
whatsoever and wheresoever after my just Debts, said Legacies
Costs of Probat of this my last Will and Testament and
Funeral Expences be paid and discharged I do give and
bequeath to my Brother Christopher Hully of Lancaster who
I nominate constitute and appoint sole Executor of this
my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the
said Thomas Hully have hereunto set my Hand and
Seal the Fourteenth Day of February in the Year of our
Lord One Thousand seven Hundred and Ninety four.
Signed Sealed published |
and Declared by the said |
Thomas Hully as and for his | Thomas Hully (Seal)
last Will and Testament in |
the Presence of us |
Thomas Varley
Jonathan Cort Fos. 7

8. John Hully

1721 19 May - baptised at St John the Baptist church Bentham: John s. of Frances Holey of
Grastongill (ET - Hully).

1741 26 Jul - married at St John the Baptist church Bentham: John Hully & Catherine Penn both of
Greystonegill (L).

1741 8 Nov - daughter Elizabeth baptised at St John the Baptist church Bentham: Eliz. d. of John (ET
& Catherine) Hully.

c1745 son Francis born? - age assessed as 20 when made Burgess.

1765-66 Hully, Francis, son of John of Bentham, weaver. Source: LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE
RECORD SOCIETY Vol 87 Free Burgesses of Lancaster 1668-1840.

1794 14 Feb - named in brother Thomas's Will:
I Thomas Hully of Beck-grains in Mewith in the parish
of Bentham and County of York Linen-weaver being of
sound, perfect and disposing Mind Memory and
Understanding (praised be to God for the same) do make
publish and ordain this my last Will and Testament
in manner and form following, that is to say,

In the first place I do give and bequeath unto my Sister Elizabeth
the Wife of Thomas Dowbiggin the sum of Four Pounds yearly
(being the Interest arising from One Hundred Pounds hereafter
by me given and bequeathed) to be duly paid to her by my Executor
hereafter named during the natural Life of her Husband Thomas
Dowbiggin if she happens to survive her said Husband, and also
in case she survive him the said Thomas Dowbiggin I do bequeath
the said Principal sum of One Hundred Pounds to my aforesaid
sister Elizabeth Dowbiggin to be at her Disposal if she so long
fortune to live, but in Case of her Death before him the said Thomas
Dowbiggin I do hereby postively order and direct the same
Principal Sum of One Hundred Pounds to be equally divided
amongst the Children of her (Elizabeth Dowbiggin aforesaid)
share and share alike - I do also further give and bequeath
to my Brother John Hully the Sum of Twenty Pounds - Likewise
I give and bequeath unto Ellen the Widow of Francis Hully
Deceased, and to her Son John Hully the Younger of Graystonegill
the Sum of One Pound and One Shilling Each - I also further
bequeath to Mary the Wife of John Tunstall, Sarah the Wife of
John Thompson, and Elizabeth the Wife of Moses Marshall the
Sum of One Pound and One Shilling Each - And I further give
and bequeath unto Francis the son of John Hully and Catherine
Hully his Daughter Each the Sum of One Guinea All which
said Legacies (the first only excepted) I do hereby positively
order and direct shall be paid by my Executor at the End of
Twelve Months next after my Decease All the Rest
Residue and Remainder of my personal Estate and Effects
whatsoever and wheresoever after my just Debts, said Legacies
Costs of Probat of this my last Will and Testament and
Funeral Expences be paid and discharged I do give and
bequeath to my Brother Christopher Hully of Lancaster who
I nominate constitute and appoint sole Executor of this
my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the
said Thomas Hully have hereunto set my Hand and
Seal the Fourteenth Day of February in the Year of our
Lord One Thousand seven Hundred and Ninety four.

Signed Sealed published |
and Declared by the said |
Thomas Hully as and for his | Thomas Hully (Seal)
last Will and Testament in |
the Presence of us |

Thomas Varley
Jonathan Cort Fos. 7

1809 18 May - died at Mewith, Bentham - see burial record below.

1809 22 May - buried at John the Baptist church Bentham: John Hully of Mewith aged 88 (died 18 May).

25. Elizabeth Hully

1741 8 Nov - baptised at St John the Baptist church Bentham: Eliz. d. of John (ET & Catherine) Hully.

9. Christopher Hully

1731 18 Jul - baptised at St John the baptist church Bentham: Christopher s. of Francis & Eliz. Hully.

1749-50 Hully, Chrisr., of Lancaster, weaver, son of Fras. Source: LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE
RECORD SOCIETY Vol. 87 Free Burgesses of Lancaster 1668-1840.

1767 31 Oct - married at St Mary's church Lancaster: Christopher Hully and Jane Miniken (IGI).

1768 21 Aug - son Francis baptised at St Mary's church Lancaster: Francis Hully - father Christopher (IGI).

1770 17 Jun - son William baptised at St Mary's church Lancaster: William Hully - father Christopher (IGI).

1772 22 Jan - son John baptised at St Mary's church Lancaster: John Hully - father Christopher (IGI).

1773 2 May - son Richard baptised at St Mary's church Lancaster: Richard Hully - father Christopher (IGI).

1776 10 Nov - son Christopher baptised at St Mary's church Lancaster: Christopher Hully - father Christopher (IGI).

1776 10 Nov - daughter Bridget baptised at St Mary's church Lancaster: Bridget Hully - father Christopher (IGI).

1785 16 Aug - Cumberland Pacquet, and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 16 August 1785 LANCASTER -
IMPORTED - In the THREE SISTERS, Thomas Tatham, Master, from Dominica. (Inc.) Christopher Hully
5 puncheons rum.

1785 23 Aug - Manchester Mercury - C. Hully ARRIVED FROM LANCASTER since our last.
(Incl.) The Friends, T. Beakbane, (?Capt) ; 5 punchs rum C. Hully;

1787-88 Hully, John, son of Christopher, of Lancaster, linen weaver. Source: LANCASHIRE
AND CHESHIRE RECORD SOCIETY Vol. 87 Free Burgesses of Lancaster 1668-1840.

1788 23 Apr - Cumberland Pacquet, and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Wednesday 23 April 1788 LANCASTER -
ARRIVED - Two Friends, Walker, from Jamaica (Inc.) C. Hully 2 bags cotton.

1794 14 Feb - named in brother Thomas's Will:
I Thomas Hully of Beck-grains in Mewith in the parish
of Bentham and County of York Linen-weaver being of
sound, perfect and disposing Mind Memory and
Understanding (praised be to God for the same) do make
publish and ordain this my last Will and Testament
in manner and form following, that is to say,

In the first place I do give and bequeath unto my Sister Elizabeth
the Wife of Thomas Dowbiggin the sum of Four Pounds yearly
(being the Interest arising from One Hundred Pounds hereafter
by me given and bequeathed) to be duly paid to her by my Executor
hereafter named during the natural Life of her Husband Thomas
Dowbiggin if she happens to survive her said Husband, and also
in case she survive him the said Thomas Dowbiggin I do bequeath
the said Principal sum of One Hundred Pounds to my aforesaid
sister Elizabeth Dowbiggin to be at her Disposal if she so long
fortune to live, but in Case of her Death before him the said Thomas
Dowbiggin I do hereby postively order and direct the same
Principal Sum of One Hundred Pounds to be equally divided
amongst the Children of her (Elizabeth Dowbiggin aforesaid)
share and share alike - I do also further give and bequeath
to my Brother John Hully the Sum of Twenty Pounds - Likewise
I give and bequeath unto Ellen the Widow of Francis Hully
Deceased, and to her Son John Hully the Younger of Graystonegill
the Sum of One Pound and One Shilling Each - I also further
bequeath to Mary the Wife of John Tunstall, Sarah the Wife of
John Thompson, and Elizabeth the Wife of Moses Marshall the
Sum of One Pound and One Shilling Each - And I further give
and bequeath unto Francis the son of John Hully and Catherine
Hully his Daughter Each the Sum of One Guinea All which
said Legacies (the first only excepted) I do hereby positively
order and direct shall be paid by my Executor at the End of
Twelve Months next after my Decease All the Rest
Residue and Remainder of my personal Estate and Effects
whatsoever and wheresoever after my just Debts, said Legacies
Costs of Probat of this my last Will and Testament and
Funeral Expences be paid and discharged I do give and
bequeath to my Brother Christopher Hully of Lancaster who
I nominate constitute and appoint sole Executor of this
my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the
said Thomas Hully have hereunto set my Hand and
Seal the Fourteenth Day of February in the Year of our
Lord One Thousand seven Hundred and Ninety four.

Signed Sealed published |
and Declared by the said |
Thomas Hully as and for his | Thomas Hully (Seal)
last Will and Testament in |
the Presence of us |

Thomas Varley
Jonathan Cort Fos. 7

1798 29 Aug - daughter Elizabeth married at St Mary's church Lancaster: Elizabeth Hully and Edward Adlington (IGI).

1798 25 Sep - made Will:
The Will of Christopher Hully of Lancaster 1811
In the name of God Amen. I Christopher Hully of Lancaster in the County of Lancaster
linen manufacturer being of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding
do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner following that is to say
As for and concerning my two dwelling houses and workshop situate standing and
being in Lancaster aforesaid and in a certain street or place there called Mackerall
street or Spring garden with the appurtenances I do hereby give and devise the same
and all my estate and interest therein both at Law and in Equity unto and to the use
of my two sons William Hully and Christopher Hully their heirs and assigns for ever as
tenants in common and not as joint tenants And I do hereby give and bequeath unto my
beloved wife Jane the use and enjoyment of such a feather bed bedstead bedhangings
two pairs of sheets and bedcloathes for one bed and of such other household furniture
as she shall chuse and as shall be no more than sufficient and proper for furnishing a
room for her own residence and occupation during the term of her natural life if so long
she shall remain unmarried And I do hereby also give and bequeath unto her my said
wife out of my personal estate one clear annuity or yearly sum fifteen pounds yearly and
every year during her natural life if so long she shall remain unmarried to be paid and
payable at or upon the feast or days of the Nativity of our Lord Christ the Annunciation
of the Blessed Virgin Mary the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist and the feast of Saint
Michael the Archangel by four equal payments the first payment thereof to be made
upon such of the same feasts or days as shall happen next after my decease Provided
always and it is my will and mind and I do hereby accordingly order and direct that if
my said wife under the last will and testament of her late father William Miniken
deceased shall become entitled to receive the legacy or sum of one hundred pounds
given or bequeathed unto her at or upon the decease of her mother Bridget now the
wife of Mark Crow who is now living then and in such case and from thenceforth I do
hereby give and bequeath unto her out of my personal estate one clear annuity or
yearly sum of ten pounds only yearly and every year during her natural life if so long she
shall remain unmarried to be paid and payable on the feasts or days and in manner
aforesaid instead of the said annuity or yearly sum of fifteen pounds which from
thenceforth is to cease and not be paid And it is my will and mind and I do hereby
accordingly order and direct that the said annuity or yearly sum of fifteen pounds or ten
pounds hereby given and bequeathed unto my said wife shall be accepted and taken
by her in lieu and full satisfaction of the dower or thirds at the Common Law which she
may become entitled to out of my said dwellinghouses and workshop or my real estate
or any part thereof otherwise that the same annuity or yearly sum shall sink or not be
paid to her And I do hereby give and bequeath unto my daughter Bridget Hully one
clear annuity or yearly sum of ten pounds yearly and every year until she shall attain her
age of twenty one years for her maintenance and education and upon her attainment
to that age I do hereby give and bequeath unto her the sum of two hundred pounds But
if in the mean time she shall depart this life leaving a child or children of her body
lawfully to be begotten and then living in such case I do hereby give and bequeath the
same sum of two hundred pounds unto and equally amongst such her children share
and share alike if more than one and if but one then unto such only child And I do
hereby give and bequeath unto my elder daughter Elizabeth now the wife of Edward
Adlington the like sum of two hundred pounds except only so much thereof or such
sums of money as already have been paid by me or as shall at any time or times
hereafter be paid by me or the executors of this my will on account of the costs and
expences of or concerning a certain action at Law lately commenced and carried on
by me against the said Edward Adlington wherein a verdict was given for me at the last
General Session of Assizes at Lancaster aforesaid with the sum of two hundred
pounds as damages The same legacy to be paid and payable when my said daughter
Bridget shall have attained her age of twenty on years or upon her decease which
shall first happen And it my will and mind and I do hereby accordingly order and direct
that the legacy or sum of money hereby given and bequeathed unto my said daughter
Elizabeth shall not be subject or liable to the debts engagements forfeiture control or
disposal of her said husband in any wise and that her receipt alone notwithstanding
her coverture shall be a sufficient discharge for the same or for so much thereof as for
which such receipt shall be given or as therein shall be expressed to be received And
at the decease or marriage again of my said wife which shall first happen I do hereby
give and bequeath unto and equally between my said two sons William Hully and
Christopher Hully all my said household goods and furniture the use and enjoyment
whereof is hereby given and bequeathed unto my said wife during her life if so long
she shall remain unmarried as aforesaid And as for and concerning all the rest
residue and remainder of my household and other goods chattels ready money
securities for money and personal estate of what kind or nature soever the same be I
do hereby give and bequeath the same unto and equally between my said two sons
William Hully and Christopher Hully share and share alike subject only to the payment
of all my just debts my funeral expences and the charges of the probate of this my will
which I do order and direct to be paid and discharged in the first place out of the same
And I do hereby nominate and appoint my said two sons William Hully and Christopher
Hully executors of this my Will and I do hereby revoke and make void all former Wills by
me heretofore made and declare this to be my last Will and Testament In Witness
whereof I the said testator Christopher Hully have hereunto set my hand and seal this
twenty-fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and
ninety eight.

Signed sealed and published and
declared by the abovenamed
Christopher Hully the testator for and Christo (seal) Hulley
his last Will and Testament in the
presence of us who subscribe our
names as witnesses thereto in the
presence of the said testator and of
each other
William Metcalf apprentice to Mr Tomlinson surgeon
Edward Lodge junr
Edward Lodge

Septr 1798 Mr Christr. Hully’s Will

1800 29 Jun - son John married at St Mary's church Lancaster: John Hully and Elizabeth Mehtrum (IGI).

1803 7 May - brother Thomas's Will proved:
On this Seventh Day of May one Thousand Eight Hundred and three this Will was
proved in Common Form and Christopher Hully sole Executor therein named was
sworn well and faithfully to execute and perform the same and so forth and that to the
best of his Knowledge and belief, the whole of the personal Estate and Effects of
which the above names Testator died possessed did not in real Value amount to the
sum of Three Hundred Pounds
Before me J. Thomas Surre.

1811 21 Jan - died at Lancaster.

1811 26 Jan - Lancaster Gazette - DIED - On Monday, in the 80th year of his age, Mr. Christopher
Hully, for nearly sixty years a respectable sacking and twine-manufacturers, in this
town. He was a truly industrious man, and his death is much regretted by his family
and friends.

1811 23 Jul - Will proved:
(On reverse)
On the twenty third day of July one thousand eight hundred and eleven this Will was
proved in common form and William Hully and Christopher Hully both of Lancaster in
the county of Lancaster Linen Manufacturers the Executors herein named were sworn
well and truly to perform the same and so forth - That Christopher Hully the Testator
within named died on the twenty first day of January last And that to the best of their
Knowledge and belief the whole of the personal Estate and Effects of which the
said Testator died possessed of within the Archdeaconry of Richmond in the Diocese of
Chester did not in real Value Amount to the sum of six hundred pounds
before me J Thomas Surre.
Pending Inhibition

Jane Miniken

1767 31 Oct - married at St Mary's church Lancaster: Christopher Hully and Jane Miniken (IGI).

1768 21 Aug - son Francis baptised at St Mary's church Lancaster: Francis Hully - father Christopher
(IGI).

1770 17 Jun - son William baptised at St Mary's church Lancaster: William Hully - father Christopher
(IGI).

1772 22 Jan - son John baptised at St Mary's church Lancaster: John Hully - father Christopher (IGI).

1773 2 May - son Richard baptised at St Mary's church Lancaster: Richard Hully - father Christopher
(IGI).

1776 10 Nov - son Christopher baptised at St Mary's church Lancaster: Christopher Hully - father
Christopher (IGI).

1776 10 Nov - daughter Bridget baptised at St Mary's church Lancaster: Bridget Hully - father
Christopher (IGI).

1787-88 Hully, John, son of Christopher, of Lancaster, linen weaver. Source: LANCASHIRE
AND CHESHIRE RECORD SOCIETY Vol. 87 Free Burgesses of Lancaster 1668-1840.

1798 29 Aug - daughter Elizabeth married at St Mary's church Lancaster: Elizabeth Hully and Edward
Adlington (IGI).

1798 25 Sep - named in husband's Will:
The Will of Christopher Hully of Lancaster 1811
In the name of God Amen. I Christopher Hully of Lancaster in the County of Lancaster
linen manufacturer being of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding
do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner following that is to say
As for and concerning my two dwelling houses and workshop situate standing and
being in Lancaster aforesaid and in a certain street or place there called Mackerall
street or Spring garden with the appurtenances I do hereby give and devise the same
and all my estate and interest therein both at Law and in Equity unto and to the use
of my two sons William Hully and Christopher Hully their heirs and assigns for ever as
tenants in common and not as joint tenants And I do hereby give and bequeath unto my
beloved wife Jane the use and enjoyment of such a feather bed bedstead bedhangings
two pairs of sheets and bedcloathes for one bed and of such other household furniture
as she shall chuse and as shall be no more than sufficient and proper for furnishing a
room for her own residence and occupation during the term of her natural life if so long
she shall remain unmarried And I do hereby also give and bequeath unto her my said
wife out of my personal estate one clear annuity or yearly sum fifteen pounds yearly and
every year during her natural life if so long she shall remain unmarried to be paid and
payable at or upon the feast or days of the Nativity of our Lord Christ the Annunciation
of the Blessed Virgin Mary the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist and the feast of Saint
Michael the Archangel by four equal payments the first payment thereof to be made
upon such of the same feasts or days as shall happen next after my decease Provided
always and it is my will and mind and I do hereby accordingly order and direct that if
my said wife under the last will and testament of her late father William Miniken
deceased shall become entitled to receive the legacy or sum of one hundred pounds
given or bequeathed unto her at or upon the decease of her mother Bridget now the
wife of Mark Crow who is now living then and in such case and from thenceforth I do
hereby give and bequeath unto her out of my personal estate one clear annuity or
yearly sum of ten pounds only yearly and every year during her natural life if so long she
shall remain unmarried to be paid and payable on the feasts or days and in manner
aforesaid instead of the said annuity or yearly sum of fifteen pounds which from
thenceforth is to cease and not be paid And it is my will and mind and I do hereby
accordingly order and direct that the said annuity or yearly sum of fifteen pounds or ten
pounds hereby given and bequeathed unto my said wife shall be accepted and taken
by her in lieu and full satisfaction of the dower or thirds at the Common Law which she
may become entitled to out of my said dwellinghouses and workshop or my real estate
or any part thereof otherwise that the same annuity or yearly sum shall sink or not be
paid to her And I do hereby give and bequeath unto my daughter Bridget Hully one
clear annuity or yearly sum of ten pounds yearly and every year until she shall attain her
age of twenty one years for her maintenance and education and upon her attainment
to that age I do hereby give and bequeath unto her the sum of two hundred pounds But
if in the mean time she shall depart this life leaving a child or children of her body
lawfully to be begotten and then living in such case I do hereby give and bequeath the
same sum of two hundred pounds unto and equally amongst such her children share
and share alike if more than one and if but one then unto such only child And I do
hereby give and bequeath unto my elder daughter Elizabeth now the wife of Edward
Adlington the like sum of two hundred pounds except only so much thereof or such
sums of money as already have been paid by me or as shall at any time or times
hereafter be paid by me or the executors of this my will on account of the costs and
expences of or concerning a certain action at Law lately commenced and carried on
by me against the said Edward Adlington wherein a verdict was given for me at the last
General Session of Assizes at Lancaster aforesaid with the sum of two hundred
pounds as damages The same legacy to be paid and payable when my said daughter
Bridget shall have attained her age of twenty on years or upon her decease which
shall first happen And it my will and mind and I do hereby accordingly order and direct
that the legacy or sum of money hereby given and bequeathed unto my said daughter
Elizabeth shall not be subject or liable to the debts engagements forfeiture control or
disposal of her said husband in any wise and that her receipt alone notwithstanding
her coverture shall be a sufficient discharge for the same or for so much thereof as for
which such receipt shall be given or as therein shall be expressed to be received And
at the decease or marriage again of my said wife which shall first happen I do hereby
give and bequeath unto and equally between my said two sons William Hully and
Christopher Hully all my said household goods and furniture the use and enjoyment
whereof is hereby given and bequeathed unto my said wife during her life if so long
she shall remain unmarried as aforesaid And as for and concerning all the rest
residue and remainder of my household and other goods chattels ready money
securities for money and personal estate of what kind or nature soever the same be I
do hereby give and bequeath the same unto and equally between my said two sons
William Hully and Christopher Hully share and share alike subject only to the payment
of all my just debts my funeral expences and the charges of the probate of this my will
which I do order and direct to be paid and discharged in the first place out of the same
And I do hereby nominate and appoint my said two sons William Hully and Christopher
Hully executors of this my Will and I do hereby revoke and make void all former Wills by
me heretofore made and declare this to be my last Will and Testament In Witness
whereof I the said testator Christopher Hully have hereunto set my hand and seal this
twenty-fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and
ninety eight.

Signed sealed and published and
declared by the abovenamed
Christopher Hully the testator for and Christo (seal) Hulley
his last Will and Testament in the
presence of us who subscribe our
names as witnesses thereto in the
presence of the said testator and of
each other
William Metcalf apprentice to Mr Tomlinson surgeon
Edward Lodge junr
Edward Lodge

Septr 1798 Mr Christr. Hully’s Will

1800 29 Jun - son John married at St Mary's church Lancaster: John Hully and Elizabeth Mehtrum
(IGI).

1814 09 Apr - Lancaster Gazette - DIED - On Saturday last, in the 68th year of her age. Mrs.
Hully, relict of Mr. Christopher Hully, of this town, linen-manufacturer. She bore a
long and tedious illness with that fortitude and resignation which becometh a true
Christian.

28. Francis Hully

1768 21 Aug - baptised at St Mary's church Lancaster: Francis Hully - father Christopher (IGI).
1783-84 - Hully, Francis, of Lancaster, linen weaver, son of Christopher.
Source: LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE RECORD SOCIETY Vol 87 Free Burgesses of
Lancaster 1668-1840
1794 14 Mar - buried at St Mary's church Lancaster: Francis son of Christ'r Hully Lanc'r.

29. William Hully

1770 17 Jun - baptised at St Mary's church Lancaster: William Hully - father Christopher (IGI).
- Freeman of Lancaster - information supplied by Alfred Hully b.1918.
1798 25 Sep - named in father's Will:
The Will of Christopher Hully of Lancaster 1811
In the name of God Amen. I Christopher Hully of Lancaster in the County of Lancaster
linen manufacturer being of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding
do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner following that is to say
As for and concerning my two dwelling houses and workshop situate standing and
being in Lancaster aforesaid and in a certain street or place there called Mackerall
street or Spring garden with the appurtenances I do hereby give and devise the same
and all my estate and interest therein both at Law and in Equity unto and to the use
of my two sons William Hully and Christopher Hully their heirs and assigns for ever as
tenants in common and not as joint tenants And I do hereby give and bequeath unto my
beloved wife Jane the use and enjoyment of such a feather bed bedstead bedhangings
two pairs of sheets and bedcloathes for one bed and of such other household furniture
as she shall chuse and as shall be no more than sufficient and proper for furnishing a
room for her own residence and occupation during the term of her natural life if so long
she shall remain unmarried And I do hereby also give and bequeath unto her my said
wife out of my personal estate one clear annuity or yearly sum fifteen pounds yearly and
every year during her natural life if so long she shall remain unmarried to be paid and
payable at or upon the feast or days of the Nativity of our Lord Christ the Annunciation
of the Blessed Virgin Mary the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist and the feast of Saint
Michael the Archangel by four equal payments the first payment thereof to be made
upon such of the same feasts or days as shall happen next after my decease Provided
always and it is my will and mind and I do hereby accordingly order and direct that if
my said wife under the last will and testament of her late father William Miniken
deceased shall become entitled to receive the legacy or sum of one hundred pounds
given or bequeathed unto her at or upon the decease of her mother Bridget now the
wife of Mark Crow who is now living then and in such case and from thenceforth I do
hereby give and bequeath unto her out of my personal estate one clear annuity or
yearly sum of ten pounds only yearly and every year during her natural life if so long she
shall remain unmarried to be paid and payable on the feasts or days and in manner
aforesaid instead of the said annuity or yearly sum of fifteen pounds which from
thenceforth is to cease and not be paid And it is my will and mind and I do hereby
accordingly order and direct that the said annuity or yearly sum of fifteen pounds or ten
pounds hereby given and bequeathed unto my said wife shall be accepted and taken
by her in lieu and full satisfaction of the dower or thirds at the Common Law which she
may become entitled to out of my said dwellinghouses and workshop or my real estate
or any part thereof otherwise that the same annuity or yearly sum shall sink or not be
paid to her And I do hereby give and bequeath unto my daughter Bridget Hully one
clear annuity or yearly sum of ten pounds yearly and every year until she shall attain her
age of twenty one years for her maintenance and education and upon her attainment
to that age I do hereby give and bequeath unto her the sum of two hundred pounds But
if in the mean time she shall depart this life leaving a child or children of her body
lawfully to be begotten and then living in such case I do hereby give and bequeath the
same sum of two hundred pounds unto and equally amongst such her children share
and share alike if more than one and if but one then unto such only child And I do
hereby give and bequeath unto my elder daughter Elizabeth now the wife of Edward
Adlington the like sum of two hundred pounds except only so much thereof or such
sums of money as already have been paid by me or as shall at any time or times
hereafter be paid by me or the executors of this my will on account of the costs and
expences of or concerning a certain action at Law lately commenced and carried on
by me against the said Edward Adlington wherein a verdict was given for me at the last
General Session of Assizes at Lancaster aforesaid with the sum of two hundred
pounds as damages The same legacy to be paid and payable when my said daughter
Bridget shall have attained her age of twenty on years or upon her decease which
shall first happen And it my will and mind and I do hereby accordingly order and direct
that the legacy or sum of money hereby given and bequeathed unto my said daughter
Elizabeth shall not be subject or liable to the debts engagements forfeiture control or
disposal of her said husband in any wise and that her receipt alone notwithstanding
her coverture shall be a sufficient discharge for the same or for so much thereof as for
which such receipt shall be given or as therein shall be expressed to be received And
at the decease or marriage again of my said wife which shall first happen I do hereby
give and bequeath unto and equally between my said two sons William Hully and
Christopher Hully all my said household goods and furniture the use and enjoyment
whereof is hereby given and bequeathed unto my said wife during her life if so long
she shall remain unmarried as aforesaid And as for and concerning all the rest
residue and remainder of my household and other goods chattels ready money
securities for money and personal estate of what kind or nature soever the same be I
do hereby give and bequeath the same unto and equally between my said two sons
William Hully and Christopher Hully share and share alike subject only to the payment
of all my just debts my funeral expences and the charges of the probate of this my will
which I do order and direct to be paid and discharged in the first place out of the same
And I do hereby nominate and appoint my said two sons William Hully and Christopher
Hully executors of this my Will and I do hereby revoke and make void all former Wills by
me heretofore made and declare this to be my last Will and Testament In Witness
whereof I the said testator Christopher Hully have hereunto set my hand and seal this
twenty-fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and
ninety eight.
Signed sealed and published and
declared by the abovenamed
Christopher Hully the testator for and Christo (seal) Hulley
his last Will and Testament in the
presence of us who subscribe our
names as witnesses thereto in the
presence of the said testator and of
each other
William Metcalf apprentice to Mr Tomlinson surgeon
Edward Lodge junr
Edward Lodge

Septr 1798 Mr Christr. Hully’s Will
1811 23 Jul - proved father's will:
(On reverse)
On the twenty third day of July one thousand eight hundred and eleven this Will was
proved in common form and William Hully and Christopher Hully both of Lancaster in
the county of Lancaster Linen Manufacturers the Executors herein named were sworn
well and truly to perform the same and so forth - That Christopher Hully the Testator
within named died on the twenty first day of January last And that to the best of their
Knowledge and belief the whole of the personal Estate and Effects of which the
said Testator died possessed of within the Archdeaconry of Richmond in the Diocese of
Chester did not in real Value Amount to the sum of six hundred pounds
before me J Thomas Surre.
Pending Inhibition
1812 01 Aug - Lancaster Gazette - DIED - Yesterday, aged 42, Mr. Wm. Hully, of this town.

30. John Hully

1772 22 Jan - baptised at St Mary's church Lancaster: John Hully - father Christopher (IGI).
1787-88 Hully, John, son of Christopher, of Lancaster, linen weaver. Source: LANCASHIRE AND
CHESHIRE RECORD SOCIETY Vol. 87 Free Burgesses of Lancaster 1668-1840.
1800 29 Jun - married at St Mary's church Lancaster: John Hully and Elizabeth Mehtrum (IGI).

31. Richard Hully

1773 2 May - baptised at St Mary's church Lancaster: Richard Hully - father Christopher (IGI).
bef. 25 Sep 1798 - died? - not shown on father's Will.
1792 - adminstration of estate - copy to be obtained.

33. Christopher Hully

1776 10 Nov - baptised at St Mary's church Lancaster: Christopher Hully - father Christopher (IGI).
- Freeman of Lancaster - information supplied by Alfred Hully b.1918.
1798 25 Sep - named in father's Will:
The Will of Christopher Hully of Lancaster 1811
In the name of God Amen. I Christopher Hully of Lancaster in the County of Lancaster
linen manufacturer being of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding
do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner following that is to say
As for and concerning my two dwelling houses and workshop situate standing and
being in Lancaster aforesaid and in a certain street or place there called Mackerall
street or Spring garden with the appurtenances I do hereby give and devise the same
and all my estate and interest therein both at Law and in Equity unto and to the use
of my two sons William Hully and Christopher Hully their heirs and assigns for ever as
tenants in common and not as joint tenants And I do hereby give and bequeath unto my
beloved wife Jane the use and enjoyment of such a feather bed bedstead bedhangings
two pairs of sheets and bedcloathes for one bed and of such other household furniture
as she shall chuse and as shall be no more than sufficient and proper for furnishing a
room for her own residence and occupation during the term of her natural life if so long
she shall remain unmarried And I do hereby also give and bequeath unto her my said
wife out of my personal estate one clear annuity or yearly sum fifteen pounds yearly and
every year during her natural life if so long she shall remain unmarried to be paid and
payable at or upon the feast or days of the Nativity of our Lord Christ the Annunciation
of the Blessed Virgin Mary the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist and the feast of Saint
Michael the Archangel by four equal payments the first payment thereof to be made
upon such of the same feasts or days as shall happen next after my decease Provided
always and it is my will and mind and I do hereby accordingly order and direct that if
my said wife under the last will and testament of her late father William Miniken
deceased shall become entitled to receive the legacy or sum of one hundred pounds
given or bequeathed unto her at or upon the decease of her mother Bridget now the
wife of Mark Crow who is now living then and in such case and from thenceforth I do
hereby give and bequeath unto her out of my personal estate one clear annuity or
yearly sum of ten pounds only yearly and every year during her natural life if so long she
shall remain unmarried to be paid and payable on the feasts or days and in manner
aforesaid instead of the said annuity or yearly sum of fifteen pounds which from
thenceforth is to cease and not be paid And it is my will and mind and I do hereby
accordingly order and direct that the said annuity or yearly sum of fifteen pounds or ten
pounds hereby given and bequeathed unto my said wife shall be accepted and taken
by her in lieu and full satisfaction of the dower or thirds at the Common Law which she
may become entitled to out of my said dwellinghouses and workshop or my real estate
or any part thereof otherwise that the same annuity or yearly sum shall sink or not be
paid to her And I do hereby give and bequeath unto my daughter Bridget Hully one
clear annuity or yearly sum of ten pounds yearly and every year until she shall attain her
age of twenty one years for her maintenance and education and upon her attainment
to that age I do hereby give and bequeath unto her the sum of two hundred pounds But
if in the mean time she shall depart this life leaving a child or children of her body
lawfully to be begotten and then living in such case I do hereby give and bequeath the
same sum of two hundred pounds unto and equally amongst such her children share
and share alike if more than one and if but one then unto such only child And I do
hereby give and bequeath unto my elder daughter Elizabeth now the wife of Edward
Adlington the like sum of two hundred pounds except only so much thereof or such
sums of money as already have been paid by me or as shall at any time or times
hereafter be paid by me or the executors of this my will on account of the costs and
expences of or concerning a certain action at Law lately commenced and carried on
by me against the said Edward Adlington wherein a verdict was given for me at the last
General Session of Assizes at Lancaster aforesaid with the sum of two hundred
pounds as damages The same legacy to be paid and payable when my said daughter
Bridget shall have attained her age of twenty on years or upon her decease which
shall first happen And it my will and mind and I do hereby accordingly order and direct
that the legacy or sum of money hereby given and bequeathed unto my said daughter
Elizabeth shall not be subject or liable to the debts engagements forfeiture control or
disposal of her said husband in any wise and that her receipt alone notwithstanding
her coverture shall be a sufficient discharge for the same or for so much thereof as for
which such receipt shall be given or as therein shall be expressed to be received And
at the decease or marriage again of my said wife which shall first happen I do hereby
give and bequeath unto and equally between my said two sons William Hully and
Christopher Hully all my said household goods and furniture the use and enjoyment
whereof is hereby given and bequeathed unto my said wife during her life if so long
she shall remain unmarried as aforesaid And as for and concerning all the rest
residue and remainder of my household and other goods chattels ready money
securities for money and personal estate of what kind or nature soever the same be I
do hereby give and bequeath the same unto and equally between my said two sons
William Hully and Christopher Hully share and share alike subject only to the payment
of all my just debts my funeral expences and the charges of the probate of this my will
which I do order and direct to be paid and discharged in the first place out of the same
And I do hereby nominate and appoint my said two sons William Hully and Christopher
Hully executors of this my Will and I do hereby revoke and make void all former Wills by
me heretofore made and declare this to be my last Will and Testament In Witness
whereof I the said testator Christopher Hully have hereunto set my hand and seal this
twenty-fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and
ninety eight.
Signed sealed and published and
declared by the abovenamed
Christopher Hully the testator for and Christo (seal) Hulley
his last Will and Testament in the
presence of us who subscribe our
names as witnesses thereto in the
presence of the said testator and of
each other
William Metcalf apprentice to Mr Tomlinson surgeon
Edward Lodge junr
Edward Lodge

Septr 1798 Mr Christr. Hully’s Will
1801 - Trades Directory - see entry dated 1889 below.The residents or tenants, tradesmen and
others in Church-street in 1801 (incl.) Christopher Hully, twine and linen manufacturer.
1811 23 Jul - proved father's will:
(On reverse)
On the twenty third day of July one thousand eight hundred and eleven this Will was
proved in common form and William Hully and Christopher Hully both of Lancaster in
the county of Lancaster Linen Manufacturers the Executors herein named were sworn
well and truly to perform the same and so forth - That Christopher Hully the Testator
within named died on the twenty first day of January last And that to the best of their
Knowledge and belief the whole of the personal Estate and Effects of which the
said Testator died possessed of within the Archdeaconry of Richmond in the Diocese of
Chester did not in real Value Amount to the sum of six hundred pounds
before me J Thomas Surre.
Pending Inhibition

1814 - PIGOT'S COMMERCIAL DIRECTORY Lancaster - Linen Manftrs - Hully Christopher, Church-street.
1815 13 Feb - HULLY Christopher Lancaster Linen Manfctr The Weaver's Arms, Burton in Londsdale.
Source: HULLEY DEEDS AT THE WEST YORKSHIRE ARCHIVE SERVICE ref WYAS-05.
1818 - PIGOT'S GENERAL DIRECTORY Lancaster Linen manuftrs - Hully Christopher, Church-st.
1819 25 Sep - Lancaster Gazette - DECLARATION - (incl.) Chris Hully.
1819-20 - PIGOT'S GENERAL DIRECTORY Lancaster Linen manuftrs - Hully Christopher, Church-st.
1890 Aug 16 Lancaster Gazette etc - FILINGS FROM OLD “GAZETTE” FILES. 1801 TO 1860.
1820 - Trades Directory - see entry dated 1890 below. In 1820 Mr. Christopher Hully was owner of the Blue
Anchor Inn, Skerton, also of two houses in Mackarall-street; and two houses and a workshop in Church-
street.
1820 12 Aug - Carlisle Patriot - Bankrupts - Tuesday (inc.) C. Hully, Lancaster, twine -manufacturer.
1820 12 Aug - Caledonian Mercury - From the London Gazette - Bankrupts (incl), Christopher Hully, of Lancaster,
twine manufacturer.
1820 14 Aug Hampshire Chronicle BANKRUPTS. Christopher Hully, Lancaster, twine-manufacturer
1821 May 14 - The Morning Chronicle - From the London Gazette Dividends C Hully, of Lancaster,
twine manufacturer - June 4. (also in The Morning Chronicle , Morning Gazette of July 21 - dividend
dated Aug 11.)
1824 - BAINES AND PARSONS GENERAL LANCASHIRE DIRECTORY Lancaster Rope &
Twine Manufacturers Hully Christopher (& sacking manufacturer) Penny St.
1824-25 - BAINES DIRECTORY Vol II Lancaster Rope & Twine Manufacturers Hully Christopher,
(& sacking manufacturer) Penny st.
1826 23 Jan - Morning Post - BANKRUPTS - (incl) Feb. 16 C. Hully, Lancaster, Lancashire, twine-
manufacturer, at twelve, at the King’s Arms Lancaster.
1828-29 - PIGOT'S GENERAL DIRECTORY LANCASHIRE Lancaster Rope & Twine
Manufacturers Hulley Christopher, Penny st
1834 PIGOT AND CO'S NATIONAL COMMERCIAL DIRECTORY LANCASHIRE
Lancaster Rope Makers Hulley Christopher Penny st
1889 16 Nov - Lancaster Gazette - OLD LANCASTER NAMES - CONSULTATION WITH THREE
OLD DIRECTORIES - The residents or tenants, tradesmen and others in
Church-street in 1801 (incl.) Christopher Hully, twine and linen manufacturer; 1818
in Church-street (incl.) Christopher Hully, linen draper.
1890 16 Aug - Lancaster Gazette etc - FILINGS FROM OLD “GAZETTE” FILES. 1801 TO 1860.
In 1820 Mr. Christopher Hully was owner of the Blue Anchor Inn, Skerton, also of
two houses in Mackarall-street; and two houses and a workshop in Church-street.
1890 27 Sep - Lancaster Gazette etc - SOME PAST LICENSED VICTUALLERS OF LANCASTER
SINCE 1800. (incl.) Blue Anchor, Skerton. (Owned by Mr. Christopher Hully in 1820)
William Nutter, Richard Warbrick, John Wilkinson, William Smith, Nicholas Drinkall,
Mrs. Taylor, Richard Taylor, William Procter, Thos. Smith, Richard Townley.

Mary ......

1822-23 - PIGOT'S LONDON DIRECTORY LANCASHIRE Lancaster Rope & Twine Manufacturers
Hulley Mary, Penny-street. Note: it is assumed that Mary was the wife of Christopher
Hully - see his Notes for a similar entry in 1824.

34. Bridget Hully

1776 10 Nov - baptised at St Mary's church Lancaster: Bridget Hully - father Christopher (IGI).
1798 25 Sep - named in father's Will:
The Will of Christopher Hully of Lancaster 1811
In the name of God Amen. I Christopher Hully of Lancaster in the County of Lancaster
linen manufacturer being of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding
do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner following that is to say
As for and concerning my two dwelling houses and workshop situate standing and
being in Lancaster aforesaid and in a certain street or place there called Mackerall
street or Spring garden with the appurtenances I do hereby give and devise the same
and all my estate and interest therein both at Law and in Equity unto and to the use
of my two sons William Hully and Christopher Hully their heirs and assigns for ever as
tenants in common and not as joint tenants And I do hereby give and bequeath unto my
beloved wife Jane the use and enjoyment of such a feather bed bedstead bedhangings
two pairs of sheets and bedcloathes for one bed and of such other household furniture
as she shall chuse and as shall be no more than sufficient and proper for furnishing a
room for her own residence and occupation during the term of her natural life if so long
she shall remain unmarried And I do hereby also give and bequeath unto her my said
wife out of my personal estate one clear annuity or yearly sum fifteen pounds yearly and
every year during her natural life if so long she shall remain unmarried to be paid and
payable at or upon the feast or days of the Nativity of our Lord Christ the Annunciation
of the Blessed Virgin Mary the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist and the feast of Saint
Michael the Archangel by four equal payments the first payment thereof to be made
upon such of the same feasts or days as shall happen next after my decease Provided
always and it is my will and mind and I do hereby accordingly order and direct that if
my said wife under the last will and testament of her late father William Miniken
deceased shall become entitled to receive the legacy or sum of one hundred pounds
given or bequeathed unto her at or upon the decease of her mother Bridget now the
wife of Mark Crow who is now living then and in such case and from thenceforth I do
hereby give and bequeath unto her out of my personal estate one clear annuity or
yearly sum of ten pounds only yearly and every year during her natural life if so long she
shall remain unmarried to be paid and payable on the feasts or days and in manner
aforesaid instead of the said annuity or yearly sum of fifteen pounds which from
thenceforth is to cease and not be paid And it is my will and mind and I do hereby
accordingly order and direct that the said annuity or yearly sum of fifteen pounds or ten
pounds hereby given and bequeathed unto my said wife shall be accepted and taken
by her in lieu and full satisfaction of the dower or thirds at the Common Law which she
may become entitled to out of my said dwellinghouses and workshop or my real estate
or any part thereof otherwise that the same annuity or yearly sum shall sink or not be
paid to her And I do hereby give and bequeath unto my daughter Bridget Hully one
clear annuity or yearly sum of ten pounds yearly and every year until she shall attain her
age of twenty one years for her maintenance and education and upon her attainment
to that age I do hereby give and bequeath unto her the sum of two hundred pounds But
if in the mean time she shall depart this life leaving a child or children of her body
lawfully to be begotten and then living in such case I do hereby give and bequeath the
same sum of two hundred pounds unto and equally amongst such her children share
and share alike if more than one and if but one then unto such only child And I do
hereby give and bequeath unto my elder daughter Elizabeth now the wife of Edward
Adlington the like sum of two hundred pounds except only so much thereof or such
sums of money as already have been paid by me or as shall at any time or times
hereafter be paid by me or the executors of this my will on account of the costs and
expences of or concerning a certain action at Law lately commenced and carried on
by me against the said Edward Adlington wherein a verdict was given for me at the last
General Session of Assizes at Lancaster aforesaid with the sum of two hundred
pounds as damages The same legacy to be paid and payable when my said daughter
Bridget shall have attained her age of twenty on years or upon her decease which
shall first happen And it my will and mind and I do hereby accordingly order and direct
that the legacy or sum of money hereby given and bequeathed unto my said daughter
Elizabeth shall not be subject or liable to the debts engagements forfeiture control or
disposal of her said husband in any wise and that her receipt alone notwithstanding
her coverture shall be a sufficient discharge for the same or for so much thereof as for
which such receipt shall be given or as therein shall be expressed to be received And
at the decease or marriage again of my said wife which shall first happen I do hereby
give and bequeath unto and equally between my said two sons William Hully and
Christopher Hully all my said household goods and furniture the use and enjoyment
whereof is hereby given and bequeathed unto my said wife during her life if so long
she shall remain unmarried as aforesaid And as for and concerning all the rest
residue and remainder of my household and other goods chattels ready money
securities for money and personal estate of what kind or nature soever the same be I
do hereby give and bequeath the same unto and equally between my said two sons
William Hully and Christopher Hully share and share alike subject only to the payment
of all my just debts my funeral expences and the charges of the probate of this my will
which I do order and direct to be paid and discharged in the first place out of the same
And I do hereby nominate and appoint my said two sons William Hully and Christopher
Hully executors of this my Will and I do hereby revoke and make void all former Wills by
me heretofore made and declare this to be my last Will and Testament In Witness
whereof I the said testator Christopher Hully have hereunto set my hand and seal this
twenty-fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and
ninety eight.
Signed sealed and published and
declared by the abovenamed
Christopher Hully the testator for and Christo (seal) Hulley
his last Will and Testament in the
presence of us who subscribe our
names as witnesses thereto in the
presence of the said testator and of
each other
William Metcalf apprentice to Mr Tomlinson surgeon
Edward Lodge junr
Edward Lodge

Septr 1798 Mr Christr. Hully’s Will

10. Thomas Hully

1732/33 14 Jan - baptised at St John the Baptist church Bentham: Thomas s. of Francis & Eliz. Hully.

1749-50 - Hully, Thomas, weaver, son of Fras. Source: LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE
RECORD SOCIETY Vol. 87 Free Burgesses of Lancaster 1668-1840.

1794 14 Feb - made Will:
I Thomas Hully of Beck-grains in Mewith in the parish
of Bentham and County of York Linen-weaver being of
sound, perfect and disposing Mind Memory and
Understanding (praised be to God for the same) do make
publish and ordain this my last Will and Testament
in manner and form following, that is to say,

In the first place I do give and bequeath unto my Sister Elizabeth
the Wife of Thomas Dowbiggin the sum of Four Pounds yearly
(being the Interest arising from One Hundred Pounds hereafter
by me given and bequeathed) to be duly paid to her by my Executor
hereafter named during the natural Life of her Husband Thomas
Dowbiggin if she happens to survive her said Husband, and also
in case she survive him the said Thomas Dowbiggin I do bequeath
the said Principal sum of One Hundred Pounds to my aforesaid
sister Elizabeth Dowbiggin to be at her Disposal if she so long
fortune to live, but in Case of her Death before him the said Thomas
Dowbiggin I do hereby postively order and direct the same
Principal Sum of One Hundred Pounds to be equally divided
amongst the Children of her (Elizabeth Dowbiggin aforesaid)
share and share alike - I do also further give and bequeath
to my Brother John Hully the Sum of Twenty Pounds - Likewise
I give and bequeath unto Ellen the Widow of Francis Hully
Deceased, and to her Son John Hully the Younger of Graystonegill
the Sum of One Pound and One Shilling Each - I also further
bequeath to Mary the Wife of John Tunstall, Sarah the Wife of
John Thompson, and Elizabeth the Wife of Moses Marshall the
Sum of One Pound and One Shilling Each - And I further give
and bequeath unto Francis the son of John Hully and Catherine
Hully his Daughter Each the Sum of One Guinea All which
said Legacies (the first only excepted) I do hereby positively
order and direct shall be paid by my Executor at the End of
Twelve Months next after my Decease All the Rest
Residue and Remainder of my personal Estate and Effects
whatsoever and wheresoever after my just Debts, said Legacies
Costs of Probat of this my last Will and Testament and
Funeral Expences be paid and discharged I do give and
bequeath to my Brother Christopher Hully of Lancaster who
I nominate constitute and appoint sole Executor of this
my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the
said Thomas Hully have hereunto set my Hand and
Seal the Fourteenth Day of February in the Year of our
Lord One Thousand seven Hundred and Ninety four.

Signed Sealed published |
and Declared by the said |
Thomas Hully as and for his | Thomas Hully (Seal)
last Will and Testament in |
the Presence of us |

Thomas Varley
Jonathan Cort Fos. 7

1802 13 Nov - died at Bentham - see burial entry below.

1802 16 Nov - buried at St John the Baptist church Bentham: Thomas Hully of Bentham aged 69y.
(died 13 Nov.)

1803 7 May - Will proved:
On this Seventh Day of May one Thousand
Eight Hundred and three this Will was proved
in Common Form and Christopher Hully sole
Executor therein named was sworn well
and faithfully to execute and perform the same
and so forth and that to the best of his
Knowledge and belief, the whole of
the personal Estate and Effects of
which the above names Testator
died possessed di dnot in real
Value amount to the sum of
Three Hundred Pounds

Before me J. Thomas Surre.

15. Eleanor Hully

1734 1 May - baptised at St John the Baptist church Bentham: Eleanor d. of Jn & Esther Hully.

1772 26 Jan - son John baptised at St John the Baptist church Bentham: John spurious son of Ellen
Hulley.

1778 4 Feb - buried at St John the Baptist church Bentham: Ellen Hully.

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