| Description | Will dated: 17 Apr 1641
Codicil dated: 21 Aug 1644
Bequests: half burgage in Bridgegate, cottage near Shepscarre Bridge, close of land called the Marsh, house with water or corn mill, all in Leeds; messuage, water or corn mill, 3 fulling mills, all near Dewsbury; land called Dunwell Ings, Marr ing, Farr Ing, Donebridge close, Carleton Crosse, 2 cottages at the Blackebanke, land called Gallowhill, all in manor of Leeds, messuage in Leeds Woodhouse, all to Elizabeth Sykes, his wife; cottage in Liversedge, all land in Dewsbury to Richard Sykes, his son; £10 each to Henry Sykes, Richard Sykes, William Sykes, his sons; to £10 to Marie Barnard, his daughter; £10 to Sibbell Dobson, his daughter; £40 to Elizabeth Taylor, his granddaughter; 2 cottages in Leeds Woodhouse, and £5 to Elizabeth Sykes, his granddaughter; 20s each to Alice Jackson, his sister and Mary Jackson, his niece; 20s to Elizabeth Thompson, his cousin; 20s to Robert Lody; 10s each to Richard Elliston and Alice Elliston; 40s to Mr Robinson, vicar of Leeds; 40s to William Moore, lecturer
Bequests in codicil: dwellinghouse, red mill on Shipscar Becke to Richard, John, William, Joseph, Daniell, and Hannah Sykes, his grandchildren; third part of all personal estate to Henry Sykes, Richard Sykes, William Sykes, his sons, and John Barnard and William Dobson, his sons-in-law |