benjamin norcliffe Esq and penelope his wife plaintiff thomas Worsley the son  of the say penelope defendant a jointure decree to be make and less than by  the article in marriage for that the plaintiff have agree to accept less when  she be a widow Thomas Worsley the father of the defendant and the first  husband of the say Penelope do by article make on the say marriage and in  consideration of pound portion since actual pay covenant and agree to settle a  jointure of three hundred pound per and on her and afterward he devise report  tempt finch land to her of that yearly value and die and then Thomas the  defendant enter on all the real estate and possess himself of all the personal  estate of his say father except only pound per annum pretend that there be no  such marriage article or if there be that his father have no power to make the  same for that by some Settlements make by his grandfather to who his father be  heir the land be vest in this defendant as a purchaser paramount to the Title  of his father who be never seize of any estate whereby he be enable to make  any jointure nor to devise the same by his will and now a bill be exhibit by  the plaintiff to have pound per annum settle on the wife for her jointure and  it appear that Penelope the defendant mother have in the time of her widowhood  videlicet in the year agree to accept land of the value of per annum in full  satisfaction of her jointure for that the article make by her first husband to  settle pound per annum take up most of the estate the whole be of the yearly  value of pound and no more and great debt upon it and the defendant have  maintain all the young child the court decree that the agreement in ought to  be perform but to avoid a account for what be pass propose that if the party  will submit to it the defendant Thomas shall pay to the plaintiff pound at or  before ladyday next and for the time to come to pay the say Penelope pound per  annum during his life to commence on ladyday as aforesaid and to secure the  same by land of pound per annum value free from all encumbrance and the master  to settle it and that the plaintiff and his wife shall not be charge with the  debt or funeral of the first husband report tempt finch er p far than the  personal estate extend and which come to their hand and that the plaintiff do  execute a release to the defendant of all Title and claim of dower and  jointure in any of the land in the bill mention except what she be to enjoy by  virtue of this decree