Yorkshire Almanac 2026

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This is my last will,
I insist on it still,
So sneer on, and welcome,
And e’en laugh your fill.
I, William Hickington,
Poet, of Pocklington,
Do give and bequeath,
As free as I breathe,
To thee, Mary Jaram,
The queen of my harem,
My cash and cattle,
With every chattel,
To have and to hold,
Come heat or come cold,
Sans hindrance or strife,
(Though thou art not my wife,)
As witness my hand,
Just here as I stand,
This twelfth of July,
In the year seventy.

W. Hickington.

Signed in the presence of

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To facilitate reading, the spelling and punctuation of elderly excerpts have generally been modernised, and distracting excision scars concealed. My selections, translations, and editions are copyright.

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This is much anthologised, but I haven’t found anything else by him.

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• Hickington, William (ca. 1731-ca. 1772) (1), Pocklington poet, contemporary there of Wilberforce W/G ·
• Pocklington (2) W/G ·
• Poetry (75) W/G ·
• Will and testament (12) W/G ·

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To facilitate reading, the spelling and punctuation of elderly excerpts have generally been modernised, and distracting excision scars concealed. My selections, translations, and editions are copyright.

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This is much anthologised, but I haven’t found anything else by him.

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To facilitate reading, the spelling and punctuation of elderly excerpts have generally been modernised, and distracting excision scars concealed. My selections, translations, and editions are copyright.

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