I guess Mr Readhead would be dead, given it is talking about his estate and effects. I suppose there is an outside chance he was a bankrupt. I'll have another furtle
Shilbottle must have been doing a fair bit of advertising back then, my 4 times great grandfather went there from Whickham before 1790 (he married at Shilbottle in that year, a local lass). Only produced one surviving son for the pits.
By the way, I forgot to mention, Coquet, that is a great map. Interesting the course of the road from Acklington to Broomhill.