NLW Ref: LL/1710/50

In the name of God Amen I William Morgan of the pish of Goytrey in the County of Monmouth yeoman being sicke in body but of good and pfect memory thankes be to allmighty God doe acknowledge that thorough the p’tious death of our savior Jesus Christ doe hope for salvation & doe bequeth my soull into the hands of Allmighty God & doe order my body to be buryed in a Cristian buriall in the pish of Goytrey after the discretion of my executrix heareby after named.

Item I give & bequeth unto my grand daghter Gwenllyan Evans ye some of twenty pownds yt is the hands of Phillip Jones of Lanarth y’m.

Item I give & bequeth unto my grand daughter Jane Evans ye some of twenty pownds that is in the hands of Edward Lewis of Lang’ll juxta Uske. Item I give & bequeth unto my grand daughter Jane Evans ye some of six pownds that is in the hands of William Morgan of Lanover senior.

Item I give & bequeth unto my grand daughter Gwenllian Evans the some of five pownds that is in the hands of William Howell of the pish of Lang’ll pont y moylle.

Item I give & bequeth unto my deare wife Anne Morgan two cowes that is now in my possession. Item I give & bequeth unto my deare wife one bay mare with a star on the forehead three yeare owld.

Item I give & bequeth unto my deare wife Anne Morgan ten sheep that is with in the County of Brecon & in the coustody of Walter Williams.

Item I give & bequeth unto my sonn in law David Beavan ye some of five shillings.

Item I give & bequeth unto my grand daughter one fether bead with the app’entes and bead steed that is in the upper end of the house. Item I give & bequeth unto my grand daughter one chest.

Item I give and bequeth unto my grand daughter Gwenllian Evans one other chest.

Item I give and bequeth unto my grand daughter Jane Evans one small brass pott.

Item I give & bequeth unto my two grand daughters Gwenllyan & Jane six pewter platters to be equally divided.

Item I give unto my sonn Charles Morgan one meadow comonly called & knowne by the name of Gworlod peltheney by estimation four accers in the pish of Goytrey adjoyneing to the waste lands of the Right honorable George Lord of Bergaveny nearing to the lands of William Lewis & to the lands of Anne Mathews vid & all most ptes & sides thereof in the pish of Goytrey.

Item I give and bequeth unto my mayd servant Elizabeth Morgan two sheep.

Item I give & bequeth unto the four children of William Morgan of Goytrey dec’d four sheep.

Item I give and bequeth unto William Jo’n Harry late of the pish of Goytrey one coat one wastcoet one brichis.

Item I give devise and bequeth all the rest and residue of my goods and chattells p’ssonall estate whatsoever unto my loveing sonn whome nominate and appoint solle executrix & trustee ov’r the children of David Beavan my sonn in law & doe nominate my sonn Charles Morgan to be my solle executrix of my last revockeing all former wills by me made in wittness where of I the said William Morgan heare unto set my hand and sealle the first day February in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand seven hundred and six Annoq Regni Anne quinto nunc Ang &c. The marke of said testator read signed sealled deliv’ed & published in the p’sence of

Sealled and deliver’d in the p’sence of Richard Morgan; signed David (X) Lawrence; Oliver Morgan

Signed William Morgan

(Latin) 2 March 1710/11

Proved by Charles Morgan the executor named in the Will &c, before me Jo: Beavan, Surrogate

(Latin) Proved at Carlyon 2^nd March 1710 before the Revd John Beavan, Clerk, Surrogate &c by Charles Morgan the son & executor &c

(Latin) Testament of William Morgan deceased, proved 2 March 1710

NLW Ref: LL/1702/43

Noverint universi per presents nos Winifred Jenkins           pochi de Goytre     in Comitatu Monmouth widow, John William of Goytre aforesaid and George Long of Lanvair Gilgedin in the same County     teneri et firmiter obligari     libris       bone et Legalis monete Anglie solvendis eidem       aut certo attornato executorbus administrators vel assign suis ad quam quidem solutionem bene et fideliter faciendam obligamus nos et utrumque nostrum per se pro toto et in solidum heredes, executors et administrators nostros firmiter per presents per presentes sigillis nostris sigillatas Date 13 May 1702

The condition of this obligation is such that if ye above bounden  Winifrid Jenkins the relict             and administrator of all and singular ye goods chells and credits of  William Jenkins       late of ye pish of   Goytre aforesaid Gent       deceased doe make or cause to be made a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods chattells and credits of the said deceased which have or shall come to the hands possession or knowledge of   her     the said  Winifrid Jenkins       or into the hands and possession of any person or persons for her and the same soe made doe exhibit or cause to be exhibited into the Registry of the Consistory Court of   Landaffe         at or before the first day of August       next ensuing. And the same goods chattells and credits and all other the goods chattells & credits of the said deceased at the time of   his   death which at any time after shall come to the hands or possession of the said  Winifrid Jenkins       or into the hands & possession of any other person or persons for her doe well and truely administer according to law or further doe make or cause to be made a true and just accompt of her         sd ad’con at or before the seaventh day of   May Anno Dni 1703             and all the rest and residue of the said goods chattells and credits wch shall be found remaining upon the said administrators accompt the same being first examined and allowed by the Judge or Judges for the time being of the said Court shall deliver unto such person or persons respectively as the said Judge or Judges by his or their decree or sentence pursuant to the true intent and meaning of a late Act of Parliament made in the two and twentieth and three and twentieth years of ye reigne of our late Soveraigne Lord King Charles the second intitled an Act for ye better settling of intestates estates, shall limitt and appoint. and if it shall hereafter appeare that any last will and Testament was made by the said deceased and the executor or executors therein named doe exhibit the same into the said Court making request to have it allowed and approved accordingly if the said  Winifrid Jenkins         above bounden being thereunto required doe render and deliver the sd Letters of Administration (approbation of such testament being first had and made) in the said Court then this obligation to be void and of none effect or else to remaine in full force and vertue. Winifred Jenkins; Sig John Wms; George Long

Sealed and delivered in the presence of Robt Davies; Thos Jenkins

Yo’r oath is that yo’r late husband William Jenkins deceased made noe will as far as you know and believe and that you will well and truly administer ye goods chattles and credits of ye sd deceas’d by paying his debts if he owed any, soe far forth as his said goods chells and credits will there unto extend and ye law bind you. Your oath further is that ye inventory hereunto annex’d is a true and perfect inventory of all and singular ye goods chells and credits of ye sd deceased which came to your hands possion or knowledge & that if any more of his goods chells or credits shall hereafter come to yo’r hands you shall add to ye said inventory and give a true and just account of yo’r administracon when you shall be thereunto lawfully called. Soe help you God &c

(Latin) 13 May 1702

(English)

If there be noe inventory, you are to omitt what referrs to ye being of an inventory and say this (viz) Yo’r oath is furth’r that you’le exhibite a true and pfect inventory of all and singular ye goods chells and creditts of yo’r sd husband deced when you shall be thereunto lawfully called

A true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods cattells and chattells of William Jenkins late of the parish of Goytrey in the County of Monmouth gent deceased as the same were apprised by us whose names are under writt this thirteenth day of May Anno R Ra Anne nunc Algl pr primo Anoq dni 1702

Imp the decedants wearing apparrell    £10

In the hall two great tables one press one cubboard six chaires tenn joynt stooles

and one clock    £3 5s

In the parlour one feather bedd with curteynes valloons and appurtennances  £2

One table one side board one cubboard one chest of drawers and six chaires    £1

One grate and andirons      10s

In the kitchin one table with the stooles & benches       10s

Forty pewter dishes with the rest of the small pewter       £2 10s

Twelve brass crocks tenn brass panns with the rest of the brass       £7            10

An iron grate with the rest of the iron utensills                                   £2

Two guns             £1

Five hodgsheads of beer and sider and the drinke vessells       £5

In the chamber over the parlour two feather beds bedsteeds and appurtenances   £3

In the chamber over the hall two feather beds bedsteeds and appurtenances      £4

Two chests and one table            10s

In the middle chamber two feather beds with the bedsteeds and appurtenances         £2 10s

Four dust beds with the rest of the lumber in the servants chambers     £1 10s

One chest of lynnen           £8

In the dayry milke vessells of all sorts   £1

Six oxen          £20

Fourteen cowes        £3

one three year old beast    £1 10s

Two two yeare old beasts    £2 5s

Five yearelings   £5

Four calves     £2 10s

Two horses          £7

Three mares and one small colt       £7

One three yeare old colt           £2

Four score sheep of all sorts   £10

Twenty piggs of all sorts       £7 10s

Twenty three covers of hard corne in grass  £12

Fifty covers of Lenten grayne      £20

Two ricks of corne          £24

Provision in the house  £5

Corne in the barne and grannary          £2

Implements of husbandry and timber sawed   £7 15s

Powltry of all sorts        10s

Sadles bridles and utensills in the stable       £1 6s 8d

Due to the decedant by a mortgage on the lands of late William Prichard of Lanover  £2

Due by another mortgage on another part of the lands of the said William Prichard    £2

Due by an assignement of a mortgage on the aforesd lands           £120

Due by a mortgage on the lands of John Watkins of Goytrey       £35

Due by a mortgage on the lands of Wm Jones of Lansamfread      £70

Due by a mortgage on the lands of William Jones of Tu Cock     £50

In ready money and plate          £105

Due to the decedant by severall Bonds and Bills  £288

Due by interest of money arreares of rent and debts sperate and desperate  £150

Earthen ware and all other lumber in the house        6s 8d

Sum Total                                    1405            18            04

App’sors:   Robert Davies; Tho Jenkins

(Latin) Exhibited at Llandaff 14 May 1702

NLW Ref: LL/1704/48

William Daniel – Goytre

The condition of this obligation is such that if the above boundon Howell Daniel the lawfull brother and administrator of all and singular ye good, Chells and Creditts of William Daniel late of the pish of Goytre in ye County of Monmouth and Diocese of Landaff batchelor decd.

Do make or cause to be made a true and pfect inventory of all and singular ye goods, chells and creditts of ye sd dec’d wch have or shall come to ye hands possion or knowledge of ye sd Howell Daniel.

Howell Daniel

NLW Ref: LL/1708/69

Susan Morgan – Goytrey

Memorandum that on or about the 20^th day of November in the year of our Lord God ano dni 1708

Susan Morgan late of the pish of Goytrey in ye County of Monmouth spinster in the dioces of Landafe being of good and p’fect and disposition of mind and memory make and declare her last will and testm’t inncupative or by word of mouth in manner and forme following vitz:

I give, devise and request all and singular my goods cattle and chells whatsoever unto my execut’rs hereinafter named vitz:

My cozen William Pritchard and William Francis my nephew to be sole executors of this my last will and testament in wch word or words lending to ye same effect of ye said Susan Morgan declared ye time aforesd wch a serious intent and meaning that her sd execut’rs should pay and discharge all her funeral and any other debts whatsoever that ye sd do owe and that they should stand for her last will and testament to be informed of her death in ye p’sence and hearing of:

Wm. Howell: John Mathew: John William

Credible witnesses

Margaret Charles – Goytrey

LL/1708/73

The condition of this obligation is such that if ye above bounden Ffrancis Williams ye administrator w.th ye will annex’d of all and singular ye goods, chattels and credits of Margarett Charles late of ye pish of Goytre afores’d widd. Dec’d to ye use and during ye minor of Mary Charles a minor, ye executrix of ye sd will do make or cause to be made a true and p’fect inventory of all and singular the sd goods & credits and the same etc., etc

A true and p’fect Inventory of all the goods and chattels of Margaret Charles of the parish of Goytre in the County of Monmouth and Diocese of Landaffe, spinster lately deceased made and valued and appraised by us whose names are hereto under subscribed the second day of June Anno Domini 1707

£ s d

Imp: Her wearing apparel 01 00 00

It: one bedstead one old feather bed with

its appurtences 02 00 00

It: one bedstead more and one chaff bed

with its appurtences 00 05 00

It: two fine and two course sheets, six

napkins & one table cloth 00 10 00

It: one brass pot, two iron pots two small

kettles & one skillet 01 00 00

It: one spit, one dripping pan, one brand

iron, one bake iron, one frying pan, one

small pewter platter, one small candlestick 00 04 00

It: one small old table, one small old

dresser, one chest, two coffers, two chairs,

two firkins, two pails and one stand 00 15 00

It: two old hinds, one small bruing vessel

two old pitchers, one old bushel vessel,

one old pock, one friar shieve & one bench 00 02 00

It: money separate 11 00 00

It: money desperate through pte thereof

be due by bonds 18 08 00

 35 01 00

William Mathews

Andrew Parry X by mark

John William X by mark

Whereof the funeral expenses is to be deducted out of the said sume of £35 1^s

NLW Ref: LL/1704/50

Catherine Griffiths – Goytre

Noverint universi per presents nos   Catherine Griffiths     pochi de Goytre     in Comitatu   Monmouth spinster & Tho Davies of the town of Abergavenny yeoman?     bone et Legalis monete Anglie solvendis eidem       aut certo attornato executorbus administrators vel assign suis ad quam quidem solutionem bene et fideliter faciendam obligamus nos et utrumque nostrum per se pro toto et in solidum heredes, executors et administrators nostros firmiter per presents per presentes sigillis nostris sigillatas Date 27 May 1704

The condition of this obligation is such that if ye above bounden  Catherine Griffith ye sister and ad’stratrix of all and singular ye goods chells and credits of  James Griffith     late of ye pish of     Goytre     in ye County of     Monmouth  deceased doe make or cause to be made a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods chattells and credits of the said deceased which have or shall come to the hands possession or knowledge of her       the said    Catherine Griffith or into the hands and possession of any person or persons for her and the same soe made doe exhibit or cause to be exhibited into the Registry of the Consistory Court of   Landaffe at or before the last day of   August       next ensuing. And the same goods chattells and credits and all other the goods chattells & credits of the said deceased at the time of his     death which at any time after shall come to the hands or possession of the said    Catherine Griffith or into the hands & possession of any other person or persons for her doe well and truely administer according to law or further doe make or cause to be made a true and just accompt of sd ad’con at or before the last day of   May 1705  and all the rest and residue of the said goods chattells and credits wch shall be found remaining upon the said administrators accompt the same being first examined and allowed by the Judge or Judges for the time being of the said Court shall deliver unto such person or persons respectively as the said Judge or Judges by his or their decree or sentence pursuant to the true intent and meaning of a late Act of Parliament made in the two and twentieth and three and twentieth years of ye reigne of our late Soveraigne Lord King Charles the second intitled an Act for ye better settling of intestates estates, shall limitt and appoint. and if it shall hereafter appeare that any last will and Testament was made by the said deceased and the executor or executors therein named doe exhibit the same into the said Court making request to have it allowed and approved accordingly if the said    Catherine Griffith         above bounden being thereunto required doe render and deliver the sd Letters of Administration (approbation of such testament being first had and made) in the said Court then this obligation to be void and of none effect or else to remaine in full force and vertue. Signum Catherine Griffith; Thomas Davies

Sealed and delivered in the presence of Tho: Davies NP