In the name of God Amen I Reynold John Phillipp of the pish of Goytrey in the County of Monmouth & Diocess of Landaffe yeoman being in perfect health and of sound perfect and disposeing mind memory and understanding doe make ordayne and constitute this my last Will & Testament in maner and forme following (that is to say) First and principally I commend my soule into the hands of Almighty God my saviour hopeing to find eternall salvation through his meritts my body I committ to the earth to be decently buried. And as to those worldly goods & estate which it hath pleased God in his providence to bestow upon me I give devise & bequeath them as follows.

Imprimis. I give devise and bequeath all that tenemts of lands wth the appurtenances wch I some time since purchased to me my heyres and assignes for ever of and from Thomas David Rosser late of the pish of Daynton in the County of Gloucester yeoman and wch are scituate lying and being in the same pish of Goytrey and County of Monmouth afforesd and by antient meares and bounds there well knowne and distinguished unto my loveing wife Rachell for the terme of her naturall life to her owne advantage for soe long time as she shall continue a widdow after my decease and after her decease or intermarriage after my decease wchsoever shall first happen I give devise and bequeath the said tenemt of lands wth the appurtenances unto my sone David Reynold his heyres and assignes for ever provided always nevertheless and it is my will and the true intent and meaning hereof yt my sone David Reynold shall pay unto my daughter Mary the sume of thirty pounds within the terme of fower yeares next after the decease of Rachell my wife. And if my said sone David Reynold shall refuse or neglect to pay the sd sume of thirty pounds of current money of Great Brittaine unto my daughter Mary wthin the time above mentioned then my will is and it is the true intent & meaneing hereof that my said daughter Mary shall enter in to the said tenemt wth the appurtenances and receive the issues and proffitts thereof to her owne use for the terme of eight yeares next after ye decease of Rachell my wife & noe longer and after the expiration of the sd terme of eight yeares then I give & devise the sd tenemt wth all and singular the appurtenances thereof unto my sone David Reynold his heyres & assignes for ever. Item I give and bequeath unto my sone David Reynold one cheste bedd bedd & its appurtenances one table & frame, one little desk, box & one coffer & two iron potts, one halfe barrell, one stone table for salling? of meale. Item I give and bequeath after the decease of Rachell my wife unto my sone David & Mary my daughter all my stock of cattle & graine share & share like and of this my last will and Testamt I doe hereby nominate constitute and appointe my said daughter Mary Reynold to be the sole executrix and hereby revoking & annulling all former and other wills & Testamts by me at any time heretofore made & executed. I doe ratifie confirme publish and declare this my present writeing to be my last will and Testamt. In witness whereof I have hereunto put my hand & seale this tenth day of January in the sixth yeare of the reigne of our Sov’aigne Lord George the second by the grace of God of Great Brittaine France & Ireland King defender of the faith &c and in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand seaven hundred thirtie and two

Item I give & bequeath my wearing apparell unto my sone David Reynold. The marke of the testator Reynold (X) Jon Phee

Signed sealed published and declared by the testator Reynold Jon Phillipp to be his last Will & Testament before us who as witnesses thereof have hereunto in his presense subscribed our names William Morgan; William Powell; Will Morgan, all of Mamhilad

April 26^th 1748. Mary Reynald otherwise Andrew (wife of William Andrew) the daughter and sole executrix in this Will named was sworn well and faithfully to execute the same to the truth of the in’ry &c and to render an account &c before me William Harris, Surrogate

This Will was proved at Abergavenny on the twenty sixth day of April in the year of our Lord 1748 before the Reverend William Harris, Clerk, AM, the Chancellor’s Surrogate by Mary Reynald otherwise Andrew (wife of William Andrew) the daughter and sole executrix who was first upon the holy Evangelists personally sworn well and faithfully to execute the same to the truth of the inventory by her exhibited and to render a just account of her administration &c when thereunto lawfully required

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Goytre. Will of Reynald John Philip deced, proved April 26^th 1748.

In the name of God Amen the eight day of November in ye yeare of our Lord God according to ye computacon of ye Church of England one thousand sixe hundred fiftie and eight

I Gwenllian John alias Griffeth of ye pish of Goytre in the Countie of Monmoth and Diocess of Landaph widowe being sicke in body but of good and pfect memorie (praised be God for it) doe make & ordaine this my last will & testamt in maner & forme followinge (that is to say).

First before all other things I doe bequeath my soule unto the hands of the Almightie whose bountie gave it me & in sure hope of a gloriouse resurrection through ye merittes and passion of Jesus Christ my onely saviour & redeemer.

I doe comend my fraile bodie to ye earth fro’ whence it came to bee interred in Xpt’an buriall in ye pish church of Goytre aforesaid.

Ite I give & bequeath one iron pott, one great candlesticke of brasse, one standing bed & one boorde cubbord to my sone in lawe John Morgan William.

It I give & bequeath one great brassen cauldron & one dripping pan to Thomas David my sone in lawe.

It I give & bequeath all my corne of what graine soen yt is in my barne or else where unto my sonne Edmond Griffith.

Ite I give one brassen pan, one iron pott, one cauldron, foure pewter platters one candlesticke of pewter, one brassen candlesticke, one witch, one coffer, one bed steed, one cubbord, one table with ye ioynt stooles there to belonging, two stands, one new barrell, one deske, one feather bed with its ptences, two flocke beds, one standing bed, two standing pewter cupps, one gray mare, two colts, one salt seller, one pigg, two hens, four strawe vessells, two sackes, two andiorns, one spitt, one truckle, one chafing dish, one chaire, one hedge bill, one hecker, one mattogge, one tubb of butter, all my bacon, one frieing pan, one grediron, all my garden beanes, one axe, all my hay in my barne or else wheare, one spade to Edmond Griffeth my sone.

Ite I give & bequeath all the residue of all my houshould stuff & goods as well in my house as beeing & abideing about & wth out the house in out houses or barne heareby not formerly given & bequeathed to my sone Richard Griffeth.

Ite I give & bequeath ye sume of five poundes due by one bonde or spetiallty of ye penaltie of forty pounds for ye payment of twenty pounds from Richard Griffeth ye first yeare after my decease unto John Morgan William my sone in law the husband of ye said Blanch my daughter.

Ite I give the other tenne pounds (that is to say) five pounds wthin ye second yeare & the five pounds wthin ye third yeare after my decease unto my said son Edmond Griffeth.

Ite I give & bequeath the other last five pounds to bee paid wthin ye fourth yeare after ye decease of mee the said Gwenllian John menconed in ye saide bonde or specialty bearing date ye eight day of November Ano Dni 1649 as by ye said bonde more att large appeareth, to bee equally divided betweene ye children of William Griffeth my sone and ye children of Thomas David my sone in law.

I doe constitute, nominat, ordaine and appoint my well beloved sone Edmond Griffeth afore said to bee sole executor of this my last will & testamt, revokeing and recalling all former wills legacies and bequeathes whatsoever.

In wittnesse where of I have heare unto put my hand & seale ye day and yeare above written. Gwenllian John alias Griffeth, widowe. The marke of ye said Gwenllia John

Memorand that these wordes ‘& the five poundes wth in the thirde yeare’ were interlined before the sealing & deliv’inge heare of

Sealed & deliv’d in the psence of us whose names are heare subscribed Thomas Jones; William Jones, script psentia; Maude Jones; William Jones, Cler

This Will have bin xned at Landaffe the 12^th day of August in the yeare of or Lord God 1659 by the executor therein named. Before Thomas Prichard, Officiall

The true inventory of all ye goods cattells and chattells & houshould stuffe of Gwenllian John of Goytre late deseased, praised the first of August 1659, whose names are heare unto subscribed

£            s            d

First wee prise the wearing clothes of ye said deseadent                                                            15            0

Ite one iron pott one great candelsticke of brasse one standing bed on boord cubbord

prised                                                                                                                        20            0

Ite one great brasen cauldron one drippin pan                                                                        5            0

Ite one brasen pan, one iron pott one cauldron, foure pewter platters one candelsticke

of pewter                                                                                                            20            0

Ite one brasen candlesticke, one witch, one coffer, one bedsteede, one cubbord, one

table with ye ioynt stooles, two stonds                                                                        13            4

Ite one barell, one deske, one featherbed with the appurtenances, two flocke beds,

one standing bed, two standing pewter cupps                                                                        20            0

Ite one gray mare, two colts, one salt seller                                                                        1            10

Ite one pigge, 2 henns, four strawe vessels, two sakes, two andiornes, one spitt,

One truckle, one chaffinge dish, one chaire, one headg bill, one hecker,

One mattock, one tubb, one friing pan, one grediron, one axe, one spade                        6            8

Ite two covers of munckorne, two covers of pease, one cover of oates                                                10

Ite by speciallty of one bonde expressinge the sum of twenty poundes                                    20            0

Ite all the rest & residue of all the househould stuffe of the said deseadent                                    6            8

The sum                                    25            10            8.

Noverint universi per presents nos   William Morgan     pochi de Goytre     in Comitatu Monmouth gent and Walter Evans of the parish of Lanvair Kelgidin in the said County yeoman       teneri et firmiter obligari       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 2 December 1677

The condition of this obligation is such, that if the wthin bounden William Morgan ye nephew and administrator of all and singular the goods chattles and credits of Edmund Griffith of ye pish of Goytre late deceased doe make or cause to be made a true and perfect inventory of all & singular the goods chattles and credits of the sd deceased which have or shall come to the hands possion or knowledge of the sayd William Morgan or into the hands or possion of any other pson or psons for him and the same soe made do exhibit or cause to be exhibited into the Registry of the Episcopall Court of Landaff at or before the second day of March next ensueing.

And the same goods chattles and credits and all other the goods chattles and credits of the sd deceased at the time of his death which at any time after shall come to the hands or possion of the sd William Morgan or into the hands and possion of any other pson for him doe well and truely administer according to law.

And further doe make or caus to be made a true and iust accompt of the sd adcon at or before the second day of December 1678 next. And all the rest & residue of the sd goods chattles and credits wch shall be found remaining upon the sd adm’tors accompt the same being first examined and allowed by the Judge or Judges for the time being of the sd Court shall deliver and pay unto such person and persons respectively as the sd Judge or Judges by his or their decree or sentence pursuant to the true intent and meaning of a certaine Act of Parliament intituled an Act for the better settling of Intestates Estates shall limitt and apoint.

And if it shall heere after apeere that any last will & Testamt was made by the sayd deceased and the executor or executors therein named doe exhibit the same in the sd Court making request to have it allowed and aproved accordingly if the sd William Morgan wthin bounden being there unto required doe render & deliver the sd Lts of Adm’con then this pr’sent obl’ion to be voyd and of no effect or els the same to be in full force & virtue.

Sealed & delivered in the pr’sence of Thos Roberts NP

William Morgan; signa Walter Evans