NLW Ref: LL/1672/35

John Williams Goytrey – Proved 10th September

In the name of God Amen the thyrtenth daye of March in the yeare of our Lord God accordinge to the computacon of the Church of England 1671 I John Williams of the parish of Goytre in the County of Monmoth gent & wthin the diocesse of Ladaff sicke & weake in bodie, but of good & pfect remembrance (laude & prayse be to allmighty God) doe make and ordayne this my last will & Testament in writinge in maner & forme followinge, by these p’sents revoakinge all former testament & testaments will & wills by me heeretofore made by word or by writinge, and this onely to be taken for my last will & testament & non other. Fyrst beinge penitent for all my sins I comend my soule into the handes of allmighty God my maker & redeemer and I trust and beleeve through the mearitts of Jesus Christ my saviour to life againe at the gen’all daye of resurrection of the dead to inherit the Kingdome of Heaven p’pared for the elect in the world to come, and my bodie to be buryed in Christian buriall accordinge to the discretion of my executrix heereafter named.

Item I give towards the repacon of the Cathedrall Church of Landaffe vid. Item I give to the Rector of Goytre for my tith forgotten & unpayed .

Item I give devise & bequeath unto Jane my lovinge wife all my capitall messuage wherein I live wth all barnes buyldings gardens orchardes land or arrable meadow pasture & wooded groundes thereunto belonging & therewth used ocupied & enioyed in a large & ample maner as I doe now hould & enioy the same contayning by estymacone fower score & sixteene acres more or less lying and being wthin the pishes of Goytre & Mamhilad aforesaid in the said County together wth the moyety or one halfe of one water corne grist mill called Melyn Llys Morgan wth all ponds flauckes? floodgates & sluces thereunto belongings scittuatt lying & beinge wthin the pish of Mamhilad in the said Countye & one pcell of land called Kae yr Trow lying in Mamhilad afforesaid & all those five closes or pcells of land arrable medowe & pasture called Gwrlode yr Clearcke & Tonn blechie & one messuage wth the appurtences in the possession of my brother Walter Williams & one cottage wth thapputences in the possession of Thomas Williams all lying & beinge in Mamhilad afforesaid in the said County. Alsoe I give & devise unto ye said Jane my wife all my messuage & lands wth all theyre appurtenances called Coed y Constable lying & beinge in Goytre afforesaid in as lardge & ample maner as I doe now hould & enioy the same wth thappurtences to have & to hould all & singular the said sev’all messuages lands & tenements together wth the moytie of the said watter corne grist mill unto Jane Williams my said wife for & duringe the terme of her naturall life onely towards her joyncture & livlyhood in recompence of her mariage porcon wch I received wth her & towards the accomplish’t of my promise & agreement made & concluded between us before our mariage solempnised. And after the decease of Jane my said wife I give & devise the said capitall messuage wth all the lands arrable meadow & pasture thereunto belonging together wth the moytie of the said mill wth all & singular theyr appurtenances unto my brother Georg Williams & to the heyres of his bodie lawfully begotten or to be begotten, and for want of such yssue I give & devise the said capitall messuage wth all the said lands thereunto belonging wth thapprut’s together wth the said moytie of the said mill unto my brother David Williams and to the heyres of his bodie lawfully begotten or to be begotten, and in default of such yssue I give & devise the remaynder of the said capitall messuage landes & p’misses together wth the moytie of the said mill wth theyre appurtenances unto my brother Walter Williams & to the heyres of his bodie lawfully begotten or to be begotten, and for want of such yssue I give the remaynder of the said capitall messuage & the lands & p’misses thereunto belonging together wth the moytie of the said mill unto my brother Phillipp Williams & to the heyres of his bodie lawfully begotten or to be begotten. And in default of such yssue the remaynder of the said p’misses unto the right heyres of me the said John Williams forever. Item I give & devise the said pcell of lands called Kae yr tyrow after the decesse of Jane my said wife unto my said brother David Williams for & duringe the terme of his naturall life onely paying one penie of current money yearely duringe his life unto my said brother & heyre George Williams yf it be lawfully demanded. And after his deceasse I give & devise the said pcell of land called Kae yr triow unto my said brother George Williams & the heyres of his bodie lawfully begotten. Item I give devise & bequeath the said messuage wherein my brother Walter Williams liveth & three cloces or pcells of meadowe thereunto belonginge wth thappurtences after the decease of Jane my said wife unto my said brother Walter Williams for & duringe the terme of his naturall life onely paying one peny of curre money unto my said brother George Williams yf it be lawfully demanded. And after the decesse of my said brother Walter Williams I give & devise the remaynder of the said messuage & three pcells of meadow wth thappurtencs unto my said brother George Williams & to the hayres of his bodie lawfully begotten or to be begotten. Item I give devise & bequeath the moytie or one halfe of my said messuage & lands wth the appurtences after the decease of the said Jane my wife unto my said brother Phillipp Williams for & duringe the terme of his naturall life onely paying one peny of current money yearly unto my said brother George Williams yf yt be lawfully demanded. And after his decease I give & devise the remaynder of the said moytie of the said messuage & landes called Coed y Constable unto my said brother George Williams & the heyres of his bodie lawfully begotten or to be begotten forever. Item I give devise & bequeath the other moytie of the said pmisses called Coed y Constable after the decease of Jane my said wife unto my said brother George Williams & the heyres of his bodie lawfully begotten or to be begotten forever. Item I give & devise unto Thomas William after the decease of the said Jane my wife the said cottage wherein the said Thomas William liveth & two litle closes or pcells of landes thereunto adioyinge wth thappurtences called Tonn techy? unto the said Thomas William for & duringe the terme of his naturall life onely payinge therefore yearly unto my said brother George Williams one peny of current money yf it be lawfully demanded. And after his decease I give & devise the remaynder of the said cottage & two pcells of land called Tonn tochy? unto my said brother George Williams & to the heyres of his bodie lawfully begotten or to be begotten forever. Lastly I give & bequeath unto the said Jane my wife all my goodes cattle chattell corne and grayne whatsoever aswell in my house as in my barne unthreshed & all my corne growinge in fildes & all my houshould stuff & implements of howshould stuff whatsoever. And of this my last will & testament I doe nomynatt appoynt & ordayne the said Jane my lovinge wife to be sole executrix & I doe nominate & appoynt Francis Tyler & John Jones gent to be sup’visor of this my last will & Testament. In wittnes whereof I have to this my last will & testament sett my hand & seale the daye & yeare above written. John Wms

Signed sealed declared and deliv’ed in the p’sence of us the marke of Hen: Davies; Fran: Tyler; John Jones; David Jones his marke

Da: Gwyllym script testamenti

A true & pfect inventory of all the moveable & imoveable goodes cattell & corne & grayne of John Williams of the pish of Goytre in the County of Monmoth gent late deceased taken & praysed the fowerth daye of Aprill 1672 by David Gwyllym & Charles William Phillipp praysors as followeth

£            s            d

Inprimis the decedents wearinge appell valued at                                                01            3            4

Item two old feather beddes two feather bolsters two cov’lets fower payre

of sheets praysed to                                                                                                        02            10

Item two beddsteeds                                                                                                    00            06            00

Item two dust beddes wth? cov’lets wth 2 bolster & sheets there belonginge

valued at                                                                                                             00            12            00

Item twellve peeces of peuter & one doozen spoones                                           00            13            00

Item three brasse potts one iron pott                                                                        01            03            00

Item one old kettle & two brasse candlesticks                                                         00            08            8

One table boord & frame two formes & one chayre                                                00            06            00

Item one standing cobbord one brewing vessell & firkins & all other

woodden vessells            praysed at                                                                 00            06            00

Item in bacon vii fleetshes valued at                                                                           01            15            00

Item two bushells of munkorn & two bushells of oates in the house redy

threshed                                                                                                                00            05            6

Item barly unthreshed in the barne                                                                            00            10            00

Item two steeres & two kine & one heyfer praysed at                                              06            00            00

Item fower yearelinge calfes valued at                                                                                         01            00

Item sixe yearelinge weathers two ewes two lambes at theyre sides

& two goates valued at                                                                                       01            00            00

Item one sowe & eight piggs valued at                                                                       01

Item tenn kevers of wheate & munkorne growinge in the fildes in blades          02            10

It peas & oates newly sowed out eight kevers                                                            00            12            0

Suma tot                                                    22            01            00

Da: Gwyllym; Charles William Phe praysors

In the name of God the eleventh day of October Ano dni 1671, I John ap John of the pish of Goytresse wthin the diocese of Landaffe being sicke in body but of good and pfect memory (praysed be thalmighty God therefore) doe make and ordaine this my last Will and Testamt in maner and forme followeing. Impris I comend my soule to God my maker & redeemer and my body to be buried in Xptian buriall in the pish church of Lanellen. Item I give devise and bequeath unto Elizabeth my wife all my messuadges lands and tenements wch I purchased of William Phillip of Cwmjoy and also other lands and tenem’ts wch I purchased from Jenkin Parry and Barbara Parry of Trevethin, both wch sd lands and p’mises are scituate and lyeing in thaforesaid sev’all parishes of Goytresse & Trevethin for and dureing the term of her naturall life if she shall soe long continue sole and unmarried. Item after the decease of Elizabeth my sd wife or if it shall happen my sd wife to marry after my decease I give and bequeath thafore menconed messuadge and lands wch I purchased to me & my heirs of thaforesd William Phillip of Cwmjoy unto James John my eldest son his heirs & assigns for ev’ upon the con’ition and consideracon that the said James shall satisfie and pay the sume of tenn pound of current English money unto William John my youngest son or to his executors administrators or assigns when the sd William shall attaine to the age of one and twenty yeares and alsoe after the decease of Elizabeth my said wife or if it shall happen the said Elizabeth to marry after my decease I give likewise and bequeath thaforesaid lands and tenem’ts wch I purchased of Jenkin Parry and Barbara Parry unto William John my son his heirs and assigns for ev’. Item I give devise and bequeath unto Elizabeth my said wife all the lands and tenem’ts which I purchased of Thomas Jones of Lanvrechva for and dureing the full end & tearme of one and twenty yeares next ensuing after my decease if she shall soe long continue unmarried, and after the expiration of the sd tearme of one and twenty yeares or if it happeneth her to marry in the meane time I give and devise the same unto James John my son his heirs & assigns for ev’ upon the condicon of the paym’t of the above menconed sume of tenn pound unto my aforesd son William at and upon the tyme before limited and expressed, and alsoe if my sd son James will then refuse & deny to pay the same unto my son William or his assigns my Will and meaning is that my son William shall possesse and enjoy the said lands menconed to be purchased of Thomas Jones for the space of four yeares next ensueing after such denyall & refusall made and after the expiracon thereof the same to be & remaine unto my said? son James John his heirs & assigns for ev’. Item I give & bequeath unto Elizabeth my said wife soe much wood now growing upon my lands scituate in the pish of Goytresse as will amount to the worth of £40 (if so much may conveniently be spared) and my will is yt the same moneyes be disposed towards a full paym’t and satisfacon made unto Mathew Charles of Lanvethiraine for certain lands I agreed wth him for if the sd Mathew will assure and co’vey the same unto Elizabeth my wife dureing her widdowhood and afterwards to James John my son his heirs & assignes for ev’. Item I give & devise all my psonall estate whatsoev’ unto Elizabeth my wife whom I nominat & appoint to be sole executrix of this my last will & Testam’t and Henry Morgan & William Morgan to be supviso’s thereof. In witnesse whereof I have hereunto put my hand and seale the day month and yeare first above written.

The mke of John ap John

NLW Ref: LL/1640/39

The true inventorie of all the goods cattells & chattles of John ap Bowen of Goytre wthin the Diocesse of Landaffe late deceased prised and valued by George Jenkins & James Herbert Anno dni 1640

Impr All his wearinge clothes prised                                             xs

Ite twoe litle cawldromes prised                                                    ii         vid

Ite one skillet prised                                                                        vid

Ite one litle cubboord prised                                                          vs

Ite twoe coffers prised                                                                     is         vid

Ite three stands prised                                                                1s

Ite one kilderkin prised                                                                        vid

Ite one bed steed and a bed case prised                                             iiis

Ite twoe payre of course lynnen sheetts prised                                             iiiis

Ite one payre of lynnen sheetes prised                                             vis         ?d

Ite one rugge                                                                        iis         vid

Ite five acres of oates                                                               xxs

Ite one litle boxe wth band laces prised                                             xxxxs

Item twoe payre of skaylles wth theyre weyghtes prised

is

Ite the residue of all the howshold stuffe beinge small wooden vessells prised         iiis

Suma tot                  £5         5s         2d

Prisors Geo Jenkins; James Herbert

Catherine Frances Grieve – Goytrey 1892

I Catherine Frances Grieve of Goytre in the county of Monmouth, spinster, hereby revoke all former wills and testamentary dispositions made by me and declare this to be my last will and testament.

I appoint Manley Ashwin of Abergavenny in the said county of Monmouth esquire and William Herbert Grieve of the Marylebone branch of the National Provincial Bank of England London, gentleman, hereinafter called my trustees to be executors and trustees of this my will.

I give and bequeath to my nephew Albany Richard Grieve the plate left to me by Miss Yarworth.

I give, devise and bequeath all the rest of my property real or personal of what nature or kind soever and wheresoever situate and all property over which I may have any power of appointment or other disposing power unto and to the use of my said trustees. Upon trust to sell and convert into money such part thereof as shall not consist of money and out of the proceeds of such sale and conversion to pay my debts and funeral and testamentary expenses and to pay my friend the said Manley Ashwin the sum of nineteen pounds [nineteen pounds] and nineteen shillings.

And upon trust to invest the residue at their discretion and to pay the income thereof to my sister in law Elizabeth Grieve for the term of her natural life and after her decease upon trust to pay to my niece, Clara Jessie Grieve [provided she shall up to that time have remained unmarried] the sum of two hundred pounds free of legacy duty and to pay to my nephew the said William Herbert Grieve the sum of one hundred pounds free of legacy duty, and to divided the residue of my said property equally between my three nieces and three nephews namely:

Elizabeth Mary Ritchie, Ellen Frances Ritchie, the said Clara Jessie Grieve, the said Albany Richard Grieve the said William Herbert Grieve and John Coleman Grieve, provided always that if either of my said nieces or nephews shall die in my lifetime leaving a child or children or remoter issue who shall survive me then such child, children or issue shall take per shares and not per capita [and if more than one equally between them] the share which is his, her or their parent or ancestor would have taken if such parent or ancestor had survived me.

And I declare that my trustees may postpone the sale and conversion of all or any part of the property hereinbefore devised and bequeathed to them for so long as they shall think fit and that the income to accrue from such part of the said property as shall for the time being remain unsold and unconverted shall be paid and applied to such person or persons and in the manner to whom and in which the income of the said monies produced by such sale and conversion would be payable if such sale and conversion had actually been made.

In witness whereof I have to this my last will and testament set my hand this twentieth day of October one thousand eight hundred and ninety two

Catherine Frances Grieve

Witness:Susanna D S Chalken

Maes Beryn Goytrey

Iltyd Gardner, solicitor Abergavenny

NLW Ref: LL/1728/84

Noverint universi per presents nos   Jenkin Rosser  de Goytre in Comitatu Monmouth yeoman, James Rosser of the same parish yeoman & Charles Williams of the same parish yeoman   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 7 May 1728

The condition of this obligation is such that if ye above bounden Jenkin Rosser & James Rosser the nephews and administrators of all and singular ye goods chells and credits of Catherine Williams 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   them     the said    Jenkin Rosser & James Rosser  or into the hands and possession of any person or persons for him and the same soe made doe exhibit or cause to be exhibited into the Registry of the Consistory Court of   Landaff  at or before the 7th day of   November next ensuing.

And the same goods chattells and credits and all other the goods chattells & credits of the said deceased at the time of her death which at any time after shall come to the hands or possession of the said    Jenkin Rosser & James Rosser or into the hands & possession of any other person or persons for him doe well and truely administer according to law or further doe make or cause to be made a true and just accompt of their sd ad’con at or before the 7th day of   May 1729   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  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.

Jenkin Rosser; James Rosser; Charles Williams; John (X) Jenkin

Sealed and delivered in the presence of Tho: Davies NP

Admon was granted to the above Jenkin Rosser & James Rosser &c, before me William Morgan, Surrogate

A true and perfect inventory of all the goods cattle and chattells of Catherine Williams of the psh of Goytrey in the sd County of Monmouth spinster lately deceased, made valued and appraised this 21^st day of October 1727 by us whose hands are hereunder sett as following vizt

£            s            d

Imprimis her wearing apparell                                                                 1            0            0

Item one old feather bed wth ye appt’ces                                                1            0            0

Item two bedsteads & one chaff bed                                                         0            10            0

Item some brass pewter & iron                                                                   1            0            0

Item one old cubbard, four coffers, one table, one bench, two chaires & two little stooles            0            5            0

Item debts desperate & sperate                                                                17            0            0

Tot                                    20            15            0

Made and apprized by us Jenkin Rosser; James Rosser; Francis Morgan

(Latin) This inventory was exhibited at Abergavenny 7 May 1728 by Jenkin Rosser & James Rosser the nephews &c

NLW Ref: LL/1739/65

Barbara James  – 8th May 1739

Know all me by these presents that we Charity Parry  of the parish of Clythur   in the County of   Monmouth widow and John Holmes of the same parish taylor     are held and firmly bound unto the Right Reverend Father in God Matthias   by divine permission Lord Bishop of   Landaffe     in the sum of   forty       pounds of good and lawful money of Great Britain to be paid unto the said Lord Bishop or to his certain attorney his executors administrators or assigns to which payment well and truly to be made. We oblige ourselves and each of us by himself for the whole our and each of our heirs executors and administrators firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals dated   the 8th day of May   in the year of our Lord Christ 1739

The Condition of this obligation is such that if the above bounden Charity Parry the natural and lawfull sister and next of kinn of Barbara James   late of the parish of the parish of Goytre   in the County of   Monmouth and Diocese of Landaff widow deceased and administratrix of all and singular the goods chattels and credits of the said deceased do make or cause to be made a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods chattels and credits of the said deceased which have or shall come to the hands possession or knowledge of her     the said   Charity Parry     or into the hands and possession of any other person or persons for   her and the same so made do exhibit or cause to be exhibited in the Registry of the Consistory Court of Landaffe     on or before the eighth day of November 1740  next ensuing and the same goods chattels and credits and all other the goods chattels and credits of the said deceased do well and faithfully administer according to law, that is to say, do pay the debts of the said deceased which she   did owe at   her   death and then the legacies contained and specified in the said Will annexed to the said Letters of Administration so to be committed as far as   her goods chattels and credits will thereto extend and the law charge     and further do make or cause to be made a true and just accompt of her     said administration when   she   shall be thereunto lawfully required. And all the rest and reside of the said goods chattels and credits which shall be found remaining upon the said administrat accompt and not otherwise disposed of in the said Will the same being first examined and allowed of by the Judge or Judges of the said Court for the time being shall distribute and pay in such manner and form as shall be limited by the direction of the said Judge. And lastly do at all times hereafter clearly acquit discharge and save harmless the within named Lord Bishop the said Judge and all other officers of the said Court against all persons having or pretending to have any right title or interest in the goods chattels and credits of the said deceased then this obligation to be void or else to remain in full force and virtue.   The marke of Charity Parry; The marke of John Holmes

Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of Tho Davies, NP

The above named Charity Parry was sworn well & faithfully to administer &c to ye truth of ye inventory be her ex’ted &c & to render an account &c before me   Wm Harris, Surrogate

aHarris, SurrogateH

A true and perfect inventory of the goods and chattells of Barbara James of the parish of Goytre in the County of Monmouth widow deceased valued and appraised the 7^th day of May 1739

£            s            d

Imprimis her wearing apparell                                                                  0            7            6

Do two chaff beds with the appurtenances                                            01            17            0

Do 12 plates, 1 dish, 1 skillet, 2 brass mortars and a candlestick         0            11            0

1 chair, 2 stools, 1 iron pot, 1 pail, 3 coffers and a box                           0            6            0

1 old chest, 1 old cupboard and some old iron                                         0            9            6

In money                                                                                                            15            0            0

Tott                                    £18            11            0

 Appraisors Phillip Davies; Thos Morgan

Anne Griffiths Goytrey – Sep.^br 16 1805

Cicelia Williams wife of Wm. Williams the natural and lawful daughter and sole executrix named in the last will and testament of Anne Griffiths widow Dec.^d whilst being the relict and sole executrix in the within written will was sworn the truth thereof and to the faithful performance of the same and that the goods chattels and credits do not amount in value to the sum of forty pounds:

Before Me: Benjm Hall

On the 16^th day of September 1805. Letters of admin with the above will amend of all the goods of the said Walter Griffiths were granted and committed at Landaff to Cecelia Williams, wife of William Williams the natural and lawful daughter sole executrix in the last of Ann Griffiths widow, deceased whilst being the relict and sole executive named in the last will of the said Walter Griffiths late, who died before that she had taken upon herself the executive thereof by chancellor

NLW Ref: LL/1704/49

Anne George – Goytrey

Noverint universi per presents nos Thos George pochi de Mamhilad in Comitatu Monmouth yeoman & Henry Scudamore of the parish of Ragland in the aforesaid County yeoman teneri et firmiter obligari   decem 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 29 August 1704 & in the third year of the Reign of Anne of England Scotland Fraunce & Ireland, Queen

The condition of this obligation is such that if ye above bounden Thomas George ye husband and administrator of all and singular ye goods chells and credits of Anne George 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 him the said Thomas George or into the hands and possession of any person or persons for him 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 November next ensuing. And the same goods chattells and credits and all other the goods chattells & credits of the said deceased at the time of her death which at any time after shall come to the hands or possession of the said Thomas George or into the hands & possession of any other person or persons for him doe well and truely administer according to law or further doe make or cause to be made a true and just accompt of his sd ad’con at or before the last day of August Anno Dni 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 Thomas George 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. Thos (X) George; Hen: (S) Scudamore

Sealed and delivered in the presence of Philip Maddocks; Tho Davies NP

NLW Ref: LL/1729/113

Andrew Parry

In the name of God Amen this fourteenth day of February Anno Domini 1729.

I Andrew Parry of ye pish of Goytre in ye county of Monmouth and diocese of Landaff, being weak in body, but (thanks be to God) of perfect mind and memory and calling to mind of uncertain state of this transitory life, and yt all flesh must submit unto death whensoever it shall please God to call, I first then cimend my soul into ye hands of Almighty God hoping through ye merits of Jesus Christ to be absolutely pardon’d for all my sins, and to inherit ye kingdom of heaven, and my body I commit to ye earth to be buried in ye parish church of Goytre, and do order yt my executor hereafter named shall lay out five pounds for my funeral expenses.

And as such touching such goods and chattels which God hath been pleased to bestow upon me, I do order, give and dispose of ye same in manner and form following.

Imp. I give and bequeath to my niece Rachel Walters one brass kettle, already in her possession.

Item. I give and bequeath to my nephew Thomas Walters twenty pounds of currant English money to be paid within six months after my decease.

Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter Margaret William six pounds of ye like currant money to be also paid within six months after my decease, if she or if ye issue yt now she is big with shall then live.

Item. I give and bequeath to my niece Catherine Walters ye bed which I uses to lie on with all it’s appurtenances.

Item. I give bequeath and demise unto my nephew James Jones ye lease land in ye parish of Goytre, together with twenty shillings to be paid him likewise within six months after my decease.

The rest of my household stuff not mentioned I do order yt they be peaceably and equally divided between my two nephews William and Thomas Walters.

I do hereby nominate, make and appoint my nephew William Walters to be ye sole executor of this my last will and testament, revoking, disannulling and making void all other Wills and bequest by me made & declare this to be my last.

In witness whereof I have hereunto put my hand and seal ye day and month first above written.

Signed, seal’d, declar’d and pronounc’d in ye presence of:

Signum

Andrew Parry

Jonathan Andrew

Walter Griffith

Proved 21^st October 1729

Andrew Parry

The true and perfect Inventory of all ye household goods and chattels and moveables of Andrew Parry of ye pish of Goytre in ye county of Monmouth and Diocese of Landaff, deceased, wch effects were appriz’d this Eleventh day of October anno Dom’ 1729 by us whose names are hereunto subscribed.

£ s d

Imp’s. We apprise his wearing apparel to 01 05 00

Im. Due to him by bonds 35 00 00

Im. Due to him by note of demand 03 00 00

Im. Desperate cloth 01 01 00

Im. One feather bed wth all its appurt’s 02 00 00

Im. Pewter and brass valu’d at 01 15 00

Im. Iron pots valu’d at 00 03 04

Tot 44 04 04

Exhibited at Abergavenny 21^st October 1729

Thomas Jenkins Goytrey Mon – 17th April 1734

Know all me by these presents that we Robert Hughes of the parish of Trostrey in the County of Monmouth Esquire and James Davies of the parish of Landenny in the said County gentleman are held and firmly bound unto the Right Reverend Father in God John by divine permission Lord Bishop of   Landaffe in the sum of two thousand pounds of good and lawful money of Great Britain to be paid unto the said Lord Bishop or to his certain attorney his executors administrators or assigns to which payment well and truly to be made. We oblige ourselves and each of us by himself for the whole our and each of our heirs executors and administrators firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals dated the seventeenth day of April in the seventh   year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c and in the year of our Lord God one thousand seven hundred thirty and four

The Condition of this obligation is such that whereas the original last Will and Testament of Thomas Jenkins late of the parish of Goytrey in the County of Monmouth and Diocess of Landaffe Esquire deceased (bearing date the twentieth day of December in the third year of the Reigne of our said Sovereigne Lord George the Second by the grace of God of Great Brittain France and Ireland King defender of the faith &c and in the year of our Lord God one thousand seven hundred twenty and nine) is decreed to be delivered out of the Registry of the Consistory Court of Landaffe aforesaid unto the above bounden Robert Hughes one of the trustees therein named. If therefore the said Robert Hughes his heires executors or administrators or either of them shall and will redeliver the said originall Will … and uncancelled in manner as he received the same into the Registry aforesaid when and at such time as he shall be thereunto duely required then this obligation be void or else to remain in full force and vertue.

 Robert Hughes; James Davies

April the 17^th 1734. Received then the original last Will and Testament of the within named Thomas Jenkins deceased to be redelivered as by this Bond appears. Robt Hughes

Witnesses Thomas Loyd; Tho Bagehott

Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of Thos Davies, NP; Thomas Loyd