NLW Ref: LL/1716/46

In the name of God Amen the seaventeenth day of May in the yeare of our Lord God 1704 I William Morgan of Goytrey pish in the County of Monmoth batchelor being sicke of body but of good and pfect mind and memory praised be to the Allmighty God for the same doe make and ordayne this my last will and testamt in manner and forme following. Vizt. First I comend my Soule into the hands of the Allmighty God my maker and redeemer not doubting but by the blood & passion of my only Lord and saviour Jesus Christ to have full pardon and absolucon of my sins &c. And as for my body I committ it to the earth whereof it was made and to be buried in a Christian buryall by the discretion of executrix hereafter named.

Item whereas I have purchased of the Right Honorable George Lord of Bergavenny one cott and two acres of inclosed land being pte of the wast ground of Pelleny in the said County of Monmoth which said cott and two acres I hold by lease beareing date the nine and twentieth day of September 1701.

I doe hereby give bequeath and devise unto my welbeloved frind Jane William the daughter of Valentine William of Goytrey aforesaid the said cott and two acres of land & ev’y pte and pcell thereof with their app’tenances to have and to hold the said cott & two acres of land & ev’y pte and pcell thereof unto the said Jane William her executors, adm’rs and assigns for the residue of the tearme in the said lease unexpired.

Item I give and bequeath unto the said Jane William all & singular my goods cattells chattells & psonal estate whatsoe’r. And alsoe I doe hereby nominate and appoynte the said Jane William my sole executrix of this my last will & testament revokeing all former wills by me made.

In wittnesse whereof I have hereunto put to my hand and seale the day and yeare first above written. Sign’d Will’ Morgan

Read sealed & published in the psence of us. The marke of William Jenkin; Will Jenkins

(Latin) 14 Sep 1716. Proved by the above Jane William the friend of the testator. Before me Francis Davies, Surrogate

(Latin) Proved at Llandaff 14 Sept 1716 before the Revd Francis Davies, Clk, Surrogate by Jane William the executrix &c

The true and pfect inventtory of all & singular the goods and chattles of William Morgan of the parish of Goytrey in the County of Monmouth and Diocese of Landaff labourer apprised by us whose names are hereunto subscribed

                                                                                                        £             s            d

Imprimis one chaff bead                                                                00            05            00

Item one chest & a kittle                                                                00            01            00

Item one table & a old coffer                                                         00            01            00

Item two old chayers                                                                     00            01            00

Item all other old stuf about the house                                         00            01            00

Tot                              00            09            00

One lease valued att                                                                        01            05            00

01            13            00

Apprisors: The mark of Gwillim Jenkin; the mark of Wm John; the mark of John William

The within mentioned William Morgan being prest for a soldier this 10 years past and it is unknown whether he is living or dead

NOTE: There is no date on this document but the Will was proved 14 Sept 1716. DW

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

In the name of God Amen I Morgan William of the pishe of Goytrey in the County of Monmoth yeo’m being sick in body but of sound & pfect memory praysed be to God doe make and ordaine this my last will & testamt in maner and forme followinge.

First I bequeath my Soule into the hands of Almighty God my maker hoping that through ye meritorious death & passion of Jesus Christ my only saviour & redeemer to receive free pardon & forgivenes of all my sins. And as for my body to be buried in Christian buriall at the discression of my executors here after named.

Ite I give devise and bequeath the tenem’t wherein I now inhabite and all the lands with thapp’tences thereunto belonging unto Martha my now wedded wife dureing her widowhood onely and if shee hapens to marry and to take to her an other husband then my will is that from and after such inter mariadge the said tenem’t wth all the lands apptences thereunto belonging in the pish of Goytrey & County aforesd I give devise & bequeath unto my sonne Rowland Morgan and to his heires for ever. And if she continues sole & unmaried dureinge her life then after her decease I give devise & bequeath the said tenem’t lands wth its apptences unto my said sonne Rowland & to his heires for ever.

And in case my said sonne Rowland dieth leaving noe yssue law fully begotten then I give devise & bequeath the tenem’t aforesd wth the lands & its apptences unto my daughter Mary Morgan & to her heires for ever. Itm my will & true meaning is that my said wife Martha shall have & enioy noe more of my estate & premisses aforesd (at the full age of one & twenty yeares of my sd sonne Rowland) but onely her thirds maried or unmaried and that shee is to have during her naturall life but onely fire boote headgboote & plowboote to … noe wilful wast thereupon.

Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary tenn pounds to be paid her in tenn yeares after the acomplishing of my sonn Rowland to the age of one and twenty yeares. And that non of the wood upon the premisses shalbe sould dureinge the nonage of my said sonne Rowland. Itm my will is and I doe give & bequeath all my stock in cattle, horses and sheepe unto my wife Martha towards the paym’t of my debts (vizt) forty shillings to my brother Jenkin, three pounds to Elizabeth Richard, tenn shillings to Elizabeth William Thomas, five & twenty shillings to Peter Charles and forty shillings to Ann John.

Itm I doe further give & allow the worth of tenne shillings of wood to be sold towards my funeral expences. And doe hereby no’iate and appoynt my sd sonne Rowland to be my sole executor of this my last will & testamt. In witnes whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & seal the 18?th day of September in the year of our Lord 1685.

Morgan (X) William

Read sealed and delivered in the presence of us Geo Williams; John (X) William Thomas; James (X) Richard

NLW Ref: LL/1740/56

Know all me by these presents that we Grace Mathew     of the parish of   Goytre   in the County of   Monmouth widow and William Rosser of the parish of Aberystruth in the said County yeoman       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 and dated the 22d day of April     in the year of our Lord Christ 1740

The condition of this obligation is such that if ye above bounden  Grace Mathew the relict             and administrator of all and singular ye goods chells and credits of  William Mathew     late of ye pish of Goytre       in ye County of   Monmouth   yeoman         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  Grace Mathew       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 twenty second day of October       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    Grace Mathew       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 twenty second day of April 1741           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  Grace Mathew         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.

The marke of Grace (X) Mathew;

William Rosser

Sealed and delivered in the presence of Tho: Davies NP

The above named Grace Mathew was sworn well & faithfully to administer &c to ye truth of ye inventory &c by her ex’ted & to render an account &c before me William Harris, Surrogate

An inventory of all and singular the goods cattle and chattles of William Mathew late of the parish of Goytre in the County of Monmouth and Diocese of Landaffe yeoman deced, made, valued and apprized the tenth day of September in the year of our Lord Christ 1739 by Jenkin Rosser and William Rosser, appraizors, as follows, that is to say

First his wearing apparell valued at                                                                        01            10            00

Allso, two old cows at                                                                                                02            12            06

Allso, three little steers at                                                                                         03            15            00

Allso, one little heyfer at                                                                                           00            15            00

Allso, two old horses at                                                                                              01            19            06

Allso, two small calves at                                                                                          00            12            00

Allso, two little piggs at                                                                                             00            05            06

Allso, one sheep at                                                                                                      00            02            06

Allso, three beds with appurtenances at                                                                02            07            06

Allso, one bedstead at                                                                                                00            02            00

Allso, corn threshed and unthreshed at                                                                 02            05            00

Allso, all the rest of the household goods at                                                          01            05            06

Allso, implements of husbandry at                                                                          00            10            00

Lastly, all the small lumber not before mentioned at                                          00            00            09

Summ Total                                                            18            02            09

Exhibited at Abergavenny upon the twenty second day of April in the year of our Lord Christ 1740 by Grace Mathew the relict and administratrix for a true and perfect inventory &c but under protestation of adding &c if any more of the decedents assetts shall hereafter come to her hands, possession or knowledge.

William Lewis – Goytrey

In the name of God Amen. I William Lewis of the parish of Goytrey in the county of Monmouth, labourer being sick in body but of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding, do make, publish and declare this my last will and testament in manner and form following (that is to say:)

First I give, devise and bequeath unto Elizabeth my loveing wife all my household property in the parish of Mamhilad in the said county of Monmouth for and during her natural life. And immediately after her decease I give, devise and bequeath the same premises unto my loving son William Lewis his heir and assigns.

Also I give, devise and bequeath unto my loving wife Elizabeth Lewis all those leasehold premises called or known by the name of Gwernog Vach wherein I now dwell, together with lands known by the name of Cae Sannah, for and during the term of his natural life.

And from and after her decease I give, devise and bequeath the same premises and lands unto my loving son John Lewis, subject to the payment of twenty pounds namely to my daughter Ann Williams five pounds.

To my daughter Martha Jarrett five pounds. To my daughter Mary Lewis five pounds. To my daughter Sarah Lewis five pounds.

The first payment to be made to my daughter Sarah Lewis at the apparition of one year after my decease. The next payment to my daughter Mary Lewis at the apparition of the second year. The third payment to my daughter Martha Jarrett at the apparition of the fourth year.

Also I give my household furniture after the decease of my loving wife between John and two daughters Mary and Sarah to be divided equally between them.

And I do nominate and appoint my loving wife Elizabeth and son John joint executors and executrix of this my last will and testament herby revoking and making void all other will or wills by me made, ratifying and confirming this my last will and testament.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 6^th day of September 1827.

Signed, sealed, published and declared by the testator William Lewis as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us, who at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names hereto.

The mark of William Lewis

 Joseph Griffiths

Wm Williams

Henry Edwards – his mark

NLW Ref: LL/1781/44

In the name of God Amen I William Lewis of the parish of Goytre in the County of Monmouth yeoman being weak in body but of sound & perfect mind & memory, blessed be almighty God for the same, do make & publish this my last Will & Testament in manner & form following (that is to say) Imprimis I commend my precious never dying soul into the hands of God that gave it, through the all prevailing mediation & intercession of Jesus Christ his dear & only begotten son & the saviour of lost and miserable sinners and my body to the ground to be buried with a decent burial at the discretion of my executors hereinafter named.

As to what worldly substance divine providence has endowed me with I dispose of the same as follows, vizt.

First I give devise & bequeath to my well beloved wife Susanna Lewis (after my just debts and funeral expences are fully paid & satisfied) all that my messuage or tenement & lands called by the name of Dyffryn-y-Gwartheg with the appurtenances being my freehold estate situate lying & being in the aforesaid parish of Goytre to hold to her my said wife from and immediately after my decease for & during the term of her natural life without impeachment of waste from any person whatsoever excepting only the felling of timber trees (exclusive of coppice woods) which I do’n’t permit her to do but such as are absolutely necessary for keeping the above mentioned premisses in good & sufficient reparation, and if she should happen to die before my daughter Martha by her shall have arrived at the full age of twenty one years, in that case I give devise & bequeath the said premisses with all their appurtenances together with all my personal estate goods & chattels whatsoever according to a true & proper appraisement to be made of the same immediately or within three months after my decease (reasonable wear & tear only excepted) to Joshua Davies, Clerk & William Morgan freeholder, both of the parish of Goytre aforesaid their heirs executors administrators and assigns upon trust nevertheless for the sole use benefit & advantage of my said daughter Martha Lewis until she shall have arrived at the full age of twenty one years, at which period of time the said Joshua Davies & William Morgan & each of them respectively their heirs executors administrators & assigns & each of them are hereby required to deliver up their respective trusts unto my said daughter Martha and afterwards I give devise & bequeath the same in as full & ample a manner as is above specify’d to hold to her my said daughter Martha her heirs and assigns for ever, but if my said wife Susanna should not die before my said daughter Martha shall have arrived at the full age of twenty one years then & in that case my will is that my said daughter Martha shall have occupy & enjoy the whole of the aforesaid premisses in manner above specified from and immediately after my said wife’s decease without any trustees whatsoever.

From & immediately after my said wife & daughter’s decease or the longest liver them (i.e. if my said daughter should happen to die before she shall have arrived at the age of twenty one years & also dies without legal issue) I give & devise my freehold estate aforesaid to my right heirs for ever subject to the payment of as much money as I or my said wife after my decease must be obliged to pay my first wife’s relations in consequence of a marriage settlement between us & a Will made by her in her life time to be paid by my said heirs at the disposal of my present wife in a Will by her to be made for that purpose. & lastly if my said daughter Martha should happen to die before my said wife then I give and bequeath every thing I may die possessed of or entitled to at my death or afterwards unto my said wife fully & completely excepting my freehold estate above mentioned which I leave her in the above specify’d limited manner.

I do hereby nominate and appoint the said Joshua Davies, William Morgan and my said wife Susanna Lewis to be joint executors of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former wills by me heretofore made.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the seventeenth day of August in the twentieth year of the reign of our sovereign Lord George of Great Britain France and Ireland, King, defender of the faith and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty. The mark of William (W) Lewis

Signed sealed published and declared by the named William Lewis to be his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses in the presence of the testator. William Mathew; William Hatfield; Thomas Prosser

May 1^st 1781. Susanna Lewis widow the relict, the Revd Joshua Davies and William Morgan the executors in this Will named were sworn to the truth thereof and to the faithful performance of the same and that the goods chattles and credits of the dec’d do not amount in value to the sum of one hundred pounds. Before me Benj Hall, Surrogate

Proved at Abergavenny on the first day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty one before the Reverend Benjamin Hall, Clerk, BD the Chancellor’s Surrogate by Susanna Lewis widow the relict, the Revd Joshua Davies, Clerk and William Morgan the executors in this Will named who were first on the holy Evangelists personally sworn well and faithfully to execute the same, to exhibit an inventory &c and to render a just account of their administration of the same when thereunto lawfully required.

NLW Ref: LL/1670/51

Noverint universi per presents nos   William Jones cler   pochi de Goitre & Hugh Waters of the parish of Pantegge in Comitatu Monmoth yeoman       teneri et firmiter obligari       de pocha et Comit predicta         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 1670

The condition of this obligation is such that whereas Letters of Administration of all the goods cattles & debts of Wm Jones, Minister, late of Goitre deceased were granted &……… Reverend Father in God, W.. Jones his…. if … doe pay all ye debts of the sayd deceased soe farr forth as the sayd goods will there unto extend and ye law him binde and moreover yeald and render as well a true and pfect inventory as alsoe a faithfull and just accompt of and upon the sayd goods and the administration thereof at such time and when as he shall bee there unto lawfully required. And lastly defend and save harmeles the above named Reverend Father in God and all and every his officers whomesoever in all co’ts ands ag’ all psons for touching and concerning the granting of the sayd adm’con that then this pr’sent obligacon to be voyd and of non effect or els the same to be & remaine in full force & vertue. William Jones; Hugh Waters

Sealed and delivered in the presence of Thos Prichard?

In the name of God Amen the tenth day of Aprill in the thirteenth yeare of the reigne of our Sovereigne Lord Charles the second by the grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King defender of the faith &c I William Jones of Goytrey in the Countie of Monmouth gent being weake of body but of pfect mind and memory (praise be given unto Almighty God) doe make and ordeyne this my last will and Testament in manner and forme following.

First I resigne my Soule into the hands of my redeemer well knowing that what is there lodged cannot be taken thence and my body to be buried in Christian buriall in the pish church of Goytrey.

I give devise and bequeath to William the reputed sonne of Rees Jones my sonne the sume of one hundred pounds & my will is that Charles Hughes of Trellegg doe dispose of the same att interest upon good security and cause the increase and interest of the same to be duly paid for and toward the maintenance of the sayd William untill he shall attaine unto his full yeares of one and twenty, but if in the meanetime the sayd Charles Hughes doth find any way of disposing of him to any advantagious imployment for his better support hereafter in the world, then my will is that by the consent of his father eyther the sayd whole sume of one hundred pounds or soe much thereof as they shall thinke fitt & find usefull for the doeing of the same be disposed of for that purpose.

Alsoe I give unto Edward the reputed sonne of Rees Jones my sonne the sume of fiftie pounds which saied sume is now in the possession of my saied sonne Rees Jones? my will is that the same be likewise disposed of att interest upon security by my? saied loveing friend Mr Charles Hughes & that the interest & increase of the same be duely paied towards the mainetenance & support of the sayd Edward untill he be of a fitting age to be placed in some calling and profession in the world and then my will is that my friend Mr Hughes with the consent of his father doe settle, place and dispose of him & his money as to my saied friend shall seeme most fitt & convenient.

My further will is that if eyther of the sayd children doe dye before they atteine unto the age of one and twenty or be by my sayd friend Mr Charles Hughes disposed of into imployments or professions then my will is that the sume hereby given unto him that shall happen to dye doe remaine & be payd & I hereby give and bequeath the same unto him that shall happen to survive of them & if both of them doe happen to dye before they attaine & come unto the age aforesayd or be disposed of as before directed, then my will is I doe hereby give and bequeath the sayd severall sumes unto Rees Jones my sonne (if he be then liveing)

Item I doe devise and bequeath unto Rees Jones my sonne all my lands and tenements in Llanelen to have and to hould to him his executors administrators or assignes duering all the time and tearme yet to come and unexpired in the same.

Item I give devise and bequeath unto Gwenllian Thomas my servant one blacke cowe and calfe.

Alsoe I doe nominate & appoint my sonne Rees Jones my sole executor of this my will.

In witnesse whereof I have hereunto put my hand and seale the day and yeare above written.

Wm Jones his mke

Sealed and published in the pr’sence of

Chas Hughes;

Blaynch Powell;

Charles William Phe

NLW Ref: LL/1667/38

In the name of God Amen the thirtieth daie of November in the yere of our Lord God 1667 and in the yeres of the raigne of our most gracious Sovraigne Lord Charles by the grace of God of England, Scotland Fraunce and Ireland Kinge Defender of the faieth &c the ninteenth I William John of the pishe of Goitre in the Countie of Monmoth and Diocs of Landaph yoman callinge to remembrance the uncertenty of mans life not knowinge when nor where these our mortal bodies shalbe disolved and mindinge by God grace to settle in order such transitorie things as God hath blessed mee wth all to the intent that my mind may be unburthed wth the care thereof whensoever it shall please God to cale for me or ells to visict me wth more extreimitie? of sicknes beinge now sick in bodie but of good and pfect memorie laud and praese be given to Almightie God doe make and ordaine this my last will and Testament in writtinge in maner and forme folowinge (that is to saie) first and principally I comend my soule to Almightie God my Creator and to Jesus Christ my redeamer by whose most precious death and passion I hope to have forgivenes of all my sinns and my bodie to be buried in xpian buriall.

Item I give and bequeath towards the Cathedrall Church of Landaph vid. Item I give to the person of Goytre towards my forgotten tieth vid.

Item I give and divise to Catherine my wife duringe her naturall life only the messuadge wherein I doe now inhabit (except the loft that is over the sd house and one chamber alesoe wch I doe give and divise to Elizabeth my daughter) the barnes outhouses garden … and all the lands arrable meadow and pasture belonginge to the sd messuadge I doe give and divise to my wife Caterine duringe her naturall lif only and after her decesse I doe give and divise the said messuage barne outhouses lands and premisses wth thappurtences lyinge and beinge in the pishe of Goytre and Countie of Monmoth aforesaid to Elizabeth my daughter and to the heires of her bodie lawfully begotten and in default of such issue I doe give and devise the said messuage barne outhouses and all the lands and premisses belonginge to the said messuage to Jane William my daughter her heires and assignes forever and in consideracon of the gift that I have made of the said messuage barne outhouses lands and premisses to my daughter Elizabeth I doe ordaine and appoynt my daughter Elizabeth to pay unto my daughter Jane William the some of five pownds of current money of England in maner and forme folowinge (that is to saie) the some of twentie shillings wthin six monthes next after my decesse and the fower powndes beinge the residue of the said five pownds wthin two yeres next after the decesse of Caterine my said wife. Item I give and bequeath to Caterine my wife two coffers two crocks one kittle one friinge pann two stands one barell two bowles wch my wife brought heere. Item I give to my wife Caterine the best pige that is fattinge? 3 bushells of barlie two bushells of oats two bushells of wheat and 1 bushell of muncorne.

Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth one milch kow and one weaninge callff and two mares all my corne threshed and unthreshed and all my houshould stuff unbequeathed alreadie and the rest of all my goods moveables and unmoveables unbequeathed all my debts payed and my funerall expences dischardged I doe heereby give and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth whom I doe ordaine nominat and appoynt sole executrix of the my last will and Testament and doe disanull all other wills by mee made.

In wittnes heereof I have heetherto put my hand and seale the daie month and yere wthin written.

Sign William (X) John

Sealed delivered and acknowledged as his last will and testament in the presence of William Morgan; David John; William Jenkin; John Richard

Proved before me 14 January 1667. R

A true and pfect inventorie of all the goods cattle and houshould stuffe of William John of Goytre in the Countie of Monmoth and Diocs of Landaph yoman late deceased taken and praysed the 14^th daie of December 1667 by William Morgan of aforesd Goytre, John Harry of the same and John Richard of Lanover as foloweth (vizt)

£            s            d

Imp all the deceadent wearinge apparell prised att      10s

Item a peece of new cloth of 5 yards praysed att      5s

Item one cow and a weaninge callffe praised att     15s

Item two mares praysed att        £1 10s

Item fower piggs praysed att         13s 4d

Item all the corne growinge and the corne threshed and unthreshed prised att            £1     10 s

Item three goats praysed att    3s

All the deceadent poultrie att    1s

All the deceadent brasse and pewter     5s

Item 2 bedsteeds    3s

Item 5 coffers great & smale praysed att   5s

Item one table boord one frame prayed att    1s 6d

Item one vaule?, one chirne, 2 stands 1 paile and all other wooden vessells

praysed att            6s

Item 2 coverings belonginge to two bedds and all other appurtencs

belonginge allsoe towards the said beed      £1

Item one table cloth praysed att        1s

Item one bake yron one broch 1 brandyron and 2 yron crocks and pothooks

2 friiinge panns         10s

Item fower sacks and baggs 2 pack sadells one paire of harrows 2 pick forks

one shovell              3s 4d

Suma tot                                    8            2            2

William Morgan; John Harry; John Richard