In the name of God Amen I John Anthony of the parish of Lanwenarth in the County of Monmouth yeoman being of perfect memory praised be God do this 15 day of December 1693 make & ordain this my last will & testament in manner & form following vizt First I bequeath my soul into the hands of Almighty God my maker hoping through ye meritorious death & passion of Jesus Christ my only saviour & redeemer to receive free pardon & forgiveness of all my sins & as for my body to be buried in Xtian buriall att the discretion of my executrix hereafter named. Itm I give & bequeath unto my daughter Margaret the sum of tenn pounds. Itm I give & bequeath unto my son John the summ of ten pounds. Itm I give unto my daughter Maud the sd sum of ten pounds. Itm I give unto my daughter Mary the sum of ten pounds which said legacy amounting to the value of fourty pounds is to be payd the persons named yt is to say ten pounds to Margarett wn shee shall arrive att ye age of one & twenty, to John wn he shall arrive att the age of one & twenty, to Maud wn shee shall arrive at ye age of one & twenty, & to Mary the like summe wn she shall arrive att ye age of one & twenty, all which sums thus specifyed to be payd by Jenkin my eldest son for & in consideracon of one moyety of the estate which I bequeath unto him when he shall arrive att the age of one & twenty years but in case any of the sd children dye before they arrive att the sd term of one & twenty years he the said Jenkin is no longer accountable after the decease of any the persons above named. Item I devise & bequeath unto my daughter Maud all those goods and moveables which my father Anthony John lately disposed unto her by his last will & testamt. Item I give the one half of all my lands tenemts & hereditaments & all other goods & moveables whsoever unto Cecill my wife for term of her life, and the other halfe of the estate unto my said wife untill my son Jenkin shall arrive at ye age of one & twenty & after her decease I bequeath all my lands tenements & hereditaments unto the sd Jenkin & his heirs forever upon condition yt the sd Cecill shall pay all my debts & I do make her sole executrix of this my last will & testamt. In witnes whereof I have hereunto set my hd & seal the day & yr first above written. Signum John Anthony
Published, sealed & dl in the prsence of Edward William; Thos Williams, Clr
(Latin) 24 April 1694, Cecilia Anthony relict & exectrix named in the will &c. before me Hen: Salmon, Surrogate
(Latin) Proved at Abergavenny 24 April 1694 by Cecilia Anthony relict & executrix &c &c63
A true and perfect inventaryof all the goodes cattell and chattells of John Anthony of the pish of Lanwenarth in the County of Monmoth and wthin the Diocess of Landaffe lately deceased made the 20th day of December Anno dni 1693
£ s d
Imp his weareing apprrells 2 0 0
It one table, one cubbard & foure chayres 0 10 0
It one feather bed & bedsteed wth thapptences 1 10 0
It one chaffe bed & bedsteed wth thapptences 0 6 8
It one brass pann; six pewter platters; one iron pott; and all the rest & other
the pewter & brass 2 0 0
It one chest one coffer and one desk 0 10 0
It in lynnen 0 15 0
It one iron grate, one paire of andirons one fire shuffle & tonges 0 5 5
It in woodden vessells 0 5 0
It two cowes and two yeareling beasts 6 0 0
It one mare 2 0 0
It in corne threshed and unthreshed 12 0 0
It in corne groweing 2 0 0
It in implem’ts of husbandry 0 5 0
It in sheepe 1 5 0
It foure smale piggs 0 13 4
It a smale rick of hay 0 10 0
Tot 32 15 0
Prisors: John William; Edward William
Transcribed from a photocopy by Dave Woolven, 2 Aspen Way, Malpas Park, Newport, South Wales. NP20 6LB
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