In the name of God Amen I Daniel
John of ye pish of Langibby in the County of Monmouth and Dioceses of
Landafe cordwainer being sicke in body but of sound & pfect mind &
memory & remembreance doe make & ordaine this my last will &
testament in maner & forme following that is to say. First of all
I give my soule in
to ye hand of ye Allmighty God my maker
& redeedmer and my body to be buried in Christian buriall at ye pish church
of Lanthewy Vach. I order that all my
funerall expenses might be paid & discharged.
I allsoe give
devise & bequeath betwen ye childrens of John Ambrose ye fourteen
sheeps yt is on ye comon of God y mabane.
I also nominat
& appoimt my well beloved cosin John Ambrose to be my hole sole
executor of this my last will & testament revocking & disanuuling all
former willis heartofor made by me. In
witnes wher of I have hearunto but my hand & seale this ye second day of
August in ye year one thousand seven hundred thirty three.
Singed sealed
puilhed prnouced & declard by the testator as & for his last will &
testament in ye prsent of Daniel John; Gre: Perrott, Rector; Gibbon Williams;
May the 11th
1736. John Ambrose the cousin
and executor in this will named was sworn well and truely to execute the same
to the truth of the inventory & to render an account &c before me Wm
Morgan, Surrogate
This Will was
proved att Christchurch on the eleventh day of May in the year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred thirty and six before the Revd Mr William Morgan, Clr,
the Chancellor’s Surrogate by John Ambrose the cousin and
executor in this Will who was sworn well and truely to execute the same to the
truth of the inventory and to render a just account of his admon of the same
when thereunto lawfully required
An inventory of
all and singular the goods cattle chattells and creditts of Daniel John
late of the parish of Langibby in the County of Monmouth and Diocese of
Landaffe cordwainer decased made vallued and appraised the ninth day of
December in the year of our Lord God one thousand seven hundred thirty and five
by John Harry and David Howel appraisors as follows, that is to
say.
£ s d
Allso one feather
bed with its appurtenances at 01 10 00
Allso goods in the
lower room at 01 02 06
Allso goods in the
chamber at 00 15 00
Allso goods in the
shop att 00 05 00
Allsoe bees att 00 04 00
Allso sheep att 00 14 00
Allso book debts
the sum of 04 07 01½
Lastly ready money
the sum of 00 07 01½
Summ
total 10 04 09
Exhibited at
Christchurch on the eleventh day of May in the year of our Lord God one
thousand seven hundred thirty and six by John Ambrose the cousin &
executor for a true inventory but under protestation of adding if any more of
the decedents assetts shall hereafter come to his hands possession or knowledge
Transcribed from a
photocopy by Dave Woolven, 2 Aspen Way, Malpas Park, Newport, South Wales. NP20 6LB
Tel 01633 858 359 30 March 2003