In the name of God Amen the seaventh
day of February in the 29th yeare of King Charles the seconds Reign
&c Annoq dom 1676 I Elizabeth Keene of the hill in the pish of
goldclift in the count of Munmorth widow being aged & weake of body but of
pfect minde & memory thanks be to God for ir doe make & ordaine this my
lasy will & testament (revoaking all others) in manner & forme
following. First & above all things
I commend my soule to God yt gave it & my body to the earth of wch it was
framed to be buried in Christ Church church hopeing for a joyfull Resurection
through Jesus Christ my savior and as for my worldly goods I give devise &
bequeath them in manner & forme following.
And for the first thereof I give & bequeath the best bed bedsteed
wth the apptences here to fore used in the best chamber unto William Keene
the elder of Landgattock my brother in
law, alsoe the great presse a side boord & the little round table in the
same chamber. Alsoe I give &
bequeath the best bed in the closset wth its apptences unto William Kine
my grandson & the long table frame wth the stooles in the best
chamber. Alsoe I give & bequeath
one bed & bedsted wth the apptences a table board & twoe chests? &
a side table in the new chamber unto Mary Powell. Alsoe I give & bequeath unto my sister
law Screens daughters of Simeton? {Somerton? DW) the biggest chest in
the best chamber. And to my sister Grace
Screene their mother the best bed wth the apptences in kitchen chamber
where I doe lie and the bedsteed there.
Alsoe I give moore unto Mary Powell one great which in the cheese
laft. Alsoe I give the table board
& frame three chests & six stooles in the halle unto William Kine
my sonn in law & to his sonn William my grandson the great chest in
the halle. I give to Mary the
daughter of Rodger Robins a dust bed & bedsteed wth the apptenences
&c to Rogers wife one dust bed & bedsteed wth the apptences
& to Sist? West one moore & to Margaret Walters one of
the same? bed & bedsteed
other of the dust bed & bedsteads
my
twoe worst fether beds & bedsteads
.
kitchen laft unto Nem Howells
.. Alsoe I give & bequeath
unto William
. Keene of
Goldclift the summe of fo
to die before he receives the same then my
. remaine to his brother John
Keene
. Howell the summe
of thirty pounds
. Alsoe I give & bequeath unto Ma
.. Keene my brother in law the summe
after my decease. Also I give
widow
the sum of tenn pounds
.. junr the
sunn of John Cousins? late of
the pish of
. Alsoe I give unto Elizabeth
Bou
Newnham the sum of tenn pounds
.uncle the sum of twenty? pounds
doe happen to die before it be pa
. to the servivors of them. Also I
.. Walter Carter of
Arlingham the
Wittnes hereunto John
(JB) Bound his mark; John (JT)
Thomas mark; William
dat Febuary 7th
and 29th of King Charles 1676
Alsoe I give unto John
Wintle the elder of Arlingham the sum of tenn pounds if the said John
happens to die before me them my will is to be & remain unto Henry
Wintle his sonn. Also I give unto
the poore of Christ Church the summe of five pounds to be devided by the church
wardens thereof thereof. And to the
poore of the pish of Arlingham five pounds to be disposed by Walter Carter
& Henry Wintle thereof. And
to the poore of pish of Newnham five pounds at the disposeing of John?
Bound? or Thomas Bound his sonn of the same. alsoe I give unto William Keene
aforesaid my brother in lawe twenty pounds.
Alsoe I give unto my sonn in lawe William Keene tenn pounds. And to Richard Carter ye sonn of Walter
Carter aforesaid the sum of five pounds.
Alsoe I give unto Henry Wintle of Arlingham the elder the sum of
tenn pounds. Alsoe I give to John
West my servant twenty shillings & to Silvester Jones forty
shillings. And alsoe five pounds to be
distributed equally betwixt such servants as shall be in service at my
decease. Alsoe I doe appointe thirty
pounds for my funeral expences. And
last of all I doe nominate & appoint my brother in lawe William Keene
the elder and Walter Carter my friend of Arlingham in the County of
Glocester phisitian my executors in trust to receive take
? dispose of all such goods chattels
cattle & debts
.? Disposed to satisfie and pay such legasies funeral
expences before given & disped allowing my trustees aforesaid their expences
& charges in going about the same.
and if any over plus remaines above the legasies funeral expences &
debts paide out of my goods whatsoever not before menconed or declared then my
will is if any such over plus there be shall be & remain to the use of the
said Walter Carter to have twoe pts & Thomas Bound of
Newnham one pte thereof. In witness
whereof I have hereunto putt my hand & seale the day & yeare first
above written. The mark of Elizabeth
Keene.
Assigned &
sealed in the prsence of us (the word tenn was enterlined before sealing) The mark of John (JB) Bound; The mark of John (JT) Thomas; The mark of William (WT) Thomas
(Latin) 4th
December 1679. Proved by William
Keene, executor
NOTE:
This was a large document & had been photocopied onto a number of A4
sheets one of which is missing. A small
amount of the text has been lost in the creases. DW
Transcribed from a
photocopy by Dave Woolven, 2 Aspen Way, Malpas Park, Newport, South Wales. NP20 6LB
Tel 01633 858 359 11/12 January 2003