Know all men by these presents that
we John Keene of the parish of
Whitson in the County of Monmouth gent, & William Keene of
the parish of Goldcliff, Mon, gent are held firmly bound unto the
? William?
? 50? pounds of good and lawful money of England
? Attorneys, executors &
administrators
?
?
? heirs executors & administrators . sealed with our seals dated eighteenth day
of December 1679
The Condition of this obligation is
such that whereas Letters of Admon of
all and singular the goods chells and credits of Florence Keene late of
ye pish of Witston in ye County of Monmouth
widow deceased
? to John Keene above named
?sd John 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 possion or
knowledge of the said John Keene
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 ye
Episcopall Court Landaffe at or before the 18th day of February next ensuing
and the same goods chattells and credits and all other the goods chattells and
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 John Keene or into the
hands and possession of any other person or persons for her doe well and truly
administer according to law and further doe make or cause to be made a true and
inst accompt of her sd admon at or before ye 18th day of December which shall
be in the yeare 1680 and all the rest and residue of the said goods chattells
and credits which shall be found remaining upon the said administrators accompt
of the same being first examined and allowed of by the Judge or Judges for the
time being of the said Court shall deliver and pay unto such person or persons
respectively as the said Judge or Judges by his or their decree or sentence
psuant to the true intent and meaning of a late Act of Parliament intitled An
Act for the better settling if Intestates Estates shall limitt and appoint and
if it shall hereinafter appeare that any last will and Testament was made by
the said deceased 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 John Keene above bounden being therein to required doe
render and deliver the said Lres of Admon (apporbacon 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 remain in full force and vertue. John Keene; Will: Keene
Sealed and
delivered in the presence of
?
NOTE:
The top part of this document is in Latin. The proforma part is in a reasonable hand, but the inserted
details are in a poor, scribbled hand.
For this reason I have resorted to an English proforma for the parts
that I could make out, and a modified promorma fro the remainder. DW
Know all men by
these presents that we John Keene of the parish of Witston in the County
of Monmouth gent & William Keene of the parish of Goldclift in the
same County gent are held firmly bound unto the
? in 50? pounds of good and lawful money of England
?
attorneys, executors & administrators
? heirs, executors &
administrators. Sealed with our seals
dated the eighteenth day of December 1679
The condition of
this obligation is such that whereas the above named John Keene is
assigned tutor & guardian to Mary Keene the nrall & lawfull
daughter of Florence Keene late of the pish of Witston aforesd. If therefore the said tutor and guardian
according to the trust? in him reposed? shall & will and doe from tyme to
tyme and at all times
? after
? and
?
administer
? goods cattles and
chattles with out any
? thereof and to the best advantage of the said
? and
give a perfect account thereof when he is lawfully required and lastly shall
and doe from tyme to tyme and at all times there after save defend and keep
?
and indemnifyed the
? all his
? and
? from all actions
? and demands which
may or shall
? by
? of the
? of the said Letters of
? that
? this present
obligation shalbe voyd and of none effect or else to remain in full force power
& vertue. John Keene; Will Keene
NOTE:
The top part of this document is in Latin. This photocopy is very
poor. I have tried to to transcribe
what I could read plus using a proforma for the rest. DW
The true &
perfect accounte of John Keene of Whiston & County of Monmoth, being
Administrator, to his Mother Florence Keene of ye pish & County
aforesd, Late dececeased of what he hath satisfidd and pd since his mothers
decease; being made & taken this twelth day of January 1679 as foloweth
L s d
Impris: pd in funerall Expences 07 01 10
Itm: pd in rent for severall bonds that she
held 19 17 00
Itm: pd of severall debts 08 02 05
Itm: pd in Landaffe Churche in takeing unto of
the Administration &
other Charges 01 10 10
Itm: pd to my sister Mary Keene being a
legacy given
her by her father the
sum of 154 08 00
the
totall sum of this account is 191 00 01
The totall sum in
the Inventory is 210 07 06
so that the remainder
is 19 07 05
the Inventory
& the account of the disbursin was Examined by us whose names are here unto
subscribed. Will: Keene; John Jones
A true and pfect
Inventory of all the goods Cattles & Chattles of Florence Keene of
ye pish of Whiston County of Monmouth widdow Late deceased taken by us whose
names are hereunto subscribed this 19 teenth day of November 1679 as foloweth
L s d
Imprs: in ready money 25 09 06
Itm: wee doe Apprize her wearing Apparell to 02 00 00
Itm: wee do Apprize one fether bed with the
Appurtenances
Thereunto belonging,
one bed steede one smale deske, one straining?
Charger in ye
Chamber where she lay? to 05 02 00
and bed steed in
the Kichin Loft to 01 10 00
Itm: wee do Apprize three Duwst beds two fether
bolsters,
two pillowbers one duwst bolster in the
hale Loft 01 07 00
Itm: wee doe Apprize three bed steeds in ye sd
hale Loft to 00 16 00
Itm: wee doe Apprize three Coverlids 00 10 00
Itm: wee doe Apprize ten blankets 02 00 00
Itm: wee doe Apprize five fine? sheets 02 10 00
Itm: wee doe Apprize eight Course? sheets to 01 06 00
Itm: wee doe Apprize five? table Cloaths to 00 10 00
Itm: wee doe Apprize six table napkins &
three pillow Cases
& one Wallett
to 00 10 00
Itm: wee doe Apprize two fine pillow bers to 00 06 00
Itm: wee doe Apprize one piece of Flonen to 00 12 00
Itm: wee doe Apprize one table Boarde & the
frashe?,
& ye
fursaid? yt belongs to it, two Chayres, one Chest, one Coffer
one sikreend? &
one press Cubbord, all these being in ye hale to 02 15 00
Itm: wee doe Apprize one payer of Curteins
& Valliens to 00 10 00
Itm: wee doe Apprize one table Carpet to 00 13 00
Itm: wee doe Apprize one piece of shurge being
4 yards
& a qter:
& one ell of Low?
? ploosh to 00 14 00
Itm: wee doe Apprize three Brass pots two Brass
pans,
two Bras
kittles one Bras posnet, one Bras skillet, one Bras
warmeing pan,
one Bras Candle stick, one Bras Chaffern dish to 04 00 00
Itm: wee doe Apprize eleven pewter platters,
two pewter
salt sellers,one pewter
?, two pewter flagons
fower smale pewter
plates,two pewter Candlesticks to 01 10 00
Itm: wee doe Apprize one Iron grate, one frying
pan,
one tongs, one
fier sliche, two Iron Braches, two Iron
Brandiers
& two pothoocks one Chane, one tosting Iron,
one bellows to 01 10 00
Itm: wee doe Apprize all ye wooll 01 00 00
Itm: wee doe Apprize all ye Butter and the
Cheese to 02 05 00
Itm: wee doe Apprize three Cheses of tallow to 00 03 00
Itm: wee doe Apprize all ye wheate to 04 03 00
Itm: wee doe Apprize all ye Barley threshed
& unthreshed to 02 10 00
Itm: wee doe Apprize all ye Otes to 00 02 00
Itm: wee doe Apprize all ye Otes ne..? in ye sd
howse to 00 13 00
Itm: wee doe Apprize one table boorde in ye
Kichen Loft to 00 02 00
Itm: wee doe Apprize one Ricke of
? now on ye
? to 06 10 00
Itm: wee doe Apprize three acres of wheate now
growing
in ye ground to 02 00 00
Itm: wee doe Apperize six oxen to 22 00 00
Itm: wee doe Apprize Leven wenling Caves going
in one yeere old 07 03 00
Itm: wee doe Apprize fifteene lambs & six
Ewes to 03 15 00
Itm: wee doe Apprize five? of all beasts 10 00 00
Itm: wee doe Apprize thirteene milch kine to 31 04 00
Itm: wee doe Apprize all ye hay yt she died
seized of 27 00 00
Itm: wee doe Apprize three beasts going in
three old & one going in
five? yeere old to 07 00 00
Itm: wee doe Apprize six beasts going in two
yeere old to 09 00 00
Itm: wee doe Apprize three mares, & one
Colte going in three
yeere old to 08 00 00
Itm: wee doe Apprize all ye pigs yt she died
seized of to 02 15 00
Itm: wee doe Apprize all Beefe & Bacon in
ye howse to 01 10 00
Itm: wee doe Apprize one Brewing vate, one
turneing Churne, one
standing Churne, one Cheese press,
two kneading trows, one
hogsshead, one silting trow, one
spinning trow?, & all ye
Milck vessells to 01 00 00
Itm: wee doe Apperize all ye implements of
husbandry to 01 10 00
Itm: wee doe Apprize all other things that is
not mentioned allready
in this Inventory to 00 02 00
more due to
the testator out in due debte ye sum of 03 00 00
The totall sum
in this invitory is 219 07 06
The Prizers
names
Will: Keene; John
Frost; Reece Wilkins; Willm Arney
NOTE: The total of the inventory may not be
correct, the line is smudged. DW
Transcribed
from a photocopy by Dave Woolven, 2 Aspen Way, Malpas Park, Newport, South
Wales. NP20 6LB Tel 01633 858 359 11/12 December 2002