In the name of God Amen the second day of March one thousand six hundred & eyghty I Jenkin George of the pish of Penyclauth wthin the County of Monmoth yeoman being sick in body but of good & p’fect memory (thankes be given to almighty God) doe make & ordayne this my last will & testam’t in writeing in manner & forme following (viz) I give & bequeath my soule unto Almighty God hopeing to be saved by the merritts of my saviour & redeemer Christ Jesus and my body to be buryed in Christian buriall. Item I give & bequeath unto my daughter Jane, & my daughter Mary, the sume of fower score & six pounds to be equally devided betweene them both wch said sume is now remaining in my now dwelling house, & in the hands of Mr Abraham Williams of Tremiles? dy? in the pish of Cumcarvan by severall Bonds. Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Jane one of my fower yeare old heyfers. Item I give & bequeath unto my daughter Mary one other fower yeare old heyfer. Item I give & bequeath unto my sonn John one of my three yeare old heyfers. Item I give & bequeath unto my sonn John the sum of forty pounds when hee shall attayne unto the respective age of twenty & one yeares. Item I give & bequeath unto my loveing wife all and singular my goodes catells chattells houshould stuff and all my implem’ts of husbandry & houshould stuff except what I have formerly bequeathed. Lastly I nominate my said loveing wife to be sole executrix of this my will. In wittness whereof I have here unto sett my hand & seale the day month & yeare above said.
The marke of the above said Jenkin George
Sealed published & read in the p’sence of us John Phillipps; John Edmonds; Hen: Williams; Fran: Williams
Proved by Jane George, executrix, 28 April 1681 before Jo: Watkins, Surrogate
Aprill ye 13th 1681
The true and p’fect inventory of all the goodes cattells chattells houshould stuffe inplements of husbandry implem’ts of houshould stuffe together wth all debts due by speciallty ot other wise of Jenkin George of the pish of Penycawth wthin the County of Monmoth now late deceassed aprized by us whose names are hereunto subscribed the day & yeare above written
£ s d
Imprimis his wearing app’ell 02 00 00
It eight oxen both smale & greate 16 00 00
It eight kine 12 00 00
It Five younge beastes & two yearelings 06 00 00
It Two heyfers & calfes 03 00 00
It Two mares, two Coultes & two horses 06 00 00
It 25 piggs both smale & greate 02 10 00
It 28 covers of hard corne now growing 09 00 00
It of all sortes of grayne thresed & unthreshed 06 00 00
It all the houshould stuffe & implem’ts thereof 05 00 00
It all the implements of husbandry 02 00 00
It In ready money by Bond & otherwise 86 00 00
In the whole 155 10 00
Aprizors: John Phillipps; Wm George (by marke); John George (by marke); Fran Williams
Transcribed from a photocopy by Dave Woolven, 2 Aspen Way, Malpas Park, Newport, South Wales. NP20 6LB Tel 01633 858 359 19 February 2001