In the name of God
amen ye second day of December in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand seaven
hundred and foureteene I Mary Harrice of Langum in the County of Monmoth
widdow (the relict of George Harrice late of Langum & County aforesaid Gent
dec’d) being of sound and perfect memory thanks bee therefore given to Almighty
God doe make & ordaine this my last Will and Testam’t in maner & forme
following. That is to say, First and
principally I comend my soule into the hands of Almighty God & my body to bee
buryed in Christian maner. Item I give
& bequeath towards the repacon of the Cathedrall Church of Landaffe one
shilling. Item I give & devise unto
my daughter Alece Harrice all that messuage or tenem’t together wth one
barne, one stable, one backhouse, one kilne or furnace, one cowhouse, one store
house, one garden, three orchards & twelve p’cells of land, arrable meadow,
pastures, woods wth th’appurtences called & known by the severall names of
Kae Gwin, Krow Heore, Gwerne Klly, Kae yr Bont, Velod Newidd, Kae dan y Peo,
Veloddish law yr Howle, Kae dish law r Peo, Kaer quarrell, Vrlod y Sturmon, Kae
dich luwr hesole, Vrlod y Cawnen containing in the whole by estimacon fifty
acres of land bee the same more or less, situate lying & being wthin the pish
of Langum Ucha in the sd County & ...? of Uske, there betweene the lands
leading from Cross y Pabe, towards Rewaren, the brooks cald Nant y March, the
lands of John Williams, Gent, the lane leading from the house of
the sd John Williams cald White House towards the house of the widd of Roger
Evans of Langum Ucha, the lane leading from the lane afores’d toward the
house of mee the sd Mary Harrice, the lands of John Gwin, Gent
the lane leading from a place cald Baylee toward Cross y Pab, on all or most
pts & sides thereof. To have and to
hold all and singular the devised premises wth thappurtenances unto my said
daughter Alece Harrice her heires and assignes for ever, subject
nevertheless & charged & chargeble to and for the paym’t of the sum
& sums of money and provisoes herein after menconed and set forth, That is
to say, Item I give and bequeath to my daughters Mary Harrice & Dorothy
Harrice fifty pounds a peece to bee paid them sev’rally wth lawfull
interest from my decease by my said daughter Alece when they ye said Mary
& Dorothy shall respectiuoly shall have attained the age of one and
twenty yeares. And for the secureing of
ye paym’t of fifty pounds a peece wth interest to my sd daughters Mary
& Dorothy in maner as aforesd I doe hereby charge all and singular
the sd devised p’mises wth thappurtenances for the paym’t thereof and subj’t to
such further sum and sums of money & such provisoes as therein is after
menconed (yt is to say) provided allways and my will is yt if my said daughter Alce,
when shee shall have attaind the age of one and twenty yeares (if shee bee then
sole or together wth her husband if shee bee then marryed) upon the request of
my daughters Mary and Dorothy or either of them, or the survivor
of them, refuse deny to make, seale
deliv’r execute, to any & acknowledge all such deeds, fines, Acts,
conveyances & assureances in the law, as they the sd Mary & Dorothy,
or the survivor of them, her or their Councell learned in ye law shall
reasonably devise, advise & require for the sure conveying, setleing &
assureing, and sure makeing unto my said daughters Mary & Dorothy
& their heires, or to the survyvor of them, and her heires for ever, or to
such pson or psons as they or any of them shall nominate & appoint all the
share p...?, right, title interest claime & demand wtsoev’r of her the sd Alice
and her heires of and in all that messuage or tenem’t cald Pont y Cath wherein Evan
Morgan smith now dwelleth wth one ox house, one barne, one smiths shop, one
backhouse, one ....? one orchard, and seaven pcells of land arrable meadow,
& pasture comonly cald & known by the sev’rall names of Teew Hoskin,
Kae nant y dishin, Kae skibor, Worlod pont y Cath, Worlod dan y Nant, Croft
Bach, Worlod dych lwo ye Pee and foure other pcells of land cald Teere Stella
scituate neare Garvawre, all wth sd pr’mises are scituate lying & being wth
in the sd pish of Langum & County aforesd there by antient meares &
bounds well knowne distingwisht, that then my will is and I doe hereby further
charge all and singular the said p’mises wth the appurtenances therein
& hereby by mee devised unto my sd
daughter Alce for the paym’t of one hundred pounds a peece in the whole
wth interest from my decease unto my sd daughters Mary & Dorothy
imediatly after they shall respectively have attaind the age of one &
twenty yeares provided also and my will & meaneing is yt if either of my
said daughters Mary & Dorothy shall depart this life before
ye legacyes to them hereby given respectively shall become due & payable
either in ye whole or in pte that then ye pte & share of her soe dying
shall accrue to the survivor of them the sd Mary & Dorothy.
Ite I give and bequeath to my
daughter Mary my best feather bed wth its appurtenances
Ite I give and bequeath unto my
daughter Dorothy my second best bed wth its appurtenances
Ite I nominatt ordeine and appoint
my well beloved friends Thomas Williams of Landomas & County aforesd
Gent & Elizabeth his mother, Thomas Ridley of Langum in the
sd County Gent & Elizabeth his wife to bee overseers of this my last
Will & Testamt and I doe hereby comit to them ye care and guardenship of
all my sd daughters & their respective estates dureing their respective
minority, and all the rest of my goods chatles & psonall estate whereof I
shall die possest and not herein before bequeathed, I give unto my said
daughter Alice whome I also leave ordaine make constitute & appoint
sole executrix of this my last Will & Testamt and hereby revoking all
former & other Wills, and I declare this to bee my last Will & Testamt
& noe other. In wittness whereof I
the said Mary Harrice have hereunto set my hand & seale the day
& yeare first within written. Mary
Harrice.
Signed, sealed & published on
the psence of us who subscribed our names as wittnesses in the psence and at ye
request of ye testatrix. Samll Price; James Jones; Mary Jones
(Latin) 12 Oct
1715. Proved by Alice Harries,
daughter & executrix named in the Will, before Francis Davies, Surrogate
(Latin) Proved at
Usk 12 Oct 1715 before Francis Davies, Clerk, Surrogate by Alice Harries
daughter & executrix &c &c
NOTE:
The Welsh place names are difficult to read. DW
A true &
perfect inventory of all the goods catle and chattles of Mary Harries of
the pish of Langum Ucha in ye County of Monmoth widd deceased made &
apprized by us whose names are underwritten this eleventh day of March 1714/5
£ s d
Her weareing
apparell 01 00 00
It foure cowes 08 00 00
It two younge
catle 02 00 00
Three calves yeare
old 01 10 00
Foure oxen 09 00 00
Eleaven sheep 02 04 00
Pigs 01 07 00
Three horses 03 00 00
Brass & pewter
& irons 02 00 00
Wooden vessles of
all sorts 02 00 00
Implem’ts of
husbandry 01 00 00
All household
stuffe 04 00 00
All lumber not
mencond 00 05 00
Sum
tot 41 16 00
Apprizors. Leonard Jones; the mark of Walter (W) Lewis; John Madockx
(Latin) Inventory
exhibited at Usk 12 Oct 1715 by Alice Harries, daughter & executrix
&c &c
NOTE: There is a
second copy of this inventory. It looks
as if someone has done a tidier version for some reason or other. They have used more modern spellings
including with the appraisers names. As
two of the appraisers seemed to have signed their own names, I have used their
versions.
Transcribed from a
photocopy by Dave Woolven, 2 Aspen Way, Malpas Park, Newport, South Wales. NP20 6LB
Tel 01633 858 359 21 January 2003