In the name of God Amen the six and
twentieth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seaven hundred
and thirteen I Morgan Lewis of Lancayo within the pish of Uske in the
County of Monmouth yeom being sick in body but whole in mind and of sound and
pfect memory thanks be therefore given to almighty God doe make and ordaine
this my psent last will and Testament in manner and form following (that is to
say) first & principally I commend my soul unto the hands of almighty God
and my body to be buried in Christian manner.
It I give and
bequeath towards the adorning of the Church of Landaffe the sume of one
shilling
It I give and
bequeath unto my daughter Anne Lewis the sume of seaven? pounds by note
due unto me from my father law George Thomas whereof I formerly received
fourty shillings.
It I give and
bequeath unto my sayd daughter Anne Lewis one brown cow which I had
formerly had from ye sd George Thomas.
It I give and
bequeath unto my sayd daughter Anne Lewis six sheep and my roan mare,
one feather bed with appurtenances and one dust bed and three paire of sheets
which I formerly had & rec’d from my late wife, the mother of my sayd
daughter Anne Lewis.
It I give and
bequeath unto my sayd daughter Anne Lewis one brass boyler one brass pot
& one brass pan which I formerly had and rec’d from my late wife mother of
my daughter Anne Lewis. And
alsoe give and bequeath unto my sd daughter Anne Lewis one warming pan
and alsoe five pewter platters & one large pewter sauser?.
It I give and
bequeath all and singular ye rest of my goods chattels household stuffe cattle
& psonall estate whatsoever (and not hereinbefore by me bequeathed) unto my
well beloved wife Mary Lewis:
And I doe here by nominat [page
damaged. DW] sayd wife Mary Lewis to be my sole executrix of this my
psent last will and Testament and I doe hereby make voyd and null and every
other wills Testaments & giufts by me at any time heretofore made and done
ratifying & allowing this to be my last will & Testament and noe other. In witnesse where of I the sayd Morgan
Lewis have hereunto set my hand & seal the day & year first above
written. Signed Morgan (Mor) Lewis
Signed sealed published pronounced
& declared by ye sayd Morgan Lewis as his last will & Testamt in the
presence of P Morgan; John Romsey
(Latin) 6th April 1714. Mary Lewis, relict & executrix
named in the Testament &c &c before me Geo Pranch, Surrogate
(Latin) Proved at Usk 6 April 1714 before Geo Pranch, Clr, Surrogate by Mary
Lewis relict & executrix &c &c
A perfecte
inventorye of all the goods cattle & chattels of Morgan Lewis of
Lancayo in the County of Monmoth yeom deceased. Apraized by us Walter Morgan & Walter Williams
this first day of Aprill (Latin) & 13th year of Queen Anne Anno
Domi 1714
£ s d
Four small
bullocks 06 00 00
Six cows pr 07 00 00
Six young cattle
pr 03 00 00
Six young calves 01 10 00
One old horse
& two mares pr 02 00 00
Six yews pr 01 00 00
Fifteen lambs pr 01 00 00
Piggs valued [page
damaged. DW]
A small parcel of
hard? corne 0 10 0
Lenten corn in ye
barn 01 0 0
A small parcel of
hey 010 0
Implements of
husbandry 01 00 0
Howshold goods
& old wooden frumpery 02 00 0
Mones due by noate 05 00 0
33 10 0
Aprized by us Walter
Williams; Walter Morgan
(Latin) Inventory
exhibited at Usk 6 April 1714 by Mary Lewis, relict & executrix named in the will.
Transcribed from a
photocopy by Dave Woolven, 2 Aspen Way, Malpas Park, Newport, South Wales. NP20 6LB
Tel 01633 858 359 17 January 2003