In the name of God Amen I Moses
John of the pish of Lanvrechva in ye County of Monmouth being sick in body
but of sound and perfect mind and memory praise be therefore given to Almighty
God do make and ordaine this my pr’sent last will and Testament in maner and
forme following (that is to say) first and principally I commend my soul into
ye hands of Almighty God hopeing throu ye merits death and passion of my savior
Jesus Christ to have full and free pardon and forgiveness of all my sins, and
inherit everlasting life, and my body I commit to ye earth to be decently
buried at ye discretion of my executors here after named and as touching the
disposition of all such temporal estate as it hath pleased Almighty God to
bestow upon me I give and dispose thereof as followeth.
First I will that
my debts and funerall charges shall be paid and discharged.
Itt I give and bequeath unto ye children of
Richard Harry my brother law all my sheep that I have with David John
Nicolas and all my sheep in Bedwellty to be equally divided between them.
It I give and bequeath unto my nephew William
Benjamin one cow and five sheep.
It I give and bequeath unto my nephew Benjamin
ye son of Benjamin John one cow and five sheep.
It I give and bequeath unto my nees Elizabeth
Benjamin one pound.
It I give and bequeath unto my nees Mary
Benjamin one pound.
It I give and bequeath unto Margarett
Lawrence one cow that I have with Charles Lawrence of Langattock and
one canvas and one fine sheet and pilowber.
It I give and bequeath unto ye wife of Lawrence
Thomas one table cloth.
It I give and bequeath unto Barbara
Lawrence one sheep and that she is to take her choice of all my sheep att
Lanvrechva.
Itt I give and bequeath unto my nephew ye
son of Ester John my sister twenty shilling.
All rest and
residue of my personall estate, goods and chattles whatsoever I do give and
bequeath unto my loveing nephew John Samuel and my loveing nees Margery
Richard to be my full and sole executors of this my last will and
testament.
And I desire that
my body may be buried in Lanvihangel Church and I do hereby revoke, disanual
and make void all former wills and testaments by me heretofore made in witnes
whereof I ye said Moses John to this my last will and testament do set
my hand and seal ye sixth day of February in ye year of our Lord 1705/6. The marke of Moses (X) John
In ye presence of David
Miles; Thomas Arnold
(Latin) 10th May 1706. Proved by Margery Richard the niece
and executrix &c &. Before me
John Jones.
(Latin) Proved at Landaff 10 May 1706 before the Rev
John Jones &c by Margery Richard the niece & executrix &c
(power being reserved for the other executor)
A true inventory
of all the goods cattle chattles, houshould stuffe and implements of husbandry
of Moses John of the pish of Lanvrechva in the County of Monmoth
and Diocess of Landaffe yeoman lately deceased valued and appraised by the
psons under named the 25th day of Aprill Anno Din 1706 as followeth.
£ s d
Impris His wearing
apparell valued and appraised at 00 10 00
Itt One old
feather bed, one dust bed, two bedsteads, three coverletts, two
paire of blanketts, one course
canvas sheet and one fine sheete
valued at 02 00 00
Item One cupboard,
one skreen, three chaires valued at 00 15 00
Item One brass
pott, one iron crock, one litle iron marmant, one backstone,
one frying pan, five pewter dishes,
two pewter porringers and two
pewter candlesticks valued and
appraised at 00 15 00
Item One Caldron,
one chest and all the rest of his small implements of
houshould stuffe & husbandry
valued at 01 00 00
Item Three small
cows valued and praised at 04 00 00
Item Two litle
mares and one yearling colt 02 10 00
Item Eight and
twenty Mountainy sheepe (or thereabouts) valued at 03 00 00
Item All his house
provision valued and appraised at 00 12 00
Item Seven covers
of oates and two of covers of barley now growing
valued at 01 10 00
Item Desperat
debts due to him from severall people 12 10 01
Sum
tot 29 02 01
The marke of Miles
(MR) Rosser; Hatt? Harry; the marke Richard (R) Harry
(Latin) Inventory exhibited at Llandaff 10th
May 1706 by Margery Richard the niece & executrix &c &c
Transcribed from a
photocopy by Dave Woolven, 2 Aspen Way, Malpas Park, Newport, South Wales. NP20 6LB
Tel 01633 858 359 23 April 2003