In the name of God Amen I Thomas
Jenkins of the parish of Langoven & County of Monmouth yeoman being of
sound mind memory and understanding thanks be to Almighty God, do make and
ordain this my last will and Testament in manner and form following (that is to
say). I give and bequeath unto my
brother in law John Tudor and Margaret his wife and their heirs
for ever all that messuage & tenement of land which I purchased of Mr Jerry?
of Buckland situated in the parish of Langoven subject to the several legacies
hereafter mention’d that I do will and order to be paid out of the lands and
premisses I bequeath’d to the said John Tudor and Margaret his
wife &c. Item I give and bequeath
to my brother John Jenkins the sum of six pounds. I give to my sister Jane Herbert the
sum of one guinea and one bushel of wheat.
I give to my nephews William Jenkins and Thomas Jenkins
and my niece Mary Jenkins sons and daughter of my brother Charles
Jenkins the sum of one guinea to be divided between them share and share
alike. I give to my nephew William
James of Penyclawth the sum of four pounds. I give to my nephew John James half a guinea. I give to my nephew Thomas Tudor the
sum of fourty pounds, three covers of fallow ground joining to the New House
and seed wheat enough to sow it, also I give him the said Thomas Tudor a
two year old filley with a white face.
I give to my nephew William Tudor the sum of ten pounds. I give to my nephew Walter Tudor the
sum of ten pounds. I give to my two
nieces Mary and Anne Tudor the sum of ten pounds apiece. I give to my niece Anne Tudor my bed
and all the appurtenances thereunto belonging also I give her the largest brass
kettle to be deliver’d to her when she demands them or when her necessity does
require it. I give to my two nieces Mary
and Anne Tudor half of my houshold goods to be divided between them
share and share alike immediately after their mother’s decease. I give to William son of Thomas
Tudor the sum of twenty shillings.
I give to my nephew John Tudor of Trecastle formerly now of
Tregare the sum of twenty shillings. I
give to John son of John Tudor of Tregare the sum of two
pounds. I give to Margaret Parry
the sum of two pounds. I give to Harry
Richards of Skenfrith, if alive, the sum of ten shillings, and if not alive
I give it to his son. I give to Thomas
son of John Tudor of Tregare the sum of twenty shillings. I give and bequeath unto my niece Ann
daughter of John Edwards half a guinea.
All and each of the several legacies by me herein bequeathed I do charge
it payable out of the lands and premisses by me given to John Tudor and Margaret
his wife and their heirs within one year after my decease. I give and bequeath all the residue and
remainder of my personal estate stock, houshold goods not by me before bequeath
unto John Tudor and Margaret his wife towards paying a debt of
ten pounds I owe to my sister Jane Herbert by a Note of Hand and all
rents due, servants wages and all other my just debts & funeral
expences. I do appoint my brother in
law John Tudor and Margaret his wife to be joint executors of
this my last will and Testament revoking all former wills by me heretofore made
and do will and appoint this to be my last will and Testament. In witness hereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal this thirteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred and fifty seven.
The mark of Thomas (J) Jenkins
Signed seal’d
publish’d and declar’d at the request of the testator in the presence of us who
have subscribed our names as witnesses.
The mark of Thomas (X) Howell;
William Morris; R
Davies
April the 11th
1758. John Tudor and Margaret
his wife, the sister, the executors in this Will named were sworn well and
faithfully to execute the same to exhibite an inventory &c and to render an
account &c before me Nath Wells, Surrogate
This Will was
proved at Abergavenny on the eleventh day of April in the year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred and fifty eight, before the Reverend Mr Nathaniel Wells,
Clerk, Master of Arts, the Chancellor’s Surrogate, by John Tudor and Margaret
his wife, the sister, the executors in this Will named, who were first on the
holy Evangelists personally sworn well and faithfully to execute the same to
exhibite an inventory &c and to render a just account of their administration
thereof when thereunto lawfully required
Transcribed from a
photocopy by Dave Woolven, 2 Aspen Way, Malpas Park, Newport, South Wales. NP20 6LB
Tel 01633 858 359 5 May 2003