Noverint universi per presents nos Mary
Rosser pochi de Penalt in Comitatu
Monmouth, widow & Thomas Rosser of the same parish, yeoman teneri et firmiter obligarinsixty pounds bone
et Legalis monete Anglie solvendis eidem aut certo attornato executorbus
administrators vel assign suis ad quam quidem solutionem bene et fideliter
faciendam obligamus nos et utrumque nostrum per se pro toto et in solidum
heredes, executors et administrators nostros firmiter per presents per
presentes sigillis nostris sigillatas Date 9 March 1732
The condition of this obligacon is such
that if ye above bounden Mary Rosser the relict and administratrix of
all and singular ye goods chells and credits of Thomas Rosser late of ye pish of Penallt in ye County of
Monmouth & Diocess of Landaffe deced doe make or cause to be made a true
and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods chattells and credits of
the said deceased which have or shall come to the hands possion or knowledge
of the said Mary Rosser or into
the hands and possession of any other person or persons for her and the same
soe made doe exhibit or cause to be exhibite into the Registry of ye Consistory
Court of Landaffe at or before the tenth
day of June next enssuing and the same goods chattells and credits and all
other the goods chattells and creditts of the said deceased at the time of his death
which at any time after shall come to the hands or possession of the said Mary Rosser or into the hands and
possession of any other person or persons fornher doe well and truely
administer according to law and further doe make or cause to be made a true and
just accompt of her said adcon at or before the ninth day of
March 1723/4 * wch shall be in the year of our Lord and all the rest and
residue of the said goods chattells and credits which shall be found remaining
upon the said accompt the same being first examined and allowed of by the Judge
or Judges for the time being of the said Court shall deliver and pay unto such
person or persons respectively as the said Judge or Judges by his or their
decree or sentence (psuant to the true intent and meaning of an Act of
Parliament intituled an Act for the better settling of Intestates Estates)
shall limitt and appoint and if it shall hereafter appeare that any last Will
and Testament was made by the said deceased and the executor or executors
therein named doe exhibit the same into the said Court making request to have
it allowed and approved accordinly if the said being thereunto required doe
render and deliver the said lres of Adcon (approbation of such testament being
first had and made) in the said Court, then this obligacon to be void and of
none effect or else to remaine in full force and vertue. Mary (X) Rosser her mark; Thomas Rosser
Signed sealed and
delivered in the presence of Tho: Davies NP
(Latin) Sworn by Mary
Rosser &c &c before me And: Cuthbert, Surrogate
NOTE: I have used a proforma for the above document. DW
* This date is as
per the document. DW
An inventory of
all and singular the goods cattle and chells of Thomas Rosser late of
the pish of Penallt in the County of Monmouth and Diocess of Landaffe
yeoman deced made, vallued and
appraised the 28th day of March 1731/2 by Thomas Gwyn and Jonas
Morris appraisors as follows (vizt)
£ s d
Imp’s his wearing
apparell vallued att 01 10 00
Item three cows
att 04 10 00
Item seaven young
cattle att 04 07 06
Item one colt att 00 15 00
Item one old horse
att 00 05 00
Item five sheep
& three lambs att 00 14 00
Item one pigg att 00 10 06
Item three bushells
and a halfe of wheat att 00 10 06
Item one pair of
wheels and the plough tools att 01 11 00
Item two feather
beds & it’s appurtenances att 02? 07 00
Item two chaffe
bedds att 00 11 00
Item all the
linnen att 00 16 00
Item ten pewter
dishes and halfe a dozen plates att 00 12 06
Item two little kettles
and a warming pan att 00 07 06
Item two iron potts
and all the iron vessels att 00 06 00
Item two fleeches
of bacon at 00 15 00
Item all the wool
and yearn att 00 04 00
Item all the
wooden lumber att 01 07 00
Item his
millstones att 03 00 00
Sum
total for this inventory 33 04 06
Inventory exhibited at Monmouth 9 March 1732 by Mary Rosser the
relict and administratrix &c
Transcribed from a
photocopy by Dave Woolven, 2 Aspen Way, Malpas Park, Newport, South Wales. NP20 6LB
Tel 01633 858 359 19 May 2003