In the name of God Amen the third
day of September in the sixt yeare of the raygne of our sovraygn Lord & Ladye William & Marye by the grace
of God of England France & Ireland King & Queene defender of the fayeth
&c & in the yeare of our Lord God one thowsand six hundred nintye &
fower I Walter Harry of the pish of Goyterye in the Countye of Monmoth
& diocesse of Landaph yeoman being sicke in bodye but of good & pfect
memorye praysed be God for the same, doe heareby make & ordeyne this my
last will and testament in maner & forme following that is to say First
& principally I comend my sowle into the hands of Almightye God my maker,
to Jesus Christ my redeemer & to the Holly Ghost my sanctifier by the
merits of whose pcious death & passion I hope to be saved & to have
remission & forgivenesse of all my sins & to enioy that everlasting
kingdome prepared for the faythfull & my boddye to be layde in Christian
buriall in the pish church of Goyterye according to the descresion of my
executrix heareunder named there to
remayne untill that greate day of the resurrection of the just. Item I give & bequeath towards the
reparation of the Kathedeall Church of Landapth six pence. Item give devise & bequeath to my nephew
William Watkins eldest sonn of my brother Thomas Watkins all that
meassuadge or tenement wherein I the sayed Walter Harry & Marry
my nowe wife doe dwell & inhabit togeather with the stable barne garden
orchard & courteladge thereunto belonging together with all those nine
closes or pcells of lands arrable meadowe pasture & wood unto the sayed
meassuadge belonging & appteyning with allwayes & easements thereunto
belonging & in as lardge & ample manner as I the sayed Walter Harry
& Marrye my nowe wife doe use on occupye posses & enioy the same being scittuate lying & being
in the pish of Goytery and countye of Monmoth mearing & abutting to the
high way leading from Lanvihangelle Bridge towards Mamhilads church to a way
leading out of the said high way towards Kemis Bridge to the lands of Richard
Roberts gent & to the late lands of Christopher Vertue deceased
on all ptes & sydes thereof to have & to hould & all & singular
the fore demised pmisses & ev’ye pte & pcell thereof with its
apptenances unto the sayed William Watkins & his heyers which
shalbe lafullye begotten by the sayed William uppon the boddye of on
that shalbe his wife In consideration & uppon condition that the sayed William
Watkins shall satisfye & pay all such legacyes in manner & forme
unto such sev’all p’sons & at such sev’all tymes as I shall here under give & bequeath them & appoynt him to pay
the same ................... Item I give & bequeath to my neece Margerett
Watkins the sume of fower skore pownds of lawefull money of England to be
payed by the sayed William Watkins at or before the full end &
tearme of an whole yeare next ensuing after the decease of the longest liver of
the sayed Walter Harry & Marye his wife. Item I give & bequeath to my nephew
William Andrew the some of three pownds of lawefull money of England to be paid
at the full end & tearme of the yeare above sayed. Item I give & bequeath to my nephew John
Andrew the some of three pownds of lawefull money of England to be payed at
or before the full end & tearme of two yeares after the decease of the
longest liver of the sayed Walter Harry & Marrye his
wife. Item I give & bequeath to my
neece Marrye Watkins the some of three pownds to be paid the said Marry
at or before the full end & tearme of three yeares after the decease of the
longest liver of the said Walter Harry & Marrye his
wife. Item I give & bequeath to my
nephew Thomas Watkins the some of two pownds to be payed at or before
the full end & tearme of fower yeares after the decease of the longest
liver of the sayed Walter Harry & Marye his wife. And if it shall happen that the sayed William
Watkins shall decease before he cometh to enioy the fore devised prmisses
soe given & devised unto him & before he satisfyeth the sayed legacees
soe given & bequeathed my true intent & meaning is that I doe give
devise & bequeath all the above devised pmisses with its apptenances unto
my sayed nephew Thomas Watkins & his heyers forever In consideration
& uppon condicon that hee the sayed Thomas Watkins shall satisfye
& pay unto my sayed neece Margerett Watkins her executors administrators
or assignes the fore sayed some of fower skore pownds of lawefull English money
as they are above given & bequeathed & at such tyme as they are
appoynted to be payed by the foresayed William Watkins And alsoe that
the sayed Thomas Watkins doe & shall satisfye & pay all such
legacyes & in maner & forme & at such dayes of payment as they are
above bequeathed & appoynted to be payed by the sayed William Watkins
excepting the two pownds by mee given & bequeathed to my nephew Thomas
Watkins which I doe order & appoynt the sayed Thomas Watkins to
pay unto my sayed neece Marye Watkins at that tyme appoynted for his payment to
make upp the full some of five pownds wch I doe give & bequeath unto my
sayed neece Marye. And yf
defalte of payment happen to be made by the sayed William Watkins or Thomas
Watkins or on of them of the sevrall legacyes above bequeathed it is my
true intent & meaning by this my psent will & testamt that Margerett
Watkins my neece doe & shall have hould occupie possesse & enioy
all & singular the within devised premissesses & eveye pte & pcell
thereof with its appurtenances untill satisfaction be made of the fower skore
pownds within specefied soe given & bequeath by the within named Walter
Harry to the foresayed Margerett Watkins in liew & towards the
increase or interest of the sayed some of fower skore pownds untill such tyme
as they shalbe unsatisfyed And I doe heraby order & appoynt the sayed Margerett
Watkins to satisfye & pay all the legacyes within bequeathed in maner
& forme unto such psons as they are given & bequeathed by the sayed Walter
Harry provided that yf the sayed Margerett doth enioy the fore
devised lands. Item & lastlye I doe
heareby give & bequeath to my welbeloved wife Marye all my goods
cattle & chatles & all my psonall estate as howsehould stuffe
implements of husbandrye with all my readye money being due unto me either by
speacialtyes or otherwise which I doe give her to her owne use & behooffe
& I doe heareby nominate & appoynt my sayed wife Marry to be my whole
& sole executrix of this my last will & testament to see my depts paid
if any be & my funerall expences dischardged according to the true intent
& meaning of these psents & I doe heareby revoke anull & make voyd
all former wills & testaments if any be made by me. In wittnesse wheareof I have heareunto sett
my hand & seale even the day month & yeare first within written. Anno domi 1694, the marke of Walter Harry
Sealed & delivered in the psence of us Wm Jenkins; Francis
William; the marke of Andrew Parry;
Derricke Williams
scriptsut
(Latin) 16 Oct 1694. Mary
David alias Harry the relict ............ before me Henry Salmon,
Surrogate
(Latin) Proved at Abergavenny 16 Oct 1694 before Henry Salmon, AM,
Surrogate &c by Mary David alias Harry the relict &
executrix &c &c
20 December 1723. Inter Ricci Lewis quer
Thomas Murry? xux et al defs
This paper writeing was delivered? to Andrew Parry and Walter
Williams and Francis Williams at the h... of theire exaision? as
witnesses on the Complts behalfe at the excuon of a Commion in this cause by
& before us , Jo: ...?; Phil Morgan; Jas Hardwick
NOTE: There is some damage to the
original Will
A true & pfect
inventorye of all the goods cattle chatles & psonall estate of Walter
Harry of the pish of Goyterye in the Countye of Monmoth & diocesse of
Landaph yeoman late deceased being taken & praysed by Reynald Williams
gent & Andrew Parry the fowerth day of October Anno domi 1694 as
followeth
Imprmis his
wearing appell praysed to 01 10 00
Item all sorts of
brassen vessells praysed to 01 00 00
Ite three beds
with theyre appurtenances praysed to 01 10 00
Ite in pewter
platters dishes spoones & other vessells praysed to 0 10 00
Item all the
lumbard belonging to the sayed deceadent with the edge tooles
&
implements of husbandry praysed 00 10 00
Item all sorts of
corne redye thesshed & unthreshed praysed to 05 00 00
Item one horse
collered sorrell praysed 00 10 00
Ite three kine
with five yonge cattle praysed to 05 00 00
Item six picgs or
swine smale & greate praysed to 01 00 00
Item ten sheepe
& lambs praysed to 01 00 00
Item all sorts of
powlterye praysed to 00 00 06
Item money due by
speacialtys from William Morgan 30 00 00
More due from the
sayed William Morgan desperate depts 10 00 00
Due from Fredericke
Jenkin by speacialtye 05 00 00
Due from Francis
Williams by speacialtye 05 00 00
Due from Thomas
Robert in desperate dept 06 00 00
Due from John
Edmond in desperate dept 01 00 00
The
whole some 74 10 06
Praysors: Reynald Williams; the marke of Andrew Parry
Transcribed from a
photocopy by Dave Woolven, 2 Aspen Way, Malpas Park, Newport, South Wales. NP20 6LB
Tel 01633 858 359 18 February 2003