In the name of God Amen I William
Keene of the Town of Newport in the County of Monmouth sadler, being of
sound and disposing mind and memory (praise be to God for the same) and being
desirous to settle my worldly affairs, do make and publish this my only last
Will and Testament in manner and form following (that is to say) I commit my
body to the earth from which it was taken to be decently interrd at the
discretion of my executors herein after named.
As to my worldly effects I dispose of in manner and form following (that
is to say) I give and bequeath to my loving wife Ann Keene all my goods and
chattels of what kind soever.
Item: I give devise and bequeath to my loving
wife Ann Keene all those two tenements with their appurtenances lying
and being in Eugane Street on the parish of St Phillips and Jacob in the
Hundred of Barton Reges in the County of Gloucester for her natural life.
Item: I give devise and bequeath to my said wife
one tenement with its appurtenances lying and being in the parish of Langibby
in the County of Monmouth for her natural life and at her own disposal.
Item: I give devise and bequeath to my said wife Ann
Keen two tenements with their appurtenances lying and being in the Town of
Newport in the County of Monmouth now in the t…? of Edward Tamplin
and John Edwards for all my term and interest therein.
Item: I give devise and bequeath to my dearly
beloved wife Anne Keene one tenement with its appurtenances lying and
being in Corn Street in the said Town of Newport to hold to her for her natural
life.
Item: I give devise and bequeath to my loving
wife Ann Keen one ruind house garden and orchard by estimation two acres
be the same more or less lying and being in the parish of Langovan in the
County of Monmouth joining to the lands of William Morgan Esqr and to
the lands of Arnold Powell and to the main road leading from the four ashes to
the town of Monmouth for all my term and interest therein and for want of such
heirs to William Keene son of Cadogan Keene hallier in the City
of Bristol to him and his heirs. And I
do hereby bequeath to Mary Howell, Elizabeth Keene and Hannah
Williams one shilling each to be paid to them by my executors herein
after named and I do nominate and appoint my loving wife Anne Keene sole
executrix of this my last will and Testament.
And I do also revoke annul and make void all former Wills by me made or
executed. In witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal this fifteenth day of February and in the year of
our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty four. Wm Keene.
Signed sealed
published and declared by the above named testator before us who in the
presence and at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto
subscribed our names as witnesses. John
Bateman; John Williams; Richard Prescot; Francis Sutton
20th
April 1785. Anne Keene, widow,
the relict and sole executrix in this will named was sworn to the truth thereof
and to the faithful performance of the same and that the goods chattles and
credits of the dec’d do not amount in value to the sum of three hundred
pounds. Before me Benj Hall, Surrogate.
This Will was
proved at Abergavenny on the twentieth day of April in the year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred and eighty five before the Revd Benjamin Hall, Clerk,
BD, the Chancellor’s Surrogate by Anne Keene, widow, the relict and sole
executrix in the within written Will named who was first on the holy
Evangelists personally sworn well and faithfully to execute the same to exhibit
an inventory &c and to render a just account of her 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 5/6
December 2002