This is the last Will and Testament
of me William Prosser of the parish of Ragland in the County of Monmouth
yeoman. I give and bequeath unto my son
John Prosser the sum of one hundred pounds. I give and bequeath unto Thomas Jeffryes of the parish of
Ragland aforesaid farmer and my son John Prosser their executors
administrators and assigns the sum of five hundred pounds apiece?. Trust
nevertheless to permit and suffer the said Thomas Jeffryes and Elizabeth
his wife to receive and take the interest thereof for and during the term of
their natural lives and the life of the longest liver of them. And from and after the decease of the
survivor of them …? …? trust that they my said trustees do and shall pay the
said sum of five hundred pounds unto and equally between my two grandchildren William
Prosser and Ann Thomas the wife of Herbert Thomas of the
parish of Tregail in the County of Monmouth aforesaid farmer their executors
administrators and assigns for ever but my will and meaning are that the share
of the said sum of five hundred pounds I have given and bequeathed unto the
said Ann Thomas is given to her for her sole separate use and benefit
and that her receipt alone shall be a sufficient discharge notwithstanding her
present or any future coverture? and that her present nor any future husband
shall intermeddle therewith neither shall the same be subject to his control …?
or …? I give and bequeath unto John Howells a son of my said son John
Prosser the sum of one hundred pounds but upon a Note of hand from Mr Herbert
Harris his brother and late father should the same be …? by my executors hereinafter named but not
otherwise?. And all the rest and
residue of my personal estate and effects I give equally between my said son John
Prosser and the said Thomas Jeffryes their executors
administrators and assigns for ever. I
also give and devise all estates lands and hereditaments of what nature or kind
soever now …? in …? by way of mortgage unto the said John Prosser
and Thomas Jeffryes and their heirs …? trust and to and for the intent
and purpose that they the said John Prosser and Thomas Jeffryes
or the survivor of them or the heirs and assigns of such survivor shall …? the
same respectively …? the principal monies and interest severally due and to …?
due on such mortgages respectively. And
I do hereby nominate and appoint the said John Prosser and Thomas
Jeffryes executors of this my last Will and Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand seal this nineteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and twenty
six. William Prosser (LS).
Signed sealed published and declared
by the said testator William Prosser as and for his last Will and
Testament in the presence of us who in his presence and in the presence of each
other have subscribed our names as witnesses.
W.A. Williams, Monmouth; John
Jeffryes; John Howel – both
of Ragland.
Proved at London 27th
April 1827 before the Judge by the oaths of John Prosser the son and Thomas
Jeffreys (in the Will written Jeffryes) the executors to whom admon
was granted having been first sworn (by Comon) duly to administer
Note: This Will was written in a poor
hand. The photocopy is of poor quality.
The edges are faded to almost nothing.
DW
Transcribed from
a photocopy by Dave Woolven, 2 Aspen Way, Malpas Park, Newport, South
Wales. NP20 6LB Tel 01633 858 359 19 November 2002