NLW Ref: LL/1739/66
In the name of God Amen I William Morgan of Goytre in ye County of Monm’th husbandman being sick in body but of sound memory (thanks be to Almighty God) do make and ordain this my last will and Testamt in forme following. 1st and principally I commend my soul into ye hands of Almighty God my creator, hoping thro ye meritts of my dear saviour Jesus Christ to receive pardon and forgiveness of all my sins and my body to be buried in a decentt Christian like manner. And as touching w’t temporal goods it pleas’d God to bestow upon me I dispose thereof as follow’th. I give to my son William and his heirs for ever all my share or moiety of an estate in Langattock ayban Avel? Wch fell to me by inheritance att ye death of Reginald Saunders labourer, and I give to my sd son William his mother’s wedding ring. I give alsoe to Anne my eldest daughter one chaffe bed and its app’tenances, one brass caldron, one old iron pott, two peuter dish, and one rush chair. I give likewise to Mary my second daughter one feather bed, and its app’tenances, one iron varmentt? One peuter dish, two peuter plate and one rush chair. I give alsoe to Rachel my third daughter one feather bed and its app’tenances, one little varmentt? One peuter dish, two peuter plate and one rush chair. I give likewise to my daughter Elizabeth begotten from ye body of Mary my sec’d wife ye sd Mary, her mother’s feather bed together with its app’tenances, three peuter dish, six peuter plate, one old little iron pott, one brass skillett, one wooden chair and three rush chairs, one trunk, one box and all her mother’s wedding apparel. I give alsoe to my son William aforesd one strawing chair and all my implem’tts of husbandry. I give to Anne my wife one new chaffe bed. I give to James my youngest son four ewes. All ye rest of my goods cattle and chattells, I leave to be dispos’d off tow’ds ye paym’tt of all my just debts, and ye remainder thereof to be equally divided between all my children afores’d and Anne my sd wife share and share alike. Lastly I nominate and appointt my son William aforesd to be sole executor of this my will and testam’t and I likewise constitute, nominate and appointe my broth’r David Morgan to be guardian over my children aforesd, and to see yt every thing herein contain’d be duly perform’d. In wittness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seal this eighteenth day of July in ye year of our Ld God one thous’d seven hundr’d thirty and six. William Morgan
Sign’d seal’d and deliver’d publish’d and declar’d in ye presence of us who sign’d our names in ye presence of ye testator. Ar: Jones, Clr; Jenkin Rosser; James Rosser
May the 8th 1739. David Morgan the uncle & testamentary guardian of William Morgan a minor the natural and lawfull son & executor named in this Will was sworn well & faithfully to administer &c to ye use & dureing ye minority of ye sd executor, to the truth of the inventory by him ex’ted &c & to render an account &c before me Wm Harris, Surrogate
Upon the eighth day of May in the year of our Lord Christ 1739 at Abergavenny by the Reverend Mr William Harris, Clerk, the Chancellors Surrogate was administration (with this Will annexed) granted and committed to David Morgan the uncle and testamentary guardian of William Morgan a minor the son and executor herein named who was first upon the holy Evangelists personally sworn well and faithfully to administer &c to the use and during the minority of the said executor to the truth of the inventory by him exhibited and to render a just amount of his administration &c when thereunto lawfully required
(On document cover)
Goytre. Administration (w’th ye Will annex’d) of ye goods of William Morgan deced granted May 8th 1739
Know all me by these presents that we David Morgan of the parish of Goytre in the County of Monmouth yeoman and Francis David of the parish of Lanvair Kilguddin in the said County yeoman are held and firmly bound unto the Right Reverend Father in God Matthias by divine permission Lord Bishop of Landaffe in the sum of thirty pounds of good and lawful money of Great Britain to be paid unto the said Lord Bishop or to his certain attorney his executors administrators or assigns to which payment well and truly to be made. We oblige ourselves and each of us by himself for the whole our and each of our heirs executors and administrators firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals dated the 8th day of May in the year of our Lord Christ 1739
The Condition of this obligation is such that if David Morgan the brother and administrator named in the last Will and Testament of William Morgan late of the parish of Goytre in the County of Monmouth and Diocese of Landaffe yeoman deceased to the use and during the minority of William Morgan a minor the son and executor in the said Will named do make or cause to be made a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods chattels and credits of the said William Morgan which have or shall come to the hands possession or knowledge of him the said David Morgan or into the hands and possession of any other person or persons for him and the same so made do exhibit or cause to be exhibited in the Registry of the Consistory Court of Landaffe on or before eighth day of November next ensuing and the same goods chattels and credits and all other the goods chattels and credits of the said deceased do well and faithfully administer according to law, that is to say, do pay the debts of the said deceased which he did owe at his death and then the legacies contained and specified in the said Will annexed to the said Letters of Administration so to be committed as far as his goods chattels and credits will thereto extend and the law charge and further do make or cause to be made a true and just accompt of said administration when he shall be thereunto lawfully required. And all the rest and reside of the said goods chattels and credits which shall be found remaining upon the said administrat accompt and not otherwise disposed of in the said Will the same being first examined and allowed of by the Judge or Judges of the said Court for the time being shall distribute and pay in such manner and form as shall be limited by the direction of the said Judge. And lastly do at all times hereafter clearly acquit discharge and save harmless the within named Lord Bishop the said Judge and all other officers of the said Court against all persons having or pretending to have any right title or interest in the goods chattels and credits of the said deceased then this obligation to be void or else to remain in full force ant virtue. The marke of David (X) Morgan; the marke of Francis (X) David
Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of Tho: Davies, NP
An inventory of all and singular the goods, cattle, chattles and creditts of William Morgan late of the parish of Goytre in the County of Monmouth and Diocese of Landaffe husbandman deceased, made, valued and appraised the twenty third day of February in the year of our Lord 1738/9 by Francis David and Walter David, appraisors as follows, that is to say
£ s d
First his wearing apparell valued at 01 10 00
Allso beds, bedsteads and their appurtenances at 02 10 00
Allso brass, pewter and iron vessells at 02 00 00
Allso boxes, tables, chairs and other trumpery at 01 11 00
Allso implements of husbandry at 00 15 00
Allso wooden, earthen and tin vessells at 00 04 00
Allso four steers at 07 00 00
Allso four cows and two young calves at 06 00 00
Allso seven young cattle at 07 00 00
Allso three yearling calves at 01 10 00
Allso two old mares at 03 00 00
Allso two hoggs and twenty ewes at 02 10 00
Allso wheat in the barn at 06 00 00
Allso barly and oates in the barn at 03 00 00
Allso corn in the ground at 03 00 00
Lastly debts sperate and desperate the summ of 06 14 02
Summ total 54 04 02
Exhibited at Abergavenny upon the eighth day of May in the year of our Lord Christ 1739 by David Morgan the brother and administrator for a true and perfect inventory but under protestation of adding if any more of the decedents assetts shall hereafter come to his hands, possession or knowledge.