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Copy Of The Will of Ann Vaughan of Bryn Cottage in p. Pennal, co. Mer. Testatrix bequeathed as follows:- To Emily Letitia Mary Anne Thruston (second daughter of Charles Thomas Thruston of Talgarth, co. Mer., esq.), £100; to my friend, Richard Mathews, of Esgair Lleverin in p. Pennal, gent., £500 secured on the Aberystwyth Turnpike Trust; to Rev. William Poole, perpetual curate of Llanvihangel, co. Ang., clerk (son of the late William Poole of Carnarvon), all my realty in co. Mont. and a set of knives with the family crest upon them; to Juliana Hughes and Catherine Hughes of Machynlleth, co. Mont., spinsters (daughters of the late Rev. Richard Hughes, rector of Dolgelly) the said house called Bryn cottage and the garden which was formerly exchanged by my nephew, John Vaughan, of Penmaen Dovey, co. Mer., esq., for a tmt in the village of Pennal; residue of my personalty to my executor, the said Richard Mathews. Witnesses: Hugh Lloyd, junior, surgeon, Machynlleth; Robert Morgan, Machynlleth. Codicil dated 2 Dec. 1843:- To the said Juliana and Catherine Hughes, the pew in the p. church which I purchased from John Jones. Witnesses: Hugh Lloyd, junior, surgeon, Machynlleth; Robert Morgan, Machynlleth.

Copy Of The Will of David Davies of Ystrad in p. Llanfihangel Ystrad, co Card., esq. Testator devised as follows:- To my friends, John Thomas of LIanvaughan, co. Card., esq., John Touchet of Millman St, near the Foundling Hospital, Middlesex, barrister at law, David Davies of Bristol, DL, and Herbert Lloyd of Carm., gent., all my realty on trust to pay my debts and those of my dec. brother, Herbert John Lloyd Davies, and the fortune of my sister, Anna Maria Eleonora Milnes, widow, and, subject thereto, on trust for my mother, Anne Davies, of Aberystwyth for her life, with remainder to my said sister, Anna Maria Eleonora Milnes, for her life, with remainder to her first and other sons successively in tail, with remainders to the daughters as tenants in common, with remainder to my relation, Henry Touchet (son of the said John Touchet), for his life, with remainders over, with remainder to my relation, Thomas Davies (son of my said trustee, David Davies), for his life, with remainders over; in the event of my said realty vesting in the said Henry Touchet, he is to take the surname of Davies and to bear the arms and crest of the Davies's of Llwyd Jack; to the said Herbert Lloyd, my renewable lease of the tithes of Llansanfread, co. Card. on trust to pay my aunt, Margaret Davies, of the Turnstile in the town of Cardigan £20 yearly for her life, and, subject thereto, on trust for my said mother, Ann Davies, whom I appoint executrix. Witnesses: .... Lloyd, Brynogg; David Griffiths, Talbot, Aberystwyth; Henry Lewis, clerk to Mr John Gwynne, attomey, Carm.

Copy Of The Will of David Lewis of Cardiff, co. Glam., gent. Testator, who owned leaseholds and freeholds chiefly in Cardiff and co. Glam., devised as follows:- All my realty and personalty to my son, Joseph Lewis, my son in law, John Owen, and my friend, William Price of Cardiff, draper, upon trust (subject to a legacy of £200 to the trustees of the Wesleyan Chapel in Charles Street, Cardiff, and to specific bequests of 2 leasehold houses in Millicent Street, Cardiff, to my brother, Jeremiah, for his life, with remainder to his children) for my children, Joseph, Maria, Eliza, Ellen, and Frederick, for their lives, with remainder to their respective children. Witnesses: Montague Grover, solicitor, Cardiff; John Davies, his clerk.

Copy Of The Will of Hugh Barlow of Lawrenny, co. Pemb., esq. Subject to a bequest of £4,000 to his nieces, Emma Owen, daughter of Col. John Owen, testator, devised all his realty as follows: To my wife, Elizabeth Barlow, for life, with remainder to my nephew, Hugh Owen, late of Nash, co. Pemb., esq., for life, with remainder to his first and other sons successively in tail, with similar remainders in succession to my nephew, Wyrriott Owen of Nash, my godson, Arthur Owen of Landshipping, co. Pemb., esq., my nephew, Arthur Owen of Chelsea (son of Col. Arthur Owen), and my niece, the said Emma Owen, each of the said persons upon whom the said estate shall devolve, is to assume the surname of Barlow. Witnesses: William Ayleway, senior; Philip Foley; Robert Smyth.

Copy Of The Will of James Merrick of p. Redwick, co. Mon.. yeoman. Testator bequeathed as follows: To my wife, Elizabeth, household goods, &c.; to my brother, Thomas Merrick, my chestnut coloured stallion; to my sister, Sarah, a colt; to my father, Thomas Merrick, my said brother, Thomas Merrick, William Merrick of Bollitree in p. Weston under Penyard, Herefordshire, gent., and James Glow of p. Tredunnock, co. Mon., yeoman (whom I appoint executors), the residue of my personalty upon trust to realise the same and to invest the proceeds and hold the same on trust for my daughter, Mary, when she is 21, with remainder (in the event of her not attaining that age) to my son, James, when he is 21. Witnesses: Susanne Cowels; Robert Keyn.

Copy Of The Will of Jeremiah Davies, vicar of Llanelly, co. Carm., dated 11 July 1819, with a codicil dated 29 Sept. 1819. Testator devised:- The part of my estate called Garn Howell and my estate of Trollach and Stavellwon, all in p. Llanelly, to my wife, Ann, for her life, with remainder to my son, Thomas Morgan Davies, and his issue; and the m. and lands called Burgood in p. Llandingat, co. Carm. to be sold to pay off £400 due to my brother in law, David Jenkins, and his niece, Mary Jenkins, of Bridgend, co. Glam. Witnesses: Thomas Clement, clerk; William Rees, Maesarddavon; John Howell, land surveyor, Llanelly; Daniel Davies, minister, Velin Voel; William Dawkins.

Copy Of The Will of John Llewellyn, rector of Marcross, co. Glam.. Testator bequeathed as follows:- To my cousin, Thomas Jones, late of Pennant, co. Card., but now of London, and the Rev. Evan Jenkins, perpetual curate of Dowlais, co. Glam., £400 on trust for my mother, Mary Llewellyn, for her life, and thereafter to pay the income from £300 to my sister, Anne (wife of John Davies), and, after her death, to pay the said £300 to her children; and on trust as to £100 for my said cousin and executor, Thomas Jones, to whom I also give my plate. Codicil: Dated 20 Dec. 1832. Witnesses: Thomas Williams, Coychurch; Richard Evans, clerk. Witness to codicil: D. Thomas, solicitor. Proved at Llandaff, 14 Jan. 1833 by the executor.

Copy Of The Will of John Richardson of Swansea. Testator devised as follows: To my wife, Elizabeth Richardson, furniture, plate, horses, carriages, &c., and £600 yearly for her life; to my son, Jeremiah Clarke, £1,500; to my son, George Straker, £2,500, and to my said two sons the business of the Patent Slip and Dry Dock; to my son in law, William Edmond, the farm of Nantginny in trust for his daughter, Jane Anne, when 25 years of age; to my daughter, Sarah, for her life, the property called Cae baily, purchased from Mr John Allen, also the adjoining freehold purchased from the Corporation, with remainder to her husband for life, with remainder to her three sons; my sons, John Crow, James Coxon, and Jeremiah Clarke to be executors. Testator also mentions: My daughters, Elizabeth Clarke, Esther Frances, and Mary Isabel, to the last mentioned of whom the testator gave £500 on the trusts of her marriage settlement; my son, Robert, who has received all his share as a settlement on his marriage. Witnesses: Edward T. Morris, Northampton Place, Swansea, accountant; Edward Williams, junior, 23 Cradock St, Swansea.

Copy Of The Will of Leonard Lloyd of Ipswich, Suffolk, esq. Testator bequeathed as follows:- To my brother, John Lloyd, £100 and my 2 guns; to my nephews and nieces, Sybill, Hugh, Elizabeth, Mary, John, Diana, Ann, and Priscilla (children of my said brother, John Lloyd), £100 each, when they are 21 years old; to my nephew, Leonard Lloyd, 2 guns and a pair of pistols mounted with silver, 'which pistols I desire my said nephew will always keep and preserve in my name and family what I have got by my great labour and industry'; the residue of my personalty to be laid out in realty and settled on my said nephew, Leonard Lloyd (when he is 21 years old), for his life, with remainders to his sons, with similar remainders in succession to my nephews, John Lloyd and Hugh Lloyd; Christopher Harris of the Strand, Westminster, confectioner, and William Gurney of Cosgrove, Northamptonshire, gent., to be executors. Witnesses: John Smyth; James Bacon; Thomas Fisted; all of Ipswich. Memorandum, dated 1 June 1725, whereby testator desires to be buried in the churchyard of p. St Mary at ye Tower in Ipswich.

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Copy Of The Will of Mary Puleston of Wrexham, co. Denb., widow. Testatrix devised as follows:- To Sir Foster Cunliffe of Acton Park, co. Denb., bart, and Whitehall Whitehall Davies of Broughton, co. Flint, clerk, the castle and man. of Ewloe, co. Flint, and all my realty in cos Flint and Denb. upon trust (as to the house in which I reside) for my daughter, Frances Cooke, for her life, and on trust (as to the rest of my realty), subject to the payment of my debts and legacies, to pay my said daughter, Frances Cooke (wife of Bryan Cooke), £400 yearly for her life, and, subject thereto, on trust for the said Bryan Cooke, with remainder to my said daughter for her life, with remainder to such of their children as the said Bryan and Frances Cooke shall appoint, with remainder (subject to a term of 500 years created to raise £10,000 for portions for the younger children of the said Bryan and Frances Cooke) to my grandson, Philip Davies Cooke (eldest son of the said Bryan and Frances Cooke), for his life, with remainder to his first and other sons successively in tail, with similar remainders in succession to my grandsons, Robert Bryan Cooke and Anthony Henry Cooke (second and third sons respectively of the said Bryan and Frances Cooke), with remainders over, with remainder for life in succession to my uncles, John Davies and Peter Davies; residue to my said daughter and executrix, Frances Cooke. Witnesses: Charles Massie; Charles Potts; John Williams.

Copy Of The Will of Rowland Philipps Laugharne of Orlandon, p. St Brides, co. Pemb., esq. Testator devised:- All my realty in p's Talbenny and Roch (except the farm called Bushford in p. Talbenny) to Erasmus Vaughan of Trecoon, esq., and Richard Knethell of Hook, gent., on trust to raise £1,000 for my younger children, and subject thereto, on trust for my son, John Philipps Laugharne. The residue of my realty (including the m. called Humprey, otherwise Orlandon, in p. St Brides and Bushford in p. Talbenny, which were charged with an annuity of £154 in favour of my wife for her life, and realty in p's Dale, Hascard and Marlos, which were charged with an annuity of £150 in favour of my father for his life) I devise to the said trustees on the same trusts. Witnesses: William Jones, clerk; David Jordan; Henry Miles.

Copy Of The Will of the Rt Hon. Maria Eleanor, Countess dowager of Clarendon, widow. Testatrix devised as follows:- To the Rt Hon. George William Frederick, now Earl of Clarendon, all realty in co. Glam., purchased by and devised to me in fee simple by the will of my late husband, John Charles, Earl of Clarendon, also the m's, lands, and advowsons called Penlline Castle Estate in co. Glam., devised by the will of Emilia Gwinneth of Penlline Castle, dec., to which I am, under the will of my said husband, entitled in reversion expectant on the death, without issue, of William Chute Hayton, esq., also my one-fourth share in the How and Dean Estate in Wiltshire. To my executors, the Rt Hon. George Murray of Belgrave Square, Middlesex and John Parkinson of Lincoln's Inn Fields, Middlesex, esq., my personalty on trust (subject to an annuity of £500 to Mrs Snow for her life) for my sister, Catherine Elizabeth, Lady Maryborough (wife of the Rt Hon. William Wellesley, Lord Maryborough) for her life, with remainder to her appointees, with remainder (subject to a life estate to the said Lord Maryborough) to the appointees of the said Lord Maryborough, with remainder to the three daughters of my said sister, Caroline (sic) Elizabeth, Lady Maryborough. Witnesses: William Loxham Farrer and Francis Worship, both of 66 Lincoln's Inn Fields. Codicil: Dated 31 Dec. 1839, devises to the said executors all property held on mortgage. Witnesses: William Loxham Farrer and William Josh. Jarrett, both of 66 Lincoln's Inn Fields. Administration, with will and codicil annexed, was granted at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury on 30 Mar. 1844 to the Rt Hon. William Wellesley, Earl of Mornington (heretofore Lord Maryborough). Sworn under £90,000. Probate was granted at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury on 1 Mar. 1847 to John Parkinson, esq., the surviving executor. Sworn under £80,000. The testatrix died on 18 March 1844.

Copy Of The Will of Thomas Powell of Landinam, co. Mont., esq. Testator devises as follows:- To my second son, Thomas Powell, for his life, 2 m's and lands in the t's of Gweneryn and Carneth in p. Llandinam and in the tenures of David James and Anne Owen, widow, with remainder to his sons in tail, with similar remainders in succession to my sons, Mathew Powell, Morgan Powell, and David Powell; to my said son, Mathew Powell, for his life, a tmt called Y doll vayor in the tenure of John Hugh, with remainder to his sons in tail, with remainders over; to my son, Morgan Powell, for his life, tmt's purchased of Richard John Thomas and in the tenures of Richard Hamer and John Thomas, also a tmt in the tenure of the said Richard John Thomas which I purchased from David Stevens, all being in the t. of Dethienith in said p. Llandinam, with remainder to his sons in tail; to my eldest son, David Powell, for his life, the capital m. and lands (wherein my family resides, 'being occupied now upon a bargaine by Richard Thomas ap Jenkin') situate in the t. and p. of Llandinam aforesaid, with remainder to his sons in tail. Meredith Morgan, esq., Edward Whittingham, gent., Evan ap Edward, gent., and his son, John Evans, to be executors in trust. Witnesses: Jerome Greaves; James Evans; John Wilson. Proved 2 Jan. 1634.

Copy Of The Will of William Hill of p. Beguildy, co. Rad. Testator devised as follows: To my sister and executrix, Elizabeth Hill, for her life, the farm called The heath, wherein I dwell, in said p. Beguildy, with remainder to my brother, James Hill, he to pay my sister, Sarah (wife of William Williams), £30 when he comes into possession of the said farm; in the event of my said sister Sarah dying before she receives the said legacy, the said £30 is to be paid to her son, John Williams. Witnesses: Matthew Morris; Penry Powell; Geo. Milward.

Copy Of The Will of William Jenkin of p. Lantiliopertholey, co. Mon., yeoman. Testator bequeathed as follows:- To each of the churches of Landapth and Lantiliopertholey, 6d.; to my eldest son, Jenkin William, a close of land called Worlod (4 a.) in p. Patrishoe, co. Brec., in as ample a manner as I purchased the same from Phillip Thomas Watkin and Margarett, his wife, also closes of land called Cae vadog issa and Doy cae vadog ycha (6 a.) in p. Lambeder, co. Brec.; to my younger son, Morgan William, 3 closes called Y pant gwyn yssa, Y ffoes wen, and Y llowyne (12 a.) in p. Langeney, co. Brec., also a m. late in the occupation of my brother, Watkin Jenkin, and Jenet, his wife, and 2 closes of land called Pen cae kenayth and Cae dan y (8 a.) in said p. Langeney, also 2 closes of land called Caye y therwen (8 a.) in said p. Langeney; to my grand child, Mary Gunter (dau. of John Rosser Gunter), the m. in which her father dwells and 3 closes of land called Cae newith, Cae banall, and Cae Phillipp Thomas (10 a.) in said p. Lambeder; to my man servant, Hector Morgan, 4 sheep; to my maid servant, Anne John, a ewe; my sons, Jenkin William and Morgan William, to be executors and they and my wife, Johan verch John, to be residuary legatees. Witnesses: John Thomas Watkin; Thomas Watkin Morgan; James John David; Morgan Thomas Lewis Morgan.

Copy Of The Will, dated 15 Sept. 1738, of George Coytmore of Conway, co. Caern., gent., who devised as follows: To my friends, William Price of Vaynol, co. Flint, esq., and Robert Price of Bathavarn Park, co. Denb., esq., the capital m. and lands called Pentre in p. Skyviog, co. Flint, parcels of land to the said m. appertaining called Coetie'r scybor, The acre belonging thereto, The great orchard, Coetie'r defaid, Erw skinner, The inclosure behind the great barn, 2 parcels in the tenure of John Davies, joiner, parcels called Gwastad perthi, Erw fain tan y maes, Coitie'r berth, Gwerglodd pwll y gaseg, Caya helig, Cae pwll marl, Pant gwyn growling, Erw gron plasse, and Plasse pella, now called Licum, and other closes (specified) on trust to sell the same and pay my debts; to the said William Price and Robert Price, all my m's and lands (specified) in co. Caern., on trust (subject to the payment of my debts and my wife's 'thirds') to pay my daughter, Margaret Coytmore, £100, and thereafter to convey the said property to my son, Richard Coytmore, provided he undertakes to pay my debts; to my said son, Richard Coytmore, my old silver tankard with our family arms upon it; to my daughter, Margaret Coytmore, my silver can and a silver coffee-pot; to the children of my son, Griffith Coytmore, £5 each; residue to my wife, Margaret Coytmore, and my daughter, Ellen Coytmore, they to be executors. Witnesses: Roger Mostyn; Robert Howard; John Williams. Endorsed: 'Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury and exemplified 12 July 1755.'.

Copy Of The Will, dated 25 June 1860, of Elizabeth Ann Violett, wife of Emanuel William Violett, late of 4 Tillotson Place, Waterloo Bridge, Middlesex. gent., but then of Chepstow, co. Mon. Testatrix devised as follows:- Under a power given to me in an indenture, dated 21 April 1855, I appoint all freeholds and leaseholds (assured thereby to Larratt Smith, gent., on certain trusts) to George Smith of Greenwich and Upper Sydenham, Kent, wine merchant, on trust for the said Emanuel Wilham Violett for his life, and thereafter to sell the same and apply the proceeds as follows: To Mary Violett Smith, Larratt Smith, and Adelaide Cassells (children of the said Larratt Smith and his wife, Mary), £200 each; to William Francis Morris, solicitor, of London, £100; to Fanny Nichols, formerly Fanny Good, spinster, £100, for her great kindness to my son during his illness; to Mrs Tutt (formerly Plaister), wife of ---- Tutt of Banwell, Somerset, cordwainer, £30; to the children of John Badman of Sandford in p. Winscombe, Somerset, by his present wife, £400; to the said George Smith, the residue of the said proceeds from the sale, subject to the payment of my debts and the cost of erecting a memorial stone to my 3 children in Banwell church. Witnesses: Joseph Morris, Chepstow; John Albert Morris, surgeon, Chepstow. Codicil, dated 8 July 1864: I revoke the legacies given to the children of Larratt and Mary Smith, William Francis Morris, Fanny Nichols, Mrs Tutt, and the children of John Badman. Witnesses: George Watkins, surgeon, Chepstow; Grace Emily Watkin. Proved in London on 18 Nov. 1868 by the executor, the said George Smith, the administration being limited to the property, which, under the said deed of settlement, the testatrix had power to appoint.

Copy Of The Will, dated 30 Oct. 1786, of John Vaughan of Golden Grove, p. Llanvihangel Aberbythick, co. Carm., esq., of which the following is a brief summary:- I confirm the settlement made on my marriage with my wife, Elizabeth Letitia Jane Vaughan, and devise to the Hon. John York of Barkley Square, London, and Traedway Nash of Bevere, Worcestershire, D. D., all my manors, castles and lands in England, Wales and the Island of Jamaica on trust for my first and other sons successively in tail, with remainders over, and with ultimate remainder to John Campbell of Stackpool Court, co. Pemb. in fee simple. Witnesses to will: Thomas Beynon, clerk; D. Lewis, Llandilo; Hugh Evans.

Testator devised as follows:- To my brother in law and executor, Abraham Lancelot, of said p. Gresford, a house and lands in the tenure of George Kirkham, also the building in Llai aforesaid, used as a Primitive Methodist chapel, upon trust for Sarah Phillips (my daughter by my late wife, Sarah, and now the wife of Henry Morris Phillips) for her life, with remainder to Thomas Tilston Phillips (son of my said daughter, Sarah Phillips), with remainder over, with ultimate remainder to John Tilston Duckers (under age) and Benjamin Tilston Duckers, the children of my late daughter, Caroline, the wife of Joseph Duckers of Chester; to my wife, Mary Tilston, for her life, dividends from my money invested in the Wrexham Loan and Investment Co. Witnesses: John James, solicitor, Wrexham, and J. C. Bull, his clerk. Codicil: Dated 2 Jan. 1873. Witnesses: John James, solicitor, Wrexham, and Henry Davies, his clerk. Second codicil, dated 5 Oct. 1876, varies the bequest to testator's wife. Witnesses: John James, solicitor, Wrexham, and Henry Davies, his clerk. Testator dec. 11 Nov. 1876 and probate of the will and codicils was granted on 27 Dec. 1876 at St Asaph to Abraham Lancelot, the executor.