File NLW MS 9062E/1518. - Will of Sir John Wynn of Gwydir,

Copy of the will of Sir John Wynn of Gwydir, kt and bart. Testator bequeathed as follows: To my cousin Ellen Powell, £20; to Marie vergh Humffrey Jeuan Thomas, £12; to the wife of Owen ap Richard, 20s. yearly for life in lieu of dower out of her husband's late lands; to Jeffrey ap John ap Robert, the tenement in which he dwells, for life, at a yearly rent of 4d. if the same be demanded; to Marie, the wife of Evan Lewys Thomas, £20; to Jane, daughter of Owen ap John ap Jeuan ap Hoell, £ 20; to Maurice ap John ap Jeuan ap Gruffith, the messuage, tenement, and lands wherein he dwells, for life, at a yearly rent of 12d.; to Jane, the wife of John ap Richard ap John Gruffith, the tenement wherein she dwells, for life, at a yearly rent of 40s.; to Owen Jeffrey, 20s. yearly and his keeping at Gwydir during his life; to John Pigott, the tenement in Llanrhychwyn, now or late in the occupation of Rees Thomas 'saer', for life, at a yearly rent of 2s.; to Ellice David ap John, the tenement called Tyddyn dû, for life, at a yearly rent of 20s.; to Jeuan John, 20s. yearly, and his keeping at Gwydir, during his life; to Ellice ap John David ap Hoell, his tenement for life at a yearly accustomed rent of £25; to all my menial servants, except those herein named, one year's wages as a legacy over and above their due. And I commit my servant Rees David to my son Owen and desire my said son, upon my blessing, to be good to him. To Humffrey ap Cadwalader ap Meredith, 20s. yearly for life; to Jane Gruffith, the wife of John Lewys of Maeswddyon, 20s. yearly for life; to Edward Gruffith of Llanvrothen, 20s. yearly for life, with the house and lands he now holds; to William ap John ap Rees Wynn, the tenement in Kevn Skybell (late of Jevan Thomas) which he holds at a yearly rent of £10, to hold for life at and under the like yearly rent he now payeth; to Robert Lloyd, my servant, the messuage or tenement in Llysvayne, with the appurtenances (sometime the lands of the father of Owen Thomas), to hold for his life; to Roger Williams, my servant, the messuage, lands, and tenements now in his tenure, for life; to William ap John ap Rees Wynn, one annuity or sum of £10 a year for life; to cousin Foulk Vaughan, £10, and I release him from a debt of £10 which he standeth indebted unto me; to my cousin Edmond Vaughan, £10. All which sums of money to be paid yearly at and upon the feasts of St Peter and St Andrew the Apostles during the lives of the said persons. [The next clause, which concerns the foundation of Jesus Hospital, has been printed in the Reports of the Charity Commissioners (1837), under Llanrwst, Denbighshire]. My executors to discharge all bonds wherein my son Owen is bound to me or for me. I bequeath to my executors, Dame Sydney Wynn and my son Maurice, all the messuages, lands, tenements and hereditaments, and the reversions thereof, which I have heretofore purchased, in trust for making up the freehold lands (in fulfilment of covenants made upon the marriage of my son Sir Richard) of my said son to the yearly value of £2,500 per annum, and his lease lands to the yearly value of £500, and in trust for the payment of certain debts, particulars whereof are contained in notes under mine own hand in my box. Residuary legatee, my wife. Postscript: I bequeath to my son-in-law, Sir Roger Mostyn, my bauldstone horse [Bauson, an archaic word meaning piebald], and £5 apiece to my two daughters to buy them rings; to my brother Edward Wynn, £10. I give the vicar just a cow. Witnesses Foulk Vaughan; Ed. Vaughan; Robt. Lloyd, clerk Rd. Wynn; David Lloyd; Piers Anwyl; Roger Williams; William John ap Rees Wynn. A true copy taken by us Will. Farrant, clerk, and John Pigott, scribe, 22 Oct. 1629.