In the Name of God Amen
The Sixth day of October 1676 And in the Eight and Twentieth yeare
of the Reign of our Soveraigne Lord Charles the Second by the grace
of God King of England Scotland France and Ireland defender of
the Faith etc I S[i]r Thomas Morgan of Chanston in
the County of
Hereford Knight and Baronet being of sound and perfect memory (Praise
be given to God for the same) And knowing the uncertainty of this life on
Earth And being desirous to sett things in order Doe make and ordaine this
my last Will and Testament
in amnner and forme following (that is to
say)
First and principally I com[m]end my soule to Almighty God my
Creator assuredly beleiving That I shall receive full pardon and free remis-sion of all my sins and be saved by the pretious death and merets of my
blessed Saviour and Redeemer Jesus Christ And my body to the Earth whence
it was taken To be buried in such decent and Christian manner as my Execu-trix hereafter named shall thinke meete and Convenient And as touching
such wordly Estate as the Lord in mercy hath lent
me my will and mind is
That the same shall be disposed
bestowed and enjoyed as hereafter by this my
will is expressed and directed hereby revoking and making void all wills
and bequests by me formerly made First I give and devise to my
dearly
beloved wife Dame Delariver Morgan All that my mannor or mannors
and Lordship or Lordshipps of Chanston and Waterston and Prossers Farms
And
all those Lands and Tenements which I bought of Mr. James Penoyr And
the Two messuages and Farms now or late in the Tenures or occupa-tions of Howell
Nicholls and William James And the Lands which I bought
of John
Reece and Francis Reece or either of them And the lands and Tenem[en]ts
which I bought of David Smith and John Smith or either of them
And those
singell messuages which I lately bought of James Cooxye (all
which said
premisses are situate lying and being in the parishes of Vowchurch
Turniston
Peterchurch St Margarett and Burton or in some or one of them in the
County
of Hereford) And all other the lands Tenements and hereditaments of me
the
said S[i]r Thomas Morgan whereof I am now seised in Fee simple situate
lying
and being in the said Parishes of Vowchurch Turniston Peterchurch St
Margaretts
and Burton or in any or either of them Together with all Houses
outhouses lands
woods woodlands waters watercourses Co[m]ons proffitts and
Com[m]odities to
the same or to any part thereof belonging or appertayning
To have and to hold
the said Mannor Lordship ffarmes messuages lands
tenements hereditaments and
premisses unto my said wife for the Terme of
her naturall life And after her
death I doe give and devise the same unto
my eldest sonne John Morgan
and the the heires Male of his body lawfully
begotten And for want of such issue
Then to my Second sonne Cholmley
Morgan and to the heires Male of his
body lawfully begotten And for want
of such issue Then to my Third sonne Charles Morgan and to the heires Male
of his body lawfully begotten And for want
of such issue Then to my Fourth
sonne James Morgan and to the heires
Male of his body lawfully begotten
And for want of such issue Then to my daughter
Delariver Morgan and to
the heires Male of her body lawfully begotten Item
I doe give and devise unto
my said wife All those houses and lands with th[e]
appurtenances which I
lately bought of my Brother Richard Cholmley Com[m]only
called by the name
of Bramhall in the parish of Spawford in the County of York
And all my
lands Tenements and hereditaments whereof I am now seised in Fee
simple
lyeing and being in the said parish of Spawford To have and to hold the
said
houses lands Tenements and hereditaments unto my said wife for the Terme
of her naturall life And after her decease I doe give and devise the same
unto
my said sonne Cholmley Morgan and to his heires and Assignes for
ever And my
will and meaning is That my said wife shall dureing her
naturall life give and
allow unto my said sonne Cholmley Morgan out of
the Rents and proffitts of the
premisses in Spawford aforesaid such main=tenance as she in her discretion shall
think fitt Item I give and devise unto
my said sonne Charles Morgan and to his
heires for ever All those Two
Tenements called the Blanyes and the Tenement called Blackhill with th[e] appur=ten[anc]es lying and being in the said County of Hereford Item I give and devise
unto my said sonne James Morgan and to his heires for ever All my houses
lands Tenements and hereditaments Lying and being
in the parishes of
Langattock Llingott and Langhihangell Killcorney in the County
of Monmouth
And all that Tenement called the Hollingwood with th[e] appurtenances
lying
and being in the parish of [blank] in the said County of Hereford lately
bought by me of my Cousin Richard Parry Item I give and bequeath
unto
my said deare and loving wife The one Third parte (The whole
three parts to
be devided) of all my goods and Chattels Reall and personall
debts ready money
Morgages Jewells Plate and Household goods and of all other
my personall Estate
whatsoever Item I give and bequeath unto my said
Daughter Delariver Morgan
The sume of Three Thousand pounds to be paid at
her day of Marriage or age of
One and Twenty years which shall First happen
if my said daughter shall marry
with the Consent of my wife But if she marry
without the Consent of my wife
during the life time of my said wife
Then I give and bequeath unto my said Daughter
the sume of Fifteene hundred
pounds and noe more Item I give and bequeath unto
my said sonne Cholmley
Morgan the sum[m]e of Five hundred pounds And to my sonne
Charles Morgan
the sum[m]e of One Thousand pounds And to my sonne James Morgan
the
sum[m]e of One Thousand pounds And my mind and will is That the severall
sum[m]es
of money bequeathed to my said Three youngest sonns shall be paid to
them Respectively
at such time as they shall respectively attain the age of
Four and Twenty yeares
and not before my Executrix herein after
named shall think fitt
in her discretion to pay the same or any parte
thereof sooner And alsoe my mind
and will is That if any or either of my
said Three youngest sons or my said
daughter shall happen to dye without
issue before the sum[me]s of money bequeathed
to them as aforesaid shall be
respectively paid That then the said sum[m]es of money
bequeathed as aforesaid
To him her or them soe dying or such thereof as
shall be unpaid att the
time
of his her or their death shall be equally devided
and paid To and amongst
the survivors and survivor of them my said Three youngest
sonns and my
said daughter share and share alike And further my mind and will
is That
if by any accident or default of payment The personall Estate which
I shall
leave at the Time of my death shall happen to be lessened That then
and in
such case the loss thereof shall be borne by my said wife And my said
Three
youngest sonns and daughter proportionally according to the parts and
sum[m]es of money given and bequesthed to them as aforesaid Item I give and
bequeath
unto my sister Lingen the sum[m]e of Fifty pounds which I doe
desire shall
be paid into the hands of her sonn John Lingen in Trust for her
And that
her husband shall not receive the same nor any part thereof And
likewise That
an acquittance and receipt in writing under the hand of the said
John Lingen
Testifying the receipt thereof shall be a good discharge to my
said Executrix
against my said sister and her husband And further That if
my said sister shall
happen to dye before me Then I doe give and devise the
said Fifty pounds To
the said John Lingen her sonne Item I give and
Bequeath unto Mr. James Hore the sum[m]e of Fifty pounds Item I give and
bequeath unto my Coser Lewis Morgan of Langattock Kingott in the
County of Monmouth Tenn pounds To Mr. Peter Griffith Tenn pounds
And to my Cousin Griffith Gwillham Ten pounds Item I give
and
bequeath to the poor of the parish of Langattock Kingott Five pounds
To
the poor of the parish of Dowchurch five pounds And to the poor of
the parish
of Turniston Twenty shillings which said Three last ment[i]oned
sum[m]es of money
shall be paid to such poor people of the said parishes as
my said Executrix
shall think fitt Item I give and bequeath to each of
my domestick servants that
shal be in my service att the time of my
death Twenty shillings apeice And I
doe Constitute and appoint my said
deare and loving wife Delariver Morgan
to be the sole Executrix of this
my last will and Testament And I doe nominate
my Brother Richard
Cholmley Esquire and my Cousin John Parry of
Aulston in the County
of Hereford Gent John Baynes of Westminster Esquire
and my Cousin James Morgan of Lantilo in the County of Monmouth overseers
of this
my last will And I doe give to every one of them the said Richard Cholmley
John Parry John Baynes and James Morgan the sume of Ten pounds a
peice And this I doe declare to be my last will and Testament written in
Two sheets of Paper Unto oath of which I have sett my hand and seale
the day and yeare First above written
. Tho[mas] Morgan . Signed sealed
and published in
the presence of us H. Hatsell Edward Norris Margaret Moore
Sara Norris Thomas Norris
This will was proved at London on the 7th June 1679 by
Delariver Morgan, widow of the deceased.