The original: http://hdl.handle.net/10107/911885
A transcription:
In the name of God Amen the fowre & twentieth day of March in the one & twentith yeare of the Raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles the second by the grace of God of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland King defender of the fayth etc. and in the yeare of our Lord God, one thousand, six hundred, sixty & eight, I John Benbowe [...] vicar of the parishes of Llangirricke & Trefegloos in the County of Montgomery & Diocese of Bangor, being sicke, & weake in body but of sound & perfect memory, all laud & prayse bee to almighty God for the same, doe make this my last will & testament in manner & forme following; Imprimis I commend my soule, to the hand of my redeemer by whose merritts alone I trust I shall bee saved & my body to bee buryed in the parish Church of Trefeglwoos in Christian buriall according to the discression of my executrix herein hereafter named, And as for my worldly goods, Cattells, & Chattells, I dispose of them as followeth, first I give, & bequeath unto my sonne John Benbowe all my books, And as for the rest of my goods, Cattells, & Chattells, my will is that after my debts, & funerall expences are dischardged they bee equally devided into three parts, one part whereof, I give & bequeath unto my well beloved wiefe, Dorothy Benbowe *************** another parte thereof, I give & bequeath unto my sonne John Benbowe, and the remaining third parte I give and bequeath unto my daughter Dorothy Benbowe, And my will further is that my said wiefe Dorothy Benbowe shall have the use & benefitt of my two said childrens legacies to maintain & bring them up Christianly during theire minority, but & if shee intermarry with another my will is that the overseers of this my will hereafter named take the chardge & care of my two children above said and the ordering & disposing of theire legacies bequeathed unto them towards theire further education Item my will is that if it please God that both of my children departe this naturall life before they attain to the full age of one & tweny years out of their said legacies I give & bequeath unto my said deare wiefe Dorothy Benbowe the summe of sixty pounds, Item I give and bequeath out of the same unto my sister Anne the wiefe of John Ashton the summe of twenty shillings, the rest & residue of theire said legacies if they dye within the time prescribed(?) I give & bequeath unto my brothers Roger Benbowe, Edward Benbowe, Charles Benbowe, Richard Benbowe and my sister Joan Benbowe to be equally to be equally divided amongst them, Item I doe earnestly desire my well beloved uncle Richard Powell of Kington in the County of Hereford, my well beloved father-in-law Richard Wilson, my well beloved uncle Robert Wilson, my well beloved brother in lawe John Wilson, & my loving brother Edward Benbowe to be overseers of this my last will and testament beeseeching them to be assistant, & helpfull to my dearest loving wiefe, & carefull of my two infants, & lastly I doe constitute & appoynt my said wiefe Dorothy Benbowe to be sole executrix of this my last will & testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto putt my hand & seale the day & yeare within written.
Jo. Benbowe
Sealed published & declared in the presence and sight of
Humphrey Brynton
Joseph Williams his mark
Hugh Wilson
[proved 19 Oct 1669]
A true and perfect Inventory of all the goods Cattles and Chattels of John Benbowe late of the parish of Trefeglwys in the County of Mountgomery and Diocese of Bangor Vicar deceased taken viewed valued and apprized by us who have subscribed or names the 26th day of April Ao. Dmi 1669
Imprimis
six oxen apprized to 20:00:00
eight cowes and calfs apprized to 20:00:00
four other cowes apprized to 8:00:00
four Bullocks apprized to 8:00:00
one Bull apprized to 2:00:00
two heifers apprized to 4:00:00
seven year old beast apprized to 6:00:00
two mares apprized to 4:00:00
forty ewes & lambs apprized to 9:00:00
six score & tenne of two year old & three year old sheep 28:03:04
fifty five year old sheepe apprized to 9:12:06
fourteen barren sheepe apprized to 2:16:00
three swine apprized to 00:18:00
fifty two bushells of corn in the ground & in the house apprized to 9:12:00
boards, chests, stooles, tables, trunks, & boxes 1:14:00
beds, beding, & furniture thereunot belonging 12:00:00
brasse & pewer & other Iron utensils apprized to 4:00:00
Butter, cheese, & flesh apprized to 2:10:00
Implements of husbandry apprized to 1:10:00
all other Iron Implements of husbandry apprized to 00:08:00
poultry apprized to 00:01:06
Silver spoones apprized to 1:00:00
the study of bookes apprized to 5:00:00
wearing other things that have not been spoken of 00:05:00
wearing apparrel & saddle apprized to 5:00:00
the total is 165:11:04
Edward Bennett
the mark of Morris David
the mark of William Worthinton
