Will of Ellin Wynn of Glyn Fechan, Denbighshire, Wales, 1707

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Llansantfraid Glyn Ceiriog, Denbighshire, Wales
Surnames/tags: Wynn Wynne

This is a transcript of the will of Ellin Wynn, widow, of Glyn Fechan in the parish of Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog, Denbishire, Wales. Her will was made on 24 November 1707 and was proved on 18 June 1708.

Transcript

In the name of god Amen the Twenty Fourth day of November in the sixth yeare of the re[ign]
of our soveraigne Lady Ann by the grace of god of Great Britaine France and Ireland Queene defender of the
faith &c And in the yeare of our Lord god 1707 I Ellin Wynn of Glynvechan in the county of Denbigh widow
being sick in body but of good and perfect memory Thanks be to Almighty god and falling to remembrance
the uncertaine state of this transitory life and that all Fiesh must yeild unto death when it shall please
god to Call doe make constitute ordaine and declare this my last will and Testament in maner and forme follow[…]
[…] all and every Testament and Testaments will and wills heretofore by
me made and declared either by word or wrighting and this is to be taken only for my last will and Testament
and none other and First being penitent and sorry from the bottom of my heart for my sins past most humbly […]
ing forgiveness for the same I give Comitt my soul unto allmighty God and Saviour and redeemer in whom
by the meritts of Jesus Christ I trust and belive assuredly to be saved and to have Full remission and forgive[ness]
of all my sins and that my soule with my body att the generall day of resurrection shall rise againe will Joy
and through the meritts death and passion of Christ possesse and Inheritt the kingdom of heaven prepared for his
elect and chosen and my body to be buried in such place where it shall please my Executor hereafter named
to appoint and now for the settleing of my temporall estate and such goods and chattels and depts as it hath
pleased God far above my deserts to bestow upon me I doe order devise give and dispose the same in manner a[nd]
forme following that is to say) First I will that that all the depts I owe in right conscience be f[ully]
Payd by my Executor hereafter named Item I devise give and bequeath all the Capitall messuage and […]
[with] the appurtenances comonly Called Vivod hall als Place yn y vivod scituate lyinge and being in Vivod
Aforesd in the said County of Denbigh now in the possession of Eubule Wynn together with and lands mea[dows]
Leasows and pastures there unto belonging and appertaineing to Thomas Wynn son of William Wynn late of gelly
in the said County of Denbigh gent deceased and nephew and right heire to my late husband Mr Edward Wyn[n]
allso deceased to have and to hould to him the said Thomas Wynn and his heires for ever upon condition neverth[e]
lesse that he the said Thomas Wynne his Executors Administrators or Assignes shall and doe well and truly P[ay]
or Cause to be paid the sume of Twenty pounds within six months next insueing the day of my decease [in]
manner following viz six pounds to his brother Edward Wynn: six pounds more to his sister Joyce Wynne Fort[y]
shillings to my nephew Eubule Wynn Forty shillings to my nephew Edward Wynn and Forty shillings t[o …]
nephew Kenrick Wynn and Twenty shillings to Humphrey the son of Hugh Humphrey of Wenier and [ten …]
[…] the daughter of Jane Oakes and ten shillings to the daughter of Ann Wynn of nanter being the residue [of the]
said sume of Twenty pounds and alsoe permitt and suffer my Executor hereafter named to Fall and Cary
of the said Tenement seaven of the best Timber Trees now growing and standing there upon together with the
Old Kiln there allso lieing and being which said Trees and Kiln I give and bequeath to my Executor hereafter
named allsoe I give and bequeath to my nephew Robert Bulkey of High gate neare london gent Forty Gunaes
Item I give and bequeath to the son of Hugh Jones of Brynhyrddyn in the County of Anglesey gent Ten Gunaes
Item I give and bequeath to my servant Edward Roberts the sume of Twenty pounds […]

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Due to me by bond from John Evans of Havodgynvor in the County of Denbigh Item I give and bequeath to
my servant maid Jane John Oakes Twenty shillings and to the other Four children of my nephew John Oakes I give
five shillings a piece Item i give and bequeath to John Robert Oakes and my old maid Sarah Morris Ten shillings a piece
Item I give and bequeath to John Hallt son of William Hallt of Ruthyn the sume of five pounds Item I give to Elizabeth the
Daughter of Peeter Williams deceased three pounds one feather bed Boulster blankett Coverlid and one paire of She[ets]
Item I give and bequeath to my old maid Sara Jones the sume of five pounds one bed with its appurtenances and bed[…]
Item I give and bequeath to my servant Edward Jones Twenty shillings and six Ewes and I Further give to my serv[ant]
Edward Roberts Ten Ewes and Ten weathers Item I give and bequeath to Thomas Jones Edward Hughes and Ellin fch Will[…]
Probert my godsons and goddaughter the sume of Twenty shillings a piece Alsoe I give Ten shillings to the daughter
of Evan Moris of maengwynedd Item I give and bequeath to Alice the daughter of Gabriell Hughes my Executor
hereafter named the sume of Three pounds Item I give to Magdalen the wife of Thomas Tudor five shillings and the
like sume of five shillings I give to Richard Price of Aberlase, Item I give and bequeath to Grace the wife of John
Roberts of Aberlase aforesaid Twenty shillings Item I give and bequeath to Mr John Edward son of Thomas Edwards of
Llangollen vechan in the said County Denbigh gent the sume of Forty shillings Item I devise and give unto Pet[er]
Hughes son of the said Gabriel Hughes all that Croft or quillet of land which I lately purchased of Edward ab Ed[ward?]
lying and being in Glynvechan Aforesaid in the said County of DenbighTo have and To hold to him the said Peter
Hughes and his heirs for Ever Item I give and bequeath to Henery Edward Francis Twenty shillings Alsoe I give
To Evan Edward Francis the sume of Four Pounds and to Robert Edward Francis Three Pounds Item I give and bequeath
to Mary fch Richard of Havodgynvor widdow to Ann fch Robert Oakes and Margerett Davies my servant maid Five
shillings a piece Item I give and bequeath to Mary Williams of Ruabon Parish near Pen y Lan the sume of
Forty shillings Item I give and bequeath to Ellin the wife of Edward Lloyd of Llangollen vechan gent the sum[e]
of Twenty shillings Item I give and bequeath to John Evan Junior of Havodgynvor the sume of Forty shillings
Item I give and bequeath to Ellin Hughes daughter of Gabriel Hughes one Gunea Item I give and bequeath
the sume of Five shillings to be yearly distributed by the Churchwardens of th parish of Llansanffraid
betweene the poorest sort of people Inhabitinge and resideinge within the said parish upon Easter
Eve for ever and my will and Desire is that my Executor hereafter named doe secure the payment
of the said Five shillings to be yearly made in maner Aforesaid as the Church wardens for the time
beinge shall seeme meete and sufficient the First payment to begine and comence upon Easter
Eve next ensueing the day of my decease and soe yearly to continue for ever All

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All which said Legacies by me in maner Above men[ti]oned give and bequeathed I doe order
And Appoint my Executor to pay and discharge in the compasse of one yeare next ensueinge
the day of my decease All the rest and residue of my personall Estate as goods Cattell Chattells and
Househould stuff implements of husbandry debts due to me moveables and imoveables of what
nature or kinde soever they be I give and bequeath to Gabriel Hughes and doe lastly nominate
Ordaine and Appoint the said Gabriel Hughes sole Executor of this my last will and Testament
In witness whereof I the said Ellin Wynn to this my last will and Testament being contained in
Three sheets of paper set my hand and seal upon the last sheete thereof on the Twenty fourth day
of November in the year of our lord god 1707

The Mark of Ellin Wynn

Signed Sealed published and
declared by the said Ellin
Wynn to be her last Will and
Testament in the presence of
Simon Jones
Phillip Jones
John Evans

18 Junij 1708
Jur fuit solus Exr in hujoi testo
noiat de bene &c salvo &c
Cor me Tho: Admas Surr.

Sources

• "Wales, Wills and Probate, 1513-1858". Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales; Aberystwyth, Wales; Wales Ecclesiastical Wills. Ancestry Sharing Link Ancestry Record 61635 #81715. Ellin Wynn, probate.