Will of Rees Thomas of Crogen Wladys, Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales, 1660

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Crogen Wladys, Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales
Surnames/tags: Thomas ap Thomas

This is a transcript of the will of Rees Thomas, gent, of Crogen Wladys in the parish of Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales. His will was made on 21 August 1660 and probate was granted at Oswestry on 17 May 1662.

Transcript

In the of God Amen I Rees Thomas of Crogen wladys in the parish of Llangollen within
the Countie of Denbigh gent. being sicke in body yett of disposing mynd and of a good and p[er]fect
sense and memory, considering the mortallity of this lief and the uncertayntie of it and
of the houre of death, praysing God for this opportunitie Doe hereby make publish ordeyne
and declare this my last will and testament in manner and forme here following (that is to say)
First I recom[m]end my soule into the blessed hands of my allmightie and everlyving God hopeing
to bee ptaker of eternall lief through the onely meritts and mediation of his onely sonne my
Lord and onely saviour Jesus Christ the righteous whoe suffred and dyed for my sinnes, Allsoe
I recom[m]end my body to the earth whereof it was first created and made ot bee buryed in a
Christian manner according to the discretion of my wief and children in hopes of a happy
and joyfull resurrec[ti]on to meete my Saviour att the day of Judgement, And as for my worldly
estate both reall and p[er]sonall I dispose of the same as here followeth (to wytt) I give bequeath
and devise unto my daughters Ellin Prees and Elizabeth Prees all those twoe tenements called
Peny y bryn and Tythyn yr hendy lyeing in Kilkychwyn and Crogenwladys in the said parish
of Llangollen & Countie afforesaid and allsoe all that parcell of land com[m]only called y Cae mawr
lyeing in Crogen wladys afforesaid in the said Countie which tenements and lands I lately
purchased, I say that I give and devise the same unto my said daughters untill my
sonne and heyre appa[re]nt Hugh Prees will pay unto the said Ellin Prees one hundred
pownds of lawfull money and fiftie pownds more of like lawfull money unto the said
Elizabeth Prees, Allsoe after the said legacies are payed or sufficiently secured to bee
payed I give devise and bequeath my said tenements and lands to my said sonne Hugh and
Mary my wief and the survyvor of them and their heyres
towards the satisfyeing and payment of all my debts and of my said legacies, Item I give
and bequeath to my daughters Margaret and Dorothy the sume of ijs vjd a peece of
like lawfull money in lyew of their interest and title to my p[er]sonall estate, Item I
give towards the repara[ti]on of the parish Church of Llangollen afforesaid xs. Item
I nominate ordayne and appoint my said sonne Hugh Prees and my said wief Mary
Moris to bee my executors of this my last will and testament, And I appoint & desire
my sonne in law Richard Foulke and my brother in law John Rogers to bee Overseeres
of this my said last will and testament, And my will further is and I doe bequeath
all the rest of my goods and Cattlell to the said Mary my wief towards the payment of
my said debts In wittnes whereof I have hereunto put and subscribed my hand
and out my seale the xxjth day of August in the twelveth yeare of the raigne of our
sov’aigne Lord Charles by the grace of God of England Scottland France & Ireland
King Defender of the Faith &c and in the yeare of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
one thousand sixe hundred and sixtie / 1660

Read sealed subscribed published
and acknowledged the prsence & hearing of
the marke of Margaret Gruffith
the marke of Hester Jones
John Rogers
John Jennings

Bee it allsoe remembered and my will further
Is that if eyther or both of my said daughters
Ellin or Elizabeth shall happen to depart this
lief or dye before they shall bee marryed
Then I give the said legacie or legacies to
them or eyther of them soe dyeing to my said
wief to bee disposed by her towards the payment
of my de[…] at her disposall wittnes
my hand & seale the day & yeare abovesaid

Rees Thomas

Sources

• The National Library of Wales. St. Asaph Probate Records, 1521-1858. Thomas, Rees, Crogenwladus, Llangollen, Denbigh, Gent. 1662. NLW Catalogue; NLW Image.

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