Will of Thomas ab Atha of Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog, Denbighshire, Wales, 1588

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Llansantfraid Glyn Ceiriog, Denbighshire, Wales
Surnames/tags: ab Atha ab Adda

This is a transcript of the will of Thomas ap Atha of the parish of Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog, Denbighshire, Wales. His will bears the date 31 December 1588 and probate was granted at Oswestry on 26 February 1587/8.

Transcript

In the name of god amen the laste daie of Decembre in
the yeare of our lord god 1588. I Thom[a]s ap Athâa of the
p[ar]ishe of llansanffraid yn glyn keiriog beinge sick in body
yet whole in mynde & memory god by praysed Do mak my
last Will & Testam[en]t in man[ner] & forme followinge first I
comend my soule unto Allmightie god my maker to Jesus xpe
my R[edeemer?] & my body to be buried in xpian buriall Item
toward the Rep[ara]tion of the church vijs. I bequeath to John
ap thom[a]s my sonne & heire my house & all my lands
lyinge in the Townshippe of glynvechan in the County of
Denbighe to hym & to his heires for ev[er], & if the said John
happen

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to Dye wthout yssue of his body lawfully begotten the said
house & landes to Remaine to Lowry v[erch] thom[a]s my
Daughter & to the heires of her body lawfully begotten
for ev[er], & if the said lowry Die wthout issue the
p[re]miss[e]s to Remaine to Jane v[erch] thom[a]s my Daughter
in like man[ner] & for f lack such issue to the said Jane
the p[re]misses to Descend in like maner to gwenhoyvar
v[erch] thom[a]s my Daughter Item I bequeath to the said
lowry my takinge upon the house and lands called
y Ty brith & the xijs viijd wch I paid to the
Earle of Lecester Due to hym upon the said house
and lands & vjs viijd of Rent Due to the said Eearl
at the ann[…] of our lady last past before the
Dat hereof. Item I bequeathe to the said Lowry
ij Oxen a Cowe one heffer & xxtie sheepe, the
great pann & the great brasse pott, I bequeath
to the sd Jane ij kyne a mare & Doll[?l of ij yeare
old a pann & a brasse pott, I bequeath to the said
Gwenhoyvar ij heffers & ij panns & my will ys
that the said John my sonne Do Deliv[er] unto Jane
v[erch] ho[we]ll her two keine & two heffers & […] the
houshould stuffe of hers that cam[e] to my house & the said
John to pay to the said Daughters namely Lowry Jane
& Gwenhoyvar xxs a peece, when they & either
of them shalbe maried Item I bequeathe betwene
my for said Daughters ij hives of bees, Item I
bequeathe to the said Jane & Gwenhoyvar the
rest of all my sheepe afore not bequeathed Item
I bequeathe all my Corne aswell the corne growinge
upon the ground as the Corne in my barne to
be Devided equally betwene the said John & my
Daughters by mine ov[er]seers herafter to be
[…] & the rest of all my houshold stuff afore not
bequeathed

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bequeathed I bequeathe the same betwene my fore said Daughters
Item I bequeath to m[ar]garet v[erch] thom[a]s & to Elizabeth v[erch]
Thom[a]s my Daughters the some of xxxs betwene them w[hi]ch I
lent to Ed[war]d ap Atha my brother Item I bequeath to the
foresaid John ap John my p[ar]te of the bees wth David ap llem
Item I ordaine & make the said John myne Executor
to Execute this my last Will & Testam[en]t to the pleasure
of god & to my sowles [h]ealthe, & David ap owen vychan &
John Wynn ap ho[we]ll ap atha ov[er]seers of the same In wittnesse
herof Ed[war]d ap R[ee]s ap d[avi]d ap thom[a]s, hughe ap Will[ia]m & John
portman clerke Debts owinge the Testator as herafter
followeth Inprmis upon hughe ap Rob[er]t. xvs. Item upon
Ric[hard] ap Atha, xiiijs & the xxs w[hi]ch I have upon the lands
of the said Ric I bequeathe the same to the forsaid gwenhoyvar
my Daughter. Item upon John ap ho[we]ll & moris ap ho[we]ll of
Raul[?] Due to me for the barne, iiijs viiijd Item upon Ed[war]d
ap ho[we]ll ap Atha ijs viijd. Item upon thom[a]s ap Ed[war]d. Vijs
viijd. upon howell David xls. upon Roger ap Will[ia]m tha[t] I
Deliv[ere]d to m[ar]garet v[erch] thom[a] beinge nowe his wife xlixs
Item upon the said Roger iiijs vjd tha[t] I Deliv’d to D[avi]d ap
Rob[er]t & vjd to hymself & iijs to Ed[war]d his brother. The rest of
all the said Debts afore not bequeathed I geve & bequeathe
betwene my Executors & my forsaid Daughters namly to Lowry
Jane & gwenoyvar.

Probat[um] apud Oswestria coram Comissario
antedco xxvjto Februarij mx ta &c 1587.
Comissa[…] fuit admi’o boror &c John ap Thomas
Ex &c De bene &c saluo &c […]

Sources

• National Library of Wales. St. Asaph Probate Records, 1521-1858. Athâa, Thomas ap, Llansanffraid Glynceiriog, Denbigh. 1587. Catalogue entry.