In the name of God Amen I Samuel Foord of the parish of Goldcliff in the County of Monmouth Gentleman being in health of body and of sound mind memory and understanding praised be God for the same do make this my last will and testament in manner and form following (that is to say) I give and bequeath unto my dear wife Ann Foord one hundred pounds a horse four cows and all my household furniture that I had with her my said wife at the time of our marriage to be paid and delivered to her at the end of one month after my decease. I also give and bequeath to my sons William Foord and Lawrence Foord six hundred pounds apiece. I also give and bequeath the sum of six hundred pounds to my son John Foord my executor hereinafter named his executors and administrators upon special trust and confidence that he and they shall and do within twelve months next after my decease place out and invest the same at interest on real or Government security in his or their name or names or in the name or names of any other person or persons whom my daughter Sarah Powell now the wife of William Powell shall direct or appoint to and for her own sole and separate use and benefit. And I hereby declare and direct that the same shall not be liable to the debts controul management or engagements of her present or any future husband and that the said principal sum of six hundred pounds and all interest or dividends to grow due thereon shall be at her absolute disposal in any way or manner she shall think fit to give or bequeath the same whether by deed will or otherwise notwithstanding her present or any future coverture and I hereby direct that the receipt or receipts of my said daughter Sarah Powell shall from time to time be a good and sufficient discharge or good and sufficient discharges for the payment of the said principal sum of six hundred pounds and the interest or dividends to grow due thereon or for so much thereof as in such receipt or receipts shall be expressed to be paid or received. I also give and bequeath to my said son John Foord his executors and administrators the further sum of six hundred pounds upon such or the same trusts in every respect for the benefit of my daughter Martha now the wife of Thomas Waters as I have hereinbefore directed and declared with respect to the sum of six hundred pounds hereinbefore bequeathed to my said son John Foord his executors and administrators upon trust for the benefit of my daughter Sarah the wife of William Powell. I also give and bequeath unto my said son John Foord his executors and administrators the further sum of six hundred pounds upon trust and confidence that he and they shall and do within twelve months next after my decease place out and invest the same at interest on real or Government security in his or their name or names and shall and do permit and allow my daughter Elizabeth the wife of William Francis to have receive and take the interest or dividends thereof for and during her natural life to and for her own sole and separate use and benefit independent of her present or any future husband and not liable or subject to his debts controul management or engagements and I do direct the receipt or receipts of my said daughter Elizabeth Francis nothwithstanding her present or any future coverture shall be a good and sufficient discharge or good and sufficient discharges for so much money as shall be therein expressed to be received on account of such interest or dividends and from and after the decease of my said daughter Elizabeth Francis I give and bequeath the said principal sum of six hundred pounds unto and amongst all and every the children of the said Elizabeth Francis which shall be living at the time of her decease equally to be divided between them (if more than one) share and share alike and the child or children of such of them as shall be then dead in manner aforesaid (and such child or children to have his her or their father’s or mother’s share only in equal shares and proportions) I also give and bequeath to my said son John Foord his executors and administrators the sum of four hundred pounds upon the like special trust and confidence that he or they shall and do lay out and invest the same upon good and sufficient real or Government security at interest in his or their name or names and shall and do pay and apply the interest or dividends thereof for and towards the maintenance education and support of my grand daughter Elizabeth Foord the daughter of my late son Samuel Foord deceased until she shall attain the age of twenty one years or shall be married with his consent to be testified by some writing under his hand and from and immediately after her attainment of that age or marriage with such consent as aforesaid whichever shall first happen then upon further trust that the said John Foord shall and do pay to her my said grand daughter Elizabeth Foord the said principal sum of four hundred pounds. I also give and bequeath to my said son John Foord his executors and administrators the sum of fifty pounds upon trust to lay out and invest the same upon Government or real security and to suffer the same to accumulate until my grand daughter Elizabeth Francis shall attain the age of twenty one years or marry with the consent of my said son John Foord to be so testified as aforesaid and from and after her attainment of that age or marriage with such consent as aforesaid whichever shall first happen then I direct the said John Foord to pay the same and the accumulations thereof to her the said Elizabeth Francis. I also give and bequeath to my said son John Foord the further sum of fifty pounds upon trust to lay out and invest the same upon Government or real security in like manner for the benefit of my grand daughter Amelia Waters to accumulate and to be paid to her with the accumulation thereof in the same manner as I have before directed with respect to my grand daughter Elizabeth Francis. I also give and bequeath to my said son John Foord his executors and administrators the further sum of fifty pounds upon trust to lay out and invest the same upon Government or real security and to suffer the same to accumulate until my grand son William Francis shall attain the age of twenty one years and from and after his attainment of that age then I direct the said John Foord to pay the same and the accumulations thereof to the said William Francis. I also give and bequeath unto my son the said John Foord his executors and administrators the further sum of fifty pounds upon trust to lay out and invest the same upon Government or real security in like manner for the benefit of my grandson Samuel Francis and to accumulate and be paid to him with the accumulations in the same manner as I have before directed with respect to my grand son William Francis. I also give and bequeath the sum of one hundred pounds to my step son Mr John Seys and I hereby direct that all the aforesaid legacies shall be paid at the end of one year next after my decease (except such legacies as I have hereinbefore made payable at different periods). All the rest residue and remainder of my goods chattels personal estate and effects of what nature or kind soever after payment of my just debts funeral expenses and the expense of proving this my will I give and bequeath unto my said son John Foord and I do hereby make constitute and appoint my said son John Foord sole executor of this my last will and testament hereby revoking and making void all and every other will and wills by me at any time heretofore made and I do declare this to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have at the bottom of the first three sheets of this my will (the whole whereof is contained in four sheets of paper) subscribed my name and to this fourth and last sheet my hand and seal this twenty sixth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. John Foord
Signed sealed declared and published by the above named Samuel Foord as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us who at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto. Francis McDonnell, Attorney at Law, Usk; Jos’h Watkins, Pant Vaur?, Christchurch;
This is a codicil to the last will and testament of me Samuel Foord of Goldclift in the County of Monmouth, Gentleman bearing date the twenty sixth day of October one thousand eight hundred and eighteen whereas I have by my said will bequeathed to my dear wife Ann Foord (among other things) four cows. Now I do hereby revoke the said bequest so far only as respects the said cows and in lieu thereof I give and bequeath to her the sum of fifty pounds to be paid to her within six months after my decease. I give and bequeath to my son Lawrence Foord the sum of one hundred pounds in addition to the sum I have bequeathed him by my said will to be paid him within six months after my decease. And whereas I have by my said will bequeathed four several sums of fifty pounds each to my son John Foord in trust and for the benefit of my grandchildren Elizabeth Francis, Amelia Waters, William Francis and Samuel Francis in the manner in my said will mentioned. Now I do hereby revoke and annull the bequest of the said four several last mentioned sums of fifty pounds. And in all other respects I ratify and confirm my said will. In witness whereof I have to this codicil set my hand and seal this seventeenth day of May one thousand eight hundred and twenty two. Saml Foord
Signed sealed published and declared by the above named testator Samuel Foord as and for a codicil to his last will and testament in the presence of us who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto. Henry Mostyn, Atty, Usk; Chas Blount & Thomas Sampson, clerks to Mess’s McDonnell & Mostyn
This is a second codicil to the last will of me Samuel Foord of Goldclift in the County of Monmouth Gentleman bearing date the twenty sixth day of October one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. I revoke the bequest in my said will contained of one hundred pounds to my dear wife Ann Foord and in lieu thereof I give and bequeath to her an annuity of twenty pounds to be paid to her during her natural life by my executor and residuary legatee out of my personal estate clear of all deductions whatsoever by four equal quarterly payments in the year the first to begin and be made at the end of three months next after my decease. I revoke the bequest in my said will contained of one hundred pounds to my step son Mr John Seys. And whereas since the date of my said will my daughter Sarah is dead leaving two children namely Jacob Williams and Sarah now the wife of Mr Edward Langley now I revoke the bequest in my said will contained of the sum of six hundred pounds thereby given to my son and executor John Foord in trust for my said daughter Sarah and her children. And I give and bequeath unto her said son Jacob Williams the sum of three hundred pounds to be paid to him within twelve months after my decease. And I give and bequeath the further sum of three hundred pounds unto my said son John Foord upon trust that he the said John Foord his executors or administrators do and shall within twelve months after my decease invest the same at interest on such security as the said Sarah Langley shall direct or approve of in the name of him the said John Foord his executors or administrators or of such other person or persons as the said Sarah Langley shall appoint. And I direct that the interest dividends and annual proceeds of the said last mentioned sum of three hundred pounds shall be paid to the said Sarah Langley during her natural life for her sole and separate use independent of her present or any future husband and her receipt shall be a sufficient discharge for the same. And after her decease I direct the same principal sum of three hundred pounds and the interest and proceeds thereof to be paid and transferred to such person or persons and in such manner as the said Sarah Langley shall notwithstanding her coverture by any deed or will? or other instrument in writing under her hand direct or appoint and in default of such appointment the same sum of three hundred pounds and the interest thereof shall be paid to and divided between the children of the said Sarah Langley living at the time of her decease in equal shares or if there shall be but one such child then to such only child his or her executors and administrators. And if there shall be no such child to the personal representatives of the said Sarah Langley. And the receipt or receipts in writing of the said Sarah Langley shall be a sufficient discharge or sufficient discharges for the said sum of three hundred pounds or the interest thereof or any part thereof. I give and devise all those freehold lands and hereditaments situate in the parish of Nash in the County of Monmouth which I have lately agreed to purchase of Mr John Jones with the appurtenances unto my son John Foord and his assigns for his natural life without impeachment of waste (subject nevertheless and charged with the payment of an annuity of twenty pounds to my son Lawrence Foord and his assigns during his natural life by four equal quarterly payments in the year clear of all deductions the first of the said quarterly payments to begin and to be made at the end of three months after my decease) and after the determination of that estate by forfeiture or otherwise in the lifetime of the said John Foord I give and devise the same lands and hereditaments to the use of Francis McDonnell of the Town of Usk in the said County Gentleman and his heirs during the life of the said John Foord in trust for him and his assigns and by the usual ways and means to support contingent remainders and after the decease of the said John Foord give and devise the same lands and hereditaments (subject and charged as aforesaid) to the use of the first second third and every other son of the said John Foord lawfully begotten or to be begotten severally successively and in remainder one after another in order and course as they shall respectively be in priority of birth and the heirs male of the body and respective bodies of such son and sons issuing the elder of such sons and the heirs male of his body being always to take before and to be preferred to the younger of such sons and the heirs male of his and their body and respective bodies. And in default of such issue to the use of Samuel Foord son of my said son Lawrence Foord and his assigns for his natural life without impeachment of waste and after the determination of that estate by forfiture or otherwise in his lifetime to the use of the said Francis McDonnell and his heirs during the natural life of the said Samuel Foord in trust for him and his assigns and by the usual ways and means to preserve the contingent remainders and after the decease of the said Samuel Foord to the use of the first second third and every other son and sons of the said Samuel Foord lawfully to be begotten severally successively and in remainder one after another in order and course as they shall respectively be in priority of birth and the heirs male of the body and respective bodies of such son and sons issuing the elder of such sons and the heirs male of his body being always to take before and be preferred to the younger of such sons and the heirs male of his and their body and respective bodies and in default of such issue I give and devise the same lands and hereditaments to my own right heirs for ever. In witness whereof I the said Samuel Foord have to this second codicil to my said last will and testament contained on three sheets of paper set my hand and seal that is to say to the two first sheets thereof my hand only and to this third last sheet my hand and seal this 18th day of July one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight. Saml Foord
Signed sealed published and declared by the said testator Samuel Foord as and for a second codicil to his last will and testament in the presence of us who in his presence and at his request and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses hereto James Hawkins, Surgeon, Newport; Stephen Iggulden, innkeeper, Newport; Henry Rowland, clerk to messes McDonnell & Mostyn, Sols, Usk
21st day of July 1829. John Foord the lawful son of the deceased and sole executor named in the will with two codicils annexed was duly sworn as such and that the goods chattels and credits of the deceased are under the value of seven thousand pounds before me Thos Lewis, Surrogate.
Diocese of Llandaff, In the Consistory Court, In the goods of Mr Samuel Foord deceased.
21st day of July 1829
Appeared personally John Foord of Pill in the parish of Christchurch and County of Monmouth, Gentleman, the sole executor named in the last Will and Testament with two codicils annexed of the said Samuel Foord late of the parish of Goldclift in the said County Gentleman deceased, who died on the twenty seventh day of May last and made Oath that the Estate and Effects of the said deceased, for and in respect of which, a probate of the said Will and codicils is to be granted, exclusive of what the said deceased may have been possessed of or entitled to as a Trustee for any other person or persons, and not beneficially, but including the leasehold estates for years of the said deceased, whether absolute or determinable on lives, (if any) and without deducting any thing on account of the debts due and owing from the said deceased are under the value of seven thousand pounds to the best of this deponents knowledge, information, and belief. John Foord
Same day sworn before me Thos Lewis, Surrogate
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