Will of William St. John₂, Esquire: Transcription

T: William Saint John

1. Inthe name of god Amen : in the X daye of January in the year

2. of the Lorde god in thousand 5ive hundred fiftye and ? of Wyllyam Seynt John of

3. ychellolye [Uchel-olau] in the countye of Glamorgan and diocesis of Landaff. Beynge sicke of body but

4. whole and perfect of rememberance. Dothe make my last wyll and testament in memorie and

5. forme followynge ? first I do ? give and bequeathe my soul unto almighty god and my

6. bodye to be buryed in the church of ychellolye. ITEM I do wyll ? and appoint all my

7. ? and lands of ychellolye to be divided in three partes my will ? ?

8. Of the fyrste parte to paye my debtes the seconde parte to gothell my daughter. These

9. ? partes I do wyll my executyne to have the onupvinge for the T? of viij years ?

10. From the daye of my burall unto the? And terme of viij years. ITEM the thyrde parte

11. I doe wyll unto my son and heyer beynge wythim age. ITEM I do wyll bequeathe ? asygne

12. And appoynte the onnapatyon and profits of my farm of ? wythe the ?

13. Unto my executre for the tearme of xxti years that is to saye from the daye of my

14. Buryall unto thende and terme of xxti years then ? unsnoynge and at thirde of

15. The saide tearme I do wyll devise assgne and appoynse the farme of wothinguvith a

16. Firesayid wyth thuppurte names to be devyded in two partes between my sonnes

17. Olyver Seynt John and James Saynt John and to theyre heyeres and assygnes the to same

18. Indvynge that the to sarye the ? ? the charge to Olyver and the morthe

19. Paere to James and if ? shall happen that one of them dae decesse before the terme

20. Of xxti yeares aforsayde then I do wyll and assygne that parte unto my sonne

21. Alexander and to his assygnes and if ytt happen that bothe my sonnes do decesse

22. Olyver and James before the forrsayde terme of xxti yeares be exxpiredde

23. That then I do wyll asigne and appoynte all the farme of withendaran foure

24. Sayde unto my sayde son Alexander and his assynges and if that my son Alexander

25. To decesse before the sayde tearme of xxti years be expired then I do wyll

26. Assygne and appoynte the whole farme to my son Xpofer and to his execuators

27. Admynistrators and assygnes durynge the said terme ITEM I make my wife

28. My whole executor of all my goods moveable and unmoveable my debpts payde

29. ITEM to my son in law Wyllyam ap Wyllym [daughter Catrin m. William ap Gwilym / Margred m. William ap Hywel / Joan m. Mathew Gibbon] ? ITEM to Thomas ? xvi

30. ITEM to Thomas Mathew my brother in lawe vte [brother to wife, Jane Mathew]. ITEM to Margam Approbart [??? George Morgan m. Catrin St. John his sister ???]

31. My brother in lawe amte. ITEM to Lewys Davydd vij te ? sealed and debyte

32. ? ? the ? of ? bottom Rycharde Beasthe Roberte Yorathe Ron upgonthe

33. Wyllyam Batt Rycharde Cotton utm Johannis andrne ? mmltis a ?

34. Probatum: ?