File D943. - Will (copy) of William Foxwist of St. Albanes, co. Herts., esq., Testator devises: burial not to exceed £50,

A capital m., in castle street, a m., in shire hall street, a stable and toft known as Carpenters house thereto adjoining in Ashley Street, all in Carnarvon, two tmts., of lands in Trefan, a tmt., in Llanvaglan, a close of pasture called Hafod yr iwdd, a close called Foxwists Field, two houses and closes called foxwists field and Hamntons lesser field, a field called Hamptons bigger field or Kae y Garreg and the term of lease of a piece of pasture called Cadnant, all in Carnarvon, co. Caern., to William Wynne of Llanunda for the natural life of Mary, wife of William Foxwist, for the provision of £54 for her annually, and after the decease of William Wynne, to the testator's nephew Rowland Wynne and his heirs or in default of such to Hugh Wynne and Richard Wynne, brothers of Rowland Wynne and Florence Wynne, sister of Rowland Wynne, and their respective heirs in order a m., in the High Street, a shop with a loft above it, a smithy near the Pool, a house in Pen(r)allt near the Tuthill, another house, a house near the seaside, a barn in street y Llynn in Carnarvon, and messuages and lands called Maes Barker and Greene Croft, terms of years in Kevyn Moore, messuages and lands in Pen y Gelly, one or two closes of pasture called Heath not far from Maes Barker, a tmt., of lands called [ ]aden, two closes of arable pasture called Kae(r) Cocke and Kae yddin all in co. Caern., to Ellen Griffith, niece of the testator, and her husband paying £46 yearly to the testator's wife, and after the decease of the survivor of Ellen Griffith and her husband, to Rowland Wynne, his brothers Hugh, Robert and Richard Wynne and his sister Florence Wynne and their respective heirs in order. A mansion house, two tmts., a pasture and messuages and lands in St. Albanes, co. Herts., to the testator's wife Mary, her brothers John and Robert Pemberton, her cousins Thomas Clarke and John Pitt of St. Albanes and her nephew Thomas Noake of London, and their heirs, to the intent that they may sell them to pay the testator's debts (of which a list is given) or if the debts are paid, to his wife, then Rowland Wynne and Ellen Griffith. To his nephew Richard Wynne and his niece Florence Wynne, £50 each or £100 to the survivor, to every child living of Thomas Foxwist, £10 for rebuilding the church of Carnarvon, £20 to the incumbent of Llanbeblick, £5 annually to the poor of Carnarvon, 20s., annually. To keep in repair the conduit around Carnarvon, 40s., annually instructions for burial in p. Llanbeblick. Testator's books, which are in Wales, of divinity, law and history to William Wynne and William Thomas, esquires. To Isaack Loeffs and Jeremiah White, 40s., each. To the poor of Carnarvon and places in Wales where his messuages lie, £3. To the poor of St. Albans and the three parishes therein, 40s., residue to his wife, whom he appoints executrix. Will signed and witnessed 15 April, 1673.