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This is the last Will and Testament of me Alban Thomas Jones Gwynne of Mynachdy in the County of Cardigan Esquire. All that my Lordship or Manor of Aberayron otherwise Llyswen with all the Rights royalties and privileges therein belonging. And also all and singular my real Estates situate in the several parishes of Llanbadarntrefeglwys, Henfeniw, Llanddewyaberarth, Llanarth, Llansaintffread, Nantcwmlle, Llanddewibrefi, Llanrhystryd, Llangwyryfon, Llandyssil or elsewhere in the County of Cardigan. To the use and intent that my dearly beloved wife in case she shall survive me and her assigns shall and may during her life in addition to the Annuity or jointure settled on her in and by Settlement receive an annuity of one hundred pounds of lawful money of Great Britain clear of all deductions and abatements whatsoever to the issuing out of my said Manor and real Estate hereto for devised and to be paid on the twentyninth day of September and the twentyfifth day of March in every year, the first payment to be made on such of the said days as shall first happen after my decease, And I hereby give to my said Wife and her Assigns such powers of entry and Distress and Sale upon the said Manor and real Estates or any part thereof for recovering the said annual sum of one hundred pounds if the same or any part thereof shall be arrear for the space of thirty days are given to Landlords for recovering rents reserved on Common demise and subject thereto unto my friend Francis Thomas Gibb of Hendrefelin in the said County of Cardigan Esquire his Executors Administrators and assigns for and during the term of Two Thousand Years to commence and be computed from the day of my decease without impeachment of waste. To the uses upon the trusts and for the ends interests and purposes and under and subject to the powers provisoes conditions and limitations hereinafter expressed concerning the same and from and after the end expiration or other sooner determination of the said term of Two Thousand Years And also in the mean time and during the continuance of the said term and subject thereto and to the trusts thereof then to the use of Alban Lewis Thomas Jones Gwynne the eldest Son of my body lawfully begotten and the Heirs of the body of my said Son lawfully sprung. And in default of such issue To the use of Edward Harley Acton Gwynne the third - Son of my body lawfully begotten and the Heirs of my said Son lawfully issuing And in default of such issue To the use of John Gwynne the second. Son of my body lawfully begotten and Heirs of my said Son lawfully issuing And in default of such issue To the use of my fourth fifth sixth seventh eighth and all and every other the Son and Sons of my body lawfully begotten or to be begotten severally successively and in remainder one after another as they and every of them shall be in Seniority of age and priority of birth and the several and respective Heirs of the body and respective Bodies of all and every such Son and Sons lawfully issuing the elder of such Sons and the heirs of his body issuing being always preferred and to take before the Younger of them and the heirs of his and their body and respective bodies issuing and in default of such issues. To the use of all and every my Daughters lawfully begotten or to be begotten equally to be divided between them if more than one share and share alike as Tenants in Common and of the several and respective Heirs of the body and bodies of such Daughter and Daughters lawfully issuing and in Case there shall be a failure of issue of the body or bodies of any or either of such Daughter or Daughters then as to the part or share or intended part or share of such of them who shall fail of having issue To the use of the Survivor or Survivors of them in manner aforesaid and if there be but one such Daughter or all of them being more than one shall die without lawful issue Then to the issue of such only Daughter or only surviving Daughter and the heirs of her body issuing and for default of such issue To the use of my own right Heirs for ever And as to and concerning the said term of two thousand Years herein below limited in use to the said Francis Thomas Gibb his Executors Administrators and Assigns of and in the said Manor Messuages lands and Hereditments as aforeasaid it is my will and meaning that the same term and Hereditments therein comprised is and are so limited to the said Francis Thomas Gibb his Executors Administrators and Assigns Upon trust that he the said Francis Thomas Gibb his Executors Administrators and Assigns do and shall after my decease by demise or Mortgage either at one a several lines of the several Messuages ??? lands Tenements and Hereditments comprised in the said term of two thousand Years or any part or parcel thereof for all or any part of the said term levy and raise for the portion or portions of each of my Younger Children except for the one who shall be for the time being under the limitations aforesaid be entitled to the said Manor lands Hereditments and Premises of the Sum of Two Thousand Pounds of lawful British Money such Portion to rest in and paid to such any Younger Child and Children respectively at his her and their ages of twenty one Years respectively. And upon this further trust that he the said Francis Thomas Gibb his Executors Administrators and Assigns do and shall after my decease by and out of the Rents issues and profits of the the said Manor Messuages lands and Hereditments comprised in the said term of Two thousand Years levy and raise for the maintenance and education of the Child or Children for whom a portion or portions is or are hereby provided for as aforesaid Such Yearly Sum or Sums of Money as heretoafter is or are mentioned until their respective portions shall be paid under or by virtue of the trust hereinbefore contained for that purpose (that is to say) for each of the said Children until he or she shall attain his or her age of twelve years such Yearly Sum as shall be equal to the interest of the Portion hereby provided or intended for him or her or them respectively after the rate of Four Pounds by the Year for every One hundred pounds of such portion And from and after the age of twelve Years Such Yearly Sum for each such Child as shall be equivalent to the interest of the portion hereby intended for him or her as aforesaid after the rate of Five pounds for every One hundred pounds by the Year and pay and apply the same for the maintenance and education of the said Child and Children according to the person or persons who for the time being shall be educating or maintaining him he or them respectively or to the person or persons who shall be or shall act as guardian or guardians of such Child or Children respectively and my will and meaning is that the Sum or Sums of Money so to be raised for the maintenance and education as foresaid shall be raised and paid by even and equal half Yearly payments on the days following that is to say on the twenty fifth day of March and the twenty ninth day of of September in every Year until payment to my said Younger Child or Children of his her or their portion or portions respectively the first payment thereof to begin and be made on such of the said days as shall next happen after my decease provided always and it is my Will and meaning that notwithstanding any thing hereintofore contained it shall be lawful for the said Francis Thomas Gibb his Executors Administrators and Assigns at any time or times after my decease by any such demise or Mortgage of the said Manor lands and Hereditments and Premises comprised in the said term of Two hundred Years or any part thereof to levy and raise the whole or any part of the portion or portions hereby intended and provided for such of my said Younger Children as for the time being shall not be entitled to the said Manor lands and Hereditments and Premises for the purposes of placing him or them in the Army Navy or any other profession or employment or otherwise for his or their promotion in the world or advancement in life although his or their said portion or portions or presumptive portion or portions shall not then have become payable or vested Provided also and my Will and meaning is and I do hereby declare that the Receipt or Receipts of the said Francis Thomas Gibb his Executors Administrators and Assigns for any Money to be paid unto his or their hands respectively under and by virtue of this my Will shall effectively discharge the person or persons paying the same from being answerable or accountable for the misappropriation or nonapplication thereof or from being obliged to see to the application thereof or to enquire into the necessity or propriety of any demise or Mortgage that may be made under and by virtue of this my Will. Provided also and I do hereby declare that the said Francis Thomas Gibb his Executors Administrators and Assigns shall be charged and chargeable respectively for such Monies only as he or they respectively shall actually receive and shall not be answerable or accountable for any loss or damage through the failure of any Banker Broker or otherwise unless the same shall happen through or by means of his or their own wilful Acts neglect or default. And also that it shall and may be lawful for him and them with and out of the Monies which shall come to his and their respective hands by virtue of the trusts aforesaid to retain and reimburse himself and themselves respectively all costs charges damages and expenses which he or they or any of them shall or may suffer sustain expend disburse be at or be put unto in or about the execution of the aforesaid trusts or in relation thereto And lastly I hereby exonerate and discharge my Personal Estate and Effects from being liable to the payment of any Sum or Sums of Money which at the time of my decease I shall or may happen to owe by Mortgage of my real Estate or any part thereof and hereby subject and make liable all my Personal Estate and Effects to the payment of any debt and debts which at the time of my decease I may happen to owe by Bond or simple Contract only and after payment of the same and my Funeral and Testamentary Expenses I give the rest residue and remainder of my said personal Estate and Effects unto my said Son Alban Lewis Thomas Jones Gwynne and do hereby appoint him and my said dearly beloved Wife joint Executors of this my last Will and Testament In Witness wherof I have to the first four Sheets of this my Will subscribed my name and to the fifth or last Sheet thereof my name and Seal this Twenty ninth day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand and eight hundred and thirty one (1831)
The signature of Alban Gwynne erased
Signed Sealed published and declared by the Said Testator
as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who
in his presence at his request and in the presence of each
other have subscribed our names as Witness hereby
John Lang Slr Aberystwyth
Edw Llewelin his Clerk
John Woodcock Clerk to Mr Stephenson Aberystwyth
This is a Codicil to the above written last Will and Testament of me Alban Thomas Jones Gwynne of Mynachdy in the County of Cardigan Esquire and which I desire may be considered as annexed to and be taken as part thereof Whereas by my Will I have given and devised all my real estates in the County of Cardigan subject to an annuity of one hundred pounds and to a certain term of two thousand years and the trusts thereof to the use of my eldest Son Alban Lewis Thomas Jones Gwynne and the heirs of his body lawfully issuing and in default of such issue to the use of Edward Harley Acton Gwynne my third Son lawfully issuing and in default of such issue to the use of my second Son John Gwynne and the heirs of the body of my said second Son lawfully issuing within other remainders over Now my will and meaning is that after the limitations in my said Will contained in favour of my said eldest Son Alban Lewis Thomas Jones Gwynne and his issue I give and revise my said real estates unto my second Son John Gwynne and the heirs of the body of my said second Son lawfully issuing and in default of such issue to the use of Edward Harley Acton Gwynne the third Son of my body lawfully begotten and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten and in default of such issue to the use of my others Sons and daughters and their issue respectively in the same manner as I have by my said Will given and devised the same And lastly I hereby notify and confirm my said Will in all other respects whatsoever I am witness wherefore I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty fourth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty
Signature erased
Signed Sealed published and declared
by the said Alban Thomas Jones Gwynne
as and for a codicil to his said last
Will and Testament in the presence of as who in his presence at
his request
and in the presence of each other have
subscribed our names as Witness hereto the words "eight hundred"
having been first initialised
John Lang Slr Aberystwyth
[illegible]Venables his Clerk
Morgan Roberts Aberystwyth Mason
This is a second codicil to the last Will and testament of me Alban Thomas Jones Gwynne of Mynachdy in the County of Cardigan Esquire bearing date the twenty ninth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty one (1831) and whereas by my said Will I have given and devised unto my friend Francis Thomas Gibb of Hendrefelin in the said County of Cardigan Esquire certain freehold estates for the term of two thousand years upon trust after my decease by demise or mortgage of the estates comprised in the same term to raise for the portions of each of my younger children (except as therein mentioned) the sum of two thousand pounds And whereas since the date and execution of my said Will covenanted in her marriage I [illegible] for payment at my decease I have ice of my younger children a Sum of money by way of portion now I hereby therefore revoke the said devise of my said estates to the said Francis Thomas Gibb and the trusts thereof so far as such device and trusts were made and created for the Sum of two thousand pounds for the benefit of my said daughter but not farther and I hereby direct the said Francis Thomas Gibb his executors administrators and assigns not to raise and pay the same accordingly I notify and confirm my said Will in all respects matters and things whatsoever In witness whereof I have heretounto set my hand and seal this twenty sixth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Signature erased
Signed Sealed published and declared by the
said Alban Thomas Jones Gwynne as and for
a codicil to his said last Will and Testament in
the presence of us who in his presence of at his request
and in the presence of each other have
subscribed our names as Witness hereto
John Lang Slr Aberystwyth
[illegible] Atwood Slr Aberystwyth
Edw Llewelin their Clerk