| Description | Recites marriage settlement of her late father David Vaughan, of messuages and lands in Broniarth, part thereof as jointure for his wife, Sarah, and the whole upon their issue in tail; after his death, it transpired that he had neither power nor title in law to make such a settlement, and his said wife Sarah (mother of the testator) agreed to take an annuity of £8 for life in lieu of dower; the said messuages and lands thereupon devolved upon the testator, being heir-at-law of the said D V of his elder brother Samuel Vaughan, and of their father Edward Vaughan. The testator has paid to her mother each year since her said father's death the sum of £8, both during her widowhood and after her second marriage with Thomas Lloyd, gent; and by this her will confirms this annual payment to her mother for life, to be payable out of lands called yr Ardd Vawr, Gwerglodd y Pant, Bron y Pale, Erw yr Gasseg, Alwyd y Glo, Gwern Dicus, Erw yr Onnen, Llwyn Lletty Ennion, y Vron Gehelin, Bron y Wenallt and yr Rofft [presumably in co. Montgomery]. Bequeaths to her aunt Dorothy Quarrel, spinster, "... All those Rooms and Places in my Capital House of Pant Mawr Called the Parlour, the Loft or Sollar over the Parlour, the little white Room over Parte of the Kitchin, the Isle or Seller by the little Parlour, and the Garden at the South West End of the House..." for the terms of the lives of her said aunt and of her said mother. Also bequeaths to the said D Q all her household goods and furniture for the same term. Leaves to her uncle Timothy Quarrel, tanner, and to the said D Q, and to the heirs and assigns of the said T Q for ever, the said capital messuage and tenement called Pant Mawr, and all her estate and lands in the said Broniarth, upon trust that they pay £5 yearly to such Presbyterian Minister of the Gospel as will come to Pant Mawr on one Sunday each month, "...and there officiate in Praying, Preaching and Doeing the Duty of Divine Service according to the Doctrine and Discipline of that Parte of the Christian Church Called Presbyterians, in the Kitchin Room of the said Capital Messuage..." (the Minister to be elected by the elders of the Presbyterian Chapel in the south end of Llanvyllin town); that they pay 20s. yearly to the tenant or occupier of Pant Mawr for the time being; that they pay the further sum of £10 p.a. to her said mother for life to her own and only use; and that within one year following the death of the said mother Sarah, they raise and levy the sum of £350 for the payment of the following legacies: cousins John and Daniel Phillips - £30 each; cousin Dorothy Phillips - £60; cousins Mary, Sarah and Anne Phillips - £40 each; cousin Elizabeth Price - 20s. p.a. for life; cousin Wm. Price, "Perwigmaker" - £20; cousins Thomas and Margred Owens and Mary Jones - "a ginney" each; and the Elders of the said Presbyterian congregation at Llanvyllin - £20 to be laid out at interest, such interest to be for the use of the said Chapel yearly. Timothy Quarrel and Dorothy Quarrel are named residuary legatees and executors.
An endorsement states : "Guilsfield. Sarah Vaughan proved May the 16th. 1734" |