APPENDIX. \97 



No. XI. 



A copy of part of the last Will and Testament of the late Lewei 



Owen, Esq. deceased: 



I give and bequeath unto the aforesaid Hugh Williams and Henry 

 Jones, and to there heirs for ever, Jointly all my Rectory of Conway, 

 and right of patronage to the Vicar of Conway, and all my Tythes 

 in Conway & Glethaieth, with their appurtenance, in the County of 

 Carnarvon, to the uses following (that is to say) that they the said 

 Hugh Williams and Henry Jones and there heirs shall let and sett 

 the Rectory Tythes and Premises last mentioned to the utmost 

 value, which shall be yearly for ever laid out and bestowed in 

 Woollen and Linnen Cloaths, to be cutt out into gowns shirts and 

 smocks, with stockings & shoes, and the same to be given every AU- 

 hoUan day yearly for ever unto poor men and women dwelling in the 

 the Town of Conway, and in the three parishes in the Comott of Cry- 

 thin, viz' each of them a gown, a shirt, or a smock, a pair of shoes, a 

 pair of stockings to the value of twenty shillings, or thereabouts, at 

 the discretion of the said Hugh Williams, Henry Jones, and Robert 

 Salsbury and their heirs, and of y** Vicars and Churchwardens of 

 the four several parishes of Conway, Eglerosse, Llangwstenin, and 

 Llandidno, there for the time being, each poor man and woman 

 being three score years old at the least. Except they be starke blind, 

 and they or any four of them to certify under there hands before 

 the feast of Christmas in every year unto the Bishops of the Diocese 

 where the said tithes lie that they have performed this my bequest 

 according to the true intent of my will. And I further will that 

 those persons who shall by force of this my will enjoy my lands in 

 Eglecrosse and Llynsteninge, shall for ever pay to the poor of the 

 said Two Parishes Twelve pence a piece weekly in Bread, as they 

 have always by me received the same; Le. Owen. Signed sealed 

 and published by the said Lewes Owen as his last will & Testament 

 4th day of Sept. 1623, in theijresence of TobyMathew, Rice Lane. ser». 



