Held at:

National Library of Wales

Reference:

BR/1641/173

Source:

Photocopy of original documents

Title:

Probate Collection: Bond and documents for John Fox

Place name:

Clodock

Date:

1641

Description:


Documents
1.   Bond:   dated 26 April 1641 .  
With bounden Elizabeth Fox of Clodock, widow and Humphrey Jones of the same place in a surety of £20.

Date of Probate: as bond.

2. Inventory: undated; value £2  10  2d. Appraisers: George Griffid, Adem Price[?] and John David.

 

 

Observations:

The inventory is very roughly made out without the usual rubric at the top. It is reproduced here as best as can be deciphered. It appears to have been produced by an almost illiterate person and corrected later in another hand
His inventory is reproduced below with some modern spelling.
                          I nventory

The household of John Fox

 

 

    £

  s

   d

brass

vjs

 

    6

 

Pewter

ijs

 

    2

 

his bed and bedding

iijs iiijd

 

    3

    4

Eight steeds[sheets?]

vjs viijd

 

    6

    8

It    all his household stuff and wooden vessels

  vs

 

    5

 

one little plank table board and two forms

     vjd

 

 

    6

one little mare

  xvs [?]

 

  15

 

vi [6] yearling sheep

  vjs

 

    6

 

for pigs

  ijs

 

    2

 

for 'spacell we...[?]

  vs

 

    5

 

                                                                    

comes to

  £2

  11

  6d


'The whol som of John Fox moofabl and unmoofabl ---------------is  4s   6???

[Then follows the list of appraisers and finally]:

                                     Eliz [hole]     2li   10s   2d

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