Held at:

National Library of Wales

Reference:

BR/1628/161

Source:

Original documents

Title:

Probate Collection; Bond and documents for Margaret Powell widow

Place name:

Clodock

Date:

1628

Description:

Documents:
1. Bond;
dated
3 July 1628 .
Bounden: Morgan Thomas Powell of Clodock, yeoman and Richard Griffith of Llanililo,
County Monmouth , tailor in a surety of £40.

2. Inventory: 22 March [no year]; value not totalled on document but £4 10 7d. Assessors John Lewis, Griffith Harry, John Jenyings, David William.

 

 

Observations:

The inventory is poorly written in an unformed hand with much crossing out, most lines commence with "on" which is somewhat cofusing as it does not seem to be a misspelling of "one". It is reproduced below with modern spelling:

                                                 Inventory
on  Covering of the bed                                                            8d
on platters and a brass candlestick                                      2d
on 5 linen sheets                                                                iijs
on Barrel and one stand                                                     ijs
on one best pettikot [petticoat]                                        viijs
on Brass pot or Crock                                                        xs
the best tanin bed                                                               vijs
on other platter                                                                       is
on little trind                                                                                    vjd
on little brass pan                                                                 vs
on posnet                                                                               2s
on trind                                                                                     2s
on great tub                                                                             2s
on great board                                                                       2s
on the best platter and the great coffer                              iiijs
on the best bedstead in the lower
[word undecipherable]      xd
7 yearling ewes                                                                     vijs
on coffer                                                                                           iiijd
4 yearling ewes one heifer                                                xiiijs
one little pot and an old platter                                                    xviijd
one flock bed                                                                          2s
one board in the barn                                                            vs
2 hives of bees                                                                      iiijs
one Trind                                                                                  is
on pan                                                                                       is
one sheckled [shackle?]                                                              1d
one whole of a wain sive planked and a borad[?]           2   vjd
one iron crane & 2 iron wedges                                         2s

[not summed total but adding up it comes to £4 10 7d]

 


Top - Back

Ref: ldhsarchive_mfs_clo_1128