Held at:

National Library of Wales

Reference:

BR/1641/181

Source:

Photocopy of original documents

Title:

Probate Collection: Nuncupative will and documents for Margaret Rogers

Place name:

Clodock

Date:

1641

Description:


Documents
1.   Nuncupaive Will:
  dated 'on or about the seventh day of September 1641'.  
'Margaret Rogers of Clodock made and declared her last will and testament at a time and in manner as followeth...'
To Margaret Rogers, all her wearing apparel, 4 pigs and three geese together with all the rest of her belongings.

Executrix: Margaret Rogers.

no mark or signature.

Witnesses: John David, Thomas Lewis and Thomas Rogers with others.

Date of Probate:
5 October 1641 ..

2. Inventory: dated 1641; value £1  2  0d. Appraisers: Thomas David and William Rogers..

 

 

Observations:

The documents include a bond dated 5 October 1641 with bounden Margaret Rogers of Clodock, spinster [the clerk has put Clodock in County Brecon ] and Thomas Rogers of the same place, yeoman in a surety of £10
The inclusion of Margaret and Thomas Rogers would indicate that the deceased was the widow of John Rogers (mfs_cra_0809).
Her small inventory is reproduced below with modern spelling.

                         
I nventory
 

 

 

 

    £

  s

   d

Imprimis one gown

  vs

 

 

    5

 

Item all her wearing apparel

  xs

 

 

  10

 

Item six geese

  iijs

 

 

    3

 

Item four swine

  iiijs

 

 

    4

 

                                               

 

 

£ 1

   2

  0d

                                 Suma total jli   2s


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