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1. Will: dated 6 July 1577 .
Requests to be buried in the Clodock parish church
Beneficiaries;
To the repair of The cathedral of St Davids, 2d and for forgotten tithes, 4d.
To eldest son, Richard Howell and younger son, Edward Howell, the close of land by Longtown castle called kae [caye] Manor between the two of them and their heirs for ever.
To son, Humphrey Howell, the barn in Longtown with the adjoining meadow.
To son, Phillipp Howell, 'my house and close of land called Bryne y Velin'.
To daughters, Ellenor and Gwenllian, 4 kine - 2 each.
To wife, Margaret, all the rest of his goods with one third part of his land for her lifetime.

Executors: son, Richard Howell and wife, Margaret his mother.

No mark or signature by the testator on this copy.

Witnesses: Griffith William Phe, Anne John Prichard, William Ormond, Lewis Phe, Thomas Prichard ap Gwillim, John Glyn clerk with others.



Debts to be levied:
Of Oamd ap Powell & Lewis [?] Price        5marks 10s.[£3 16 8d]
Of Lewis Price                                                £1
Of William John Erggin                                        4s
Of Harry William Prichard                                    1/10d 
                                                       comes to £5  2  6d
Debts to be paid:
To Phillipp Lewis John    £6 6 8d
To Lewis John Lluis         13/4d
To John Gwyn clerke        13/1d
                               [Total  £7  13  1d]

Date of Probate: 25 July 1577.

2. Inventory: .nd . no total but comes to £11[ but see below]. No Appraisers listed.

Observations:

See the transposition of the shilling and pence values in the transferance of the debts to be levied from the will to the inventory.
His inventory is reproduced with modern spelling
Inventory

* Note the scribe has made a transposition error in the debts to be levied, swopping the 6 and 2 around when transferring the figure from above. Thus the total should
be £10 16 4d.