Probate Collection: Will and documents for Howell ap David ., Clodock, 1634, Ewyas Lacy Study Group

Held at:	National Library of Wales
Reference:	BR/1634/194
Source:	Photocopy of original documents
Title:	Probate Collection: Will and documents for Howell ap David .
Place name:	Clodock
Date:	1634

Description:

Documents

1. Will: dated 20 November 1634 .
Beneficiaries:
To Mr Hugh Parry, 13/4d.
To Joseph Parrie, 6/8d.
To to the children of Mr Harry Parry, 5/- each [4 of them].
To Rees Morgan Rees, £4.
To sister Tanglus, £4.
To sister Elenor, 20/-.
To William John William, 8/-
To the children of William George, 10/- to be divided equally.
To Catherine wife of James Taylor, 2/-
To Anne Rees, 2/-
To John David, 10/-
To Catherine Jones, 12d.
To John Gwyn, 3/4d
To the Parish poor of Llangadogg, 20/- to be distributed at the executor's discretion.
To James Lucas, 5/-.
To 'the child wch my master his wife doe nowe goe wthall, xl^s [40/-]'
To all my masters servants 'both man and mayde a payre of gloves according to my executors discretcon wth a payre master and mistress little Catherine my mstrs daughter' all these legacies to be paid Michaelmass next.after the death of the testator.
'Towards my burial', 40/-
Residual legatee, brother, Lewis ap David.

Executor: Lewis ap David, brother.

Sealed but no mark or signature of the testator on this copy.

Witnesses: Rees Morgan Rees, David George, Jenkin Lloyd, Roger Williams, Jane LLewellin, Eustance Davie, Thomas Delahay.

Date of Probate: 17 December 1634 ..

2. Inventory: dated 13 December1634 ; valued at £19 17 10d [ but comes
to £19 7 10d]. Appraisers: Morgan Delahay, vicar of Clodock and Edward Thomas of the said parish, yeoman.

Observations:

The documents include a Bond dated 29 December 1634 with bounden Lewis David of Llangatock county Carmarthen, yeoman and Rice Morgan of the same place, yeoman in a surety of £200.
This is a touching will with mention of legacies for children and a child unborn and with gloves for his fellow servants. He was clearly a Welshman with his bequest to the poor of Llangatogg and his brother and fellow surety coming from Carmarthenshire. This may be why the two appraisers of his inventory went to unusual lengths to identify their positions.

His Inventory is reproduced below with modern spelling.

Inventory

		£	s	d
In primis his wearing apparel	v^s		5
Itm 2 coffers	1^s 4^d		1	4
Itm 7 sheep	iij^s vj^d		3	6
Itm in ready money	iiij^d			4
Itm due to him by obligation by William George and his sureties 16 June per x.	xxiij^li xj^s xj^d	23	11	11
Itm due to him by specialty by Howell Prichard and his sureties ult May per x	v^li viij^s	5	8
Itm due to him by specialty by James Lucas	j^li j^s vij^d	1	1	7
Itm due to him by specialty by John Williams & his surety	j^li j^s viij^d	1	1	8
Itm due to him by specialty by Phe[Phillip] Watkins	j^li xvj^s viij^d	1	16	8
Itm due to him by obligagtion by Jenkin Lloyd and his surety	ij^li iij^s iiij^d	2	3	4
Itm due to him by specialty by Phe Price & his surety 1 May per x	j^li iiij^s	1	4
Itm due to him by specialty by the said Jenkin Lloyd and his surety 10 October per x	j^li j^s vij^d	1	1	7
Itm due to him 1^st August next by specialty by Thomas John Watkin	j^li j^s vij^d	1	1	7
Itm due to him by Richard Lloyd & his surety by specialty	xv^s		15
Itm due to him by Edward Thomas David	iiij^li	4
Itm due to him by specialty by Rowland Williams & his surety	j^li j^s vij^d	1	1	7
Itm due to him by Lewis John Harry David	v^s		5
Itm due to him by bond by David George	x^li	10
[but	comes to	£55	2	1]

Sum xxxxxj^li iij^s vj [£51 3 6d]

Legacies given by the testator:

		£	s	d
In primis funeral expenses	ij^li	2
Itm charge for keeping him in his sickness for diet and lodging	j^li	1
Itm to the Cathedral church of St Davids	vj^d			6
Itm to Hugh Parry	xiij^s iiij^d		13	4
Itm to Joseph Parry	vj^s viij^d		6	8
Itm to the children of Harry Parry 5/- a piece being 4	j^li	1
Itm to Rees Morgan Rees	iiij^li	4
Itm to his sister Tanglust	iiij^li	4
Itm to William John William	viij^s		8
Itm to his sister Elenor	j^li	1
Itm to the childen of William George	x^s		10
Itm to James Taylor's wife	ij^s		2
Itm to Anne Rees	ij^s		2
Itm to Katherine Jones	j^s		1
Itm to John David	x^s		10
Itm to John Gwyn	iij^s iiij^d		3	4
Itm to the poor of Llangaddog	j^li	1
Itm to James Lucas	v^s		5
Itm to Mary daughter of Thomas Delahay	ij^li	2
Itm in gloves to the servants of the said Delahay & to him, his wife and his child	vj^s		6
comes	to	£19	7	10

Sum xix^li xvij^s x^d [£19 17 10d]

'Wch being deducted there remayneth of the testators goods xviij^li v^s viij^d [£18 5 8d]
[using the original totals this should be £31 5 8d]

Note1
using the correct totals the remainder should be £35 14 3d.
Note 2
The vicar has added a legacy of 6d to the Cathedral of St Davids not in the will. This has been spotted by the probate commissioner and a note made on the coversheet.

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