Held at: | National Library of Wales |
Reference: | BR/1639/179 |
Source: | Photocopy of original documents |
Title: | Probate Collection: Will and documents for John Thomas Nicholls |
Place name: | Clodock |
Date: | 1639 |
Description:
Documents
1.?? Will: ?? dated 7 October 1638
Beneficiaries:
To the Cathedral church of St Davids, 6d.
To son, James Nicholls, the mesuage and tenement etc. etc which 'heretofor were the landes of one Lewis Harry decessed set lying and being in the township of Craswall'. Also all his goods.
Executor: son, James Nicholls.
Marked by the testator
Witnesses: Symon John, Richard Bocock[?], Rice Nicholl, Lewis Thomas, William Powell and William Gilbert.
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Date of Probate: 24 April 1639 ..
2. Inventory: ?????? dated 6 April 1639; valued at £28 ?? 8?? 0d but comes to £35?? 5?? 2d. Appraisers: Thomas Gilbert, William Gilbert and David Hont [Hunt?].
Observations:
The documents include a bond dated 25 April 1639 with bounden James Nicholl of Craswall, gent and Henry James of Llanigon County Brecon, gent in a surety of ----- [The figure has been omitted by the clerk]. Unusually the date of probate predates that of the bond.
His inventory is reproduced below with modern spelling.
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Inventory
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| ?????? £ | ?? s | ???? d |
| In primis xxviij [28] sheep | 3li | 3 |
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| Ite?? the wearing apparel |
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| Ite?? one feather bed with the appurtenances priced | ijli | ?????? 2 |
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| Ite?? one standing bed | ?????? vjs |
| ?????? 6 |
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| Ite?? [unreadable] bedsteads | ?????? iiijs |
| ?????? 4 |
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| Ite?? two trinds?? one vat?? two churns | ???? vjs viijd |
| ?????? 6 | ?????? 8 |
| Ite?? one witch1 one brass pot | ???? xiijs iiijd |
| ?? 13 | ?????? 4 |
| Ite?? one pair of harrows | ???????? ijs |
| ?????? 2 |
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| Ite?? two gobbards | ?????? js vjd |
| ?????? 1 | ???? ?? 6 |
| Ite?? two chains?? one carbridle | ?????? ijs |
| ?????? 2 |
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| Ite?? two table boards | ?????? ijs |
| ?????? 2 |
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| Ite?? planks and boards | ???? xiijs iiijd |
| ?? 13 | ?????? 4 |
| Ite?? one coverlet | ?????? vjs |
| ?????? 6 |
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| Ite???? the timber wood | ?? xxs | ???? ?? 1 |
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| Ite?? forgotten things | ?????? vs |
| ?????? 5 |
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| Ite?? Debts due to the testator |
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| from Jain Nicholls by specialty | xli | ?? 10 |
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| Ite?? due from Olive Nycholl by specialty | xvjli ?? 3s iiijd | ?? 16 | ?????? 3 | ?????? 4 |
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| comes to | £35 | ???? 5 | ?? 2d |
1 a witch is probably a sieve. ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Suma tot?? 28li ?? 8s
Ref: ldhsarchive_mfs_clo_1185