Description:

Documents:
1. Will; dated 22 April 1628 .
[This will has been conserved but has considerable damage to the right hand side]
To [hole] now wife, all [hole] cattle and chattels......[hole]..... together with all copyhold lands 'which I do now hold....[hole]... psh of Clodock'
To Rowland Johnes and Hugh Johns, two sons, £10.
To Ann Johnes and Elizabeth Johnes, 1 more...[hole].... 'Daughters the sum of p[ar]te of like lawful money.
To Leucas Johnes and Moyses Johnes, sons, £10.
To son John Johnes and daughter Sara Johnes, also £10.
All these sums to be shared between them equally and pay to be made ' from the underplus of the rents...[hole]... lands w^ch Henry Vaughan, of Moccas in the Countie of heref [hole] holdeth by deed as by the said deed at long
app[ear]eth the...[hole]... thereof bring iiij^li vj^s viij^d [£4  6  8d] yearly as also the sum of xvij^s  [17/-] the ...[hole]... Scudamore yearly payeth as rent of a p[ar]c[e]l of land .....[hole]..... soldeth of me for certain [years?] that unexpired.'
'It ...[hole] ... appoint that the said [undecipherable word] shallbe paid severally unto duty of [torn] children according to the degrees of their several ages vizt v^li [£5] unto [torn] eldest one year v^li unto the second year another year and so by degree [tear] unto the youngest.'
Eldest son, Thomas is appointed to make the payments to the other children as directed in the will.

The remainder of this will contains long winded complex and legalistic instructions for the children's legacies.

Executor: John Johne.

Marked by the testator.

Witnesses: John Stepson, William Thomas, Thomas John, Sibell Delahay, Phillip Prichard clerk

Date of probate: 24 May 1628 .


2. Inventory: Dated 22 May 1628; value lost through damage. Assessors names have not survived.

Observations:

The documents include a bond with bounden Phillip Prichard of Walterstone ,clerk and Lima [?] Jones of Clodock, widow [is Johns and Jones interchangeable? Is this the deceased's widow?]
The inventory is damaged at the top with 2 lines missing and some other values missing too. There is no total provided. It is reproduced below with modern spelling:
                                            Inventory
                                                                                                                      £      s      d
Imprimis 4 Kine
It 4 [hole]
It 7 [hole]
It 4 goats                                                                              viij^s                           8
It 6 swine                                                                              xij^s                          12
It one mare and one horse                                             ij^li                     2 
by other wch one little colt                            [missing]
It 4 sheep                                                                              xviij^s 4^d                  13      4
It 25 Welsh acres of copyhold lands                            vj^li                     5
It 7 acres of Rye and wheat                                            3^li   x^s               3      10 
It 18 acres of oats and barley                                         iiij^li x^s               4       10
It for geese and other poultry                                           iij^s iiij^d                       3      4
It 2 brass pots and 2 brass pans [missing]
It 9 pieces of pewter with 3 little candlesticks               xij^s                           12
It one frying pan one gridiron & one iron broch            ij^s vi^d                          2      6
It one cupboard 3 coffers 2 stands 1[or possibly4]
barrel one hooks [?] with certain other Trind ware    xxiij^s                  1         3
It one table board forms stools chairs benches
a 'pesse' [press?] with their necessaries                           x^s                          10
It one featherbed with app^urces                                      iij^li vj^s                 3         6
It 2 flockbeds                                                                    ij^li                       2
It 2 bedsteads                                                                       xx^s                 1
It one hedgebill one axe                                                           xviij^d                    1      6
It one plough one pr of harrows w^th other
tools belonging to husbandry                                              x^s                           10