Held at:

National Library of Wales

Reference:

BR/1636/285

Source:

Photocopy of original documents

Title:

Probate Collection: Will and documents for John William Price.

Place name:

Clodock

Date:

1636

Description:


Documents
1.   Will:
dated  
12 April 1636 :
Beneficiaries:
To the Cathedral church of St Davids, 4d

To niece, Mary Harry, one red heifer of 3 years old.
To niece, Malld[Maud] Harry, one red cow with a brown head.
To niece, Ann Harry, one brown cow with [blot].
To niece Jayne Harry, one 'plowed red cow'
To Margaret William Lewis, 'my late wife's grandchild', one black cow with a white flank.
One black cow with white horns is to sold by the executor to cover funeral expenses.
To niece Sibell Jenkins, one red heifer of 2 years old.
To Phe[Phillip], son of James Phe Harry, one pied [smudged and hole] heifer of a year old.
To Elenor, daughter of William Phe Harry, one brown bull of one year old.
To Jayne daughter of Richard Phelipes, one red yearling heifer.
To Malld, aforesaid neice, one 3 year old red heifer or 40/- from the executor 'at her choice'.
To Ann, aforesaid neice, one black 2 year old heifer.
To godson, John Harry Watkin, one ewe.
To godson, John James Watkin, one ewe.
To goddaughter Johan, daughter of John Price alias Turner, one ewe.
To godson, John William lluis, one ewe and another ewe to his brother, Lewis William lluis.
To nephew, William Harry [hole] one brown 2 year old colt.
To nephew, Phe Harry, one [hole] of 4 years old.
To Johan, neice, one iron pot and a brass pan [hole]
To Malld one coffer and to Phe Harry 'my best coffer'
All the rest of his goods, cattle and chattel and household stuff and implements [ the next two lines are unreadable on this photocopy]

Executor: nephew, Phelipe Harry

Marked by testator
[There is an afterthought to this will, after being signed and sealed but before delivery and witnessing]
' Last forgotn Remembered 4 blankets eyght sheets of hurden one flaxen sheet one towel [undecipherable] one bolster to be divided between my fower neeses and tow [undecipherable]'
Witnesses: William Harry, Rees Lewis, Margaret Harry, Malld Harry, Johan Harry, Ann Harry.

  Date of Probate:
28 April 1636 .

2. Inventory:
     dated
19 April 1636 ; value untotalled but comes to £19  3  8d. Appraisers: John William Prichard, Henry Watkin & Thomas William Powell

 

 

Observations:

The will is slightly damaged with one or two holes and a couple of lines are just illegible on the photocopy.
The documents include a bond undated with bounden Phillip Harry of Clodock, yeoman and Richard Lewis of the same place, gent in a surety of £200.
.
  His inventory is reproduced below with modern spelling.

                                                Inventory

 

 

    £

    s

    d

In primis 6 kine   priced

ixli

    9

 

 

Ite    one 3 year old heifer   priced

   xxvjs viijd

    1

    6

     8

Ite    two 2 year old heifers  priced

   xxvjs viijd

    1

    6

    8

Ite    3 yearling beasts   priced

   xxxs

    1

  10

 

Ite    one mare of 3 years old

   xxvjs viijd

    1

    6

    8

Ite    one 2 year old colt

    xiijs iiijd

 

  13

    4

Ite     11 sheep   priced

   xxijs

    1

    2

 

Ite    one brass pan and one iron pot 

     xs

 

  10

 

Ite    all the rest of his household stuff, bedding
    linen and woollen    priced  


    xiijs iiijd

 


  13

 
    4

Ite    all his trinds and wooden vessels   priced

     vs

 

    5

 

Ite    all his corn and grain now growing

    xxs

    1

 

 

       his wearing apparel

     xs

 

  10

 

 

comes to

£19

    3

    8

 


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