Held at:

National Library of Wales

Reference:

BR/1572/118 vol 1

Source:

Laser copy of original documents

Title:

Probate Collection; Will and documents for Phelipp Morgan

Place name:

Clodock

Date:

1572

Description:


Documents

1. Will: dated 13 July 1572
Testator requests to be buried in the parish church of Clodock .
Beneficiaries:
To the 'reparacon' of the cathedral church of St Davids , 4d.
To Maud verch Morgan, sister, 3 kine and a two year old heifer.
To brother, Lewis Morgan, £4 in money due by certain bills and obligations and a red mare.
To his parents, 20/- in money and 23 sheep.
To Gwenllian verch Morgan, sister, a cow and a calf.
To Thomas ap Morgan brother, 20/- in money and his black horse. The remainder of his estate he leaves to brother Thomas as executor to dispose of as 'he shall think fit for the repose of my soul'

Executor: brother, Thomas ap Morgan.

No indication of mark or signature by the testator

Witnesses:John David John, Watkin Thomas ap [?], David ap Gwatkin, Morgan Watkin and David ap Morgan cleark..    

Date of Probate:  nd.

2. Inventory: dated 17 August 1572 and no value given but comes to £8  11 5d. Appraisers: John David ap John and Morgan Watkin, two of the neighbours.    .

 

 

Observations:

This was obviously a young man with parents still actively farming.
His list of debtors and his short inventory is reproduced below with modern spelling;

                                    Debts due unto the testator

 

 

£

S

d

Imprimis  upon John Harrie Phelipp by a bill obligatory and ten shiling four pence of heyre [hire?] for sheep

xxxvijs
 xs iiijd

 

37
10


  4

Item upon D[avi]d ap Gwatkin

xxvjs viijd

 

26

  8

Item upon Harrie John ap John  by bills obligatories

xxvs

 

25

 

Item upon Phelipp Jea m[James?] ap Jea m
        upon D[avi]d Jea m ap Jea m

         xijd
           xijd

 

  1
  1 

 

Item upon David ap Richard

         xijd

 

  1

 

Item upon John Symmond

          vd

 

 

  5

Item upon Harrie Wm Prichard 

          iiijd

 

 

  4

                                                             comes to

 

£5

  2

  9

                                                                                                
                                   
                                                Inventory

 

 

  £

  s 

 d

Imprimis [ the debts due to the testator are repeated the only
difference being the last name of the last debtor being shown
as Richard in this list]






  5



   2



  9

 

Item iiij kine to the price of 

xxvjs viijd

  1

   6

  8

Itm one heifer to the price of

iiijs

 

   4

 

Itm one horse and a mare to the price of

  xvs

 

 15

 

Itm  xxiij sheep price

xxiijs

  1

   3

 

                                                          Not totalled but comes to

 

£ 8

 11

  5

                                                 

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