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1. Will: dated 18 May 1576 .
Requests to be buried in the Clodock parish church
Beneficiaries;
To the repair of The cathedral of St Davids, 6d and for forgotten titheing, 2d.
To daughter, Margaret verch Rees, £10 of the 20 marks that are in the hands of Hoell Williams. The remaining 5 marks plus an additional; 26/8d [making a total of £4 13 4d] to second daughter, Maud. if either girl dies their legacy to go to the survivor. If neither survive the money to be divided between the testator's 3 sisters, Maud, Ann and Jonnet.
To nephew, William John Thomas Prichard, all my 'wev[er]s shop with all I have belonging to that my said weavers craft'.
To Maud verch Thomas, eldest sister, one cow, one grey mare, 3 sheep and 2 lambs.
To second sister Ann verch Thomas, a mare, one yearling heifer and 5 sheep.
To Jonnet verch Thomas, third sister, a cow.
To nephew, Thomas Prichard John Harry, a yearling heifer.
To his executor, a 'Red folow Kowe' to be invested to best advantage for the son of Johan Richard William if she will 'swear and certify' that the testator is the natural father of the boy, Wyllyam. should she decline to so swear then the cow is to go to his daughter, Margaret.
To daughter, Margaret, one brandiron and a brass pot.
To daughter, Maud, 2 little pans.
Also to Margaret, 12 lambs which are let in the hands of Harry John Phillip William.
Maud and Ann, daughters, to have his wayne and saddle between them.
To his 2 sisters, Maud vch Thomas and Ann vch Thomas jointly between them the 3 closes or 'scolls of land' known as 'Sprontyll lot'. purchesed by the testator from John Thomas Prichard his brother.
Deceaseds debts to be leaving
Imprimis upon Hoell William £13 6 8d
upon the said Hoell William £ 1 6 8d
upon Harry Parry Gilbert £ 1.

Executor: my welbeloved in Christ, Nicholmas Gylbert & Trefer ap Madock

No mark or signature by the testator on this copy.

Witnesses:

Date of Probate:

2. Inventory: .

Observations:

Does the designation of his executors as 'my welbeloved in Christ' indicate that that he was a puritan or a non-conformist with Nicholmas Gilbert and Trefer Madock fellow members of his sect? See also the will of Howell William, [mfs_clo_2050] for a similar use of the phrase 'welbeloved in Christ'.
The copyist who wrote out the inventory needed to sharpen his quill. The handwriting is very difficult to decipher and some words have had to be guessed at. For instance although the word looks like shovel the value at 2/- seems excessive so perhaps the item isn't shovel. The inventory also contains the word 'lodagon' which it has not been able to be traced but it is suggested could be a piece of a type of cloth which is no longer known today.

His inventory is reproduced with modern spelling
                               Inventory