Description:

Documents:
1. Nuncupative Will dated on or about 3 December 1677 .
Testator called on his wife Rachel by name to abate one half year's rent due from John Prichard, that is £7. Also she is to give him the testator's best suit of clothes.
To his servant maid, Madlen Prosser, Rachel is to give 20/- ; also 20/- to David Howell.
Rachel is to repay a debt of 5/- to his brother William and to give him his wedding shirt. She is to repay a debt of 2/- to his brother John
To Mary Prichard, one ewe and lamb.
To the ringers at his funeral 10/-
Residual legatee Rachel, widow.

Witnesses: John Prichard and his wife, David Howell, Maudlen Prosser and Rachel Prichard, widow.

Date of probate: 5 November 1678

2. Inventory: dated 27 February 1677 , value £10 5 5d [the inventory seems to be missing the 'd' column however the £ and shilling columns alone add up to £13] . Appraisers John Morgan and David Price.

Observations:

This will has many pages of supporting documents. Depositions from all the witnesses provide 9 pages of difficult to read material but there does seem to have been a suggestion from some witnesses that David Howell, the servant, was left 100/- rather than the 20/- written in the will itself . There are a number of other memoranda and legal documents, some in Latin, as well as a bond with Rachel Prichard, widow, of Cwmyoy and David Price of Walterstone bound in surety of £40 together with a final accounting which shows that David Howell was paid 20/-. Includes a cover sheet; 17 sheets in all.