Held at: | National Library of |
Reference: | BR/1646/109 |
Source: | Photocopy of original documents |
Title: | Probate Collection; Will and documents for Howell Phillip Griffith, yeoman |
Place name: | Craswall |
Date: | 1646 |
Description:
Documents:
1 Will dated
Beneficiaries:
To son, Phillip, all lands meadows, leaseows1 tenements etc but reserving for wife Mauld, 'an upper room where the chimney is with sufficient firewood and the keeping of 2 kine summer and winter during her widowhood.'
To sister, Ellenor, one cow.
To godson, William Myles, one cow.
To godson, Howell David, one cow.
To wife Mauld, 2 kine.
To son, Phe [Phillip], 2 kine.
To Howell Marks Griffiths' son, a yearling heifer.
To Mauld, wife of Howell Harry Powell, another yearling heifer.
To cousin, Elizabeth Gilbert, one yearling heifer.
To wife, Mauld, £8 with yearly interest and £10 in the hands of John William Powell and £3 with interest 'now in the hands of John George Griffiths' together with £5 in the hands of Thomas Powell of Cadoyron.
To brother, David, 20/- which he already has.
To John, son of the testator's uncle, Harry Griffiths, a ewe and a lamb.
He provides 2 oxen towards his funeral expenses.
To son Phillip, 3 bullocks and an ox also 2 mares, 2 mare colts and a colt. Phillip is also to have all the household stuff inherited from Elizabeth the testator's former wife. Whilst all the household stuff brought by second wife Mauld is left to her.
' I leave towards the saving harles[?] of Jenkin Miles, my brother in law from all debts, three kine, and two claves and one bullock.'
Executors: wife Mauld and son, Phillip
Marked by testator.
Witnesses: Jenkin Myles, David Griffith, William Miles, clc.
Date of Probate:
2. Inventory: dated
Observations:
Documents include a bond dated
1 Leasow is the authority to run animals on common land like the mountain
The inventory is reproduced below with modern spelling.
Inventory
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| £ | s | d |
| Imprimis two yoke of steers price | 8 |
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| Item nine kine price | 22 | 10 |
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| Itm three heifers of three years old price | 5 |
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| Itm three heifers of two years old price | 3 | 10 |
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| Itm two yearling steers one heifer and one bull price | 2 | 13 | 4 |
| Itm one mare price | 2 |
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| Itm a score of sheep | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| Itm two feather beds & one flock bed & three pillows |
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| Itm two coverings 3pair of blankets 3 pair of flaxen |
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| Itm corn in the barn and in the house wheat, rye, barley |
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| Itm his household provisions Beef, bacon and cheese | 3 | 10 |
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| Itm one brass pan 3 brass pots 2 kettles |
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| Itm 18 pieces of pewter | 1 | 9 |
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| Itm wooden vessels and other treen stuff | 1 | 10 |
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| Itm plough sears [shears] | 1 | 3 |
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| Itm one sow & three small suits [piglets] |
| 17 |
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| Itm two iron broches and one brand iron |
| 4 | 6 |
| Itm the decedents wearing apparel | 2 |
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| comes to | £83 | 9 | 2 |
Sum total Ciiijli 7s ijd [£104 7 2d]
[NB his will lists creditors of £27 which if added to £83 9 2d comes closer to the original appraisers total ]
Ref: ldhsarchive_mfs_cra_0813