Held at: | National Library of |
Reference: | BR/1646/106 |
Source: | Photocopy of original documents |
Title: | Probate Collection; Will and documents for Mauld Gilbert, spinster |
Place name: | Craswall |
Date: | 1646 |
Description:
Documents:
1 Will dated 18 July 1646
Beneficiaries:
To the cathedral church of St Davids, 12d
To daughter, Margaret Prisse [Prees], one feather bed, a cow, a heifer and a mare colt.
To Worsie[?] ap Eavan, 'my worst feather bed and one sheet with so much flax spun as will make a sheet'
To grandchild, John Gilbert, all the residue of the household stuff plus 2 bullocks and a mare.
To grandchild, William Gilbert, 2 year-old heifers, 4 calves and 10 sheep.
To grand child, Mauld Gilbert, 2 oxen, 3 two-year old heifers, one cow and 10 sheep.
To Jane. daughter of John Price, 2 Kine.
To Johan, daughter of William George, 2 kine.
To Anne, daughter of John Nycholl, on[fold] pound and ten shillings.
To David [fold makes the rest of this line unreadable]
To William George, junior, £1.
To Thomas David William, 10/-
To Margaret William, 5/-
To Thomas David, 3 sheep.
To John David, 2 sheep.
To James Rees & Sarra Rees, 2 sheep each.
To Mary Morris, 2 sheep.
To William [M]organ, 2 sheep.
To Sible Lewis, one ewe and lamb.
To [? - lost in fold] Bughan, 4 sheep.
To Watkin John, 2 sheep
To Harry Watkin, 4 sheep
Executor: son,Thomas Gilbert.
Marked by testator.
Witnesses: William Hyggins, [lost in fold] Sewdlin, Myles Williams, Roger Powell, Sibill Watkins and Phillip Rogers.
Date of Probate: as bond.[see Observations].
2. Inventory: dated 15 September 1646; value £39 15 0d. Appraisers Phillip Rogers and Harry Watkins.
Observations:
Documents include a Bond dated
Folds in the original will have made the photocopy difficult to read in places
The inventory is reproduced below with modern spelling.
Inventory
| £ | s | d |
In primis we priced six kine worth | 10 |
|
|
Ite one mare and one filly worth | 3 | 10 |
|
Ite forty sheep worth | 4 | 10 |
|
Ite two oxen | 4 |
|
|
Ite eight young beasts worth | 9 |
|
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Ite four calves worth | 2 |
|
|
Ite her household stuff | 5 |
|
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Ite her wearing apparel | 1 | 10 |
|
Ite her forgotten goods if any be |
| 5 |
|
Summa tot | £39 | 15 | 0 |
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