Held at:

National Library of Wales

Reference:

BR/1691/12

Source:

Photocopy of original documents

Title:

Probate Collection; Will and documents for William Jenkins, mason

Place name:

Craswall

Date:

1691

Description:

Documents:
1. Will
dated
21 March 1688 .
Beneficiaries: To his brother, Thomas Jenkins, 'that house wherein I now dwell', with outhouses, barns and land.
To sister, Elizabeth Jenkins, 'that land or tenement called Kiledayre in forest heane Craswall'.
To brother and sister, Thomas and Elizabeth Jenkins, 4 heifers, 6 sheep, one pig and one mare.
If his mother, Anne, should happen to be a widow, then Thomas and Elizabeth 'to give her house roome and her diet as long as she liveth'
Thomas and Elizabeth to be residual legatees.

Executors: Thomas and Elizabeth Jenkins

Marked by the testator.

Witnesses: Oliver Jenkins, Thomas Mabbe, Alse[Alice?] Jenkins, Mary Prosser and Thomas Powell.

Date of Probate:
29 June 1691 .
.
2. Inventory: dated
8 June 1691 , value £13 6 9d. Appraisers John Price and Walter Harryes

 

 

Observations:

The testator died 'on or about' 4 June 1691 . His mason's tools were worth 2/6 and he was also farming in a small way. 3 documents in all.


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