Description:

Documents:
1. Will; dated 18 June 1636
?? ?? Beneficiaries:
To the cathedral church of St Davids , 13d.
To brother, William Thomas, £14 from debtor Lewis Jenkin of Craswall by specialty. Also to William, one brass pot and two pewter dishes which were purchased earlier from him.
To William Jenkin, £10, a cow, a brass pan a candlestick, two little pewter dishes, 6 spoons, one great trind and a stand, a flock bed and a bolster.

To Phelip John Thomas, £10, a feather bed and bolster '..wherein I nowe laye..', four pewter dishes and a stand.
To the two children ' nowe living' of Phelip John Thomas, 2 heifers.
To James Morgan, one of the sons of David Morgan of Llanveynoe, £10 and a cow.
The money bequeathed to William Jenkin, Phelip John Thomas and James Morgan to be provided out of a debt owed by John Thomas of Llanveynoe by bond.
To the five living children of Edward Parry of the City of Hereford , £12 to be divided equally between them and used to their benefit.
To Sible, one of the daughters of John Thomas, £10.
The above amounts of £12 and £10 to be paid from the debt owed by Thomas William, gent by specialty.
To Maud, daughter of Markus Thomas, 40/-, one of the best kine, a brass pot and a pewter dish.
To Dorothy Markus and Jane Markus, 20/- to be divided equally between them.
To godson, Harry Markus of Gloucester , 20/-.
To brother, David Thomas David Prosser, £3 and a cauldron, but he is to have the use of the cauldron for his lifetime only afterwards it is to pass to the above named William Jenkin.
To godson, James a son of Harry Griffith, 6/8d.
'Which money lastly bequeathed to be taken from the debt owed by specialty by Thomas David Madocke.'
To nephew, William Thomas Lewis Price, a cow.
To Mary daughter of the above named David Morgan, a cow.
To Jane wife of the above named David Morgan, a cauldron and a little trind.
To sister, Constance Price and to Margaret, wife of John Thomas, the two coffers '...that be wthin the chamber wherein I nowe laye with all the sheets and linen that are wthin the said coffers'.
Residual legatee, John Thomas of Llanveynoe ??
??
Executor: John Thomas, gent of Llanveynoe.

Marked by testator

Witnesses: William Thomas, William Harry David Prosser, Mawd M[ar]kus, Margaret?? the wife of Phe[lip] John Thomas, Dorothy M[ar]kus, John Parry.

Date of Probate: 24 November 1636

2. Inventory: ?? ?? 20 July 1636 ; value £63 13 10d. Appraisers: George Price, John Parry, William Jenkin, Phelip John Thomas & William Thomas.

Observations:

The documents contain a bond dated 24 November 1636 with bounden John Thomas of Clodock, gent and [undecipherable] Howell of Brecon in a surety of £100.
Ales Thomas David Prosser's inventory, the rubric of which tells us that she died on 12 July 1636, is reproduced below albeit with modern spelling:

?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Inventory
Imprimis five kine prised to?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? x^li
Item???????? two heifers of three years old
?????????????????????? prised to???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? iij^li
Item???????? one feather bed two bolsters
?????????????????????? and one coverlet & one flockbed
?????????????????????? prised???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? xl^s
Item???????? five paire of hurden sheets
?????????????????????? two flaxen sheets and two
?????????????????????? board Cloths prised to?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? xx^s
Item???????? one Brass pan prised to???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? vj^s ???????????????? viij^d
Item???????? two brass pottts???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? x^s
Item???????? two litle Cauldrons prised to?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? v^s
Item???????? Nine pewter dishes?? two little
?????????????????????? saucers and one
?????????????????????? candlestick prised to?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? vj^s ???????????????? viij^d
Item???????? three Coffers prised to???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? v^s
Item???????? three Trinds three stands
?????????????????????? one Tub and two little
?????????????????????? stands prised to?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? x^s
Item???????? one Chest?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ij^s ???????????????? vj^d
Item???????? three bushel of oaten?? malt
?????????????????????? and two bushel of barley malt
?????????????????????? prised to???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? xvj^s
Item???????? thirty six small green* Cheeses
?????????????????????? prised to ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? xviij^s
Item???????? two little pigs?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? iij^s ?????????????? iiij^d
Item ?????? all other small trumperies about
?????????????????????? the house???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? iij^s
Item ?????? her wearing apparel
?????????????????????? prised to???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? xl^s

?????????????????????? Debts owing unto the said
?????????????????????? Ales Thomas D[avi]d Prosser?? by
?????????????????????? by specialty as followeth
Imprimis the sum of One and
?????????????????????? Twenty pounds and twelve
?????????????????????? shillings Due unto her from
?????????????????????? Thomas Watkins gent by
?????????????????????? specialty???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? xxj^li ?????????? xij^s
Item???????? the sume of Three pounds
?????????????????????? and six shillings due unto her
?????????????????????? from John Howell David by
?????????????????????? specialty???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? iij^li ?????????????? vj^s
Item ?????? the sume of Four pounds
?????????????????????? and Eight shillings Due unto her
?????????????????????? from Thomas David Madocke
?????????????????????? by specialty?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? iiij^li ???????????? viij^s
Item???????? the sume of thirteen
?????????????????????? pounds also due unto her
?????????????????????? by specialty from Lewis
?????????????????????? Jenkin???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? xiij^li

?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Somma tot?? lxiij^li ?? xiij^s ?? x^d ?????????????? [true total £63 19 2d]

* ?ǣgreen??? in this case probably refers to their maturity rather than their colour.