Held at:

National Library of Wales

Reference:

BR/1663/148

Source:

Photocopy of original documents

Title:

Probate Collection; Will and documents for Alice William John, spinster

Place name:

Michaelchurch Escley

Date:

1663

Description:

Documents:
1 Will
dated
30 July 1663 .
Beneficiaries: To her grandchildren, Henry Probert and William Probert, £10 towards their maintenance during their minority and £5 each to placing them 'to some reasonable trade'.
Her funeral expenses to be covered by the sale of 'one of my best
cowes '
Daughter, Catherine Probert, wife of William Probert to be residual legatee

Executors: son in law, William Probert and John Watkin.

Marked by testator.

Witnesses: Richard Phillip, Charles Hunt and Thomas Probert.

Date of probate:
5 November 1663 .

2. Inventory: dated
11 September 1663 , value £30 13 0d. Appraisers Lewis Powell, James Probert Thomas Watkins and Thomas Lewis.

 

 

Observations:

The inventory lists cattle and live stock, then says ' the one half … being the decedents, the other half being one Howell Prichard partaker with the deceased in a farm.' The horse and cheese also divided in half. There is also a bond dated 5 November 1663 with bounden William Probert of Cwmyoy co. Monmouth, yeoman and executor and John Watkin of Clodock, yeoman in a surety of £60. 3 documents.


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