Held at:

National Library of Wales

Reference:

BR/1634/199

Source:

Photocopy of original documents

Title:

Probate Collection; Inventory for Howell Harry Powell, yeoman

Place name:

Michaelchurch Eskley

Date:

1634

Description:


Documents
1.  No will
or bond surviving.

Date of probate:
22 January 1634 . Granted to Maud Thomas, relict.
 
2. Inventory: dated
8 January 1634 ; not totalled but comes to £23  17  8d. Appraisers: Phe [Phillip] Griffith, William Tho[mas], Jenkin Myles and Thomas Lewis.

 

 

Observations:

The back of the coversheet has been used by someone to sketch a coat of arms comprising 3 wolves with a chevron   and a lion.

His inventory is reproduced below with modern spelling.

                                               
Inventory

 

 

  £

  s

  d

Inprimis six kine   price

xli

  10

 

 

Item    one bull   price  

xxvjs viijd

    1

    6

    8

Item    four yearling beasts   price  

xxxs

    1

  10

 

Item    eleven sheep    price  

xxxiijs

    1

  13

 

Item    one Mare    price  

xxxiijs iiijd

    1

  13

    4

Item    two goats    price  

   vs

 

    5

 

Item    one pig    price  

  ijs vjd

 

    2

    6

Item    for all poultry

   ijs

 

    2

 

Item    two bushels of oats

  ijs vjd

 

    2

    6

Item    for hay and straw

   xls

    2

 

 

Item    two feather beds  three bolsters two coverlets
    one flaxen sheet and one pair of sheets one
    flock bed and one rug    price  



  xxs



    1

 

 

Item    one brass pan  two pots  one kettle and
    two candlesticks   price  


  xxxs


    1


  10

 

Item    two bedsteads   price  

iijs iiijd

 

    3

    4

Item    one table board  one chair  one cupboard
    with all benches and stools   price  


   vijs

 


    7

 

Item    three coffers    price  

   iiijs

 

    4

 

Item    all other wooden vessels

   vjs

 

    6

 

Item    four platters and six spoons

  iiijs

 

    4

 

Item    one spit  one brand iron and one andiron

       vjd

 

 

    6

Item    all edge tools

  ijs vjd

 

    2

    6

Item    for wool and flax

  vs iiijd

 

    5

    4

Item    for his wearing apparel

  xxs

    1

 

 

 

comes to

£23

  17

   8d


                                                 

                                                                                   


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