Description:

Documents
1. Will  dated 17 July 1634 .
First all debts are to be paid by his executor without delay.
Beneficiaries:
To Alce [Alice] William John, a three year old heifer in calf.
To Morgan Lewis, a two year old bullock.
These two legacies are to be delivered to the recipients 6 months after his death.
To Howell Prichard , a bushel of wheat and 2 bushels of oats to be delivered within one month of his death
The residue of his estate, after debts paid and legacies delivered, to his daughter Jane Powell, who is entreated to maintain his wife  Elenor, her mother, 'in meate drink and  apparel'. Should Elenor reject this maintenance then she is to be provided with a 2 year old heifer in lieu.

Executrix: daughter, Jane Powell.

Marked by the testator.

Witnesses: Watkin Ball, James Harry Howell and John Parry.

Date of probate : 27 February 1634/5 .

2. Inventory: dated 26 February 1634/5 ; value £16  13  0d. Appraisers: William Prichard and Thomas William Powell.

Observations:

The opening passage of this will is unusually long and might indicate that the testator was a puritan from its tone.
The documents include a bond dated 27 February 1634/5 with bounden Jane Powell of Michaelchurch Escley, spinster and Howell Prichard of the same place, yeoman in a surety of £100.

His inventory is reproduced below with modern spelling.

                                                Inventory