Probate Collection; Will and documents for Johan Harry, widow - late???? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? wife of Thomas Harry deceased.????????, Michaelchurch Eskley, 1641, Ewyas Lacy Study Group

?? Held at:	National Library of Wales
Reference:	BR/1641/185
Source:	Photocopy of original documents
Title:	Probate Collection; Will and documents for Johan Harry, widow - late???? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? wife of Thomas Harry deceased.????????
Place name:	Michaelchurch Eskley
Date:	1641

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Documents
1. Will?? dated 3 August 1641
Beneficiaries:
To John Thomas, son of sister, Jane, one half of the messuage where she lives with all houses, buildings gardens, lands etc and?? half of the........[unreadable] of her message situated in Michaelchurch Eskley.
To niece Elizabeth, wife of Simon Parry, the other half of the messuage. The messuage etc was purchased by the testatrix from Thomas Howell and his wife Margaret. The testatrix's sisters, Jane and Catherine are to have 'housrome' in the dwelling for their lifetimes, 'being granted ingress and regress'
To sister Jane, one cow. [There is a half line deleted in the document which can be read :'a cow for sister Catherine' ??? this could mean that Catherine had died after the will was written and before Johan died or perhaps she had second thoughts and decided that one cow was sufficient for the two sisters living together].
To Johan, daughter of Simon Parry, the feather bed, bolster and pillow, coverlet and sheets 'I lye upon', best brass pan which the two sisters are to have to use in the house during their lives there.
To Simon Parry and his wife, Elizabeth , 2 kine and all the term of years left in the copy hold lands she uses.

Executrix: great niece Johan, daughter of Simon Parry.

Marked by the testator

Witnesses: John James, Thomas David, James Probert and James Probert jnr.

Date of probate: 12 January 1641 .

2. Inventory: dated 31 December 1641 ; value £22. Appraisers: John Powell, gent, David Probert, Thomas Lewis and James Probert. .

Observations:

The documents include a bond dated as probate with bounden Johan Parry of Llanvihangel [Michaelchurch] Escley and John Thomas of the same, yeoman in a surety of £100.
It seems likely that the bond of Symont Parry [mfs_mic_0329] relates to the Simon Parry referred to in this will.
Her inventory is reproduced below with modern spelling.

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???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Inventory

		£	s	d
Imprimis her wearing apparel	x^s		?? 10
Item???? five kine	x^li	?? 10??
Item???? one yearling heifer and two calves	j^li ?? x^s	?????? 1	?? 10
Item???? two feather beds with their appurtenances	iiij^li	?????? 4
Item???? one flock bed with his appurtenances	j^li	?????? 1
Item???? two brass pans & two brass pots	j^li ?? x^s	?????? 1	?? 10
Item???? six pewter dishes, one salt cellar	?????? vj^s		?????? 6
Item???? all her wooden stuff with two bedsteads ???????? and one table board	j^li	?????? 1
Item???? three coffers	?????? vj^s		?????? 6
Item?????? one acre of Rye & wheat growing upon the ground	?????? x^s		?? 10
Item???? three bushels of oats	???? iiij^s		?????? 4
Item???? for one parcel of hay in the barn	j^li	?????? 1
Item???? two pigs	???? iiij^s		?????? 4
		£22	?????? 0	?? 0d

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?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Summa totalis xxij^li ??????

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