Description:

1. Will: dated 'first day of [unreadable, possibly meant to be February] 1664.
Beneficiaries: To son in law, John Prydderch, 2 milk kine, one four year old bullock, and the lesser suckling pig, one bay colt of about 3 years old and one yearling pig.
All the household stuff is to be equally divided between John Pryderch and Johan the testator's wife.
To granddaughter, Catherine, daughter of John Prydderch, one 2 year old heifer.
To Granddaughter, Johan, daughter of Leyson Watkins one two year old heifer.
To John Prydderch and Johan my wife 'all my pte of the round corne served to calfes wth [undecipherable two words] to be equally divided betwixt them both'.
To John Prydderch, ten bushels of oats and 2 days math of hay
To Johan all the rest of his goods, cattle and chattels>

Executrix: wife, Johan.

Marked by testator

Witnesses: Leyson Watkins, Morgan Lewis and Thomas Jennings

Date of Probate: 11 May 1665 .

2. Inventory: undated, value £5 0 0d on the sheet[ but should be £5 10 0d]. Appraisers John Price and Arnold Price

Observations:

Documents include a bond dated 11 May 1665 in which Johanna James, widow has originally been named as the first of the bounden together with Arnold Price but the James has been crossed out and another name too faint to read inserted over. However the two signatures at the bottom of the bounden are Arnold Price and John Protherg and it is speculated that this is another spelling of Prydderch. The surety is for £100 rather over the top for a inventory valued in the region of £5. The hand writing of the will is difficult to read in places. Will, inventory, 2 pages of bond, and coversheet; 5 sheets in all.