Description:

1. Will 5 January 1594 .
She requests to be buried within the parish Church of St Margarets.
Beneficiaries:
To the repair of the Parish Church of St Margarets, 5/-
To the repair of the parish church of Clodock, 12d
To daughter, Johan, 5 kine 'whereof twoe of them are her owne'; and 2 cows.
To Sibell, daughter, £12 which is in the hands of Thomas Watkins and 3 heifers 'twoe of them ar yereling and the other is a yeare olde' and 2 'shotling [suckling?] pigges'
All the poultry to be divided between the two daughters.
To Jane, daughter of John David, a black bull.
To Margaret, daughter of John David, a heifer 'beyng a yereling at Maye next'
To Harry and Walter, her sons, all the sheep except 2 which are to go to Thomas Watkyn.
To daughter, Gwenllian, a bay mare.
To Jane, daughter of son William, 'my mare colt'
To Jane Lewis, one cow 'brinded [branded?] and tagged'
To son, Walter, the biggest brass pot and biggest brass pan.
To Rees, son of William Price, 'the long bourde [table] in the hall with wainscots and forms and the great andirons'.
To son, John, her standing bed in the upper chamber and 2 flock beds one bolster and a pair of flaxen sheets, one 'thormbe'cloth and one 'brass pott next the best'.
To the two daughters Johan and Sibell all her household stuff to be divided equally between them. The cattle bequeathed to them are to be maintained with the fodder 'that I have at my death'.
To son John and daughter Johan, all the corn in the barn equally between them.
John is to pay John Lewis £33 which son, William, and he stand bound for on the date specified in the bond.
Residual legatee, son, John.

Executors: son, John.

No indication on the copy whether marked or signed by the testator.

Witnesses: Harry Lewis, William Price, John Harry and Harry Price

Date of Probate: 6 May 1594.[This is the date given on the copy but under the calendar in use at the time it falls before the date of the will]

Observations:

As this is taken from a copy of the will deposited at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury there are no supporting documents.