Held at:

National Library of Wales

Reference:

BR/1622/127

Source:

Photocopy of original documents

Title:

Probate Collection; Will and documents for Elizabeth Harbert als Vaughan

Place name:

Walterstone

Date:

1622

Description:


Documents

1. Nuncupative will: dated 29 December 1622
Beneficiaries:
To the cathedral church of St Davids , 4d.
To Arnold, Ann, Sibill and Alice Vaughan, her son and daughters, all the corn and grain both in the barn and growing to be equally divided between them; wishing them to give a portion of the growing corn to grandchild Waltrand Vaughan.
To her son and daughters all her household stuff together with her good cattle and chattels again to be equally divided between them.
To Ruddy Johnes, her servant, a little hog.
  
Executor: Arnold Vaughan , son.
 
No mark or signature of the testator

Witnesses: in the presence and hearing of Walter Vaughan, Catherine Herbert, Cirill Price, Maud Harbert, Ruddy Johnes and Catherine Thomas with others.

Date of probate: 24 March 1621

2. Inventory: no date; valued at £11  12  6d [but comes to £10  4     6d]. Appraisers: Walter Vaughan, gent and Ruddy Johnes.

 

 

Observations:

Documents contain a bond dated 24 March 1622 with bounden Walter Vaughan of Walterstone, gent and [no name but, although staining and a fold in the document make it difficult to decipher, seems to read 'femilia obligure'.]  Roulston. It is noticeable that Arnold Vaughan, the son and executor, was designated administrator in this bond to perhaps the 'femilia obligure' refer to him.
  3 sheets in all.

Her inventory is reproduced below with modern spelling. It is poorly written with many alterations and eccentric spelling in places.
                                   
                                                Inventory

 

 

  £

  s

    d

In primis  her swine of all sorts 

       xs

 

10

 

Item    3 geese

          ijs

 

  2

 

Item    in household stuff, one brass pot, one kettle and
   one little cauldron


     xxs


  1

 

 

Item    in pewter great and small

        xs

 

10

 

Item    in linen and napery of sundry sorts

        xs

 

10

 

Item    3 featherbeds and the appurtenances
   [undecipherable- part of word missing] only


        ls


  2


10

 

           one coffer

      ijs   vjd

 

  2

   6

Item    the corn in the barn being a small quantity of oats

      xxs

  1

 

 

Item    The corn upon the ground being a seed muncorn
    & rye


iiijli


  4

 

 

 

[comes to

£10

   4

   6d]


                                     Summa Totalis xili  xijs   vjd
.                                              

Top - Back

Ref: ldhsarchive_mfs_wal_1099