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Documents
1. Will dated 20 October 1650 .
Beneficiaries:
To daughter, Margaret, £7 which is in the hands of Mistress Thomas of Newcourt and £4 more due from John Prichard of St Margarets, together with 27 ewes and lambs.
To daughter, Mauld, 27 ewes and lambs.
To wife, Anne, 10 ewes and a cow as well as all the money and household stuff she brought as her portion to the marriage.
To Margaret and Mauld, all the rest of the household stuff and all the implements of husbandry to be divided equally between them.
To David Watkin of Craswall, 2 lambs.
To sister, Margery, 2 ewes.
To wife and two daughters, all the corn and grain in the house and barn. Also between them, the dwelling house and cottages with their land; viz To wife, Anne the third part during her life and on her death then the whole property to be divided half and half to Margaret and Mauld who are also to have all the rest of his cattle.
To Mauld, 40/- which is in the hands of Harry John William of Llanveynoe.
If Mauld should die then the whole estate passes to Margaret. 

Executors: David Watkin of Craswall, yeoman and daughter Mauld.

Marked by testator

Witnesses: Rees Landon and Howell Ychan..

Date of Probate: 26November 1651.
 

2. Inventory:   dated 26 October1650; value £33  8  4d.  Appraisers: James Nicholls, David Madocks, Rees Landon, Howell Ychan.

Observation

There is a list at the end of the will of small creditors headed ' money due to the testator wch was lent out of purse'
Marke Jo Griffith        ij^s   vj^d [2/6d]
James Baron             j^s   ijd [1/2d]
Richard Charles        j^s   iiij^d [1/4d]
Tho: Landon               ij^s   vj^d [2/6d]
 
The documents include a bond dated 26 November with bounden David Watkin of Craswall, yeoman and Mauld Landon of the same, spinster in a surety of £200.

His inventory is reproduced below with modern spelling.

                                                            Inventory

 
            James Nicholls
            David Madocks
            Rees Landon
            Howell Ychan