Held at: | National Library of |
Reference: | BR/1578/477 vol1 |
Source: | Laser copy of original documents |
Title: | Probate Collection; Will and documents for Tanglust verch William ap Rees |
Place name: | Clodock |
Date: | 1578 |
Description:
Documents
1. Will: dated
Requests to be buried in the parish
Beneficiaries;
For my 'stewd thing' [church stewardship?], 4d
To the cathedral
To Richard Joacline Edward ap Evan, one close or 'errable' [arable] land called Caye Coed in St Margarets from the 'feast of the purification of our blessed Lady the virgin'[ 2nd of February] next after the date of this until Henry D[avi]d Morgan pays Richard Jenkins £5 13 4d.
To son,John David Morgan, the testator's house with 11 acres of customary lands. He is to pay his sisters, Sibill and Isabell, £4 that is 40/- each. He is also to permit the two sisters to keep 3 kine on the customary land for the next 8 years and Sibill and Isabell are to be allowed to live in 'the lower end of of my house' with John until they marry.
To daughter, Isabell, best coverlet, a bolster, 2 sheets, a brandard, a pewter platter, one candlestick, [ next part missing - top corner of page torn off] stand, one great pail.
To daughter, Sibill, a flockbed, a coverlet, [missing] sheets, one great pot, one stand, one great cover, a great Trind, a platter, a saucer, and a salt cellar.
To daughter, Jaene, [missing] middle vat, one great platter, one great pot, one frying pan, one sheet, one new petticoat cloth, 'my best pan', a tablecloth, one great platter, one great stand, one great cover, one middle trind, 'my best kassog [cassock?]', one sheet.
To son, John, the best vat, one little cover, one iron spit, 2 sheets, one throme cloth [?], one posnet, one colt,[ "colt" is an instrument used for threshing], a little table cloth.
The corn in the barn and in the ground 'shall go towards the finding [maintenance] of the said John Sibill and Isabell'.
Her sons Harry and John are each to contribute 10/- towards her burial.
[The bottom right hand corner of the page is damaged and missing therefore not all the lines make sense. However]
She bequeathes 9 sheep that she has hired of David ap Evan between son John and Daughters Isabell and Sibill, 'that they shall [missing] the hire and the stock for the said sheep divided [missing] part equally'.
Son in law, Ed[ward?] Evan, 'shall occupy the one house [missing] he dwelleth in and all such grounds he occupies [missing] until the feast of the purification of our blessed [missing but must be "lady the virgin"] next'.
To son, Harry, 6 bushels of oats towards the payment of [missing] which is due to John Phe.
[The bottom of the second page is badly damaged and much is missing and unreadable.]
To Harry Thomas, a bushel of oats to Jaine Tho[tear and lost part of line] of oats and Thomas David's wife, a bushel [missing].
'And of this my last will and testament [missing words] ordain Morgan Thomas Taylor and John [missing section of the line] son
Executors; [unclear because of the damage but seem to be] Morgan Thomas Taylor and son John.
No mark or signature
Witnesses at the sealing and delivering hereof: Thomas Price clerk, Thomas Price Thomas, Edward ap Evan, Rees David Bromwich, Margery and Gwellian William, David P rice.
Date of Probate.:
2. Inventory no date; not valued but comes to £3 18 1d. No appraiser listed.
Observations:
The hand writing is quite difficult to decipher and one or two items in the inventory could not be clearly read.
The Inventory is reproduced below with modern spelling.
Inventory
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| £ | s | d |
In primis the corn on the ground price | vjs viijd |
| 6 | 8 |
Item the corn in the barn price | vjs viijd |
| 6 | 8 |
Item nine lambs price | iiijs |
| 4 |
|
Item one mare and a colt price | vjs viijd |
| 6 | 8 |
Item one sow and a pig price | ijs |
| 2 |
|
Item two geese the price | viijd |
|
| 8 |
Item in poultry | xd |
|
| 10 |
Item two coffers | ijs |
| 2 |
|
Item two little trinds the price | xijd |
| 1 |
|
Item four stands the price | xvjd |
| 1 | 4 |
Item two vats price | xviijd |
| 1 | 6 |
Item one little vat the price | iiijd |
|
| 4 |
Item one little coffer the price | xiijd |
| 1 | 1 |
Item in bedding and bodily apparel the price | xvjs |
| 16 |
|
Item two pans the pice | ijs viijd |
| 2 | 8 |
Item pots and a posnet price | vjs viijd |
| 6 | 8 |
Item one iron spit a frying pan a candlestick | xijd |
| 1 |
|
Item one 'brandard'[brandiron?] one axe |
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Item four pewter platters one saucer & a |
|
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Item one great chest one cupboard and one |
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Item two pails price | vjd |
|
| 6 |
Item a plough and a [undecipherable looks |
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Item one mattock and a spittle1 the price | iiijd |
|
| 4 |
Item two stools & one form the price | xxd |
| 1 | 8 |
Item one spinning wheel the price | vjd |
|
| 6 |
Item one flitch of bacon the price | xxd |
| 1 | 8 |
Item eight treen dishes and twelve trenchers | xxd |
| 1 | 8 |
| comes to | £3 | 18 | 1 |
1 A spittle was a small spade.
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