Held at:

National Library of Wales

Reference:

BR/1650/83

Source:

photocopy of original documents

Title:

Probate Collection; Bond and Inventory for John Rice James, tucker

Place name:

Michaelchurch Escley

Date:

1650

Description:

Documents:
1 Bond : . dated 27 June 1650 with bounden Anne Rice of Michaelchurch Escley, widow and John William Prichard of the same, gent in a surety of £200.

Date of Probate: as bond.

 
2. Inventory:    dated 15 June 1650 ; valued at £34  19  0d [but comes to £54  5  0d] . Appraisers: Edmond Price, Eyton Bevan, David price and Thomas Watkins.

 

 

Observations:

The appraisers of his inventory made a serious error in their addition to be £20 adrift in the total.
His inventory is reproduced below with modern spelling:
    
                                                Inventory

 

£

s

d

Imprimis nine kine    prized

    22

     10

 

Item    three yearlings   prized

      3

 

 

Item    three calves

      1

 

 

Item    two horses    prized

      5

 

 

Item    8 sheep    prized

      2

 

 

Item    all corn and grain      prized

      2

 

 

Item    one lease granted by Mychell Thomas, gent  prized

      3

 

 

Item    5 swine   prized

      1

 

 

Item    all brass and pewter

       2

 

 

Item     five beds of all sorts and furniture thereunto
     belonging

       5

 

 

Item     bedsteads   prized

      1

 

 

Item     all linen  prized

 

   10

 

Item    all wooden vessels   prized

 

   10

 

Item     all tables, tableboards, forms and all other
      trumpery whatsoever   prized


      1

 

 

Item     his tucking spurs and all other things belonging to
      his tucking shop     prized


      3

 

 

Item    his wearing apparel   prized

      1

   10

 

Item    all implements of husbandry

 

     3

 

Item    all poultry   prized

 

     2

 

                                                                           [comes to

    54

     5

  0]


                                       Suma totalis  34li   19s

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