Description:

Documents:
1. Will; dated 13 February 1646
First an instruction to be buried within the parish church of Michaelchurch Escley
Beneficiaries:
St David's Cathedral, 12d.
To 'daughter Catherine and John Prees son in law and their heirs, the messuage, tenement, barns outhouses etc together with the lands and commons etc lying in Michaelchurch Escley.
[Almost all the rest of the document is taken up with contingences if Catherine and John have no heirs or what is to happen if Catherine pre deceases John or vice versa]
Finally all his livestock and moveable property is to be divided into two parts one part for John and Catherine and the other for his second daughter Ales Powell.

Executor: son in law John Prees, son of Phillip Thomas Prees..

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

Witnesses: Marmaduke Lewis, Hugh Lewis, Phillip Thomas Prees, Beniamine Parry .

2. Inventory: [plus copy] dated 6 August 1646 ; value: not totalled but £24 19 8d. Appraisers: Thomas Powell de villa [probably meaning Longtown] and Thomas David Madocke and David Williams [these assessors are given on I₂ where the value is as above. However I₁ which is poorly written with no date has a total value of only £4 16 4d with assessors James Watkin, James David and Beniamine Parry.]  

Observations:

The documents include a bond dated 3 August 1646 with bounden Phillip Thomas Prees of Longtown, yeoman and Hugh Lewis of the same place in a surety of £100.
There is some doubt about whether the will above was in fact Abraham Powell's last will see the endorsement at the end of the second inventory.

Because there are two different inventories they are marked I₁   and I₂  are reproduced below:

                        Inventory I₁

Item his wotherin clothers price                                                       0          3
Item to Fether beds & to owld Bowsters price                               0          13        4
Item Fower payre  of owld Steeds                                                  0          12
Item 3 Bewter Dishes & ouls Canstik                                             0          4         0
Item to prase pon pone prase pote                                     1          0          0
Item  one proch and payre of Copards [broche and gobbards]
& owld prander [?]                                                                             0          4         6
Item one picke  forke                                                                        0          1         0
Item one owld witch [?] and to Coffersand Chest price                0          7         0
Item one owld barill and one owld Churne price                            0          1         0
Item one owld Cooperd price                                                          0          1         0
Item to table Boords and two penches and one Forum price      0          8         0
Item three bed steeds price                                                 1          0          0
Item one spinning whill                                                                      0          0          8
Item one owld chayre price                                                              0          0          4
Item two little payls price                                                                  0          0          6
                                                            [ not totalled but                  £4           16        4d
                                                           

                        Inventory I₂
The rubric on this inventory calls Abraham Powell a yeoman.

In Primis one feather bed one flock bed 3 bedsteeds                  ij^li
Ite two brazen panes and one brazen pott                                     xviij^s
Ite Due upon Jane Powell at Michaelchurch Escley                                             
   the Purification St Mary Day & May next                                     xvj^li       x^s
Ite Due upon Howell Prichard for the 1647                                                xviij^s
Ite Due upon John W^m Prichard for the year 1647                        ij^li          6^s          8^d
Ite three sheets and one blanket priced                                                     xij^s
Ite four yards of Clothe                                                                                  xvj^s
Ite two table boords and four benches                                                        viij^s
Ite the deceds wearing apparel                                                                   x^s
Ite forgotten goods yf anie be                                                                      j^s
                                                            [ again no total but comes to £ 24 19 8d]

The bottom of the sheet is endorsed:
' Abraham Powell made his last will and test 4 April 1646'

Further to these documents there is an additional set of documents under this BR reference which provide details of the accounts and disbursements made by the executor and these are reproduced below. 

A true plaine and p[er]fect accompte made by of Phillipp Thomas Prees natural and lawful father and tutor and guardian during his minority of John Prees executor named in and by the last will and testament of Abraham Powell late  whilst he lived in the p[ar]ish of Michaelchurch Esklie deceased made as well of all and singular such goods cattells and chattells
rights [next words faded undecipherable] of the said deceased as came to his hands knowledge and possession  as also of all payments and disbursements as he hath paid and layed out and expended for the said deceased as followeth;

Inprimis this Accomptants chardgeth himself with the some
  of 4^li   17^s and 4^d of lawful money of England being the true                    li          s         d
  value  of all and singular the goods cattells and chattels of
  the said Decedent as app[ear]eth by an Inventorie thereof
made and annexd unto the will of the said Dec.                                        4          17        4*

Out of which sume this accomptant Desireth and humblie
prayeth to be allowed of several sums by him payd and
disbursed for the said testator as hereafter maye appear

Imprimis this accomptant craveth allowance of the
testators funeral expences which are thes particular vizt
For his shrowd and other necessaries thereto 10^s   8^d
For 6 bushells of Menille [?] 19^s   for 3 bushells and a halfe
of wheate  17^s   6^d For 4^li   of candles 2^s For one pound of
waxe 1^s   For cheese  14^s   6^d   For 8 bucks of butter  8^s
For Cakes  2^s   For beer att the Church  12^s   and paid to
Maude Peeter for watching 1^s all which doe amounte in toto
to the sume of                                                                                                4          7          8

Item this Accomptant further craveth allowance of the
chardges that he hath byn att in p[er] veinge the said
testators will which are these particulars vizt  For
engroseing the will and sealing thereof  for a citation
  under seale  surveing the same to call John William
Prichard to wayfe [waive] his cavet [caveat] and [words
faded and undecipherable] p[ro]ctots fee   1^s   6^d
For drawing of two Inventoriesand a bond  2^s and for
this accompatants paines and travel in goeing  to Brecon
  at three several times he desireth to be allowed 6^s
of all wch sume amounteth unto                                                                   1          12        6

Item this accomptant also hath lent to Abraham Powell
  the testator the second day of February 1645                                          1          0         0
and for fower yarde and a haulfe of redd cloth which the
testator owed unto this accomptant                                                                        19        7

And for Drawing two of these accomptes and his Dischardge
att the yeares end out of the concistorie office att Brecon                                   6         9

                                                Suma ex[faded unreadable but clearly indicating excess of expenditure over income ]                                                                                 3          6         5
                                                                                    [figure should actually be £4  6s  5d.]           

* note inventory I₁ shows £4   16   4d as the total.