Held at:

National Library of Wales

Reference:

BR/1633/194

Source:

Photocopy of original documents

Title:

Probate Collection; Bond and documents for Emma Phillipp

Place name:

St Margarets

Date:

1633

Description:


Documents

1. Bond dated 18 March1633
with bounden Lewis Webb of St Margarets, yeoman and Hugh Evans of Brecon town, yeoman in a surety of £100


  Date of   probate: as bond

2. Inventory: dated 29 January 1633 ; value £5  9s. Appraisers: John Powell, Thomas Prosser of Mowbadg, John Webb and John Smith.

 

 

Observations:

This inventory in unusual in that it provides details of clothing.
Her inventory is reproduced below with modern spelling.

                                   
                                                Inventory

 

 

  £

  s

  d

Imps one feather bed & two bolsters & two old
      coverlets    price


xxs


  1

 

 

$ one flaxen sheet  3 sheets of [indecipherable] hemp

     & 2 old hurden sheets   one flaxen table cloth
     one handkerchief*  & one cornelkercheif*  2 linen
      aprons , one smock.




xxs




   1

 

 

$ one old blanket, 2sacks, one waistcoat, one
     petticoat and one little bag.


xijs

 


12

 

$ 12 pieces of pewter  one old brass candlestick

xs

 

10

 

$ 3 old brass pots  one brass pan  one little kettle

xxxs

  1

10

 

$ 3 Coffers, 2 trinds, 3 stands and 2 old pails

xiiijs

 

14

 

$ one ring, one linen wheel, 2 old boards

  ijs

 

  2

 

$ sieve and a riddle, one peck & one half peck dishes
     & [indecipherable] &other small implements of
     household



        xijd

 



  1



 

 

[comes to

  £5

  9  

0d  ]


                                     .                                   Sum Tot vli   ixs
 
* The words in the original are handkerche and cornelkerche. I have interpreted these to be handkerchief and cornelkerchief. Whilst a handkerchief is familiar today, kerchief was used for a woman???s headdress at this time but what the prefix ???cornel??? implies is not known.       

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