Held at:

National Library of Wales

Reference:

BR/1632/173

Source:

Photocopy of original documents

Title:

Probate Collection; Bond and documents for John Prosser

Place name:

St Margarets

Date:

1632

Description:


Documents

1. Bond dated 7 February 1632
with bounden Margery Prosser of St Margarets, widow and Esaia Prosser of the same place, gent in a surety of £50


  Date of   probate: as bond

2. Inventory: dated
18 January 1632 ; value £29  17  6d [but comes to £28  14  8d]. Appraisers: David Madocke, Phe [Phillip] Thomas Prees, Phe Parry and Thomas Jones.

 

 

Observations:

His inventory is reproduced below with modern spelling.

                                   
                                                Inventory


 

 

  £

  s

  d

In Primis his wearing apparel   

xiijs iiijd

 

13

  4

$one feather bed  and bolster with sheets & tester

xxs

  1

 

 

$one coverlet and blanket three pair of flaxen
    sheets


xvjs

 


16

 

$ one press for clothes* two coffers two table
    boards


xiijs iiijd

 


13


  4

$ one chair, one wooden trind  one tub four milking pails
    one cowl  two wooden stands


   iiijs

 


  4

 

$ two brass pans  one little brass pot one brass posnet
    one brass candle stick  three pewter platters   three
    saucers



  xiiijs   xd






14



10

$ one frying pan straight from a wide iron

        xviijd

 

  1

  6

$ three kine

iiijli   xs

  4

10

 

$ four bullocks

viijli

  8

 

 

$ three steers of a year and a half old

iijli

  3

 

 

$ one Bull of a year and a half old

   xxs

  1

 

 

$ five calves of a year old at May next

   xvjs viijd

 

16

  8

$ one mare

   xs [?]

 

10

 

$ thirty nine yearling sheep or lambs

xlvjs viijd

  2

  6

  8

$ sow and four pigs [piglets]

   vs

 

  5

 

$ all grain & corn in the house already threshed

   xiijs   iiijd

 

13

  4

$ all corn in the barn unthreshed

   xxs

  1

 

 

$ 9 acres of corn on the ground growing

  xxxs

  1

10

 

$ hay

     xs

 

10

 

$ Implements of husbandry

     xs

 

10

 

 

[comes to

£28

14

  8]

* this word has been interlined and cannot be clearly deciphered ???clothes??? is my best guess.

                                     .                                   Sum Tot xxixli xvijs vjd


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