Welsh Journals

Vaughan bailiff of Presteigne owes me for Lewys Bache late of Norton upon an execution. To sd Mary 26s. 8d. which Joan Price widow late wife of James Price deceased owes me. To sd Mary 23s. 6d. which Edward Lewis of Radnor gent owes me. To sd Mary 20s. which Thomas Tuppa of Shobdowne owes me as surety for Roger Browne. I give her 20s. which one William Best of Wigmore owes me. To Anne Davis my maid- servant £ 3.6.8 and one brass pot. Rest of goods to Mary, Extx. Wits Willm Winter, Thomas Price, John Davis, John Legge & Anne Davis. (Probate 13 Jan 1598/9) Son and heir of Nicholas Meredith the First of Presteigne. (See TRANS. XXXIII). 26 Dec. 1598. Paul Aylworthe of Blackebache, parish of Norton, gent. Soul to God. Body to be bur. in Norton chancel. My lease of Blackebache to wife Joan for maintenance of herself and her children. All goods to wife and to John, Edward, Robert & Bridget my 3 sons & daughter equally at 21 years. To dau. Joan Peares 2 silver spoons. To son George my gilt saulte. Son George exor. Henry Shermande of Presteigne gent & John Adyes alias Bocher of Odingles co. Salop. yeoman, Overseers. Wits Edward Ensall, Walter Monington, John Monington, Henry Sherward. 21 Jan 1600. Jayne Alide of Presteigne, widow. Soul to God. To son John one flock bed wherein he lyeth, one bolster, 2 thrumcloths & 1 pair of hurden sheets. To dau. Johan my heifer & the first calf. And my dau. Amy to have the 2nd calf, & my dau. Elnor to have the 3rd calf of the said heifer if the heifer live and com there to. To daus. Elnor & Amy my mare. To Elnor my best brass pan and my other brass pan to Amy. My brass pot to dau. Johan. To Elnor my best featherbed, 1 bolster 1 canvas, 1 coverlet. To Amy my other featherbed, 1 bolster, 1 coverlet. To Johan 2 flockbeds, 1 bolster, 1 coverlet. Rest of goods equally to the three, Elnor to be Extx. Wits John Webb, Elnor Grenely, Ales Lewis, Johan Bratt. (Probate 28 Jan 1600). This will bring us to the end of an epochfthe closing years of the reign of Elizabeth I, but one cannot use the word Concluded for there have been many omissions, which ought to be rectified, which will, no doubt, be rectified, when time and space permit. There are other fields of probate records which will need to be examined, so let us say of the present series-Suspended..