In the name of God Amen the fifteenth day of June Anno Domini 1623 I Richard Ballard of Rudhall in the county of Hereford do make this my last will and testament First I bequeath my soul into the hands of almighty God hoping to be saved by the merits of Christ Jesus my Saviour And my body to be buried in the Church of Ross unto which I bequeath xx^d Item I appoint to be bestowed upon the <Ringers> xxd Item I bestow upon the poor of Ross x^d a year for ever to be paid at Christmas, out of my house which Mark the glover hath. Item I bequeath to my kinsman John <Maddocke> of Gloucester thirty pounds. Item I bequeath to my <?four?> sisters five pounds apiece. Item to Harry Peirse a xxii^d peice Item to John Lane forty shillings Item to Evan Rogers and the <????> ii^svi^d apiece Item to the servant maids two shillings apiece Item to the ploughboys xii^d apiece Item I bequeath to my master Master Rudhall my acre of free land lying between his land in the <pullocked> Item I give more to Harry Pierce my sword and girdle and lanyard for the market house of Ross.

18th day of March 1625? Commission granted to John Maddox to administer the estate of Richard Ballard yeoman of Weston Subter Peniard (now called Weston Under Penyard) in the county of Herefordshire. [There are quite few names here and it really needs someone to translate this to get the full meaning but it seems to recount that John Maddocke died intestate and that each of Richard's sisters is dead? John Williams and Margaret, Thomas Maddox and Alicia, Thomas Thomkins and Joanna and George Abrahall and Matilda ]