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PARLOUR 1 bedstead and furniture, 2 tables, 1 bench, 5 chairs, 1 pair of andirons, fire shovel and tongs, and 1 pair of bellows, Value £ 5-5-0. Little PARLOUR 2 bedsteads and furniture, 1 table board and 1 bench. Value £ 3-0-0. BEST CHAMBER 1 bedstead and furniture, 1 table board and a bench, 1 chair, 1 stand, 1 chest, 1 side cupboard, and 1 trunk. Value £ 4-0-0. LITTLE CHAMBER 1 bedstead and furniture, 1 chair, 1 chest, 1 coffer, 1 box. Value £ 5-0-0. GREAT CHAMBER 1 bedstead and furniture, 1 table board, 9 joint stools, 1 chair, 1 trunk, 1 coffer, and truckle bed. Value £ 4-0-0. CHAMBER OVER Little PARLOUR 2 bedsteads and furniture, 1 side cupboard, 1 coffer, 1 trunk, and 1 desk. Value £ 3-0-0. CHAMBER AT STAIR-HEAD 1 bedstead and chest, the servants' beds and a bedstead. Value £ 0-10-0. HALL 1 table and bench, 1 settle, 1 chair, 1 side cupboard, 1 jack, 1 pair of andirons, 2 pairs of tongs, 1 fire shovel, 1 scale, 1 hour glass. Value £ 1 There was also the kitchen. The linen included 6 table cloths, 56 napkins, and 25 pairs of sheets. There was some silver ware, brass ware, and pewter ware. From his will2 we learn that James Pryce was survived by his wife Elizabeth and by four sons-John, Richard, Charles, and James-to each of whom he left a house and land. John married3 Catherine Lloyd of Cascob in 1686 and died4 in 1692 leaving two sons, John and Lloyd, and two daughters, Elizabeth and Catherine, Of these, John marrieds Bridget Pryce of Boultibrook, daughter of Edward Pryce Esq. and had issue2 two sons, Edward and James, and two daughters, Ann and Mary. Edward moved to Aylesbury but was buried in Presteigne Church4 in 1774 to which he gave a fine sixteen branched chandelier that still hangs in the nave. James' son Richard died in 1705 at Stapleton, Presteigne, having married2 Mary, a daughter of Thomas Fletcher. He left a son, James. To return to John Pryce of Lugbridge. From his will2 it would seem that he had married twice and was survived by his now wife, Jane by three sons-John, Charles and Herbert-and by one daughter, Ann, who married Henry Hebb and had children. His son Charles, a mercer, married3 Elizabeth Hervey of Presteigne in 1684 and left a daughter, Jane, and three sons Harvey, James and Charles. Herbert, described as armiger when he acted as executor to his brother John, left a son, John, who became the vicar of Panfield, Essex. The eldest son, John, appear sto