
Bardic furniture poses a question or two Has the family a poet, and doesn't know it?
The will of great aunt Emma Jane Evans nee Scott has emerged out of the ether {1, 3}. This confirmed that cousin Joseph Gregory was indeed its named executor in 1961, even if he was described in the probate record as an ironmonger rather than in his more well-known musical role.
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Who’s bardic chair (and desk)?
Clause 5 of the will contains this:
» Continue reading “Bardic furniture poses a question or two Has the family a poet, and doesn't know it?”to Rhoda Gregory of 286 North Road Cardiff the monies owing to me from the purchaser of 7 Park Crescent Barry … also my oak sideboard and my late uncle’s Bardic Chair and desk.