I have hereunder set my hand on the day and year first above written. Signed John Probert On the 23 rd day of August 1898 Probate of this will was granted at Hereford to James Probert the sole Executor . This is the last will and testament of me James Probert of Yazor Court in the County of Hereford, Farmer which I make this twenty seventh day of February 1891 and whereby I appoint my wife Eliza and brother John Executrix Executor and Trustees. On the 17 th day of January 1901 this will was granted at Hereford to Eliza Probert, widow, the surviving Executor. The earliest record that I have found of my Probert line is a James Probert from Llanfihangel Nant Melan who married a Bridget Parker from Pembridge in 1757.
Superstition has it that a dragon used to roam around the hills that surround the hamlet.
The church is built upon a mound that is surrounded by yew trees. Llanfihangel Nant Melan still has its' village inn. The Forest Inn stands on the main road through the hamlet close to the church and on the opposite side of the road to Lower House Farm where the Proberts lived. At one stage in the 1900's my Aunt Mary Probert held the license. William Smith Brown was born in Wiltshire.