Title supplied from name of collector of fonds.
D. Gethin Williams, solicitor, had offices in The Kingsway, Swansea, Glamorgan. In the course of his work, he acquired deeds and other papers relating to his clients' interests in Carmarthenshire and Glamorgan. In 1962, the business was taken by John O. Morgan, solicitors, of Pontardawe, Glamorgan.
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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales
Collection of deeds acquire by D. Gethin Williams, relating to properties in Carmarthenshire and Glamorgan, 1687-1889.
Arranged by deposit and in chronological order.
Action: All records deposited at NLW have been retained.
Deposited by D. Gethin Williams, Swansea, and by Margaret Phillips, Millbrook, Llanrhidian, per D. Gethin Williams, Swansea, between 1956 and 1959.
Accruals are not expected.
Compiled by Annette Strauch for the ANW project. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: NLW, Schedule of D. Gethin Williams Collection of Deeds.
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1 Evan Owen and Owen Evan (son and heir apparent of the said Evan Owen), both of p. Llannarthney, co. Carm., gent's. 2 Edward David of p. Llangybby, co. Card., gent. 3 David Edwards of p. Llanthewybrevy, co. Card., and Thomas Hughes of p. Llangyndeyrne, co. Carm., gent's. Settlement (before the marriage of the said Owen Evan and Mary Edward of Llangybby, spinster, daughter of the said Edward David) of Tir y Cwm Dy and yr havod vach at tre moddvey, p. Llannarthney aforesaid.
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1 Charles Hassall of Eastwood, p. Narberth, co. Pemb., and William Hopkin of Trosserch, p. Llangennech, co. Carm., gent's, landsurveyors, commissioners under the Llansadwrn Inclosure Act. 2 Robert Smith of p. St Peter, bor. Carmarthen, gent. Grant (by way of a receipt) of Gwain Gyffredin, p. Llansadwrn, part of the waste lands sold. Plan in margin.
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1 William Lewelyn of Typicca, p. Llanegwad, co. Carm., gent. 2 William Anthony of Llandilofawr, gent. 3 Robert Smith of Carmarthen, gent. 4 John Thomas of Cross Inn, p. Talley, shopkeeper. 5 John David Henry of Tanlan, p. Llansadwrn, farmer. Assignment of mortgages, and appointment and release of Cwmsidanfawr, Wayngyffredin, and a parcel of land containing 6 a., one r. and five p., late part of the Common of Llansadwrn and now allotted in respect of Trevach, all in p. Llansadwrn, and Penycryg, p. Talley, to uses with reservation of annuities payable out of Penycryg and Bank, Cwmsidanfach and Clynhavod, p. Talley.
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1 John Thomas of Maesygroes, p. Llansadwrn, co. Carm., gent. 2 The Rev. John Roberts of Taliaris Parsonage, p. Llandilofawr, clerk. Mortgage for £500 (by way of demise for 1,000 years) of Cwmsidanfawr and Wayngyffredin, p. Llansadwrn.
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Copy.
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1 Catherine Thomas of Cwmdu, p. Talley, co. Carm., widow of John Thomas, late of Maesygros, p. Llansadwrn, gent., now dec. 2 John Thomas of Cwmsidanfawr, p. Llansadwrn, gent., only son and heir of the said John Thomas, dec. 3 John Phillips of Cwmdu aforesaid, innkeeper, and Mary, his wife, which said Mary is the only daughter of the said John Thomas, dec. 4 Rhydderch Evans of Cwm, p. Talley, gent. Lease And Release (subject to a mortgage for £500, by way of demise for 1,000 years) of one part of Cwmsidanfawr, Waungyffredin, and Maesygros, p. Llansadwrn, and of all the cottage and lands called Penycryg otherwise Penycraig, p. Talley, to uses. Endorsed is: Memorandum of a mortgage for £80, dated Jan. 29-30 1836, of Penycryg otherwise Penycraig, p. Talley, to Daniel Price of Talley.
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Certificate that Mary, wife of John Phillips, was examined touching her knowledge of the lease and release of one part of properties in p's Llansadwrn and Talley.
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1 David Prothero of Llandilo, esq., Doctor of Medicine, and Walter Owen Price of Castle-Piggin, co. Carm., esq. 2 John George Hawford Philips of Ystradwrallt, esq., and Elizabeth, his wife. 3 John Thomas of Cwmsidan, p. Llansadwrn, gent. 4 Thomas Davies of Stone Street, Llandovery, gent. Assignment of a mortgage for £500 (by way of a demise for 1,000 years) of Cwmsidanfawr and Wayngyffredin, p. Llansadwrn, and a further mortgage for £100 of Cwmsidanfawr and Wayngyffredin, with covenant to produce deeds. Schedule appended.
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Declaration by John Thomas of Cwmsidanfawr, p. Llansadwrn, co. Carm., gent., that he did not make any settlement whatever of his estate upon either of his wives or upon his children.
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1 John Thomas the elder of Cwmsidanfawr, p. Llansadwrn, co. Carm., gent., and Jane, his wife. 2 John Thomas the younger of Cwmsidanfawr, farmer. 3 Thomas Davies of Stone Street, Llandovery, gent. Grant of Cwmsidanfawr, Wayngyffredin, and an allotment on Fan Llansadwrn, p. Llansadwrn, awarded in 1817 under an act of 49 George III.
Preferred citation: 12.
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1 The Rev. George Whitney of Stagbach, p. Leominster, Herefordshire, clerk. 2 John Jones of Brinbrain, p. Llangadock, co. Carm., gent. Deed Of Covenant for the further assurance on the purchase of a moiety of a copyhold tmt and lands called Hendrevorgan otherwise Bryndilis Gwylva, p. Languick and man. Kaegurwen, co. Glam. Consideration: £800.
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1 John Thomas Whitney, late of Burton Cottage, p. Leominster, Herefordshire, but now an inhabitant of Demerary and Esscquebo, gent., third son of the Rev. George Whitney, late of Stagbach, p. Leominster, and now of Burton Cottage aforesaid, clerk. 2 The said George Whitney. 3 John Jones of Brinbrain, p. Llangadock, co. Carm., gent. Deed Of Covenant to surrender the reversion of a moiety of a copyhold tmt and lands called Hendrevorgan otherwise Bryndilis Gwylva, p. Languick and man. Kaegurwen, co. Glam.
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1 John Thomas Whitney, late of Burton Cottage, p. Leominster, Herefordshire, but now an inhabitant of Demerary and Esscquebo, gent., third son of the Rev. George Whitney, late of Stagbach, p. Leominster, and now of Burton Cottage aforesaid, clerk. 2 James Whitney of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, brother of John Thomas Whitney, and Evan Thomas of Neath, road surveyor. Letter Of Attorney. No. 13b is attached to No. 13.
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1 Evan Jones of Hendreforgan, p. Llanguicke, co. Glam., gent., and Mary, his wife. 2 Capel Miers of Drumma House, p. Cadoxton juxta Neath, esq. Surrender (and admittance) in the court of man. Kaegurwen of a moiety of a copyhold tmt and lands called Hendrevorgan otherwise Bryndilis Gwylva, p. Languick and man. Kaegurwen, co. Glam., being a mortgage for £800. Copy.
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1 William Parry of Noyadd fry, p. St Michael Cwmdu, co. Brec., esq., and John Parry of Blayney Lower, p. St Michael Cwmdu, gent., mortgagees of a tmt and lands called Hendrevorgan otherwise Bryndilis Gwylva, p. Languick, co. Glam. 2 Evan Jones of Hendreforgan, p. Llanguicke, co. Glam., gent. 3 William Ridley Swan of Cardiff, co. Glam., colliery viewer, and John Swan of 150 Leadenhall Street in the city of London, merchant. Lease for 60 years of a tmt and lands called Hendrevorgan otherwise Bryndilis Gwylva, p. Llanguick, co. Glam., with the cottages, works, and the minerals thereunder. Schedule of rents for cottages appended and plan of property inscribed on deed.
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1 Richard Morgan Jones of Trecastle, co. Brec., gent's. 2 Evan Jones of Aberdare, co. Glam., surgeon. Mortgage for £900 of the share title and interest of Richard Morgan Jones in a tmt and lands called Hendrevorgan otherwise Bryndilis Gwylva, p. Languick, co. Glam., with the minerals thereunder.
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1 Evan Jones of Aberdare, co. Glam., surgeon, and Jonah Owen Jones of Swansea, mining engineer. 2 The United Anthracite Collieries Ltd of Hendreforgan, p. Llanguicke, colliery proprietors. Lease for 60 years of a tmt and lands called Hendreforgan otherwise Bryndilis Gwylva, p. Llanguicke, co. Glam., with the cottages and works, together with the minerals thereunder. Plan and schedule of leases appended. Endorsement: 10 April 1889. Consent and ratification by William Jones and Frederick Arthur Gerwyn Jones of Llandovery Bank, co. Carm. (trading as D. Jones & Co.), as mortgagees of the farm and lands demised subject to the payment of all rent and royalties direct to them.