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Rentals

The rentals are arranged into four series: first series, c.1550-1740; main series, 1760-1933; draft rentals, 1818-1874, and tithe rentals, 1818. Rentals for 1662-1665 and 1742-1759 are with the rentals of the Badminton Welsh estate at BM1. Some of the rentals were removed from Badminton Group II; previous reference numbers are given where appropriate.

Bailiffs' accounts,

Accounts of the bailiffs of various co. Mon. man's arranged by bailiff. The accounts include details of the bailiff's 'charge', that is, what monies he should have received from the tenants including unpaid arrears (some of which are described as 'very old' or 'desperate'), and his 'discharge', that is, his disbursements on behalf of the estate, including repairs, taxes and allowances to tenants.

Registers of leases,

Registers Of Leases giving dates of grants of leases, terms of leases, names of lessees and of lives of lease, annual rent, amount of fines and heriots, and descriptions of the premises.

Rent arrears,

Rent arrears in man's Tretwr and Crickhowell in p's Crickhowell, Llangattock, Llanelli, Llanbedr [Ystrad Yw], Llangenny, Patrishow and Cwm-du.

Miscellaneous documents

Arranged into Breconshire, 1429-1788, Carmarthenshire, [temp. Eliz. I]-[c.1750], Gloucestershire, 1568-1760, and miscellaneous counties, 1585-1708.

Audit rolls

Arranged into Glamorgan, Breconshire, Monmouthshire and Gloucestershire, 1477-1641, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire, 1434-1476, and miscellaneous counties, 1393-1633. Note. The original schedule lists the accounts in columns headed (county), place, accounting officer, and office.

Accounts of repairs,

Account books containing details and costs of repairs undertaken on farm buidings, houses, cottages, etc. Arranged into accounts relating to the manor of Chepstow, and to the Monmouthshire estate.

Collector's accounts,

Accounts of Silvanus Bevan, collector of rents of the co. Glam. estate in lp Gower, comprising man's Gower Anglica and Gower Wallica, Swansea, Lougher, Trewyddfa, [p. Swansea], Pennard, [p. Pennard], Lunnon, [p. Ilston], Kittle, [p's Pennard/ilston], and in p's. Bishopstown and Oystermouth, man. Kilvey, [p. Llansamlet]. All were removed from Badminton Group II. Previous reference numbers are given below. BGD1/1, 3 include details of the bailiff's 'charge', that is, what monies he should have received from the tenants including unpaid arrears and his 'discharge', that is, his disbursements on behalf of the estate, including repairs, taxes and allowances to tenants; BGD1/2, 5-6 are more detailed accounts of repairs, taxes and salaries allowed; BGD1/4 is an observation on discharges and allowances; and BGD 1/8 is an abstract of an account. Most of these accounts were removed from Badminton (Group 2); previous reference numbers are given below.

Mineral accounts,

Account of receipts from rents of farms, coal mines and quarries in Clydach and Rumney. For the main mineral accounts see BGA4.

Registers of counterpart leases,

Uniformly bound, outsize volumes, containing dates of grants of leases, terms of leases, names of lessees and of lives of lease, annual rent, amount of fines and heriots, descriptions of the premises and details of subsequent licences granted to assign or to sub-let which were endorsed on the leases. All the volumes are indexed by assignees and lessees. Up to 1871 three copies of the register was made: one for the Badminton estate office, one for the co. Glam. estate office in Swansea, and one for the Prudential Assurance Co. Ltd, though for the years 1871-1889 only the Prudential Assurance co.'s copy has survived. From 1871 the co. Glam. estate office's copy was dispensed with.

Indexes of leases,

Indexes of leases granted, 1654-1752, arranged alphabetically by tenants' surnames. in p's Crickhowell, Llangynidr, Llanbedr [Ystrad Yw], Cwm-du, Llangattock, Llanelli, Patrishow and Llangenny.

Rentals

Rentals of the Badminton estate in Wales, or at least in two of the three Welsh cos where the estate was located. Some rentals which relate to the Badminton estate in both England and Wales were returned by NLW to the Badminton estate office in 1988. The rentals cover man's Caldicott, [p's Caldicot, Caer-went, Rogiet, Mathern and Portskewett], Pengevenny, [p. Abergavenny], and Barton and Hardwick, [p. Abergavenny], (all BA1/1), Maindiff and Whitecastle, [p's Llantilio Pertholey and Llantilio Crossenny], (BA1/1-10), Skenfreth and Llantilio Crossenny, otherwise Maes-y-groes, [p's Skenfrith, Llantilio Crossenny, and Llantilio Pertholey], (BA1/1-5), Wysham, [p. Monmouth], (BA1/1-5, 7), Pellenni [i.e. Monkswood], [p. Llanbadog], (BA1/1-5, 7), Porthcaseg, [p. St Arvans], (BA1/1-7), Trelech Grange, [p's Trelech, Mitchel Troy, Tintern and Cwmcarfan], Penrhos, [p's Betws and Clytha], (BA1/1-7), Dingestow, [p. Mitchell Troy], Pen-clawdd, [p. Pen-clawdd], (BA1/2-5), Cilgoegan, [p's Llanbadog, Cilgwrrwg, Llanfihangel Pont-y-moel, Bedwellty and Llandegfedd], (BA1/1-5, 7), Llandenny, Clytha and Betws, [p's Llandenny, Clytha and Betws], (BA1/2-5), Raglan, [p's Dingestow, Raglan, Llangofen and Llandenny], (BA1/2-5), Grosmont, [p. Grosmont], (BA1/6), Monmouth, [p's Monmouth , Dixton, Dixton Newton, Rockfield, Llangattock, St Maughan's, Mitchel Troy, and Pen-allt], (BA1/6-7), Chepstow, [p's Chepstow, St Arvans, Penteri, Newchurch, Llanfair, Llanfaches, Penhow and Kemeys Commander], (BA1/6-7), and Magor and Redwick, [p's Magor, Redwick, Goldcliff, Undy, Caldicott and Llandenny], (BA1/6-7), and Tintern ironworks, (BA1/7), all in co. Mon., man's Crickhowell, [p's Llangattock and Llanelli], (BA1/1-5, 8-11), and Tretwr, [p's Cwm-du and Llangynidr], co. Brec., (BA1/2-5, 8-11), man's Gower Anglica and Gower Wallica, man's Kilvey, [p. Llansamlet], Trewyddfa, [p. Swansea], Pennard, [p. Pennard], Lunnon, [p. Ilston], Kittle, [p's Pennard/ilston], and p's Bishopstown and Oystermouth, co. Glam., (all BMA1/6-11) and man's Chaldon Herring, [p. Chaldon Herring], Dorset, Badminton, [p's Littleton Drew, Luckington and Sopworth, Wiltshire], Chulmleigh and Denbury, p's Chulmleigh and Denbury, Devon (all BA1/6). BA1/8-10 include details of receipts from sales of wood, bark and coal, and of disbursements, including land tax, repairs, servants' wages, election expenses in Swansea, 1745-6, co. Brec., 1753-4, Cardiff, 1754, and allowances for the 11 days 'lost' when the Gregorian calendar was adopted in place of the Julian calendar, 1753-4. Three of these rentals (BMA1/1-2, 5) were exhibited in the Courts of Exchequer and Chancery in 1727 and 1731 respectively in a dispute between Henry, duke of Beaufort, infant, complainant, and John Scott and William Dunwoodie, gent's, defendants, and between Henry, duke of Beaufort, complainant, and Mathew Powell, esq., defendant.

Bailiffs' accounts

There are no bailiffs' accounts for the entire Badminton estate in Wales. What is included here is a copy account of the estate in co. Mon., co. Glam. and various parts of the estate in England.

Audit books,

The audit books record payments by tenants of their annual rent. BMB1/1 is arranged by tenant; BMB1/2 by date of payment. See also BMS for details of rent received on audit days.

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