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Indenture, being a covenant by Roger Jones of Coedonn, co. Flint, gent., and his son and heir apparent, Humphrey Jones, to levy unto Henry Hughes of Counsillt, co. Flint, yeoman, and his daughter, Anne Hughes, spinster, at the next Great Sessions for co. Flint, a fine of a m. and lands in Counsillt aforesaid in the tenure of Thomas Piers and of 5 parcels of land at a place called Swinshead in the tenure of the said Henry Hughes, also of 2 m. and lands in Flint aforesaid in the tenures of John Morris, Thomas Venables, and John Piers, parcels of land in Flintfield in Flint aforesaid called Ackreduon, a parcel of land in Flint called Suffurlong, two parcels of land in Flintfield in the tenure of Hugh Midleton, and a m. and lands in Flint in the tenure of Edward Lewis, Anne, his wife, and Thomas Millington to enure to the use of the said Henry Hughes and Anne Hughes so that they may become tenants of the freehold; and that a recovery should then be suffered whereby Henry Lewis of Halkin, gent., and William Butler of Cornist, gent., both in co. Flint, should become seised of the said property to the use of the said Henry Hughes and Anne Hughes.

Proviso that, on payment of £350 to the said Henry Hughes and Anne Hughes by the said Roger Jones and Humphrey Jones, the said property should be held to the use of the said Roger Jones for his life, with remainder to the said Humphrey Jones in fee simple.

Witnesses: John Conway; W. Butler; Humfrey Wynn; Edward Humfreys; Evan Jones.

Declaration by William Morris of Pentrenant, co. Mont., gent., that the £550 advanced by him on a mortgage dated 14 June 1737 of two m's and lands in the tenure of Richard Watts, a parcel of land called Dolegummer in the tenure of the said Richard Watts, a m., &c. called Trewythan vach, late in the tenure of Giles Jarman and now of John Powell, a m., &c. called Tu coch in the tenure of Robert Mason, a m., &c. in Caersoes, late in the tenure of the said Richard Watts, a m., &c. called Parke gate, and a parcel of land late in the tenure of Evan Woosnam, all the said premises being in p's Llandinam, Llanwonog, and Trevegloes, co. Mont. and made between John Jones of p. Churchstock, co. Mont., gent. (eldest son and heir of John Jones of p. Llandyssill, co. Mont., gent., dec.), of the first part, Bagott Read of Chester, esq. (eldest son and heir of John Read of Penrhyddlan, co. Mont., esq., dec.), of the second part, Susanna Grismond of p. Kerry, co. Mont., spinster, of the third part, and the said William Morris of the fourth part, was the money of the said Bagott Read. Witnesses: Thos Marsh; Geo. Morris.

Declaration Of Trust, whereby Richard Warren of Sackville Street, St James, Westminster, Middlesex, acknowledges £2,000 of the sum of £7,000 advanced by indenture dated 2 May 1775 to be the trust money of Lucas Pepys of Wimpole Street, Marylebone, in the co. aforesaid. [Endorsed]: Receipt dated 25 March 1779, by the said Lucas Pepys, for £7,000. Witnesses: William Weller Pepys, John Elderton.

Indenture, whereby - after reciting that, by an indenture dated 23 June 1683, Abraham Clerke of St Margarets, Westminster, Middlesex, esq., by the direction of Elizabeth Garneis of Mouming Thorpe, Norfolk, widow, Sir Ralph Vemey of Middle Claydon, Buckinghamshire, kt and bart, William ffreeman of Sandowne Castle, Kent, esq., John Langley, senior of London, esq. (residuary legatee of the estate of Sir Richard Langley of St Martins in the Fields, Middlesex, kt, dec.), John Langley, junior (son and heir of the said Sir Richard Langley), and Thomas ffrancis of p. St Martins in the Fields aforesaid, esq. (executor of the said Sir Richard Langley, dec.), and, by the appointment of Sir Samuel Barnardiston of Brightwell, Suffolk, bart, assigned to Samuel Blackerby of Grays Inn, Middlesex, esq., the manor or lordship of Mould for the residue of a term of 1,000 years on trust for thes aid Sir Samuel Barnardiston and to attend the inheritance of the lordship of Mould; and that, by an indenture of 23 June 1683, the said Elizabeth Garneis, Sir Ralph Verney, Sir Charles Gawdy, and William ffreeman (by the direction of the said John Langley, senior, John Langley, junior, and Thomas ffrancis) mortgaged the lordship of Mould to the said Sir Samuel Barnardiston to secure £3,000, which said lordship had theretofore been morgaged to George Perryer of London, citizen and scrivener, dec., and Henry Bosworth of London, gent., by the said Sir Richard Langley, dec., to secure £3,000; and reciting the will of the said Sir Richard Langley [see D. D. 1,284], and that the said sum of £3,000 had been repaid to Alice Perryer (widow of the said George Perryer), and that the said lordship had been reconveyed to the said Abraham Clerke, Elizabeth Garneis, Sir Ralph Verney, Sir Charles Gawdy, and William ffreeman - it is declared that, of the said £3,000, £800 belongs to the said John Langley, senior and John Langley, junior, and £2,200 to the said Sir Samuel Barnardiston; that the said assignment of the term of 1,000 years was only made to secure the sum of £2,200, and that, on payment of that sum and interest by the said John Langley, senior and John Langley, junior, the said term would be reassigned by the said Samuel Blackerby.

Witnesses: Ric. Hawkins; Tho. Percivall; Tho. Ellerker.

Decree In Chancery by the Lord Chancellor, dated 10 May 1755, in the suit of Edward Hurst, plaintiff, v. Hon. Thomas Morgan, Capell Hanbury, esq., the Rt Hon. Daniel, Earl of Winchelsea and Nottingham, William Powell, otherwise Richards, an infant, by his guardian, the said Thomas Morgan, Jane Richards, widow, Lewis Morgan and Ann, his wife, Elizabeth Allen, spinster, Lucy Allen, spinster, John Powell, and John Phillips, defendants. The decree, after stating that the original bill was exhibited by Lucy Allen, widow, dec., against Roger Powell, esq., dec., and the Earls of Nottingham and Hertford and others, recites that Thomas Herbert, esq. (the dec. father of Thomas Herbert, an infant), was seised of the manors of Newton Nottage and South Cornely, co. Glam., and other property, and, by his will dated 17 Oct. 1734, devised to his wife, Elizabeth, all his personalty and any realty of which he had power to dispose, and dec. March 1736, leaving his said wife, Elizabeth, and Thomas Herbert, the plaintiff's nephew, his only child and heir at law. That the widow Elizabeth Herbert on 29 April 1739, married the defendant, John Powell, and they, by indentures dated 24 and 25 April 1739, granted the property mentioned in the bill to the Rt Hon. Herbert, Lord Windsor, and Bussey Mansell, esq., to the use of the late Earl of Hertford (afterwards Duke of Somerset) and the defendant, the Earl of Winchelsea and Nottingham, for 200 years and, subject thereto, on trust for the said Elizabeth Herbert for her life, with remainder to her son, the said Thomas Herbert, for his life, with remainder to his sons in tail, with remainder to the said Elizabeth Herbert; that the said Elizabeth, under a power in the said settlement, charged the said premises with an annuity of £30 to her mother, Lucy Parker (since dec.), for her life, and with an annuity of £20 to her niece, the defendant Elizabeth Allen, and, by her will dated 8 May 1739, gave her son, Thomas Herbert, all her realty and personalty, and dec. 8 July 1739. Her son, the said Thomas Herbert, dec. 25 Feb. 1739 intestate and without issue, and administration of his effects was granted to his aunt (the late plaintiff, Lucy Allen), who was his heir at law on his mother's side, and then claimed the said property on the ground that the said Thomas Herbert (the father) was seised in fee simple of the same. That the said Lucy Allen dec. Feb. 1746 and, by her will dated 18 April 1744, devised all her realty to the plaintiff and the defendant John Phillips in trust for her daughters, the defendants Elizabeth and Lucy Allen. That the said Roger Powell, by his will dated 9 Dec. 1750, gave all his realty to the defendants, Morgan & Hanbury, on trust (as to the realty comprised in the marriage settlement made by his late father, Roger Powell) for his two sisters, the defendants Jane Richards and Ann, the wife of Lewis Morgan, and on trust (as to the residue of his realty) for defendant William Richards. Under the decree, the question as to whether the said property passed by the will of Thomas Herbert (the father) to the said Elizabeth in fee simple and whether it descended on the death of Thomas Herbert (the son) to his heir on the paternal or maternal side is remitted to the decision of the judges of the Court of King's Bench.

Deed Of Gift by Anne Prosser, of p. Llyswen, co. Brec., widow, to her son, William Prosser, of all her personal property, the said William to keep her with sufficient meat, drink, washing, lodging, and clothing during the term of her natural life, and pay all her debts and funeral charges. Witnesses: John Herbert, Phillipp Havard, Jenkin William.

Deed Poll (reciting an indenture, dated 24 July 1539, whereby Walter Thomas of Writtell, Essex, gent., leased to one David ap Ieuan ap Llewelyn of p. Llanellie, two parcels of land with appurtenances, whereof the first is called Tire y thewenith, and the second parcel called Tire llette ora, situate in p. Llanellie within the lp of Crichowell, for a term of 99 years at the yearly rent of 6s.8), being an assignment by William John of Llanellie, co. Brec., yeoman, and John ap John of p. Llanellie (the heirs of the aforesaid David ap Ieuan) to Watkine Lewes of p. Llanellie, of the moiety of the above premises for the residue of the said term of 99 years. Consideration: A certain sum of money. Witnesses: Thomas ap Richard Philip, Rees William Philip Powell, Thomas William, William Watkin and others (not named).

Deed Poll reciting indentures dated 30 April 1607 (see D. D. 373) and 25 Jan. 1613-14 (D. D. 376) and being a release of the equity of redemption in a m. in the townred and fields of Llysyvrane, co. Pemb., wherein William Griffith now dwells, to Elen Phillippe otherwise Bowen (widow of John Bowen Cadigan) and John Vaughan (eldest son of Thomas Vaughan, both of Harryesmote). Consideration: £35. Witnesses: William Scowrfyld; James Vaughan; Thomas Vaughan; Gruffith Vaughan; William Owen; Ieuan Phillipes, Morgan Lloyd.

Deed Poll whereby (after reciting a mortgage and further charge respectively dated 19 June 1720 and 29 Mar. 1721 [D. D. 1,502] and indentures dated 9 & 10 Nov. 1722, whereby Katherine Badham of p. Pembridge, Herefordshire, widow, and her son and heir apparent, Bejamin Badham, gent., and Essex Sherborne, junior of Pembridge, Herefordshire, further mortgaged a m. in the Low in p. Pembridge and a m. and lands called Brin cough in p. Llanvihangel Nant Mellan to Caleb Powell of Leominster, Herefordshire, tanner, to secure £150) the said Katherine Badham and Benjamin Badham charge the said property and also all realty owned by them at the Leen or elsewhere in Herefordshire or co. Rad. with £893, being the total principal due to the said Caleb Powell under the above mentioned mortgages. Witnesses: John Pateshall; Richard Hooper.

Deed Poll whereby (after reciting D. D. 1,035 and that the said William Wynne had since dec.) Rowland Wynne of Treflan, co. Caern., esq., declares that a capital m. and lands called Glan r afon bach in Treflan, m's and lands called Tythyn Rowland Griffith ap William, Kay bryn bedde, Kay Evan ap Ynyr, Wein issa, and Kay garrw in Treflan, all realty late of William Rowland situate in p's and t's of Treflan, Ruge, and Castellmay, co. Caern., and m's and lands called Cwmcloch and Pantdreiniog in Llanvihangell and Bethkelart, co. Caern. shall enure to the use of the said Rowland Wynne in fee simple. Witnesses: J. Vaughan of Glanyllyn, co. Mer.; Griffith Prichard and Richard Griffith, both of Tanyrallt in p. Llanllyfney.

Deed Poll whereby Thomas Trafford, recorder, and Thomas ffoster, officers of the prince [of Wales] in the lordships of Bromfield and Yale, grant (at the request of John Sutton of Sesswick, co. Denb., gent., Margaret, his wife, and Humphrey Sutton, gent., his son and heir apparent) license to John Puleston of Pichill, co. Denb., gent., Edward Phillips of Worthimburie, co. Flint, gent., and the said John Sutton, Margaret, his wife, and Humphrey Sutton to sell to John Rowland of Eyton, co. Denb., carpenter, their interest in a term of years in a parcel of land called Kae yr coed lathy made (now divided into two closes), extending from the lands of John ap John ap William ap Maredydd on the north, to the lands of the said John Rowland on the south, and lying between the king's highway on the east and the lands of the said John ap John ap William ap Maredydd and John Rowland on the west, being in the t. of Sesswick, co. Denb. and now in the tenure of Edward ap Thomas; which said premises (with other property) were granted by letters patent of King Charles I on 30 July 1608 to the said John Puleston and Edward Phillips. Yearly rent, payable to the prince: 2s., being parcel of the rent of £3.17.4 reserved by the letters patent.

Deed Poll, being a grant by Hugh Jenkim, yeoman, and Elizabeth verch John, his wife, of Llanbadarn vawre, co. Card., to John ap Reignald of p. Llanbadarne vawre, of the tmt commonly called Tythyn John ap Owen or Tir Owen ap Ieuan Lloid yn Llechwedd Llwyfen and all and singular its appurtenances in p. Llanbadarne vawre in a place there called Parcell paith in the man. of Llechwedd Llwyfen aforesaid situate between the lands of James Lewis, esq., on the west, the lands of Richard ap Ieuan on the east, and the lands now occupied by the above-mentioned John ap Reignald on the south. Consideration money: £67. Witnesses: Moris ap Richard, Edward Morgan, Gryffith David, Owen Rees, Thomas ap Edward, Richard Morice. Latin.

Deed Poll, being a mortgage for £6 from Rees ap Robert of Dolwen, co. Mont., yeoman, to Evan Edwards, clerk, vicar of Llansanffraid, co. Mont., of the following premises:- A meadow (about one a.) called Gwerglodd penn y brynn in the t. of Melyniog Vechan; a parcel of woodland (about 3 a.) called Y gerddi in the t. of Melyniog Vechan; a parcel of arable land in Melyniog aforesaid called Yr erw bant, extending in breadth from the land of the rectory of Llansanffraid on the one side to the land of Howell ap Edward on the other side, and in length from the land of David ap Llewelyn as far as the land of Morgan John and others. Witnesses: Howell ap Edward; David ap John ap Ieuan; John ap Robert alias Tailor; Maurice ap Hughe; David ap Edward; Edward ap David ap Llewelyn; Thomas Gregor, scriptor. Latin.

Deed Poll, being a release by Griffith Morgan of the co. bor. of Carmarthen, gent., and Thomas James of the co. bor. of Carmarthen to Elizabeth David of the co. bor. of Carmarthen of the m. with appurtenances situate in the lower franchise of the co. bor. of Carmarthen called Landers Hill alias fflanders Hill. Witnesses: Robert Lewis, Thomas Lewis, Griffith David, John ffarmer, Griffith ----.

Deed Poll, being a release of the equity of redemption in a mortgage, dated 13 Feb. 1639-40, whereby Richard Pryce of Gogerthan, co. Card., esq., and Lewis Evans of Plassedyon, co. Mont., gent., mortgaged the man. of Llanbadarn vaure and its appurtenances for the residue of an unexpired term of 99 years to John Wittewrongle of p. Westham, Essex, esq., John Jones and William Hewson of London, gent's, in the sum of £800. Witnesses: Humphrey Jones, George Mills, Robert Heyhoe, Peter Phesaunt.