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Testator willed and bequeathed: to my eldest son, Thomas Stephens, my real and personal estate, he paying out of the same (as I have laid out a very considerable sum in building and improving the estate and have no other means of doing what I believe to be justice by my younger children) £400 in addition to £300 mentioned in my marriage settlement, payable within one year after the dec. of myself and my wife, Susanna Stephens, to my hereafter named younger children; to my eldest daughter, Susanna Watkins, £100; to my daughters, Ann Lewis and Margaret Griffiths, my son, Evan Stephens, my daughter, Hannah Jones, my son, William Stephens, and my daughter, Mary Stephens, £100 each, each share to be divided equally among the survivors in the event of the death of any of my children without issue, but equally between the children in the event of issue; my eldest son, Thomas Stephens, to be executor of my will. Witnesses: Thomas Rogers, Thomas Watkins, Benjamin Dyke. Copy. Endorsed:. 'He died [blank]. His wife died Oct. 1834.'.

Take Notice to John Owens and John Owen Watkins of Lower Trewern, p. Llandegley, farmers, of an indenture dated 4 Aug. 1885, between. 1. The Rt Hon. Arthur, 2nd Baron Ormathwaite of Ormathwaite, Cumberland, and Horace Dormer Trelawny of Shotwick Park, Cheshire, esq., and. 2. George Ashley Dodd of Surrenden Dering near Ashford, Kent, esq., Alfred William Holmes of Makeney Lodge, near Derby, esq., Ernest Howell Thurlow, a major in Her Majesty's Army, and James Bowker of No. 6 Bedford Row, solicitor, being an assignment of part of the mortgage contained in a deed of 31 March 1849 between John Owens and John Benn, 1st Baron Ormathwaite, then Sir John Benn Walsh, bart, and therein called Sir John Walsh, bart. Signed: Burgoynes, Milnes, and Burgoyne, per Hugh S. Monk, 350 Oxford Street, London, W., solicitors for Lord Ormathwaite.

Release by William Philpots of p. Llangattock Vibon Avel, co. Mon., weaver, of a m. called Trewern and a water corn grist mill thereto belonging and two other m's called Tuy Pen y Brinne and Tuy yn y Llane in Llandegley, co. Rad., from the payment of an annuity of £20 payable to the son of Margaret, one of the daughters of one Eleanor Bevan of Llandegley aforesaid, widow, by the will (12 July 1738) of Bridget, wife of John Clarke of Blethvah, co. Rad., esq. Witnesses: William Gilbert, Sil. Williams. [References to testator's kinsman, John Meredith, of said p. Llandegley, gent., and Margaret, his wife; Evan Meredith, youngest son of the said John Meredith; John Griffiths of p. Llangunllo, co. Rad., gent., and Margaret Jones of p. Llanvihangel Rhyd Ithon, co. Rad., spinster, heir at law of the said Bridget Clarke; and to the said William Philpots, the relessor, as son of the said Margaret, daughter of Eleanor Bevan.].

Release by Thomas Jones of p. Ey, Herefordshire, yeoman, and Anne, his wife, and Richard Jones of p. Llanbadarn Fawr, co. Rad., yeoman, and Mary, his wife, of a m. called Trewern and a water corn grist mill thereto belonging and two other m's called Tuy Pen y Brinne and Tuy yn y Llane in Llandegley, co. Rad., from the payment of an annuity of £20 payable to the son of Margaret, one of the daughters of one Eleanor Bevan of Llandegley aforesaid, widow, by the will (12 July 1738) of Bridget, wife of John Clarke of Blethvah, co. Rad., esq., to testator's cousins, the said Ann Jones and Mary Jones. Witnesses: Ezek. Williams, Thomas Williams, John Bowen.

Opinion of Jas Davies on the claims of the heir of the bodies of John Owens and Anne Williams under deeds of Feb. 1738 and May 1751. [References to John, son of Owen and grandson of John and Anne, and to the widow of the late John Owens of Trewern.]. Endorsed:. 'Mr Owens and Mr Duggan.'.

Notice by John Owens of the Lower Trewern, p. Llandegley, co. Rad., gent., to the valuer acting in the matter of the Radnor Forest Inclosure, of a claim to an allotment of the commons called The Forest of Radnor equivalent to rights of common of pasture in respect of tmt's called Lower Trewern, Fronlace, Beilie, Tynylan, Burton Arms Inn and land, Mill and land, Upper Trewern, Pycorner, Bryns, and Lydiudda and garden, p. Llandegley.

Memorandum Of Agreement between Harry Hughlings, esq., owner of Llanlogin Farm, p. Llandegley, co. Rad., and John Owens, owner of Trewern in p. Llandegley, for the exchange of specified pieces of land. Signed for Harry Hughlings by Wm Ferrier. Witness: R. B. Watkins of Rhonllwyn.

He encloses particulars of monies received 'of Arthir from Dear Grandmother' and a release to be signed. He desires the return of the release by 5 Nov. as 'stone and wife' have not had their part. He intends to send it by Robert Eaton. He will endeavour to get the rent of John Jones, and intends to give him the notice. Family news.

1. John Lewis of Llandegley Rhose, p. Llandegley, co. Rad., labourer. 2. Richard Price of Norton, esq., lord of the man. of Swydd Ruralt cin, co. Rad. Lease for three lives of a cottage and three plocks of land in the t. of Trelan, p. Llandegley. Witnesses: David Lewis, Richd Green. [The evidence of the deed itself, of the endorsement, and of No. 40 indicate that the order of the parties should be reversed.].

1. Thomas Stephens of Ednol, p. Old Radnor, co. Rad., farmer. 2. John Owens the younger of Trewern, p. Llandegley, gent. Lease for one year of one fourth part of a m. and lands called Upper Trewern and a cottage and garden thereto adjoining (formerly divided into three tmt's called Ty-yr-Llidiatt-yn-y-Llwyn, Tuy-Rees-ap-yr-Beavan, and Tyr-evor-ap-Griffith) and a newly-erected m. and lands called Pyecorner (the latter being the property specified in No. 28), all in the t. of Llanvihangel Nantmellan. Witnesses: D. James and John James, solicitors, Presteign.

1. John Lewis of Llydiaddy, p. Llandegley, co. Rad., yeoman. 2. John Owens of Lower Trewern, p. Llandegley, gent. Grant of two m's and three a. of land called Great Llydiaddy and Little Llydiaddy, p. Llandeglly. Witness: Richard Banks, solicitor, Kington. Endorsed:. Seisin delivered in the presence of John Rogers and William Joseph.

Attested by John Jones, minister of Llandegley, 29 Dec. 1836.

Attested by John Jones, minister of Llandegley, 19 Jan. 1837.

Extract from an award of John Cheese and James Stephens, gent's, commissioners appointed by 'An Act [of 52 Geo. III] for inclosing Lands in the Township of Llanvihangel Nantmellan in the County of Radnor'. The extract relates to the allotment of residue, the suspension of rights of common, and the allotment to John Beavan of Styconny, p. Old Radnor, farmer, of a parcel (26 a.) numbered 84.

Declaration by John Owens, senior, of Llwyn Melin, touching his own possession for life, his bequest to his son, John Owens, and his consent to the subsequent sale of the Brins, parish of Llandeglia and township of Swyd and Graige. Witness: Eliza Owens.

Deeds and documents relating to the parish of Llandeglau, Radnorshire, 1585-1885.

1. Richard Price of Norton, co. Rad., esq., lord of the man. of Swydd Rwrelt. 2. John Owens of Lower Trewern, p. Llandegley, farmer. Conveyance of the reversion in fee of a cottage and three plocks of land in the t. of Trelan, p. Llandegley. Witness: John Greenhous of Norton.

1. The Rev. Robert Lingen Burton of Ford, Shropshire, clerk. 2. John Owens of Trewern, p. Llandegley, co. Rad., farmer. Articles Of Agreement for the sale of the Llandegley Estate, including a m. called Vron las, a m. and inn called Burton Arms Hotel, a m. called Tyn y lan, and a m. or miller's house called Llandegley Mill, all in p. Llandegley aforesaid, being the whole of the vendor's unsold estate, together with timber, minerals, spa, and other waters, etc. Signed for the vendor by Wm Storey. Witness: Jno. Sydenham.

Articles Of Agreement by John Owens of Llanevan [p. Llandegley] for his father to hold to Lower Trewern the right of shelter and pasture for sheep 'round my fence or the Rhuey', that is, round the sheepcot meadow and Newlock Wood and up the Dingle for redlece. Witness: William Joseph.

[References to the vendor's brother, David Lewis, tenant of the properties, and to Elizabeth Morris or Powell.]. Not executed.