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Lease for 99 years by David, Abbot of Margam, and the Convent therein, to Lewis ap Thomas ap Howell and Jankyn his son, of the Grange of Nochecourte, at a yearly rent of 30 crannocs of barley and 30 crannocs of oats; with allowance of timber for building houses on the site, etc. Dated in the Chapter House. Latin. Seal of the Abbey, red wax.

1. Agnes, relict of Richard, clerk, formerly citizen of Chester, custodian of Margery, her daughter;. 2. John de Mere and his wife and children. Lease for five years of a saltworks which Adam de Ospital held of Richard, husband of the said Agnes, in Wyco, Malb'. [Endorsed: Wyco Malbana]. Rent: 24s. annually. Witnesses: Richard de Fouleshurst, sheriff of Chester, William, clerk, and Richard le Mercer, citizens of Chester. Latin. Seal.

1. John de Sancto Petro, lord of Pecforton;. 2. Richard le Bruyn de Cestr'. Lease for two lives of two messuages and lands in Picton [Cheshire] in the tenure of Henry Broun de Picton and Robert son of Robert de Crouton, a serf in Picton. Witnesses: dominus Henry de Ferrariis, justice of Chester, Ralph de Olton, vicar of Chester, Roger le Brwyn, Richard de Troghford, William de Picton. Latin. Seal.

Letter of Attorney by Margaret Davene, Lady Davene, widow, to Thomas Davene her son, to put the Abbot and Convent of Margam in seisin of 31/2 a. land in the marsh of Aeune, which she has given to the Abbey, with assent of Sir John Davene her son, in exchange for other land there. Under seal of the said John. Dated at Avene. Latin. Two round seals, red wax, 3/4 in. diam. 1. A shield of arms: per pale dex. a fess between six roses, sin. three chevrons. Suspended by the strap, and between two sprigs of foliage. * S' Margarete . Davene. 2. A shield of arms, three chevrons. Above the shield an Agnus Dei; at each side a wyvern. + S Ioh'is . De . Avene.

Letters Of Attorney of James de Ormond, Knight, son and heir of the Earl of Ormond, empowering Thomas Eueresdon and Thomas Byshull to take the livery of seisin from Bartholomew Brokesby, esq., of the manor of Picheford, co. Salop, which the said Bartholomew lately had jointly with John de Beauchamp, lord of Bergevenny, Phillip Morgan and John Bache, clerks, deceased, of the gift of Hugh Burnell, Knight, lord of Holgot and of Weoleigh. Latin. Seal.

Letters Of Attorney of John Louell, knight, lord of Lovell Burnell and of Holand, to Thomas Peynton, chaplain, John Bikley, chaplain, and Richard Wentor of the town of Salop, to deliver seisin to William Litster of the town of Salop, merchant, Thomas Acton and John Leighton, gentlemen, of the manor or lordship of Picheford, iuxta Acton Burnell, co. Salop. Latin. Damaged seal.

Letters Patent of Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury, Magister Tomas Buxhall, clerk, and Henry Sothell, gentleman, feoffees of the possessions of Richard, Duke of York, to William Aleyn, granting the custody of the properties late of John Bruyn, deceased, late of Bruggenorth during the minority of Margery and Joice, daughters and heirs of the said John. Latin. Seals.

Mandate by Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, to the Sheriff of Glamorgan, that he did not permit the Abbey of Margam to be put in plea for their tenements, nor for any things which appertain to the secular court, except before the Earl himself, or before the Sheriff by order of the Earl. Latin. Fine impression of the great seal of the Earl, green wax, chipped, 2? in. diam. The Earl wearing a hauberk of mail, stiff surcoat, flat-topped helmet, with sword and shield of arms, riding on a galloping horse to the right, caparisoned. The arms of the shield and caparisons are: Three chevrons, for Clare. Artistic design. + Sigill ........RTI : De : Clark : Co . Es : He ....... E. Rev. A small round counterseal, 1? in. diam. A shield of arms, Clare, as above. + Sigill : Gileberti : De : Clara.

Notification by Hugh, son of Rodbert de Lantcarvan, to W[illiam], Bishop of Llandaff, of his gift in frank almoin to Margam Abbey, of 30 a. of land of his tenement nearest to their land of Lantmeuthin, with a croft adjacent to the old cemetery, and four other crofts; with assent of his lord, Henry de Humfranville, and of Margery, wife of the said Hugh; for 4 marks of silver and a young ox. The charter deposited on the high altar of Margam, in full county of Cardiff, recited and attested, viva voce, by the said Hugh. Witnesses: James, Prior of Margam; Roger the cellarer; Vincent and Godfrey, monks of Margam; Jordan, conversus; Roger and Richard, 'conversi hospitales' of Margam. Witnesses inscribed in the Cardiff County: William, Prior of Golclive; Henry de Humfranuille, John le Sorus, Pagan de Turberuille. Philip de Marecros, William Flanmengus, Rodbertus Morinus, Odo de Novo-Burgo. Latin. Large seal, red wax, 13/4 in. diam. An ornamental fleur-de-lis. + Sigill': Hvgonis: Filii: Rodberti.

Notification by Pagan de Turberuille to William [de Saltmarsh], Bishop of Llandaff [1185-1191], of his gift to Margam Abbey of the land which his lord, William Earl of Gloucester [1147-1173] gave him in Coitkard' in Newcastle, for 20 marks given to him for the recovery of his land and inheritance at Mersfield in England [Marshfield, Monmouthshire]. Witnesses: William, Bishop of Llandaff; Urban, Archdeacon; Walter, Abbot of Neath; Hamo de Valoniis, sheriff of Cardiff; Herebert de St. Quintin, [occurs 1205; G. T. Clark's Cartae, No. lxix], Henry de Humfranuille, Richard Norrensis, Walter de Sulie, Roger de Bercherel[es], [c. 1169; ibid., No. xxxv], Phillip de Marecros, Urban de Penduuelin, Philip, priest of Marecros; William le Sóór, William de St. Hilary. William de Portechiwet' Thomas, chaplain of the Bishop; Richard de Kaerwigan; William de Bedint' and Godefrey, monks of Margam. Latin. Round seal, brown wax, appended by a variegated bobbin, 21/2 in. diam. A man, riding on a horse, blowing a horn held in the left hand, and holding a lily flower with the right. Cf. No. 8 [c. 1190]. + Sigillvm . Pagani . De . Tvrbervilla.

Notitiae, being returns from most of the parishes in the diocese of St. Asaph giving the number of families, persons in each family, recusants, Quakers, etc., in each parish. Those which are dated bear dates between 1681 and 1687. They all probably belong to the same period.

32 signatures from the area of Nannerch with various addresses provided.