Release from John Batkyn of fflint to Richard Gravell of all his interest in 9 a. of land at a ...,
Release from John Batkyn of fflint to Richard Gravell of all his interest in 9 a. of land at a place called The white fild hay in the franchise of fflint. Latin.
Grant from Thomas Whitley of Aston, co. Flint, gent., to Randolph Ravenscroft and John Crachley of a close of land called Gorstid hey in Ewlo, co. Flint lying between the land of Thomas Sparke and the land of the said Thomas Whitley and having the land of John Wighe at one end and a lane called Biedred-strete lane at the other end, and late in the tenure of the said Thomas Whitley. Witnesses: Richard Madocke; David Richard; Edward ap Richard. Witnesses to livery of seisin: John [? Hughe]; John Edwardes; William Wighe. Latin. Memorandum (endorsed), signed by Raffe Ravenscroft, acknowledging the receipt, on 2 April 1601, of £18 from Mrs Katherine Whytley, widow, in redemption of the above mentioned property.
Grant from Thomas Whitley of Aston, co. Flint, gent., to Radulph Ravenscrofte of Boller, co. Flint, gent., and John Crachley of Kinarton, co. Flint, yeoman, of a close of land in Aston aforesaid called Guene hey adjoining the capital m. of the said grantor and in his occupation. Consideration: £20. Witnesses: John [? Hughe]; William Dymock; Robert Monkeffield; David ap John Howell. Witnesses to livery of seisin: John [? Hughe]; William Dymock; Robert Monkeffield; David ap John Howell; William Gryffeth. Latin.
Indenture, being a grant from Thomas Ravenscrofte of Bretton, co. Flint, esq., to John Humfrey of Leadbrooke, co. Flint, gent., of a tmt in fflint and Bolles late in the tenure of Richard ap Thomas ap Ithell and Thomas ap Richard ap Thomas, a tmt in fflint and Bolles aforesaid in the tenure of Kenrick ap David Ieuan and Kenrick ap Thomas ap David, and all realty late of Edward Stanley, esq., in fflint and Bolles late in the tenures of the said Richard ap Thomas ap Ithell, Thomas ap Richard, Kenrick ap David ap Ieuan, and Kenrick ap Thomas ap David, and now in the tenure of the said John Humfrey, which said property had, by deed dated 10 Mar. 1600-1, been granted by the said John Humfrey to the said Thomas Ravenscrofte on certain trusts therein contained. Witnesses: Arth. Ravenscrofte; William Dymocke; Tho. Crackby; Tho. ap Richard.
Indenture, being a lease from Thomas Whytley of Aston, co. Flint, gent., to Sir Thomas Brereton of Woolvesacre, co. Flint, kt, Roger Brereton of Clayton, Staffordshire, gent., Robert Byrkened of Brimcoyd, co. Flint, gent., and Raphe Brereton of the city of London, haberdasher, of a m. and lands in Aston and Yelow, co. Flint, late in the tenure of Thomas Chatterton, dec., and now of the said lessor. Term: 80 years, if Elizabeth Whytley (wife of the said Thomas Whytley and sister of the said Roger Brereton and Raphe Brereton) should so long live. Yearly rent: 18s. Consideration: A marriage already solemnized between the said Thomas Whytley and Elizabeth Whytley, his wife. Witnesses: William Brereton; Robert Griffith; Roger Willings; Thomas Millington.
Indenture, being a grant from George Ravenscroft of Mancot, co. Flint, gent., to Thomas Whitley of Aston, co. Flint, gent., of a tmt in the ht of Mancot in p. Hawarden, co. Flint, late in the tenure of Roger Ravenscroft and now of the said George Ravenscroft. Witnesses: Thomas Ravenscroft; R. Litler; Ja. Midlehurst; Thomas Wiat. Witnesses to livery of seisin: William Minshull; Edward Ithell; Richard Bennet; Richard Porter.
Indenture, being a lease for 31 years from John Humfrey of Flint, gent., to Humfrey Jones of Flint, gent., of a capital m. called Coed onn, situate in Bolles in p. and co. Flint, also closes called Kaye newydd, Y fron goch, Y spoute, Quetkay yr gwartheg, Crofte ffoxlow, Tir paham, Quitekay yr skybor, Y rwyddfyd, Quitekay yr morfa, Quitekay yr weirglodd, Y weirglodd hir, Gweirglodd y morva, and about one a. in Tir y bont, all situate in Coed Onne, Bolles, Flint, and Atticrosse, co. Flint. Yearly rent: 10s. if demanded. Consideration: £320. Witnesses: Ric. Spicer, clerk; Edw. Humfreys; Harrie Spicer of Flint. Memorandum (endorsed) states that this deed was shown to certain witnesses before a commission held at the house of Edward Parry of Bagills in the case of Katherine Humphries, plaintiff v. Rice Jones, defendant, on 29 Mar. 1665, before P. Mostyn, Henry Lewis, and Humphrey Pennant.
Indenture, being a lease from Humfrey Jones of the town and co. of Flint, gent., to Thomas Rondle of Hollywell, co. Flint, yeoman, of a tmt in Hollywell aforesaid, late in the tenure of Rondle David Lloyde (dec. father of the said Thomas Rondle), and now of the said Thomas Rondle. Term: 80 years, if the said Thomas Rondle should so long live. Yearly rent: 30s., 2 capons at Christmas, and 2 hens at Candlemas. Consideration: £12. Witnesses: Thomas Lewis; Thomas ap Robert; ffoulke [? Roberts]; Thomas Price; Richard Lloyd; Peter Kenricke.
Indenture, being a lease from Roger Jones of Coyed Onn in the t. and co. of Flint, gent., to John Moris of Flint aforesaid, weaver, Anne Thomas, his wife, and their son, Thomas Jones, of the tmt in which the said lessees live in the said t. of fflint, and three a. of land there, situate between the lands of Thomas Ravenscrofte and Thomas Salusbury, esq's, on both sides and at one end, and having the highway leading from Coyed Onn to the town of fflint at the other end. Term: 99 years, if either of the said lessees should so long live. Yearly rent: 31s. Consideration: £6. Witnesses: Wm Clarke, clerk; Tho. Eddows; Thomas Pyers; Thomas Gravell; Thomas More.
Indenture, being a lease from Robert Whitley of Ashton, co. Flint, esq., to Gregory Moore and Anne, his wife, of Ewloe in co. Flint of a m. and lands in Ewloe aforesaid in the tenure of George Miers. Term: The lives of Edward, Thomas, and John Moore (the 3 sons of the said lessees). Consideration: £80. Yearly rent: 40s., two days' reaping in harvest, and two hens at Christmas. Witnesses: Ed. Evatt; Humphrey Lloyd; John Whitley; Thomas Ravenscrofte, Robert Lloyde.
Indenture, being a lease from George Ravenscrofte of Killings, co. Flint, gent., to Thonias Dakin of Shotton, co. Flint, yeoman, and Margarett, his wife, of a close called Dakin's meadowe situate in Shotton aforesaid and abutting on the lands of the said George Ravenscrofte on the east, north, and south and on the lands of Thomas Mesham, on the west, and in the tenure of the said Thomas Dakin. Term: The lives of the said lessees. Yearly rent: 6d. Witnesses: John Swift; Jane Johnson; Anne Ravenscrofte.
Bond in the penalty of £200 from Thomas Davies of Halkin, co. Flint, gent., to Henry Hughes of Counsillt, co. Flint, gent., for the due observance of covenants in indentures dated 1 Feb. 1663-4 made between the said obliger and the said obligee. Witnesses: Henry Lewis; Tho. Maltby; Hugh Johnson; Thomas Parry; Hugh Middelton.
Precept from R. Mostyn, sheriff, Ro. Davies, and Robert Whitley to the high and petty constables of the hd of Coleshillt, co. Flint, to levy in the hd of Coleshillt £31.13.4, being the last monthly contribution for the three years commencing on 25 June 1662 for defraying the 'charge of the militia which should be sett upon duty in order to ye quiett and safety of ye kingdom' under the late Act of Parliament. The contribution for the whole co. is £134.14.6 for the month. The amount collected is to be paid by 10 Aug. 1666 to Richard Gryffyth of Bagillt, the treasurer appointed.
Indenture, being a grant from Edward Moore, Thomas Moore, and John Moore, all of Ewloe, co. Flint, gent's, to William Sparke of Aston, co. Flint, gent., of a mansion house, &c. in Ewloe aforesaid wherein Gregorie Moore (father of the said grantors) lately lived, and now in the tenure of Edward Moore, also a close of land adjoining called The pigeon house hay or Dove house hay and the land called Newe Inne, containing 3 parcels of land called The barn hey, Bell's croft, and The meadow, all being in Ewloe aforesaid. Consideration: £217. Witnesses: William Tucker; John Wighe, John Evans; Robert Evans.
Licence, dated 10 Aug. 1673, from Robert Powell, S.T.P., vicar-general and principal official of Isaac, bishop of St Asaph, for the marriage of William Sparke and Anne Williams of Northop, co. Flint, spinster, at the church of Northop; signed by Thomas Ravenscrofte, registrar. Latin.
Covenant to levy a fine of m's and lands in Counsillt, Swinshead, Flintland and Flint
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.
Indenture, being a covenant by John Gravell of the town of fflint, gent., William Morris of Cornist, co. Flint gent., and Henry Hughes of Counsyllt, co. Flint, gent., to levy to William Butler of Cornist aforesaid, gent., and Richard Griffith of Bagillt, co. Flint, gent., a fine of a m. in the town of fflint called The ould house in the tenure of the said John Gravell, a m. in fflint aforesaid called The new house, late in the occupation of Thomas Gravell, gent. (father of the said John Gravell), and lately purchased by the said William Morris from the said John Gravell, and all other m's and lands of the said Thomas and John Gravell situate in fflint and Counsyllt to enure (as to The new house) to the use of the said William Morris for his life, with remainder to Roger Ellis of Bagillt aforesaid, gent., and Mary, his wife (dau. of the said William Morris), and their issue, with remainder to the heirs of William Morris; and to enure (as to 4 closes of land in Counsyllt situate at a place called Maesgwyn and called Y peder ackar and Y ddwy ackar and two small quillets called Y pim ackar and Kae batkin) to the use of the said Henry Hughes and his daughter, Mary Hughes, until they shall be paid £42.11.2, with remainder to the said John Gravell in fee simple; and to enure (as to The ould house and the rest of the said property) to the use of the said John Gravell in fee simple. Witnesses: Humphrey Price; Robert Bythelle of Kilken; Jo. Hughes of Pentedow.
Release from Thomas Browne of the town of fflint, gent., to Henry Hughes of Counsillt, co. Flint, being an acknowledgement of the receipt by the former of £10.5.6, being the balance of the purchase money for the m. situate in fflint and Bolles in which the said Thomas Browne lives. Witnesses: William Morris; John Gravell; Jo. Hughes.
Indenture, being a lease for 3 years and 7 months from Henry Hughes of Counsillt, co. Flint, gent., and his daughter, Mary Hughes, to John Gravell of the town of fflint, gent., of 5 paicels of land in Counsillt aforesaid called Y peder ackar (in a field called Y pum ackar), Y ddwy ackar, and Kaye Batkyn. Yearly rent: £3.3s. Witnesses: Humphrey Jones; Thomas Piers; John Jones.