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Agreement, whereby John Myvod of Dymerchion, co. Flint, gent., covenants that, in the event of his selling the equity of the redemption of 8 parcels of land in Trelan in p. Dymerchion aforesaid, formerly called Rhyd y cwtta, and now called Cae yr hen du, Y trayan, Yr ardd, Y dragon, Y cae Bleyddyn, Yr ardd Bleyddin, and Y caye Bleyddin, in the tenure of William Edward of Bryncoch in p. Whitford, co. Flint, gent. (which said property had been mortgaged for £210 by the said John Myvod to the said William Edwards), he would, out of the purchase money received for the said equity of redemption, pay (in consideration of his wife, Mary Myvod, having joined in mortgaging the said property) to William Massay of Mostyn, co. Flint, gent., and Thomas Hughes of Dymerchion aforesaid, yeoman, £20 in trust for the said Mary Myvod. Witnesses: John Lloyd and Robert Lloyd, both of Pontruffudd.

Agreement, whereby John Wood the younger of Cardiff, co. Glam., gent. (on behalf of Robert Jones of Fonmon Castle, co. Glam., esq.), agrees to sell to John Edwards of Bloomsbury Square, Middlesex, esq., the following property:- The manors of Barry and Porthkerry, the advowson of the rectories of Barry and Porthkerry, and farms in p's Porthkerry, Lancarvan, Wenvoe, Barry, and Penmark, co. Glam. The names of the tenants and the a.ages of the different farms are given but the names of the farms are not stated. The purchaser agrees to present the son of Dr Carberd (the present incumbent of Porthkerry) to that living on the death of Dr Carberd. Consideration: £42,000. Witnesses: H. Bastings, clerk to Mr Edwards; Nicholl Wood, attorney.

An Inventory of the goods and chattels of David Lloyd of Ffoesybleidhed, co. Card., esq. Very valuable for history of prices in co. Card. Among the items is "Silver plate, £5. 10s.". The total value is £397.14s.

Answer (acknowledged 12 Feb. 1707-8 before Thomas Carter and Howell Leewes) of Mary Lewes, spinster, one of the defendants to the bill of complaint of Prince Lewis, gent., complainant. The said Mary Lewes says that her dec. father, Hugh Lewis, on 1 Jan. last (1707-8), when very ill, was induced by complainant to make his will and make provision for her, and that complainant stated that he would act as executor in trust for her, she being under age; that a will was drawn up, and that the first part of it, relating to her portion, was made by the said Hugh Lewis and that the part relating to the limiting of an estate tail to the heirs male of the said complainant and the other defendant, Charles Lewes, was drawn by the direction of the complainant. Said Mary Lewes says that complainant has not paid her any portion and asks the Court to compel him to pay her £350.

Answer And Examination of the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Bangor, in a suit in the Court of Chancery on the petition of Joseph Pring, organist, and David Hughes, George Fletcher, and Thomas Edmunds, vicars choral of the said Cathedral, in regard to the tithes of p's of Llandinam, Llanwnog, Trefeglwys and Carno.

Answer of Elizabeth Sidney (wife of the Hon. Joceline Sidney, esq.), one of the defendants, to the bill of complaint of Charles Morgan, gent., and Mary, his wife, complainants. Defendant admits that Lewis Thomas of Gwernlloynweath, co. Glam. (father of the said Elizabeth Sidney and Mary Morgan), being seised of realty in co. Glam. of the yearly value of £350 and timber to the value of about £8,000, by his will, dated 21 May 1710, bequeathed to the said defendant all his realty, subject to a legacy of £1,000 and an annuity of £30, to the said Mary Morgan, and dec., the said defendant being then about 8 years of age and the said Mary Morgan being also a minor and in the guardianship of their mother, Emmet. Defendant also states that she married the said Joceline Sidney on 18 Dec. 1716 (after the death of her father), with the consent of Joshua Rogers (lately dec.), who had married her mother, Emmet; that the said Emmet had subsequently married Francis Dorset, and that defendant had never been in possession of the property.

Answers of Andrew Lloyd, esq., and Elizabeth Owen, widow, two of the defendants to the bill in Chancery of Richard Owen [see D. D. 1,072], who state that it is true that Edward Owen (father of the said plaintiff) advanced to the said Leighton Owen £300; that the said Leighton Owen dec. 11 April 1657 at Shrewsbury; that the said Elizabeth Owen paid £9 to the plaintiff in Nov. following the death of the said Leighton Owen; that the said Leighton Owen, by his will dated 9 April 1657, directed his executors, the said defendants, to sell his lands in Allington and, after paying off the said mortgage, to hold the surplus as a portion for his only daughter, Martha Owen; that the defendants proved the will but did not intermeddle with the estate of the testator, and they believe that his assets did not nearly reach the value of £1,000, but have no knowledge of any such assets.

Appointment by Sir Robert William Vaughan of Nannau, co. Mer., bart, sheriff of co, Mer., of Edward Gatty and Brooke Turner of 1 Red Lion Square, London as his deputies to receive writs, &c. directed to the said sheriff. Witness: L. O. Edwards.

Apportionment by George Good of Croft Cottage, Carmarthen, auctioneer, of tithe rent charge, under the Tithe Commutation Act, on property in p. Llanelly, co. Carm. Names and acreages of several tmt's and their respective occupiers given.

Articles Of Agreement between Catherine Powel, late of Glanarath, co. Carm., but now of the city of Hereford, widow of William Powell of Glanareth, gent., dec., and Gabriel Powell of the town of Swansea, co. Glam., and Iltid Thomas of Swansea, whereby to settle disputes the said Catherine Powell is given a rent charge of £300 for her life. The agreement recites the marriage articles of the said Catherine Powell, who was the daughter of John Bowen of Gurrey, p. Llandilovawr, co. Carm. Witnesses: William Bird, Jeffreyson Holland.

Articles Of Agreement touching the Cragge Mine between John Jones of Nanteos, co. Card., esq., and Comelius Le Brun of London, gent. Full and interesting particulars as to conditions of working are given.

Articles Of Agreement whereby Joan Vaughan of Trecoon in p. Llanvairenantygove, co. Pemb. (widow of John Vaughan, esq., of Trecoon, dec.) covenants to assign to her son, Erasmus Vaughan of Trecoon aforesaid, gent., the life estate (to which she was entitled under the will, dated 21 Oct. 1732, of the said John Vaughan) in the following property, in consideration of an annuity of £100, to be paid her for her life by the said Erasmus Vaughan:- The capital m. and lands called Trecoon aforesaid, m's and lands called Treberweth, Striddog, otherwise Tredivo, all in p's Llanvairnantygove and Newcastle, co. Pemb.; m's, &c. called Bucket and Llygadlleddy, Trecoon Mill, and Vronrydd, all in p. Llanvairnantygove; two m's in Fishguard in the occupation of Benjamin Millingchamp and widow Morgan; parcels of land called Gavell isha in p. Fishguard; three m's and lands in the townred and fields of Henriesmote; two m's and lands called Penyrallt in p. Llysyvraen; m's and lands in p. Castlebigh. Witnesses: Mary Vaughan; William Tucker.

Articles Of Agreement, being a settlement prior to the marriage of Edward Edwards of the town of Montgomery, tanner, to Mary Pryce of Keven y Mynach, p. Kerry, spinster (one of the daughters of Bridget Pryce of Montgomery), whereby the said Bridget Pryce agrees to pay to said Edward Edwards £100 as a marriage portion for the said Mary and also the proceeds from the sale of a m. called Cribbin mawr in p. Kerry and in the tenure of John Pryce, taylor, which descended to the said Mary by the death of her nephew, Hugh Pryce. The said Edward Edwards agrees to settle the following property to the use of himself and his intended wife for their lives, with remainder to their issue:- M's called Tuy ynghelewent, wherein John David ap Howell lately dwelled, in the t. of Crigbythar, co. Rad. and Y tuy yn y kefen derw, otherwise Y tuy yn y brin, and a house called Y tuy ymhwll tanrheg, wherein Griffith ap John lately dwelled, all being now in the tenure of John Wilcocke; a m. in the tenure of Howell Jones and Edward Williams in the t. of Treyrllan, p. Kerry, co. Mont.; also a parcel of land called Cae squire, containing 5 a., in p. Kerry and adjoining on the south side of the said parcel to a little cornmon called Penylan in Treyrllan. Witnesses: Maurice Lloyd; Harry Oliver of Montgomery; Evan Jones.

Assignment by Gervas Powell, clerk, Lewis Jenkin, William David, Thomas Rees, Lewis Edwards, Isaac Jones, and Rowland Williams (seven of the trustees appointed by an Act of 11 Geo. III to widen and repair several roads leading to the town of Lantrissent and a road leading from Newbridge to the Old Furnace, all in co. Glam., and by an Act of 19 Geo. III for repairing and widening the said roads to Lantrissent and the roads leading from the Old Furnace to Merthyr Tidvil village and from thence to the confines of co. Brec., all in co. Glam.) to William Morgan of said p. Merthyr Tidvil, gent., of the tolls granted for widening and repairing the said road for 25 years, to secure £11.10s. and interest advanced and paid to Richard Hill, treasurer of the said roads in the Merthyr Tidvil District. Witness: William Harry.