Probate Of The Will of Timothy Bellamore of the town of Monmouth, gent., who bequeathed as follows:- All to my wife, Sarah Bellamore, she to do justice to our children and to be executrix. Witnesses: Thomas Baker; Thomas Harris. The probate grant is missing. See D. D. 1,443.
Mandate to the sheriff of co. Mon. to appear before the chancellor and barons of the exchequer at Westminster on 6 Nov. next and pay over all sums due to the king. Particulars of the amounts due are given in a schedule; they include the 'farm' of the profits of the county and also the rents received for lands in the sheriff's hands on account of debts due to the crown from their owners and on account of the outlawry of the owners; among the outlawed owners mentioned are Walter Morgan, gent., the owner of lands in the parishes of Bergavenny and Lanillo Partholly, Christopher Morgan, owner of lands in the parish of Cwmcarvay, and Thomas Pritchard, gent., owner of lands in the parishes of Langattock and Lanvihangel near Usk.
Deeds and documents, 1515-1600.
Grant from Owyn ap Gutto Bach ap Llewelyn ap Howell and Maurice ap Gutto Bache ap Llewelyn ap Howell, burgesses of the town of Machvnllethe, to Davit lloit ap Owen, burgesses of the town of Machvnllethe, of the fee simple of a moiety of a burgage in Machvnllethe between the lands of Howell ap John ap Llewelyn on the one side and the burgage sometime belonging to Howell ap Ieuan ap Davit on the other side and extending from the common street called Strytt Gwyr Keveillioc towards the common called Mays y llynlloedd. Witnesses: Jankyn ap Davit ap Kene and Llewelyn ap Howell Gethin, the capital bailiffs of Machvnllethe this year; Owein ap Dytun and Moris Whith, sub-bailiffs there; Owein ap Llewelyn ap Howell. Latin. Endorsed: "Gweithred tir a gwartheg.".
Indenture, whereby Hugh ap Gruffith of the t. of Retheskyn, co. Mont., gent., grants a moiety of the meadow called Gwirglodd pull helyck, lands called Tyr coch y frank, situate within a certain common called Mayse penryn, containing 6 a. and 3 selions of land in the said common, being between the lands of Geoffrey ap Griffith on one side and the aforesaid lands called Tyr coch y franck on the other side, which latter lands stretch over the common way and include 11/2 a. of land, together with a parcel of land called Pen yssau yr vron, comprising six a. in extent, and situate in Penryn vechan, to John ap Griffith, his brother, in exchange for two selions of land within Errowe dekevyn, 4 selions within Kae goyth, a parcel of land near Gwywer, 4 selions within Kae rege, 3 selions of arable land and half-an-a. of meadow land within Gwirglodd koyd. Witnesses: Llewelyn ap Morris; Roger ap Rychard Paythe; Owen ap John ap John; Robert ap John Lloyd; John ap Ieuan ap Vab (?) ap David. Latin.
Indenture, whereby John ap Gruffith ap Thomas of Goettre, co. Mont., yeoman, mortgages to Thomas ap Llewelyn of Barchaethlon, co. Mont. the following premises to secure £5 and interest:- A tmt and garden, 8 a. of arable land (4 a. called Maes howell, 1 a. called Y ddol vach, 2 a. called Groft y cappan, and 1 a. lying between the aforesaid tmt and the Mule brook), 11/2 a. of meadow land (1 a. called Gwern Wilim, and 1/2 a. between the said tmt and brook), all situate within the t. of Goettre aforesaid. Witnesses: Robert ap Ieuan ap Rees; Hugh ap David; Rice ap Griffith ap John; Robert ap Willim; Arthur ap Moris. Latin.
Indenture, being a mortgage to Edward Herbert, esq., of Montgomery, co. Mont. from Thomas ap David ap Jankyn of Dythihenith, co. Mont., gent., and Machallt verch Owen ap Llewelyn ap Owen of the t. of Dythihenith, co. Mont., widow, of the following property to secure £13.6.8:- The water-corn-mill called Melyn Dythihenith, together with seven a. of land belonging thereto, in the t. of Dythihenith and in the occupation of the said Thomas ap David ap Jankin. Witnesses: Meredith ap Morgan; John ap Bedo ap John; John ap Howell ap John ap Madog; John ap John.
Indenture, whereby Howell Porter of the town of Pool, co. Mont., gent., grants to Thomas ap Owen of Pool, baker, the fee simple of a tmt, comprising about 1/3 of a burgage of land, stretching in breadth from the land of Robart ap Ieuan, dec., on one side to the land of David ap David on the other side, and in breadth from the High Street of Pool at one end to the land of Roger Lloid, gent., at the other end; a yearly rent of 10s., payable to the said Howell Porter and his assigns, is reserved. Witnesses: Roger ap Thomas; Morgan Baker ap James; Humfrey ap John ap Hugh; Peter ap Delis; Thomas ap Watkyn; David ap Watkyn; David ap Thomas; Robert ap Hugh, saddler. Latin. Endorsed in a later hand: "This is for Dick Humphreys' house, 10s. rent.".
Deed Poll, being an assignment from Thomas Odingzelles of London to Ieuan ap Mathewe of Kerry, co. Mont., gent., of a lease for 21 years (granted by letters patent dated 9 May 1581 to the said Thomas Odingzelles) of lands late of Coghin Bondman situate in the t. of Keven-y-myniche in the lp of Kerrie, co. Mont. and late in the tenure of William Herbert, and all of 'the queen's' lands in the t. of Brinllowarch in the said lp of Kerry in the tenures of Phillip Vaughan, William ap Morris, Ieuan ap Morgan, and Elen verch William, all which said premises were parcel of the possessions of the late earl of March. Yearly rent: 5s. for the lands of Coghin Bondman and 5s. for the lands in Brinllowarch. Minerals and timber are reserved to the queen. Witnesses: Geo. Bayley; Rich. Bull; Tho. Bromley; Philippe James; Robert Vachan. Letters of attorney, dated 8 June 1592, are attached, whereby the said Thomas Odingzelles appoints Mathewe Goch of Kerry, gent., to give livery of seisin of the said property to the said Ieuan ap Mathewe of Kerry. Witnesses to livery of seisin: Lewis ap Ieuan; David Lloid; Owen Jenkin.
Indenture, whereby Howel Gilbert of Pool, co. Mont., gent., grants to John Humffrey of Pool, burgess, the fee simple of half a burgage in the town of Pool, extending in breadth from land in the tenure of David Lloyd, draper, on the one side and the land of John Porter's heir in the tenure of Gruffith ap Howell on the other side, and in length from the High Street of Pool at one end up to the lands of Howell Porter, gent., and Edward Lewes at the other end, and now in the tenure of John Humffrey; a yearly rent of 20s. is reserved to the said Howel Gilbert. Witnesses: Edward Blucke; Howell Porter; Austin David; Humfrey Pyres Rynald; David ap John, corviser; Griffith ap John ap Llywellyn; Gilbert H----. Latin.
Indenture, being a mortgage for £40 from John ap Rotherch ap Owen of Machenlleth, co. Mont., gent., to Lewis ap Jenkin of Machenlleth, yeoman, of a m., then occupied by the said John ap Rotherch, in a street called Stryt y maen gwynn alias Stryt Gwyr Keveiliog, in the town or bor. of Machenlleth aforesaid. Witnesses: David Pughe; Lewis Thomas; John Swayn; Edward Prichard; Richard David; Henry David Powell ap John; Maurice Thomas, clerk (scriptor of the present deed). Latin.
Indenture, being a lease for twenty-one years at the yearly rent of 10s. from Gruffith ap David ap Ieuan ap Meredith of Tretherwen Vybyon Gwnwas, co. Mont., yeoman, to Ieuan ap Gruffith, his son and heir apparent, of seven m's, 100 a. of land, 50 a. of meadow, 80 a. of pasture, and 10 a. of wood, being the late hereditaments of Ieuan ap Meredith ap David lloyd (grandfather of said Gruffith), situate in the several t's of Rheteskyn, Combe, and Gyngrogge, co. Mont. in the several tenures of Ieuan ap Llewelyn ap Meredith, John ap Llewelyn ap Meredith, Humfrey ap Llewelyn ap Meredeth, Gruffith ap Llewelyn ap Meredeth alias Griffith Yanga, Jasper Gruffith, John Mytton, Robert ap Lewes, David Lloyd, draper, and Oliver Lloyd. Witnesses: Roger Lloyd; Rondle Howells; Willam ap Thomas; John Gruffith.
Grant from Augustine ap Rees, gent. (son and heir of Rees ap Lewis of Carno, co. Mont., gent.), and John ap Austen (son and heir of the aforesaid Augustine) of p. Rockardyn, Shropshire to John Caldwall of Alston in p. Gnosall, Staffordshire, yeoman of the fee simple of a toft called Llety Ll[eweli]n duy and two parcels of land (20 a.) in the tenure of the said Rice ap Lewis and situate in the t. of Llanvechan in p. Tregynon, co. Mont. at a place called Kaye Ll[ewel]in saer; the two parcels of land being respectively known as Llety duy Lle[wel]in and Come havod y mynythe; also another parcel of land called Olle here (2 a.) situate in the t. of Aberfaley in p. Tregynon and another parcel called Thermenyrferen, with a cottage adjoining, together with the dairy house called Le llyest scule deyry house of Rees ap Lewis on the hill in said p. Tregynon. Consideration: £80. Witnesses: Richard Arnewey; Richard Hughes; John Arnewey, junior; Francis and Richard Peate; Arthur Vaughan. Latin.
Indenture, being a lease for 99 years from Morrys ap Morrys, otherwise Jones, of London, cooper, to Mathewe Morrys, citizen and cooper of London, of a tmt in the tenure of David ap Lewes in Keven-y-minich in p. Kerry, co. Mont. and a cottage thereunto belonging situate in Whydante in said p. Kerry and in the tenure of John ap Retherighe. Yearly rent: A pepper corn. Consideration: £27. Witnesses: Richard Stretton, ser'; Walter Lewes.
Bond in the penalty of £100, from Richard Powell, late of Kerry, co. Mont., gent., to Evan Mathewe of Kerry, gent., for the due execution and delivery by Lewis Powell, citizen and merchant tailor of London, to the said Evan Mathewe of an assignment of a lease, dated 23 April 1604, granted by Moris ap Morice, otherwise Jones, of London, cooper, to Mathew Moris, citizen and cooper of London, of a tmt in said p. Kerry in the tenures of David ap Lewis and John ap Rotherick, and also of an assignment from the said Mathew Moris to the said Lewis Powell. Witnesses: Thomas Piers; Mathewe Morice; Piers ap Harry; Oliver ap David; Mathew ap Ieuan.
Deed Poll, being an assignment from Lewes Powell, citizen and merchant taylor of London, to Ieuan Mathewe of Keven-y-minich in p. Kerry, co. Mont., gent., of a lease for 99 years at a pepper corn rent of a tmt in Keven-y-minich aforesaid in the tenure of David ap Lewis, and of a tmt or cottage in Whydante in said p. Kerry and in the tenure of John ap Retherigh, granted (in consideration of £27) on 23 April 1604 by Morris ap Morris, otherwise Jones, of London, cooper, to Mathewe Morris, citizen and cooper of London [see D. D. 1,115]. The document recites that the said Mathewe Morris, by indenture dated 20 July 1604, assigned the said lease to the said Lewis Powell. Witnesses: Richard Davis, apprentice to Mr Lewis Powell; Oliver ap Hughe of Churchstocke; Rees Powell.
Inquisition before Robert Lloyd, gent., under a commission from King James I to enquire into the king's possessions and rights in the Lp of Haleston, co. Mont. It gives the bounds of the lp and a list of the freeholders' names, with the rents payable.
Memorandum that Reese Griffen of p. ffelthlog co. Denb., yeoman, took possession of a house called by the sign of The Griffen in thold baily without Ludgate, London, which house is in the occupation of Willam Burrall, girdler, and gave the peaceable possession of the fee simple of the same house to his brother, Edward Griffen of London, stationer. Witnesses: Mathew ffox; John Markes; Jerrome Winckell; Richard Cocloughe; Peter Hughes.
Exemplification, dated Newtown, of a final concord in a fine dated Welshpool, 19 July 1613, between Edward Langeford, plaintiff, and William Vavasour, gent., Elizabeth, his wife, and Richard Vavasour, their son, defendants, touching one m., 50 a. of land, 16 a. of meadow land, 40 a. of pasture, 4 a. of wood, and 20 a. of furze and heath in Hendidley. [Seal now pendant.]. Latin.