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Papers arising from lawsuits between Sir William Maurice and Robert Wyn ap John ap Humffrey of Cesail Gyfarch, his brothers and others concerning the title to Cefn Perfedd and Tyddyn Wenffrwd in Penyfed and Gest, Caernarfonshire, claimed by Sir W.M. to be partly in his own holding and partly crown land, 1607-1615. The file includes a list of jury in an action brought by Cadwalader ap Richard, tenant of Robert Wyn ap John, for ejectment from farm; interrogatories administered to witnesses and defendants; bonds indicating attempts to settle the matter by arbitration, 1611-1612; details of the suit of Cadwalader ap Richard and other complaints of trespass on premises in Penyfed and Gest to be answered by Sir W.M., 1613; and answers and examinations of three defendants, who include Cadwalader ap Richard, to a bill of complaint of Sir W.M. in Star Chamber, 1615, concerning riot, unlawful assembly, forcible entry and forcible possession at Cefn Perfedd and Tyddyn Wenffrwd, and mentioning Cadwalader 's illiteracy and non-comprehension of English.