Ffeil NLW MS 11158F - The manor of Llandaff,

A volume of documents in support of the claim of Francis James Mathew, 2nd earl of Llandaff in the kingdom of Ireland, to the manor of Llandaff and to messuages and lands in the parishes of Llandaff, Whitchurch otherwise Witchurch, and Canton in Glamorgan. The documents comprise a pedigree showing the descent of the Earl of Llandaff from George Mathew of Thurles in Ireland; an abstract of title and an additional abstract of title based on sixteen deeds and documents of the period 1553-1814, among them being an extensive survey of the manor made in 1740; and an injunction issued by the Court of Chancery, prohibiting the sale of three fifth parts of an estate in Glamorgan or the disposal of trust monies charged thereon pending an answer by the Earl of Llandaff and John Evans to the bill of complaint of Kitty Steele, widow, sole executrix of Jonathan Steele formerly of Denmark Hill and late of the parish of Saint Mary Newington, Surrey, deceased. The volume is labelled on the upper cover:- 'The claim of the Earl of Llandaff to the manor of Llandaff, 1810'.