Deeds and Documents from the Wakefield Collection, Library of Congress
GB0218.D4185

 D4185/1  COPY OF COURT ROLL Manor of Portcassecke Court Baron of Henry Duke of Beaufort before Godfrey de Harcourt Chief Steward there, being a SURRENDER of Henry Nash of par. Penterry, gent., of 2 messuages and 2 parcels of land thereto belonging, in par. ST. ARVANS, TO THE USE OF Henry Nash during his life, thereafter TO THE USE OF William Duke of the City of Bristol IN TRUST during the life of Henry Nash and thereafter TO THE USE OF Elizabeth wife of Henry Nash, for her life, and thereafter TO THE USE OF the first son of Henry and Elizabeth Nash, and of his heirs, and for want of such issue TO THE USE OF their second, third or other sons, and for want of such issue and if Elizabeth Nash shall be pregnant, at the time of the decease of Henry Nash TO THE USE OF William Duke of Bristol IN TRUST during the life of Elizabeth Nash and if the posthumous child or children of Henry and Elizabeth Nash shall be a son or sons to the USE OF such sons after the determination of the trust, and for want of such issue TO THE USE OF the first or other daughters of Henry and Elizabeth Nash, and for want of such issue TO THE USE OF such person as Henry Nash shall determine. LATIN 14 Aug 1696  

 D4185/3 1. Henry Nash of par. Llanvihangell Torymynith, gent., and Samuel Nash of par. Nash, gent. 2. William Barnes of Bristol, esq. 3. Thomas Bayly of Morend, Co. Glouc., esq. 4. John Bayly of Bristol, gent. RELEASE OF EQUITY OF REDEMPTION from 1. to 2. of premises as in D4185/2. Consideration: £3,680 Reciting deeds of 1735-1736 26 Oct 1758 

 D4185/5-6 1. The Right Hon. George Henry, Earl of Lichfield and Norborne Berkeley, esq. 2. Henry Harding of par. Chepstow, gent. LEASE AND RELEASE of a triangular parcel of land; (C. ½ acre) being part of the farm called St. Kinmarks, in par. ST. ARVANS. Consideration: £6.5s 4 Dec 1759-5 Dec 1759 

 D4185/8 1. Mark Wood of Gatton, co. Surrey, esq. 2. Nathaniel Wells of Baker Street, Portman Square, co. Middx., esq. ASSIGNMENT of a messuage called the Livox, together with the houses, outhouses, barns, stables, outbuildings and gardens thereunto belonging (C. 1 acre) and 9 parcels of arable land and pasture (C. 112 acres) thereunto belonging; of a messuage with houses, outhouses, barns, stables, buildings and gardens called the Redding Farm (C. 1 acre), together with 19 parcels of pasture, meadow and arable land; in pars. ST. ARVANS and CHAPEL HILL. Consideration: 10s. 29 Jul 1802 

 D4185/10-11 1. Nathaniel Wells of Piercefield, (par. St. Arvans), esq. 2. Samuel Boddington, esq., and Richard Sharp, esq., both of Mark Lane, London. GRANT (MORTGAGE BY LEASE AND RELEASE) of timber trees growing upon a parcel of land called Cliff Meadow (C. 116 acres), on 3 parcels of ground thereto adjoining (C. 199 acres 1 rood 3 perches) called Lodge Meadow, Cae Pant and Inner Park, on a parcel of ground called Hanway Meadow (C. 22 acres 2 roods 23 perches), on a parcel of ground (C. 5 acres 1 rood 10 perches) called Martridge, in and around the messuage, garden, orchard and premises (C. 11 acres 1 rood 14 perches) called Grove, in and upon the woods, walks and cliffs (C. 204 acres) including Pierce and Martridge Woods, on the farm and lands (C. 93 acres 1 rood 38 perches) called Saint Kinsmark, in the farm, lands and woods (C. 64 acres 3 roods 5 perches) including Close Monday Court Meadow, on the lands, woods and hereditaments (198 acres 3 roods 10 perches) called Portcasseg Farm and Woods, and in and about the messuages, farms, and lands (C. 63 acres 34 perches) called Lancaut Farm, in pars. CHEPSTOW, ST. ARVANS, CHAPEL HILL and ST. ARVANS. Premium: £12,000 Attached: 3 April 1818 1. Samuel Boddington and Richard Sharp as in 2. above. 2. Nathaniel Wells as in 1. above. REDEMPTION OF MORTGAGE (BARGAIN AND SALE) of premises described above. 17 Aug 1808-18 Aug 1808 

 D4185/13 1. Henry Probert of Pantglase, par. Esq., George Probert of Penallt, esq. and Dame Magdalen his wife and Trevor Williams of Langebby Castle, late baronet, and William Morgan of Penreeye, esq., two of their feofees. 2. Edmond Hoiskins of Penallt, gent. BARGAIN AND SALE WITH FEOFFMENT of a messuage, barn, stable, curtilages, 2 gardens and 14 parcels of land, arable meadow, pasture, woods and underwoods, (C. 214 acres), called Trepuscodlyn Farm, and of all lands and watercourses thereto belonging; and of a messuage, barn, curtilage, garden and 10 closes of land, arable, meadows, pasture, woods and underwood, with all appurtenances (C. 140 acres), in pars. TRELLECK GRANGE, CHAPEL HILL, AND NEWCHURCH. Consideration: the conveyance by 2. to 1. of customary lands in Rockfield. 15 Mar 1654 

 D4185/15-16 L. & R. H. Indentures 1. Edmond Haskyns, plaintiff. 2. Henry Probert, esq., George Probert and Magdalen his wife, deforceants. FINAL CONCORD of 2 messuages, 2 barns, 1 stable, 3 gardens, 100 acres of land, 5 acres of meadow, 10 acres of pasture, 40 acres of wood and 100 acres of furze and heath, in pars. WOLVESNEWTON, TRELLECK GRANGE & NEWCHURCH. Easter 1655 

 D4185/18 1. John Tyrrell of Southwark, par. St. Olives, co. Suffolk, tailor. 2. Walter Morgan of par. Trelleck, gent. BARGAIN AND SALE WITH FEOFFMENT of a messuage called the Pantey, with all barns, stables, gardens, orchards, parcels of arable meadow and pasture, furze and heath (C. 114 acres, boundaries described), with appurtenances, in par. NEWCHURCH. Consideration: £330. 22 May 1663 

 D4185/20 1. Henry Walter of Parkepill, par. Lanvihangell Lanternam and, John Walter of St. Brides, gent., his son, and William Herbert of Undy, gent. 2. John Hoskins of Trepuscodlyn, par. Woolvesnewton, gent. BOND in £56 to secure the fulfilment of conditions contained in bargain and sale of even date. 29 Sep 1671 

 D4185/23 1. Henry Walter of par. Lanvihangell Lanternam, clerk and John Walter of St. Brides, gent. 2. John Hoskins of Trepuscodlyn, par. Wolvesnewton, gent. QUITCLAIM of a messuage called the Pantee with a barn, stable, curtilage, 2 gardens, 2 orchards, 16 parcels of land, arable pasture and meadow ground and one grove of wood, with appurtenances, in par. NEWCHURCH. 21 Sep 1672 

 D4185/25-26 1. Andrew Lewis of par. Trelleck Graing, yeoman. 2. John Hoskins of par. Newchurch, gent. LEASE AND RELEASE of 6 parcels of arable pasture and woody ground (C. 30 a.) called Tyre y Pante (boundaries described) in par. NEWCHURCH. Consideration: £75. 30 Apr 1695-1 May 1695 

 D4185/28-29 1. Walter Morgan of Tredeeon, gent. 2. David Neck of par. Newchurch, gent, and Thomas Lawrence of par. Trelecke Grange. 3. Christopher Morgan of par. Newchurch, son and heir of Christopher Morgan of par. Newchurch, deceased. LEASE AND RELEASE from 1. to 2. TO THE USE OF 3. of 4 parcels of arable land called the Wenallt (C. 10 acres), Keye y Kellin (C. 11 acres), Kae yr Ddyntame (C. 12 acres) and Kae Bach (C. 2 acres) in par. NEWCHURCH. Consideration: 10s. Reciting that the lease and release is intended to ‘perfect’ the purchase of the property already undertaken by Christopher Morgan, father of 3. 19 Jan 1698-20 Jan 1698 

 D4185/31  R. H. Indenture 1. Henry Morgan and William Ford, quers. 2. Samuel Ford and Mary his wife, Thomas Hitchings, John Morris and Cicely his wife, and George James and Mary his wife. FINAL CONCORD of 2 messuages, 1 barn, 2 gardens, 2 orchards, 16 acres of land, 10 acres of meadow, 43 acres of pasture and 6 acres of wood, in pars. SUDBROOK, NEWCHURCH and CHEPSTOW. LATIN. Nov 1709 

 D4185/34 L. H. Indenture 1. Henry Lewis, esq., and Thomas Lewis, gent., plaintiffs. 2. John Hoskyns, gent., and Edward Hoskyns, deforceants. FINAL CONCORD of a messuage, barn, stable, garden, 300 acres of land, 100 acres of meadow, 100 acres of pasture, 160 acres of wood and 100 acres of heath and brushwood with appurtenances, in par. NEWCHURCH. LATIN. Feb 1714 

 D4185/35 1. Samuel Bosanquet of par. Dingestou, and of Harley Street, co. Middx., esq. and Latitia Philippa his wife. 2. Charles Bosanquet of Hampstead, co. Middx., esq. RELEASE of a tenement farm (C. 340 acres) called Dingestou Farm, and of a capital messuage called Dingestou Court, with offices, stables and outbuildings, and yards, gardens and orchards, a farm (C. 185 acres) called Lower Talyvan, a farm (C. 87 acres) called Upper Talyvan, a farm (C. 172 acres) called Tipharry, a farm (C. 200 acres) called Blue Door, a farm (C. 173 acres) called Trevaldee, a farm (C. 93 acres), called Bourne, a farm (C. 41 acres) called Old House, a farm (C. 40 acres) called Pool Morgan, a farm (C. 77 acres) called Fish Pool, several parcels of woodland (C. 44½ acres) called the Great Wood, Talyvan (C. 15 acres), 2 other pieces (C. 6½ acres), Lower Talyvan (3 acres), Tyrharry (34 acres), Cordyvyda and Blue Door (2½ acres), Trevaldee (C. 28 acres), Bourne Wood (C. 25 acres), Fish Pool (C. 13 acres) and a parcel recently planted (C. 3 acres), and all other freehold lands and premises of Samuel Bosanquet, in pars. DINGESTOU, CWMCARVAN, PEN Y CLOUGH and LLANGOVEN. Reciting deeds of 1798- 24 Mar 1813 

 D4185/36 1. John Curre of Bath, co. Somerset, esq. 2. William Curre of co. Glam., esq. CONVEYANCE of a capital messuage, manor and lands in par. ITTON. Half of document only: cut in 2. 20 Mar 1759 

 D4185/37 1. Kingsmill Manley Power of the Hill Court, near Ross, co. Heref., esq. and the Revd. Henry Bolton Power, Vicar of Bramley, co. Surrey, Clerk in Orders. 2. The Revd. George Prothero, rector of Whippingham, Isle of Wight, co. Hants. LEASE (demise 25 years) of a parcel of land (C. 9 acres 1 rood 20 perches) and 2 seams of col called the Upper and Under Beds of the Mynyddislwyn Seam, under the lands called Blaen Cefn Isha, par. LLANHILLETH, together with the right to sink pits and shafts. 1 Jan 1874 

 D4185/38 1. Sir Benjamin Hall of Lanover Court, [par. Lanover], bart. 2. Ann Harris of par. Lanover, widow. LEASE (demise 21 years) of a building used as a dwelling house and woollen manufactury, together with 3 parcels of land thereto adjoining (C. 4½ a.), being part of a farm called The Mount Pleasant Farm, together with the use of and right to dam the stream there, in par. LLANOVER. Rent: £17 p.a. 2 May 1840 

 D4185/39 1. Katherine Evans, spinster, and Mary Evans, spinster, both of Somerset Place, par. Walcot, co. Somerset, Dame Anne Power of par. Bramley, co. Surrey, widow, Kingsmill Manley Power, esq., Captain in H. M. 16th Regiment of Lancers, the Revd. Henry Bolton Power of par. Bramley, co. Surrey, clerk, and William Adams Williams of par. Llangibby, esq. 2. Cornelius Bowe Palmer of Newport, brewery agent. LEASE (demise 60 years) of a parcel of ground, together with the wheelwright’s cottage, stabling and other buildings thereon, at the corner of Griffin Street and Skinner Street, par. ST. WOOLLOS. Rent: £25. 25 Nov 1851 

 D4185/41  1. Kingsmill Manley Power of the Hill Court near Ross, co. Heref., esq. and the Revd. Henry Bolton Power, Vicar of Bramley, near Guilford, co. Surrey, clerk. 2. Henry Jeffes of Barrack Hill, Newport, gent. LEASE (demise 6 years) of several parcels of pasture and meadow land (C. 13 acres 17 perches), formerly part of Crindau Farm, in par. ST. WOOLLOS. Rent: £20 p.a. Plan included. 18 Sep 1876 

 D4185/43 1. Kingsmill Manley Power, esq., and Manley Kingsmill Manley Power, esq., both of the Hill Court near Ross, co. Heref., and the Revd. Manley Power of Reading, co. Berks, Clerk in Holy Orders. 2. The South Wales (Siemens Patent) Glass Manufacturing Company Ltd. LEASE of several parcels of pasture and meadow land (C. 10 acres 1 rood 32 perches) in pars. ST. WOOLLOS and MALPAS. Rent: £90 p.a. Plan included. Endorsed: 22 Sept. 1885. 1. The South Wales Siemens Patent Glass Manufacturing Company Ltd. 2. Kingsley Manley Power, Manley Kingsmill, Manley Power and the Revd. Manley Power, as in 1. above. SURRENDER of several parcels of pasture and meadow land (C. 11 acres 1 rood and 26 perches), in pars. ST. WOOLLOS and MALPAS. Consideration: the agreement to grant leases of property as in release above. 2 Mar 1885 

 D4185/45 1. Kingsmill Manley Power and Manley Kingsmill Manley Power, both of the Hill Court, near Ross, co. Heref., esqs. 2. Mr. Smith of 16 Topoton Road, co. Middx. LEASE (demise 99 years) of a parcel of ground known as the West Park Estate, in par. ST. WOOLLOS. Rent: not stated. 1887 

 D4185/46  1. Richard Hall of par. Magor, gent. 2. Charles Morgan of par. Wondy (Undy), yeoman. BARGAIN AND SALE WITH FEOFFMENT of several parcels of land, arable meadow, and pasture (C. 18 a.) in par. REDWICKE. Consideration; £190. 16 Mar 1664 

 D4185/48 1. Trevor Probert of par. Penalt, gent. 2. William Hoskins of par. Penhow, gent. BARGAIN AND SALE WITH FEOFFMENT of a messuage called Ty Poiskins, with all orchards, houses, outhouses, curtilages and appurtenances, thereto belonging, and of a decayed messuage with appurtenances, together with C. 34 acres of arable pasture lands, and C. 12 acres of meadow ground called Newlands, in pars. PENHOW and REDWICK. 9 Nov 1676 

 D4185/49 1. Iltyd Nicholl of Usk, esq. 2. Charles Phillips of Risca, gent. 3. Evan Evans of Risca, publican. LEASE (demise 75 years) of a parcel of land (C. 40 square perches) adjoining the Crumlin Canal in par. RISCA. Rent: £2.10s. 27 Nov 1840 

 D4185/52 1. Charles Phillips of par. Risca, esq. 2. John Loch of Great Stanhoe Street, May Fair, co. Middlesex, esq., John Hurdis Ravenshaw of Seaham, co. Durham, esq., Robert Owen of France, esq. and George Archer Shee of the Bank of England at Hull, esq. 3. Edward Dovey, Zachariah, and David Nurse (surnames, addresses and occupations not stated). COUNTERPART LEASE (demise 99 years) of premises as in D4185/51. 1 Jan 1859 

 D4185/53  1. John Walter of Persfield, esq., son and heir of John Walter, late of the same place, esq., deceased. 2. Sarah Shepherd of London, widow. 3. Josias Larkyn of Bristoll, grocer. ASSIGNMENT from 2. with the consent of 1. to 3. of a judgement for £400 plus costs obtained by Joanna Morgan, spinster, against John Walter of Persfield, esq., father of 1., in the Court of Kings Bench. Reciting indenture of 18 Jan. 1709 and that the judgement was revised following the marriage of Joanna Morgan to Edward Bisse. 28 Aug 1713 

 D4185/54 PROBATE COPY OF WILL of Richard Clarke of the Parke, Treworgan, co. Glam., gent, devising all his freehold land not included in the jointure of his wife, in pars. WALLFORD and ROSSE, and all other freehold messuages and land in co. Heref., and an annuity of £50, to his youngest son Benjamine for his maintenance, during the lifetime of Mary his wife; and devising the freehold to his son Richard Clarke, his new built house called Manstone, with all lands and tenements thereto belonging, in pars. MONMOUTH and DIXTON; the reversion of the Parke, after the death of his wife Mary, to his son Benjamine, but reserving an annuity of £5 to be paid to the congregation of Quakers maintained by Robert Barclay at the Pant, par. Lanvihangell Isterne Llewerne. Numerous bequests. 18 May 1697 

 D4185/56 PROBATE OF WILL (7 June 1860) of Rosser Williams of Penrhiwfranc, par. Mynyddislwyn, farmer, devising and bequeathing his dwelling house, outhouses and land on the West side of the parish road in par. Mynyddislwyn, and his interest in the collieries in Monmouthshire and Glamorgan to his wife Louisa for life and after her decease devising and bequeathing his dwelling house, outhouses and land called Penrhiwfranc, the houses and land of the late William Lawrence, and his share and interest in Cefncrib Colliery, par. Llanhilleth, and in Gilfach Colliery, and in the Black land, Gilfach Gargaes Colliery, par. Gelligaer, to his 5 nephews, John, William, Rosser, Phillip and George, a dwelling house and premises at New Bethel to his nephew Thomas Williams, and his copyhold houses and land called Twyn College, in par. Mynyddislwyn, to his nephew John George, his 6 leasehold houses and a slope with their appurtenances, at Trelyn, par. Bedwellty, to his nephews William and Rosser George, his 7 leasehold houses and premises at Trelyn, par. Bedwellty, to his nephews Phillip and George George. 12 Feb 1861  

 D4185/58 LETTER: George Rickards to the Revd. Sir John Stagg in Aystole, near Canterbury, (co. Kent), concerning drafting of deeds. 5 Apr 1813