Will of William Howell of Cwmnewidd, Llanrhidian, gent., devising and bequeathing:; To his nephew John Evans, son of his sister Anne Evans, house and lands in Llanrhidian parish called Cold Harbour, and a field called Cae Cwm Rosser at Cefnbychan in the same parish, and £400, in trust for the education of his nephew's son William Evans; To his nephew John Hugh of Newton, Llanddewi, eldest son of his sister Mary Hugh, a field called Caepant (a part of Cold Harbour); To Mary William, his brother-in-law, Jenkin Evan's servant, a house and lands in the occupation of Thomas Clement; To John Evans and John Hugh, a farm at Cefnbychan, in trust for the education of Philip Evans his great nephew; To John Hugh, William Hugh his brother, and their sister Mary, wife of Matthew David, shipwright, £1000. 3 Dec. 1811; Codicil, 18 Jan. 1813 (copy made 1848)

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Penrice Estate PapersD/D P

Section 1: First AccessionDD P/1/hub

Subsection 1: Financial RecordsDD P/1/1/hub

Subsection 2: DeedsDD P/1/2/hub

Deeds Of Properties In Cheriton ParishDD P/1/2/1/hub

Deeds Of Properties In The Parishes Of Cheriton And LlanrhidianDD P/1/2/2/hub

Deeds Of Properties In Llangennith ParishDD P/1/2/3/hub

Deeds Of Properties In Llanrhidian ParishDD P/1/2/4/hub

Conveyance (Feoffment) for £200 dated 1 July 1725; Robert Harries of Crickton, yeoman and Margaret his wife, to Henry Lucas of Stouthall, gent.: A house and lands at Crickton called Two Penllward (4a), the Cross (2a), the Raik Parke (2a), the Condine close (3a), a meadow (1a), Ryeland (11/2as), Parkebach (21/2as), the Eastern Crigglands (3a) and the Western Crigglands (4a); in LlanrhidianD/D P 361

Mortgage by Lease and Release for £400 dated 23 and 24 Feb. 1804; John Lucas of Stouthall, esq., and Catherine his wife, and John Nicholas Lucas their eldest son and heir, to John Gammon of Llanddewi, yeoman: Lands called Crickton (Two Penllward (4a), the Cross (2a), the Raik Parke (2a), the Condine close (3a), a meadow (1a), Ryeland (11/2as), Parkebach (21/2as), the Eastern Crigglands (3a) and the Western Crigglands (4a)), in the occupation of Thomas Phillips, for which he pays £25 annual rentD/D P 362-363

Conveyance by Lease and Release for £400 dated 20 and 21 Jan. 1812; (i) John Lucas of Stouthall, esq.; (ii) John Gammon of Llanddewi, farmer; (iii) Benjamin Williams of Llanrhidian, farmer; (iv) John Williams of Swansea, maltster: Messuage and tenement (house and lands) called Crickton, containing 37a, in the parish of Llanrhidian; see 361 aboveD/D P 364-365

Mortgage by Lease and Release for £700 dated 27 and 28 Jan. 1812; Benjamin Williams of Llanrhidian, farmer, to Morgan Beynon of Overton, Port Eynon, farmer: Messuage and tenement (house and lands) called Crickton, containing 37a, in the parish of Llanrhidian; see 361 aboveD/D P 366-367

Conveyance of equity of redemption for £247 10s dated 29 Sept. 1813; Benjamin Williams of Llanrhidian, farmer, to Morgan Bynon (sic) of Overton, Port Eynon, farmer: Messuage and tenement (house and lands) called Crickton, containing 37a, in the parish of Llanrhidian; see 361 aboveD/D P 368

Mortgage by Lease and Release for £300 dated 12 and 13 Jan. 1824; Morgan Beynon of Overton, Port Eynon, farmer, to William Tucker of Horton, Penrice, farmer: Messuage and tenement (house and lands) called Crickton, containing 37a, in the parish of Llanrhidian; see 361 aboveD/D P 369-370

Assignment of Mortgage by Lease and Release for £300 10s dated 12 and 13 Jan. 1824; William Tucker of Horton, Penrice, farmer, to Ann Clement of Llanybwch, Llanrhidian, spinster: Sum of £300 and interest payable on Mortgage of a messuage and tenement (house and lands) in the occupation of Philip Long, called Crickton, containing 37a, in the parish of Llanrhidian; see 361 aboveD/D P 371-372

Will of Morgan Bynon (Beynon) of Overton, farmer, devising and bequeathing his freehold estate at Crickton in the parish of Llanrhidian and all his personal goods to his daughter Eliza Gibbs (wife of George Gibbs) for her life, and after her death to his three grandchildren Eliza B. Gibbs, George B. Gibbs and Mary Gibbs. ; Trustees of the estate on behalf of his grandchildren: His friends David Bynon of Middleton, Rhossili, and Thomas Gordon of Llwynybwch, Llanrhidian; Executor: Eliza Gibbs; Includes certificate of probate, Carmarthen Consistory Court. 19 Feb. 1827: proved 5 Mar. 1828D/D P 373

Pre-nuptial Settlement on the marriage of George Williams and Miss Eliza Beynon Gibbs (see 373 above) dated 15 June 1846; (i) Eliza Beynon Gibbs of Overton, Port Eynon, spinster; (ii) George Williams of Port Eynon, mariner; (iii) Thomas Gordon of Llwynybwch, esq. And Sylvanus Bevan of Overton, customs officer: One third of the land left to (i) under the Will of her grandfather Morgan Beynon (see 373 above)D/D P 374

Mortgage for £100 dated 22 May 1847; (i) Eliza Beynon Williams wife of George Williams, late of Port Eynon, now of Swansea, mariner; (ii) The said George Williams; (iii) William Tucker of Berry, Llanddewi, farmer: One third of the land left to (i) under the Will of her grandfather Morgan Beynon (see 373 and 374 above)D/D P 375

Mortgage (further charge) for £175 dated 7 Aug. 1847; (i) Eliza Beynon Williams wife of George Williams, late of Port Eynon, now of Swansea, mariner; (ii) The said George Williams; (iii) William Tucker of Berry, Llanddewi, farmer: One third of the land left to (i) under the Will of her grandfather Morgan Beynon (see 373 above)D/D P 376

Conveyance by Lease and Release for £200 (copies) dated 3 and 4 July 1745; Jeremy Pemberton of Essex, clerk, and Anne his wife, to Evan Long of Llanrhidian, yeoman: A house and lands called West Caliver (11a); in Llanrhidian parish, currently in the occupation of Evan LongD/D P 377-378

Pre-nuptial Settlement on the marriage of David Long and Sarah Long, daughter of Elizabeth Long of Kiliver, widow, by Lease and Release (copies) dated 21 and 22 May 1795; David Long of Caliver, Llanrhidian, mariner, to Samuel Bevan of Leason, Llanrhidian, farmer: A house and lands called West Caliver (11a); also five closes called the Fields by the Marsh, the Two Crofts, and a meadow called the Cock Mead (4a) near Nantywrach; in LlanrhidianD/D P 379-380

Revocation of uses and Declaration of new uses (copy) dated 27 July 1805; David Long of Caliver, Llanrhidian, mariner, and Sarah Long his wife, to Samuel Bevan of Penrice, farmer: A house and lands called West Caliver (11a); also five closes called the Fields by the Marsh, the Two Crofts, and a meadow called the Cock Mead (4a) near Nantywrach; in Llanrhidian (as in 379)D/D P 381

Final Concord (copy) dated 31 Aug. 1805; William Howell, gent., plaintiff and David Long, mariner, and Sarah his wife, deforciants: Land in Llanrhidian (described as "2 messuages, 2 cottages, 2 barns, 2 stables, 2 tofts, 2 gardens, 2 orchards, 50a of arable land, 50a of meadow, 50a of pasture, 50a of wood and underwood, 50a of furze and heath and common of pasture")D/D P 382

Mortgage by Lease and Release (copies) for £400 dated 1 and 2 Oct. 1807; David Long of Caliver, Llanrhidian, mariner, and Sarah his wife, to William Howell of Cwmnewidd, Llanrhidian, gent.: A house and lands called West Caliver (11a); also five closes called the Fields by the Marsh, the Two Crofts, and a meadow called the Cock Mead (4a) near Nantywrach; in Llanrhidian (As in D/D P 379) ; Includes Bond in £150 for performance of covenants dated 2 Oct. 1807D/D P 383-385

Mortgage (Further Charge) for £160 (copy) dated 26 Mar. 1810; David Long of Caliver, Llanrhidian, mariner, and Sarah his wife, to William Howell of Cwmnewidd, Llanrhidian, gent.: A house and lands called West Caliver (11a); also five closes called the Fields by the Marsh, the Two Crofts, and a meadow called the Cock Mead (4a) near Nantywrach; in Llanrhidian (As in D/D P 379) ; Includes bondD/D P 386-387

Mortgage (Further Charge) for £228 (copy) dated 30 Mar. 1812; David Long of Caliver, Llanrhidian, mariner, and Sarah his wife, to William Howell of Cwmnewidd, Llanrhidian, gent.: A house and lands called West Caliver (11a); also five closes called the Fields by the Marsh, the Two Crofts, and a meadow called the Cock Mead (4a) near Nantywrach; in Llanrhidian (As in D/D P 379) ; Includes bondD/D P 388-389

Will of William Howell of Cwmnewidd, Llanrhidian, gent., devising and bequeathing:; To his nephew John Evans, son of his sister Anne Evans, house and lands in Llanrhidian parish called Cold Harbour, and a field called Cae Cwm Rosser at Cefnbychan in the same parish, and £400, in trust for the education of his nephew's son William Evans; To his nephew John Hugh of Newton, Llanddewi, eldest son of his sister Mary Hugh, a field called Caepant (a part of Cold Harbour); To Mary William, his brother-in-law, Jenkin Evan's servant, a house and lands in the occupation of Thomas Clement; To John Evans and John Hugh, a farm at Cefnbychan, in trust for the education of Philip Evans his great nephew; To John Hugh, William Hugh his brother, and their sister Mary, wife of Matthew David, shipwright, £1000. 3 Dec. 1811; Codicil, 18 Jan. 1813 (copy made 1848)D/D P 390

Conveyance by Lease and Release (Release missing) for £255 dated 28 May 1814; (i) John Evans of Cwmnewidd, Llanrhidian, gent., executor under the Will of William Howell; (ii) David Long of Caliver, mariner; (iii) Morgan Bynon of Overton, Port Eynon, gent.: Three closes(not named), part of West Caliver adjacent to a farm called Crickton in Llanrhidian parishD/D P 391

Conveyance for £115 dated 24 May 1848; (i) Eliza Beynon Williams, wife of George Williams, late of Port Eynon, now of Swansea, master mariner; (ii) George Williams; (iii) George Gibbs of Overton, Port Eynon, farmer, and Mary Gibbs of the same place, spinster: A third part share of Crickton Farm in the parish of Llanrhidian Lower, (As in D/D P 374 and 391); Includes covenant to hand over deedsD/D P 392 i-ii

Conveyance for £1665 5s 2d dated 14 Apr. 1849; (i) William Tucker the younger of Bury, Llanddewi, gent. and Ann his wife, formerly Ann Clement; (ii) George Beynon Gibbs of Overton, Port Eynon, farmer; (iii) Samuel Bevan of Swansea, mariner, and Mary his wife; (iv) George Williams of Port Eynon, mariner; (v) Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot of Margam and Penrice, esq.: Crickton Farm, and three fields, part of Caliver Farm, called Well Field, Long Acre and Furzy Land (As in D/D P 374 and 391); Includes plan and schedule giving field names, areas and state of cultivationD/D P 393

Certificate of the separate examination of Ann the wife of William Tucker, Mary the wife of Samuel Bevan, and Mary the wife of George Williams regarding their understanding and assent to the above deed (no. 393) (Enclosed in D/D P 393). 14 Apr. 1849D/D P 394

Grant of wayleave (uncompleted) for 491/2 years from 25 Mar. 1887 for £10 annual rent dated - 1887; Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot of Margam, esq., MP, to Thomas Cory and Frank Ash Yeo, both of Swansea, colliery proprietors: Strip of land (2r 23p) at the north east end of Fairwood common in Llanrhidian Higher parish, with power to build a railway for transporting minerals; Includes planD/D P 395

Mortgage by Lease and Release for £400 dated 18 and 19 Feb. 1875; Rowland Prichard of Swansea, esq., to David Propert of Swansea, gent.: A house and lands called Leason: in Llanrhidian parish; Includes bond for the performance of covenantsD/D P 396-398

Lease for three lives (Catharine Batcock, William Thomas and George Thomas junior from 29 Sept. 1789 for £22 annual rent dated 24 Oct. 1785; Rowland Prichard of Swansea, to George Thomas of Reynoldston, yeoman: Tenement of lands at Leason in the parish of Llanrhidian, measuring 29a ; Includes planD/D P 399 i-ii

Assignment of Mortgage by Lease and Release for £400 dated 19 and 20 Dec. 1803; (i) David Propert of Swansea, esq., with; (ii) Rowland Prichard of Swansea, esq. (son and devisee of Rowland Prichard), to ; (iii) Anne Griffiths of Neath, widow: A house and lands called Leason: in Llanrhidian parish (As in D/D P 396); Includes bondD/D P 400-402

Assignment of Mortgage by Lease and Release for £500 dated 19 and 20 Dec. 1805; Ann Griffiths of Neath, widow, to David Edwards of Merthyr Tydfil, gent.: A house and lands called Leason: in Llanrhidian parish (As in D/D P 396)D/D P 403-404

Assignment of Mortgage by Lease and Release for £500 dated 1 and 2 Feb. 1811; David Edwards of Merthyr Tydfil, gent., to Rowland Pritchard of Neath, esq.: A house and lands called Leason: in Llanrhidian parish (As in D/D P 396)D/D P 405

Conveyance by Lease and Release for £930 dated 20 and 21 Aug. 1840; (i) David Thomas of Colwinstone, esq.; (ii) John Williams of Swansea, gent.; (iii) Margaret Davies, widow of John Davies, of Southcote, Pennard; (iv) John Thomas Davies, an infant, only son and heir of (iii); (v) Rowland Prichard of Swansea, esq.; (vi) Thomas Penrice of Kilvrough House, esq.; (vii) John Penrice of Great Yarmouth, esq.: Fields and lands called West Field Acre (1a 2r 29p), Eight Acres (10a 1r 20p), Four Acres (5a 2r 14p), the Landshare Quarter by Old Walls (3r 8p), Bidders Field (4a 3r 22p) Three Acres (4a 10p), Leason Field (6a 3r 26p), Meadow by Stavell Hagar (3r 6p), Quarter on the Great Meadow (1r 21p), all in the parish of LlanrhidianD/D P 406-407

Covenant to produce deeds relating to Leason Farm, Josiah Jones to Thomas Penrice esq.. 10 Sept. 1840D/D P 408

Conveyance for £1600 dated 22 May 1872; Thomas Penrice of Kilvrough House, esq., to Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot of Margam and Penrice, esq.: Farm called Leason and fields and lands called West Field Acre (1a 2r 29p), Eight Acres (10a 1r 20p), Four Acres (5a 2r 14p), the Landshare Quarter by Old Walls (3r 8p), Bidders Field (4a 3r 22p) Three Acres (4a 10p), Leason Field (6a 3r 26p), Meadow by Stavell Hagar (3r 6p), Quarter on the Great Meadow (1r 21p), all in the parish of Llanrhidian; Includes planD/D P 409-410

Conveyance for £350 dated 5 Jan. 1874; (i) Mary Webb Long of Swansea, widow; (ii) David William Long of Liverpool, merchant; (iii) Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot of Margam, esq.: A house and lands (7a 1r 16p) called Little Wernhalog; in Llanrhidian parish; Includes plan with reference table giving the names and areas of the fieldsD/D P 411

Conveyance for £70 dated 11 Mar. 1853; (i) Thomas Lord Denman Baron Denman of Dovedale, Derbyshire, James William Farrer of London, esq., and George Law of London, esq.; (ii) Robert Harry of Llanrhidian, farmer; (iii) Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot of Margam, esq., MP; (iv) Nathaniel Cameron of Danyraig, Swansea, esq.: Lands called Long Acre and Half Acre (1a 3r 34p), near Stoneford: in Llanrhidian parish; Includes schedule of deeds 1746-1839D/D P 412

Lease for 99 years, or three lives (George Morgan aged 58, George Morgan junior aged 6 and William Morgan aged 5) from 29 Sept. 1799 for 18s annual rent and 3s duties and a consideration of £84, dated 1 Jan. 1800; George Lord Vernon Baron of Kinderton, to George Morgan of Biddlesdown, Northamptonshire, esq.: A house and lands called Pen yr Allt; in Llanrhidian parishD/D P 413

Conveyance for £5 dated 24 June 1879; Edward William Dunkin of Llanelli, mariner, to Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot of Margam, esq., MP: Land (25p), no, 131 on the Tithe Map, at Walterston; in Llanrhidian parish (not further described) ; Includes correspondence, certificates, solicitor's bill and planD/D P 414i-xxi

Counterpart Lease for 60 years from 29 Sept. 1873 for £100 and royalties, dated 1 Jan. 1874; Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot of Margam, esq., to William Crossley of Lancashire, iron master, James Brown Westray of London, merchant, John Westray of Yorkshire, iron master, William Gradwell of Lancashire, timber merchant, and William Lundy Crawford of Swansea, civil engineer: Mines and minerals (coal, ironstone, stone and fireclay) under properties called Wern Fabian, Llanmorlais Cottages, Cae Due, Werngunrig, Wern Common and Wern Fabian Common (45a 5p); in Llanrhidian parish; Includes plan and schedule of tenements, occupiers and areasD/D P 415

Notice of intention to quit Lease on 29 Sept. 1882 (as in D/D P 415 above), William Crossley, James Brown Westray, William Gradwell and William Lundy Crawford to Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot (enclosed in 415). 26 Sept. 1881D/D P 416

Draft Release dated 8 Dec. 1920; Thomas Mansel Franklen of Cowbridge, barrister, Charles Leyshon Dillwyn Venables Llewellyn of Radnorshire, and Alfred Douglas Miller of Oxfordshire, trustees of the settlement in the Will of Emily Charlotte Talbot, deceased, to Mary Lillas Tweedie Vaughan of Ystradfellte, spinster: Quit-rents payable on lands called The Cross and Newton Farm in the parish of Llanrhidian Lower and the manor of LandimoreD/D P 417

Description of lands called Cilonnen in Llanrhidian from Mortgage deed dated 23 May 1659, and Conveyance dated 24 Jan. 1666 (copy made c.1850)D/D P 418

Deeds Of Properties In Loughor ParishDD P/1/2/5/hub

Deeds Etc. Of Land In Loughor And Oystermouth ParishesDD P/1/2/6/hub

Deeds Of Properties In Oystermouth ParishDD P/1/2/7/hub

Deeds Of Properties In Penmaen ParishDD P/1/2/8/hub

Bundle Of Deeds Of Properties In Reynoldston, Llanrhidian, Llangennith And Bishopston ParishesDD P/1/2/9/hub

Bundle Of Deeds Of Properties In Reynoldston And Penrice, Pennard And BishopstonDD P/1/2/10/hub

Deeds Of Property At Fernhill, RhossiliDD P/1/2/11/hub

Deeds Of Properties In The Town And Parish Of SwanseaDD P/1/2/12/hub

Expired Leases Of Properties In The Manor Of Burry Alias StembridgeDD P/1/2/13/hub

Leases Of Properties In The Parish Of CheritonDD P/1/2/14/hub

Leases Of Properties In The Manor Of Landimore And Parishes Of Cheriton, Llanrhidian And RhossiliDD P/1/2/15/hub

Leases Of Properties In The Parish Of LlanddewiDD P/1/2/16/hub

Lease Of Properties In Llangennith ParishDD P/1/2/17/hub

Leases Of Properties In Llanrhidian ParishDD P/1/2/18/hub

Leases Of Properties In Loughor Parish, At GowertonDD P/1/2/19/hub

Leases Of Properties In The Parish Of NicholastonDD P/1/2/20/hub

Leases Of Properties In The Parish Of OxwichDD P/1/2/21/hub

Leases Of Properties In The Parish Of PenmaenDD P/1/2/22/hub

Leases Of Properties In The Parish Of PenriceDD P/1/2/23/hub

Leases Of Lands In The Manor Of Pitton (Rhossili Parish) And The Manor Of Pilton (A Detached Part Of Penrice Parish), And Pilton Moor (Llanddewi Parish)DD P/1/2/24/hub

Leases Of Properties In Port Eynon ParishDD P/1/2/25/hub

Leases Of Properties In The Parish And Manor Of ReynoldstonDD P/1/2/26/hub

Lease Of Fairy Hill, In The Parishes Of Reynoldston And LlangennithDD P/1/2/27/hub

Leases Of Properties In The Parish Of Rhossili And Manor Of LandimoreDD P/1/2/28/hub

Leases Of Properties In Walterston Manor (Llanrhidian Parish)DD P/1/2/29/hub

Leases Of Properties In The Manor Of Weobley And Parishes Of Bishopston And LlanrhidianDD P/1/2/30/hub

Correspondence And Other Papers Relating To Leases And DeedsDD P/1/2/31/hub

NewspapersDD P/1/2/32/hub

Subsection 3: Documents Relating To Gower Estate ManorsDD P/1/3/hub

Subsection 4: Maps And PlansDD P/1/4/hub

Subsection 5: Estate ManagementDD P/1/5/hub

Section 2: Later Accessions (Listed 2002)DD P/2/hub