Lease for 21 years from 25 Mar. 1845 for £11 annual rent dated 2 Aug. 1845; (i) Henry Duke of Beaufort; (ii) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.: Ten cottages and gardens on the road from Cnapllwyd to Llangyfelach and the road from Swansea to Llangyfelach, in the fee of Trewyddfa and parish of Llangyfelach; Includes plan

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Ynystawe Estate PapersD/D SB 3

Section 1: Management Of The Estate After The Death Of William MartinDD SB 3/1/hub

Section 2: DeedsDD SB 3/2/hub

Section 3: Family PapersDD SB 3/3/hub

Section 2 (Continuation): DeedsDD SB 3/4/hub

Ynystawe Estate Deeds And LeasesDD SB 3/4/1/hub

Lease for the lives of Catherine Jones, Mary Jones and Joan Grey, for £4 annual rent dated 4 Oct. 1762; (i) George Venables Lord Vernon; (ii) Jonathan Williams of Llysnewydd, Llansamlet, yeoman; (iii) Lewis Griffith of Baglan, yeoman: Land called Ynys Glyn Collen, in the parish of LlangyfelachD/D SB 3/84

Bond in £800 for the repayment of £400 owed by John Plant to Hannah Whitney by the above mortgage dated 27 July 1772. 27 July 1772D/D SB 3/85

Mortgage for £400 dated 27 July 1772; (i) John Plant of Swansea, currier; (ii) Hannah Whitney of Swansea, widow: Customary farms called Tyr Doynaw and Cwm y Gelly, in the parish of Llangyfelach, and Manor of Pennard, Fee of TrewyddfaD/D SB 3/86

Copy of Court Roll, Manor of Pennard, Fee of Trewyddfa, recording the admission of Hannah Whitney as tenant of Tirdeunaw and Cwmgelli Farms in the parish of Llangyfelach, under the terms of the above mortgage of 27 July 1772. 28 Oct. 1772D/D SB 3/87

Covenant to surrender copyhold premises for £900 dated 18 Dec. 1773; (i) John Plant of Swansea, currier; (ii) Thomas Lott of Lower Forest, Llansamlet, gent.: Customary farms called Tyr Dynaw and Cwm Gelly, in the parish of Llangyfelach, and Manor of Pennard, Fee of TrewyddfaD/D SB 3/88

Bond in £500, Thomas Lott and David Vaughan the elder of Swansea, gent., to Hannah Whitney, for the payment of £250 to Hannah Whitney. 26 Dec. 1773D/D SB 3/89

Copy of Court Roll, Manor of Pennard, Fee of Trewyddfa, recording the surrender by Thomas Lott of farms called Cwmgelli and Tirdeunaw to the uses of his Will. 30 Dec. 1773D/D SB 3/90

Copy of Court Roll, Manor of Pennard, Fee of Trewyddfa, recording the admission of Thomas Lott of Lower Forest, Llansamlet, gent., as tenant in place of John Plant, of customary farms called Tyr Doynaw and Cwm y Gelly, in the parish of Llangyfelach. 30 Dec. 1773D/D SB 3/91

Deed to lead the uses of a Common Recovery, by Lease and Release, dated 16 and 17 June 1775; (i) Michael Southcotte of Fleethouse, Dorset, and Elizabeth his wife, the daughter and heir of Thomas Popkin late of Bryncoch, esq., deceased; (ii) Iltid Thomas of Swansea, gent.; (iii) Joseph Pryce of Gellihir, esq.: Farms called Plâs Bach, Ynystawe, Gwernfadog, the Island House, Wind Street, Swansea, and a house in High Street, SwanseaD/D SB 3/92-93

Lease for the lives of Rees Owen aged 47, Rees Owen his son aged 15 and Hopkin Owen his nephew aged 13, for £2 annual rent and 1s in lieu of duties, dated 26 Nov. 1775; (i) George Venables Lord Vernon; (ii) Rees Owen of Llangyfelach, tailor; (iii) Lewis Thomas of Baglan, gent. and John Williams of Cadoxton-juxta-Neath, yeoman: Farm called Tir Aberclydach, in the parish of LlangyfelachD/D SB 3/94

Conveyance by Lease and Release for £520 dated 14 and 15 Jan. 1782; (i) John Morris of Clasemont, esq.; (ii) Thomas Lott of Forest, Llansamlet, gent.: Farm in the parishes of Llangennith and Rhossili called Hill End (148a 1r 33p), and Scurlage Castle, in the parish of LlanddewiD/D SB 3/95-96

Lease and Counterpart Lease for the lives of Catherine Jones and Mary Jones and Joan Grey, for £15 annual rent and 3s in lieu of duties, dated 21 June 1783; (i) Jonathan Williams of Llysnewydd, yeoman; (ii) Owen Owen of Llangyfelach, yeoman: Land called Ynys Glyn Collen, in the parish of LlangyfelachD/D SB 3/97-98

Lease for 63 years from 29 Sept. 1785 for £10 annual rent, dated 1 Mar. 1788; (i) Sir Herbert Mackworth of Gnoll, esq.; (ii) Richard Parsons of Cadoxton, iron master: Iron forge, three fields and a house and garden, part of Clyn Eithrim Isaf, in the parish of LlangyfelachD/D SB 3/99

Lease and Counterpart Lease for the lives of William Howells aged 11, Samuel Howells aged 6 and David Howells aged 5, for £4 annual rent and 3s in lieu of duties, dated 20 Mar. 1790; (i) George Venables Lord Vernon; (ii) Samuel Howells of Llwyn Helig, Penlline, yeoman; (iii) Lewis Thomas of Blaen Baglan, gent.: Land called Ynys Glyn Collen, in the parish of LlangyfelachD/D SB 3/100-101

Deed declaring the uses of a Fine, dated 15 Jan. 1793; (i) Ann Bowen of Kidwelly, widow; (ii) Herbert Lloyd of Carmarthen, gent.: Half share in lands called Little Rinaston (Reynoldston), Wernllaeth, Pwll y Froga, and Fwlwine, all in Bishopston Parish, Cwmydwr, Tir Dafydd Coch, and several houses in Clydach, all in Llangyfelach parishD/D SB 3/102

Copy Will of Rees Owen of Ogmore (died 16 Mar. 1796), including properties called Tir Aberclydach, Penrhedyn and Tir Dafydd Goch Fach, all in Llangyfelach parish, and bequests to his wife Ann Owen, his son Rees Owen, and his granddaughters Mary Owen, Hannah Owen, Elizabeth Owen and Diana Owen. dated 14 Dec. 1793D/D SB 3/103

Deed to make a Tenant to the Precipe for the purpose of suffering a Common Recovery, by Lease and Release, dated 2 and 3 Mar. 1797; (i) Ann Bowen of Kidwelly, widow; (ii) William Vaughan of Cardiff, gent.; (iii) Herbert Lloyd of Carmarthen, gent.: Half share in lands called Little Rinaston (Reynoldston), Wernllaeth, Pwll y Froga, and Fwlwine, all in Bishopston Parish, Cwmydwr, Tir Dafydd Coch, and several houses in Clydach, all in Llangyfelach parishD/D SB 3/104-105

Exemplification of Common Recovery dated 1797; Herbert Lloyd, demandant; William Vaughan, tenant; Ann Bowen, vouchee: Half share in lands in the parishes of Reynoldston, Bishopston and Llangyfelach (see above)D/D SB 3/106

Attested Copy Underlease for 99 years from 25 Mar. 1800 for consideration of £65 and £7 annual rent dated 12 Feb. 1800; (i) Rees Owen of Clydach, victualler; (ii) William Arthur of Highway, Ogmore, gent.: Tir Aberclydach Farm in the parish of LlangyfelachD/D SB 3/107

Lease for 99 years from 25 Mar. 1801 for a consideration of £11 11s and a peppercorn rent, dated 21 Feb. 1801; (i) Rees Owen of Clydach, victualler; (ii) John Jones of Rhosfawr, Llangyfelach, yeoman: Cottage and garden, part of a tenement called Tir Aberclydach, in the parish of Llangyfelach; Enclosed: receipt for £5 15s paid by Rees Owen to William Thomas as rentD/D SB 3/108

Lease for the lives of Thomas Lott Martin aged 12 and Martha Martin aged 10 for a consideration of £85 and £2 annual rent and 1s in lieu of duties dated 5 Sept. 1801; (i) George Venables Lord Vernon; (ii) Edward Martin of Morriston, esq.: Farm called Tir AberclydachD/D SB 3/109

Lease and Counterpart Lease for the lives of Daniel Jones, Thomas Jones aged 7 and Mary Jones aged 10, for £3 1s 6d annual rent and 3s in lieu of duties, dated 5 Sept. 1803; (i) George Venables Lord Vernon; (ii) The Rev. Daniel Jones of Llangiwg; (iii) Lewis Thomas of Baglan, gent.: Land called Tir William David Vicar, in the parish of LlangyfelachD/D SB 3/110-111

Assignment of Lease for £120 dated 26 Mar. 1807; (i) Rees Owen of Swansea, victualler; (ii) Edward Martin of the parish of Llangyfelach, esq.: Farm called Tir AberclydachD/D SB 3/112

Copy of Court Roll, Manor of Pennard, Fee of Trewyddfa, recording the admission of Martha Martin, wife of Edward Martin of Morriston, gent., as tenant of customary farms called Tyr Doynaw and Cwm y Gelly, in the parish of Llangyfelach, in accordance with the Will of her father Thomas Lott of Lower Forest, Llansamlet. The document quotes the Will of Thomas Lott. 17 Aug. 1808D/D SB 3/113

Copy Will of Thomas Lott, including bequests to his sister Ann Hooper, widow, nephew William Hooper esq., son in law Edward Martin, daughter in law Mary Lott, widow of William Lott, his friend William Bevan, cousin David Lott, cousin William Jenkins, daughter Martha Martin, wife Margaret Lott, grandchildren Thomas Lott Martin, Edward Martin, Martha Martin, Suzannah Martin, Ann Martin, William Martin, Jane Martin and Joseph Martin, Thomas Braithwaite William Lott and Jane Maria Lott, and premises called Palleg Colliery and Y Gwaun Clawdd colliery in Ystradfellte parish. Trustees named as William Bevan and William Grove. dated 6 Feb. 1808D/D SB 3/114

Assignment of Lease for £21 dated 25 June 1808; (i) John Jones of Rhosfawr, yeoman; (ii) Edward Martin of Llangyfelach parish, esq.: Cottage and garden, formerly part of Tir Aberclydach FarmD/D SB 3/115

Assignment of Lease dated 26 May 1812; (i) Howell Harry of Ynystawe, farmer and William Harry his son; (ii) Edward Martin of Morriston, esq.: Ynystawe house and lands, in the parish of LlangyfelachD/D SB 3/116

Case for the opinion of Mr Sugden relating to the Will of Thomas Lott, and its implications for Martha Martin. 1819D/D SB 3/117

Conveyance by Lease and Release for £450 dated 3 and 4 Jan. 1820; (i) James Wood and Ralph Addison of London, esqs.; (ii) George earl of Jersey; (iii) Thomas Lott Martin of Ynystawe, gent.; (iv) Martha Martin of Ynystawe, widow: Farm called Tir Aberclydach, in the parish of LlangyfelachD/D SB 3/118-119

Covenant to produce title deeds to Tir Aberclydach, Earl of Jersey to Martha Martin. 4 Jan. 1820D/D SB 3/120

Assignment of two terms of 1000 years in Tir Aberclydach Farm created by a mortgage, Richard Harrison and H. G. Beetson to L. Thomas and D. Powell, in trust for Martha Martin. 4 Jan. 1820D/D SB 3/121

Assignment of Lease by Lease and Release for £100 dated 24 and 25 Nov. 1820; (i) John Howells of Llanmihangel near Cowbridge, farmer; (ii) John James of Swansea, gent.: Land called Ynys Glyn Collen, in the parish of LlangyfelachD/D SB 3/122-123

Conveyance by Lease and Release dated 6 and 7 May 1823; (i) John Dent and John Wormald of Temple Bar, London, esqs.; (ii) George earl of Jersey; (iii) John James of Swansea, gent.; (iv) David Long of Swansea, surgeon; (v) Richard Harrison of Grays Inn, gent.; (vi) Henry Grundy Beetson of the same place, gent.; (vii) Charles Collins of Swansea, gent.: Farms called Llanllienwen alias Tir William David Vicar, and Ynys Glyn Collen, in the parish of LlangyfelachD/D SB 3/124-125

Mortgage by Lease and Release for £2000 dated 25 and 26 July 1823; (i) John James of Swansea, gent.; (ii) Charles Collins of Swansea, gent.; (iii) Thomas Walters of Swansea, merchant: Farms called Llanllienwen alias Tir William David Vicar, and Ynys Glyn Collen, in the parish of Llangyfelach; Includes bond for the repayment of the mortgage sum, dated 26 July 1823D/D SB 3/126-128

Abstract of the title of John James esq. to Farms called Llanllienwen alias Tir William David Vicar, and Ynys Glyn Collen, in the parish of Llangyfelach. 1823D/D SB 3/129

Lease for 99 years from 5 Oct. 1821 for 5s annual rent dated 22 Sept. 1829; (i) Lewis Weston Dillwyn of Penllergaer, esq.; (ii) Martha Martin of Ynystawe, widow: Piece of land, part of Ynysforgan Farm, on either side of the Swansea Canal; Includes planD/D SB 3/130

Assignment of the residue of a term of 1500 years created by a mortgage, of premises called Scurlage Castle in the parish of Llanddewi, and Hill End in the parishes of Llangennith and Rhossili, Thomas Lockwood esq. to a trustee for Thomas Penrice esq. and Thomas Braithwaite William Lott esq. 16 Dec. 1829D/D SB 3/131

Conveyance (gift) by Lease and Release dated 25 and 26 Mar. 1835; (i) Thomas Lott Martin of Llangyfelach parish, gent., William Martin of the same parish, gent., Martha Davies of the same parish, widow, John Joce Strick of the same parish, gent., and Susanna his wife (late Susanna Martin), Anne Martin of the same parish, spinster, and Jane Martin of the same parish, spinster; (ii) Martha Martin of Ynystawe, widow: All the premises in the parishes of Llangyfelach, Llansamlet and Ilston demised by the Will of Thomas Lott, in confirmation of the title of (ii) to these landsD/D SB 3/132-133

Mortgage by Lease and Release for £2500 dated 27 and 28 Mar. 1835; (i) Martha Martin of Ynystawe, widow; (ii) John Grove of Swansea, esq.: Farms called Ynystawe, Plâsbach and Gwernfadog, in the parish of LlangyfelachD/D SB 3/134-135

Assignment by way of Mortgage for £2000 dated 15 June 1836; (i) Richard Harrison of Grays Inn, gent.; (ii) Henry Grundy Beetson of Grays Inn, gent.; (iii) John James of Swansea, gent.; (iv) Charles Collins of Swansea, gent.; (v) Thomas Walters of Swansea, merchant; (vi) John Matthew Voss of Swansea, banker; (vii) William Walters of Swansea, attorney: Two terms of 1000 years in Farms called Llanllienwen alias Tir William David Vicar, and Ynys Glyn Collen, in the parish of LlangyfelachD/D SB 3/136

Conveyance by Lease and Release for £800 dated 26 and 27 Aug. 1836; (i) Charles Collins of Swansea, gent.; (ii) John James of Swansea, gent.; (iii) William Martin and Joseph Martin of Ynystawe, esqs.: Farms called Llanllienwen alias Tir William David Vicar, and Ynys Glyn Collen, in the parish of LlangyfelachD/D SB 3/137-138

Deed of Covenant to provide additional security for the payment of a mortgage debt of £2000 and interest, William Martin and Joseph Martin to Thomas Walters. 27 Aug. 1836D/D SB 3/139

Conveyance by Lease and Release for £2378 16s 7d dated 29 and 30 June 1837; (i) Thomas Tilson the younger of London, gent.; (ii) Herbert Evans of Highmead, Cardiganshire, esq., heir at law of the estate of Sir Watkin Lewes; (iii) Joseph Martin of London, esq.; (iv) John Joce Strick of Clydach, gent.: Two farms called Gellydeag otherwise Gellywastod, and Maesgwernen, in the parish of LlangyfelachD/D SB 3/140-141

Conveyance by Lease and Release for £1650 dated 2 and 3 July 1838; (i) Thomas Tilson of London, gent.; (ii) Herbert Evans of Highmead, Cardiganshire, esq., nephew and heir of Sir Watkin Lewes and of Justina Ann Lewes his daughter; (iii) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.; (iv) William Llewellyn of Neath, gent.: Farms called Cwmrhydycwrw, Tyrheolddu and Tirdeunaw, in the parish of Llangyfelach (lots 4, 7 and 8 of the estates of Sir Watkin Lewes, sold under a decree of the Court of Chancery)D/D SB 3/142-143

Conveyance for £5250 dated 3 July 1838; (i) Thomas Tilson the younger of London, gent.; (ii) Herbert Evans of Highmead, Cardiganshire, esq., heir at law of the estate of Sir Watkin Lewes; (iii) Joseph Martin of London, esq.; (iv) John Joce Strick of Clydach, gent.: Minerals lying under farms called Pentrepoeth, Tavern-y-Berth and Tir Penry, Cwmmrhydycwrw Farm, Gellywastod Farm, Gelly Faddan Farm and Gelly Lleuog Farm (all in Llangyfelach), Flemings Meadow and cottages in Frog Street, Swansea, Aberdyberthy, St John-juxta-Swansea parish, Tir Hester Farm, Cwmllwyd Farm, Llanarch and Olchfa, Weeg Fach and Gors Fach, all in Swansea parish, Wimblood, in Llanrhidian and Ilston parishes, Littlemoor, Bryngwas and landshares in Llanrhidian parish, Tirymynydd, Blaenkedy, Foilart, Erw Fawr landshares; all in Llanrhidian Llwynkelin and Kil Pentan in Llangiwg, Rhasog and Vernal Issa, Whittle, Broad Oaks, Pencil Moor Ucha and Pencil Moor Issa, Vernal Cenol and landshares, all in Loughor parishD/D SB 3/144

Conveyance by Lease and Release for £120 dated 27 and 28 Nov. 1839; (i) Charles Collins of Swansea, gent.; (ii) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.: Fields at Mynydd Garnllwyd, measuring 8 acresD/D SB 3/145-146

Assignment of Mortgage by Lease and Release dated 30 and 31 Mar. 1840; (i) Thomas Walters of Swansea, merchant; (ii) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq. and Joseph Martin of Swansea, esq.; (iii) John Grove of Swansea, esq.: Farms called Llanllienwen alias Tir William David Vicar, and Ynys Glyn Collen, in the parish of Llangyfelach; Endorsed: pencil note to the effect that the mortgage was transferred to J. C. Richardson, 10 Nov. 1854D/D SB 3/147-148

Conveyance by Lease and Release dated 6 and 7 Jan. 1841; (i) Joseph Martin of Swansea, esq.; (ii) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.: Farms called Llanllienwen alias Tir William David Vicar, and Ynys Glyn Collen, in the parish of LlangyfelachD/D SB 3/149-150

Mortgage (further charge) for £850 dated 21 Apr. 1841; (i) Martha Martin of Ynystawe, widow; (ii) John Grove of Swansea, gent.: Farms called Ynystawe, Plâsbach and Gwernfadog, in the parish of LlangyfelachD/D SB 3/151

Lease for the lives of Ann Lewis wife of Evan Lewis aged 26, Sarah Ann Lewis aged 4 and Lewis Lewis aged 1, their children, for 11s 6d annual rent dated 29 Sept. 1841; (i) Sir John Morris of Sketty Park, bart.; (ii) Edward Rees of Forest Uchaf, Llansamlet, farmer: Land (13p) containing two houses in Morriston, at the crossroads of two streets, not named; Includes planD/D SB 3/152

Lease for the lives of Felish Beddow, Sarah Beddow and David Beddow, for £1 1s annual rent dated 17 Jan. 1842; (i) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.; (ii) David Beddow of Llanlleianwen, copperman: Piece of land, part of Llanlleianwen Farm, in the parish of Llangyfelach, and a house built there; Includes planD/D SB 3/153

Lease for the lives of Thomas, Mary and David Glasbrook, children of (ii), for £2 10s annual rent, dated 25 Feb. 1842; (i) Joseph Martin of Ynystawe, esq.; (ii) Thomas Glasbrook of Penyfedw, esq.: Piece of land, part of Tirpenry Farm, and a malthouse built there; Includes planD/D SB 3/154

Deed of renunciation of trusteeship and executorship of the Will of Mrs Martha Martin, deceased, John Grove esq. to William Martin and Joseph Martin. 29 Aug. 1843D/D SB 3/155

Probate of the Will of Martha Martin, widow, deceased, bequeathing the Ynystawe Estate, and farms called Gwernfadog and Plâs Bach to John Grove of Swansea, esq., Michael Williams of Swansea, esq., and her son Joseph Martin of Ynystawe, esq., in trust for Thomas Lott Martin and his children. made 17 Jan. 1843, proved 11 Sept. 1843D/D SB 3/156

Lease for 60 years from 29 Sept. 1843 for £10 annual rent dated 20 Feb. 1844; (i) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.; (ii) John Nicholas Lucas of Stouthall, esq., Henry Lucas of Uplands, esq., Mary Tottenham of Stouthall, spinster, Robert William Tindal Williams of Swansea, gent. and Thomas Glover of Swansea, auctioneer and spirit merchant: Piece of land at Ynystawe containing a tramroad; Includes planD/D SB 3/157

Conveyance for £200 dated 25 Apr. 1844; (i) Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville and John Drummond of London, esqs.; (ii) Henry Duke of Beaufort; (iii) Joseph Martin of Swansea, esq.: Lands on Fforestfach, Pontlassau, Craig Cefn Parc and Gelli Wastad Commons, in the parish of Llangyfelach; Includes plans, one showing part of the boundary of the manor of ClaseD/D SB 3/158

Conveyance by Lease and Release (lease missing) for £280 dated 5 July 1844; (i) Thomas Evans of Coedcue, Llannon, Carmarthenshire, farmer; (ii) Joseph Martin of Cwmcollen, esq.: Half share in a farm called Quare (60a), near Clydach, and five houses belonging to itD/D SB 3/159

Lease for 21 years from 25 Mar. 1845 for £11 annual rent dated 2 Aug. 1845; (i) Henry Duke of Beaufort; (ii) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.: Ten cottages and gardens on the road from Cnapllwyd to Llangyfelach and the road from Swansea to Llangyfelach, in the fee of Trewyddfa and parish of Llangyfelach; Includes planD/D SB 3/160

Assignment dated 3 Oct. 1844; (i) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq., Joseph Martin of Glyncollen, esq., and Charles Basil Mansfield of Swansea, gent.; (ii) Thomas Lott Martin of Cilybebyll, esq.; (iii) William Llewellyn of Neath, gent.: Annuity or rent charge of £100 payable to (ii) under the Will of Martha MartinD/D SB 3/161

Lease for 99 years from 29 Sept. 1844 for £100 annual rent dated 7 Oct. 1844; (i) John Grove of Swansea, esq.; (ii) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.; (iii) Herbert Daniel Cook of Tygwyn, Llangyfelach, esq.: Farms called Gwernfadog and Plâs Bach, and a meadow, part of Ynystawe, in the parish of LlangyfelachD/D SB 3/162

Further Mortgage for £650 dated 21 Oct. 1844; (i) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.; (ii) John Grove of Swansea, gent.: Farms called Ynystawe, Plâsbach and Gwernfadog, in the parish of LlangyfelachD/D SB 3/163

Mortgage for £30 dated 8 Feb. 1845; (i) Edward Rees of Morriston, labourer; (ii) Edward Martin Davies of Swansea, gent.: Land (13p) in Morriston with two houses and one other house recently built on the landD/D SB 3/164

Lease for the lives of John Maybery, Ann Maybery and Evan Maybery, for £1 annual rent dated 3 Oct. 1845; (i) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.; (ii) John Maybery of Bwllfa, labourer: Land, part of Ynystawe, and a house along the road from Swansea to Clydach, in the parish of Llangyfelach; Includes planD/D SB 3/165

Lease for the lives of David Williams and Thomas Williams for 12s 6d annual rent dated 29 Nov. 1845; (i) Thomas Lott Martin of Pontardawe, gent.; (ii) David William of Aberclydach, tin scaler: Piece of land, part of Aberclydach Farm in the parish of Llangyfelach, with a house built there; Includes planD/D SB 3/166

Lease and Counterpart Lease for the lives of Margaret, Elizabeth and Richard Bevan, children of (ii), for £2 5s annual rent dated 30 Dec. 1845; (i) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.; (ii) Moses Bevan of Ynystawe, carpenter: Piece of land at Ynystawe with two houses built there; Includes plan; Endorsed: Surrender of Lease, dated 18 Oct. 1890, Mr and Mrs David Butler to Edward Strick esq. and others; Enclosed: Copy of Will of Mrs Amelia Bevan (wife of (ii)) (died 15 Dec. 1879, proved 19 Apr. 1882), leaving the houses to Richard her son; Also: Conveyance of the above Lease, Richard Bevan to David Butler of Bwllfa, collier, dated 25 Mar. 1880D/D SB 3/167-168

Grant of an annuity of £22 10s payable on a farm called Tir Aberclydach, Joseph Martin and William Martin esqs. to Morgan Morgan of Llandeilo Fawr, farmer, and Thomas Wright Lawford of Tir y Dail, gent. 12 Nov. 1846D/D SB 3/169

Copy Will of John Grove of Mount Pleasant, near Swansea, esq., including bequests to his brothers William Robert Grove and Thomas Grove, his son William Robert Grove, his wife (not named), and his servant Jane wife of Daniel Gregory. proved 12 Oct. 1847D/D SB 3/170

Release of annuity payable on Tir Aberclydach Farm, Morgan Morgan and Thomas Wright Lawford to Joseph Martin and William Martin. 3 June 1848D/D SB 3/171

Mortgage for £1200 dated 6 June 1848; (i) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq. and Joseph Martin of Glyncollen, esq.; (ii) Thomas Lott Martin of Pontardawe, gent.; (iii) John Clark of Llanddewi Castle, gent.: Lands called Tir Aberclydach, in the parish of LlangyfelachD/D SB 3/172

Release and Assignment for £62 10s dated 7 Aug. 1849; (i) Edward Martin Davies of Swansea, gent., with; (ii) Edward Rees of Morriston, labourer, to; (iii) Ann Harry of Old Bridge, Morriston, spinster: Land (13p) in Morriston with three houses built on itD/D SB 3/173

Conveyance and assignment dated 14 May 1850; (i) Joseph Martin of Ynystawe, esq.; (ii) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.: Share of (i) in residuary real and personal estates of Mrs Martha Martin, deceasedD/D SB 3/174

Mortgage for £2500 dated 16 Aug. 1850; (i) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.; (ii) David Edwards of Swansea, esq.: Customary farms called Tyr Doynaw alias Tir Doinaw and Cwm Gelly, in the parish of Llangyfelach, and Manor of Pennard, Fee of TrewyddfaD/D SB 3/175

Copy of Court Roll, Manor of Pennard, and Fee of Trewyddfa, recording the admittance of William Martin and Thomas Lott Martin and Mr John Joce Strick and Susanna his wife to copyhold farms called Tir Deunaw and Cwmgelli, and the mortgage of the premises to David Edwards of Swansea, esq., for £2500. 9 Oct. 1850D/D SB 3/176

Lease and Counterpart Lease for the lives of George Jenkins aged 42, Ann Jenkins aged 23 and William Lewis aged 23, for £1 5s annual rent dated 24 Feb. 1851; (i) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.; (ii) John Jenkins the elder of Rhydypandy, mason: Land (1r 16p) between Swansea Canal and the turnpike road from Pontardawe to Swansea, with a house built on it; Includes plan; Enclosed: related correspondence and plan, relating to the surrender of lease and the drawing up of a new lease in 1901, also letter from Martha Martin giving permission to build a house, and promise of a lease, dated 1834D/D SB 3/177-178

Lease and Counterpart Lease for the lives of James, Margaret and Mary Matthews, for £1 annual rent dated 1 May 1851; (i) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.; (ii) James Matthews of Llangyfelach parish, mason: Piece of land at Ynystawe with a house built there, in the parish of Llangyfelach; Includes planD/D SB 3/179-180

Lease for 99 years from 25 Mar. 1849 for £1 annual rent dated 30 Dec. 1851; (i) James Poole the younger of Bristol, esq. and Edward Strick of Swansea, gent.; (ii) Thomas Thomas of Llangyfelach, blacksmith: Land (40p) at Pantlassau, with a house built on it, on the eastern side of the road from Rhydypandy to Llangyfelach; Includes planD/D SB 3/181

Conveyance for £980 dated 19 Apr. 1852; (i) Sarah Bubb of Bentham, Gloucs., spinster; (ii) Thomas Barton Snead of Gloucester, gent.; (iii) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.: Half share in farms called Llwyn Cadwgan, Penrhedyn and Quarr, in the parish of LlangyfelachD/D SB 3/182

Deed of covenants to produce title deeds to Llwyn Cadwgan, Penrhedyn and Quarr, Miss Sarah Bubb and Thomas Barton Snead to William Martin. 19 Apr. 1852D/D SB 3/183

Mortgage for £1000 dated 20 Apr. 1852; (i) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.; (ii) James Petrie of Swansea, merchant: Half share in farms called Llwyn Cadwgan, Penrhedyn and Quarr, Llangyfelach parish, and 4 Picton Place, SwanseaD/D SB 3/184

Conveyance dated 20 Apr. 1852; (i) Thomas Lott Martin of Llangiwg parish, esq.; (ii) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.: Share in properties devised by the Will of Martha Martin, and also the estates of the late Miss Jane Martin and Edward Martin DaviesD/D SB 3/185

Lease and Counterpart Lease for the lives of David, Robert and Elizabeth Anthony, for £1 annual rent, dated 12 June 1852; (i) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.; (ii) Morgan Anthony of Loughor, copperman: Piece of land at Cwmrhydycwrw (now Cwmrhydyceirw), with one house built there; Includes plan; Endorsed: Surrender of the above lease dated 22 May 1908, Mrs Ann Edwards to John PlayerD/D SB 3/186-187

Conveyance for £252 dated 1 July 1852; (i) The Hon. William John Cavendish Bentnick, Marquis of Titchfield, and Lord Henry Bentnick; (ii) Henry Duke of Beaufort; (iii) The Hon. Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset, Marquis of Worcester (son of (ii)); (iv) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.: Pieces of land which formerly formed part of farms called Mynydd Garn Llwyd, Cnapllwyd and Treboeth, in the parish of Llangyfelach; Includes plansD/D SB 3/188

Assignment of lease for £442 dated 10 Nov. 1852; (i) Griffith Llewellyn of Baglan, esq., High Sheriff of Glamorgan; (ii) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.: A share in the Ynysforgan Colliery and the plant and machinery belonging to itD/D SB 3/189

Assignment of Lease for £442 14s 2d dated 20 Nov. 1852; (i) James Poole of Bristol, esq. and Edward Strick of Swansea, gent., executors of the Will of the late Joseph Martin esq.; (ii) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.: A share in the Ynysforgan Colliery and the plant and machinery belonging to itD/D SB 3/190

Draft Lease for 99 years from 25 Mar. -, for £1 annual rent dated - 1852; (i) James Poole the younger of Bristol, esq., and Edward Strick of Swansea gent.; (ii) David William: Land called Tyr Alee, near Cwmdwr, in the parish of Llangyfelach, with a house recently built there by the lesseeD/D SB 3/191/1

Conveyance for £140 dated 13 Aug. 1853; (i) Sarah Bubb of Bentham, Gloucestershire, spinster; (ii) Thomas Barton Snead of Gloucester, gent.; (iii) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.: Half share in cottages in the parish of Llangyfelach, not further identifiedD/D SB 3/191/2

Transfer of Mortgage for £6000 dated 10 Nov. 1854; (i) Thomas Grove of Swansea, esq., and William Robert Grove of London, esq., trustees of the Will of John Grove, deceased; (ii) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.; (iii) John Crow Richardson of Uplands, near Swansea, merchant: Farms and lands called Ynystawe, Plâsbach and Gwernfadog, all in the parish of LlangyfelachD/D SB 3/192

Conveyance for £1050 dated 22 Nov. 1854; (i) William Done Bushell of Cardiff, esq.; (ii) James Poole the younger of Bristol, esq. and Edward Strick of Swansea, gent.; (iii) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.: Farm called Drummau Uchaf, in the parish of Llansamlet; Includes planD/D SB 3/193

Reconveyance in satisfaction of Mortgage for £1000, dated 31 Jan. 1855; (i). James Petrie of Swansea, merchant; (ii) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq : Half share in farms called Llwyn Cadwgan, Penrhedyn and Quarr, Llangyfelach parish, and 4 Picton Place, SwanseaD/D SB 3/194

Transfer of Mortgage and Further Mortgage for £3000 dated 1 Feb. 1855; (i) Jenkin Davies Berrington of Woodland Castle, esq. and Lewis Llewellyn Dillwyn late of Parcwern now of Brynnewydd, esq.; (ii) Jenkin Davies Berrington and Lewis Llewellyn Dillwyn, and Thomas Williams of Llandeilo Fawr, maltster; (iii) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.; (iv) John Crow Richardson of Uplands, esq.: Customary farms called Tyr Doynaw alias Tir Doinaw and Cwmgelly, in the parish of Llangyfelach, and Manor of Pennard, Fee of TrewyddfaD/D SB 3/195

Copy of Court Roll, Manor of Pennard and Fee of Trewyddfa, containing entries of the probate of the Will of the late David Edwards esq., the admittance of his devisees to estates held by him at the time of his death, and the surrender of William Martin of lands held by him called Tirdeunaw and Cwmgelli, in the parish of Llangyfelach, and the admittance of John Crow Richardson as tenant of these lands, in accordance with the transfer of mortgage dated 1 Feb. 1855. 10 Mar. 1855D/D SB 3/196

Mortgage for £1200 dated 6 Oct. 1855; (i) James Clark of Old Henllys, Llanddewi, farmer and John Clark and Charles Clark of Llanddewi Castle, farmers; (ii) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.; (iii) John Crow Richardson of Uplands, merchant: Farm called Tir Aberclydach in the parish of LlangyfelachD/D SB 3/197

Assignment of Lease for £55 dated 17 Nov. 1855; (i) Thomas Bowen of Morriston, naphtha manufacturer; (ii) Richard Harry of Morriston, copperman; (iii) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.: Land in Morriston with three houses built on it; Endorsed: pencil note to the effect that the lease was surrendered to Sir R. MorrisD/D SB 3/198

Assignment dated 9 Jan. 1856; (i) William Llewellyn of Neath, gent.; (ii) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.: Annuity of £100 payable during the life of Thomas Lott MartinD/D SB 3/199

Appointment of John Trevillian Jenkin, by William Martin and John Crow Richardson his mortgagee, as receiver of his estates. 23 Feb. 1856D/D SB 3/200

Mortgage and further charge for a total of £18000 dated 23 Feb. 1856; (i) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.; (ii) John Crow Richardson of Swansea, merchant: The Ynystawe Estate, in the parish of Llangyfelach; Includes planD/D SB 3/201

Agreement and Copy Agreement to lease for the lives of John Owen aged 16, William Owen aged 5 and Rachel Owen aged 9 months, children of Thomas and Margaret Owen, for 30s annual rent, dated 23 May 1857; (i) William Martin; (ii) Thomas Owen: Land at Cwmgelli, for a house; Includes detailed about the materials to be used on the houseD/D SB 3/202-203

Lease and Counterpart Lease for the lives of Robert, Ann and Dinah Thomas, for £1 annual rent, dated 4 Sept. 1857; (i) James Poole of Bristol, esq. and Edward Strick of Swansea, gent.; (ii) Robert Thomas of Tyralee, Llangyfelach: Piece of land (1r 14p) near Cwm y Dwr in the parish of Llangyfelach, with a house built there; Includes planD/D SB 3/204-205

Lease for the lives of Thomas and Esther Davies and William Morgan, for £3 annual rent dated 29 Mar. 1859; (i) John Crow Richardson of Uplands, merchant; (ii) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.; (iii) Thomas Davies of Treboeth, collier: Piece of land at Tirdeunaw, with a house built there, in the parish of Llangyfelach; Includes planD/D SB 3/206

Reconveyance in satisfaction of Mortgage, dated 3 Aug. 1859; (i) William Done Bushell of Cardiff, esq.; (ii) James Poole of Bristol, esq., and Edward Strick of Swansea, gent.: Farms called Tyrbach, Llansamlet, Bryncam and Bryn yr Eithin, and meadow land called Waun Newydd, in the parish of Bettws, Carmarthenshire, and a half share in the minerals lying beneath the Ynystawe EstateD/D SB 3/207

Mortgage for £85 dated 29 Aug. 1860; (i) James Matthews of Bwllfa, mason; (ii) The Trustees of the Second Glamorganshire Building Society: Land at Ynystawe leased by (i) on 1 May 1851D/D SB 3/208

Assignment of Lease for £50 dated 29 Dec. 1860; (i) James Matthews of Clydach, builder; (ii) William Gregor and David Davies of Swansea, timber merchants: Land at Ynystawe leased by (i) on 1 May 1851D/D SB 3/209

Conveyance for £350 dated 25 Mar. 1861; (i) James Poole of Bristol, esq., and Edward Strick of Swansea, gent.; (ii) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.: Half share in a farm called Quare or Tyr Quare (60a), near Clydach, and cottages belonging to itD/D SB 3/210

Mortgage for £400 dated 7 July 1866; (i) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.; (ii) Henry Meggison Robinson of Bristol, gent. and James Gordon Bellingham of Saffron Walden, gent.: Half share in a farm called Quare or Tyr Quare near Clydach, and cottages belonging to itD/D SB 3/211

Conveyance for £3000 dated 1 Dec. 1866; (i) James Poole of Bristol, esq. and Edward Strick of Swansea, gent.; (ii) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.: Half share in minerals lying under Ynys Glyn Collen and Tir William David Vicar alias Llanlleianwen farms, in the parish of LlangyfelachD/D SB 3/212

Counterpart Lease for the lives of David Morris and Mary his wife for £3 annual rent dated 13 Mar. 1869; (i) John Crow Richardson of Pantygwydr, esq.; (ii) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.; (iii) David Morris of Penywaun Fach, collier: Land (2r) part of Ynystawe, in the parish of Llangyfelach (not further described), for buildingD/D SB 3/213

Assignment of Lease for £52 dated 8 Oct. 1870; (i) Richard Morris of Swansea, timber merchant and Evan Davies of Swansea, esq.; (ii) Mary Jane Matthews of St John-juxta-Swansea, spinster: Land at Ynystawe leased on 1 May 1851; Includes license to assignD/D SB 3/214

Mortgage for £61 10s dated 17 Oct. 1870; (i) Mary Jane Matthews of St John-juxta-Swansea, spinster; (ii) The trustees of the Fifth Glamorganshire Benefit Building Society: Land at Ynystawe leased in 1 May 1851D/D SB 3/215

Agreement and Counterpart Agreement to lease for 99 years from 30 June 1871 for £2 annual rent dated 19 July 1872; (i) William Martin esq.; (ii) William Hinkin: House and garden at Aberclydach in the parish of Llangyfelach, to the west of a road and to the east of a brook (not named); Includes plan; Enclosed: surrender of Lease dated 19 Jan. 1875D/D SB 3/216-218

Counterpart Agreement to lease for 34 years from 25 Mar. 1872 for £2 8s annual rent dated 19 July 1872; (i) William Martin esq.; (ii) John Grove: House and garden, part of the Ynystawe Estate, not further identified; Endorsed: pencil notes, Now exs. of Philip Jones, no. 9 and Now Elizabeth Jones, and New lease granted to 4 lesseesD/D SB 3/219

Copy of Court Roll, Manor of Pennard, Fee of Trewyddfa, recording the surrender by John Crow Richardson esq. of copyhold lands called Tir Deunaw and Cwmgelli, in the parish of Llangyfelach, and the admittance of William Martin as tenant in his place (a reconveyance in satisfaction of mortgage for £3000). 3 Sept. 1874D/D SB 3/220

Copy of Court Roll, manor of Pennard, Fee of Trewyddfa, recording the surrender by William Martin esq. to Isaac Baruch Toogood, William Caldwall Masters and Edward Strick of lands called Tirdeunaw and Cwmgelli in the parish of Llangyfelach and Fee of Trewyddfa. 24 Aug. 1875D/D SB 3/221

Lease for the lives of Thomas Rees and William Thomas Rees his son, for £11 annual rent dated 2 June 1877; (i) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.; (ii) Thomas Rees of Tirdeunaw, colliery agent: Land (2a 3r) part of Tirdeunaw Farm for building an unspecified number of houses, near Caersalem Chapel; Includes planD/D SB 3/222

Lease for the life of Joseph Janes aged 26, for £15 annual rent dated 2 June 1877; (i) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.; (ii) Joseph Janes of the Hafod, gardener: Piece of building ground, part of Llanlleianwen Farm, not further describedD/D SB 3/223

Counterpart Lease for 99 years from 25 Mar. 1877 for £11 annual rent dated 2 June 1877; (i) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.; (ii) Thomas Rees of Tir Deunaw, colliery agent: Land at Tirdeunaw, for building; Includes plan; Enclosed: surrender of lease, dated 16 May 1890D/D SB 3/224

Copy Draft Lease for 999 years for £2 annual rent dated 23 Sept. 1879; (i) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.; (ii) The Rev. Isaac Thomas of Tirdeunaw, baptist minister, and John Knoyle of Tirdeunaw, blocklayer: Land adjacent to the graveyard at Caersalem Newydd Baptist Chapel, for an extension to the graveyard; Includes planD/D SB 3/225

Judgement (rough copy) of Mr justice Chitty in the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, in the matter of the trusts of the trusts of the Will of William Martin deceased, 17 Apr. 1882. 1882D/D SB 3/226

Lease for 99 years from 24 June 1882 for £4 annual rent dated 22 July 1882; (i) Edward Strick, John Player and Richard Hughes; (ii) John Lewis and David Jenkin, both of Bwllfa, carpenters: Land at Ynystawe, near the Millers Arms, for a building (identified as a Baptist Sunday School room); Includes plan; Endorsed: surrender of lease dated 10 Jan. 1896, Trustees of Ynystawe Baptist Sunday School Rooms to Messrs. Strick and PlayerD/D SB 3/227

Volume containing copy of the Will of William Martin, including bequests to his brother Thomas Lott Martin, John Trevillian Jenkin, his son John Martin, and to Mary, Ann, Harriet and Martha Strick his nieces, made 4 June 1851, with codicils dated 19 Oct. 1867, 25 Sept. 1875, 21 Oct. 1875 and 21 Aug. 1878. Died 19 Nov. 1879 and proved at Carmarthen 1 Sept. 1880. Also judgement of Mr justice Chitty in the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, in the matter of the trusts of the trusts of the Will of William Martin deceased, 17 Apr. 1882. 1882D/D SB 3/228

Copy of Court Roll, Manor of Pennard and Fee of Trewyddfa, recording the admission of Isaac Baruch Toogood esq. and others to Tirdeunaw and Cwmgelli farms, and their surrender to the use of Miss A. J. Strick and others. 8 Apr. 1884D/D SB 3/229

Copy of Court Roll, Manor of Pennard, Fee of Trewyddfa, recording the surrender by Isaac Baruch Toogood William Caldwall Masters and Edward Strick, of copyhold farms called Tir Deunaw and Cwmgelli, and the admittance of Ann Joce Strick, Edward Strick and William Harries as tenants. 8 Apr. 1884D/D SB 3/230

Transfer of Mortgage dated 15 Sept. 1884; (i) William Wordsworth Talfourd of Essex, clerk in Holy Orders; (ii) William Wordsworth Talfourd and Thomas Noon Talfourd of Margate, esq.; (iii) Edward Strick of Swansea, gent., John Player of Quar House, esq. and Richard Hughes of Ynystawe, esq.; (iv) Anne Joce Strick of Swansea, spinster, Edward Strick and William Harries Francis of Swansea, esq.: Mines and minerals lying under the Ynystawe Estate, originally mortgaged 4 Aug. 1859; Endorsed: Reconveyance in satisfaction of Mortgage, dated 23 Oct. 1896, Miss A. J. Strick and Edward Strick to Messrs. Edward Strick and John PlayerD/D SB 3/231

Lease for 99 years from 25 Mar. 1884 for £6 annual rent dated 6 Oct. 1884; (i) Edward Strick, John Player and Richard Hughes; (ii) William Lewis of Treboeth, boiler maker: Land (1a 1r 29p), part of Llanlleianwen and Cwmrhydycwrw farms, for building six houses; Includes plansD/D SB 3/232

Duplicate Conveyance for £3320 dated 31 Dec. 1884; (i) Anne Joce Strick of Swansea, spinster, Edward Strick, and William Harries Francis of Swansea, esq.; (ii) Edward Strick, John Player and Richard Hughes; (ii) David Davies of Ynystawe, gent.: Upper Ynystawe House, and a farm called Llywn Cadwgan, in the parish of Llangyfelach; Includes planD/D SB 3/233

Assignment of Lease for £1 dated 25 June 1885; (i) John Lewis and David Jenkin of Bwllfa, carpenters; (ii) John Lewis, David Jenkin, David Butler, William Owen, John Lewis, William Lewis, William Daniel Davies, Richard William Watkin and William Davies, trustees of the Ynystawe Baptist Sunday School Rooms: Baptist Sunday School room (near the Millers Arms, Ynystawe)D/D SB 3/234

Conveyance for £75 dated 6 Feb. 1886; (i) Thomas Morgan Glasbrook of Morriston, haulier; (ii) David Glasbrook of Morriston, gent.: Tenement called Cwmnant, near Clydach, in the parish of LlangyfelachD/D SB 3/235

Lease for 99 years from 29 Sept. 1886 for £4 annual rent dated 4 Nov. 1886; (i) Edward Strick of Swansea, gent., John Player of Quar House, esq. and Richard Hughes of Ynystawe, esq.; (ii) John Knoyle of Tirdeunaw, collier: Piece of land on the west side of the main road from Swansea to Llangyfelach, for building, part of Llanlleianwen Farm in the parish of Llangyfelach; Includes planD/D SB 3/236

Mortgage for £40 dated 1 Dec. 1886; (i) William Percy Lewis of Waunwen, merchant tailor and Mary his wife; (ii) John Aeron Thomas of Swansea, solicitor: Piece of land (1r) leased 1 May 1851D/D SB 3/237

Assignment of Lease for 5s dated 23 May 1887; (i) William Lewis of Treboeth, boiler maker; (ii) Evan Daniel of Swansea, mining engineer: Land (1a 1r 29p), part of Llanlleianwen and Cwmrhydycwrw farms, leased 6 Oct. 1884D/D SB 3/238

Underlease and Counterpart Underlease for 99 years from 25 Mar. 1884 for £3 annual rent dated 22 Oct. 1887; (i) Evan Daniel of Swansea, mining engineer; (ii) William Rees of Cwmrhydycwrw, nailer: Land, part of Cwmrhydycwrw Farm, Llangyfelach parish, for building; Includes planD/D SB 3/239-240

Account book of W. H. Francis in account with the estate of the late David Francis for income received subsequent to the decease of Mrs Esther Francis. 1878-1887D/D SB 3/241

Lease and Counterpart Lease for 99 years from 29 Sept. 1879 for £1 annual rent dated 4 Apr. 1888; (i) Edward Strick, John Player and Richard Hughes; (ii) William David Davies, William Morris, William Morris, Phillip Richard Morgan, William Davies, and Thomas Davies, trustees of Hebron Independent Chapel, Clydach: Land at Bwllfa with a Sunday School room built there; Includes planD/D SB 3/242-243

Lease and Counterpart Lease for 99 years from 25 Mar. 1889 for £1 18s annual rent dated 2 May 1889; (i) Edward Strick, John Player and Richard Hughes; (ii) David William Lewis of Bwllfa, furnaceman: Land (38p) and house built there, at Bwllfa in the parish of Llangyfelach; Includes plan; Endorsed: memorandum that a new lease was granted 10 May 1904D/D SB 3/244-245

Surrender of Lease dated 30 June 1890; (i) Maria Daniel of Swansea, widow; (ii) Edward Strick, John Player and Richard Hughes: Land (1a 1r 29p), part of Llanlleianwen and Cwmrhydycwrw, with 6 houses built thereD/D SB 3/246

Schedules of title deeds, notes on title and correspondence relating to the tenure of cottages at Quar. 1866-1891D/D SB 3/247

Exchange dated 19 Mar. 1892; (i) David Glasbrook of Morriston, gent.; (ii) Edward Strick of Swansea, gent., John Player of Quar House, esq. and Richard Hughes of Ynystawe, esq.: Shares in lands called Cwmnant and Penrhedyn in the parish of Llangyfelach; Includes planD/D SB 3/248

Assignment of Lease for £10 dated 20 Mar. 1893; (i) William Davies of Oregon, USA, moulder; (ii) Thomas Davies and Joseph Davies of The Buildings, Clydach: Land on the eastern side of the road from Clydach to Swansea, with a house built there, not further identified; Includes planD/D SB 3/249

Release dated 25 Mar. 1893; (i) Edward Strick of Swansea, gent. and Richard Hughes of Ynystawe, esq.; (ii) John Player of Quar House, esq.: Quar House and lands, near Clydach, in the parish of Llangyfelach; Includes planD/D SB 3/250

Assignment of Lease dated 16 Sept. 1893; (i) Joseph Davies of Clydach, moulder; (ii) David Jones of Clydach, collier: Land (15p) at Ynystawe, with a house built there, leased 2 Dec. 1845D/D SB 3/251

Schedule of costs of Mr Richard Hughes on retirement from trusteeship of estate of W. Martin esq. deceased. 1893D/D SB 3/252

Lease for 99 years from 29 Sept. 1894 for £1 16s annual rent, dated 28 Dec. 1894; (i) Edward Strick and John Player; (ii) Joshua J. Evans of Morriston, tinplate doubler: Piece of land (24p) part of Cwmrhydycwrw farm in Llangyfelach parish; Includes planD/D SB 3/253

Lease and Counterpart Lease for 99 years from 25 Mar. 1886 for £6 annual rent dated 11 Jan. 1895; (i) Edward Strick and John Player; (ii) John John of Pontyshoot, butcher: Piece of land (3r) part of a tenement called Pontyshoot, near Landore; Includes plan; Endorsed: surrender of lease dated 27 Mar. 1905D/D SB 3/254-255

Assignment of Lease for £20 dated 11 July 1895; (i) Rachel Evans, wife of Thomas Evans of Penlan Road, collier; (ii) Thomas Owen of Mynyddbach, collier; (iii) Morgan Jones of Cwmgelli; (iv) Sarah Williams wife of Thomas Williams of Penlan Road, collier: House and land at Cwmgelli, not further describedD/D SB 3/256

Conveyance for £251 1s dated 31 July 1895; (i) Henry Duke of Beaufort; (ii) Charles Hoare and Algernon Augustine de Lille Strickland both of London, bankers; (iii) Edward Strick of Swansea, esq. and John Player of Quar House, esq.: The Red House pub, on the road from Swansea to Morriston, and a piece of land with two houses on the road from Treboeth to Llangyfelach; Includes planD/D SB 3/257

Lease for 99 years from 29 Sept. 1894 for £3 12s annual rent dated 30 Oct. 1895; (i) Edward Strick and John Player; (ii) John Jenkin Hughes of Pennard House, Pentrepoeth, assorter in tinplate works: Piece of building land at Cwmrhydycwrw; Includes plan; Endorsed: surrender of lease dated 24 Mar. 1902D/D SB 3/258

Assignment of Lease for £62 dated 1 July 1898; (i) Sarah Williams wife of Thomas Williams of Penlan Road, collier; (ii) John Asaph Davies of Heol-y-Bedw, mason: House and land at Cwmgelli, not further describedD/D SB 3/259

Counterpart Lease for 50 years from 24 June 1898 dated 23 Aug. 1898; (i) Edward Strick of Swansea and John Player of Clydach, esq.; (ii) Madelina Georgina Llewellyn of Baglan Hall, widow; (iii) Philip Richard of Hill House, Swansea, colliery owner: Minerals lying under farms called Llanerch and Blaen yr Olchfa in the parish of Swansea; Includes plan; Includes papers relating to the bankruptcy of (iii) and the resulting surrender of the lease, 1908 and 1912D/D SB 3/260

Assignment of Lease for £30 dated 2 Jan. 1899; (i) William R. Jones of Clydach, coal miner; (ii) John Jones of Clydach, coachman: Land and iron factories at Ynystawe, leased 2 Dec. 1845; Endorsed: surrender of lease dated 20 Feb. 1905D/D SB 3/261

Assignment of Lease for £60 dated 4 Mar. 1899; (i) John Aeron Thomas of Swansea, solicitor; (ii) Mary Jane Lewis of Manselton, widow; (ii) David Griffiths of Swansea, accountant: Land at Ynystawe (1r) with a house built thereD/D SB 3/262

Counterpart Grant dated 13 Nov. 1900; (i) Edward Strick of Swansea, esq. and John Player of Quar, esq.; (ii) Llangyfelach RDC: Rights to take water from the Cwmcyrnach Stream, in the parishes of Llansamlet and Cadoxton-juxta-Neath; Includes planD/D SB 3/263

Counterpart Lease for 99 years from 29 Sept. 1895 for £40 annual rent dated 31 Dec. 1900; (i) Edward Strick and John Player; (ii) Cefngyfelach Colliery Company Ltd: Pieces of land and a tramway, part of a farm called Tirdeunaw Isaf, in the parish of Llangyfelach, near Caersalem Chapel; Includes planD/D SB 3/264

Lease and Counterpart Lease for 99 years from 25 Mar. 1901 for £13 12s annual rent dated 22 June 1901; (i) Edward Strick and John Player; (ii) John and Benjamin Hill of Clydach, builder: Land (3r 16p) at Bwllfa in Llangyfelach parish; Includes plan; Endorsed: surrender of lease dated 10 Jan. 1910D/D SB 3/265-266

Mortgage for £100 dated 3 Aug. 1901; (i) David Griffiths of Swansea, accountant; (ii) The Swansea and District Terminating Building Society: Land at the Buildings, Clydach, leased 1 May 1851; Includes license to mortgageD/D SB 3/267

Counterpart Lease for 5 years from 29 Sept. 1900 for £25 annual rent dated 12 Aug. 1901; (i) Edward Strick of Swansea, esq. and John Player of Quar, esq.; (ii) The Gwmgelli Colliery Company Ltd.: Two pieces of land near Cwmgelli; Includes planD/D SB 3/268

Counterpart Lease for 99 years from 25 Dec. 1901 for £6 9s annual rent dated 24 Feb. 1902; (i) John Player; (ii) William Evans of Tabor Cottage, Cwmrhydycwrw, tinplate worker: Land (2r 6p) part of Brynbrodorion Farm, Llangyfelach parish; Includes planD/D SB 3/269

Copy of Court Roll, Manor of Pennard, Fee of Trewyddfa, being a waiver of forfeiture in respect of leases granted in breach of the customs of the manor. 28 June 1904D/D SB 3/270

Copy of Court Roll, manor of Pennard, Fee of Trewyddfa, recording the surrender of lands called Tirdeunaw and Cwmgelli by Miss A. J. Strick and admission of John Player esq. as tenant. 10 Aug. and 2 Sept. 1904D/D SB 3/271

Copy of Court Roll, manor of Pennard, Fee of Trewyddfa, recording the enfranchisement of copyhold farms called Tirdeunaw and Cwmgelli, the Duke of Beaufort to John Player esq. Includes plan. 8 Dec. 1904D/D SB 3/272

License from Edward Upton Strick for David Griffiths to assign to William Phillips a piece of land leased 1 May 1851. 27 Nov. 1905D/D SB 3/273

Assignment of Lease for £75 dated 2 Dec. 1905; (i) David Griffiths of Swansea, accountant; (ii) William Phillips of Clydach, engineer: Piece of land leased 1 May 1851D/D SB 3/274

Surrender of Lease dated 17 Feb. 1910; (i) William David Davies of Clydach, carter, William Morris of Clydach, engine driver, and Philip Richard Morgan of Clydach, rollerman; (ii) John Player: Premises at Bwllfa, leased 4 Apr. 1888D/D SB 3/275

Duplicate Conveyance for £730 16s 8d dated 25 Mar. 1901; (i) Ann Joce Strick of Swansea, spinster and Edward Strick of Swansea, esq.; (ii) Edward Strick and John Player; (iii) George Clark of Morriston, licensed victualler: Land (1a 3r 31p) between the brook and the road from Llangyfelach to Ynystawe, part of Llanlleianwen Farm, with a house and outbuildings; Includes planD/D SB 3/276

Schedules of leases sold by John Player, giving the date of sale, brief description of the property, person buying leasehold, and date of original lease. 1917D/D SB 3/277

Bundle of fire insurance certificates for properties in the Ynystawe Estate in Clydach and Ynystawe. 1918D/D SB 3/278

License to assign the remainder of Buanllwyd Farm, John M. Leeder and Son to John Player. 1 Apr. 1921D/D SB 3/279

Duplicate Conveyance for £190 dated 10 Feb. 1922; (i) John Player of Cheltenham, esq., William John Percy Player of Wernfadog, esq., and Ernest Trevor Addams Williams of the Knowle, Monmouth, esq.; (ii) Arthur Morgan James of 24 Goat Street, Swansea, solicitor: Nos. 1 to 8 Upper Terrace, Tir Deunaw; Includes planD/D SB 3/280

Agreement for yearly tenancy for £37 annual rent dated 8 May 1923; (i) John Player of Cheltenham, esq., William John Percy Player of Wernfadog, Clydach, esq. and Ernest Trevor Adams Williams of Monmouth, esq.; (ii) John Evans of Buanllwyd, farmer: Buanllwyd Farm (35a 1r 15p) in the parish of Llangyfelach; Includes planD/D SB 3/281

Probate of the Will of Edward Martin, bequeathing all his possessions to his wife Martha Martin. made 2 Mar. 1813, proved 3 Sept. 1818D/D SB 3/282

Assignment of Lease for £130 dated 25 May 1839; (i) Thomas William of Llangyfelach parish, yeoman; (ii) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.: Piece of land at Mynydd Cadle, leased by (i) 1 Feb. 1819 from the Duke of BeaufortD/D SB 3/283

Lease for 99 years from 29 Sept. 1839 for £50 annual rent dated 23 Mar. 1840; (i) Martha Martin of Ynystawe, widow; (ii) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.: Farms called Cwm Gelli and Tir Deunaw, in the parish of LlangyfelachD/D SB 3/284

Lease for 999 years from 25 Mar. 1840 for £2 annual rent dated 17 Feb. 1841; (i) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.; (ii) Samuel Samuel, David Evans, Matthew Rees, William Jeremiah, William Davies, David Jones, Rees Morgan, John David, David Roger, John Prosser, John Evan, William Griffith and William Samuel: Part of Tirdeunaw Farm, with a meeting house called Caersalem Newydd built on itD/D SB 3/285

Lease for 99 years for £50 annual rent dated 11 Feb. 1843; (i) William Chambers of Llanelli House, esq.; (ii) Joseph Martin of Swansea, esq.: Farm called Gelligydrim, in the parish of Bettws, CarmarthenshireD/D SB 3/286

Lease for the lives of Phillip Thomas, William Cook and Matilda Jenkins, for £1 2s annual rent dated 7 Oct. 1843; (i) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.; (ii) John Jenkins, junior, of Bwllfa, mason: Piece of land at Ynystawe, with a house built there; Includes planD/D SB 3/287

Lease for the lives of Llewellyn Williams, David Williams and David Williams, for £1 10s annual rent dated 9 Oct. 1843; (i) William Martin of Ynystawe, esq.; (ii) Llewellyn Williams of Bwllfa, boatbuilder: Piece of land at Ynystawe, with a house built there; Includes planD/D SB 3/288

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