Lease for 21 years for 20s annual rent to the use of the poor of Swansea, from (i) Michael Rees and William John, common attorneys of Swansea, by the assent of John Bennett, portreeve and the aldermen and burgesses of Swansea, to (ii) Owen William Barker of Swansea, of a close of arable land with a house, courtyard and garden called the Mawdlens at a place called Brynmelyn in the Franchise of Swansea, between the highway leading from Swansea to Millwood on the east, the highway from Swansea to Loughor on the west, and Brynmelyn on the north, and a brook called Nant yglastoore [Nant-y-glasdwr] on the south. Originally labelled ‘J’.

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      GB 216 EA 7/2/1
  • Dates of Creation
      1 May 1630
  • Language of Material
      English
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      1 paper