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i, 181 ff. (original pagination 1-275, 280-346 continued to end; 276-279 foliated by openings; pp. 347-354 blank) ; 195 x 155 mm.
Vellum over boards with double blind fillets and brass clasps. 'Abstracts of the Titles of Mark Wood Esqr of Piercefield in the County of Monmouth now Sir Mark Wood Bart of Gatton in the County of Surrey To Sundry Estates in the Counties of Monmouth and Glamorgan, purchased of Thomas Mathews Esqr.', 'Abstracts A, B, F.' and 'No. 1' (ink on front cover); '5' (pencil on front cover); 'ABSTRACTS OF TITLES Monmouthshire and Glamorganshire' (ink on spine). Label of Dunn & Co. Stationers, 9 Fleet Street, inside front cover.
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Forum Auctions; London; Purchased at auction, lot 100; 4 November 2021; 992463373902419.
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A manuscript volume containing abstracts of title, [c. 1816] (watermark 1814), relating to the estates of Sir Mark Wood of Gatton, Surrey (formerly of Piercefield, Monmouthshire), in the counties of Monmouthshire and Glamorgan.
The volume is in three sections (labelled A, B and F), abstracting Wood's title to the castle and manor of Pencoed, [Llanmartin], the manor of St Brides [Netherwent] and other properties in Monmouthshire, purchased from Thomas Mathews (pp. 1-106); Mathews' title to leasehold estates in Monmouthshire, including Gillylaes [Gelli-las, Llanfihangel Llantarnam] (pp. 107-145); and a supplemental abstract of Wood's title to estates in Monmouthshire and Glamorgan purchased from Mathews and others (pp. 146-346). In all some thirty-eight deeds are abstracted, the majority in abstract A. Abstracts A and B also include legal opinions of J[ohn] Holliday, Lincoln's Inn, dated 1794 and 1795 respectively (pp. 105-106, 143-145). The abstracts contain no reference to Wood's ownership of Piercefield, which had been sold in 1800.
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English.
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- Wood, Mark, 1747-1829 (Subject)
- Pencoed (Llanmartin, Wales : Manor) (Subject)
- St Brides (Wales : Manor) (Subject)
- Gelli-las Grange (Wales) (Subject)
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December 2022.
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Description compiled by Rhys Jones.