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Indenture, being a grant from John ap Evan Thomas, late of Divanner ucha in p. Derwen, co. Denb., yeoman, but now of co. Ang., to Thomas ap William of Divanner aforesaid, gent., of one-fifth part of a field called Y kae issa in Divanner aforesaid, which said field is partly divided or set out to be divided into five equal portions, namely, one portion for the heirs of Edmund ap William ap Evan, dec., one portion for Evan ap Robert ap Moris of Divanner, one portion for John ap Evan Thomas, and two portions for the said Thomas ap William. Witnesses: John Hughes; John Thomas; John Thomas; Thomas ffoulke; David Lloyd, the writer. Witnesses to livery of seisin given on 10 Jan. 1656-7 by John Thomas ap Moris, attorney of the said John ap Evan Thomas: David Lloyd; Hugh ap John; John ap ....; Thomas ap Robert ap John; Elice Cadwallader ap Hugh; John Thomas; David Lloyd, the writer.

Indenture, being a mortgage for £30 from William Edwardes of Eyton, co. Denb., esq., to John Jones of Bedwall, co. Denb., yeoman, of a m. and two closes called Kae shion in the t. of Eyton, co. Denb. and in the tenure of Edward Abraham. Witnesses: R. Eyton; John Edwards; ffrancis Hughes; Phillip Thomas; John Hughes Broughton.

Bill In Chancery (addressed to the Rt Hon. Edward, Earl of Clarendon, Lord Chancellor of England) of Richard Owen, second son of Edward Owen, late of Woodhouse in Shropshire, esq., who complains that at [the request of] Leighton Owen, dec., orator, on the 22 Mar. 1657-8, advanced to the said Leighton Owen .... who, on 26 March 1657-8, gave orator a mortgage for £318 on a tmt in Allington, co. Denb. in the tenure of Lewis, widow, which property had been previously bought from .... Lloyd, esq.; that the said Leighton Owen dec., leaving Thomas Owen, his son and heir surviving, and appointed Elizabeth, his wife, and Andrew Lloyd his executors, who have assets in their hand to the value of £1,000 but refuse to either to pay the amount due to orator or to convey the mortgaged property to him. Orator therefore asks relief. [A corner of this document is torn off].

Answers of Andrew Lloyd, esq., and Elizabeth Owen, widow, two of the defendants to the bill in Chancery of Richard Owen [see D. D. 1,072], who state that it is true that Edward Owen (father of the said plaintiff) advanced to the said Leighton Owen £300; that the said Leighton Owen dec. 11 April 1657 at Shrewsbury; that the said Elizabeth Owen paid £9 to the plaintiff in Nov. following the death of the said Leighton Owen; that the said Leighton Owen, by his will dated 9 April 1657, directed his executors, the said defendants, to sell his lands in Allington and, after paying off the said mortgage, to hold the surplus as a portion for his only daughter, Martha Owen; that the defendants proved the will but did not intermeddle with the estate of the testator, and they believe that his assets did not nearly reach the value of £1,000, but have no knowledge of any such assets.

Indenture, whereby Edward Tudge of Wrexham, co. Denb., glover, and Mary, his wife, and Margarett Jones of Wrexham, widow (in consideration of a marriage already solemnized between the said Edward Tudge and his wife, Mary, and of £20 paid by the said Margarett Jones to augment the portion of the said Mary), grant to Thomas Tudge of Manavon, co. Mont., gent., and Philipp Rogers of Yston rhyn, Shropshire, gent., the m. wherein the said Margarett Jones lately dwelled and a blacksmith's shop in the tenure of Edward Price, smith, all in Wrexham aforesaid, upon trust for the said Margarett Jones for her life, with remainder to the said Edward Tudge and Mary, his wife, for their lives, with remainder to their issue, with remainder to the issue of the said Mary, with remainder to Hanna Hones, sister of the said Mary. Witnesses: John Hughes; Robert Jones; Richard Edwards; Randall Jeffrayes.

Indenture, being a mortgage (by way of a demise for 1,000 years) for £112 from John Roydon of Iscoed, co. Denb., esq., to his sister, Dorothy Roydon, of one-third part of Clay hill and also Venables three crofts, comprising 15 a., in Sutton, co. Denb. and heretofore bought from Thomas Williams, gent., by John Roydon, the father of the mortgagor. Witnesses: John Mathews; James Hanmer; Evan Bowen; John Parnell.

Indenture, being a grant from John Mathewes of Trefnaney, co. Mont., esq. (one of the executors of John Roydon of Iscoed, co. Denb., esq., dec.), to John Roydon of Iscoed aforesaid, esq. (son and heir of the said John Roydon, dec.), of all the realty of the said John Roydon, dec., and also the equity of redemption of lands mortgaged by the said John Roydon, dec., to Thomas Maddocks, gent. Consideration: £475.5s., paid, by the direction of the said John Matthewes, to the creditors of the said John Roydon, dec., and £274.15s. Witnesses: James Hanmer; Evan Bowen; John Parnell. Memorandum (endorsed) that, on 19 Aug. 1674, Andrew Lloyd of the t. of Sutton, co. Denb. attorned tenant to the said John Roydon for 2 parcels of land called Ackre pwl y vanmy and Kae bach yn ackre wanicke, lately purchased of John Gronow and bequeathed to the said Andrew Lloyd for his life by the said John Roydon, dec.

Deed Poll, being an acknowledgement by Samuel Roberts of Llanrhydd, co. Denb., gent., of the receipt from Thomas Endsden of Hoxton, otherwise Hogsden, Middlesex, gent., of £450 and of £800 paid, by the direction of the said Samuel Roberts, to Josias Dewey of Carlshalton, otherwise Cashalton, Surrey, gent., in discharge of a mortgage, being part of a sum of £1,650 to be paid by the said Thomas Endsden for the purchase of freehold and copy hold property conveyed by indentures made between the said Samuel Roberts, Robert ap Thomas of Landurnock, co. Denb., gent., and Jane, his wife, and John Meredith, citizen and grocer of London, of the one part, and the said Thomas Endsden, of the other part. Witnesses: Ben. Bonwicke; J. Madockes; Joseph Lem; T. W. Barnes; John Garret, scriptor; Charles Garret.

Indenture, being a mortgage for £500 from John Robinson of Gwersillt, co. Denb., esq., to the Rt Hon. Lady Mary Heaveningham of London, Middlesex, of a tmt in the tenure of Hugh ap Edward, being of the annual value of £20, a m. and lands called Tukerrig in the tenures of the said Hugh ap Edward and John ap Hugh, being of the annual value of £18, a tmt in the tenure of John Powell of the yearly value of £7, and a tmt in the tenure of William ap Edward of the yearly value of £9.10s., all being in the t. of Brymbo in p. Wrexham, co. Denb. Covenant by said John Robinson against all claims by himself or his wife, Margaret. Witnesses: J. Newton; William Eyton; David Eyton; Hugh Batchelor.

Indenture, being a covenant by Rees Griffith of Serior, co. Denb., gent., and Mary, his wife, to levy, at the next Great Sessions for co. Denb., a fine of a m. and lands in Serior in the tenure of the said Rees Griffith and closes thereunto belonging called Kae ucha y bryn, Y kae crwn yr aer, Y bryn eithin, Kae y lloye, Y kae bach, Y kae bedow, Y kae issa, Y darne bychain, Llyn y felin, and Y kae glas to enure to the use of John Williams of Serior aforesaid, gent. Consideration: £89.10s. Witnesses: Thomas Holland; William Williams; Hugh Holland.

Indenture, being a lease for a year (so that a grant by release might be made) from Theophilus Oglethorpe of p. St Martins in the Fields, Middlesex, esq., and Henry Griffiths of p. St Martins in the Fields, gent., to John Rogers of St Dunstans in the West in the city of London, goldsmith, and Roger Jackson of said p. St Dunstans, goldsmith, of the tithes of the two t's of Bodidrist, co. Denb., situate in p's Llandegla and Llanarmon, also m's, lands, and chief rents thereunto adjoining and in the tenures of John ap Ellis, Elizabeth verch Reese, Katherine verch Edward, Mary verch Richard, Katherine verch Robert, Katherine verch John David Price, Mary verch Thomas Reese, Cadwalader John Price John David, and Katherine verch David; also the tmt called Brindadler in the tenures of Roger Thomas, John Morris, Widow Morris Jones, John Griffith, Thomas Dennis, Richard Dennis, William Parry, Thomas Perce, William Davies, Meredith ap Evan, Richard Jones, Richard Rogers, Richard Jones, miller, and John ap Edward, Margrett Meredith, Edward Thelwall, Richard Jones, John David, Thomas Lloyd, and Gabriel Goodman; all the said premises being of the aggregate yearly value of £120. Witnesses: R. Bretland; John Pye; Sol. Robinson.

Indenture, being a release from Theophilus Oglethorpe of p. St Martins in the Fields, Middlesex, esq., and Henry Griffith of St Martins in the Fields, gent., to John Rogers and Roger Jackson, both of p. St Dunstans in the West in the city of London, goldsmiths, of the tithes of the two t's of Bodidrist, co. Denb., situate in p's Llandegla and Llanarmon, also m's, lands, and chief rents thereunto adjoining and in the tenures of John ap Ellis, Elizabeth verch Reese, Katherine verch Edward, Mary verch Richard, Katherine verch Robert, Katherine verch John David Price, Mary verch Thomas Reese, Cadwalader John Price John David, and Katherine verch David; also the tmt called Brindadler in the tenures of Roger Thomas, John Morris, Widow Morris Jones, John Griffith, Thomas Dennis, Richard Dennis, William Parry, Thomas Perce, William Davies, Meredith ap Evan, Richard Jones, Richard Rogers, Richard Jones, miller, and John ap Edward, Margrett Meredith, Edward Thelwall, Richard Jones, John David, Thomas Lloyd, and Gabriel Goodman to the use of the Rt Hon. Thomas, Earl Rivers, Viscount Colchester and Rocksavage Lord Darcye, baron of Chirk. The deed recites that, by indentures dated 26 and 27 June 1683, Sir Evan Lloyd of Yale, co. Denb., bart, Bevis Lloyd of the city of Westminster, esq., and Chandois Lloyd of Oldfield, Herefordshire, esq. (brother of the said Sir Evan Lloyd), mortgaged the said property to Sir William Parkins and Mathew Pindar (since dec.) to secure £900 and interest; that, by indentures dated 3 and 4 Mar. 1685, the said Sir William Parkins conveyed the said property to the said Theophilus Oglethorpe and Henry Griffith. Consideration: £950. Witnesses: R. Bretland; John Pye; Sol. Robinson.

Indenture, being a lease for six months from John Griffith of Eyton, co. Denb., gent., and Hester, his wife, and Mary Griffith of Eyton aforesaid, widow (mother of the said John Griffith), to Jane Edwards of Eyton aforesaid, widow, of two parts in a field in Eyton called Maes yr hendre, containing 13 butts and 3 headlands, having the lands of William Edwards, gent., dec. (late husband of the said Jane Edwards), on the north and south, the highway leading from Overton Bridge to Wrexham on the east, and the highway leading from Eyton to Ruabon on the west. Witnesses: Booth Basnett; John Puleston; William Nanney; John Randles; John Roberts.

Indenture, being a mortgage for £40 from Allice Beech of Esclusham, co. Denb., widow, Thomas Beech of Holms Capell, Cheshire, yeoman, and Jonathan Beech of Newsham, co. Denb., silk-weaver, to Peter ffoulkes of Cadwgan, co. Denb., gent., of a toft and 3 closes of land called Acre yr gwenith, Acre yr vedwen, and Kae tan y tu, otherwise Cae wrth y tu, in Esclusham aforesaid and in the tenure of the said Allice Beech. Witnesses: Ambrose Lewis, junior; John Williams; Hugh Evans; Roger Hughes; Mary Jones.

Indenture, being a lease for a year (so that a grant by release might be made) from William Robinson of Gwersyllt, co. Denb., esq. (executor of John Roydon of Iscoed, co. Denb., esq., dec.), to William Taylor of Dutton Diffeth, co. Denb., yeoman, of a parcel of land called Dole issa in the t. of Sutton, co. Denb. Witnesses: Thomas Taylor; Ellis Jones; Roger Griffith.

Indenture, being a release from William Robinson of Gwersyllt, co. Denb., esq., to William Taylor of Dutton Diffeth, co. Denb., yeoman, of a parcel of land called Dole issa in the t. of Sutton, co. Denb. Consideration: £100. Witnesses: Thomas Taylor; Ellis Jones; Roger Griffith.

Letters Of Administration (with will annexed), of the goods of Edward Griffith of Vrondeg in p. Wrexham, co. Denb., yeoman, dec., granted by Robert Wynne, vicar in spiritualities and principal official of William, bishop of St Asaph, to Anne Griffith, the widow and executrix of the said Edward Griffith, power being reserved to John Griffith and Edward Griffith, the other executors to take out administration. Signed by Tho. Lloyd, registrar. Latin. [The will is missing].

Indenture, being a lease for six months (so that a grant by release might be made) from ffrancis Jeffreys of Bersham, co. Denb., miller, and Mary, his wife, to Robert Jones of Esclusham, co. Denb., yeoman, of 3 closes of land in Esclusham aforesaid called Erw hir and Erw gron, also the dingle called Nant y erw hir in the tenure of the said Robert Jones. Witnesses: Sarah Thomas; John Gough; Will. Phillips.

Indenture, being an assignment of a mortgage for £50 (by way of a demise for a term of 300 years, granted by John Randles of Esclusham, co. Denb., yeoman, to Elizabeth Jones of Wrexham, co. Denb., widow, by indenture, dated 1 Aug. 1710) from David Parry of Wrexham aforesaid, glover, to Anne Griffith of Esclusham, co. Denb., widow, of a close of land in Esclusham aforesaid called Cae mawr in the tenure of the said John Randles and closes called Byrdir and Erw yr garnedd in the tenure of the said John Randles, and also an assignment of a mortgage for £34 granted by Hugh Jones of Esclusham aforesaid, yeoman, on 14 May 1715, to the said David Parry, of a m. in Esclusham and closes called Yr burdyr, Erw yr garnedd the hill, Cae tan y tu, and Cae mawr in Esclusham. The deed recites that the said David Parry married the said Elizabeth Jones. Witnesses: Peter ffoulke; John Griffith of Carne; Rob. Hughes.

Indenture, being a grant from Anne Stephens of Bersham, co. Denb., widow, Edward Stephens (her son and heir apparent), and Robert Jones of Esclusham, co. Denb., yeoman, to ffrancis Jeffreyes of Mould, co. Flint, 'milner,' and Mary, his wife, of the moiety of the tmt in Esclusham aforesaid, wherein the said Robert Jones dwells, and of closes to the same tmt belonging called Y cwysiad, Traws tyr ucha, and Y traws tyr issa. Witnesses: Wm Vaughan; William Jones; Edward William.