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Probate of the will (dated 30 June 1855) of John Davies of Frwdhill, ht Ysgeirfechan, p. Merthyr Cynog, co. Brec., farmer, dec. [Bequest of Tyrbach, ht Ysgeirfawr, p. Merthyr Cynog.].

Final Concord in a fine of two m's, etc., and 190 a. of land in p. Merthir, co. Brec. levied between Thomas Price, gent., plaintiff, and Samuel Pryce, gent., deforciant. Two copies.

1. The Rev. Richard Wilbraham Ford of Little Risington, Gloucestershire, and the Rev. James Buckoll, formerly of Siddington, Gloucestershire, but now of Limber, Lincolnshire, clerks;. 2. Mary Price of the town of Builth, co. Brec., widow;. 3. Thomas Morgan of the town of Abergavenny, co. Mon., and Rees Williams of Mannest Court, co. Brec., gent's;. 4. John Jones of Pant, p. Merthyrcynog, co. Brec., gent. Lease And Release of m's and lands called Pant Griffith and Tyr Eglwys y Bedd, p. Merthyr Cynog, and a dwelling-house called Tyr Ucha in the village of Merthyr Cynog, all now known by the single name of Pant Griffith Farm or Estate.

1. Anne Stanley, widow of William Stanley, late of Paultons, p. Eling, Southampton, esq., dec.;. 2. George Stanley, late of Paultons aforesaid, esq., son, heir and administrator of the said William Stanley, dec. Assignment of right to real and personal estate, transfer of money due to the first party before her marriage and still due to her, and appointment of attorney. [References to Hoby Stanley of Pewsey, Wiltshire, clerk, only other child of the said William Stanley, and Elizabeth Hoby, dec., widow and administratrix of Philip Hoby, esq., dec., father of the first party.].

1. Eleanor Bave, wife of Charles Bave of Bath, Somerset, doctor in physic, Lucy Rice, widow of Edward Rice of Newton, co. Carm., esq., and mother and guardian of Geo[rge] Rice, esq., an infant, and Anne Stanley, widow, and George Stanley, esq., both of Paultons, Southampton;. 2. Caleb Wynd of Neath, co. Glam., gent. Lease for 31 years of the ruined building called the lower copper house and the waste ground about it, at or near the Abby Bridge, ht Dyffryn Clydach, p. Cadoxton Juxta Neath, co. Glam., late in the occupation of the governor and company of copper miners in the principality of Wales, being a place for smelting copper ores, and three cottages thereby adjoining. [Boundaries specified include a highway leading to Swanzey, the Abby pound, the River Clydach, the road leading to Dyffryn, and the lands belonging to the estate called Court y Tyr.]. Counterpart.

1. David Samuel of p. Cadoxton Juxta Neath, co. Glam., carpenter, Elizabeth his wife, and Thomas David, their son and heir apparent;. 2. The Rev. Hobby Stanley of p. Pewsey, Wiltshire. Lease for 99 years of the right to set up engines, drive levels, etc., through and under lands in p's Cadoxton Near Neath and Lansamlett, co. Glam., for the use of the coal works upon the Abby estate.

1. Elizabeth Rice, widow, sole executrix and residuary legatee of Griffith Rice, late of Newton [co. Carm.], esq., dec., who was administrator of Catherine Rice, dec., formerly his wife, and also administrator with the will annexed of Elizabeth Hobby, dec., widow of Philip Hobby, esq., dec., unadministered by the said Katherine Rice, sole executrix and residuary legatee of the said Elizabeth Hobby;. 2. Anne Stanley, widow of William Stanley, late of Paultons, Southampton, esq., dec., and one of the dau's of the said Philip Hobby by the said Elizabeth. Assignment of a term of 1,000 years (in obedience to a decree of the High Court of Chancery) in the grange called Court Rheydheyre, otherwise Court Redheyr, otherwise Court Redhire, m's formerly in the tenure of one William David Ychan, otherwise William Carter, and a parcel of land called Tyr Howell Lloyde, p. Saint Cadocke, co. Glam. [Reference to a lease of the said properties dated 10 Feb. 1543/4 by Sir Richard Williams alias Cromwell to John Cradocke of Court Redheyr, co. Glam., gent.].

1. Hans Sloane Stanley of Poultons, Southampton, esq.;. 2. Robert Place Leyson of Neath, co. Glam., surgeon. Lease for 21 years of a m. in the occupation of the second party. Not executed.

1. William Sloane Stanley of Paultons, Southampton, esq.;. 2. John Parsons of Court ryd hyr, p. Cadoxton juxta Neath, co. Glam., coal merchant. Lease for 60 years of a piece of pasture ground called Craig Vechan, numbered 32 on the plan of the Court ryd hyr estate. Counterpart.

1. William Sloane Stanley of Paultons, Southampton, esq.;. 2. James Leyson of Cadoxton, co. Glam., gent. Lease for 21 years of the m. in the occupation of the second party [? being the property specified in No. 186 of 1 July 1823]. Witness: ? W. Leyson, surgeon, RN, residing at Neath. Counterpart.

1. William Sloane Stanley of Paultons, Southampton, esq.;. 2. James Reynolds of the Neath Abbey Iron Works, co. Glam., gent. Lease for 20 years of two fields on the south side of the village of Tyllewdd, co. Glam., numbered 22-3 on the plan of the first party's estate. Counterpart.

1. William Sloane Stanley of Paultons, Southampton, esq.;. 2. Joseph Tregelles Price of Neath Abbey, co. Glam., Robert Were Fox and Alfred Fox, both of Falmouth, Cornwall, Charles Fox of Trebah, Cornwall, and Thomas Were Fox and William Fox, both of Plymouth, Devon, all coal and iron merchants. Lease for 60 years of the capital m. with the lands and cottages thereto belonging, p. Cadoxton and ht Dyffryn Clydach, co. Glam., forming part of the Court Ryd hyr estate, and all coal works, etc., thereon (subject to No. 187 of 23 April 1825 and No. 188 of 30 Jan. 1850) and the benefit of all watercourses except the water below the dam made by Messrs Price and Co. (the Neath Abbey Iron Co.) 47 feet above the Coomb or Cwm velin waterfall. [Annexed is a plan of lands and minerals leased to the Neath Abbey Coal Co.]. Counterpart.

1. The South Wales Railway Co. incorporated by the South Wales Railway Act, 1845;. 2. William Sloane Stanley of Paultons, Southampton, esq. Grant of pieces of land in p. Cadoxton juxta Neath. (Plan in margin.).

1. William Sloane Stanley of Paultons, Southampton, esq.;. 2. Robert Barclay Fox of Falmouth, Cornwall, Henry Habberly Price, Edwin Price and Theodore Fox of Neath, co. Glam., copartners trading under the title of The Neath Abbey Iron Co. Lease for 21 years of a piece of ground with nine cottages standing thereon, at Neath, p. Cadoxton juxta Neath, co. Glam., being part of the Courtrydhyr estate. (Plan in margin.). Counterpart.

1. William Sloane Stanley of Paultons, Southampton, esq.;. 2. William Llewellyn of Llwyn Erch Edwal, p. Cadoxton juxta Neath, co. Glam., collier. Lease for 93 years of a piece of land in ht Duffryn Clydach, p. Cadoxton juxta Neath, co. Glam., bordering on the p. road leading from The Glais to Neath. (Plan on reverse.).

Not executed.

1. William Sloane Stanley of Paultons, Southampton, esq.;. 2. Richard Williams of Taillwydon, p. Cadoxton juxta Neath, co. Glam., publican. Lease for 93 years of a piece of ground at Taillwydon aforesaid bordering on the parish road leading from Pontardawe to Neath Abbey and the river Clydach. (Plan on reverse.). Counterpart.