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1 John Travers of Wrexham, co. Denb., gent. 2 Anne Eyton of same, widow of Gerrard Eyton of same, gent., dec. 3 Richard Jones of Llanhychan, co. Denb., doctor of laws, and William Travers of Wrexham, gent. 4 Edward Thelwall of Llanbeder, co. Denb., esq., and Mathew Travers of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, grocer. Prenuptual Settlement of 1 and 2 whereby 1 and 2 each set over a sum of £350 (particulars in an annexed schedule) to 3 in trust, to be used, within 3 years after the marriage, to purchase freehold lands and tenements in fee simple in some convenient place in England or Wales, 3 to remain trustees during the lifetime of 1 and 2 and after the death of 1 and 2, the property is to go to 4 for 500 years in trust to the uses of the heirs of 1 and 2. One of witnesses is Humphrey Foulks, clerk.

1 James Williams, esq., and George Paterson, esq. (quer.). 2 Charles Brown, esq., and Ann his wife (deforc.). Final Concord of 2 m's, 2 cottages, 1 barn, 2 mills, 1 garden, 6 a. of land, 4 a. of meadow, 4 a. of pasture, common of pasture for all manner of cattle, and common of turbary in p's Wrexham and Abenvery Vechan, co. Denb. Consideration : £60. Foot.

1 Charles Browne of Llwynegrin, p. Mold, co. Flint, esq., and Ann his wife (C.B. is the only son of Martha Browne late wife of Stephen Browne, esq., and one of the sisters of Aquila Wyke late of Llwynegrin, esq., dec.; Ann wife of C.B. is the daughter and only child of Mary Rockwood, dec., the late wife of William Rockwood of Weston, Norfolk, esq., another sister of Aquila Wyke.). 2 James Williams of Shirley Hall near Croydon, Surrey, esq. and George Paterson of East Sheen, Surrey, esq. Covenant To Levy Fines on the advowson of the Rectory and Parish Church of South Offerington, Yorkshire, a m. lately erected and a parcel of land whereupon a capital m. called the Old Hall formerly stood with closes belonging in tenure of Thomas Bramley, and a m. late in tenure of Thomas Baxter, all in p. South Offerington, Yorkshire; a barn and parcels of land in tenure of the Rev. Thomas Denton, and a m., a cottage, orchard, and parcels of land in tenure of William Arthur in p. Asted alias Ashsted, Surrey; a parcel of arable land called Lydons Close (9 a.) in tenure of Daniel Chandler, a parcel of arable land (14 a.) in tenure of William Arthur and parcels of arable land and a Barn in tenure of John Chilmon in p's Leatherhead and Stoke, Surrey; m's and closes in town and p. Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey; m. and closes in tenure of William Slade, esq., in p's Bromley, Lewisham, Beckenham, Kent; tmt called Lower Hall late in tenure of William Parsonage in t. Church Shockley, p. Shockley, Cheshire; a capital m. called Marchwheel Hall and a building adjoining called the Gatehouse, and parcels of land, in tenure of John Pelin, a m. called Street y Hwch, and a m. and parcels of land in tenure of Margaret Davies, a tmt called Coed Daffydd and parcels of land and a tmt called Croes Y Mab and parcels of land in tenure of James Pelin, a m. called Pont y Frwd and closes of land in tenure of John Randles, 3 cottages and parcels of land in tenures of Ann Williams, John Price and Hannah Woollam, all in t. and p. Marchwheel, co. Denb.; tmt and parcels of land in tenure of Thomas Parry, tmt and parcels of land in tenure of Hugh Puleston, a m. called Betin Croft in tenure of Sarah Anhers, all in p. Holt, co. Denb.; parcel of arable land in tenure of John Bradshaw, p. Bangor, co. Denb.; m. called Caernarvon Hall in tenure of Richard Edwards in t. Wrexham Regis, p. Wrexham, co. Denb., parcel of arable land, and a tmt called Five Fords in tenure of Edward Jenkins, miller, in p. Wrexham, co. Flint, all of which lands were formerly the estate of Aquila Wyke, and now that of 1 (In each case the name and the acreage of the parcels of land is given) to the uses of 1.

1 Edward Stanley of Yolow, co. Flint, esq. 2 John Foxe of Mancote, co. Flint, husbandman. Gift of a croft called Foxes Croft (4 a.) late in tenure of Robert Maysam, near a dale called Tuders Dale, in p. Hawarden, co. Flint. Consideration : £5. 6s. 8d. Power of attorney to John Duckworthe of Yolow, yeoman, to perfect a livery of seisin from 1 to 2. Latin. Seal.

1 Roger Ravenscroft of Mancot, p. Hawarden, co. Flint, gent. 2 Robert Ravenscroft of Brodlane, co. Flint, esq., and Anthony Ravenscroft of Bretton, co. Flint, esq. Bargain And Sale With Enfeoffment of a m., in Mancote, p. Hawarden, a m. in tenures of Raphe Starkye and Nicholas Thomas which Raphe Arderne late of Moore had purchased of William Dymocke, gent., and Anne his wife, in Moore, p. Hawarden, and all other m's and lands of 1, which Sir Michaell Stanhope of Sudborne, Suffolk, kt, and Edward Stanhope, doctor in laws, late one of the Masters of the High Court of Chancery, dec., had purchased from Queen Elizabeth, in Mancote and Hawarden alias Harden, Cheshire and co. Flint, to the use of George Ravenscroft, gent., son and heir of 1, with remainders to the other sons of 1 namely Thomas Ravenscroft, Roberte Ravenscroft, and Isaacke Ravenscroft. Power of Attorney to William Ledesham of Broadlane, gent., to perfect a livery of seisin from 1 to 2. Endorsed with note of livery of seisin.

1 John Statham, senior, of Moore, co. Flint, yeoman, and John Statham, junior, of Moore, yeoman, his son and heir. 2 Nicholas Brereton of Mankoat Magna, co. Flint, yeoman. Bond in £40 for the observance of covenants in an indenture of Bargain and Sale of even date between 1 and 2, concerning two parcels of land called Groomsdale, between the lands of John Aldersey, esq., to the east and west, and the lands of Thomas Whitley, esq., to the north, and a parcel of land called Keasley to the south, in t. Ewloe, [p. Hawarden], co. Flint.

Marriage Licence of David Pennant of Downing, co. Flint, esq., batchelor, and Louisa Peyton of Hagbeck Hall, Norfolk, spinster, a minor, with the consent of Dame Frances Peyton, widow, mother of the said minor, Sir John Rous, bart, and John Heigham esq., her testamentary guardians, appointed by her father, Sir Henry Peyton, bart, dec.. Archdiocesan Seal of Canterbury.

1 William Thomas Powell of Campston, p. Grismonte, co. Mon., gent., and Thomas Williams of Llancyllo, Herefordshire, gent., his son and heir. 2 Rowland Pricharde of Doore, Herefordshire, gent. Gift With Enfeoffment of a m. in Campston, p. Grismonte, co. Mon.. Consideration : £140. Endorsed with note of livery of seisin. Latin.

1 William Vavasoure of Newtown ('Nova Villa') co. Mont., gent., Elizabeth his wife, and Richard Vavasoure, gent., his son and heir. 2 Edward Langford of Mellinton, co. Mont., yeoman. Gift With Enfeoffment of a m. in t. Keven Hendidley alias Hendidley, p. Llanlluchayerne, co. Mont. Consideration : £170. Endorsed with note of livery of seisin. Latin. Seals, broken.

1 John ap Richard ap Edneved of Hendidlay, co. Mont., yeoman. 2 James ap Owen of Hendidley, yeoman, and Mathew Stokes of Newtown, yeoman. Gift With Enfeoffment of a m. in t. Hendidley, p. Llanllochayarne, co. Mont., to the use of 1 with remainders to Watkin ap William and Florence ferch Howal his wife. Latin. Seal, damaged.

1 William Vavasour of Newtown ('Nova Villa') in co. Mont., gent., and Richard Vavasour his son and heir. 2 Mathew Price of Bodaioghe, co. Mont., esq. Quitclaim of a parcel of land called Y Kay yn y Fron (12 a.) in t. Hendidley, [p. Llanllwchaiarn], co. Mont. Latin.

1 Austyne Geathin of p. Kerry, co. Mont., yeoman, and Richard Griffith of the same, yeoman. 2 Mathew ap David of same, yeoman. Quitclaim of a parcel of arable land and woodground (5 a.) called Ceer Llwyn Cady, 1 meadow containing five days' math of hay, with woods and rough ground called Gwyrglod Llwyn Cady (1/2 a.), Cy Cloes Newydd (l a.), Y Llwyn (11/2 a.), a meadow (1/2 a.) between the wood called Y Llwyn and the land called Teer Llwyn Cady, in t. Keven Y Mynach, p. Kerry, co. Mont.

1 Rt. Hon. Leycester, Viscount Hereford. 2 William Holcomb of p. Mouncton, co. Pemb., gent. Lease for 21 yrs of the site of the late dissolved Priory or Cell of Mouncton, closes called Deeregardine, Pease Close, the Little Demeasne, Calves Closes, the Pidgeon Close in which stands a Pidgeon House, the Conygrey, the Little Conygrey, the Great Demesne, (acreages given) all of which are compassed in part with a stone wall, in part with a hedge and in part with Milford Haven or Water near Milford Haven, a close called Furzie Close (26 a.), a meadow called Bryans Meadow (3 a.) (tenants named), the water corn mill called Quaytes Mill, and all manner of tithes of corn and grain, a farm called Bowood Farme and a wood called Quaytes Wood, a cottage called Seres Towne, a cottage in tenure of Henry Jones, a cottage in tenure of Phillipp Roth and Rowland Russell in Hunttell Towne, a cottage called Wyndmillhill, 6 cottages (tenants named), a meadow called New Meadowe, a close of pasture called Cookes Close, 2 parcels of land in the close behind a house called Barne House, a little close (acreages given, tenants named), the benefit of the 2 fairs of Mouncton, lately in possession of Ernest Jackson, lots of tithes called Mouncton Lot, St Land Lot, Orleton Lot, Castelton Lot, Easton Lot, Penner and Patter Church, and all tithes of corn and grain growing yearly on the lands of John Lort in Mouncton and the land now in occupation of George Catsmead, part of the lands of Sir Hugh Owen, all of which are in p. Mouncton, co. Pemb., one oxland lying in two closes near Castele Martine Church (6 a.) and a parcel (l a.) nearby late in tenure of Richard Roe, in p. Castele Martine, co. Pemb., all with the exception of hunting, fishing, hawking and fowling rights. Annual rent : £239, 4 'cuppell' of Hens, 3 'cuppell' of Capons, 3 fat geese, and 3 fat turkeys. Seal.

1 Howell ap Edward of the fee of Wylley in lp Stepulton yn Lugharnes, co. Rad. 2 Gryffyth ap Howell of the same. Agreement for both parties to have passage through all the lands divided between them, that all manner of hedging should be done in due season for the preservation of fruits, grains, meadows, pastures etc., that both parties shall maintain and repair all hedging about a wall and that the wall shall be universal between them, that the oven and kiln shall be universal between them, one of them to occupy the kiln the one week, the other to occupy it the other week, and one of them to occupy the oven the one day and the other to occupy it the other day, in fee of Wylley in lp Stepulton yn Lugharnes, co. Rad.. Recites that variance had been between 1 and 2 concerning the division of the land, which is now fully ended.

1 John Kynge of Presteigne, co. Rad., gent. 2 John ap Owen of same, gent. Mortgage (Bargain And Sale) of a tmt or cottage in tenure of John Greene and 5 closes of arable land (33 a.) and a wood (1 a.) at a place called the Cowle Herbard, between a meadow called Nowltons Meadowe and the lands of Nicholas M'dd now in occupation of Thomas Greene on the west side, and the lands late of Gruffith apowell, dec., now in occupation of John Bedowes, esq., on the east side, and between a brook called Clatt Broake on the north side and the woods of John Bradshawe, esq., called Cane Woods on the south side, in lp Presteigne, co. Rad., to secure £90. 13s. 4d. Covenant to levy a fine. Seal initials 'N.M.'.

1 Morgan ap Thomas of Begyldye, co. Rad., yeoman. 2 Thomas David ap Gruff'. Mortgage ('vendidisse et confirmasse') of 7 acres of arable land called Yr Erow Oldog, between the lands of Thomas ap Ho'ell ap David and the lands of David ap Ieuan ap Madocke, and 3 a. of meadow, of which 2 are in a place called Y Pant and 1 in a place called Rose Vorgan in t. Bedwaledd [p. Bugeildy], co. Rad., to secure £4. Latin.

1 (A) Thomas Weaver of Stepleton, Herefordshire, gent., (b) Joyce his wife, (c) Charles Weaver of Presteyne, co. Rad., gent., and (d) Richard Weaver, his son and heir. 2 Meredith Bowen of Overheath, p. Presteyne, co. Rad., yeoman. Covenant To Levy A Fine on (i) a meadow (20 a.) called Bisshops Lye in p. Presteyne, (ii) all of 1 a's tmt's and lands in p. Llangunllo, (iii) 4 tmt's in p. Bettous, (iv) m. in tenure of Joahne Bratt, widow, in Broad Streete, in town of Presteyne, co. Rad.. Recites that John Bedowes, esq., dec., purchased properties (i) from Roger Davies and Katherine his wife, (ii) from John Passye, (iii) from Edmund Lewes, gent., and Sybill Knyll, widow; that John Bedowes conveyed all these properties to 1(a).

Letters Of Administration of the goods of Nicholas Taylor, late of p. Presteigne, co. Rad., granted to Robert Bridgwater. Latin. Seal, fragment.