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- 1781, April 27-28 (Creation)
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Charles Morgan and John Morgan were guardians of Ann Jemima Butler (1760-1812) and Patty Butler (1760-1838), infant daughters and coheiresses of James Butler (c.1738-1775) and Martha his wife, née Dolben (c.1734-1776). James and Martha’s clandestine marriage in 1756 had resulted in a protracted legal case, only abandoned when James reached his majority. Ann Jemima and Patty married the brothers Roger Clough (1759-1833) and Richard Clough (1753-1784), the sons of Hugh Clough of Plas Clough (1709-1760). Roger sold the Sussex estate to buy Bathafarn in his own county (‘Clough of Plas Clough’, DWB): articles of agreement for the sale of Warminghurst estate from the Rev. Roger Clough and Ann Jemima, his wife, and Roger Butler Clough, their eldest son, to Charles, duke of Norfolk, for £70,000, 14 Jan 1805, with a mortgage of Warminghurst estate, 7 Aug. 1805, and final release, 24 Nov. 1806 (among Arundel MSS. D 2532-2574); articles of agreement for the purchase and sale of the mansion, park, and demesne called Bathafern Park with all its appurtenances from Lord William Beauclerk to Rev. Roger Clough, for the sum of £70,000, 16 Nov. 1805 (NLW, Bathafarn & Llanbedr 299 et seq.).
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Original bundle comprising (i) a lease for a year dated 27 April 1781 by Roger Clough of Glanywern, Denbighshire, esq., and Ann Jemima (nee Butler) his wife, to John Warry of New Inn, Middlesex, gent., of an undivided moiety of Heene Farm (428 a.) in the parishes of Heene, West Tarring, Goring and Broadwater, Sussex, and other m's and lands (described), all of which are the same as those mentioned in the marriage settlement of James Butler of Rowdell, Sussex, esq., and Martha his wife dated 19 June 1760, (ii) a lease for a year, also dated 27 April 1781, by Luke Medwin of Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire, gent., and the said Roger Clough and Ann Jemima his wife, to Charles Morgan of Tredegar, esq., and Thomas Clough of Glanywern aforesaid, gent., of an undivided moiety of the manor of Pinkhurst in the parishes of Billingshurst, Itchingfield and West Chiltington, Sussex, also West Farm alias Kithurst Farm (203 a.), Town Farm and Walden Croft (47 a.), all in the parish of Storrington, Nash Farm (60 a.) in the parishes of Thakeham and Shipley, the capital messuage or mansion house called Thakeham Place (210 a.) in the parishes of Thakeham and Warminghurst, the manor of Chankton, the mansion house called Chankton with Chankton and Dinkle Farms (600 a.) in the parishes or hamlets of Washington, Ashington, Wiston and Brunton, and other messuages and lands (described), (iii) a release, dated 28 April 1781, from the said Luke Medwin to Charles Morgan of Tredegar, being the post-nuptial settlement of the said Roger Clough and Ann Jemima his wife, and also to bar all entails and remainders, and (iv-v) final agreements.
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Preferred citation: P 1/47