Survey of the Manor of Roath Keynsham. 1702.
Roath Kensham ss. A Survey had and made of the Lordship
of Roath Kensham aforesaid, at a Court Baron held for the said
Manor on Tuesday the Five and Twentieth day of May in the year
of our Lord God 1702 and in the first of the reign of our Sovereign
Lady Anne, Queen, etc., before Miles Williams, gent., Steward there,
and before Mordecai Jones and James Dratt, gents., Commissioners
authorized with the said Steward to hold the Court aforesaid for
the taking a true Survey of the said Manor and homage: Mathew
Thomas, Thomas William, William David, Rees David, Thomas ap
Evan, Joseph Meredith, John Williams, Thomas Morgan, John
Morgan, Edmund Meredith, Edward Thomas, Arnold Lewis, etc.;
the said Jurors having had in charge to that intent and purpose
several articles, in answer to which they do on their oaths say and
present in form following:—
1. Imprimis. To the First Article of our Charge we present
and say that John Morgan of Tredegar Esqe is the undoubted Lord
of this Manor, and that this Lordship was formerly purchased by
William Morgan Esqe, deceased, father of the said John Morgan, of
and from Richard Lewis of the Vann in the said County of Glamorgan,
Esqe, deceased.
2, 3. Item, to the Second and Third Articles wee say and
present that this Lordship or Manor meareth in the upper part of
Lanedarn parish, in a place called Kevanpoyth, with the Bounds of
the Several parishes of Lanedarn and Lanvedow, East and North,
until it cometh to a Rivulet of water that runeth from Kevanmably
Park to the house of David William, now the Mansion House of
Rowland Lewis Rees, and thence downward along that Rivulet unto
a brook called Nant y Cumma, at a Meadow called Foes-lase-vach,
within the Parish of Lanedarn aforesaid; and this Manor is like
meared in the upper part of Lanedarn aforesaid Northward with a
well that runneth between the Lands of Mrs Grace Lewis, widow,
called Tyr Cwmberch also Kevanpoith, within the said Lordship,
and the Land called Tyr gronow yr Llygad within the Lordship of
Senghenith and parish of Lanvedow, being also the land of the said
Mrs Grace Lewis, until it Cometh to a brook called Nant y Gabal,
which runneth close by the house of one Edmund Richard late of
one William Thomas William on the West thereof, and then leaving
the said brook, crosseth the highway and runneth along the bounds
of the several parishes of Lanedarn and Lisvane, Between the Lands
of Sir Charles Kemeys Tynte, Bart, now in the Tenure of John
Humberstone and Ralph Thomas, on the west, until it cometh unto
the brook at the Ffoes Lase aforesaid, being the land of the said Sir
Charles Kemeys, now in the tenure of William Jones of Lanedarn
aforesaid. And another parcel of the said Lordship or Manor is
likewise meared on the east with a little brook called Rhyd-y-Billwhe, near the house of Watkin Thomas of the Vaindre, now
in the tenure of Mary Watkin, spinster, untill it meeteth with a
brook called Dowlas; and from thence it is meared with the said
Dowlas, untill that ye come to the land of William Morgan of
Coyd-y-Gores, gent, the land of the said William Morgan and the
land of Sir John Thomas, bart, now in the tenure of the said William
Morgan, being lands holden in fee under the College of St. Austinon-the-Green, in Bristol; and doth from thence bound or mear to the
said Lordship or Manor on the south and west part, until it cometh
to a well or rivulet which runeth between the lands of the said Sir
John Thomas, Bart, of the one side, and the lands of Thomas Lewis
of Lanishen, Esqe, called Kevan-coyd, now in the Tenure of Edward
Morrice, and the lands of the aforesaid William Morgan, called Tyry-Capel, being parcel of this Lordship, on the other side hereof; and
so crosseth the highway below the said Chapel, and so runneth
mearing down a hedge by a meadow called Florin, until that ye
come to the river of Rumney; and from thence it is meared by the
said river of Rumney, until it cometh to a moor called Griffith'sMoor, being the lands of Thomas Morgan of Lanrumney, Esqe, now
in the tenure of John William and others, on the one side; and from
thence it is meared southward with a ditch that serveth between the
said Griffith's-moor and other lands of the Countess Dowager of
Pembroke, now in the Tenure of William Richards, of the one side,
and the lands of the said Thomas Morgan of Lanrumney, Esqe,
called Llwyn-y-Grant-Kenol; and on the other side, now in the
Tenure of John William aforesaid, and others, until it cometh to a
Corn Grist Mill, called Roath Mill, which said mill the said Jurors
do likewise present to be the Lord's mill, and situate within this
Lordship; and from the said mill to Roath Bridge, being made of
stone, near the Church, about a Cottage and waste ground thereunto
belonging, called Gooslase, now in the Tenure of Edward Thomas
and being part of this Lordship, until the meeting of the Two Brooks
eastwardt, until it cometh to another bridge called Pont-Evan-Quint.
Also it is meared westward with a brook called Nant-Mawr; and
from Pont-Evan-Quint unto a Lane called Heol-y-King-Coed westward; and thence along that Lane to a place called Rydd-y-Billwhe,
before mentioned.
Item, the said Jurors do hereby present and say that one Tenement of the Lord's Land, called Wedal-ycha, being parcel of this
Lordship, is situate in the parish of Landaff and now held by lease
from the said Lord of this Manor by William Jones of Cardiff, and
is now in the Tenure of Morgan Robert, his under Tenant; and that
it doth mear and bound unto a lane called Heol-y-Coed on the East,
the Mountain or Common of Mynydd Buchan on the North and West
sides, and the Lands of Sir Charles Kemeys Tynte, Bart, called
Wedal-Isha, now in the Tenure of William Morrice, and a place
called Kimtha Bach, on the South part thereof.
Item, we present that one other Tenement of the said Lord of
this Manor, now in the tenure of Alice William, Widow, being a
parcel of this Lordship, situate in the Parish of Whitechurch, mearing
and bounding to the Common called Mynydd Buchan and a high
way leading from a place called Pant-bach to a place called Ryddwathley, on the East, and a Dump or Bank on the Common called
Wain Troda, which Bank adjoineth to the several Lordships of
Listal-y-Bont, Landaff, Sengheneth, and to this Lordship, on the
West part thereof, the Lands of the widow Matthews of Gabalva,
being part of the Lordship of Listall y Bont, of the South, and the
Land of Captain Richard Jenkins, being part of the Lordship of
Senghenith, now in the Tenure of William Thomas and Henry
Morgan, on the North part thereof.
Item, we present that one other tenement of the Lands of the
Lord of the Manor, situate in the Parish of Whitechurch aforesaid,
now in the Tenure of Lewis Lewis, being also parcel of this Lordship and late the Land of one Samuel Edward, doth mear to the
said Common called Mynydd Buchan, the said place called Pant
Bach on the South Side, and the said way Leading to Ridd y wathla
on the West, and the Lands of the said Lord of this Manor, now in
the Tenure of Thomas Morgan, being in the Lordship of Senghenith,
on the North part thereof; and from thence the said Lordship is
bounded with the mears that meareth between the Parishes of
Lanishen and Whitechurch, until it cometh to a brook called Castan,
in a place where the said brook runeth between a place called
Kaeyrkunrik, parcel of the Lordship of Senghenith, and the Lands
of Richard Lewis of Corsham, Esqe, now in Tenure of Thomas
William, being parcel of this Lordship of Roath-Kensham; and from
thence to the Ruins of an old Castle near Drainan-pen-y-Graig it is
meared by the said brook called Castan, and a hill called Graig
Kibor, on the North, and the Lands of Sir Charles Kemeys Tynte,
Bart, now in the tenure of Rees John Mathew, and the brook that
runneth between the land of the said Richard Lewis, Esqe, called
Tyr-y-will, and another Tenement of the said Richard Lewis, Esqe,
now in the Tenure of William Lewis David, until it cometh to a
Stone Bridge on the High way by Lanishen Church; and from
thence to Rhyd-y-Maen-Coch, to a place called Gwain-y-pentrahand,
by the said Common called Mynydd Buchan, it is meared to the
Highway Southward; and from thence as herein mentioned, to the
lands of Lewis Lewis aforesaid, it is meared on the South part
thereof with a mount or walk there raised and now constant.
Item, we present that another tenement of the Lord of this
Manor, situate in the parish of Roath aforesaid, called by the name
of Court Bach, now in the tenure of Joseph Meredith, is mearing
and bounding unto the highway leading from Roath Village unto
Roath Bridge, the brook that cometh from Roath mill, the Customary
Land of the Lord of this Manor, now in the Tenure of Joseph
Meredith, the Lands of George Howel, Esqe, now in his own Tenure,
on all parts and sides thereof; and it is a part of the said Lordship.
Item, we present that another tenement of Land of the Lord of
this Manor, situate in the said parish of Roath and called by the
name of Pengam, now in the Tenure of Edmund Meredith, is meared
and bounded with the River Rumney, the Lands of Robert Harvey,
Esqe, and George Howel, Esqe, and on the South West the Land of
the Lord of the Friars and a meadow called Gwain y Mailloch, in the
Tenure of William Henry, the Lands of Sir Humphrey Mackworth,
called Sayth-Erw-Deon, now in the Tenure of the said Sir Humphrey
Mackworth, and being parcell of this Lordship.
Item, we present that there are two other parcells of the Lord's
land, being likewise part of this Lordship, situate in the said Roath
Moors and now in the Tenure of the said Edmund Meredith, as
Lands belonging to the afore-mentioned Tenement called Pengam;
whereof one is called by the name of the Back or Abbot's Land,
containing by Estimation Eight Acres or thereabouts, and the other
is called Pedwar-Erw-Twick, containing by estimation four acres or
thereabouts.
Item, They present that the Land called Sayth-Erw-Deon, now
in his own tenure, doth join to the Lands of the said Sir Humphrey
Mackworth, the aforenamed Edmund Meredith, as part of Pengam
farm, and is parcell of this Lordship and Containeth by Estimation
seven acres or thereabouts.
4. Item, to the Fourth Article of our Charge we present that we
and the several other persons under named do owe suit of Court to
the Courts of the Lord of this Manor when we and they shall be
reasonably summoned there, and that the Court Leet ought to be
held twice a year at the accustomed times within this Manor; and
that we and they hold the several Lands and Tenements in our and
their several names inserted, from the said Lord in free and socage
Tenure, paying to the Lord the several sums of money at their and
our several names appearing as Chief Rent at Michaelmas yearly, or
within fifteen Days after: viz., the Trustees of Sir Charles Kemeys
Tynte, Bart, hold lands formerly purchased by Edward Kemeys of
Kevanmably, of one John ap John David, situate in the parish of
Lanedarn and now held by Lease by David Edward Morgan, Jurator,
now in the Tenure of Lewis Henry as his under Tenant there, called
and known by the name of Tai-ty-Coch, under the yearly Chief Rent
of one shilling and fourpence. £0. 1. 4.
Item, The Trustees of Sir Charles Kemeys, Bart., hold the Land
late of Jenkin William, lying in Kevancoyd within the said parish of
Lanedarn, now held by Lease by David Richard, Jurator, being in
his own Tenure, under the yearly Chief Rent of one shilling and
fourpence. £0. 1. 4.
Item, The said Trustees hold the Lands of William Thos.
William, now held by Lease by Edmund Richard, under the Chief
Rent of twopence. £0. 0. 2.
Item, The said Trustees hold the Land lying in Kevan Coed
within Lanedarn aforesaid, called Kae-tir-Howel, now in the Tenure
of Miles Meredith, at the Chief Rent of four pence. £0. 0. 4.
Item, The said Trustees hold the Land lying in Kevan Coed
within the said parish of Lanedarn, late in the Tenure of Walter
Baker and now by lease in the Tenure of Rowland David, under the
Chief Rent of one shilling and eight pence. £0. 1. 8.
Item, The said Trustees hold the Land lying in Kevancoyd
within the said parish of Lanedern, late in the Tenure of Miles
Howel, Taylor, and James Thomas, now in the Tenure of Thomas
Miles, Taylor, and William Anthony John, under the Chief Rent of
one shilling and tenpence. £0. 1. 10.
Item, The said Trustees hold Land in Lanedern, near Graig-yLloyn, part of the Lands called Tyr-Dio-will, and now in the Tenure
of John Humberstone, under the Chief Rent of tenpence halfpenny.
£0. 0. 10½.
Item, The said Trustees hold the Lands late of Rowland Thomas,
now held by Lease by Rowland William of Marshfield in the
County of Monmouth, in the Tenure of John Humberstone aforesaid
as under Tenant to the said Rowland William, under the Chief Rent
of twopence halfpenny. £0.0. 2½.
Item, The said Trustees hold one acre of Land lying within
Kevanmably Park, opposite to the house of Rowland Lewis, called
Erw-Darland, also other Lands called Tyr Coidegan, a part lying on
the South side of the said park without, in the Tenure of the said
Trustees, under the Chief Rent of elevenpence halfpenny. £0. 0. 11½.
Item, The said Trustees hold part of the Lands called Tyr-diowill lying in Lanedern near the said park, in the Tenure of Rowland
Lewis, under the Chief Rent of tenpence halfpenny. £ 0. 0. 10½.
Item, The said Trustees hold Lands late in the Tenure of Evan
Phillip, lying by Dowlas Brook within the parish of Lanedern, now
held by Lease by Miles Meredith, Jureator, under the Chief Rent of
one shilling. £0. 1. 0.
Item, The said Trustees hold one Tenement called Graig-yLloyn situate in Lanedern aforesaid, now held by Lease by Mizake
Zidrake, Jureator, in the Tenure of David Thomas Thomas, his under
Tenant there, under the Chief Rent of threepence. £0. 0. 3.
Item, The said Trustees hold a parcel of Land lying between the
Mill Pond and Dowlas Brook, and part of an Orchard there which
was sold by James Llewelin, deceased, unto Sir Nicholas Kemeys,
Knight and Bart, deceased, and now held by Lease by John Thomas
Morgan of Bedwas, now in the Tenure of Thomas Evan, under the
Chief Rent of one penny. £0. 0. 1.
Item, Thomas Lewis of Llanishen, Esqe, holdeth Lands lying in
Kevancoyd within the parish of Lanedarn, called Kevancoid-ycha
and Tir-Lewis-ap-Owen, now in the Tenure of Edward Morrice,
under the Chief Rent of six shillings and a halfpenny. £0. 6. 0½.
Item, Mrs Grace Lewis of the Blew House, Widow, holdeth the
Land called Kevanpoyth in Lanedarn, in her own Tenure, under the
Chief Rent of fourpence. £0. 0. 4.
Item, Mrs Grace Lewis aforesaid holdeth a parcel more of Lands
lying in Kevancoyd in the parish of Lanedarn, below Lloyn y Grant
ycha, now in the Tenure of William Anthony, under the Chief Rent
of sixpence. £0. 0. 6.
Item, Sir John Thomas, Bart, holdeth two Tenements of Land
lying in Kevancoyd in Lanedarn aforesaid, now in the Tenure of
William Morgan, gent., and Morgan John Morgan, the one Kevancoyd-ycha under the Chief Rent of two shillings and elevenpence
half-penny. £0. 2. 11½.
Item, The said Sir John Thomas, Bart., holdeth two other
Tenements of Land lying by Heol-y-Kincoed, the one now held by
lease by Watkin Evan, of Cardiff, Harper, the other held by Jennet
the Relict of Whitgift William, both now in the Tenure of Thomas
John Evan, under the Chief Rent of two shillings and sixpence.
£0. 2. 6.
Item, Sir John Thomas, Bart., holdeth one other Tenement of
Land lying on the West Side of Dowlas Brook within the parish of
Lanedarn aforesaid, now held by lease of John Thomas of Bedwas,
brother-in-law to the said Sir John Thomas, Bart., and in the Tenure
of Mary Evan, Widow, under the Chief Rent of one shilling. £0. 1. 0.
Item, William Morgan of Coed-y-gores, gent., holdeth two parcels
of Land, the one called Lioyn-y-Grant-Ycha, the other called Tyr-yCapel, which the said William Morgan purchased of Charles Vaughan,
deceased, under the Chief Rent of four shillings and sixpence.
£0. 4. 6.
Item, The said William Morgan, gent., holdeth another Tenement
of Land lying in Kevancoyd in the said parish of Lanedarn, being
formerly the Lands of David Llewelin Evan, purchased by the said
William Morgan of Evan Llewelin, the son of the said David
Llewellin, now in the Tenure of Lewis Henry of Lanedarn, under
the Chief Rent of three shillings and eightpence. £0. 3. 8.
Item, Watkin Thomas of Vaindre, gent., holdeth a tenement of
land in Lanedarn, near Rhyd-y-Byllwch, in the tenure of Mary
Watkin, under the chief rent of 1/8d.
Item, Joshua Robotham holdeth 1 acre of land of his own freehold, in the parish of Lanedarn, called Erw-Howel-y-Coss, now in
the tenure of Rowland David, under the chief rent of 1d.
Item, The said Trustees of Sir Charles Kemeys hold one parcel
of land within the several parishes of Roath and Lanedarn, called
Wain-Vawr, now in the tenure of the said Joshua Robotham, under
the chief rent of 6d.
Item, The said Trustees hold one tenement more of land within
the parish of Roath, called Tyr-y-Ty-Gwyn, near Pont Llyki, now in
the tenure of John Morgan, under the chief rent of 3s.
Item, Thomas Morgan of Llanrumney, Esqe, holdeth one tenement
of land situate in Roath, called Lloyn-y-Grant-Kenol, now in the
tenure of John William, under the chief rent of 5s.
Item, The said Thomas Morgan holdeth two parcels more of
land, situate in the parishes of Roath and Lanedarne, one called
the Park and the other Tyr-Howel-y-Koes, now in the tenure of
Jonas Richard, under the chief rent of 3/9d.
Item, The said Thomas Morgan holdeth one tenement more,
situate in the parish of Roath, called Tyr-Kalleds, holden by lease
by Miles Meredith, juriatoris, now in the tenure of Henry William
Lewis, under the chief rent of 1s.
Item, The said Thomas Morgan holdeth one tenement in Roath,
called Penylaunetts-Raseworth, now in the tenure of John Thomas,
under the chief rent of 1s. 6d.
Item, The said Thomas Morgan holdeth one parcel or tenement
in Roath, called the ten acres, and two other closes of two acres
a piece, now in the occupation of the said Joshua Robotham, under
the chief rent of 1s. 6d.
Item, The said Thomas Morgan holdeth one other parcel of
land in Roath, called the Eight Acres and Dwoy-Erw-doneg, now
in the tenure of John Thomas of Lanedarn, under the chief rent of
1s.
Item, The said Thomas Morgan holdeth one parcel of land in
Roath, near Pont Liki, called Gover-y-marchog, under the chief
rent of 3d.
Item, Sir Humphrey Mackworth, Knight, holdeth a certain parcel
of land in Roath, called y Saith-Erw-Deon, now in his own tenure,
under the chief rent of 7½d.
Item, Mrs. Grace Lewis, widow, holdeth a tenement of land in
Roath, called Lloyn-y-Grant-isha, in the tenure of Rees Thomas,
under the chief rent of 8d.
Item, William Lambord, Alderman of Cardiff, holdeth a House in
St. Mary's parish, in St. John's street, formerly the house of Sir
Richard Basset, under the chief rent of 3½d.
Item, Christian Richards, widow, holdeth a house situate in
Cardiff, late of Miles Morgan, being the Corner House of St. John's
street, over against the Market House, now in the tenure of John
Cornish, under the chief rent of 1s.
Item, Thomas Lewis of Lanishen, Esqe, holdeth the Lands late of
Jenkin Morgan Gwynne, situate in Lanishen aforesaid, now in the
tenure of Thomas Lewis, under the chief rent of ¾d.
Item, Mrs. Grace Lewis, widow, holdeth a certain Tenement in
Lanishen, called Rhydymincoe, now in her own tenure, under the
chief rent of ½d.
Item, Thomas Lewis of Lanishen aforesaid holdeth a part of the
Lands late of Wm Jenkin Morgan, under the chief rent of ¾d.
Item, Mathew Thomas of Eglwysilan holdeth the Lands late of
Lewis Reece, situate in Lanishen, called Barway, now in his own
tenure, under the chief rent of 3d.
Item, Thomas ap Thomas of Eglwysilan holdeth Lands in Lanishen, being part of the Lands of Tyr-y-mud, in the tenure of Samuel
Powel and Rees John Mathew, under the chief rent of 2d.
Item, The Trustees of Sir Charles Kemeys, Bart, aforesaid, hold
a parcel of Land situate in Lanedarn, called Graig-y-Lloyn, now in
the tenure of Morgan Robert, under the chief rent of 3d.
Item, The said Trustees hold a parcel of Land called Pen-yrheol, situate in Lanedarn, in the tenure of Llewellin Edmund,
Jureatoris, under the chief rent of 1s. 2½d.
Item, The said Trustees hold lands situate in Kevancoyd in the
parish of Lanedarn, called Graig-Maes-y-Gwint, Stavell-y-Gwynn,
Kae-yr-Gwyfill-y-wayn-Adam, and a certain meadow below Graigy-Elan, which was sold by James Llewellin unto Sir Nicholas
Kemeys of Kevanmably, Knight, now in the tenure of Thomas
Evan, under the chief rent of 5d.
Item, Richard Lewis of Corsham in the County of Wilts, Esqe,
holdeth a certain parcel of lands in Lanishen, now in the tenure of
Wm David Lewis, under the chief rent of 3d.
Item, Richard Lewis holds one other tenement there, in the
tenure of Rees David Lewis, under the chief rent of 1½d.
Item, The said Richard Lewis holdeth one other tenement there,
in the tenure of Thomas Lewis, under the chief rent of 10d.
Item, The said Richard Lewis holdeth a certain parcel of land,
now in the tenure of Samuel Powel, under the chief rent of 6d.
Item, The said Richard Lewis holdeth part of a tenement called
Ton Mawr, in the tenure of Thomas William of Lanishen, under the
chief rent of 1½d.
Item, The said Richard Lewis, Esqe, holdeth the lands late of
Thomas Morgan, situate in Lanishen, now in the tenure of Wm
Thomas of Bedwas, under the chief rent of 3d.
5. Item, To the Fifth Article of our Charge, We the Jurors do
present that John Morgan, Esqe, Lord of this Manor, hath the fee
simple of several tenements of land situate in the several parishes
of Landaff, Whitechurch, Lanishen and Roath, being reputed and
taken as his domain, and are held by the several persons hereunder
named, and charged with the several chief rents [under] each tenant's
name appearing, at Michaelmas yearly, viz., Imprimis, Wm Jones of
Cardiff, holdeth a tenement of land called the Wedal-ycha, now in
the tenure of Mary Robert as his under tenant, situate in the parish
of Landaff, under the chief rent of 3s.
Item, Alice William, widow, holdeth one tenement late of Henry
Morgan Rees, adjoining to the Common called Treoda situate in the
parish of Whitechurch, charged with a red rose on every Midsummer
Eve yearly as chief rent, and
Item, Lewis Lewis holdeth one tenement situate in Whitechurch
aforesaid, under the chief rent of 1½d.
Item, Mr. Thomas Williams, Alderman of Cardiff, holdeth one
tenement called Lloyn-Crum, in the tenure of Lewis Lewis, situate in
the parish of Lanishen, under the chief rent of 3¼d.
Item, Thomas ap Evan holdeth one other tenement in the tenure
of Thomas, situate in Lanishen aforesaid, under the chief rent of 2½d.
Item, James David John holdeth a tenement in the same parish,
late of John Thomas Elbright, under the chief rent of 6d.
Item, James Thomas David holdeth one other tenement there,
under the chief rent of 2d.
Item, William Robert Elbright holdeth one other tenement there,
called Graig-y-Castell, under the chief rent of 6d.
Item, John Morgan of Pen-y-Lan holdeth the said tenement and
the land called Tyr-elbod, in Roath, under the chief rent of 3s. 7d.
Item, George Howels, Esqe, holdeth a mill called Roath Mill, and
6½ acres of land in the same parish, under the chief rent of 9d.
Item, Thomas Morgan holdeth certain lands called Zeal, in
Roath, under the chief rent of 2d.
Item, Henry Meredith holdeth certain lands called Tyr-y-Coes,
in the same parish, under the chief rent of 6d.
Item, George Howel holdeth a certain parcel of land near PontLiki, in Roath, under the chief rent of 3d.
6. Item, We the said Jurors do further present that the Lord of
this Manor hath within the said parish of Roath a Tenement called
Pengam, in the tenure of Edmund Meredith and part in the tenure
of Henry Meredith, and one meadow called Gwain-y-Pwyll, now in
the tenure of the said Henry Meredith, and certain lands called
Kegdwow, now in the tenure of William Richards, free from any
chief rent.
Item, We the said Jurors do further say that we are informed
that there was paid heretofore fourpence yearly as an acknowledgment for a Crass House erected by Howel Llewelin within this
Lordship, in Roath, now in the tenure of William Richards.
7. Item, To the Seventh Article of our Charge we say and
present the persons undernamed for encroaching on the Lord's waste
within this Lordship, viz.,
Elizabeth Llewelin, widow, for a Cottage and Garden on the
waste at a place called Pen-yr-heal, in the parish of Lanedarn,
adjoining to the land of Sir Charles Kemeys, Bart, in the tenure of
Llewellin Edmund; &
Thomas David, for the like, adjoining to the lands of Thomas
Lewis, Esqe, within the said parish of Lanedarn.
Jonas Richard, for penning a small parcel of land where the
house of one Rees Cattwg lately stood, being in Heol-y-Kevancoyd
aforesaid, in the parish of Lanedarn, adjoining to the lands of Thos
Morgan of Lanrumny, Esqe, in the tenure of the said Jonas; and
John Matthew of Roath, for a Cottage & Garden erected on the
Lord's waste within the said parish of Roath, adjoining to the lands
of Thos Morgan, Esqe, now in the tenure of John William.
Watkin Evan of Roath, for erecting a Cottage adjoining to the
Lord's land, now in the tenure of John Morgan, within the said
parish of Roath.
8. Item, To the Eighth Article of our Charge We, the Jurors
or homagers aforesaid, do present that upon every exchange or
alienation of any free lands, the sum of five shillings is due and
ought to be paid to the Lord, for and in the name of an Heriot or
Relief. 5s.
Item, In further and more perfect answer to the Eighth Article
of our Charge, we say that there are three sorts of persons, tenants
to the Lord of this Manor, who owe suit of Court to the Courts of
the Lord kept within the said Lordship in sort before expressed,
whose names in their several natures we the said Jurors do present
in form following; the names of all the freeholders of the fee simple
lands or messuages within the said Lordship or Manor, and bound
to do suit of Court to the Lord's Court there to be kept as followeth;
the names of the tenants of the Lord of this Manor holding lands of
the said Lord, situate within this Manor or Lordship, by leases or
lives for years, and owing suit of Court as aforesaid; and the names
of all such tenants of the Lord of this Manor as hold their lands and
tenements from him by leases for years or lives, situate out of the
said Lordship, but bound by their Leases to do suit of Court at the
Courts Leet of the said Lord to be held for this Lordship, are as
followeth:—
Freeholders within the Manor.
1. Sir Charles Kemeys Tynte, Bart
2. Sir John Thomas, Bart
3. Richard Lewis of Corsham, Esqe
4. Thomas Lewis of Lanishen, Esqe
5. Thomas Morgan of Lanrumney, Esqe
6. William Morgan of Lanedarn, Gent:
7. Watkin Thomas of the Vaindre, Gent:
8. Joshua Robotham, of Lanedern.
9. Mathew Thomas, of Eglwysilan.
10. Thomas ap Thomas of Eglwysilan, Gent:
11. William Lambert, of Cardiff.
12. Christian Richard, widow, of Cardiff.
13. Henry Merredyth, of Roath.
Tenants within the Manor.
1. Thomas Lewis of Lanishen, Esqe.
2. George Howels of Bovil, Esqe.
3. Edmund Merredyth, of Roath.
4. John Morgan, of the same.
5. Thomas Morgan, of the same.
6. George David, of the same.
7. Thomas William, of Cardiff.
8. Lewis Lewis, of Whitechurch.
9. James Thomas David, of Lanishen.
10. William Robert Elbryd, of the same.
11. Joseph Merredyth, of Roath.
12. Edward Thomas, of the same.
13. Thomas ab Evan, of Llanishen.
14. Morgan Thomas Roos, of the same.
Tenants without the Manor.
William Morgan, of Lanedarn.
Nicholas Price, of Carfilly.
William Lewis, of Lisvane.
Margaret Thomas, of Cardiff.
And, for more certainty, we the said Jurors do refer ourselves to
the Leases; and
13. Item, To the Thirteenth Article of our Charge, We the said
Jurors do present that by the custom of this Manor or Lordship a
Court Leet and Court Baron are incident to the said Lordship or
Manor, and are to be held at the times hereafter expressed (viz.),
the Court Leet is to be holden twice every year, on such days about
May and Michaelmas as the said Lord or his Steward or Stewards
shall appoint; at which Courts Leet as well the tenants as also the
resiants within this Lordship are bound to appear on reasonable
summons or notice thereof to them given; and also that a Court
Baron ought to be kept every three weeks, if occasion requires,
within and for this Manor, to try between party and party all manner
of actions to a Court Baron belonging, provided the debt and damage
exceed not the sum of two shillings and four pence.
And we also present that all tenants of this Manor at all times
of the year have, and always have had, free common of pasture for all
sorts of cattle on the heaths and mountains there, called Mynydd
Buchan, Wain-Dyval, and Wain-Treoda.
And we further present that the Lord of this Manor or Lordship hath by the custom thereof all waifs, estrays, felons goods
found within the said Lordship or Manor, and all other royalties
incident or belonging to the same, according to the custom thereof.
And moreover we present that there is a Pinfold or Pound
overt belonging to this Manor; and by the custom thereof the Lord,
as often as need shall require, is and ought at his own proper cost to
repair and amend the same.
As to all the rest of the Articles given us in Charge, the greatest
part thereof having relation to customaryhold estates and customary
tenants, and there being no such within this Lordship, we the Jurors
aforesaid do say that we have nothing further to present of.
Jurors.
1. Matthew Thomas.
2. Thomas Williams.
3. William David.
4. Rees David.
5. Thomas ap Evan.
6. Joseph Meredith.
7. John Williams.
8. Thomas Morgan.
9. John Morgan.
10. Edmund Meredith.
11. Edward Thomas.
12. Arnald Lewis.
Compared per Charles Phillips.
June 13th 1742.