Purchasers at sale of Marquis of Abergavenny’s Herefordshire estate, Ewyas Lacy, 1920, Ewyas Lacy Study Group

Held at:	Gwent Record Office
Reference:	D.1583.177.3
Source:	Photocopy of original document
Title:	Purchasers at sale of Marquis of Abergavenny’s Herefordshire estate
Place name:	Ewyas Lacy
Date:	1920

Description:

Introduction:
The Marquis of Abergavenny’s Herefordshire estate [of 2,670 acres] was sold by auction at The Angel Hotel in Abergavenny in 1920. The document transcribed below is a handwritten working draft of purchasers, occasionally with corrections to names or addresses: in these cases the correction has been transcribed.

Maps and details of the properties, including the names of tenants before the sale, can be seen in digital images of the sale catalogue on this website. Click here for the contents page.

Sections of the inventory below can be seen by clicking:

Lots	General area
1-40	Ewyas Harold & Ewyas Harold Common
41-46	Walterstone
47-69	Lower Maescoed (Newton & Clodock parishes)
70-71	Newton
72-97	Upper Maescoed (St Margarets & Michaelchurch Escley parishes)
98-100	Michaelchurch Escley
101-128	Craswall & Michaelchurch Escley
129-135	Craswall
136-150	Michaelchurch Escley
151-166	Longtown & Llanveynoe

Lot	Purchaser	Address	Purchase money [£]
1	Geo Ethelbert Sayce	Fern Lea, Builth Wells	160
2	Roger L Williams	Lower House Farm, Ewias Harold	300
3	D Rice Jones	The Hall, Peterchurch	1300
4	SW Watkins for RG Virge	Ewias Harold	200
5	MWJ Harris	Abergavenny	480
6	Simkin JHP	Tenant	600
7	JB Povey	Eardisley	40
8	Jackson, GH	Birch Cottage, Vowchurch	200
9	Jackson, GH	Birch Cottage, Vowchurch	50
10	JB Povey	Eardlisley	300
11	Charles Lewis	Llanvihangel Crucorney	450
12	Wm Parry	Yew Tree Cottage, Ewias Harold	90
13	Mrs Elizabeth Hughes	Yew Tree Cottage, Ewias Harold	225
14	W Woodhouse	Cwm, Bacton nr Pontrilas	200
15	Mary Powell	Orcop Grange, Orcop	100
16	WJB Povey	Ivy Cottage, Ewyas Harold	470
17	Samuel Johnson	Yew Tree Cottage, Dore Road, Ewias Harold	340
18	WJB Povey	Ivy Cottage, Ewyas Harold	70
19	Arnold Perrett	Hereford	1300
20	James Hughes	Tenant. Yew Tree Cottage, Ewias Harold	360
21	Bowen for Capt HO Butler	[blank]	320
22	J Williams	Well House, Ewias Harold	300
23	Hughes	Tenant. Yew Tree Cottage, Ewias Harold	60
24	Job Pask	[?]	160
25	Arnold Perrett	Gloucester	325
26	J Palmer	Clyro Hay	100
27	Barrell, Thos	Upper Barn, Kings Thorne, Hereford	380
28	Bowen for Capt HO Butler	[blank]	190
29	P Moses	Longtown	260
30	J Williams	Preston on Wye	160
31	P Moses	Longtown	150
32	Bowen for Capt HO Butler	[blank]	70
33	Bowen for Capt HO Butler	[blank]	340
34	Williams	Preston on Wye	170
35	Mrs Elizabeth Hughes	Yew Tree Cottage, Ewias Harold	460
36	Bowen for Capt HO Butler	[blank]	300
37	Bowen for Capt HO Butler	[blank]	200
38	Bowen for Capt HO Butler	[blank	850
39	WG Smith	Northlands, Forest View Rd, Manor Park, London	240
40	JB Povey	Eardisley	35
41	JL Wheatley	Cardiff	200
42	JL Wheatley	Cardiff	100
		[End of page 1: forward £12,605]
43	Miss Edith Straker & others	Halidon, Abergavenny	200
44	JL Wheatley	Cardiff	40
45	JL Wheatley	Cardiff	30
46	L Wheatley	Cardiff	12
47	Edmund Burcher	Park Road, Lower Mescoed, Longtown	420
48	Thomas Gwillim	Whitehouse, Lower Mescoed, Longtown	510
49	Mrs A Carberry	Longtown	300
50	Aaron Howells	Longtown	80
51	Mrs A Carberry	Longtown	25
52	Miss S Ann Lewis	Farr House, Lower Mescoed, Longtown	80
53	Prosser, Albert Leonard	Old Court, Longtown	150
54	Henry James Gardiner	Garway Hill, Orcop, Hereford	260
55	Joseph George Williams	New House, Lower Mescoed, Longtown	280
56	HJ Gardiner	Garway Hill, Orcop	60
57	HJ Gardiner	Garway Hill, Orcop	60
58	Jenkins, Richard	Quarelly Farm, Newton	170
59	Dan Watkins	Upper House, Lower Mescoed	75
60	Dan Watkins	Upper House, Lower Mescoed	130
61	Miss Sarah Ann Lewis	Farr House, Lower Mescoed, Longtown	160
62	Thomas Jones	[?Hay] as Lower Maescoed	320
63	Mrs A Harberry	Longtown	90
64	WT Seabourne	8 William St, Cwmbran, Newport	200
65	Prosser, Albert Leonard	Old Court, Longtown	85
66	James Christoper	Farr House, Lower Mescoed	1550
67	James Badham	Three Yew Trees, Newton, Hereford	45
68	AL Prosser	Old Court, Longtown	1100
69	AL Prosser	Old Court, Longtown	80
70	Watkins, David	The Duffryn Farm, Wormbridge	510
71A	Gwillim, Ebenezer	Wayne Herbert, Newton	250
71B	Straker, Edith & others	Halidon, Abergavenny	270
71C	Straker, Edith & others	Halidon, Abergavenny	350
72	G Cole	Tenant	480
73	Watkins, William	Turnastone Farm, Vowchurch	140
74	Maurice W Preece	Clements, St Margarets	155
75	James Badham	Three Yew Trees, Newton	70
76	Wm Geo Cole	Coed Poeth, St Margaret	80
77	MAE Swaffield	Green Villa, Kingstone, Hereford	220
78	Wm Geo Cole	Coed Poeth, St Margaret	320
79	Mrs E Gwillim	Upper Mescoed	100
80	J Badham	Three Yew Trees, Newton	75
		[End of page2: forward £22,137]
81	Arthur Williams	Weavers Green, St Margarets	200
82	[?Freak], Steven	Bristol [?], Abertillery, Penybont, Mon	590
83	Miss Catherine Hook	Maytree Cottage, Llanfair [?Discoed] nr Chepstow	70
84	Wm Geo Cole	Coed Poeth, St Margaret	310
85	Wm Geo Cole	Coed Poeth, St Margaret	260
86	J Badham	Three Yew Trees, Newton	100
87	Prosser, Wm	Michaelchurch Escley	80
88	Prosser, William	Michaelchurch Escley	320
89	J Badham	Three Yew Trees, Newton	300
90	James Stewart	Newfields, St Margarets	425
91	Arthur Howard	Crossway House, Michaelchurch Escley	45
92	James Stewart	Newfields, St Margarets	55
93	Arthur Howard	Crossway, Michaelchurch Escley	120
94	Miss Judith Cole	Coed Poeth, St Margarets	180
95	Wm Cole	Coed Poeth, St Margarets	350
96	Wm Cole	Coed Poeth, St Margarets	125
97	Arthur Howard	Crossway, Michaelchurch Escley	155
98	A Lewis	Tenant	270
99	J Price	Tenant	500
100	J Price Jnr	Dragons Pool, Peterchurch	260
101	J Price	Tenant	350
102	A Maddy	Tenant	160
103	Wm Price	Tenant	100
104	Wm Price	Tenant	200
105	John Jenkins	Old Public, Crasswall	135
106	G Watkins	Tenant	600
107	John Jenkins	Old Public, Crasswall	330
108	H Howells	Town Farm, Crasswall	410
109	Morgan Jenkins	Town Farm, Crasswall	205
110	S Jones	New Forest	225
111	S Jones	New Forest	100
112	B Prosseer	Reeds Farm, Crasswall	330
113	S Jones	New Forest	2075
114	C Hughes	Tenant	100
115	B Prosser	Tenant	150
116	T Gane	Tenant	400
117	J Jones	Upper House. Tenant	625
118	B Prosser	Reeds Farm, Crasswall	40
119	Gane	Three Oaks Farm	100
120	E Jones	Tenant	420
121	J Jones	Upper House	220
122	Mrs Mary Jones	Tenant	100
		[End of page 3: forward £34,227]
123	J Jones	Upper House	120
124	J Smith	Tenant	280
125	E Jones	Tenant	370
126	F Gane	Crasswall	340
127	F Gane	Crasswall	100
128	E Jones	Crasswall	400
129	Waring, James	Crasswall	200
130	Waring, James	Crasswall	240
131	J Jenkins	Tenant	450
132	F Jones	Newhouse, Llanveynoe	50
133	Edward Mountford	Lower Blackhill, Crasswall	810
134	H Farr	Olchon Farm, Llanveynoe	650
135	Vear Smith	Tenant. Cwm Steps, Craswall	140
136	J Roberts	Rock[?] House, Michaelchurch Escley	50
137	Wm Christopher	Shop Vach, Lower Maescoed	920
138	RE Roberts	415 Potter St, Billingham, Washington USA	860
139	John Lawson	Mardy Park, Abergavenny	85
140	J Roberts	Michaelchurch Escley	610
141	pt James Stewart pt Albert Wm Rea	Newfields, St Margarets The Wern Farm, Michaelchurch Escley	250
142	J Roberts	Rock[?] House, Michaelchurch Escley	480
143	John Powell	Rhydunnog	1475
144	Miss E Straker & others	Halidon, Abergavenny	800
145	J Powell	Rhydunnog	310
146	J Powell	Rhydunnog	25
147	Wm Gane	Upper House, Crasswall	500
148	Thos Rumsey	Ydraw, Llangenny, Nr Crickhowell, Mon	500
149	Wm Powell	Middle Cwm, Longtown	385
149A	Wm Powell	Middle Cwm, Longtown	90
150	J Lawson	Mardy Park, Abergavenny	30
151	Miss E Straker & others	Halidon, Abergavenny	160
152	J Watkins	Castle Terrace, Longtown	100
153	GG Phillips	Lower Cwm Farm, Govilon, Nr Abergavenny	60
154	A Nicholls	Little Cwm Farm, Longtown	100
155	John Parry	Pontymoody, Longtown	420
156	Aaron Howells	(Tenant) Wayne Farm, Longtown	1800
157	Williams, Thos	(Tenant) Great Trelandon, Longtown	1575
158	Watkins, James Jnr	Moody Farm, Longtown	1500
159	Montague Wm James Harris	Abergavenny	3200
160	Montague Harris	Abergavenny	700
161	Montague Harris	Abergavenny	400
162	Miss Mary Matilda Harris	Gilbertstone, Longtown	500
163	Mrs Nicholls	Penydre, Longtown	850
		[End of page 4: forward £57,112]
164	Watkins, James S	Moody Farm	475
165	Grenow, Allen	Darren Farm, Longtown	75
166A	Pritchard, Arthur	Lower Turnant, Longtown	215
166B	Pritchard, Arthur	Lower Turnant, Longtown	200
		[End of page 5: total £58,077]

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