Held at: | National Library of Wales |
Reference: | Penpont Collection: Estate and family records of William of Penpont, co. Brecon |
Source: | Catalogue |
Title: | Selected entries appertaining to Craswall [Crasswall] in date order |
Place name: | Craswall |
Date: | 1505 - 1847 |
Description:
Documents appertaining to Craswall [& Crasswall] in date order
1505, June 20 collection ref:-1854
COURT ROLL of the manor of Craswall [co. Hereford]. Latin.
1508, July 20 collection ref:-1853
RENTAL of the manor of Craswall [co. Hereford]. Latin.
1538, May 4 collection ref:-1852
COURT ROLL of the manor of Craswall [co. Hereford]. Latin.
1548, July 10 collection ref:-1851
COURT ROLL of the manor of Craswell [co. Hereford]. Latin.
1548, Sept. 6 collection ref:-1855
COURT ROLL of the manor of Craswall [co. Hereford]. Latin.
1577, Nov. 19 collection ref:-2380
1. Richard Lyngen of Priors Courte, co. Hereford, esq., and Nicolas Havard of city of Hereford, gent.;
2. Griffith Harrye Lewys of Crassewall, co. Hereford, yeoman.
LEASE for 40 years after the termination of a previous lease for 21 years by deed of 19 March 1569 from Thomas Havard, deceased, to the said Griffith Harrye Lewys, of the messuage and lands in Crassewall called maise gwynne , lying in length from the said messuage to certain lands called masse lloyd and in breadth from the brook called Crassewall broke on one side and lands called Kevenvoreroge on the other, together with certain lands in Crassewall nigh to the aforesaid maise gwynne and sometime parcel of Parkee marghe thereunto adjoining, but reserving woods; at an annual rent of £4, heriot of the best beast, a couple of capons at Christmas, suit of court and £1 relief on alienation of the premises
1670, Sept. 28 collection ref:-131
1. William David of the parish of Dorston, co. Hereford, yeoman, and Diana, his wife;
2. David William Prees of the parish of Peterchurch, co. Hereford;
3. John Lloyd of the parish of Tralloom, co. Brecknock gent., and John Gilbert of Crasswall, co. Hereford, yeoman.
SETTLEMENT in consideration of the marriage of David William Prees and Mary, his wife, of Pen y bryn and parcels of land called pant y bryn, kay yr berth Lloyd, kay yr mynydd, kay draw, Kay yr wern, and Kay dan y ty , parish of Tralloom aforesaid.
1705, Oct. 1 collection ref:-2092
1. Thomas Smythe of Teambury, co. Worcester, esq.;
2. John Prichard of Craswall in the parish of Clodocke, yeoman.
LEASE, in consideration of £4 fine, for three lives of a messuage and 13 Welsh acres of land belonging in Crasswall in that part of fforest hen which lies within the manor of Crasswall, co. Hereford, but excepting quarries of ore and coal; at an annual rent of 6s.6d, 3s.4d. heriot and suit of court.
1705, Oct. 1 collection ref:-2367
1. Thomas Smyth of Teambury, co. Worcester, esq.;
2. Henry Price of Craswall in the parish of Clodocke, yeoman.
LEASE for three lives, in consideration of £3.15.0, of a messuage and lands in the township of Craswall in the parish of Clodocke, co. Hereford, at an annual rent of 5s.2s.6d. in lieu of heriot and suit of court.
1706, June 18 collection ref:-1411
1. Thomas Smyth of Teambury, co. Worcester, esq.;
2. Henry Jenkins, yeoman, and Katherine Jenkins, widow, his mother, both of the township of Craswall, parish of Clodocke, co. Hereford.
LEASE for three lives of a messuage and 10 Welsh acres of land in the said township of Craswall. Counterpart.
1706, June 18 collection ref:-1412
1. Thomas Smyth;
2. Joan Lewis of the township of Craswall, parish of Clodocke, co. Hereford, widow.
LEASE for three lives of a messuage and 5 Welsh acres of land in the said township of Craswall. Counterpart.
1706, June 18 collection ref:-1413
1. Thomas Smyth;
2. Phillip Jones of the township of Craswall, parish of Clodocke, co. Hereford, yeoman.
LEASE for three lives of a messuage and 30 Welsh acres of land in the said township of Craswall. Counterpart.
1706, June 18
1. Thomas Smyth; collection ref:-1609
2. Daniell Jones of the township of Craswall, parish of Clodocke, co. Hereford, tailor.
LEASE for three lives of a cottage and 9 Welsh acres of land in the said township of Craswall. Counterpart.
1718, May 23 collection ref:1416
1. Thomas Smyth late of Teambury and now of Stoake, co. Salop, esq.;
2. James Prosser of the township of Craswall, parish of Clodocke, co. Hereford, blacksmith.
LEASE for three lives of a cottage and lands in the township and manor of Craswall aforesaid.
1720, Sept. 29 collection ref:-2368
1. Thomas Smyth of Stoak, co. Salop, esq.;
2. Job Gilbert of Micheall Church Eskley, co. Hereford, yeoman.
LEASE for three lives of a parcel of unenclosed land containing about 15 Welsh acres in fforest heap, but reserving mines of ore, stone and coal; paying yearly after the first three years 4s. rent, 5s. heriot and suit of court.
1721, - collection ref:-1813
1. William Davies of the township of Crasswall [co. Hereford, and Elizabeth, his wife];
2. [Philip James] of the township of Llanvaynoe, yeoman.
ASSIGNMENT of a lease of [a messuage] and 24 Welsh acres of land in the manor of Crasswall. Mutilated.
1732, March 25 collection ref:-2093
1. Thomas Smyth of Purford, co. Salop, esq.;
2. Henry Lewis of Crasswall, co. Hereford, labourer.
LEASE for three lives of the cottage and 8 acres of land formerly in the possession of Edward, father of the said Henry Lewis, and the moiety of the cottage and 10 acres of land, which formerly were the cottage and lands of Henry Jenkins, uncle to the said Henry Lewis, all lying within the township of Crasswall within the fforrest heane in the manor of Thomas Smyth, but excepting mines of ore, coal and stone; at an annual rent of 50s., 5s.6d. heriot and suit of court.
1732, March 25 collection ref:-1610
1. Thomas Smyth;
2. Martha Prichard of the township of Crasswall, co. Hereford, spinster.
LEASE for three lives of a cottage and 5 acres of land in the said township of Crasswall. Counterpart.
1732, March 25 collection ref:-1273
1. Thomas Smyth of the parish of Burford, co. Salop, esq.;
2. Henry Prosser of the township of Crasswall, co. Hereford, yeoman.
LEASE for three lives of the moiety of a cottage and ten acres of land and a cottage and three acres of land in the township and manor of Crasswall aforesaid. Counterpart.
1771, fifteen days from Easter collection ref:-1219
FINAL CONCORD in a fine between Edward Earl of Oxford and Charles Baldwyn, esq., plaintiffs, and John Smyth, esq., and Margaret, his wife, deforciants, when the deforciants acknowledged the manors of Craswall and Brilley, the site of the late dissolved priory of Craswall, and fifty-eight messuages, one water corn mill, and 7548 acres of land in the parishes of Clodock, Brilley, and Kington, [co. Hereford], to be the right of the plaintiffs.
1785, June 14 collection ref:-1515
1. Philip Williams of Penpont, co. Brecknock esq., nephew and heir, and devisee named in the will, of John Smyth late of Stoke House, co. Salop, esq.;
2. Margaret Smyth of Stoke House aforesaid, widow, and executrix of the will, of the said John Smyth.
CONFIRMATION of a grant of the manor of Craswall and messuages and lands in the parish of Cloddock, co. Hereford.
1811, Dec. 12 collection ref:-3784
LETTER: Penry Williams from Penpont, to Walter Powell at Brecon. The writer suggests that David Davies be sent a copy of an old rental of the lands in Crasswall which are not let and which he proposes to inspect.
1813, July 11 collection ref:-3803
LETTER: Penry Williams from Penpont, to Walter Powell at Brecon. The settlement of Mrs Wynter's affairs. The completion of the title to Chapel Farm [at Crasswall]. The payment of the Little Penpont rent.
[1813, July 24] collection ref:-3804
LETTER: [Penry Williams] from Penpont, to Walter Powell at Brecon. Business relating to Chapel Farm.
1815, March 23 collection ref:-3820
LETTER: Penry Williams from Penpont, to Messrs. Powell and Jones, solicitors, at Brecon. A lease of lands in Crasswall purchased by David Davies. Mr Fryer's agreement.
1845-1846 collection ref:-3185-3289
VOUCHERS to Penry Williams of Penpont, co. Brecknock esq., in respect of property tax and various expenses incurred in connection with his estates in Craswall, co. Hereford, Tenbury, co. Worcester, and Stoake, Salop.
1847, Aug. 19 collection ref:-3884
LETTER: Penry Williams from Penpont, to -. The writer wishes to obtaine the draft of the mortgage and the letters of his father relating to the Crasswall property.
Observations:
The PENPONT collection was
Deposited by Capt. P. J. Murray, BA, Penpont, Brecon, 1936, and by Mrs Josephine Murray, Penpont, Brecon
CATALOGUE COMPILED BY WALTER T. MORGAN, 1975
The Penpont Estate Records are at the National Library of Wales
For an online version of the complete catalogue click here
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| The House of Penpont is located on the River Usk about 5 miles upstream of Brecon. The house was only the centrepiece of an extensive range of buildings which, amongst others, included a Stable block, Laundry, Dove Cote, and a private bridge over the Usk.
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For the history of the William’s family of Penpont click here
These properties were part of the Manor of Upper Craswall at one time the estate of Craswall Priory.
At the dissolution of alien priories the Manor was granted to ‘God’s House’ which later became Christ’s College, Cambridge (Court Roll of 1505). It was subsequently acquired by the Earl of Oxford and by 1705 was in the hands of the Smyth Family of Tenbury and Stoke House, Salop, from who it descended to Philip Williams of Penpont a nephew of the Smyths.
At the time of the Tithe map 1840 most of Upper Craswall was owned by Penry (Penry the third) Williams (click here for map details )
The 1840 Tithe map of Craswall is titled ‘Upper and Lower Craswell’ and a boundary between the Upper and Lower parts is partially indicated. The tithes for each section are separately detailed. The boundary, in part, runs across several old fields splitting them into two sections for Tithe apportionment purposes (see map 4) thus confirming that the division to be one of ancient origin. Upper Craswall is known as the ‘Manor of Craswall’ and has its origin in the lands granted in to Craswall Priory. Details of a dispute of 1695 between the then owner of the Manor of Craswall, Mr Smyth of Stoke House, Tenbury and Lord Abergavenny who held the adjoining Manor of Ewyas Lacy are given elsewhere on this site (gc_cra_3001). This document also records the meres or boundary between the two lordships.
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