Held at: | Private Collection |
Reference: | RS_0010 |
Source: | Private research: Probate Documents |
Title: | Names and ownership of property in Michaelchurch Escley |
Place name: | Michaelchurch Escley |
Date: | 1600’s 1700’s 1800’s |
Description:
Property Called | Date | Owner/Tenant | Source | Comment |
| Bailey Breth | 1821 | Evan Phillips | Will | Cottage, garden & lands bought from James Spencer; left to brother Thomas |
| Birches | 1770 | John Price | Will | Left to son John |
| Canon Tump House | 1842 | Thomas Seaborne | Will | House & 4 acres left to son Samuel |
| Castle | 1826 | Philip Jones | Lease | Cottage and land |
| Catherine Rowlands Lands | 1774 | James Exton | Will | In occupation of Benjamin Prosser; left to nephew Simon Exton |
| Cay Llwyne Cathny[?] | 1710 | William Harries | Will | Leasehold land left to wife Blanch |
| Cefn West | 1874 | Noah Jones | Lease | Land of the Earl of Abergavenny |
| Cloth y Hopbin | 1662 | Thomas Jennings | Will | Left to daughter Margaret |
| Coed Poethes meadow | 1770 | John Price | Will | Left to son John |
| Coed Robin | 1722 | Howell Nicholls | Will | Here spelt Coyd Rhobine |
| Coed Robin | 1739 | Howell Nicholls | Will | Left in trust to cousin John Edwards |
| Coed Robin | 1803 | James Nicholls | Will | Freehold left to son John |
| Glybes Farm | 1887 | - | Sale Contract | Sold by William, Marquess of Abergavenny |
| Gwern Ivor | 1770 | John Price | Will | Left to son John |
| Gwrlod dan y Ty | 1710 | David Price | Will | Meadow c.5 acres left to wife Jane then son David |
| Hard meadow | 1770 | John Price | Will | Left to son John |
| James Jones Lands | 1803 | Robert Francis | Will | Leasehold tenement left to wife Susanah |
| Kae Dychlawr Ty | 1710 | David Price | Will | Close of pasture, purchased from David John Thomas, c.5 acres left to wife Jane then son David |
| Kevenkyst [Cefn Ceist] | 1837 | Thomas Jones | Will | Copyhold; left to wife Elizabeth then children, in trust |
| Little Ceven [Little Cefn] | 1779 | David Prichard | Will | Property ‘lately purchased’ from James Harries; left to son David |
| Little Lloyn Rhosser | 1790 | James Parry | Will | Left to wife Mary |
| Llanbaddon | 1855 | James Pritchard | Will | Farm left to son, James |
| Lower House | 1827 | George Morgan | Will | Freehold estate left to George Lewis of Dorstone |
| Ould Charles Meadow | 1803 | Robert Francis | Will | Left to son John |
| Peancoad | 1803 | Robert Francis | Will | Leasehold tenement left to son William |
| Pentwine | 1813 | Eleanor Smith | Will | Left to brother James Harris |
| Powels house | 1842 | Thomas Seaborne | Will | House & lands left to son Samuel |
| Priks land [Priks farm] [?Pikes farm] | 1735 | Edward Perkins | Will | Leasehold land & premises; left to son in law Thomas Williams |
| Redunnog Vawr [?Rhydunnog] | 1811 | James Maibury | Will | Tithes of farm and land ‘purchased of the Earl of Oxford’, left to son James |
| Rhyd y Teebach | 1765 | Thomas Lewis | Will | Left to Simon Exton |
| Rhydonog [Rhydunnog] | 1854 | Philip Powell | Will | - |
| Spring Castle | 1821 | Evan Phillips | Will | Leasehold messuage & lands; left to brother Thomas |
| Teer Evan Badam | 1747 | Ruth Fisher | Will | Left to brother Samuel Jenkins |
| Tir Evan Badam | 1810 | Lewis Jenkins | Will | Left to tenants James & Ann Prichard |
| Tyerucha [Tyrucha] | 1746 | Timothy Price | Will | Left to wife, then daughter Margaret |
| Tyr Craddock | 1843 | James Farr | Will | Witness to will |
| Tyr Craddock | 1852 | Francis Pitt | Admittance | Including several closes of arable land. [Ty Caradog?] |
| Tyr Craddock | 1881 | John Watkins | Legal case | [Ty Caradog?] |
| Tyr David Lane | 1662 | Thomas Jennings | Will | Tenants Thomas Watkins & John William Prichard |
| Tyr William Thomas Powell | 1864 | Elizabeth Rawson | Admittance | Land, 17 Acres |
| Tyrucha Farm | c.1870 | Sophia Phillips | Lease | - |
| Wern Ddyrus | 1774 | James Exton | Will | In occupation of John Lewis; left to nephew Simon Exton |
Observations:
Property names are frequently reproduced phonetically in original documents, leading to considerable variations in spelling; the writing in old manuscripts can also be difficult to interpret. Property was also sometimes given the names of the current or previous owners [eg ‘Xyz’s Land’] and names therefore changed accordingly over time. In the list above, spellings in the original documents have sometimes been amended to conform to the most frequent usage, and this should be borne in mind if looking for a specific property name. References to alternative names [as distinct from spelling variants] are given where any are known.
Family names associated with individual properties may be as owner, leaseholder, tenant or sub-tenant; where known the status is given in the comments.
The above list is compiled from various external sources including the internet; further property or family names can also be found using the search engine for material held on this website.
Original Wills and other probate documents for most parishes in the Hundred of Ewyas Lacy are held by the National Library of Wales
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