June 12 1694

George Lord Bergevenny demised to John Harries son of H Harries of Llanellen in ? Monmouth 10 acres of land being part of y waste called Pellenny in the parish of Goytrey adjoyning to the free lands of Hugh Harries & the free lands of And Wm Lewis on the one side and on all or most parts by the comon or wast – except all mines etc – to hold for the lives of John Harries, Wm Lewis of Goytrey and Jane his wife

Nov 30 1696

George Lord Bergevenny demised to Rich’d Lewis of Mamhilad in the County of Monmouth all that Messuage or Dwelling and garden and 4 acres of wastgroud therewith belonging lying upon a conon called Pellenny in the parish of Goytrey land in the possion of Thomas Harry Watkin (except all mines etc) to hold for and during the lives of Rich;d Lewis, Margt Watkins of Goytrey and William Morgan of Mamhilad.

Aug 5 1699

George Lord Bergevenny demised to Edwd Lewis all that messuage or ? heretofore in the occupation of David Thomas of Goytrey with the Barn and 3 parcells of land thereunto belonging called or known by y neames of Green y Groft & Wayn Vath cont 2 acres or thereabouts lying in Goytrey at a place called Croes Hoped except all mines etc to hold for the lives Ann Edward daughter of Wm Edmond of Bergavenny & of Anne & Elizabeth daughters of the leasee.

Dec 6 1700

George Lord Bergevenny demisee to Rich’d Jones a Cottage & 4 acres of the wast in Goytrey parish except all mines etc to hold for the lives of the leasee Jacob Jones and Mary Jones his brother and sister.

6 Dec 1700

George Lord Bergevenny demised to Jane Pritchard of Goytrey Spinster one Messuage or Cottage and Garden with 3 peices of land cont. 4 acres lately held bty Howell John Rosser joyning on the west to the leaselands of John Watkin & to the wast and Highway from Uske to Bergevenny in all part in Goytrey except all mines etc. A coven’t not to build more cotts ? to hod for the lives of the lessee Anne y wife of John Andrews of Ragland and Mary Edwards Daughter of Edward Harry of Goytrey.

Jan 2 1701

George Lord Bergevenny demised to Thomas Jenkins of Goytrey Miller all those 7 acres of land whereof 2 acres already enclosed and in his possion adjoining to a brook called Enant boy on the west to a Leasehold of the sd Lords in the possion of Wm Griffith on the South to a ?bouion called Gwayn Ynnyg on the east & on all other parts and sides and situate in the parish of goytrey in Cond Monmouth except all mines etc And except ? of building any cottage on the premises nor assigns the same without wave of the Lord nor do any act or ? in prejudice of him or tenants to hold for the lives of the sd Thomas Jenkins and of David Jenkins and Jane Jenkins his son and daughter.

July 2 1701

George Lord Bergevenny demised to Wm Pritchard of Goytrey in cond Monmouth ? all that Cottage and 4 acres of comon whereof part is already enclosed laying at the north end of Pellenny comon adjoyning on the north to Mr? Hugh Harris’s Lands and to the Highway & Comon on all other parts and sides ajing in Goytrey aforesd. except all mines etc And except libty of building any other cottage on the premises nor assign the same without leave of the sLOrd nor do any act or mosen? in prejudice of him or tenants to hold for the ave? of the sd Wm Pritchard John Pritchard his brother & Anne Ellis Daughter of John Ellis of Glascoed near Uske towne yeoman.

Sep 29 1701

George Lord Bergevenny demised to Wm Pritchard of Goytrey Victualler a cott and four acres of wast with the appurtence lying in Goytrey & upon the waste called Pellenny except all mines etc And except libty of building any other cottage on the premises nor assign the said premises without leave of the Lord nor do any act or ? in prejudice of him or tenants to hold for the lives of the leasee Rees? & Mary his son and daughter.

William Banfield

This indenture made the 29^th day of September in the year of our Lord seaven hundred and three

Between the Rt Honourable George Lord Bergavenny of the one part and William Banfield of Goytrey Tailor, county of Monmouth of the other part.

Witness that the said Lord Bergavenny for and in consideration of the rent and covenant on the lessees part and behalf herein after menconed to be paid done and performed of the said Lord Bergavenny. Hath demised, granted and to ffarme, lett/on and by these presents doth demise grant and to fine lett unto the said William Banfield all that one cottage and 2 acres of land thereunto belonging being part of Pellenny Comon in the possession of him the said William Banfield, with its appurtenances except out of this demise all mines and quarries of oare stone coals.

To have and to hold the said premise with the appurtenances unto the said William Banfield his heirs and assigns for and during the respectful lives of him the said William Banfield and Mary and Anne his daughters for the life and the longest liver of them.

Yeilding the sum of two shillings per year and two shillings of every person dying, seized or alienation of the premises and dooing suite to the court of the said Lord Bergavenny

This Indenture made the second day of February in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and forty nine between the Right Honourable George Lord Abergavenny of the one part and Walter Griffith of the parish of Goytrey in the County of Monmouth blacksmith of the other part.

Witnesseth that the said Lord Abergavenny for & in consideration of the sume of five pounds & five shillings of lawfull British money to him paid by the said Walter Griffith for & in the name of a fine and for and in consideration of the rents and covenants on the lessees part and behalf hereinafter mentioned to be paid done and performed he the sd Lord Abergavenny hath demised granted & to farm lett & in & by these presents doth demise grant & to farm lett & sett unto the said Walter Griffith all that decayed cott and barn with the appurtenances together with three small pieces of land thereto belonging containing about two acres of land scituate in the parish of Goytrey in the said County of Monmouth all which said premisses one by Indenture of Lease bearing date the twenty ninth of September one thousand seven hundred and one granted to Edward William Watkin of Goytrey for the lives of William, Ann and Mary his son and daughters at the rent of four shillings which said lease expired in April last (except out of this present demise all mines and quarries of stone and other mettalls) to have and to hold all and singular the same premisses with appurtenances (except before excepted) unto the said Walter Griffin his heirs & assigns from the twenty ninth day of September now last past for & during the respective lives of the said Walter Griffith, Ann his daughter aged about seventeen years, Joseph his son aged about ten years & of the life of the longest liver of them yielding and paying therefore yearly and every year dureing the said term unto the said Lord Abergavenny his heirs or assigns the rent of four shillings on the feasts of the annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Michael the Arch Angell by even & equall portions the first half yearly rent to be due and payable on the feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary next ensueing and the sume of five shillings for & in the name of an herriott on the death of every person dyeing seized or alienation of the premiss & also doing suit to the Court of the said Lord Abergavenny when thereto required and shall not nor will alien or assign this present demise & grant without leave first had & obtained in writing under the hand & seal of the said Lord Abergavenny his heirs or assigns and shall not nor will do or suffer to be done on the premisses hereby demised any act project or contrivance whereby any other of the estate of the said Lord Abergavenny his heirs or assigns or his or their tenants may be prejudiced or lessened in yearly value and if it shall happen that the said yearly rent of four shillings & other acknowledgments hereinbefore mentioned or any part of them shall be behind & unpaid by the space of fifteen days next after any of the said feast days whereon the same ought to be paid (being lawfully demanded) or breach of any the covenants or agreements in these presents on the lessees part to be made done suffered or performed then it shall & may be lawfull to & for the said his heirs or assigns into the said hereby demised premisses or any part thereof (in the name of the whole) to re-enter & the same to have againe re-possess & enjoy as in his or their former estate any thing hereinbefore contained to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding and the said Walter Griffith for himself his heirs & assigns doth hereby covenant promise and agree to and with the said Lord Abergavenny his heirs & assigns that he the said Walter Griffith his heirs or assigns shall & will at his and their own proper costs and charges before the first day of July next ensueing putt the said cott and barn and all the fences hedges & ditches on the said hereby demised premisses in good sufficient & tenantable repairation & amendment & shall at all times from thenceforth dureing the continuance of this present demise maintaine sustain uphold & keep all & singular the same premisses with appurtenances in by and with all & all manner of good & sufficient repairs fences hedges ditches & amendments & at the end or other determination of this present demise peaceably & quietly yield and deliver up the same premisses with appurtenances so well & sufficiently repaired fenced hedged ditched and amended and the said Lord Abergavenny doth hereby authorize and in his place putt Phillip Lewis of Abergavenny yeoman and Thomas Jenkins of the same place yeoman or either of them to be his true and lawfull attorneys or attorney jointly or severally for him & in his stead to enter into & upon the premisses hereby granted or any part thereof (in the name of the whole) & to give possession thereof unto the said lessee Walter Griffith ratifieing allowing and confirming all and whatsoever the said attorneys or either of them shall lawfully do in the premisses as if the said Lord Abergavenny was personally present at the doing thereof. In witness whereof the parties to these presents have hereunto interchangeably sett their hands and seals the day and year first above written

On the cover of the document:-

Be it known that on the tenth day of March 1767 Livery of Seizin of and full possession of all & singular the within mentioned cott & other the premises within mentioned was delivered to the within named lessee Walter Griffith by Thos Jenkins Gent one of the attornies within named by virtue of the power to him within given according to the tenor & effect of the written? Indenture of Lease. Thos Jenkins

Sealed & delivered in the presence of us E Staples; C Hawkins, servant to Lord Abergavenny

Witnesses present John Morgan; the mark of Anne Stephen?

Abergavenny. Monmouthshire. A lease from the Rt Hon’ble Lord Abergavenny to Walter Griffith for 3 lives of lands in Goytrey dated 2d Feb 1749

Fine £5 – 5 – 0

Rent? 4s

Herriott 5s

This Indenture made the twenty fourth day of September in the tenth yeare of the Reigne of our Sovereigne Lord George the Second by the grace of God of Great Brittaine France & Ireland King defender of the faith and so forth in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & thirty six between the Right Hon’able William Lord Abergavenny of the one part and Walter Griffith of Goytre in the County of Monmouth smith of the other part. Witnesseth that the said Lord Abergavenny for and in consideration of a surrender of a former lease and alsoe of a certain fine in hand paid and alsoe of the rents covenants & services on the lessees part & behalfe hereafter menconed to be paid done & performed he the said Lord Abergavenny hath demised granted & to farme letten & by these p’sents doth demise grant & to farme lett unto the said Walter Griffith all that house smiths shop & app’tenances in Goytre afores’d on the highway there leading from Pelleney to Usk to have and to hold the said demised premisses with their & every of their appurtenances unto the said Walter Griffith his heirs & assigns fore & during the respective lives of the said Walter Griffith, Anne his wife and Walter his son aged one yeare & the life of the longest liver of them yielding and paying therefore yearly & every yeare during the said terme unto the sd Lord Abergavenny his heirs or assigns the rent of six pence of lawfull money of England without any deducon for any manner of taxes whatsoever at the four most usual feasts or days of payment in the years, viz, the twenty ninth of September the twenty fifth of December the twenty fifth of March & the twenty fourth of June by equal porcons and the sume of five shillings of like money to be paid by the person that is seized of the premisses as an increase of rent at the death of every person named by whose lives the said premisses are held and doing suit to the Court of the said Lord Abergavenny when thereto required.

And the said Walter Griffith his heirs or ass’s shall not nor will not erect or build nor cause or suffer to be erected or built any other or more house or houses on the premisses hereby demised nor will not alien or assigne the same p’misses without leave first had & obtained in writing under the hand & seale of the said Lord Abergavenny his heirs or ass’s nor shall not nor will not do nor cause or suffer to be done on the premisses hereby demised any act project or contrivance whatsoever whereby any of the estate of the said Lord Abergavenny his heirs or assigns or his or their tennants may be anyways damaged or lessened in the yearly value or otherwise. And if it shall happen that the said yearly rent of sixpence pr any parte thereof be behind and unpaid by the space of fifteen days next after any of the said feast days on which the same ought to be paid being lawfully demanded or if the said increase of rent of five shillings to be paid by the person that is seized of the premisses at the death of every person named by whose lives the said p’misses are held, to witt, at the death of the sd Walter Griffith, Anne his wife and Walter his son be behind and unpaid to the said Lord Abergavenny his heirs or ass’s or his or their agents or stewards by the space of six months without any demand being made thereof or breach of any of the covenants or agreements herein contained on the lessees part & behalfe should be made done or suffered that then it shall & may be lawfull to & for the said Lord Abergavenny his heirs & assigns into the said premisses to reenter and the same to have againe repossess and enjoy as in his & their first and former estate any thing herein before contained to the contrary notwithstanding and the said Walter Griffith doth hereby for himself his heirs & for every of them covenant promise & agree to & with the said Lord Abergavenny his heirs & ass’s & to & with every of them in manner following (that is to say) that the sd Walter Griffith his heirs or ass’s shall & will well & truly pay or cause to be paid to the said Lord Abergavenny his heirs & ass’s the rent above reserved and on the days & times before herein appointed for the payment thereof and also pay & discharge all and all manner taxes imposicons & charges which are or shall be imposed on the premisses during the said terme and shall & will well & sufficiently repaire uphold maintaine fence keep all & singular the premisses and every part thereof with the appurtenances during the said terme and at the end expiracon or other sooner determinacon of this demise and grant shall & will yield up and deliver the same to the said Lord Abergavenny his heirs or ass’s well & sufficiently repair and fenced and in all respects tennantable and the sd Lord Abergavenny doth hereby authorize and in his place put & depute John Day of Fletching in the County of Sussex Gent and Richard John of Aberustruth on the County of Monmouthshire Gent to be his lawfull attorney or attorneys jointly or severally for him and in his name to enter into & upon the said demised premisses or any part thereof in the name of the whole and to give livery of Seizin thereof unto the said Walter Griffin or his assigns.

In witness whereof the partys to these presents have interchangeably sett their hands & seals the

Walter Griffith

On the cover of the document:-

Sealed and delivered (being first duely stampt) in the presence of Richard Jones?; John Day

Abergavenny. 24 Sep 1736. Lease} Lord Abergavenny to Walter Griffith of Goytre on the County of Monmouth

NOTE: The final part of the last line of the main document is missing. It was probably to the effect ‘ day and year first above written’. DW

This Indenture made the second day of February in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and forty nine and in the twenty third year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the second King of Great Britain and so forth between the Right Honourable George Lord Abergavenny of the one part and Walter Evans of the parish of Goytrey in the County of Monmouth yeoman of the other part.

Witnesseth that the said Lord Abergavenny for and in consideration of the rents and covenants on the part and behalf of the said Walter Evans herein after mentioned to be paid done and performed he the said Lord Abergavenny hath demised granted and to farm lett and by these presents doth demise grant and to farm lett and sett unto the said Walter Evans all that small piece of rough ground called Cae yr Orloth scituate lying and being in the said parish of Goytrey and County aforesaid and now in the possession of the said Walter Evans as tenant to the said Lord Abergavenny (save and except out of this present demise unto the said Lord Abergavenny his heirs and assigns all mines and quaries of stones oar and coal and all woods timber and trees whatsoever now growing and being in and upon the said granted premisses or any part thereof with free liberty of ingress egress and regress at all convenient and seasonable time and times in the year during the term hereby granted to and for the said Lord Abergavenny his heirs and assigns his and their servants agents and workmen at his and their will and pleasure with horses cattle and carriages into through and from the said hereby demised and granted premisses or any part thereof to cut down hew digg work and carry away all the same mines stones oar coal woods timber and trees and to have full liberty of ingress egress and regress to take and carry away the same or any part thereof at all seasonable and convenient time and times in the year doing thereby as little hurt or damage as may be to the corn grain hay or grass of the said Walter Evans his executors administrators and assigns growing increaseing or being or which shall during the said term hereby demised and granted grow and be in or upon the same premises from time to time in carrying away all or any part of the same mines stones oar coal woods timber and trees whatsoever respectively to have and to hold all and singular the same premises with appurtenances (except as before is excepted) unto the said Walter Evans his executors administrators and assigns from the feast day of Saint Michael the Archangel now last past for and during the full end and term of twenty one years and fully to be compleated and ended yeilding and paying therefore yearly and every year during the said term unto the said Lord Abergavenny his heirs or assigns the rent or sume of seven shillings of lawfull British money by two equal payments in the year (that is to say) on the feast of the Annunciation of the blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Michael the Archangell the first half yearly payment to begin and to be due and payable unto the said Lord Abergavenny his heirs or assigns on the feast day of the Annunciation of the blessed Virgin Mary now next ensuing the date of these presents provided allways and it is the true intent and meaning of these presents and of the p…. hereto that if it shall happen that the said yearly rent of seven shillings or any part thereof shall be behind and unpaid by the space of fifteen days next after any or either of the days of payment …ed wherein the same ought to be paid that then it shall and may be lawfull to ands for the said Lord Abergavenny his heirs or assigns to enter on the said demised premises or any part thereof and distrain for the same and the same distress to lead drive take and carry away and appraise and dispose of the same according to the direction of the statute in that case made and provided and for want of such distress that then it shall and may be lawfull to and for the said Lord Abergavenny his heirs or assigns into and upon the said granted premisses or any part thereof in the name of the whole to re-enter and the same to have again and repossess as in his or their former estate or estates any thing herein before contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding and the said Walter Evans doth by these presents for himself his executors and administrators covenant promise and agree to and with the said Lord Abergavenny his heirs and assigns in manner following (that is to say) that he the said Walter Evans his executors administrators and assigns will well and truly pay or cause to be paid unto the said Lord Abergavenny his heirs or assigns during the aforesaid term hereby granted the said yearly rent of seven shillings on the days and times herein before limitted for payment thereof according to the true intent and meaning of these presents clear of all deductions whatsoever for taxes or other …. howsoever and also that the said Walter Evans his executors administrators and assigns shall and will at his and their own proper costs and charges at all time and times during the said term hereby demised maintain sustain and keep all the fences hedges and ditches of the said hereby granted premises in by and with all manner of good and sufficient fences hedges ditches and reparations and at the end or other sooner determination of this demise shall and will peaceably and quietly yeild and deliver up the same premises with appurtenances so well and sufficiently fenced hedged ditched and repaired. And further that he the said Walter Evans his executors administrators or assigns shall not nor will not dureing the said term hereby demised committ or suffer or cause or procure to be committed any manner of spoil or waste on the said hereby demised premises or any part thereof. In witness whereof the said parties to these presents have hereunto interchangeably set their hands and seals the day and year first above written

NOTE: There is some damage to this document. DW

2nd February 1749