Probate of the Will (with 2 copies) of William Lewis of Llandyfaen Forge in the parish of Llandeilo-Fawr, woollen manufacturer, leaving his 14 leasehold houses to his wife Mary Lewis to be sold and the money to be divided between his children on her decease, farm called Heolddu in the parish of Llandybie to his son William, 3 houses and gardens called y Ddanddror and an adjoining field in Llandeilo parish to his daughter Ann, a house called Pwllybodell in Llandeilo to his son Dan, and a house called Maesyfranwr in Llandeilo to his daughter Eliza. Made 7 Feb. 1868, proved 13 May 1868

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Documents relating to properties in Ystalyfera and Gwun-Cae-GurwenD/D Z 479

Lease for 99 years from 25 Mar. 1854 for £1 15s annual rent dated 11 May 1854; (i) Richard Douglas Gough of Ynyscedwyn, esq., to (ii) Henry Davies of Graigarw, cinder filler: Piece of land (17½p) part of Wernfawr Wood, on the north side of Swansea Road, in the parish of Llangiwg. Includes plan and specification for building a house on the siteD/D Z 479/1

Lease and Counterpart Lease for 99 years from 25 Mar. 1854 for £1 15s annual rent dated 11 May 1854: (i) Richard Douglas Gough of Ynyscedwyn, esq., to (ii) The Rev. Rees Evans of Ystalyfera, dissenting minister: Piece of land (17½p), part of Wernfawr Wood, on the north side of Swansea Road, in the parish of Llangiwg. Includes plan and specification for building a house on the siteD/D Z 479/2-3

Lease for 99 years from 29 Sept. 1854 for £3 annual rent dated 27 July 1854: (i) Richard Douglas Gough of Ynyscedwyn, esq., to (ii) The Rev. Rees Evans of Gurnos, dissenting minister: Piece of land (30p) at Graigarw in the parish of Llangiwg, to the south of Swansea Road. Includes plan and specification for building a house on the siteD/D Z 479/4

Lease and Copy Lease for 99 years from 22 Mar. 1854 for 17s 6d annual rent dated 31 Dec. 1855: (i) John Jenkins, David Nicol, John Oakshot, Warren Trestrail and Thomas Williams, mortgagees, with (ii) The Rev. Rees Evans of Gurnos, dissenting minister, to (iii) William Lewis of Llandyfan Forge, Llandeilo, woollen manufacturer: Piece of land measuring 20 feet in width in front of a piece of land in the occupation of (ii), leased to him on 11 May 1854 (see no. 2 above), to build another house adjoining that already built on (ii)s landD/D Z 479/5-6

Assignment of Lease for £5 3s dated 28 Jan. 1856: (i) The Rev. Rees Evans of Ystalyfera, to (ii) William Lewis of Llandyfan Forge, Llandeilo: Piece of land (30p) at Graigarw in the parish of Llangiwg on the south side of the Swansea road (no. 4 above)D/D Z 479/7

Mortgage for £160 dated 27 Aug. 1858: (i) Rees Evans of Ystalyfera, late of Gurnos, dissenting minister, but now a grocer, to (ii) Owen Powell of Mount Pleasant, Llangadog, collier, William Daniel of Ddery, Brecon, miner, and William Gwillim of Llangiwg, miner: House and land at Graigarw in the parish of Llangiwg (see no. 2 above)D/D Z 479/8

Lease for 99 years from 29 Sept. 1859 for £3 8s annual rent dated 29 Dec. 1859: (i) Richard Douglas Gough of Ynyscedwyn, esq., to (ii) John Rees of Wernfawr, weigher: Piece of land, part of Wernfawr Wood, to the south of Wernfawr wood and to the north of a new road, at Graigarw in the parish of Llangiwg, for building. Includes plan. Endorsed: Memorandum of surrender of lease dated 30 Apr. 1947D/D Z 479/9

Mortgage for £105 dated 21 July 1860: (i) John Rees of Wernfawr, weigher, to (ii) John Jenkins, Thomas Phillips, James Griffith Hall, David Thomas and William Morris, trustees of the Swansea Provident Building Society: Piece of leasehold land (34p), part of Wernfawr Wood, in the parish of LlangiwgD/D Z 479/10

Transfer of Mortgage for £160 dated 17 Feb. 1866: (i) Owen Powell, William Daniel and William Gwillim, to (ii) The Rev. Rees Evans late of Ystalyfera, now of Liverpool, dissenting minister. House and lands mentioned in a lease (see no. 2 above) and a mortgage (see no. 8 above)D/D Z 479/11

Probate of the Will (with 2 copies) of William Lewis of Llandyfaen Forge in the parish of Llandeilo-Fawr, woollen manufacturer, leaving his 14 leasehold houses to his wife Mary Lewis to be sold and the money to be divided between his children on her decease, farm called Heolddu in the parish of Llandybie to his son William, 3 houses and gardens called y Ddanddror and an adjoining field in Llandeilo parish to his daughter Ann, a house called Pwllybodell in Llandeilo to his son Dan, and a house called Maesyfranwr in Llandeilo to his daughter Eliza. Made 7 Feb. 1868, proved 13 May 1868D/D Z 479/12-14

Licence of Richard Douglas Gough to the Rev. Rees Evans of Liverpool to assign a piece of land at Wernfawr in the parish of Llangiwg to Evan Thomas of Ystalyfera. 11 Oct. 1869D/D Z 479/15

Underlease for 66 years from 1 Nov. 1869 for £2 6s 4d annual rent dated 26 Apr. 1870: (i) John Clee of Ystalyfera, agent, to (ii) Ezekiel Evans of Ystalyfera, stock taker: Piece of land (26½p) and 2 houses on the north side of the road from Swansea to Brecon in the parish of Llangiwg. Includes plan. Attached: licence to assign from James Palmer Budd of Ystalyfera, who granted the original leaseD/D Z 479/16

Mortgage for £120 dated 28 Apr. 1870: (i) Ezekiel Evans of Ystalyfera, stock taker, to (ii) The Trustees of the Pentre Estyll Benefit Building Society: Piece of land (20½p) in the parish of Llangiwg with 2 houses built there (see no. 16 above)D/D Z 479/17

Abstract of Title (with copy) of the executors of the Will of William Lewis deceased to certain leasehold dwellinghouses and premises situate in the parish of Llangiwg (see nos. 12-14 above). 1873D/D Z 479/18-19

Assignment of Lease for £123 4s dated 22 Feb. 1873: (i) Rees Lewis and Dan Lewis of Llandyfan, Llandeilo, woollen manufacturers, with (ii) John Lewis of Bryncoch, Llandeilo, farmer, and Ann his wife, and Job Roberts of Tyrychen in the parish of Llandybie, farmer, and Eliza his wife, to (iii) William Lewis of Corseynon (Gorseinon) near Swansea, woolen manufacturer: Leasehold houses at Graigarw in the parish of Llangiwg, formerly the property of William Lewis, deceased, subject to his will (see nos. 12-14 and 18-19 above)D/D Z 479/20-22

Certificate of Edward Strick and John Gaskoin of the full understanding and compliance of Ann, wife of John Jones and Eliza, wife of Job Roberts in a deed of assignment of lease dated 22 Feb. 1873 (nos. 20-22 above). 22 Feb. 1873D/D Z 479/23

Assignment of Lease for £119 dated 2 May 1874: (i) William Lewis of Corseynon (Gorseinon) near Swansea, woollen manufacturer, to (ii) John Beynon of Old London House, Ystalyfera, draper: Leasehold land and double house built by William Lewis (father of (i)) adjoining the Old London House, Ystalyfera in the parish of Llangiwg (see nos. 2 and 6 above)D/D Z 479/24

Assignment of Lease for £160 dated 3 June 1874: (i) David Williams of Ystalyfera, blacksmith, to (ii) The Rev. Rees Evans, formerly of Ystalyfera, but now of Middlesborough on Tees, Baptist minister, to (iii) Evan Thomas of Ystalyfera, grocer: House and land on the north side of Swansea Road and to the south of Wernfawr Wood, leased to (ii) on 11 May 1854 (see no. 2 above)D/D Z 479/25

Assignment of Lease for £250 dated 23 Dec. 1874: (i) William Lewis of Corseinon (Gorseinon), woollen manufacturer, to (ii) John Beynon of Old London House, Ystalyfera, draper: House and land at Graigarw in the parish of Llangiwg, leased to (i) on 27 July 1854 (see no. 4 above)D/D Z 479/26

Lease for 21 years from 29 Sept. 1876 for £20 annual rent dated 2 July 1878: (i) Evan Thomas of Ystalyfera, grocer, to (ii) John Beynon of Ystalyfera, draper: House and shop known as the Old London House, Ystalyfera, in the parish of LlangiwgD/D Z 479/27

Assignment of agreement to lease dated 20 Apr. 1881: (i) Morgan Parsale Griffiths of Mount Pleasant, Swansea, with (ii) Griffith Jones of Cwmbwrla, David Rees of Swansea, Griffith John Lewis Morgan of Swansea, William Jobson Lorres of Swansea, Frederick Lorres of Swansea, and David Elliott of Cwmbwrla (The Killay Brick Company) to (ii) Frederick Pinn of Llanelli, brick manufacturer: Brickworks and stock-in-trade at Caebricks, Killay, SwanseaD/D Z 479/28

Mortgage for £60 dated 23 July 1881: (i) Ezekiel Evans of Ystalyfera, stock taker, to (ii) Thomas Howell of Ystalyfera, mason: Piece of land (26½p) and 2 houses on the north side of the road from Swansea to Brecon in the parish of Llangiwg originally leased on 26 Apr. 1870 (see no. 16 above)D/D Z 479/29

Mortgage in consideration of the staying of an action for debt of £78, dated 3 Sept. 1881: (i) Ezekiel Evans of Ystalyfera, stock taker, with (ii) John Griffiths of Ystalyfera, rollerman and Thomas Robert Todd of Ystalyfera, innkeeper (iii) Richard Hughes of Ynystawe, esq.: Piece of land (26½p) and 2 houses on the north side of the road from Swansea to Brecon in the parish of Llangiwg originally leased on 26 Apr. 1870 and subject to a mortgage dated 23 July 1881 (see nos. 16 and 29 above). Endorsed: pencil note no. 2 Jno. Lake to be sold; no. 1 Ezekiel EvansD/D Z 479/30

Statutory Mortgage in further security of a loan of £300 dated 5 Aug. 1882: (i) Frederick Pinn of Llanelli, brick manufacturer, to (ii) John Beynon of Ystalyfera, general draper: Brickworks at Caebricks, KillayD/D Z 479/31

Letters of administration of the estate of Ezekiel Evans late of Wern, Ystalyfera, who died 2 Mar. 1883, granting probate of his estate to Hannah Evans, his widow. 21 Nov. 1883D/D Z 479/32

Assignment of Lease for £78 13s 4d dated 10 May 1884: (i) Hannah Evans of the Wern, Ystalyfera, widow and administratrix of the estate of Ezekiel Evans, deceased, with (ii) Thomas Howell of Ystalyfera, mason, with (iii) Richard Hughes of Ynystawe, esq., to (ii) John Beynon of Ystalyfera, draper: Piece of land (26½p) with 2 houses, in the parish of Llangiwg, leased 26 Apr. 1870 (see no. 16 above)D/D Z 479/33

Licence for the above assignment of lease (no. 33 above) signed by H. Parish on behalf of the estate of the late James Palmer Budd esq., deceased. 15 Mar. 1884D/D Z 479/34

Lease and Counterpart Lease for 29 years at a peppercorn rent and 30 subsequent years at £1 11s annual rent dated 16 Mar. 1888: (i) David Morgan Davies of Caeisaf in the parish of Llangiwg, engine driver, to (ii) William Morgan Davies of part of Caeisaf, engine driver: Piece of land, formerly part of Caeisaf adjoining Gwaun-cae-gurwen Common in the parish of Llangiwg, with a house built there by (i). Includes planD/D Z 479/35-36

Assignment of Lease for £130 dated 24 Sept. 1892: (i) Rachel Davies of Ystalyfera, widow (ii) John Beynon of Ystalyfera, gent.: Two houses and land (17½p) at Wernfawr, Ystalyfera, leased to Henry Davies on 11 May 1854 (see no. 1 above). Includes licence to assign dated 23 Aug. 1892D/D Z 479/37

Assignment of Lease for £365 dated 8 Jan. 1894: (i) John Rees formerly of Wernfawr, now of Birchgrove, weigher, to (ii) Evan Jenkins of Ystalyfera, china dealer: 3 houses built on a piece of land (34p), leased to (i) on 29 Dec. 1859 (see no. 9 above)D/D Z 479/38

Assignment and Duplicate Assignment of Lease for £180 dated 17 Jan. 1894: (i) Evan Jenkins of Ystalyfera, china dealer, to (ii) John Beynon of Wern, Ystalyfera, draper: One house built on a piece of land leased to John Rees on 29 Dec. 1859 (see no. 9 above). Includes licence to assign dated 2 Jan. 1894 signed by Robert Scoley Hodgson, agent for Fleming Gough esq.D/D Z 479/39-41

Assignment of Lease for £140 dated 14 Feb. 1894: (i) Evan Jenkins of Ystalyfera, china dealer, to (ii) John Beynon of the Wern, Ystalyfera, draper: 2 houses built on part of a piece of land originally leased to John Rees on 29 Dec. 1859 (see no. 9 above), part assigned to (i) on 8 Jan. 1894 (see 38 above)D/D Z 479/42

Licence from Robert Scoley Hodgson, agent for Fleming Gough of Ynysccedwyn, esq., to Evan Jenkins to assign to John Beynon of Ystalyfera, draper, premises included in a lease dated 29 Dec. 1859. 17 Feb. 1894D/D Z 479/43

Assignment of Lease for £350 dated 25 Mar. 1897: (i) Evan Thomas of Ystalyfera, ironmonger, to (ii) John Beynon of the Old London House, Ystalyfera, draper: House and land, originally leased to Rees Evans on 11 May 1854 (see no. 2 above). Includes licence to assign dated 18 Dec. 1897D/D Z 479/44-45

Assignment of Lease dated 13 June 1906: (i) John Beynon of Ystalyfera, gent., to (ii) Maria Beynon, wife of (i), and Annie Gwendoline Lydia Beynon their daughter: Piece of land (26½p) and 2 houses on the north side of the road from Swansea to Brecon in the parish of Llangiwg, originally leased to Ezekiel Evans on 26 Apr. 1870 (see no. 16 above)D/D Z 479/46

Draft Assignment of Lease for £140 dated 6 Apr. 1910: (i) Hannah Davies of Glanyravon, Gwaun-cae-gurwen, widow, with (ii) Morgan Davies of the same place, coal miner, to (iii) Morgan Harries of the same place, coal miner: Part (25p) of a piece of land (50p) once forming part of Caeisaf Farm, leased by John Beynon to William Morgan Davies on 30 Mar. 1892. Includes planD/D Z 479/47

Probate of the Will of John Beynon of Tynywern, Ystalyfera, who died 28 July 1912, appointing his wife Maria and his friends David Thomas of Swansea late of Ystalyfera, gent., Edward John of Old London House, Ystalyfera, draper, and his sons John Richard Raymond Beynon and Leslie Ewart Beynon as his executors and trustees. made 29 Aug. 1908, proved 31 Oct. 1912D/D Z 479/48-50

Deed of indemnity permitting Maria Beynon to have sole management of the estate of her late husband John Beynon and to receive the rents. 1912D/D Z 479/51

Letter from Morgan Harries to Morgan Davies, executor of the will of William Morgan Davies, as to the assignment of lease dated 6 Apr. 1910 (see no. 47 above). 27 Jan. 1915D/D Z 479/52

Bundle of papers relating to the assignment of two houses at Cae-isaf, Gwaun-cae-gurwen in the parish of Llangiwg, 1915 including the following: Draft surrender and release dated 10 Mar. 1915, David Morgan Davies to Mrs Maria Beynon, of part of the lands mentioned in a lease of 12 Feb. 1878, John Jones to Morgan Davies; Draft Assignment of Lease for £130 dated 11 Mar. 1915, Morgan Davies to Oswald Davies, one of the houses mentioned in a lease dated 30 Mar. 1892 (see no. 47 above); Draft Assignment for £130 dated 12 Mar. 1915, Morgan Davies to William Davies, one of the houses mentioned in a lease dated 30 Mar. 1892 (see no. 47 above). 1915D/D Z 479/53

Conveyance and duplicate conveyances dated 5 Feb. 1920: (i) Maria Beynon of Tynywern, Ystalyfera, widow, Jenkin David Thomas of Mumbles, gent., John Richard Raymond Beynon of Tynywern, Ystalyfera, accountant and Leslie Eward Beynon of Tynywern, Ystalyfera, accountant (trustees), to (ii) Maria Beynon, John Richard Raymond Beynon, Leslie Ewart Beynon and Annie Gwendoline Lydia Lewis of Delfryn, Tirbach Road, Ystalyfera, wife of Howell Lewis: The estate of John Beynon, deceased. Includes schedule of the freehold and leasehold properties formerly owned by John Beynon, with details of tenants, leases and annual rentsD/D Z 479/54-56

Conveyance and duplicate conveyances for £2000 dated 6 Feb. 1924: (i) John Richard Raymond Beynon of Tynywern, Ystalyfera, accountant, to (ii) Maria Beynon of Tynywern, Ystalyfera, widow, Leslie Ewart Beynon of Tynywern, Ystalyfera, accountant, and Annie Gwendoline Lydia Lewis of Delfryn, Tirbach Road, Ystalyfera, wife of Howell Lewis: Fourth share of (i) in the estate of John Beynon. Includes schedule of the estates of John Beynon, as in no. 54 aboveD/D Z 479/57-59

Copy Release (and duplicate) dated 7 Feb. 1924: (i) Maria Beynon, widow, John Richard Raymond Beynon, accountant, Leslie Ewart Beynon, accountant, all of Tynywern, Ystalyfera, and Annie Gwendoline Lydia Lewis of Delfryn, Tirbach Road, Ystalyfera, wife of Howell Lewis, residuary legatees, to (ii) Maria Beynon, Jenkin David Thomas of Mumbles, gent., John Richard Raymond Beynon and Leslie Ewart Beynon, trustees: Release from all future actions and claims relating to the estate of John Beynon, deceasedD/D Z 479/60-61

Letters from J. R. R. Beynon to Leslie Beynon and Mr Alexander (solicitor) relating to the above documents (nos. 57-61). 1924D/D Z 479/62

Deed of appointment of trustees in place of the Public Trustee, relating to a property called Llwyncelyn, Gwauncaegurwen, dated 6 Apr. 1927: (i) Maria Beynon and Leslie Ewart Beynon to (ii) Maria Beynon, Leslie Ewart Beynon and Howell Lewis (trustees)D/D Z 479/63

Draft Vesting Deed dated 4 June 1928: (i) Howell Lewis of Delfryn, Tirbach Road, Ystalyfera, mining engineer, to (ii) Maria Beynon of Tynywern, Ystalyfera, widow and Leslie Ewart Beynon, accountant: 2 leasehold shops in Wern Road, YstalyferaD/D Z 479/64

Trust Instrument dated 4 June 1928: (i) Howell Lewis of Ystalyfera, mining engineer, to (ii) Maria Beynon of Ystalyfera, widow, and Leslie Ewart Beynon of Ystalyfera, accountant: Deed transfers premises mentioned in the vesting deed (no. 64 above) to (ii) in trust for Gwenda Beynon Lewis and Marjorie Andolyn Lewis, daughters of (i)D/D Z 479/65

Attested Copy Deed of partition dated 4 June 1928: (i) Maria Baynon (ii) Leslie Ewart Beynon (iii) Howell Lewis: The estate of John Beynon, deceasedD/D Z 479/66

Mortgage (amount not mentioned) dated 17 May 1933: (i) Mrs Maria Beynon to (ii) Lloyds Bank Ltd: Nos. 54, 56, 58, 60, 62 and 64 Cyfing Road, YstalyferaD/D Z 479/67

Conveyance and Copy Conveyance for £35 dated 25 Nov. 1933: (i) Fleming Richard Dansey Aubrey Gough of Ynyscedwyn House, esq., with (ii) John Herbert Purdon Lloyd of Cilybebyll, esq., and Hanmer Gethin Bodvel Griffith of Glancamlas, Ystradgynlais, retired Army Captain, to (iii) Leslie Ewart Beynon of Tynywern House, Ystalyfera, accountant: House on Wern Road, Ystalyfera, originally leased 11 May 1854 (see no. 1 above). Includes planD/D Z 479/68-69

Mortgage (amount not mentioned) dated 10 Aug. 1936 (i) Mrs Maria Beynon, to (ii) Lloyds Bank Ltd.: Nos. 54, 56, 58, 60, 62 and 64 Cyfing Road, YstalyferaD/D Z 479/70

List of deeds and documents held by Lloyds Bank on behalf of Leslie Beynon. 30 May 1942D/D Z 479/71

Surrender and Draft Surrender of Lease for £100 dated 30 Apr. 1947: (i) Leslie Ewart Beynon of Ystalyfera, accountant and Howell Lewis of Ystalyfera, colliery proprietor, to (ii) Leslie Ewart Beynon: Land leased by Richard Douglas Gough to John Rees on 29 Dec. 1859 (see no. 9 above)D/D Z 479/72-73