Mariage settlement

SETTLEMENT [large document] on the marriage of James Williams, esq., with Lady Mary Fortescue of lands in the Counties of Devon and Carmarthen and Declaration of Uses of two Recoveries to be suffered on the same property.

Settlement includes a schedule listing the names of the parishes and tenements, and the names of tenants. The parishes listed are as follows:

• Llansawel Parish

• Talley Parish

• Llandeilo Fawr and Talley parishes

• Gilgcwin parish (Cil y Cwm?)

• Pencarreg parish

• Llandeilo Fawr and Talley parishes

• Llanfihangel fach cilfargen

• Llangathen Parish

• Llansadwrn Parish

Also includes:

• Messuage lands and tenements in the copyhold Lordship of Talley

• Quit rents in the parish of Llanegwad

Seals affixed.

Dated: 1823 Jan. 31.

Added on the reverse skins in 1846, the following:

APPOINTMENT of the Hon. and Revd. John Fortescue to be a new Trustee in the place of Lewis William Burke, esq., retired, of the within written settlement.

Dated 1st January 1846.

1. Mr Henry Harslate.

2. The Hon. Geo. Matthew Fortescue and the Hon. and Revd. John Fortescue, clerk.

ASSIGNMENT of a certain Manor, Recoveries, Messuages, Gardens, farmlands, advowsons tithes and hereditments situate in the Counties of Devon and Carmarthen for the residue of a term of 1000 years.

Dated 1st January 1846.

DEED OF APPORTIONMENT by Sir James Williams Bart.

Added: “(see notice within at the foot of this appointment)

See Indenture dated 3rd June 1823 endorsed on the back of the 2nd skin and notices endorsed on the back of the 25th skin.”

Dated 3rd January 1846.

Lady Mary Fortescue Filleigh, was the daughter of Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fotestcue and Hester Grenville. She married Sir James Hamlyn Williams of Edwinsford, Carms., and Clovelly, Devon in 1823.

Ar Agor / Open

Dim cyfyngiadau / No Restrictions

Adnau preifat / Private deposit

Mae copiau clawr caled o`r catalogau ar gael yn Archifau Sir Gaerfyrddin ac yn y Gofrestr Cenedlaethol Archifau. Polisi Archifau Sir Gaerfyrddin yw catalogio yn iaith y ddogfen / Hard copies of the catalogue are available at Carmarthenshire Archives and the National Register of Archives. It is the policy of Carmarthenshire Archives to catalogue in the language of the document.

Cyflwr da / Good condition

Compiled by David H. Jones for Archifau Sir Gaerfyrddin / Carmarthenshire Archives using the following source: Carmarthenshire Archives Service Catalogue, CDX1143.

Mae'r holl gofnodiadau sy'n cydymffurfio â pholisi casglu Archifau Sir Gaerfyrddin wedi eu cadw / All records which meet the collection policy of the Carmarthenshire Archives have been retained

Ni ddisgwylir croniadau / Accruals are not expected

See also: PJ1/12 = Glynmills210