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Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Clytha House Estate (Wales)
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Dates of existence
History
Thomas Berkeley of Spetchley, Worcestershire, married Mary, only daughter and heiress of the Davies family of Clytha, Monouthshire. Their second son, John Berkeley, inherited Clytha and was succeeded by his son Robert, who on succeeding to Spetchley, sold Clytha to his father-in-law, Richard Lee of Great Delce in Kent. He, in turn, sold Clytha to his brother-in-law, William Jones, third son of John Jones of Llanarth,Monmouthshire, who died in 1805 and left the estate to his great-nephew, William Jones, afterwards William Herbert. He was succeeded by his son, Reginald Herbert,
According to the 1873 return of owners of land, William Herbert, of Clytha House owned an estimated 4,543 acres, all in Monmouthshire, with a rental of £10,624.