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- 1791 (Creation)
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1 bundle (34 items in original wrapper)
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Papers from a case brought in the Court of King’s Bench heard at Hereford Assizes, by Thomas Clayton, plaintiff, lessee of Margaret Pryse and the trustees of Lewis Pryse her late husband, against the previous tenant, John Smith of London, in a plea of trespass and ejectment in order to recover the lead and copper mines at Cwmsymlog or Blaen Cwmsymlog in the parish of Llanbadarn Fawr, 1791. The file includes the pleas; writs summoning witnesses to testify; draft declarations in ejectment; briefs for the plaintiff, reciting the demise by Margaret Pryse to John Smith in 1787; bills of costs; affidavits; court orders; and letters to John Jones of Machynlleth, attorney for Margaret Pryse, from John Marshall of Grays Inn; and Edward Loveden Loveden at Woodstock.
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Endorsements include: ’No. 1, Gogerddan Papers 1829’ and that the action was brought ‘to recover the possession of the Cwmsymlog mines from John Smith, lessee, who had forfeited his term of years therein, also a Counterpart of the Lease so forfeited by him’; and notes on individual documents concerning the trial of this cause. ‘Marshall for Jones 26 March 1791 on a writ of 12 February 1791
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The counterpart lease noted on the wrapper was not found inside the bundle. See mining leases for Cwmsymlog, ref. GFA9/7
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Previous ref: Gogerddan (BRA Deposit C1983/12) 2093/Box 3.