SUMMARY

The totall Somme of all his Majestis Rents payable yearely within the Honor or Lordship of Kydwelly as well Cheife Rents or Rents of Assise as allsoe Commorth, Kysed, Keade and Bourows together with the ffarme Rents of Leases and ffeefarmes there as appeareth by the particulars in everye Commotte by it selfe.

Certayne Rents there are not heare aunswered nor acounted for, which for the moste parte maye be raysed, viz., uppon the fforestes Incroachments and other smalle things whereof diverse of them beinge graunted by Lease all ready maye with the assistance of the Courte be made good beinge for the moste parte of them not inioyed by those whoe have taken the leases of them they neglecte to paye the rente for the same.

The yearely Reprises for fees and waiges out of the sayd Rents the moste parte of which sayd ffees are nowe unnecessary and maye be saved in regard the Castle of Kydwelly is nowe alltogether ruinated and decayed for which sundry of those ffees were graunted att leaste they maye be abated to a smaller valwe and soe his Majestis Revenwe there soe muche the more augmented.

Rents not accounted for nor answered to his Majestie

The Presentmente of the Jury for the Commotte of Iskennen made the nynth daye of October Anno Regni Jacobi nunc Regis Anglie etc. septimo et Scotie xliii^o to certayne Artickles geven them in Chardge by Gerrard Bromley, Esquior, generall Survayor of his Majestis Dutchy of Lancaster for the South parts:

Imprimis to the firste Artickle wee saye and presente that all the tenaunts of the sayd Commote ever held and at this presente doe hould in severaltye to them and theyre severall heyres all theire severall and particular messuages, tenements and lands within the sayd Commotte of his Majestie as of the Honor of Kydwellye, parcell of his Highnes Dutchye of Lancaster in free Soccage painge of Cheife Rentes two pence for the accer called Erw Howell Alia (sic) (Hywel Dda—Hywel the Good), sometymes Prince of South Wales, which acre did and doth conteyne In it of errable land sixteene dayes Earinge or eight Englyshe acres and of other lands whatsoever fowre and twentye Kevers or twelfe Englyshe acres and are and stand thereof of such an estate seised accordingly. And as to sett downe trulye and particularly uppon our oathes the quantitye, qualitye and yearely valwe of every tenement through the whole Commotte wee are not able to performe suche service in a longe tyme, and without wee had speciall warrant to putt everye tenaunte to deliver the truth in that behalfe by oathe.

Item to the second and thirde Artickles wee have nothinge to presente.

Item to the fourth Artickle wee saye that as neare as wee coulde wee have in a scedule hereunto annexed sett downe the names of all the tenaunts and ffreehoulders within the sayd Commotte. And doe presente that all the sayd tenaunts doe severally houlde the severall and particular messuages, tenements and lands at .theire severall names particularly appearinge and all other there and either of theire severall lands within the sayd Commotte of his Majestie in forme aforesayd by ffealtye and for the Cheife rents at theire sayd names particularly layd downe in the sayd scedule payable yearely to his Majestie ad terminos usuales. Wee further presente that everye tenaunte beinge a ffreehoulder within the sayd Commote doth owe sutte and service and ought to yeld attendance att everye Leete Courte and uppon reasonable sommons att all other courtes de mense in mensem to be kepte for the sayd Commotte. And that uppon the firste bestowinge out in maradge of every daughter of any suche tenaunte in the lyfe tyme of the same tenaunte there is dwe unto his Majestie out of the tenaunts and lands whatsoever within the Lordship of Kydwely one tenn shillings in the name of Letherwitche. And that uppon the decease of everye tenaunte there is likewyse dwe unto his Majestie out of the tenaunts lands for an Heryott post mortem tenn shillings. Wee further presente that uppon every alienacion made by any tenaunte of his or her whole tenancie within the sayd Lordship and Honnor of Kydwellye, the Englyshe tenure excepted, there s likewyse due to his Majestie out of the lands lastely alyened the some of tenn shillings for a ffyne or gwaglawe.

Item to the fifte Artickle wee are altogether ignorante.

Item to the sixte Artickle wee answere that the sayd Letherwitche, Heriotts poste mortem and ffynes for Alyenacions orherwyse called Gwaglaw weare payd to Water Vaughan Esquior in his lyfe tyme and after hym for a tyme to Sir John Vaughan, Knight, and afterwards to Ffrauncis Lloyd, Esquior, and theire several officers as his Majestis ffarmors, and laste of all to Willim Morgan of Greenecastle, gent. whoe it receaveth them. But what the same amounte unto for theise twenty yeares laste paste wee knowe not but referr to the records of the Baron Courts of the sayd Commotte where the same are wonte to be dwely presented.

Item to the vii^th Artickle wee are alsoe ignorante.

Item to the viii^th ix^th and x^th Artickle wee saye that wee knowe not any fforests Chaces nor parkes belonging to his Majestie within our lymitts.

Item to the xi^th Artickle wee presente and saye that certaine parcells of land called Hendrevyd and [ ] contayninge by estimacion abouts [ ] acres lyinge within the parishe of Llandebie weare hearetofore found for incrochments made of the Common called Mynith Mawr which wee also fynde for incrochment and to be nowe in the possession of Phillip Vaughan, gent.

Item to the xii^th and xiii^th Artickle wee have nothinge to presente.

Item to the xiii^ith Artickle wee saye that there are coales founde wrought and digged in the sayd common called Mynith Mawre the use whereof the sayd tenaunts of the sayd Commotte and theare auncestors and those whose estate they severally have in and to theare sayd severall tenements by themselves and theare under tenaunts have severallye and respectively hadd for all the tyme whereof the memory of man ys not to the contrary for necessary ffyre and burninge of lyme as parte of theire freehould and appurtenaunte to their sayd severall tenements. And wee knowe noe quarreys or mynes that his Majestie hath within the sayd Commotte.

Item to the xv^th Artickle wee saye that Sir Thomas Johnes, Sir Harry Johnes and Sir John Vaughan, knights, one after an other by themselves and theire severall officers have collected and receaved the yssues and amerciaments whatsoever growinge out of the Courts of Iskennen aforesayd for theise xx^tie yeares laste paste. And that Water Vaughan Esquior and after hym Sir John Vaughan, knight, have had and receaved all the yssues, fynes and profittes yearely growing within the sayd Commotte out of every greate Sessions and generall Sessions of the peace holden for the Countye of Carmarthen within the tyme above mencioned. And that the same amounteth unto by the yeare to twentye nobles or theareabowts.

Item to the xvi^th Artickle wee saye that the sayd commotte of Iskennen ys bounded as followeth, viz., it begynneth neere a place called Chappell Dewi in the weste parte thereof and from thence is whollye bounde with the ryver of Towy in the auntient current on the north syde to a brooke called Breynant in the easte parte and is meared from the Lordship of Perveth on the easte parte by the sayd brooke called Breynant and from thence the meare runeth directely to a place called Gweyn Helgwn and soe to a brooke called Camnant and by the same to Kennen and thence to ffynant and soe to a place called Blaen Gwythwych and from thence to Speddul, a brooke runnynge into Amon, a ryver and by the same to a brooke called Garnant and soe to a place called Corse Visagh and thence it hath the lordship of Gowre whollye on the south parte and is meared from the same to a brooke called Nant y Gevile and thence the meare goeth by a place called Lletty Crydd directly to a place called Ller Castell and thence to a brooke called Cathan and by the same to the fall thereof into the ryver of Amon att the entrance of the same into the Ryver of Lochor which meareth the sayd Commotte from the parish of Llaneddye on the weste parte thereof as farr as a brooke called fferws and from fferrws the meare runeth directly to a place called Rhyd y kar and soe by a brooke called Nant Kilvagh y Mynith by the river of Comwili and by the same till it runeth all alonge a mountayne to a place called Llech y Tair ffin and thence it turneth directly westward to Gwendraeth Vawre and by the same to a place called Pont y beran and thence it turneth northward to a place called Pont Kitaych (Pont Cydrych) and soe againe from thence to Cappell Dewi untill it meeteth with Towy.

Item to all the reste of the last Artickles wee have nothinge to present but that wee have within the sayd Commote two ffaires, the one called ffair Maes Aberkennen theare kept uppon the ii^th dayc of November yearely the towle and proffitts of the same Sir John Vaughan, knighte, doth receave, And thother kepte at Llandebie on Wensdaye on Whitsound weeke yearely the towle and profitt whereof we thinke to be worth aboute twoe shillings by the yeare which Phillipe Vaughan, gent., yearely receaveth, the towle and proffitte of the ffaire of Maes Aberkennen aforesayd wee thinke to be worthe a noble every ffaire.

Item to the xviii^ten Artickle wee doe presente that Griffith John Harry of Llanvihangell Aberbythich in the said Commotte aboute the second daye of Maye laste paste did in Llanvihangell aforesayd hange hymselfe. And farther wee doe presente that one David John Thomas of Llanvihangell aforesayd hath and doth nowe at this presente occupye and enioye one messuage or tenement of lands which sometymes heretofore was the lands of the sayd Gryffith John Harry.

Item to the xix^ten Artickle wee doe presente that Jeuan Morgan John Lloyd of Llandilo Iskennen abowte sixe yeares nowe laste paste was endited of Burglary and fled awaye from the countrye and was therefore owtlawed, And that the said Jeuan Morgan John Lloyd hadd twoe tenements of lands lyinge within the parishe of Llandilo Iskennen and that one Gwalter John Dyan now houldeth one of the sayd tenements, And that the sayd Jeuan Morgan did then occupye the other tenements hymselfe the which is nowe in the tenure and occupation of Gryffith John Gryffith and Morgan Retherich.

Item to the xx^th Artickle we doe presente that Mynid Kevor hath byne a Common tyme out of mynd and David Vaughan being under steward of Kydwelly aboute ffyftye and twoe yeares nowe laste paste raised xiiis. ivd. of rente uppon his tenaunts havinge then lands adioyninge to the sayd Common called Mynid Kevorr which the sayd David Vaughan bought of the heyres of the Donnes, And that the neighbours adioyninge to the sayd Comon hadd free graysinge and depasturinge uppon the same until the sayd David Vaughan raysed the rents aforesayd, And that the sayd Common was incroched by Sir John Vaughan, knight, abowte tenn yeares laste paste, And further that the sayd Common is nowe in the tenure and occupacion of John Thomas Willim. The examynacions of Jeuan David Gytto of Llanarthney, David John Lewis de eadem, Stephen Wyllyam de eadem, Morgan David Dyo of Llantharog sworne and examyned concerning Mynith Kyvorth taken at the Close in Iskennen before Gerrard Bromeley, Esquior, Sir John Points, knight, and Phillipp Vaughan, gent. in the presence and hearinge of the moste parte of the Jurye whose names are subscrybed to this presentment the xxiii^th of Auguste, 1609, and endorsed on the backe of the sayd presentmente which sayd witnesses sayd uppon theyre oathes, viz., Jeuan David Gytto aforesayd of the age of lxxx yeares or theareabowts sayth that he knewe Mynith Kyvor to have byne a common tyme owte of mynd, But some lii yeares paste or theareabowts David Vaughan then under st[e]ward of Kydwelly raysed a rente uppon certayne of his tenaunts in Llantharoge and Llanarthney before which tyme theare was never any rente payd for the same. The Donnes havinge diverse tenements adioyninge David Vaughan boughte the Donnes Lands and then claymed that Mynith Kyvor belonginge to those tenements, And that one greate parcell of that Mountayne inclosed within the Commotte of Iskennen is nowe in the occupacion of John Thomas Wyllyam ffyrste enclosed by Sir John Vaughan, knight, within the space of ix or x years paste or theareabowts.

David John Lewis, Stephen Wyllyam and Morgan David Dyo they and everye of them sayeth that they knewe the same to be a Common And that David Vaughan raysed fyrste a rente of xiiis. iiiid. uppon his tenaunts as aforesayd some 1 yeares paste or theare abowts And that the foresayd parcell hath byne inclosed by Sir John Vaughan, Kt., some ix or x yeares paste or theareabowts And that the sayd John Thomas Wyllyam doeth occupye the same.

Ger. Bromley,

Supervisor

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