From the journals: Paterson's "Manors of Sully, Cosmeston, Penarth and Cogan" (Cogan = our Llandough)

Skill type: content mining -> short cited posts ("From the journals" series). Harvested 30 Oct 2026. Source read page by page (PDF scan, 14 pp + NLW cover): D. R. Paterson, M.D., F.S.A., "The Manors of Sully, Cosmeston, Penarth and Cogan", Transactions of the Cardiff Naturalists' Society vol. LXVII pp. 17-30 (vol. LXVII = 1934: NLW issue label, IIIF manifest 1378036, checked by the BIZDEV run 30 Oct 18:3xZ). PDF: datasyllwr.llgc.org.uk (via tools/nlw_journal_articles.py 1373290).

Two-Llandoughs check: PASSED

This article's "Llandough"/"Landoch" is Llandough near Penarth: Cogan chapel is "a chapel of Llandough" (its mother church), Coganesmor marsh and Cogan Pill lie on the Ely side, and the 1545 Herbert rental puts Cogan manor lands "in the parish of Llandough". Safe to cite for our parish.

Fact sheet (printed page numbers; Paterson's sources in brackets)

• p.17: method — Liber Niger 1166, the 1262 Extent of Glamorgan, inquisitions post mortem, and Clark's Cartae et Munimenta de Glamorgan are the backbone. (Good "how historians know" post.)
• p.27: Penarth charters name Cogan as a neighbouring fee (Cartae p.984-985); a third charter: land in Penard conveyed by "Christina widow of Maurice of Landoch" (Cartae p.727).
• p.27: "ville de Gymyn" 1429 (Cartae p.1540); a 1731 will names "the Kemmin ... and the great barne"; "A house, The Kymin, is still on the site" (as of the article).
• p.27-28: Cogan named from Old Danish "kog", "ditched land" (Paterson's etymology; Pierce 1968 may differ, not checked). Cog Farm holds such land. Do not confuse with Cogan in Wentllwch (Mon.).
• p.28: Liber Niger 1166: Miles de Cogan held 2 knights' fees; went to Ireland with FitzStephen, granted the kingdom of Cork 1177, slain 1182.
• p.28: Annals of Tewkesbury 1238: dispute over Cogan chapel; it "remained in its first condition, as it is, a chapel of Llandough". 1184-5: R. de Sumeri presented to the chapel of Cogan, "Llandough being referred to as the mother church".
• p.29: Walter de Cogan witnessed a land transfer "in the fees of Llandough and in Cogan"; IPM of Joan de Clare 1307: John de Cogan held a messuage and two ploughlands at Cogan, 13s 4d.
• p.29: Maurice Ysaac of Landoch confirmed to Margam "all his marsh called Coganesmor" (place-names Brodeslyme, Sammeliswere, Penmardismore, Niwere); 8s a year, still paid from the Grange per a Minister's Account of 1492.
• p.29-30: 1487 Sir James Tyrell held Cogan Pill; Sir Mathew Cradoc (d.1535) to grandson Sir George Herbert, granted Cogan manor by Henry VIII in 1544. 1545 rental: Cogan manor very probably included lands in Llandough parish; "Cogan Pill is mentioned in both ... Llandough and Cogan".
• p.30: 1610 Herbert rental: dairy at Cornerswell, 32 cows at 6s 8d = GBP 10.3.4; Cogan valued GBP 53.8.6; manor with its mansion of Cogan Pill stayed with the Herberts to the mid-18th century, then sold in 1793 (to the Bute estate; leave the buyer out of public cards if in doubt).

How to run the "From the journals" series (works for any NLW article)

1. Pick one fact with a printed page number. One card = one fact + one citation line ("Paterson, Trans. Cardiff Nat. Soc. LXVII, p.28"). No outbound links (house rule); the citation is the link.
2. Write 40-70 words, neutral third person, past tense, the record's own words in quotes. Banned public words apply (write "not checked" where needed). No family holdings, no insignia.
3. End with a soft Cedwyn door: "More on the parish in the records: cedwyn.bucklerfamily.estate" (internal only), and, on the shop card, /ebooks/.
4. Keep a ledger row per fact used (source, page, card date) so nothing repeats.
5. Weekly rhythm: one card on Thursday beside #FolkloreThursday is folklore only; history cards go Tuesday. One article yields 8-10 cards = two months of Tuesdays.

How we apply it to Cedwyn

• Ready cards (drafts, a person posts): (a) "1238: Cogan's chapel stays a chapel of Llandough" (p.28); (b) "Coganesmor: the marsh given to Margam, 8s a year still paid in 1492" (p.29); (c) "1610: 32 cows at Cornerswell" (p.30); (d) "Miles de Cogan, 1166, and the road to Cork" (p.28); (e) "How historians know: four record series behind a parish's medieval story" (p.17).
• Add a citation-only "Further reading" line to the Llandough/Cogan research pages and the wiki (Paterson, CNS LXVII pp.17-30). Llandough Farm is not Great House Farm: never attach these facts to the farm unless a record names it.
• Hand to the intel/gap lanes: Cartae pp.727, 984-985, 1540 (Clark) and the 1545 / 1610 Herbert rentals as primary records to look for; Cornerswell dairy as a neighbour-land lead.
• The BIZDEV run (task a00df7e0) was OCRing the same PDF at 18:15Z; reuse this sheet, don't redo it.

Sources

• Paterson, CNS Trans. LXVII pp.17-30, read 30 Oct 2026 from the NLW IIIF PDF above (scan; NLW licence note: quote and cite, don't re-host the scan).
• NLW journal collection manifest: iiif.llyfrgell.cymru

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