EV-0014 — Bute yearly agricultural tenancy to John Williams, with plan

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EV IDEV-0014
TitleBute yearly agricultural tenancy to John Williams, with plan
Date of documentFebruary 1916
Typelease/tenancy
Evidence labelPRIMARY DOCUMENT — NOT PUBLISHED HERE
Repository / referenceHolder: not located; Bute estate records
StatusPENDING — Original not yet obtained; Holder not located. Page points to Bute estate records. Known only as recited in 1987 judgment. No method or cost stated.
ProvenanceNo copy held on wiki. Known only as recited in 1987 judgment. Page lists Buckler family evidence repository (bucklerfamily.estate) as custodian/source link.
Wiki catalogue pageGHF-E118
Claims that rely on this1983 First Registration: Parcel A Title Basis and Alleged HMLR Mistake, Bute Estate — Forensic Assessment, Claim: Parcel A and Parcel B had distinct histories; the 1987 amalgamation requi, Great House Farm: Case Overview and Key Records

Quotation: “the whole of the farm”

Proves: Not held, so nothing yet. Reported: as recited in the 1987 judgment, in February 1916 the Marquis of Bute granted John Williams a yearly agricultural tenancy of “the whole of the farm.”

Does not prove: Does not establish whether a plan exists or what it shows, or what “whole of the farm” meant in 1916.

Interpretation: working hypotheses

Working hypotheses, kept apart from the record above. The record text on this page is unchanged. None of these is a finding: each line is labelled as inference, theory, a reading that cuts against the case, or a discarded theory, and names the evidence it rests on and what would confirm or refute it, so the reader can test it. Updated 25 Oct 2026 (v2: ingredients wording).

Title chain and registration

THEORY · R-01Ground R5: the court's starting point — a Feb 1916 tenancy of "the whole of the farm" and BP's "paper title to the farm" — would fail for the farmhouse if the 1938 Bute → Western Ground Rents conveyance did not include it. The 1905 Bute conveyance and the 1924 drain agreement show Bute dealing with land here, so either the house came back to the main estate by a deed not yet seen, or the 1916 recital is loose.

Rests on: EV-0013 · EV-0014 (this page) · EV-0015 · EV-0019 · EV-0022 · EV-0023 · EV-0216 · EV-0045 · ground R5

Would be confirmed by: The 1938 conveyance plan showing the house parcel excluded.

Would be refuted by: The 1938 plan including it. Cuts against: paper title was not in issue in 1987 (E26), and the NLW 33-acre limeworks bundle (1876–1912) fits a letting that ended in 1912 rather than a sale (E43).

Status: Open (ground R5, scores a1 b3 c2 d1)

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