| EV ID | EV-0283 |
|---|---|
| Title | Court Leet and Court Baron of the Marquess of Bute for the manors of Leckwith, Llandough, Cogan, Cosmeston and Walterstone, held at the Merry Harrier Hotel, Llandough: press reports of 6 Oct 1904, Oct 1910, Oct 1913, Oct 1915 and Oct 1917 (jury lists, officers, and “no presentments”) |
| Date of document | October 1904, 1910, 1913, 1915 and 1917 |
| Type | newspaper reports (set) |
| Evidence label | PRESS, CONTEMPORARY (read in full, public online copies) |
| Repository / reference | Barry Dock News 14 Oct 1904 p.8 · Barry Dock News 14 Oct 1910 p.2 · Barry Dock News 10 Oct 1913 p.2 · Glamorgan Gazette 15 Oct 1915 p.6 · Barry Dock News 19 Oct 1917 p.6 |
| Status | READ (public online copies, read 21 Oct 2026) |
| Provenance | Welsh Newspapers Online searches, 1900–1919; read in full in the decade sweep, 21 Oct 2026. |
| Related evidence | EV-0243 (Court Leet 1908: the late John Williams, Great House) · EV-0278 (NLW manor presentments 1793–1934) · EV-0238 (Jenkin Morgan Williams, Llandough Farm, 1914) |
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Quotation (verbatim): 1910: “the grand jury was empanelled, Mr. John Griffiths being chosen foreman, the members of the jury being Messrs. F. Davies, A. W. Matthews, John Thomas (Llandough), John Williams, Timothy Driscoll, E. G. Morgan, Samuel Coles, Thomas Hopkins, W. Ll. Rees, John Thomas (Leckwith), and John Court … There were no presentments to make of the deaths of freeholders, or encroachments, or of other matters pertaining to manorial rights”. 1913: “Mr. Jenkin M. Williams, for Llandough” (constable). 1917: “Constables … Mr. Jenkin Williams, Llandough”. Library OCR, obvious OCR slips corrected.
Fits with: The manor court of Bute’s lordship met yearly at Llandough to 1917 and recorded deaths of freeholders and encroachments. A “John Williams” sits on the 1910 jury, two years after the court’s vote of sympathy for the family of the late John Williams of Great House (EV-0243): most likely the son, John Williams junior (EV-0279), then holding Great House. The court’s own records (EV-0278, presentments to 1934) are where any entry about Great House land would sit.
Cuts against: The 1910 report gives the juror’s name only, with no farm or parish. “Jenkin M. Williams” is the same name as the unexplained Llandough Farm entry (EV-0238); no link to Great House is shown.
Notes: The 1904 report lists officers only; no Williams is named.
Catalogued by Cedwyn editors, 21 Oct 2026, in the decade-by-decade gap sweep (free online sources only).
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