| Disgrifiad | Also, lease of minerals from P. W. Yorke to G. Strong "in upon or under" six defined parcels of land lying in the parish of St. Asaph; but in the county of Denbigh, and under all lands of Yorke's in the township of Cefn Meiriadog; three years; terms - £1.10.0. for every ton of lead ore produced, 15/- for each ton of caulk and celamine, and one seventh part of any other mineral produced, "the same respectively being well cleansed washed dressed and made merchantable". |
| AdminHistory | P. W. Yorke was son to Philip Yorke of Erddig, author of the Royal Tribes of Wales. What profit the vicar-choral derived from his trafficking in mines is not known - later he appears as vicar of Llangernyw and afterwards of Llansannan. The witness to his signature of the lease was " W. D. Shipley", the liberal-minded Dean of St. Asaph (who, for all that, had considerable interest in the sugar slave plantations of Nevis and St. Kitts in the West Indies). |