| Description | by William Herbert of St. Julian's, co. Mon., to Lewis Griffith ap Llywelyn ap Rees, upon Tyddyn y Cypple in Tindaethwy [township not given]; 21 years at a yearly rent of 30/-; four capons yearly at stated times, or sixpence apiece; consideration, £15. Of these, £5 was paid before the ensealing, the other £10 was paid on 15 Aug., 1577, and was kept in the custody of Lewis ap Owen ap Meyrick (this was in turn attested by Rowland Meredith of Bodowyr and Randulph Smythe, Herbert's agent for his interests in North Wales - why did Smythe not take charge of the money himself?]. It is well to remember that this Williem Herbert, whose daughter married the first Lord Herbert of Chirbury, had himself married one of the co-heiresses of Edward Griffith of Penrhyn |