| Description | between Sir Henry Bagnall and William Herbert of St. Julians, co. Mon. [Sir Henry's father Nicholas and W.H. had married two sisters, co-heiresses of Edward Griffith of Penrhyn] on the one part, and Rowland Meredith of Bodowyr on the other; lease in fee-farm to R.M. for “a site or place for a salt water greining [grinding] mylne”, also site of place for a weir "fishiarde” at Traeth Tysilio, and also one acre of land adjoining in order to secure "stankes stopping of waters singrige and stones" necessary for building the mill, weir, or "fishiarde” - all in the "towne" of Porthaethwy. One of the "attorneys" for the seisin was Owen Meredith of Pencraig, R.M.'s brother; another brother, Rhys ap Maredudd ap Rhys, witnesses the livery. Annexed are two documents - an indenture of demise (23 Jan., 1601-2), and a bond of obligation in £120 signed the day before, - by which Jasper Price, vicar of Llanidan, who had inherited the interests of his uncle Rowland Meredith in the mill, weir, or "fishiarde", grants them to Sir Richard Bulkeley and also 17 pieces of loose timber appertaining to the said mill together with a slated house built on part of the one acre of land aforementioned |