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Alt Ref No	PENRH/299
Title	Solemn record of an entry made by Sir Rees Griffith of Penrhyn upon the close or pasture of Cefn Cormor at Llanfairisgaer "as in the right of all the manors and messuages landes and Tenements which at any tyme heretofore were the landes of Sir William Griffith" [third Chamberlain, R.G.'s father], and for the barring and disannulling of a recovery upon the premises suffered and acknowledged by Sir Nicholas Bagnall [of Plas Newydd]and his wife Ellen.
Date	25 July 1569
Extent	1 item
AdminHistory	The transaction must have arisen from the provisions of the will of R.G.'s elder brother Edward, who divided most of his lands between his three daughters of whom the aforesaid Ellen was one (for his will, see Arch. Camb., 1800, pp.81-82). The Great Sessions were held at Caernarvon at that time, and a large company rode from Penrhyn to that town;; the witnesses in the doct. are divided between those who witnessed the entry and heard R.G.'s solemn declaration, and those who witnessed the entry only. One difficulty with the list of witnesses is that no less than three sons of R.G. are mentioned who are nowhere vouched for in the Pedigrees. One witness is down as William Lewis "alias Will lewys Sclatters" [i.e., held Felyn Sclattes by Llandegai].

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