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HISTORY OF THE YALE. I

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HISTORY OF THE YALE. LLANTRITHYD VILLAGE AMD PARISH. THE ANCIENT PARISH TERRIER. I A QUAINT OLD DOCUMENT. (ARTICLE IV.) (1t-y Mr. T. M. PRICE, Late of Boverton). I Among the interesting historical records of Llantrithyd Parish is a copy of the ancient Parish Terrier, a quaint old document of much antiquarian interest, which is still preserved and dated August 28th, 1734. This antiquated document deserves special notice as a record of the state of things which the present gener- ation will scarcely believe to have been in full life and vigorous existence in the days of their fathers and grandfathers-less than a century ago. The Terrier is a schedule of glebe lands, messuages and tythes, and other rights and pri- vileges of the Rectory and Parish Church, the Parsonage, kitchen, bakehouse, brew house, stable, large tythe barn, garden and orchard. "Of glebe land, Gwain y Parson, 2\ acres; Kill- hays, 14 3 acres; the six Maunsells, 27; Y Pimp Erew Dyrnog, 5; Y Pimp Erw Dan y Velin, 5; Yr Erw Dan Y Volin, 1; Y Degar, 10, compris- ing a total of 52 acres. Also the tenth stook (or stiche) of wheat, barley, oats, peas, beans, and other grain. If less than ten stooks (or stiches) in one field, then the 10th sheaf thereof. If the barley or oats be gathered, bound and made into stooks or stiches, no tythe or due from the Ross that may chance to gather or racke after stooking. If not gathered, the Ross is tythable. No tythe of hay is payable; but the Rector has Id. per acre instead from each in-dweller on All Saints' Day, and from each out-dwellef 5d. per acre; the tenth part of all wool, the tenth lamb, and, if less than ten, one in nine, eight or seven; the Rectory paying a half-penny for each lamb short of 10 in num- ber. The Rector takes his lamb after the parish- ioner has selected four lambs and a ram lamb, should there be any such; and of the second or other draughts the parishioner selects nine out of ten, and if less than seven, he pays the Rector y* half-penny for each short—payment every Whit-Wednesday. One calf out of each season is due at All Saints' Day (November 1st), the parishioner selecting three, but if he sells all before pay- ment, the Rector takes the best bred calf or 12s. 6d., at his own option. If the parishioner has less than seven calves and sells any of them, the Rector has one penny for each sold, and a half-penny also payable at All Saints' Day, for each bred below seven in number. The Rector has 12d. for every milch cow kept by the farmers; 8d. for every "varro" cow; 6d. for every heifer at the first calving, in lieu of tythe cheese, payable at All Saints' Day. If a parishioner keeps some more profitable cattle than designed for the plough, or the pay be with intent to defraud the Rector and he there- fore refuses to take the tythe in kind, then, if an in-dweller, he pays 14d., and if an out- dweller 2nd. in the pound at All Saints' Day on such land as he grazes or keeps for pasture. The demesne lands of Sir John Aubrey have, from all time, paid a modus of £2 13s. 4d. per annum, at All Saints' Day, in lieu of all tythes due except of corn. They are the deer park or paddock, the horseland, 11 acres; the Yol- lands, 5, 11, and 8 acres (24); Cae yr Porth and two adjacent fields, 9, 11 and 4 acres (total, 24 acres); two Broombary fields, 23 acres; Waun Gay, 4 acres; Adam's Field, 10 acres; Waun I'awr y Stonellaid, 16; Seven Quarters, 4; Gwain dan y Coed, 6; Winter Close, 13; Cae y Volin, 9 acres; and two parcels of land, 11 and 191 acres; Greeman Llogdion, 16 Cae dan y Coed, 27; Arthyr Wood Coed y Pedwar Erw, [.Cae yr Arllwydd (Woodlands), comprising an area of 187i acres. Also Llantrithyd, water grist mill, the capital Manor House (Llan- trithyd Place), with orchards, gardens, and other premises attached, the limits of which are well known. No tythe wood is payable to the Rector. The Rector has one tythe pig out of every seven, 14 days old; the parishioner having the choice of four pigs. If there be less than seven in number, the Rector has sixpence for each pig instead. On Maundy Thursday two eggs are due for every cock, drake, or turkey cock, and one for every hen, duck, or turkey hen, and any person breeding yearly three young geese pays a tythe goose to the Rector. One penny is also paid on the fall of every colt horse or mare colt. Every inhabitant of the parish of 16 years of age or above pays a half-penny fee on Easter Monday as an Easter offering to the Rector; fees for churching, 6d.; marrying after banns, 2s. 6d. Any woman marrying out of the parish pays a fee of 2s. 6d. to the Rector. Tythe by measure of apples and pears and other summer fruit payable, at Michaelma's (29th September); winter fruit, payable at All Saints' Day (November 1st); all honey and wax are tythed by weight or measure. .On each sheep sold from the 2nd of Feb- ruary to the 1st day of August, if not shorn, Id. in lieu of tythe wool to the Rector." The Parish Terrier is signed by John Aubrey, Hugh Hughes (Rector), Philip David (a mark), churchwarden; and by Christopher Bassett, Ch. David, John Edmondes, William Thomas, Edward Morgan, John Griffiths, David HOAVCII (a mark), and Evan David, chief inhabitants of Llantrithyd parish. Below is added in an office handwriting: — Remember the 7th day, 1734." This Terrier or document was then exhibited into the Registry of the Consistory Court of Llandaff by Philip David, churchwarden, and John Edmondes (gentleman), two of the per- sons submitting the same, and at their request, lodged there in order to preserve a perpetual memorial of the rights, etc., belonging to the Rectory of Llantrithyd above-mentioned. The Terrier is signed and endorsed by Thomas Davies, Notary Public (Deputy Regis- trar), Llandaff. Such was the extraordinary manner and sys- tem, in detail, by which the parochial clergy received their stipend and support in the old days of antiquated methods and ideas. It seems difficult to devise a system more likely to raise petty money disputes to make the offi- ciating minister worldly and the people dishon- est. This antiquated Terrier, with all its ano- malies was happily swept away by the passing of the Tithe Commutation Act, 1835, under which the Rector received tl36 17s. 9d. annu- ally instead of tithe, including tithe of glebe land. At that period it was then found that the area of the parish was 1,391 acres, 2 roods, 13 perches, of which 1,018 acres 3 roods 3 perches were tithable in kind and subject to a modus of Id. per acre in lieu of tithe of hay. The re- mainder was subject to a fixed modus of £ 2 15s. 2jd. The owners of the land in Llantrithyd parish at this period (1734) were Sir Thomas Digby Aubrey, Bart., Llantrithyd Place or Manor House; Henry Ricketts, Robert Somers, and the Rev. Hugh Hughes, Rector of Llan- trithyd. The number of fields in the parish at that time was 261, giving an average of 5 2-5 acres each field. ANCIENT PARISH RECORDS. I Among other ancient Parish Church records I preserved by the Rector are a bundle of papers, J dating from 1706. They are chiefly bonds, in- dentures, and orders of application under the old laws, now repealed and of little interest to the modern reader of the present progressive age, excepting that they preserve the names of the officiating Justices, and in some cases the old parish officers. Thus, John Aubrey Llan- trithyd Place is recorded as a Justice of the Peace in October, 1706, to June, 1719; Edmund Thomas, in May, 1716, to July, 1719; Oliver St. John, Fonmon Castle, in August, 1717; George Howell, July 1719; William Bassett and Roger I Powell in March, 1727; Michael Richards and Lewis Price in March, 1743; Matthew Deere in May 1758 and 1785; John Bassett, of Bonvil- stone, in April, 1768, to September, 1792; Thomas Pryce in April, 1768 and 1785; Rev. Nehemiah Hopkins, clerk, 1768 and 1785; Gervas Powell, clerk, in 1773; Lewis Jenkins and Richard Aubrey in February, 1785; Rev. George Williams, clerk, 1794 and March, 1799; William Gibbon, acting in a St. Fagan's case, April, 1795, and David Samuel and John James Bassett in December, 1821. The Rev. Joseph Meirick, probably parson of St. Hilary, is mentioned in 1706 and 1717; also Edward Matthews, of Llantrithyd, in 1715; Richard Leyson, Nathaniel Taynton, Edward Savours, ifi 1738, all of Llantrithyd; Morgan John, of Welsh St. Donats, in 1739; and Thomas Edmondes, of Cowbridge, 1746, all as Attor- neys. The name of Miles Bassett, Bonvilstone, occurs as a witness in 1715; William Matthew appears to have been an Attorney specially employed by the parish. Rev. Wm. Williams, licensed curate at X50 per annum, in 1820; and John Richards, the elder, of Cardiff, is referred to in 1782. A curious and quaint entry records that in the year 1762 the parish paid three shil- lings for the destruction of fourteen hedgehogs and two polecats, the 'payment for polecats being 4d. each. PANT Y LLADROX (or) I THE ROBBEHS HOLLOW. There were many curious traditional stories to be gleaned from the older inhabitants in the Vale of Glamorgan. Pant y Lladron or the Robbers Hollow translated into English is a lovely isolated spot situated within the Parish of Llantrithyd to the east of Stalling Down, near Cowbridge. There is an old story that in the old days a gang of notorious thieves made this their favourite hunting place in order to intercept and rob people who passed that way. Wo are told that these highway robbers had trained a dog, a very large ferocious animal, to jump behind any horsemen whom the robbers wished and thought fit to stop on the highway. The dog is said to have held the person quite secure until the highway robbers arrived on the scene and captured their victims in order to rob and plunder them of any money and other pro- perty of value which they possessed. A tnan known by the name of Cap Coch was among the chief notorious highway robbers in the Vale of Glamorgan in the old days a century or more ago, and it was always said and assor- ted that certain people living in the neigh- bouring villages at that time used to give him the special tip when any especially eligible #nd profitable victims were expected to be travel- ing. AMUSING STORY OF A BUCK I DEER HUNT. During my recent sojourn at Llantrithyd I village Mr. John Morgan (loan Trithyd) re- lated to me several amusing stories of bygone days in the Vale. The following story is sufficiently curious and interesting to be told. In the old days when the Aubrey family resided at Llantrithyd Place there was a large number. of deer kept in the ex- I tensive ancient deer park, situated a short distance away from the old manor house at Llantrithyd. Among the numerous herd was an old buck deer which was an inveterate tres- passer and a continual nuisance to the farmers in the neighbourhood. The old trespasser would jump over the high park wall with per- fect ease, and no hedges, gates or fences were too high for him to leap over. The farmers were continually sending their dogs after him but he easily eluded them and quickly made tracks for the old deer park and jumped like a shot over the park wall again for safety from his pursuers. In those days there was a first-class pack of hounds kept by Mr. Simon, a retired old gentleman, residing in a mansion at Bonvils- ton village, which was just over a mile away. The hounds were generally called in Welsh (Cwn Shimion). Some of the farmers in the neighbourhood eventually agreed and decided to approach Mr. Simon and requested him to bring his famous hounds to Llantrithyd in order to capture the old trespasser. Mr. Simon, a very genial old gentleman, readily absented to their request and subsequently brought his full pack of hounds to Llantri- thyd with the sole object of capturing the buck deer either dead or alive. The fateful day eventually'arrived, and the old buck deer stood at bay in the open fields near the deer park, adjacent to the Manor House with Mr. Simon's pack of hounds facing and almost surrounding him. The old trespasser appar- ently seeing no possibility of escape into the deer park dashed away in the direction of St. Athan. Gileston and the Leys close by the Severn Sea or Bristol Channel, where he finally jumped into the sea at the Limpert Bay. Several of the valuable hounds who were close on his heels plunged in after him, with the tinfoi-tunate result of being drowne-d Together with the buck deer. Poor old Simon, the master, was terribly upset and sorely grieved and went like a child at his serious loss as they included some of his best hounds in the pack. In his fit of anger and grief he exclaimed that he would rather have lost horses and horsemen than any of his valuable hounds. The lattr part of the story is rather a.musing. It appears that several of the huntsmen, who were a considerable distance behind the deer and pack of hounds, arrived at the Leys about twenty minutes later, and on their reaching the gateway near the Limpet House they inquired of two little boys who were swinging on the gate if they had seen anything of the buck deer passing them. "No, sir," they replied, "but we saw a fine young colt with a big stick fastened to his head jump over this gate about 20 minutes ago. It appears that the old buck deer had lost one of his large high horns or antlers in the exciting chase from Llantrithyd village to the Limpet Bay, where the ill-fated creature finally met his doom in the Severn Sea. (TO BE CONTINUED).

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