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Report of the Charities Commission

in England and Wales (1896)

David Jones's Charity

The above-mentioned vestry book states, that David Jones, of Llwyn-gwyn, esq., gave the interest yearly to the poor of this parish for ever, and that he died at Allt-y-cadno, and was buried at Llangyndeym, 19th December 1715.

This is a rent-charge of 1l-. issuing out of a farm called Llwyn-gwyn, in the parish of Llanegwad, belonging to L. W. Dilwyn, esq.

The application will be found in our Report of Archdeacon Jones's charity.

Herbert's Charity

It appears from an entry in the above-mentioned vestry book, that John Herbert, of Court Hendry, esq., gave the rent of a cot situated by a common in the parish of Mynydd Bach Llechendon, to the poor of this parish.

This cot is now let to John William John David as yearly tenant at a rent of 15s.

The application of this rent will be found in our account of Archdeacon Jones`s charity.

Charities of Thomas and Jenkin

David Rees Thomas, of Pantyrewig, by his Will, bearing date 24th January 1684, gave to the poor of Llanegwad one teal of barley, and charged the lands wherein he then dwelt, called Pantyrewig, with the payment of the same every year, at Christmas, for ever.

William David Jenkin gave three teals of barley yearly to the poor of Llanegwad, charged on Tir-ffelingwm.

Four teals of barley are yearly furnished by Miss Jones, the owner of a large farm called Pantyrewig, in the parish of Llanegwad, in respect of these charities (Tir-ffelingwm being part of Pantyrewig.) The barley is given at Christmas, and distributed then by the vicar and parish officers, together with the three teals of barley derived from Rice`s and William Lewis John's charities, amongst all the poor parishioners of the parish, in shares varying, according to their necessities, from half a dish to a dish and a half: a dish contains about one-third of a Winchester bushel.

Rice's Charity

John's Charity

William Lewis John, by his Will, bearing date 17th February 1689 gave to the poor of the parish of Llanegwad, yearly for ever, one teal of barley, by the measure then used in the town of Carmarthen, containing four Winchester bushels, to he distributed amongst them at Christmas, yearly, by the churchwardens and overseers and Minister of the said parish, and charged his messuage, tenement and lands called Velda Issa and Gilfachgradog, situate in Llanegwad aforesaid, and the owners and proprietors of the same lands, with the payment thereof yearly for ever.

George Jones's Charity

This Charity, owing partly to the many changes in the ownership of Tir-y-Wern George fawr lands, and partly also to the failure of the vicar and the parish officers to place themselves in a position to enforce by legal proceedings the payment or the rent charge, Charity. has become lost. It was regularly paid up to Michaelmas 1849, by the tenant of the Wern Fawr farm, who also was the holder of a farm called Llwch-gwyn, both being part of the Aber-cothi estate. In that year the estate was sold by the trustees of Mr. George Morgan, the Wern Fawr lands becoming the property of the Revd. Frederick Morgan Payler, of Willey, near Lutterworth, and the Llwych-gwyn lands becoming the property of Mr. David Williams, a solicitor, residing in London. The rent charge has not been paid since. The attention of the Charity Commissioners was first drawn to the matter in the year 1856. In reply to an application made by them to the Rev. Frederick Morgan Payler for payment of the rent charge, together with the arrears, be stated that an arrangement was made at the sale of the Aber-cothi estate for the transfer of tbe rentcharge from the Wern Fawr lands to those of Llwch-gwyn, and an agreement was entered into whereby the purchaser of the Llwch-gwyn lands undertook to pay in future the rent charge, an allowance of 216l. being made to him in his purchase money as an equivalent for the same. Mr. David Wil1iams, the purchaser of the Llwch-gwyn lands, however, repudiated his liability for the rent charge.

The one teal of barley charged on the Pant-yr-ewig lands is duly delivered each year by the tenant to the parochial trustees. According to the Tithe map, Pant-yr-ewig is a farm containing 131a. 2r. 1p.

William Lewis John's Charity

The one teal of barley charged on Velda Isa (now called Troed-rhiw-felda) is duly delivered every year to the trustees of the Parochial Charities by the tenant, Pant-yr-ewig farm, Velda Isa being a part of the said farm.

Notes

1. John`s Charity mentions a Miss Jones as supplying barley [presumably from Velda Issa.]

2. It would seem that a David Rees Thomas was at Pantyrewig around 1684.

It will be seen from the foregoing accounts of the various Parochial Charities of this parish that the total sum of money for distribution by the parochial trustees is £65 9s. 6d. These trustees are: the vicar of the parish, and Messrs. Henry Davies, John Rees, Thomas Davies, Richard Griffith, William Evans, and John Harris, these last being the six persons chosen by the parish council under the authority of the Local Government Act of 1894 in place of the churchwardens and overseers. The above-mentioned sum of £65 9s. 6d. is made up as follows:

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