Richard Swancott senior

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: unknown.

Place of Death: unknown.

Relationships

Father: unknown.

Mother: unknown.

A Philip Swancott and a Richard Swancott are recorded in the 1574 Muster Roll in the Hundred of Llanidloes. They are both pickmen.

Spouse: unknown.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Philip Swancott (died 1672) married Bridget Norris.

Richard Swancott of Trefeglwys (died 1673) married Elizabeth Tilsley.

John Swancott of Trefeglwys (died between 1647 and 1654) married Alice

Joan Swancott married someone surnamed Bursley.

A daughter married Richard Wilson of Bulch y Llyn, Trefeglwys.

A daughter married someone surnamed Sharle and had a daughter Margaret Sharle.

A daughter married someone surnamed Smyth and had a daughter Dorothy Smyth.

Evidence

Fines:

Anno XIX. Jac. I [1621-1622]

plaintiff: Richard Swancott, senr.

deforciants: Thomas ap Mere’dd and Katherine his wife.

property: 10 acres of land, 5 of meadow, 10 of pasture, 2 of wood, – of heath and gorse, lying in Manleth.

Anno XXII. Jac. I [1624-1625]

plaintiff: Richard Swancott.

deforciants: Mathew Price, Esq., Katherine his wife, David Blayney, gent., Lourie his wife, Lewis Myles, Gwenne his wife, David ap John David ap Owen, Katherine his wife, Edward ap David ap John, son and heir apparent of David ap John, John ap David ap John, another son, Hugh Willson, Margaret his wife, John Davies and Margaret his wife

property: 3 messuages, 4 barns, 4 gardens, 60 acres of land, 40 of meadow, 50 of pasture, 20 of heath and gorse, lying in Manleth, al’s Manledd.

Anno II.Car. I [1626-1627]

plaintiff: Richard Swancott

deforciants: John Evans, Margaret his wife, Morgan Howell and Gwenllian his wife.

property: 2 messuages, 40 acres of land, 15 of meadow, 20 of pasture, 4 of wood, 4 of heath and gorse, lying in Manleth, Brithdir, Hirneth and Dolgwden.

References

Montgomeryshire Records from Collections Historical and Archaeological relating to Montgomeryshire and its Borders. (Welshpool, 1911).

“Muster of Montgomeryshire Men, Horses, Etc. Made in 1574”, transcribed in Montgomeryshire Collections volume 22 (1888) pp. 119-135.

Will of Elnor Tilsley of Trefeglwys, 1663.

Will of John Barnet of Trefeglwys, proved 1572 in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.

Will of John Swancott, yeoman of Trefeglwys. Proved 1654 in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.

Will of John Tilsley of Trefeglwys, proved 1640.

Will of Philippe Swancott, gentleman of Pen y Castle, Llanidloes. 1672. Digital copy at the National Library of Wales website: http://hdl.handle.net/10107/269061

Will of Richard Swancott the elder of Trefeglwys gent. 1672/3.