1938–39: Sale to WGR and the Revised Tenancy
In 1938 the Bute Estate conveyed its… … read more
In 1938 the Bute Estate conveyed its reversion on the 1916 tenancy to Western Ground Rents Ltd (WGR). In May 1939 WGR granted John Williams a revised tenancy. The 1939 agreement and plan are already obtained and analysed: the plan depicts Parcel B, the eastern agricultural fields, only. The family’s established title case is that the 1877 arrangement took effect in 1928 and the full Parcel A passed to the Williams family; the 1939 plan is closed evidence of the distinct agricultural tenancy, not an open retrieval question.
What came before: 1877 sale of the house… … read more
What came before: 1877 sale of the house parcel · 1916 tenancy · 1928 last rent / Parcel A freehold | What happened next: 1944 WAEC; 1949 surrender · 1949 Frederick’s unwritten tenancy · 1955 order
Evidence, in date order
1938: Conveyance to WGR
The 1938 Bute–WGR conveyance is recorded as family-held but has not yet been scanned or embedded on this Wiki page. This is a website publication gap, not a claim that the document itself is missing. See GHF-E121.
INFERENCE / PROVISIONAL RECONSTRUCTION — NOT A TRANSCRIPTION OF THE 1938 DEED
The working hypothesis is that the 1938 conveyance transferred to WGR the reversion associated with the earlier agricultural tenancy, while the 1939 plan shows the fields east of the farmhouse rather than Parcel A. If the operative schedule and plan confirm that limited description, it would help explain why the later agricultural-tenancy record does not itself establish that WGR acquired the house plot. The deed’s actual words, schedule, reservations and plan must be checked before treating this inference as confirmed. Compare the 1916 tenancy and plan and GHF-E121.
Evidence description: the conveyance of Bute’s reversion to WGR in 1938.
Parcel BOn the family’s title case, the 1877 arrangement placed the full house/quarrying estate on the Thomas/Williams side and took effect in 1928. The family’s interpretation of the 1938 reversion conveyance is that WGR received the remaining eastern agricultural fields, Parcel B; its operative wording and plan must be read with the already-established 1877/1928 chronology (Parcel B).
Separate sale-particulars lead (R52): the 11 June 2026 Glamorgan Archives email summary reports DSA/6/1158, Stephenson & Alexander particulars dated 15 November 1938 for “Great House Farm, Llandough”, reportedly naming D.J. Jenkins as owner and a £5,500 sale to L.D. Thomas. The location of that property has not been established from the underlying particulars and plan. Do not merge this reported Jenkins–Thomas sale with the Bute-to-WGR reversionary conveyance recorded in this section. Resolve parish, plan, acreage and parties first; see GHF-E106-R52 and SC-47.
May 1939: Revised tenancy
The 1939 agreement and plan are recorded as already obtained and analysed. This is the plan image (WordPress Media Library item 88), shown here at full resolution. A separate scan of the written terms is not attached to this card; that is a Wiki filing/link gap, not proof that the agreement is missing. See the DBDT123/7 evidence page.Open full-size image →INFERENCE / PROVISIONAL RECONSTRUCTION — NOT A TRANSCRIPTION OF THE AGREEMENT
The recorded examination of this map identifies the holding as the eastern agricultural fields (working label Parcel B), not the farmhouse plot (Parcel A). Compared with the 1938 Bute–WGR conveyance, this supports testing the proposition that the revised 1939 tenancy dealt with the fields rather than the house parcel. It does not prove Parcel A root title or disclose any unseen covenant, rent, term or other contractual wording. See the Parcel A / Parcel B analysis.
Evidence description: in May 1939 WGR granted John Williams a revised tenancy. This is the last written tenancy on record.
Parcel BThe fields east of the house parcel (Parcel B).
The 1939 tenancy plan
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Evidence description: the plan attached to the 1939 tenancy. It shows the land let as Parcel B, the parcel east of the house. The plan is already obtained and its Parcel-B-only finding is closed.
Parcel BThe fields to the east, drawn on their own. Compare the plan of the Williams parcel (Parcel A).
c.1940: Alternative limitation case — 12 years from 1928
Evidence: Mary Williams, statement, c. 1974 (catalogued here as GHF-E021-04; family archive; full card on the 1974 action)
Evidence description: Mary’s statement records the last rent to Alfred Thomas in 1928 and says she did not pay rent to, or acknowledge the title of, another landlord thereafter.
Full Parcel ARent-free occupation after the 1928 end of rent/quarrying, on the family’s account.
Why it matters later: the family’s case is… … read more
Why it matters later: the family’s case is that Frederick’s unwritten 1949 agricultural tenancy continued Parcel B only and was also used in the first failed attempt to make Mary’s Parcel-A occupation appear permissive. In 1955, “whole farm” wording then blurred the distinction and WGR seized Parcel-A north forest and south-east green along with Parcel B, on the family’s account. The 1962 order concerned the remaining occupied farmhouse/buildings/garden group, not the full Parcel A. The 1938 conveyance and already-obtained 1939 tenancy are closed/held evidence; the downstream task is to trace later instruments and registrations against the full Parcel-A extent.
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