MANORIAL HERITAGE REGISTRY CONVEYANCE & DESCENT HISTORY ============================================================================ ABERMARLAIS MANOR Public record: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_manor=abermarlais-manor Exported: 15 October 2026, 11:19 GMT+0000 Recorded historical holders: 3 Location: Carmarthenshire SUCCESSION REGISTER | EARLIEST RECORDED TO PRESENT ============================================================================ Relationships below reproduce saved published paths; unrecorded routes are not inferred. 1. The Crown, Crown proprietor following forfeiture | 1531 - 1546 Transfer: Forfeiture following the execution of Rhys ap Griffith FitzUrien for treason; Abermarlais and the neighbouring lordship of Llansadwrn fell to the Crown. Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=the-crown-14554 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 2. Sir Cornwallis Maude, Viscount Hawarden, seller of Abermarlais in 1795 | 18th century - 1795 Transfer: Held Abermarlais before selling the estate to Captain Thomas Foley in 1795. The source does not establish the date or instrument by which the estate came to Maude. Holding arrangement: Maude family Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=sir-cornwallis-maude-14555 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 3. Heirs of Admiral Sir Thomas Foley, Owners of the Abermarlais estate after Foley's death | 1833 - 1851 Transfer: Continuation of the Foley estate after Admiral Sir Thomas Foley's death in 1833; the 1839 Llansadwrn tithe evidence records the Abermarlais estate as owned by his heirs. Holding arrangement: Trust / Foley estate under testamentary succession Profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=heirs-of-admiral-sir-thomas-foley-14556 Relationship to present holder: Not recorded DETAILED CONVEYANCE HISTORIES AND LINKED PEDIGREES ============================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 1 | 1531 - 1546 The Crown, Crown proprietor following forfeiture Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=the-crown-14554 Transfer: Forfeiture following the execution of Rhys ap Griffith FitzUrien for treason; Abermarlais and the neighbouring lordship of Llansadwrn fell to the Crown. Previous holder: Rhys ap Griffith FitzUrien Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: The Crown's possession is a consequence of forfeiture rather than a private conveyance. Sir Thomas Jones subsequently administered the property and obtained a lease in 1546, but the consulted sources do not establish the exact date or terms by which Crown ownership or control changed thereafter. Source citation: The Gatehouse Record, Abermarlais Castle, stating that after Rhys ap Gruffydd was executed for treason the estate and neighbouring lordship of Llansadwrn fell to the Crown. Source URL: https://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/Welshsites/179.html Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=the-crown-14554 Person dates: 1531 onward in the immediate post-forfeiture period Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 2 | 18th century - 1795 Sir Cornwallis Maude, Viscount Hawarden, seller of Abermarlais in 1795 Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=sir-cornwallis-maude-14555 Transfer: Held Abermarlais before selling the estate to Captain Thomas Foley in 1795. The source does not establish the date or instrument by which the estate came to Maude. Previous holder: Cornwallis family or an intermediate successor not securely identified Holding arrangement: sole Shared holding: Maude family Narrative / explanation: A nineteenth-century Carmarthenshire historical account states that Foley purchased Abermarlais in 1795 from Sir Cornwallis Maude, Viscount Hawarden. The intervening eighteenth-century descent from Francis Cornwallis is not supplied and should remain an explicit gap. Source citation: The Carmarthenshire Historian, account of Abermarlais and Admiral Foley, quoting Foley's description of his 1795 purchase from Sir Cornwallis Maude, Viscount Hawarden. Source URL: https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?doi=c8c50238295d8b845a6f5ff6f5295196022b739c&repid=rep1&type=pdf Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=sir-cornwallis-maude-14555 Person dates: 18th century; exact dates for Abermarlais tenure not established Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 3 | 1833 - 1851 Heirs of Admiral Sir Thomas Foley, Owners of the Abermarlais estate after Foley's death Person: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=heirs-of-admiral-sir-thomas-foley-14556 Transfer: Continuation of the Foley estate after Admiral Sir Thomas Foley's death in 1833; the 1839 Llansadwrn tithe evidence records the Abermarlais estate as owned by his heirs. Previous holder: Admiral Sir Thomas Foley Holding arrangement: trust Shared holding: Foley estate under testamentary succession Narrative / explanation: The 1839 tithe-map evidence identifies the Abermarlais estate as owned by the heirs of Admiral Sir Thomas Foley. This entry records the estate as a testamentary or family holding pending the later disposition under Foley's will; it does not identify every legal trustee or beneficiary. Source citation: Cadw listing description for Glandulais Farmhouse, citing the 1839 Llansadwrn tithe map and stating that the estate was then owned by heirs of Admiral Sir Thomas Foley. Source URL: https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300011181-glandulais-farmhouse-llansadwrn Historical person profile: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_person=heirs-of-admiral-sir-thomas-foley-14556 Person dates: After 1833; documented in 1839 Relationship paths: No published path recorded. END OF EXPORTED APPROVED CONVEYANCE HISTORY