David Richard/Richards of Strygosfawr, Lledrod.

[despair]

I have looked through the document solely for the purpose of finding Joseph's name,which I have failed to do.That is not to say it is not there,if you remember the handwriting style of Edward's will.
It seems to be largely a repetitive division of a moiety of the original will or settlement with provisions for redivision in the event of anybody's death,and now taking into account the Chatfield connection.The most repetitive phrase is "......thousand pounds...."

Regards
Roger

[Viking666]

 A thousand pounds in 1848 would be the present-day equivalent to £748,000 of earnings or £90,000 standard of living value. The average farm labourer earned £46 per year in 1850.
 (Information given just to make me more depressed).
                                                                  Regards, Peter

[despair]

I won't tell you how many thousands of pounds then.....

Regards
Roger

[Viking666]

  I've managed to get the will through the same source as the Rev. Edward's will. I couldn't open it at first, it being incomplete and in a strange format but, converting it to jpg. I now have a bit of good bedtime reading. With my modern PC it is perfectly clear but still looks as if it's written in Hebrew! I'd love to send the scribe a bit of my mind but, unfortunately, I can't read his name!
                                            Regards, Peter

[despair]

A non-illuminated Book of Kells comes to mind!

Regards
Roger

[Viking666]

  So that readers may appreciate the problems with reading some Wills, I've attached a small section of Mary's Will.
                                Regards, Peter.

[despair]

I've had a "radical" thought,but don't yet know if it will lead anywhere.We have been looking at variants of Esgair y Gors/Scrygos etc,This has led us to a Rev. David Richards(Hyssington etc) and his son Rev Thomas Richards(Carrog etc) but no known link with "your" Richards(es)
I have a vague recollection of seeing in a will(which one I can't remember)  a property called Lluest y Gors(or similar) and,sure enough,there is one such in Lledrod.Perhaps the "t"in Strygos comes from there.

Regards
Roger

[Viking666]

  Looking at the Davies will of 1708 you will see that they have written, (badly), 'Esgairygors' ... all one word.
  After this will entry, (see also the stroke of the line above it), they have used the word, 'Strygos' and then, in the Freeholders of 1760, it changes again to 'Sgrygos'.
 We have seen, in our various searches, the accidental changes of almost all of the names of houses and farms in the area. I have seen six separate spellings for Ffos y Bleiddiaid alone, (now called simply, 'Ffos'). The link that you made between John Davies and Thomas Richards points to the same conclusion that they are referring to Esgair y Gors.
 We don't have any positive link for the Rev. David Richards to my family but the same can be said for others in the tribe. How many David Richards were there living at Lledrod in the period 1725 to 1730, a few, but they were all relatives of mine. A Rev. David, with a son named Thomas points to a name and occupation lineage. Lack of docs to support anything in the 1700s seems to be the norm for our searches for individuals so Occam's razor comes into play. As you said on the Anglesey Forum once, "If it's not him, then who is he"?
                                         Regards, Peter.

[despair]

All very true,and I think,there's more than one Lluest y gors(quelle surprise!).
I'll see where the thought takes me for a little while,nevertheless.

Regards
Roger