It is understood that Cadwgan ap William lived at Trostrey Fach. This is believed by me to have been Little Trostrey Farm, near the Usk river in Trostrey parish. I believe that this farm was rebuilt, probably in the 1800s, but that it dates back much longer than this. There are old beams in the current farm house and an old barn.
He was living there in 1548, when he settled land on George ap John Arnold the father of his son's wife Anne Arnold (this was taken from Bradney):
"Sciant &c, quod ego Kadogan g'll'm, de Trostre dedi &. Georgio ap John Arnold quinquw parcellas terre &c, jacentes in parochia de Uske, &c., inter rivulumvocatum Nant a gorda(?) ac terra vocatas Thervos. terras Edwardi Jeyn ap Richard, et terras vocatas Kaye goelley ac Greyghe . . .&c,., necnon in quinque acris terre arabilis jacentibus in campo vocato Ynis poole melin &c.
Hijs testibus - Edwardo Richarde, Hoello Edwarde, Will'mo Jamis, Will'mo John Saer, et Thoma David Roffer, cum multis alijs. Datum apud Ufk 22 Jan 1 Edw. VI"
which is roughly translated by me as . . .
"? and I Cadogan William of Trostrey give George ap John Arnold five parcels of land lying(?) in the parish of Usk around the stream called Nant a gorda and lands called Thervos, lands of Edward Jenkyn ap Richard and lands called Kaye ? and Greyghe . . . and also five acres of arable land around a bell(?) called Ynis lake mill.
Witnessed by(?) Edward Richards, Hoello Edwards, William James, William John Saer and Thomas David Rosser, with many others. Given at Usk on 22nd January 1 Edw VI (ie 1548)"
In 1585, Philip Morgan of Mamhilad House made his will in which he bequeathed 3 pounds to the three children of Cadogan Will'm. Clearly, Cadogan William himself must have been long dead by then and his sons must have been quite old. But I think that he must have been referring here to Henry, William and John. Henry Cadogan, gent., (presumably the same Henry) was one of the executors of this will, althgough he died just 3 years later. The name of Morgan (eg Rowland Morgan) crops up several times in the lives of later Cadogans in the Goytrey area.
Some sources suggest that William's father was actually Thomas Cadogan of Dunster, Somerset rather than Cadwgan ap William. This Thomas Cadogan made his will in Dunster in 1511, but I suspect that this Thomas is much more likely to have been Cadwgan's brother. Thomas Cadogan is believed to have married Christian Powell and not Catherine Powell, so possibly the two brothers married two sisters. The only problem with this theory is that he should have been called Thomas William rather than Thomas Cadogan, so I have probably got this wrong.
Another pedigree shows the father of William ap Cadwgan to have been William ap David Cadwgan, but this is even more unlikely I think. |
