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Bute Estate — Forensic Assessment

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Page ID: 3103 · Title: Bute Estate — Forensic Assessment · Evidence status: Not yet labelled — see the Editing Protocol · Version: 1.0.0 · Editing Protocol

Assessed 14 October 2026. Scope: the Bute Estate of the Marquesses of Bute, historic landowner and landlord. Its papers are held at Glamorgan Archives and the National Library of Wales. Inclusion is not a finding of fault. Substantive history is on The Bute Estate.

Documented appearances

DateAppearanceSource
1552–1824Bute records name the farm Cedfin, Cydfin, Ken fin Farm or Ty Mawr Farm (a research lead; name similarity is not proof of identity).GHF-E179
1877Bute–Thomas agreement (original unlocated); reported 6 November 1877 John Williams lease, matching Llandough instrument not identified (SC-20).GHF-E115, GHF-E116
1916Yearly agricultural tenancy to John Williams, with plan.GHF-E118
1924Bute–Corbett drain agreement and plan (on the WA231076 file).GHF-E119
1938Reversion on the 1916 tenancy conveyed to Western Ground Rents Ltd.GHF-E121

Current finding

As at 14 October 2026, the material reviewed does not establish wrongdoing by the Bute Estate. The wiki records the family evidence that the house parcel was conveyed to Daniel Thomas in 1877, so it does not treat Bute as holding an unbroken title to both parcels through 1938. How the estate acquired the freehold in the early nineteenth century is unresolved.

Forensic control test and next step

Examine the individual National Library of Wales D 219 deeds and plans and the Glamorgan Archives Bute catalogue items before any parcel conclusion is drawn. See also the Glamorgan Archives and National Library of Wales reviews. Acceptance: the 1877 and 1938 instruments and plans are read against each other and the result recorded.

The 1877 Agreement · Western Ground Rents review · Institutional Involvement Roadmap

Created 14 October 2026. Prepared with AI assistance from the wiki’s existing records, on the family’s instruction. Corrections are welcome and will be dated here.

For the wider Cedwyn Estate working hypothesis, see Cedwyn Estate Working Theory. This page is not, by itself, proof of that hypothesis.

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