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National Library of Wales, MS 4813D. ALS; 3p. . Not previously published.
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Your letter gives me some insight into a business of which I know very little.x her grandmother was
related to Locke, & of the same name.
The Will in question was repeatedly litigated, & I know that Thomas Southey recovered by xxx law in right of John an equivalent for the plate & furniture at Fitzhead,
which was devised to xx B & C & D (the three brothers) in case A succeeded to the Somerville
title before he had issue male.
I apprehend the question will be whether the remainder of a term of 99 years be worth contending for. It is however worth inquiring into. – And indeed it now occurs to me as not impossible that, not the Fitzhead lands alone, but the whole property may have been willed to C. Southeys right heirs in failure of Lord S’s issue. A little enquiry will make all plain, & it cannot be in better hands than Turners. This chance would be worth contending for, – the whole property is worth about 1000£ a year -
I shall not set out till about the end of January, – that is when Wesley