X/POOLE/4505
BILL OF COMPLAINT to the Lord Chancellor by William Thomas of Caernarfon, co. Caernarfon, Esq. His uncle owned the advowson of the church of Aber alias Llanaber, co. Caernarfon. In 1661, therefore, he presented William Hugh his clerk to the living. In 1665 he executed a settlement of the advowson in tail. Richard Thomas, his uncle, died in 1777 without heirs. The advowson came to Griffith Thomas, Esq., his brother, and he presented Richard Fletcher, clerk, to the living. On his death in 1676 the advowson descended to John Thomas, who after Fletcher’s death presented Richard Coytmore to the living in 1677. The advowson passed on the death of John Thomas to his brother Joseph Thomas, an infant and imbecile. Richard Bulkeley, Esq., of Ireland acted as his trustee and guardian. Richard Bulkeley ,on the death of Richard Coytmore, used his influence to present Richard Edmund, his own nominee, to the living in 1727. Joseph died soon after, leaving Rice Thomas, his heir and only son, as owner of the advowson, then an infant. Richard Bulkeley again acted as guardian and in 1731, on the death of the last incumbent, presented Robert Lloyd to the living of Aber, in 1732. Rice Thomas died leaving William Thomas, his only son, as his heir. The living fell vacant again and William Thomas presented Richard Farrington to the church of Aber, but Thomas James Bulkeley illegally presented his own nominee. He asks for redress.
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