William Sanddey ab John, by Elis. his first wyfe.

Mary, daughter of John Sanddey and his second wyfe, Frances
Gamul; now living, 1654.

Samuel Santhey and Thomas Ball were, nevertheless, contemporary Burton landowners, and the question remains: What was the name of Mr. Samuel Santhey's capital messuage, and where exactly did it lie? This is the question I cannot precisely answer.

"Santhey" is not, as the pedigree suggests, an alternative name for Burton, but merely the Anglicised form of "Sanddef," from whom this family claimed to be descended. Roger Wynn is said to have first adopted this surname; but I think it was rather his son Owen who did so.

The Burton rate-books do not go back earlier than 1661, in which year Mr. John Santhey appears as owner of a small estate in the township. This John Santhey I take to be the younger brother of Captain Samuel Santhey, already named, the compiler of the pedigree. But he must have died soon after, for in 1663 his wife, and in 1664 the "widdow Santhey," are rated for the property. By 1709 another John Santhey is charged for the estate, and I copy from the Gresford Registers the following entries relating to him. He was perhaps a son of the John Santhey of 1661, born after 1654.

22 Mch., 1699-1700, Dorothi filla [so] John Santhe gent de Burton, bapt.

27 Feb., 1671-2, Edwardus fillus [so] Mr. John Santhy of Burton, bapt.

24 Mch. 1673-4, Madydalen the doughter of Mr. John Santhay of Burton, bapt.

26 May, 1676, Catherine the daughter of Mr. John Santhey of Burton, bapt.

1 Nov., 1678, Grace fil Joh'is Santhey de Burton, bapt.

3 Dec., 1680, Robert fil John Santhey de Burton, bapt [bur'd 13 Jany. following.]

30 Oct., 1683, John son of John Sandey of Burton, bapt.

22 Dec., 1685, William ye son of John Santhey of Burton, bapt.

4 May, 1694, Maudlin Santhey of Burton, bur'd.

20 Sept., 1696, Dorothy ye doughter of John Santhey of Burton, bur'd.

18 Sept., 1699, John son of John Santhy of Burton, bur'd.

19 Oct., 1701, Cathering Santhy of Burton spinner, bur'd. 13 Jany., 1701-2 . . ye doughter of John Santhy of Wrexham, bur'd.

15 Mch., 1716-7, Elizabeth ye doughter of Mr. John Santhy of Wrexham, bur'd.

27 May, 1721, Mr. John Santhey of Wrexham, buried.

The Mr. John Santhey who died in 1721 lived during the latter part of his life in Wrexham, and I cannot help thinking he was poor. His house in

Burton was, in 1670, returned as containing three hearths. Upon his death his estate is described as that of "Mr. Santhy's heir;" and after 1725 the name of Santhey wholly disappears.

On February 28th, 1697-8 [or 1677-8] Edward Jones and Jane Santhey were married; and on 23rd November, 1725, Ellis Jones, clerk of Gresford, and Grace Santhey, were also married. This Grace I believe to be one of the daughters of the last Mr. John Santhey. In 1661 and 1662 the name of Magdalen Santhey occurs in the Burton rate-books.

"Ball's Hall" estate in Burton, containing about 122 statute acres, and "Ball's Wood" in Llai, containing about 77 acres, represent the property of Captain Thomas Ball, of Burton, who was High Sheriff of Denbighshire in 1651, and took the Parliamentary side in the Civil War. He was settled in Burton as early as 1648. I have seen a copy of a local ballad, in which he was mercilessly satirised. His close connection with the Santhey family has already been noticed. He married Margaret, daughter of Mr. Robert Santhey (see Santhey pedigree), while Captain Samuel Santhey married Captain Ball's sister, Elizabeth. But the comparative smallness of his estate forbids the supposition that any large portion of the Santheys' once extensive lands came to him: unless, indeed, so coming to him, those lands were sold or otherwise disposed of. I can only find three entries in the Gresford Registers relating to Captain Ball: the record of baptism (or burial) of his daughter Margaret, on 12th January, 1661-2; of

his wife Margaret, 29th October, 1680; and of his own burial on March 7th, 1687-8. There is, however, painted board in Gresford Church, the inscription on which runs thus: "Here Lyeth ye Body of Tho. Ball of Burton, Esqr., who marr. Margarett dau. to Robert Santhy of Burton, Esqr., by whom he had issue 4 sons and 6 daughters, whereof 6 survived him, viz., Nathaniell, johnathan, Anne, Sarah, iane, & Elizabeth. he died ye 2nd day of March Ano dni 1687, aged 68 years." He was buried March 7th, 1687-8.

Jonathan Ball, gent., was charged for his father's estate in the Burton rate-books until 1712.1 He was the fourth son of Captain Ball, and his sole eventual heir was his sister Sarah, who married Mr. Benjamin Smith, of Ashton-on-Mersey. Now, on June 26th, 1711, the well-known Dr. Daniel Williams made his will, and bequeathed his "estate in Burton and Croes Howell, etc., in Denbighshire, which I bought of Mr. Smith," to his sister Elizabeth and her husband, Hugh Roberts, for life, and afterwards to his trustees. The successors of these trustees still hold Ball's Hall and Ball's Wood. From Sarah Ball, who married Benjamin Smith, was descended, as I understand, the late Major A. E. Lawson Lowe.

Mr. J. H. Davies, of Cwrtmawr, has called my attention to the following pedigree of Dr. Daniel Williams, contained in Harleian MS., 1972, p. 321 :

Richard ap Grono ap Eignion ap Grono ap Cynwrig, etc., to Einion Evell.

1 The name, as is often the case in rate-books, is here retained some time after it should disappear to give place to the name of the

new owner.

Here is a clue, good as far as it goes, but hardly adequate to clear up the difficulty which exists of tracing Dr. Daniel Williams' connections: a question to which I shall return in a later chapter.

A considerable estate in Burton was long held by the Bellotts, or Billotts, of Great Moreton, Cheshire. The first of these settled in Burton appears to have been Thomas Bellott. He and his wife (Jane Roydon), his eldest son, Edward Bellott, and another son, John Bellott, were buried at Gresford. His grandson, Edward Bellott, son of Edward Bellott, is mentioned in Norden's Survey (A.D. 1620) as holding freely a capital messuage, ten tenements, and a large area of land (acreage not given) in Burton. Among these lands were two fields called "Kae tan y Talwrn," and "kae'r persons (Cae'r person," The parson's field). And these fields still exist, bearing their old names, the first close to Burton Hall, north of Croes Howel, and the second, which means Field below the Talwrn, close to Croes Howel. In fact, I have often wondered whether Croes Howel was not the capital messuage of the Bellotts in Burton. Certain it is that the Talwrn, the old seat of the Roydons, was in this part of Burton.

John Bellott, Esq., son of the last-named Edward Bellott, was high sheriff for county Denbigh in 1642; and he and his son John (afterwards Sir John Bellott, Bart.) were fined £900 in June, 1646, "for delinquency.

In the oldest existing rate-book for Burton (from 1661 to 1667), the name of Bellott does not occur; but in 1709, and again in 1710 and 1711, Lady Bellott is charged for the aforenamed "Cae'r person.'

Another messuage in Burton, with fulling-mill and watercourse in Llai, and 148 statute acres of appurtenant land, were owned in 1620 by the aforesaid Edward Bellott, in conjunction with Edward Puleston, and had been formerly the heredity of Randle Broughton, being then still in the possession of William Broughton, gent., for the term of his life.