Manor of Westbury https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/bucks/vol4/pp205-209

In 1316 Richard Damory and William Mersh (possibly the William of the enfeoffment of 1308 by Peter Brian) are returned as joint owners. (fn. 66) The following year Richard Damory obtained a grant of free warren here. (fn. 67) William de Bledlow, representing the Brian portion of this estate, is found holding in 1323. (fn. 68) Richard Damory died seised of land here in 1330, (fn. 69) which was still held by his widow Margaret in 1346, (fn. 70) at which date William de Westbury held the other portion of this manor. (fn. 71) Nothing more has been found concerning the Damorys in this parish, and the name of Westbury, later attached to this manor, shows that it was the Brian share which persisted. Its history during the following century it has not been found possible to trace, but it appears to have formed part of the original endowment of the Mystery or Company of Cooks which was incorporated by charter of Edward IV in 1482. (fn. 72) It was retained by the company until 1529, in which year they sold it to Robert Dormer. (fn. 73) He shortly after enfeoffed William Howel, who by his will, made 31 November 1557 and proved 20 October 1558, left Westbury Manor to John Howel, his eldest son, with remainder to Henry Howel, a younger son. (fn. 74) John Howel died in 1575, whereupon the masters of the Cooks Company trumped up an 'odious suit,' to the effect that the original sale to Robert Dormer had been void because the corporation was misnamed in the indenture. They accordingly put in a tenant of their own, Edmund Croft, against whom Henry Howel brought an action for ejectment. (fn. 75) Henry Howel won his case, and is found making a settlement of Westbury Manor in 1587. (fn. 76) He survived until 1625, when his son Edward, aged forty years and more, is given as heir, though the widow Margaret was to hold Westbury for her life. (fn. 77) She died before 1638, when Edward Howel alienated the property to Richard Francis. (fn. 78) He died in 1659, (fn. 79) his widow Elizabeth surviving him two years. She left legacies to the children of her son William Francis by his first wife Martha, Richard, another son, receiving Westbury Manor. (fn. 80) By his will, dated 18 December 1665, Richard left the manor to his nephew Thomas, son of William Francis. (fn. 81) Thomas Francis held the manor in 1670 (fn. 82) and died in 1698. His widow Anna Maria Francis conveyed Westbury in 1701 to John Townsend and his heirs. (fn. 83) John Townsend settled the property in 1709 (fn. 84) and died in 1714, (fn. 85) and his descendant Mary Townsend, later wife of William Guy, (fn. 86) carried on a lawsuit some years after with the trustees of the Ewelme almshouses, who owned the other manor in this parish. As lady of Westbury Manor she claimed the whole waste and cottages within the larger manor. (fn. 87) The litigation extended over the years 1743–7, but her name and that of her husband William Guy are found as late as 1765 in documents recording settlements of the manor. (fn. 88) At this latter date their son Townsend Guy (fn. 89) is referred to, but the manor was sold in 1777 to John Dixon. (fn. 90) It was subsequently in the possession of George Hitchcock, from whom it passed to Richard Ivens. He claimed to be lord of the reputed manor of Westbury in 1841, (fn. 91) and was still in possession in 1862. (fn. 92) In 1883 it was purchased by Mr. Thomas H. Phipps, in whose family it remains.


Marsh Gibbon, Bucks, England
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4246105
https://bakerfamilytree.blogspot.com/2016/12/chapter-45-my-howell-ancestors.html
https://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/mn/m4455x597.htm
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C5702046
1573 Plaintiff John Howell sued defendant Henry Howell in Chancery in a case cataloged as, "Subject: Claim as heir. The manor of Westbury, and lands thereto belonging, in the parish of Marsh Gubbyon [Marsh Gibbon], Buckinghamshire, purchased by William Howell, plaintiff's father, and by him settled to several uses. Date: Between 1558 and 1603." [1] George Roger Howell dates the case as 1573 and abstracts it as, [2]

From Chancery B. and A. Elizabeth. H. h. 20, No. 27, A.D. 1573: Bill of complaint by John Howell of Wedon, Co. Bucks, "that whereas William Howell his father, also of Wedon, deceased, purchased the manor of Westbury lying in Marsh Gibbon in the said county." The pedigree of the family is then given. William and his wife Maud had issue—John the elder, and John the younger (the plaintiff). Maud died, and William then married Anne Dyer, [Footnote: Defendant says her name was Anne Hampton.] and had issue, Henry Howell (the defendant). William died seized of the premises, and John the elder succeeded him. John dying without issue, the same ought to have descended to the plaintiff, John the younger, as second son and heir of William and Maud. But Henry Howell, having the custody of all the deeds, etc., relating to the estate, has entered into possession, claiming them to be his inheritance, and refuses to show whether the plaintiff is entitled or no.

Answer of the defendant, Henry Howell: He states that his father William by his will bequeathed his estate which he purchased of Sir Robert Dormer, Kt., to his eldest son and his heirs with remainder to Henry Howell, the defendant, and in default of such issue, remainder to his son Jacob Howell and his heirs. William Howell died, and Anne his wife (for term of six years only) and John the eldest son became possessed. John died without issue, and Anne continued the possession until the expiration of the said six years, when it came into the possession of the defendant.

Work in Progress: ap Howell
https://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/sources/visitations.shtml

Visitation of Buckinghamshire, in 1566
by Harvey, William, d. 1567; Metcalfe, Walter C. (Walter Charles)
https://archive.org/details/visitationofbuck00harvrich
Maud daughter of llewillin ap Howell Buckinghamshire England
https://tinyurl.com/2sj72um8

The visitation of the county of Buckingham made in 1634 by John Philipot, esq. ...
by Philipot, John, 1589?-1645; Ryley, William, d. 1667; Harvey, William, d. 1567; Rylands, W. Harry (William Harry), 1847-1922; College of Arms (Great Britain)
https://archive.org/details/visitationofcoun5859byuphil

Maud daughter of llewillin ap Howell Buckinghamshire England

Thomas Llewellin ap Howell, eldest son and heir
"Thomas Llewellin ap Howell", eldest son and heir

Howell in Brecknock wales
Crickhowell (/krɪkˈhaʊəl/; Welsh: Crucywel pronounced [krɨkːəu̯ɛl], non-standard spelling Crughywel) is a town and community in southeastern Powys, Wales, near Abergavenny, and is in the historic county of Brecknockshire.

John ap thomas of Llangattock
https://www.spookspring.com/Palleg/Gelliwig.html
Hughes Family Tree 1300-1800

Place Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crickhowell_Castle

Bucks
Buckinghamshire, abbreviated as Bucks,[2] is a ceremonial county in South East England and one of the home counties.

Very interesting about the limited number of surnames and how the patronymic system works.
https://www.mymcpl.org/blogs/what-are-you-calling-yourself-these-days-early-welsh-naming-system

until about 1750 or so, Wales used a patronymic system (where a name is derived from the name of a father with an addition of a prefix or suffix). In the Welsh naming system, a child was given the father’s “given” name as a last name. For example, Owen Powell has a son named John. Ap or ab, meaning “son of,” would be attached, making the son’s name John ab Owen. Sometimes the prefix was dropped, and the name would be John Owen or Owens, using the “s” to signify “son of.” All of the children in the family may not use the same last name. For example, Owen Powell may have a daughter by the name of Joan Powell. This led to a narrow range of Welsh surnames, including Jones, Davies/Davis, Williams, Hughes, etc.