The existence of a special land problem in Wales was recognized by the appointment in 1893 of the Royal Commission on Land in Wales and Monmouthshire and was confirmed by the evidence given before that commission, but neither in the pages of the Commission's Report nor elsewhere has the story of the development of the Welsh land system received the attention that is its due.

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Liber Supervisionis terrarum et possessionum Ducatus Lancastrie in Comitatu Monmothie in tres partes divisus.