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Papers deriving from applications by the owners of the Gogerddan estate to the Land Loan and Enfranchisement Company and the Lands Improvement Company for loans to fund various improvements to Gogerddan mansion and other estate poperties, 1872-1921. There were at least five separate applications, identified by contract numbers noted in the two series below. The papers comprise mainly schedules of Gogerddan properties charged with the outlay, particulars and estimates, absolute orders of the enclosure commissioners and the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, and routine correspondence from the loan companies.

Shooting and game records of the Gogerddan estate, comprising game books and lists, 1804-1920s; and miscellaneous papers relating to gamekeeping and sporting rights, notably the control of poaching and vermin, sporting leases and agreements, and appointments of gamekeepers, 1814-1924.

Tenancy agreements and leases (including memoranda and drafts), 1739-1924, for houses and lands situated in the parishes and townships of Eglwys-fach (Ysgubor-y-coed), Llanbadarn Fawr, Llanfihangel Genau’r-glyn, Llangorwen (from 1864), and Llangynfelyn in north Cardiganshire, and Machynlleth in Montgomeryshire. The years 1861 and 1864 each include additional files of arbitration agreements and valuations, and other related documents found with them. There are also numerous notices to quit, both to and by tenants of the estate.

Papers of the Cardiganshire Agricultural Society, comprising printed reports, 1815 and 1823, and a list of rules, prizes annd subscriptions for the Northern Division,, 1856.

Records of the Gogerddan estate relating to mining and quarrying in Montgomeryshire, 1864-1881, and Flintshire, 1740.

Papers deriving from lawsuits and other legal business involving the Pryse and Loveden family of Gogerddan and Buscot Park, their tenants and others, 1574-[post-1908]. The earliest series comprises small numbers of papers from miscellaneous legal cases relating mainly to Cardiganshire properties of the Pryse family and others, notably Our Lady’s Mill in Aberystwyth, 1574-1682. Subsequent series describe cases involving Sir Richard Pryse and Thomas Pryse, 1657-1679; Dame Dorothy Pryse and Edward Pryse, 1661-1711; Lewis Pryse, [1712x1719]; John Pryse, Thomas Pryse, John Pughe Pryse and Walter Pryse, [1712x1717] -1755, 1860; Lewis Lewis of Doleclettwr, and other miscellaneous cases, 1727-1744; Lewis Pryse, Margaret Pryse and Edward Loveden Loveden, [1753]x1828; miscellaneous cases in Cardiganshire, Merioneth and Montgomeryshire, 1809x[1850]; Pryse Pryse and Pryse Loveden, 1817-1869; and Sir Pryse Pryse, 1826-[post-1908]. Notable among these are the recovery of debts on the estate of Thomas Pryse, 1661-1711; a dispute between Walter Pryse and Lord Lisburne over the boundaries of Grogwynion lead mine, 1741-1751; an action of trespass ibrought by Mathew Davies of Tanybwlch against Pryse Loveden, in the manor of Genau’r-glyn, 1860; and a dispute between the Crown, represented by the Attorney General, and Sir Pryse Pryse, concerning the title to land and minerals in the manor of Perfedd, 1863-1864. The legal papers constitute a rich source of personal names, identifying the parties, attorneys and witnesses, often with their ages given. They may also describe geographical locations, wills and settlements of the Pryse family, and genealogical details which may not appear elsewhere

Papers relating to various charities and schools either founded by or supported by the Pryse family of Gogerddan, 1752-1914. They include two national charities and two of local interest, the Gogerddan charity, 1856-1866, and Lady Pryse’s charity during scarlet fever epidemic, 1873. The school papers comprise mainly letters and accounts concerning Penrhyn-coch, Commins Coch, Clarach and other schools,, together with some additional items concerning local churches, chapels and estate matters, 1752-1910. One file relates to the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1910.

County administration papers from Cardiganshire, reflecting the role of the Pryse family of Gogerddan in the public life of the county, notably Sir Richard Pryse in the seventeenth century, and Pryse Pryse and Edward Lewis Pryse in the nineteenth, . The papers comprise appointments to the offices of Deputy Lieutenant and Keeper of the Rolls of Cardiganshire, 1607-1859; papers of sheriffs, gaolers, bailiffs, JPs and the militia, 1603-1896; crown revenue records, 1523-1651; Cardigan court leet presentments and an account, 1701-1767; miscellaneous Cardiganshire administration papers, [late-17th x early-18th cent.]-1919; and Aberystwyth Corporation and Court Leet papers, 1705-1929

Papers relating to county administration in Montgomeryshire, 1603-1661, 1893-1929, Merioneth, 1580-1740, Breconshire, Herefordshire, Pembrokeshire and miscellaneous Welsh counties, 1607-1859, which reflect the public role of the families of Pryse of Gogerddan, Pughe of Mathafarn, Salesbury of Rug and Lewis [of Llan-gors] within those counties. The section includes a number of seventeenth century documents pertaining to the office of sheriff, deputy lieutenant and other county officials

Records found in the Gogerddan estate papers relating to various parish churches in Cardiganshire and Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire, 1620-1921, with which the Pryse family were involved, and a small number of papers from two nonconformist chapels in Carno and London, 1812, 1945.

Papers in the Gogerddan estate records relating to roads in the Aberystwyth area maintained by Aberystwyth District Turnpike Trust, 1776-1844, and by Cardiganshire County Council, [late 19th x early 20th cent.]; and a draft appeal to raise subscriptions for the Llyfnant Bridge [pre-1849]

Title deeds relating to houses and lands belonging to the Lewis family of Abernantbychan and Coedmor, which descended to the Pryse family of Gogerddan, situated in sotuh Cardiganshire, 1416-1894, various Pembrokeshire parishes, 1542-1874, the lordships and manors of East and West Pembroke and Cilgerran, 1482-[c. 1891], and miscellaneous parishes in Cardiganshire and Pembrokeshire, which also include a small number of stray Breconshire deeds, 1566-1788.

The contents of this section reflect the complex negotiations between Edward Loveden Loveden of Buscot Park and John Adams, executor of Sir Herbert Lloyd, for the purchase of part of the Peterwell estate near Lampeter, Cardiganshire. The intermediary was Loveden’s agent, John Lewes of Carmarthen. The deeds, 1607, 1748-1780, record successive crown leases on Keven y maes in Iscoed Gwynionydd and the profits of courts, tolls, fairs and various manorial courts in Iscoed Gwynionydd and elsewhere in Cardiganshire and Pembrokeshire, followed by a mortgage and the final assignment to Edward Loveden Loveden. This section also contains accounts, rentals and inventories, 1771-1811, and letters, 1779-1784, which evoke the final days of the Peterwell estate. They show the physical deterioration of Peterwell mansion, the extent of John Adams’ debts and the determined pursuit by his creditors. Letters and documents record that the Lampeter Corporation books and some of the Peterwell silver had been pledged as security for the repayment of a sum due by bond to Edward Loveden Loveden. Some of the letters refer to the unauthorised removal by John Adams and his wife of the household goods. The inventories and auctioneer’s accounts reveal the depleted household contents of Peterwell at the final sale in 1781. There is also part of a legal case [post-1660].

Household administration papers, mainly from the Gogerddan estate but also occasionally naming London residences occupied by the Pryse family, 1668-1928. They include household accounts, bills and receipts, 1668-1925; household inventories from Gogerddan and London, 1744-1917; recipes, [18th cent.]-1844; and miscellaneous household papers comprising advertisements, medical prescriptions and a visitor book, 1848-1928.

Building specifications and estimates for new buildings and repairs to maintain existing properties belonging to the Gogerddan estate, 1766-1921, and numerous bills, receipts and rough accounts, 1766-1896. There is evidence of building or renovation work at Gogerddan mansion, Cwmcynfelyn and Lodge Park, as well as in Glanclettwr and many other local farm houses. This section is a rich source of local information from the mid to late nineteenth century, providing the names of Aberystwyth and Machynlleth tradesmen who supplied the building materials, the increasing use of rail freight to transport them, the names of the workmen, and the nature of the structural repairs. Much of the Gogerddan building work in the late nineteenth century was done in accordance with the Improvement of Land Act, under the conditions stipulated by the land loan companies.

Letters mainly to the Pryse and Loveden family of Gogerddan, Buscot Park and Woodstock or their representatives, from specific correspondents, namely Charles Deare of the Inner Temple, 1803-1843, James Morse of Carmarthen and others involved in his case, 1831-1855,, and Boys and Tweedie, solicitors, of Ely Place and Lincolns Inn Fields, 1845-1924, whose files have also preserved the outgoing letters originally sent to them by the Pryses. The solicitors’ letters concern mainly the Pryse family settlements and trusts, provision for the family widows and younger children, estate purchases and sales, mortgages, and the financial management of the Buscot Park, Woodstock and Gogerddan estates. The letters and papers of James Morse discuss his case as a defaulter to the Crown but they also provide insights into his career and his involvement in Cardiganshire politics in the mid-nineteenth century. There is also a single file of letters to Charles Hayes, Deputy Governor of the Royal African Company, 1733-1748.

Forestry and timber production records of the Gogerddan estate, 1816-1923. They comprise accounts, both in volumes and on loose sheets; timber harvesting books; and timber valuations, particulars, agreements and letters concerning timber.

Agricultural production records of the Gogerddan etate and official papers issued by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries and other organisations, 1796-1922. They consist of miscellaneous Gogerddan farm accounts, 1813-1919; regular series of farmer’s weekly account books, 1814-1921, and dairy acounts, 1881-1919; cultivation and livestock husbandry papers, 1796-1920; stud books and horse-breeding papers, 1875-1922; and official agricultural returns, valuations and printed tracts, 1835-1918

Papers relating to the enclosure of common lands in the lordship of Genau’r-glyn where the Pryse family of Gogerddan held ancient manorial rights, The first series comprises miscellaneous bundles of acts, papers and letters about the enclosure and drainage of Cors Fochno (Borth Bog), 1743-1899. The second series comprises agreements, enclosure awards, valuer’s reports, etc. for the upland areas of the manor of Genau’r-Glyn, including Braich Garw, 1860-1897. The third series is miscellaneous, relating to enclosure and fences in Cardiganshire, Montgomeryshire, Hampshire and Sussex, 1856-1890.

Papers relating to employment and wages on the Gogerddan estate, 1873-1950. They comprise wages accounts, 1873-1950; wage sheets, 1891-1923; wages books, 1903-1919, wage receipts, 1919-1923, and employee insurance documents and letters, 1919-1922.