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Papers deriving from administration of the Breconshire estates held succcessively by Walter Pryse, Lewis Pryse and Edward Loveden Loveden, situated mainly in the parishes of Llan-gors, Llanfihangel Tal-y-llyn and Llanfihangel Nant Bran, comprising estate rentals, accounts and vouchers, 1740-1826; letters, 1680-1821, and miscellaneous estate administration papers which include Llan-gors timber records, a copy of a seventeenth century survey of Llyn Safaddan and sale particulars, 1705-1805. A substantial proportion of the papers concerns the sale of the Breconshire estates by Edward Loveden Loveden between 1805 and 1807.

Accounts, rentals and vouchers of the Breconshire estates of Walter Pryse, Lewis Pryse and Edward Loveden Loveden, 1740-1826. The majority comprise bundles of accounts, usually incorporating the rentals, vouchers and sometimes relevant letters, mostly from the office of Edward (‘Ned’) Jones, agent for Edward Loveden Loveden, at Llandovery. Many of the accounts include the rectory of Llan-gors and a portion of the tithes, held by lease from the Dean and Chapter of Windsor, and repairs to Llan-gors church. The vouchers typically record payments into Child’s Bank, shares in the Brecon and Abergavenny Canal, and costs of properrty repairs.

Small notebook containing a rent roll of the Breconshire estate of Walter Pryse in the parishes of Llan-gors, Llangasty Tal-y-llyn, Llanfihangel Tal-y-llyn and Llanfihangel Nant Bran, 1740. It also includes ‘Refferences’, comprising an abstract of the lease of Llan-gors House, 1723, a valuation of the lands and mill held by John Lewis of Cathedin in 1726; abstracts of deeds and leases naming properties belonging to the estate, including the manor of Trewallter Goch, 1703-1744; copy of a survey in 1653 of a fishing pool at Llan-gors called Llinsavathen, Mara Moto or Mara Blaen Llevenye; and a note on slaters’ work at Brecon.

Rental and account of the estate of Lewis Pryse in the parishes of Llan-gors and Llanfihangel Nant Bran, 1777-1778; and particulars of the Brecon estate, 1779.

Vouchers recording payments made by George Morgan on behalf of Edward Loveden Loveden, 1780, for solicitor’s expenses, augmentation of the vicarage of Llan-gors, land measurement, property repairs at Llan-gors Mill and elsewhere,, and other routine payments; also letters by Edward Jones of Llandovery about estate affairs and Radnorshire politics, and replies by Edward Loveden Loveden.

Accounts and rentals of the Breconshire estate of Edward Loveden Loveden and Pryse Pryse, 1801-1802, and 1807-1809, and including a covering letter by Edward Jones of Llandovery, 1809.

A bundle comprising mainly letters, the first of which is to Lewis Pryse, from W. Bennett of Hartgrove about an account of furniture at Oxford University, 1769. Most of the file concerns the surveying, mapping and sale of the Breconshire estate of Edward Loveden Loveden. It includes valuations, 1779, 1805; letters from George Morgan of Brecon and Mathew Williams of Rhos Man, George Buckle of Chepstow, Samuel Sellwood of Abingdon, George Tennant, and Edward Jones of Llandovery, 1783-1807; accounts of leases and biddings, 1805; and the account for 1805-1813 of John Dent, trustee for Walter Pryse, compiled 1814. There is also a stray letter from Lord Milford of Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire, 1784., and a bill to Pryse Pryse, 1821.

Title deeds and other documents, 1568-1744, relating to Plas Dyffryn Llynan, Cae Morgan and Blaenllyn in south Cardiganshire, part of the Llanstinan estate which Walter Pryse intended to purchase from John Symmons, testamentary devisee of William Wogan, in 1743. They include a mortgage by John ap Rees of Cardigan and Nicholas ap Rees, 1567/8; an agreement on behalf of William Jenkins of Blaen y pant for the sale to William Wogan and for discharge of a former mortgage to David Jenkins of Hensol, Glamorgan, 1680; leases by John Symmons, 1727-1740; a mortgage by John Symmons and Richard Noyes of the Middle Temple to James Phillips of Pentrepark, Pemb. of numerous properties in Llanstinan, Fishguard, Llanfair Nant-y-gof, Maenordeifi, St Dogmaels, Llantwyd, Cilgerran, Bridell, etc., Mwnt, Ferwig, Llangoedmor, Cardigan and Llandygwydd, and Llanddeusant, Carmarthenshire, 1728; legal papers from a case by Thomas Ubank and other creditors or legatees against John Symmons and Richard Noyes, with rentals, particulars, schedules, and letters to and from Walter Pryse, 1734-1744.

Mortgage of Maes Gwenllian alias Helik Vechan, by William ap Owen Lewes of Blaen-porth to James Lewes of Penbryn, 1592; and a deed of sale for Castell Nadolig by Ievan ap Mores, base son of Mores Griffith ap Owen of Penbryn, to James Lewis, 1594.

Leases by Deane Harrison of Coedmor, representing John Lewis, infant, of land in Tre-main, 1671; by Thomas Lewis of Coedmor, of a house and garden in the town of Cardigan, 1674; and by John Lewis of Hurst, of the corn mills of Melin Ganol and Melin Brithdir, the fulling mill of Melin Duless, Tir y Cappell, Castell Nadolig and other properties in Penbryn, Llangrannog and Troed-yr-aur, including Tir y Vynwent, 1712-1715.

Original will of Edward Owen of Gwastadfryn, 1699/1700, requesting burial under the cross in the churchyard of Llanfihangel-y-Pennant; executors include Richard Vaughan of Corsygedol.

Includes the marriage settlement of James Lewis of Glasgrige, Cardiganshire, son of Lowry (widow of John Lewis) now wife of John Pughe, and Mary Lloyd of Crynvryn, comprising Llwydiarth Issa in Tal-y-llyn, 1677; a deed associated with settlements by Thomas Pryse of Gogerddan and Maria Charlotta [nee Pughe], of the manor of Cyfeiliog and other properties of the Mathafarn estate in Machynlleth, Llanbryn-mair, Llanwrin, Penegoes, Cemais, Darowen, Mallwyd and Trefeglwys, 1742, and a rental of the Mathafarn estate of Thomas Pryse, showing the jointure of Mrs Elizabeth Pughe; a bond for the reconveyance to John Pughe of Lloydiarth Ycha and Tythyn Y Glynrhod in Ceiswyn and Cwmcadian, mortgaged in 1640 to secure payment of the marriage portion of Mary Pughe, 1662; the grant of an annuity by John Pughe of Mathafarn to Evan Pughe of Bryn Melin, ‘practisioner in phisick’, 1671; a demise by Anne Pughe of Mathafarn to William Pughe, of the capital messuage of Mathafarn and other (named) properties, delivered to her following an action of dower in the Court of Great Sessions, 1674; an assignment by Thomas Ingram of Llangurig to Richard Owen of Peniarth, of tithes held from the Stedmans of Strata Florida and mortgages on properties in Llanfihangel Genau’r-glyn, as additional security for lands in Llangurig, comprised in his marriage settlement with Anne Pughe of Aberffrydlan, 1705; part of a draft conveyance from ‘Mr Lewis’ to William and John Pughe, of the manor of Cyfeiliog, probably relating to the marriage settlement of John Pughe and Elizabeth Scudamore, [c.1708]; and parts of family conveyances of properties in Machynlleth, naming Jane, Anne and Margaret Pughe, 1716, 1727.

Probate records of the Pughe family of Mathafarn and Llanwrin, comprising a commission from the Court of Arches to administer the estate of of John Pughe during the the minority of his daughter Bridgett Pughe, 1631; letters of administration of Rowland Pughe of Mathafarn, and an account of his goods and debts by his widow and administratrix, Mary Pughe, who ‘alleadgeth…that a great part of the horses and cattle of the said dec[edan]t. …was taken from her by force and violence of souldiers in these late warrs….’ 1646-1647; and a copy of the will of William Pughe, late of Mathafarn, then of Machynlleth, referring to a purchase of the Gellygoch estate and providing for his younger children from the profits of mines in the lordship of Cyfeiliog, 1718.

Documents relating to trusts involving the Pughe family of Mathafarn, notably the trust for the Vaughans of the Caethle estate near Tywyn, 1505-1726, and other miscellanous trusts, in which members of the Pughe family acted as trustees or as parties to trust deeds, 1566-1718. The papers comprise mainly title deeds, together with other documents such as wills, settlements, mortgages and wardship papers of Vaughan, Pughe and the other families concerned.

Deeds, 1505-1712, relating to the Caethle estate in the parish of Tywyn, Merioneth, owned by the Vaughan family, for whom William Pughe of Mathafarn was a trustee in 1677. The names of John Lloyd of Maesypandy and the Nanney family recur frequently [probably as earlier trustees to William Vaughan]. The Gogerddan family also appears to have had an early interest, as shown by the will of John Pryse of Gogerddan, 1584 (see ref.), and a lease of a property in Aberdyfi (Aberdovey) made by Sir Richard Pryse in 1604/5. James Pryse married into the family of Ynysymaengwyn, also in the locality of Tywyn. The series contains title deeds of properties mainly in the townships of Caethle, Aberdyfi (Aberdovey), Cefnrhos and Botalog, and St Cadfan’s lands, 1505-1668; mortgages, 1664-1676; family settlements which pre-date the start of the trust, 1591-1629, as well as deeds within the operation of the trust itself, 1660-1726. There is also a file of deeds of the Nanney and Lloyd families, which has been linked tentatively to the Caethle trust, 1681-1701.

Miscellaneous title deeds of doubtful provenance but two of them were filed under the Caethle estate by the previous cataloguer, with a query attached. They comprise a gift by Gruff' ap Res ap Ho'l ap Kad', to Ho'l ap D'd ap Ho'l ap Kad', of a tenement called Pantygaer near Mamhedde in the township of Llwyngwril [Llangelynnin], 1505; a conveyance through tir prid by John ap Res ap Ll'n ap Eden', to Hugh ap Res, clerk, of Pant yr Odyn in Llwyngwril, 1522; the pre-nuptial settlement of Howell ap John ap David and Lowry vch William ap Ieuan Vichan, comprising properties in Dolgledr [Dolgellau], 1558; and a bond to John David Lloid for peaceful possession of Tythyn Bell Vynyth and a cottage at Pantygasseg in Ystradgwyn, Tal-y-llyn, 1567.

Title deeds of lands in the townships of Faenol and Buarth Mynin (Meini) near Tywyn, called St Cadvan’s lands, belonging to the free chapel of St. Cadfan next to the parish church of Tywyn and used for the sustenance of the chapel or priest to celebrate mass in the said chapel, previously held by Edward VI, purchased by by John Bellowe of Grimsby, Lincolnshire, and Edward Streitbury of London, and reserving to the King all bells, lead and the advowson of the church of Tywyn, 1549-1664. The deeds here record the subsequent sale to Edward Herbert of Montgomery, 1549, his sale to Roger Williams of Usk, Monmouthshire, 1549, and a lease followed by the sale by his great-grandson, Sir Trevor Williams of Usk, to William Vaughan of Caethle 1658/9. Other items in this file are a feoffment by Edward Herbert to Robert Salusbury of Rug, Merioneth, Rise Vaughan and others, 1549/50; and successive deeds of sale by William Vaughan of Corsygedol and Rees Vaughan of Glandyfan, Pembrokeshire, to Lewis Edwardes of Talgarth, Merioneth, 1659, to Lewis Lewis of Penmaen, 1659, and finally by Lewis Lewis to William Vaughan of Caethle, 1664.

Marriage settlements of John Vaughan of Caethle, son of Ales vch Edenevett, and Jane vch Edward Pryce of Cynfal, 1592; and of Jenkin Vaughan and Ann Anwyll, daughter of William Lewis Anwyll of Parke, 1629. The properties include Caethle, the capital messuage of Gwyddgwyon, the water mills of Caethle and Melin Gynok, the fulling mill of Tythyn y Pandy at Cynfal, Tythyn Mawr yn Aberdyfi, storehouses, lime kilns and an anchoring place between Aberdyfi and Penhelig, Treveddian Ucha, St Cadvan’s lands and numerous other (named) properties in Cefnrhos, Caethle, Bron-prys, Gwrych, Gwyddelfynydd and Botalog in the parish of Tywyn.

Deeds and documents relating to miscellaneous trusts involving members of the Pughe family of Mathafarn, either as trustees or as parties to trust deeds of other family members. The two files relate to trusts involving Richard ap Hugh ap Ieuan, Mary Pughe and Richard Pughe, 1566-1654, and William and John Pughe, 1701-1718.

General pardon by the Crown to Rowland Pughe, 1626.