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A bundle of additional loose bills and receipts (1664-1836) which were found during the cataloguing of the Gogerddan estate records, the majority relating to the management of the household and estate including receipts and bills for household sundries and estate maintenance including grain, thatch, lime, bricks, services, livestock, and carriages, as well as receipts and bills for payment of debts and rents. The bundle also includes a number of papers (1741-1762) detailing schedules and valuations of damages relating to Neuadd mine, Llangynfelyn.

An additional volume of annual rentals for the Gogerddan estate, September 1848 – November 1873, for properties in and around Aberystwyth, Llanbadarn, Lovesgrove, Llanon, Eglwysfach, and Tywyn.

Bundles of loose general bills and receipts (vouchers) of the Gogerddan estate, 1474-1927. Some bundles also include relevant letters and copies of the agents’ completed accounts. The earlier bundles contain a variety of different bills and receipts of Sir Richard Pryse, Mary Pryse of Glanmeryn, Thomas Pryse, John Pughe Pryse, Edward Loveden Loveden and Pryse Pryse. From around 1850 to 1880 the contents are more regularised, comprising similar items in each year. They have not been examined in detail. They typically record payments for estate labour and wages, particularly for gamekeeping, gardening, forestry work and fencing; for building materials, repairs and improvements to Gogerddan mansion and other properties; salaries and expenses of the Gogerddan and Abernantbychan agents; seeds and plants; estate surveys and valuations; interest and annuities; solicitors’ charges; auctioneers’ fees; dinners for the tenants on rent days; subscriptions and salaries for the schools at Borth, Clarach, Commins Coch and Taliesin (Llangynfelyn), and the Welsh Charity School at Deptford; land and property tax; crown rents; chief rents; tithe rent charges; poor rates of Aberystwyth and Machynlleth Unions; highway rates; charities; refurbishments and cleaning the [Pryse] monument in Llanbadarn Fawr church; carriage of goods; Aberystwyth and London tradesmen’s bills for commodities and services; Penrhyn-coch curate’s stipend. Individual items of interest are noted at file level.

Records of the Gogerddan estate, Cardiganshire, and the Pryse family, including branches of the family at Glanfred, Ynysgreigiog and Glanmerin,1238-1987. There are also records of various other families linked to Gogerddan by marriage: Loveden of Buscot Park, Berkshire, Lewes (or Lewis) of Llan-gors, Breconshire, and of Abernantbychan and Coedmor in Cardiganshire, Hean Castle in Pembrokeshire and Hurst in Berkshire and Wiltshire, Pughe of Mathafarn, Montgomeryshire, and via the Pughe family, Salesbury of Rug. Merionethshire. The main group of Gogerddan estate papers comprises rentals, 1719-1931; valuations, 1805-[early 20th cent.]; title deeds, 1332-1930; estate administration records which include agency and tenancy papers, 1810-1925, estate accounts, 1474-1926 (mainly 1850s-1926), building records, 1766-1921, agricultural records, 1796-1922, forestry and timber records, 1816-1923, papers relating to enclosures on Cors Fochno and elsewhere, 1743-1899, hunting, shooting and fishing records, 1804-1943, and household administration records, 1668-1928; estate and general correspondencec, 1586-1924; papers of various agricultural societies, 1815-1924; Cardiganshire lead mining records, 1656-1924; manorial records mainly from Genau’r-glyn, Cardiganshire, and Emlyn Iscych, Pembrokeshire, and a few from Lampeter, 1610-1919; legal papers, 1441-[post-1908]; mortgages and other financial papers, 1577-1926; papers relating to the Cardigan Borough elections and other political papers, [1690]-1880[; county administration papers from Cardiganshire and other counties, 1523-1929; records of institutions such as churches and chapels, schools and charities, 1620-1945; papers relating to roads and railways, 1776-1900; the Pryse family probate records and family settlements, 1549-1950; and personal papers of the family, including Lady Marjorie Pryse, 1641-1987. There are several sub-groups of records from the other estates. The first of these is Abernantbychan, 1416-1918, which includes rentals, 1722-1887and valuations, 1790-[c. 1881]. The other estates comprise Mathafarn, 1403-1754, Aberbechan and Main, 1238-1684, Rug, 1529-1744, and miscellaneous estates which include Peterwell and Nanteos, Cardiganshire, Llanboidy in Carmarthenshire and Montserrat, West Indies, 1562-[c.1887],The BRA deposit consisted of papers mainly from the offices of solicitors, Atwood and Hughes of Aberystwyth, and Boys and Tweedie of London. It included original Gogerddan deeds, together with maps, correspondence, papers relating to enclosures in the manor of Genau’r-glyn, sales and purchases of land, mining and court cases, and papers amassed during administration of the estate after the death of Pryse Loveden in 1855. The material in the BRA Deposit has been amalgamated with the main Gogerddan catalogue, albeit as discrete files for retrieval purposes.Overall, the collection reflects the historical importance of Gogerddan and the Pryse family within Cardiganshire. Several major themes emerge from the estate records: the history of property ownership and building development in the Aberystwyth area, estate work such as land drainage, building improvements, agriculture, forestry, mining, gamekeeping and foxhunting, county politics, and participation in large-scale commercial enterprises such as the railways. The personal papers illustrate the family’s interests and their deep concern over financial issues during the final decline of the Gogerddan estate.

Records of the main Gogerddan estate, comprising title deeds relating to properties mainly in Aberystwyth, Llanbadarn Fawr, Llanfihangel Genau’r-glyn, Llangynfelyn and Machynlleth, 1332-1930; estate administration records, 1474-1950;; estate and general correspondence, 1586-1924; papers of James Morice and Thomas Morgan, 1779-1894; papers of agricultural societies, 1815-1924:, mining records, 1656-1924; manorial records, 1610-1919; legal and arbitration papers, 1441-[post-1908]; financial records, 1577-1926; political papers, [1690]-1880; county administration papers, 1523-1929; records of official intstutions such as churches, schools and charities, 1620-1945; papers concerning roads, railways and bridges, 1776-1900; Pryse family probate records, settlements and trusts, 1549-1950; and Pryse family personal papers, 1641-1987

Gogerddan estate and household administration papers, 1471-1950. They comprise surveys and valuations, 1766-1919; agency and tenancy papers, 1810-1925; main tenancy agreements and leases, 1739-1924; accounts, bills and receipts, 1474-1927 (mainly 1850s-1926); building specifications and estimates, 1766-1921; tithe, taxation and poor rate records, 1749-1929; employment and wages records, 1873-1950; timber and forestry records, 1816-1923; agricultural production records, 1796-1922; estate enclosure papers, 1743-1899; applications to land improvement loan companies, 1872-1921; sale catalogues and papers relating to sales, 1813-1923; fishing records, 1870-1943; hunting records, 1834-1935; shooting and game records, 1804-1924; insurance policies, 1847-1929; miscellaneous estate papers, (Watermark 1801)-1917; and household administration, 1668-1928, which include papers from the Loveden house in Bridge Street, Aberystwyth..
The papers strongly reflect the functions of Gogerddan as an agricultural and forestry estate, particularly from the mid-nineteenth century, when the recording of labour, production and accounts became more systematic. There is evidence of considerable outlay on improvements to buildings and land, particularly the enclosure and drainage of Cors Fochno (Borth Bog). The family’s interest in hunting, shooting and fishing is represented amply by the records they kept.

Accounts of the Gogerddan estate in thirteen series, comprising miscellaneous estate accounts books and loose accounts, 1753-1920, accounts current, 1859-1880, weekly accounts, 1851-1855, garden accounts, 1835-1919, cash books, 1820-1922, estate receipts and expenditure, 1870-1876, receipt ledgers, 1880-1913, disbursement ledgers, 1816-1913, requsitions books, 1891-1920, voucher books, 1880-1915, receipt books, 1905-1926, loose bills and receipts (vouchers), 1474-1927, and solicitors’ bills, 1841-1913. The majority date from the mid-nineteenth to early twentieth century

Gogerddan rentals, 1719-1931 and Abernantbychan rentals, c. 1722-1887 .

Rentals, 1747-1931, receiving/collecting rentals, 1820-1920, rent arrears, 1745-1817, rent audit books, 1891-1918, tithe rent charges, 1891-1916 ; and additional rentals, 1719-1931.

Additional rentals of the Gogerddan estate which cover the years 1719, [pre-1779] 1787-1788, 1792-1793, 1818, 1847-1848, 1848-1873, 1855-1858, and [?1900x1925] (undated)

Additional rentals which were found during the cataloguing of the Gogerddan estate records, comprising estate rentals, 1719-1873, 19[?], a collecting/receiving rental, 1776-1777, rent arrears, 1812-1931, and rent collection and audit books, 1741-1920.

Correspondence mainly between John Lewes of Carmarthen, Edward Loveden Loveden of Buscot Park and John Adams of Peterwell, concerning Loveden’s purchase of part of the Peterwell estate, 1779-1784. The file also contains Evan Jenkins’ ‘account of the several lordships purchased of Mr Adams’, affidavits of John Hughes of Nantgwillan and Thomas Edwardes of Lampeter, and a valuation of the wood at Peterwell and Millfield. Other correpondents are J. Woolstenhulme, Thomas Williams of Lampeter, David Williams of Lampeter, Elizabeth Adams, Thomas and James Graham of Lincolns Inn, Anne Evans of Lowmead, Jacob Riddle of St Philip Leadhouse, John Hughes of Llwyn glas and ?James Hughes. Additional subjects include the election of a mayor at Aberystwyth, 1780 -1781; an assault on Jack Price by Thomas Williams, 1781; a lawsuit about turbary rights to be tried at Hereford, the shipping of lead ore, the Pembrokeshire collieries and the dispute with Lord Milford, 1781; the corn harvest at Gogerddan; the audit of crown rents by Thomas Johnes and the implications for Edward Loveden Loveden, 1781; the activities of Miss Ball; estate matters concerning Trevane, Castell Nadolig and Nantbrenny 1781; and presentation to the eclesiastical living at Llanedi, 1784.

Volume containing a list of freeholders and leaseholders in the several hu[ndreds] and commotes within the county of Cardigan [1761]

Family deeds and settlements of Thomas Pryse of Glanfread, Sir Thomas Pryse of Lodge Park, and Edward Pryse of Gogerddan, 1663-1696. They comprise a conveyance by Thomas Pryse the elder to his daughter Elizabeth of Tythin Dolglessing and Pwll yr Yscawen in Faenor, Llanbadarn Fawr, for her maintenance, 1663; a settlement by Sir Thomas Pryse on Dame Elizabeth, widow of Sir Richard Pryse of Gogerddan, then wife of John Herbert, by order of a decree of the Court of Chancery, of parts of the Gogerddan estate in and near Aberystwyth, but excluding the mansion, 1677; a settlement by Vincent Corbett of Ynysmaengwyn and other trustees, for Edward Pryse in accordance with the will of Sir Thomas Pryse of Bodfage Park [Lodge Park, p. Llangynfelyn], following the death of his nephew and heir, Carbery Pryse, 1695; an agreement by Edward Pryse for the financial compensation of Hester Scawen of Llanbadarn Fawr and her daughters, upon renunciation of their interest in the personal estate of Sir Carbery Pryse, deceased, including annuities deriving from his shares in the mines of Bwlch Hir and Esgair Hir, 1695/6., and a declaration of trust by Nicholas Haywood of London to John Oldbury and Thomas Phipps, which may be relevant, 1695.

Title deeds of Lodge Park or Parke Bodvage, called Modvagedd or Motevage in the earlier documents, in the parish of Llangynfelyn, 1569-1661. The first deed is a lease of Modvagedd by Phellippe Williams of Aberystwyth and his wife Elen Lewes, to their son, Richard Phellippe (Phillipps), stipulating suit of mill at at Melin y Coed, 1569. Other deeds comprise a mortgage by Richard Phillipps to John Stedman of Strata Florida, of Motevageth and a parcel of meadow called Parke Newydd, 1578; deeds by Richard Phillipps, his son Henry Phillips, and John Stedman, for the assignment and sale of both properties to Richard Pryse of Gogerddan, 1593-1595; and leases by Sir Richard Pryse to Thomas Bushell of Euston, 1636/7, and to William Sumner of Pollicott, Buckinghamshire., describing the park, fenced on one side with a stone wall, and on the other side with a hedge and ditch, together with a sheepwalk, 1661.

Two deeds by Sir Pryse Pryse and his trustees, relating to the sale and exchange of lands in the parish of Llangynfelyn, 1881 and 1886. The other parties are Henry Sagar and Samuel Dewhurst of Salford, Lancashire, 1881, and Richard Joel of Rock House, Llangynfelyn, 1886. Named properties are Tynllwyn Farm and an allotment on Morfa Trwyn Buarth. Schedules and plan incorporated.

Lease by Pryse Pryse of Gogerddan, of houses recently erected at Tre’r-ddol in the parish of Llangynfelyn, 1816, followed by an assignment, 1833; counterpart lease of land enclosed from the waste of the manor of Llanfihangel Genau’r-glyn, called Craig y Penrhyn, near the village of Tre’rddol, 1829, and copy of an agreement for its lease by William Mathew Thomas to James Thomas of Glanclettwr, 1898.

Title deeds of a messuage called Penryn Madog and a close of land called Parke Newydd in Llannerch Goch, Llangynfelyn, 1557-1597. Penryn Madog is the subject of a settlement by Owen ap Gruffithe [ap Meredith ap Gruffri of Tre'r-ddôl] on Katherine verch John, 1557. Subsequent deeds relate to a mortgage of both properties by Owen ap Gruffithe ap Meredith ap Gruffri to Sir John Prise, clerk, 1566-1574; and quitclaims by Ellen verch John Lle'nn ap Morgan of Llangynfelyn, widow of John Prise, to David ap Llenn' Lloyd of Llandysul, 1576, and by Thomas Jones, brother of Rees Jones of Llangynfelyn, son of John ap Rees (Prise), to Richard Pryse of Gogerddan, 1597

Title deeds of houses and lands in the township of Gwyddynys in the parish of Llangynfelyn, 1562-1659. Properties include half of Tyre Y Vron Goch, in a bond to lease by Ieuan ap Owen ap Mores, 1562; Penryn or Tythin Gweithe Ynys, acquired by John Pryse of Gogerddan, 1581; Tythen Llwyn Y Gyrne, mortgaged by Richard ap John ap Reedderch of Llanfihangel Genau'r-glyn to John Pryse, 1581; and a moiety or half of Tythen y Neyadd in Gwddynys, acquired by Gruffith ap Ieuan ap Jenkin of Llanfihangel Genau'r-glyn, 1585, and sold to Sir Richard Pryse of Gogerddan, 1609. There is also an account of lands of Gruffith ap Ieuan ap Jenkin sold at the time of Thomas Pryse’s marriage, 1592; and a bond by John Evans of Noyadd Gweddynys to Sir Richard Pryse, for performance of covenants, 1659.

Title deeds for houses and lands in Llannerch Goch in the parish of Llangynfelyn, 1546-1558. The main property is Y Tythyn Ucha yn y Llannerch Goch; there are deeds for purchases by Yeuan Gyttyn Dyo, 1546, and by Ieuan ap Gr' ap David, 1551/2; bonds and quitclaims by Rhydderch ap Ieuan ap Guttyn Deio and Rytherche ap Ieuan ap Gruff' ap D'd respectively, to John Vaughan ap Rudderch, 1557-1558; a gift by Thomas ap John ap Rudderch to Thomas D'd Gutto, which also includes Y Borth Nant, 1573; and a mortgage by Rignallt William of Llanfihangel Genau'r-glyn to Sir Richard Pryse of Gogerddan, 1622. The other properties are Tyddyn y Vron Goch, mentioned in a bond to John ap Riys of the commote of Genau'r-glyn, 1567; and Y Llyast Yn Yr Ddisgwylfa, assigned by George Jones of Rhos Gillan, mortgagee of Humphrey Harry, to Sir Richard Pryse of Gogerddan, 1671.